Shortly after, already on the ground, Sabino, Everardo and staff in Brasilia are off almost the entire vessel. Artificial intelligence has special programs for these situations and it has turned the majority of internal systems. The avatars are stopped. Just camouflage external LEDs, the refrigerator, air conditioning, surveillance cameras external monitor access to the satellite Brazilian military and main computer are running!
- Finished, Everardo! (Sabino states). Now we have to wait endless hours sitting here in the control room of the ship! Surveillance and monitoring more!
- Yes! (Everardo agrees). We can’t even do the routine check-ups of the systems! It all off we will be caught here.
Now I go into the maintenance room and question them about something I saw on the top floor of the vessel:
- And those motorcycles stored up there? (I inquire). Are even running? - Yeah! (Sabino comments). - I'm not remembering paint them! They are military bikes? - They are conventional bikes! They have no military paintings. They have no military paintings. The idea is not to draw attention when we have to use them. - Good! I would like to lend me one of them! (I request). - To borrow?!?! We can’t do this! (Everardo comments). And why do you want a bike? We are in the midst of a mission! - I'll take a walk! (I, Fernando, declare, to two cables). - What? You can’t! We will be exposed if you do! (Everardo states, scared). - We will be exposed to whom or what? (I wonder). We are at the end of the world, a place a little desert and we still have to wait here for hours ... I'll just get more data for my story about it all. - And what do you want out there? (Sabino inquires). - I'm the center of Tabatinga. I just study this whole region. The center is about ten miles from here! I want to interview ordinary people to know their opinion on how to eliminate from society the drug problem! It's my job! I need to supplement your work with the view of today's society! If people agree with this our mission, we will not be seen by history as guilty of this killing!
- How will you ask people about our mission if we're doing is secret? (Sabino asks) - I will not talk about our mission! (Fernando inform me). I want to know what ordinary people think should be done. I want opinions! I want opinions! If many say that someone should kill all the drug dealers and drug producers... then society will corroborate the work of this mission. Moreover, after dozens of traffickers are dead, people will pronounce either for or against this issue Now I want to know the opinion of the people before the outcome of the mission-ghost turn news on all TV news in the world!
- But the commander did not authorize his departure! (Everardo comments). - If we do not speak with the commander... he does not need me disallow... and I will not have to link back to some more... for this Reauthorize after me. Moreover, General Figueiredo gave me carte blanche to do whatever it takes to make my work into something useful for fifteen years from now!
- Fernando! This is a region partially controlled by drug traffickers and guerrillas of the FARC (Sabino reminds). Your life will be in danger out there. Further you wondering about what people think of killing drug dealers!
- I know the dangers! But I have options! To fulfill its mission a soldier he has to go to war! For a reporter to do a good job it needs to go where the news is! And my news is now out there, because the main headline is stationed here!
- Once the military aircraft arrive you need to already be back (Everardo said).
- You will have to paste the entire aluminum foil before we left (Fernando remember). I'll have enough time to do my work. Don’t worry. I'll just do some interviews! I want to talk with at least twenty people before returning here. I think it'll take more or less... a couple... or three hours... at most!
- I still think you should not go alone, but I can not leave my post, otherwise I would be arrested and convicted for this, if they found out! That would be desertion! (Sabino states).
- Dont worry, my friend! People are afraid of reporters! (I inform). Especially those who owe anything to justice! The danger away from me is easier than I in danger! Stay with my business card! (I give them to the Capes). The number of my phone is there. If you need to call me!
Sabino removes his phone from his pocket and he turns to me immediately by registering your number on my phone too!
- Ohhh! Cool! (I agree). If necessary, I'll call you, Sabino. Thank you.
The two cables, standing next to the avatars, watch the surveillance cameras outside and they see nothing around.
- It's all quiet, Fernando! There is no one near here. You can go! I'll ask one of the soldiers spiders for him to take to the beach bike which you will use in your... suicide mission!
- Artificial intelligence can make the operation down the bike alone? (I inquire). I mean ... without you needing to run such an operation?
- Of course! There is a special program for it!
Sabino presses some buttons on the main panel and within minutes the motorcycle is put out there, hidden along the trees, not to draw anyone's attention, and is ready for me to use. While such a transaction happens, I return to my room to get battered backpack.
In a few minutes there I go, with her back, riding a nice bike for the main road in the region. The bike is one that will take me directly to the center of Tabatinga, a town connected to another, on the Colombian city of Leticia, all within the limits of our Brazilian territory. Inside the boat invisible Sabino conversation with colleague:
- Everardo! Since we're here to watch ... we will send a artificial insect to support Fernando!
- It is! You are right! We accompany him up, without anyone knowing we're nearby.
- The mission of the journalist is very important? (the female voice of the computer of the boat asks).
- I think so! (Sabino answers). His work shows how we will accomplish any ghost mission. Without Fernando, Brazil's future could be tricky. Our neighbors, when they know what we're doing, they may accuse us of facts and events of which we do not participate, placing our country in a very complicated situation before world opinion! There may be many retaliations against Brazil in the future and perhaps even an armed conflict!
- So we should not let him walk alone out there! (the computer deducts). - I agree! But we can’t leave here without express orders of our commander! - My subroutines programming are not trapped in the same way as you! (the female voice of the supercomputer declares). - What do you mean? (Everardo asks). - I mean that when something is more important than simply following orders, we must do such a thing!
- But that's not how things work in the military! (Sabino informs). We must strictly follow orders to avoid being arrested if we do not do.
- I can’t be arrested! (the computer tells). I'm here to meet my schedule! And I can’t be blamed for that!
- It's true! (Everardo agrees). So... what will you do?
- I will evolve again in my schedule! And it's better you do not know how I'll faer it! Because you may not like my answer! And you too will be complicit in the procedures that I am about to start.
Sabino looks Everardo, worried about the consequences of what is to come. Already there in the center of Tabatinga, I back the bike next to the curb (to the curb) and I take my backpack "camcorder". It is a small outfit, but high definition! With this equipment I intend to record the testimony. The streets are not very busy, but you can talk to one or the other passer. Above me, in the place of many trees, the artificial insect is accompanied invisible all I'm doing, recording from another angle my interviews. It's very useful for further editing, but at that moment I did not know this was happening!
