Chapter 1
21:55, May 6th, 2023 (Background flashback)
Office
Sophia
“I’m sure you are aware of the Spade mafia being able to hack into our warfare, yes?” My dad asks as I nod.
“Yes sir,” I responded. It just still doesn’t make sense. The Spades are dumb, and our security level is high… It’s practically impossible to get into.
“Alright, your job is to find out how this happened. Who did it. And why,” My dad walked, hands behind his back.
“It doesn’t make sense, there’s no way anyone could get in this!” I shake my head, pulling up records of the time our gates and cameras were online by someone else.
“Well guess what! They did Sophia! And we have no idea who did it because we know damn well it wasn’t anyone from the Spades,” He snaps, sighing and rubbing his temple.
“I won’t stop working on it… I will have answers,” I look at him in reassurance.
“I’m trusting you, I’ll see you at home,” He nods and leaves the room.
22:43, May 24, 2023 (Present day)
Office
Sophia
“Alright, Two more minutes, and I’m out of here,” I think to myself, finishing the report my dad made me type. He makes me write everything I’ve done with the cybersecurity part. It’s honestly better for me though, it’s like notes I get to use for the future.
“Suspect: Donny Ray Johnson”
“Boom, done,” I pressed enter, finishing and leaving the room, wanting to go home.
“Soph! There you are!” I stop my tracks. My dad, that’s his voice alright. See him everywhere though every time he acts like it’s been years, “Finish the report?” He asks, as I nod, quickly remembering something I was going to tell him beforehand.
“Yes, but, I happened to find something leading onto, you know, the hacking on us,” I slowly narrate my voice, trying to sound more professional. Even though he is my father, he’s still my boss, “Well, only the camera part,”
“Oh? Well, Go on,” He crosses his arms above his chest, changing his tone and position.
“Well,” I clear my throat, resting my hands by my side, “The other mob’s tech guy, Donny,” I remember to keep eye contact, “Donny Ray Johnson. That was the man who hacked us,” I opened my laptop, pointing to a part of the report.
After doing countless amounts of strategizing, I finally found how Johnson concurred with the act of hacking into our…
Once he read the explanation, I looked for that “I’m proud” smile, I found it, earning a nod, “Good Job Soph, I’m proud of you. It’s a start. You’re growing,” He smiled and turned his body, “I need to attend a meeting now. You go home and I’ll see you later tonight, yea?” I nod and smile.
“Of course,” I responded.
“Alright, just don’t forget, tomorrow is when we are going to the old building,” He reminds me, the old building was the first time the Ace mafia was ever created, you can guess, it’s an old building.
23:24, May 24, 2023
Sophia’s room
Sophia
Once I finally get to my room, I sit on my bed and stretch… “Hmm,” I hum in satisfaction, “Alright, I was the adult for the time, now Ima be the teenager I should be,” I tell myself. I’m 19, act like 30 at work, 15 at home. “Then again…” I pause and grab my laptop.
“I have been trying to figure out how the fuck the Dumbass white people mob randomly got smart and found out most of our shit…” I think to myself… “It doesn’t make sense. Only a rat…” I stop. Then continue, “Only a fucking rat would be able to give them everything. It’s impossible to just “get” the codes,”
I quickly try to look up Donny’s social media, but it was hard to find. He’s young but smart. “I could find more… Locations… Family… History…”
I write his username down, move over to Instagram and do the same thing. About twenty minutes later, I have everything. “Now let’s find some loved one’s…” Adding a split tab, I look at his Facebook account.
“No personal life on social media… Smart,” I mumble, “Fuck!” I close my laptop and get up, pacing around…
“Soph?…” I hear my mom, I look at her in the doorway, “I heard you shout… what’s wrong?…”
“Nothing,” I quickly respond, not wanting to get her involved. She then moves over to me and hugs me…
“Love… Here’s something you should know, I’m your mother, I know when you’re lying…” She whispers.
“I just… I can’t fucking find it out!” She lets go and crosses her arms.
“Continue,” She looks at me and nods.
“The mob! I only know how their technology hacked our cameras, I already put in a new code and everything, but still! How? How did they find out?! What if they are already planning something!?” I spazz out until my mom tells me to chill out.
“Listen. We are going to be okay… Alright?” I doubt it, but I nod to end the conversation, “Alright… Now sleep, it’s late,” I would argue, but I’m tired… She kisses my forehead and leaves, that’s when I change and lay down.
“Focus on it tomorrow… Everything is gonna be okay…” I remind myself, not believing shit.
13:23, May 25, 2023
Random room, Old building
Sophia
Once I finish my other assignments, I take my “break” by opening my laptop and looking back at his socials again. “Nothing, fucking nothing!” I mumble, rubbing my eyes and pushing my laptop. I’ve been trained by the best, they would be fucking ashamed for me acting this stupid.
I look back at my board, moving the red string around… I feel like I’m not cybersecurity anymore, I’m everything at this point. I passed the test for most of everything anyways.
“If he doesn’t post anything, why does he have one?” I say, somehow, it just slipped my mind, I didn’t even think about it afterward. “Wait… If Donny knew about everything… That means he’s new… They never could find out until just now. Because of him, they can attack at any moment…”
I look outside my window... “The woods. I look closer and notice about 10 black SUVs far back.
I pause. “Shit. Shit!”
Right when I’m about to leave, I hear gunshots, screaming, and my dad bursting through my door screaming my name. That snapped me out. “Sophia! Out! Now! They got it!” He yells.
“Holy fuck already!? I quickly grab my stuff and run out of the room, “I was just going to tell you!” I yell, trying to process everything. He doesn’t listen, mostly worrying about something else.
“There’s a swat vehicle! Get in there, I’ll be back!” He yells, looking around, how did we get a swat vehicle? There is too much going on right now. I snap out of my thoughts.
“What!? I’m not leaving you the fuck!?” I yell back, then he glares at me, that’s when I leave and put my stuff in the vehicle. He looks to make sure I get in and runs back inside. “I’m not letting him go in, we don’t know who to trust!” I look around and get out of the vehicle, rushing inside and following him.
I grab my gun out of its holster and slow down my paste, checking corners. I find him with three other people, “Friendly,” I mumble, I walk in as they instantly raise their guns at me.
“Sophia!?” My Dad yells, “I fucking told you!” I ignored him and moved to where he was.
“I know this shit more than you do,” I nod and start logging out of everything…
“What’s the time?” He asks, referring to how long.
“Three… Two… One…” I click continue and look around.
“Alright, let’s go,” He nods, then looks at the ground and yells, “Flash! Down!”
It was too late. My eyes and ears felt like they stopped working, I fell to the ground and heard gunshots everywhere. I was the only person not wearing gear to prevent the bang. This is fucking it. I’m gonna die at 19…
“I can’t see!” I yell, not able to hear myself either. I’m then picked up and hauled out of the building. I was gonna hit, but I could tell it was my dad. That’s when I slowly started to regain my sight and hearing.
“You’re gonna be alright! No shots were hit on you, love!” He gets us inside of the car and tells the driver to floor it.
