ETERNAL ORDER

ETERNAL ORDER -

 

By Justin Cancelli

Chapter 1

Thomas Reverie a well dressed man who looks no older than 45 steps off the Delta Wing B50, an enormous plane shaped like a triangle, which travels at speeds up to 1000 mph and holds over 300 passengers.  Thomas looks nervous as he fastens the top button of his black collarless shirt that matched his black sandal style shoes and black nylon cotton pants.  Any one eyeing Thomas would simply place him as a business man on his way to an important meeting.  Thomas has a dignified face with no facial hair and a strong bone structure with slick black hair.  Thomas feels comfortable in the Chicago airport Geo perhaps more comfortable than Hong Kong where he just traveled from and spent the past ten years.  Even though Thomas is fluent in Chinese he finds it refreshing to only hear English being spoken through the crowds.  After passing by numerous cameras and walking through an X Ray check point Thomas arrives at the customs office and he is given not only a thumb print scan but a eye scan as well and is asked why he has been in Hong Kong for over 10 years.  After scanning his corporate card labeled XRG Pharm Tech, his explanation became almost meaningless and after a sigh of relief Thomas headed for the exit since he didn’t have any luggage.  Thomas stops at a newsstand to pick up a newspaper, a pack of camel menthol extra strength cigarettes and some flowers.  Thomas had almost forgotten how much he missed smoking Camels since they are not available in Hong Kong.   The newspaper dated January 12, 2057 has a picture of a demolished car that exploded due to a gang related Nitro bomb.  Thomas contemplates that the lack of jobs and new drugs like morph which is smoked like opium and is stronger than heroin and diamond rock, a synthetic cocaine have made drug wars and gangs more and more of an epidemic.  These drugs and problems exist in Hong Kong at much smaller scale mostly due to their stricter laws and highly structured mafia systems where small gangs could not exist.  The underworld in China is whispered instead of flaunted like in the United States.  The flowers Thomas chose were a cross breed between a tulip and a rose and had long leaves without thorns and swirls of pink though the red rose shaped petals.   Thomas viewed these flowers as an expression of both love and friendship.  He pays for these items by simply by placing his thumb on a scanner.  After passing through a set of glass doors Thomas quickly located a taxi stand where many impatient customers stood.  Thomas got into a taxi with a rather young-looking operator.  The operator asked, “What destination should I program in sir?”   Thomas replied, “Chicago General Hospital, please.”  After programming in the destination into the auto drive computer the yellow electric car that almost looked like a tank sped away.  It uses barriers on the side of the road to enable an auto drive program.  Thomas knew this drive would take over an hour and decided to doze off on the way.  Thomas wasn’t able to fall asleep; instead his mind just replayed one of the last conversations he had with his unforgotten wife.  It took place in an office where they were waiting for a Doctor with a possible new experimental procedure for the prostate cancer Thomas had and was told was inoperable.  Instead of one of their usual countless doctor visits, two well-dressed business men entered the room in Thomas’s flashback.  When these men entered the room an aura of confidence surrounded them like they were untouchable.  They started out by letting Thomas know they knew everything about his situation and they could skip the small talk. A smile went on both Thomas and Cheryl’s face since they answered the same traditional questions over and over again with each doctor they had seen so far. These two very aloof looking business men quickly explained to them both that they would be able to cure Thomas and without any description of the procedure Thomas and Cheryl almost immediately believed them.  Then the details where explained, details, that once spoken, would change both of their lives forever.  The details are to use new techniques from stem cells to cure his disease instead of illegal regeneration medications that this organization uses also. The stem cells are used because the cancer has spread too much and are also commonly used when there is a physical injury.  Regeneration hormone therapy treatments are banned because they are considered to be steroids.  Another comment about the passage of stem cells is that they now can come from bone marrow and umbilical cords which are considered to be adult stem cells and they then can turn them into workable baby stem cells.  So with the only goal of only using baby stem cells to grow organs this breakthrough occurred and tesla coils can now turn these adult stem cells into baby stem cells.  So instead of having to get the baby stem cells from fertilized eggs which is considered to be an abortion issue they can begin with bone marrow and umbilical cords and get adult stem cells and then change them into the baby stem cells.  Most rescue missions from the Eternal Order utilize stem cell organs due to the fact that it is too late or there is not enough time to use the regeneration medications.  If one takes regeneration medication once a physical harm has been done there will be some risk.  Regeneration medications like laetrile combined with amphetamine which can stop cancer effecting the B17 pressures to the body and is a double acidic pressure to the body.

Also a general steroid regeneration medication that can allow a concept of a forever body in pile up pressures that relate the motion of the big bang in life would be Oligodeoxynucleotides.

Research about prolonging life may also lead you to a group called the illuminati that utilize more emotional style medications that effect mood

And they deal with a different style of life decisions issues that are not as medical and have their own legal issues there are a few drugs the illuminati suspension conceptual theory that also use the concept of extending life in cryogenic freezing concepts that deals with suspension medications. All of these medications use the pile up theory however the illuminati suspension medications some legal and some not legal

suspend the whole body and are not as conservative and public related

like the steroid medications.

And before you make a decision I will let you know that we are only about curing diseases to live forever we are not trying to change our mind set to

accomplish forever.  The illuminati works with rejuvenation cycles of taking

medications that are both mind and mood altering and have a lot of control to

handle physical harm issues. A broken bone could heal in an hour if on

rejuvenation medications cycles. The attributes of rejuvenation medications is

that they start to hold in the body in a monthly cycle and they are actually

resetting the body in the spin of life. 

 Surprisingly, however this was not their only major focus of their visit.  These men went on to explain details about regeneration Hormone Therapy Techniques that are also in the field of immune therapy cancer can be locked onto and attacked with the combination of laetrile and amphetamine and also other drugs in this field are regeneration medications like oligodeoxynucleotides which besides stem cells are also illegal, based on the United Nations anti steroid act and United Nations anti cloning act that addresses stem cell issues.  It almost seemed like their organization meant more to them than the prolonged life they have been given by these global unsanctioned procedures.  Cheryl and Thomas were so overwhelmed by the medical procedures it was difficult for them to hear the small details of their organizational structure.  However, the major responsibilities of the organization were laid out.  It would be entering a new country hidden in corporate offices all over the world where they would not only have to move to but completely disconnect all ties they have with their current life.   They would be given a fruitful life in return for a commitment to the Eternal Order organization and contributing to its future.   They ended their conversation by saying this is a difficult decision and might be hard to grasp and handed Cheryl and Ben (his birth name before changing identities) a card simply labeled The Eternal Order with a phone number on it.  “Please think it over and get back to us.  We would be happy to take one or both of you however what has been said here today must be kept secret regardless of your answer and we can guarantee  your word will be meaningless if you try to disobey this order.  Sorry for the threat but many lives are at stake here”.  After the men left Cheryl and Ben sat in the office in silence for a minute or two.  Cheryl’s first response was, “Are these guys for real, I believe they can do these medical techniques but the magnitude of their organization, and a possible new identity is a little unsettling.  I can’t even begin to grasp what we have just been told.  Sorry, I should just be thinking of you and a possible cure for your disease but there are a lot of implications here that I am having trouble grasping.  “I know what you mean” Ben said, “I feel like I have just been given a life and death sentence all at once.”   Ben then started to skip through his memories to a brief interlude that has recurred in his dreams repeatedly throughout the years.  This interlude had one segment that Ben could pinpoint and vividly relive were his wife, Cheryl, tells Ben in almost one brief moment that she is bearing his child and that neither she nor their unborn child will ever see him again.  This was not exactly how the conversation went, however, right now it was too painful for Thomas to relive that moment as he is preparing for the hospital visit.

 “Are you alright, sir?” asked the taxi driver, who noticed Thomas’ eyes were watering.  “Fine, how much longer?” “Almost there sir, I don’t mean to intrude, but I hope those flowers will make things better “Unless you can turn back time, I’m afraid not.”  Thomas realized he put the taxi driver in an awkward position and followed up by saying, “Thanks for asking, though.”  It was at this point Thomas used a very dangerous comment in his head classifying Cheryl as his soul mate.  Thomas has been trying to understand how he could find other women in his life and come to grips that there is no such thing as a soul mate.  Thomas still can’t get passed the notion that life is a war and Cheryl was the only

one on his side.  Thomas is unable to get Cheryl out of his heart and she will

always be family to him with or without her.  He was having all the same emotions as his thoughts took him back to when he first met her and then reality

hit when he saw the sign for the hospital.  As the taxi pulled up to the hospital entrance Thomas’ hands began to shake.  He placed his thumb on the scanner entered the tip amount and exited the taxi. Before entering the building, Thomas smoked two more cigs and then went inside to the front desk.

 

 

Chapter 2 

Thomas arrives at the hospital in Chicago to see his wife, Cheryl,

who is dying of cancer.  Thomas asks the nurse at the front desk which room Cheryl Sterling is in.  Thomas felt almost a chill run through his body when he spoke her name feeling completely uncomfortable in his own skin at the moment.  Thomas felt nervous walking through the corridor toward his lost love feeling as though he was a fraud and someone would be suspicious.  Thomas completely avoided the notion he would soon see his son he had never met, at the hospital.  Maybe he was too overwhelmed with his emotions for his wife or maybe he was too ashamed for the life his son must have grown into without him in it.  Low and behold however sitting right outside the room in a chair Thomas first glanced and saw a boy sitting in a chair. Thomas felt awkward and embarrassed that he could not identify this boy as his son, at least not at first glance.  Immediately the ice was broken when an older woman asked, “Are you here to see Cheryl?” asked Betty who Thomas knew as his mother in law.  Unlike most mother-in laws Thomas took to Betty quickly in his relationship with Cheryl and always felt she encouraged Cheryl to keep seeing him when they were first dating.  Thomas glanced into Betty’s eyes and waited for a brief moment waiting to see if she recognized him.  After he realized she didn’t he quickly gave her a pre-thought response in case of such an encounter.  “Hi, my name is Thomas and I’m an old college friend.  We went to school at Boston University together.”  “Oh, I’m shocked I haven’t heard of you,” replied Betty.  “It’s been a while and we periodically keep in touch.  Anyway, how is she doing?” Thomas asked finally in a sincere tone.  “She’s asleep right now and tomorrow we are planning to take her home since there is no more that the doctors can do.”  Thomas could tell that this news has been recent since Betty’s voice almost cracked when she spoke.  Thomas had been updated about her condition from a private investigator he previously hired, but had not had news in almost a week.  In a way Thomas didn’t get an update on purpose with an optimistic hope that when he would arrive at the hospital miraculously her cancer would have gone into remission.   Thomas felt comfortable enough with his responses to Betty that he was finally able to get a good look at the boy whom he had anticipated was his son.  A boy he had never seen before.  Thomas bypassed all etiquette and said to the boy, “You must be Noah, I’ve heard a lot about you.”  Betty quickly interjected by saying, “How rude of me this is Cheryl’s son and the light of her life but if you know Cheryl you must already know that.”  After Betty’s response Noah blushed.  Noah has dirty blond hair that lies down over his forehead.  He looks young for his age, probably smaller than most of his classmates just as Thomas had been.  Noah has blue eyes like his father.  Noah definitely has Thomas’s nose or what used to be his nose and made a hand gesture touching his nose as soon as this thought came to mind.  (Thomas sometime plays with his nose now almost like it was made out of clay.)  There is a presence about him that portrays a high level of intelligence which makes Thomas proud.  A feeling Thomas has not had in a very long time.  Thomas heard Betty ruffle through her pocket book as she began to speak,  “Thomas I know I just met you however any friend of Cheryl’s is a friend of mine and  I need to make an important phone call which they don’t allow in hospitals.  Is there any way you can look after Noah for a brief moment while I go outside.”  Betty seemed a lot older as she said this and Thomas could tell that age has made her a lot more trusting or maybe she just sensed something in him.  Almost embarrassed by her possible false sense of trust, Thomas replied, “No problem,” with a sense of dignity showing Betty she could trust him.  The moment Betty left, Thomas’ entire demeanor had changed, and he felt the enormous weight of his deceitfulness as his focus was now on Noah, the son he had long ago abandoned. Based on the reports Thomas received from the private investigator Thomas had a basic description of where Noah went, what his interests were and how he was doing in school.  However, Thomas could not get a feel of his son from the paper reports.  Thomas almost carried out this conversation to a “T” in his head however he found himself fumbling for words once he looked into his son’s eyes.   Thomas planned to start the conversation lightly but Thomas being blunt as usual immediately gave Noah his condolences about his father’s death and said he had a chance to meet him and said he was a great man.  Noah accomplished two things by this statement.  He managed to lie right away, and, bring up Noah’s father’s “staged” death; two things he was trying not to do.   Noah seemed to respond to Thomas’s comment in a manner that gave Thomas an idea that both Cheryl is doing an excellent job raising Noah and Noah showed great pride in his implanted memory of Ben his father.  During the duration of their conversation Thomas felt comfortable getting this out of the way.  And even though Thomas was completely fraudulent in his description of himself he tried to connect as many aspects of himself in his description of his life.  Thomas also tried to focus the conversation on Noah’s life and his trials and tribulations at this time in his life.

Betty then came back into the hospital and Thomas, after a brief pause said goodbye to them both and entered his unforgotten wife’s room, to whom he had not spoken to in years ever since he joined the eternal order.   The room was plain with just Cheryl’s bed in the middle of it with a television near the wall across from her.  Cheryl occupied the room alone and looked very sick with tubes coming out of her body.  Thomas could hardly recognize her with her hair gone due to the chemotherapy.  Thomas was a little nervous seeing her not knowing what to expect.  Cheryl had begun to wake from her sleep and was startled to see Thomas who she knew as Ben, her husband.  “Oh my god, is it really you?”

exclaimed, Cheryl.  “Yeah, I couldn’t stay away,” replied Thomas.  “Do they know you’re here,” asked Cheryl.  “No I had to slip away to see you,” responded Thomas.  “I hope you don’t get in trouble.  If you are here to try to persuade me to join the Eternal Order you’re wasting your time.  Look at you, they altered your face and are probably making you perform the most ungodly acts.  That’s not the life for me.  I have lived a fruitful life and now its time for me to transition into the after life whatever that may be.”  “Cheryl you know I could convince them to help you.  With one phone call I could have a brand new organ for you and this cancer would be removed from your body and your life.  How could you say no to that?” asked Thomas.  “Ben, God has declared that it is my time to go by giving me this cancer and what you have to offer doesn’t appeal to me.  Look at your life hiding from society leaving all your loved ones, you might as well be dead yourself,” remarked Cheryl with a stern tone.  “But I’m not dead, the cancer has been removed and I’m still leading a fruitful life which you are about to deny for yourself.  I understand why you had to leave me before to raise Noah, our son, but if you’re going to be leaving Noah anyway why not come with me and we can pick up where we left off,” said Thomas.  “Listen Ben, my decision is final.  Your fountain of youth given to you by the Eternal Order just leads to a life of secrecy and lies. Now can we talk about something else?  Believe it or not I miss you and would like to know how your life has been,” exclaimed Cheryl.  “Fine, but his conversation is not finished.  What is Noah like, how has it been raising him without me?” asked Thomas.  “Noah is wonderful.  He’s smart, funny, outgoing, and he excels at everything he does,” said Cheryl who was then interrupted by a sound and turned around to look towards the far corner of the room.   The sound Cheryl heard came from Noah who exclaimed, “Why didn’t you tell me.”  Noah seemed to be listening to their entire conversation and ran out of the room in tears.  Thomas and Cheryl looked at each other not knowing how this information would affect Noah their son possibly forever. Their conversation then began to dwindle down with their minds absorbed on what just has occurred with Noah.  They both decided to avoid the subject feeling guilty about the lies they told Noah and Thomas left with a heavy heart.

After the hospital visit Thomas traveled to a hotel room which was about a mile away, but still in the city of Chicago.  Thomas walked into a more expensive hotel called the Camelot and paid for his room.  Thomas knew that once he paid for his room the Eternal Order would have an opportunity to locate him due to the thumbprint payment he made.  Thomas tried to fool himself by saying they would never notice him missing or locate him, but deep down inside he knew their presence was approaching.  Thomas was escorted to his room by a bellhop and was anxious to get some privacy where he could contemplate the irrational decisions he had made that day.  Thomas decided to order some food from room service to go with his gin and tonic that he found in the mini bar in his room.  Thomas called and asked for a rigatoni for an entrée.  Thomas found an unusual looking glass to pour his Gin and Tonic in that was hanging from a shelf at the mini-bar.  The wine glass had a shimmer of silver and gold that swirled through the glass rim giving it a metallic look and Thomas reflected that it had an old fashion religious look to it almost like a chalice.  Thomas sat on the sofa and found himself thinking more of Noah that of his wife.  Thomas started thinking of a future with Noah that he could have once Noah becomes older and possibly a member of the Eternal Order.  He also could not stop thinking of what would happen once the Eternal Order found him.  It was like two opposing futures coming to a climax.  And when Thomas heard the door he almost wanted it to be his food as much as and end to this yearning to be found.  Once he opened the door and after a flash of paralyzing light Thomas hit the ground.

 

Chapter 3

 

About roughly 15 years later Noah has successfully finished med school and is currently working as a doctor at Colombia hospital in NYC.   Noah still has an innocent look to his face although he felt the weight of Thomas’ visit all of his life and between his mother’s death and his longing to be like his father Noah decided to work in the medical field.   Noah works fast in his rounds at the hospital but always finds time to have chats with his patients.  Noah is an honest doctor but there were a few circumstances where he had to break the rules to do what was right for the patient, like writing down an exaggeration diagnosis so the insurance company will pay this is not much of an ethical line but Noah feels there is room to balance out what could cost more later if something goes wrong.  Noah respects the importance of good financial decisions that are the best for everyone but knows there are exceptions and insurance companies don’t always make the right decisions.  Noah seems to always take a step back to see the overall picture before making decisions concerning his patients, accounting for all the variables including how the patient feels.  Spending time with some of the younger patients is very fulfilling to Noah and today is yet another example of this.  Noah enters a young boys’ hospital room, and stands to the side of the patients’ bed bowing his head with a look of despair.  The boy’s name is Greg and is completely bald due to the chemotherapy treatments and the cancer that invades his body.  Greg seems full of life at the present moment and Noah could tell there is a lot of love left in him.  Noah adjusts Greg’s med levels while Greg begins to wake up from his sleep.  An instant smile comes from Greg’s face once he sees Noah to his right. Confused by Noah’s position Greg asks, “Is everything alright?”  Noah keeps to himself the constant conflict that lies within him of the possible existence of better treatments if not cures that the Eternal Order may hold and reflects upon the barbaric method of chemotherapy.  Greg particularly affects Noah more since he also grows up without a father.  Noah replies to Greg by saying, “I’m fine, I just wanted to see how you were feeling.”   “I’m as best as can be expected,

replied Greg every day when I wake I it hits me that I have cancer all over again and then my next thought is always about God.”  “Well I’m sure your future might seem scary but you should put a little more faith in God just like God has faith in you.”  Greg replies by saying, “I know your right it’s just hard sometimes.” 

