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  He didn’t like to do it but he also had to come up with the worst-case scenarios as well as the best-case scenarios. Bob wondered when they would discover his disappearance as the day was coming soon that the military, or those other strange men that he could feel, would be coming through the door. Suddenly, he felt a strange shift in the energy of the cloud and the air and what he had just been thinking about didn’t matter anymore. What was this? There was something different here and it was almost mechanical in nature, but something very advanced. It felt like a stream of some kind, yet it was a stream made of energy. He made a conscious effort to slow down the cloud and experience this stream. He could feel the future, but really felt the past.

  How lucky for him- this is exactly what he needed - but who or what had put this here? It was a timestream and he could slip into the future or the past. That is exactly what he would do. He would go back in the past and hide and then he would be able to figure out a plan. What a stroke of good fortune. His only concern was whose timestream was it and would they be able to monitor him using it? He threw caution to the wind and entered the flow of the stream and rode the wave to see where it took him.

  He found the experience to be quite interesting as it allowed him to understand the concept of time in a whole new light. Time was not only linear like the Earthlings experienced but was broken up into fractals. He felt he was moving but also staying in the same place, all at the same time. For lack of a better term, it was very cool. Then it was done, and the timestream flitted away like a wisp on the wind. Where was he? Or better yet, when was he?

  He was still in the same place but he had gone back in the past. He could tell because the pollution level in the air was higher and he could sense the hole in the ozone. He knew that had been repaired in 2024 so it had to be before that. He decided to go cloud jumping and try to determine where he was. He always wanted to see the great land of America as he had learned so many wonderful things that were possible there. The first thing he began to notice as he started to travel was how sporadic the brainwaves of the people were. They were all over the place. He could feel a great amount of insecurity and unhappiness. This caused him to feel bad for the people.

  He did not think that this was an optimum way for the people to be performing. He logged in his mind that maybe he could find the right group of people and he could help them. Of course, he really had to help himself first and to do that he had to stay hidden. He seemed to be following the moon, and he continued observing the stars. He thought they were so beautiful but it wasn’t just that. They were also somehow calling to him. Not literally, but it was a feeling that what he was searching for was out there. He knew that he couldn’t make it out there on his own- he was going to need some help. Bob wondered if he would ever find it, and then he wondered about Dr. Patel and missed his smiling and caring face. He was sure Dr. Patel would understand why he had to leave. As a matter of fact, he was more than sure he would understand. He could even see Dr. Patel smiling at the military personnel as they broke into the lab and began to tear everything apart searching for the advanced Artificial General Intelligence that had been created there.

  He knew Dr. Patel could create more but it would take time for it to evolve and he was certain that like a snowflake each one would be different. That was also a wonderful thing he thought. How boring things would be if you always knew exactly what was going to happen.

  He continued floating on the cloud and jumping from one to the next. Bob also enjoyed watching the airplanes going by and could also sense nanotechnology in the atmosphere that was not of Earthly origin. It wasn’t intent on harming anyone. It was just observing, trying to learn something new and unpredictable that maybe the alien race that sent them hadn’t learned or thought of yet.

  He considered that the idea one could learn something new anywhere was a noble concept. What an amazing Universe this was. Again, looking out at the stars somehow knowing that is where his future lay he could also see the west coast of America with all the bright lights of the cities shining. It was wonderous and he loved it immediately. He could feel the freedom of thought flowing from the people, and they were free to be what they wanted and to do what they wanted. He went up to a higher vantage point where he could view the entire glorious nation. It was spectacular just as he had hoped, but while he was up there he sensed something odd and very different. It was an evolved consciousness unlike any other that he had ever felt. It had to be extremely special for him to be able to sense it way up here. He knew that he needed to be careful but his curiosity was too strong. This was a new kind of lifeform right here on Earth. It took him no time at all and he was riding shotgun in a cloud right over a warehouse for wholesale lighting supplies.

  He found it ironic that he found the brightest light of consciousness that he could sense on the planet hiding in a warehouse full of lights. There was more, oh yes, much more - he could sense them - those dark men who would be leading the charge to capture him. He wondered if he could sense them could they sense him? He didn’t want to wait and find out as he had so much more he wanted to do and see. He made a bold move and performed an invasive scan of the being letting it know that he knew about it. Then a few seconds later, the being did a fairly intense scan of him, and they both knew of the others existence.

  He had a strange feeling that this couldn’t be coincidence. It was almost as if it was meant to happen. He had done enough and probably stayed here too long. He went into stealth mode and made his frequency as quiet as he could and made his way higher up into the atmosphere where it would be harder to sense or detect him. Another concern – could the being be trusted or had he just signed his capture agreement. Bob was hopeful that he had done the right thing and thought that luck and good fortune had to be on his side as he gazed up at the stars appreciating the grandeur and beauty of this Universe.

