Once Upon A Hack...
By: Castianna
Chapter 1
It was another boring Monday at Smitty's. Ashley was doing everything in her power to stay awake. She almost dozed off when the door chime went off signalling the entrance of a costumer. Ashley looked up into violet eyes that held an expression of sadness and evil, as if his soul had been tortured.
"Oh, hello." Ashley greeted.
"Table for two please." Violet eyes said.
"Umm, Ok right this way please."
Ashley grabbed two menus from the stand and led them to a table on the far side of the restaurant from the door. Ashley handed them their menus and took her chance to study these two fine examples of men.
Violet eyes was accompanied by a pale looking young man with white hair, if it weren't for the brown eyes she would have mistaken him for an albino. His eyes held traces of boredom and sheer evil. 'Most likely got his fun from others pain and suffering…' Ashley shuddered at the thought. Violet eyes had longish blonde hair and was very tanned, he looked like a surfer dude from LA, of course the gold jewelry didn't quiet fit with the look. These men were so hot Ashleys cheeks were flaming just by talking to them.
"So, what can I get you to drink?" Ashley asked.
"I will have an ice water, lots of ice, very little water." Violet eyes said.
"I shall have…A tea. Yes, earl grey if you have it." Brown eyes said.
Ashley almost had to fan herself, He was British! OMG He was British! Ashley mentally calmed herself and went to get their drinks and inform the server she had a new table.
She was just setting down their drinks when the door chimed again.
"Really Malik, This ice fascination is quiet abnormal. Why cant you have a normal fetish….like…"
Ashley didn't get to hear the rest of the conversation because she looked up to see who had walked in to the restaurant, There stood Rachel smiling at the front desk with her lap top bag slung over her shoulder. Ashley smiled and walked forward to greet her friend. She showed Rachel to a table near the front of the restaurant and sat down with her. The front was the only place in the whole building where the wireless internet got the best service.
"Who are you hacking today?" Ashley asked.
"Hmm I'm not sure, possibly Kaiba corp. That's always fun."
Ashley smirked, well have fun with that. Then she left to get Rae her coffee. It was a well known fact that hackers needed their caffine. As Ashley approached Rae with he coffee, she could hear the keys of her keyboard tapping furiously. So she just set down the coffee and went back about her business.
Ashley's shift was almost over when the door chimed again. Ashley looked up and counted them. 'Four, not bad…' She approached them.
"Hi," She greeted them.
"Table for six please." A short kid with spikey tri-colored hair said. Ashley knew him instantly.
"OMG your Yugi Mouto!" She almost gasped. "You're the kid who beat Seto Kaiba right out of his title!"
"Yugi's not a kid, He's sixteen!" The blonde guy said from the door.
"I know you, Your Joey Wheeler!" Ashley glomped him. "I'm like, totally a fan! I watched all your battles at duelist kingdom!" Ashley said excitedly.
Joey was instantly ten feet tall and bullet proof. Ashley led them to a table that was large enough for their group and went to get them their drinks. The door chimed again, followed by a ruckus out front. Ashley appeared out front to see a smug Seto Kaiba glareing at Joey, who was being held back by Tristan. Oh Ashley knew who Mr. High and Mighty was alright and she decided to kick him out of the restaurant.
"If you cant behave, I'm afraid I must ask you to leave." Ashley said politely.
Kaiba glanced over at Ashley, A look crossed his face before turning back to Joey.
"Listen to the girl Wheeler, and leave."
"Actually I was talking to you, your majesty." She said sarcasticly.
Seto turned his glare on Ashley.
"You have no right…." He said through clenched teeth.
"Oh yes I do actually. I am the hostess here, these are my costumers and you are bothering them…..sir" The sir dripped with venom. "So leave the building….now…" She said.
Kaiba smirked. "Don't you have a no dog policy."
"Yes we do…So leave, before I call the pound." Ashley smirked back. Finally thinking she had put him in his place.
Rachel watched on in amusement…'Excellent, She is over her…Obsession…' She thought.
Seto threw one last glare at the geek squad and pulled Ashley outside.
"You really hate me…don't you." He said quietly once they reached the sidewalk.
"There is nothing else to feel….you killed all that." Ashley said sadly, looking away.
"I.." Seto looked at Ashley…'What had he done..' he frowned. "What did I do to deserve this treatment from you? I L.." SLAP! Ashley stormed back into Smitty's, leaving Seto out front with a red mark on his face. Seto walked over to his Ferrari and jumped in, speeding off towards his hotel.
Ashley cried mentally but knew she had to be cruel to him. He hadn't come for her. He had followed Yugi for a rematch. But why was Yugi here in Calgary? Ashley was very confused.
Rachel sighed and sat up from her laptop. "Done.." She said and stretched. She had just hacked Kaiba corp. while its CEO had his attention elsewhere.. She had just implanted a very destructive virus in the Kaiba corp. mainframe.
Kaiba was speeding down Deerfoot trail and looking over at his mini computer in his car. Yes I know that is very unsafe….especially on the deerfoot…he was just checking through the shipping and receiving stats when he found it….a virus….a virus in the form of pink fuzzy bunnies was eating away at his mainframe from the outer shell to the inner pieces…He hit a few buttons and traced the virus back to its origination, a laptop at the smittys location he was just at. He mad a few rather dangerous changes of direction and sped back to the smittys. When Kaiba arrived back at smittys he took Ashley took Ashley off guard. He went around the restaurant looking for someone on a laptop. He was ignoring everyone else. He was just checking the front tables when he found her.
Rachel looked up at the intruder, then looked at her watch. "15 minutes and 12 seconds." She said.
"Excuse me?"
"Do you have bad hearing?"
"No, but what do you mean by 15 minutes and 12 seconds?" He asked.
"How long it took your little min to find the hacker…really Kaiba, you should make it an actual challenge to hack your mainframe."
Kaiba was speechless for the first time in a decade.
"Though, I must commend you, it's a better response time than the CIA." Rachel said with the wisdom of someone who had been down that path before.
Kaiba just looked at her. Then he sat down. "Well, Can I have the anti-virus?" He asked.
"No."
"And why not?"
"Because I don't like mutts." The edge of Rachel's mouth twitched up in a half smile.
"I don't either. So lets stop talking about wheeler and tell me why I cant have the anti-virus." He smirked as he heard wheeler jump up in the back ground and yell at him. Chairs scraped and Tristan must have pulled Joey back because he didn't come running over.
"God, your dense." Rachel looked at her watch again. Four o'clock. Ashley would be off work soon. She closed her laptop and left Kaiba sitting at the table.
After she left he made to go after her, but then something caught his eye. There was a disk on the table alongside a note. You may have this disk, But can you be sure that It is the anti-virus you seek?
While Rachel and Kaiba had been talking Mai had confronted Ashley about her….interest….in Joey. Ashley quickly told Mai that she didn't like Joey…that she was in love with someone else…
"Oh? Who?" Mai asked.
Ashley looked around then leaned closer to Mai, "Seto Kaiba…" She whispered. Mai's eyes opened in surprise.
Unbeknownst to Ashley, Seto had overheard the conversation with her and Mai. Seto leaned back in his seat as Ashley ran out to meet Rachel outside. "Hmm there is hope for us yet….my love…" He said to himself.
