Hi and welcome. If you're looking for a story a dose of the stranger
than fiction side of the world we live in, then you've come to the
right place. There are a lot of stories to choose from, and to
day's is a new story. Two lost souls trapped at the bottom of the
ocean for almost a century, and a secret organization with a seemingly impossible mission.
They call me the Ghost. I'm a dark operative on the dark Web,
taking on the mysterious and outrageous jobs that no one else will or can.
This is one of my adventures. Today's story is a race against time
to save them before it's too late. This is a tale of the supernatural,
the unknown, and the impossible. Take a listen and enjoy. It
was a Saturday night at the warehouse. We were all actually just taking the
weekend off, if you can believe that. We'd come back from another job
a couple of days before this, and so part of what we were doing
that weekend was organizing some of the things that we had brought back with us.
You know, we had to package some of the items and send them
to their official owners and things like that. So we're kind of leisurely doing
those sort of things. But nothing's really going on, and we're taking our
time and like I said, just trying to relax a little bit. And
at that time, we had not picked or chosen a job to take quite
yet, so we really didn't know what we're going to be off doing next
when this job came in, and when it did, we knew that this
was the one, the one that we would be doing next. It came
to us from the Consortium for Global Security. This is also known as the
CGS, and you've probably never heard of them, and there's a good reason
for that. They are a secretive organization that solely dedicate themselves to protecting the
world from threats both human and supernatural. And if you're unfamiliar with the word
consortium, it's a group of individuals or organizations that come together to achieve a
common goal or objective. And I've already stated what THEIRS is. The CGS
is a highly secretive and powerful organization made up of some of the wealthiest and
most influential people in the world. When it comes to actually knowing something,
Their origins are pretty much a mystery, but it's rumored that this was founded
centuries ago by a group of powerful individuals who sought to control the world's resources
and shape its future according to their own vision. Now, over time,
some of that has changed because we now realize there is a lot going on
in our world and beyond. At times, these guys are known to be
incredibly ruthless, and those who cross they've even been known to disappear without a
trace. They have their own private security forces and advanced technology at their disposal.
This makes them a force to be reckoned with. And Okay, well
that's enough about that. But I did want to explain it because this is
a serious thing. This request to me stated that they have a recovery mission
that absolutely has to happen. It involves two very important contacts, the Ocean
and the CGS. Specifically, I'm contacted by a woman who I will call
Amelia Chen. She would be the CEO of a major player in the renewable
energy industry, and the request went like this, said from Amelia Chen,
who INCGS is the director of operations. Well, she says, we request
your assistance in the retrieval of two beings located in a secure facility. They
were put there for security reasons and their retrieval is of the utmost important to
our organization and the world. Due to the sensitive nature of this request,
we are unable to provide further details at this time. However, we assure
you that the retrieval of these beings is critical to the continued safety and security
of all We trust in your expertise and discretion in this matter, and we
look forward to your prompt response. So as you can see, these guys
are official all of the time. It's not like some of the requests I
get in where they're just desperate and talking. Well, not these guys.
These guys are official all of the time. And I would never turn down
at least a meeting with these guys. But I wouldn't go alone. I
know, I want to bring Frankie and Harley. I'm very curious what all's
involved here and what it this really is. I mean, they didn't give
me much information, but with the AGS, it's never something simple. So
we don't wait, we don't do anything else. This is too important.
Their facility is located deep within this mountain range which I cannot mention. The
entrance is hidden behind this waterfall, and then it leads to this cavernous space.
Because of course We're not going to meet in a big downtown glass building
or anything. These guys do everything they do in secret. The lives that
they put out to the public and the people that they know they have nothing
to do with the AGS. It is all private and all secret. All
right, Well for this, we know where we need to go. I've
been there before once. Finally inside the facility, everything changes from the natural
roughness of the mountain and the rocks and plants on the outside. I mean,
you'd never know that this place was here, And that's the point.
Frankie Harley and I get there and after passing security, we go to the
inside. After we walk down this lighted tunnel hallway, we get to the
good stuff. There are people working and busy. I mean not too many
people, but they are all in these individual office like spaces with only glass
for walls, and the whole place is like that. We're escorted, of
course, and walk into the main area, where the walls are lined with
screens displaying real time data from all around the world. Is very impressive.
We get to the center of the room and then we start to hear this
new sound and we look up and there was this circular platform that was descending
from the ceiling down to meet us. As we approach, we see a
figure standing on it and as we got closer, I recognize the man as
doctor Suneil Reo. I've talked with him before. He's a chief scientist at
the National Institute of Oceanography in India as well as the official man in charge
at the AGS. He is a tall, lean man with piercing blue eyes
and short dark hair. He's dressed in a sleek black suit which except entuates
his sharp features. I mean, his presence is commanding. There's no confusion
that this is a man who was the head of everything, and he takes
it very seriously. You can just tell when you meet him. He steps
down off the platform and he welcomes us, and then he gestures for us
to follow him to another room. And like I said, the rooms are
all divided by glass walls. When we get into that next room, however,
he hits a button and our windows all go to this clouded charcoal,
making it impossible to see in or out. We are then joined by Amelia
Chen and like I said, she is the director of operations in the AGS.
