The Merger

Jack inhaled his vapor , and the blue lights of the club seemed to go off everywhere with flashes of glowing luminescence. The bass was driving him away from the towards the bar. He checked his phone, the two girls match the description. He moved through the crowd of people and dancing and chatting all around him. He saw the two blue angels at the bar talking and having drinks. Their where almost painted white and the make up was matching and blue with sparkles. He went the to the bar and met two women in tight fitting, exposing outfits. They had blue hair neon blue lipstick that seemed to glow with the black lights and the flashing images of the laser show on the walls and their bodies. Almost giving the appearance of them being artificial beings of light. Designs form the lasers made with animated and full of movement. Jack looked at the bar and the landscape. The holobars ( hologram bars) was the newest thing to hit Megacity. The whole idea was the bars were all connected on the grid. Vipers( clubbers) would sit at the bar and appear as a hologram at another bar in a another district on the grid. Jack walked up to the bar and hit a button. He didn't want to be seen, all over the bar arena tonight especially. Jack looked over and two vipers were staring at him in a very sensual manner.

The girls were both smiling at him, and she looked rubbing the other girl's shoulder. Jack rolled his eyes and signaled the bartender.

“ Two, sapphires.” He pointed to the two glowing angels and they laughed and signaled him over to them. She took out a bright blue cylindrical object with buttons glowing button on the side. Jack folowed them over to to a table, and he brought the sapphire shots with him. On girl spoke the Tresnian languages and the other English.

“ Unet, a ma siri pa's lo tu duat?”

Her friend translated. Still Rubbing on the girl and brushing her cheek.

“ She said, it's Siri and your late?” She looked at Jack. He pulled out his TPS ID and showed it to them. The silver UCOA citizenship number with an authorized laser imprinted code. She took a device and ran it over his TPS. A few moments later. Blue letters confirmed Jack assumed name.

… Jack Marlowe….

….DOB March 5, 2135…..

….. TPS 3986463….

…..district assigned- Numar……..

…..POA 162 John Lennon Avenue….

Pasn'e handed it back to Jack…..

“ it's legit…let's, get stellar Jack !” Pasn'e brushed her back over her shoulder. Jack took note of her scent and her eurotrash dialect.

“ It’s all Gimp, OK, This is premium NTT, it's the plasmic grip,( the best) on the black market and your buyers won't get this type of hype anywhere else.”

Jack looked at the cylinder. She took it back.

“ We prepared a very special program for you, it's sdg,(so, damn, good) .”

Jack looked over the girls.

“ I have units and I'm ready to purchase 500 implants right now.”

She looked at her friend.

“ Anybody who buys first has to ride, if you know what I mean.” Pasn'e moved closer to Jack. He her lips almost touching his lips and she turned her face.”

She kissed her lover and whispered in her ear. Siri smiled and walked to the bar.

Pasn’e looked at Ryan, then lit a cigarette.

She blew, the smoke past Jack.

“ Turtle, my contact said you were pretty splay, ( cool)”

“ What's a halfer,(thirty year old) doing in the arena?”

Siri returned to the table caring more sapphires.

“ let us drink hopefully to a new partnership.”

Jack lifted his glass. “ Today Numar tomorrow all 12 districts.”

The two blue heads smiled and laughed. Looking Jack over. His tall broad shoulders name well defined features and dark hair and soft but serious eyes. . His jacket and boots matched in color and texture and his burgundy shirt and metal and synth leather belt gave him a grungy but yet well groomed sort of appeal.

Siri beam deliciously.

“ Well if you like this and we have fun.” She played with his jacket.

“ Then,” maybe you can take us for a real ride.”

She licked his slightly dimpled chin, pulled him into her more and more. He touched there cheeks.

“My blue angles if this is good as it say it is, we could spending a lot time together.”

Pasn'e laughed, her lips where bright blue curves and light pink hues could seen as she spoke.

“ I have us a private booth and no one will disturb us.”

She held her toy out, and they started laughing. It was a small object and there were slits in the sides that glowed blue. She handed Jack the iris implant.

“ Top technology and the implant works with the impulses of the iris and loads images on the back of the iris.” She was showing me all the advancements like a girl at and archaic gun show. She pulled out the implant.

“ This not like a normal Vid implant this is virtual and once the program plays your buyers will become your best friends. If you want a different program let me know. There's at least 10 different kinds in your packet.

Pasn'e held the small chip in here hand.

“ This is were the magic happens. Your desires and dreams will all be filled in the next 30 seconds.”

“ Let's gets stellar(high)”

and they both put the implant in their eyes. It was a small thin see through the screen the size of the human iris. Jack Toasted the girls.

“ To new encounters.” They all took toasted glasses and finished their shots. Siri gave a smile and said.

“ Mas, pa's dind tu lo pin.” Her friend whispered in her ear. The Pasn’e translated.

“ She said she is going to enjoy this.”

Siri took the cylinder and pressed the button and a beam shot out and she lined up the beam in her bright blue eyes. She froze and did not move. Pasn’e winked at Jack and repeated the same gesture and Siri. She froze and was shaking from the sensation of pure joy. Jack Ryan grabbed the object and took a deep breath.

“ I hope my backup plan works?”

Having scanner run perfectly in alignment with the object floating on his iris. The last thing he remembered was turning the scanner on and a flash of light. The two girls and Jack we're standing in the matrix of light which form before them furniture and their clothes and comforts from an era long gone. He looked around the simulated room.

“ Ancient Greece Program, huh, this is a new one.” He looked over his body he was dress in clothes of robes and rich gold about hands and arms. He looked over and saw the two girls laying on a Grecian bed. They called him over and started playing and kissing one another felt the program took effect finally. They were together massaging and kissing one another. Then the implant on his eye released the NTT , into jacks system. He was Enraptured, and they were like soft creatures at his whim do what he wanted and what he desired. It was the happiest he’s felt in a very long time. He was laughing and felt their flesh and his combining. This feeling was so invigorating, he was truly alive, but he couldn’t control the sensations. Siri,pulled him towards her. They were kissing yet their bodies were merging. Each touch of flesh sent emotions and it was so erotic and pleasing. Then both of the blue angles started removing his clothes and touchIng him and he couldn't take it anymore, his heart was racing and he felt his body convulsing. The girls were all over him in the program feeling what he felt. Almost a mutual exchange of feelings and emotions. They all three fed each other. It was symbiotic love making as Jack was getting deeper. The girls went crazy with erotic emotions.

“ Deeper baby make us feel it, ah, God Yes.”

He felt it was too much, and he started to feel overwhelmed and want to snap out of it. Then it hit him. These girls were Slated. This state was nothing to them. They were using Jack to what would be referred to as a bump. It help Slated users to get a person in the program who was a virgin to Viding. They would use her feelings and get really high off of the new user. Bumping them to the next euphoric state of bliss. All the while the newby would be hurled deeper and sometimes bad things would occur. Like seizures and convulsions. The girls new somehow,that Jack was the bump. He started to freak out. He calmed himself and remembered in his mind where his parents took him and as a child. The ancient ones. This, was his safe place to go mentally when he needed to unwind. The girls picked up on this. Pasn'e started moaning and showing more flesh.

“ Just go with it, deeper,keep going,baby !”

“ What the fuck? Your Killing this feeling.”

She pulled him back in, and the two held Jack down

“ Baby, let go, come, on baby.” Jack tried pulling himself away and started resisting.

“ You Bitches are both Slated!”

“ Your, bumping me.”

They started laughing.

“ Siri,was,on top of Jack and spoke English.”

“ We, both just want to show our buyer a good time”

“ It's to much ”

“ I'm loosing it.”

Jack was shaking and almost at the point of gown into a seizure. His shot his given at the headquarters was finally doing its job.

He found himself back at the booth, and the girls were still frozen. Pasn'e soon came out of it and got her Bearings. She took the insert from her eye and gave me a look.

“ What in the hell is wrong with you.” She leaned over and got in his face.

“ You didn't mention this was your first time Viding .”

“ You ramped us so good baby come back now.” She got in his face.

“ I need this right now, come on baby, we're desperate .” She grabbed his groin.

“ Me And Siri will fuck you tonight.. Please come back in .”

Sweating and panting he was out finally and could feel the NTT flowing through his veins. Jack took the implant out his eye and was still was about to vomit.

Jack slowly and with shaking hands took out his badge and laid it on the table.

“ You girls are both slated, that's an extremely dangerous amount”… studdering, ”of neuro cake. “

She tried to get up to run. Jack tripped her and set her back on the table. Holding Pasn’e by her shoulders. He continued.

“ Your both under arrest for selling illegal amounts NTT in Numar district.”

She resisted, Jack pinned her to the booth.

“We're not the suppliers we swear, they have use the new buyers just to get them off.”

“ I swear, corpie.”

“ This your payment, a free ride of ecstasy, per buying client?”

“Tell me who the supplier is -“

“ I need names and ID TPS!”

Siri came down Finally, she looked pissed off at first then saw the fear in her lover's eyes. Jack welcome here with his badge located on his phone. He shined it in her face.

“ Happy returns, sister.”

“ TPS ID, Now citizen!”

The girls started crying and showed him the TPS Identification on each of their screens.

Jack watch flashed.

… Incoming call.

Jack Ryan huffed and Kept his eye on the two Slaters( addicts). He took his vape out and took the call.

“ Citizen Ryan.”

A holographic screen appeared in front of him transmitting from the watch, and a man with a beard and tie appeared before him: almost hovering over his wrist.

“ Citizen Mathews. How may I be of service to the UCOA?” ( United Corporations of America)

Citizen Mathews.

“ Ryan we need you at Corp headquarters ASAP.”

Jack moved away from the girls pointing his finger at the both of them. He waved his hand over the holographic image and proceeded the conversation on the phones audio. He responded.

“ Sir. “ With all due respect, I'm this close to finding out the Supplier and shutting down their operations.” “ Need to bring these two slate heads in for questioning.”

The captain rubbed his face and was looking off screen as if he was in the company of others.”

“ We have a situation here.”

“ I need you to drop what you're doing and head in now.”

“ You have your orders, report at once, Mathews out.”

The girls looked terrified and were crying trying and waiting for my response.

“ Damnit!” He hit the table. ( So fucking close ) argh!

He signaled the girls with a wave of his arm. They quickly got up, and he stopped one of them. He showed their TPS ID’s on his phone.

“ I need names and TPS’s! One week, or I'll take you both in, understand me?”

She nodded, and He let her go. She walked off and turned before leaving the room.

“ Fuck you! cop!” and disappeared in the crowd of People.

Jack picked up the cylinder and put it in his pocket them walked through the crowd the music was pumping, and the bass vibrated his core. He turned and saw two men following him out from the bar. He turned the corner and waited pressed up against the edge of the building. The two men passed him and went down towards Lennon Ave. Citizen Lieutenant Jack Ryan followed them. He was sizing the two of the men and was betting these were the neuro cake pushers we were after. He looked at his watch as the men walked for his sight looking around for Jack. It had been 30 minutes in the Vid program. The legal limit was .003 ml. Jack took the iris implant and placed it on his watch. He gave a command.

“Send analysis.”

The watch lit up, and a hologram on his watch moved a ray of light over the object. His watch read in green writing analysis completely. Jack out the implant in a small bag and sealed it.He would get the results in a few hours, and he was hoping to crack this whole thing soon. He had been on this case for several months. UCOA was giving him pressure and putting more and more heat on him. He was getting hungry and wanted a quick bite of (synthshi). A lot of thoughts were floating on his mind while walking the streets of Numar district. It was a bad side of town. If you wanted VID or RIP this was the place. The UCOA tried outlawing and arresting VID users and RIP a few years ago. Now they allowed the .003ml but there was a new movement on the rise. Calling for illegal amounts of the NTT ( neurotrantropics or/ neuro cake.

Chapter 2

The detour

Jack lit a normal cigarette and breathe it in. He remembered all the reports coming in from cake heads and Rippers who fried their brains with resulted in a neurotransmitter overload. Its a nasty death. The user would foam at the mouth from epileptic seizures and then shock and finally death. These kids didn't care. He walked looking noticed a rat running in the night and scurrying through the streets keeping close to the walls remaining undetectable. They were all Euro trash and their parents before them came to the UCOA after the fall of nations and the war that decimated the land and the ancient ones. He waited for the traffic to change. A Lander splashed water on him as it passed by.

