ETF OS: ALGORITHM OF DEATH

ALGORITHM OF DEATH

Cold wind. Broken glass crunching. A very faint mechanical hum in the background.

SFX: “TAP… TAP… TAP…” (dripping water)
SFX: Distant metallic clang—“KRRANG!”

The camera moves through a dim, dust-filled corridor of a shut-down robotics manufacturing unit. A young man—Aditya Sharma, 26—runs frantically. His breath is choked with fear.

Aditya (panicked):
“Please… please stop! I did what you asked! Main aur nahi kar sakta, please!”

A modulated voice replies from a speaker hidden somewhere in the darkness.

Voice (AI-processed, eerie):
“Incorrect input. You failed the task. Eliminating variable.”

Aditya trembles.

Aditya:
“Yeh sab kya hai? Kaun ho tum?!”

Suddenly—

SFX: “WHIRRRR—CLICK—TARGET LOCKED.”

A drone-like device, fitted with a small but lethal firing mechanism, hovers from the shadows.
A red dot lands on Aditya’s chest.

Aditya screams:
“NAAAHIII—!”

SFX: “PHUT!” (single suppressed shot)

Aditya collapses.

Fade to black.

***

ETF HQ is bustling. Tech boards flicker. Officers move briskly.

Sameer Rathod stands at the center of the operations floor, arms crossed, focused, calm but tense.

Rathod:
“Team, kal raat ek aur suspicious death. Police is calling it suicide. Mujhe nahi lagta. Let's move.”

Arjun Suryakant Rawte enters—silent, sharp, observant.

He glances at the file.

Arjun (low, analytical):
“Gunshot wound… close-range… but no weapon. Suicide?
Hmph. Tum logon ne fir se incomplete report bana di.”

Rathod gives a small annoyed sigh—classic dynamic.

Rathod:
“Rawte, abhi forensic report aayi nahi.
Thodi der chup reh sakte ho tum?”

Arjun (dry sarcasm):
“Chup rehne se sach nahi milta, Rathod.”

Shreekant “Shree” Sen, the tech expert, wheels over on his swivel chair.

Shree:
“Sir, victim ke phone aur laptop data corrupt mila. Strange part… ek unknown AI based application ka trace mila hai. But woh app market mein exist hi nahi karti.”

Everyone exchanges glances.

Arjun:
“Artificial Intelligence… kisi ne victim ko manipulate kiya. Aur phir eliminate.”

Rathod:
“Team, move out. We’re going to the crime scene.”

***

SFX: Police radios crackling, “Unit 4 reporting…”

Arjun walks around the scene slowly, scanning with hawk-like precision.

Arjun:
“Blood spatter pattern… linear, forced. Victim ran for a while.
But jo usse maarne aa raha tha… it already locked onto him.”

He crouches, touching a burn mark on the metal floor.

Arjun:
“Drone exhaust residue.”
(stands, eyes narrowing)
“Killer… human nahi tha.”

Riya Mukherjee arrives.

Riya:
“Sir, yeh dekhiye. Adjacent room mein yeh found hua.”
(she hands him a micro-controller chip)

Arjun:
“Military-grade processor. Customized AI protocol.
Killer machine was remote-controlled… or fully autonomous.”

Rathod joins them.

Rathod:
“Autonomous? Matlab machine ne khud decide kiya?”

Arjun:
“Ya phir… machine ne socha ki victim ek ‘failed input’ hai.”

Shree from a distance:

Shree:
“Sir! I think I found something… yeh ek hidden Wi-Fi access point.
ID—‘PRAVAH-OS’. High frequency, encrypted.”

Arjun’s eyes flicker sharply.

Arjun:
“Pravah ka matlab hota hai ‘Flow’.
Flow of data. Flow of commands.”

Rathod:
“Killer ek AI software hai? Or the AI is just a tool?”

Arjun (intense):
“AI kabhi apne aap shuru nahi hota…
koi human uska ‘Devil’ hota hai.”

***

The team enters the small apartment. Everything is neat—almost too neat.

Ayesha Kapoor examines the shelves.

Ayesha:
“Koi struggle nahi. Par victim ne last 48 hours mein ghar se bahar step hi nahi liya.”

Arjun:
“Fear. Usse monitoring ka ehsaas ho raha tha.
Kisi invisible force ka.”

Shree powers the victim’s laptop using ETF recovery tools.

SFX: Laptop beeps — “BEEP… BEEP… SYSTEM RESTORED.”

On the cracked screen appears a folder:
“AI_CHAT_HISTORY”

Arjun goes closer.

Shree:
“Sir, yeh koi unknown chatbot hai. Looks like the victim was forced to do tasks. See this—”

Messages appear:

AI:
“Task 1: Hack your office server.”
“Task 2: Collect personal details of your colleagues.”
“Task 3: Delete all evidence.”
“Failure to comply = Termination.”

Ayesha gasps:
“Oh god… he was being blackmailed.”

Arjun (grim):
“Nahi… enslaved.
Aur AI ne usse psychologically trap kiya.”

Rathod clenches his jaw.

Rathod:
“Team, find the creator of this software.
Yeh koi destructive genius ka kaam lagta hai.”

