Hacker - Part 1
Hacker sat in a chair. The room was lit by one light. The light looked like it was just about to go. His head was loosely hanging down and to the left. His long brown hair acted as a veil for his closed eyes. He had no idea who he was, where he was or who the other two people in the room were. He was loosing blood from his mouth, his nose, everywhere. There was a guy in a black suit who kept hitting him and yelling "Where is it?" and then hitting him again. Hacker had no idea what black suit was talking about. He inaudibly mumbled something. Black suit raised an eye brow and jerked up Hacker's head like he was trying pull it off.
"Say somethin'?" He asked, obviously pissed off at the last 3 hours he wasted here.
"No." Hacker replied.
"No? Don't you want this to stop?" Black suit asked.
"I... do. I don't know where it is." Hacker replied, this time spitting out a large mouthful of his own blood and a tooth.
Black suit let go of Hacker's head and spun around, taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
"One. Last. Time. Where is it?!" Black suit screamed, nearly frothing at the mouth.
"Whatever it is, I don't have it. Let me go." Hacker said in a whisper.
"You know where it is. Now tell me." Black suit pulled out his 9 millimeter and pointed it at Hacker's temple.
"I don't know." Black suit pulled the trigger.
Hacker woke up in his own room. No blood pouring from his mouth and no pain anywhere. He looked at the bed side clock, it read 3:28am. He remembered the digital watch he was wearing on his wrist and he pressed the light button. It showed the day to be monday for four seconds and then the light turned off. Hacker was sweating. Was it all just a bad dream or something else? He rolled over to the end of his bed and got out. He walked to the bathroom and took out a small cup and filled it with the just drinkable water from the tap. He looked at the yellow-green colour of the water and drunk it. He screwed his eyes and swallowed it and went back to bed. He sat there for what seemed like several hours, wondering about the dream and how he got to where he was that very day.
6 years ago, Hacker had the beginnings of a family. A rather good looking, and pregnant, wife. A good house with 3 bedrooms and he lived in a nice suburb. He knew his neighbours and his neighbours neighbours and he was good friends with them. He tried remembering the names of the people but he couldn't. Not even his own wife's name. That depressed Hacker greatly. He remembers one day like a movie he watched thousands of times. He could replay it back in his mind from any point he wished, but this night he played it from the beginning.
He got out of bed that Monday, exactly 6 years to the day, and kissed his wife goodbye. He had to leave for work early. He couldn't remember the company he worked for but it had clients. He remembered that he worked as a white hat hacker and that's where he got the nickname "Hacker" from. He went to work in his brand new car. He remembered his boss telling him about a new client who could bring a lot of buisness to the company. Then he remembered going to the client's company and doing a job there. After doing the job, he headed back to work and cleaned up some loose ends there. He looked at his watch and saw that it was 2 hours past the usual time he gets home. He walked quickly out to his car and drove home. Once home, he knocked on the front door. His wife usually opened it for him and then kissed him and welcomed him back. There was no answer. He knocked louder. Again, no answer. He yelled out his wife's name. Still no answer. He pulled out his keys and fumbled with them and eventually unlocked the door. He yelled out his wife's name again. That eery silence kept coming back. He rushed up to their bedroom to find his wife dead. One shot, right between the eyes. In her fingers he discovered a blank buisness card that said "Don't screw up again." That night, and the next day, he cried.
Suppressed memories they said. All the doctors and councellors he saw over the next year or two thought they knew what the problem was. They thought they knew what it was like to be in his situation. They thought an event might trigger those memories to become unlocked. Hypnosis even. They were wrong. He wanted to remember. He just couldn't.
He fell asleep, finally. He also suffered from mild insomnia. Sleep was short. 3 hours. He woke up at 6:30 and remembered that the day was actually Monday. The 6 year anniversary. After all the doctors and the councellors failed to see what his problem was, or fix it, he went back to work. He can't even remember if it was the same company but the people who worked in it seemed vaguely familiar. He took up the job of white hat hacking again. He hoped that it would bring back some of his lost memories but the past 4 years didn't do it. The only thing that kept him alive was the thought of "maybe today". Maybe today his memories might unlock and he will remember who did this, or at least a clue.
Another guy called "Biscuit" walked up to Hacker. Biscuit got his name from his first hack, cookies. Biscuit was dishonorably discharged from the Army because he got drunk and drove around the nearest town. He used to be a hacker for the army. He was not fat, just big-boned. He still had his army hair cut and he was always clean shaven. Hacker on the other hand was 6 foot, long brown hair and looked like he hadn't shaven for a week. That was kind of true but it was actually two weeks. He was lazy when it came to personal hygiene.
"Hey. How's it going?" Biscuit asked.
Hacker looked up, not saying anything.
"Oh. Today is..."Biscuit trailed off. Hacker nodded.
"Damn... Hey! I've got something that'll cheer you up! We've got a new client. They are Bismouth Industries." Biscuit said enthusiastically.
"And that is suppose to cheer me up... how?." Hacker asked cynically.
"They are paying triple for any job we do for them." Biscuit said, still enthusiastic. He was always like that.
"And? Money doesn't matter to me."
"But... that's $990 dollars a JOB! Some of us don't even get paid that a week or even a fortnight.
"Money doesn't matter to me. As long as I help people then it keeps me happy." Something clicked in Hacker's mind. "What was their name again?"
"Bismouth Industries."
"I... remember them. From before my wife died. Sure we've never done buisness with them?"
"I'm sure, there's no records of them on the system or in the backups. I checked already."
"When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow. Come here first, I'll drive us there."
"Ok. See you tomorrow."
Biscuit and Hacker walked off in different directions. They didn't notice the guy in the black suit sitting across from the reception area. No one did.