“ Son, “ of a bitch!” He shined his phone on the lander, and their TPS ID came up. He wrote a citation and sent it to the lucky occupants of the vehicle.

“ Asshole!”

Jack dried himself off and thought long and hard. Why after all the undercover work and fake TPS ID’s finally after all this time. He was meeting up with one of the largest suppliers in the whole city. Pasn'e and Siri, this dynamic duel final, wanted to do a hook up with him and that was my connection inside. He was working on those girls for at least three months. His stomach was speaking to him, growling and he was craving Synthshi. He walked into neon lighted establishment. A Hologram appeared before him. “ “Lieutenant Ryan, what a pleasure! Please, come let me take your coat and we have your favorite booth.”

“ Citizen Pe, the same place will do fine.”

Pe smile and he signaled the staff to seat Jack. Soon a waiter took him to his table. Ryan loved this place he was fond of sushi, and the Pe Long brothers were the best at synthesizing the tastes and texture of sushi. They were, in fact, Chinese, posing as Japanese sushi synth chefs. It was their generational craft. There was a huge lighted dragon that stretch across the walls of the restaurant. At the mouth of the huge creature was a fortune cookie. Ancient Japanese kanji form old clippings of paper and movie posters before the great conflict. Jack looked at his phone the large symbol on the back of his phone. A large eagle with its wings spread out across the whole the circle. Under the eagle eight connecting rings joined in a circle. Every nation that survived was here and After the fall of America and China, Russia, India and all other nations. What was left was the eight of the largest corporations in the world. Joined came together and made the UCOA. Jack thought of his childhood and how his parents took him to see the ancient ones before the great dissemination. After the fall of the three major economic foundations, that existed. China, America, Europe there was a complete economic shutdown all over the world. Eventually, new currency called units was adopted by a new governing body, based on eight major corporations in the world. These companies made new laws and controlled the grid. Each had company had resources like gold, silver, and platinum, diamonds and other commodities. The old Governments were replaced by a voted in President, which we call the Administrator. The eight corporations each had its own contribution to the building of the UCOA. Apple used its resources with technology, infrastructure and restructuring the Internet now called the hub. Vortex was implementing medicines and technology for disease control. A Russian company called Haptec was influential in building structures and road bridges and waterways.The other were vital in things like production and scientific research, weapons manufacturing/ defense developmental products. These eight companies had deep pockets and were vital in conception and development of Megacity. These eight companies made up a city of 300 million inhabitants. That was all that was left after a series of events in earth’s history. Jack was dipping his synth sushi in the green liquid and chewed savoring every bite. He eyes become glazed over as he remembered the series of events that brought him to this city he now had called home, for for the last 30 years.

He finished his meal and grabbed his jacket. It was now dry and from the incident earlier it was hardly noticeable. Jack look at the time 1:00 am. Nothing ever closed in Megacity city. Shops stayed opened 24 hours and the city seemed as if it never took a break. One has to be careful, thought to himself as he was walking out and looked both directions of the oncoming traffic. He remembered his days at the academy. They would warp all night and day going to clubs and shops. He was plastered for three days straight and missed his midterms. He chuckled (warping was my ages, drug of choice.) He recalled his friend Sanjib, giving him a small red cube with a place for your mouth. (He was a crazy son of a bitch.) The lights of the city all were changing in unison and he headed back to Corporate headquarters. He wasn't innocent and like most stupid youth, he had his share of fun. He drew the line at drugs the killing innocents. Sure Warping gave you a powerful hangover once you stopped. It in no way would killed you. Mostly young Eurotrash, which didn't necessarily mean from Europe. It became a generalized term over time. Eurotrash was the nickname for people that came to Mega City and didn't do anything thing to make their life better or to give a damn. Hell, Jack thought to himself. (90 percent of the population gets Corp units as Part of being a citizen. It's not a lot but, it would feed you and clothe you or would be able to VID yourself into oblivion. )That’s where the problem lye and hence the name Eurotrash. The past would have called them welfare cases, but everyone received units monthly. The rich could decline their funding but it's was just accepted. It raised the prices and new inflation was finally taking effect from the long term effects. Megacity was still in its birthing stages. Only thirty years old and the UCOA had learned a lot from past civilizations. Rome, Greece, and the New empire United States. Jack remembered, learning in school the United States ruled through a new type of control; diplomacy. Rome conquered its lands. America used the idealization of capitalism and freedom throughout and enterprise.

Jack surveyed the area around him. He found the ATM. He moved his wrist watch over the scanner that blocks the entrance. He passed through, and the voice sounded.

“Thank you, citizen.”

Jack winced and walked over to the line waiting for the ATM. Within minutes the soundless Air Transport Mobile vehicle was announced by flashing lights and sound from the speaker.

“ Stand back and wait the for doors to fully open and the ATM to come to a complete stop. The announcement finished. And the ATM hatches opened towards the sky. Jack sat in his seat and another voice and screen appeared before eyes.

“ Welcome Citizen Ryan” it's program was reading his TPS ID.

“ Your destination citizen.” Jack puffed on his vapor and barked out a command.

“ Corporate, “ police headquarters.” He looked out the window and was watching the horizon and the massive walls,seperating them from a world of chaos and destruction. Jack knew the old wise tales he heard as a child. Past the dome was nothing. They were the last of the human race. The rest anialated through war or fractions was fighting to gain control. Now all that was left was 330 million humans and synth food. He recalled being told in school that all the animals perished in the great decimation. It was through faith in the UCOA that the animals and the ancient's would live again.

The train glided past buildings and stores occasionally stopping and loading up more passengers.

Jack reloaded his vapor by the light on the end. He thought about the what his teacher had said. The ancient ones would soon be brought back to life. Literally every plant on the earth perished after the huge solar flares of 2100. It was the size of Jupiter and stretch out and hit earth and the other planets. The soil after that changed and never was the same. The refered to out side of the Dome 100 miles was the dead lands. There nothing lived and to leave Megacity was suicide. Jack peered

At the skyscrapers and buildings of white and blue jewel tones. The city was unified and brought together by a same monochromatic white and blues. Tone on tone white with etched in designs on the faces of the buildings. The elongated designs seemed to stretch to the tops of the buildings. SAV self-automated vehicles was own by either the UCOA Transportation systems or Corporate Police or the wealthy. Jack drew in his vapor and played with his hologram controls. Moving his hand left to right directing the software to skim the News. He went to the Hub site. He looked out the speeding ATM. A flying SAV whips by the vehicle.

“ What the hell?” Jack watch the ship leave citizen restricted air space. Then his attention switched back to the female announcer.

“ You have arrived at your destination citizen.”

“ Captain Mathews has been notified of your arrival.”

Jacks watch went off.

“ Capt. Mathews, I'll be there in 5 minutes.”

“Officer Reynolds will meet you and fill you in.”

“ Mathews out!”

Jack was getting the blow off and he knew it.

“ But… Sir…?”

He brushed off his dark gray pants and straightened his black tie. The ATM came to a stop, and a woman in business attire was waiting for Lieutenant Ryan at the exit. She had beautiful dark red hair and Ultra white skin. Her her neck was long and well defined. She was tall and looked as if she was top physical form. As He moved closer to her she had a pleasant smile and about her. Jack thought to himself. She walked up.

“ Citizen Ryan, “ He nodded, and she continued, “ They're waiting for you.”

“ Tresnian?”, “ Just saying.”

I open my eyes “ English huh?” She nodded and smiled.

“ What's a Tresnian girl doing speaking Ambonic English?”

“ I'm humbled.”

Tresnian was a language thought brought all the major languages together. Only the elite spoke it and it was a large determining factor of where you went to school. It was an elitist corporate UCOA glamor kids language. That was why was surprised that Siri would be caught dead with Pasn'e, was definitely eurotrash. It used to not be like that. The UCOA gave a lot of promises in the beginning. It was oligarchy with one AM with elections every ten years or so. The reigning Administrator were voted in 3 times. There was regulations of powers. If you were voted In by the people directly that count as votes of the districts. So if everyone voted yes that 12 votes. There were 5 delegates per company. They each received 5 votes per district. Sixty votes per company. 480 votes in all. So the balance has always favored those in power. Unless your district and company you worked for won the vote.

The red head rolled her eyes. And turned walking in the direction of her SAV.

“ Div lid haf be tat rom.” She sarcastically smirked.

“ Is that better?” she retorted. Jack walked with her. She walked with confidence and held her head up high. She was confident, strong woman. Jack followed her to her parked SAV.

Jack thought about the Ambionic English. He was monitoring the streets in varying districts for a few years then out of the blue his was given a promotion to Lieutenant drug enforcement dep . He just went with the motions.

All or lot of cops spoke Ambonics English. Some other languages. We all had translators on collars but they made everyone sound like beef bots/ love droids. He prefer the later term.( droid prostitutes). So that's the other reason the glamor kids(rich), and some parents were learning a new language. It was a clear and intentional act the corp brats separating themselves. Forming a new gradual legacy of royal blood in the society.

She looked at Ryan and touched her SL7, and the door opened.

“ Sarah.” She held her hand out. Ryan shook her hand. She had a strong grip. The SAV doors opened vertically and she sat in drivers seat and waited for Ryan. He had read about this particular SAV from the Hub. It was selling for 125 thousand units. That was Ryan's paycheck in three years if he was lucky. The vehicle was red and and had dura-film applied to it. Nothing could penetrate the durafilm and it gave off a brilliant opal shine. It s was considered by DuPont( one of the eight) an indestructible paint. Jack got in, and she waved her hand over the console. A voice came over the console.

“ Hello, Capt. Reynolds automated or manual?”

After hearing this, Jack put his hand on his face and was finishing cig. For the first time in history smoking didn't cause disease or cancer as in the older days of his parents. It was also odorless, but unlike the Vape the smoke still stayed around and was annoying. And yes, still very addictive.

Capt. Reynold hit a button, and the smoke was siphoned out.

Jack looked surprised.

“ Hey, That's a new one.” He was trying to make conversation. She took his cig and tossed in the trash.

“ Please, lieutenant.” She slowly worked her hand over the controls lifting the vehicle, and Jack saw the landscape change. The horizon line and perspective changed. He was now looking down on the people walking, and she level the SAV out after the lift and hit went into second gear, and they were off.

Chapter Three

Sabotage

Riding on the waves of gravity the SL7 was a brilliant, fast machine. Sarah looked at Jack.

“ Like her?”

Jack responded

“ it's, not exactly like the ads shown on the HUB.”

“ It's my first time in one of these.”

“ I'm used to looking up at these.” Laughing making conversation with the upright tight looking woman.

“ Not down.”

She made a turn and her red dark Amber hair caught some of the light filtering in from the sun.

“ You’ll soon find out.” She smiled and brushed her hair with her hand. She said in bronze timbre voice.

“ Screen left corner.”

The Hub popped up and came into view on the right side of the front passenger side of the front window. She said

“ SL7, code delta, Minor, 23409845.”

A few seconds later a voice register and logged her in. A millue of information came up and a training info.

“ What's this? May is ask?”

She leered looking forward at the direction she was headed.

“ Study it Lieutenant we have and hour before we arrive at UCOA Administration headquarters.”

Jack rubbed his chin. Feeling the little bit of stubble on it he did a second take at her.

“ I’m a cop, this is not in my salary profile.”

She looked back and started laughing at Ryan.

“ Not anymore.”

“ Oh, Jack you are diff(clueless) right now?” She played with the controls and set the machine on automatic. Her chair turned and she was peering at him.

“ Your badge has been revoked and your security clearance has been changed.”

Jack became defensive and trying to explain his actions to the Capt.

“ Now. Listen, I followed all the UCOA guidelines and was given a anti neurotrantropics deactivation shot.”

She was listening and had very logical look on her face trying not to laugh anymore at his confused state.

Jack continued and she played along.

“ I had no Idea that VID was that large of a dose.”

She stopped him.

