SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Copyright 2004 © Vasanthan Senguttuvan

Chapter 2

When I moved through the main door it opened very smoothly. I saw my Ferrai '21 model shinning on the light. Powerful light from 100ft was focused on the car. I don't like the idea of parking my car in the first room itself, but it was the place when I first saw the car. I was really surprised to see my dream car on my birthday, with the same light as of today. It was my wife gift the same day Bask entered my house.

Once we were in bed I told her to get a car like that, a car in a real ellipsoid shape, bullet proof black fiber glass covering one half of it. It could rotate itself while traveling, making real fun. Unlike other cars, it a takes a 2K Miles Per Hour, at least 500 Miles extra speed than my friend cars.

At the same time I remembered about my father's car. Once when I was riding with my father I felt how a drastically slow would be, his car didn't went more than 150mph. And for the funny part it was moving on the wheels. I urged him to change to modern car but as usual he refused to do so.

When I went near my car, it scanned my face and greeted me:

“Welcome, Viji! Hope this will be your fantastic evening ever!”

“Hmm” I was still with choler.

I didn't had a patience to make a decent seating, so when I was in front of the car, I turned showing my ass to the car and made a quick jump backwards. The Ferrari made a beep and opened the fiber glass in split position. Though I was not jumping in the right angle the seat came outside a little, turned according to my ass position and caught me. I heard a high pitched low amplitude noise, when the fiber glasses closed.

I was in 20° to my actual bed position, stretching my legs to get the maximum comfort I can. I did see the outside world, but it was a projected image on the fiber glass. A globe image came by without disturbing the actual scenario of my house which was in front of my car.

“Where do you want to go? Viji” my wife voice asked. I asked Vasanth to alter the voice of my car to my wifes. He did it in two days. Nobody noticed when he reprogrammed the car. When we both heard her voice on the car we were surprised. He was good at hacking other machines but makes illegal things many time. I will go to security council every time to relieve him.

“Wherever you want to go ... my darling” I said enthusiastically as I heard my wife voice. I was completely normal by this time.

“Pardon” The car told.

“Sorry” I realized I was in car. “Go to council X” I added and I put the seat belts over me.

“OK” it told when it made a ninety degree move, lifting itself on each unit of rotation. The magnetic pulsars emitted anti gravity radiations so as to lift the car. These pulsars are spread all over the back half of my car. In the front they are few as they help only in direction choosing.

Slowly it moved towards my house entrance. The 20feet doors opened slowly. Bluish light came inside as the doors are opening. Our streets has 100meters diameter. And another 110meter diameter cubical was covering the street. The in between gap was used for our houses to connect to the main street. All the houses which were located around the 110 cubes can connect into the street only by coming to the bottom. As there were magnetic guiders they will automatically let us to go to the ground level of our streets.

Our street, when looked outside from the city, feels like a big Python rolled over a big pillar. So called 'Python pillar'. This pillar was located at the center of the city and was much taller than others. Other part of the city also made of circular streets making a Colosseum. The city so called 'Great Chennai' was a Colosseum with Python pillar.

When I was fully on the road I was in the lowest lane. My house was 90° with respect to the lowest lane of my street. So my house had a direct gravitational force, but other who like the one below this lane had a fully reversed gravitational force for holding things upside down. Those gravitational force generators does a very good job. Once we were inside the house we wont find any difference even though we are completely reversed to the earth's gravitational force.

The lowest lane has a maximum of 5Miles per hour, as it was used as a service lane. Each lane has seven meters wide. Ever lane requires the vehicles to be in some speed, greater than the lower lane and lower than the higher lane. The lane that was exactly above my head has the maximum speed. Nobody usually goes in those top three lanes. Not because they didn't wish, but most of their cars can't do it. If the car move to top lanes without proper speed it will fell down, that wasn't a big issue as the car will induce magnetic pulses so as to balance it, but the pity part is security council will seize your car.

My car was slowly picking up in speed, moving lane up lane to the top. After 4 seconds I was in my top lane. There were 3 more lanes to get the top most plane. As the streets have magnetic guiders the cars didn't crashes with others, once we give the destination they will make the route automatically. There was a red car going in front of me slowly. I tried to overtake but there was already a car flying over it. There may be a fucker with his girl friend, so do I thought, since the other car was not given path for the one who is flying over him to overtake. I was traveling behind both of these cars. If I have to go front the car flying above the red car, I should get a chance or I should move to another lane. It is better to change the lane, rather than fighting with these peoples.

I was hesitated to reduce the speed. So I decided to push my Ferrari to upper lane.

“Go to upper lane” I ordered the car.

“I'm sorry. I was not allowed to do this” my wife voice replied.

