INVISIBLE BOAT - PHANTOM MISSION - VOLUME I
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BACK TO COLLECTION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER X
THE INVASION OF PERU

Two hours later I, Fernando, I'm helping to glue the end of the last units of aluminum foil on the inside of the vessel, we expect the boat now become totally invisible to satellites the U.S. military. We are me, Everardo and Sabino, on the top floor of the boat, and at the moment we are finalizing all the work, the commander Severus contacts us, speaking through the speakers on the third floor where we are now:

- Hello everyone! We have a new problem!
- What is it, sir? (asks the cable Sabino).
- The United States gave us an ultimatum. We have a few days to get the boat invisible until the Panama Canal or suffer an economic embargo and political. Invisibly we will have to make the passage of other boats through the
locks* that country. Then cross the Pacific Ocean to reach North Korea from the west in a few days.
CHAPTER I
THE PHANTOM MISSION
CHAPTER II
THE BASE OF OPERATIONS
CHAPTER III
THE VISION OF THE INVISIBLE
CHAPTER IV
SHIPWRECK NIGHT
CHAPTER V
THE ATTACK OF GHOSTS
CHAPTER VI
A THREAT VISIBLE
- But sir! We need to go to Peru! Our contact there is infiltration! We have to save him! (I promise).
- We come from now in speed there, destroy enemies and rescue our man. We have only six hours to complete this mission. We're resetting all operations of the vessel here in Brasilia!
- We're almost done the work and then we will ... (Sabino said, when he is interrupted again by the master).
- No time, Cape! Immediately release the four soldiers who are inside the vessel so that we can leave in ten minutes ... and not a minute more!
- Yes, sir (Sabino answered, looking at me and Everardo, worried about the new situation we are in now).

Nine minutes later the four officers who helped transport and gluing the foil on the inside surface of the vessel, is already on the side invisible from outside the vessel and their backpacks. Everardo is at the top of the stairs naval firing them up:

- You will be well in this place ... alone?
- Do not worry, Cape! This study site during coming here! Are just a couple of miles walk to the entrance of Tabatinga International Airport. We will then walk along this road and after a while we will be back to Brasilia. We'll be fine! Good job for you! Wipe out all enemies soon!

Everardo finalizes the farewell when the vessel rises from the ground with a strong blast of air down. The system is powered hovercraft! A fine powder dominates all local air due to heavy boat propellers, forcing the four soldiers on the ground to cover his eyes.

- We'll do it, friends! Good luck to you too! (Everardo yells at four military colleagues).

He enters the vessel. The output port of the vessel is closed. The steps are articulated back to the outer surface of the inclined wall of the vessel. The boat, now totally invisible, enters the waters of the Solimoes River toward the interior of Peru. The soldier Carlos - filmmaker, working in secret base in Brasilia Navy releases again, through his avatar in the cockpit of the craft invisible, the image of the boat with two beautiful women on board. No time to invade the neighboring territory discreetly. You need to do this quickly. Upstairs Everardo and Sabino work quickly swapping the bad parts of the welded spider damaged. Few kilometers, just inside the neighboring country, a naval vessel, identified by satellite Brazilian military is approaching:

- Sir! A Peruvian frigate coming our way! (the soldier Ricardo, responsible for radar signals and thermal cameras, informs).
- We have no choice, soldier! (commander declares). We'll take our chances with the picture of the girls on the boat!
- And if they shoot at us, sir? (Lt. Julius questions, he is responsible for controlling the boat guns invisible).
- Let's see, lieutenant, and hope that does not happen. We do not want to fight them. Is not that why we are invading neighboring territory.

In a few minutes there we are, coming to pass at high speed by the Peruvian military frigate. The image of two girls riding a boat that would be enough to fool our “hermanos” (brothers). There Brasilia, the secret base of the Navy, the soldier John, responsible for controlling the external cameras surveillance boat shows in close-up the face of some Peruvian soldiers on the deck of the frigate of war. You can see that binoculars are looking at us and smiling, because they imagine that there are two beauties on powerboat virtual. Now they wave to us and use the system megaphone, asking us to stop!

- Sir! Are ordering us to stop! (the pilot and Major Margarida says).
- Come on, Major! We can not stop! (commander declares).
- They are doing crosshairs stern (the back of the boat) from our boat, sir! (John says the soldier, responsible for external surveillance cameras). Looks like they want to give a warning shot into the water for us to stop, but they will hit us, sir!
- Evasive maneuvers, pilot! (commander speaks to Major Margarida, who drives the boat invisible). We'll escape this shot now!