            There is a thunderstorm brewing over Colombia Hospital where Noah can be seen exiting.  Noah has just finished seeing Greg and has spiraled into an unpredictable mood.  Whenever Noah relates to patients at any sort of level his undefined morality and conception of life mostly due to his vague notion of the Eternal Order is brought out.  However this day Noah’s mixed emotions bubbled into a conversation with a fellow doctor; a friend named Jacob.  Jacob perhaps pushed a few buttons to get Noah to reveal what Jacob perceived to be a long awaited secret or dark past that Noah has been hiding.  Noah accepted his decision to tell Jacob his knowledge of the Eternal Order and started to describe to Jacob in a well thought out manner the entire hospital scene where he encountered Thomas. Noah also included in his story that he saw Thomas; his believed to be father, wearing an unusual item around his neck.  It looked like a necklace with a symbol on it that from far away looked like a hand with an eye on the palm and a sun in the background.  After years of reflection, Noah believed it might be a symbol representing the Eternal Order’s war on trying to extend life.  By the end of the story Noah made sure to get a good read on Jacobs’ reaction to see if he believes him and when Jacob responded,  “I believe your right,. Thomas is probably your father.”  It reassured Noah that they were on the same page.  After addressing Noah’ personal relationship to the Eternal Order Jacob’s reaction turned into an almost appalled look.   Having complete confidence and faith in Noah’s word Jacob next response was, “You hear about conspiracies like this all your life and some of them you try to disregard as simply your paranoia, but deep down inside you know some of these thoughts might turn out to be real and the complete halt medical research has taken I always thought this possibility was one of them.  I am glad you told me Noah.  “When I think of the patients that died on me during my entire work existence I cringe to think I am like a stage show performing prehistoric procedures and holding hands with the unfortunate ones while they die.  Jacob who has an exceptional feeling of empathy and sympathy also inquired with Noah on how he has managed all these years to not only not reveal this information but continue medicine.  Noah in return started to explain how his work in 3^rd world countries gave him hope and made him actually feel like a real doctor since prehistoric measures available to doctors and patents actually make a difference in countries where economic conditions only allow such measures.  Noah then went on to say that roughly five years ago I was able to quit medicine in the United States and then decided to go to Ethiopia where the tragic economic conditions were the evil entity instead of withholding information.  And when I came back I seemed to connect both issues as simply the conditions I must work in.  However I am slowly finding out that this rationalization are not enough for me.  Every once in a while when I browse the internet it gets to me too much and I have made several donations to both doctors without boarders as well as agencies that bring economic life back to third world countries.  I also have been investigating the regulations concerning corporate research and development disclosure laws.  Unfortunately any time I read a legal document I get dizzy.  “Well I’m glad to see your rationalizations are not holding up to your conscious,” said Jacob. The economic problems of this world are one thing but now we have a chance to make a significant difference with this other major travesty.  I hate to say this but since your still alive it means they either know your father came to see you and they will ask you to become a member later or don’t know at all what your father has told you.  Since he went to see your mother my bet is with them not knowing at all which gives us both an advantage and an opportunity to attack this problem using stealth tactics.  “Wow, hold your horses their bucko,” Noah exclaimed.   It sounds like your turning our problem into a military mission instead of just a research project which so far I have unsuccessfully found almost nothing.  “I’m sorry it sounds that way but you must accept the seriousness of this problem and the potential dangers of an organization that allows people to die before their time only to keep their selfish desires to live longer.  This organization is our enemy and any actions we take must be secret due to the dangers.  I know a lot about this since I have friends in the CIA.  “You just heard about this issue ten minutes ago and already you’re talking about a stealth mission.  Is this Jacob I have been working with for the past five years?”

 

Chapter 4

The tribunal headquarters of the Eternal Order is where the founders convene.  According to rumors not all tribunal members are from the elder generation of the order, however they periodically check in with the elders with any serious decisions that need to be made.  The Eternal Order is located mostly all through the country of Venezuela and they are so integrated with the government and press of Venezuela that both visitors and the common citizens of the country have no knowledge of their existence.  The founders happen to own many corporations and have strong political ties through Venezuela and therefore most of the Eternal Orders’ infrastructure lies there however a corporation labeled XRG a conglomerate pharmaceutical corporation has sites all over the world and conduct regular business activities as well as covert recruitment and stabilization of their global medical techniques along with keeping their secrecy.  Another reason for Venezuela as their home base is the new species of plant life that are found on equator based countries still to this day hoping for medical and pharmaceutical advancements.  The Headquarters of the Eternal Order might be expected to look classy with a feel of an old lawyers’ office meeting room however the younger generation changed it to a much more technological looking like room with an almost space age type feel.  In the room there are enormous plasma TV’s along with 3D Holographic TV’s in the center of their round meeting table and by the front of the room used mostly for data.  Right now one hologram has a standard rotating globe image showing the Eternal Orders locations all over the world which is growing constantly.  The center piece of the table is used for holographic video conferencing mostly.  The tribunal meets once a week and discusses everything from privacy threats, general threats, state of financial affairs and recruiting techniques and decisions.  The tribunal has just finished wrapping up a meeting by choosing five more candidates; this time only one new member has political ties with the order.  This person is a president of a supplier to XRG and became close to many members of the order already.  The rest of the decisions where based on pure merit.  Two of them promising research doctors graduating top of their class.  Although the order started out only recruiting people dying of terminal diseases they have now altered their rules to accommodate younger minds and thinkers better equipped with the newer sciences and trends facing the world today.  One of the other newly selected members had no particular trades that the Eternal Order needed however being much older he accumulated a lot of wealth and the order sometimes uses that alone in replacement of labor as an asset and recruitment basis for new members.  The last member recruited was the largest donator to an anti aging treatment and cancer research website on one of the Eternal Orders secret strategically placed charity corporations and was recruited since the order is trying to recruit on a more altruistic and karmatic basis.   The founders or the tribunal meet every week and their recruiting practices are discussed mostly as rumors through the ranks of the order.  Although it is no secret about how they recruit besides their altruistic website locations some feel that there are more political ties than what is being brought to the table.  All members are assumed equal in this process and every 3 months at least twenty names are chosen that go through a rigorous personal and computer based standards.  At this time most of the candidates are all worthy and the question is not who, but how many. 

“You know sometimes I forget that these are peoples’ lives we are playing with.  I feel like if I make one negative comment about any one candidate I could have just given that person a death sentence,” said Kate as she got up, shaky as usual, from the round table.  Kate the daughter of one of the original founders gets away with more frank spoken outbursts than most.  Kate is wearing by far the most casual outfit out of all the members wearing a purple sweat suit today.  Kate looks extremely young for her age and has a beautiful figure for a thirty five year old.  Kate has also secretly been genetically altered, unlike any other member of the order.  She is starting to age so slowly that people are starting to raise suspicions.  As the others members walk though the doors of the meeting room most give Kate a simple gesture or nod since by far she is the most powerful person in the room.  One word from her to the elders club more specifically her father who is one of the initial founding fathers and any one of the tribunal could be out on their ass as long as there is decent support for a wrong doing.  Kate however holds her power well and is known to be very sweet and also nice when she is not talking business.  Doug is the only one in the room that knows Kate has become genetically altered and secretly calls her wonder woman and even more secretly they have a sexual relationship that is blossoming into a traditional marriage.  Doug is hansom for a 30 year old and actually only looks 25 which is the age he started receiving hormone therapy anti age treatments called regeneration medications.  Kate looks 18 years old and some people are starting to wonder if she has been secretly given some other type of therapy that makes her look so young not knowing she actually has been genetically altered.  Doug loves to play the devils advocate in their relationship and in their business talks usually conducted at lunch after the business meeting when Kate is known to be most emotional about the subject.  Doug usually tries to give her counter points about her idealistic hopes on how soon and why the Eternal Order will be a house hold name in the health care industry assuming the Eternal Order will be globalize and their secrets revealed to the world.  Doug replied to Kate’s negative comment about recruiting in the Order with, “Well you know we go though the complete list of the people not chosen and we recruit 10 more names at the end of the 3 month cycle.”  “I know replied Kate, I just feel awkward sometimes”   “The tribunal is expected to make godly decisions, said Kate.  How are we able to live up to such standards?” asked Kate.  Doug replied, “We do the best we can with the resources we have.  And we try to be honest with ourselves and others as we make these important recruiting decisions.  My worry is more about keeping the secrecy of the Eternal Order.”  “I know how you feel it is almost we are snow balling out of control by the size we are getting,” said Kate.  Doug replied, “I wish resources were better and we have an opportunity to go public.  This way everyone would have an opportunity to receive these treatments.  However, due to global economic conditions, government regulation and anti–cloning groups it is just not possible.  Many people don’t even know that cloning and steroid hormone and immune treatments are the issues here. 
“You’re preaching to the choir,” said Kate.

 

Chapter 5

Noah walks into a local bar near the hospital Friday night for what would normally be his weekend date with Faith and to meet up with his friends.  Noah is wearing a preppy style outfit with khakis and a flannel dress shirt and hiking type sneakers.  Noah is planning to meet Faith his girlfriend, Jacob his friend Paul Binary the ex-CIA agent tonight.  Noah is a little nervous that his past is going to be revealed at the bar table, but still tries to stay positive in hopes that some good will come out of this meeting with Paul.  Late as usual, Noah notices that Jacob, Paul and Faith are already sitting at the table. The bar has live bands that will start around 10 pm and right now the crowd is still small.  Usually the band is either blues or classical rock; a mixture of classical instruments playing to rock rhythms.  The bar has a comfortable feel to it with sofa seating next to the walls and candle lit tables throughout the floor.  There is also a small dance area near the stage.  Faith and Jacob were just about to hear Paul speak of his occupation and reason for leaving the CIA when Noah arrived.  Jacob introduced Faith as Noah’s girlfriend however it was quite noticeable that introduction was needed to make her fit in with a crew of guys.  Faith was a tom-girl at a young age and turned into more independent and well spoken women through college.  Now Faith is a doctor in medical research.  Faith shows a nice balance of showing genuine charisma but not flirting which makes Noah feel more comfortable when they are in groups.  Noah’s life is now in the hands of his friends and Paul ready to see what may come of Paul’s recommendations.  Paul introduced himself to Noah and began to describe his past to them all.  Paul explained he left the CIA out of complete disgust with his abilities to accomplish anything “real”.  He felt as if he was a puppet for political intentions and the more he learned about how people operated in high power communities like the military, politics and the high corporate world he realized he’d rather utilize his inherited wealth for fund raising and working with getting aid to impoverished countries since he had a chance to visit many of them at work.  Paul then shifted his attention to the matter at hand by first asking Noah and the others what they wanted to accomplish from this new found information of the existence of the eternal order and also specified that he had not come across their existence at work but they shouldn’t be alarmed by that because there are a lot of things that were not revealed to them concerning global secrets.  Paul also said he had resources to find out more.  Noah was the first to speak up by saying,” I would like to find out more about the order and if possible see how my father is doing before any confrontation occurs or any traveling is deemed necessary.  “That sounds reasonable, remember you are probably going to be up against a cult type organization that seems to have a lot of power the way they are described and it’s better to start out as safe as possible,  replied Paul.  Noah continued the conversation by saying, “I first need more facts before I make one of our goals to expose the Eternal Order to the world, however as of now I am pretty disappointed in their secrecy and have been very uncomfortable as a doctor not knowing if there are better medical practices available and I also feel like a puppet for ‘political power house communities’.”   I also would love the opportunity to reunite with my father and I feel that has been a missing chapter in my life.”  Faith and Jacob nodded their heads agreeing with Noah’s conclusion on the matter. Paul then said, “Why don’t we start out slow and I will give you each some research tasks along with untraceable laptops and databases to utilize and research more about the eternal order.”  We do not know what we are up against and it is better to be safe then sorry and I feel we need to be extra cautious about exposing our research. 

 

 

Chapter 6

The selection process of the Eternal Order starts out with the tribunal and moves on towards recruitment and extraction from normal life for the individuals chosen.  Today, the eternal order is working on extracting a potential new member named James Richter.  James is an older gentleman chosen mostly for his unlimited wealth which he can contribute and also because he has a terminal disease.  This wealth can be used from everything from maintaining the orders’ existence to helping recruit what some might feel to be more merit worthy individuals.  Once the tribunal declares a new member an extraction team is then assigned to meet the new member and take them through any necessary medical procedures, which includes stem cell treatments, hormone and immune therapy treatments, plastic surgery, relocation, and integration into the Eternal Order.  Since James colon cancer is starting to spread through out his body, time is of the essence.  The extraction team is made up of members carefully chosen to make James integration into the Order as easy as possible.  The first assignment is to meet with James the candidate and let James know about how the Order works and to offer him membership for life.  James resides in London, England, in an enormous house and lives alone.  James made his wealth in real estate and owns several apartment buildings and commercial proprieties.  James got cancer about four months ago and was just about to start chemotherapy however not if the eternal order can reach him first.  The extraction team contacted James by phone and let him know that they had an

experimental new procedure that has been well tested but has not been approved yet by most governments and offered to meet him at one of their XRG Pharm Tech offices in London .  James agreed to the meeting as they knew he probably would.  The room where the initial contact is made is set up to look more like a business meeting room.  The conversations that took place are simply a laid out description of the Eternal order which includes their structure and medical procedures.  James as predicted took to them immediately and was a team player from the start immediately offering his financial earnings of his life for his life.  The extraction team humbly accepted his offerings and started making arrangements to fake James’ death and integrate his assets into the order through one of their charities.  Basically James was to donate and leave in his will his assets to a chapter of the Eternal Order once his death had been recorded.  James was a little uneasy about changing his name and leaving the country but he knew this is what he had to do to survive.  At the final meeting between James and the extraction team made up of three individuals; Stacy, Dave, and Mike, James went over the final details of how they were going to fake his death and transfer him to one of their medical facilities.  Stacy, Dave, and Mike who comprise of the extraction team all look in their mid forties and are now sitting with James in the same XRG Pharm Tech room where they first agreed to admit James into the Eternal Order.  Stacy is wearing a business woman’s’ attire with a purple blouse and black billowed dress pants.  Dave and Mike are wearing typical dress shirts and ties with no jackets, not looking too formal.  James is sitting across the table from them wearing a golf t shirt and casual slacks.  James asked to go over one more time the transition from faking his death to the new life he was going to be given.  Stacy looked at James and responded, “It’s simple, we will have one of our doctors declare you deceased and sign all corresponding documentation.  From that point on you can no longer be seen as James Richter.    We will take you to one of our medical labs and not only cure your cancer, but change your facial appearance to give you a new identity.  And later on we will start giving you hormone and immune therapy treatments to prevent you from aging any more.  I know the facial changing aspect and new identity sounds harsh but it is necessary to guarantee your secrecy and our secrecy.”  “It sounds simple, but the whole idea of changing my facial appearance sounds scary.  What would I do once the procedures have been conducted?” asked James.  Mike answered, “It would be like being hired by a new company.  You would be expected to perform corporate activities just like everyone else to keep our organization above water sort to speak.”  “Since you have enormous wealth being brought to the table and you are older than most you will most likely be given less formal duties than most,” answered Dave.  “At first you would be expected just to enjoy your new given life and will be given a new residence in Venezuela or another country depending on where the tribunal sees fit.  This residence will not be as big as your accustomed to, but I’m sure you will find it adequate considering the new body you have been given,” replied Dave again.  “Welcome aboard,” replied Stacy, “I’m sure you’ll enjoy the ride.”

 

 

Chapter 7

 

Noah and Faith decided to get together to conduct research on the Eternal Order.  With their new laptops and list of databases used for research, given to them by Paul, they decided to get together at Faith’s apartment.  Noah came over Faith’s at around 6pm after work and they decided to have dinner first.  Faith who has been Noah’s girlfriend for about two months now made Noah’s favorite dinner which was pasta and a salad.  Her apartment was crowded with nick knacks and was decorated like an older women’s taste it seems.  Noah loved coming there feeling right at home.  Faith was dressed rather provocatively wearing what looked like a slip that she would wear to bed.  She then told Noah, I hope you don’t mind this outfit.  “Not at all, please, the less you wear the better,” Noah responded.  Faith giggled a little bit but knew Noah would like what she was wearing almost begging for a bedroom encounter that was sure to come it seemed.  But first, business was in order.  They connected their laptops to the internet database and were on their way researching the Eternal Order and anything they could find.  They decided to first start researching any opposing groups on the web that were anti-genetic altering and cloning which is used by the stem cell procedures and hormone and immune therapy procedures of the Eternal Order.  “I always knew these techniques were still being used despite the government regulation, but I never thought of the implications it meant,” remarked Faith.  “These techniques are completely over writing  everything we do as doctors and I cannot believe it is kept secret,” replied Noah.  “And my father is one of the people conducting them.”    “Don’t be ashamed of your father, I’m sure he feels he’s doing what’s right,” replied Faith.  “Any luck finding anything?” asked Noah.  “I see one religious group here,” responded Faith.  “It looks like they are possibly connected to the Vatican and are called the Psion.  They seem to be against a lot of things like abortion, cloning, and genetic altering.  It’s just a lot of non specific ideas though.  I don’t see any mention of any particular groups that they are against on this web site.”   “I tried researching the Eternal Order’s name just to see if we got lucky and nothing came up,” said Noah.  “Maybe we should try another tactic,” said Faith.  “How about researching the progress the medical communities is making in terms of the legal implications,” said Noah.   It also says that since they can transform adult stem cells to baby stem cells there is no need to use fertilized eggs which is an abortion issue and they can just use bone marrow and umbilical cords,” said Faith.  “I don’t think your going to see anyone advertising that they are conducting illegal experiments,” replied Noah.  “Most data we will find will be before the anti-cloning anti genetic altering and anti steroid acts came about.”  “Anyway I’m sure you know a lot about this since you’re in medical research, right?” asked Noah.  “Not as much as you’d think.  I’m researching other techniques aside from stem cells that use pharmaceuticals instead of created human body parts.  Regeneration medications are probably a bigger aspect of the Eternal Order since they are used for all disease and the stem cells are just used if physical harm has occurred to the body or if the disease has spread too much.  “It’s nice working together.  I like researching with you.  It beats the small talk at dinner,” said Noah.  “Are you saying I bore you,” replied Faith.  “No it’s just nice to have a topic for our discussions as important as our work, and to have something we can relate to.  You know what I mean,” said Noah.  “Yeah, I do.  Speaking about relating, I feel like the bed is calling us.  How about you?” asked, Faith.  Noah and Faith put down their laptops and strolled over to the bedroom.  Faith lit some candles and let her slip glide off her body revealing beautiful curves.  Noah clumsily got out of his outfit and began to kiss Faith.  Once in each others arms they fell onto the bed and made love. 

 

Chapter 8

After James Richter agreed to all the details of faking his death he then went on to the plan conducted by Stacy, Dave, and Mike, the extraction team.  After forging all certificates corresponding to his death and reassigning his will to a chapter of the Eternal Order, James boarded a plane with the extraction team headed to Venezuela where James would receive a cure for his disease, start receiving hormone and immune therapy treatments and change his facial appearance.  James has never been to Venezuela or any Spanish speaking country and was quite nervous of what was laid out ahead of him.  James packed only what was necessary to start a new life letting go of a lot of the things that he had been accustomed to knowing it was worth it for the life he was about to receive.  The plane trip was long and nerve racking for James who was calmed down by Stacy during most of the ride with reassuring comments saying that everything was going to be alright.  When they arrived in Venezuela the land was beautiful with jungle like forests surrounding the airport.  James got off the plane with the extraction crew and immediately boarded a green SUV style car that was not electric, but used gasoline like the older cars of the world.  Once they got in the SUV they headed straight for their medical lab located about one hour away from the airport.  The ride to the medical lab was through some of the local towns of Venezuela that looked much like suburbs of a US city except the houses where much smaller.  James peeked through the window of the SUV witnessing the local citizens of Venezuela walking through the streets.  Since the plane landed in Caracas these towns were still very populated just like the city.  Finally the SUV made it to the medical lab where James got out of the SUV and walked into the lab.  The lab was a beautiful building with glass architecture on all sides, with the name XRG Labs written on a sign on the outside of the building.  Once inside the building James was escorted to a patient’s style room where the beginning of his stem cell treatments would be conducted starting with removing stem cells from his own bone marrow and gathering DNA from his body.  The procedure involves using his stem cells to grow a new organ more specifically a new colon for James using DNA from his own body.  James is grateful for this new opportunity considering the alternative of chemotherapy that he almost went through which would expose his body to radiation that would questionably only prolong his life a few more years that also has been regulated since it is heard that combinations of radiation therapy and chemotherapy using some sort of wax base has also been labeled as a genetically altering technique and is illegal also, so once again another progress in the medical community has been banned. instead of completely replacing his organ with a brand new organ that would give him a new life without any sign of cancer.  And the promise of hormone and immune therapy treatments after this procedure could even prolong his natural life cycle by stopping any diseases.  James was explained that the hormone curve in the human body decreases with age and these hormone therapy treatments affect the balance of the body’s hormone curve prolonging life however it seems to be more of a response style to stop disease that one group called the Illuminati holds the rejuvenation medications concepts to their lives that are more of a direct link to not aging however they alter who you are and your mind and mood.  However first things first and that is to grow and replace James colon consequently removing his cancer.  James sat in the patient’s lab style room waiting to be seen by a doctor completely placing his life in the promises made to him by the extraction team.  Stacy stopped by the room to say good bye and walked into the room and said, “I just wanted to wish you the best of luck.  You’re in good hands here and the rest of the extraction team and I will leave you here to get better and once your procedures are finished I’ll be able to tell you more about where the tribunal decides to locate you, and what will be expected of you.  For now though, just relax and let the doctors do what they know best and soon you’ll be back on your feet with a new organ and new life.  I wish you the best and we’ll see you soon.”