We gather on the table that's there and after we make some small talk,
we get to it. Amelia Chen is sitting at the head of the
table and she starts you tapping away on her tablet while Doctor Reyo stands closer
to the wall and doesn't sit. I mean, these guys are ready to
just get to business. He starts out the meeting by explaining to us what
is going on between him and he lets us know this other species. We're
very curious how he knows about any of this at all. I knew and
know of the Ags, but the details of how they work exactly is something
they keep pretty close. But I'm curious about who this is, who we
are supposed to retrieve and why. Well. Doctor Rio tells us that the
Ags as a group has been monitoring this certain location in the Widell's Sea,
and they've been doing that for a long time. The beings that we need
to retrieve are of an alien nature. He tells us how they have been
in communication with this alien species for a large number of decades. They are
the Zorans, and he explains that they have known all along that this day
was coming. The Zorans cannot bake it back because of the situation that they
created and that's where we come in. It's pretty shocking and confusing news,
but as it is with all jobs, we wait for more information, more
of the story. Doctor Rayo tells us that all communications have occurred that need
to and the prisoners are well aware that their time is up and that they're
about to be removed. Soon after explaining that, Doctor Ryo then directs our
attention to the center of the table that's there and right in front of us,
an image, or it's like a hologram like image, starts to appear
right on that table, and at first it's kind of like this blurry sphere
just floating above the table, and as it's flickering to life, Doctor Ryo
turns from it back to us to discuss, and he says that before he
can show us what they have, he wanted to put the must needed caution
out there. And he reminds us, you know, and he does this
over and over again, that we're dealing with something highly classified, and he
lets us know and I quote, we have spared no expense in keeping this
operation secret, and we expect the same level of discretion from you. He
pauses for a moment, but of course we would be discreet and he would
know that, but I think it's just too important not to stress. And
he knows that I share some of my stories, which and I've explained this
before, a lot of my clients are fine with that because number one,
they're too unbelievable for anyone to actually believe, right, So they're not afraid
of that. And I keep enough of the details out of the story that
I'm not really telling exactly who it is or what exactly happened. And that's
how I get away was sharing this with you. I mean, this job
was definitely one I wanted to tell you guys about, and I had to
get these permissions and make sure the things I was saying were within the boundaries
of what I'm allowed to say. So anyway we got that, I'll figured
out. So here I am, and I think that we're all really lucky
that we get to know about this and that I can share it with you.
So, okay, we get through all of that, and then doctor
Tayo continues and tells us, you know, he's just going to get to
it, and he does. This guy is really blunt. He explains to
us that there are two individual humanoid beings that have been banished from their own
society for a period of time due to crimes they have committed, and for
the last one hundred years they have been serving a prison like type of sentence
at the bottom of our ocean. And he adds that's just one of the
two pieces. He looked at us intently and told us that they are at
the bottom of the Woodell's Sea, and Harley even asks, you know,
what could they have possibly done to be down there for that long and to
be down there at all. Well, he tells us that they're down there
because they tried to steal a highly valuable energy source, and so their punishment
was to do the opposite, to protect it and protect it for what is
to us one hundred years. So they were here on purpose and left here
on purpose. Yo explains to us that one hundred years for them is like
twenty to us, which made it a little bit less crazy. And he
continued to explain what exactly happened this alien civilization. Okay, it first arrived
on Earth thousands of years ago, it would be an ancient civilization to us
because they were here. We would find some items and we wouldn't know what
happened right. Well, apparently they were on an intergalactic expedition and they were
seeking new worlds to explore and potentially inhabit. When they arrived on Earth,
they found it to be fascinating. It had diverse ecosystems and a variety of
life forms, so they were into it. They initially establish a small base
on the surface here on Earth, near where their energy source was located.
And I want to point out this energy source is something they brought with them,
and what we learned is that it helps them while they're somewhere because of
the type of energies it puts out. They need that, and you can
also pull them back easily should they want to return from where they came.
So they used this energy source in their travel, hence why they wanted to
save it here on Earth in the first place. Basically, once the energy
source is somewhere they can easily travel to and from it, it helps pull
them in and push them out in a way. Anyway, A long long
time ago, they spent several decades studying the planet and its inhabitants, collecting
data and samples and trying to determine if it was suitable for their long term
needs. Well, over time, they realized that the Earth was already home
to a growing intelligent and that matters and advancing civilization that'd be us, guys.
Humans. I mean, they knew humans were here, but they didn't
know all about us yet. I mean, we seemed intelligent, but we
were more intelligent than they thought at first, and this made them hesitant to
fully commit unsettling on the planet, as they were uncertain about the potential risks
and conflicts that could arise from coexisting with other advancing beings. So with all
of that, they wanted to leave Earth, but they also wanted to have
a way to return easily in the future, because they weren't giving up on
it yet. So they decided they would leave this energy source on Earth so
they could still have their portal of sorts allowing them to travel to and from.
And all was good and everything was looking fine until two of their own
tried to overtake the energy source and basically steal it. What they were going
to do with it, who would know, because it's not all that easy.
But criminals, you know, they don't think ahead sometimes. And you
know, even though these guys are known to be a very controlled species,
there are rebels everywhere, and these two were it and they were found out,
all right. Well, Doctor Rayo then gestures back to the hologram,
which now shows a bird's eye view of the ocean floor. This is what
we're dealing with, he says, showing us the energy source located at the
center of this large underwater area. He pauses, again, letting the information
sink in our We up for the challenge. Well, of course we are,
but there is more to know. And just so you guys know,
and I touched on it just a minute ago by telling you that they're controlled,
they're controlled situation. But the Zorians, they're highly intelligent and technologically advanced
species from a planet that's located in a nearby star system. I guess that's
all I can say. I'm not going to get into all of that because
again, in order to be able to share this, you know. But
anyway, the Zorians are known for their exceptional problem solving skills, their ability
to think out the box, and a very interesting thing about them is that
they have a society based on meritocracy. This is where individuals would be recognized
and promoted based on their abilities and contributions to their community. Their world.
They have a strong sense of justice and fairness, and their legal system is
based on their principles of equality and the protection of rights and what they have.
They're always on the side for the greater good for them as a whole.
So they're all fun and games, okay and organized until they're up against
something serious or they feel robbed or attacked in any way, then the games
are over all. Right. Well, we're in this meeting and doctor Rio
turns back to his three D digital imagery and we see this light and a
couple of sea creatures, you know that someone by it looked very calm,
you know, and I had to ask, I mean, is this where
your mysterious criminals are? And he says yes, and then he starts messing
with some controls on this path that he's holding. In the center of this
hologram, this large formation comes into view, and there are two figures moving
about in the shadows, and as he focuses in we can make out the
figures of these two humanoid beings that he was telling us about. They look
like they're just going about some daily routine. They don't seem bothered or frantic
or you know, depressed or weird in any way. It just looks like
an ordinary day down there. Doctor Rio starts moving the camera around and we
see more. One of the guys is tending to this high tech algae garden.
