The Evil That People Do

"If walls could talk, they'd make the best historians and tell us all our mistakes."

Roberta Strongberg, 2137 - The big mistake

"This is the beginning of our story. These are the events as we think we happened from found audio and video as well as reports found in the FBI archive. This was pieced together together the best we could to tell you about one of the most scary times in human society. The thing is most humans didn't know the full story and never would until recently." A voice said to the new FBI cadets.

10:05 am In the FBI building in Langly, Vaginia:

Special Agent C.K. Mathews was sitting in his office. C.K. was a Targofian who was brought in by Director Michael Porter to lead a secret unit, he was unique to other Targofians because he could also shift into inanimate objects, only a few thousand of their race could do this. The people in this unit were either Targofians or knew about them, former Detective Frank Daro of LAPD Homicide who was chosen by Director Porter to be in the unit after his help on the puzzle murder case. Agent Janice Cargrove, Mark Felstine and Steven Jones from IT were the three human agents brought on after the Director was hacked. They showed they could be trusted, and they were introduced to the Targofians just before the unit was put together. They took it well, only freaked out a little. Agents Denise Williams, Robert Ramlens, Steven Fillmore and Ryan Tims were all Targofians who were also in the unit. Their office was even secret, off the Langly campus, underground, not even the President knew about it. They had the resources of the Targofians, computers and other tech. The unit solved cases that they thought the world couldn’t handle, they were even working with a secret Targofian army unit along with their own labs, which are working on curing diseases, climate change and other issues. They have engineers who build things (both consumer and military) that’s how they get most of their funding.

Now that the back story is done, let's get to the topic at hand. The case they were working on was a possible attack on New York, Los Angeles and Vaginia. A secret listening station the Targofians helped build which was cloaked and phased in Earth's orbit heard some chatter, just a meeting of a group of people talking about the attack. The unit captured a few of its members and Targofians took their place. They couldn’t find out who the leader(s) were, they were staying quiet.

“Ok, we have to find out who the leader of this group is, for all we know may not be human.” Agent Mathews said

What type of devices they’re using, they had to be big and many of them to take out full states.

“This is what we’re going to do. You guys (pointing at the Targofians) will shift into the people we captured and copy their memories and infiltrate the group. I on the other hand will get inside the private room that the regular members are not allowed in and do my thing. Now the rest of you (the humans) will be our overwatch, we’ll all fly to where their headquarters is, and you can watch and wait. Let's catch us some terrorists.”

Everyone got things they needed (weapons, shield emitters and of course snacks.) When they were already, they went to the ship and took off. After landing near the terrorists HQ, they set forth the plan.

C.K. shifted into an ant and went under the door of the private room. It was a nice sized room with a table, 9 chairs around it, and 9 screens, one for each person. At the time the room was empty. There was also a big screen on the wall with the states NY, CA and Vaginia on it. There was also a device pictured.

“Guys, I see a picture of the device, still not 100% sure what the payload is.” C.K. telepathically said to the group, his thoughts were also sent to the people on the ship.

C.K. planted a cloaked bug on the hanging light above, right in the middle of the table so everyone else could listen in. He then shifted into a portion of blank wall next to the monitor. Then he waited.

An hour or so later 9 people, men and women walked into the room and sat down. The man at the head of the table started talking.

“I got pictures of all the high-ranking members as they walked in. Steven...”

“I’m patched into every law enforcement, government and military agency around the world. If they’re on one of them, we’ll find out who they are.” Steven answered before C.K. could finish.

“Good job!”

Steven smiles “Thanks boss.”

“When will the devices be ready, the President wants this done soon.”

“President Promp is in on it? Why? Are they doing this with another country like Russia, North Korea or another of our enemies? Or is he doing this to blame another country and start World War Three? We have to find out where they’re making these devices and stop this before it even starts.” C.K. said to everyone

“There still isn’t enough Prosprium, we need 68 more kilos. Our scientists are making more, should only be a few more days.” A woman said.

“Prosprium we developed that for the military, so people from the military are in on this and we have a mole who stole the recipe. We have safeguards around; it’s got to be one of the lead scientists. Ok, when everyone leaves, we’ll meet on the ship, we’re going to have a talk with all the people who have access to the Prosprium. Lucky for us that’s only four people including you Dr. Vocar.” C.K. sadly said

“I’ll go first to rule me out.”

