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Chapter 3

Jake was suprised when he got home to find his EMAIL icon flashing and didn't know who the person was. He ran his advanced virus detection just in case, then disconnected his NET connection before opening the message.

Jake,

You don't know me but we have a few things in common, your skill with a computer, your interest in Science, and quite possiblely some far reaching relatives. I would like to meet with you at the "gravel pit" tonight about 10pm. If you don't come the program on your computer will not work any longer after that time. I'm sure that you have enjoyed the help with your "mind control" program today and would like to continue to have it work. You will know where to find me by the signs.

The Ship

Needless to say Jake was not impressed by this message, but he was courious as to how anyone got this email address."I guess it won't hurt to check it out; but I'll get there before 10, lets see about 8:30 should do it." , Jake though to himself.

But, now it was time to see what else his program could do. After loading the program he noticed a new button that he didn't remember seeing before <SEARCH>. Remembering how another new button had reacted, he clicke don the <SEARCH> button to see what would happen; he got the message that an internet connection was needed to pre form this function. Jake carefully reconnected his machine to the internet and tried again resulting in a form to fill out:

AREA to search:(area code, state, city, ect)

Distance max:

Distance min:

Jake entered his own zip code for the area, a max distance of 20 miles, and a min distance of 2 miles and clicked the submit button. The results were amazeing; it showed 25 names with a max count of 20,000 and asked if he wanted to include all results in his database. He said no; then got the message to select which name(s) to view. He looked and noticed that all of his classmates were listed as were just about everyone that he knew in the area. Selecting Carol's name the program replied that name was already in database; so he tried Kim who was also in he classes. The results were the same as that morning; he had a video of Kim eating dinner with her folks, he saved this "profile" and selected his best friend Tom and once again he got a picture of John and girlfriend in the back of John's truck and they were just starting to make-out. Jake watched as John removed her top and saw that she wasn't wearing a bra, Jake watched as John started to rub her boobs and pinch her nipples and then start to lick and suck on them. Jake was really interested now; and he happened to right-click and got a menu of options that included rotation, zoom in, zoom out, brighten, or darken. He clicked on zoom in and was asked to select area to zoom, he clicked on the girl's left nipple and was rewarded with an up close and very clear view of said nipple. As he watched the nipple extended more and he could hear her moaning. Jake zoomed out and saw that John was indeed geting lucky as John was busy licking on this girl's crotch. Jake had to see if the command function worked so he entered a command for John to lick her pucker, which he did; Jake then noticed that the girl was Carol, so he told John to try and screw her anally and then told Carol to enjoy it. Just then the feed went blank and a clock appeared on the screen showing 8pm and a message saying to continue he must make his appointment at the gravel pit. This was unreal!

Jake got dressed in all black, like some of the Ninjas he had seen in movies and left the house for the gravel pit. When he got to the pit everything was very quite and he couldn't see any sign of anybody else. So he settled into a good hidding place to watch the area. At 10pm, by his watch, there appeared a light tht seemed to come from a tunnel about 200 feet to his right. Jake cautionly moved that way. As he got closer to the light he felt a strange sensation and found himself in a room with metal walls, a strange looking chair, and nothing else to be seen. He felt a strange urge to sit in the chair and see what would happen. As he sat down, a "headband" appeared in his lap and he felt he had to put it on.

"Hello Jake; I am glad to finally meet you. I hope that the little demostration with your computer program didn't upset you too much. You don't have to worry about Carol, she has already forgotten everything that happened. In fact she was never there as far as she is concerned" said a voice inside of his head.

"Who or what are you? And how do you know what happened or about Amy and my project?" Jake asked

"I really don't have a name as such but can call me AI, that's what the Capt. called me. As to knowing what happened and about your program; let's just say I fixed it so that it would work for a short time. Now to answer a question you have but not asked; you are inside a base on the far side of what you call the Moon. This base has been empty for over 3000 of your years. It was very fortuitous of you to try to write such a program as it caught my attention with the unusual freq it was putting out. If you will relax I will explain all that I can at this time." the voice answered.

"okay, go ahead" replied Jake.

Jake woke with a headache a short time later; but he could remember what seemed like a long time ago and all that had happened. "WOW, that was something. But why am I here? and why did you show me all of that?" Jake asked.

"You are here because you are a desendant of the people you saw and because in all of this time I have found a way to gain energy from your sun and make some repairs and modifacations to this base to utilize that power. But I need your help to complete the repairs and to make further modifacations. Would you be willing to help?"the voice asked.

"Okay, maybe. What exactly would I have to do? And you said that my program would still work now right?", Jake asked

"There wasn't much Silicon on this 'Moon' and I need more so I can scan it and then replicate what I need; all you would have to do is dig it out of the ground for me at the gravel pit near your house. I don't have enough power to control a mining drone from here. I would provide the coordinates for you to dig and all I would need is about 50 of your pounds of the raw ore. As to your program, after you have provided the ore and I have processed it then I beleive that I can give you what you want. Since it was I who was providing the control that you thought you had with your program. Will you help?", AI said.

"I'll help; but I'm not much for manual labor, if you haven't noticed. ALso, how do I get the ore to you; would you just 'beam it up'?", Jake replied.

"Yes, I would 'beam it up' just like I transported you here. Also, I will tell you now that your friend Amy will be more than happy to aid you in this, after I talk to her and explain what is going on. I would need for you and she to somewhere alone and not be missed for about 2 of your hours. I will transport both of you and the ore that you can gather (not the whole 50 lbs) here tomorrow after your midday meal. If that is acceptable to you. I would suggest that you not tell her the real story before hand though. Just make up some reason as to why you want the raw ore.", AI continued.

Jake agreed and the next thing he knew he was back in the pit and only an hour had pasted by his watch. "I must have passed out. Yeah, that is what happened; Ipassed out and that was all a dream", Jake thought.

"No my friend it wasn't a dream, it was as you remember", Jake heard in his head; then realized that he still had the headband on but it now appeared to have changed into cloth. Jake went home and to bed; he would think about this more in the morning.