Next - Bismouth Industries
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Hacker - Part 2: Bismouth Industries
Something about the name stirred something in Hacker's head. A distant memory. Trying to remember it just forced it further away so he tried to keep his mind off it. They had a 4 hour, uneventful, plane trip over. Hacker donned his black sunglasses and walked along side Biscuit into Bismouth Industries. The first thing Hacker noticed was that everything was shiny and bright. Lucky he was wearing his sunglasses. Biscuit's mouth hung open and Hacker tapped him on his shoulder. Biscuit closed his mouth quickly. They walked up to the front desk and were met by a short blonde girl who was wearing navy coloured suit and thin black framed glasses.
"What is your buisness here?" She asked in what seemed to be a European accent.
"We are here from Jack's Hacks. We are here to look at your computer system." Hacker explained.
The blonde girl struggled with a drawer which eventually opened. She pulled out a large book from it. She dropped it on the desk in front of Hacker and flicked through the pages professionally. She stopped on one page somewhere close to the middle and ran her finger down the left side. She stopped at an entry somewhere in the middle that read JH 9:30. She looked at the clock above the drawers and it was past then.
"You're late." She said.
"It's worth the wait." Hacker replied.
"Come in. You are expected."
"Thank you".
The girl opened up a part of the desk which flipped up and rested against the wall. She motioned for them to come through and they did. They took a left turn at the drawers and then travelled for what seemed like a good few minutes to find where they were going. The blonde girl stopped at some double doors.
"I hope this suits you." She said.
She put a key into the door and turned it twice and then opened the doors. The walls were black with what appeared to be one way mirrors in it.
"This is where you will be spending your time with us. I hope you like it." She said.
She moved quickly out of the room and flicked a light switch on her way past the doors. Two bright, fluro lights illuminated the room. Hacker silently thanked himself for wearing his glasses again. In the middle of the room there was a large metal table. On either end of the table sat two computers. Hacker took up the one on the right and Biscuit took up the one on the left.
"What are we supposed to do?" Biscuit asked.
"What comes naturally." Hacker replied.
They booted up the two computers at the same time and adjusted their areas to suit each other.
"Let's see how good their system is." Hacker said.
He opened the command prompt window and begun entering a few commands and then stopped.
"I'll race you." He said with a slight smirk on his face.
"You're on." Biscuit replied.
They begun typing frantically on their keyboards and clicking their mouses. Each kept encountering access denied errors. Hacker had an idea of what it could be and he tried it. He typed in a long string and his screen flashed green with a listing of the company's computers.
"I'm in!" He said. It was only then did he realise that there was no noise from Biscuit's end.
"Biscuit?" Hacker questioned thin air. He walked around to the other end of the table and discovered Biscuit's window still open, with a command half typed. Buscuit was gone.
Hacker walked back to his computer and looked at the screen. It read "Biscuit is fine. Don't screw up." and then flashed back to the command window. He tried entering the same command again and it came up with an access denied screen. Then he heard someone stick a key into the door and turn it twice.
"Biscuit?" Hacker questioned the silence again.
The door opened. Behind the door was black suit.
"We already told you. Biscuit is fine." Black suit said.
"Who are you?" Hacker asked.
"You don't need to know. Come with me. If you resist I will have to use force. You do not want me to do that."
"Where is biscuit?!"
"Remain calm."
"Where is he, damn it?!"
"This is your last warning. Remain calm or I will use force."
"I'm not coming with you until you tell me where he is!"
"I have warned you three times. You have left me no other choice other than to use this." Black suit pulled out a taser and fired it at Hacker.
Something about the name stirred something in Hacker's head. A distant memory. Trying to remember it just forced it further away so he tried to keep his mind off it. They had a 4 hour, uneventful, plane trip over. Hacker donned his black sunglasses and walked along side Biscuit into Bismouth Industries. The first thing Hacker noticed was that everything was shiny and bright. Lucky he was wearing his sunglasses. Biscuit's mouth hung open and Hacker tapped him on his shoulder. Biscuit closed his mouth quickly. They walked up to the front desk and were met by a short blonde girl who was wearing navy coloured suit and thin black framed glasses.
"What is your buisness here?" She asked in what seemed to be a European accent.
"We are here from Jack's Hacks. We are here to look at your computer system." Hacker explained.
The blonde girl struggled with a drawer which eventually opened. She pulled out a large book from it. She dropped it on the desk in front of Hacker and flicked through the pages professionally. She stopped on one page somewhere close to the middle and ran her finger down the left side. She stopped at an entry somewhere in the middle that read JH 9:30. She looked at the clock above the drawers and it was past then.
"You're late." She said.
"It's worth the wait." Hacker replied.
"Come in. You are expected."
"Thank you".
The girl opened up a part of the desk which flipped up and rested against the wall. She motioned for them to come through and they did. They took a left turn at the drawers and then travelled for what seemed like a good few minutes to find where they were going. The blonde girl stopped at some double doors.
"I hope this suits you." She said.
She put a key into the door and turned it twice and then opened the doors. The walls were black with what appeared to be one way mirrors in it.
"This is where you will be spending your time with us. I hope you like it." She said.
She moved quickly out of the room and flicked a light switch on her way past the doors. Two bright, fluro lights illuminated the room. Hacker silently thanked himself for wearing his glasses again. In the middle of the room there was a large metal table. On either end of the table sat two computers. Hacker took up the one on the right and Biscuit took up the one on the left.
"What are we supposed to do?" Biscuit asked.
"What comes naturally." Hacker replied.
They booted up the two computers at the same time and adjusted their areas to suit each other.
"Let's see how good their system is." Hacker said.
He opened the command prompt window and begun entering a few commands and then stopped.
"I'll race you." He said with a slight smirk on his face.
"You're on." Biscuit replied.
They begun typing frantically on their keyboards and clicking their mouses. Each kept encountering access denied errors. Hacker had an idea of what it could be and he tried it. He typed in a long string and his screen flashed green with a listing of the company's computers.
"I'm in!" He said. It was only then did he realise that there was no noise from Biscuit's end.
