DIVEPEN

A mild headache struck through my head the moment I woke up. To my utmost surprise, I wasn’t tied to a chair like most captives; I was perfectly laid on a soft bed in a room that was painted white. I turned to check around me, my arm ached a little. I quickly checked every part of my body. There was no sign of incision, which meant that all my body parts were still intact. I stood up and walked towards the door; it was locked and computerized.

I sighed and walked back to the bed. I removed a tiny piece of metal from the bed-spring. With it, I unscrewed the panel of the lock on the door, and gently unplugged the red wire that was attached to the main screen of the lock. I replaced it with a yellow cable that ran from the adapter on the motherboard. I gently cut out the other red wire that was connected to the alarm after making sure that the green wire from the mains of the panel was reconnected to the screen.

I smiled. I had succeeded in resetting the security lock to factory mode. I punched in “1234567” ; immediately, the door opened.

I gallantly walked out of my supposed prison into the waiting hands of my captors.

I was shocked to see them. I stammered as words failed me. Gently, I tried to go back to the bedroom.

‘What took you so long?’ was the question that greeted me.

“Ehm... ehm...” I stammered again.

I scanned through the room and saw four persons in total. An old man – probably in his late sixties – sat on a sofa facing the TV, quite unconcerned with what was going on. A beautiful lady sat on a different sofa with a handsome guy beside her; I considered them to be a couple. On a cane chair was another guy playing with a pistol.

“Larry, you said he is very good, yet it took him 180 seconds to break an Alpha 389 security lock,” the guy playing with the pistol fired.

“He’s really good,” the other guy beside the lady said calmly.

“How sure are we that he can break more complicated locks than this?” the lady asked.

I tried to defend myself, but I was shushed by the old man.

“We will give him another chance to prove his worth,” the old man said authoritatively.

“Let me introduce you to your new colleagues,” he said. “This is agent Larry and agent Skarley. Sitting on that cane chair is agent Sam.”

“I’m agent Woods,” he added.

I did nothing than to nod my head, just to let them know that I was following all he had said.

“Introduce yourself!” Skarley said defiantly.

“Ehmm... I’m Divepen, the only son of...”

“Mrs. Ajileti...” Larry concluded.

“We already know your background,” Sam added. “Tell us about what you can do!”

I smiled.

“I’m a hacker, white hat to be precise. I can hack anything wired. I can rewire, reconfigure, restructure, read any programming language, and steal anything online. I can also create and repair anything related to the computer world.”

I smiled, hoping to have impressed them.

“Clara can do more than that,” Skarley said.

“Only if she’s not dead,” Larry chipped in.

“What have you achieved so far? What heist have you pulled before?” agent Wood asked.

“Well, I’ve hacked the World Bank once and stolen two million Kuwaiti Dinar. I’ve changed several records at Microsoft, MIT portal, several Embassies and the federal hospital too.

On two different occasions, I planted worms into the FBI database. I was also responsible for jamming the network at the federal airport which resulted in the crash of the plane that killed the vice and some heads.”

I added, “Well, I was paid to do all these, though I’ve never met or kept records of any of my dealings. I always get my leads online; I ensure that at least part payment is made before I begin my work.”

“You’re in!” agent Woods said.

All you need is practice. Agent Skarley would tell you every other thing you need to know, and then you are free to go home.

I was a bit fluttered.

“Hmm... Ehmm... Are you sure I can go home, sir?” I asked with a tint of fear.

“Sure you can. Agent Larry will explain everything to you,” said agent Woods.

Agent Larry decided to drop me home. While on our way, he explained everything clearer to my understanding. He told me about agent Wood’s past: how he lost his first family, and how he had Skarley and Laila years later.

He told me about their mission, which was to retrieve some classified data from NSS. The president is a monster; all his evil deeds of the past are stored in one of the databases at NSS. We will retrieve it together with other criminal records of every top leader in the country, then destroy their planned crimes. We won’t stop there; we will expose them to the public. We will watch as the public pass judgment on them. They won’t have any option than to step down in shame, and the aggressive ones among them might face death penalty from the public.

I sighed...

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