Apparently that's all they need to eat and survive. The other is examining
a console with a serious expression. I mean, like I said, it
just looked like an ordinary work day on a vessel, all right. Doctor
Rio clears his throat and he points to this glowing object in the corner of
the image, and then he starts to explain. While he's pointing to this
source, he says, right there, you know, that is the key
energy source I was telling you about. This is what allows them near instantaneous
travel between planets, and it was pretty amazing to see, and it's basically
been stored in our ocean this whole time. He then points out this sort
of barrier that's barely visible around all of this, you know, everything we're
looking at, and we learn that this energy source and their living quarters basically
it's all protected by this barrier, this energy field, so we can kind
of see that. But then he moves in on that energy source and he
reveals the intricate circuitry and the glowing blue crystals that are at its core.
And you know, I have to tell you, guys, it would take
some major Hollywood stuff, you know, some Hollywood doing for us to see
something like this in our world. You can't make earthly things look otherworldly like
they really and truly are, so I mean, it could be pretty amazing.
But even if Hollywood did their best, I am telling you, it
just doesn't look the same as you know, when you're really there. I
mean, this thing and its entirety looked like a big lighted almost metallic but
not sphere, with these intricate patterns glowing on its surface. The force field
around everything. It's almost invisible, but it does shimmer faintly if you look
closely, and it extends a few feet beyond everything. So you have this
outside sort of shimmering protective shield. Okay, And then inside you you have
some space, and then inside you have a little facility that holds the energy
source and these alien beings and everything they need to survive for the hundred years.
It's pretty amazing. Well, doctor Rayo continues, where now he says,
at the hundred year mark, okay, and the energy sources due for
a reset of sorts, basically a maintenance interval. I mean pretty good.
It can go any amount of years down there like it is, so we'd
get it. And it was critical to know that if the energy source were
to remain active after this hundred year point, it would start to reset itself.
It would hit its limit and then it would shut down to a point
okay, And then if left alone, it would even start to damage itself
because it'd be getting ready for something that's not there, so it'd become more
vulnerable. It would have us power and it would start to damage itself.
And in the end of the day, our little alien friends they weren't going
to make it out right if we don't get down there in time. So
that's what this is all about, and they're planning ahead for this. We
talk with doctor Teo and Amelia Chen for a while longer. We know we
have a big job in front of us, one that we would not and
are not going to turn down. We get ourselves immediately back to the warehouse
where Jaggers, Scarlet and Rider are waiting for us. We explain to them
all that we know, and we get our plan together. Because this job
has such a unique set of circumstances. We need our safety guaranteed. So
I know who to call. I call Professor Zephyr. This guy is a
brilliant inventor and scientist. He's got this eccentric personality and he's full of these
crazy and awesome, out of the box ideas, and that's exactly what I
need. He lives in a remote area and runs a laboratory that is actually
well known in the scientific circles today because of all of his cutting edge technology
and unconventional experiments. While I get ahold of him and I tell him what's
going on, and of course he's intrigued by the challenge, and he's very
excited to be even a small part of the mission, which we know as
part is not all that small. We go over all that we need for
the Wodell Sea mission, and once he has all the information, Professor Zephyr
gets to work. He specializes in inventing unique and innovative solutions to problems,
so we're not worried at all. We have zero doubts that this guy is
going to provide us with reliable equipment and tools. In the meantime, I
gather up the troops with the Professor and we discuss how this all is going
to work. We're going to need a solution for the deep dive rescue,
and we will need a secondary base stationed at the top and another one on
land. That's how I would like this setup. We're trying to cover our
bases here at every level, so that we have a small problem or a
big problem and need help, we do have backup. We're ready to go
within a fairly short amount of time considering all that we needed. I mean,
Doctor Tao gave us plenty of time, but we did have a lot
to do to prepare. This was definitely not a job where we could just
pick up and leave and handle. We had months to prepare, so of
course other things happened in the meantime, but we were allowed that time and
had that time to get ready in the right way. All right, Well,
fast forward to win. Finally everything's getting finalized. We meet with the
Professor and the ags, doctor Tao and Emila Chen. At least the Professor
presents the finalized and customized deep sea submersible vessel that we're going to need to
take down where we need to go. And let me just explain this thing
really quick. Okay, remember how James Cameron went down into the Mariana Trench
with his one man vessel that was specially designed just for that mission. Well,
this is similar to that, but with modifications that would work for more
than one person, and that would be suited to our specific mission. For
example, it has more advanced communication equipment in different propulsion systems and things like
that. We need to get down to approximately five thousand feet to do this
job, and this submersible can get us there. There is nothing commercially available
like this, and usually something like this is for research only, and that's
the kind of umbrella we'd be working under. Actually, as far as the
public or anyone is concerned, should anyone start poking their nose around to what
we're doing, and that ags handles all of that, But I want to
point this out in case you're thinking, you know, you just go rount
one of these and head on down. You know that's not going to be
possible. Okay. Well, the professor then steps forward and he begins to
explain how there's an energy field on this submersible, something similar to what they
have surrounding their prisoners down under. He tells us about how it's created by
a series of high powered electromagnetic generators that are on board the submersible. These
generators admit a powerful field of energy that will surround the vessel, protecting it
from external threat and providing a stable environment for us on the inside. Obviously,
that's very important. He explains how when we approach the energy field that
they're in the alien prison facility, our generators are going to immediately adjust to
try to match that frequency that they have and the intensity of their field.
It's going to be searching for it. So how this works is that the
field will be creating a protective tunnel around the submersible. If you will,
you could actually get out of the submersible and be in a safe place without
being in the water. Okay, so there's a space there. There's room
between our vessel and its walls. So this gives us an area of relief
for whatever reason without having to be out in the water should we need to
adjust anything on the vessel or go outside of the vessel for any reason.
This energy field, though, requires a significant amount of power to maintain,
so we are warned we need to monitor our energy reserves closely, use it
sparingly. And it's because of potential issues like this where the risk is so
high that I always have the backups set up. So, I mean,
whoever it is on my team that does not actually go down with me,
their jobs are still so very important, and it's like this every time.
