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Archives 1: Like Minds Hone Part Brains
File 1: Narrow Escapes can be Realistic
In an undisclosed underground location...
“
Huh, now th
at’s interesting. Looks like they’
ve found him at la
st. Too bad for them, we’ve contacted the subject first. Now, what should we do next...? We might need more funds now.”
The man o
pened his briefcase, and put inside a small piece
of paper with an
intercepted message. He thought for a while before putting his hand on the
landlin
e phone on the othe
r side o
f the table, dialing a number, and waiting. A few m
oments late
r, his call was answered.
“Mr. President? I apologize for the interruption, it’s me again. There has been a change in plans, that require additional funding. I hope
you can agree on that...”
---
Meanwhile, on another classified location...
[Secure landline call intercepted]
[opening message]
“Mr. President?
I apologize for the in
terruption,
it’
s me again. There has been a
change in plans...” -static- -click-
[c
losing mess
age]
*electronically altered voice* “It
seem
s that our plan is working. We’ll be hitting two birds with one stone.”
“Yes, sire. The ‘Operation Secret Message Intercept’ did work as planned!”
*electronically altered voice* Commence plan D1301413... ...I hope you succeed,
for your own good.
Yes s
ire *door op
ens* -hssss- -footsteps- *
door shuts*
*electronically altered voice* Let's see how Subject 1738.152 will react to this one... *presses button* [Plan number
D 1 3 0 1 4 1 3 activated]
The muted s
ou
nd of a rocke
t engine is heard as a screen shows a rocke
t b
eing
launched.
---
North-Eastern province of N. Korea, 15 minutes before impact…
~Huh, the cat is back a
lre
ady? That’s u
nusual~ thought Dmitri, while following a small gra
y cat with his eyes. It was surely
one of those strange couriers, who were carrying notes to him from the outside world. He didn't
know who was sending the mess
ages... He onl
y knew
that th
ey came from a few kilometer
s away - in China, wh
ere he
could at least t
ry proving that h
e was sen
t to th
is place by mi
stake. At least this s
omeone promised
that everyth
ing would be all righ
t. Even if it wouldn't - Mongolia was no more t
han 1000 km away, and Russia was even closer, but i
t would be easier to find him there.
That is how their trip across the
China was pl
anned in the message exchange - just rush for the closest border. Getting to China itself, however, was more
difficult, d
espi
te the fact that it was definitely close
r. He was t
old b
y his mysterious ally that the small river next to the camp was going towards the border. They decided that following it wo
uld be the best option. The only part of the escape D
mitri h
ad to pla
n on h
is own was ge
tting be
yond the fence. Obviously, he couldn’t just crawl over
it - that will be noticed too early, leaving nearly no chances
for him. Soon such an opportunity presented itself in the form of a small brea
ch in the perimeter fence. It was made by
one of escapees. He failed to get to the border on ti
me, and got caught. Luckily, the guards didn’t start looking for it yet, and none of the other
pris
oners knew about it. Even D
mitri would have mi
ss
ed it, if he didn’t decide to see ho
w h
is messengers get in and out of the camp. The breach was hidden from everyone’s eyes by a rare
ly visited
location and some
dense vegetati
on. It was
overlooking the river, that would lead hi
m to freedom in case everything goes as planned.
The mail-cat had arrived earlier than
usu
al - Dmitri got used to seeing them in the evening. Dmitri began stroking it, and soon found a sma
ll note in its fur. He looked around, trying to find a place that would be safe from prying eyes - and unfolded the note, while letting the poor cat go on it’s merry way.
The note said only one phrase:
[Run as soon as you read this, the time is right.]
“The time is really great!”, whispered Dmitri quietly, as the alarm signalled the daytime rest on the background. Even the most ruthless camp workers knew that, without giving at least 10 minutes of rest to the prisoners in the middle of the day everyone’s work efficiency dropped, providing an excellent opportunity to run away while everyone was not looking at him.
~If I get shot~, he thought ~all this nightmare of mistakes and confusion will be over. If I get caught, then it will be difficult to make my life even worse. If I succeed, then everything might just get back to normal.~
He rushed towards the fence, and in a moment found himself on its other side. He heard the guards yelling, and that someone was ready to shoot at him... he tripped on a rock, and slid down the hill, towards a small stream of water. By the time everyone realised what happened, Dmitri had already disappeared into the white foam of water, desperately swimming down, towards the border...
---
In the classified location...
*Krrrrng!!*
-beep-
“Sire! Target has been hit, awaiting confirmation of success.”
*electronically altered voice* “Scan the area using infrared; Check if anyone has escaped the camp.”
“Yes Sire!”
*pause*
“Sire. Scanners have detected a human running along the Tumen River about 1.76 km away from the camp. According to high resolution satellite feeds, he is probably not a local, due to his appearance. I think this is the Subject.”
*electronically altered voice* “Keep track of him; we wouldn’t want to lose him, right? They have again acted according to plan... ...wonderful.”
“Yes, Sire.”
-shuffling sounds-
-beep-
*electronically altered voice* “We’ll just let
him run for a whil
e. They are so predictable.”
*monitor lights up* *selecting subject 1738.152*
[file open]
*subject 152 3D model rotating*
[Subject 1738.152 specifically V38.152c]
[Subject 152c was t
he last of the t
hr
ee prototypes created by t
he researc
h branch, codenam
e 1738 - V38, of the Organization, or, more precisely, Vergeltungswaffen 38]
[The first two protot
ypes were presumably destr
oyed on March 1959 and December 1960, albeit
unconfi
rm
ed due to corruptio
n of old r
ecords]
[1738.152
are human-robot hybrids capable of manipulating the gravitationa
l fields, thus replicating various t
ypes of fligh
t-like abilities]
*an early 1961 video of a
human floating without any lifting apparatus plays at th
e backg
round*
[The lack of control of th
ese hybrids will be bad for the organization, as proven by the first two prototypes, who attempted to escape the group and thus immediate termination was recommended, by default protocol.]
[The last prototype, C, was sent to Russia with his memory wiped in an attempt to do further studies on their human like traits, as most of the created hybrids have never reached a level of human behavior and morality as that of subject 1738.152s.]
*pause* *selects history*
[Due to another part of their nature, incapacity to age, prototype C has had his memory wiped a total of 13 times since 1961 to keep him from disc
overing this ability.]
[
His current memory wipe has been due in the past 2 weeks; immediate procurement is suggested, current protocol.]
*pause*
[closing file]
*monitor dims*
*electronically altered voice* “
He is a great as
set of the company, I’ll have to be m
ore ca
reful about handling this.”
*pause*
*elect
ronicall
y altered voice* “Seems like we m
ight need some more back-up.
The be
st te
am.”
*dial
s phone* -beep bip bop beep bip boop boop-
-riiiing- -tsk-
“H
ello?”
*ele
ctronically altered voice* “Hello, my friend. I have someone I need you to hunt down fo
r m
e.”
“I’m lis
tening.” -smirk-
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It was super-effective!
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