will discard you. Machines and clones are like that.”
His face betrayed his thought that even Karabos was a either a machine or clone.
“Yes Mr Anderson,” Karabos smiled without emotion. “Don’t forget I’m on the good side. You will lead us to them.”
The move was so sudden that it took him by surprise.
Two of the black suits held him down very tightly while Karabos took an ugly looking black bug with one hand,
Nothing happened.
With her other hand she pressed some codes on her smart phone. The electronic bug came alive and started moving inside his left nostril. He was breathless and struggled but the bug kept moving until it had embedded itself in his brain. He suddenly felt weak and sleepy.
“You are extremely important to her syndicate. Without you she won’t be able to function.”
He passed out.
Under her breath she said, “When we get her group, we’ll dispose of you.”
Chapter 3: Curious
Ryan woke up late, shaking and feeling as if he had crawled out of an abyss. His lucid dreams had begun three years earlier after he had started working at GenGlobal, a tech company handling online searches, cloud computing, and software development. It was a subsidiary of Babylon Corp.
It was the strangest thing that had ever happened to him and the most baffling thing was that he had not told anyone about it. He had the uneasy feeling that his informant had suspected that the nature of his personality meant that he would keep these communication secret.
It did not make sense why someone would send him incriminating information on Babylon Corp’s cloning program. Updates had been sent for the the last three years. The sender implied that at some point, he would be contacted. Whether he would be expected to help fix the issues was a mystery. The odd thing was that every time he received these updates, he seemed to have an adverse reaction as if there was some kind of a sleeper system within him that was being activated. He would become tense and have difficulty sleeping. He sensed that he was linked to the sender in a mysterious way that would probably reveal itself when they finally met.
Ryan had made up his mind. He would make himself a strong cup of coffee and then report the breach to Babylon Corp. He sipped his coffee and felt good about his plan, He was just sorry he had not thought of doing this earlier.
His cell phone made a roaring sound to indicate a text.
He looked at it and his cup fell from his hand. His initial reaction was feeling violated and angry but then he realized he was to blame for leaving it this long to take action. The sender appeared to be intimately aware of all aspects of his life.
“Not a good idea. They are watching you.”
“They?”
“The people you want to report to.”
“So what’s there to worry about?”
“A lot actually. You waited 3 years so that will raise alarm bells.”
“I don’t care!”
“It’s your call Ryan. You’re curious aren’t you?”
“Not any more.”
“You have 2 obsessive interests, AIs and bending time.”
“How do you know so much?”
If you want to know, follow the Deepa.”
He glanced through his window, “Isn’t it too exposed?”
The sender ignored him, “Don’t you want to know why you’ve been receiving these messages all these years?”
“Curiosity killed the cat!” he tried some dry humor.
“You’re a different kind of cat! Get out now. They’ll still follow you. Let me make this clear. They are dangerous people. The only reason they haven’t moved on you is because they think they can catch us together.”
“What should I call you?”
“Stella.”
The connection ended abruptly.
He went out of his apartment and as casually as possible followed the parade.
Chapter 4: Sofia makes contact
Mason felt weak, dejected, and worried about the bug implanted in his brain. There was a static sound within his right ear and he heard a voice whispering, “Mason, Stella will make contact soon.”
“How
His face betrayed his thought that even Karabos was a either a machine or clone.
“Yes Mr Anderson,” Karabos smiled without emotion. “Don’t forget I’m on the good side. You will lead us to them.”
The move was so sudden that it took him by surprise.
Two of the black suits held him down very tightly while Karabos took an ugly looking black bug with one hand,
Nothing happened.
With her other hand she pressed some codes on her smart phone. The electronic bug came alive and started moving inside his left nostril. He was breathless and struggled but the bug kept moving until it had embedded itself in his brain. He suddenly felt weak and sleepy.
“You are extremely important to her syndicate. Without you she won’t be able to function.”
He passed out.
Under her breath she said, “When we get her group, we’ll dispose of you.”
Chapter 3: Curious
Ryan woke up late, shaking and feeling as if he had crawled out of an abyss. His lucid dreams had begun three years earlier after he had started working at GenGlobal, a tech company handling online searches, cloud computing, and software development. It was a subsidiary of Babylon Corp.
It was the strangest thing that had ever happened to him and the most baffling thing was that he had not told anyone about it. He had the uneasy feeling that his informant had suspected that the nature of his personality meant that he would keep these communication secret.
It did not make sense why someone would send him incriminating information on Babylon Corp’s cloning program. Updates had been sent for the the last three years. The sender implied that at some point, he would be contacted. Whether he would be expected to help fix the issues was a mystery. The odd thing was that every time he received these updates, he seemed to have an adverse reaction as if there was some kind of a sleeper system within him that was being activated. He would become tense and have difficulty sleeping. He sensed that he was linked to the sender in a mysterious way that would probably reveal itself when they finally met.
Ryan had made up his mind. He would make himself a strong cup of coffee and then report the breach to Babylon Corp. He sipped his coffee and felt good about his plan, He was just sorry he had not thought of doing this earlier.
His cell phone made a roaring sound to indicate a text.
He looked at it and his cup fell from his hand. His initial reaction was feeling violated and angry but then he realized he was to blame for leaving it this long to take action. The sender appeared to be intimately aware of all aspects of his life.
“Not a good idea. They are watching you.”
“They?”
“The people you want to report to.”
“So what’s there to worry about?”
“A lot actually. You waited 3 years so that will raise alarm bells.”
“I don’t care!”
“It’s your call Ryan. You’re curious aren’t you?”
“Not any more.”
“You have 2 obsessive interests, AIs and bending time.”
“How do you know so much?”
If you want to know, follow the Deepa.”
He glanced through his window, “Isn’t it too exposed?”
The sender ignored him, “Don’t you want to know why you’ve been receiving these messages all these years?”
“Curiosity killed the cat!” he tried some dry humor.
“You’re a different kind of cat! Get out now. They’ll still follow you. Let me make this clear. They are dangerous people. The only reason they haven’t moved on you is because they think they can catch us together.”
“What should I call you?”
“Stella.”
The connection ended abruptly.
He went out of his apartment and as casually as possible followed the parade.
Chapter 4: Sofia makes contact
Mason felt weak, dejected, and worried about the bug implanted in his brain. There was a static sound within his right ear and he heard a voice whispering, “Mason, Stella will make contact soon.”
“How
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