They are our lifeline, constantly monitoring the situation. All right, well,
we get all the details done, we spend a lot of time going over
the plan again and again and again. But then there's one more last thing
that we need to remember when we get down there, so says doctor Teo.
The amity medallions. I'm not sure if any of you have heard of
them. Amity means a friendly and peaceful relationship between people or maybe countries or
worlds. It often implies a mutual understanding and respect for one another. So
these medallions, these small discs, they actually kind of reminded me of the
dropeistone, if you know what those are. But these are kind of like
the white flag to us in war. Okay, they mean that we come
in peace. I mean, we did wonder how they would even know who
we are. I mean, what's to say that they don't think we're enemies
or invaders and they want to kill us. But of course, like doctor
Tejo said, they know their time is up, and they didn't do a
hundred years for nothing. They absolutely know the time they have done and will
be expecting their release, being that all started so long ago. They also
know that it's not probably going to be the same people they left when they
were sent down there, you know who dropped them off. A lot can
happen in that amount of time, and worlds change. They would know this
more than anybody. The point is that why we have the discs or medallions.
That's why to show that we come in peace. We are going to
have to enter their situation and they need to know that we're coming not as
enemies but to help them. And I mean these medallions, they're used all
over the universe. So Amelia Chen leaves for a moment and she brings back
one of them to show us, and she brings it in this wooden box.
It's latched. She opens it and the medallions laying inside nicely in this
cloth. They're made of a material just you know, it's not found on
Earth, but I'd say it looked like stone of some kind. I mean
That's why it reminded me of the Dropa, but looking at it more closely,
it had these intricate engravings or symbols that conveyed some kind of message of
peace and goodwill that was known across the universe. This has been a form
of peaceful meetings for centuries. Guys. I knew about these medallions, but
I had never actually seen one in person, and I didn't expect them on
this job. But I will say I did feel better having them because this
could have been a really confrontational situation. Another tool for us to use that
keeps us in a good place. Right. We can't have enough of that.
There's enough that can go wrong. Right. And so after a long
time okay, at prepping and planning, we had tons of meetings and discussions
and visits to the professor. After all of that, we're finally ready to
go. I've got Harley and Frankie. They're going to go down to the
depths with me. I've got Jagger and Harley. They're going to be stationed
at our base up top on the surface. And then Scarlet she's going to
be on land, and like Jagger, she's going to be in direct contact
with the rest of us and the ags and the professor there are go between
and we need that. Okay. Now, the wodelc if you don't know,
it's part of the Southern Ocean that's located south of the Atlantic. It's
named after James Odell, who was this British sailor. He explored that area
back in the nineteenth century. And that's interesting. But what's really interesting to
us is what it is today. I mean today, this area is considered
one of the rest remote and isolated regions on our entire planet. Its conditions
are pretty harsh and we needed to make up for that with our equipment.
But just because it's a harsh place doesn't mean it doesn't have something to offer.
This area is known for its unique and fascinating little species that are found
nowhere else on our planet. So there's a lot of research that can be
done there in the fields oceanography climatology. But it's also a good place to
hide things because humans themselves are not there very much, if at all.
They use a lot of drones for a lot of their research and gathering of
items today. So therefore, even though it's difficult, we can understand why
they did do this here it makes sense. But okay, so first our
shallow base. We have our self sustaining platform that will float on the surface
of the water. It's kind of like a tiny oil rigged platform, so
you can picture it. Zephyr and his crew set up a small base there
and it's fairly simple all things considered. Has a living quarters, computers,
communication systems, and food and sustainability items for when we're down to temporary unit
just for this mission. We saw everything before we actually were in the water
and all, but it was even more impressive to see this thing actually on
the water ready to go. We start out at that unit where Jagger and
Rider will be and then it's time to load up are submersible for the deep
dive for Frankie, Harley and I is, of course, this sleek,
high tech vehicle designed for deep sea exploration and rescue missions. Like I explained
earlier, do not try this at home. The hatch is located at the
top it opens upward. We have to climb up a ladder to even reach
the hatch, which is then opened by Professor Zephyr, and he does this
remotely. He's on another vessel pretty much right by us, but he's not
going to stick around on the ocean. Once the hatch is open and we
get up there, we then go down this short ladder and to this cramped
but very functional interior. All of our necessary items have been included as part
of the modifications for this mission. There are seats for us, each equipped
with a full set of controls and communication equipment. I mean, anything and
everything you could think of is right there next to each one of us.
The seats are arranged in a row and they all face forward toward the submersible's
large front viewport, which is great. It's going to give us a panoramic
view of the ocean floor. Kind of reminds you again of a Hollywood movie,
doesn't it. But I just can't tell you enough that the real thing
is so much different. Anyway. As we get settled into our seats and
strap ourselves in, the professor conducts a final system's check and runs through the
submersible's controls and emergency procedures, And once everyone and everything is ready, he
initiates the launch sequence and we begin our descent into the cold, dark waters
of the Woodell Sea. And this was an interesting journey we made our way
down into the depths. The water around us gradually, you know, getting
colder and darker. And this is why all the controls are so important.
I mean, everything from our oxygen levels to temperature and pressure and all of
that. It's all adjusting constantly as we go down. But it's pretty quiet
really except for us, and the only sounds we could hear other than us
were distant rumblings of some underwater earthquakes and just the quiet hum really of our
own equipment. You know, when you go down like we are, there's
this feeling that comes over you. You're not in Kansas anymore. You get
super aware of your surroundings and the fact that you really are at the mercy
of everything around you for your life. And it's not like we can get
down there in a couple of minutes. Okay, we have a lot of
time to think about things and talk about things. It took several hours to
reach that energy source down there, so yeah, nothing about this job was
quick, at least in the setup and getting there. But you know us,
we have fun wherever we go. I mean, Frankie starts making jokes
about swimming with aliens instead of sharks. I mean, it was bad guys,
Believe me. It's a long time to be sitting in that seat.
And the jokes just kept getting a little more pathetic as we went down,
you know, things like why did the alien go to the bottom of the
ocean? All right, that's something that one of my team members actually asked.
The answer was, well, of course, to visit his alien friends.
