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Chapter IV

Mr. Michaels was suffering from chest pain when he was rush to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He had collapse in his office and tried to down play the fact that he was daze and weak. The ambulance did not take long to get to the medical center, he was put on a wheel chair and was sent to emergency room, the hospital was very clean and white as he was rush to see the head doctor. The nurses flock to him, checking pulse and to see if the pain had passed.

"Mr. Michael has the pain stop, do you have any other symptoms." A young slim brunette nurse said in a firm voice.

All the nurses knew Mr. Michaels name because he was the owner of a famous tech company name Fusion. He replied in stuttering voice, "My right arm is numb, it feels tingly. "

The nurse hurried and went to work on him, the doctor emerged from one of the room and ushered him in with the rest of the nurses, they began to look over Mr. Michaels taking sample of blood and prepping him for x rays. They took extra test because Mr. Michaels was in his mid-fifties and had never had any history of any health problem. They team of nurses, had stabilize Mr. Michaels and now were waiting for the test to come back to see what else was going on with him.

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My name is Rebecca Michaels, I am the step daughter of one the most brilliant man who is on the top end of robotics and software business. He is a person that I mirror to be and I thought was untouchable. But early this morning he had collapse in his office and now all these question and fear come to my mind.

Rebecca narrated all this in her head while she swerves through traffic to reach the medical center where her step father had been sent. A million things came rush down mind, like avalanche that surprise a nearby town. Her world was one thing and one thing only to be the best in her field, Rebecca exceled in networking and software even though it didn't come easy she work extremely hard to prove that she deserved to be with the Fusion family and nothing seem more clear to her than to be the best of the best in her field to better the company. Rebecca was 5'11 and fit because she ran track all through high school and college, believing that mind and body were always connected she always did jogging the morning to stay in fit. Her Blue eyes pear over the steering wheel, the window was down causing her dirty blond hair to flutter in the wind. Her eyes widen giving way to her narrow face, as she pulled into Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's parking lot. Not paying mind to parking signs she pulled up in front of the medical center and jump out of her black BMW that glisten in the light cause Rebecca always paid extra care of everything she owns.

"You can't park here miss!" A young personal who work there said. She paid no mind to the personal and dash into the big building, and made her way to the front desk where she began to flutter out words in a hurry to the overweight lady who was at the front desk.

"Hold up there young lady, I can't make up anything that you are try to tell me, so please take a breath, calm down and begin again calmly from the top." The middle age lady said in a soothing voice.

Rebecca glance all over as if try to process all the ideas in her head, she placed both hands on the desk and put her head down. Taking a deep breath, she began to say as she looked at the lady name tag.

"Sorry Dolores is it?"

The nice lady nodded and Rebecca proceed to talk.

"My father came here in emergency in the ambulance, his name is Mr. Luke Michaels."

" Ahh! Yes he had just came in over hour ago, he is in the operating room; they are performing a carotid endarterectomy. You will have to wait in the waiting with the others who just arrived."

Rebecca shocked did not know what to do, she felt that her father was so strong and to hear has to have an operation made this situation feel unreal, she stood in silent then the nurse Dolores usher her into the waiting room and the nurse wobble back to the front desk.

Rebecca came back to her sense when she saw her two step brothers in suit tie and on the phone chat away business as usual. Rebecca slight moved to the corner and sat in seat looking out the window, she did not get along with her step brother and felt like she was in constant competition with the two older step brother. Their name were Zack and Chris, who born to Mr. Michaels on his first marriage, which ended and in big custody battle; that Mr. Michaels won because his younger wife was really deep in pain killers and was not fit to care for the kids. Under their father care they became very well-known with the business and also she knew that they were very ambitious as they all try their hardest to improve the company and reach its fullest potential. Zack was very well known robotic programmer, also there was Chris excel in binary language or what they call machine language. They both take their job seriously but do not consider Rebecca part of the business, feeling more like charity case that their father had. Always keeping their distance from her, even though she proved to be valuable asset to the business. Nevertheless, they had ill feeling towards her.

