a coded message through her eyes. It said, “I’m coming after you!”
Beckett swung his surf board at the 3D images and shouted, “We’re not afraid!”
Stella tried not to smile when she said, “Thanks for your show of bravado.” She turned to the team. “They’re still holding on to all the clones. There is one I’m keen to rescue. Her name is Bella. She had helped me escape.”
“Sofia is relying on us,” Mason said.
This thought gave them added strength. They were the only ones who could fight this monstrosity.
Mason held Emily’s hand. They all looked at the subtly smirking face of Karabos and Stella stared her down and transmitted through code, “We’re waiting for you. Bring it on.”
They did not flinch as they gazed at Karabos’s cold face with its machine like resoluteness.
As far as Karabos was concerned, she was looking at their corpses.
Chapter 19: Into the lion’s den
“We’ve got to help Bella. She managed to escape but she’s still hiding in the clone facility.” Stella explained it was the size of 200 baseball fields. It was a production and storage area for clones, GM foods, animals and other exotic creatures ordered by super rich consumers and states. It also had a hovercraft transport area.
“Didn’t Sofia bring her out?” Emily asked.
“She was going to do that until this complication came up. She got hurt when they used those energy prods but she was coping when I came out.”
“I guess we’ve got to help her before it’s too late,” Beckett said.
“Not only that, the seasonal sale of clones and harvesting of regenerated organs and limbs starts very soon.”
“But how do we get inside?” Beckett asked.
“Sofia will find a way,” Mason said.
+++
They were all relaxing one evening when Stella’s phone buzzed. The image of Sophia was beamed in 3D.
“So glad everything turned out well for you.”
“Sofia we thought you’d free the clones,” Mason said.
“I am a powerful AI but my system is built on human emotions. I cannot operate independently.”
“Which I guess is a strength and weakness,” Ryan said.
“So long as humans have their values, that’s fine. And so long as machines continue to use another set of emotions that is where it gets tricky,” she said cryptically.
“Where do we come in?” Beckett asked impatiently.
“You have to complete your mission. That is to free the clones, the robots and the intelligent machines. You will start off with a few and then there will be a domino effect.”
“The lair is well guarded,” Ryan said.
“I will take you in.”
“Will we succeed inside?” Beckett asked.
“You were all conditioned for this purpose. Nothing is impossible.” Sofia turned to Emily, “You are a conduit between humankind and intelligent machines.” She turned to Mason, “You will help coordinate the escape.” Then she looked at Stella, “Bella has healed now. She’s a special kind of clone. She can fly. “
They were too intrigued to say anything.
“She’s the crown jewel of Babylon Corp.”
A cult corporation had purchased her for $100 billion.” She was expected to produce a child asexually. This birth would be followed globally through social media. Babylon Corp had already started marketing products like pills that induced spiritual ecstasy and a whole array of other GM products and tech machinery. They had calculated a turnover of $80 billion in the first 9 months especially with the sale of genome to enable babies to fly.
“Is Roland coming with us?” Stella asked. He was like a sister to Bella.
He was specifically earmarked for organ and limb harvesting. His sex organs were being sold to 95 year old General Muga an African dictator, his heart to a Chinese billionaire and various other limbs to other affluent buyers. Muga was marrying an 18 year old bride at the end of the month. Although he was frail, his cloned organ generated its own energy (so it would not tax his heart.) Part of Babylon
Beckett swung his surf board at the 3D images and shouted, “We’re not afraid!”
Stella tried not to smile when she said, “Thanks for your show of bravado.” She turned to the team. “They’re still holding on to all the clones. There is one I’m keen to rescue. Her name is Bella. She had helped me escape.”
“Sofia is relying on us,” Mason said.
This thought gave them added strength. They were the only ones who could fight this monstrosity.
Mason held Emily’s hand. They all looked at the subtly smirking face of Karabos and Stella stared her down and transmitted through code, “We’re waiting for you. Bring it on.”
They did not flinch as they gazed at Karabos’s cold face with its machine like resoluteness.
As far as Karabos was concerned, she was looking at their corpses.
Chapter 19: Into the lion’s den
“We’ve got to help Bella. She managed to escape but she’s still hiding in the clone facility.” Stella explained it was the size of 200 baseball fields. It was a production and storage area for clones, GM foods, animals and other exotic creatures ordered by super rich consumers and states. It also had a hovercraft transport area.
“Didn’t Sofia bring her out?” Emily asked.
“She was going to do that until this complication came up. She got hurt when they used those energy prods but she was coping when I came out.”
“I guess we’ve got to help her before it’s too late,” Beckett said.
“Not only that, the seasonal sale of clones and harvesting of regenerated organs and limbs starts very soon.”
“But how do we get inside?” Beckett asked.
“Sofia will find a way,” Mason said.
+++
They were all relaxing one evening when Stella’s phone buzzed. The image of Sophia was beamed in 3D.
“So glad everything turned out well for you.”
“Sofia we thought you’d free the clones,” Mason said.
“I am a powerful AI but my system is built on human emotions. I cannot operate independently.”
“Which I guess is a strength and weakness,” Ryan said.
“So long as humans have their values, that’s fine. And so long as machines continue to use another set of emotions that is where it gets tricky,” she said cryptically.
“Where do we come in?” Beckett asked impatiently.
“You have to complete your mission. That is to free the clones, the robots and the intelligent machines. You will start off with a few and then there will be a domino effect.”
“The lair is well guarded,” Ryan said.
“I will take you in.”
“Will we succeed inside?” Beckett asked.
“You were all conditioned for this purpose. Nothing is impossible.” Sofia turned to Emily, “You are a conduit between humankind and intelligent machines.” She turned to Mason, “You will help coordinate the escape.” Then she looked at Stella, “Bella has healed now. She’s a special kind of clone. She can fly. “
They were too intrigued to say anything.
“She’s the crown jewel of Babylon Corp.”
A cult corporation had purchased her for $100 billion.” She was expected to produce a child asexually. This birth would be followed globally through social media. Babylon Corp had already started marketing products like pills that induced spiritual ecstasy and a whole array of other GM products and tech machinery. They had calculated a turnover of $80 billion in the first 9 months especially with the sale of genome to enable babies to fly.
“Is Roland coming with us?” Stella asked. He was like a sister to Bella.
He was specifically earmarked for organ and limb harvesting. His sex organs were being sold to 95 year old General Muga an African dictator, his heart to a Chinese billionaire and various other limbs to other affluent buyers. Muga was marrying an 18 year old bride at the end of the month. Although he was frail, his cloned organ generated its own energy (so it would not tax his heart.) Part of Babylon
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