But it was too late! The warning shot is fired and it strikes at our craft, and at the rear (stern) piercing the hull which is under water. Immediately on the panel of the control room of avatars a beep and red lights come into play, stating that some damage had occurred! Our strong balance invisible boat sideways, left and right, and he rises slightly from the river. I, Fernando, had to lean on the walls next to me with the strong movement that happened! The same trend happened with the copy of the boat there in secret headquarters in Brasilia!

- What was that? (I, Fernando, inquire now terrified with the new situation).
- Release the image of destruction of the boat! (commander orders). Reduce the speed of the vessel invisible! Cancel the operation of the outboard! Run the motor to continue browsing central idling towards our destination! Fast guys!

In the eyes of the military the Peruvian frigate is as if the projected image of the boat with the two girls had gone off with that warning shot. The soldier John was still monitoring the Peruvian sailors face in close-up. I could see the TV screen the expression of amazement of the Peruvian military.

It was heartbreaking! They did not expect a warning shot blew the little craft. They were clearly embarrassed by the terrible scene. The frigate maneuvering hundred and eighty degrees to approach the place where supposedly the boat would have exploded. Meanwhile our boat idling walks toward the interior of Peru. The commander gives new order now for Everardo, which is available to the maintenance room.

- Cape Everardo! How is the repair of the damaged soldier-spider?
- Is everything all right, sir! A few more minutes and I Sabino finish everything here!
- Sabino can finish the job without the presence of the cable Everardo?
- Yes, sir! Everything now is almost ready! (Sabino answers).
- Right! Everardo! Check is being done as the automatic repair of damaged hull downstairs. Take our journalist Fernando to the lower floor and show him how it works! See if anything beyond the outer wall had less problems there. Make a full check-up on the spot!

- Yes, sir! (Everardo declares by radio). Like me, Fernando, was there in the control room, watching the unfolding of all the action, I got the message from the leader of the team and I shifted the corridor directly to the maintenance room.

- I'm going there, sir! (I promise).

Upon reaching the maintenance room, Everardo was already running out to dress in special clothing to protect
against a possible radiation.

- Need it all to go down there? (I wonder).
- Come to a place where there may be radiation (Everardo states). I do not know if the nuclear propulsion was hit with the shot! We need to be careful! I have separated other clothing unique to you. Here! Wear it ... and let us down.

I start to dress in clothes that thick and heavy! I take this opportunity to ask my colleague about what happened:

- Why the boat rocked like that? The shot was so strong?
- When the hull of this vessel is ruptured a system of dozens of bags pneumatic fires, bringing the vessel slightly above water! This gives sufficient time for repair is done automatically.
- Auto Repair?!?! How this works?
- You will already see, Fernando! It is a new and very interesting to prevent a vessel sink because of a small hole!

Now I finish getting dressed. Everardo does a quick check-up and confirms that my clothes are correctly placed. He takes a
Geiger* and the league. The radiation level inside the vessel is normal and there is no harm to health. Soon after the military opens the thick metallic cover that gives access to the lower floor. The Geiger counter registers nothing extra variation thereafter.
CHAPTER VII
THE ETHICS MURDERS
CHAPTER VIII
RIOT
CHAPTER IX
THE FRONT LINE
CHAPTER X
THE INVASION OF PERU
THIS BOOK CHARACTERS /
CONCEPT INVISIBILITY

* Lock or behaves is a hydraulic produced in such a way that allows boats to be raised or lowered in places where there are gaps from one region to another of a river, winning cascades or waterfalls such as Panama. Thus the Atlantic Ocean was connected to the Pacific.
*Geiger counter is a device that detects the presence of different types of radiation as X-rays and gamma rays present in a leakage of nuclear radiation.
- For now everything is fine! (the cable states). Fernando! Close this cover after going down! We do not want radiation, if any, spread throughout the vessel.

Slowly because of heavy clothing and Geiger counter in one hand, Everardo down the vertical ladder aluminum! I'm right behind him and I close the lid of entry. When we get down there, already downstairs, I look around and I realize that we are inside a thick cylinder protection. The military now opens a new steel door and he looks at the radiation meter. Nothing further is recorded.

- We're fine, Fernando! Apparently there was no radiation leak! We will continue to evaluate before you withdraw these clothes.

We started walking slowly around and the interior lights are lit on the floor alone. The floor is covered with a five to ten inches of river water. The place is noisy, because of the huge electric motors for continuous rotation. A place that should be very hot, but incredibly was pretty cold! The reason is more a new revelation about to be me! Something I never thought possible! We are approaching the reactor core, which is the propulsion system of the vessel. Everardo looks all around with the meter in hand and no harmful sign is shown. A relief for all of us! I suddenly realize something that crawled across the sodden ground between the engine and side cabinet, next to the hull. I also heard the strange noise "what" moving!

- Everardo! There's something alive in here! Does any animal that has penetrated through the hole the hull?

