Chapter 1: Chapter 1 – T38

*Ring Ring*

"Wake up master, its 6:30 AM"

Alfred opened his eyes; already wide awake. He was never one to sleep in and especially not today. He sat up on his king-sized bed, slid his soft velvet duvet cover down to his waist, and leaned on the headboard.

The sun had risen about an hour ago, and it shined through the luxurious curtains in his apartment. The master bedroom had a view of the whole city that Alfred enjoyed looking at. It gave him a sense of superiority as he looked down on the world.

"AILA remind me of my schedule for today." He said to no one in particular.

AILA was an artificial intelligence created by Alfred, its name was an acronym for Artificial – Intelligence – Learning – Algorithm. Today was the day of the great unveiling. The plan was to showcase two models. One for the general public and one for military purposes. 

"7:30 AM – final tests at the lab, 9:30 AM briefing with the board, noon Press conference..." 

AILA listed the items on the agenda for the day.

Alfred Huber was the world's richest man, CEO, and founder of Huber Industries. He and his company had single-handedly brought the world into a new age of technology and comfort.

It was only 10 years ago when Alfred was 25 that he discovered the cure for cancer. His discovery and the money he made from it, propelled the launch of Huber Industries and made it what it is today.

Alfred was able to hire the world's creative and most intelligent people to join him at his company. The general public adored him as he also found cures for various other illnesses. With his leadership, he changed everything from the way people travelled to the way people relaxed.

Huber Industries produced flying cars and hover trains, it was responsible for smart technology that helped locate heinous criminals. It helped make innovations in non-invasive scanners used in surgery. This led to everyone knowing of Alfred and his accomplishments, from high-ranked officials to lowly servants.  

"Finally, after today I can truly start enjoying life!"

What people did not know, however, was that Alfred never did anything for anyone other than himself. His main goal was to get ridiculously rich and retire as early as possible. However, after he started making millions, he got addicted to the wealth and started reaching for higher heights. This brought him to where he is today with a net worth of 956 billion.

"When I'm finally worth more than a trillion I'm going to buy several islands and build a utopia full of young beautiful women. HAHAHAHAHA!"

Alfred laughed to himself hysterically.

Behind the scenes, to get to where he was, he had to do some not-so-ethical things. He had worked with human traffickers to get him live test subjects so he could test his cures on them. He even killed and tortured a lot of people in the name of getting to the top.

He had bribed government officials to look the other way when he took care of competitors and even used blackmail to get the news stations on his side.

That's who the real Alfred was; a man who would do anything for his happiness.

Born into a wealthy high-class family Alfred was orphaned at 18, due to a car accident. His parents were always distant so he never really cared about their death.

In his youth he was unable to connect with any of his peers emotionally, he lived life as a social outcast.

'Why doesn't anybody want to be my friend?' A thought that frequently ran through little Alfred's mind.

He was raised by books, and due to neglect, found an unhealthy love for torturing small animals. His interest in learning and anatomy made him who he is today.

Alfred stood up and got dressed after taking a shower, he put on a navy slim-fit suit and crocodile skin leather shoes as he walked out of the front door.

He lived on the top floor of Huber Towers, the tallest building in Berlin, Germany. The skyscraper mainly contained hotels, shopping malls, and offices. However, down in the basement, were the labs where Alfred headed.

He skipped to his private elevator humming to himself and pressed his right hand on the scanner. 

*ding*

The doors opened.

Whoosh!

The elevator descended at a rapid pace but you wouldn't be able to tell while inside, another technological marvel by Huber Industries. 

Alfred watched out the window as he descended and took in the view.

"Soon I will leave this rotten city with all its filth and pollution."

*ding*

He arrived at the basement floor; 215.

The doors opened slowly.

He was greeted by Alice his right-hand woman, the second in command. Although she was very intelligent; there were many people in his company who were more qualified than her.

However, Alfred picked her simply because she had large breasts and she always showed a lot of cleavage in her outfits.

He would not have gotten this far if all his decisions were this stupid, but he had done this as a form of stress relief; considering she always worked by his side.

"Good morning Mr Huber, how are you today?" she asked with a bright smile.

"Alice, we've known each other for over 3 years and you're still calling me by my last name? How many times must I tell you to call me Alfred?" He rebuked.

"It's a matter of respect, sir."

"Yeah, yeah whatever. Let's go to the test site, I don't have time for this today."

Alice followed Alfred as they made their way to the lab, they walked a short distance until they came to a door labelled 003. It was a large lab that had two rooms and a heavy-duty glass separation between them.

"Wait in the control room Alice while I check the system and confirm all the wiring is correct." He ordered.

"Yes sir," Alice smirked as she turned around.

Alfred walked past the automatic glass doors as he made his way to the server room. He walked up to the right side of the room and made his checks when he noticed some of the cablings were off, and there was an ominous black box connected to it.

The server room and the control room had a glass panel between them, but there were coms so people could still talk to each other in both rooms.

"Alice! What the hell is this?"

Only Alice and Alfred had access to this lab.

"Do you know my last name, Alfred?" She replied in an ominous tone.

"Huh?"

Alfred was confused both by her question and also by the fact that she decided to call him by his name right at this moment.