I mean, you see what I mean. We can get goofy at
times, and we could have lost our minds on this thing, and we
were really cramped and we were in there for a long time. But we
did talk about the mission also, you know, and things like that.
None of us could sleep, even though it would have been great to be
able to do that. You know, the thing is, you're just on
too much of a high alert state about everything that's going on and where you
are, so sleep is just not really an option. So we talked about
the job, past jobs, coming up with all those bad jokes. But
anyway, we do finally get there and it's all seriousness again. As we
approach this thing. It's a lot bigger, okay than you could ever realize
in the holographic image or if someone were to show you a video or a
photo because you know, the ocean itself is so vast, it's really hard
to take in the size of anything because everything around it is already so big.
It's kind of like when we see a whale or something and one of
those images or on the news and it's next to a boat that looks just
tiny. Yeah, it's kind of like that everywhere, So you kind of
have to adjust your perception of what you're looking at to even realize the size
of you know, first of all the area that you're in and the things
that you could come across. But anyway, we do see this thing,
and we can see it while we're still pretty far out. We can see
the entire area and it's bathed in this other worldly glow, something that I
can tell you does not exist anywhere else. And you know, there'd be
no light down here at all if it wasn't for this and our little lights.
I mean, if that light were to go out, we would be
in pitch black madness all around us. Well. As we get even closer,
we all could make out the line of that energy field that doctor Teo
pointed out to us. It was pulsing and shimmering and almost looked like it
was alive, like some crazy big fish or something, you know, like
a jellyfish. How that kind of looks. I'm sure if anyone were to
have the chance to run across this thing, they would have just thought that
it was another species, you know, giant fish. Somehow, no one
would ever think that it is what it is. But either way, we're
there, and I'd be lying to you if I didn't tell you that we
were very intense about all of this. We had this excitement, but it
was alongside the nerves that were also bubbling up inside of each of us.
And that's what you'd expect after going down that many feet for that long,
for a mission to capture aliens. Have no idea who you are. I
mean, it's not all fun and games and easy guys. As we get
closer, we turn up the energy shield around our submersible that is protecting us
from outside things, but it also has another purpose. We will need to
bond to their energy field and make a connection. As we get closer,
we can feel the energy field of the alien beings facility pressing against ours.
Just picture two big bubbles starting to sort of bump together. We can feel
their energy field pushing back, but then they almost like mesh together. You
sort of feel this soft click of them connecting, creating a bond between the
two fields. The energy fields merge together at that point, and that forms
a tunnel like structure that we will then be able to swim through basically over
to where they are. Now that we're connected, we need to prepare to
do just that in our very cramped space and I believe it's tiny. We
need to make sure that our specialized dive equipment is secure and that we have
everything that we need. Our seats are pressurized, we have oxygen tanks.
Of course, we have our communication devices, lights, and you know,
different specialized tools that could help us along the way. We have been sitting
in most of it for many hours, so it doesn't take long for us
to get ready. Right, we know where everything is. We've looked around
one hundred times as we enter this energy tunnel. Okay, we're all ready,
and now we kind of have to dive into this odd tunnel thing that's
been created by our connection, and we're in full diving gear, remember just
in case, and going through this tunnel, we actually need that, so
it's not like an open tunnel we can feel the water around us. It's
getting denser and thicker. It created an atmosphere that almost felt otherworldly, of
course, because in this tunnel it was water, but it was also not
water. It was part of the energy field. It was almost like a
watery gel that we had to get through. It was very strange. You
could hear the hums of the energy around us, and we could feel the
pulses of the power that was coursing through this thing. We were in something
that did feel alive, but we knew it wasn't. But energy does that.
We are energy, right. We get through that tunnel eventually and we
reach the other side. It's not like we have someone to introduce us,
welcome us, or anything like that. When we get to the other side,
there we just are. The alien humanoid beings can see us through their
airlocked door. I mean, we've created something now. They know we're there.
That is the only official window in this place. They know that someone's
coming to get them, so they're already on the lookout right, and that
door opens. Suddenly. We went from our submersive into this alien world and
set up. We get through all of that, we decompress in the middle
chamber, and then we finally emerge into the presence of these alien humanoid beings
together. We're now arounded by their energy field, but we're also protected by
the bond between both of our energy fields. Okay, they've bonded together to
create one bigger, stronger field, and we created that by going down there
and connecting with them, So we've successfully breached their barrier. We're now face
to face with the unknown. Basically, Harley immediately gets into defensive action because
she can stand back there and do that as a way to protect us should
anything happen. It's just how it is, and we all have one of
these. But she breaks out her molecular energy disruptor, and this is a
type of weapon that can break down the molecular bonds of objects and living beings.
Should these two humanoid beings come after us or threaten us in any big
way, themed will essentially disintegrate them. This, of course, would be
a last resort and only in the case of a very high risk situation with
these guys. Everything else would have to fail for us to actually use it.
But is ready with it, and with good reason. We each have
a medallion on our chests. Remember I told you about those, and so
these aliens they can see it right away. But this doesn't exactly make them
greet us with open arms or anything, because they still have no idea who
we are. They haven't seen humans like us before, because we're more advanced
than anything they could have seen the last time they were on the surface.
We all stand there in a little bit of defense mode, even though we
know this is supposed to be something without conflict. So for just a moment,
they're observing us and we're observing them. These alien beings, they're humanoid
in shape, but they have several distinct differences from us. Okay, their
heads are slightly larger and in proportion to their bodies, and they have larger
dark eyes. But even though their eyes are dark, they also seem to
shimmer with this inner light. And their skin it is a pale gray,
but it does have this slight luminescent to it that becomes more pronounced when they
moved, So like if they were to move their arm, then this little
trail of light sort of follows close to their skin. They're not wearing things
like gloves or shoes. We can see that their fingers and toes are extra
long and slender. Their legs are elongated compared to humans. And we watched
them move and it was effortless and with grace. They seemed to almost float
rather than walk. Actually, But even though we were different and to us
they had an unusual appearance, there was something undeniably intelligent and curious about them.
Their large, expressive eyes. They seemed to take in everything around them,
which was us, and you can see that they had a very keen
interest in it. If these guys were big criminals back in the day,
all I can say is they definitely seemed more calm and more focused now.
