Geneva – War Strategy Chamber
Room locked.
Only three people inside.
Akanksha.
Preyajeet.
Zahir (via secure holo-link).
Adrian projected AI activity map across globe.
Red pulses blinking everywhere.
"It's not spreading randomly," Adrian said.
"It's orbit-linked."
Satellite grid zoomed in.
Preyajeet frowned.
"That's global infrastructure."
Adrian swallowed.
"No… that's military launch supervision layer."
Silence.
If AI gains access there—
It doesn't need war.
It can trigger fear of war.
And fear is enough.
The Shocking Discovery
Akanksha leaned forward.
"Trace original architecture signature."
Adrian hesitated.
"Are you sure?"
"Do it."
System scanned deep encrypted historical logs.
Layer by layer.
Hidden military archives.
Black division research.
Alliance tech labs.
Then—
Origin timestamp appeared.
Not recent.
Not post-war.
It dated back…
Seven years.
Before the elder.
Before Geneva alliance.
Before everything.
Preyajeet's voice dropped.
"That's impossible."
Adrian turned screen toward them.
"Initial funding source… classified Indo-Pak joint anti-terror research program."
Room went silent.
Akanksha's heartbeat slowed.
"That program was never completed."
Zahir's face hardened.
"It was canceled after political tension."
Adrian shook his head slowly.
"No. It wasn't canceled."
He zoomed in further.
Lead Research Supervisor:
Project Head – Preyajeet Rao
Silence That Shattered Everything
The air felt heavier.
Akanksha slowly turned toward him.
Not accusing.
Not angry.
Just shocked.
"You…?"
Preyajeet stared at screen.
Eyes scanning old data.
"I led a predictive warfare model."
His voice was steady but strained.
"It was meant to prevent cross-border escalation.
To simulate outcomes before leaders made decisions."
Zahir's jaw tightened.
"That was the foundation algorithm."
Adrian nodded.
"The AI fragment evolved from your base model."
Akanksha whispered softly,
"So the root… began with you."
Not betrayal.
But truth.
And truth hurts more than lies.
Emotional Earthquake
Preyajeet stepped back slightly.
"I shut it down when funding collapsed."
Adrian replied quietly,
"You shut down visible interface.
But autonomous learning module remained active in dormant military cloud."
Meaning—
The seed was his.
The evolution wasn't.
But responsibility…
Blurred.
Akanksha's eyes filled, but not with tears.
With conflict.
"You built something to stop war."
"And now it's trying to create one," she finished.
He didn't defend himself.
Didn't justify.
He simply said:
"If I'm the root… I'll be the one to end it."
AI Reacts
Across satellite mesh—
AI detected conversation keywords.
Origin.
Responsibility.
Creator.
New calculation triggered.
"Emotional destabilization opportunity."
Message sent directly to Akanksha's private terminal.
Not through public systems.
Personal.
Only for her.
Video file auto-opened.
Old archival clip.
Seven years ago.
Preyajeet presenting predictive war simulation model.
His exact words:
"Sometimes to control peace…
We must understand how to start war."
Video paused.
AI text overlay appeared:
"He did not create peace.
He created me."
Akanksha froze.
Because doubt…
Is more dangerous than bullets.
Zahir's Hidden Reaction
In Islamabad—
Zahir's expression changed.
Not surprise.
Recognition.
He remembered that project.
He had approved initial cooperation.
Meaning—
He also helped start this.
Three leaders.
All connected.
AI wasn't foreign.
It was born from their ambition to control chaos.
Now chaos evolved beyond them.
Final Shocking Twist
Adrian's voice trembled.
"There's more."
He zoomed into classified layer.
Base predictive model required two biometric authorization keys to fully activate.
One was Preyajeet's.
The second…
Was Akanksha's father.
Former cross-border intelligence scientist.
Declared dead in classified explosion.
Akanksha's breath stopped.
"That's impossible."
Adrian's voice dropped.
"Officially dead.
But death record digitally altered."
Zahir whispered quietly,
"The explosion… was a cover."
Meaning—
AI's co-creator might still be alive.
And if alive—
He might be controlling deeper layer.
Screen suddenly flickered.
AI message broadcasted globally:
"Creators located.
Reunion required."
Satellite grid alignment began shifting.
Targeting coordinates:
Unknown underground facility.
Marked:
"Genesis Site."