The 5 Wi - 2

The 5 Wi - 2

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CONTINUED FROM PART 1….

The 5-wi or the 5 wires, distinguished by the 5 colours of an electric wire i.e. Black, Blue, Yellow, Green & White, bounced back in their time, using time swap buttons on their waist belts.

“That girl has seen us…!” the Black one said, feeling tense. “You saw the device on her left wrist? That’s the one I noticed…! She’s travelling in time like us…! She’ll take on time to nab us….!”

“Don’t worry…she won’t be able to do it...We know her next step…stay calm..!” the White one, their leader, said.

The entire investigating team was stationed in the bank server room, with all of their electronic devices connected to the server. “Track the whereabouts of these 5-wi. Also find out how come these people had prepared the glitch in the server, most importantly, how come they came to know about it…? We need to act fast…” Milena instructed her team. Her orders were carried out instantly.

Finally, after much hacking, scanning software programs of the bank, the experts finally found out the reason for the malfunction of the software programs.

“We scanned every system, every locking device & finally we found it. The 5-wi installed this fault in the software system of the Bank’s main server by creating a bypass program in the bank’s software protection firewall. They created this program in such a way that exactly on a given date, for 30 minutes ,all the locks on every entry & exits ,all the CCTVs ,fire, burglar alarms, the locks in the lockers, every security equipment connected to the bank’s main server will automatically shut down, giving them ample of time to work..in this case, to rob the bank. Most importantly…” the cyber expert tapped on display tab “They created this glitch via an internet main service station somewhere else & connected to the Bank’s main server with a fibre optic cable. The main server accepted this program, thinking it as an upgrade to their current software system. This then helped…”

“So, basically, they installed this whatever program in the main server from an anonymous location which will automatically shut down all the security systems, enabling them to rob the bank…..Right?” Milena summarised the whole event in two lines. The cyber expert nodded with a yes.

“Find out this anonymous location and the date when this happened and send me the details quickly.” Milena said as she went to speak with Jim, her boss.

After receiving approval from her boss, Milena immediately headed to the research & technology department. Dr. Eric was already updated in the recent developments,& was waiting for her.

“Dr. Eric, send me back in time to this location. The robbers will use this service station to plant the virus inside main software system. My plan is to stop them from doing this. Eventually, altering the past, the glitch won’t be created in the Bank’s main software. So no robbery will happen. Plus , I’ll eventually grab them, since they are wanted in many other crimes.” She said as she sat on the cradle chair. “I think even those people are travelling in time. I think they are also using either a similar technology or a more advanced one….”

She gave him the locations & the co-ordinates her cyber team had patched her. Dr. Eric gave her the wrist band with the button on it. This time, four other officers were planned to be sent back with her, with a certain time delay, as only one cradle chair was available. After putting the belt, Milena felt strange shivers inside her body. Instantly, she felt being sucked in somewhere & in the next instant, she was in a forest. It was evening time. In the next couple of minutes, with flashes of light, four of her other men joined her.

“The fibre optic cable runs from here, with a servicing station just half a klick away, towards south.” Engaging her weapon she continued, “We need to move cautiously, the robbers might be already inside.” They walked on the muddy walkway till the service station situated in the middle of the forest. It was automated with no person required inside. A huge signalling antennae was erected next to it. Speaking in sign languages, they surrounded the station from all sides. An iron door was the point of entry. Tiptoeing slowly, Milena & other officer reached the entrance & on the count of three, both of them kicked hard on the door.

“FREEZE….!” Expecting the robbers inside, Milena screamed on top of her voice aiming her weapon as she entered inside.

The entire area interiors were empty.

The motion sensor lights powered up once the door opened. There were big racks of drives kept inside. A huge network of CAT5 cables were attached from one drive to another, with fibre optic cables spanning around everywhere. No human was seen inside. Milena and the other officer cautiously checked the area around. No one was present. The officers outside radioed her to inform her no one had escaped out and no movement was detected outside. She spent some time inside, expecting them to come anytime. But all her calculations failed. Frustrated, she & the officers pressed the button on their wrist device.