But who wouldn't be. You know, they're on their way out. They
were wearing a type of flexible and form fitting bodysuit thing that looked like it
was made of I don't know, something lightweight, but it also looked very
durable. They moved just fine, so it wasn't constricting. And on these
body suits, we saw these pockets and holsters. You know, they had
different weapons and things in them. But okay, after a few minutes of
us all studying each other, one of the alien beings reach us for something,
and this does put us on guard, but we wait a minute,
and we see that they were reaching for one of those medallions and he holds
it up and shows it to us. And this was great news right at
that time, because what it means he's willing to accept our peaceful arrival.
So we smile and nod and you can see a little bit of relief come
over their faces too, even though they're hard to read right because we don't
know them yet, we don't know what their expressions are, but it was
pretty obvious and their punishment is over. These guys have waited a very long
time in a very secluded place with no one, absolutely no one okay around.
It's pretty amazing. I mean, if we think our prisons are bad,
I mean, none of it could beat this. This was pretty out
there. It was crazy, very extreme. Well, at this point,
these guys know why we're there, right and we know who they are,
and it's time to just get things going. I mean, we're not there
to hang out. It's time for us to try to communicate to them our
plans so that we're all on the same page. And thankfully we already thought
of this how to communicate this because we know that as a team, we
have no idea, what language they speak, what kind of barrier there could
be. We can't talk to them directly, and we never really got into
that because we didn't need to learn all of that for this, So instead
we all put together this video of what was going to happen. So I
start tapping on my medallion that's on my chest, and I stepped forward.
You know, I want them to know I'm moving, but I'm still peaceful.
I keep my right hand on my medallion, and with my left hand,
I reach into a pack that I have on my waist. You know,
I don't want them to think I'm getting a weapon. So in this
water pack that I have, I have a digital pad that has this video
on it about what's going to happen, or you know, what's supposed to
happen. So I hold the pad up and I nod to the two humanoid
beings and they nod back. So I take that as an okay, and
I set it down on the shelf kind of thing so that we can all
see it propped up, and I hit play. Basically, what I'm showing
them is that we will be using a magnetic beam that will come out of
our submersible an energy force that will attract the energy source that they have,
and it will attract it towards our submersible. So we will create this magnetic
field around they're submersible that is strong enough to attract their energy source and pull
it towards us. This would be similar to you now, how a magnet
would attract something. Okay, So basically, to keep it simple, we
are grabbing onto this thing in a way that's possible, and we're going to
take it back with us to the surface. And this is what the video,
the computer simulation video was that I showed them, and it all looks
simple enough, right, grab and go. Of course, nothing we do
is that simple, is it. As we start to activate this magnetic system,
we feel a shift, like our whole structure moved. We expected some
movement because we are making changes, we're trying to grab onto this thing.
But our intuition and our instinct, you know, it's all telling us that
something is stirring in the depth below us. It just felt too strange and
the movement was too soon, and we were right. And you know,
the aliens they knew this also. They bring up these futuristic type screens.
Okay, they're tapping on these controls and it pulls up this image and it's
an image of what's outside and we can see it, so you can try
to picture this. Aside from the airlock window that just goes into that space
before the energy field, there are no windows in this little facility aside from
that, okay, so they do have cameras and things on the outside,
so they use these screens to see what's going on outside of where they are,
not that you know, a whole lot's going to be going on with
them just sitting there. But now we're there and we're creating a disruption.
Suddenly this massive tentacle comes around and we watch it on these screens as it
smashes into the protective field that is around the facility. It hits so hard
that I fell to the ground, and so did Harley, and on the
way down she actually hit the side of her head on some of their equipment
that they had down there, and she starts bleeding. Meanwhile, Frankie had
to grab onto something. We really got jolted. But the funny thing was
we're getting hit and thrown all around, but the aliens they were just standing
there. They were completely solid. None of it bothered them one bit.
It's pretty amazing. Well, we start tending to Harley, and then the
aliens they bring up this still image and yet another screen, and they're showing
us this giant, warped octopus looking thing. But I mean, it was
even more different than that. It's hard to explain. It did have a
giant, bulbous head with long, wiggling tentacles that were protruding from all sides.
The skin on this thing looks slimy and slick and bumpy, and they
had this image of it, and we could only assume it's because it had
messed with them at least once before, probably in the very beginning when they
first got down there. And let's face it, even if this thing hadn't
messed with them before, they had a lot of time to snap some shots
of anything moving down there. What else is there to do? Then the
two humanoid aliens they start making these noises, okay, attempting to maybe communicate
with us and probably try to tell us what this thing is, and it
was, of course something that we couldn't understand. Their language seemed very clicky
and clacky. Either way, they had named this thing, and we had
no idea what it was. Clearly this was some creature that humans have not
discovered yet, and you know there's a lot of that down there in the
ocean. We are all trying to look at this thing and study what it
is. When we're hit again, as we try to maintain our footing,
we see the giant creatures tentacles swaying all around us. These things are long,
and they're thick, and they're covered with these small suckers that also appear
to be razor sharp. This thing is writhing and lashing out, whipping back
and forth, and some kind of frenzy. It's definitely not happy with us
and our disturbance that we've created. That we know for sure. It slows
down, but then we see it's getting closer. It seems to want to
surround us. On the screens we see the creatures large round eyes. They
seem to glow. I mean, this thing is not like any other creature
I know or have seen, not the stuff you see on National Geographic that's
for sure. This thing looked right at us. It seemed to have some
kind of intelligence to it, and elligence beyond you know, say that of
a dolphin or something like that, which we give credit to this thing seemed
to know more. So we're all bracing ourselves because we don't know what this
thing is going to do. Harley has themed ready to go if we need
it, and we just have to wait. This creature opens his mouth wide
and we could see it on the big screen. I mean it's a huge
opening filled with rows of sharp razor teeth. We can hear even from inside
where we are the sound of rushing water as the creature appears to be preparing
to attack us. I mean, this thing is very large, but surprisingly
it moves with great speed and agility. It seems to be entirely focused on
attacking us. Really, so, with Harley standing by ready to defend us
if she can, we start to activate the magnetic system that we need,
hoping we can just get out of there. As we do that, the
water around us starts to shift and turn some more, and it actually moves
our structure quite a bit, which makes us feel very unstable and unsafe.