"Biscuit?" Hacker questioned thin air. He walked around to the other end of the table and discovered Biscuit's window still open, with a command half typed. Buscuit was gone.
Hacker walked back to his computer and looked at the screen. It read "Biscuit is fine. Don't screw up." and then flashed back to the command window. He tried entering the same command again and it came up with an access denied screen. Then he heard someone stick a key into the door and turn it twice.
"Biscuit?" Hacker questioned the silence again.
The door opened. Behind the door was black suit.
"We already told you. Biscuit is fine." Black suit said.
"Who are you?" Hacker asked.
"You don't need to know. Come with me. If you resist I will have to use force. You do not want me to do that."
"Where is biscuit?!"
"Remain calm."
"Where is he, damn it?!"
"This is your last warning. Remain calm or I will use force."
"I'm not coming with you until you tell me where he is!"
"I have warned you three times. You have left me no other choice other than to use this." Black suit pulled out a taser and fired it at Hacker.
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III - The Room
Hacker woke up sitting in a chair. He had a sense of deja vu. This was the room from his dream. Black suit was there. So was the anonymous other person. They were just out of the glow of the light so
Hacker couldn't make out their face. This time it was different. Hacker wasn't bleeding yet.
"Welcome back to conciousness, Hacker." Black suit said.
"Where am I?"
"You will know on a need to know basis and right now you don't need to know."
"What do you want?"
"The code."
"What code?"
"After you hacked the Bismouth's mainframe. You were shown a code. You should remember it."
"I wasn't shown any code. All it was was a green screen."
Black suit hit Hacker across the face. "What was the code?"
"I wasn't shown any code."
"Yes you were!" Another hit across the face. "Mr. Logi, tell me what the code is. I know you know."
"Mr. Logi? Is that my name?" Hacker said.
"Do not play dumb with me Logi! You and I worked together on this for many years. You should know it. You're the one who shut the project down!"
"Project? What?"
Black suit sighed. "You do not remember the project?"
"I don't remember anything up until a few years ago."
"Do not lie to me Logi! And to beleive I once trusted you!" Black suit yelled. Hitting Hacker across the face twice.
"I don't know who you are. Let me go!"
"Not until you answer my questions. Losnic!" The figure in the corner looked up. "Come here. Inject Mr. Logi here with some truth serum."
"Right away, sir." Losnic said.
Losnic opened a small metal suitcase that was on the floor hidden behind him and pulled out a syringe filled with a green liquid. He jabbed it into Hacker's arm and injected the syringe's contents into it.
"You will fell queasy and maybe sleepy. You have been injected with truth serum. It will take effect shortly."
"Logi, you will answer my questions truthfully."
"I will answer your questions truthfully." Hacker replied monotonously.
Losnic nodded and moved back into the shadows. He was the only spectator in the room. The room had no windows and only one door which Hacker presumed to be locked. Hacker was tied into a steel chair so he had no chance of escaping.
"Do you remember the project?" Black suit asked.
"No." Hacker replied.
"Do you remember me?"
"I know your face... from the dream I had."
"Dream? When?"
"Two nights ago. In the end, you shot me." The truth serum was working well.
"Hmm. You could be a... problem to the company. That is, unless you know the code."
"I do not know the code." Hacker replied. Feeling drowsy.
"You do know it. It's in there." He said pointing to Hacker's head. "Without it you wouldn't of been able to shut down the project!" Black suit screamed out the last few words and hit Hacker across the face again. Black suit pulled out his gun and aimed it at Hacker's temple again. Losnic shuffled in the corner and something shiny caught Hacker's eye. He couldn't get a glimpse of it. Black suit jerked his head to face his own.
"You used the code! 6 years ago! You destroyed the project! It is only now that we have gotten to where we were. What is the code?" Black suit yelled. Banging his free hand on the table whilst still holding the gun to Hacker's temple.
"I don't..." Hacker begun a sentence but was stopped by a loud bang.
Hacker woke up sitting in a chair. He had a sense of deja vu. This was the room from his dream. Black suit was there. So was the anonymous other person. They were just out of the glow of the light so
Hacker couldn't make out their face. This time it was different. Hacker wasn't bleeding yet.
"Welcome back to conciousness, Hacker." Black suit said.
"Where am I?"
"You will know on a need to know basis and right now you don't need to know."
"What do you want?"
"The code."
"What code?"
"After you hacked the Bismouth's mainframe. You were shown a code. You should remember it."
"I wasn't shown any code. All it was was a green screen."
Black suit hit Hacker across the face. "What was the code?"
"I wasn't shown any code."
"Yes you were!" Another hit across the face. "Mr. Logi, tell me what the code is. I know you know."
"Mr. Logi? Is that my name?" Hacker said.
"Do not play dumb with me Logi! You and I worked together on this for many years. You should know it. You're the one who shut the project down!"
"Project? What?"
Black suit sighed. "You do not remember the project?"
"I don't remember anything up until a few years ago."
"Do not lie to me Logi! And to beleive I once trusted you!" Black suit yelled. Hitting Hacker across the face twice.
"I don't know who you are. Let me go!"
"Not until you answer my questions. Losnic!" The figure in the corner looked up. "Come here. Inject Mr. Logi here with some truth serum."
"Right away, sir." Losnic said.
Losnic opened a small metal suitcase that was on the floor hidden behind him and pulled out a syringe filled with a green liquid. He jabbed it into Hacker's arm and injected the syringe's contents into it.
"You will fell queasy and maybe sleepy. You have been injected with truth serum. It will take effect shortly."
"Logi, you will answer my questions truthfully."
"I will answer your questions truthfully." Hacker replied monotonously.
Losnic nodded and moved back into the shadows. He was the only spectator in the room. The room had no windows and only one door which Hacker presumed to be locked. Hacker was tied into a steel chair so he had no chance of escaping.
"Do you remember the project?" Black suit asked.
"No." Hacker replied.
"Do you remember me?"
