Haunted by the mystery of a strange accident, the life of Asteria, a young writer, suddenly takes a turn when aliens arrive on Earth and she is among the group selected to participate in the first contact, and the first interplanetary peace treaty...
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-¿Asteria?
Sam spoke, bringing me back to the present, and I looked at him questioningly as he remained standing in the living room with a rather serious look.
-what? – I had just finished preparing the 2 cups of coffee, and was taking out a couple of paper napkins.
Sam looked at me with some concern and I realized what had caught his attention.
-Did you get into a fight or what? - Sam said, pointing towards my knuckles with some purple and reddened nuances.
-No... what do you think I do when I go to the gym?
-I don't know...run an absurd amount of kilometers and take photos for Instagram? At least that's what I do sometimes.
- Does it really look that bad?
-A little, so please don't break your hands.
-I'll try - I answered and after taking a sip of my coffee, I added: - Is that why you came to the kitchen?
-No, - he looked at me and hesitated for a second before adding: - I think I found something.
Back in his room, already sitting at his desk and with the coffee slowly getting cold, Sam finally spoke again.
-There is nothing about your mother in the files that I was able to review. All the folders that should contain those files, investigations and evidence... there was nothing more than a notice. It said they had been moved to a place called Archive 1821.
-It's always supposed to be the other way around, from paper to digital – I said, thoughtfully.
-Exactly my thoughts.
-One second.... If there was nothing there, what did you find? - I asked, then took a sip of my coffee.
For a moment Sam looked somewhat uncertain.
-They are implementing an initiative – he said – to carry out the first encounter with extraterrestrials. It's called The Alliance Pact.
- How will they choose the participants? - I asked.
- An algorithm creates a list of humans from different countries, who meet certain requirements, and then randomly chooses a list of 7000, then 700, and at the end selects the 7 they need.
Suddenly, a crazy idea crossed my mind.
-Sam, is there a way to manipulate the algorithm?
- Manipulate how? - Sam inquired.
-Make sure that a person on that list gets selected.
- It's not complicated, especially now that they have all their defenses open. But the big question is why would you want to manipulate the algorithm? - Sam looked at me with his hands clasped over his abdomen.