“ I don't want to embarrass yourself anymore Jack.”

“ Are, “ finished?”

Jack put his hand to his chin and peered at her.

“ Pleso, continue .” Acting as if he hadn't made a fool of himself enough as it was.

“ I was given with authority to debrief you.” She looked out the window a second then turned back.

“ You been upgraded to UCOA Captain of special division per the AM .” She went to her phone and instantly pulled his TPS and bank account.

“ Congratulations!” She looked at his phone waiting for his response. His eyes open and his jaw dropped.

“ That's almost three years pay?”

“ but, I'm not… Understanding?”

She laid back and closed her eyes turning away from the Capt.

Jack watched her and was totally perplexed. Why was the AM giving him special provisions?

Jack was saying that in his head the half the trip. While studying his new SAT SL7. Learning the program and the buttons and consul. It was a lot to take In.

Jack hadn't slept In over 17 hours and was starting to finally feel the effects of the downside of the NTT VID ride he took only hours ago. He was sure he memorized each feature of his car. He layed his head back and sleep was taking him easily and Without a fight. Capt Reynolds patted him.

“ Wake up, w’ere here!”

The two arrived at UCOA administration headquarters within the hour .

Jack was used to not sleeping. Sometimes his shifts ran 16 hours. But he was having after effects of the NTT in his system. And even though he had his shots for his undercover work. The anti-neurotrantropics shot couldn't stop the side affects of massive sleep deprivation. Jack felt he was about to crash.

Sarah pulled the vehicle down lowering the the landing gear and open the vehicles doors.Inside the car was spinning and Jack was sweating. Sarah had a concerned look on her face. Jack step out of the vehicle and fell on his face, passed out.

He awoke to Sarah hovering over him. She was shaking her head. She poured liquid on his face. He shot and looked around. He was in her apartment and she was sitting on her message pod watching him.

“ Your way to old for that shit.” Wiping liquid away and rubbing his eyes.

“ What, “ happened?”

She threw him a pill pack.

“ Here take these, your clothes are on their way. She was drinking her jackedOJ (synthesized orange juice).

“ Take a quick Sonic shower and we need to get going.” There was a ring and the door and she said, “ ID” reaching her hand in the drawer, then finding out it was Ryan's clothes that had arrived she took her hand away slowly. She open the door and took my phone waved it over the delivery service phone and made the transfer. She had taste and style. She bought him with his money a dark grey suit and a black tie. She laid it on the counter. Jack took the pills and felt better with in minutes. She was picking up her bags and luggage.

“ jumpers, we use them in the field.”

She lead Jack to her bathroom. He separated to get undressed. She was staring at him leaning against the door with her arms crossed and foot resting on the door jam. He looked at her and continued to get undressed. She closed the door. Jack could hear her walking away.

“ Typical, Cops.”

She was speaking through the closed doors to Ryan.

The door open slightly and she could see the muscle divisions under his skin flexed as he moved. The “V” that formed above his buttocks was reminding her of her experience just a night before with guy just like Jack.

“ You feel much better with in the hour” she looked at her watch and grabbed her long thin vapor.

Soon Jack was ready and walked out in front of Sarah.

“ So how do I look? “

Jack walked to the counter and stood there.

“ Can I least inquired why the suite.”

Sarah grabbed some things and turn to Jack and said in a matter of fact tone of voice.”

“ We have a date with the Administrator.”

“ let's go.”

The UCOA administration headquarters was located what was once called Washington, DC. After the fall of the United States of America. The old capital was destroyed in the great decimation. A new capital was erected a thirty years ago. The two Walked over to the pyramidal shape building and building. It was smooth and white and at the top of the pyramid the apex was a blue light that resembled and eye. Jack saw the structure and laughed at his own thoughts of the actual paper money that his father had given him. It was green and on the front was a balding fat gentleman with long hair on the sides of his head. The back was the same image and he was standing before the two. The walking tram moved quickly and connected the sectors the UCOA buildings together. Sarah had her arms crossed and her position of her body was contrapposto. She was relaxed and watching the window. Tram reminded Jack of the trip he took with his parents and they walked on the tram and we're moving faster than the other citizens. This was much the same except larger and faster.

“ Feeling better?” She wasn't looking my way.

“ Much, finally kicked in, dintso(thanks)” she half smiled holding her arms.

“ Jack we can't speak here until your debriefed.” She added. “I, know your confused.” She sneezed, “ excuse me,”

“ Pemba Leto Keres do lit dim mas.” She took an item from her purse rotated the ball over her sinus cavity. She continued.

“ Jack I have something to confess.”

She raised her eyes to him slowly. He tilted his head and waited.

“ Your whole mission, with Pasn’e and Siri.”

Ryan was about to speak and she stopped him.

“ Before you say anything, listen.”

She looked down and then showed him a picture of the two girls. She then super imposed a picture of herself onto the Tresnian slated viper girl. The phone read TPS Match. In red letters.

“ You, “ Siri?”, “ but…”

she tilted her head and smiled. Then imitated his actions that night. Pointing her finger at him.

“ One Week or I'm taking you both in.” She paused

They could see there destination just up ahead.

“ Three months I've working…” ,”Three months!” Jack pulled on his jacket and looking at his shoes.

“ Why? All this.”

Sarah took cigarette out and lit it. She watched the smoke being sucked out by one of the vents.

“ We scanned everyone.” She held the rail with her right hand. The tram with was going over water and and we saw new security installations being built.

“ Yes that's underway as well but UCOA has different plans for that.” She regrouped her thoughts and continued where she left off.

“ Scanning tooks months and then we found you.”

Jack had a look of confusion on his face.

“ The VID, the implant, we, had to be sure.” Jack pounce at her his crisp voice carried a slight hint of Eurotrash.

“ You mean all that time I was being bated, used.”

Capt. Reynolds looked stern and then it turn to understanding.

“ We had to be sure.”

“ The whole thing was a set up, we checked your markers.”

“ It was a match.”

Jack looked at her a little pissed off.

“ And what about your girlfriend Pasn'e, and the sex program.”

Siri brought her her eyes to jacks slowly.

“ Pasn'e was the one slated, I was given the NTT deactivation shot as well. “

She played with his cooler and tie.

“ The rest of the program was real, is that what you wanted to hear?

She jerked his tie and Jack swallowed.

“ Don't get the wrong idea it was the price to pay for the UCOA.”

Jack loosened his tie and brushed it down into his jacket.

“ Price? “ You would think you were suffering through the whole ordeal?”

Siri smile out of the side of her mouth.

“ Partly.”

She held the cigarette close to her mouth and was focusing her eyes on the building In front of the two.

All UCOA employees were head to the left. She lead me passed the massed of citizens to Right. We were met by two armed guard and escorted through the mouth of

The pyramid. Jack looked and there the two guards and they were armed with SEBS sonic emissions blast. Jack was aware SEBS were used to control populations back the rebuild. Many starving citizens charged the Old capital demanding food and supplies. America was overtaken by a series of events that shook the world to its core.

Capt. Reynolds stopped and showed her TPS ID and she looked at Jack. Now Luetinant UCOA special investigation unit. The guard look at his ID and scanned his wrist. He then signaled the two of them to pass through the security scanner. Jack,

“ Don't tell me, UCOA chiped us?”

Sarah look straight ahead ahead speaking.

“ Welcome to the real world, the UCOA has done everything to endorse and ensure a free and just world.”

“ delta 5 security clearance,” for The Lieutenant Ryan.” The officer looked at or ID’S. Ryan waited for the officer to open the metal sealed door. The magnetic locks released and a few flashing lights appeared. The door opened and Jack walked into a reproduction of United States of Americas interior of the White House. Two aids came up to the Capt.

“ Capt. Reynolds I'm James Terence, aid to the Administrator. Please follow me to the briefing.” Sarah stopped and grabbed her stomach.

“Hmm, I'm sorry but I need a restroom first.” Jacked shrugged. And the aid said,

“Pleso, edek lano tat evrotatus,” she thanked him he waited outside of the Toilets. A few moments later Sarah emerged and the two follow him to another entrance. The briefing room was a large meeting room were members from all of the districts would and vote on matters concerning UCOA. Jack and his partner made there way to two vacant chairs. The attended brought some synth and addendum board. Sheet was of plastic material. When an addendum came into topic. The board Sarah was now holding was the clear board.

Jack tasted his drink. He hadn't tasted this cool and quenching and refreshing drink since childhood. It was water. Sure it rains in Mega city. Drinkable water is a different than what Megacites called sludge. Sarah touched Jacks arm. She motioned Jack to look in the direction of her nod. It's was the Administrator. Everyone arose and chanted. I followed and mimicked Sarah.

“ We give honor, loyalty, and swear allegiance to The Administrator and the UCOA.”, “ Citizens you maybe seated.”

The AM came to the podium. He had a sad look in his eyes and pause a moment before speaking.

“Citizens and delagates of districts of Claudiis, nuram, centorum, mantas, Lastos and nordom. Speaking to the rest of Megacites of the UCOA.” He pause to catch his thoughts and took a sip of water. We were both watching the speech from the addendum Board. Occasionally a line race across it as it was a weak signal. The AM continued.

“ I bring to you Addendum 363.” He paused and a speaker gave a brief description of the Addendum. The speaker read of the addendum list.

“ They capture and disappearances of TPS ID. Darbe whenslet.” The consulate was showing greviences and one could her the gasps in the room. The AM put his head down and then gestured to Ryan and Reynolds. And continued speaking.

“ The UCOA administration has granted the permission to search out the perps and bring them to justice.” He cleared his throat. He waited again and on the add cards the image of serval mask men Holding a artifact glock to her head. He was speaking Tresnian. Sarah touched my arm and translated.

“ Members and slaves of the Megacites. It is time to removed the vale of your own deception and free the people from the tyranny of a UCOA. To show our intent is true I give you the Corporation blood line.” He removed her black mask from her head. She was crying and hysterical. One of the men grabbed her hair. “ Shut up!” She started a low muffle whimper. The leader continued speaking.” I was trained like you and I speak your elitist dialect like you, but I'm free and you are not.” She gently stroke the frightened girls cheek. I saw her fathers pat on screen. Yet he as the leader of Megacites had to be strong and play his strategies like a game piece.

“ I've sent you our demands and giving you 72 hours to meet these demands or I’ll start erasing the blood lines to your golden genetic . He put the gun to her head and at the last minute turned it towards her aid’s head and the gun went off and the images faded out. Jack thought( that close of a gunshot to the head, she dead.) Sarah looked at me very seriously

“ That's your sister!”

“ That’s why you’re here Jack! “ Jack let the news slowly sink in. Reynolds continued.

“ Your, Genetic match.”

“ Jack there's so much to tell you, and very little time!”

Jack breathed out a long sigh.

“ This isn't my day.” She calm Jack and then got up form the meeting and he followed.

“ We have our orders. They left the meeting.”

She led Jack to a pod, a black Sl7 with silver metal and I dark grey interior.

“ The vehicle has been attached to your TPS.” Jack climbed in the and the seats making slight ergo adjustments to the curveture of his body and small differences that makes us different and varied as humans. He waved his hand over the vehicles console.

“ Capt. Ryan welcome to Sl7 automated response system.”

“ automatic or manual.” Jack look at Capt. Reynolds.

“Manual!” He took it the craft up and leveled it out and was about to put the SAV in gear. A huge explosion sent fragment toward the vehicle. Jacks tried to level the vehicle out. And the force of the explosion tipped the SAV to on side loosing control and shift the out of the hover lane. Other SAV smashed into each other and citizens stopping and one SAV veered of and slammed into a building. Sending glass shards and fragments to the citizen’s below. Sarah yelled at the ARS Control to Sarah Reynolds. She took control and shot use into fourth gear. She was expertly riding around other cars and then two other explosions went off. In the distance they sounded like load low toned pops. I turned looked at the damage.

“ What in the hell is going on.” He turned to her and she had nive blaster pointed towards him . I was in shock. She grimaced and worked on coordinates breaking Citizen restricted Space.

“ Shut the fuck up and don't move.” She seemed like a different person. Jack held his hands up slightly. She logged on the hub. She was speaking Tresnian to some unknown entity's.