 

 

Chapter 9

 

Paul decided to have Noah, Faith, and Jacob over his house to go over what they found through their research and to formulate a plan on how to proceed.  Paul lived in a suburban town in New Jersey called Ridgewood not too far from the George Washington Bridge that boarder New York and New Jersey.  Since, Noah, Faith, and Jacob live in New York and Noah was the only one that had a car, Noah decided to take Faith and Jacob to New Jersey where Paul resided.  Noah owned a black Lexus which was electric that also had a navigating system which allowed drivers to drive hands free most of their routes. Most cars today are electric allowing huge reductions in pollution and no dependence on gasoline.  Once Noah picked up Faith and Jacob they headed over the bridge to New Jersey using the electronic navigating system.  It was quiet in the car since the tension was high considering they did not know where Paul was going to lead them next.  Jacob decided to wait before sharing what he found researching until they got to Paul’s house so he wouldn’t have to repeat himself.  He simply told Noah and Faith that he spent time researching the Eternal Order and found some interesting things out.  Noah and Faith said they were not as fortunate concerning their research.  Even though Noah stopped researching he was still determined to continue this process of finding his father and finding out more about the Eternal Order.  Once they arrived at Paul’s house the three of them got out of the car and knocked on Paul’s door.  Paul answered almost immediately expecting the three of them.  Paul was anxious to see what they found out and move on to the next phase of this proposed mission.  The four of them headed to Paul’s basement where he had some refreshments waiting for them.  Paul’s house was both beautiful and enormous and sits on top of a hill in Ridgewood.  Faith commented on how nice the inside of Paul’s house looked and said, “It must be nice to be rich.”  “I don’t consider myself rich said Paul, but I have been fortunate enough to be left a lot of money from my family, but I try to put it to good use and not use it too selfishly.  Would you like some refreshments?” asked Paul.  “Sure,” replied all three of them who immediately dug into the cocktails and drinks sitting out over by the bar.  There was an assortment of chips, dips, vegetables, beer and soda sitting out by the bar.  Paul sat down at the table by the bar and offered the three of them a seat.  The three of them gathered their plates and drinks and went to the table.  Noah decided to speak first to tell the others what he found researching.  He went on to explain what Faith and him had researched.  He explained that they were unsuccessful at finding out anything new or any data at all concerning the Eternal Order.  Noah then went on to explain that they researched the Eternal Order and other stem cell organizations and other steroid organizations as well as any opposing groups of stem cells, cloning, genetic altering and steroids.  We were able to find out data on how stem cells and steroids are used medically but no organizations that were using them.  “It’s tough.” replied Paul.  “I didn’t expect the Eternal Order to be advertised on the web and knew you would most likely only find out background information like what you just explained.”  “How did your research go?” asked Paul to Jacob sitting quietly listening to everyone.  Jacob went on to say, “I researched the same things Noah and Faith did with similar successes.  However I also found more government regulation information.  I also have an idea that maybe we should contact some of these anti-stem cell organizations or anti steroid organizations that we found in hopes they might have more information than what their web sites reveal.”  “That sounds like a good idea, but maybe you should first hear what I found out and my idea on how to bring the Eternal Order out in the open,” said Paul.  “I contacted some of my old CIA friends to see if they had any information or news about this organization.  After speaking to a few friends I unfortunately did not find out any location or any news about the Eternal Order.  Due to the more serious threats in the world today my responses were similar that they had more serious tasks to consider in the world today than organizations growing organs illegally to save people’s lives especially if they are located in other countries.  They responded how easy it would be to conduct these medical practices in some of the more easy going countries that have corrupt governments that condone or over look such things like medical practices or even drug running and processing.  In some of these countries money can buy almost anything and that includes guaranteeing an organization’s secrecy.  One of Paul CIA friends specifically said, “I’m sure as they continue to grow and become more powerful they will cross over with some other assignment of ours.  Probably when they start cloning humans or genetically altering babies, but as for organs even though it is considered cloning we just don’t have the time or resources to globally have a hold on such medical procedures and the same goes for steroids.   I also feel that this might be a transition for our world and one day once economic conditions change, and resources and political tensions change we might allow such measures to exist.  It’s hard to deny people what they want especially when large populations of people are in demand for it.  Just like with drugs; tobacco and alcohol that have been made legal or decriminalized just because of the high demand for them.  Things could also change and the continuation of these labs might force the government to give soft punishments and penalties for these acts just like how drug penalties are so mild and are decriminalized.  Or possibly even further down the line it might be legal only in some states like abortion.  But for now with people’s high fear of cloning and genetic altering and also the high expense of these procedures it would be difficult to make this legal.  My best recommendation would be to draw them to you the same way they recruit more members or hire more doctors.”  Paul finished his dialog of what his friend had said and began to say, “And it was from this last statement that I was able to draw up a plan of action that I’d like to speak to you about.  This plan is high risk and involves a lot of your time, but I see no other way.”  “What is the plan?” asked Noah.  “It would be to set up a front for a lab that showed significant medical results that the Eternal Order would be interested in.  We would use this lab to draw them to us.  Basically we would report fraudulent research data through the medical communities in hopes that the Eternal Order would contact us.  I believe the Eternal Order is probably recruiting as many good doctors as they can with the high demand for their medical procedures as they grow.  They would find out about our research and try to contact us or in the worst case scenario ambush our labs gathering our data.  They might also try to both recruit us and gather our data.  Faith, it is my understanding that you’re in medical research,” said Paul.  “No way,” exclaimed Noah who went on to say, “You are not going to use Faith as bait.  Who knows what these people are capable of doing.”  Faith then turned to Noah and said, “This is not such a bad idea since we have been so unsuccessful at finding them.  I could gather this fictitious data for us and station this at the lab waiting for contact with the Eternal Order.  I don’t think they are going to kill me, just try to recruit me.  I’m sure I could figure out what kind of research that would appeal to them and publicize it accordingly.”  “I would finance this lab too along with a surveillance unit that would keep a close eye on her.  This is the only way,” Paul exclaimed.  “You heard what my friends at the CIA said.  If this group is located in another country it would be next to impossible to find them.”  Jacob responded to Paul’s comments by saying, “This is a lot of work and more than what I had expected.  I was hoping we could gather this data anomalously.”  “Me too,” said Noah.  “Why are you willing to finance this?” asked Noah to Paul avoiding any further talk about Faith being used as bait.  “I haven’t had anything exciting happen to me in a while and this seems like a good cause.  Ever since I left the CIA my life has been boring and I still miss the excitement even though I don’t miss the politics of it.  I feel the mission is safe and would meet our goals,” replied Paul.  “Speaking about goals, what do you plan to do once we contact the Eternal Order,” asked Jacob?  “Well we will have an advantage on them with the surveillance data we will get and I feel we will have bargaining power with the recorded data that they exist and have contacted one of our doctors hopefully explaining their procedures.  Once we gather this data we could have a formal meeting with them so maybe you can find out about your father Noah and also we can find out about their intentions about the future and about the procedures their conducting.  I don’t necessarily want to shut them down by taking our information to a government, but would like to find out more about their genetic altering and cloning practices,” said Paul.  “I agree.  I don’t want to shut them down either not as long as they are not hurting people and are conducting their practices in an ethical manner.  I believe though that none of us can decide how we want to react to this organization until we gather more data on them,” said Kate.  Paul then went to say, “If we were to do this we would have to set up the lab in another country where the corporate laws are not as strict as they are here in the U.S.”  What country were you thinking of,” asked Jacob.  “London, England is a country we could accomplish this in.  I know for a fact that we will be able to conduct our work there since London is a well known city in the world it also increases our chances of being located.  There are a lot of labs and medical advancements that come from Europe more specifically London and we will have a good opportunity there.  You will each have to take a leave of absence from work for at least a month if you are prepared to take this venture.  I know this is a lot to ask, but it is necessary if we want to accomplish what we are setting out to do,” said Paul.  “I can’t believe I’m thinking about leaving work for a month to do this.  I know it’s my father we are trying to locate, but I just thought it was going to be a lot easier,” said Noah.  “It’s more than just locating your father.  I feel that if we can reveal to the world how successful this group is at saving people’s lives we can change the world’s stance on stem cells and hormone and immune therapy treatments forever.  That is at least my viewpoint,” said Jacob.  “I think we all have lot to think over, here.  Why don’t you each get some sleep on it and get back to me,” said Paul.

 

 

Chapter 10

 

James woke up from surgery still a little hazy.  He had just been through a procedure where he was given a new colon that was created from his stem cells.  The room James was in had a lot of equipment in it monitoring James condition.  A nurse came over to James bed noticing that he just woke up.  The nurse was quite pretty and was wearing a blue surgical outfit.  Despite the unappealing outfit she was wearing her curves still managed to prevail revealing a gorgeous body.  James smiled when he saw her and asked, “How did it go?”  “Everything went fine.  The transplant was successful and your new colon seems to be working properly. By the way my name is Debra and I’ll be your nurse until you get back on your feet,” said Debra in a sincere tone. 

A few days later once James was out and about on his feet the extraction team came to see him.  Stacy, Dave, and Mike met James in a conference room where they had a chat about James future in the order.  Stacy started the conversation by saying, “James now that you are feeling better it’s time to talk about changing your identity.  We need to both change your facial appearance and give you a new identity including a passport and new ID’s.  You will need to meet with our plastic surgeon to go over how they will reconstruct your face.  Are you having any trouble disconnecting from your friends back in London?” asked Stacy.  “No, I lived pretty much by myself.  The friends I had were not that close so this transition is not that hard for me,” answered James.  “Good, I’m glad you’re not feeling disconnected.  It happens a lot to some of our other recruits,” said Stacy.  Mike followed up by saying, “Don’t be too alarmed about changing your identity. We all had it done.  You just need to be accepting of the new life that is in store for you.”   “Speaking of your new life we have gotten news from the tribunal where you will be stationed.  They decided that you should stay right here in Venezuela since they are not expecting you to perform any corporate work for us right away.  We have a huge section of Venezuela almost blocked off with members of the Eternal Order and you will be stationed at one of our condos in these communities,” said Dave.  “Think of it like a vacation at a resort where all the other residents of the resort will soon be your friends.  Not such a bad life we have set up for you, huh?” asked Stacy.  “So tomorrow you will see the plastic surgeon and once your facial appearance has become altered we will then transfer you to one of these communities in Venezuela.  Don’t worry too much about the plastic surgeon, he will give you choices about how they are going to alter your face,” said Mike as the extraction team left the room.  James sat in the room for a minute or two after they had left contemplating what was about to happen next.  In a way he was excited and decided to look at what was going to happen in a positive light.  Instead of viewing this as hiding from society he decided to view it as a chance for a new life.   James then went over to the mirror in the bathroom and looked at his face in a way he has never done before.  Instead of accepting the way he looked he became more critical of his facial appearance deciding what he might want changed.  He contemplated that the plastic surgeon must do a good job based on the appearances of the other Eternal Order members he met.  

The next day James woke up and was greeted again by Debra the nurse.  “It’s nice to wake up and have you here,” said James to Debra.  “Thank you James.  Today we are going to have the plastic surgeon take a look at you.  You don’t have to be transferred to another building.  All the work is going to be done right here,” said Debra.  “Good luck.  I know I was happy with the results I got.  And in time you’ll get used to it too,” said Debra.  “Thanks Debbie,” replied James.  James sat in the room a little nervous about the next doctors’ visit.  In a way James is more nervous about changing his facial appearance than having his colon removed.  About one hour later a doctor came into James room.  “Hi James, my name is Dr. Nova.  How are you feeling today?” asked Dr. Nova.  “Alright, thanks for asking,” replied James.  Dr. Nova was dressed in a white doctor’s coat and had a gray beard and gray hair and glasses.  Dr. Nova was handsome for his age and looked more like a psychologist than a medical doctor. “Today we are going to take a picture of your face and with the help of the computer we will come up with different options on how we can change things to both make you happy about your appearance and significantly alter your identity.  This will start with me changing your facial structure and removing your finger prints.  We will then have a stylist change some of the more finer things about your appearance like contact lenses for your eyes, change your hair color and facial hair according to your taste. Sound Good?” asked Dr. Nova.  “That sounds fine,” responded James. 

The rest of the day James spent looking at different print outs of possible facial changes he could have done.  All in all, they weren’t bad.  James definitely did not like how different they made him look even though they would just slightly changed his facial bone structure.  James also tried to accept a completed picture that includes not only a bone structure change but also includes more subtle features including hair and eye color.  James fantasized about all the actors he has seen in movies, television and sports and tried to pick an appearance that would reflect an almost hive structured conglomerate concept, that reflects all the faces he has seen bound together into one.  This has occurred since he has liked so many actors and could not pick just one.  James also reflected about the homosexual stance he would be taking by altering his face to a more desirable other man.  James a little confused about this issue decided to ignore the subject.

 

 

 

Chapter 11

 

Kate, one of the tribunal members, arrives at her fathers’ house, one of the elders, finding him in his study reading a book.  Kate’s father looks in his mid sixties since the hormone and immune therapy treatments were given to him late in life and these treatments progress slowly. He was one of the original founders of the Eternal Order.  It was his vision and work that made the Eternal Order possible.  Kate’s father, Fred has gray hair, a beard and is smoking a pipe when Kate enters the room.  Fred is suffering from early Alzheimer’s and so far the doctors have not been able to do anything.  Fred's actual age is in his mid eighties and was expecting to live forever from hormone and immune therapy treatments and there are discussions of a forever life the illuminati offers from the intake of more dangerous drugs.   However in order for that to happen doctors are going to need to learn how to fix the brain with pharmaceuticals since cloning a brain is out of the question.  It would be both pointless and impossible to clone a brain because they both don’t have the technology to do it or would want to do it because the subject would lose all of their memories.  The world of dangerous drugs that take over your life work with another concept and that is four billion cycles per second soul pressures and works with how the nervous system brain and spinal cord interact to the soul.

Kate is wearing a spring dress and looks like she should be going to a high school prom since she looks so young.  Kate started out by saying, “Dad, how many times do I have to tell you to stop smoking that pipe.”  “It’s not my lungs that I’m worried about Kate.  I could grow new lungs.  It’s my brain that’s the problem,” replied Fred.  “Speaking about that, how are you feeling?” asked Kate.  “I seem to be forgetting a lot more things lately and it’s only going to get worse.  These meds I’m taking are not helping at all.  I’ve increased the money we are spending on research and development in Alzheimer’s, but I’m afraid I’m not going to be around to see their successes unless I start trying the more dangerous illuminati drugs. With all this work I’ve spent on replacing organs and slowing down our aging cycle it’s my own thoughts that are going to lead me to my own demise,” said Fred.  “Don’t talk like that, we have some of the best scientists in the world working for us,” remarked Kate.  Fred then appeared to have a more sullen look on his face as he questioned his goals when he said, "Life expectancy has constantly increased over the decades and that has always given me comfort in our decisions.  However this disease has made me reflect upon the direction the Eternal Order is taking.  Some times I wonder if nature has given a deadline that only the illuminati and their dangerous drugs can

Conquer perhaps life is more emotional then my scientific procedures.”

“Kate I need you at your best to handle the governments once what we are doing here goes public.  We can only keep this a secret for so long.  We must concentrate on the Venezuelan government continuing to allow our work.  Right now they are just looking the other way.  But in the future when we get publicized they will have to take a stance.  And I believe we have the connections to do this with the correct financial payoffs given to the right people.  Do you think you can handle this Kate? I’m counting on you.” asked Fred.  “Stop talking like your dead.  I know what we are up against and have hopes that once governments see how successful our medical practices are that the global view on cloning and genetic altering will change. We are replacing organs using stem cell cloning techniques and prolonging life using hormone and immune therapy genetic altering techniques.  Not to mention what we have done to me,” said Kate.  “Speaking about that how have your check ups been?” asked Fred.  “Besides the usual feeling like a freak the doctors say I’m fine.  I’m happy that I’ve been enhanced, but sometimes I feel boxed in,” remarked Kate.  “You’re the first of your kind.  Your abilities and aging are better than what has been expected.  I’m sure in the far future everyone will want to enhance their body and become genetically cleansed.  Kate we made sure you were free of all genetic malformation along with enhancing your immune system and hormone cycle,” said Fred in a sincere tone.   “I know all that I just feel different from everyone else and I hate having to keep it a secret,” said Kate.  “I know you probably told Doug your boyfriend, but please for the future of our organization don’t tell anyone else,” said Fred in a monotone voice.  “How did you know I told Doug, asked Kate?  “Kate I know you if Doug is your boyfriend there is no doubt in my mind that you share everything with him including my condition, remarked Fred.  “You’re right.  Doug is an excellent boyfriend and if things keep going this well we will be married soon,” replied Kate in an excited voice.  “I’m happy for you Kate.  Doug seems to be an excellent boy.  You should bring him by for dinner one night,” said Fred.  “Sounds good, I’ll leave you to your studies and your pipe,” said Kate as she left her fathers' study.

 

 

Chapter 12

 

After the meeting at Paul’s Noah has been very unsettled about Faith willing to be bait in their mission.  Noah wanted to try everything else he could possibly do to find the order before he would be willing to execute this proposed mission.  Noah was so displeased with this idea that he decided to contact Jacob to see how he felt about what they were planning to do.  Noah was waiting for Faith to come over for dinner when he decided to call Jacob first.  In a discussion Jacob and Noah had they concluded that they would like to try to contact an anti-stem cell organization first just to see if they had any information or ideas on how to contact the Eternal Order. Jacob then stated that he would run it by Paul first and then call Noah back later that night.  Faith knocked on the door and Noah answered it almost immediately anticipating her arrival.  Faith was wearing a black dress that looked more formal than what Noah was expecting.  “You look good tonight,” Noah said as he checked himself to notice he was only wearing a t-shirt and jeans.  Faith got straight to the point when she started out by saying, “I know what you are about to say,” expecting Noah to have trepidations about the mission.  Faith followed up by saying, “I feel this is a good mission and I don’t feel it’s too risky.”  “Well just to let you know I decided to call Jacob and we concluded that we should try to contact an anti-stem cell organization first just to see if they have any information or can help.  Jacob is calling Paul as we speak to see if he agrees,” said Noah in a sincere tone.  Just as Noah finished his sentence the phone rang.  When he answered the phone Jacob was on the other line and told Noah that Paul felt that as long as they didn’t reveal their mission plans to the anti-stem cell organizations that it was worth a try.  Once Noah got off the phone he relayed the information to Faith and followed up by saying, “I told you this was a good idea, even Paul agrees.  I’m not necessarily against this mission.  I just want to try everything else first.”  “I think you are just delaying the inevitable, but if Paul agrees and since he seems to be calling the shots than I guess I can’t interfere,” remarked Faith in a disheartened tone. Faith sat down on the sofa in Noah’s apartment, and flipped the channels to his plasma television that had an option for 3d experience with glasses.  Noah’s apartment was big and it had furniture scattered across it, not really decorated, just placed all over however his apartment still had a homey feel to it from the wood floors and throw rugs. Noah and Faith went on with the evening feeling a little uncomfortable about what awaited them in the future.  “Do you really think we’ll take off work for a whole month to do this,” remarked Noah in a sincere tone interrupting the movie.  “I’ve never been apart of anything this important.  So we take a leave of absence from work for a little bit, it will be there when we get back.  And who knows we might change the whole medical profession by the time we get done especially if the press gets a hold of our findings.  “I guess I’m just being a little cynical,” replied Noah.  I agree with you this has a lot of potential and has the possibilities of being much more important.”  “Do you have any thoughts on what medical research the lab should reveal to lure the eternal order to us?” asked Noah.  “No, not at the moment, but it won’t be hard to make up something that they want.  I guess I’ll be working on that while you and Jacob contact these anti-stem cell organizations,” said Faith.  “Sounds good,” replied Noah.  “Now can we finish watching the movie,” exclaimed Faith.  “Yeah, I guess so,” answered Noah. 

