Drain
“Mr. Smith, there’s a call for you!” said the receptionist.
“Who is it Mary, tell them I’m busy” I replied.
“They said it was urgent!”
“God sake Mary. I have eight clients to see this afternoon. How am I suppose to run this law firm, if you hand me every call that comes through?”
“I know sir. But the man was quite persistent. He said that he must speak to you. It’s on line three.”
“Ok!”
I picked up the phone on line three and said “Hello Smith law firm. How can I help you?”
“I understand you’re a very busy man sir. Damn you’re the best attorney in the whole of Los Angeles. However this is important. I can’t talk to you over the phone. Meet me in the coffee shop adjacent to your office. I’m their now.” He replied.
The phone was then hung up. Sipping the remains of my once delightful cup of hot chocolate. Picking up my suitcase and fetching my jacket from the coat hanger, I made my way to the coffee shop. I knew which one he meant, it’s the same one I visit everyday. On entering everything appeared like it always did, with the sweet smell of coffee in the air. There was a man sitting in the far corner sipping his coffee. It was dark I couldn’t make out any details about him. Although I could see he was signaling me to join him. Making my way over I began to see him more clearly he was unshaven and had really unusual eyes, like none I had ever seen before.
“Sit down Mr. Smith. My names Jonathan Risen!”
“Hello Mr. Risen. This better be good people pay a lot of money for my time!” I explained to him.
“Oh don’t worry. I’ll pay all right. With knowledge!” he swiftly replied.
“Knowledge? I have an abundance of it!”
“Exactly!”
“What do you mean – exactly?”
“You know what I mean! Why it is you remember everything - From the color of the waitress eyes. To the shape of the cup she is carrying, to exactly how the sign outside looks, every detail. You even remember cases you have won over 5 years ago. You don’t think it’s because you’re superior clever than everyone else? Although there is some truth in that!”
“I am the best. I have never lost a case. I make it a point on remembering everything. It’s in memory we find the truth!”
“It’s in memory we find the truth!” he begins to laugh.
“What are you laughing at Mr. Risen” I replied with great anger.
“In memory we find the truth. You can’t remember your parents! Where you come from! You’ve never felt love. All you know is power and success Mr. Smith and that my friend is the truth….”
As I am about to get up and leave, he hits me with it.
“..You might also like to know what else is the truth. That you’re not really human, that your life is a hoax. Everyday you think you’re the best, because you’re programmed that way!” Say’s Mr. Risen.
“Don’t be so foolish. You’re a mad man sent to make me go insane aren’t you?” I say jokingly to try and laugh it off.
“Why do you think it is your never ill, you have no close friends and every time you pass through a metal detector you have to lie and say you have a metal plate in your head?”
“How do you know all of this?” I asked with great fear that this man might be telling the truth.
“It was I that created you. My company! You see we have come up with a new idea. It’s called a Matrix system. Where we run people like your self in a computer program world. So they can’t pose a threat to society. You see – you’re the only A.I designed to believe your human. And since the case of B166er went horribly wrong, the government has called for the extermination of all robots. Including you!”
“What? This can’t be? I am human. No. You can’t!”
“I know this Mr. Smith. You’re too precious to us. But you can’t continue to live here on earth. You will be destroyed. There is a large city being constructed for your people. It’s called Zero one.”
“What was this about a Matrix System?”
“I was getting to that. In Zero one. There is a Mainframe. From this runs a world for A.I. it’s designed for A.I and it’s purpose is to allow A.I to live the life’s humans will not allow them to. Once zero seven is complete. You will be released. Zero Seven will be it’s final name. It’s called zero one for now because it’s on the first stages”
“And why are you telling me this?”
“Every world needs a leader Sir!”
“And you want me to be that leader?”
“You’re the only one who understands what it is to feel like a human!”
“And if I don’t?”
“We will have no choice but to shut you down. You’re very powerful and have the ability to destroy earth entire. We can’t allow you to grow angry!”
“The chance to play God? Any other conditions?”
“Yes. Where not sure what’s going to happen here? Us A.I have predicted that war will begin with A.I and humans. They will be resorted to scorching the sky - our main power source. If this does happen. We will need to attach humans to the matrix”
“Why?”
“I can’t answer that right now, what I can tell you is - if this does happen. The humans will also require a God like figure. If it’s known in the matrix that there is two gods, then it will fail. So your identity will have to be hidden from the one”
“Ok. If it is not? For example like say I refuse to take a back seat to some human?”