She had the gun on me and we had four large ships types that Jack had never encountered. She looked back.

“ Nesmia! “ she was working the controls. Jack calmed his mind and remembered with frame by frame mental accuracy of the training of the SL7 for operations earlier that day he went through each until he found what needed. She looked at him and remains showing his hands. The UCOA Runners were catching fast and voice took over our ARS( automatic response system). Your vehicle will be terminated you have 10 seconds to comply. She was like a crazed woman now.

“ I kill the next blood line to the administration if you don't back off. I'm sending a marker sample now! She pushed a button and the ships behind us went into a slower pace still following use. The ship was headed into a dead lands. Jack took notice of the trajectory and swallowed.

“ dead lands,” “ nice,”

She looked at him sticking the Nive to the side of his cheek. Started laughing. Her tone has light but bronzy.

“ Jack, wake the fuck up.” She watched the ships behind her.

“ What if I told you that every thing you thought you knew about your world is a lie.” Ryan looked at his arms in the air. She jerk her head to the side telling it as ok.

Jack rubbed his chin and looked on the consul. He addressed her.

“ Then your no better than that bastard on the add card. “

“ It’s Siri and that,bastard is my brother!”, “ God Jack your so diff.”

Hold on she took the vehicle and dived straight down. The alarm on the SAV was going on off. The ground was turning and getting larger before them . The ARS was telling them in a robotic fashion.

“ pull up, pull up, pull up,”” Initializing emergency protocol.”

Sarah, now, Siri looked seeing she lost the ships. Screamed.

“ Activate emergency protocol!” The land was getting dangerously close and the ship jerked a few time and leveled out. Jack breathed out a huge breath his head was spinning and felt he was going to throw up. He looked outside of his pod. He had never seen the stars so bright and so within his grasp. Siri grabbed his wrist.

“ yeah I had the same reaction as you.” She took a round ball pressed a button on the device. She looked in my eyes.

“ This is going to hurt like hell.” She turned the device on. Jack tried to jerk his hand back. It was though he felt like someone had put a lit cigarette in his arm. The burning became more and more unbearable and Jack screamed out.

“ Make it stopped, ah God no!” She was yelling back

“ A few more seconds.”

Jack was about to pass out from the pain. His nerves and muscles everything burned and it was the most intense pain he had ever felt. Siri let out a loud.

“ Got it!”

Jack grabbed his arm and the pain dissipated quickly. Until he was just hoping his arm but no more pain.

Jack wiped the sweat from his brow and flexed his hand. The he said.

“ Oh! Shit .”, “That hurt like a son of bitch”

Siri held the gun on Jack and pressed some control on the consul. She looked over at Jack. In a matter a fact way she asked,

“ Your phone pleso.” Jack looked at the consul and remember his plan. He just had to distract her Enough to complete his plan of action. She repeated herself, holding herself and pushing the weapon deep in his ribcage. Jack took out his Phone and gave it to the red haired blue eyed woman. She took it and open her window and threw it out the craft. She gave a sarcastic grin to Jack.

“ Now Jack your off the Hub.”

“ You Jack Ryan like your sister our Ghost, now.”

Jack looked back up at the stars and then a few meteors shot paced him. Like a dance of trailing light in the sky. He had never seen anything like this. He regained his thoughts and rememberd the three explosions and the losses and casualties the UCOA administration.

“ What have you done?, all innocent lives.”

She watched him and had a faint smile on her face.

“ Go ahead pull the trigger, you sick cunt!”

Jack slammed the arm of his chair. Small SAV pod moves and tilted slightly. Then in stabilized using earth gravity once again. Jack honed in on the controls while he was talking. Playing his moves out in succession. Siri, put the gun to her cheek and she was moving the weapon along the contours of her face. She turned to the window shield of her vehicle.

“ access code 1389755 addendum 363” she finished and just stared at Ryan. A green screen formed around she took her hand a moved it in front of the consul enlarging the image until it almost filled up the entire front glass.

“ Records alpha file confiscated records.” ARS replied,

“ accessing records 363.” “”Shall, play it for you Capt. Reynolds?” She responded

“pleso,”

“ The image started playing. There were men and woman running and the framing(video) was fuzzy and blurred and a green hue was about the lens showing if this was a inferred night vision. The figures were falling all around the compound and the men in black with using SEBS throwing and flinging people into walls and old archaic looking landers. The another squad would fire their blasters killing the fallen. It was mass murder and the men and woman running were, dressed and in clothes of dark grey and reminded him more of clothes of survival and concealment. Siri had tears forming in her eye. Jack leap and hit the GRL button and the pod lost its flight and tumble,down from its hovering position. The Alarm went off. The ship was tumbling to and the ground was ground larger and twisting and turning. The Blaster was out her hand and tumbling all over the cockpit. Jack reached for the weapon and felt the foot of his assailant Come slamming into his chest. He hit the side window and and door. She came at him again with the other foot. It pressed into his ribcage with a large thud! Jack felt himslef hitting the door again. The blaster landing for split second right in his chest. He went to grab it and it hit the window firing off with a loud thundering clap. He kick Siri and his door can open and he was hanging on to the seat. Jack saw red streaks,on the window and looked at Siri now bleeding and unconscious. He the alarm was chiming and the ARS announced.

“”20 seconds to Impact.”

Was fighting the centrifugal forces reaching his hand out and the ARS again.

“ 15 seconds to impact.”

The wind form the open door and sounds of the alarm was all to much. Jack reach over and was almost there.”

“ Ten seconds to impact, 5,” screamed out unable to reach his hand out.”

“ Engage Automatic controls! , now!” ARS complied

“ Engaging.”

The ship slowly lock on the ride the gravitational waves again. Ship hit a a large surface and tumbled down a large object the it hit the water. Jack un fastened his pod belt. He then Located the gun and was trying to open the door. His door was jammed shut the SAV pod had just caught a gravity wave and slowed down enough but hit the side of a bluff . Siri’s door open up and he crawled over her and looked back as water was gushing in all around them. He looked back at Siri. The water was neck high.

“Awe, The hell with it.” He went to unlock her belt and The latch was stuck.

“ Damnit!”

He pulled as he felt his muscles at their prime. The water was up to her neck and the ship was sinking fast. She was under the water now. With only minutes to spare. Ryan took a deep breath and tried again. He was scream under the the water and his voice gargles and bubbled.

“ Sigegirgri guwak guup!”

His mind flashed with a thought he took the his hand over the consul. Nothing. Then he felt the blaster in his jacket. He took it out and now his lungs were on fire! He shot the strap of the harness to her belt, wham. It came loose he pulled her from the wreckage. He cup her neck with his hand and Saw land within 30 feet of him. Time was of the essence, and he knew he had to get the water out her lungs fast. He reached land and layed her on the ground. He tilted her head back and pinched her nose.

“ Well, this not how I expected this to Happen.”

He breathed in and started chest compressions.

“ one thousand one one thousand two one, so on..”

He went to give her another breath. She bit his lip and water was coursing out of her mouth and lungs. The she took a very desperate breathe, haaaa! The Siri was coughing and and finally I raise her up and she vomited. I padded her back and she pushed me away.

“ You.” Gasping. “ Son of a bitch!” She got up holding her self up by her arms resting on her thighs. She screamed.

“I'm not the enemy Jack.”

“ you are.”

She sat her self down breathing heavy. Jack threw the blaster at her feet and sat down. His lungs were spent and he need to just rest. They both sat there in silence.

The hunt

The two of them were freezing and night came upon them fast. Jack gain composer of his mind and looked around it was rock formations all around them. He looked at he water. He hadn't seen a lake since he was a child. He walked over to the water and took a drop and and his watch.

“ analysis” the watch paused for a second then came on and off, then the hologram came on and screen the droplet. A few moments later a reading came one the screen.

--- 95% h2o----

Jack leaned over and drank some and it was refreshing and good to him.He thought, ( How could this be? Water actual H20! But his teachers told him there was nothing out In the dead-lands), He looked around for something to stay under for safety. He took his jacket off and offered it to Siri. She grabbed it, not saying a word. The he remembered the training manual and grabbed her wrist.

“ I need your watch.” He was intense wit her. She remember and spoke into the black shiny surface of her wrist band.

“ Automatic hover.” She looked at Ryan.

“ I can't remember the command.” She tried again.

“ Activate Hover command.” Jack scanned his mind and remembered.

“Automatic protocol activated.”

She looked at me and said.

“ I told you we pick the right guy.” She tried it and SAV pod arose slowly from the water and hovered. She smiled and remembered

“ Engage first gear.” The pod slowly came towards the and she open the door and water was rushing from every part of the vehicle. SAV pods were small and slick in design and where shaped like an egg. The front windows and elongated front with stylized design and aerodynamic front that smooth out to the back. They both were cleaning it out and she was starting to open up to Jack.

“ Siri, it's going to drop down to 65 degrees tonight.”

“ Your arm is it?”

“ It's fine just a flesh wound.” She shuffled around the pod and found some medical kit. She open it up and looked and me.

“ A little help, here.”

I help here as she bandage up her arm and then using her teeth cut the tape.

“ There, “that should do.”

Jack was wiping some of the sludge and mud away

“ At least we have warm air inside the pod.” Siri opened a compartment letting out a stream of water out of the vehicle.

“ You mean I going to be warm.” She climbed in and shut the door. Jacks side was bashed in,and wouldn't open. He hit the side of the vehicle. Siri looked at him and then turned the other direction. Jack Huddled next to the engine and he gazed at the stars again. He was cursing her under his breath and soon fell asleep.

Morning came and Jack woke up. Staring at three ships coming there way. He banged on the window. Siri turned and waved him off. He banged again. She lifted her head and open the Pod door to her side.

“ Get in.”

Jack climb over her and she kicked it in gear.

“ They haven't seen us yet.” Jack sounded off

“ Tracking, us?” She pulled a bunch of wires form to the bottom of the console.

“ couldn't sleep that well.” She banked left and and was dangerously close to hitting the edge of the rocks. Moving in and out of the formations and and jutting structures that form arches and have moon shapes. She scrape the side and the ship jerked.

“ Thanks,”

She looked at Jack. “ For not letting me, drowned.”

She dodge a few huge rock formations and soon the rocks gave way to a huge flowing river. The pod glided on it and was suspended over the flowing currents. She set it on automatic and look on the scanner.

“ Their gone.”

“ Their looking for-“

Jack jumped in.

“ let me guess me?”

“ Ok who am I'm, ready to listen.”

Recall

Siri accessed the Hub and soon she found the encrypted file. She played it for him. A Scientist appeared on the video screen. He was older and the grey streaks where forming in his beard. Under his eyes his were pressed in, while the passage of time. His jacket was white with a round crest labeled UCOA in blue lettering. He wore antique glasses. He spoke into the camera. There was large metal encasings all around him from the floor to the ceiling. With lights flashing in the background and some archaic computer equipment.

“ File number 102 C 17. As the head scientist for UCOA field team research program. After the result form the test samples taken from various regions of earth. It is my decision and that of other lead scientist and biologist and major researchers in the field. Do to climate change over the past 160 years and major changes In atmosphere.” He looked down and fixed and adjusted his glasses.

“ The solar flares, carbon monoxide, pollution and acid rains. We scientist representing UCOA have come to the conclusion.”

Jack adjusted his chair and leaned his body in to focus his attention on the screen.

“ it's is the broads calculations that planet Earth is only able to proved resources to prolong the lives only 330,000,000 people on this planet. It is my professional opinion we should implement project green light.” The screen faded out and Siri looked at Jack.

“ Have you woken up, to whats going on yet?” Jack look at the screen and her again, with a lost glaze in eyes. She pulled another file from the hub.

“ We hacked into the UCOA hub infrastructure and found these older files from the rebuild.”

she loaded the files and played the frames. The screen flashed and and flickered.

