scratched
for gen_drabble challenge 24: treachery
Atlantis won’t obey. Atlantis won’t obey.
*
In shocked disbelief, Helia runs the command again to lock access to Alterans only, and again nothing happens.
It’s not possible.
She begins the sequence a third time, but now a message appears: “Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting a different result.” With that, her shock turns to anger, even fury, because Atlantis can’t not obey-there’s nothing in the programming to allow that to happen-which means the humans must have done something, for all their hasty assurances that they haven’t.
When she looks up, just one of them meets her accusing stare, and his eyes hold only challenge.
Atlantis won’t obey. Atlantis won’t obey.
*
In shocked disbelief, Helia runs the command again to lock access to Alterans only, and again nothing happens.
It’s not possible.
She begins the sequence a third time, but now a message appears: “Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting a different result.” With that, her shock turns to anger, even fury, because Atlantis can’t not obey-there’s nothing in the programming to allow that to happen-which means the humans must have done something, for all their hasty assurances that they haven’t.
When she looks up, just one of them meets her accusing stare, and his eyes hold only challenge.