SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Copyright 2004 © Vasanthan Senguttuvan

Chapter 3

I was standing before the security council entrance. On those stainless steel doors two crossed swards were drawn. On the left side there was a small screen showing “welcome”. I wondered whether they welcome outlaw.

The security council was a part of council X. All of the councils in this city have five members. One will head the other four. The council X is the most secret one which manages the other councils.

There were unwritten rules for the council X. Guptha was the head of council X and so he was the powerful person of the city. He has some special servants also, who are powerful soldiers made of alloys. They don't have any humanity or love or anything. They will execute what the head says. Nobody has seen them actually, nor do me. These information was given to me by Vasanth. He didn't told me how he got the information, and also I was not so interested in that.

Security council is a big one, where I'm going is the top level of the security council itself. It was headed by Movli. He was 65yrs old and still don't want to die. I was one of the members in his hot list. It all happed long before, which was a big story. That incident made me unwanted persons for most of the people in the council X itself. But I was happy that I did it for our people.

Entering the security council would itself a tedious job. So I made a hiss. I took my hand to put it on the screen. Usually it will sense my hand and will allow me inside. When I were to put my hand over the screen, a lady figure appeared outside the screen. It was in three dimension.

“I would like to ask you some questions” The lady figure told me.

“What for? I'm the member of council X” I replied.

“If you come for official purpose these procedures doesn't require, but you are not entering for official purpose” the image told me.

“Oh God. Movli going to kill me” I thought.

“Could you tell me your name?” It questioned.

Then it starts to ask my date of birth to my shoe size. It took a long time. All the people crossing me watched me with a smile.

“Damn” I told, when I saw that fat police man smiled at me, I could see his face even from that distance.

“Is that what your name in home?” the lady picture asked.

“Oh, I'm sorry I was thinking of some thing” I told “Its actually Viji” I added.

It took another thirty seconds for the question and answer session being over. It was too irritating for me.

“OK. Basic authentications are fine. We need your DNA sample. Can you place it on the screen” It queried me.

I was happy with that. I spat well at the screen. A crude pleasure on that. Unfortunately Rajan was entering into the security council watching this. When I noticed that I got struggled, I quickly want to make things correct. I took the small special tissue papers. These when scratched over the body a thin sample of skin will be collected which will have enough DNAs. I rubbed that special tissue paper over the inside part of my cheek and I put it over the saliva on the screen.

“Sorry, I got excess saliva on rubbing inside my mouth” I quickly told and entered into the security council. The door didn't alarmed, as it should have verified my DNA so fast.

When I was in, a dragon appeared before me. Its same kind as my Gini, holographic images drawn on air. Only those who are interacting can see well those images. They were named 3RD assistants. The dragon assistant blow a fire on me, as it was only an image I wasn't affected but I least bother about these assistants.

“You are required by Movli, Sir” the dragon told me in a hard voice.

“Hmm” I started walking.

The dragon also moved with me. I stopped and looked it with a wonder.

“I know the way. Thanks for you help” I told the dragon assistant.

“I was ordered to bring you, not just to inform you, Sir” it replied with a proud.

Am I culprit. I don't want to argue with these stupid machines. I started walking again.

After some steps, I thought I could ask him and I asked “What is the reason?” without looking at it.

“I don't know” it told me. Within some moment it told me in a low voice “ He usually doesn't like us.” he was friendlier now.

“Who will ever like him” I told myself.

I reached the other end of that big hall. Many people are wandering all over the place, though the hall was big it was crowded. At the end there was a big door, the name plate showed “Movli” and there were no one around that door though the hall was crowded. “Who will ever want to take distress?”

I stood before the door for a while for a while. People who were standing near by turned and looked at me at the same time. Then they continued in their talks.

“I will go into the room. You can leave” I told the dragon.

“Oh, I have to be there. Until he says something” it replied.

“If you are out there, he will shout at you. I will mange him, don't worry” I told him.

“Thank you, Sir” it thanked. Half a century before most of the machines were integrated with human feelings. There was a long debate on this. Finally they were integrated with human feelings so as to reduce the gap between the man and the machines. My father was one of the persons who severely opposed this. They continued to protest even after the council approved the bill. Those who opposed were marked as rebels and were sent out of the city. From that he was living in Andaman Islands.

