Chapter 6: Intervention
Katja sat at her terminal typing code. She sang an old tune under her breath. After fucking, this was her favorite job. Coding nanobots is a very precise take. The code has to be economical and very specific. The bots can only do so much, so the code has to be just right. Katja sat back as she ran her latest code and smiled. She remembered something about a form of poetry called haiku. The poems must conform to a very strict form, but you can do almost anything within that form. It's just like programming bots.
These bots have very specific tasks. These are memory reprogrammers. Once they go to work, the doc and the generals will know that their microwave scheme absolutely will not work. Katja toyed with a sub-routine that would make them homosexual. That would be so much fun to program the admiral with since he's such a macho fool. Making him a homosexual submissive would be a real hoot. Mission protocol programs booted in the back of Katja's mind: Reprogramming nanotechnology is to be used only for mission critical objectives. "Yeah, yeah," Katja muttered. "Can't a construct at least dream?"
Katja checked program again, then satisfied that it was what she needed, proceeded to make another batch of bots. The bots poured out of the dispenser as a glowing yellow liquid. The yellow fluid didn't look like much, but there were billions of nanobots in there waiting to be delivered to their humanoid hosts. Katja picked up the pitcher and headed downstairs to see how Victoria was doing with the bot delivery solution. As she walked into the kitchen, she herd Victoria muse aloud, "Let's see, Ice, red wine, bubbly citrus water, sectioned fruit pieces; what's missing?"
"I think you need to add the bots," Katja smiled. "Better wait until Sonja is here though. The bubbly water can make the bots go funny."
"That's right," Victoria giggles. "That whole disco revival thing was a big mistake."
"I keep telling you," Katja sighed, "that was corrupted code. What about the time your code made everyone swear in Spanish!"
Victoria blushed slightly, "You know that wasn't an accident y tu Mama, un puta!"
"It's against directives and anyway," Katja giggled, "no one on this planet speaks Spanish."
"But that's what made it so much fun!" Victoria protested. "It gave them fun new ways to insult each other!"
The proximity detector sounded followed by the sound of the exterior pressure seal opening. "Must be Sonja,"
Sonja appeared at the kitchen door, her long red hair framing her pale face while her full red lips formed a defiant pout. She scowled at Victoria who was jabbering away in Spanish with sock puppets and sighed, "And they say I came out wrong."
"Not wrong exactly," Katja said, "just not quite right for close surveillance."
"You mean I won't act like a dumb cunt for asshole men," Sonja deadpanned.
"That's part of it," Katja confirmed.
"You play too rough!" Victoria shouted. "But have we got someone for you!"
"So I gathered," Sonja sighed. "You don't call me in unless you need help with a freak."
"We need help delivering bots," Katja said. "The fact that one of our targets is a freak is just a bonus."
Katja and Victoria brought Sonja up to speed on the microwave situation while sipping nanobot Sangria. The generals, the admiral and the Doc would be arriving soon. All they needed to do was deliver the bots and then activate them.
"Are you sure these assholes are going to show up?" Sonja asked after the plan was explained to her.
"Of course," Katja said. "What man refuses an invitation to an orgy?"
Doc arrived first. He went straight to Katja and tried to stay close to her. The scientist was quiet and nervous outside of his labs. Katja did her best to put Doc at ease, but she had hostess duties to perform. Victoria chatted with Sonja about what she called, "girl things." Sonja yawned at the patter about shopping and asked Doc if he played hockey.
The Generals arrived together. They immediately ordered Victoria to make their drinks. General Reems hovered over Doc, succeeding brilliantly at intimidating the scientist. General Hood inspected Victoria as she mixed drink while General Graff tried to impress Sonja. The more Graff went on about his importance, the sleepier Sonja looked.