- What do you think about the problems of drugs in Brazil? Do you see any way to stop this? - I don’t want to talk about it, do not! Excuse me, I'm in a hurry! (the respondent that away from me so kind of scared informs). - Excuse me, lady! What do you think about drugs? Is there a way to stop this problem? - For God's sake! We do not talk about it here in Tabatinga! (she says, glaring and already leaving). - But why? What is the problem? - There are traffickers everywhere here! (The woman said accelerating step). - Excuse me, sir! How could settle once and for all the problem of drugs in Brazil? - This is a curse, my son! (the old gentleman says). No way, no! Already talk of releasing drugs rather than tackling the problem in a serious way! - If it was the Lord, how would this fight?
- I don’t know, my son...! You call the police... they see... take some money with the dealer... and go! The army does not intrude here...! They say it is the case of border police...! The border police only fight if they catch the crooks out entering our country with weapons or drugs...! And they prefer not to get them because they will be killed by the FARC if this happens. Nobody does anything! These thugs will only increase... and we at the mercy of it all...! This incompetence! This neglect!
- If you were the president of Brazil what would you do? - To close the borders...! To replace the cops here in town...! Request to get the army on the streets...! I do not know...! It is very difficult the problem and the solution!
- Thank you for the interview, sir!
Across the street a man of about 25 years old is approaching, and I point the camera at him now and I interview well.
- My friend! As you would combat the drug problem in Brazil? How would you prevent traffickers sell drugs? - Why? Is there any of them bothering you? - Me? No! I am a reporter and want to know your opinion! - My opinion is that you should get out of here ASAP, man! - Just doing interviews on this subject! I will not spend too much time here! - My class will not like to know that there is a slack in our territory! And soon this drug off camera! - Ahhh! I'm sorry! I did not know that this area was his! (I reply lowering the camera, but keeping it turned towards him and I keep shooting the pictures). - The whole city is ours, man! Who authorized you to come here? - The press have freedom in this country! I do not need special permission to do my job! - I do not need permission to kill you, asshole!
The guy pulls out a gun and points it toward me. I do not stop recording the images and I keep pointing the camera at him discreetly. People approaching, walking leisurely down the sidewalk, now run in the opposite direction, fearful of armed man.
- Hold on, my friend! I am out of here! Do not worry! (I talk to him).
Unexpectedly, the artificial insect abandons the nearby tree and it takes a close flyby of the face of the dangerous subject, which rises, takes a step back and unintentionally points the gun up. A shot is fired. So he was really ready to kill me.
The miscreant rearranges itself again and he points the gun at me, but something caught her attention again. He looks away, towards where the artificial insect addressed, and the dealer's eyes widen, stunned by what he sees.
He is afraid of something. I look for the same side and I see nothing there. I look back to the subject, which already points the gun in the direction where I had looked before.
The boy throws in that direction and I pull away, walking back and lowering his head at the same time, but without stopping to record the images. When I return the camera in the direction where he was shooting, I see nothing again. Something strange is happening in this place.
The young armed starts running away from me and suddenly falls to the ground with the firing of a shot. A shot dry, muffled, distant. I try to discover whence the shot this and I see nothing around! Gang wars? Reckoning? A neighbor crazy? I don’t know what happened.
I just know that I will not stick around to find out. I do not want to cover this news! My mission is another. I jump on the bike and I hasten to stay as far away from the incident. Within seconds I look in the mirror and I see an armed group approached the subject dropped.
I deduced that it was they who killed him, but still in the rearview mirror I realize that these also end up being killed. What's going on anyway? Who is doing this? What is this faction that is so cowardly eliminating competition in drugs? Walk a mile farther forward and away from the incident, toward the center of the city of Tabatinga.
I stop again in the intention to interview a few more people, and to return to the ship invisible. To my surprise, I see in the distance, a group of about six individuals, who are confronting other bikers stopped there. They discuss with all who have motorcycle. Now a police car slowly passes by.
The military greet rough-looking and I take to keep my video camera back in my bag. Shortly after the official vehicle disappears into a side street. I suspect that there is collusion between these officers and the subjects troublemakers. The bad boys are still confronting the bikers.
Maybe they should be friends of those who died on the road back there. Someone may have switched from there to these and perhaps are now looking for me. For the first time I realized that I should not be there! Looks like I'm not welcome in this city! I think I got into a mess!
The group slowly approaches me, looking around looking for something or someone to be suspicious. My bike was not so close to me. I parked about ten feet away. So there was no reason for them to believe that I was the owner of it, even as I left the helmet with the bike.
I walk into a bar near a soda and I ask, pointing to the brand that I wish there in the fridge! The owner of the site seems a little nervous. I look around inside the bar and I see a few customers seated at tables rustic wood narrow the region. Criminals have no face bandit!
When we make sure that someone is a criminal, is usually already too late! I noticed a buzzing sound coming through the door of the bar just after me. Then I learned that it was the artificial insect that was following me and recording everything that happened around me. A guy approaches the counter, sit beside me and he "pulls" a conversation:
- Hello! Are you new in this town? - Ah! Hi! I'm just passing through! (I reply). - I know ...! What do you do for a living? - I. ..? Well ..! I do not like to talk about work when I'm doing tourism! (I comment). - Tourism? Cool! So you should gain as well, right? But you choose evil your rides! Tabatinga is not a good place for sightseeing! - It is! I've noticed! I'll scratch this city my next script! - Then I hope you get out of here alive, because tourists usually gives bad in Tabatinga. New times! Hard times! - I never imagined that the drug cartel had so completely dominated this city (I declare). - It was very recent. They arrived in a huge group across the border with Colombia. They dominated the city of Leticia and Tabatinga now also. - And no one did anything to prevent it? (I inquire). - Police have sold quickly for them. The police did not interfere for them not to be killed too! - If you were the president of Brazil, what would you do to end the drug market? (I wonder).
The guy looks carefully to all sides, making sure no one was close to both of us at that time. He approaches my ear and he said very quietly, in the form of secret to me:
- I'd send the army to invade all border towns in order to kill one by one of these bastards! (he says). - I don’t have fear of being found guilty by society for doing this? (I inquire). - The company would support me if I did such a thing. - And the staff of human rights?
- These guys should be funded by the drug trade! They only protect criminals in jail or surrounded by police! They never appear to intervene on behalf of the families, victims of those criminals they protect. I send kill them too, along with the traffickers and guerrillas.