I opened the door myself and entered the room slowly. It was an old style door which has split openings. I closed the door when I entered into the room.

It was a big room. Directly opposite to the entrance there were glass windows fixed on the walls. Each glass window was about a meter in length and with and were placed like a pyramid. I could see a beach behind that. It should be a holograph scene. Since we were actually in the under ground. Before these glass windows a large round table in half length was placed. It was like the table penetrating into the glass windows.

Movli was writing into some thing. He was a guy who loves in old things. Nobody now learns how to write into papers. He uses papers, everybody else commands their assistants.

“Viji. Welcome. How do you do?” he asked me without showing any emotions. He stopped at writing and faced me when he finished his question.

“Oh yeah. I'm... I'm fine... till now” I swallowed my last two words.

He stood and came towards me walking side ways to come out of the round table.

He looked around me, and searched for something. “Where is the dragon? Didn't it come to you?” he asked me.

“Yes. It was the one who guided me here.” I told.

“I ordered him to bring you along with him. How dare he can override my command.” he got anger too fast.

“I told him to go.” I responded. He didn't seem to accept that, he got even more anger when I told like that.

“Duid!” he shouted. It should be the dragons name.

“Don't get angry with him, I'm the one told him to go” I repeated. The same time the dragon appeared before both of us. I could saw the fear on his her face. It turned me and looked with an unwillingness. I took pity over him.

“Movli” I called him with a real strong voice. He didn't expect this. After all I was a poor guy in that council, that even a policeman won't respect me.

“I told It was not a mistake. OK?” I continued with the same real strong voice. Movli got moved and turned towards me, by that time the dragon disappeared. Before disappearing it looked me with a thanks.

Movli tried to shout at me. But this time he realized that I will do any thing to save others. At least I could bring him down some where else. He got a little fear, but didn't showed that. He acted as if though nothing was happening.

“OK, coming to the point. Why did you hurt Shanthi?” he asked as though he was her father.

I felt some pressure increase in my head. These guys are monitoring me. One way or other they place something in my house. May be because my history tells them I'm a rebellion's son.

“You people are monitoring me?” I asked with little worry.

“No. not like that. I made a call to your house. I could realized she had been crying until I made the call” he replied, which seems to have some lie. Doesn't matter. At least not worst as Madhu Mitha did. But he should have monitored as my mails would have been cracked before it reaches my mail box and they should have seen my fathers name. This will bring me under their focus for a while.

If he had monitored he should have known that what we have conversed. He should have heard what Shanthi had told me about sex. But he tells that he didn't monitor me. What is the truth? By this time he was moving towards the library at the left hand side of me.

“So tell me what did you say to her” he reached the library and opened the door.

I was standing still thinking a lot. “Nothing, I didn't hurt her” I replied struggling a little. He took a book and turned towards me “Then why did she was crying?” he asked question looking at me and then went into the book. Do I have to tell that she called me for sex? It wasn't illegal as per the city law, but by my fathers words. He repeats me it should be only with humans and others are doing something very bad for the humanity.

I was keeping mum for a while. By that time he should have read one paragraph in that book. He drew his attention towards me and walked towards me along with that book.

“You see If she wishes something do it for the sake of her.” he told in a normal voice.

“But they are machines” I replied quickly.

He sighed and replied “I'm having Balu as my servant, I never thought it was a machine, he saved me many times from the assaults I have faced. For that I'm keeping him happy”

“So you are a gay!” I shouted within my mind, but i didn't show any thing on my face.

“He really loves to play with toys. If you see my house you will see full of it” He continued. “Thank god” I told myself in a low voice. He wasn't a gay.

“What?” he was about to raise his voice.

“Nothing. I thanked god for saving you from the assaults” I lied. “I will take care of my machines and please don't try spoil my privacy” I added.

I turned towards the door and began to walk. He was looking at me by that time. He didn't asked about my adventure in the street. Hopefully my car should have activated light-jammers which would prevent the security cameras from capturing a clear image.