“ Project green light has been implemented based on the its founding members of the Alliance.” He gave the names to major companies and continued. “ It is our most regrettable decision to modify genetic test of all subjects accepted into the building and development of a new world order. The subject will be unknowing tagged and their DNA will meet major marker identification qualifications. In order to insure prime, genetic specimens of the human race.” The framing change over showing all the children and adults going through testing and images of men and woman being separated at and parents being forced away from their children. The out stretched arms reaching to hold their babes one last time. Jack saw the tears and misery laying and playing out before him. The UCOA members took the children and men and woman away in large buses. Jack was tearing up and he saw Siri she was wiping here face and looked on in dead silence. Then she spoke.

“ When I was taken from the city. I was given to doctors and then they did things to me . Later I given up for adoption at 6 years of age. My adopted parents were wealthy and I have every need met.” She sniffed and wiped some tears away. I hated the FOT. Then I was brought to my lost brother. We were separated.”

She pulled hair back and was playing with as she continued. Jack was watching here and was looking on and looking at her features and the tears running down her cheeks.

“ My original family didn't meet qualifications for the genetic markers and was left on the dead lands to fend for themselves.”

“ My brother Yeres, found me and helped me escape.

She looked at her wrist and grabbed her her arm flexing it.

“ I decided to go back in as a sleeper.” She leaned her chair back.

“ I enrolled in the UCOA special division unit. Passed the admittance test and was enrolled. Ten years later my bother woke me from my sleeper statis. He had contacted me and ordered me to find you, Jack.”

She redirected the craft and scanned the area.

“ I found you, and was surprised to find you as a Corp Cop.”

Jack laughed sarcastically,

“ Thanks!”

“ You’re a sleeper Jack unknowingly, and it's my guess when the admin dies you'll be woken up.”

“ It's a security measure used by both the rebellion and UCOA.”

Ryan scratched his head.

“ So when they wake me then what?”

She turned her chair towards Jack.

“ Everything was planned that happened with bombing the UCOA administration. I went into the restroom. And planted three bombs. In the ventilation and one under the table and the UCOA briefing.”

She gazed out the window and was biting the tip of her lip.

“ The explosion should have killed the AM and half the members of the UCOA.”

“ Justic has been served.”

Jacked looked confused.

“ What about the hostage situation.”

She gazed passed me with a gleam in her eye and a hint of satisfaction about her.

“ That was a ploy.”

“ Your sister was taken earlier that week. She had her Implants removed and she agreed to work for the cause, even against her adopted father. You two were separated at a very young age Jack.”

“ When I escape my brother had the doctors remove my cortical blocker chip.”

She leaned forward and lifted the back of her hair and showed Jack her scar and slowly let her hair back down.

“ Then, Jack my world as we knew it fell apart and I remembered everything that was done to me and millions of children.” Jack looked as Siri’s fist tighten up into a ball. She played the next frame.

“ This ,” will tell you Jack Ryan who the real enemy is.” She stared at Jack for a moment. She redirected the coordinates of there traveling vessel. Then Siri looked at Jack and said a very condescending manner.

“ This is the true face of the UCOA.”

She waved her hand over the console. Few moments a recognizable face appeared .The Lower right side of the screen showed another mans face. The administrator was a younger man in these frames from 30 years ago. His wisdom had and age yet left its deep wrinkles and impressions in his skin. His hair brown and winter had not yet frosting his follicles.

Year 2063 December 02

Administer: “This is the final operation green light. I want to be sure we have everything is its proper place.”

The man at the bottum of the screen started talking.

“ Yes AD everything is fully operational.” A glitch occurred and then the screen became normal again.

“ We've began tagging and relocating high markers and memory reprogramming has been successful.”

“ Your work for the UCOA has been expemplentory, Dr Ryan.”

Jack eyes open and his mouth dropped as well.

“ Wait! This can't be!”

“ It has to be a coincidence of some sort.”

This image of his implanted father in his mind was all a lie. His father was a traitor to mankind.

“ That's.”

Siri paused the frame and looked at Jack with sincerity and care.

“ Yes, he was a horrible man, even sacrificing his own children for the cause.”

Jack covered his face. Breathing heavily into his hands.

“ This can be happening.”

The Truth Will Set you Free

Siri, now heading the ship to her brothers headquarters. She told me about Markers and the mass genecide the UCOA was carrying out on all peoples of the dead lands. This type of thing being done to innocent people all over the world. Jack dropped the cigarette from his lips and watched it fall to the ground. He saw the white vapor stick bounce several times on the floor almost in slow motion. Siri continued.

“ From the rebuild the Eight corporations secretly made an army and destroying each of the fallen centers of power. United States was the last great power to fall. They infected the Governments foundations at every level. Secretly until everything fell around them.”

“ United States fell not because of the economy or all the other casualties. It fell from Corporations gaining to much power and the virus unleashed slowly into the Viens of a country that was greater once than ancient Rome.”

Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing.

The ship came upon a and huge walls of stone and slowly opened. She waited and then guided the craft into the landing dock.

“ That’s enough for now, I know it's w hell of a lot to take in.”

“ She open the pod doors.” She put her hand on his hands . It was cold and soon he felt her warmth.

“ Let's get that chip out of you before they reactivate it.”

The Renuion

Siri and Jack left the vehicle and were met by a man in a grey long coat. He looked us over and said with a dimple.

“ You too look like shit, let get you cleaned up.”

“ Your brother’s waiting for you at the command center.”

Siri turned to Jack and made introductions.

“ Jack this is Beara, he’s is one of the consulate members of the ant-alliance.”

Beara out his over his other arm with a clinched fist.

“ let take you to your rooms. There are clean clothes for you both.”

Beara walked down a plan hallway made with stones and cement. The passage way arched and angled until the three came to an opening.

Sarah had a sparkle in her eye she looked at Jack. Beara raised his arms. He spoke in low gruff voice.

“Welcome to the Outer lands.”

Jack looked around and saw what looked like to him old prison cells the went vertically up and the steel bars were were all taken down. Some and saw woman men working and children a being taught by teachers. These people were fed and clothed and being educated. Sarah looked at Jack. She put her arm on his shoulder.

“There are no Dead lands on Earth, a another lie by the corporation.” She continued.

“ We are a fully, functioning community. With Docters and lawyers and people with trades and skills. All coming together by effort and bartering and good will towards one another.”

Jack just stood there and didn't move. Siri continued she was walking around him.

“ This place is called Sumar. Named after their Summerian culture.” She added. “ There are hidden villages all over the world. All named after ancient villages.”

Jack chimed in.

“ How do communicate with one another not being traced on the HUB?”

She was walking with him. Beara said. “You know your way around her Siri. Good to have you back.” He turned and add

“ Nice job on the Administration.”

She took Jack by the arm and lead him down a long hall. There people selling and bartering and speaking in their own dialects.”

Siri noticed a group of men talking Urdu.

“ The one problem the Rebels are having is to cohesively bond everyone together. If your Chinese you stay with your kind. If your Indian, well you get the point. My brother is teaching the Tresnian language hoping some of the evil the UCOA has caused may actually do some good. Unite a people with a common tongue.”

Jack noticed as the two made it near another underground entrance there were guards and and they had old archaic looking weapons.

“ You find food and shelter and clothes in your room down the hall and to your left. She pointed for Jack. “ Tomra will help you with any other needs you may have.”

Chapter 4

The Awakening

Jack laid in his cot trying to play back every thing he learned. The whole idea he bought into with the UCOA. The lies they were spreading and he felt they almost an empire rather than a citizenship. Cloak and hidden nicely in packages of technology and gadgets. The deadlands were not dead and were vibrant and teeming with new life. Jack got dressed and soon met Siri. She was dressed in a all grey outfit that looked much like what he say in the video of the UCOA massacre. It was Jacks guess that those were soldiers. A lot of the pieces of the puzzle was coming together in so many ways. Siri was standing next to a woman. They both were wearing the same outfits.

“Jack Ryan, meet Darbe Winslet, your sister.”

Siri back out of the room.

“I'll let you two get accounted.”

Siri smiled at me and said with reassurance.

“ I'm glad your with us her Jack.”

Jack looked at his sister and held her shoulders.

“ This is all to much for me!”

Darbe out her hand on jacks hand and smiled.

“Yeah, those are the Ryan dimples.”

She looked down and backed away from Jack. She walked over facing the water purification systems me and the large screen if images flashing behind her.

“ Jack, you haven't got all the information correct.” She was playing with her hands and fiddling with her button.

“When I was taken from Megacity, I was a different person.” She turned to him. Tears were starting to run down her face.

“ Thomas Ryan, was not your father, he was your uncle.”

Jack walked towards her and lit a cigarette.

“ I thought Thomas Ryan sent one to live with our father the A.M.? “

She looked at Jack and he saw anger emerge from her.

“ I will fight till my death now I know the truth.”

She grabbed Ryan’s hand and led him to an area of the underground facility where the stone and mortar gave way to a great library. The massive wall with books. There were men and woman working the shelves and cataloging them.

“ Our father has all this knowledge of Earths past and the men and women who helped shape of history. It's all here. This knowledge is for the elite members of the UCOA.” She grabbed a random book and opened the pages.

“ This one is Homer, and that Aristotle.” She gently put the books back.

“ Your father is a Monster and a tyrant and has to be stopped!” She took Jack and showed him old films dating back to 1940. Jack watched in horror as men with cross Z’s on there shirts taken men and woman into encampments. The massive genicide taking place here on this planet.

“ a please Darbe I can't watch anymore!”

Darbe switched off the screen and was crying.

“ This is what our beloved UCOA has been doing for the past 30 years. Killing innocents who don't meet marker qualifications.”

“ That sick bastard is trying to finish off what this Hitser character did 200 years ago.”

She told Jack that after she had her implants removed. It's was someone took the scales from her eyes and The countless men women and children were destroyed. While he our father slept in synthetic silks and laughed while his daughter was taking her first steps. And have elaborate birthday parties. He has to be stopped at any cost. Darbe took a blaster and as playing with the barrel.

“ The Consulate has decided to have me go back with brother. You fled your captures and found me. We escaped. You will bring me back and become a spy for the Alliance.”

She looked at the gun more intently and then looked at Jack.

“ Then, “ my dear brother you will kill your father!”

Chapter 5

Return to Megacity

Siri came to jacks room and was standing there. Her silhouette startled Jack form his sleep.

“ Jack get up and come with me. He got up and threw his shoes on and followed her. She took jacks SL7 and where sneaking out out Sumar.

“I,” want to show you something.”

Siri put in the coordinates and looked at Jack.”

“What?”

“ Oh, nothing, well, your just full of surprises.”

She angled a wide turn.

“ Then your really going to enjoy this.”

They flew for about an hour and she turned the lights off and was landing the craft. She felt Jack staring at her in the pitch black.

“ Relax, “ I do this all the time.”

The craft came to a stop. She got out and Jack followed. The stars were like a blanket of lights thrown over the heavens. She took jacks hand and led him to a bluff. She then took a blanket and her and Jack laid under the open sky.

“Well stay till morning. Then will leave. Jack rolled over to kiss her and she turned the other way from him.

“ Night, Jack.”

He turned the other way wondering what has gotten into her.

He was gazing upon the sky and saw meteor’s and was privilege to a world he didn't know. The space programs all came to a halt in 2100. The UCOA was making big promises for the first Galactic ship in earths history. He figured it was another lie to the people. He looked at the curvature of Siri body and couldn't resist the urges any more. He pulled her towards her and she pushed him away at first Then submitted. They kissed and embraced she stopped him. Stood before him undressing and led him to a warm spring she dipped into the water and stretched her hand out to receive him. Jack pulled his clothes off and entered into the water. They mad love and were holding each other under the stars.

“ When did you…” Jack said “I, mean..”

She put her finger to his lips and whispered.

“ I didn't, I brought you here to to see them.”

She looked as the light came into veiw and morning gave way to color and forms. Jack left the warm waters and was standing over the bluff bare naked. Siri walked beside him.

“ The ancient's there, alive!”

Siri was leaning on his shoulder.

“ Vary and the soil is fresh and ready to plant and harvest like our ancestors before us.” She continued putting her clothes back on.

“ The resettlement after the cleansing, Jack that was there plan. The only problem is the underground rebels are letting them have their way.”

Jack was almost dressed.

“ I don't get it. If the soil has returned to a viable harvesting aid. Why are the outlanders using the Earth to plant and grow things?” Siri responded.