"I know your face... from the dream I had."
"Dream? When?"
"Two nights ago. In the end, you shot me." The truth serum was working well.
"Hmm. You could be a... problem to the company. That is, unless you know the code."
"I do not know the code." Hacker replied. Feeling drowsy.
"You do know it. It's in there." He said pointing to Hacker's head. "Without it you wouldn't of been able to shut down the project!" Black suit screamed out the last few words and hit Hacker across the face again. Black suit pulled out his gun and aimed it at Hacker's temple again. Losnic shuffled in the corner and something shiny caught Hacker's eye. He couldn't get a glimpse of it. Black suit jerked his head to face his own.
"You used the code! 6 years ago! You destroyed the project! It is only now that we have gotten to where we were. What is the code?" Black suit yelled. Banging his free hand on the table whilst still holding the gun to Hacker's temple.
"I don't..." Hacker begun a sentence but was stopped by a loud bang.
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The shot wasn't from black suit's gun. It was from Losnic's. The shiny thing that caught Hacker's eye was the holster of Losnic's desert eagle.
"If you said 'know' he would of shot you."
"How did you know that? Is he dead?"
"You don't need to know and no he is not."
"What? You shot him in the head."
"It will take a lot more than that to stop him. We must go now."
Losnic pulled out a black piece of plastic with a button on it. He pointed it at the door and pressed the button and something clicked. The door swung open. Losnic showed Hacker through. They ended up
in a large hall way with a total of seven black doors. Hacker guessed these were interrogation rooms. Losnic closed the door and pressed the button again and there came another click from the door. At
the opposite end of the hallway there was another black door which had a handle on it. Losnic and Hacker walked through the door back into the hallway that had the door leading into the hacking room.
They begun to walk past it but Hacker stopped and asked, "What about biscuit?"
"Who? Oh, him. Your friend." Losnic replied.
Losnic pulled out a key and stuck it into the hacking room door's lock and turned it the opposite direction to which the blonde girl did. Losnic opened the door and the room was exactly as it was before. In
the chair on the right, sat Biscuit still typing away. In the other chair sat black suit, also typing furiously.
"How'd you get over there?" Biscuit asked. "I thought you were over..." and he pointed to where black suit was. "Who are you?"
Black suit stopped typing and replied "You do not need to know that." Black suit pulled out his gun and pointed it at Biscuit.
"Hey watch where you're pointing that thing!" Biscuit said. Black suit pulled the trigger and shot Biscuit through the heart. A shell casing rang as it hit the foor. Losnic shuffled.
"I wouldn't try it again. You can't." Black suit said. Losnic reached for his gun but it wasn't there. "Now time to finish this." Black suit pointed the gun at Hacker and squeezed the trigger. His gun jammed.
"You're not the only one." Losnic said, backing out of the room and grabbing Hacker on the way through. He quickly shut the door and a bullet came through the door narrowly missing Losnic. He fumbled
with the key and stuck it in the door and turned it twice clockwise.
"Hurry, this way." He said to Hacker.
They went past the secretary who was busy typing away on her own keyboard. They went out the double doors and into the parking lot. Losnic looked around and then he pointed to a black car not too
far away. They reached the car and Losnic used the central locking button on his keyring to unlock the car. Hacker and Losnic got in the car with Losnic driving. Losnic shoved the key into the ignition and
turned it. Black suit burst through the double doors. Losnic pulled the car into reverse and spun the wheels going backwards. Then he put it into drive and sped off away from black suit. Black suit tried to
fire another few shots but it seemed that his gun was jammed still.
"What was all that about?" Hacker asked.
"You don't remember the project you were working on at all? They said it was at the fore-front of technology!" Losnic said.
"What was it?"
"Do you beleive in the mutli-verse theory?"
"Kind of."
"I'll explain it to you. There's an infinite number of universes for each action you do. For example, you could choose to breathe in, or out, make it long or make it short. There's four universes right there.
Your computer discovered the lines connecting these universes and it can meld them together. Not only that, but a chip was inserted into your brain that uses neurotechnology to 'communicate' with this
machine. The chip had transmitted a map of your brain to the home machine. If you were to go there you could probably get the machine to give you back your memories. The only problem is, if you try
and do something that will dramatically change the world the computer asks for a password. Unless you can remember this password, it's useless. All you can change is small things. I also was part of the
project, I was an aide to Mr. Ava. He was the guy that shot your friend. "
"Were you inserted with the same chip as me?"
"No, I was inserted with one less powerful so I can only change smaller things."
"Like the gun jamming?"
"No, that was sheer luck."
They moved onto the highway into town.
"I... don't know how to control this technology. I don't even know how to use it. I can't remember anything!"
"That was one of the side effects of the chips. When you shut down the project, the machine controlling it temporarily shut down. Before it did that it sent out a short electronic message to each chip.
Yours must of been some how scrambled and the chip was corrupted for a short moment in time. The chip sent out an electronic pulse to your body but it was too strong and wiped your memory cells. The
pulse was strong enough to knock you out. Ava shot you, once, through the chest and left you for dead. I also thought you were dead."
"Why did I shut down the project?"
"You beleived that Ava was going to use it to his own advantage. That's all I know, you wouldn't tell me how."
A car was tailgating.
"That's him." Losnic said as the car hit him.
"I can't change anything. The machine is still powered up, it's running on the secondary power supply as it has been for the past 6 years. It will send out a neurological signal to him telling him what I'm
going to change. Like I said, I couldn't even jam his gun. If you remembered how to use yours you could probably stop his car." Losnic said.
"I can't change it because I don't know how."
"Well, we will just have to outrun him. I'll drive you to the project." Losnic said whilst speeding up.
Losnic switched lanes and looked at the rear view mirror. The car hit something and it rolled underneath two wheels.
"What was that?" Losnic asked, turning around.
"Don't know." Hacker replied.
Up ahead there was a truck with two metal pieces sticking out from it, it looked like it was used to carry heavy machinery.