I reached the security council hall thinking a lot. Why did he care about my robot and he was not a person of sentiments. Some thing was not correct. May he would be planning for another bill, that I would defiantly oppose, he may want me to be diverted to some other things. I concluded my thoughts saying like that.

“Would you mind sparing some time with me?” I heard a voice from the back of me. I turned around, and I saw Rajan was standing along with the crowd.

“Yes Rajan, as you wish” I was happy with my words. He was one of the four members who directly under Movli. A very nice person to deal with.

“We will go to my room” he told me and begin to walk through the crowd in the hall. I made a few fast steps to catch him. We were moving fast towards the first floor.

“How is your life is going?” he asked me with real care. He was at the age of my father, but he still look young and smarter than me.

“Yeh, well for a while, at least until I don't think of my wife.” my voice went low when I completed the words.

“I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked about that” he worried.

“No Rajan, Nothing wrong with that. What can we do for an accident” I added.

We reached his room on the first floor by this time. This room was at the left side when faced from the Molvi's room.

Rajan was supporting me when I opposed the 'Human Production' bill. I should have lost that if he didn't support that. It was a bill that if passed will prevent the humans from giving birth by sex. Any husband and wife have to apply to the city council for getting a child. Only if the their DNAs are good they will be allowed to get a sibling of their own. If not the case their genes will be operated and they get the baby only through test tube. It was the bill for supporting well born babies. The problem will be most of the times there will be some problems in every DNA, and so there wont be any child born from human.

Movli was in high intention to get this bill ruled out and I was in full intention not to do. I was in the position where I was directly reporting to Gupta. When the bill was under debate almost all the top departments high officials where there. It went for a month time and I didn't gave up. Only few are supporting me. Rajan didn't argued much in the debate but he boosted me from the background. After 45 days Movli made a trick to bring me down. He suggested that I should lose my position to not pass the bill. Usually nobody left the council position until they die. Everybody thought I won't do, so most of them accepted the condition. But I accepted for that and I stepped down as a personal assistant to Madhu Mitha. It was shocking news for most of them but Movli was irritated by that. He again took a chance and told the media that I was opposing the bill so as to prevent getting good people. Most people don't know the potential behind that and I became a unwanted persons for them.

“You are a good person Viji, But I worried that people don't know this” He told me when he signed me to seat in the chair.

“At least people should not be angry with you” he added.

“Don't worry Rajan, I'm happy on saving them from a disaster. Thats far more enough for me. There is no more in life for me to continue.” I passed and continued “ They will know one day”

“Please Viji, you should be here for some more time. I saw your name was in self-terminate list. I was shocked to see that” He said quickly.

“I have nothing without Maya” I didn't looked him when I told this.

“Come on Viji. I know you loved your wife, and I know how she loved you” he was struggling to cheer up me.

“I want to die in a year. I'm waiting for the approval from the council” I replied him.

“I wont let you die people like you. Already I have lost a much” he continued.

“OK. Now I will let you know the situation, then decide yourself, I can't do this without your help” he puzzled me.

“The 'Human production' bill is about to come in a new shape, even powerful and worser than before” He told in clear words. I was looking at him with a question.

“The same wine in new bottle” he added.

“I don't have any powers now to stop that, I'm nothing now, I will die without watching this” I said worried.

“No, Viji Try to understand. I can block this like the way you did, but after some month they will bring this in new shape. We have handle in other way, the way not bounded by laws” He told in a real slow voice. I suddenly checked my watch to see whether I have placed audio-jammers.

“Don't worry I have already placed the audio-jammers” he told. I was not listening to it, but I was rapidly thinking about the impact of the bill.

“I have no idea how to block it but I will help you in doing this” he continued.

If I were there for more than a minute then other security systems will place a close watch on the room. So I decided to leave for that moment.

“I will get back to you soon” I told him when I began to walk towards the door. Before I reaches the door I stopped and turned back: “What all about the new bill?”

He moved close to me “Pure machine generation of genes. Initially it will be used for helping the people, then there will be complete machine based production of humans”

I shocked. It will be the beginning of the end of human race.

“OK. Reject my self-terminating request, when it comes to your desk. I will die another way” I told too fast and I came out of the room.

“God Please be with me, until I die” I plead. I came out of the security council and I headed towards the security person.