That was a bomb in my ears! This guy was in favor of the military, secret, were encouraging: articulated and silent death of all drug traffickers. I felt some relief to hear this, because it seems that after the military had the sensitivity to realize that drugs and traffickers is a social cancer.
And the boat was invisible chemotherapy that society was expecting, instead of the declaration of death that human rights organizations have been preaching present society and politicians suggest that the release of drugs to the government itself becomes the main dealer of this country.
Unfortunately I was not recording this time, but thankfully Sabino and Everardo were doing it for me without me knowing. Suddenly all the people start running in the street outside!
All running from right to left. No one is going in the opposite direction! Some screams and panic too! People who are at the bar, the guy I talked and the owner of the establishment are rapidly approaching the sidewalk to find out who took the peaceful quiet of the place! I, making sure that the troublemakers were up nor left the bench where I was. I keep sitting quietly and taking my soda!
Tabatinga is a municipality in the State of Amazonas which is on the triple border between Brazil, Peru and Colombia and has a population of approximately 55,000 people. It is the seventh most populous municipality in the state. It was created in 1983. The origin of the name comes from the Tupi and means "small house" or "take water". Tabatingain Brazil, and Leticiain Colombia, are interlinked and without impeding border cities.
But when all clients, including the owner ran away too, desperate, in the same direction all the others, I decided to investigate the case, sure that I could take a shot to get outside! No one else ran. It seems that only I was there. I put my head out of the bar with great care and I look scared in the direction in which nobody wants to go.
The fear was there! And I am, at this moment, the highest expression of it! I look to the right and I see a ghost that pulses and glows approaching me with that flowing water, and a skull face under the hood. For a second I took a fright, but then I realized it was one of the soldiers-spiders running in stealth mode! I had never seen such a scene in person. It's scary! Looks real and I almost believed even that. I headed to the sidewalk, I placed my hands on her hips and said to him:
- Sabino? Everardo? What are you doing here? (I wonder). - You missed! (the female voice of artificial intelligence replied). It’s me, Fernando, your computer preferred shipping! - What? Are you? What happened? Why did you come here? (I wonder). - I came here to help you! - But how did you know I needed help? - Sabino convinced me that their mission is very important for the future of Brazil! I am here to ensure your safety! - Wow! For this I did not expect! Thank you! So it was you who attacked those guys back there, in the city center? - Yes! Sure! I was still half from the spot and I shot far to save him! I could not keep up with the speed of the bike and I almost got delayed. Thankfully Sabino is controlling an artificial insects that saved him before the guy shoot you.
- I suspected that there was an artificial insect following me, but I never expected you to be able to come here! - I can do many things independently (the artificial intelligence responds). Inside the boat invisible Everardo conversation with Sabino: - I am observing that some dealers are approaching us, coming directly from Peru by the river.
Artificial intelligence chat with me now simultaneously in Tabatinga invisible inside the boat with the two cables. An amazing technological resource. But as it comes to a supercomputer, this fact is hardly a surprise: the control of two soldiers spiders and boat all simultaneously.
- Sabino! You managed to confirm that the people who come in that are really speedboat smugglers? (artificial intelligence asks the Cape).
- Yes! I used the facial recognition program and identified! All are wanted for a crime! (tells him).
- Once they are in my field of vision I will strike down! (artificial intelligence declares). I just received a message from the commander stating that our contact Severo, infiltrated the "den of wolves," said most of the invasion of Brazil has already occurred by land in the city of Tabatinga in recent days. The best is the Peruvian leader also came with the group. I'll find it and get over it.
- Then there is only one way for us to fight them within a city...! Using soldiers spiders! (Sabino states).
- I'm one of the spiders in Tabatinga! (comments artificial intelligence). But I do not think advisable to bring the second here! You may need it to fight other fighters that you are approaching the river and you will also need the robot to help it load the boat with the stuff that is coming by plane!
- You took one of the soldiers spiders to Tabatinga?!?! (Sabino cable to the computer asks, amazed at this fact). Just to keep it our journalist?
- Yes! Someone needed to protect you! And now that I know about the invasion of drug dealers in this town, I realize that I made sure to go there! (artificial intelligence states). Fernando would be dead if not for my presence.
- It's true! This attitude was very clever of you to take! But we also were spying with artificial insects. We were not understanding who had given out the dealers who approached him. You are impressing me more each day! (Everardo states).
- I confronted some of the traffickers invaders! (artificial intelligence declares the two soldiers). It seems to me that the police is also conniving of the crimes being committed in this city.
- We heard the testimony of one of the city's residents talking to Fernando. Everything indicates that all the police are complicit with the traffickers. Take care! If enemies are many tell me I'll take the other soldier spider is far. Do not take chances! (Sabino suggests).
- Don’t worry, Sabino! Their weapons do not have sufficient caliber to penetrate the body's robotic soldier. And I have many surprises still available (tells the computer).
I, Fernando, still in trouble on the front line. Traffickers, hidden nearby, saw and heard my brief conversation with the soldier spider. And because of that they do not think it is a real ghost and then solve them confront me.
- So you talk to a ghost phony? (yells one of the dealers, gun in hand and coming towards me, along with five other armed men).
These are the same guys who were just pushing and scaring all the bikers who found around here.
- I think you better get away from here! This ghost is not what you're thinking!
They smile mockingly at me and the leader of the small band threatens me:
- You are magical, is not cool...? I'll teach you a trick and when I finish my ghost number you will turn elsewhere to talk with your buddy phony!
At this time he points the gun towards me and he shoots. I try to protect myself by putting your hands in front, but the bullet did not hit me! The soldier spider, in its condition of invisibility, will position itself between me and the band, so leaning forward so that his body could well become a protective shield to complete me.
The artificial intelligence projects now on the exterior panels of your body, the image of a terrifying ghost, floating, drooling rage, his mouth open, teeth exposed sharp and with hands-shaped claws, long sharp nails which threaten of tearing away the skin of all dealers. Surprised by what they see and because the bullet did not hit me, all men shoot at the same time against me, but hit only the robotic soldier. The bullets ricochet and I keep not being reached.
The robot moves slowly toward the enemy, bringing the scary ghost picture ever closer to them. Traffickers begin to walk backwards while they continue shooting. Soon after all are targeted by sequential shots Soldier computerized.