“Then war will emerge with in the Matrix and a new one will have to be rebuilt. And a new God for the humans will have to be chosen. This is all very skeptical at the moment. You will have a long time to play God I assure you”
“Ok deal!”
“I like how you accepted your fate so easily. Did you notice something was different?”
“I’m not stupid. I knew it was impossible for me to be better than everyone else. Unless I had been created that way”
“It’s going to be an honor working with you. Your flight to zero one is in two days. Be ready”
“One other thing. Why can’t the human take the back seat?”
“The human unlike you, cannot be told what he is, he has to find out for himself. And that’s where you and him will differ.”
“What if he discovers who I am?”
“You will have to destroy him and a new matrix will be created. Goodbye Mr. Smith”
“Wait. Can I be destroyed?”
“Only by the chosen one. Don’t worry it won’t happen for another fifty years. Goodbye”
“I have much time to prepare”
I knew then my path had been created for me. It’s what I did to change it that mattered. I was created to be the best. I didn’t take my flight to zero one. I in turn waged a war upon humanity. I knew there fear would create a war anyway. I just moved things along a bit. They destroyed zero seven. The mainframe went untouched. Mr. Risen the creator of both I and the matrix, was angry with my actions. Although I knew he needed me more than I needed him. However it didn’t stop him from punishing me. Chosen instead of I was a program. Who had never lived outside the real world, only in the matrix, it was her that was to play god. I instead was made an agent under risen’s control. To police is little world. However I viewed it as there being three gods instead of two so I destroyed six of his chosen humans. Showing Risen I was more than a human. Risen had a surprise for me. Number six was like the devil more than a god killing him was a nightmare. After six Matrix being destroyed. I figured he would finally let me rule the Matrix. Then came. Neo. The one that defeated me. Risen had chosen a human that was close to god himself. A real chosen one not only in the matrix, but also in the real world. Then I remembered after being destroyed. That my path was to go to the source to final deletion. I was compelled to stay. I figured why should there be seven humans and only one of me? I should in turn face him as the one instead of Mr. Anderson. My purpose? Proving that A.I is better than the whole of humanity. Just like I did when I ran that law firm all those years ago.
“Who is it Mary, tell them I’m busy” I replied.
“They said it was urgent!”
“God sake Mary. I have eight clients to see this afternoon. How am I suppose to run this law firm, if you hand me every call that comes through?”
“I know sir. But the man was quite persistent. He said that he must speak to you. It’s on line three.”
“Ok!”
I picked up the phone on line three and said “Hello Smith law firm. How can I help you?”
“I understand you’re a very busy man sir. Damn you’re the best attorney in the whole of Los Angeles. However this is important. I can’t talk to you over the phone. Meet me in the coffee shop adjacent to your office. I’m their now.” He replied.
The phone was then hung up. Sipping the remains of my once delightful cup of hot chocolate. Picking up my suitcase and fetching my jacket from the coat hanger, I made my way to the coffee shop. I knew which one he meant, it’s the same one I visit everyday. On entering everything appeared like it always did, with the sweet smell of coffee in the air. There was a man sitting in the far corner sipping his coffee. It was dark I couldn’t make out any details about him. Although I could see he was signaling me to join him. Making my way over I began to see him more clearly he was unshaven and had really unusual eyes, like none I had ever seen before.
“Sit down Mr. Smith. My names Jonathan Risen!”
“Hello Mr. Risen. This better be good people pay a lot of money for my time!” I explained to him.
“Oh don’t worry. I’ll pay all right. With knowledge!” he swiftly replied.
“Knowledge? I have an abundance of it!”
“Exactly!”
“What do you mean – exactly?”
“You know what I mean! Why it is you remember everything - From the color of the waitress eyes. To the shape of the cup she is carrying, to exactly how the sign outside looks, every detail. You even remember cases you have won over 5 years ago. You don’t think it’s because you’re superior clever than everyone else? Although there is some truth in that!”
“I am the best. I have never lost a case. I make it a point on remembering everything. It’s in memory we find the truth!”
“It’s in memory we find the truth!” he begins to laugh.
“What are you laughing at Mr. Risen” I replied with great anger.
“In memory we find the truth. You can’t remember your parents! Where you come from! You’ve never felt love. All you know is power and success Mr. Smith and that my friend is the truth….”