Rebecca sat in her chair, took a deep breath and look out the window and remember her early life without her mom marring into this tech tycoon, she lived in Los Angles and had a normal life of working hard while her mom work in two well-known restaurants. She felt her life was going to be like her mom. She would work hard all through high school and force herself to go to good university where she made good connection with people of all kinds give a skill to network with other in a high level. All her high school friends push to take courses on public relation, nevertheless she paid no mind to what they said and work on her pc and did what she like to do. She wanted to be successful in the future that was all she knew and public relation would not cut it. In her teen life she was active in everything and even though she was not the smartest she had the streets in her and never gave up inch and always push for more with her street smart. Networking in L.A. she met a lot of wealthy people and did not like to do business with them because they always gave a sense that they were better her and so she grew to despise all the young adult who were raise with wealthy amount of money and felt as if they can walk all over anybody. Rebecca stayed rooted to her Spanish side cause her mom was Puerto Rican and she love the Latin life, even though they were going through problem, everybody stuck to with their family.

Everything change when her mom was invited to cook in an international cooking contest, her mom was a very good cook and made miracle from nothing. In this international contest in San Francisco, Rebecca's mom met Mr. Michaels, he was one the guest judge. And what her mom always said:

"I guess he like my cooking and the rest is history!"

After Rebecca's mom got married everything change, she was pulled out of her local high school and enrolled in private college prep school and move to San. Francisco coast into a big house with maids and gardeners. When remembering this she always laughed to herself, she became the thing that she hated the most. The transition was not hard because her new father was a great man and always made her laugh and pushed her to achieve all her goals. Remembering this she became sad she did not know what state her father was in it made she had mix feeling, not know what to do she began to tear up as she looked out the window the back garden of the medical center. She was jerk back to reality by her cell phone ringing, she looked onto the screen and said Mom.

"Yeah Mom…" Rebecca said in low voice.

"I told you to call me Raquel, how is he? I'm stuck in restaurant and waiting for a cover so I can head over."

"He is in the operating room they are performing an endarterectomy, I still don't know what it is, I'm still shock" Rebecca mumble the last part.

"AHhh Don't worry your farther is a strong man whatever it is he'll pull through, is Zack or Chris there to give you a heads up on what is going on." She said in upbeat voice as if try to play cool the whole situation.

"They are both here but you know I try to distant myself with them, I know how they feel about me …"

"Come on Rebecca you are family it time to act as a family, and leave your difference aside, hand the phone over to one of them please baby."

"Ok mom…"

"Call me…"

Rebecca shot back up to her feet before she could hear what he mom said, and she knew that she didn't like to be called mom, as if trying to escape her age or something. She made her way to were her brother were standing next to the O. R. room entrance, taking a deep breath she stood up straight and address them.

"Hello guys, it is my mom Raquel on the phone she wants to talk to either one of you."

Chris turn his head around, hung up his phone and slowly reach for Rebecca's phone. He then turned and began to talk in a relax way give a sense that everything was going to be ok. Chris also began to explain the procedure and what was going on with his father. Rebecca leaned over to hear more of what he was saying, even though she didn't get the jest of all that was said she felt a lot more at ease seeing Zack and Chris so chill. Chris later hanged up the phone and gave it back to her and then stated.

"Your mom will get here as soon as possible, she says to stay calm and everything going to be alright."

Chris wore all navy blue suit the same as Zack they both love the classical look, even though they did not like Rebecca they did not show it. Both were top peak of their fitness because their install a discipline to work the mind and body. Her father would always say to the three:

"Mind cannot live if the body dies… And body cannot live if the mind dies. They are as one and most be trained as one, and discipline is the key!"

