The Robot Dog: A Short Story

It was a beautiful Sunday in the city of Metropolis, but Owen Brown was happy to spend it indoors on his computer. Owen was different from other 13 year olds, as his passion was for technology rather than sports. He appreciates technology so much that he went to a garage sale yesterday to purchase some old computer equipment. Today he sorted through the box, he was happily surprised when he found a robot dog at the bottom of the box. The robot dog was very old and grimy with a missing leg. It would need a lot of work if Owen wanted it to function, however there was a small button on the back of the dog. Instinctively he pressed it as he thought it would turn the dog on. Nothing happened so Owen decided to try and fix it tomorrow. He shoved …show more content…
He gradually made his way to his desk and opened it to see the robotic dog causing the strange noises, it sounded like it was trying to bark. Owen looked at his clock and quickly put his uniform on and ran downstairs. His alarm didn’t go off and he was going to be late if he didn’t hurry. The whole day Owen thought of the mysterious dog, once school was done and he got home he started on the dog. His dad was a mechanic and he had a lot of parts in his room for other projects so he was prepared to work on the dog. He worked for a full hour on constructing the robot dog’s leg and also on replacing the speaker. He unbolted the body of the robot and replaced all the broken hardwiring and installed new batteries. After two hours he was quite satisfied with the work he had done. The last thing Owen did was polish the robot to give it a nice shine. He sat on his bed, staring at his accomplishment, he closed his eyes and pressed the button. Nothing happened at first, but slowly it started up. After a while it was barking and wagging its tail, Owen could not believe how complex the machine was. His first thought was who created this masterpiece and …show more content…
Right before Owen gave up on scruffy the ground started to shake. Bubbles rose from the center of the pond and created small waves and vortexes in the pond. Then emerged this terrifying looking transformer, Owen was petrified he could not move a muscle in his body. Owen truly believed he was going to die. The transformer took three large strides out of the pond and came to stand at about ten meters. The transformer didn’t say anything for twenty seconds, but for Owen it felt like and eternity. Scruffy broke the tension by barking and brought Owen back to his senses. Then the transformer spoke in a loud eerie voice “Thank you for returning my dog, I had to leave it behind a long time ago because it was damaged”. Owen took a sigh of relief that he was not in danger and responded back slowly. Owen had grown very attached to scruffy but was happy to give him away to see him go to his true owner. As Owen tried to figure out how to get home when he looked back and saw the transformer on his knees caring and loving the robotic dog. The robot even told Owen how to get home. Every month Owen would visit the two and would feel good that he could help both the robot dog and