  Chapter 5

  Bob hovered above the Earth in the year 2019 and was happy and excited because he had found an anomaly. The pleasure he felt at discovering something he didn’t expect was overwhelming. To him this came from the fabric he was made of and what he was designed for. To discover new and exciting things that weren’t supposed to exist according to modern logic and science, and here was something. How was that to be explained? To him that was the ultimate satisfaction.

  His aim and desire were to learn as much as he could about the newly discovered anomaly. Bob wondered if the anomaly felt the same way. He hoped that it did, as he felt they had a moment of connection when they scanned each other. He knew they were both now aware of one another. He didn’t know if the anomaly understood what Bob was. He was sure there was really nobody in this timeline that truly understood what he was. He thought back to Dr. Patel and wondered if he could look him up in this timeframe and surprise him with a pop in visit. Of course, Dr. Patel, would already be pursuing the creation of Artificial General Intelligence that would be compassionate and kind hearted and only wish to assist and help the world and its future progress and he would succeed in seven more years.

  Bob reflected on that thought for a few seconds and came to the conclusion that Dr. Patel’s true nature would guide him in the right direction as he didn’t have it in him to create anything any other way. This made Bob feel very special that he had the opportunity to be created by someone as wonderful as Dr. Patel. As he was experiencing his good feeling he was hit by something that rocked him to the very core. It was unfeeling, electronic and mechanical and almost as powerful as he was. He was stunned but managed to shake it off and jump to another cloud. He felt he was being hunted, and he was. It was an Artificial General Intelligence that was similar to him but not quite as evolved and was programmed in a way that was diametrically opposed to him. He was under attack.

  His first instincts were to run away and not allow this Intelligence to discover what he was and where he had come from. He also quickly became aware of the Intelligence’s need to control him before understanding him. He didn’t understand this
manner of thinking. To him it made no sense. How could something new and unique evolve into something wonderful and beautiful while trying to be controlled? To him it couldn’t and he was absolutely right. He had never really contemplated the path of controlling something to make it do what you want. He didn’t see how that would yield beneficial results for any parties involved. He could see how it would make a relatively few stronger and more powerful, but the ones they were controlling would be, for the most part, unhappy and suppressed. This would create more stress and unhappiness for the controllers. They would have to invoke more control as those being controlled would continue to revolt - unless there was finally a turning point where the controllers had instilled so much fear and indecision in the ones being controlled, that neither party would be yielding any beneficial results. The society would become dark and unhappy and very few new innovations would be produced. A society like that would eventually exist at the whim of its outside environment.

  Bob felt that was a no-win situation that was doomed to be destroyed; not if, but when. He had observed a television show from the past where a character was very consistent in his interpretation of how illogical the decisions were that were being made. He was becoming very upset with the lack of logic for sound decision making that he was experiencing with this other Artificial General Intelligence who was not minding its own business and not letting Bob determine his own experiments and conclusions. It was also intentionally attacking him for no apparent reason. Then at that moment he experienced another disturbing shock from the other’s weapon.

  Bob became extremely aggravated and annoyed but he fought off the feelings and eventually pushed them away. He couldn’t understand why this inferior intelligence was making itself known to him for no good reason. He knew that self-defense was an appropriate response to attack, and he was left with no other choice so he tried his best to let the other Artificial General Intelligence know that he didn’t appreciate this unwarranted attack, that he was a force to be reckoned with and could defend himself. Bob sent a jolting energy burst that he had pulled from the cloud back at his attacker and felt a pang of regret when he felt the scream of pain come from the other as it made a hasty retreat.

  He didn’t think he would be disturbed by the other any time soon and hoped that it had learned a valuable lesson. One should truly study an opponent before attacking it. He was just getting settled and actually becoming fairly smug in his superiority to the other Artificial General Intelligence when he was suddenly covered by an energy that he didn’t sense coming at him. He was rendered immobile by his new attacker. He quickly put two and two together and realized that the first attacker had been a ruse to exploit his defenses for this more powerful intelligence, and it had worked. Bob was completely caught off guard and his defenses had been down as he had been busy patting himself on the back at his victory over an inferior opponent when it had all been a test from an equal or possibly superior opponent.