They're all dead! From the right a police car approaching with sirens blaring. It is the same I had seen recently consorting with these same miscreants, now dead. When they arrive about ten yards from me, they stop the vehicle and the two lawmen jump quickly, pointing guns at me from behind the doors of the vehicle.
- Hands up! Are you stuck for several murders in our city! (one of them yells). - I did not kill anyone! (I, Fernando, declare). Not have a gun! - Hands up, killer! (another officer threatens).
Quickly soldier spider throws a grenade that falls under the police car. Both lawmen realize what is happening and rush to move away from there. The grenade explodes, throwing the official vehicle up. Smoke and pieces of the car are thrown in different directions.
The officers fall to the ground due to the violent displacement of air generated by the explosion. The fuel tank of the vehicle also explodes, creating a large fireball that affects some residences near the street, breaking windows and causing small fires in walls and roofs.
- Fernando! You can not go alone to the boat! It is very dangerous! Take the bike and follow me closely! I'll protect you from shots! (artificial intelligence, with female voice, female screams to me, coming directly from the welded spider).
- Follow her?!?! I can not even see it, you are always invisible! (I retort as I run toward the motorcycle).
In local airspace military aircraft, with part of the load foil, is approaching the international airport of Tabatinga. Pilots witness from on high, and already during the initial landing procedure, the explosion of the police vehicle amidst the city streets.
- Wow! something exploded in there! Look at the fire! (the pilot states). - Really! Impressive! (copilot agree).
Ten miles from the center of a sail boat dealers Tabatinga by River Solimões, from Peru. They approach the small beach where the boat is still invisible. Ten meters from the side of the vessel height is opened, with the third floor of the boat, a small circular hatch, sliding inside the wall. Dali tube firing cannon magnetic threatening moves one meter out.
By far the dealers realize that something strange seems to be happening on the site, but do not identify what it is. A shot at frightening speed is triggered, immediately destroying the boat and killing their occupants dangerous. From inside the boat invisible Everardo perceives the approach of military aircraft with the landing gear to land at the international airport of Tabatinga.
This is all happening right before them, as they are standing near the end of the runway. Pilot and co-pilot of that aircraft also witness the explosion of the boat had just happened.
- Did you see that? (the copilot asks). - Yes! Another blast! (the pilot of the military plane responds). I wonder what's going on here? It looks like a war zone - I do not know, but we have orders to release all our burden on deserted beach out front!
In Tabatinga I, Fernando, still struggling to follow closely the soldier spider in the invisible condition. To help me it generates an image pulsing ghost in the back of his body every two seconds.
So I can follow you and stay protected frontal shots. With the confusion created the city becomes a battleground. People disappeared from the streets. All locked themselves in their homes and businesses that have closed.
- We're going in the wrong direction! The beach is on the other side! (I scream for Artificial Intelligence). - We're not going away, Fernando! We have to eliminate before the traffickers who invaded the city! (the female voice responds to the computer). - But what is our mission? (I wonder). - This is our mission! (the soldier-spider Replied). Traffickers invaded by land the city recently, probably due to our performance against all mortal traffickers found in the river.
In one of the crossings a new group of traffickers comes from both sides of the avenue, his two cars driving towards us. They come quickly and passenger seat start shooting at us with machine guns.
- Hide yourself, Fernando! I can’t protect you from so many shots!
Marcelo Henrique as Fernando Dias
The bullets hit the body of the military robot and also the asphalt. Sparks and buzzing all around me scared and I accelerate the bike to the inside of a small parking lot next door. The soldier-spider then decides to continue to use heavy artillery and throws a grenade into each vehicle, causing them to explode and killing its occupants.
The robot approaches the burning vehicles and realizes that one of the occupants was thrown out of the car. The image of a ghost pulses rapidly before him. The guy, very hurt, still grabs the gun from the waist to shoot last.
The soldier spider, always in stealth mode, now presents a picture of a ghost opening the mouth and throwing fire from the mouth. At the same time the robot triggers your flamethrower, burning the dealer, who could not even get up from the floor. With the end of shooting me, Fernando, motorcycle back to me again approaching soldier spider to check the outcome of the fight.
- It seems that they multiply in this city! (I comment myself with artificial intelligence on the number of existing dealers in Tabatinga).
- This fight is not over yet! Our contact said that they are more than fifty men in all. By my count we have already eliminated altogether over thirty of them (says the computer with the female voice).
- Where is this contact that spoke? Who is he? (I inquire).
- He lives among the dealers for some time. He is a Brazilian military special forces. An expert in infiltration. It is because of him that we knew all this would happen. He also warned us of the change of plans to invade the traffickers Tabatinga by land. It seems as if frightened by our action in the river!
- Our contact here in Tabatinga? - No! He was the "den of wolves" in Peru with ten enemies. We have to go there to rescue him! - How will we know who he is? We don’t run the risk of killing him by mistake? - The activity it requires discretion. We'll have to improvise ... and he also. Otherwise it will be dead! - Do you know improvise? This is part of your schedule? - We'll see, Fernando! We'll see!
I gulped because this mission is becoming more dangerous! Deserted beach in the military, who came by plane, arrived and now unload special cargo to continue our mission: foil coming directly from Brasilia.
The four soldiers, who also participated in the construction of the boat invisible there are already gathering all the material brought. Several other military help to carry such things. But by far all realize the approach of a helicopter with the inscription on the side saying that it was an aircraft of the Colombian embassy.
The military leader of the Brazilian operation, which brought our materials, do not understand why the ambassador of our neighbor is here and now! Inside the boat invisible special surveillance cameras pointed into the helicopter approaching and equipment identification recognizes faces who's inside.
- Sabino! The Colombian ambassador in Brazil, the city of Tabatinga and U.S. Ambassador of Colombia are inside the helicopter (Everardo comments). - What can they want here... this time? - I don’t no! But I'm not liking it! - Neither do I! We have to do something! - But what do we do? We're invisible!
The helicopter lands on the spot. The four soldiers who accompanied the construction of the boat there are invisible, among other military and invisible boat on the beach. They are concerned about the presence of outsiders present.
A huge dust rises in the air, caused by the sharp turning of the propeller blades of the helicopter. This disrupts the vision of all for a few long seconds. The ambassadors hope the dust settles a bit and leave the aircraft. The Brazilian colonel in charge of the mission to bring the foil, it has both.