The cable smiles at me and he says:

- No, Fernando! What you saw is one of the team members auto repair leaking hull!
- What!?! Team member fixing?!?!
- Yes! Come and see!

Everardo goes ahead and points to the outer wall behind the cabinet damaged. I approach very curious to know what is happening there, and I see ... gasp ... three little robots on the spot! They are similar to soldiers spiders are upstairs on the third floor of the boat. The little ones are about the size of a shoebox, with four arms and six legs! A true "monster" mechanic working on site! But something caught even more attention: A frozen smoke coming from inside the hole made in the hull by the Peruvian artillery. It was a thick and heavy smoke coming towards our feet. It seemed ... dry ice!?!? In the damaged hull I saw a thick wall with layers of different materials. The external and internal seemed to be pretty thick aluminum plates. Internally realized other layers of products that I did not recognize. Right in the middle there was a whitish thick wall that seemed to be ... ice?!?! The hole you can see the waters of the river passing under the boat!

- Everardo! Than the outer wall is made of this boat? (I inquire, Fernando).
- The outer wall of the hull bottom of this vessel is made of various materials. The interior is pure ice!
- This can not be true! I thought it was right, but I do not believe it!

- We know that the density of ice ensures that it does not sink when in water. So did the entire interior of this double hull with this material, kept solid by Frizer powered by our nuclear propulsion. The other layers are aluminum hull naval films and they do not leave the ice sticking to the two other layers that are bulletproof blankets for heavy weapons. Peruvians used an even heavier weapons against us and so the hull could not take the impact.

- Impressive, Everardo!
- Ahhh! See it now, Fernando! You will like it.

At this time one of the little robots in the hole introduces a kind of small umbrella is closed at this time. Once positioned to the outside of the vessel, it is then opened and slowly pulled back inside. The part circular umbrella miniguard that rests on the outside, sticking on the hull and preventing the return of the assembly to the interior of the vessel. The rod of the device is then easily torn away by little robot, leaving only the circular umbrella glued in place, sealing the hole on the outside of the vessel. That first robot moves away therefrom and other approaches injecting a small quantity of a pasty product inside the hull damaged. Now this also departs to the third mini-worker mechanical approach, a different kind of opening mini-guard umbrella in place. By doing this circular piece of adhesive such devices now on the inside of the hull! This seals once the entire site, leaving an empty space inside the hull damaged.

- Everardo! Tell me one thing: what did these robots will safely seal the hull? (I inquire).

- Yes, Fernando! The product introduced here will expand to completely seal off the site. After the intense cold of the ice around the product expands, it will also turn into ice, perfectly sealing the hull. When we stop the boat for a maintenance we cut throughout this session for placement of new aluminum plates and layers bulletproof.

- But how is it possible that no water inside, while the repair is being done?
- When a shooting sticks hull the computer detects that the water is coming in and activates a safety device. Floats are available in the external structure and all around the boat, lifting it in order to remove the entire boat from the water. Thus, the liquid does not enter more and maintenance of our robotics miniequipe starts. In a few minutes we'll be back in an active and at full speed. But eventually the security system did not work, the ice on the inside of the entire hull keep the boat afloat, preventing it from sinking. Of course the water would come in abundance here, but at least we would be saved and not would sink. If the repair could not be done for some reason, the water in direct contact with the dry ice would freeze, preventing the entry of more liquid through the hole in the hull. The computer would detect such an event again and then trigger the bombs that would play continuously throughout the water stored inside out. The huge block of ice created there would eliminate the hole hull solving the problem temporarily, until the repair is done later at the dock in any port secret Navy. But even under water small robots can also work if necessary. Therefore, hardly would sink with small holes in the hull.

- Who are the people who have had all these ideas? (I inquire).
- We present several problems for nautical Brazilian universities and they developed individually each of the technologies you've been seeing here!
- I am increasingly impressed, Everardo! Everything indicates that this boat can really be independent and work alone in any situation!

As the two talked, the work of the little robots over. The vessel lowers slowly back to the water surface, like a hydraulic jack of a tire fitter, to repair a flat tire of our car.

Now I could see that another drop of river water enters again the site of the hull which was previously bored. It was perfect! The technology works miracles and I am witnessing here each day-to-day.

I wonder how the news will be fifteen years from now, when everyone finally have access to journalistic material that I'm writing. Perhaps the wonders that I see today are only relics museum in the future!

It is possible that people of the time to watch my documentary with smiles of disdain, by the use of "so archaic solutions" in military vehicles called art in my time!

Obviously I'm mocking, because I believe that each year we are accelerating our knowledge very quickly! Meanwhile Sabino ends maintaining soldier spider.