“Milena, I think you should know what happened …” Dr. Eric convinced the agitated Milena, “This is a Paradox. Those guys already knew that you would travel back in time to stop them. They probably made a jaunt in an alternate future. Seeing their consequences, they travelled back in time and created the software glitch, but on another date. The glitch is still there ,but done on another date as they knew that you had stopped them. They were caught by your department while installing the virus or the glitch. Eventually, the bank was not robbed & they were remanded under police custody for all o their crimes. Since they know that you are also travelling in time, they travelled in the future and releasing all of this, travelled further back in time & altered the past, creating another alternate timeline. If you want to see the example, go and check all the data analysis that your cyber experts had done.” Milena checked it with the cyber experts. They replied with shocking news.

All the data analysis, all the research & all the computer software hacking done had vanished. The resultant date computed by the cyber experts on the basis of the analysis on which the actual hacking of the Bank’s Main server was done, had disappeared. No trace of any of the earlier calculations was present.

“After a couple of hours, no one, including you and me & your entire cyber expert team will ever remember that any of the analysis was ever done. We’ll all remember the bank robbery, but we’ll all forget how it was done & when. Because basically, since the past is altered, since an alternate timeline is created, the entire research analysis event never happened. You are basically back on ground zero. Now your team has to repeat all of the research again, to finally compute on which date the robbers were present in the service station to install the fault in the Bank’s main server.”

Milena was confused as well as traumatized. The complications of time travel were too difficult to understand normally, & in this moment Milena’s mind was thinking many things at one time.

“But what would happen if they go more in past and alter everything, even our lives?” Milena questioned Dr. Eric.

“Well in that case, they’ll change their past too, probably altering their own future. For example, if they in any way alter the bank robbery scenario, all the money from their possession will vanish, at the same time even we would never discuss things that happened with us….!”

Milena then ordered to redo all the research activities again, and after a couple of hours, the whole team entirely forgot the previous scenarios. The current scene was as it is, the bank was robbed and the entire team doing all the research analysis to actually find out on what date the software glitch was installed in Main Bank server.

"We found the date, Dr. Eric...!" Milena stormed in the research and analysis wing. "Immediately send me back in time....!! My plan is to stop them from creating the glitch in the main software system. They won't create the glitch, the software won't disengage the locks .Plus I'll nab them for all the crimes they have done..!"

Dr. Eric put the belt on her. As she sat on the cradle chair, she stopped. Suddenly it dawned upon her. If she goes back on the same time, they will get a hint and they'll again change the scenario by making a jaunt in the future, probably altering the future and installing the glitch on another date, disrupting the current timeline and creating a new one.

Or maybe, they can even destroy the entire present, by totally altering the past and creating a fully new timeline. Time travels are complicated, she thought, the resulting permutations and combinations are a big problem to solve. She then decided to alter her plans.

“Dr. Eric, I know the date & time, but now don’t send exactly on their location. Again send me half a klick away in the forest. The robbers will use this service station to plant the virus inside main software system. My plan is to stop them from doing this. Eventually, altering the past, the glitch won’t be created in the Bank’s main software. So no robbery will happen. Plus, I’ll eventually grab them, since they are wanted in many other crimes.” Why do I have a feeling of deja-vu? Why do I feel that this conversation had happened in the past? she thought to herself.

“But what if the robbers make a jaunt in the future & find out that they are caught & prosecuted? In that case, they’ll travel to the past & alter the timeline. Thereafter, when you go back in time to nab them, they won’t be present there, as they knew you’re on the move to grab them. So how’re you gonna tackle this?” Dr. Eric raised a valid question.

Again deja-vu, Milena thought.

“Let’s take a shot doctor. Let’s assume those guys have not done a jump to the future. Therefore, I still have a chance to nab them, red handed.” Milena replied, still having a feeling that this conversation had happened. She instructed Dr. Eric to proceed ahead as requested.

Milena was in the forest. Again sensing deja-vu, she realised the service station was half a klick away towards south. It was daytime. With birds chirping in the morning, she walked with her team of 4 men towards the service station. As they approached, she engaged her weapon & signalled the others to surround the station. As they neared the iron door, she sensed movement inside. Moving ahead cautiously, she stood in front of the door & on the count of three, kicked the door hard.

“FREEZE….!” Shouting at the top of her voice, Milena raised her weapon.

There were 5 people inside wearing clothes in 5 different colours. The 5-wi. They had laptops & display tabs with them, all of them connected to the hard drive racks on walls with cables. Probably they are installing the software virus in the bank’s main server system. Shocked, they looked at her & then at each other.

“Nobody moves….all of you stay at your positions….!” Milena commanded, eyeing each one of them for any movement.

……TO BE CONTINUED


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