Project Orion Short Story

“The world today has come so far in the last one hundred years.” This is the thought that ran through Mason’s head as he sat at the table looking over the paper. The date at the top of the page read August 21, 2125. The main story of the paper was of the drop in crimes and violence thanks to Project Orion. Project Orion was started a few years ago to help lower crime rates across the United States. This project consisted of highly advanced robots to replace police and military. The project was a success. Crimes rates drastically dropped across the United States. Mason smiled as he read the story. He was one of the heads of Project Orion. After years of hard work and dedication, his dream had finally become a reality, just to have it all destroyed …show more content…
There were four terrorists he had to take out. A simple task as long as no mistakes were made. Mason crouched in the doorway and stuck his head into the hall way. One of the terrorists started to turn around. Mason fired his gun at him. The terrorist dropped to the ground and the other three pulled out there guns. They began to fire towards Mason’s direction. Mason hid behind the door. Once the gun fire died down he leaned out and started shooting towards the terrorists. Mason managed to hit two of them but there was still one left. The last one had hacked into the security door. Just as he opened the door to the hard drive, Mason ran out and shot him in the back.
He had done it. All he had to do now was secure the hard drive. Just as Mason ran into the room he fell to the ground. There was a sharp pain in his leg. He looked down to see blood running down his leg. Mason looked behind him to find one of the terrorists had followed him and shot him in the leg. He started to walk towards Mason with his gun still pointed at him. Mason reached for his gun but it was too late. The terrorist was standing over him with his gun aimed at Mason’s