Corp’s marketing strategy was to sell one organ and if the clients were satisfied they could come back for other parts which were sold at much higher prices! Muga had paid $10 billion through his numbered Swiss bank account. Although the dictator was dark, BC’s genome technology was so advanced that Roland’s white organ would be inserted perfectly without any complications. This would give the dictator a multicultural makeover and earn BC a bonus payment. There were no losers in this trade except the clones. Roland’s various body parts would be sold for a total of $30 billion. Roland like Bella were hybrid clones with shelf lives of 100 years.
Beckett coughed for attention, “What roles do Ryan and I play?”
“You will know what to do.”
“Is Roland coming with us?” Stella asked again.
There was a sharp crackling sound.
“Wait!” they shouted.
The communication lines had been cut off.
They could feel Karabos’s dark energy emanating from the other end. It was her job to get BC’s hybrid products harvested or delivered to clients within the promised period. BC’s reputation and economic health depended on this. It therefore had vested interest in removing all threats!
Chapter 20: Trapped
They were all rattled and knew something had happened in the world of super intelligent machines. Sofia did not seem to be in full control as the CEO’s powers had been channeled to Karabos. She implied that she needed their help to gain optimum power. How that would happen was still a mystery. They realized that although the act of shedding tears sounded so mundane to human ears it had great significance for AIs like Sofia.
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As they travelled to the clone production and storage complex, Stella thought mainly of Bella and Roland and the challenges they were going through. They would not be able to hide indefinitely within the facility without outside help. She shuddered when she realized that Bella would be sold and Roland’s body parts would be harvested. They had been programmed to see themselves as merchandise that did not own their bodies. Sofia had planted a seed in them to have dignity.
They would use underground tunnels and airshafts to enter the complex. Getting in and out was extremely difficulty but Sofia had found a way.
They had been able to breach the tight security. The magnetic chips embedded on their palms that Sofia had activated worked without any hitches.
This seemed too easy.
Something was not right about the set up. They all remained on edge knowing that no one had successfully escaped from the complex.
There were so many unanswered questions.
Then they realized why it had been so easy.
Through a 3D image that glowed abruptly before them, they saw Karabos smiling enigmatically at them. As suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared.
They had walked into a trap.
There was no other choice. They had to move very fast into the inner sanctum as the entrance was now blocked. They hoped Sofia had not been immobilized.
Chapter 21: Meeting Bella and Roland
They found themselves in an immense cavernous space that looked like a gigantic production and warehouse area measuring 200 baseball fields. There were specific areas for producing robots, intelligent machines and clones. There were areas for breeding or germinating and storing genetically modified species, fauna and flora. They were enclosed in glass containers and air and watertight enclosures. There were all kinds of hybrid plant species. They saw purple colored tomatoes that had been implanted with fish genes and green colored carrots with bird genes to cure all types of sicknesses. There were hybrid animal crossbreeds. One looked like a clone between a snake and a wild cat. Another looked like a wild dingo and a horse. There were marine species in water-sealed enclosures. One looked like a clone between a whale and a shark. There were birds of various types. One clone looked like the cross between a bat and a heron although they
Beckett coughed for attention, “What roles do Ryan and I play?”
“You will know what to do.”
“Is Roland coming with us?” Stella asked again.
There was a sharp crackling sound.
“Wait!” they shouted.
The communication lines had been cut off.
They could feel Karabos’s dark energy emanating from the other end. It was her job to get BC’s hybrid products harvested or delivered to clients within the promised period. BC’s reputation and economic health depended on this. It therefore had vested interest in removing all threats!
Chapter 20: Trapped
They were all rattled and knew something had happened in the world of super intelligent machines. Sofia did not seem to be in full control as the CEO’s powers had been channeled to Karabos. She implied that she needed their help to gain optimum power. How that would happen was still a mystery. They realized that although the act of shedding tears sounded so mundane to human ears it had great significance for AIs like Sofia.
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As they travelled to the clone production and storage complex, Stella thought mainly of Bella and Roland and the challenges they were going through. They would not be able to hide indefinitely within the facility without outside help. She shuddered when she realized that Bella would be sold and Roland’s body parts would be harvested. They had been programmed to see themselves as merchandise that did not own their bodies. Sofia had planted a seed in them to have dignity.
They would use underground tunnels and airshafts to enter the complex. Getting in and out was extremely difficulty but Sofia had found a way.
They had been able to breach the tight security. The magnetic chips embedded on their palms that Sofia had activated worked without any hitches.
This seemed too easy.
Something was not right about the set up. They all remained on edge knowing that no one had successfully escaped from the complex.
There were so many unanswered questions.
Then they realized why it had been so easy.
Through a 3D image that glowed abruptly before them, they saw Karabos smiling enigmatically at them. As suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared.
They had walked into a trap.
There was no other choice. They had to move very fast into the inner sanctum as the entrance was now blocked. They hoped Sofia had not been immobilized.
Chapter 21: Meeting Bella and Roland
They found themselves in an immense cavernous space that looked like a gigantic production and warehouse area measuring 200 baseball fields. There were specific areas for producing robots, intelligent machines and clones. There were areas for breeding or germinating and storing genetically modified species, fauna and flora. They were enclosed in glass containers and air and watertight enclosures. There were all kinds of hybrid plant species. They saw purple colored tomatoes that had been implanted with fish genes and green colored carrots with bird genes to cure all types of sicknesses. There were hybrid animal crossbreeds. One looked like a clone between a snake and a wild cat. Another looked like a wild dingo and a horse. There were marine species in water-sealed enclosures. One looked like a clone between a whale and a shark. There were birds of various types. One clone looked like the cross between a bat and a heron although they
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