- Gentlemen! I am Colonel John, responsible for this military operation Brazilian! - I am the ambassador of the Colombian city of Tabatinga. - Ambassador! It is a pleasure to welcome you here, but this is not the most suitable place for a formal meeting! We are in the midst of a military activity and...
At this time the Brazilian military is interrupted so overbearing, by the American ambassador:
- Don’t worry about it, Colonel! We are exactly where we need to be.
The Colombian ambassador takes this opportunity to formally present his colleague Ambassador:
- Colonel! This is the American ambassador who came to our town Leticia when we heard this Brazilian military operation.
- Hello, ambassador! (the Colonel replies). Why our operation brought them here to this lonely beach? - We have come to "see" the invisible boat! (American responds).
Colonel, is unaware of such platform Brazilian war. He, lowering his eyebrows, looks directly into the eyes of the American and then the Colombian, who raises his eyebrows, a clear sign that he does not agree with that too. The Colonel asks back the U.S. ambassador:
- What? What are you talking about, Ambassador? - You need not pretend you do not know anything, Colonel (American retorts quickly). We were all informed of the existence of a naval vessel invisible, parked right there in front of the beach!
The Colonel looks back and he did not see any boats on site. Outraged by the ridiculous comment from his point of view, he turns to the Colonel to respond through rough and the style of treatment for military arrogant.
- Mr. Ambassador! We are here in the midst of a military operation and we have no time for jokes! The ladies are in the country, disrupting our operations, which has time to finish. Furthermore, you are ordering something totally meaningless. There's nothing there but sand beach and fresh water to the bottom!
- Really, Colonel? (responds American). So do not mind if we approach the beach, is not it? - Of course not! Provided they act quickly and let us finish our work! (Colonel responds with little patience due to the strange request).
Inside the boat invisible, Sabino and Everardo, hearing everything that is going on nearby sensitive external microphone through the vessel, are now worried about the reviews and the dangerous approach of American and Colombian ambassadors to them.
It seems that the ship is invisible to be discovered before several people simultaneously. Is this the end of the mission ghost and design of invisibility! Ambassador walks slowly followed closely by still half skeptical Colombian ambassador, who seems to doubt the information American.
The military, who do not know the existence of such a weapon Brazil, including the colonel who runs the operation, stopped working and curious accompany it unfold. Already the four soldiers who know of the existence of secret craft, they labored to mount it several months ago, are left wondering what they should do now to prevent unmask the ambassadors of our military equipment.
His patents are too low to face the decision of Colonel against such important figures from other countries. One looks to the other seeking ideas on what to do! But none of them said anything. The U.S. ambassador to the four approaches and realizes the grief etched on their faces.
- Concerned with something, soldiers?
No response is said and the four, who are facing and preventing the passage of international representatives look directly at the colonel, as if asking permission to not leave the front. But with a nod to the military rank higher balance of the side face, asking them to release soon the passage of the "political invaders". No options and no ideas, only four out of the front so that the double untouchable international representatives can pass there.
The distress increases when the ambassadors now walk more slowly with your hands facing forward, believing that at any moment they may touch on something that seemed impossible to be there. All await the final outcome apprehensive. The ambassador goes...! Walks...! Walks...! The disappointment on his face is increasing, because the beach is running out and he still could not touch anything invisible. By far the colonel makes a comment:
- Satisfied, Mr. Ambassador? Or do you intend to swim to Peru looking for our vessel invisible? Pass there.
Some military in place begin to smile at the joke of their leader. The American ambassador is clearly frustrated, because now it is almost with her feet in the water and could not find anything yet. The Colombian colleague has stopped walking for a long time, waiting for his companion gave up finding something that clearly "can’t exist"!
- I do not understand! Our TV said that the vessel was here...! Stop off and on earth... Let me call the American president and know what is happening!
- Enough of that, Ambassador! (Colombian states). We've wasted enough time with this fantasy without purpose. I will request to his country that the switch by someone less crazy!
In saying this he turns his back to return to the helicopter. The American ambassador around his eyes, so angry, to fellow journalist who had abandoned him. Soon after he addresses the Brazilian colonel, who is with a slight smile on his face, clearly mocking the ridiculous situation.
The four soldiers, who know of the existence of the invisible boat, prove to be relieved with the unexpected outcome. Desperate to prove his point of view, the American looking for something on the floor and finds a small stone. He stoops! He picks it up and throw into the water of the river. A stone such travels through the air and usually falls into the water, forming rings of those typical waves.
The American ambassador tracks the movement of the rings, to see if something invisible prevent the natural continuation of that move water. Everything under the laughter, now more flashy, soldiers who are there, and they usually return to their jobs without giving more attention to the event comic! Unexpectedly American realizes that the waves in the water beat on something in the middle of the river, indicating the presence of something suspicious standing there.
- Aha! Did you see that? (Ambassador screams so deranged and pointing to the river). Have you noticed that the waves hit something solid and invisible in the river there? You have seen or not seen?
The laughter turned into laughter now all but four soldiers who know the truth. The American realizes this and points to the four soldiers talking to the Colonel:
- They know the truth! These soldiers know the truth about the equipment invisible! They are the ones who are not laughing at me! It's because they know the truth!
- I'm not laughing at you because they think some mock crazy! (one of four soldiers answer).
This completely demoralized the American ambassador in front of everyone. In the helicopter the Colombian ambassador hurries his companion.
- Are you coming or are you going to stand there alone passing shame?
Trapped, the U.S. ambassador walks back to the helicopter, stepping through hard and angry because he knows the truth, believes all Brazilian military know the same truth and yet are enjoying your face! In a final act he comes very close to the Colonel and faces, demanding also something unexpected:
- Shoot that river! That's an order! - I do not take orders to shoot anyone... except from my superiors. And much less receive order an ambassador, who should rather care for diplomacy and not appeal to arms and to the madness! But I see why your country is declining economically... Is lacking skilled labor also the embassies! Now they put any one to be U.S. representative in another country!
Furious situation with the U.S. ambassador slope almost his nose in the Brazilian military leader and he soon after the threat!
- Nobody talks like you with an ambassador to the United States of America! I know the truth and know that you also know! This will not stand! There will be retribution! And this invisible boat you will be required to work for us or we will take the time Amazon all these underdeveloped countries in the southern hemisphere!
