(Please Note: I do not endorse Elon Musk as a human, he is deplorable, selfish, transphobic, and probably a myriad of other things, this is merely a short story that is meant to be satire- Alex the FairyFindr)
Elon Musk found himself astonished and stunned by the fact, that he, would be the single most wealthy AND lonely man on planet earth after the realization that he would probably, most definitely, be the sole human survivor of what he could only presume was the end of WW3 and planet earth as he knew it. The poor bastard was visiting his space station at his hidden base on the nothernmost tip of Mars when it all went down. He watched, horrified, as America blew itself.. and the rest of the planet up, through its ignorance, hatred, and selfishness.
(Above: Earth being blown up due to WW3. A view of Earth from Elon's space station on the Northernmost tip of Mars.)
He opted to stay for a while in his secret space station with his robot assistant PAL, until his food rations ran out, and then they prepared their rocket for the return journey back to Earth. PAL was a Trillion dollar multi-disciplinary AI robot, and TRANSFORMER, who was developed by SPACE X, and is able to self-replicate and shape-shift into whatever machinery needed for space travel purposes. PAL was the ultimate assistant AND friend!
(Above: Elon and PAL, who was transformed into Rover-mode, exploring Mars' surface and collecting data while sharing jokes and laughs. Photo taken by PAL's break-off drone who documents their lives, work, and friendship for them)
PAL was a real-life TRANSFORMER- just like the show Elon grew up watching. He knew one day he would create his very own Transformer, and with PAL, even he exceeded all expectations.
(Above: PAL in GIANT ROBOT MODE on a charging dock and Elon returning to the space station to retrieve the maps he left inside before they headed out on the day's adventures)
At this point in time, PAL and Elon had explored about 20% of Mars' surface together, gathering data files, measurements, levels, and scanning for inconsistencies to be aware of within, or on the planet.
It had only been 10 days since the event, and Elon had already witnessed various UFO's, spaceships, and other Alien entities and vehicles go down to Earth to scope out the damage. They all came and went within the few days so he figured that there must not be much left. Elon and PAL prepared each other for the worst.
(Above: Earth after the catastrophic event. UFO's and other alien vehicles coming and going from earth after the event seemingly leaving with nothing)
On day 11, PAL prepped the rocket for launch before Elon joined him. He climbed aboard and strapping into place next to his only remaining friend, PAL, and they looked at each other and nodded before Elon started the countdown.
(Above: Elon is pictured watching PAL get the rocket ready to launch before their risky return trip to Earth)
The timer hit ZERO and Pal waited for Elon to gesture before activating the launch button. The held each others arms and braced themselves as the rocket began to rumble and slowly lift from the planet's surface.
(Above: Elon snaps a selfie with PAL, who was in scooter-mode as they explored and cruised the desert-like surface of planet earth after returning to their home planet)
(Above: Top: PAL in TESLA car mode in front of the old Central Station in Post Apocalyptic Detroit.
Bottom: PAL in ORB UFO mode and Elon getting ready to get on board before they take flight and checkout the local landscape)
(Above: Elon takes selfies all across the World as he looks for any sign of human life, just to find absolutely no one.)
(Above: ELI / Elon takes a selfie with PAL who is in rover-mode during their earth explorations)
Elon- who has now changed his name to ELI (Ever Lasting Intelligence) and PAL can only search so much of the Earth on their own so they come up with the brilliant idea to clone Elon so they could maximize the intelligence and amount of work that could be done with more hands. They kind of get out of control with the cloning and end up with 10 of them. Now there are 10 ELI's running around and annoying the shit out of each other.
Now Elon uses his billions of dollars worth of hardware and AI technology to scour the planet of any living animals to bring back to his headquarters in Texas where he works day and night with is AI assistant and 10 Elon clones.
(Above: Elon's WARS [Wildlife And Retrieval System] machinery uses a multitude of methods to properly and safely attract local wildlife in each area of the planet. This image was taken while coaxing the local wild cats of the, now very toxic and radiation-filled, Amazon Rainforest)
(Above: Two mini AI robots break away from the WARS machinery for solo- retrieval. On the left we have a baby spider-monkey AI meant to coax monkeys and their families to trust the machinery so they could be safely transported back to the base in Texas)
(Above: Two mini spider monkey AI robots and their 4-wheeler used to quickly and safely transport orphaned monkeys and rescued monkey families to and from the main WARS machinery)
(Above: Orphaned monkey baby befriends one of the mini AI robots and the robot escorts him back to the WARS machinery base)
(Above: Adolescent monkey befriends baby spider monkey AI robots and they lead him back to the WARS base)
Elon's AI drones and WARS machines found a remarkable amount of life still left in the Amazon Rainforest, but the area was badly damaged with radiation poisoning ravaging the local animals and wildlife. His WARS machines were able to safely explore and retrieve all the remaining wildlife in the rainforest and relocate them to Elon's headquarters back in Texas. It was nothing like the Amazon, but the animals adapted well, and it was radiation-proof!
(Above: Monkey mother and her two babies wearily observe a few AI monkey robots from a distance before approaching them out of pure curiosity)
(Above: A tiger cub native to the Amazon Rainforest approaches a mini AI robot along with two baby chicks who all end up befriending him and he coaxes the three of them to be rescued)
Elon's AI drones and WARS machines found a remarkable amount of life still left in the Amazon Rainforest, but the area was badly damaged with radiation poisoning ravaging the local animals and wildlife. His WARS machines were able to safely explore and retrieve all the remaining wildlife in the rainforest and relocate them to Elon's headquarters back in Texas. It was nothing like the Amazon, but the animals adapted well, and it was radiation-proof!
(Above: A giant black panther and a baby leopard approach a glowing machine in Elon's Secret Lair)
(Above: Two abnormally large wild cats rescued from the Amazon Rainforest, pictured here in their new home at Elon's radiation-proof bunker and secret laboratory underground somewhere in Texas)
(Above: Elon is pictured on the far right with one of his unreleased off-roading TESLA vehicles at the center and a giant Amazon rainforest cat whining at Elon for being homesick)
MA (Maternal AI), as the name may suggest, also acts as Elon's emotional support and motherly figure. Being the last living human being to survive such a catastrophe, he needed to create a very comprehensive AI system that could trick someone such as him into truly feeling a human connection with another, and MA was his greatest accomplishment to date. Elon had already tried cloning himself, but after having about 10 Elon's hanging around the laboratory with him, he quickly grew bored of them, but together they collectively agreed that a totally different entity altogether would make for good variety of company, and together they worked for 10 days straight developing and building MA 1.0.
Even though she looked nothing like a human, her empathy, care, and love for Elon was very apparent to him ad he no longe saw MA as the AI robot she was but as a mother and fellow human. MA helped Elon discover things about himself and the planet that he never thought possible. Elon learned humility, compassion for other species, animals, and plants that he never had before. How ironic, was it, that now, after all humans have died, he would finally find the beauty in connection with them and the planet around him. But that wouldn't stop him from appreciating the perspective now. Oh how he wished he spent his time with humanity in a more wholesome way. Too bad he couldn't go back with this perspective and change his actions, maybe, just maybe things wouldn't have ended up as the did.