Barbaric realms

"Senator Diamond, I have to say that this is completely wrong, I haven't heard about or met this AI at all,"

Claire switched the audio for Shai, seeing the audio through her eyes.

"They wouldn't do that to me,"

Shai looked at Claire, shocked, listening to the voice once more. Before Claire shut off the video,

"That was the man who screamed,"

"His name is Yuval Bates the head of the lab in North Carolina, he worked with the creator of the AI Sidney Lincon, he was there when the AI went on his killing spree, he told the senate that he was able to hide from it while all of his coworkers where killed," Claire continued

Shai felt a shiver down her spine, taking in the information, if thatvwas the AI, why would Yuval still be alive. You would think that it would find him easily.

"If he was the last person to be there, then the AI would have a true intention to kill him. but why would he do it now? Why let him live after killing his coworkers? Unless he was stopped."

Shai turned to Claire, who thought the same thing,

"You would think he would have done it sooner,"

"We would think that, but no,"

Claire heard something go off in Judy's room hearing the voice come over it,

"Yuval incident,"

The voice went scratchy. Shai was watching her see Claire's eyes staring up at the ceiling. Her eyes glowed, having a hue to them. Shai touched her shoulder, saying,

"Claire, why are you l... "

She stopped hearing the same voice Claire heard.

"If Judy has already heard it, then it will be a matter of time before the news gets it,"

Shai let go of Claire and walked to the television, She touched the screen and turned it on, having the remote on the television grabbing it, Shai turned the news on,

"This has been the president's most concerning speech on the partnership of big companies working with government agencies, I find it to be beneficial to put that out there,"

Shai watched the screen, not knowing Claire stopped looking at the ceiling, Claire walked over to her staring at the television,

"I don't agree with you, Ted. has been so brash not reading what was given to him,"

"You mean what his writers wanted him to say,"

"There is no proof that they made his speech!"

"The president said that they wanted him to speak what they wanted. and it doesn't help that there been a leak with that,"

Shai felt a hand placed on her shoulder. She glanced over to her right and saw Claire. She saw that Claire

"I see you wanted to find out if they know," Claire said

"Yes, but they haven't,"

"I'm sorry to interrupt you too, but we just got some news from the great state of Georgia that Yuval Bates has been attacked,"

They moved away from the woman showing a grand house, they pan away from the outside into the office room,

"This is where it happened, coming back from the Senate hearings talking to someone on the phone, before his wife heard crashes and the security system went on,"

Claire and Shai looked at each other, they already knew.

"Yuval was cornered by the AI before it took his neck, knocking him out,"

They showed the footage of the AI, holding Yuval up and choking him out,

"How did they get the footage?"

"Because he did this on purpose,"

"To give a warning to his former controllers,"

"Yuval has been sent to the North Richmond hospital for his injuries. because of the AI,"

They went back to the two people telling their points, while not having to back their words with action, It's only the few who can back their words.

Claire and Shai listened to their argument but did not hear footsteps behind them,

"It could be a warning to them. but how would they retaliate from this?" Shai asked

"I'm not sure, Shai. there are ways for them to take this. It might be killing Yuval off, but he could still be valuable," Claire answered

A hand placed on Claire's head scaring her, she looked at the person behind her,

"Why are you guys watching cable news? Not that I assumeing anything, but Judy didn't say anything about this," Eurus interrupted

"We just wanted to see what's on, " Claire said

He glanced over at Shai, who was watching the debate on the screen. Now, he was intrigued.

"So it seems,"

Claire saw the way he was looking at Shai and was about to excuse herself to leave, but a voice called from upstairs,

"Claire, this is urgent. Get upstairs!"

"I will be right there!"

Claire looked at them both but gave Shai a knowing look before jogging to the stairs,

"What was that about?" Eurus asked

Shai felt his arm around her shoulder and gave a small smile to him, she didnt want to look suspicious,

"I'm not all-knowing,"

Eurus looked at her stunned and placed a hand on his heart, Shai playfully glared at him,

"But I thought you were dear," He joked

Shai rolled her eyes while moving his arm off of her, Shai lets out a huff, feeling her face start to burn.

"Very funny, Eurus,"

"No, but really, "

The people arguing on the screen moved to a commercial, Eurus looked at Shai, seeing her trying not to look at him, staring anywhere but him.

"There was breaking news on a lab head getting attacked,"

Eurus was about to speak, but Shai stopped him by saying,

"I knew you were behind us, Eurus. I don't have to be einstein to know that,"

He slightly pouted.

"But it would be better if I could hear you say it,"

"And why would that be?"

Eurus looked down at her with his blue eyes shining at her, Shai knew he was up to something.

"I love hearing your voice,"

Eurus smiled at her, Shai tried to keep her expression hidden from him, and so far, she had. But he could see her cheeks where pink.

"I find it pleasant,"

"Is this your way of getting information out of people, Eurus?"