Back at headquarters they hooked Vocar up to their version of a lie detector, but much more accurate (98% accuracy). Ok Vocar, are you the mole? Did you steal the Prosprium recipe?

“No and no.”

“He’s telling the truth.”

The other three doctors were brought into the room.

“We have a mole, and it has to be one of you three, we’re going to give you a lie detector test to see who it is.”

One of the doctors started running toward the door. Roj stopped him.

“Doctor Stiv, where do you think you’re going? You just volunteered to be first.” Roj pushed him into the seat and restrained his arms.”

“So, Doctor Stiv, are you the mole? Did you steal the recipe for Prosprium?” Ripar asked

Doctor Stiv took a deep breath and started crying. “They have my family, if I didn’t do what they said they’d kill them all and then me. I had to.”

“When he said he’s not the mole it showed him as lying but when he said they had his (Stiv’s) family he wasn’t lying. You’re not really Doctor Stiv. Who the fuck are you!”

“My name is Romdan and I came here with the first group. They told us to find work like humans do, look at the internet and call places. Well on our planet I’m a cleaner and when I got a cleaning job out here, I couldn't even pay my bills. I robbed some stores and got some money, I was desperate. Then I did something dumb, and someone saw me change, and he offered me a job. I was told it was to kill their enemies, I didn’t know they were going to make so much, I didn’t know they were going after whole states.”

“He’s telling the truth.” Ripar sighed

“Where are they making the devices? Where are they keeping the copy of the recipe so we can destroy it? Are those all of them that were at their HQ or are there more?”

“When I found out what was going on, I did follow one of the bomb makers, I’ll send you the address where it is. I wanted to fix this without our people finding out, I don’t want to go to prison.”

Roj looked at the device on his arm and saw where the bombs were being made.

“Ok, we have to put you in the hold on our ship. If this works out, we’ll think of what to do with you.”

Roj walked Romdan to the cell on the ship, he sat down and sobbed.

“I’m sorry.”

“Ok well let's make a plan, we’re going to end this tonight.” C.K. said in a raised voice.

“The computers found everyone that was at the hideout, doctors, lawyers, tech moguls, this is bad.” Steven Jones said nervously

The gang went back to the ranch and made a plan in the living room, they wanted to tell their friends what's going on and they ate as they thought up their plan.

“First off, I’m going to get back into that room, I have a little scare tactic I want to try out. The rest of you go to the address where they’re making the devices, put a shield around it in case one accidentally goes off and so no one can escape. Ripar you, come with me, I’ll need you. All other Targofians will go in shifted as the leaders, hopefully they met them, and you can sneak up on them this way. If all works well, you’ll get them away from the devices and in our cell in no time, then we can deal with the President.”

Everything is recorded, when we let it slip, hopefully we’ll smoke out anyone else that’s in on this or if it’s just President Promp and a few people around him. Roj said

Ok good, when everyone is captured then we’ll send this out on every media outlet we can. Once we find out if another country is in on it, we’ll take care of them too.

The gang minus Agent C.K. Mathews went to the address, it was an old industrial park not used anymore. They landed the ship phased partly in the building and then turned on and extended the shields around the building, each one shifted into a different leader then they went in. When the bomb makers saw the leaders, they stopped what they were doing and walked up to them. Some of them had swastika tattoos, some were in lab coats.

“We didn’t expect you; I mean we’re pleased to see you.”

“We just came to check on your progress and have a little chat with everyone here. You’re not able to go to the meetings, you can only listen to them, so I wanted to know your thoughts.”

“They’re close enough together, do it now.” Roj told Steven Jones

He highlighted all the bomb makers on his screen and pushed a button. A beam shot each one of them immobilizing them, then the tractor beam pulled them into the ship. Roj put them in separate soundproof cells so they couldn’t communicate with each other.

“Good job Steven, you learn quick.” Roj said happily

“Thank you.”

“Ok C.K. we got the bomb makers and we’re going to make the bombs inoperative then we’ll bring them and the prisoners back to HQ...knocked out of course.”

“Good job, now I’ll take care of the rest when you’re done bring your ship here, we’re going to need all the cells we have for this lot.”

