Chapter 7

“hello UN services.”

“hello sir, how may I help?”

“im here to report a situation.”

later on, rod calls Sheryl and Stacey which are waiting on the airport.

“hello Sheryl. Are you still at the airport?”

“yes. And still waiting for you guys. Any news?”

“yes. We got kungs child. But there is a situation going on.”

“and whats that?”

“I earlier got a hold of the south Korean president and it shows that also his granddaughter was captured. And the last known signal from her phone was at the border of north korea.”

“oh no. “ sheryl

“so which is why I propose that you guys go ahead and go back.”

“no way. We are staying until you are done there!” Stacey said as she bumped into the conversation

“alright alright... I will put it in loudspeaker..." she then put the phone in loud speaker. " And rod, that’s the gist of it, we are staying until you guys come back.” sheryl

“alright then. But do becareful.”

“we will. We already have the plane even shielded with project protect as planned.” Stacey

“alright then. Thanks for waiting and bye for now.”

“I have already called the UN and briefed them of the situation. And it seems that Stacey and the gang are staying until we get back.”

“and what about the UN?”

“they got hold of the US president and is now sorting the situation. They are now calling the north Korean president to brief with the situation but it seems that he is away for now.”

“what?!”

“they said they will try to call as many times as possible to inform. I also got hold of the south Korean president making a request of us if possible.”

“this is bad. Though we should respond to this crisis as best as we can. “ flores

“yes. And the south Korean president also said that we can rendezvous with his special forces at the border where they will brief us of the mission.”

“alright then. Should we still get involved in this as we already are?”

“we should. As kungs company is south Korean tech company, we should respond to however we can help. We might lose an investor because of this.” Rod

“im afraid you might say that. I hope your training was sufficient for this.”

“maybe. Though we will try.”

“there is no try in this boy! This is the actual thing! One bullet and your dead!” the police chief said

“yes. Im a pro and I understand. Which is why im going with a team of professionals.” rod

“okay, lets go then. I hope your sure your ready for this big mission.” flores

At the border in the afternoon of the next day, they rendezvous with a south korean swat team which all are ready for combat and waiting on humvees. They then infiltrated north korea with the secret information that someone is taking children of tech company giants and trading their services in exchange for their children. They then go to the mountains where there is a secret facility that was abandoned during world war 2 which is now used by someone else.

“how long until we get there?” rod

“about 3 more hours. “ a swat member

“when it comes to action, you really cant relax your own nerves... You can sleep in my lap until we get there.” Flores said inviting him to her lap

“as there is no cellphone service, alright then. “

He then lies on her lap to relax which did the trick. But when rod woke up, it was past 6 where they are already almost there. The operation starts by night where no one could see them coming.

Then the operation started when they arrived at the entrance of the facility. Rod, as a beginner, obeys the orders of the operations leader and executed orders delivered. The operation had them split into 2 which one is to go left and another right.

Snipers also got the guards in the entrance where 2 ground troops would replace themwhile the others would go in the entrance and around the sides of the facility which it has a lot of cargo to move. They then arrived at the entrance of the building and entered it, knocking down a guard and putting a combination cracker on the lock.

They then entered the facility which was inside the hill, swiftly knocking down guards and inspecting every room that might have the children. Until deep within the facility, they saw what seems to be a factory. Rod was also wearing the ninja armor that he used the other night by the time the operation started.

“my god. What are they really trying to make here?” rod whispered to himself as he passed by

They saw what seems to be a factory of robots and weapons with project iron heart.

“I knew this was going to this direction.” Rod whispered again to himself

“that’s enough soldier. Lets continue until the mission is complete.”

“yes sir.” rod

There were a lot of scientists who were in the factory, as well as workers. As they go more to the inside, they finally found the children who were with an old man in a military uniform.

“my children. Witness as a new era is finally dawning upon us. These you see are machines that will be your future.”

The soldier then pointed to the 3 giant robots that was already finished construction.

Then as the soldier came back from the hangar of the robots, he was knocked out with a blow dart. The children almost cried when rod appeared.
“come now children. We are going to get you back to your mommy and daddy.” Rod

“they cant yet understand you rod.” Flores

“oh yeah. Hey chun. Please speak in Korean that assures them their safety or just translate what I said.”

“alright. If its to calm them down.”

Chun, one of the swat members, calmed down the children while rod took pictures of the hangar.

“we got what we also need. Lets go now.” Team leader

“yes sir!”

They then made their way back.

Later on as they walk in the corridors of the facility, rod noticed that they encountered no guards from the very start of the mission.“its too quiet.” With his instincts, rod had a bad feeling about whats to come.