Losnic swore, looked at his rear view mirror and sped up.
"What are you doing?! Are you crazy?!" Hacker yelled.
"Maybe." Losnic replied.
Ava was nearly bumper to bumper with them until he saw what was up ahead and stopped his car.
Losnic's car hit the right ramp with the left tyres and flipped in the air.
"If you said 'know' he would of shot you."
"How did you know that? Is he dead?"
"You don't need to know and no he is not."
"What? You shot him in the head."
"It will take a lot more than that to stop him. We must go now."
Losnic pulled out a black piece of plastic with a button on it. He pointed it at the door and pressed the button and something clicked. The door swung open. Losnic showed Hacker through. They ended up
in a large hall way with a total of seven black doors. Hacker guessed these were interrogation rooms. Losnic closed the door and pressed the button again and there came another click from the door. At
the opposite end of the hallway there was another black door which had a handle on it. Losnic and Hacker walked through the door back into the hallway that had the door leading into the hacking room.
They begun to walk past it but Hacker stopped and asked, "What about biscuit?"
"Who? Oh, him. Your friend." Losnic replied.
Losnic pulled out a key and stuck it into the hacking room door's lock and turned it the opposite direction to which the blonde girl did. Losnic opened the door and the room was exactly as it was before. In
the chair on the right, sat Biscuit still typing away. In the other chair sat black suit, also typing furiously.
"How'd you get over there?" Biscuit asked. "I thought you were over..." and he pointed to where black suit was. "Who are you?"
Black suit stopped typing and replied "You do not need to know that." Black suit pulled out his gun and pointed it at Biscuit.
"Hey watch where you're pointing that thing!" Biscuit said. Black suit pulled the trigger and shot Biscuit through the heart. A shell casing rang as it hit the foor. Losnic shuffled.
"I wouldn't try it again. You can't." Black suit said. Losnic reached for his gun but it wasn't there. "Now time to finish this." Black suit pointed the gun at Hacker and squeezed the trigger. His gun jammed.
"You're not the only one." Losnic said, backing out of the room and grabbing Hacker on the way through. He quickly shut the door and a bullet came through the door narrowly missing Losnic. He fumbled
with the key and stuck it in the door and turned it twice clockwise.
"Hurry, this way." He said to Hacker.
They went past the secretary who was busy typing away on her own keyboard. They went out the double doors and into the parking lot. Losnic looked around and then he pointed to a black car not too
far away. They reached the car and Losnic used the central locking button on his keyring to unlock the car. Hacker and Losnic got in the car with Losnic driving. Losnic shoved the key into the ignition and
turned it. Black suit burst through the double doors. Losnic pulled the car into reverse and spun the wheels going backwards. Then he put it into drive and sped off away from black suit. Black suit tried to
fire another few shots but it seemed that his gun was jammed still.
"What was all that about?" Hacker asked.
"You don't remember the project you were working on at all? They said it was at the fore-front of technology!" Losnic said.
"What was it?"
"Do you beleive in the mutli-verse theory?"
"Kind of."
"I'll explain it to you. There's an infinite number of universes for each action you do. For example, you could choose to breathe in, or out, make it long or make it short. There's four universes right there.
Your computer discovered the lines connecting these universes and it can meld them together. Not only that, but a chip was inserted into your brain that uses neurotechnology to 'communicate' with this
machine. The chip had transmitted a map of your brain to the home machine. If you were to go there you could probably get the machine to give you back your memories. The only problem is, if you try
and do something that will dramatically change the world the computer asks for a password. Unless you can remember this password, it's useless. All you can change is small things. I also was part of the
project, I was an aide to Mr. Ava. He was the guy that shot your friend. "
"Were you inserted with the same chip as me?"
"No, I was inserted with one less powerful so I can only change smaller things."
"Like the gun jamming?"
"No, that was sheer luck."
They moved onto the highway into town.
"I... don't know how to control this technology. I don't even know how to use it. I can't remember anything!"
"That was one of the side effects of the chips. When you shut down the project, the machine controlling it temporarily shut down. Before it did that it sent out a short electronic message to each chip.
Yours must of been some how scrambled and the chip was corrupted for a short moment in time. The chip sent out an electronic pulse to your body but it was too strong and wiped your memory cells. The
pulse was strong enough to knock you out. Ava shot you, once, through the chest and left you for dead. I also thought you were dead."
"Why did I shut down the project?"
"You beleived that Ava was going to use it to his own advantage. That's all I know, you wouldn't tell me how."
A car was tailgating.
"That's him." Losnic said as the car hit him.
"I can't change anything. The machine is still powered up, it's running on the secondary power supply as it has been for the past 6 years. It will send out a neurological signal to him telling him what I'm
going to change. Like I said, I couldn't even jam his gun. If you remembered how to use yours you could probably stop his car." Losnic said.
"I can't change it because I don't know how."
"Well, we will just have to outrun him. I'll drive you to the project." Losnic said whilst speeding up.
Losnic switched lanes and looked at the rear view mirror. The car hit something and it rolled underneath two wheels.
"What was that?" Losnic asked, turning around.
"Don't know." Hacker replied.
Up ahead there was a truck with two metal pieces sticking out from it, it looked like it was used to carry heavy machinery.
Losnic swore, looked at his rear view mirror and sped up.
"What are you doing?! Are you crazy?!" Hacker yelled.
"Maybe." Losnic replied.
Ava was nearly bumper to bumper with them until he saw what was up ahead and stopped his car.
Losnic's car hit the right ramp with the left tyres and flipped in the air.
Hacker
very good start, radar; a few grammatical/spelling corrections to make but you know I'm picky that way <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
where's the next part <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/nunu.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(sp3c)\' />
where's the next part <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/nunu.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(sp3c)\' />
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Hacker
Riiiight here:
Hacker - Part 5
"You're controlling the machine." Losnic said with the car still in mid-flight. The car seemed to begin to rotate faster. The car did a full 360 degree rotation in the air and landed with a hard jolt. The tyres skidded on the ground as Losnic put his foot down. Ava's car was a good few meters back. Ava's car's tyres started smoking as he put his foot down to catch up.