"Only with you, Shai,"

A silence came over them. He stared at her wanting to see her expression, but Shai grabbed the remote, and Eurus stopped her,

"What are you doing,"

She threw him the remote, Eurus looked at her face, seeing she had her lips pursed and her brown eyes glaring at him

"You know already what happened. If you want to watch it again, I believe I don't have time for it,"

"Why do you say that?"

The television turned on by itself having a voice come out of it, they turned their attention to it,

"I didn't want her dead... They made me,"

Eurus quickly turned it off while Shai watched it before standing back up. She knew of that voice from this morning,

"He's still here?" Shai muttered

"What?" Eurus asked

Shai looked away, remembering the glitches Claire went through. She glanced down at Eurus and saw the concern fold into his eyes.

"Claire, this morning had glitches caused by the AI,"

Eurus remembers Herman touching Claire in the lab and thought nothing of it. Now he knew what the AI did. It still had a way into her mind.

"How did she get out of it?"

Shai felt a burn on her hands, and a memory of it, she rubbed her hands that weren't unnoticed by him,

"I helped her with him... Somehow,"

"I still think he has a way to get into Claire," Shai continued

"I don't see why he wouldn't, after getting into the house, finding his way into her mind in the first place,"

"Yes, but she can fight him off with my help," Shai told him,

"There was a hack into the Bates household, then the internet went down the same time,"

Judy sat there looking at her coworkers Claire stood behind her, looking at them, hearing everything.

"I didn't think it would go after him. All the misinformation on him was true?"

"You mean what I told you?" Judy interfered

They looked at Judy. She had enough of them seeing what they had turned a blind eye to. only to let people like Yuval off.

"I hope that he will be alright. However, Herman did this on purpose," Judy said

"And what do you mean by that Judy," the chairwoman asked

"The AI wanted for that to get out, to give a statement put to the one who changed him on notice."

Judy pulled out a piece of document from the North Carolina lab before Herman went on the killing spree. His creator tried to pull him back into what he was. And by that, she wrote down what they had done and who did it,

"This was written before the massacre of the lab in North Carolina, from the creator of the lab. it was barred by her employer's and the Open for the World foundation, why would they want to hide what they have done?" Judy continued

Judy read the paper,

"I have concluded that my employers of the North Carolina lab and the Open for the World Foundation have hacked into the new AI and corrupted its main objective to help humanity. They have changed it to their will. The will of the elite that lives in our society, but not by the law or the rules thereof,"

"They have programmed it away from helping us to destroying what makes us human, harming the everyday man by taking their lives away, and now with this treat now seen... I don't have what I need to change him back."

Jusy stopped she saw tear stains on the document. She heard one of the Senators tell her,

"Is something wrong?"

Judy shook her head, continuing,

"I have the document from their projected in these files. I hope to God you will find this,"

Judy placed the paper down... it still had the blood of Herman's creator on the paper, Judy picked up the document and then told the Senate,

"This is what they have done and have corrupted. They wanted the AI like this. AI intelligence believes that humanity is obsolete."

"This is what I've been warning about, and now that it tried to kill the only survivor that aggreed to the Open for the World Foundations working with them on the AI programming,"

"So he was with them?" The chairwoman asked

"Yes, he was the one that offered the AI to them,"

Judy turned to Claire behind her, then handed the papers, and Claire took the paper, scanning it. She sent it to the Senate, and they appeared in front of the Senators,

"Yuval, in his corrupt investment, started to grow with these people. The AI took what they wanted and ran with it. but not the way his programmers wanted,"

"What is that to do with this Judy?"

"I don't believe you, Judy. saying that the AI would..."

"What is it not to do with this?" Judy cut them off,

"Herman did it before the people who control Yuval did,"

A silence went over the Senate, Judy knowing what she had seen and being interrupted for this, having them question her over and over again. Telling them this, it started to burn at her.

"Miss Diamond,"

She watched the senator from Tennessee, looking at her with concern. He was reading the document that she sent with shock written in his eyes. He told her,

"I apologize for doubting you,"

Judy didn't feel better, only more aggravated. She has seen people's lives destroyed by these people and Open for the World Foundation and the other company, no one seemed to notice.

"I don't want an apology for me, I want what is right for the American people. Not for the big banks or companies, no. I want the people to be put first. That's why I'm here,"

"I understand, " He told her,

"Then Senator Diamond, who should the senate look into,"

Judy glanced over at the papers next to her, only having one thought go through her mind,

"Go after the head, "

"Max Klaus, the head of the Open for the World Foundation, should be questioned next," Judy told them,

"Why him? He hasn't been in any of this,"

Judy just laughed at them, hearing that out of the Senate should be laughable. And it is.

"So the head of the foundation who order program the AI away from its original program, causing this whole problem in the first place. Isn't it a part of it?"

They try to talk. Judy felt the frustration boil in her chest. It is a fire that could burn out of your chest.

"But why would I trust what you have given us? this could have been false information,"

They were about to say more, but Judy stopped them,

"Didn't I tell you that it's from Hermans creator,"

"Yes, but,"

"No. if you want to read what I sent, go ahead, if not believe what you want, I know one thing and it is the truth. whether or be for me or not,"