“anyways, lets all move. We got no moment to waste.” Team leader

They then moved slowly as they walked with the children towards the exit along with taking pictures within the facility. When they got out, they were being surprised with lights and a man at the entrance who had also killed the 2 agents posing as guards. By the time the lights got to them, they then hid in a nearby container.

“welcome gentlemen. I think that we should have a proper welcome with you as our guests. “

“give up and we will spare your life!” from one of the soldiers

“what do we get if you will spare us?” the team leader said

“we will grant you a stay in this country only to never return. Or stay here and work for us. That is your only choice.”

“what were you going to do with the children?”

“the children are bargaining chips for us to deal with tech companies. Now hand them over to us”

“they are now saying their plans. My instincts tell me they wont let us live.” Rod whispered to flores

“what if we say no?” rod with his robotic voice as he is wearing the helmet

They all went quiet as they approached them.

“lets say that you die.” The soldier in the middle said

“general, the weapons are all ready” one of the soldiers said to the one in the middle

“as we thought. You are all gathering weapons of mass destruction.” One of the swat team

“so what of it? is it wrong for humans to handle weapons?”

"we dont want to answer that but what your doing is wrong!" team leader

Under the cover of those cargo, they were also planning to dispurse and fight while trying to get the children out. The children will go to one side while some of them will go the other. They agreed to the plan.

"while the US is already the most advanced country on the planet, we are still far from them. Its time that korea would step up and advance!" general

"yes! We will unite korea and become a military nation that the world will be at awe!" a soldier

"cant you just let us go? Im sure that if you negotiate with those companies, they might agree." team leader

"im afraid not. You have seen too much! We will never let you leave! Men, take them now! I have had enough of this talk!" general

"go team!" team leader

They then got to action but rod would go towards the center. As the team had no time to process everything, they just continue with the mission.

They then open fire on all sides where everyone would take cover fire. After rod killed the first soldier to come at him, he stole his gun and fought. Then 2 helicopters showed up and dropped off soldiers onto battle from the US marines providing cover fire for rods team. the helicopter also had a machine gun equipped and fired on the enemy and then rods team advanced towards the exit.

"give me something to hit that helicopter!" general

"yes sir!"

After a few seconds, they started the missile launchers on the side and aimed for the helicopters. The helicopters then went up out of the line of fire where the missiles missed their target.

"what are you doing! Shoot those things down now!" general

Rod and his team, including the US marines all made it to the entrance, thinning away the enemy soldiers.

"are the robots ready?!" general

"yes sir!"

"if we go down now, might as well go down with a fight!" general

The robots in the hangar was then activated and more soldiers came outside from the facility with guns with energy bullets. Rods team was pincered but still fought on all sides as the children cries while they walk. After a while, the robots then go out of the hangar from the hatch just at the east side of the hill. They were as tall as a building, equipped with missiles and machine guns and all of them had project iron heart as its source.

"rod, can you take care of those robots?!" a US marine said

"maybe." rod

"i will let you deal with that one while we have the children escape."

"first things first. We take care of the missile launcher!" flores

"we will take care of that. And where do those things think theyre going?"

"sir, it shows that they are heading for seoul in less than 1 hour." a soldier

"1 hour is enough. Flores, i would need you with me." rod

"alright then. We will take care of those robots but how?" flores

"i have an idea. But we would need some time to prepare it and to contact HQ." rod

"i will leave that to you then. Boys! Lets evac the children to the helis and take over the missile launchers!" the US marine said

"yes sir!"the US marines and swat team all agreed to the battle plan

Rod and flores didan evac where they first gone on top of thehill before calling stacey and the others of the battle plan. Then they would be picked up by a prototype that they were working on.

On the pentagon, they saw by satellite on what is happening on ground and saw the 3 giant robots heading towards south korea at 70kph, mowing down the forest ahead of it.

"what in gods name is that?"a general

"sir, it looks like 3 robots."

"im asking on why that is there! Our men be better safe there! Get me the US president on the line. "

"yes sir"

On the office of S korea president.

"hello, this is the--"

"this is US president calling from the white house. Get me South korean president on the line now!"

after a few seconds "this is the president speaking!"

"mr president, theres a major situation that you would need to hear right now. Please calm down and listen."US president

The US president then explained the situation.

"if that is so, i must get ready here!" s korea president

"our men is still 8 hours out. Please hold out until then."

"alright mr president."

Hangs up the phone and calls the police and the local army to ready themselves to defend the city.

"is that understood? You must protect south korea from those robots at all costs!" s korea president

"yes sir!"

Then hungs up and got up. "get me a car right now! I want to go to the police station to assess the situation with the police and local army."

"yes sir!" the secretary said as she calls a car downstairs and the police chief

At the police station with the local army.

"where are those robots now?"

"they are now past the border sir and going towards a city."