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"Do you know my last name?" she repeated the question.

"Erm, I'm not too sure... Alice Frank, right? Why does it matter anyway? Stop stalling and tell me what the hell all this is now!"

Alfred started to get angry; he felt that his big day was about to be ruined. If both deals go through and succeed, he might be able to double or triple his wealth in the next 10 years.

"It's Friedrich. And it matters a lot. If you had noticed sooner, you could have avoided your current predicament." Alice replied in a calm cool tone. 

There was a change in her demeanour, she was usually bubbly and dopey, always turning a blind eye to the blatant stares and drooling at her chest. Right now, she was cold and sharp.

"Why the f*** do I care what it is? You better not have anything to do with this Alice!" Alfred got angry.

"Do you remember what happened in Friedrich town manner around 8 years ago?"

'How does she know about that?'

Alfred felt worried; nobody was supposed to know about that. This could end his career. He made the split-second decision to end her life at that moment. Only he had access to the cameras in these labs, no one would know.

As soon as he started to walk towards the glass doors Alice spoke again.

"There's no rush, my dear Alfred. I've rewired the doors to only open from the outside. Even if you have complete access to the whole building, there's no point if AILA can't connect to the door." she said with an evil grin.

Alfred's heart stopped

"What do you want?" Alfred knew when to fight and when to accept his circumstance, in this scenario, it was the latter. It was in his best interest to find out what she wanted and compromise.

"I want you to die." She stated as if it was a simple matter.

Alfred didn't know how to reply so he just stayed silent.

"My family owned a small military tech company that was no true threat to your conglomerate, but just because you liked our T38 design concept do you remember what you did? Do you remember what you did when my father refused to sell?"

"You’re from the Friedrich family?" Alfred already knew but still asked anyway.

"You thought yourself high and mighty and that you could play God as if you owned everything in this world. You sent assassins to murder my entire family and set the mansion on fire after stealing the prototype plans. Today is the day, of your retribution." Alice laughed menacingly.

'If I make it out of this, this is the last time I hire someone for their tits!' Alfred thought to himself as he gritted his teeth.

He stopped talking because he knew it would only Agitate her, he was stalling for time since he already pressed the distress button inside his pocket.

"One thing I've learned in these past few years is to never underestimate you, I'm pretty sure given enough time you'll find your way out of this. Let me end my monologue here; that black box is the same T38 compact explosive you loved so much, except I've juiced it up a little."

Alfred's eyes opened wide as he looked back at the black box. 'How the f*** did she get it in the building?'

"I initiated the command sequence as soon as you passed those glass doors, you should have 3 minutes left to live."

Alice smiled a Grinch-like grin, this was the highlight of her life. This was her moment.

All the abuse she endured, and those sickening moments where she had to seduce him for her position. It was all about to pay off.

"Aren't you about to beg for your life, my dear Alfred?" Alice asked.

Alfred was annoyed by her caring tone, he knew she was mocking him. He always used to refer to her as his dear Alice.

"Alice, you know better than to expect that from me. When have I ever begged for forgiveness?" He retorted.

Alfred was always cool, calm, and collected. Although these were his last moments on this earth, he wouldn't show any fear. Especially not to his enemies.

"You're right, and it's why you will die today. I'll leave you to yourself for these last 2 minutes, I hope you wallow in the hopelessness all your victims have felt." Alice scoffed back at him.

She left the lab with her eyebrows knitted together, she wanted to see him grovel and beg. She never planned on showing him mercy, but she wanted to get a little joy from his hopelessness.

As soon as she left, Alfred lost his poker face.

"f*** f*** f***! That stupid b****! I can't believe I got duped! Me? THE ALFRED HUBER?" 

Alfred was in disbelief, He never expected this level of planning from her.

He knew she wanted to see the fear in his eyes but he didn't grant her the satisfaction, at least he won the mind games.

There were only 30 seconds left and life flashed before Alfred's eyes. How could he have been so careless? After all the plotting and scheming he had done, how could have one bimbo thrown him off so much? 

He was always one step ahead of all his enemies and peers, so he was shocked that he didn't see this coming. 

'Such a cliché, it's always the one closest to you.' 

The response time for his private security to arrive was 5 minutes, it would take another 2 minutes to make it down to his floor so he knew it was a lost cause.

Even if they did make it in time, what could they do? Blow up with him?  There's no way they could access the lab door without being Alfred or Alice.

'f***, I really should have had some extra security measures instead of a stupid distress button! I can't believe I let my dick get me in this mess!' 

10, 9, 8, 7... 

All Alfred felt was regret in the last moments of his life. He vowed to himself that he would never trust a woman, that he would always think 5 steps ahead and never let anyone get too close to him ever again. 

6,5,4,3...

'What angers me the most is that I was too focused on making money instead of enjoying it. I could have had all the women in the world but I decided to wait until I built a utopia.'

Alfred sighed to himself.

'The only woman I've had sex with is the woman who took my life. What a shame, what would the world think if they knew this is how I die?' 

2,1...

*Dee dee dee dee* 

BOOM! 

A relatively large explosion blew up the lab, due to defence measures it didn't reach any other floors. Even still, it was enough to ensure the end of Alfred Huber.

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