Chaacetime: The Origins - Book 3 (The Space Cycle - A Metaphysical & Hard Science Fiction Trilogy) by Irene Zlato

Author:Irene Zlato [Zlato, Irene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: I Really Love SciFi
Published: 2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00

Everyone had waited several hours, and children, surprised at the beginning, had begun to struggle. Yet all Special Agents kept their cool and held their ground, unwilling to repeat their previous failure. There was no question of losing sight of any youngster and give him or her an opportunity to run to his or her death. The rumour had spread into the City, alleging that Special Agents working for the Machine had retained children by force. Journalists then rushed to the scene, and the Special Agents had to answer their pointed questions, and to reassure people while revealing the least possible elements about the ongoing investigation. So they waited, each with a child screaming and crying, surrounded by journalists, some angry parents and curious onlookers… they waited for Baley’s instructions.

After two hours, they received a priority order ordering them to release the children, and they complied. Children then flew away, journalists had followed them, and passersby left the scene.

“A priority order? What kind of priority? Our operation is the top priority. No one had the authority! Except me! You knew that, didn’t you; you knew!”

“I ... we ... yes, we knew that you were the head of the operation”, said one of the Special Agents. “But ... I ... we ... we don’t know. We talked among ourselves, but nobody remembers where the order came from. We just remember having received it; however, it feels as if that order had never existed. We just heard the order to let the children go ... and that's what we did.”

“This is not possible that; it's just ... not possible! How can you remember an order that never existed? What prompted you to execute an instruction that did not come from me? Damn, am I still the operations chief here or not? This is my investigation! And it is a priority investigation! You did not even try to contact me to confirm the order?”

“Well ... it was a priority order ... so ...”

“So that did not even cross your mind ... and all that was yesterday! What has happened since?”

“Nothing. The children went home. Parents protested; the news channel cover the subject for several hours, and then it was over.”

“Did you at least try to find out what happened to me? Did you come here, to check that the phenomenon had indeed taken place? Did you get your job done, at least on one item?”

“Uh, no, we did not think about that.”

“And so what did you think? Did you continue the surveillance process?”

“Well, as you were not there ... We had no order to do so.”

“But, you are Special Agents, com’on! You were selected for your intelligence; you have a state-of-the-art chip, which gives you access to the Machine ... And you’re behaving like…brainless animals!”

Baley looked around the garden and knew that her eyes showed her the reality. They were there, the kids. And dead.

“And look at the result! They are there, your kids, the ones you were in charge of! There!”

She wept. She had not been able to prevent anything.

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