My name is Nathaniel. I'm 27, and so far have done nothing productive with my life. You see, I'm a hacker.
No, that's not true. I'm a computer programmer. I used to be a hacker until I found the thing that changed my life.
I'm getting ahead of myself. Any story worth telling is worth telling from the beginning. May you forgive my wandering mind.
It all started three years ago. I was in the basement of my parents' house, surrounded by miscellaneous bits of computer hardware. I was supposed to be working on repairing the computer in front of me, but instead I was staring blankly into space.
Since youth I'd had a feeling of expectancy, of waiting for something to happen and not knowing what. This night, this fateful night, my wait would come to an end.
I had recently set up a wavelength monitoring system on my computer and was testing it out. It was skimming through different frequencies and on one of them I heard, "…Xana wants earth he'll have to wait! We were here first!"
What caught my attention wasn't what was said, that could have been any video game player. What caught my attention was the way it was said. The voice was young, a child, but the words had been spoken with intensity unlike anything I had ever heard before.
I sat up in my chair for an instant, then stopped the band scanner and returned to the frequency that the voices were on.
"Guys, we have a problem." That was the same voice as before. "Someone is listening in on us." I was shocked. There was no way he should have known that.
"Do something about it, Jeremie!" This voice was different. It was another male voice, but it held a quality of laughter, even when annoyed.
"I'll take care of…" The voice of my opponent, apparently Jeremie, disappeared into static.
Now I was mad. I was older, wiser, and definitely sneakier than who ever this kid was.
I pulled up a screen on my computer and, after hours of work, got in to the system. I was impressed with the defenses that were around it. If I didn't know better, I'd say they were military grade.
The system itself was a mystery. It was way larger than it should have been, and every bit of it was encrypted with a code I had never seen before.
I pulled my chair closer to the monitor, grabbed my keyboard, and got to work.
It was going to be a long night.
Ladies and gentlemen, my I present my first chapter.
Too bad, here it is anyway.
Please R&R, I always gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to know my work in appreciated. Even if you dont like it, you should tell me so I can improve my work.
The second chapter is on it's way.
-NMH