Below Everardo gives more a general look around the floor with the floor still wet through and finds the bullet fired by the Peruvian frigate, which was on the other side of our boat. The little water that is on the ground is slowly being sucked out.

Soon the atmosphere is very dry again. In the control room commander orders that increase the speed again. The Peruvian frigate behind us and we're getting closer to our final destination on this mission: "den of wolves!"

The biggest problem that I wonder now is how to know who is our agent infiltrated the past ten members of the cartel traffickers shattered Peruvians. As our team will know who to shoot?

Outside now starts raining again, after all we are in the Amazon, where it rains almost every day. After about an hour we arrived in daylight, to one of the river islands of the river, within the Peruvian territory.

There was such a "den of wolves!" A place full of native forest, untouched and slightly away from towns, cities and Indians. A perfect place to hide a bunch of criminals.

The island is approximately seven kilometers for each ten miles. Therefore, it will not be easy to find them if they are scattered around the site.

But the Navy headquarters in Brasilia has followed the movement of satellite dealers and they devised a plan agreed to in advance with the military agent infiltrated the Brazilian Navy. The nearest population of this isolated island is south on Caballococha, about fifteen miles away.

Ton Rich
as a Drug Dealer

Bruno Santos
as Sergeant Peter

- Alright folks! We arrived at the summit of our mission! (commander Severus comment). This is where we'll put an end to the drug gang. We will continue with our original plan! We have to attract them to the riverbank here and kill them all. Major! We will park in the combined GPS coordinates and draw the last wolves in this pack! (he orders the pilot Daisy). This species will be extinct Many Voices miscreant soon and guarantee that no one will miss them! (mission leader confident Brazilian states). Sabino and Everardo! Soldiers landing on the beach-spiders. I want you to surround the location of thugs and send them to us! Fernando! Follow all the action straight and tell how this story ends! Soldier John, release four artificial insects and land them two and two spiders on the soldiers. When we get closer, lightweight insects to the lair of the wolves so we can view them on the run. These wolves today will be our sheep and we will lead them all to the slaughter!

The soldiers invisible spiders descend of invisible boat and enter silently in the woods. Each was for a different side to be able to surround the enemy.

The artificial insects follow them and land on them, as ordered by the mission commander. In the village of traffickers improvised a tense meeting is happening.

They are not feeling secure with everything they already knew what happened. They are sitting on the floor making a circle of conversation.

- Ghosts do not exist! It's a lie what they told us! (one of these states).

- Several contacts our said the same things! (another dealer said). This forest is infested with "ghosts" which are killers traffickers!

- This is silly, men! (the first who had spoken before mocks). An illusion of people's heads which have spoken! They should have taken the drug that would sell. What do you think Peter?

- Let's calm down, people! (calms tempers, the one Peter). What we ultimately concrete so far? What did they say occurred in Tabatinga?

- One of the officers called me and he said that there was a complete massacre! (one of the traffickers stated). Himself almost been killed by such ghost that exploded the official vehicle! All of our men, who tried to meet a guy from out of town and the ghost who protected him, were dead! The police followed from afar the strange action and when he saw this invisible ghost threw directly from "beyond" and so accurate he killed every one of our colleagues! The police later found killed our leader too! He had been shot in the head and he fell from the top of a two story house. They're all dead, Peter ...! All ...!

- I suggest everyone get out of here and go straight to Colombia! (another dealer opines decided). Let us unite to guys FARC. They are better armed than us, and their group is quite large! Let's get out of here before this ghost find us here.

- Calm down, folks! (the so Peter states). Let us not despair! Let's stay together. Let's set a trap for this such ghost!

- Are you kidding me, Peter? (another dealer claims). Everyone who braved died! Why do you think we'll have better luck here?

- Because this is our house! Because we are brave men! Because no one ever stopped us from doing what you want it to be!

- Peter! Pay attention to the facts! Even before this ... "Be the addition" appears ... everything was working! Now all we are left here alive! This entity exists only to kill drug dealers! And we're the last in this region! He will come after us! I assure you ...! Want to surprise you ...? So let's get out of here ... Now ...!

The rest of the group agrees heartily. Everybody scream agreeing that there should from now. Without a strong voice of command between them all, so Peter gets up from the floor where he was sitting, pulls his gun waist and he shoots up!

- Nobody leaves here (Peter yells). We'll stand and fight together!

Three other dealers get up from the floor and they also draw their weapons in the direction of Peter. One of them says:

- You are not our leader, Pedro! You can not say what we should do. We do not have to hear it!

Amid the confusion and discussions two objects are thrown near the group. Everyone hears the sound of the bush that move on impact. They thought they were rocks!

- Who's there? (one of the men who had the gun in hand questions).

Immediately all others arise from the ground and also derive their weapons in the direction of the noise they heard. Now thrown objects explode. Were grenades!