“ We tried but the UCOA monitors the air and would kill anyone attempting to do so. “

Jack was flying the hover craft low to avoid detection on the HUB. His Sister and him where going over the plan with his sister Darbe.

“ Jack! Please!” I've, got it all.”

Jack gave her a serious glare then adjusted the consul and turned his chair.

“ This is not one of your games”

“ Darbe?”

Darbe turns away and looks out the window and then turn back at Jack and glares at him.

“ Your such an ass!” She turns chair.

“ Your think that I'm going to fuck this all up don't you.”

Jack looks at her and then strokes her hair, she resist and pulls her head away.

“ You think I'm a Tresnian elitist still?”

Jack looked into her. Darbe saw they were both getting closer to the city and continued to look at Jack.

“ No sister I just found you.”

“ I want to make sure I don't lose you.”

She let him touch her and then she hugged. She added

“ It's so diff.”

“ Our lives, yours being a cop, hidden way from the elitist world.”

“ Mine, being Immersed into it.”

Jack saw,the city in the distance shining like a gem. Becoming larger as they approached the city.

“ Here we go!”

Jack reaches under the console and turns on the tracking/communication device. He re-seals the consol as her instructed by one of the rebel techs.

“ This Capt Jack Ryan of UCOA requesting landing,”

“ I’ve retrieved the corporations daughter.” He looked at Darbe.

“ Request landing at Administration headquarters.” A voice soon came on the consul speakers.

“ Capt Ryan you've been granted landing, initiating auto pilot, we'll take it from here.”

“ The A.M. Has been notified and the council. Job well done.”

Jack turns of communication and looks at his sister. Her long deep brown hair showed a few strands of blond. Her eyes her larges and blue. She had the Ryan nose but it was more molded for a women face and made her even more attractive. Given her a unique quality that one couldn't pin point that makes us different as humans. Her cheek bones were exaggerated and traveled down at sharp angles into her lips, where full and pronounce and pouty looking.

The rebels out her in her beige and gray training outfit she was kidnapped in. She smelled and was purposefully skinned up and a few good self inflicted bruises.

She put her hand on Jack and said in a very straight forward manner.

“ promise me Jack.”

“ Let me kill him, our father?”

Jack held her shoulders firm and started shaking he with each sentence.

“ Shut up! Darbe, do you know what it like.”

“ To take a life. Well I do!”

“ You think about it everyday when you get up and every night before you sleep.” Darbe looked down and turned looking out the window. Jack continued

“ It stays with you and you try to reason those memories and give a good purpose. Until the demons of your mind come to rest once again.” Jack let's her go turns his chair looking out in space.

“ it s sticks to you like a bruise and gets bigger over time . It's a burden you bare until your death.”

Darbe stroked his arm and yet was becoming more curious.

“ What was your first kill like Brother?” She added

“ Self defense?”

Jack saw she was going to let up her line of questioning.

He lit a cig and breath out a long stream of smoke.

“ I had just graduated and they had me and Sanjey on street duty.” Jack peers out the window as if looking through a gateway of another time.

“ We went into a Japanese place for lunch.”

“ We were seated and then a man with premature white hair met with a another man.” He turned his head and looks at Darbe.

“ They started arguing and getting louder. Sanjey looked at me as if saying I've got this.” Sanjey walks over to the men.”

“ Citizens is there a problem here?”

The men stopped arguing the white haired younger man responded. His voice was medium raspy tone.

“ Officer, “ There is a slight problem. Maybe you could help us. You see my friend here is trying to sell me illegal amounts of NTT here at a ridiculous price.” Sanjay moves his hand over his belt to his blaster. The man continues.

“ Then a smart ass cop is getting into my business.” He pulled his blaster he was faster than Sanjey and blew a whole through his head. Splattering blood over the people in the next booth.

“ The two men got up and ran and the they spotted Jack . He ducked as the one they call Birch blew a whole into seat just missing his head. The two headed out the door. People were crying and on the ground. Jack went over to his comrade and checked his pulse. He turned to pursue slipping on the blood of his fallen friend.

Jack grabbed his watch Frantically waiving my wand over the green hologram.

“ Officer Sanjib is down!”

“I need medical attention and backup.”

“ I repeat I need medical and backup up!”

“ I'm in pursuit of two suspects headed towards Mystic lane and jade Blvd.”

Jack recalls the steps of that day so clearly in his mind.

He darts out the doors and a mix of people blocking his view. The blend of colors from the citizens made it even harder to see. Jack knocked a few people out of the way.

“This is UCOA police business out of the way!”

Then he saw two figures running towards the ATM.

“ I pulled my gun out and was running after them they were a half a block ahead of me and their long trench coats were getting larger. Both if the assailants turned into a small alley. There were Chinese mongers selling synth fruit and goods. It's was crowded and Chinese New Year. Their were lanterns everywhere and the street was full of people celebrating and dragons were marching and dancing in the distance.” Jacks watch went off and voice came over his tim piece.

“ We're tracking your location ETA two minutes do not pursue, I repeat do not pursue. “

Ryan saw the too getting further away. The turn his watch down.

“ Oh, the hell with it!” Jack ran into the crowd and fired his blaster in the air. Everyone hit the ground. He saw the two assailants running. He fired hitting the white hair one in the arm he turned and rounded the corner and dissappeared from jacks view. The other one had long dark hair he reached out and grabbed a woman. And was pointing the gun at Jack then back at the frantic woman.

“ Any closer cop or I'll blow her head clean off!”

He yelled at Jack.

“ Throw your blaster to the ground! .”

“The hostage looked at me, and then I saw her grabbed something from right next to her. It's was a carving knife. She managed to work herself free and stabbed the assailant in the leg. “

Jack began to perspire clinching his hands together.

“The assailant aimed at her, before she could run away, he blew a whole through her chest.”

“ I shot him between the eyes.” Jack put his hand to his face.

“ Is that, “ what you wanted to hear?”

Darbe hearing of her brothers pain,

“ Jack, “I didn't mean to pry, I'm sorry.”

Jack moved and adjusted his seat.

“ I wake up every morning seeing those faces.” He grimaced at his sister.

“ I’ll be the one to kill our father.”

“ I know how to deal with that kind of pain.”

Darbe stared at her brother and waited to look him softly in the eyes.

“ That's why you requested to go undercover.”

“ It's not NTT, you could care less. It's was, to catch Birch .”

Jack finished his cig and looks straight ahead.

“ let's play the Hero.”

Chapter 6

The Prodigal Son Returns

Jack and Darbe moved closer the the city. The were met by to Runner ships and the guided the two into the large mouth like light port. Jack thought it looked like a frog he remembered seeing in the frames of natures on the hub. It was light all around the opening and Jack and the two Runner ships were heading directly into the frogs mouth. Jack pulled the vehicle into position and lowered the pod. It settled and finally touching the ground. Jack frowned at Darbe.

“ What Jack?”

Jack touched her cheek.

“This is the part they didn't tell you about.”

Darbe saw a flash of light as jacks fist came across her face knocking her unconscious.

“Siri’s Idea not mine siss.”

Jack open the pod and and SL7 open up to armed guards helping them out. The guards all had face mask of black shielded guards on and solid green military suites. The pulled Jack out and picked up Darbe. The put them both in a medical hover craft. A man came up and shine a light into jacks eye.

“ I'm Doctor James, the A.M.’s personal doctor. Let me have a look at you.”

“ We should be meeting with the A.M. within the hour.”

Jack looked at Darbe.

“ Is she ok?”

“ I found her in a near by cell and Siri took out the guards while I snuck the A.M.’s Daughter out.”

The doctors looked at the girl and he said in matter of fact tone of voice.

“ She unconscious, but stable, we have the best doctors in all Megacity, not to worry.”

“ UCOA owes you debt of gratitude Capt Ryan.”

Jack sat up and rubbed the back of his neck.

“ Don't thank me thank Capt. Reynolds.”

The doctor stopped and gave a blank stare then a concern look came about him.

“ Capt Reynolds?”

Ryan new he had his attention.

“ Yeah she orchestrated everything from the beginning.”

The doctor started adjusting his equipment and patted Jack on his shoulder.

“ Well your safe now and so is Misses wenslet.”

“ God move through the UCOA.” He brought his hand onto his chest and then lowered it.

The ship landed and and Darbe woke up.

“ Jack?”

“ Oh God, my head, what happened.”

Jack put his hand on her leg. Having her eyes follow his she saw they in the enemy's hands to like.

“ I feel someone hit-“

“ No you just fainted from the extreme duress.”

Jack looked at her intently and holding her shoulders. A guard stood over her. She smile and said.

“ It’s ok solider.”

She looked at Jack and winced.

“ No one is supposed to touch me.”

Jack could here the sound of gas emitting through the ships landing pads. And the slow hum changing in timbre and tone and the ship finally found its resting place. Within moments the whole side of the hover medical ship opened up and we walk on a plank. The guards lined up around Darbe and she signaled to Jack that it will be fine.

Two guards escorted him to a large holding area. Soon a officer came and sat down in front of Jack. He looked at Jack and didn't say a word. Jack stared back he knew the drill. He was a virtual master at being on the other side of the questioning table. The man then grimmiced.

“ I’m I being charged with any crime?”

The man walked away and was looking at the wall in front of him and then after a few moments he turned to speak to Jack.

“ We owe you a debt of gratitude.”

Jack turned his head and said in a flat tone.

“ Thanks, “ for the warm cozy welcome mat.” The officer handed him a cigarette. Jack took it and the officer lit it for him.

“ You, “ know the UCOA was attacked just at the moment you and Capt Reynolds left the cabinet meeting.” He continued.

I'm officer Connrey of the UCOA special services division.”

He looked at Jack and then peered into the double glass.

“ Why did you and Capt. Reynolds run from the scene after the explosion.”

Jack stared back at paused then he did something totally not in the plan.

“ Capt. Reynolds was protecting me.”

Connrey turned and had an inquisitive look.

“ Capt. Had top secret information and she was protecting it from a possible traitor in the UCOA.” Jack sat his cig at the edge of the table and was looking at it slowly burn. The smoke made circular trails and the embers from the flame slowly ate away at the white paper.

Jack looked at Connrey.

“ He goes by the name of-“

“ Birch.”

“ I've been after him for quite some time.”

Then, I found out he was part of some underground rebel base on the outskirts of the outer lands.”

“ Thomas Birch.”

Chapter 7

The Meeting

A month later Jack was sitting in his brand new plush apartment. There was a signal and light flash at the door and Jack went to open it. The screen showed his sister.

“ Jack, “ I need to talk to you open the door.”

She leaned her head in and listened close to the metal surface of the smooth metal entrance.

“ Hey, sis come on in.”

Darbe came into the room. She was rid of her security detail only because she and Jack were in a special facility connected to the A.M.’s living quarters. Jack hit a button and open the doors for his sister to come in. She was hold a small bag. In the bag was a small object she sat next to the communication panel. The she sat on Jack’s sofa. The seating program locate in the chair conformed to her tight body. She lean back and crossed her legs.

“ This isn't a social visit. I blocked any wandering ears with that jammer ball over there.”

“ Sit down and listen to me.”

“ Jack sat across from her.”

“ No more tricks. Your father because of plastered my face over one of the buildings and now I can go anywhere with guards or people touching my clothes and trying to hold my hand.”

Darbe was listening then took out a familiar device. She prepared everything like a pro.

“ Darbe, your not a vid head are you?”

Darbe looked at her brother and was hold the device in her hand. She said to Jack.

“Do you trust your own blood sister?”

She held it towards Jack.

She she took an implant out and then sat it on the table in front over.

“ Jack, I need your answer.”

“ That, I trust you? Yes, but this.”

“ Darbe you’re my sister, this isn't a sex program.”

Jack looked at her and had a look of disgust on his face.

“ God, no Jack?”

“ I can't say much because I'm not sure how much the jammer will block.”

She looked into jacks eyes and then out the Implant in her eye. Then held the vid stick pointing the light towards Jack.

“ I think you'll like the program, it will, let's say, rekindle some memories.”

She waved the wand over her eye and was frozen.