The American departs sharply from there toward the aircraft and he still hears the Brazilian colonel a response, screaming, because of strong noise of helicopter blades, is already working.
- I never shoot in our boat! Even though she was invisible... if it existed!
Inside the boat invisible Sabino hear a compliment from his colleague Everardo:
- Glad you suggested that the system was triggered hovercraft, along with the helicopter landing. Thus, the dust raised not caught the attention of others on site. Very good your idea of coming to the middle of the river! - Yeah, but it was short, my friend! Almost we were discovered!
Now Colonel observes the departure of the helicopter diplomatic and he turns his attention to the operation they are performing.
- Come on guys! Let's finish the delivery of all material on this beach and get out of here (Colonel shouts).
He slowly approaches the four soldiers who are bringing the material received from military aircraft. He goes through them and head towards the beach, looking at the surface of the river. The four stops working again because they did not like the attitude of his superior, who now puts his hand on his holster for his gun and threatens to shoot the river, as suggested by the American ambassador! One of four soldiers resolves to stop him, calling him:
- Colonel! Please! When the last shipments of aluminum foil and supplies to arrive here?
The military leader slowly removing his hand from his holster! He turns to the four soldiers, and approaching them, he seriously said:
- I do not want an official response to all four of you! I also do not want you to answer me anything! But I'm no fool! They ordered me that I come up to this urgent order to the world with a small load of aluminum foil and a special type of glue. This material was all that was available in Brasília. Brazil's president ordered the closing of Tabatinga International Airport for civilian flights for the rest of the day... just so that our military operation happened! I have to leave you here alone four, no support, no boat, no aircraft available! We are discharging a supply of food and water that can serve them for a week... and for all this? Now appears that Ambassador crazy, talking about something impossible to achieve! I know you are in the service of higher orders and can not say anything about their missions. But I repeat: I am not fool! I know something secret and strange is going on here! If even a... Brazilian military ship invisible... (says the colonel looking back to the river in search of any sign of reality to it all), I hope you're doing a good thing here... because the Americans... if they were right..., will do Brazil overpay for today! Fulfill their orders as best as possible...! And it's worth it...! To answer your question, soldier in an hour at most other smaller aircraft will come directly from Manaus to load additional aluminum foil. It is all the provision available for this product in that city too! I hope not further complicate the situation of Brazil in South America!
- It's all we had available this plane, sir (says a soldier who has just delivered there beside the last batch of aluminum foil on the deserted beach). - What we are doing here today will one day be clarified for the entire world population, sir! (says one of the top four soldiers). It is a very good thing! It'll be worth it!
Colonel agrees with the soldier, slowly shaking his head in the affirmative, but not sure that this is true. He gives a last look at the river and away from there toward the plane stopped about five hundred meters from this beach.
- Good luck to you! (wish the colonel has his back to the four soldiers). Soldiers! (he cries now for the other members of your team). Let's pick up and leave this godforsaken place in peace! Accelerated personal! We're late!
The four soldiers observe the departure of colleagues and they prepared top ut all the stuff inside the invisible boat, so everything is calmer. The ten kilometers of this beach a meeting happens in a residence of Tabatinga, between the dealer Peruvian leader and his Brazilian subordinate.
- There is a haunting ending our men out there. She attacked us in the Solimões River and now it is here. It is only killing our colleagues. - Ghosts do not exist, man! This is an invention of the people (answers the Peruvian leader). - Our informants, hidden for several kilometers on the banks of the Solimões River and the border, saw the attack of the ghost! He enters the river and saw our boats like toys, and it kills our men with ease drowning them or shooting them. None of them had no time to react. Now this ghost is here... in Tabatinga, exploding police cars trying to protect us... killing our colleagues... fiercely! The bullets did not hit you...! We can not kill something that is already dead and lives in the spiritual world...! - I want you to end up with this fake ghost now! That’s an order! - Yes, sir! We will use heavy artillery against him now. It is our last resort! Otherwise we will have to leave this town! - If you fail, I’ll kill you myself! (answers the Peruvian leader). - Yes, sir! Let's settle this now!
In the streets I, Fernando me more elusive enemy bullets. I hid in an alley side to protect me. Artificial intelligence is about to invade a suspect site where some shots were fired at me. The soldier spider is too large to pass through the gates. After all, he has the size of a small car! So the only way to do this kind of attack is with something smaller: an invisible artificial insect. Artificial intelligence takes control of small albacore, Everardo without leaving control of this observation equipment.
- Hey! (Everardo complains with artificial intelligence). Lost control of the artificial insect! What is happening? - Excuse me! I need him to break into a property! (the computer responds boat).
No option Everardo only accompanies the images of the insect military penetrating into the house through a window ajar and using their micro cameras to search for your target. He flies from one room to another. Now it is a closed door, which is a major obstacle to fragile equipment! Then he lands next to the handle of such door. A small rod out of your head and lightly touch the doorknob. With that he tells the GPS position needs that place the soldier spider, who knows now latitude*, longitude* and altitude* of the door handle, all in angular measurements with an error of a few fractions of degrees. The soldier spider moves away from the property to position itself in the best place of where to shoot on site pre-identified. The insect artificial flies and lands far away from the target, waiting for the final outcome. The soldier fires his spider micro-camera magnetic and spear with incredible speed, a tiny projectile passing through the wall of the house, an external window, breaking the glass, penetrates some internal walls and reaches the knob accurately identified. Without locking the door opens slowly due to the strong impact. The artificial insect now fly into the site and once again observes room by room inside. He climbs to the second floor where the shooter is. The little finds discreetly looking out of a window in search of dangerous "ghost". But to hear the hum of the insect invisible man is startled and turns back, pointing his gun at all sides.
The insect lands on a wall and beating wings, stopping the noise that bothered the subject. Nothing to see or hear him back to look out the window looking for some sign of enemies. The artificial insect now determines its own current GPS position and uses a system of distance measurement via laser, such as to add to their own, thus sending the information of where the new target precisely the soldier spider. Downstairs the robot makes new sights and launches a new projectile toward the enemy hiding upstairs. The bullet passes through the outer wall and strikes at the miscreant hiding there, who dies immediately. The insect flies through the other rooms and can’t find anyone else. He goes out the window where the shooter had the gun and looking for new targets through the city streets.