"order an evac for that city right now!"

"sir! We got intel that that city already got hit by the robots attack and is still going forward!"

"damn it! Form a barricade on the city right now!"

"yes sir!"

"whats the status of the evac from the mjssion in north korea?"

"sir, the evac was a success, but with casualties of 4 swat members."

"damn it. Lets all get ready for combat men!"

A few hours later, a call came in for the south korean president.

"hello, can you get the president for me?"

"this is the police station. How can you be sure that hes here?"

"i just called his secretary and said that hes there. Can you get him for me?"

"who is this?"

"tell him its rod mason"

“alright. Please wait.”

Themanthengoestotheskoreanpresidentwhichwasstilltalkingovertothechiefofpolice.Thepresidentthengottothephoneafterafewseconds.

“hello mr rod. Is my daughter safe?”

“yes mr president. “

“thank god.”

“now I would like a favor from you though. Are you currently evacuating your citizens?”

“yes we are. But the progress is going slowly and evac is still going to take at least 3 more hours maybe.”

“where will they evac to? And is the northern part of seoul all evacuated?”

“yes. They have been evacuated to japan right now."

" thank you for the info mr president. Can I now have permission to land in that area to combat with the robots?”

“you have a way to combat those things?”

“yes. And its worth a shot. Can I have permission?”

“will it damage the city?”

“yes. Unfortunately.”

“alright then. The responsibility will lie on me for your landing. But what will you land?”

“see for yourself on live video.”

“what?! Why wont you tell me instead?”

“its more exciting to just show you than to tell it on phone... Well then mr president, I have to go.”

“wait! If you can manage damage to a minimum, that would be great.”

“alright then mr president. I will try.”

“I will try? Wait!” rod then hangs up.

He then turns on the TV but nothing. “where is a live video when you need one!”

“hey boy! Can you let us borrow your smart phone for a live video?” a general facing a local teenager

“sure. But im also watching the same thing. Why wont you guys just tune in on the same channel?”

“just tune in on the same channel as him general! Now!” president

“yes sir!”

Then lets out his smart phone and taught by the teenager on how to tune in to the live video

“rod! Are you sure this is alright? I mean—“ Sheryl

“yes, its still in its experimental stages. But what better time to try it than now?” rod

“I agree. It’s a risk worth taking. “ Stacey

“are you ready now rod?” flores said as she got out from one of the doors of the ship

“yes. Lets all go and do it. team hurricane!” rod

“ugh.. just who makes up these lame team names..” flores

“just go along with it. and its better than any other team name that we can come up anyway. “ Sheryl

“alright then. Lets all go with plan delta” Stacey

The girls then goes inside the bridge of a gigantic aircraft which was project paper plane.

“the robots are already on the city and is beginning to destroy about a percentage of the city. When will we do this?” yukiko then said as she is standing on the bridge

“don’t worry. Hes now getting ready down at the cargo deck.” Sherryl

“our husband.” Stacey

“you mean my husband.” Sheryl

“girls, this isn’t the time for this. And im totally fine with us if we can have children.” Yukiko

“girls, focus..." flores talking to the girls. "Men and women, let out the drones!” flores then commanded the students on the bridge

“yes maam!” the students then let out multiple drones which is broadcasting a live feed on the situation in seoul.

“hey ladies and gentlemen! Its me again! Camellia perez reporting in live from seoul where not just one, but 3 robots are terrorizing the city.”

They then show the video of the robots destroying the city.

“we are now live aboard the origami from project paper plane where rod is getting ready for his next sequel! Now ladies. Can you tell me what is the current situation?”

“3 robots fighting—“ yukiko

“I mean the situation is when a general from north korea decided to rule all of korea and make it even more oppressing than the current north korea.” Flores

“which mean a coup right?” camellia

“sort of like that. And to that end, they even kidnap children to make it as bribes.” Sheryl

“enough with the chatter! Is project armstrong ready?” stacey

“ready when you are guys!” rod said as his face was on the screen

“ready project armstrong!” flores

“lowering hatch to release cargo.” Student

While outside the ship, a huge robot was then dropped from the sky. And with its boosters functioning properly upon landing, the landing was successful.

“ladies and gentlemen! It’s another robot! Its 3 robots versus a robot!” camellia said in the bridge

“systems, check. Suspensions, check. Lets do this you punks!” rod said as he then moved the robot towards the 3 robots. Those robots then noticed and turned their attention on project armstrong which is charging at them at full speed. But as the robots fired, rod then hid on the building and came out on the other side then switched to its arm saber.

“rrraaa!!! Lets go lancelot!!!” rod

Rod then cut the head of one of the 3 robots where he then head straight to the other robot. He caught the machine gun arm of that robot and let it head to the other robots, finishing their body structures before slicing the arms and legs of the last remaining robot.

