"Ms. Andersen! I do hope or you have an excuse for being late for yet another one of my lectures." Mr. Harrison shouts out as Anna enters through the lecture room's doors.
"What was the excuse that I used a few lessons back?" Anna asks as she walks to her desk.
"That you were held up because you forgot which classroom my class was in." He answers with a growl.
"Mhmm...same one." Anna answers as several of the students laugh.
"Enough!" The professor yells. "One more late Ms. Andersen, and I will ensure that you are reprimanded and failed in this class. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir." Anna mumbles as she rests her head in the palm of her hand and sighs.
"You know that he really won't reprimand you right?" A brunette girl whispers to Anna.
"Mm...I'm sot so sure this time Rapunzel. She has been late for like the fifteenth time this month." A blonde man says from next to her. "I'm going to guess, that you slept in again..."
"No I didn't Kristoff." Anna answers back. Seeing the incredulous look being given to her, she sighs and says, "Okay...maybe I did a little. But come on...when you end up sleeping at three in the morning..."
"Wait...wait...doesn't your shift end at nine?" Kristoff asks. "How comes you end up sleeping at three? Wait...are you playing those online games again?"
"No...yes...maybe. I doesn't do any harm." Anna answers, not paying any attention to what Mr. Harrison is saying in the front. "Plus, there is this annoying little brat in BF 3 who keeps mowing my ass down with gunfire. One day, I will get that son of a..."
"Anna...language." Rapunzel scolds causing Anna to roll her eyes.
"You play battlefield?" Kristoff asks. "I would have thought someone like you would be playing something more on the line of..."
"Of?" Anna asks, her eyes narrowing dangerously. "What? You think a girl can't play games like that?"
"I didn't say that." Kristoff says as he averts his gaze to the front of the class. "I just don't get what is so interesting about all this social media and other things..."
"Well we don't really like to live the lives of an Amish, and my house isn't located in the middle of a carrot farm!"
"I am not an Amish, and I do go online once in a while, but my life doesn't revolve around it." Kristoff says. "Remember, you also have a job and college to balance."
"Remind me why you don't just ask your aunt and uncle for money?" Rapunzel asks.
"I'm not embarrassing them like that. In old enough to get a job so I'll earn my own money." Anna answers.
"Nah, she just doesn't want them to see the bills of all the stuff she's buying or where its going to." Kristoff sneers as Anna scowls.
"Well, at least I own my own apartment and a car. I'm pretty sure you arrive in a station wagon and live in a barn."
"Hey, hey! It's a large house, and just because I live in a rural area, doesn't mean I'm some kind of farm boy." Kristoff fights back.
"You look after reindeer!" Rapunzel laughs as Kristoff glares at the two of them. "I'm surprised you haven't tried riding one to school yet."
"Reindeers are awesome. Plus, in a lot of case they're better than people."
"Oh boy...if you start singing that song you told me the other day, I'll smash your lute against the wall." Rapunzel mumbles.
"Rapunzel! Kristoff! Anna! Are you listening to me?" Mr. Harrison asks.
"Not really. The lesson is a little dreary don't you think?" Anna asks causing the class to let out a laugh as the professor looks at her with a fuming expression.
"One more Ms. Andersen." He growls as he turns back around and starts scribbling stuff on the board furiously.
"You just hate him, don't you?" Rapunzel sneers at the redhead besides her.
"He made my last term hell, I'll make this one hell for him." Anna mutters back. The lesson ends and your later with the professor writing the last equation on the board.
"I expect your projects to be in by next week and not any later. I'm looking at you Ms. Andersen."
Anna, Rapunzel, and Kristoff exit the classroom and walk down the corridor towards the campus grounds. The three of them are students at a state college in Virginia. Anna is taking a course in information technology whereas Rapunzel is in architecture. The two of them have been friends for several years now, having first met in high school, whereas they met Kristoff during their final years of high. It all helped that they all got accepted in the same college.
Despite living in the states, Anna is actually Arendellian. She had left Norway to come live with her aunt and uncle after her mother and father died in an accident one snowy night when she was only seven years old. Despite the ensuing fight between her Norwegian aunt and uncle, and her American aunt and uncle, it was eventually the latter that won, and therefore, Anna moved to the states with them, though she also kept in touch with her other family in Norway as she got older.
For the next ten years, she lived with her aunt and uncle whole she studied in high school, until she eventually graduated and entered college, where she promptly moved out and found a small apartment to stay in near the campus, as well as a part time job as a local technician for various firms and households.