"My chip told me you were controlling the machine. How did you do it?" Losnic asked Hacker.
"I don't know, it was instinctual." Hacker replied.
"You must know!"
"I don't. I only thought that my life was in danger and then it happened."
Losnic hmmed and took a left turn at the exit to the highway.
"We are a few minutes away now. Not long. I'll try to keep Ava off our tail."
Ava skidded around the corner just behind them. His car seemed to have more power than their's did. Losnic was weaving in and out of traffic, even across lanes. They were currently on a 6 laned road with no strip in the middle and Losnic frequently crossed into oncoming traffic. He narrowly missed being cut in half by two trucks heading in opposite directions. Losnic swerved onto the furthest side of the oncoming traffic and turned sharply back to the left lane. Then, when he got on the right side of the road, he twisted the wheel to the right so the car was heading in the right direction. The results of those actions were a 16-car pile-up and a new purseur, the police. Losnic looked back over his shoulder and there were three cop cars taking up all three lanes, also weaving in and out of traffic. Very close behind them was Ava.
"A few more minutes." Losnic said through gritted teeth.
The bridge up ahead was made of steel and concrete. It was a great monster of a thing with a huge metal and concrete divider running the length and down the middle of the bridge. Losnic faked switching over to the oncoming traffic and then went back to the left lane. One of the cop cars fell for it and crashed into the divider.
"One down. Two to go." He said like it was a game.
The other two came in closer with a passenger hanging out the side of one pointing what seemed to be a shotgun towards them. He fired it and it went through the back window of Losnic's car.
"I just got that repaired!" Losnic yelled.
The passenger ducked his head back in and reloaded the shotgun. By this time it was the end of the bridge. There was a hill after the bridge and the road turned to went around it. Losnic pressed a button on the car and braked heavily. Smoke poured from the tires on the car. He spun the car around 180 degrees and shoved it into reverse. The cop cars were catching up.
"Watch this." Losnic said to Hacker who had currently dug his fingers through the seat he was sitting on. Losnic again braked heavily and the two cop cars went speeding past. Then he spun the car around the right way and put it into drive. He spun his wheels and took off right past the two cop cars who had tried to drive through the hill. Ava wasn't stupid enough to suffer the same fate as the three police cars. He kept on their tail. Nothing Losnic tried to do could remove him from that position. Losnic turned sharply onto a dirt road. Even through the dust cloud he left behind Ava still followed closely. Losnic stopped on the side of the road and ran to a post. He flipped out the reflector on the post and typed in a multi-digit password. The side of the road beside the post collapsed and a set of stairs appeared. They rushed down the stairs and at the bottom Losnic typed in the same password and a solid hatch jammed across the opening. There was just enough light to catch Ava's fingers being jammed in the hatch with a loud crunch.
It was pitch black. Losnic felt around for the light switch and eventually found it. They were in a long metal hallway which had the stairs at one end and a door at the other. They went through this door and Losnic typed another code into the keypad next to the door which sealed it shut. They walked hurridely down another hallway and stopped at a door. Losnic pulled out a set of keys and shuffled through them and found the one he needed. He stuck it in the door and opened it. The room was lighted by several lights on the very high roof and the floor seemed to be illuminated by lights under translucent tiles. In the middle of the room sat a metal table with a small laptop. Hacker somehow knew what to do and sat down and begun typing in a set of commands. A screen popped up and prompted him for a username and password which was the same as the one he currently used. "Welcome Mr. Loki." said a computer generated voice out of nowhere. The wall behind the monitor opened up and the display on the laptop disappeared and what was once the wall was now a screen. Another prompt came up. "Would you like to restore your memory?". This one had just two buttons on it, a green and a red one. Hacker hesitated over the green one and then pressed the red one. Losnic raised an eyebrow.
"Why did you do that?" Losnic asked.
"It's the right button, beleive me." Hacker responded.
A small panel in the wall to the left opened up and there were two syringes of clear liquid. Hacker took one of these out, tapped it, and jabbed it into his arm. There was a silence for a little while and then Hacker started to speak.
"It's not wor..." He started to convulse on the floor.
Hacker - Part 5
"You're controlling the machine." Losnic said with the car still in mid-flight. The car seemed to begin to rotate faster. The car did a full 360 degree rotation in the air and landed with a hard jolt. The tyres skidded on the ground as Losnic put his foot down. Ava's car was a good few meters back. Ava's car's tyres started smoking as he put his foot down to catch up.
"My chip told me you were controlling the machine. How did you do it?" Losnic asked Hacker.
"I don't know, it was instinctual." Hacker replied.
"You must know!"
"I don't. I only thought that my life was in danger and then it happened."
Losnic hmmed and took a left turn at the exit to the highway.
"We are a few minutes away now. Not long. I'll try to keep Ava off our tail."
Ava skidded around the corner just behind them. His car seemed to have more power than their's did. Losnic was weaving in and out of traffic, even across lanes. They were currently on a 6 laned road with no strip in the middle and Losnic frequently crossed into oncoming traffic. He narrowly missed being cut in half by two trucks heading in opposite directions. Losnic swerved onto the furthest side of the oncoming traffic and turned sharply back to the left lane. Then, when he got on the right side of the road, he twisted the wheel to the right so the car was heading in the right direction. The results of those actions were a 16-car pile-up and a new purseur, the police. Losnic looked back over his shoulder and there were three cop cars taking up all three lanes, also weaving in and out of traffic. Very close behind them was Ava.
"A few more minutes." Losnic said through gritted teeth.
