We barely made it out before the Machines rolled in, somehow they had found our hideout.

"Wow that was close, another two minutes and they would have had us", Brian sighed, "I'm glad we are getting out, they keep getting closer and closer, we need to get that hub sooner than later."

"We have to find it first, " I said" or if I'm right it's more than one and it's global, we may have to take them all out as the same ti.e.",I've sent out feelers around to all major cities, so far I've only heard back from four so far out of thirty. Let's give it a little more time. I still have to check out these four. We can't take any changes. "

"First let's pick up our crew and get where it's safe."Brian says,"I won't feel safe till we are out of the city ", again he sighs, "we should be underground by tonight, thank God you thought ahead enough to build an underground cabin and stocked it to the hilt."

We made four more stops picking up friends (we may have all come from different walks of life but have become life long friends). On the last stop we barely made it out, they were waiting for us. What the Machines do and have been doing for five years that I know of is plant a small disc in your head from there they control you. Nothing you can do about it. You are still alert but can't more or control your any part of your body. It all began as a health function to monitor blood pressure, diet bites, and other health issues. It took three years for them to have enough implants to turn it on. Then those with implants helped force others to get them.

For the few of us that realized what was happening it's been an uphill battle staying out in front of everyone, never knowing who to trust or if we were ever safe.

Now we are finally close to shutting down the hubs, the only obstacle is how many and where they are located. I've been working on that for the past few months.

We know how to turn one of the hubs off but without all of them at the same time there isn't any changes. We already tried quiet by accident. The scientists that created the disc tried to remove his and it killed him but not before he left instructions on how to turn the hubs offif you could get close aenough. We got lucky once,, almost got caught but nothing changed. Too much cable, signal, and phone lines. The signal just goes on. It has to be 1a total shutdown. Now we just have to hunker down and wait for my inquiries to get back to me.

It took longer than expected to get underground and by the time we got there every one was exhausted so we all just fell out.

It was two weeks before I heard back from everyone and another two before we could coordinate to get it all set up.the trips into town to get news and send messages was getting trickier.

All I could pray was that everyone followed through without getting caught. Even one person would cancel it all out.

The clock was ticking down, I was in place and so was Brian. We hoped to be done without a hitch but just before time, they started showing up, moving towards where I was hiding. I could almost feel their eyes on me. At the precise moment I needed they turned towards the door and Brian walked in, giving me the time I needed to pull the switch.

All I could hear for the next few hours was people crying, thanking us f releasing them.

Against all odds, it had worked. The world belongs to the humans again.