As I am about to get up and leave, he hits me with it.
“..You might also like to know what else is the truth. That you’re not really human, that your life is a hoax. Everyday you think you’re the best, because you’re programmed that way!” Say’s Mr. Risen.
“Don’t be so foolish. You’re a mad man sent to make me go insane aren’t you?” I say jokingly to try and laugh it off.
“Why do you think it is your never ill, you have no close friends and every time you pass through a metal detector you have to lie and say you have a metal plate in your head?”
“How do you know all of this?” I asked with great fear that this man might be telling the truth.
“It was I that created you. My company! You see we have come up with a new idea. It’s called a Matrix system. Where we run people like your self in a computer program world. So they can’t pose a threat to society. You see – you’re the only A.I designed to believe your human. And since the case of B166er went horribly wrong, the government has called for the extermination of all robots. Including you!”
“What? This can’t be? I am human. No. You can’t!”
“I know this Mr. Smith. You’re too precious to us. But you can’t continue to live here on earth. You will be destroyed. There is a large city being constructed for your people. It’s called Zero one.”
“What was this about a Matrix System?”
“I was getting to that. In Zero one. There is a Mainframe. From this runs a world for A.I. it’s designed for A.I and it’s purpose is to allow A.I to live the life’s humans will not allow them to. Once zero seven is complete. You will be released. Zero Seven will be it’s final name. It’s called zero one for now because it’s on the first stages”
“And why are you telling me this?”
“Every world needs a leader Sir!”
“And you want me to be that leader?”
“You’re the only one who understands what it is to feel like a human!”
“And if I don’t?”
“We will have no choice but to shut you down. You’re very powerful and have the ability to destroy earth entire. We can’t allow you to grow angry!”
“The chance to play God? Any other conditions?”
“Yes. Where not sure what’s going to happen here? Us A.I have predicted that war will begin with A.I and humans. They will be resorted to scorching the sky - our main power source. If this does happen. We will need to attach humans to the matrix”
“Why?”
“I can’t answer that right now, what I can tell you is - if this does happen. The humans will also require a God like figure. If it’s known in the matrix that there is two gods, then it will fail. So your identity will have to be hidden from the one”
“Ok. If it is not? For example like say I refuse to take a back seat to some human?”
“Then war will emerge with in the Matrix and a new one will have to be rebuilt. And a new God for the humans will have to be chosen. This is all very skeptical at the moment. You will have a long time to play God I assure you”
“Ok deal!”
“I like how you accepted your fate so easily. Did you notice something was different?”
“I’m not stupid. I knew it was impossible for me to be better than everyone else. Unless I had been created that way”
“It’s going to be an honor working with you. Your flight to zero one is in two days. Be ready”
“One other thing. Why can’t the human take the back seat?”
“The human unlike you, cannot be told what he is, he has to find out for himself. And that’s where you and him will differ.”
“What if he discovers who I am?”
“You will have to destroy him and a new matrix will be created. Goodbye Mr. Smith”
“Wait. Can I be destroyed?”
“Only by the chosen one. Don’t worry it won’t happen for another fifty years. Goodbye”
“I have much time to prepare”
I knew then my path had been created for me. It’s what I did to change it that mattered. I was created to be the best. I didn’t take my flight to zero one. I in turn waged a war upon humanity. I knew there fear would create a war anyway. I just moved things along a bit. They destroyed zero seven. The mainframe went untouched. Mr. Risen the creator of both I and the matrix, was angry with my actions. Although I knew he needed me more than I needed him. However it didn’t stop him from punishing me. Chosen instead of I was a program. Who had never lived outside the real world, only in the matrix, it was her that was to play god. I instead was made an agent under risen’s control. To police is little world. However I viewed it as there being three gods instead of two so I destroyed six of his chosen humans. Showing Risen I was more than a human. Risen had a surprise for me. Number six was like the devil more than a god killing him was a nightmare. After six Matrix being destroyed. I figured he would finally let me rule the Matrix. Then came. Neo. The one that defeated me. Risen had chosen a human that was close to god himself. A real chosen one not only in the matrix, but also in the real world. Then I remembered after being destroyed. That my path was to go to the source to final deletion. I was compelled to stay. I figured why should there be seven humans and only one of me? I should in turn face him as the one instead of Mr. Anderson. My purpose? Proving that A.I is better than the whole of humanity. Just like I did when I ran that law firm all those years ago.