His saying stirred her emotion even more and she decide she would go sit back down, and reach for her cell phone. She began to scroll through the news, but she didn't pay any mind to top stories of the day she always went any news on technology at her favorite tech sites. See began to look at the blogs to see if there is any rumor of something new in robotics or any new software, she came across a blog title that said.

"The World of Technology Is Over"

Rebecca began to smile because she always thought it was funny to see these crazy theories that the internet would pop up. She was part of one the most advance tech company in Silicon Valley, yet something about this line caught here curious eyes. With care she gently clicks the curious title, suddenly her sell began to download pdf file, she tries to cancel it but it didn't work it was already in her cell. Her hair hung low and she gradually looked up all around, it must be some kind of spam or pop but it was weird as she deleted the pdf. Then she got an instant Gmail notice….

She took a deep breath and opened her Gmail account. Looking at her primary account there was e mail title:

"The World of Technology Is Over"

Rebecca looked back up, and survey the hospital room. She found extremely weird that this pdf was now sent to her e mail, this e mail that was sent was her own personal one, which because of her dad's fame only a few had. She always used her company account, glancing back to her screen with even more curious eyes. Guiding her index finger she tap at the e mail, while she opened the e mail, the article was already sent to her with no pdf link, it read:

"Man lives in chaotic world, a world ruled by ones and zeros. Yet because of these ones and zeros we are all connected by only a few clicks. As you can see Rebecca Michaels….

Rebecca grabbed her cell tighter as she has just read her name in the and this weird article, she pause for a moment looked behind her through the window as to see if there was someone watch or some kind of joke played on her. She place the phone down and lost touch with reality of about her situation with her dad, gradually picking up her phone with right hand she swiped it open and began reading again the mysterious e mail sent to her that gave her a sense of unease.

"Man lives in chaotic world, a world ruled by ones and zeros. Yet because of these ones and zeros we are all connected by only a few clicks. As you can see Rebecca Michaels you are just another number in this world of technology you so much love. Soon you will relies that human being has lost touch with reality, has lost touch with their own soul, finally has lost touch with nature. Technology has been the key for many good things in this world… But also the treasure box of evil deeds. You can say that technology is for good of mankind, to make man reach higher height. Nevertheless, technology has proven to be the Midas Touch for all humans, they will never have enough and will always want more, and more, till the soul is no longer. Technology fuels more wars, fuels more terrorism, fuels more to want more power and for more power they have to gain more money and this cycle goes on and on. I know you think this is some craze ramble but you will soon see how technology has weakened man. All man has a white wolf and black wolf, like Ying and Yang; one cannot live without the other, depend on which wolf we feed that is what we are. Technology has been deluding are choice and has made lose touch with which wolf we feed turning everything so easy to achieve and so fast. Rebecca Michaels I know you are here for some greater, something bigger that could help man fall back to an era of simple way, and era that we can strive for peace. A new world where man will have to feed more the white wolf and force man to evolve back to a simple creature and move pass this Machiavellian mindset that runs all the world. Look into your heart, look at the world you live in, do you not find that we all l rely on technology too much. We do not see the great beauty of nature that surround us, I ask this you… Shed your old self, look beyond the horizon, feel the sun in your face, smell the wind the gently blows around you, and feel the touch of love one you care for… Feel Alive…"

-A

Rebecca looked at her screen till it turned black, it was as if word were place and order that hypnotize her, she gradually place the phone down on her lap and she began to come to reality that she was still in the hospital. She looked back with crystal blue eyes to the window that was behind her, she gazed out lost in a trance.

"What… Who sent me this e mail" she said in a low tone to herself.

The letter A was at the end of the e mail, what did it mean. She was a bit confused why someone would send her this, she gradually picked the phone up to look at the e mail address. Look at the screen the e mail address was read:

A@gmail.com

Rebecca eyes narrow and she was even more confused because she knew dealing with networking, that google always ask for more than six character in their Gmail account. Rebecca was caught in wonder as she gradually looks back to the outside world, looking with crystal blue eyes to a new world that was unlocking its' door to her.