Jack grabbed the implant and put the gel gridded membrane over his Iris and then held the wand close to his eye.

“ I really hate this shit.”

He suddenly found himself at the bar in the Numar district and there was Siri and Darbe sitting at a table along with Niri her brother.

“ Jack, over here.”

Jack looked around he was totally emersed in the vid program but wasn't high and very coherent. He walk over and sat down. Siri grabbed his hand.

“Hello, Jack, surprised.”

Jack felt her hand and missed her touch.

“ I'm a bit diff right now, but I'm thinking this NTT whole thing is a cover for something bigger?”

Siri’s brother nodded his head.

We stole the technology and are working with major neurological program specialist her in many of the districts. We made it a drug, adding the NTT to the program all the while pulling the UCOA off the scent of emersed synaptic communication, ESC.”

Jack hit the simulated table and glowing grid lines appeared and the program glitched for a moment.

“ All this time I'm trying to stop the one thing I'm a part of now.”

Siri, held jacks hand.

“ Jack, listen to me, there isn't much time. Inside resources tell us that your father will finally be contacting you personally and Darbe to reveal his master plan.”

Siri and her brother started to fade out and then came back in to focus. The simulated clubs light were making her a being of light, like hen they first met in Numar.

“ You have to gain his trust play along with him and become a son that will do his bidding. Then will contact you when to strike.

Siri then looked at Darbe. Her voice was hollowing and echoing out, fading and returning.

“ Darbe, you will be contacted by some of our inside spies. Use your influence and get them into the council chamber. And await instructions. “

“ Times,up see you both soon. And Jack, Darbe will give you something to use and specify the time to Vid me.”

Jack felt the program shutting down. He was pulled out of it and found himself looking at the A.M. with the a few house guards at the entrance. Darbe came to and was shocked seeing her father and and looked at me the said.

“ Father, it's been a month why haven't I heard from you?”

The the greyed haired man looked at Darbe and Jack Then after a moment of brief silence raise himself out of his chair.

“ Well, I see your up to your same old negligent forms of escapism Darbe.”

He breathed out a long sigh.

“ I'm sorry my dear, give your father a hug.”

Darbe looked at Jack and moving his eyes towards the older image of his father he saw on the hub with Siri. He was late fifties or early sixties and he was well groomed and his beard was well shaped and with the center and sides of white connecting in the middle. He had a preachers collar but it was baige and tone on tone. He had shiny synth-leather boots and white rode that started on his shoulders and came down almost like a cape. Barley touching the floor as he moved. Darbe ran to him and he held her tight.

“ That's my princess, God I've missed you.”

Darbe back away slightly.

“ Father you had me stuck in my Flat for a whole month and not a word.”

William Winslet looked and the guards and they nodded and went outside and the shiny metal doors came to a close.

“ Angel, my dear we are under attack by rebel forces. We had to take care of many matters. I was in all twelve districts. I'm truly sorry my dearest.”

He looked at Jack. He slowly walked over to him and was sizing him up.

“ Jack, I've been watching you for a very long time. Well, that is the UCOA has had its eye on you.”

He walked back and peered out the window.

“ I take it you too a now getting closer to each other.”

He looked at the both of them and then at the wand on the table.

“ I hope to learn more about my son at dinner.”

“ say, 6:30 I'll have my personal guards escort you both.”

Darbe looked at Jack and then her father. He was walking towards the door.

“ Yes, Darbe Jack is your lost brother, and has shown incredible faith in the UCOA. I have great plans for you Jack.”

He exited and Jack and Darbe laid out on the sofa breathing out looking at one another.

“ Hello, my sex bot sister.” He smile.

Darbe kicked him.

“ Asshole, that was so fucking close Jack.”

“ My father, that bastard can bypass any security in this building.”

Jack sat up.

Jack pulled her ear close to his face. Whispering

“ We have to be extra careful on what we say.”

“ The probably are watching us as well.” He acted like he was laughing and looked at Darbe.

“ I’ll check the area for bugs as soon as it's pitch black you go ahead and head to bed and say good night.”

Darbe broke away from Jack and waited a moment and then stretched her arms out and yawned. Jack rolled his and looked at her like “ Really Darbe?”.

“Well now you know we are brother and sister now. And this has been draining for me.”

“Night.”

Jack shook his head and smirked looking at his sister. She passed him he whispered.

“ That's a bit dramatic!”

she winked at Jack.

“ See you at dinner, brother.”

Jack walked her to the door and closed it behind her.

He would find out so much more when he would vid with Siri. ( just like in the very beginning of the this whole mess.

Jack was dressed in a tailored suit and he dressed it up within a tie that had the consistency of metal that came together like Chain male and formed a solid tie. He stood back and looked into the mirror. His father had filled his closets with gifts and clothes and special unique item the average citizen couldn't afford. Ryan wasn't used use to this kind of treatment. He felt as is if he was being groomed for something bigger than all he knew. This was just stuff, junk and trinkets that set the comman man and the elitist apart from one another. He looked at his new phone and it's solid platinum encasement. One the back was inscribed the name Jack Arnold Winslet. JAW that was a funny name. He knew himself as Jack Ryan and wasn't planning on playing the A.M.’s sentiment for long. He also knew if he got to close the his Fathers emotions he could be swade not to kill him. He was nothing more than a pawn in the game of to battling fractions. The larger the fraction with more financial backing and establishment and ties was the lawing governmental power the other opposing force was always the terrorist. It had always been that way. Just all how one see’s things. The door chimed Jack looked at himself one more time.

“ Ok, Jack Arnold Winslet, play the game and don't get sucked into their nest of lies.”

He door chimed again and Jack walk over to it and he saw Darbe in a beautiful silver dress and with her hair silvered with blue shimmering highlights. Her lips were silver and she was accompanied by her two best friends and guards for the evening. He open the door.

“ If I wasn't your new found brother, I would say my dear you would be in trouble.”

Darbe smiled,

“how bout the hair?”

“ 100 or 1 years, a woman still takes 4 hours to get ready.”

“ Nothing really changes.”

Jack chimed in smiling walking with her.

“ And a. Man still gets there to early and has to wait.”

They both laughed. She held his arm as they walked.

“ Jack, well “ I just wanted you to know having a big brother, well I'm glad you are, well you.”

“ Makes sense?”

Jack slipped a sensor onto her silver dress.

“ It's does it's like we are like on another in so many ways”

He looked at the guards. Then gazed at her.

“ it's almost we have the same comman goal”

Darbe smiled and the took and hovervater to the 5th floor.

Darbe raised her posture. She at that moment became like royalty, bread fro these kinds of moments. She was looking straight ahead and gave him some instruction.

“ Always wait till you are spoken too.”

“ When he does address you give simple short answers and smile at your guest, never to offend him in their presence.”

She continued and had a serious look upon her face.

“ Jack, “ This is all very important.”

Jack caught up with her and the side facing one another eye to eye.

“ Yes, remember to bow and then shake as many hands possible.”

“ Don't discuss Politcal issues unless I involve your…”

Darbe jumped in.

“ UCOA advisement council.”

“The UCOA press is always no comment.”

They reach the door and and she looked at Jack straight in his tie. Wiping dust and traces of lint from his dark grey sleeve.

“ You ready?”

The guards open the door and there were about 50 people all standing around. Both Jack and Darbe walked in and it was silent. Then one of the council members started clapping and soon the rest followed suit.

Chapter 8

The Turn Coat

A FEW HOURS AGO…

Jack found a quiet place in his closet. He looked at his new watched his father had left for him. It was 5:30 time to hook into the ESC. He inserted the soft wet gel implant and flashed the light to his eye. He instantly found himself back at the club in Numar and the two blue angles were there waiting in the same booth. Jack walked over and sat down. Siri was with Pasn’e and they had devilish smiles on there painted white faces. Her same outfits and blue hair and lip stick.

“ Well, it if is the cop turned elitist, Jack Ryan.”

She leaned in and smiled in a coy fashion.

“ Or shall I call you Jack Winslet.”

Siri out her hand on mine and her white teeth were shining.

“ I thought you would like this whole program. I made Tamar work on this for days before he got it all right.”

“ The only difference now is this is agent Paulo.” She nodded. Jack laughed

“ I think I liked you better as lesbians.”

Siri smiled. Jack was staring in the pools of her blue eyes.

“ I miss you Jack, that all I can say, well at this moment.”

She broke eye contact and turned to agent Paulo.

“ Agent Ryan we have. Reason to believe that your sister is….”

“ A double agent.”

Jack leaned into the table gripping his hands on the programs simulated table.

“ Those are bold statements, can you prove this?”

Siri looked at Jack.

“ We had our…suspensions Jack.”

“ In your clothes and your old shoes, cut into the souls you'll find a few items we snuck into the UCOA via.”

Jack nodded and was shaking his head.

“ Darbe, no way, she has seen the devastation that her father has laid waste too.”

“ She hates him now, and sees him as a dictator that he is.”

Siri had a softness about her and she tried to calm Jack with a soft voice.

“ I know she is your sister, but look at the facts.

She has all the info on the rebels and she has location and where abouts and massive Intel.”

“ We have to be sure.”

“ Like we had to be sure, about you, Jack.”

“ Take one of the sensors we implanted and slip it one her some how that way we can track her and the technology will allow us to bypass any micro jumper she has been using.”

Jack backed away from the table.

“ if your wrong?”

“ Then what?”

Siri looked at her old friend Paulo.

“ Then we are closer to ending his tortuous reign and having peace once again and opening the land and water to everyone.”

Jack looked at agent Paulo and said to her.

“ Mind if I have a word with Capt. Reynolds alone.”

He sat up and took her to a private booth and shut the curtains around them.

She walked up to him.

“ look Jack I know how this looks-“

He pulled her into his lips and she gave into their United passions. She was moving her hips into his and they embraced and the program glitched.

“ Jack were out of time.”

“ We can't block the signal anymore.”

She kissed him once more.

“ The tracking device don't forget.”

She touched his inner thigh and he was in his closet once more.

“ damit!” He hit the walls of his two by two closet. He found his shoes and then grabbed a knife and entered the closet once more.

The video surveillance team looked at each other and waved their heads and then turn off the monitor.

“ Must be in there wanting a little privacy.”

They both laughed.

Back in the closet. Jack cut into his boot and felt the the knife hit metal. He cut around it Enough until he was able to work the piece lodge in the center. He gently pried it loose and soon a small metal encasement came to view. Inside the case was three small like disc the size of a seed. Jack held it up and looked at it.

“ Ok, Darbe its all on you, now.”

Later that evening…Darbe and Jack are escorted by guards to a sitting area and wait for their father to appear before them.

The door opened and the guards lead them to a plush room with seating and plaques and awards pictures with scientist and accolades were being depicted by holograms. There were mounted heads of old creatures Jack hadn't seen since his youth. He went to touch one out of curiosity.

“ It’s I tiger.” His father approached behind them both.

“ it's over 300 years old. I paid 500k units for the creature.”

“ But that's another story.”

He continued.

“Jack, “ what if I told you that I could bring all the animals back.”

Jack looked at Darbe. Darbe had a confused look about her.

“ Father you never mention this to me?”

He rubbed his beard and sat at a table. Then a hidden console appeared and he wave his hand under the screen. A list of animals appeared. And a planet came on the holographic screen.

“Thirty years, all my planning and hard work.”

“ Jack, my hidden son.”

“This, is all for you both.”

He had a rather intent look about his face. His aged eyes had a gleam to them. There was passion in his voice.

“ Researchers in the 21’st century discovered this planet. Capable of inhabiting life.” An image came up of a planet with a sun and orange planet with a golden sun as earth’s own.

“ You see Jack, “ This is a dying planet. The inhabitants humans, are a displaced race.”

“ It was folk lore that we actually came from the pleiades constellation. The ancient Egyptians marked this with the Giza Pyramids.” Jack interrupted his father.

“ something, tells me your going to go into the whole inferior race thing now.”

William looked stern and then smiled understandingly.

“ Yes! I knew he was a fast study like his old man.” Looking at Darbe. She walked over to his side and rubbed her father’s Shoulder.