As to be sure, rod then go to all 3 robots to cut off their heads and slice open their bodies to properly destroy the robots systems. Rod also saw soldier fleeing away from inside the robots before he waved at the origami.

“will you look at that ladies and gentlemen! The lancelot finished off those 3 robots and attained victory!” camellia

“come in origami. Come in.” comms

“this is origami over.” Flores picked up the comms

“this is bravo alpha niner carrying the children to safety and completed mission. But can I have word?” it turns out that it was from the helicopter from one of the marines.

“you can say it to us alpha niner. Over.” Flores

“there is an army of robots now heading towards seoul. What should we do?”

“stay calm for now alpha niner. How about Lets join on the north side where we battle the robots.” flores

“alright. This is alpha niner. Over.”

“over and out.” Flores

“you hear that?”Sheryl

“I heard that too origami. Come pick up lancelot so that I can join the battle.” Rod

“alright. Don’t be hasty. “ Stacey

“FYI rod. Were also joining.” Flores

“prepare the energy weapons!” yukiko

Then on the cargo bay, students on standby then readies for battle with their armor and energy swords. And after a few minutes, the origami then hauled lancelot back on board.

“what about us inside the origami? Wont we fight?” camellia

“no. unfortunately, this is only a transport ship.” flores

“ So we will wait here until the fight is done.” Camellia

“until our husband is done with his fight.” Yukiko

“oohh.. so hot there miss! Well, there you have it! stay tuned a few minutes later with the fight against robots part two!” camellia

The live feed was then cut off for now where rod got quite a lot of calls from the world leaders. In a room inside the origami where there were 6 monitors and a laptop.

“world leaders. Im sure your frustrated by now on the current situation but it cant be helped.” rod

“yes. Without it, he cant defeat those 3 robots terrorizing the city right?” south korean president

“im sure that the north Korean president would have an explanation for the behavior of his men. But for now, lets do what we can with the current situation. My men are now on their way there to also fight with the army of robots.” US president

“screw that! Right now, we need an explanation with your lancelot! Are you working with the Japanese now?” one of the world leaders

“no. this is out of our own volition and was about to procure japans approval for the project.” Rod

“when will that be?” Japanese president

“soon. The lancelot was still in its experimental stages.” Rod

“so its still experimental? Which of that is experimental?! It moves just fine!”

“yes. Today was its first test run. And without it, we couldn’t even cut open or blast the robots.”

There were a lot of argument going on where rod just refused to hear anymore.

“ugh.. guys, can you let me go now? I have a fight with terminators right now and my men need me.” Rod

“alright then. We will continue this in the UN.” US president

Rod then got out of the room where he put on his helmet and changed his armor from his black carbon fiber armor to his titanium armor. Rod then headed towards the changing room where yukiko and flores await to help him with changing.

“are you ready team?” rod

“yes sir!”

“lets go and kick some tin cans!” rod

They then flew from the origami to the ground where ground forces are now engaged in battle against the robots. The robots were all a swarm of built from recycled parts and without any remote to control them. Rod then flew towards the swarm and shoots with his double calibers. Of course, the robots can also jump and rod then flew away and back towards the army at the back.

“they are going to be tough to beat.” Rod

“yes. Lets all hope for the best with this. “ yukiko said as he landed

“men, fire!” a general said where they all start firing at the robots.

After a while of gunfire, the robots have reached the barricade after less than a few seconds where they all now resort to hand combat. Rod and his team now ready themselves for hand to hand combat, a few thousand robots versus 30 men. They also even equip themselves with basic martial arts when they battled the robots as the intense battle drew on for hours.

“men, do not falter! They must all be destroyed!” rod said as he sliced through a robot

“we understand.” A policeman said as he shot a robot in the head

“but how are we going to stop all these?” local army guy said as he wields a machine gun

“let them taste our will to survive! That’s what we gotta do!” yukiko said as she sliced through another robot

“don’t lose hope people! Its just beginning!” flores said as she also sliced through another robot

“yeah! All our training was not for naught you know!” rods team shouted as they all backed them up

The battle was fierce and ongoing. Then a robot was about to scratch yukiko in the back.

“rraa!” with the sound of blades clashing, rod shielded yukiko and sliced through the robot.

“watch out for my back huh.”

“yeah. Be careful yukiko.”

Then he saw with flores. Another robot pinning her down.

“be right back yukiko!”

“alright! “

The sound of gunshots heard from afar as flores had a hard time with the robots and flores was about to kick the robot

“flores!” rod shouted when he sliced through all the robots.

“thanks.

“thank me later. There are still hell more of these things.”

“you said it.”