The men then protect their heads with their hands and faces as much land, grass and leaves were erected with the explosion and thrown against them. Soon after all stoop, they start shooting in all directions from where the grenade thrower could possibly be.

They start right after running away in the opposite direction, towards the nearby beach. Peter looks towards the woods, hoping to see something moving around. As we all decided to get out of there he also does the same.

Two more grenades are thrown by creating a single corridor of escape available to traffickers. All miscreants jump, run and shoot back at the same time. The four artificial invisible insects flying over the bandits laterally, helping to identify whether they are on track straight trail.

Two more grenades are thrown, thus ensuring a unique and obvious escape corridor for them. Every time someone tries to run from one side of the insect passes scraping his face miscreant involuntarily protects his head with his hands and he returns to his race in the anterior direction, thus maintaining the plan to force everyone to go in one direction. Peter, while running quickly with the others, this strategy realizes her stalker and he yells to teammates:

- He is leaving a trail straight for us! It's a trap! We are heading toward the cattle slaughterhouse!

- But we have no other way to go! (one of the dealers to Peter shouts, while all still running desperate not to be killed by grenades increasingly close to them).

Everyone keeps running, jumping bushes, dodging trees and talking loudly with each other under more and more grenades that explode behind and sideways to them.

- Let's make a trap for this ghost! (Peter shouts to colleagues).
- What you think, Peter? (a third asks, which jumps over a bush and he shoots back against his pursuer while running in the woods).

- I want you two hidden! A great behind every tree. There a left front ... and another ... there ... the other tree right! (Pedro shouted, pointing to the locations in ambush while running fast towards the beach). Let the ghost passing through you! We will surround him soon after and shoot all together to send it instead to hell! I'll stop in front of him, drawing attention only to me. When I give the signal, you shoot!

- Are you sure it's a good idea, Peter? (one of the dealers yells as he runs too).

- We are being led into a trap on the beach! Let us risk our luck here and now! (Peter calls, screaming all the colleagues who run desperate with him through the woods).

- You take risks! I'll keep running! (one of the dealers said that did not stop running and headed to the beach).

Peter glared toward the subject which he fled and stopped even now sliding, turning back panting. He wants to face the danger ahead, and he throws down his gun, opening his arms slightly sideways as Christ the Redeemer, but more bent down.

Three artificial insects fly over the entire site and identify where each of traffickers is hidden. The fourth bug keeps flying behind the bandit has escaped. Eight of the dealers position themselves next to large trees there, ready to shoot.

Two of them are hiding behind the same time one of the largest tree trunks of the site. They look scared to face Peter. One says whispering to his colleague:

- Brave this guy, Peter! Come face to face with the ghost ... and without a weapon in the hands!?!? I would never do that!

The other dealer beside you agree with friend shaking his head and both prepare to shoot as soon as they see the "guy dressed" ghost! Peter looks seriously into the woods on a detailed visual search to identify the enemy.

A strange silence takes the
whole forest. Now just a
sound of legs walking in the
woods is heard by everyone.
Seem to be many legs moving
slowly and rhythmically. Peter
makes a mean face and yells
at the ghost who slowly
approaches:

-
I will not run away
anymore... you! I'm not
afraid anymore ...! Come
to me and face me in the
face, you coward!


The legs are still moving
forward! The vegetation
which moves is getting
closer to the position of
Peter. But nothing can be
seen there. The sound of
walking ghost is so close
that you can feel the ground shaking gently every step of it.

One of the dealers, hidden, feel the wind pass ghost around. A chill runs through your entire spine, but he remains perfectly still not to be seen! In one hand is his gun, pointed at something invisible which walks there.

With the other hand the bandit crosses himself very slowly, so as not to be detected by the evil ghost! Suddenly the sound of the past for! The forest also stops moving!

Peter stares coldly being invisible pulsating now before it a ghostly image of a white sheet waving in the wind! The head of a gruesome skull appears under the white hood and Pedro shouted the soldier spider:

- The time has come! Goodbye!

In pronouncing such words as partners in crimes begin to shoot the ghost, but now it's too late. The soldier spider throws a grenade to one side, use the machine gun with silencer to the other and so many dealers then he hits one another.

The grenade explodes and kills the two who were hiding nearby. The second soldier spider, who came from behind in a sneaky, also right traffickers who hid near him and behind the first robot.

In the end all eight traffickers are killed and Peter was the only one left alive there. Sweaty and still panting a little, due to the long run, the survivor looks bleak for the sides, realizing that everyone is dead around you. Peter now faces angry soldier Spider forward and declares:

- Why take so long to appear here?

Soon after he smiles and makes another statement:

- One of the traffickers fled toward the beach. Let's get him!