 

 

Chapter 13

 

A man named Daniel Trucker boarded a 7-15 Delta plane on his way to Venezuela from India where he was stationed by the Eternal Order.  Daniel worked in marketing and was responsible for marketing XRG’s pharmaceuticals to the people in India and the rest of the world.  India which was known for not acknowledging copyright regulations in the past have begun to settle its debts as the concept of copyright turned into a commission fee percentage instead of restrictions of allowance to make generic versions of copyrighted medications. Daniel was nervous as he sat down in the plane’s seat and held onto his bag tight refusing to put it in luggage.  Sweat started to drip from Daniel’s forehead as he sat in his seat and he decided to try to dose off.  However, instead of falling asleep he just replayed some of the conversations that he had with his sister.  These were unsanctioned phone calls that Daniel had with his sister, Cindy who was not a member of the eternal order.  Daniel started sneaking these phone calls about three months ago unable to disconnect with his beloved sister and his past.  The conversations they had started out meaningless and were just to check up on each other, but soon Cindy wanted to talk politics and question Daniel’s motives about being a member of the eternal order.  Cindy began to state that the secrecy or the Eternal Order was causing too much blood shed.  Cindy felt that things need to be changed by either causing the Eternal Order to deal with the governments more or deal with the public more.  She knew that things might not change completely but she at least wanted any violence conducted by Eternal Order members to be prosecuted and any actions controlling the governments of the world to be handled as well.  Cindy often related the actions of the Eternal Order to the illuminati that uses dangerous drugs to suspend the body in mutation pressures to prolong life however they

chose to not put pressure on governments concerning their techniques that are more spiritual.  Cindy pleaded with Daniel to leave the eternal order at first and to come home and begin a passage into the illuminati which she herself has not done yet.  She also brought up the idea of exposing the Eternal Order.  Daniel was reluctant to hear this idea of conspiracy from his sister Cindy, but she persisted and got to him after a while.  Cindy proclaimed how these medical advancements and procedures need to be exposed and the entire world should have an opportunity to use them besides trying to stop their violent activities.  She described the Eternal Order like a cult that was brainwashing him.  In a way Cindy was jealous that she was not asked to become a member and maybe that motivated her to speak of such a conspiracy idea.  Cindy was too scared to try the dangerous drugs the illuminati are known to work with or simply had too many doubts due to the pressure of the public secrecy about these prolong life treatments for herself.  Whatever her motivation she continued to persuade Daniel to expose the eternal order and leave their organization forever.  Cindy described that the eternal order had too much power like the cloudy memory of Hitler’s world and could pick who would get to live and die by only recruiting some people.  Daniel tried to defend the eternal order by explaining that they had no choice, but Cindy’s arguments became too many for him to handle.  It took a long time of persuading arguments, but Cindy finally convinced Daniel to conduct a rogue mission of exposing the Eternal Order.  Daniel knew he would have to get to Venezuela first where all the stem cell and hormone and immune therapy data was kept.  This data was in direct violation of the UN’s anti-cloning and anti-genetic altering acts.  And Daniel decided to propose a business meeting in Venezuela to discuss marketing strategies that could be described better by the research and development department of XRG in Venezuela.  Daniel’s idea was for a meeting to speak with the pharmaceutical engineers’ first hand to learn more about the new drugs XRG was going to market instead of just getting a report.  And it was Daniel’s idea that once in Venezuela he could log onto their database and retrieve vital information exposing the order. He would then take this data to a government with the help of his sister Cindy.  Cindy felt so strong about these travesties that were taken place that she was willing to jeopardize the life of her brother to perform this mission.  Perhaps Cindy also felt jealous toward the Eternal Order’s ability to slow down the aging cycle in her subconscious.  Father time has started to take a toll on Cindy’s appearance and like most women who are aging she is feeling the effect of the dwindling amount of compliments based on her appearance.  As shallow as it may seem it still seems to affect her. These subconscious feelings are also affected by the fact that there seems be some internal conflict concerning the notion that when she was young she felt contempt about not being judged for her mind and now feels remorse about the dwindling amount of attention she gets from her looks now that she’s older. 

Daniel then told Cindy that he knew enough about computers and had no doubt that if he had the opportunity to work at a computer station that was hooked up to the network at the main headquarters of the eternal order that he would be able to retrieve the information needed.  Daniel’s plan was to ask the XRG reps to browse their database so he can research the new advancements and when alone he would switch screens to their stem cell data.  It wasn’t a complicated plan, but just might work as long as their databases were all on the same main frame at the Venezuela main headquarters.  Daniel has been able to hack into many computers in his life time and this task shouldn’t be much harder just as long as he has access to the database at the terminal he would be working on.  Daniel sat in the seat of the plane continuing to go over this plan in his head.  Daniel couldn’t believe he was about to go against an organization that saved his life.

 

 

 

Chapter 14

James woke up again after surgery to find that Debra his nurse was sitting by his bedside.  This time his face was partially bandaged from the plastic surgery procedure along with his fingers which were dipped in sulphuric acid. “I could ask how things went, but I guess you won’t know until the bandages are taken off,” remarked James to Debra the nurse.  “Well there were no complications at least,” replied Debra. “That’s good to hear,” answered James who followed up by asking, “I can’t wait to see how I look.  How long do I have to wear these bandages?” “Just for one week,” replied Debra.  “I still can’t believe I just had plastic surgery done.   Having my fingerprints burned and my identity cleansed has almost given me a baptismal type feeling a type of

entry into the world that separates himself from the public and leans on the powers of commitment and gives away the power of self alone..  The added amount of privacy from plastic surgery that has been given to me has an almost inverse effect on my life. Changing any part of my identity would call attention to my identity.  Perhaps dealing with this constant risk is much like a firewall for the internet dealing with a stance that something is in danger.  It’s hard to comprehend what I’m going through right now,” said James.  “Just think of it as a new you and a new life you have been given.  The only hard part is leaving your loved ones behind,” said Debra.  “Well that part is easy for me.  My wife died several years ago and I lived by myself.  I wish she had a chance to go through these surgeries.  If only the eternal order could have found me years ago,” commented James.  “A lot of us say things like that, but there is only room for certain individuals until the procedures of stem cells and hormone and immune therapy treatments become valued by society or even demanded by society in terms of legal rights.  Did you know that most hormone and immune therapy treatments are created from venom of animals and the others use that pressure in life to create regeneration medications besides being steroids which makes it even tougher to get approval from the public,” said Debra.

By the way I might also be able to relate to what you might be going though since I too have already had plastic surgery done and even though I am happy about the way I look I seem to be pickier about making myself look even better.  I guess this sort of insecurity occurs to many people like people who cannot stop getting tattoos or keep changing their hair color once they have done it once never being able to get back the original version of themselves.  Sometimes I wonder if people should make certain boundaries on just how far they should go.  The notion of models who die of eating disorders and others who turn into a science freak show creations from too much plastic surgery concerns me. “I know what you mean,” responded James who then went on to say, “Some corrections to a persons appearance is necessary though since on the other side of the scale we would be beings with overgrown hair, long fingernails and a cavity stricken teeth.  It is tough to decide where to draw the line.”  Debra acknowledges James rationalization and then responded, “I hope you can deal with your new appearance and wish you the best.”

About one week later James removed the bandages to reveal a completely new face.  James was pleased with how his face looked.  The swelling went down and James looked in the mirror astonished to see his new face.  James couldn’t believe how different he looked and contemplated that nobody would recognize him.  He realized it would take some time getting used to.  James still had had to see the stylist to give him new contact lenses that would also alter his eye imprint for identification purposes, possibly a new hair color and style, and possibly come to a decision on how he would want his facial hair to look.  James reflected that this would be a good opportunity to grow out his hair since he has gotten tired of having to style his hair in his later years. It gave him a scattered type of feeling and he found himself liking to wear hats a lot.  Maybe James is a bit of a perfectionist but he can’t help how he feels. 

            James was once again visited by the extraction team.  This time Stacy was the only one who could make the trip.  Stacy met James in the conference room again to go over his transition into the new community he was going to live in.  “Hi James, how are you feeling,” asked Stacy.  “Fine, I feel a little uncomfortable, but I’ll get used to it,” replied James.  “That’s the spirit.  Today I’ll be moving you to your new community.  Here is some cash for your pocket and here is an ATM card that will have money put on it for your weekly expenses.  Stacy handed James 1,000,000.00 bolivars which is 100,000.00 US dollars and an ATM card with a piece of paper with a code on it.  We will take you to the bank sometime soon to get your own bank account using your new ID’s.  Speaking about new ID’s today we are going to take your picture for your new passport and ID’s.  It will be completely legitimate since the Venezuelan government gives us access to create ID’s.  It is the same concept almost as

Diplomatic immunity or undercover intelligence agents.  One of the perks for all the donations we give them.  Stacy then took James to a room where his picture was taken in front of a blue screen and inserted on both a passport and ID’s.  “Your new name will be David Sargento as you can see it written on the cards.  I hope you don’t have a problem with that,” commented Stacy who followed up by saying, “You’re all done.  A van will now take you to the community you’ll be living.  Try to relax for a while and if you have any questions you can contact me.”  Stacy then handed James her card with her cell phone and office numbers on it.

     

 

Chapter 15

 

Noah and Jacob decided to get together after work to go over contact information on anti-stem cell organizations.  They were advised by Paul that they can be just as ruthless as the eternal order and to be careful.  They decided to go over to Noah’s apartment to make the calls.  They had a list of about three different organizations that showed potential as threats to the Eternal Order.  Noah picked up Jacob at the hospital entrance and took him over to his apartment.  Faith was working late that night and said she would be over later.  Noah pulled his black Lexus into the parking lot of his apartment building and Jacob and him got out of the car and went into his apartment.  Once in his apartment Noah offered Jacob a beer and some left over pizza.   Jacob took them both and sat at the dining room table with Noah.  Noah wasn’t hungry, but did grab a beer also.  The two of them started going through the print outs they had on these organizations.  They decided that they were just going to tell each of these organizations that they were trying to locate Noah’s father and that was the reason they were trying to track the eternal order down.

 They then started making the phone calls.  Jacob used his cell phone to make the calls while Noah used his land line.  After speaking with some of the members from the organizations they found out that a few stem cell groups have been shut down, but they didn’t make any hedge way about the Eternal Order.  One organization called the Psion which was by far the biggest organization of them all said they single handedly brought down two different stem cell groups conducting work in other countries.  They said it took an act of violence to infatuate these organizations and gather the necessary data to expose them which they didn’t approve of.  They then brought this data to the UN and local governments.  Jacob changed his mind about revealing their plan to find Noah's father.  Jacob still got at contact name and phone number and told them if he found out anything he would give them a call.  These organizations could be helpful in our mission,” exclaimed Jacob to Noah.  “Be careful Jacob, they don’t handle their business in a peaceful manner,” said Noah who then followed up by saying, “We haven’t even decided if we are going to expose the Eternal Order yet, let alone condone any military mission.”  After three different phone calls the information was the same.  No data on the Eternal Order, but similar organizations have been located and proven to exist that have been brought down. 

Faith knocked on the door and Noah answered.  “Hey guys, how’s it going?” asked Faith.  “No luck on the Eternal Order, but we found similar organizations that have been shut down,” answered Jacob.  “Well, I have come up with what our lab is going to research.  I figured since the Eternal Order is not cloning brains they still need good doctors finding cures for mental diseases and disorders. And since we can’t pretend to publicize any stem cell research advancements we could at least provide medical evidence in the field of brain research that is a major break through,” said Faith.  “That sounds like a good idea.  Do you know what aspect of brain disease you want to research and provide results for,” asked Jacob.  “I thought we would work on Parkinson’s disease and reveal that we have come up with a of new experimental medication that can enhance other Parkinson’s style medications due to the infinity aspect of this disease in the brain currently since regeneration medications are banned the current medication for parkisons disease is levodopa that gets converted to dopamine and the regeneration medication that is banned is called quinolinone farnesyl transerase inhibitor.

The disease of Parkinson’s seems to have a targeting issue.  The general symptoms of Parkinson’s include speech changes, balance, tremors and memory loss.  And this specific targeting issue of Parkinson’s I believe comes from random pressures to the mind effecting motor functions and memory.  There has been reports of benefits from methamphetamine and a more mild treatment of pseudoephedrine that are reacting and increasing the effects other Parkinsons medications however they are a bit dangerous and not completely stable.  Even the synthetic venom medication Quinolinone farnesyl transerase inhibitor that is illegal can be helped by amphetamine or pseudoephedrine due to the forever mind and it can be a bit sluggish. They are still showing serious reactions to amphetamine and pseudoephedrine and just need a little bit more control I believe.  So a more stable amphetamine is what I will focus on for my new experimental medication.  Science has already proven the random pressures concept when targeting chemotherapy with a draw from wax from bees and their saliva called propolis and allows the chemotherapy to target the body and cancer better as an example

of targeting issues.  The medication that I will be working with might never get stable enough and the path of mood altering drugs like lsd and dxm and antihystamines might be a better choice for dealing with the mind according to a group called the illuminati you might of heard about.  However, this is very personal and some might not want to use a mood altering drugs.  As for Parkinson’s disease there will be some validity to my cure but it will probably not be stable enough to be a real advancement cure, but could be enough of a concept to show some improvement and not be dangerous and could lure the Eternal Order stem cell group to us,” said Faith.  Faith then said, “Paul told me he could have some other recruits, ex-military personnel, to work in the lab with me to protect me and will also be in charge.”   “When did you talk to Paul?” asked Noah.  “Right before I came over here when I came up with the idea for this research project decision,” said Faith.  “Jacob have you decided that you are willing to go on this mission,” asked Faith.  “Yeah, I’ll go, now at least I know there have been other organizations like this one that have been shut down.  I’m just not sure I want to expose the Eternal Order yet.  I guess you guys have already decided you’re ready, right?” asked Jacob.  “I’m still a little reluctant to let Faith be our bait, but I guess there’s nothing I can do, right Faith,” said Noah.  “That’s right.  It’s my life and I don’t feel it will be as dangerous as you think.  This is more of a recognizance mission than a military mission,” replied Faith.  “Well I feel more comfortable that there will be military men with you at the lab, at least, just in case they decide to ambush you,” said Noah.  Faith sat down at the dining room table after she grabbed a beer and said, “How about we go out to the bar and celebrate the beginning of our mission.”  “Sounds good, I’ll call Paul and see if he wants to go,” said Noah.  “Yeah, make sure you tell him what we found out from the anti-stem cell organizations,” commented Jacob.  The three of them then left to go see some music at the local bar.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 16

 

Daniel Trucker arrived at the main headquarters in Venezuela after a long plane trip.  Just like the lab the buildings’ architecture consisted of glass on all sides.  The building was located about a half hour way from the Caracas airport.  Daniel gathered his composure before entering the building and was taken to the research and development department right away.  The main goal of his trip according to XRG Pharm Tech was to speak with staff to find out about their latest products, and generate a report for his marketing staff back in India.

“The pharmaceutical business is tough with a lot of countries like India where there are no copyright infringement regulations and they are copying drugs at cheaper prices.  That is why it is important that you keep these advancements we are working on secret,” said one of the researcher staff who followed by saying, “Pardon me I’m getting ahead of myself, my name is George and I’ll be showing you around.”  George then took Daniel to the first room on his right hand side and said, “This room is a typical lab where chemists work.”  The room was full of glass instruments and high tech machinery all through it.  “When we come up with a new drug we run it through the computers first then start testing it on lab rats which is in this room,” said George who then showed Daniel a room filled with caged rats.  Daniel knew they tested drugs on rats, but never bothered to picture what this room would look like.  It was prehistoric looking in some sense.  With all the machinery and computers that are used the final stage of injecting a rat seems so medieval, Daniel thought to himself. 

George then followed up by saying, “Why don’t I take you to the conference room where we can go over what exactly we are working on.  We are working on everything from psych meds to high blood pressure medicine, here at the labs.”  George escorted Daniel to the conference room where he and one of his assistants went over the medications they were working on.  They all sat at a table in the middle of the room and there was a projector linked to a computer sitting on the table with a screen on the far wall.  George looked professional wearing a full pin stripe suite with his black hair that fell over his forehead.  His assistant however wore a lab jacket and looked like he was in the middle of research before coming to the conference room.  Daniel on the other hand was also wearing a suit, but looked a little disheveled from the airplane trip.  The three of them went over all the medications XRG was researching.  By the end of this meeting Daniel had a good sense of the direction XRG was taking in their research.  Most of their research was directed towards mental diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s since that was the gap the Eternal Order had concerning prolonging life in humans.  The entire presentation was done using the computer and the projector and seemed to Daniel that he was given a standard presentation.  However, Daniel’s goal was to get information that wasn’t available to the public.  “Is there any projects that you haven’t shared with me?” asked Daniel.  “No, this is all we are prepared to share.  If you have any more questions about our projects you should get clearance from our supervisor first,” replied George. 

“Is there a computer terminal I could work at to type up my notes and browse this data?” asked Daniel.  “Sure you can work at one of our lab computers.  I’ll take you to it,” replied George who then escorted Daniel to one of the computers stationed in one of the lab rooms.  “I’ll leave you here to go over your notes.  Let me know if you need anything else,” said George who handed Daniel a standard disk with an update report that is given to Eternal Order members with a presentation on it.  Finally Daniel was alone at a computer terminal.  He thought the presentation was never going to end.  The room Daniel was in was empty aside from some lab equipment.  Daniel eyed up how the computer was connected to the main network and smiled knowing he would have his chance.  Daniel then pulled out a sleek black IBM pilot out of his pocket along with an ether net cable cord.  The palm pilot had both an antenna that can connect to wireless routers in a network along with an input plug for ether net cable connections.  Daniel needed to plug in this ether net cable in to both his palm pilot and the Eternal Orders Desktop computer terminal that was hard wired into the Eternal Orders network.  Daniel could not patch into the network directly from the ether net connection using his palm pilot since all hard wire connections to the network are monitored by key stroke.  Daniel was only trying to locate the password used to log into the network buried in the hard drive of the Eternal Order’s desktop computer.  After by passing some security measures on the desktop Daniel was able to locate the network password.  Now that Daniel had this password he could then use this code to log into the network using his wireless antenna that communicates with the networks wireless router.  This router also requests a password, and monitors keystrokes but Daniel has a special devise that sends his wireless connection in an encrypted format that bypasses all security measures at the wireless router terminal that receives his antenna transmissions.  Consequently, Daniel entered his password, turned on his wireless encryption and sent a signal into the wireless router and was in the network.  The rest was a walk in the park for Daniel who was then able to gain access to the Eternal Orders most secret scientific files and data.  Daniel saved this data to a SDRAM card in his palm pilot.  After about twenty minutes of work which seemed to last forever for Daniel he was finished copying the data and immediately switched out of the database and tried to work on his notes.  Daniel pretended to work on his notes for ten more minutes simply by keeping his palm pilot open.  Once he realized nobody was going to come he then tracked down George and went to lunch.

 

 

Chapter 17

Faith, Paul, Jacob and Noah arrived in London two weeks later after they decided they were going to conduct the mission.  The four of them found a hotel to stay at and rented two cars to travel through the city.  They rented two rooms at the hotel.  Faith and Noah shared one room while Paul and Jacob shared the other.  Paul spared no expense and rented them rooms at a Ritz Carlton.  The rooms were complete with mini-bars and lavishing furniture.  Even the cars Paul rented for them were top of the line.  Paul rented a blue and a black electric BMW decked out with complete navigational systems that use tracking systems that connected with the barriers on both sides of the road.  Europe’s only choices were electric cars keeping their standards far above the US’s.  Paul already located a space they were going to use as a lab in a corporate, industrial district of London by the airport.  Faith was responsible for filling this lab with all the equipment a full fledged lab would have like incubators and distillation units.   She was able to do this from a list of suppliers Paul gave her.  “As much as I would like to pay for us to have a vacation remember we are here to conduct business.  So no site seeing, ok,” commented Paul.  “No problem.  I’m too nervous about this mission anyway,” said Noah. “Jacob and I will construct the surveillance unit while Noah and Faith will construct the lab.  Does that sound alright?  Can you two work together?” asked Paul.  “Yeah, I think we can handle ourselves,” answered Noah. 