As usual, I thought. Then I commanded “Manual Mode, Take me to bike position”

“Warning, changing to manual mode, take care of driving” It said when my seat positions are adjusted. My seat got shrank and leg pedals went back. I got a hand bar from the dashboard of the car. The seat near me went back and my seat came to the center of the car. Then it placed a helmet over my head. Without helmet the pressure will be too low to breath. Then the either side of the car, as if the ellipsoid being cut on either side, it split. Both portions went to the top and bottom of the car, so as to reduce the space. The front and back portions slided a little and so the length of my car increased. Still the fiber glass was in front of me. Now the either side of my car had openings and I was just seated like in old day bikes. The helmet displayed the front scene along with a the map in front of me. The helmet was pure black in colour, which didn't had any glass materials.

Now I had to show the real power of my Ferrari. I did hold the clutch and made a full acceleration. It was the technique to make the jet engines to work along with the magnetic pulsars. At the back of my car two small openings came to spill the energy. My jet engine uses hydrogen to drive the vehicle instead of artificial petrol. Now the magnetic pulsars hold itself back by just holding the car at required height. A high pitched noise came. I really like that sound.

I left the clutch, and it took a speed of 1600mph. My heart pumped a little bit higher for a while and became normal. I didn't changed the lane yet as I want to go so close to the car going in front of me. As my car was given a trust it made both of them a surprise. And when I was so close to them at that speed, they had no choice but change their lane by lowering the their speeds. I made my lane change when I was so close to them. As we three had changed the lane the actual lane which we three came earlier was free. I made a proud smile by looking at them. They can't see my face beyond my helmet, but they should have understood. The car flied above got slow down to choose the one the lanes.

Unfortunately the sensors inside the helmet captured what the person told. I heard “ass hole”. Soon they went back as I'm traveling too fast, but his words made me irritated again. I wanted to insult him, so I went back to the previous lane. I could see the background scene which were projected inside my helmet. They were a mile back. It seems again the same overtake drama take place. So they should be lovers playing in street, I thought. I positioned my self above the lane so as to leave the space for a car and I stopped the vehicle instantaneously. The red car and its partner car, didn't noticed that until they were so close.

I might give a huge trouble if I make a mistake. If any car is being hit then there wont be even ashes to collect from us. What I thought was they should have slowed down, with in a second they came so close to me, only difference is the red car is now flying above the other car. I don't have time to start my car instantaneously, I said each and every word separately “Oh, my God”. I thought that was my last words, but I realized I was in car mode, So I tilted my car 90°. The red car and the other one were so close to kiss my car. Both crossed my car which was standing still, at the same time. My heart beat stopped for a moment, so do them.

I was happy when I said “I'm alive”. It gave me a force to overcome the mistake I have done. I started my car and began to drive like the same as I was doing before. I quickly reached them, they were on different lanes but at the same speed. I was in the middle lane. They tried to come to my lane so as to crush me. I increased my accelerator when I'm traveling in between them. They manged to avoid the crush in between them. With the great degree of success, I was happy and either side of the openings I stretched my both hands and showed by middle finger alone. Then I picked up in speed and they disappeared.

Some time later I remembered on the first ride with my wife on this car. She was a courages girl, and mostly she will not fear. But when we went in bike mode with this speed, she bosomed from the back. When that feeling came up in my mind, I turned the accelerator further. I reached one more lane high. All the other cars should be watching me, I thought. As in my lane no cars I went so quickly to the council. Before reaching I turned back the car to original mode.

The doors was drawn with 'X' symbol. It was really below the ground level. And no one was allowed to live near by. My car performed basic authentication with the door and asked it to open. The doors opened so quickly and I was taken into the council.

I adjusted my tie and opened the car door. With real patience I come out of the car. I tried to show me gentleness within this council. When I came out I saw the door. It also closed slowly.

“Park yourself” I slowly told my car.

“Yes Master” It replied before before entering into the parking devision. It doesn't say my name when it is inside the council. As I asked it to do so.

I slowly walked towards the security to register my entry.

“Good evening. Sir” The fat person told me. I don't know if he wished that to me.

“Fine. Can I get the pass for my room” I requested.

“Yes sir you can” he passed, “before that you are requested to attend the security council”

Oops. I thought my self. Might be the security cameras have got what I have done in the streets. “It going to be a sleepless night today” I told myself without opening my mouth.

“Can you tell me the reason?” I queried the fat police man.

“Sorry sir. I don't know” he replied without looking at me. He was writing something.

“But, If you see...” I dragged my words.

“Do you need any help in finding security council sir?” his tone was not friendly.

No use in talking to him, I thought. I turned right to make the way to security council. Old guys will be there, their ultimate aim is to torture humans in a legal way. And I'm already an unwanted person in council X, so they will be really happy to tease me. God has to help me, I prayed myself when I was at the door to the security council. I had a surprise there.