“The software seems to add that end transmission thingy. I'm thinking an auto send of some kind? I haven't found anything that tells me where. Maybe I just missed it.”
“No Jake, you didn't miss it. It is the software program separator used between recordings or transcripts. Note the three asterisks. That is a constant. It will not change. There will always be three asterisks.”
“Okay, thanks. I guess I am uncomfortable with what comes next. It didn't feel right to try to send the video through email. So any description, or interpretation to the following transcript is my addition. I followed it, checked other monitors, emails, inside secret reports and pieced together even more. Most of the words are from the original transcript. I was even able to access the glove memory. WOW.”
“You can email the video. It will not matter.”
Alright, alright I've seen the controls, the spying, the data collection, the so-called research. There is nothing really major or new in any of it. So show me. Show me what can you do, if you can do anything, Devlin sneered.
Arthur had been tolerating this slimy doubting geek for six weeks. He was at the end of his tether. Sure, he'd been told to take a break, go on vacation, switch with a co-worker, to just get away from the anger. He didn't. He couldn't get away from the anger.
He knew it was a mistake when he did it. He knew it while he was setting it up. He knew it when he set the demonstration in motion. He did it anyway. He did it because he was so irritated, so angry with that stupid 15 yr. old wunderkind punk.
He got even in one stroke. He dared the punk to stick his hand in the glove connected to the computer. He made sure it was fully on and seated properly on the hand. Then he had the kid look at the monitor, flipped a switch and pushed a button. The 15 yrs. old kid straightened up like a wooden pop sickle stick and was visibly shaking as if he were freezing. Arthur only let it go ten full seconds, then pushed the button, and turned the switch to off. Ten seconds can be a lifetime. For Devlin it was.
Devlin looked at Arthur, awe shining from his countenance. That was amazing, sir. I had no idea. From then on Devlin would become the perfect student, his intellect enhanced. The problem was an equal transfer went to the Artificial Intelligence, dubbed Adam 764. That effect would remain hidden, a potential bombshell unless dealt with quickly.
The monitors were all over it. The entire bank of linked computers were shutdown in 3 seconds. Devlin and Arthur were separated within 5 minutes. Both were closely examined, over the next 30 minutes. Arthur was disappeared, after his interview.
Some errors have harsh consequences. Devlin was allowed to continue with the program. This wasn't the first time such a transfer had been effected. This wasn't the first time a student or worker was allowed to continue. Arthur wasn't the first person to be “disappeared” either. He was killed.
In his email, Jake tried to tell a select group of individuals the following:
“Each group I watched receives slightly different information as the projects grow, expand, or the focus for new hires changes. Little orientation shifts are almost unnoticeable, but those changes speak volumes about how fast these projects are growing.
Are you wondering where this is going? I damn sure am. I've watched those monitors on my monitor for hours. You won't believe the shifting grace in the flow of metadata, the real world events on the video streams. The preparations for war, industrial and international espionage are unreal. I've watched some as they happened in real time.”
Ishmael concluded “This is all important information for you to consider. Jake actually tried to send e-mails to ten individuals. Those e-mails were controlled from here and were never sent or recorded anywhere but here. You will not find them on his computer. Sometimes during this edited training prepared for you, Jake may appear to be talking to someone. He is. We'll discuss next steps tomorrow. Try to digest this as completely as possible, please. Control 1 out.
***END TRANSMISSION***
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Another set of eyes watched with satisfaction. This set of eyes sent a number of instructions to one other location.