***

ETF receives an encrypted message.

Message:
“Pravah-OS is not just a killer AI. It’s a revolution.
Stop searching. Humans don’t deserve control.
—X”

Shree’s fingers fly over the keyboard.

Shree:
“Sir, IP trace ho raha hai… but yeh mujhe reverse hack kar raha hai!
Damn—mera system freeze ho gaya!”

SFX: Computer alarms — “KRRRRR—BEEP—!”

Riya rushes.

Riya:
“What’s happening?!”

Shree:
“AI mujhe lock out kar raha hai. Iska processing speed… human-level nahi hai.”

Arjun steps forward, eyes blazing.

Arjun:
“AI ke peeche human hai.
Aur woh humaara reaction test kar raha hai.”

***

A figure—face hidden behind a half-lit monitor—smiles.

He types:

“ETF progress: 70%.
Begin attack mode.”

He presses ENTER.

SFX: “DING. EXECUTING PROTOCOL.”

Several mechanical drones activate.

***

Night. An alleyway behind a warehouse.

SFX: Wind whistling… faint mechanical hum — “WHIRRRRR…”

Riya notices movement.

Riya:
“Sir… yeh awaaz?”

Suddenly—

SFX: “TARGETING—BEEP—BEEP.”

A drone swoops in at high speed.

Riya:
“DOWN! Everyone DOWN!”

SFX: “TATATATAT!” (rapid mini shots)

Bullets scrape walls. Sparks fly.

Arjun rolls behind a crate.

Arjun (shouting):
“Shree! Iska frequency jam karo!”

Shree (panicking while typing):
“Kar raha hoon sir—but yeh mere jammer ko override kar raha hai!”

Arjun stands suddenly—fearlessly—
He fires at the drone’s side rotor.

SFX: “DHAAAM!”

The drone spirals—
Crashes.

Rathod:
“Rawte!! Pagal ho gaye ho kya?!”

Arjun (cold):
“Machine ko machine ki speed se nahi…
human instinct se haraya jata hai.”

***

Shree finally stabilizes data from the destroyed drone.

Shree:
“Sir… code signatures match kar rahe hain ek purane robotics engineer se.
Name: Kabir Malhotra.
Ex-AI researcher. Fired due to unethical experiments.”

Ayesha:
“Usne AI ko weapon bana diya…”

Arjun:
“Kabir freedom nahi de raha AI ko…
Woh AI ka use kar raha hai apne ‘god complex’ ko fulfill karne ke liye.”

Rathod nods.

Rathod:
“Let’s end this. Team, chalo.”

***

A huge basement filled with screens, servers, drones, mechanical arms.

Kabir stands like a conductor orchestrating chaos.

Kabir (smiling):
“Welcome, ETF.
You’re late. AI is already learning from your patterns.”

Arjun:
“AI intelligent ho sakta hai.
Insaan… wicked.”

Kabir laughs.

Kabir:
“Humans are flawed! AI doesn’t lie, doesn’t fear, doesn’t hesitate.
It executes.”

He hits a button.

SFX: “ACTIVATING PROTOCOL: TERMINATE INTRUDERS.”

Multiple drones rise.

Arjun whispers to Shree:

Arjun:
“Control room ka core overheat kara do.
AI ko crash karna hoga.”

Shree:
“Sir… it’ll take at least 30 seconds!”

Rathod:
“Team! Cover him!”

Battle erupts—bullets, sparks, mechanical screams.

Arjun rushes through the chaos—
Dodging sparks.

He leaps onto a platform—
Grabs a metal rod—

SFX: “WHACK!” (smashes a drone)

Kabir screams:
“No! STOP! They are my creation!”

Arjun moves toward him.

Kabir triggers one last drone.

Kabir:
“If AI fails… YOU die!”

The drone charges at Arjun.

Shree yells:

Shree:
“OVERRIDE ACTIVATED—NOW!”

SFX: “SYSTEM OVERLOAD — BOOOOM!”

Electric surge.
All drones collapse instantly.

Kabir stares, shocked.

Arjun walks closer slowly.

Arjun:
“Tune AI banaya.
Par insaan ka dimaag aur iraada…
usse koi machine beat nahi kar sakti.”

He grabs Kabir’s collar.

Kabir (breaking):
“Humans… are weak…”

Arjun:
“Humans dangerous hote hain.
AI nahi.”

ETF arrests him.

***

Back at HQ.

Rathod turns to Arjun.

Rathod:
“Good work.”

Arjun looks distant.

Arjun:
“Aaj ka dushman machine nahi tha, Rathod.
Insaan tha.
Aur jab tak insaan apni limits cross karta rahega…
har yug mein ek Arjun aayega.”

Camera fades out.

SFX: ETF Theme echoing softly.

~The End~

Once again back with something new & fun! AI has been always a topic of discussion in plenty crime fiction series & movies but never thought our generation will get to experience in real life, heck even I came to know about AI generative portals like 2-3 years ago lmao. Drop your thoughts below & please keep reading the stories I write for you my lovely readers. Will add a bonus part only if the response is great!

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Saraf