C.K. got there early and planted cameras in the main hall so Ripar can tell him when everyone is in. Now he just waited, he was going to do the same thing that was done at the bomb makers and when everyone is in the room, he’ll extend the shields so they can’t leave, then he’ll wait for the other ship and take them away.

The other ship landed next to C.K.’s and now they all waited. Then finally what seemed like hours the heads of this horrid organization walked In and sat down. They drank whiskey and some smoked cigars while they talked about the “coming war”. They laughed how much money they were going to make and that they were going to “cleanse America.” The wealthy were going to have a front row seat in a cozy bunker while this all happens. C.K. was furious at what he heard.

“They’re all in sir.” Ripar told C.K.

“Thank you. Wait for my order”

“So, you want to start a war.” C.K. said in a menacing voice

“Who is this? How are you in there?”

“I’m the wall and I’ve been listening all this time to your evil plot.”

Someone tried to make a call, but there was no signal.

“Check for cameras and bugs.” The head Markus Silver said into a device on the table. No one answered.

“no one will hear you.” C.K. said

Jack Stalk tried to exit the room but hit the shield.

“We’re fucking locked in here, what the fuck is going on?”

“You’re going to pay for what you tried to do. We already got your bombs and lackies, now it’s time to bring you in.”

“You son of a bitch, you don’t know how high this goes.”

“Oh, you mean the President? Yes, remember I’ve been listening. And before you say, “but you have no proof” yes, I do and once the proof gets out everyone that’s in on it is going to scurry like little roaches and we’re going to get them all, and any countries in on it we’ll get their leaders too.”

Everyone was captured and put in cells, now it was time for the next stage of the plan.

“Before we let the world know what just went on, let's put portable shield emitters around every country we think could be involved.”

Within a little over an hour, they put shield emitters around Russia, China, North Korea, and the middle east. Not long after that they leaked the recordings to every media outlet they could. The news was on the radio, TV and the internet within hours.

“How the Hell did this happen. Everyone was captured and now they’re coming after me. Get Airforce One ready, I have to get out of here.

“You’re not going anywhere.”

C.K., Ripar, Roj and Vocar appeared what looked like they walked through the wall to the people in the room.

“Who the fuck are you?”

“That’s none of your concern, you’re coming with us.”

He pressed the panic button under his desk, but nothing happened. He yelled for the secret service, but no one came.

“No one is coming for you; you’re going to pay for your crimes.”

A few seconds later the Vice President ran into the Ovil Office.

“Mr. President did you hear the news, we have to go.”

“Hi, Mr. Vice President, why don’t you join us?” Roj said, holding his gun on him. “I’m not surprised. No one is leaving the white house until we find everyone that’s in on this. We have all the buildings on Capitol on lockdown, we’re also listening to chatter from other countries to see who’s in on it with you. You’re coming with us.”

“Well, we have some senator's, people in congress and military personnel in custody. It looks like Russia may be in on it as well, we’re picking people up now. It doesn’t look like anyone else was in on it and we showed the world that we can stop an attack at this scale. We’ll get more answers out of you in time.” C.K. said

The Russian president and cabinet were picked up.

“It's good we have so many ships, we needed their cells. We have our work cut out for us. What are we going to tell the press around the world? How did we capture all these people?” Ripar asked

“Well, maybe now is the time to tell the world we’re here? We did uncover a plot to save the country and maybe even the world, if that doesn’t show we’re friendly I don’t know what would.” C.K. replied

It took some time, but they found all (or at least most) that were in on it and they captured them. They told the world about themselves and why they initially came to their planet. They told them they want to help as much as they can, so Earth won’t end up like Targof. Most of the human race greeted them with open arms. There was still hate and anger, some even hated the Targofians, but the world seemed a little calmer. Over time climate change was being fixed, the oceans cleaned, trees planted, less fossil fuel used. Targof didn’t share a lot of their technology with the humans and most of the humans understood, or at least lived with that.

In time more species from other planets found Earth, some were nice, and some weren’t. Those are other stories though. Now it’s 2364 and things might be as good as they’ll get. Targof and Earth have an alliance with many other worlds, they based everything on the Star Trek’s Federation of Planets. The people of Earth are mostly at peace and are happy. Some humans are living on other planets, some for work and others for love.

“Ok class, any questions? Class dismissed. Have a good day, remember we have a quiz next session.”

Panning out you see a room full of students and an artificial intelligence wall with a face smiling.