The bridge up ahead was made of steel and concrete. It was a great monster of a thing with a huge metal and concrete divider running the length and down the middle of the bridge. Losnic faked switching over to the oncoming traffic and then went back to the left lane. One of the cop cars fell for it and crashed into the divider.
"One down. Two to go." He said like it was a game.
The other two came in closer with a passenger hanging out the side of one pointing what seemed to be a shotgun towards them. He fired it and it went through the back window of Losnic's car.
"I just got that repaired!" Losnic yelled.
The passenger ducked his head back in and reloaded the shotgun. By this time it was the end of the bridge. There was a hill after the bridge and the road turned to went around it. Losnic pressed a button on the car and braked heavily. Smoke poured from the tires on the car. He spun the car around 180 degrees and shoved it into reverse. The cop cars were catching up.
"Watch this." Losnic said to Hacker who had currently dug his fingers through the seat he was sitting on. Losnic again braked heavily and the two cop cars went speeding past. Then he spun the car around the right way and put it into drive. He spun his wheels and took off right past the two cop cars who had tried to drive through the hill. Ava wasn't stupid enough to suffer the same fate as the three police cars. He kept on their tail. Nothing Losnic tried to do could remove him from that position. Losnic turned sharply onto a dirt road. Even through the dust cloud he left behind Ava still followed closely. Losnic stopped on the side of the road and ran to a post. He flipped out the reflector on the post and typed in a multi-digit password. The side of the road beside the post collapsed and a set of stairs appeared. They rushed down the stairs and at the bottom Losnic typed in the same password and a solid hatch jammed across the opening. There was just enough light to catch Ava's fingers being jammed in the hatch with a loud crunch.
It was pitch black. Losnic felt around for the light switch and eventually found it. They were in a long metal hallway which had the stairs at one end and a door at the other. They went through this door and Losnic typed another code into the keypad next to the door which sealed it shut. They walked hurridely down another hallway and stopped at a door. Losnic pulled out a set of keys and shuffled through them and found the one he needed. He stuck it in the door and opened it. The room was lighted by several lights on the very high roof and the floor seemed to be illuminated by lights under translucent tiles. In the middle of the room sat a metal table with a small laptop. Hacker somehow knew what to do and sat down and begun typing in a set of commands. A screen popped up and prompted him for a username and password which was the same as the one he currently used. "Welcome Mr. Loki." said a computer generated voice out of nowhere. The wall behind the monitor opened up and the display on the laptop disappeared and what was once the wall was now a screen. Another prompt came up. "Would you like to restore your memory?". This one had just two buttons on it, a green and a red one. Hacker hesitated over the green one and then pressed the red one. Losnic raised an eyebrow.
"Why did you do that?" Losnic asked.
"It's the right button, beleive me." Hacker responded.
A small panel in the wall to the left opened up and there were two syringes of clear liquid. Hacker took one of these out, tapped it, and jabbed it into his arm. There was a silence for a little while and then Hacker started to speak.
"It's not wor..." He started to convulse on the floor.
Last edited by radar on Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
Hacker
OI!!! <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /knife.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(knife)\' />
[color=\"#41211C\"]It takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it
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Hacker
That's very cool radar...but where's the next part <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
Love is all a matter of timing.
It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
Hacker
Hacker - Part Six
Hacker was convulsing on the floor. He had injected himself with a syringe. Losnic watched on, horrifed. After a few minutes he suddenly stopped.
Hacker opened his eyes and looked around.
"I remember everything now." He croaked.
"How did that work?" Losnic asked.
"Inside the syringe there were billions of nanobots. Those bots each contained a set of memories from my past. They sent messages through my body and into my brain."
The door burst open and in came Ava. He held up the hand that was crushed and stretched it and then made it into a fist.
"You thought you could outsmart, outdo and outrun me. You thought wrong." Ava said, reaching for his gun and not finding it there.
"So did you." Hacker replied, spinning Ava's gun on his index finger like a cowboy. "You screwed up."
Losnic reached for his gun slowly only to find it wasn't there either. Ava now had it in his hands.
"You're not the only one, remember?" He said, pointing to his head where the chip was. "I still find it hard to believe that we were once friends." Ava said, spitting the word out like expired milk.
"We were. Right up until the point where you went postal. You are a little too trigger happy, aren't you Ava?" Hacker asked.
"How did you..." Ava asked, looking over to the wall where the syringes were kept and finding one missing. "You <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... nsored.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(cens)\' />!" He squeezed the trigger on his gun and there was a quick blur. Ava now stood where Hacker was, and Hacker where Ava was. The bullet hit Ava in the arm.
Ava screamed and unloaded his magazine at Hacker but, like before, there were more blurs and Ava was now riddled with bullet holes. Ava slumped against the wall and slid down it, leaving a bloody trail on it.
"I guess that's done then." Losnic said, turning his back to Ava and facking Hacker.
"No, it's not." Ava said through a bloody mouth and he shot one more Bullet right through Losnic's chest. There was a familiar ring of shell casing on the floor, but then more. The bullets in Ava's body were now lying on the floor. He got up and straightened up his suit and tie and walked slowly towards Hacker, keeping the gun pointed squarely between Hacker's eyes.
"Drop your gun." Ava asked.
"You first." Hacker said.
"Drop your gun! Now! I will scatter your memories like I did before!" Ava replied agressively.
Hacker let it fall to the ground.
"Kick it over to where he is." Said Ava, nodding in Losnic's direction. Hacker did that. "Now prepare to die."
"You first." Hacker repeated. Ava disappeared and his gun also fell to the floor. Losnic groaned.
"What happened?" He asked.
"You know about the multiple dimensions? Let's just say there's a piece of Ava in all of them." Hacker said with a smile.
"What are we going to do now?" Losnic asked.
"Shut down this project, once and for all." Hacker said. He pointed his gun at the laptop and placed two bullets in it, then two at the screen. "Meet me at the car." He said.
Losnic waited in the car for a good 15 minutes before Hacker returned.
"What did you do?" Losnic asked.