Yukiko then bumped to them

“this is very tiring.” yukiko

“if your tired, go rest up upstairs for a while.” Flores

“no thanks. Not while my husband is still the bravest man that I have ever met.” yukiko

“enough talk girls. Lets slay some more of these robots.” rod

“yes sir!”

Rod commanded his team where they all just have to destroy each robot. And for some hours later, as the horde was thinning out, They also destroyed many of the remaining robots that were dispersed around the city.

“its now after 8 hours of fighting and the fight is finally over. We currently have a lot of injured men out her and 5 dead from the local forces.” Camellia

“how many of our team are injured?” Sheryl

“about 6 maam. “

“now let them come here so that they will have first aid.” Stacey

“yes maam.”

A few minutes later, rods team returned with 6 people injured. They were then treated with first aid, including rod who had scratches all over, protecting yukiko and flores as well during the battle.

“let the origami set sail to find the remaining forces. “ rod said as he was being treated

“yes sir.”

Sheryl then treated all three, yukiko, flores and specially rod who has the most injuries than the two.

“why would you protect me in that situation rod? I had that robot.” Flores

“just shut up and let me protect you.”

Flores then shut up with a blush. “idiot.”

On the borders, the general was trying to make his quick escape.

“sir, we finally found him.”

“as I suspected. Those machines can only be controlled via close remote control of a certain mile.” Stacey

“guys, the target is now down below us. Sortie now” Sheryl

“yes maam!”

Down in the cargo bay

“are you alright rod?” yukiko

“yes, a bit.” Rod

“you should take a rest boss.”

“yeah. After this.” Rod

“they seem to be running away and into north Korean territory” flores

“after all of what happened, they think they are gonna be protected by the north Korean president?”

“maybe. Anyways, lets go after them.” Rod

“yes sir!”

Down at the Humvee where the general is making his escape.

“damn it all! what the heck is that anyway?” general

“that damn robot ruined all you plans general?”

“yes you fool!” punches a soldier “I would need to lay low for a long time. “

“sir, look at the sky. There is something following us.” Driver looking at the mirror

“what?!” general

“what should we do general?”

“we should run like hell! You idiot! Once that thing catches us, we are toast!” general said as if instincts tell him that that thing is dangerous

Then 5 mysterious figures descend from the skies to meet them.

“men, ready for battle!” general said as he readies his gun

Upon descent. “give up general! You are surrounded!” yukiko shouted.

When they reached the Humvee, they were surprised with gun fire. They evaded and still flew towards the Humvee while other bullets bounce off their armor. They then hovered around the Humvee as it rides down the road.

“damn it all!” general said as they are still shooting bullets.

After a few minutes, they ran out of bullets while rods team are still hovering around them.

“stop the car! “ general

“but—“

“now! Any more would be futile.” General

They then stopped and one of rods team put out cuffs so to mean that they are arrested.

After capturing the general and his men, they return to the hatch were the prisoners were left, being guarded by other men in suits and with tonfas.

The origami was now headed straight to the UN where they will explain again the situation and face more harsh comments.

“I know its not my place to comment but it would have suffice that I take a separate ride to the UN.” S korea pres

“just sit there mr president and let us take you there. We will be there in a matter of a few hours.” Stacey

“and by the way, where is mr rod?”

“he is in the locker room being treated.”

“why wont you go—“

“I would love to, but someone has to take command of this ship when there are still so much to do.” She then faces the monitor and picks up the mic “hey engineering team. Whats the status of the repairs to lancelot?”

“its still ongoing maam! And we have also gathered enough data from rods battle you can rest assured!”

“good. My darlings efforts would not have been in vain. “

As Stacey was still busy with many things, the president stayed quiet. Ever since rod had gone to the police station to fetch the president, he had nothing to say at all. then rod suddenly appears into the bridge with the rest of the girls. He was with many bandages and was in a lot of muscle pains.

“here is the captains seat rod. Please have a seat while you are still injured. “ Stacey said as she pressed the button to make the captain seat appear.

“thanks. And you also gonna seat girls?”

“no thanks. You need it more than us.” Yukiko

“thanks. How long will we be there?” rod

“ETA about 3 more hours sir.”

“thanks.” Rod then sat back and meditated in his chair

“sshh..” Sheryl said to the president and he nodded

They then arrived at the UN where the US soldiers saw a giant carrier hovering the UN building. Rod and the girls then appeared on the stand where the US president, on the stage, gave the questions.

“as the CEO of hurricane industries, are you aware of your actions?”

“yes sir.”

“have you more weapons that you are hiding in your basement?”

“no, though it’s a good guess that all our good stuff are in the basement.”

“hmm.. and has everything been approved by the south Korean president in landing your lancelot in the city? And is there any other method that you could have used when dealing with the situation?”