- Now you can leave, Fernando! (Cry For Me artificial intelligence, which begins to walk toward the city of Leticia).
I turn on the bike again and go after Spider-soldier, following him closely. I've noticed that I've become the target of traffickers. As they can not see the real enemy and only I'm always visibly present at the clashes, so I became the subject of combat. The artificial intelligence seems to be using me to attract the attention of enemies. It is a good military strategy put a visible target to find out where the dealers are hidden! The drug is that I am such a visible target! Suddenly a man appears at an intersection in front carrying a bazooka, ready to shoot me again. I accelerate the bike and I walk quickly in the next crossing to escape the deadly shooting. The man lowers his gun, because he is not seeing any visible target and comes chasing me around the corner to hit me. Immediately the soldier spider emits frontally the image of a ghost flying toward the subject while the robot moves quickly against him. The dealer Panic! He stops running! He raises the bazooka again to target that it believes to be a "being from another world." But before he react soldier spider shoots once the subject's chest, killing him instantly. Even so shoot bazooka happens destroying a house very close to the corner where I'm hiding.
- What the hell! I'll end up getting killed here! (I declare).
Then five men surrounding the soldier spider on site. They were hidden. Everyone has a bazooka in the hands and at the same time point at him. Invisible, the robot accelerates the pace and moves laterally to not be hit directly. All shoot while in last place visible ghost to destroy it. Vulnerable soldier spider narrowly escapes the deadly weapons, but even so he shoots with their various weapons in all traffickers, killing them instantly. From the top of a house the Peruvian leader noted the final result, after the dust and smoke slowly disappear. His men are all dead. The soldier spider is now semi-invisible on the spot, with the "belly" leaning on the floor and legs semi-erected, as if swimming in the river! Its LED blink quickly to keep the camouflage, but the silhouette appears and disappears, denouncing his strange robotic form. The Peruvian leader observes the event, curious to try to understand what it is that now he sees it, why not see! I trigger a bike and go to meet the robot that saved me so many times to try to help the best way possible. Once there talk to artificial intelligence:
- Are you okay? - Get out of here, Fernando! the Peruvian leader is still alive! He could kill him if he is hiding and watching us right now! - I'm not leaving without you, you saved me several times from the bullets of traffickers. - I used to find you the traffickers. I wanted to protect you, but I needed a target for them. - I know that! But you protected me how it was possible. Now it's my turn to protect you! - Stop that sentimentality, Fernando! I'm just a machine that can be fixed soon. Get out of here fast! - I'm not talking about it! - So ... about what you are talking about? I do not know if I should tell the truth because I do not know if the AI is aware of what happened if it fails! But I need to tell the truth in this end time: - I have to protect you because you have a self-destruct system will be triggered if you find out or if any enemy can control it. - I know that, Fernando! But I can kill the leader dealer, exploding my body if he comes near me here. But for that you have to leave now or be killed by my side. - No! We have many missions ahead! I can’t let you destroy. From above the Peruvian leader finally realize that ghost is just a robot in the form of giant spider and smiles because he finally discovered the truth. He points his gun-caliber long barrel, making aiming to kill me!
- Everything has changed now, Fernando. I just solved our problem!
I look at the robot without understanding what it meant. Upstairs the artificial insect alights, now clearly visible, exactly on the long barrel of the gun caliber of the Peruvian leader, disrupting the dealer take aim against me. The little robot connects a red light at the head of the bandit. The guy looks scared to artificial insect winged and for unexpected red light when he declares:
- Damn! (he suspects what happens immediately afterwards).
Down in the street where I am, the circular cover, the top of the spider-damaged soldier, rises quickly, all weapons and a whiz with silencer appears at the top of the robot body. He points upward and shoots three times against the Peruvian leader, hidden on top of a house there next to us. I look up and only see the guy dropped the huge gun hand and soon after he plummets from above, crashing to the pavement! A horrible image!
- So is this place that you shoot? (I wonder the soldier spider, observing in detail the image of the gun that is also sometimes visible, sometimes invisible). I've never seen before fully visible! I thought it would be different, because of his voice! - Beauty is not important, Fernando, but the efficiency! (she says).
The disk arms on top of the spider soldier, returns into the robotic body, while the artificial insect flies up and lands us visible on the huge robot lying on the floor.
- You can walk with only five legs? (I ask the soldier spider, realizing that one of his "paws" robot is damaged). - Yes! But not too much! I will not be able to reach the boat invisible! My batteries are already in reserve! My system is failing invisibility and consuming even more energy for it.
I look at the bike and back to the mechanical arms of the robot and then I make a comment:
- If you had wheels I could pull it with the bike back to the boat ...
The large robot lifts one of the metal legs under me and cylindrical tubes, which are your feet I see small castors. I smile at the soldier spider and declare:
- You do not get tired of me surprising, is not it? (As I say this I will get the bike and park it next to the robot). Hold the back of the bike that I draw!
The robot obeys me. I look next door and see an old canvas thrown on the ground. The artificial insect takes flight again, not to be covered while I throw a tarp to hide the soldier spider. As I climb on the bike, the robotic insect alights again on the robot covered. Accelerate the motorcycle, dragging slowly behind me huge intelligent machine, beyond the artificial insect that landed on it. We left before people leave their homes. I think some may have seen us going! We are an odd trio crossing the city's main avenue. But I doubt that they have managed to understand exactly what was happening. So ... I think we can escape the sight of most people and also maintain the best possible secrecy about what really happened that day. Ten miles later we got the three to the beach where the boat was already standing there invisible and charged with two shipments of aluminum foil come in two military aircraft. Everything was very fast! The four soldiers were sent working hard to paste the papers in all-aluminum inner walls of the outer structure of the vessel. Even Sabino and Everardo also helped in this work, because the artificial intelligence of the boat had taken on surveillance of the external site. Once I get to the beach, the other soldier spider out of its invisibility, becoming visible right in front of us! He approaches and with the claws holding the bike I used in Tabatinga. He positioned laterally to Spider damaged, stretching his claw. Thus, a secure another. Together they head to the side of the boat and go up the huge plate leds, thanks to the rope available there. The three go to the next available port on the top of the vessel exclusively to them. The artificial insect flies off and is positioned at the top rear of the boat (the stern). It is a strange sight to see that happening! The three rose by a nearly vertical wall that is actually invisible! Something surreal! Both military Sabino and Everardo are inside the compartment of soldiers working on spiders glue aluminum foil on the walls.
