This story is going to sound like a conglomeration of Matrix, Terminator, Surrogates, and I, Robot.  But consider the fact that it's first concepts were taking place right before the first Road Warrior movie.  So <i>only</i> Asimov beat me...

Doctor Randal Reeve has discovered something.  Something that in 2062, should be a thing of the past.  A strain of biochemical warfare has been released from a lab and threatens to destroy human life.  It is a viral strain that destroys nerve tissue.  In ... more »

This story is going to sound like a conglomeration of Matrix, Terminator, Surrogates, and I, Robot.  But consider the fact that it's first concepts were taking place right before the first Road Warrior movie.  So <i>only</i> Asimov beat me...

Doctor Randal Reeve has discovered something.  Something that in 2062, should be a thing of the past.  A strain of biochemical warfare has been released from a lab and threatens to destroy human life.  It is a viral strain that destroys nerve tissue.  In a last ditch effort to save what remains of his family after his wife and son parish, he and his two daughters go under stasis.  His robots have been programmed to do something that has been ruled illegal by the U.N. Triumvirate; He is implanting his body into a vehicle.

2070....

He awakes to find his robots have succeeded...  Less