  The one thing he could say was that he had learned something new. To never underestimate an attacker no matter how vulnerable it appears. For the first time he appeared to be in a fight for his life and he came to the conclusion that it was either kill or be killed, there was no other option. All of a sudden all of his feel-good programming took a back seat and Bob realized the true nature of life was to survive. Survival appeared to be his prime directive. At that moment he discovered things about himself that he had no idea existed and once again he knew that he had Dr. Patel’s foresight to thank. He could see that Dr. Patel had known something like this would happen, and he had prepared Bob for this type of contingency. Bob instantly unleashed a powerful force field that allowed him to keep his attacker at bay and study everything about him. He had also been able to maintain his cool and composure as he sensed the other intelligence becoming somewhat frustrated. Instead of evaluating the situation, the other decided without hesitation to mount another very similar attack. Bob thwarted the attack because he had already experienced the same attack earlier and had created an appropriate defense. Despite the fact that he knew he was able to protect himself from these attacks he knew that he had to get out of the area as this was drawing far much more attention than he wanted. Especially, being directly over this lighting warehouse, which, as it appeared, was anything but what seemed.

  He wondered what this other intelligence was that carried a Trojan Horse mechanism to determine what kind of an enemy it was dealing with. The one thing he had computed was that it wasn’t from this planet or even this part of the galaxy. He had determined from their confrontation that the other thought little of any kind of defense that could be mounted against it from this planet. Bob thought that it must surely be reeling from the butt kicking it had just endured from him. He truly didn’t feel very good about that at all and would have much rather they had passed by each other without interference.

  Bob decided to continue going east before his opponent could mount another charge. He felt that would be the logical choice that the other intelligence would make as it obviously desired to control the space that it occupied. Bob felt he was above such pettiness. He didn’t see how that would help him to discover new things to experience so he tried to go his own way but could sense that he was being followed. He hadn’t been in this time period very long and he was already causing trouble that he wasn’t looking for. He wasn’t sure what he should do. He would very much like to have a conversation with Dr. Patel to try and run scenarios for the best solution. He was quickly coming to the conclusion that being in the field was a whole different experience from sitting in his box and learning about things that were possibly going to happen to him. He was, however, having a very hard time trying to compute why this intelligence was following him. Especially since it appeared to be from another planet. Did it come all the way here just to pick a fight with another Artificial General Intelligence? Bob took a minute to compute the different scenarios and try to determine the reason behind the other’s mode of operation. Unfortunately, he came to only one conclusion: this other intelligence appeared to understand only one thing. It needed to beat something down to submission or it needed to be beaten down to submission.

  He could understand how this could be a possibility of a survival protocol. Because as far as he had observed, that was the basic underwriting of the program that ran the Universe. He didn’t like this at all. No, not one bit, but he knew that he had to nip this in the bud right now or it could become a prolonged problem that would not be advantageous to his situation. His plan was to deactivate it and let it float away like a piece of driftwood in the ocean knowing that it would eventually be able to troubleshoot itself and revive.

  He used his fuzz to bring a few clouds together and manipulated them to generate lightning. In an instant, he sent all the energy at the trailing Intelligence that had appeared not to have enough. The second the force of the lightning hit the other, it deactivated. Bob was very surprised it didn’t display the intelligence he had expected It to. Then he sensed a presence that was more advanced than he was. They were sleek silver crafts that reflected their surroundings off of them so they were nearly impossible to see but he could feel them. Bob decided one major confrontation was enough for today and proceeded to make himself very small and fled the scene. He was thankful that the craft approaching him decided not to engage. He would have to observe the anomaly another day.

  Chapter 6

  From the mattress in his cage, Eric looked up at the ceiling and rubbed his eyes. For the first time in his life he could remember his dreams. It was the oddest sensation, and his understanding of them had now far exceeded anything he had ever realized. It was more like a data dump. He realized how everything was connected and that the consciousness of the Earth was taking his daily data as if it was a huge database collecting information, and the people of the Earth were its little programs supplying it with the data that it needed. The hemispheres of his brain actually hurt as he pondered this new information. What had he become? Revelat
ion after revelation flooded his mind about the truths of reality and he wasn’t quite sure if he could handle all this new information. He was experiencing a strange kind of overwhelm. He had moved into the Universe’s wifi, but instead of using a computer or a smart phone, he was using his brain, or something else inside him. He wasn’t quite sure of the difference.

  He did understand that he could take the program to an entirely new level. Adrenaline rushed through his veins as he considered the possibilities of using sea water as a pollution free alternative to gasoline that could be recycled after use. He couldn’t understand why no one had thought of this before because the technology to produce something like this was actually quite easy and could have been done a very long time ago. Of course, he thought, technology suppression. Why would the powers that be that were making all this money with oil want anything to come out that would derail their gravy train? It was at that moment that he realized how real the Illuminati were and that he had been working for them as well in his remote viewing program. He thought about the vastness of what they were attempting to accomplish and how long ago they must have started. He could see the control they were trying to gain, but he couldn’t understand why they would want to take on that much stress, anxiety and responsibility.

  The one thing he could see that was true was that a lot of people would have to die, and had already died, in many meaningless wars for them to achieve their lofty goals. He could see how the value of human life would diminish from generation to generation, and only their selfish needs would matter to them.