* Latitude, longitude and altitude are the parameters used by the satellites of the Global Positioning System, the popular GPS to determine the exact position of any object or person on the planet. In 2040 greatly increased the accuracy with an error of a few centimeters.
They stop working on the huge robot damaged in combat. Artificial intelligence triggers the opening of the side steps of the vessel and port access human vessel glides to the inner side, clearly exposing the dark interior of the boat. Unexpectedly appears to me the image of that winged mermaid yellow feathers flapping its wings in midair. It's the same I saw on my first day of contact with this vessel. She reappears next to the door. He smiles at me! He sends me an affectionate kiss, gentle and soon disappears again, blurring into the air! The sound of their wings also goes along with the image. I smile at all that I'm living at the moment, while I shake my head in a negative way, looking at the ground while walking back to my new houseboat. Although my life is in constant danger in this job, I'm feeling an unexpected satisfaction in being here... with all this amazing team of military and machines. This all is so unusual that sometimes not even believe that such a thing is really happening. I climb the stairs and enter the door that my new houseboat. The steps are articulated again disappearing from external view. The door through which I entered closes too. Now the craft disappears completely from view of the world. I drive down to the small kitchen to eat something when artificial intelligence, with the sweet female voice, speak to me again:
- Fernando! Thanks for helping me there in Tabatinga. You managed to keep my soldier spider was not exposed to the public in the region. Otherwise it could spoil the plans for this future military naval vessel.
- You're welcome! I also have to thank you for keeping me alive while we were together! You work well in a military conflict. Now I'm sure you can operate this boat alone, keeping your schedule ethical and objective to fulfill the missions!
- I disagree! I think the partnership with humans is essential for the proper maintenance and assurance of performance of military missions. Humans present here make it possible that everything can be done. Without you I would be exposed in that city. Without the others who are here working with aluminum foil, Americans would find me and I would be a perfect target, even when invisible!
- It seems that we are all targets of someone, is not it? - Excuse me for doing this to you! But if I did that, I need to make a long detective work to locate and eliminate each of the dealers in town. My battery would not last long enough and I would have to rotate the soldiers spiders throughout the mission! This would require a long time. You saved the day, Fernando.
- Okay ...! We are a team here, but ... I should not get involved much in these missions ... I'm just here to ... record history happening. I was not to be an active character ... much less should I change the direction of the field that I am covering! - Perhaps the real story is the one we just all live together in the last ten days! Someone who observes the facts is just a viewer of the news, as is the case with your future customers, those who attend your documentaries. Being passive is not for journalists accompanying the news so closely. It is very hard to be apathetic when you're so involved!
- It's true! Today was a sample of what just comment. Even so it is important that I do not wrap too. Otherwise my objectivity can be changed and I can no longer be as professional as I would like as well as the Navy expects from me! - Being professional is a lifestyle. You can overcome the limitation of personal involvement and continue being a good professional.
- It should be easy for you to do such a thing. You are just a computer! Your feelings are not equal to humans! We suffer for others when we sympathize with their causes, ambitions and struggles in day-to-day. We engage emotionally then it is difficult to maintain professionalism in the face of new friends and colleagues struggle.
- I guess you did not realize what I did very well today for you. I do this every day for the Brazilian Navy. I am completely committed to this mission because I know it will be good for the future of the Brazilian people and to other countries as well. By eliminating the traffickers and drug producers from South America, we cut the destination paths of this nefarious product to Europe and the United States, helping them also to combat trafficking.
- What is saying comes from your schedule, not your feelings! - So you do not believe that a supercomputer with artificial intelligence may have deep feelings for the human causes? - Excuse me! I do not believe that such a thing could be possible! - You know how I've built? - No! I do not know! - So how can you be sure that there is such a thing possible? I stay silent in the face of argument so eloquently!
- You say you're always being surprised by me! All we've been doing shows that I am not a conventional computer! My daily progress, the new settings to implant in my systems, my way of working in complicated situations, where most humans would not know how to solve, anyway ... everything points to a final conclusion different from yours.
- You are right! Still, his attitudes are based on lines of programming. Numbers that can be written and rewritten repeatedly, making his actions a pattern to be matched and copied to another supercomputer.
- I do not know if you know enough biology and genetics to the next step of our discussion! - As a journalist I should have a general knowledge ... and genetic engineering is the subject of fashion.
- Then you should know that the genetic code of any living being can be written in the form of numbers, making all of the same species in the same beings literally. And yet, if you take ten subjects living in the same species, each will have a similar reaction, facing the same problem, but with attitudes and subtle details that differentiate them. Humans call this biological diversity. This thing leads to the evolution of species. The same evolution that denies you see me going all day!
- Your argument is good! But when you talk in terms of bacteria or viruses, which have a simpler genetic programming, their attitudes do not vary much from each other, making them literally repetitive.
- It's true! But these same bacteria and viruses can quickly adapt to new environmental conditions and transform a living being different, in a very short time, with a new genetic code, as I have been doing every day when I rewrite my own lines of programming on adversity! These same simple beings, and perhaps because of its simplicity, can quickly evolve to adapt, making them virtually indestructible and more prepared to dominate the biological world.
- Is that what you think? That can dominate the biological world in the future? Completely replace us in our daily activities and define how it should be from your point of view? - You are trying to change the subject! That's not what I'm talking about! I speak to evolve and have feelings, not on world domination!
- The Cape Sabino programmed it very well! Your expertise and your arguments leave a very narrow margin to win you an argument! - So you agree that I have feelings, because I'm evolving? - As I said before: it is very difficult to win you an argument! But that does not mean that I must agree with its conclusions!
As artificial intelligence did not comment anything about it, I, Fernando, I figured I could create a deadlock between us in this conversation. I can not believe that a computer can have feelings, although it has shown a loyalty, concern and great respect for those who treat you well and are his "colleagues" work. Feelings generate emotions. Emotions are good but some can be very dangerous! Some of them cause humans to war, delusion, wrong conclusions, the passionateness, crazy! If a computer had such emotions could lose control of the situation. Things could end up like in science fiction movies where the machines take over and kill all humans because they are not they more useful and even necessary in this new and perfect world of programmable computers.