-
Don’t worry, Sergeant! (Sabino's voice declares, coming directly from the soldier spider). One of our artificial insect is following and checking the GPS position it. Suddenly you hear a strong buzz, very sharp and the sound of many impacts of a bullet piercing the trunks of several local trees. In the end Peter hears the sound of a body falling to the ground, and a hoarse cry of pain and faster. He understood what had happened. The fugitive had been killed by a single bullet coming straight off the boat invisible.

- Good work, guys! (Peter declares to the team of Brazilian military). I need a ride to the boat invisible?

-
Sure, Sarge! (Everardo answers). Climb up here!

One of the soldiers is visible to spiders that Peter can sit on the body of the robot. Within minutes the two soldiers are spiders, insects four artificial and Peter present on the beach where the boat unseen since anchored, awaiting them.

The middle of nowhere and facing all steps are articulated and positioned to form a ladder for access to the front door, about five feet high, which sinks under the surface side of the boat and it slides into the outer wall.

- I missed this vision of the unseen!

Peter goes down the robot and he heads slowly towards the stairs. The two soldiers, spiders and insects four artificial automatically start your way back to the interior of the vessel.

From inside the doorway I, Fernando, appear to welcome the newest fellow team trip boat invisible.

-
Welcome aboard, Peter! (I, Fernando, crying upstairs).

-
It's great to come home! But ... who are you? (Peter asks me, as he approaches of steps).

-
I? I'm Fernando, a journalist hired Navy to accompany this mission!

- Ahhh! Yes! I'm aware that they would hire someone! (he says, already climbing the stairs slowly).

- You were very brave putting yourself in front of a soldier spider-armed and determined to kill all the drug dealers
in the area (I declare to Peter).

- That was not courage! Part of the plan! (Peter states). I also could lead everyone towards the shore, so you would shoot them. And in this case I would be back not to be killed along with the group. I'd pretend that he had tripped and would be lying on the floor with your hands behind your head. Or else I would do what I did! Placing me in that way, without a gun in hand, I made it clear to you that I was not the target.

Now he comes to me and holds out his hand for me to greet you. Respond to the gesture, but immediately I feel a very strong smell of sweat coming from Sgt. Immediately I put my hand on his nose and asked:

- How long you do not take a bath?

- Do not even know! The life of drug dealer is a continuous sweat lodge. Especially in hot rainforest!

In saying this, Peter enters the vessel into the living room of his colleagues Everardo and Sabino. Even with the door open, I comment now with the artificial intelligence of the boat:

- I can be out here taking a fresh air until this guy take a shower?

-
Unfortunately I can not get the door open, Fernando! We would be detected by someone while we sail (the female voice, the military supercomputer, answers).

- Oh! Oh! Let me get out here... just a little longer...!

-
Nope, journalist! The worst is over! The stench of his colleague is a small price to pay for a successful mission!

- You say that because you do not feel odors! (I promise).

-
Stop it, Fernando! Come on! Join us celebrate!

- Celebrate? What will you do? Something to drink?

- [Laughs!]
No! Of course not! I can not drink anything! But I can feel happy that everything has worked out! Now that I can do!

In saying this the gateway slides sideways and it begins to close the only decent air available in the next few hours. I still put part of my head out to breathe deeply the fresh air of the forest, before all of us to stay locked inside.

Now I walk up to the control room of the mission, where the five avatars are standing, along with Peter, Sabino and Everardo. I watch without entering the confined cabin environment.

They are all happy and pleased to have been able to complete the mission ghost - the first of this vessel! I watch all the satisfaction of those brave professionals who face life, death and work the same way: with dedication, efficiency and tenacity.

In a way I'm also happy. The last few days have been incredibly unexpected. I've never seen so much blood in my life! Many deaths! But ... at least ... the triple border between Brazil, Peru and Colombia is temporarily free of traffickers.

Some fathers may sleep more quiet in the coming nights. But I'm not naive, because I know that the entire chain of events from drug trafficking is not broken, we will never be totally free from this present evil society.

You will need to still end up with the FARC and drug producers. After that the domestic market will be no supply for a while and I have no doubt that others will do their best to replace those who were killed.

This will be a long and difficult struggle. Anyway, it will take many, many missions like this in the near future, before singing the final victory. A ghost story that will attack traffickers in people's minds for a long time in this secluded wilderness of the world.

The same feeling that will balance in a miserable fear that so long already plaguing mankind. Now the invisible boat begins to move back and increase the speed to finally returning home. Artificial intelligence took over the controls temporarily.

But soon after the avatars return to their jobs quickly while Sabino, Everardo and Peter still talk about the latest events. They exchange their personal experiences in a lively and excited with the results. Now I hear the voice of Admiral
Figueiredo coming directly from the speakers of our vessel.