We send the image of the creature and a message back up to Jagger and
Scarlet above. We let them know that this is what we're dealing with,
but not to send anyone just yet. We still have ways to handle the
situation. But you know we're going to be a little delayed because this thing
was organized like clockwork. Okay, everything had a certain amount of time that
it should take. And just for a moment, okay, guys, I
want you to remember where we are on this job. We are way down
deep in the ocean. All we have is us and our new alien friends,
and you know, we can understand what's going on a little bit because
we know that this is probably the first real movement that this area has seen
since these guys in the energy source were brought down there, you know,
other than what creatures exist down there. So it's no wonder that we are
instigating something. But we really need to get taken care of, so we
try to get things moving, but we brace ourselves as our facility is pummeled
by more tentacles, each one slamming into the sides with incredible force. Sparks
actually start to fly out from the alien control panels, and the warning lights
on the inside are starting to flash. You know, we don't need to
speak alien to know what's going on here. We need to move quickly,
but our magnetic system is fighting against the pressures of this creature. One of
the alien humanoids raises his hand and so we all turn to him and he
activates some kind of defensive system that they have, while the other alien he
starts messing with some other controls. You know, clearly they are trying desperately
to get this situation under control. This creature's attack just seems relentless at this
point. Everything it's just starting to rock back and forth. The system seems
to be hitting its max. And remember, our energy source is about the
one that the aliens have that is about to start its reset process soon enough,
and if we don't get out of there, it's going to cause some
major problems. We realize that we're going to have to go to the outside
to fight this thing. This is going to be a challenge, and it's
something that we really did not want to have to do. The only way
out would be back through the airlock system from which we came in, and
then out through the protective energy field that leaves us very vulnerable. Harley stays
in with herm Ed. She's already been injured and she's there to keep an
eye on things and make sure we have contact with our guys above. So
that's a good place for her to be. Frankie and I set up to
go outside, and we really go out basically, like I said, the
same way we came in, except we don't end up in our vessel.
We end up out there in the water, just open and vulnerable, like
I said. As Frankie and I make our way to the outside and into
the water, we can see the massive, tentacled creature turn its attention to
us. We quickly activate our laser guns and I make my way towards it,
while Frankie circles around the other side. He's going to try to flank
it. At the same time, As we get closer, we can see
the creature is not just one large octopus type thing as it appeared to be
on screen with its bumpy, dark skin. Instead, it's actually a combination
of several smaller creatures all fused together, and it's forming this monstrous beast.
It was really freaky to see this thing, and it kind of set us
back for just a second. This creature lashes out at us with its tentacles,
but you know, we're quick, We're trying to dodge, and we've
as best we can. At the same time, we also are firing our
laser guns, so that's a deterrent which is helping us dodge. And we've
what this thing is trying to do. This creature is fast, but our
weapons are something that has not seen before. So we're throwing it off and
with a confused we somehow are able to evade those direct attacks and strikes.
We just keep hitting it with our laser guns. And I don't know if
you ever had a major fight underwater, but it's really not that easy.
Okay, not many of you probably have. It's hard to breathe. You
know, your breathing is intensifying, and you kind of get turned around and
even a bit dizzy because you know you're not falling to the ground with a
hit or doing anything like that. You're just getting hit and sort of floating
off and rolling around trying to make your way back. If it weren't for
the light of that energy source, we wouldn't be able to see all that
well. With the lights that we had. This thing was just so big
and had a big desire to fight us. It starts to become a little
more aggressive and erratic. One of its tentacles managed to catch Frankie and he
ends up getting hit and sent back basically thrown into the dark water. So
immediately I stop what I am doing and I go after him to see if
he's okay, and he is, thank goodness, but he was hit pretty
hard. He's a big guy, and I think that's the only way he
got out of that. All right. Well, Frankie and I go back
to work on this creature some more, and when we get back, we
can see that it's not moving quite as fast. We did hit it quite
a bit, and so it appears to have made an impact. Our crazy
octopus appears to be weakening. Finally, with one last blast for my laser
gun, this creature allows itself to just fall back in the darkness. It
basically kind of gave up, at least for the moment. I see a
few clouds of ink in the light, so no doubt he was wounded.
He drifts off until we can't see him anymore. But of course, you
know, we're not questioning the fact that he could come back, and he
could also bring some friends, So we need to move. Once we had
our complete hold with our magnetic system and we were finished attaching our submersible to
the alien facility, we can activate that magnet system for travel. It created
a powerful gravitational field that would allow us to escape the crushing depths of the
ocean. You don't want to be down there too long. This is quite
the process because, as you know, you can't come up too fast,
and you don't want anything to go wrong because there's not much that you can
really do about it. As the energy built up, we could feel the
vibrations of the water around us intensifying, and then right before I guess you'd
call it a takeoff, there was this blinding flash of light and then we
started to propel upwards. We started to kick in at a pretty good speed
until we were hit again. We turned slightly and con see through our viewport
that we were hit by the end of one of those tentacles. So it's
us in our submersible. The aliens are still in their facility, which is
all surrounded by our magnetic field, and they are being pulled up with that
facility with their energy source inside. So basically we're all inside, we're moving.
There's not a whole lot we can do. It really threw us,
and it slowed us down from a pretty good takeoff. We don't see the
whole creature though, so it's more like he was reaching for us, and
we just kept going and eventually those tentacles just disappeared into the darkness behind us,
so free of anything else. And the more we get close to the
surface, you know, the faster we can go. On our way back,
the force was so great it felt like our bodies were being stretched,
almost like we were caught in a giant slingshot. It's always so different,
you know, than going down anyway. All we could do is hold on
tight and try to enjoy our ride back to sanity. Eventually we could feel
the pressure easing as we rose higher and higher until we finally burst through the
surface. We came up not too far from where Jagger is stationed. We
pop up and are submersible, and then the attached alien facility does as well.