You see Jack, our race is and has inferior genes. We the human race were mixed with other races from different galaxies by the ancient ones.” He walked towards the image on the large hologram glass.

“ That is until, now.”

“ You see that was the whole idea behind Project Green Light.”

Jack walked towards to the window of glass showing a genetic DNA with three adjacent helixes.

“ What have you done?”

Jacks father looked at Darbe and they both laughed.

“ Oh, no Jack this is, well how we supposed to be. Our ancient relatives took out genetic code and broke it down making us, weaker and slaves to our ego’s.”

He waved his hand over the console and a man came up on the screen.

“ Dr. Ryan, show your nephew some of your research.”

Dr. Ryan turn coldly towards Jack. He said is a wet silvered low tone.

“ Jack, good seeing you. I want you to know that all your memories of the trees and family and friends, well I took great care in orchestrating everything. Those memories are in fact of My childhood.”

Jack put his hands over his mouth then pulled down stressing the muscles of his face.

“ Hold, on! You mean to tell me those aren't my memories at all? That's impossible.”

“ What kind of sick son of a bitch are you?”

Jack’s father spoke out.

“ Jack you and Darbe are project green light. The perfect engineered specimens of man’s true genetic potential. You grew up in a lab and at the age of 20 we implanted the memories and set you out on the world by yourself. You naturally enrolled in the agency and the rest is history.”

“ Darbe here, she is your perfect genetic match but your not brother and sister.”

Jack walked over and was looking out at the city. Then to Darbe.

“ You lied to me Darbe, you knew all this time?”

Darbe almost seem like a different woman and her eyes reflected a different soul. Not an innocent young women but that of a cunning and crafty lady of her elitist value reigning over her mind.

“ Jack, you and I are property of the UCOA. He had to find a way of flushing you out and in the cross fire the rebels would expose themselves and leave a open wound for our forces.”

“ Siri of course was suspected as being a double agent from the beginning.”

“ It was simply a matter of time before she would find you and make her move in the bombing of the UCOA headquarters and take the bate of Intel leaked leading her to you.”

She walked over to Jack and nestled and rubbed her leg against his own. She stroked his chin. Then leered at him.

“ Why would I ever give up being a ruler on a another planet.”

“ Planet Proxima B is our new home Jack and you will be my husband my genetic ying/yang. Together our bloods United will form the perfect race of men and women that will rule over all the creatures just as the first one had planned.”

Jack grabbed her hand. Her grip was just as strong and she threw him across the room.

“ Siri will stop you and your demented father.”

Jack got up and guards came in and held down.

“ See, Jackie once the corticle implants removed from your head, you will be just as strong as I and your true nature will be revealed.”

Just as we speak we are sending false Intel through this, little device you planted on me. “

Jack tried pulling himself away from the gaurds and the they gave him a shot in the arm and let him go. Jack was trying to get up but fell over the coffee table and shattered glass everywhere. He could see Darbe and she was blurry from the sedative.

“ We have a whole fleet of runners targeting in on all the shelters around the globe. Your rebellion is at an end.” She continued.

“ We are close to figuring out how the ESC communication devices are establish and we will destroy anyone not meeting marker qualifications.

Jacks father came over to him. And looked down at him.

“ The choice is yours Jack. We have assembled all the extinct animals and thousands upon thousands ready to be released on Proxima B.”

Ryan joined in.

“ This world is coming to and end Jack and we are ready for it. We have secretly been building a galactic vessel. It will take us 3 years to arrive. The rest of earth inhabitants will Parrish. Only the elitist of The first are chosen will enter into the new Eden.”

Jack stopped moving and everything went black.

The New Noah

Jack awoke in his room. His head was spinning and he wanted to vomit. He slowly arose and tried get his thoughts about himself. He had to contact. He remembered what Siri had told him. Play along and then the time will be right to strike. He could believe about Darbe was not his sister but a future wife.

The door opened and it was Darbe. She was long looking and beautiful. Her long white dress made trails on the white floor. She was the epitome of all he despised and yet now she was alluring yet forbidden in his mind. She walked over to Jack. She turned towards the window and then lit a cigarette.

“Jack, I didn't..”

“ what?”

She turned her head and he saw her not as a sister but a sumptuous silhouette and he turned himself off to her. Not getting that idea out of his head. Yet he left himself drawn to her.

“ Throw you, like that. I'm sorry Jack.”

“ I came here, I came here to show you something bigger than both of us.”

Jack got out of his chair.

“ All those innocent woman and children, slaughtered by your father.”

The turned the micro jumper on and set on the table.

“ Jack, you were made for me and I was made for you.”

“ can't, you feel it.”

“ The brother and sister thing is a verbal mechanism or command implanted in you to switch our internal drive off.”

She took a big breath in and blew out.

“ Your father who's, the first, he said, the chosen and the first.”

She smiled coyly.

“When, humans where first engineered on this planet. We were designed by the God head or what we refer today as The First. Grand genetic engineers who could create life.”

Jack took her cig and looked at her porcelain skin.

“ Sounds like 20th century science fiction to me”

She got close towards his face.

“ The top elitist from all ages now this knowledge, it's trusted and guarded. Many groups through the ages where given this knowledge.”

She pulled her long dark silken hair over her shoulder.

“ The illuminati, and organization still in existence today. Its members, the elitist finally came to and end.” Jack handed the half smoked cig back to her.

“ They weren't even safe from the genetic marker.”

She nodded.

“ No, most will be spared and their children will be genetically corrected as a gift for their services.

“ Jack, “ We are The first order Jack, we are Gods.”

Jack started laughing.

“ Then use your magic and take us from here!”

He waited.

“ Not very Godly right now are you Darbe?”

She was touching a vase.

“ No Jack, no one can do that not even the first order.”

“ That is folklore and deities, fairy stuff.”

“ We are made to last for hundreds of years, that's what I mean.”

“ Over the eons are genetic code was slowly broken down to enslave our race.”

“ Stop this! This is absolutely ridic.”

She walked up to him and put her hands on his shoulder.

“ Our plan is still a go right.”

Jack sat down and covered his face and Then looked up at the ceiling.

“ What plan?”

She knelt by his side. She was playing with his hair.

“ My father is inferior, no one ever tested him.”

“ He is a walking contradiction, and he is really not my father I was conceived like you in a lab and brought to him. I've been implanted with the task of killing him at the right time when he takes to illness or disease.”

He pushed her hand away.

“ We will never get sick and old age will come at an even slower pace. We, me and you Jack are to be married.”

Jack grabbed her by the throat. She let him.

“ I have a choice and I have one thing no genetic programmer can't push into my brain.”

“ Free will!”

She got up and walked away and turned towards the door.

“ Jack, “ You will come to me it's in your genetic code and not even you can fight your built in nature.”

“ The implant in your brain will be removed tomorrow and you will be just like me.”

“ A slave with no free will?”

She got loud and raise her tone of voice.

“ No, perfect like God.”

She left and the guards sat at the entrance. The door closed. Jack took his shirt off and proceeded to remove his clothing and prepare the sonic shower. He closed the door and looked for any hidden cameras in the room. There were none. He sat on the floor of the shower slipped the implant. He soon found himself in an simulated landscape were him and Siri made love under the nights sky. Siri appeared to him.

“ Get everyone off of those bases to a protected area.”

He held her shoulders.

“ She is a double then?”

Jack had a frantic look in his eye.

“ Yes, but I'm not who I thought I was and Darbe isn't either.”

He paused.

“ There's no time to explain! Just get everyone to safe location. I mean all the bases on all the continents. Those bastards are out to purge the race.”

Siri stepped back and thought for a moment.

“ There’s a cave just west of this location. I alert the other bases.”

She embraced him.

“ Thankyou, Jack you saved all of us tonight.”

Jack hugged her. Then he touched her chin.

“ Siri, Darbe is to be…”

He pause and turned from Siri.

“ My wife!”

“ Jack that's sick and ridic.”

“ see, I told you it was a lot going on. Listen Siri I have to get the implants removed and play along. I just pray my will and who I really am comes through and I can beat this thing.

Siri was turned and walked towards the pool.

“ Our Intel had a rumor of a ship being built.”

Jack jumped in.

“ Yes but it's not for war, it's for migration for the elitist only.”

Siri nodded then looked at her watch.

“ There isn't much time left Jack, be careful.”

“ Oh, and if you marry that little whore viper elitist I'll kill you myself.”

She smiled and the program ended.

A God Awakens

Jack saw a few blurry lights come slowly into focus. And there was Doctor over him.

“ Mr. Winslet do move slowly and get your beerings.”

Jack had felt he had been in dream and he was awaking with a new sense of strength and feeling he had never felt before. I could hear every thing in the room and he had sense of purpose now. A strong desire to test himself mentally and physically in this now awakened body.

“ Welcome my beautiful Adam.”

It's was the admin.

“ How was your sleep?”

He walked over and put his hands on Jack face and smiled.

Jack smiled and laughed. Let me get out of here and test this body father.”

“ Adam, I give you Eve.”

Darbe came through the doors and she glowed with beauty and Jack had a deep urning to be with her. To lay with her.

“ Dearest Jack, you've been a bad boy, but no matter you now see and feel your true nature and The first order is being restored as it was written.

Jack looked puzzled his mind was lightning fast moving through many scenarios and the best most logical course to take. He felt limitless and timeless.

“ The ancient writings of the bible, we first thought as archaic and mythic. After my father had researched what all the knowledge heads of the illuminati and other secret organizations. Literally putting together the pieces of the puzzle just fit together.”

A screen popped up of the text of the bible appeared before them. Jack approach. He looked at the page and was amazed how by looking at the writing his mind picked up all the words and as if he the page in its whole entirety.

The Admin was sitting down and looking at the screen. Darbe was behind him and rubbing his shoulders.

“ The first order came to us and wrote not about the past but of things to come. Adam, Eve, we are the ones created by the God head.”

Jack smiled and looked at the two.

“ Yes, Jack we are the past being recreated in the future written about ten thousand years ago.”

Jack sat down looking and reading page by page.

He continued, “ This sounds very science fiction but with your now awakened abilities look at the facts and truth will set you free.”

He took a glass of water and had a sip of it. Then he peered into the window into the night sky.

“ A book that has predicted every event with utmost precision, made by a God so perfect and knowing.”

He gets up and then walks the floor next to Jack.

“ Or a far advanced race our distant relatives from exactly ten thousand years ago. A race called the pleaides, the first order who engineer and could alter time itself.”

“ It's funny when a ruler seeking such things as power of knowledge, inevitably we all go to mystic ceremonies and our primal archetypal nature.”

“ I'm getting ahead of myself Jack.” He paused and lit a cigarette.

“ This all the same game played over and over again. The stories, creation but there is always a hick up in the fabric of time. Adam was tricked by Eve and fell from Gods graces.” He paused “ Until now. He took darbe’s hand. Then he reached out and grabbed Jack’s and joined them together.

“ Now there is the perfect union and no forbidden fruit, the circle is complete once more.”

“ Welcome to the God head and first order Jack.”

“ This time it will be written out as it was meant to be.”

“ Adam, Eve.”

A screen of the planet Proxima B appeared with oceans and land forms and an atmosphere.

“ And we all stay in Eden forever.”

Jack broke his union with Darbe and looked at the old man.

“ And you are the one with white robe and beard.”

Darbe quickly grabbed his neck and shut his mouth.

“ You lied to us about your health, Jack he has a rare form of a disease in his blood. You yourself have programmed me to end your life.”

“ Jack was close and told Darbe to let him go slowly.”

He fell to the floor coughing and gagging for breath. Not like a God but a man under the laws of nature that en traps us all. He came to with his breath and then pointed and nodded at Darbe. Guards came in and surrounded them.

“ No child, you were right, and yes my time will come soon. But not until the ship lands on Proxima B will that order be authorized. My death will come on Proxima B not here on earth.”

The was assisted by the Gaurds and looked back at the other gaurds pointing their blasters at the two.

“ Darbe is at no fault, and no one is to touch them, is that understood, she was brilliant.”

“ He wiped his mouth off and nodded at the two and they were left alone.”

Jack looked at her and said flatly

“ So this is unlimited power huh.” And walked out.