            The next day Faith started contacting more suppliers and started to fill up the lab space with some more lab equipment.  Noah and she traveled to different stores shopping for lab style furnishings also.   Faith even purchased lab rats and cages almost matching a research lab she used to work at before working at the hospital.  She knew if this was going to work once she was contacted nothing could seem out of place.  Noah spent time contacting all the necessary government offices to make this lab legitimate.  Faith was enjoying this project so much she became tempted to ask Paul if she could keep this lab even though she knew he was probably going to throw away this medical equipment.

Noah also contacted the ex-military personnel Paul knew residing in London, and interviewed them to see if they were good candidates as security staff for the lab.  Noah recruited two young individuals he felt were not adrenaline junkies and able to handle this mission.  He told them they could also help in the process of constructing the lab also. 

Jacob and Paul on the other hand were setting up a surveillance unit in a near by apartment.  Paul purchased two different spaces to accomplish this.  Jacob was not sure why but followed Paul’s lead.  Paul had streaming video hooked through the internet monitoring the lab at all times which was then hooked up to his laptop computer.  He also used one of his laptops that’s purpose was to hack into a sound tracking system.  The laptop hacks into a satellite feed that uses radio towers to triangulate voices.  Paul recorded Faith’s voice to identify her and was able to triangulate her voice to the lab and monitor all other voices that come from the lab.  This was highly illegal, but it is new technology that is not properly safe guarded yet by any governments.  Paul now had sound and video at his surveillance unit location.  The second site Paul purchased he kept empty and in the first site Paul had these voice recognition screens along with video streaming piped into his laptops.  It was Jacob’s job to monitor the video screens while Paul handled triangulating the voices on the other laptops.

Besides a few technical chemical and pharmaceutical machines that were on the way, Faith completed filling up the lab with the equipment.  The two ex-military working for them were named Joe and Gary and they did an excellent job at helping Faith construct the lab.  Faith decided she would spend the rest of the month actually conducting experiments since she already had the resources to do this.  She knew she didn’t have much time, but wanted the lab to look as professional as possible. 

After about two weeks the mission team’s days became like clock work.  Faith met Joe and Gary at the lab every morning to conduct her experiments and help her record her false findings through the medical communities.  And Jacob and Paul spent days at the surveillance unit preparing for the worst case scenario like an ambush.  Paul even purchased tazors and left some with Faith and the ex-military personnel just in case things get out of hand.  Noah spent his days at the hotel gathering and filling out all necessary paperwork to set up the lab as a corporation and register it with London.  Paul was right, London’s regulations were easy to comply with and this task was not too difficult for Noah.

At night the six of them got together and went out to the local bars to ease the tension.  Faith figured in about one more week she would be ready to record her findings concerning a new more stable amphetamine.  So each day everyone spent their time conducting their business and went out to dinner every night and got to know Joe and Gary quite well who told them stories of military assignments they had. 

 

 

Chapter 18

Daniel finished his report at the hotel later that night after the presentation was done.  Daniel told his boss that he would email the report to him later that night which he did.  Daniel was not happy with his report since he felt preoccupied with his hacked confidential data concerning stem cell procedures.  Daniel figured he would keep everything looking normal for as long as he could.  That is why he requested a week’s vacation to extend his business trip.  He told his boss he was going to travel to the Caribbean to catch a few rays after taking in the sites of Venezuela before heading back to India.  What his boss did not know was that he planned to travel to Ft. Lauderdale Florida to see his sister and go over his mission findings.  Daniel scheduled the first flight out of Venezuela leaving the next morning at eight am to travel to the Ft. Lauderdale airport.  Daniel decided to hold off at looking at the disk with the stem cell data on it until he got out of Venezuela.  Instead he just made a copy of it and put one copy in the mail to his sister.  Even this was dangerous and nerve racking for him since he felt like Venezuela was crawling with Eternal Order members just waiting to notice him doing anything unusual. The next day Daniel arrived at Ft. Lauderdale and met his sister in the afternoon.  Cindy picked Daniel up from the airport and she could tell he looked nervous, however Daniel felt a lot more comfortable after he left Venezuela.  Daniel got into her car and they headed towards her house and had their mission discussions on the way.  Cindy did not speak with Daniel during his entire trip to Venezuela so she had no idea if his plan was completed or not.  Cindy decided to ease into the conversation by first checking in with Daniel when she asked, “How was your flight, Daniel?”  “Fine, it never felt so good to get back into the states especially with what I’m carrying,” responded Daniel.  “You got the data!” exclaimed Cindy.  “Yeah, I got it.  It was easy.  They just left me in a room at a computer terminal all by myself.  And the computer was networked with all the data they had at the main headquarters.  I didn’t get a chance to get a complete look at the data, but I know it’s good.  Soon all this blood shed and government control will be given to the public and governments which might not stop the Eternal Order but at least make them more accountable for their actions.  We could take this straight to our government and change everything concerning societies blind eye.  “My main goal is to take the power away from this underground organization and give people another chance to review how successful these treatments can be using real life success stories”, said Daniel.  “I have one better.  I’ve been doing some research and found some anti-stem cell organizations that know how to deal with situations like this.  I found one specifically that is a left wing organization possibility affiliated with the Vatican church,” said Cindy.  “Do you trust this organization, Cindy?” asked Daniel.  “When I contacted them and they were familiar with our type of situation and have brought down similar organizations in foreign countries,” said Cindy.  “How are they going to help globalize these medical procedures?  They are just going to shut down the Eternal Order,” responded Daniel.  “If you think about it the government will probably get involved anyway and do the same thing.  At least this organization knows who to contact in the government to get this handled.  I wouldn’t even know where to go if we brought this data directly to a government.  We should still make a copy of the data and take it to the press.  That is where we will make the biggest difference.  Once the public finds out that people’s lives are being saved by cloning organs and life extended from hormone and immune therapy treatments they might take a different stance on the subject.  That is where the real power is,” said Cindy.  “I agree,” said Daniel who followed up by asking, “What is our next move?”  “I have to contact this anti stem cell group called the Psion and let them know we have this data and they will send some people out to see us.  As far as the press is concerned I think we should hold off a little bit to find out if this organization will bring a good name to stem cell research.  If we find out they are cloning humans or conducting genetic alteration experiments then they might not be a good example of helping people and once again their government control and violence must be stopped or monitored more.

 

 

Chapter 19

 

 

Finally Faith was able to finish her report falsifying findings on Parkinson’s disease concerning a more stable amphetamine.  She published this data in all the standard medical journals and web sites.   She knew she was jeopardizing her career to do this and hoped these publishers would understand

why she had to do this if they ever found out however due to small benefits of a more stable amphetamine she might get away with this concerning the public.    Faith claimed she had a chemical formula that put Parkinson’s into a state of remission taking away almost all the negative effects of Parkinson’s disease by affecting the levels of dopamine in the brain and consequently stopping motor symptoms disorders.  She figured once the medical journals received her findings the newspapers would then follow.  The name of her lab was Parkinson’s Research Lab and she hoped that this would be enough to lure the Eternal Order.  On the other side of things the surveillance team was completely set up with their home base watching Faith everyday.  Paul set up a different set of recording devises in the lab that were a decoy on where the transmissions were going.  Noah finished all the documents necessary to make Faith’s lab legitimate and spent his days with Paul and Jacob at the surveillance unit.  While Joe and Gary spent their days with Faith helping her conduct her mini experiments.  Faith knew she didn’t have much time to actually get real work done, but being a medical researcher she wanted to at least try.  It didn’t take long but sure enough Faith got a call from one of the local London papers.  They interviewed Faith and went to her lab.  Faith was impressed that they didn’t notice anything out of the normal.  Faith made sure that Joe and Gary didn’t speak during the interview.  All in all, the interview went well and the reporter left with a great deal of information and no suspensions.  This interview occurred three weeks after their arrival in London and the mission seemed to be right on time schedule. Faith really did have a stable amphetamine drug that had some helpful benefits.

Chapter 20

            Miles away James Richer spent his days looking through documents of the eternal order and spent nights looking through his home town newspapers on the internet.  James had difficulty getting along with the other eternal order members of the community since he was used to being in control of his life.  He wasn’t getting into arguments, but isolated himself instead, maybe since he was used to working everyday by himself.  Then one day James noticed an article about Parkinson’s disease.  James figured that the Eternal Order’s XRG labs would be working on this project due to ambiguity issues of the brain reactions to any drug and decided to contact Stacy and let her know what he found.  James then offered his services to Stacy by asking if he could go back to London for the Eternal Order to conduct a research project for them. Stacy said she would pass on the information to her supervisors and let them know his intentions to work again.

            Stacy contacted Kate from the tribunal and let her know what James found in the Newspapers.  Kate said she would bring it up at the next tribunal meeting and would conduct a thorough investigation of this new lab.  Kate was grateful for this information and had hopes that this new lab could help her father and his Alzheimer’s disease.

Stacy also let Kate know that James would like to be more involved in the eternal order and would like a job helping this investigation.  Kate took this recommendation into consideration and said she would also pass it on at the next tribunal meeting. 

            It was then concluded after the tribunal meeting that they would allow James to be a member of their recognizance research group that located doctors and reported to them to the main Venezuelan office. They also concluded that this mission would be a perfect start for James to learn the ropes.  The recognizance team traveled to doctors all over the world and then reported their research findings to Venezuelan head office. . 

“Do you think you can handle this?” asked Stacy to James.  “Yeah, I’ve been waiting to do something important and I’m not ready to retire yet.  I feel like I’ve been given a new life and want to make the most of it, replied James.”

 

 

Chapter 21

 

Daniel and Cindy arrived at a hotel not far from where Cindy lived.  The hotel was not extravagant, but looked semi-decent.  Cindy went up to the front desk and asked if Gary Godfree was there.  The front desk clerk contacted Gary by phone and Daniel and Cindy then went up to see him.  Gary shared the room with Michael and they were anticipating their arrival.  Gary answered the door to the hotel room.  He looked in his mid forties and had on just a t-shirt and slacks.  It looked like he just took off his dress shirt.  Michael on the other hand was wearing a full suit and Cindy could see him in the far corner of the room.  Cindy was dressed in a black miniskirt with a striped top on revealing some cleavage.

Daniel wore a golf t-shirt and slacks.  Daniel decided to follow Cindy’s lead and let her do the talking.  “Do you have the disk?” asked Gary who skipped all the small talk.  “Yes we have the disk with us,” replied Cindy.  “Good we brought a laptop with us.  Before we start talking about how we are going to handle this lets see what you have first.  I presume this is Daniel,” commented Gary.  “Yes this is my brother, a member of the eternal order,” said Cindy.  “You mean a former member,” said a voice from the back of the room which belonged to Michael.  Cindy and Daniel stepped into the room which consisted of two beds and some basic furniture.  A laptop computer sat on the only table that stood in the far corner of the room where Michael stood.  Cindy noticed an insignia on the letter head of some documentation sitting on the table by the laptop that troubled her.  Cindy was still a little uncomfortable about her decision to contact the Psion and she had added fears that this symbol might portray a militant organization like the CIA secret black Opts missions during the time of Kennedy’s assassination.  She then decided to ask about this picture.  The picture consisted of a yin yang type symbol that stood in the background of a triangular shape that had a lightening bolt shooting through it.  When Cindy inquired about this insignia Gary responded by saying, “This Psion symbol refers to the balance of life altered by humans will power which causes the balance to extend further than the trinity of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit and we are trying to rectify the balance in the universe.  Cindy and Daniel seemed to feel a little bit more comfortable about their decision now and Daniel then handed Michael the disk.  Michael promptly inserted the disk into the laptop’s drive; then followed up by saying, “Let’s see what we have here.”  Michael and Gary then spent the next twenty minutes hunched over at the table looking at all the test results.  Most of the data were results from stem cell organs transplanted; however, they noticed there were a few unusual entries of consistent blood work being performed on a subject named Kate Goldfarb.  Michael who was proficient in medical notation noticed that her unusual results and continued testing was highly unusual.  “This might be what we are looking for,” commented Michael.  According to this data it looks like we have a subject here that has been genetically altered.  The immune system results on this blood work is off the charts and there can be no other explanation for this unless she is a mutant which I doubt.”  “I don’t even think this subject is even given hormone and immune therapy treatments according to this data,” replied Gary.

            “I had no idea that they were genetically altering anyone,” commented Daniel.  “They probably did these alterations at birth during an in vitro style fertilization process,” said Michel.  “I think this is a daughter to one of the founding members of the Eternal Order, said Daniel. “This girl is one of a kind and the first subject we found that has been genetically altered.  I think she is an abomination,” said Gary in an angry tone.  “With these results it will be no trouble for us to shut down this organization.  As far as the genetically altered subjects it would make it even more convincing.”  “Yeah, if we had her in our custody the world would then know how these organizations truly manipulate science.” “All I know is that the Goldfarb’s are at the head of the organization.  I believe Kate is an active member of the head tribunal and her father as I stated before is a founding father that is a member of the elders club named Fred.  Both of them reside in Venezuela,” said Daniel in a confused tone.  “How long do you think we have until they notice you’re gone?” asked Gary.  “I told them I was taking a weeks vacation and after that I was planning on telling them that I decided to leave the order.  As far as the data is concerned I don’t think they know that I have it,” said Daniel.  “Good, stick to your plan and we will just have to hope that they don’t notice this data is missing since it will take longer than one week to accomplish shutting down this organization.  In the mean time you can come back with us to Rome and we will protect you.  We will also provide you with an untraceable cell phone so you can continue to speak with your sister and delay the Eternal Order’s suspicions by contacting them also.  If they find out your calling from Rome they might get suspicious,” said Michael.  “Why can’t I just stay here with my sister?  This organization is not going to come after me and kill me,” answered Daniel.  “You can never be too cautious.  Once our mission is completed and the Eternal Order is brought down you can come back here with your sister,” replied Gary.

 

Chapter 22

 

 

James entered an office at the main XRG Pharm Tech headquarters where he was to meet a team of individuals known as the recognizance team.  This team was responsible for finding and recruiting new doctors from labs all over the world.  The room was small with just one conference table sitting in the middle of it.  At the table sat four individuals; an African American man, a Spanish man, a European woman, and an American male.  All of them looked in their mid forties and were wearing typical business attire.  James gave a second glance at the European woman who was quite breath taking.  They introduced themselves as Will, Jose, Megan, and Ryan.  Will, the African-American man started out the conversation by saying, “Welcome aboard you must be James.  We heard you were the one that brought this London lab to our attention.  Thank you.” “No problem I guess I couldn’t stop working.  That’s why I’m here,” replied James.  “Not ready to retire just yet,” commented the European woman Megan.  “No, I feel like I have been given a new chance at life and want to take advantage of it,” replied James.  “Well if you want work we got plenty of it for you,” commented Jose the Spanish looking individual sitting in the far corner of the table.  “So lets get down to business,” commented Ryan in a serous tone and followed up by saying, “Have a seat James.”  “Just to give you a little background information we have successfully recruited over a hundred doctors to the Order and some were not as willing at first as others,” said Megan.  “It takes a lot of convincing and patience,” said Ryan.  This particular lab that you found was just set up and has aroused some of our suspicions.  It seemed to come out of nowhere and we have never heard of their corporation before.  The doctor named Faith Switzer used to work at a lab in New York City on a completely different project.  Then all of a sudden she shows up in London with this cure for Parkinson’s,” said Will.  “What do you think that means?” asked James.  “We’re not sure yet, it could be some sort of scam so we have to be extra careful on this one,” replied Ryan.  “We’ve also encountered before potential recruits who tried to get us on tape revealing the details of our organization and this could possibly be the same scenario.  It has never been formal usually just someone trying to be a hero by themselves.  However if this lab is fraudulent we have to be prepared for a surveillance unit using high tech equipment.”  “Sorry I had no idea,” commented James.  “It’s not your fault.  These are only speculations.  We just have to be extra cautious though.  That is why we are going to bring an extra team with us to scan the lab for bugs, so to speak,” said Ryan.

 

 

Chapter 23

Gary, Michael, and two of their associates named Stan and Keith arrived in Venezuela a few days after their meeting with Daniel.  They were unable to bring their guns through customs so their first order of business was to locate ammunition and firearms in Venezuela.  They knew XRG Pharm Tech was connected with the Eternal Order and found a residence not far from their main headquarters.  The four of them wearing upscale business attire walked through the streets of a small town outside Caracas gathering the necessary equipment to set up their home base.  They looked like mafia walking down the street together.  Stan and Keith looked in their mid thirties.  Stan had a mustache and Keith had a goatee while Gary had slick black hair and Michael had curly brown hair.  They walked into a local bar and started to ask the outcasts of Venezuela where to find guns on the black market.  The bar was set up to look like an old western bar with dust covering all the furnishings.  The bar was surprisingly crowded for the time of day they entered it.  It was a typical looking bar with bar stools, a bar table, and chairs and tables all though the center of the room all made of wood.  There was no music, no pool table, nor darts to be found in this bar.  It looked like this bar was meant strictly for drinking.  On the advice of the bartender they met a rather grungy looking individual who sat by the end of the bar.  The bar was filled with many scary looking people, but this man happened to have a gun holstered across his chest which made him look even scarier.  Since the dark bar seemed dangerous to them and they wanted some privacy they quickly asked this gentleman to come out to the street with them to discuss a business proposition.  The man had a mustache and it looked like he hadn’t changed his outfit for days.  The man who asked to be called Gringo seemed reasonable and after about twenty minutes of bargaining,  Gringo took them out back to his truck that looked so old it wouldn’t seem like anything of value would be held inside.  However low and behold in a trunk in the back of his Chevy blue truck held mach-10 Uzis and AK47’s for their selection.  They purchased two of each and where on their way.  They brought most of their surveillance equipment with them, so their main base was fully equipped now.                                                                              

The main goal of their mission was to capture Kate Goldfarb and get more data on the Eternal Order.  They did not want her to escape if the Order found out they had been exposed and wanted to bring her to the government and press to show what science abominations took place at these organizations.  The disk had good data on it, but from their experience they learned it wasn’t enough to bring to a government.  Normally they would try to get a sample of the stem cell organs, but this time they felt Kate was better evidence and more important.  After retrieving the guns they headed back to their safe house and then sat at a table to discuss their next plan of action.  The four of them sat at a table in the middle of their apartment.  They all changed clothes and wore more military type clothing now that they had their guns.  The four of them have been through this before so they were very familiar with each other.  They never tried to kidnap someone, however, and knew this would be a challenge.  “Well our first order of business is to locate this girl,” said Stan in an almost monotone voice.  “We have a description from Daniel.  I think our best bet is to look for the youngest looking girl that goes to these tribunal meetings,” said Gary.  “We need to take her picture first and verify it with Daniel,” said Keith.  Stan went to the window where he could see the entrance to XRG main headquarters.  “The view is good enough to get some good pictures,” said Stan.   

 

 

Chapter 24

            It was another typical day at the lab for Faith when she got the call.  They were expecting men with guns to come to the lab and instead there was just a phone call.  The phone call was from James’ recognizance mission team, more specifically Will who asked Faith if she would meet them at one of their safe house in London which they labeled as a business location to discuss future employment options.  Faith said, “Yes” and was given the location and time of the meeting.  Faith immediately contacted Paul and told him and the rest of the surveillances team the news.  Faith was nervous about what was to come, but tried to keep her cool.  Faith wasn’t positive this was the Eternal Order since they only revealed the name XRG over the phone, but she could sense it.  Faith then got her research materials together and while she was getting her things together she was asked by Joe and Gary if she wanted them to come.  She told them it would be better if they stayed at the lab so it wouldn’t look too suspicious. 

            Meanwhile, Paul got a trace on the phone call and started to set up sound surveillance at the location the phone call was made from which he was hoping would be the meeting place.  After tracking the phone call Paul verified it was the same address XRG gave Faith so they were now ready for what was to come.  Faith got into one of the BMW’s and programmed the destination into the computer and headed for the meeting.  The trip was long and nerve racking for Faith who did not know what to expect when she arrived.  In some sense she couldn’t believe this mission worked and couldn’t believe the Eternal Order acted so fast if this was them. Faith got out of the BMW and walked down the street until she encountered the correct address.  The building looked like an office building, but was a little run down.  Faith held her breath then rang the door bell to the building.  Megan answered the door bell through the intercom and with the aid of a surveillance camera that she used to watch visitors she let in. 