"You'll know it when you hear it. Just drive, quickly." Hacker replied.
Losnic's car sped off and was just about to get off the dirt road when a huge explosion obliterated the area where the car was about a minute ago.
Losnic smiled. They drove back to Bismouth Industries.
Inside Hacker went straight to Biscuit and announced the good news.
"I got my memory back!" He said.
"Cool! Who are you really?" Biscuit asked.
"I am Michael Loki. I was employed orignally by Bismouth Industries in a top secret project. You don't need to know the details but it was used to wipe my memory."
"Wow, really high-tech stuff then. What happened?"
"The person I was working with was corrupted by greed. He wanted the project all to himself so he could use it to his own advantage. I found out about it and altered the project slightly so it wouldn't work. But..." Hacker said, sighing. "He thought I screwed up the project and he killed my wife."
"Where is this guy now?"
"Everywhere." Hacker said with a smile. Biscuit raised an eyebrow and they walked out of Bismouth Industries.
Hacker was convulsing on the floor. He had injected himself with a syringe. Losnic watched on, horrifed. After a few minutes he suddenly stopped.
Hacker opened his eyes and looked around.
"I remember everything now." He croaked.
"How did that work?" Losnic asked.
"Inside the syringe there were billions of nanobots. Those bots each contained a set of memories from my past. They sent messages through my body and into my brain."
The door burst open and in came Ava. He held up the hand that was crushed and stretched it and then made it into a fist.
"You thought you could outsmart, outdo and outrun me. You thought wrong." Ava said, reaching for his gun and not finding it there.
"So did you." Hacker replied, spinning Ava's gun on his index finger like a cowboy. "You screwed up."
Losnic reached for his gun slowly only to find it wasn't there either. Ava now had it in his hands.
"You're not the only one, remember?" He said, pointing to his head where the chip was. "I still find it hard to believe that we were once friends." Ava said, spitting the word out like expired milk.
"We were. Right up until the point where you went postal. You are a little too trigger happy, aren't you Ava?" Hacker asked.
"How did you..." Ava asked, looking over to the wall where the syringes were kept and finding one missing. "You <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... nsored.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(cens)\' />!" He squeezed the trigger on his gun and there was a quick blur. Ava now stood where Hacker was, and Hacker where Ava was. The bullet hit Ava in the arm.
Ava screamed and unloaded his magazine at Hacker but, like before, there were more blurs and Ava was now riddled with bullet holes. Ava slumped against the wall and slid down it, leaving a bloody trail on it.
"I guess that's done then." Losnic said, turning his back to Ava and facking Hacker.
"No, it's not." Ava said through a bloody mouth and he shot one more Bullet right through Losnic's chest. There was a familiar ring of shell casing on the floor, but then more. The bullets in Ava's body were now lying on the floor. He got up and straightened up his suit and tie and walked slowly towards Hacker, keeping the gun pointed squarely between Hacker's eyes.
"Drop your gun." Ava asked.
"You first." Hacker said.
"Drop your gun! Now! I will scatter your memories like I did before!" Ava replied agressively.
Hacker let it fall to the ground.
"Kick it over to where he is." Said Ava, nodding in Losnic's direction. Hacker did that. "Now prepare to die."
"You first." Hacker repeated. Ava disappeared and his gun also fell to the floor. Losnic groaned.
"What happened?" He asked.
"You know about the multiple dimensions? Let's just say there's a piece of Ava in all of them." Hacker said with a smile.
"What are we going to do now?" Losnic asked.
"Shut down this project, once and for all." Hacker said. He pointed his gun at the laptop and placed two bullets in it, then two at the screen. "Meet me at the car." He said.
Losnic waited in the car for a good 15 minutes before Hacker returned.
"What did you do?" Losnic asked.
"You'll know it when you hear it. Just drive, quickly." Hacker replied.
Losnic's car sped off and was just about to get off the dirt road when a huge explosion obliterated the area where the car was about a minute ago.
Losnic smiled. They drove back to Bismouth Industries.
Inside Hacker went straight to Biscuit and announced the good news.
"I got my memory back!" He said.
"Cool! Who are you really?" Biscuit asked.
"I am Michael Loki. I was employed orignally by Bismouth Industries in a top secret project. You don't need to know the details but it was used to wipe my memory."
"Wow, really high-tech stuff then. What happened?"
"The person I was working with was corrupted by greed. He wanted the project all to himself so he could use it to his own advantage. I found out about it and altered the project slightly so it wouldn't work. But..." Hacker said, sighing. "He thought I screwed up the project and he killed my wife."
"Where is this guy now?"
"Everywhere." Hacker said with a smile. Biscuit raised an eyebrow and they walked out of Bismouth Industries.
Last edited by radar on Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
Hacker
ooooooooooooooo well done radar; you did spin a good yarn <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />
more <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/nunu.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(sp3c)\' />
more <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/nunu.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(sp3c)\' />
[color=\"#41211C\"]It takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it
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Hacker
Very nice radar <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/good.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(Y)\' />
Love is all a matter of timing.
It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
Hacker
I hinted in the chatroom that there is a hacker 2 coming soon <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
Hacker
[i]*waits*[/i]
....... <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... histle.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(whistle)\' /> ......
[i]*is still waiting*[/i]
...... <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /stare.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(stare)\' /> .....
WELL? WHERE IS IT?
<img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... el_not.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(not)\' />
....... <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... histle.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(whistle)\' /> ......
[i]*is still waiting*[/i]
...... <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /stare.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(stare)\' /> .....
WELL? WHERE IS IT?
<img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... el_not.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(not)\' />
[color=\"#41211C\"]It takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it
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Hacker
In my head! <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' /> I've got a few assignments due this week and workplacement next week so I could write a preview this weekend or something <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
Hacker
gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwds you're as 'bad' as the previews of season finales...... <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... isgust.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(hmph)\' />
[color=\"#41211C\"]It takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it
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