I laughed so hard because he was so upset cause of it. He raised himself up and tapped on the screen with his index finger. He said, “Lina, they need you to be there.”
I said, “What for?”
He said, “No idea. Let’s go.”
We walked to the door and Boris raised his gun and told me to do the same. He opened the door and looked at the hallway at both directions. He said, “We have to go back to Project Merge.”
I nodded and we sprinted down multiple hallways until we reached S3. We went through the door that we ran out from and walked slowly. As we went into the large dark room, we saw John pointing a gun at Ellen, Joseph, Zack, Abe, Michelle and Marie. There were soldiers around him too pointing their guns as well, and a couple of machines laying on the floor.
John smirked and said, “Well … well. Your human experiment is here.”
I stared at him and at the crowd crouched on the floor and said, “Are you going to kill them John?”
He said, “Not yet. I made them stop all the machines in Intelligence and Triangle. We only have to worry about collecting scrap metal. We can use it for something more useful.”
I stared at Ellen and asked, “What was the real plan? Why did you even create these machines?”
She stared at me and said, “We need a great defensive force to protect us. We have no idea what’s out there and how dangerous it is. What’s left of us is slowly dying and others are terminal. We can’t continue knowing we are vulnerable to what’s out there.”
I said, “What if there was nothing out there?”
She said, “Only you would think that. Everybody else is afraid.”
I said, “Why did Triangle need the machines too?”
She said, “They needed defense as well. They weren’t going to rely on Red and their dying population.”
I said, “Dying?”
She said, “Yes, but as humans, we have the right to die peacefully and not in agony or mercy of others.”
I was confused and stared at Boris. He seemed confused as well and asked Ellen, “Why Lina? Why did you choose her for your experiment?”
She laughed and said, “Easy. She is extremely tough physically and has a mental problem that we used to our advantage.”
I said, “Instead of trying to solve my mental problem, you played with it? You controlled me?”
She said, “Yes. If not, who knows what would have happened to you. Maybe an extreme case of violence or withdrawal from society. You’re still alive now. How did you do it?”
I stared at her not knowing what to say. Boris looked at Ellen and said, “She is not mind controlled anymore and you tried to kill her. You wanted her to die so she would not ruin your plans.”
She said, “Yes ...” She paused then said, “She is smart too. Smarter than anyone alive and that is the reason we were able to build this machine force. Her intelligence helped us.”
I said, “What are you talking about?”
She said, “You built these machines. You collected and analyzed the data for us. We tried for years to find a better artificial intelligence method that was close to human’s intellect. You discovered and implemented it a year ago. Not only are you a soldier, but the greatest scientist there is. We only used Sara to guide you and keep you on a sane path. We helped you.”
I screamed and said, “You didn’t help me! You ruined my life! I didn’t want to be a scientist or be any part of Intelligence! You used me and when I slightly swayed off your plan, you wanted to get rid of me!”
I pointed my gun at her and said, “You need to die!”
Boris grabbed me quickly and took the gun out of my hand. I yelled at him and said, “Leave me alone! Let me kill her!”
He shook his head and said, “Allow me.”
He turned around and shot Ellen’s chest. She fell on the ground and stopped moving. The others kneeling on the ground panicked and John said, “So Zack? Was I next?” He shot his gun at Zack’s chest and he fell on the ground.
I grabbed the gun from Boris and shot. John did too. They were all dead. John said, “Well then. We got rid of the cause of the problem. Now, soldiers, I mean General Boris will guide you to what to do with the machine’s metal. From now on, I’m no longer a general or want to carry a gun.” He threw his gun on the floor and said, “I want to live in peace for the rest of my days.”
John turned around and walked out. I said to Boris, “Am I insane? Am I violent?”
He said, “Not as much as me.”
He turned around to the soldiers and said, “Everyone, your duty from now on is to disassemble these machines and create a pile of metal in Red fields. We will use some of the metal to fix old and rusty trucks. We need those trucks operational in the next few days.”
I said, “Great thinking. We need the trucks so we can leave.”
He nodded and said, “People here need the metal for other stuff too. They can make use of it in the future.”
He grabbed my hand and said, “We got to leave. Let Intelligence figure out that humans will always be smarter than any machine.”
I nodded and said, “What will happen to me now?”
He looked at me puzzled and said, “Nothing. What do you mean?”
I said, “Will I turn back to how I was? A mentally disturbed person?”
He said, “Well, I think that bruise on your head and your strong will is slightly changing that. I still think you’re insane by the way, but I need to always be alert. You make my life interesting.”
I punched his arm and he said, “Ouch Lina.”
We walked out of the building and I said, “Boris? What time is it?”
He looked at his wrist and said, “12:38 am”
I said, “I’m hungry and tired.”
He said, “Me too.”