Once Faith got to the door it opened and she was greeted by Megan. “You must be Faith Switzer,” said Megan.  “Hello my name is Megan, this is Ryan, Jose, Will, and James,” said Megan as she pointed to a group of individuals standing by a table behind her.  They all looked professional with business attire on.  “Please have a seat,” said Ryan from the far corner of the room.  Faith walked over and sat down in the only open chair at the table while Megan who followed her stood by her side.  “I guess you are wondering why we contacted you.  The real question should be why you are trying to contact us,” said Ryan in a monotone voice. 

“We have reason to believe that your lab has publicized false medical results and we know for a fact that your lab is under surveillance right now by your companions.  Right now as we speak we have members of our organization locating your surveillance team and retrieving all recorded data of this encounter.  Are you an operation run by an anti-stem cell organization or government perhaps?” asked Ryan.  Faith looked startled as the words came out of Ryan’s mouth like she just got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.  Faith then answered in a shaky voice, “No, we were trying to reunite my friend with his father, Thomas Reviere, who we found to be a member of your organization, the Eternal Order.  Faith reflected to herself that giving information stating that Thomas Reviere’s child is a member of her team but knew it had to be said for things to get any further . She also is aware that by stating Thomas Reviere has a child on her team and by giving them her name she is taking a risk that they could try to contact people she knows and people Thomas Reviere knows and either intimidate them to find out more information or even hold them hostage. 

Faith then went on to say that another motivation of their quest was to learn more about the Eternal Order organization since some of us are doctors.  This was the only way we knew how to find you.”  “Well it was creative, I’ll give you that, but now we have a serious security threat on our hands,” said Will.  Just then Megan got a phone call from her other mission team and looked astonished as she listened.  Megan then said, “I just got news that the surveillance location was a set up and all recorded transmissions are being sent to an unknown location.”  Faith then realized why Paul purchased two surveillance locations, but made sure she kept her mouth shut. 

“You seem to have an advantage on us now,” exclaimed Ryan.  “See if she is wearing a wire,” shouted Will, who then padded Faith down and did not find anything.  “Faith since your surveillance team location is unknown to us we have no other options but to plead with you to speak to your team.  We cannot allow your surveillance information to see the light of day.  We had no idea how advance and formal of an infiltration you planned.  It is apparent to us now that we are dealing with experts.  We are not going to hold you hostage, but instead try to persuade you to join our team, it is the only way I could see this through and I will try to make you understand what our intentions are as an organization.  We would like you to then pass this information to your team and maybe we can work together,” said Will in his usual monotone voice. 

Ryan then said, “I’d like to explain to you what our organization is up against in this world.  Stem cells started being banned in the beginning because the baby stem cells were being created from fertilized eggs and abortion was a major issue.  However now we can create any organ from adult stem cells by changing the adult stem cells into baby stem cells first and we can get adult stem cells from bone marrow and umbilical cords however the concept of cloning an entire body seems to be scary in terms of a cloned being.  And this is all in a second light to the hormone and immune therapy treatments that we provide also.  Another set back is the simple economics of it.  Everyone dying in the world would want a new organ created from stem cells and there just aren’t enough lab specialists and doctors to make enough of them and the cost would be too high for an average income.  Imagine not having enough money to save your own life or life of a loved one.  Insurance companies simply cannot foot the bill.  The cost of a new stem cell organ would be in the half millions.  The third major influence in the problem of going public is the anti-cloning groups presence and they believe any type of cloning is wrong, even just cloning organs.  Some of these anticloning organizations are very powerful also.  People are scared of the term cloning and believe this will lead to cloning entire human bodies as I said before.  These same groups also have problems with our hormone and immune therapy treatments which prevent aging by curing diseases and they call this genetic altering due to the pressure the body goes through since they are steroids.  The regeneration medications are so powerful that stem cells issues are simply just used for widespread disease in organs or from a physical injury.  So you see we are up against a lot of problems if we go public.  We believe we can handle the public and the organizations that are against us as long as the economics get better.  So once we refine our techniques and get insurance companies to agree to pay for these treatments we believe we can go public.  But until then people need these treatments and that is why we are here.”  Megan followed up by saying, “It is a tragedy that we can only recruit a select few amount of people into our organization, but that is what economics will only allow for the time being.”  Faith sat patiently listening to the feedback she got then said, “I had no idea these procedures cost so much money.  My team and I are trying to keep an open mind about your practices.  As I said before we were trying to find out more about your organization before making up our minds.  As I take this information back to my team please contact Thomas Reviere so we can set up a meeting with my friend.  “We’ll have to look into that,” said Jose.  “I don’t think you’ll have to worry about us keeping this a secret.  I know you have me convinced.  I’ll try to relay this information the best I can, but I know they would like to meet you, said Faith.  “Even better we’ll set up a meeting after you speak with them,” said Ryan. Ryan the said, “Please take my card and contact us as soon as possible and we will have more information for you at that time.”

Chapter 25

Gary uses his digital Kodak XP camera and begins taking pictures out of the window of their safe house.  Gary has a good view of the entrance of XRG headquarters.  Since Gary has no idea what time the tribunal meets he decides to take pictures of all females entering the building hoping he will get a shot of Kate Goldfarb.  After spending the day taking pictures he accumulated about thirty different women entering XRG.  Gary then emailed these photos to Daniel in Rome to confirm which female is Kate Goldfarb.  Daniel emailed a response to Gary with confirmation of their target.  Kate was seen entering the building at around 1 P.M.  The Psion team decided to wait a few days to confirm a work pattern of Kate so they would know when would be the best time to capture her.  After a few days of recognizance work they learned that Kate comes to work around 1pm every weekday, and stops at a newsstand outside XRG on the way to work every day.  This is where the Psion team plans to take her.  They rented a Van and decided to park it right by the newsstand and ask for directions.   Tuesday morning came around and this is the day the Psion planned their capture.  The weather was a bit cold and Kate was wearing her Jacket on the way to work.  Just as she reached the newsstand Michael stuck his head outside the van window positioned about five feet away from the newsstand.  “Excuse me miss could you please help me with some directions,” yelled Michael towards Kate.  As soon as Kate got close enough to the van Gary opened the sliding door and with his electric net gun he shot and covered Kate with his electric net.  This electrically charged net shocked her for a few seconds then stopped and caused Kate to fall immediately to the ground knocking her unconscious.  Once the electricity stopped Stan quickly got out of the van and helped Gary bring her into the van.  Once in the van Stan stuck his head out to see if anyone noticed.  Inside the van, Gary hand cuffed Kate and laid her in the back seat.  Gary then put a hood over Kate’s face just in case she woke up.  They then headed directly to their safe house making no stops on the way.  Once they reached their safe house they carried Kate inside and laid her on a sofa.

Chapter 26

 

Faith left the building that the Eternal Order recognizance team was in and headed for the preplanned meeting point that Paul had set up.  Faith made sure to take the long route to this meeting destination which was an upscale hotel on the other side of town even though she was confident that the Eternal Order meant what they said and were not following her.  The drive was long and nerve racking for Faith who was still shaken up from the meeting, not expecting to have been exposed.  As she drove passed faces on the street she reflected on how the mass public had no dealings with the ethics she weighed in her head and the turmoil she possessed.  Although Faith said to the Eternal Order that she was convinced, she still had doubts that the Eternal Order was taking the best course of action and felt she was still not given all the information of their activities.  Once she arrived at the hotel she went to the front desk and asked for George Carter’s room which was a fictitious name that Paul purchased the room under.  The attendant appeared to look like nothing was out of the ordinary and called up to the room.  Noah answered the phone and told the front desk clerk to let her up.  The hotel had lavish furnishing all through the lobby and Faith was impressed at the expense Paul spent during the mission and Faith tried to focus on other things in her head instead of the ultimatum to join the Eternal Order.  Faith who was told the room number 225 headed for the elevators to the second floor, Faith was greeted by Noah at the door who looked relieved to see her.  “How did you make it here so fast,” asked Faith who immediately gave Noah a hug.  “We got here right before you did.  I’m surprised we didn’t see you down by the lobby by the way we sent Joe and Gary away before they reached our lab,” responded Noah.  As Faith walked into the room she saw Jacob and Paul unloading their technical gear onto the table on the far side of the room.  “Glad to see you are alright,” exclaimed Paul who walked over to Faith and padded her on the back.  “We heard everything,” said Jacob who also walked over to Faith and gave her a hug.  Faith then went over to the king size bed in the middle of the room and sat down.  The room much like the hotel was elaborately furnished however Faith now focused on the task at hand didn’t seem to pay much attention.  “Your technology really allowed you to hear my entire conversation with the Eternal Order?” asked Faith.  “It sure did.  Once we locked onto your voice at that location using a satellite transmission from the radio towers we were able to here everyone in the room.  We will be continuing to listen to all eternal order members present and once we lock onto their voices there will be no end to the amount of data we can retrieve, said Paul in an excited tone; and then followed up by saying, “Sorry our plan didn’t work out and you were put in such an awkward position.  I had no idea that they would be suspicious of the time frame we took to deliver these scientific results.  “I’m just glad that they didn’t find our surveillance unit.  “Setting up a decoy surveillance unit was brilliant and now we have the upper hand in this situation since we have all of your recorded voice data so far,” remarked Faith.  “Since you were able to hear our conversations, how do you feel about the eternal order,” asked Faith to the group.  “What they’ve said so far seems reasonable.  I’m just not sure we are getting an impartial description of their activities.  Maybe once we get a hold of Noah’s father we could get a better sense of what’s going on,” said Jacob.  Plus as we speak we are continuing to gather more data on the eternal order as I track their voices and their safe house on my computer,” said Paul.  Noah reflected for a moment as he listened to the others then began to say, “I’m glad we are keeping an open mind about this organization, but our plan has reached a climax and soon we are going to have to make a decision.  Right now we hold enough surveillance data to expose the Eternal Order and put an end to their secret illegal activities.  In fact each day we withhold this data we can be viewed as accessories withholding criminal activity.  I’m just having trouble calling them criminal.  As disturbed as I am at this organization for taking away my father, I’m having trouble wanting to shut down an organization that saves lives.  I feel the techniques that the Eternal Order uses should not be classified as genetic altering and cloning.  Politicians through out the world fear what these labs may lead to as far as cloning humans and genetically altering babies creating a new race of humans and are excluding the positive outcomes of these sciences.”  “It sounds like you want us to help the Eternal Order,” remarked Faith.  “So far it seems they are handling their activities in an ethical manner and until I hear otherwise I would like to keep their secret. Until there is something we can do to change the government’s stance,” replied Noah.  “Why don’t we wait until we gather more data form this surveillance equipment?  We have no idea if they are killing people that get in their way or cloning humans.  I agree with what you said Noah, but I’m not about to start helping people that may be crossing the lines,” said Paul who turned to look at Noah.

 

 

 

Chapter 27

Fred entered the room where the tribunal meets with a serious look on his face.  Its been over a year since Fred has been in this room and met with the Tribunal, but once he found out Kate has been missing he knew he had to take action.  Doug stood by Fred’s side as he entered the room and looked more upset than angry at the situation they were in.  Fred had been updated about the occurrence with Faith and her mission team and was convinced that they were behind the kidnapping of his daughter.  Fred also knew that he no longer could keep secret that Kate has been genetically altered.  He knew this information was going to be exposed soon and decided to tell the tribunal himself.  The tribunal members all sat around the table for this emergency meeting prepared to address these issues.  This was the first time any serous threat towards the Eternal Order occurred and the future of their organization was now at stake.  After Fred and Doug took a seat at the round table one of the tribunal members stood up and addressed the tribunal by saying, “I’d like to welcome Fred Goldstein who is one of our founding fathers to this meeting.  I invited him to this meeting personally out of courtesy for his daughter who is missing.  Kate Goldfarb one of our most sacred members has been missing for three days now and this is why I called this emergency meeting.  Fred slowly clenched his fists as he stood up from his seat.  Due to his old age Fred would normally be worried however a surge of adrenaline seemed to be rushing through his body which made Fred feel vigorous like a young man again. Fred then got to his feet and said in a strong tone, “Before I recommend a strategy on how to find Kate, my daughter I feel it’s important to provide all the information and perhaps a motivation for whoever kidnapped her.  My daughter was born using the in vitro fertilization technique and during that process using the technology we had at the time we genetically cleansed Kate enhancing her immune system and any preconditions to most diseases.  I know this is forbidden by our organization now, but at the time I performed such activities there was no tribunal law against it.  I know because I served on the tribunal then when our organization was still young.  I decided to keep this a secret since I didn’t want Kate to grow up feeling different from anyone else.  I wanted the best for my daughter and had the technology and power to do so at the time.  I know this is a serious handicap to both the publics’ eye and governmental stance to our organization and I apologize for any inconvenience this might bring to our organization.  Fred rebutted this statement by saying, “Once again I’m sorry, but this is the only genetically altering procedure I have knowledge of.  If the existence of Kate’s procedure gets put in the hands of a government I’m afraid our chances of continuing to exist in Venezuela will weaken.  It is imperative that we get Kate back for the sake of my daughters’ life and the existence of our Order. 

I would like to now address our confrontation with Faith Switzer, the doctor, and her mission team.  I have brief knowledge of what occurred, however, it sounds like our most promising lead.”  After Fred finished his speech another tribunal member got up and spoke.  This tribunal member first flipped through his notes before he said, “The information I have so far about this incident is quite disheartening.  During a routine hiring of a research doctor we encountered both fraudulent medical results luring us to this doctor as well as a highly advance surveillance unit that recorded our presence and now has information that can lead to our demise.  Since there was no guarantee we could retrieve all data that they recorded we were forced to let Faith Switzer go and tried to persuade these missionaries to see our point of view.  The good news at the time was that these missionaries were more focused on reuniting a child to a father named Thomas Reviere who is in our order and they seemed to not pose any threat to us.  Also at that time we were under the impression we would be able to peacefully resolve this situation.  “How did you last leave it with Faith?” asked Fred who seemed disturbed that Faith was let go.  “We decided to give Faith the opportunity to go back to her other missionaries and try to persuade them to join our cause while we tried to locate Thomas Reviere,” replied one of the tribunal members.  “So we have no idea where they are located, they have surveillance data about our organization and now might have my daughter might be in their custody,” exclaimed Fred. 

“It seems to me that the missing link in this crisis is Thomas Reviere.  With the permission of the tribunal I would like to set up a team to locate these missionaries starting with tracking down Thomas Reviere and asking for his help and knowledge of his child,” said Doug who had his hand on Fred’s shoulder as he spoke.  “Since our recognizance team is waiting in London for contact and is already involved why don’t you include them in your search.  I agree that we need to locate Thomas Reviere and continue our search here in Venezuela also, so I will call for a vote on this plan of action.  One more thing, do we have any estimate of the time on how long Faith’s missionaries will take before contacting us” said one of the tribunal members.  “We simply gave her a card with an address and number to our safe house in London.  But if they are responsible for this kidnapping there is no way they are going to show up,” replied another tribunal member. 

“Everyone who agrees to this plan of action, please log in your vote now,” said one of the tribunal members.  Each tribunal member including Fred used a keypad located on the table in front of them for a vote.  After about a minute or so when they finished entering their decisions a three dimensional image appeared in the center of the table that was projected from a hologram devise which displayed their voting results.  The vote was unanimous and their course of action was now laid out.

Chapter 28

Its been over three days since Faith got back from her meeting with the Eternal Order and Noah, Paul, Jacob and her are still stationed at the hotel.  They all know that they must remain in hiding until they reach a resolution concerning the Eternal Order.  Faith woke up this morning with a surge of motivation and began cleaning their hotel room which was now filled with take out food reminisces. Paul thought it would be safer if they didn’t let the maid service come in these three days so the trash had accumulated and so had their concerns.  The surveillance data they gathered from Paul’s computer turned out not to be as informative as they hoped.  They would have to travel to Venezuela where they now know the headquarters was located to patch into their network of computers and retrieve any significant data.  This organization has too great of power granting people eternal life and paying off governments to turn their backs to allow their secrecy, and Paul especially was very concerned that they were abusing their power. 

The first piece of information that Paul and the rest of the team learned was that the Eternal Order had no idea where Faith has now stationed herself.  Paul also found out that the Eternal Order did not know that they themselves were being recorded using his hi tech surveillance equipment.  It seems that they have no idea that this type of equipment even exists.  Knowing this, gave Paul and the group a chance to take a deep breath and gather their thoughts, since they were no longer in any immediate danger. 

Paul also recorded conversations between the Eternal Order members discussing the hormone and immune therapy treatments and their side effects.  Paul found out that these treatments are still relatively new and there is no definitive proof that they will grant everlasting life, however the results have so far been promising, showing a slower aging cycle; almost halting the aging cycle at the time of their first treatment.  The only side effect Paul overheard was that some eternal members discussed having trouble sleeping.

 Paul so far has only been able to record conversations in London and the surrounding area due to the limitations of his equipment.  Basically his computer sends a request to the satellite asking for voice data between radio towers and the satellite sends the data back to his computer.  Since the earth is spherical and a line of sight is necessary to transmit data, Paul needs to be located relatively near the location he wants recorded. 

Paul also heard conversations in London between Eternal Order members discussing what seemed to be a kidnapping.  Paul had learned that Kate Goldfarb, one of the Eternal Order’s tribunal members recently became missing in Venezuela.  Paul then reported his findings to the rest of the team.  Noah especially seemed pleased that the Eternal Order so far was not abusing their power and with the information concerning Kate Goldfarb they appeared to be more of a victim than a predator. 

 

Chapter 29

 

Kate slowly opened her eyes and felt sourness in muscles all over her body as she tried to gain her composure.  Kate’s recognition that she had been kidnapped and was in an unknown territory as well as her recognition of the restraints that held her wrists hit her all at once.  Kate immediately scanned the room as best she could from a laid back position on a bed.  She noticed four men sitting at a table in the middle of the room.  The men were all clean shaven and dressed neatly giving Kate the impression that they were all professional.  The room did not look like a hotel room, but rather like a furnished room for rent.  The three men seemed preoccupied by the television which showed Spanish women in bikinis.  This gave Kate an indication that they were still in Venezuela.  Michael, one of the Psion, glanced over towards Kate and noticed she had woken.  Michael then got to his feet and approached Kate.  “Good morning Kate, glad to see you are alive and well,” spoke Michael in an almost sarcastic tone.  Kate then reflected that she had no idea how long she had been unconscious and wondered what day it was.  “I guess you are wondering why we have taken you into custody?” asked Michael as the other three men turned their attention to the matter at hand.  “Let me introduce myself first, my name is Michael and I am a member of the Psion.  We are the protectors of time and the Holy Ghost and fight all travesties of nature that defy God’s life cycle.” 