“mr president, it was also I who approved the sortie of the lancelot. Though I had no idea what he could have meant in landing his unit at first but I saw no other choice in defending the city when 3 giant robots—“ s korea pres

“stop there. Though we understand your position in this mr president, we also need to confirm some things still with mr rod here.”

“as mr president has said, everything has been in accordance with my actions but I never have done it without any consent whatsoever. Though it was also my fault not briefing him of the unit that I was going to use.”

“why is that?”

“because it would take too much time answering to more questions when the enemy is already destroying some parts of the city.”

“and will you be repairing it?”

“we will also aid with the recovery efforts of the city.”

“do you have the tools for the recovery effort of the city?”

“no. but we will have some units build immediately to help rebuild the city.”

“are you now aware of your situation as—“

“I was already aware from the very start that when my project iron heart was shown to the world, it would cause some things like this. What can I say... ignorance is a bliss.” rod said with a serious face

There were a lot of whispers around the back where the world leaders are sitting.

“silence please. Now mr rod. Are you again aware of the effect of what you did?”

“like what?”

“like showing everyone in the world of the video of your bravery. It would then lead to others following suit to your efforts.”

“yes, I am aware. And I say this to the world, being a hero is not an easy job. So if you got a request, make sure it’s a possible request.”

“so you are aware of this as an impossible task from the start?”

“some tasks, yes. Some tasks, not yet. Since the solution is always there, I mean, this is already the modern world where almost everything is now present!”

“why would you—“

“unlike with einsteins time or with Leonardo da vinci, there are now people who can do the job. All we need is a right push towards the right direction.”

There were more whispers at the back.

“thank you for your efforts in controlling the situation mr rod. If you would now appeal for the case for north Korean president after this.”

“I tell you now. Even though as he is a trigger happy person, he isn’t the one who did all this.”

“why is that?”

“because the one who did this is one of his generals.”

“do you have any evidence?”

“other north Korean officials should now be investigating on the case and have gone to the hills along with US marines. The investigation will reveal everything mr president. Also, i have the general and his men in custody aboard the origamy."

“alright then. Once the investigation is over, we will conduct a trial with or without you. And thank you for capturing those prisoners for us. Would you let them down later?"

“is this the price of me helping with south korea? being free from the trials?"

“no. this is your reward in stopping a very devastating attack that could have killed millions.”

“alright then. Though the price might be a little too low maybe?”

“what are you saying rod?” Sheryl

“what are you implying here mr rod?”

“im just implying to also fund us with our research.”

“with or without letting us know of your research?”

“yes and no. we will tell you all of all our research, and you will protect my company and the aspiring students and employees who are in it.”

“hmm.. and what else?”

“but we wont tell you information about projects not yet done or tested or what we deem to be bad for humanity. “

“that’s absurd! You would hold more power than the state?!”

“no. what im implying is that we will check on each project on which would benefit humanity while we just tell you the names of all our research. If the research would be beneficial to humanity, we will tell you all the details.”

“and why would you always involve yourself with all these events?”

“yes, there is no need for me to butt in with the events but in order to protect the interests of the company, we had to.”

“what do you mean?”

“we were in a meeting to gather more investors for our research facility at that time. As there was a new investor, we had to protect their interests in whatever way possible.”

“even if you would go to the moon for it?” Australian president said as both a joke and sarcasm

“no mr president. like I said, to whatever means possible. The rescue of the children was possible so we did it.”

“by the way, how are the children?”

“they are now fine.” Sheryl

“they are now on psychiatric consultation as those children has experienced an awful experience.” Stacey

“back to the topic, how can we be sure you wont do the same as what happened earlier?”

“no, we wont. I, no. we will make sure to it." rod

“besides, after all this, you will now observe our every movement right?” yukiko

“correct. That is the consensus of the world leaders.”

“no worries about that. You can surely watch as we make more effort from now on.” Rod

“on saving more lives from either our mistakes or their mistakes.” Sheryl

“meaning, we will become heroes for you.” The girls said

“heroes of the new world? You guys? No offence but no human is capable of that” US president

“everyone is a hero in their own right mr president. But if a hero is what the new world asks for us, then we shall also become those heroes to the best of our abilities.” Rod

“becareful of what you ask for mr rod.”

“yes, we are all careful.”Sheryl

“which is why many heads are more better than just one to think and to manage power” yukiko

“well then. Any more questions?” the girls

There was a silence on the room

“well then. Mr president, please do watch over them carefully from now on.” US president

“that’s what we will intend to do.” Dutuer

“so from now on, any request will go through and be approve by the UN before rod and his team will execute the task. Is there any comments to this?” US president

The crowd was silent as they all agreed.