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Hello, everybody! I came here in our secret base in Brasilia, just to wish them congratulations on a mission so well executed! All of us, when we met a long time ago to plan all this, we had doubts if we wanted to do would work either! It was a big risk trusting a technology project so bold and so many possibilities to go wrong. We have not had time to test all concepts before this successful mission. You did the day-to-day, and made with praise! Know how to use all the knowledge we have gained during the last years of employment. Forced labor because they simply could not count on a large team, since everything is secret. You learned to draw what they had available and you turned this time a milestone that will be remembered by each one of us to the end of our lives. It is a pity that we can not say anything to anyone about our exploits. If anyone does I'll have to kill this one!

All laugh at the joke of the general, who remembered the joke secret agent movie that said exactly that when someone asked him what he was doing in life, "if I told you ... I'll have to kill you soon after! "Joking aside, the moment was really unique. A truth that few will know for years!

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I want to thank our journalist Fernando, which demonstrated aptitude for danger when necessary (General continues with his speech, praising me now). You will not be intimidated in the face of adversity, where an entire town, dominated by fear, almost led to his death on its initiative to fulfill the mission of documenting all possible aspects of a news story.

- Thank you, sir! (I say, glad I'm alive and present so I can hear it all).

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Congratulations also and especially our Sergeant Peter who showed extreme courage to infiltrate alone, and without external support, including wolves to live as one of them (Gen. Figueiredo states). His courage, Sergeant, is elusive and worthy of a medal! You will receive when you return to Brasilia! Few soldiers accept the mission you set out to comply with extreme competence. Your friends will know one day about all this!

- Thank you, sir! (Thanks Peter).

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Anyway ... without each of you, it would be impossible to accomplish this first mission! (Almirant Figueiredo continues). You are true heroes and I hope they do the story justice one day. But I want to remember that this country, like the rest of the others on this planet, we all collude with the overgrowth of the drug world. Many governments have historically benefited and still benefit from these cartels. But no more! Brazil is making a stop this cruel product that destroys entire families, which supports thieves, murderers, guerrillas, politicians, corrupt police and military. We no longer accept the existence of this cancer in our society! And all those who are complicit in this too will pay the high price for opting for trafficking as additional income. This means that your work is far from over. We will not dismantle for decades and decades drug control in a few missions. But at least now our enemies know that there is something behind them! Something ruthless, cruel as they are, they can not be injured or killed! Something that haunt their minds every time they penetrate the rainforest in order to sell or transport drugs. Now they also will not sleep as well as thousands and thousands of families as well! With the actions of the slums you will receive fewer drugs and this will help dismantle part of financing organized crime in the cities. I want to extend my congratulations here personally to the commander Severus, you're here by my side in Brasilia, and his entire team for three shifts keep the mission running for twenty-four hours.

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Thank you, sir! (commander Severo responds).

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I am also here today to inform you that we received a few hours ago, an ultimatum to the United States we take our boat invisible until North Korea. They created an entire strategy fully supported in our Brazilian vessel. It is a great pride for the Navy of Brazil we be seen as the platform war unmatched and supreme on this planet. Regardless of whether they have forced us to participate in military action in another country, we are proud to be the global benchmark for end up with conflicts that otherwise would not be possible. We have, then, the difficult task of helping China, South Korea, Japan and the United States to eliminate the nuclear threat from cruel and totalitarian rule of Kim Jong-un in North Korea. Americans showed in the fighting strategy and it is up to all of us perform it accurately, or else the world will have nuclear bombs destroying several Asian cities. This would be unacceptable for anyone who has common sense! I want you to embark on military aircraft that wait at the international airport of Tabatinga. The Invisible Boat will leave alone until Val De Căes in Belém do Pará. This will take about three days. Meanwhile, I want you all to rest well and study the new mission we consign them in a few hours. Pedro! You know you must infiltrate the FARC now, is not it?

- Yes, sir! I know that!

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I want you to rest in Tabatinga in Brazil's border with Peru and Colombia. Then you will go to the city of Leticia on the Colombian side, and there VCE catch a plane to northern Colombia. You will infiltrate the FARC by Venezuela. His action at this time is critical. Their reports will help us on the next mission to destroy the ship invisible part of these fighters and also to save all the hostages in their power. Do you have any contact in the FARC?

- Yes, sir! Traffickers maintain close contacts with the guerrillas! Usually one helps the other and sometimes do joint actions. I know one of them and there'll infiltrate. I'll do my best to track down the hostages, but it will not be easy.

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Very well then! Do your best, Sgt. Congratulations once again to all and wait for the next work instructions (Gen. ends).