When Kate heard Michael mention that he was a member of the Psion she reflected for a moment about all the research she had done concerning other secret organizations that could affect the Eternal Order.  She never came across the Psion organization name during her search, however Michael’s mention of time reminded her of the Illuminate.  The Illuminate was another underground organization who used much more dangerous drugs techniques to alter time which also involved an understanding of the balance in the universe.  Kate was drawn to the Illuminate’s hard core drug techniques and always wanted to contact them most likely because sometimes she felt like an abomination of nature and right now the Psion was making her feel even more like a freak of nature especially when Michael continued his speech by saying in a prophetic manner, “This brings me to you. We know of your genetic alteration at birth and feel it defies God and the normal life cycle of humans and also postpones the after life’s transgression governed by the holy spirit.  Kate who still has not spoken a word sat there with her mouth wide open realizing that all her trepidations about her life has now become a reality and threat against her.  Kate who grew up in the he center of this dilemma decided to take a risk and hold her ground.  “Since it seems now you found out about me and all the details of my organization I feel it is only fair for me to defend the Eternal Order’s stance on these issues.   God gave us the power of free will and we use that power to not only save lives but extend the most precious gift and that is life itself,” responded Kate in an almost dignified manner or at least the best she could considering the position she was in.  Kate stared back at her capturers with a look of fear in her face hoping she didn’t upset them too much.  Kate then looked away from Michael towards the table at a member of the Psion who got up from his seat and introduced himself as Stan as he twisted his mustache and approached Kate then said, “What you seem to be forgetting is the balance of life between our human form and the after life which is just as precious as the balance between good and evil.  Respect for God and God’s spirit the Holy Spirit, an extension of God is essential to understanding that God’s presence is everywhere and we are integrated into this.  Defying our natural human form with your scientific abominations like cloning and genetic alterations upsets this balance and although we have free will we must take heed in our actions. ” 

Another Psion member got up from his seat and introduced himself as Keith who then began to speak, “Let me first assure you that we are not going to harm you.  Our goal is simply to shut down your organization, the Eternal Order, and to do this we need scientific evidence and that is why we captured you.  We have contacted our members in Rome and as we speak they are on their way to conduct experiments on you to get the information we need.  We have worked with governments all over the world to shut down organizations like the Eternal Order and will continue to do so until these scientific abominations stop. 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 30

 

“I’ve decided that I am going to locate Thomas Reviere by myself and recruit a few individuals to investigate Kate’s kidnapping here in Venezuela as well as have the London recognizance team begin the search also,” proclaimed Doug in an authoritative tone who went on to say to Fred as they left the tribunal meeting.  “I think it would be better for me to separate from my fellow task force to make the best use out of our resources ,” Just before Doug and Fred parted ways Fred looked at Doug the same way an elderly father looks at his son who is no longer able to perform his duties.  This look has an almost humbling feel to it when Fred came to say, “The life of my daughter is in your hands, and I will always think of you as my son.  Use all your knowledge and resources to find my daughter and make haste doing so.”  The next day Doug spent the morning organizing his task force that would conduct a search here in Venezuela.  Doug was very selective with his recruiting choices using his connections here in Venezuela in hopes they would use their government contacts and instinctual knowledge of the Venezuelan people to find Kate’s kidnapers.  Doug paused a few time between phone calls reflecting on the life he has had and his life with Kate by his side. Kate has been both his girlfriend and symbol that personifies the life he leads.  Her confidence and optimistic thoughts gave stability to Doug as he must fight his cynical tendencies to persevere throughout this search.  Doug was emotional at this point in time, however these emotions were below the surface pushed down by his need to take action in such a political setting.  After finishing making his phone calls and after Doug felt confident enough about initiating his task force he began to reflect upon how he was going to handle this meeting with Thomas Reviere.   Doug knew Thomas had done nothing wrong that can be proven yet and would have to hold back his uncertain fury towards Thomas’ son and not let that interfere with his pursuit of the truth.  Doug also had to try to be more objective in his evaluation of the connection between Faith Switzer, Thomas’s child and their fellow conspirators in London and Kate’s kidnapping here in Venezuela.  Right now all he has is suspicious timing between the two events and the conspirators misleading intentions.  Doug also wondered that it might be possible that these conspirators might want to trade Kate for Thomas Reviere with the belief that the Eternal Order would have no intention of granting them a meeting with Thomas.  All of these thoughts raced through Doug’s mind as he started making phone calls trying to locate Thomas.  After about an hour or so Doug found out that Thomas was initially stationed in Hong Kong and was providing hormone and immune therapy treatments services for the XRG Pharm Tech offices in China.  Thomas was then reprimanded for breaking the secrecy act traveling to the United States to see his wife a long time ago.  Since the Eternal Order wanted to keep a closer eye on Thomas they then stationed him right here in Venezuela.  For a brief moment Doug questioned whether or not Thomas could be involved with Faith Switzer and his child’s conspirators.  Doug doubted this possibility since Thomas name would have even been mentioned if he was trying to perform a covert act.  Just to be safe Doug confirmed that Thomas has not been written up for any violations during his stay here in Venezuela.  Thomas continues to implement hormone and immune therapy treatments and his work record is immaculate.  Doug also contemplated the notion that during Thomas’ travels to the United States, his child found out about his membership with the Eternal Order and that he is now trying to locate him and perhaps may also want revenge for the organization that took way his father. 

Even though Doug was confident Thomas was not involved in this conspiracy he decided to take cautionary measures by arranging a meeting that did not disclose any suspicions of the events that have occurred so far.  Doug didn’t want to lie and jeopardize his beginning repertoire with Thomas consequently he only revealed a vague reason for an informal interview.  Doug set this meeting up at a restaurant name “la Espanola Connection”, a renowned restaurant in Caracas known for its exquisite restaurant setting and Doug felt this would command both respect and casual relations between Thomas and himself.  Doug decided to show up a little late for this informal meeting allowing Thomas to get comfortable in this elegant setting of the restaurant which was not very crowded adding to the comfort level of the meeting.  Doug decided not to bring any materials with him since he didn’t want to intimidate Thomas.  Since Doug had already seen a picture of Thomas during his investigation he immediately spotted Thomas through the elaborately furnished room dimmed with candlelit tables.  Thomas appeared to look casual with little concern simply by his relaxed facial expression.  Thomas has only heard of Doug and his tribunal position; however he has not even seen a picture of Doug.  Doug reached Thomas’ table and reached out his hand as he diplomatically said, “Good evening Thomas, Thomas I’m glad you could fit in your busy schedule a chance to meet me”.  “No problem, Doug I always have time for a tribunal member, and more importantly a free meal at a place like this, “replied Thomas in a sincere tone.  “If you are able to help me out I’ll let you eat all the food you want,” answered Doug with a smile.  I’ve been locked up like a lab rat working at the clinic,” said Thomas who portrayed a sense of monotony, and then went on to say,” Any interesting news at the tribunal.”  “Unfortunately, yes.  All normal activities have reached a stand still due to what I’m about to tell you.  Life as we know it may cease to exist since we are facing our most serious threat,” replied Doug who went on to explain the events with Faith Switzer and Thomas’ child the kidnapping of Kate Goldfarb.  Thomas looked surprised and dismayed to hear both his son was searching for him and was now accused of possibly waging war on his new family, the Eternal Order.  Doug also explained the possibility that Thomas’s child might want to make a trade for Thomas due to the hostile feeling towards the Eternal Order for taking away his father however no confirmation has been made concerning this kidnapping.  Thomas thought carefully before responding than said,  “First of all my child’s name is Noah and even though I have not been around to see him grow up I still love him very much and find it hard to believe that he would go through all that trouble to make initial contact with the Eternal Order if he was planning on kidnapping Kate Goldfarb. I would like an opportunity to speak to Noah before this gets out of control,” Doug tried to not to show his frustration and anger when he said, “Noah’s team has already recorded the presence and directives of the Eternal Order at that initial contact which gives them an even bigger advantage.    I’m afraid it is now necessary to seek out and locate these individuals since they have proven to be a threat.  If anyone would want to shoot first and ask questions later it would be me since Kate Goldfarb is my girlfriend, however I am willing to let you talk some sense out of this with Noah as soon as we locate them.”  Just then Thomas portrayed a look of shock and then reflected, he who was the father of a possible kidnapper is now eating dinner with the kidnapped victim’s boyfriend.

 

 

Chapter 31

 

After receiving word from Venezuela that Kate Goldfarb has been kidnapped, all branches of the Eternal Order across the world have been ordered to tighten up security.  One of these security precautions includes setting up a wave scrambling devises at each location that prevents any outside surveillance from getting in.  War has been brought to their organization and they need to do everything in their power to protect themselves.  The scrambling devise looks a lot like a computer terminal with four satellite dishes connected to it positioned at each corner of a room and can only block waves inside each room.  Each satellite transmits an angular set of waves that create blocking patterns in a web form that jam the antenna satellite transmissions from reading their voice patterns.  Shortly after security measures had been taken the London team was sent word from the headquarters in Venezuela, more specifically the tribunal, to take action and capture Faith and her unknown companions.  James who was skeptical of letting Faith go in the first place already felt completely loyal to his new family, the Eternal Order, and was prepared to take any action necessary to protect their secrecy from any outside threats.  The London team also received word from Doug not to speak to Faith Switzer and her companions after they captured them since Doug wants Thomas Reviere to speak with his son first . 

            The recognizance team in London then traveled to Faith Switzer’s lab and after a brief inspection quickly came to the conclusion that no clues could be found based on the condition this lab was in.  Since they already had Faith Switzer’s identity and assumed she would not be linked to any evidence locating her and the conspirators they were hoping to find any another conspirators identity. Basically, they tried to detect any fingerprints by using smoke generating devises and dusting, looked for hard copies of invoices, scanned information on the computers present in the lab, and searched for any other materials located in the lab that might be useful like notes on paper and any names written down.  They also check if any leads about their whereabouts are by calling there lab equipment vendors.  During this search they concluded not to search for any DNA residue since there is no global database for DNA through the United Nations due to the monetary expense and privacy concerns at the present time. 

However this lab looks to be pretty clean and they don’t need to search any country or UN fingerprint databases like Interpol.  When the Recognizance team performed the different fingerprint detection techniques, they were still uncertain which databases they would use to identify them. During the search Ryan reflected about the current issues both the UN and countries are facing.  Right now Fingerprints are taken and recorded in individual countries if you break a law in that country or visit that country with a criminal record.  The Interpol Global Database also puts fingerprints of individuals in a special category if they have broken any UN Regulations.  Right now it is being discussed if fingerprints and DNA should be taken from individuals at birth since there is a fine line between being recorded on Interpol for committing a crime and the benefits of having everyone on the database perhaps the process of cancelling out an innocent person could establish rights to keep their information in this database. The database would just be a system of response to all the dangers a crime can cause.  However there are concerns from the mass public based on privacy issues.  It is also being discussed by the United Nations to have any visitors of a new country even if they don’t have a record to get their finger prints recorded on file with the possibility of being carefully watched due to foreigners’ different cultural, political values, and the risk of transported foreign substances. The US uses such reasons to not allow foreigners to become president however type casting is the concern of the mass public and public relations is the concern for governments.  Fingerprints privacy is a bigger issue now since they are now linked to job hiring, landlord applications and credit card files.  Fingerprints have been a major help in prosecuting criminals and terrorists.  Privacy is a major concern for Ryan since he is a member of the Eternal Order and he keeps track of these issues religiously. 

Now back at the safe house James looked dismayed.  Having left his private home and secure feeling of independence to join the Eternal Order he has allowed the Eternal Order to be a part of his sense of security and since this has all been relatively new to him this threat has hit him especially hard.  James also felt responsible for leading the Eternal Order to Faith Switzer and her conspirators.  James sat still with his head in his hands brain storming a solution to his turmoil.  After tracing back through the events that has occurred a new thought struck James’ mind just like a flash of lighting and James realized he might have an idea for a possible clue.  James immediately reviewed the surveillance camera footage from the time of Faith Switzer’s arrival at the safe house and low and behold with the aid of digital enhancement he was able to see the license plate number of Faith Switzer’s black BMW which James believed might have been a rental car. Still uncertain that this car might be under a fictitious name James believed that there might be a chance that this car was rented in one of the conspirators names since there are stricter identification requirements at rental car agencies.  After a few phone calls later James discovered that this car was rented to a Paul Binary and he now had his missing link. 

 

Chapter 32

Once James told his fellow Eternal Order members about his plan to locate Paul Binary’s rental car they decided to search hotel parking lots in London and the surrounding area. They came to the general conclusion that Faith probably had not traveled too far after the meeting from their safe house.   Hotels were their best possible choice aside from vacant buildings and newly leased apartments.

They also believed that the hotels they were looking for would be in the vicinity of the conspirators’ surveillance location  

            Ryan, Megan Will and Jose also congratulated James when they looked up addresses of hotels to begin their search letting James know that he has earned his stripes and was now officially part of the team.  They decided to break up into two units to double their chances of finding the conspirators and after about an hour or so both teams had a list of hotels to search. 

            The Eternal Order recognizance team used one of their contacts in London to lease some of the most advanced cars of the time for military and surveillance tasks. These cars were not only bullet proof but were equipped with special infrared thermal night vision devises that hook up to the navigating system along with sonar locating devises similar to ones used in submarines. These devises put together a comprehensive image that allowed them to see beyond normal vision. 

These devises sense heat and bounce back sounds to get images of locations they are facing.  James’ car stood in the shadows behind a concrete column in the underground parking lot similar to how a bat hides in caves.   Through the shadows James saw an electric car image on his LCD screen that portrayed the license plate “NOBLKHL” which matched the rental car number he was looking for and now he had found Paul Binary’s BMW.  James then drove his supped up Mitsubishi eclipse towards the BMW and contacted Ryan with his hands free phone intercom equipped with his car as he drove.  Basically James and the recognizance team decided that Ryan, Megan, Will, and Jose would try to locate what hotel room the conspirators were in while James would wait patiently in his car positioned not to far from Paul Binary’s Black BMW waiting for any activity.

            Then suddenly two beeps entered James attuned ears and so began the chase. Noah Sterling had then entered the car and was now being followed. 

Noah listened to a mix tape of world music songs mixed together into one long song like the way new music mixing programs now do as he traveled.  Noah became one with his car as he drove through the city structure streets. 

As Noah turned the corner he noticed an image coming from his peripheral vision.  This image combined with his gut instinct had him on high alert.  He looked into his rear view mirror and low and behold Noah was right.  He was now being followed.  Sweat started to pour down his face as he questioned this probable unforeseen encounter with the Eternal Order which has haunted his dreams forever.  Noah’s mind raced as he drove wondering if his father was still alive and also wondered why the Eternal Order was now following him.  Noah continued to run based on the simple reasoning that he was scared of the worst case scenario which was that the Eternal Order was now trying to capture him.  He also wanted to face the Eternal Order on his own terms.  Noah has been using manual controls during the chase since his instinct is faster than the auto drive of a computer however with the aid of the  computers synthetic mind, Noah was able to plan out a detailed maze like structure route that would teach his follower a lesson.  This maze ended up looking like the shape of a “T” as he drove to free himself from his shadow like follower.  The key aspect to

 this complicated route was crossing this “T”. At the center of the “T’s” cross Noah made a circular trip around the big Ben grandfather clock located in London and positioned at the center of the cross of the “T”.

During this circular trip around this grand clock Noah reflected about Faith and his future and wanted the best for her and for everyone.  Noah also tried to contact he friends back at the hotel, however there was no answer.

As the sun connected to the stars shined though his window he realized that if he could reach his goals just maybe he could forgive the Eternal Order’s privacy and threat issues.  

A little dizzy but now in touch and with his goal of freedom Noah finished his time less trip to the end of the “T” and was now free. 

 Meanwhile Will and Jose went to the front desk of the hotel that James initially was in when he located Noah.  This hotel was named  “The Hollow Gold”

            Behind the counter of the front desk a man sits comfortably in a high chair overlooking the lobby and to the left of the desk a thumb print scanner is positioned in plain view.  As Ryan approached the desk clerk he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a business card size electronic devise that has Faith’s picture on it.  This card is electronic and can display multiple pictures and numbers simply with a touch of a button.  When Ryan showed Faith’s picture to the front desk clerk he simply explained that he was looking for a business associate who would be attending a better politics bureau meeting at the hotel.  Ryan noticed the sign for this meeting as he approached the desk and that is what struck him as the best course of action to use as a cover.  There happens to be are a lot of great thinkers in this building and Ryan knew he had to be careful about arousing any suspicions.  Ryan reflected that at this meeting there would be both US and European delegates discussing better ways to inform the public about political issues and their leaders and candidates.

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            Once Ryan received Faith Switzer’s room number and turned down the hotel clerk’s offer to call up to the room he headed out to a blue van positioned in an alley aside the hotel where Jose, Will, and Megan were all waiting. This alley was somewhat dark for an afternoon day since shadows were being cast by the hotel hovering over them. 
As Ryan tried to walk with confidence he noticed a creature scurrying by.  He reflected that he was not sure if it was a rat or a bug.  When Ryan entered the van Megan began to speak to Ryan already assuming he has not only got the room number, but was aware of all the variables that would be in their way.  This was business as usual for the four of them who have conducted many search and rescue (now capture) attempts before throughout their careers with the Eternal Order.  However, they all felt a little more anxious about this mission since their intentions and feelings about this capture attempt were much more mixed compared to their normal heroic rescue measures, when they recruit doctors.  Their directives came directly from the tribunal who had second hand information about how Faith Switzer and her supposed conspirators acted and Megan specifically was especially convinced that Faith was sincere in a peaceful resolution and found it hard to believe that she and her team were behind the capture of Kate Goldfarb.  Ryan who had similar feelings stressed how important it was for this capture to go peacefully.  As Ryan began to go through one of his back packs Megan went on to ask in an anxious yet strong tone, “What is the game plan?”  Ryan explained to them the additional threats that the hotel convention brought to their mission and then laid out a detailed plan.  After the plan was set each Recognizance team member now had a specific job to do and once they gathered all their individual materials to carry with them they were then on their way.  Jose had the first job that needed to be accomplished, and that was positioning himself on a nearby rooftop in line of sight of the hotel.  He carried with him a palm pilot that had the hotel structure diagrammed in blueprint format that Ryan downloaded and sent to him.  Using Infrared Thermal Goggles that Jose retrieved out of his bag he was able to locate how many warm bodies were in the targeted hotel room.  Jose then relayed this information to the other Recognizance team members using a function on his cell phone that sends out signals in a private network format that is password protected much like office computer networks.  Jose’s goals was to relay the number of people in the hotel room as well as let the recognizance team members know when all people in the hotel suite were positioned in one room. He was to do this once Will, Megan, and Ryan were all positioned at their posts.  Will was in charge of getting laundry baskets from the basement of the hotel and also changed into one of the hotel staff’s uniforms so he wouldn’t look suspicious.  Megan also had changed into a uniform and was in charge of getting a room service cart from the kitchen of the hotel and Ryan positioned himself on a scaffold that he winched his way down from the roof top of the hotel.

            Once Megan got to the door of the targeted hotel room she and the others contacted Jose.  Jose waited patiently for the warm body’s images that he saw through his goggles to be positioned correctly and then through the network protected cell phone he called out, “It’s a go.”

Megan took a deep breath and cleared her throat so she could sound as sweet as possible and then knocked on the door and called out when Faith responded through the door, “Complimentary room service.”  Faith decided to open the door since she accepted the possibility of free food due to the expense Paul paid for this hotel room.  She did this so fast that Paul had no time to question her decision.  Paul however knew something was up and immediately looked towards the balcony window however it was too late.  Once the door was unlocked and slightly ajar Jose gave the command for the second strike.  This was Ryan’s turn.  Ryan who now had special sunglasses on and ear plugs in his ears released the rope on his scaffold in a manner that made him drop almost ten feet in a manner of 10 seconds and as he past by the targeted hotel room window and balcony he launched two sphere like balls from a devise that looked similar to a rocket launcher.

Crack, Crack, two loud sounds occurred as the window shattered in two places and when these spheres entered the room and a plasma like light flowed from them accompanied by an intense sound similar to the devises used to keep away bugs and small animals except this sound is intended for paralyzing humans.  It was similar to a flash of lightening and the roaring sound of thunder that was so loud and traveled so far it would be difficult for others in the hotel to pinpoint where it came from.  Almost immediately Faith, Paul, and Jacob fell to their knees shutting their eyes and holding their ears, however it was too late for them.  This sound and light invaded their nervous systems and they slowly hunched over to the ground and would be in an immovable state for at least 5 minutes.  Jose witnessed the warm bodies hit the ground and then gave Megan the go ahead for strike three.  She put on a pair of sunglasses and with her ear plugs already in she charged into the hotel room and first handcuffed the three targets then began to put gags in their mouths and then finally once they were secure she put hoods over their heads that she got all from underneath her cart.  Once Megan had completed securing the hostages she made a signal with her hand similar to a thumb’s up sign gesture that Jose could differentiate with the blurred vision of his heat sensing goggles.  Megan did not speak while in the hotel room just in case their targets had any surveillance or hidden recording devises.  Now it was time for the cleaner.  Will who waited patiently down the hall by the stairs of the hotel arrived in the room moments later once Jose gave the go ahead.  Will came to this room equipped with three laundry baskets that could carry the hostages and also carried a canister and spray gun.  Since the Eternal Order recognizance team figured this hotel room was purchased under a false identity they decided to not give law enforcement any opportunity to track anyone present. Therefore Will initiated a thorough cleaning job that included taking back their sphere like devises, spraying down the room with a chemical that alters fingerprints making them indictable and lifting the hostages with Megan’s help into the basket.  They also put in the baskets all of the hostages’ equipment, clothes and other belongings.  Will then placed two regular looking rocks on the ground of the hotel room to give evidence that would explain why the window was broken in two places.  Once the clean up job was completed Megan and Will carted their new belongings out to their van positioned outside the service entrance of the Hotel where Ryan and Jose were now waiting. 