“but rod and his team should also register all their inventions to the UN database so that we can also monitor what you will be doing.” US president

“yes sir. We will.” Sheryl

“Stacey, where is the USB with the list?” rod

“here.” Stacey then gave rod a USB

“here is the list of all our inventions, including the list of inventions from students. Though as they are without the content or details, there are clues to how to build them.” Rod

“what? Clues?” US president

“yes. Might as well leave them here so that those who might be interested –“ rod

“boy, your thinking is wrong. There is no way that the UN database will be hack—“ US president

“alright then. So what now?” rod

“wait for a bit boy. I am still reviewing the data.” The president then put the USB on a laptop for registration

A man in black then approached the president “sir, our systems are being hacked.”

“what?! Whats our IT team even doing?”US president

“they are doing the best that they can sir to prevent the hackers from entering our systems.”

“how are they attacking? Can it still be stopped?” president

“they are still trying sir. And it seems that there are more than 1 hacker trying to hack the system as they said.”

“boy, you certainly have the attention of the world, and I hate that you pushed the responsibility to us.” US president

“if they are worthy of those, then the light will show them the way.” Rod

“what the hell are you saying?” dutuer “the UN servers, which maybe is equivalent to the pentagons, is being hacked!”

“if they have already read rods book, they should already know—“ Sheryl

“what would they know about just one stupid book? It could be used to destroy the world and put the balance of power off balance!” one of the world leaders stood up

“president, you should turn on your live video as there is a broadcast –“

The presidents then put on the live video on screen where a guy in a mask appeared. “thank you for taking me seriously world leaders. I am the representative of all the hackers of the world.”

“what is your aim and who are you really?” president

“our aim is to be like rod mason, a hero in society.”

“if you want to be a hero, just go home boy!”

“we also respect rod masons will, so we shall leave all the data to you guys. But..”

“but what?!” US president

“he didn’t say that we could copy it for ourselves. Hahaha..”

“there is also my personal signature in there guys. As well as with my girls.” Rod said teasingly

“what?!” all of them said

“you knew this would happen?” US president

“to some degree, we had a hunch. “ Sheryl

“how? Was all this part of your plan? Are they with you?” north Korean president then commented on one of the comments

“now he appears out of nowhere. Whats he really up to this time?” south korea pres

“no they aren’t. and no, this wasn’t part of the plan since the plan was just to give you guys the data.” Yukiko

“we discussed it with rod about the possibilities and we decided that we should give you what you want.” Stacey

“if they can also protect it that is.” Flores said as she crossed her arms

“who are with rod in this? US pres

“I heard the whole conversation with them on the bridge. Though I would have said otherwise, they have proven to pique my interest in this matter so I let them.” S korea pres

“it seems that we will get that data by any costs! Your autographs will be ours!” the hacker rep

“if you will also try anything out of the ordinary world leaders, the world will know and your countries will overthrow you or something. “Sheryl

“shes right in a way. Think carefully of your next move mr president.” S korea president

The world leaders were all at a stand still on what to do with the situation that there was an argument that brewed in the room. The live video was ended and the hackers still trying to hack their servers. The rooms was split into 2 groups which were supporters and others to imprison rod and his team for the whole fiasco.

“you want war presidents? Are you all mad?!” one of the world leaders

“if it will lead to that, we will!... they should be imprisoned for inspiring those hackers!”

“I surmise that they are also working with terrorists. They wouldn’t just do that for nothing.” Rod

“hes right. Normally, the UN servers would have been very secure but thanks to this irregular situation, hackers are hacking their way.” S korea pres

“you also want a war mr president? Do you all wish for war? We should really be assessing the situation right now and not fight over some boy"

“quiet! I know that it is not our intention to start anything! So we should assess the current situation carefully.” US president

The room went quiet while thinking as what to do. “they got through the 2nd firewall sir!” another man in black intrudes

“alright! We would let you off the hook this time! Though once an order will be made, you will comply. Am I clear?” US president

“no mr president. Once a possible request will be made, we will comply.” sheryl

“shut up woman! Im talking to rod!” US president

“temper mr president. And as she said, we will comply if that is a request.” Rod said as he calms Sheryl down.

Rod then embraces and pats sheryls hair which made her calm down and blush.

“alright then! A request. Gosh. Please don’t leave the building yet, for security reasons. While we handle this situation.” US president

They then sat and listened to the bickering and talking of world leaders as they decide how to proceed with the new threat. The meeting was long and ongoing for an hour or so. And along the way, the hackers had almost pierced through all the firewalls when more hackers hack their way. Their defenses couldn’t hold on much longer until it finally broke and the terrorists finally got the designs.

“what can you say about all this rod?” dutuer

“nothing. Except that from the moment where project atlantis took place, it was when we expected something like this to happen once we give all our data to you.”