Jake yourself said, we emerged from the water like a rocket. We
did soar into the air a bit before crashing back down onto the surface.
I have to say, though, it was exhilarating and it was unsettling all
at the same time. You know, you're never completely relaxed or enjoying yourself
when you have to go down that far into the ocean. You're vulnerable,
you know, there's so much that could go wrong. That's why again we
have backups, and we make sure that our vessels are as secured as they
can be, and that we have many ways to defend ourselves and save ourselves
in this mission. If things were to go really wrong, the only option
we would have had would be to leave the prisoners and the energy source at
the bottom of the ocean and get out of there safely to save ourselves.
We would hate to do that, but we would have to do that should
it have come to that. At the end of the day, we do
all get back to the surface. Harley does need some medical attention for the
cut on the side of her head, but overall we made it out there
be good, bruised a little bit, and just affected by the whole experience
overall. I mean, this kind of thing sticks with you for more than
a day. You know, when you see a really good movie or something
and it sticks with you for a long time and you recall it and you
can kind of feel yourself watching it again. It's crazy how long you can
think about it. Sometimes. Well, this was like that. A lot
of our jobs are only you never really shake it. It never really goes
away. It's not replaced by other things. These experiences are embedded in us.
They become a part of us each and every time these alien creatures are
free. These two prisoners, we definitely noticed different expressions on them when we
got to the top and got settled. Oh, and I should tell you
this. They don't just hang out on Earth or anything like that. When
this is all done, In fact, they're instantly put into Jagger's vessel with
the rest of us, and then we are all instantly taken back to land.
They move very quickly and it takes a matter of seconds, it seemed
to get all of us, including the two humanoid beings, into a large
vehicle, and then we're whisked off to once again meet Doctor Teo and Amelia
Chen. We had taken the journey back to the AGS facility, which is
obviously the most secure for this situation. We're taking off some gear and helping
with some things, and one of the things that we needed to do was
remove our amity medallions. We returned them to Amelia and then we start going
about doing other things. But we're surprised when we are approached by the two
humanoid beings. And this is specifically Frankie, Harley and I because we're kind
of huddled together doing our own thing after our mission, and we just look
at them and they hold out their long arms and each of them have one
of those medallions in their hands, and they're offering them to us to form
of a thank you, a peaceful thank you. We look to Amelia and
to doctor Teo and they nod, those gifts are for us and we should
take them, and we do, and we end up with some of the
stuff, you know, after jobs, and that's why we always have our
safes and our books and we log everything and track everything because everything that we've
gotten over the years, like this, it's so important. This is one
of those things and it really hits home. It's a bit personal because we
were the ones that got them out of their punishment. They did their time,
and it was a very dangerous place. It's amazing to me that they
survived down there as long as they did. But again, you know,
after the initial job, there would have been no movement or anything else,
so they really wouldn't have been causing much of a disturbance just sitting down there,
you know, This job was risky, and it took a lot more
to prepare for this job than it usually does with other jobs. Usually we
have, you know, a lot of things on hand or that people can
provide us or prepare for us. That doesn't take this amount of time.
But this was one of the longer jobs that we've had. Clearly, you
know, we've had to deal with the AGS. It's unlike anything else that
we have done. This was a pretty big job. This group means business,
okay, the AGS, and on a level that I don't really think
the average person can even understand. Really, I mean our governments and higher
elites. They're hard to understand at times already, right, and this is
at a whole new level. This involves people all over the world, and
it's not like a local government or even a country government. You have people
from the United Nations Energy Council, the Oceanic Research Institute, a French Minister
in charge of Energy and Environment, and a chief scientist from the Australian Institute
of Marine Science. People like this, knowledgeable people that are out for only
one thing, to try to maintain major peace across the world and with other
worlds. Now, this doesn't include earthly conflicts like even the Ukrainian War,
Okay, things like that. What I'm trying to get across is this is
stuff that's happening on a whole different level. We all live in this world,
guys, and there's already enough going on. But if you think about
how small we are and compared to everything else that's out there, the power
that some people exude, it really ends up seeming pretty ridiculous at the end
of the day because they're only trying to have power over one group or something
like that. It's not universal, it's planetary power. It's localized for the
most part, so it's not really even that amazing when you think about the
bigger picture, and that's what we want to do. Always remember the bigger
picture. No matter where you are in your life or what's happening to you,
good or bad, take a moment to realize how small we really are
and how precious our special moments mean to us and should mean to us.
We are lucky to even still be here in the giant universe we are a
part of. And you know, I have to say this is something that
I guess i'd say, Harley, of everyone on my team takes a personal
view of the most you know with her PhD in psychology, and what she's
done. She's always analyzing, you know, the behavior of humans on Earth,
but because of our job, she's also analyzing the behavior of others and
the unknowns. And I know for her, at times her big dream would
be for the universe to open up and for all of us to know each
other and get along. But she also knows the ruthlessness of just the humans
alone, and so to imagine other beings out there being so willing really ends
up seeming impossible. But you know, it never hurts to dream. We
helped the ags close out. They're reporting on this event and what happened to
us in the details of what we did and what we saw, including that
crazy creature that no one knows about down at the bottom of the ocean.
You know, when you're a part of something that big, a group like
that, it's hard to imagine going back to anything smaller. But you know,
we do have more work to do, and our jobs, although on
a smaller scale at times, are just as important. The two aliens are
eventually taken to other rooms, and we don't know where they went, and
we don't need to know. They are in the hands of the Ags now
and they will soon reunite with their people. As for the energy source these
aliens from beyond, they can now come back to Earth with it now on
the surface, and they can collect what is owed to them. You have
to wonder what these two aliens will do when they get back home. Even
if it's twenty years their time. They are clearly advanced, and who knows
what could have happened in their world in the time that they were gone.
We know what we have to do. We have to get back to the
warehouse and find out what other jobs are waiting for us and close this thing
out. Harley will be on the mend for a little bit, but we
will be ready to go soon enough. And that's all for this story guys,
in this episode today, But no, there are many more stories to
share. We have done a lot of jobs. Thank you for listening today
to this job. I appreciate you taking the time to be here with me.
So until next time, and I will talk to you all soon.