 

 

 

 

 

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            An uncomfortable silence was in the air as Thomas Reviere and Doug traveled from Venezuela to London by plane.  Doug had updated Thomas of the capture of Noah’s friends and Thomas was also told that his son was able to allude his own capture and was still free from the clutches of the Eternal Order.  When Thomas was told this information he tried to hold back a snicker and proud feeling he had of his son.  Thomas understood why the Eternal Order needed to make a peaceful capture of the supposed conspirators and hoped he could resolve the matter at hand peacefully.  He knew Doug would be relentless until he found out the truth about Kate Goldfarb’s kidnapping and was also determined to retain all surveillance Noah’s conspirators’ might have. 

            Then Doug’s world was turned upside down when he got a call from Fred Goldfarb as the plane approached London.  Doug found out that one of their own Eternal Order members named Daniel Trucker is now missing and was last seen on a business trip in Venezuela from India.  After further investigation was done the Eternal Order found out he has been making unsanctioned calls to his sister in the United States and they also found out that secured files from the Venezuela headquarters main frame has been accessed by an unknown user and all security measures failed to alert them at the time of retrieval.

            After the call Doug sat in silence for a moment contemplating the implications of this new information.  Doug held back an almost ball like amount of emotions that was on a railroad track headed for Faith and her conspirators, and it took time for Doug to accept the possibility he might be headed in the wrong direction.  After relaying this information to Thomas and the recognizance team it became easier for Doug to accept that Faith, Noah, Jacob and Paul might have been sincere about coming to a peaceful resolution.  After speaking out loud this new found information Doug was able to take a step back and be more rational about the situation.  Doug needed to do two things now.  Doug needed to reevaluate how he was going to approach Faith, Jacob, and Paul and immediately set up a new team of individuals to track down Daniel Trucker.  When Fred spoke to Doug he also made it clear that the Eternal Order tribunal was happy with his progress and even though his investigation has now taken a new turn he would still be in charge of this mission.  Many of the tribunal’s hearts were with Doug knowing how difficult it must be to be in charge of a rescue mission of his soon to be wife.  Doug contacted the Eternal Order In House Security Team in charge of privacy threats and general threats to the Eternal Order.  Although Doug was disappointed they let this rogue mission of Daniel Trucker get so far he decided to let them continue their investigation, and asked to be contacted immediately when any new information was found.  Doug was torn in two when he made the decision to continue this particular investigation in London.  His heart wanted to immediately join the in house security team in Venezuela with their investigation and his mind wanted to resolve the matter at hand with Faith, Paul, and Jacob knowing he still needed to be assured they would not publicize their knowledge of the Eternal Order.

Now that Thomas was more confident that a peaceful resolution would be acquired between the Eternal Order and his son and fellow missionaries Thomas decided to ask Doug if he could arrange a meeting between himself and Noah.  After a phone call to the recognizance team during their drive from the airport to the city of London the following conditions were changed between Faith’s missionaries and the recognizance team.  First, the missionaries were apologized to and explained the reasoning behind their aggressive act.  Second, they were untied with the promise that an agreement would be made concerning the data they still secretly had recording the existence of the Order.  And third, Faith was able to contact Noah and set up a meeting between Noah and his Father.  If it wasn’t for this proposed meeting Faith might not have agreed to such a peaceful resolution still shaken up feeling violated and threatened.  It took the calm voice of Paul to reason with Faith and Jacob since he has been through similar experiences and Paul assured them that if they were being let go the Eternal Order truly had good intentions

 

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Noah stood to the side of a newspaper stand positioned about one block away from the restaurant that he was supposed to meet his father.  As Noah pretended to read a “Time” magazine he peered over its edge and tried to convince himself that he could believe Faith’s word that the Eternal Order and his father were now trying to reach a peaceful resolution.  Noah had been told that the Eternal Order’s hostile act was a mistake due to their belief that Noah and his friends were behind a kidnapping of an Eternal Order high ranking tribunal member.  Noah would of liked to meet Faith first to know for sure her and his friends were released, but instead Noah decided to take a chance and see his father first, knowing that if he saw him everything would be ok.  Noah wondered if he would recognize his father and even though Noah was told what his father would be wearing Noah still wanted the extra security of knowing it was his father for sure.  Noah wondered if he would recognize his father by seeing it in his eyes or possibly feeling it in his heart.  It’s been so long since Noah has seen his father his memory of his fathers’ face is more like a blur with the Eternal Order’s necklace shining through.  As far as Noah predicting the presence of his father Noah wondered if he was still in touch with that level of instinct that a child has with a parent. 

Noah went through a similar ordeal by trusting his feelings when he spoke to Faith over the phone and trusted her enough to come to this meeting spot.  After witnessing Paul’s technology and realizing how easy it would be to mimic someone’s voice Noah had to count on a different form of his subconscious when talking with Faith.  Unlike instinct, Noah’s relationship with Faith was not inborn however; it has grown into a level of trust similar to one’s trust with their own instinct.  Aside from Faith’s tone came the little quirks she made between sentences, her decisions on what was important to stress first and her softness in her language that lit up Noah’ heart and soul and Noah thought this could never be duplicated.  Although, Noah still had doubts in his level of trust in Faith’s words he still decided to come to this meeting spot and wait patiently behind a newsstand where he now stands.  However as he stood, cynical thoughts penetrated his mind as he questioned the validity of this meet and as he rationalized each thought one by one rain started to drizzle on his face.  And after Noah decided to purchase an umbrella from the newsstand the drizzling turned into a down pour. 

Through the clouds the sun started to peer through after several minutes of dismal rain.  The sun’s rays penetrated through the clouds and formed several visible beams of light that almost led directly to the restaurant named, “House of Hope”. 

Then a man stepped out of a gray electronic SUV taxi wearing blue jeans and a black dress shirt rolled up to his elbows.  This man had black dress boots on that matched his black belt and the wind seemed to blow his gray hair that covered his forehead ever so slightly    This man also fashioned a gray goatee trimmed neatly around his face making him look quite distinguished almost like an actor.  For some strange reason the man decided to glance in the direction of Noah even though Noah was expected to be at the restaurant.  A sudden change in his facial expression occurred as he locked eyes with Noah and even though Noah didn’t recognize this man’s face it was apparent that this man recognized Noah.  Noah felt this man’s awkward emotional state simply by his forced smile that came to his face when he saw Noah and Noah was now more confident that this man was his father and consequently he put down his “Time” magazine and walked to the “House of Hope” restaurant.

Noah walked confidently towards his father with both the rational that this man wore the clothes that Faith advised his father would be wearing and more importantly Noah assured himself that this was his father and everything would be alright simply by seeing it in this man’s forced smile that portrayed both guilt and love for Noah.  Noah began to question to himself how this man possibly his father knew what he looked like based  upon his facial expression and wondered how that was possible. This question began to race through Noah’s mind with each step he took closer to this man and when he finally reached him Noah decided to trust his instinct and with a blunt outburst he said, “How did you know it was me?”

The man then responded, “I’m sorry we had to meet like this son and I am happy you tried to find me.  I have been keeping tabs on you over the years between internet data and private investigators and had planned to contact you when I thought the time was right for you to join me and the eternal order.  I know a lot about you son.  I know you are doctor.  I know you are seeing a beautiful girl named Faith.  I even know the trouble you had in school getting along with the other students when you were young.  I know you were an excellent short stop for your high school baseball team and I was even there watching you for a few games.  Noah’s eyes started to water and Noah now began to understand why he was never really angry at his father since he understood this is what he had to do to survive and even though Noah wished his father would have come home to him after the Eternal Order preformed their procedures Noah seemed to feel like someone was watching over him. 

Noah decided to let his guard down and accept this was his father.  Noah even decided to view his separation from his father as more of a tragedy when he said,, “There were many years of my life that I hated you for not being with me and felt like you preferred to be with your friends in the Eternal Order over me.  However, I’m older now and after seeing so many of my patients die from cancer I’ve refocused my frustrations and sadness simply to the limitation of cures in our world.  I’m not saying I completely agree with the Eternal Order, but I developed a better understanding of the severity of your situation along with the global situation in our world.” 

“I’m glad you were able to overcome your emotions and understand what I went through.  I too wish the secrecy aspect of my organization didn’t exist and perhaps I should have gone out on my own to visit with you over the past years.  I let my fear of my own life and fear for hurting an organization that saves peoples  lives including mine get a hold of me to the extent that I neglected you, my son, and my previous life.  I am so sorry for what you must have went through growing up without a father and having to deal with complicated moral issues as a child knowing I was in such a secret organization.  My only hope now is to try to move forward with you on whatever decision you make about the Eternal Order.  I owe it to you to back you up a hundred percent.” 

Noah’s mouth dropped and he was not expecting his father to let him make this decision.  Noah thought his father would have started preaching to him on how to keep the secrecy of the Eternal Order.  Perhaps Noah’s father’s guilt led him to this indecision.  

Noah sat in silence for a brief moment and then said, “I need your help to make this decision and need to know more about the Eternal Order   Also, once I got chased by the Eternal Order and thought my friends were in jeopardy, I did some more research and I have discovered another organization that would be able to protect us no matter what decision we make. I have contacted them and they said they would be willing to help all of us.  I was shocked at their willingness to help us and figured they were interested in us mostly due to the Eternal Order’s demand for us, or moralistic decision to leave the Eternal Order.  I feel its best to not go into details about this organization until we handle the Eternal Order first.  Just now know that what ever decision we make we will be safe.” 

Noah’s father who Noah now respectfully calls Thomas went on to explain the tragedy of Faith Goldfarb and her genetic altering at birth.  Thomas went on to explain the Eternal Order has a new suspect concerning her kidnapping which made Noah feel more confident about the Eternal Order sincerity concerning a peaceful resolution.  Thomas went on to explain the procedures he performs and the structure of the Eternal Order making sure he stressed that Kate Goldfarb was the only known subject that breeched the genetic altering and cloning travesties.  Thomas even stressed that despite the Eternal Order’s ability to prolong life using hormones and immune therapy and replace any organ that dies the Eternal Order is still noticing that once patients reach a certain age the mind and memory begins to fail them no matter how many organs they replace and no matter how much of the hormones they put in their body.  It is true that people’s life expectancy is greatly increased but there is still more work to be done.  Thomas reflected with Noah for a moment and said in a more spiritual tone that the mind dying might be God’s line drawn in the sand.

Noah responded to this new information with his own description of his situation concerning details about his friends and data records which were now hidden somewhere safe in the city limits.  When Noah described Paul’s advanced surveillance technology to Thomas, Thomas then began to ponder a possible solution. 

Thomas then went on to explain to Noah his solution when he said, “The eternal order’s technology and skills do not seem to match up to your friend Paul’s. If we were to help get Kate Goldfarb back then they might be more understanding that you might always have data that can expose them.  Even if you were to give this data to them they might always suspect you have a copy and would only feel confident about your sincerity if you joined them.  Therefore instead of forcing you and your friends to join the Eternal Order you could simply state that if you help get Kate Goldfarb back you will then reserve the right to hold onto this surveillance data and only expose it if they conduct any more experiments that breaks a certain moral codes like genetic altering.” 

After Thomas finished explaining his idea Noah began to think if Faith and his friends and how they would be willing to perform such acts.  Noah sat back in his chair, put his hands on his lap, then looked straight into his father’s eyes and said, “Wow, it’s worth a try.”

 

 

 

 

 

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Thomas was instructed to give an address of a small secluded hotel named, “Fiorello” to meet Faith, his friends, the recognizance team, Doug and himself if the meeting went well, and if he felt they could come to a peaceful resolution.  Noah made sure to reconfirm that Faith and his friends were alright before he decided to meet everyone at once instead of meeting Faith and his friends first.  This took a great deal of trust on Noah’s behalf; however, Noah was both confident in his father’s sincerity and was also confident in their plan.  Therefore Noah and his father decided to split up and meet at the hotel at an agreed upon time.

            Noah then decided to take a drive through the city of London to clear his head and to make sure he was making the right decision.  Memories of the chase that just occurred flowed through his mind as Noah began to question that if this organization was so willing to capture him and his friends based on a kidnapping how willing would they be to let Noah keep this data that could single handedly destroy their organization.  Noah stopped his vehicle by the Big Ben Grandfather clock once again and walked towards the enormous structure.  Noah got down on one knee and instead of asking God for anything, which he has never done before; Noah just tried to get a little hope and faith back into his soul.

            Later that afternoon Noah arrived at the more remote looking hotel that based on its price and location seemed to attract more citizens of London than tourists.  However, it was still cozy looking and had a free continental breakfast room by the lobby that made it one step above a drug and prostitute motel.  Noah thought to himself that he couldn’t pick a better hotel if he wanted safety and privacy himself.  Noah was told to ask for Thomas Reviere’s room when he arrived.  The attendant at the front desk commented that Thomas had rented the luxury sweet which was the biggest room and he already had company with him in the room.  The attendant who didn’t even bother to call up to the room then said, “If anyone in the room would like to stay overnight, please let them know we have many rooms available here.”  Noah who was in no mood to predict how the meeting would go gave a half hearted response by saying, “Will do.”

            Noah decided to walk up the stairs of the hotel to the third floor where everyone awaited him and hopefully relieve some tension.  Noah walked up the stairs with opposing feelings.  In his heart he was anxious to see Faith and in his mind he was scared of his own survival as he doubted how this meeting might go.  Noah was confident he would be given a fair shake and listened to, but was unsure how his father’s and his plan would be reacted to.

            When Noah reached room 304 he knocked on the door a few times in a friendly manner, which would be the same way he would try to handle this meeting, trying to keep everything on the up and up.   

            Once the door opened Faith stood by the entrance and immediately gave him a hug.  Noah ignored everything in the room except Faith’s eyes and asked, “Is everything OK?”
Faith responded staring back into Noah’s eyes by saying, “Things were shaky at first, but now everyone seems to be friendly knowing we are all on the same page to see a peaceful resolution   Aside from the tragic capture of us we have been treated well and can leave anytime we want.”

            After glancing at Paul and Jacob to see they were alright Noah then turned his attention to his father, Thomas who positioned himself next to Paul.  Thomas then got up and walked towards Noah with Paul by his side.  Paul cleared his throat and then went on to say, “Thomas and I went out for some coffee together and he told me about your idea and even though I can only speak for myself I believe that your idea has some merit to it.” 

            Doug glanced over at Thomas with an ambiguous look on his face wondering what this idea might be.  Thomas quickly responded to this heightened situation by going over Noah and his idea with Paul filling in the blanks concerning his technology that would be of great help in locating Kate Goldfarb.  This idea was new to just about everyone in the room except Noah, Paul, and Thomas.  Noah wished he had a chance to tell Faith and Jacob first.  Thomas made sure to apologize to everyone for springing it up like this, but everyone seemed to not be too concerned with this surprise plan since Doug who seemed to be the most important person in the room was very interested and almost grateful for the idea.  Doug has been feeling guilty for not searching for his girlfriend Kate at this time and the idea of coming home with this new technology to find her and reassurance that Faith, Noah, Paul, and Jacob would like to help the Eternal Order seemed to satisfy his goals for this mission. 

            After Thomas completed telling his proposed plan Doug then commented, “It will be tricky to allow you to keep your surveillance data without full acceptance of the eternal order shown by joining us however I understand your situation and know nobody likes to be forced to do anything.  I will pass this info on by phone to the tribunal, our leadership council, and if they agree to allow you to keep your data as a safe guard in return for handling a bigger problem of the Eternal Order, Kate’s kidnapping, than we can be on the next flight to Venezuela.  As for Faith and Jacob who have also just heard this plan, they seemed enthusiastic at the idea they would not have to sacrifice their morals and either join the eternal order or give up their surveillance data.  Jacob kept to himself a particular happiness in the idea that they could set standards for the Eternal Order with this data over their heads, but decided to first get on the Eternal Order’s good side and help find Kate Goldfarb.

            Doug sat with James and the recognizance team for a brief moment and after coming up with a diplomatic way of explaining their agreed upon plan Doug gave a call to Fred in Venezuela to then relay the info to the tribunal.  About an hour later Doug got a call back from Fred with the go ahead and everyone was now on their way to Venezuela. 

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An enormous pool was positioned in the center of the condominium complex community with a whirlpool to its right underneath a cabana by the gate.  The community almost looked like a typical time share resort except for the individuals who stayed there and this location.  All three of the building structures surrounded the pools and James led the way into the community as Thomas, Noah, Faith, Jacob and Paul followed.  All of them were cleared through the security check point before entering the resort parking lot.  Thomas decided to stay with them instead of his apartment in Venezuela to keep Noah company and to easily get to the meeting in the morning. Thomas Noah, Faith, Paul, and Jacob had already seen Stacy and the extraction team and received both currency and keys to their new condominium style apartments.  They were all expected to settle in and attend a tribunal meeting at the Venezuela headquarters the following morning.  Despite the welcoming committee and resort style accommodations Noah and his team still felt both awkward and uncomfortable in their new situation. 

            Thomas, Faith, Paul and Jacob almost fell asleep immediately once they got to their rooms.  Paul and Jacob stayed in one room, Thomas stayed in another and Noah and Faith stayed in the corner room overlooking the pools.  The rooms had a modern feel to them with some cozy looking decorations on the walls and on the tables.  Each room looked more like a one bedroom apartment rather than a hotel room equipped with a full kitchen and a pull out sleep sofa for a second individual to sleep in.   Both, the jet lag, the time of night and their comfort ability in the Eternal Order’s world should of allowed them to fall asleep right away however, sleep did not come easily, due to jet lag and their comfort level with being in the Eternal Order’s world                  

Noah on the other hand had years of mal content towards the order and the car chase heightened those emotions and even though his father subsided much of those fears and ill feelings Noah was still skeptical at was to come.  Noah was not a pessimist, but always looked at the worst case scenario in every situation. 

Noah walked down the stairs from his second story apartment to the pool where he sat in a beach like chair and contemplated the events that were to come.  Noah looked up at the moon which shined bright through the clouds from his Venezuela location and noticed how his feelings sometimes changed during the night when the sun was no longer present.  James who couldn’t sleep also walked out his front door towards the pool and decided to encounter Noah who he never really got a chance to speak to.  James manifested a lot of ill feelings towards Noah and his thought to be conspirators and put a lot of faith in the eternal order for saving his life which made it difficult to retract his skeptical emotions towards Noah and his team.

James decided to open the gate to the pool anyway and meet Noah in hopes he could reconcile his emotions.  Noah smiled towards James not knowing the baggage that came with James and greeted James appropriately. 

James tried to force a smile and responded to Noah by saying, “Hello there, can’t sleep either.”  No, nothing personal, but I’m having trouble trusting the eternal order.  All the years of blaming you guys for taking away my father took its toll on me and everything was heightened after being chased and wondering if my girlfriend and friends were still alive,” remarked Noah.  “Well, we would of never have hurt anyone.  From what I learned so far about the Eternal Order, they are in the business of helping people.  By the way you’re a good driver,” answered James.  “That was you in the eclipse behind me, exclaimed Noah.  “Yes, that was me, and that move you made around the Big Ben Grandfather Clock made me dizzy.”  Both, Noah and James chuckled a little, to ease the tension.  James then went on to say, “I never really thought about what it would be like for a loved one to loose a parent or other relative.  It would probably be worse than death since if a loved one dies at least you would have some closure.  To be honest I really had a lot of threatened type emotions towards you when I believed you were conspirators and found it difficult to subside these emotions when I found out you weren’t behind the kidnapping of Kate Goldfarb.  I’ve acted almost like a mother hen protecting the organization that gave me a new life.  This is all I know now and don’t want it taken away.  However, just know I probably just like your father have reflected upon the life I left and even found myself reading my home town local newspapers of London every morning and believe it or not I was the one who found your London lab which was by the way an ingenious method to get us to come to you.”

James and Noah sat back in their lounge style chairs and just how the moon’s energy elevates the tides so had their new found connection risen and was now elevated into almost a friendship.