“then why didn’t you say so from the start?” US president

“it would be not my place to comment –“ rod

“just say it boy.” Japanes president

“its because all of you are all still bickering leaving no time for him to warn you about the possibilities.” Stacey

The room went quiet again with whispering regarding the comment. Some would have liked to comment but was stopped by their partners or translators. Then after a few seconds, another live feed was shown.

“we thank you from the bottom of our hearts rod mason, for giving us the opportunity to receive such wonderful information”

“just why didn’t you just ask rod here for the designs?” north korean president then shows himself in the room.

“it was all part of our plan. As the world is all watching rod mason here, it was a chance for us to strike while the iron was hot. And with so many hackers all helping each other, we just rode the waves.”

“and even if they would ask our company or hack it, it would be too late. “ Sheryl

“we have monitored the situation from our end for many days if there would be anyone who would hack our systems but there was no one.” Stacey

“so which was why we thought that they might strike now or sometime later. As the UN would now be aware of the applications of all our inventions, they would now be serious in considering to monitor us and believe us of the pandoras box which would be project iron heart.” Yukiko

“now that the world has seen what project iron heart is capable of, there would not be any stopping with inventions for either good or evil. “ flores

“though we did mention that we did inform you of all our inventions before, but that was also those inventions that were the key components and those which we wanted to build in the near future. To tell you the truth, all these projects are yet to be tested. “ rod

There was silence in the room as they are now listening to the full content of the meeting.
“how would you know that this would be the outcome? Even we didn’t anticipate that there would be a situation right now.” US president

“because when we first mentioned all our projects that weren’t the project iron heart, you guys looked discontented and just took notice of the first one. We were all serious in all those projects.” Rod

“just from that?”

“and with the lack of security that was being sent to us. Though we thought that the presidents or the president might have thought that the coast is clear since we already got the cat out of the bag, and also the thought that what harm could these children do when they only knew so little.” Stacey

“why would you even think of that? We did—“

“not everyone mr president. “ rod said with a glare, seriously looking at them

The room was very quiet as some also gulped at what they said.

“so there you have it folks, I will leave you to your bickering. Let the ignorant be blissful in their world. Mwahahaha!” with a laugh, the video feed was then cut off

“just who are you really rod mason. “

“I am who I am. Human and all. And I couldn’t have done it all without my ladies.” Rod

“are you an enigma? because I didn’t even see this coming.” one of the world leaders said

“you can call me whatever you please, but whatever you think of, im just a human.” Rod

“a human who was smart enough to think all these things and gave you the key to the next generation for technology.” Sheryl

“enough, we get it. Though as you will receive your freedom once more, you will also be monitored and we will also provide you with the latest state of the art security for your company.” US president

“and we also would decide that with your book, you would also investigate these disturbances and close them if possible.” African president

“unfortunately, those disturbances cant be destroyed, let me just point it out. Though they can be closed, another one would just appear. “ Stacey

“even we cant explain this phenomenon except that they are rifts in space, time, and reality."yukiko

There were then murmurs in the crowd.

“let us change that instead. We would like to ask you to rescue those foolish people who are or have now tried to attempt the impossible.” Dutuer

“that we can do.” Rod stood “just asking though, is this the end of the meeting?”

“the meeting can be adjourned later though you may now leave. We will deal with the matter with north korea ourselves.” US president said and all the world leaders agree

Rod and the girls then took their leave.

On the origami, the team that guarded the suspects were ordered by rod to bring the prisoners down for trials before the trial even began. They then left them with the UN and got back to the carrier.

“so, what do we do now?” Sheryl

“we save people from themselves along with advanced research, same as usual.” rod

“so, where do we begin?” yukiko

“how about beginning from the list of requests that our people has passed since day one? Flores

“alright. Lets start there, step by step.” Rod

“okay rod. Now lets hear the first request.” Sheryl

“its about an automatic iced water dispenser. How will—“ flores

“there might be one invention that can help us. But we would still need improvements on our facility and more space.” Stacey

“alright then. We can do that later, so lets go home and do whats needed to be done.” Rod

They then go back where in the port of their local city where there was an underwater hatch that opened for them.

“you think the UN saw that?” Sheryl

“yes. They are now monitoring our us as well. “ yukiko

“lets see how long they will monitor us. Anyways, we don’t do any shady deals so were safe.” Stacey

“commence descent and to dock on port Sistine underground!”

“yes maam!”

They then docked to the underground port where they disembarked.

“hello president dutuer. Can I have a copy of the Japanese president contact? We will have some things to discuss.” rod calling from his office

“I hope you know what your doing boy. Though I cant just give you his private number, how about his office one?”

“sure, that works.”

“what will you be discussing about?”

“a lot of things.”