- Sir! (I, Fernando, interrupt). I did not understand one thing: we will continue within this vessel the next mission
to Korea?

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Yes, Fernando! Work your inner proved essential in support of artificial intelligence.

- But, sir! I thought I would follow the next missions getting ashore with the whole team there in Brasilia! (I comment). I received information that the first mission was to make sure everything was working fine and then we would not need to be here, physically present. I did not expect to stay on board the following missions, even as I will need to finalize this matter in my office, calmly!

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I've talked to the soldier Carlos, responsible for dealing with the recorded images. It will help you assemble the video during the trip to Korea. I hope that the way you can finish the job the first mission of the documentary. The artificial intelligence of our boat invisible sent me a report by e-mail, explaining why she considers important to his presence, by Everardo and Sabino aboard! (General Figueiredo replies). You already know how hard to argue against the undeniable logic of this supercomputer is Fernando?

- Yes! I know it well, sir! (I reply). She almost convinced me that has human feelings!
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Almost?!?! (artificial intelligence boat stops, inquiring, with his typical soft female voice). I convinced you! You do not admit the fact!

All aboard smile at this fact, looking directly at me. I even thought that grace! But still did not like having to go aboard.

- Sir! I still need to record interviews with various people in society about what they think should be done about the drug problem, before all that happened here come to light!

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Do not worry about it, Fernando. We have hired crews to make it across the country. Soon this stuff will be sent directly to the supercomputer boat invisible. All this while traveling to Korea.

- Ahhh! Right ... all right, sir! (I babble, agreeing with the general).

- Very well, then! Soon you will have more information on the next mission (Gen. ends). Welcome back, gentlemen. The story told by juz Fernando will every one of you! I know that!

Glad that everything that happens inside and outside of the vessel is recorded on video and audio! This will help me a lot when I have to assemble the final documentary.

I've actually been writing continuously every night during my stay on this ship and also during the day, when nothing unusual is happening. Now that the mission is over, my work, the montage of images with texts that I produced, begin.

The soldier Carlos, the filmmaker, will help me finish it. The most interesting will be to work with an avatar, led by Carlos, who is in Brasilia, in the production of the documentary.

Peter was taking a bath, for the good of our noses! And now I sit with him in the maintenance room where Sabino and Everardo are making lists of needs for the next mission will be much longer this time.

I am interviewing Peter was about the life he led in the last six months with traffickers from Peru. The supercomputer is videotaping my interview with him after I introduce this material also in the documentary.

In a short time we got back to the city of Tabatinga in the triple border between Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The boat hovercraft invisible triggers the system and stops on the sandbar that same semideserted beach at the end of the airport runway international location.

Now all we landed, I, Peter, Sabino and Everardo. The boat returns to Solimőes River invisible and waits there, still, until the arrival of a jeep from the airport. It was just aprotection for us until the arrival of the transport.

The car was borrowed by the military INFRAERO Navy out to get us there. Now that we're safe and sound, and heading toward the International Airport Tabatinga, I look back and I see already in the middle of the river, the playback picture of that angel with yellow wings and mermaid tail sending me a kiss, smiling and disappearing soon after.

Artificial intelligence was saying goodbye to me. I smile at this gesture of affection supercomputer! Commanded by Navy staff, directly from the secret base in Brasilia, the Brazilian boat will return to Manaus and then will go to Para where he will await us all together to begin the long journey to North Korea. At the airport, I, Sabino and Everardo got off the jeep and we said goodbye to Peter.

- Good luck, Peter! (I, Fernando, say).

- Thanks, journalist Fernando! Tell my story straight! I want people to know that all I had to do was for the good of society! I did not tell you ... but I lost a son to drugs. Adolescent, immature and he thought it was cool to be equal friends ... all addicts. He was the only group that died! The friends were arrested for robbery and murder which financed their addictions. Today I had part of my revenge. Soon we will end up with a few more FARC guerrillas and then we eliminate the drug producers, wherever they are.

- I hope this will bring the peace you seek! (I tell him).

- I'm not looking for peace of mind! I'm just looking for revenge! (Peter states). It's the only thing I have left in life! When we see ourselves again, Fernando, I'll tell you what happened with the FARC. Good trip and good luck, friends! We'll meet at some port or wharf
pier* somewhereout there! Bye!

I was worried that the departing military jeep to a new destination. He was upset by the loss of his son! It seems to me that this is the reason to accept missions as dangerous as these. I fear for your life!

But without his work, our action would have been more difficult. We are now heading towards the airport. We go to Brasilia, get some rest. And before we fly to Pará, we will have a meeting with General Figueiredo, who will inform us about the next mission of this wonderful... invisible boat.

* Pier is a building, usually made of wood, water entering the sea or a river, to facilitate loading and unloading of barges or boats.
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