Of course, Anna taking up information technology wasn't just a random choice, but rather, a result of her hobby. Not known to most, but her friends, she was very knowledgeable in network penetration and hacking. She had been known to help others in the past as well as do some tests for the local businesses and her friends, but when someone gets on the wrong side of her, she also has the tendency to turn the other way and, if she wanted to, bring their lives crashing down.
"What class do you have now?" Rapunzel asks.
"For me? I have physics." Kristoff says.
"Well I've got design. How about you Anna?" Rapunzel asks.
"Actually this is my last class. But I haven't received any calls yet so, I have nothing to do."
"Well I finish at six thirty." Rapunzel says. "Wanna go out to town or something after this? I'm sure Kristoff..."
"Actually I've got some jobs to do so my mother and father want me back early." Kristoff says.
"Okay. I guess it's just me and you." Rapunzel says as she walks down the corridor towards her next class while Kristoff walks the other way. Anna grabs her bag and leaves towards the campus grounds where she proceeds to sit down under one of the trees, near one of the college computer labs. She then takes out her laptop before starting up several programs and connecting to the computer labs WiFi, which she had gained access to several months ago after spending three days straight trying to hack the password.
"Aah, Ms. Andersen." A professor calls out as he walks up to the young redhead. Anna, quickly shuts the computer and looks up at the professor, trying tongues her shock. "And what would you be doing out here instead of in class?"
"I've got no classes this afternoon sir." She answers as she grabs her phone and tries to look busy so he'll leave.
"Oh really. Out of curiosity, you wouldn't have anything to do with the string of hacking's our college has been experiencing in the last few weeks, do you?" The professor asks.
"No sir." Anna says as she tries to look shocked.
"So you weren't the one who hacked the campus's PA system and played Katy Perry songs through it for half an hour?" He asks as Anna tries to stifle her laugh, remembering what happened.
"Anna! What are you doing?" Rapunzel asks as she and Kristoff sit next to her in the classroom.
"Getting my revenge." Anna grumbles as she types furiously on her laptop.
"For what?" Rapunzel asks.
"Mr. Vandergard threatened to fail me because I didn't turn in my homework." Anna says.
"Uhuh...and that is the what? 15th time?" Kristoff asks with a raised brow.
"Doesn't matter. I have the perfect way to get my revenge." Anna says with a smirk as she pressed the enter button and sits back. Rapunzel and Kristoff look up as the campus's PA system dings. This is followed by, to everyone's shock, the song firework playing over the PA.
"What in the world?!" The professor exclaims as he sees several guards and technicians running down the hall.
"Anna..." Kristoff whispers wearily as Rapunzel laughs. "Please tell me that isn't you."
"How is this going to get revenge on him?" Rapunzel asks.
"He absolutely despises these types of songs. Plus, I also just wanted an excuse to justify me hacking into the PA system."
"No sir. I was not." Anna says as she hides her grin. The professor stared at her j disbelief knowing that she is the only one who possesses such capabilities to do that, but be doesn't say anything knowing that she can't be punished unless proven.
"Well, I would question why you are sitting in such close proximity to the computer lab, but, I think I already know why. Just don't try screwing around with me though, k didn't get my masters in computer engineering for nothing." The professor says as he smiles at the redhead. "Well, see you in class Ms. Andersen."
"Yes professor Arvin." Anna answers as the professor begins to walk away. She let's out a sigh before placing her head phones over her ears and plugging them in before resting against the tree and closing her eyes.
"ANNA! OH MY GOD!"
"Huh? Rapunzel?"
"Someone stole all your stuff!"
"WHAT?!" Anna shrieks as she jumps up and looks around. She's panicking for a second before she realizes that all her things are besides her. She look up to Rapunzel in confusion only to see her laughing, her hand over her mouth.
"Rapunzel." Anna hisses as she gets up and grabs all her stuff while Rapunzel smirks at her.
"You shouldn't fall asleep outside though, in case someone actually does take your stuff." Rapunzel warns as she watches Anna close her bag. "Well, are you ready?"
"Yeah. Let's get going. But I'm driving." Anna says as they walk towards a black ford ranger and get in.
"You still haven't told me why your windows are so tinted. I can't even see inside of it if I were just an inch away."
"I don't want people looking inside at me and my stuff. It's useful when I go war driving."
"What's that?" Rapunzel asks.
"Google it." Anna replies as she turns on the stereo and increases the volume. Rapunzel listens to some music while Anna drives towards town. They are about to park by a small restaurant when Anna's phone suddenly rings. She looks at the number and sighs with annoyance. She turns the stereo down and answers it while Anna looks at her with a a quirked brow.
"Yes sir. Got it sir." Anna says as she hangs up.
"Who was that?" Rapunzel asks.
"My boss. One of the offices round here says their network isn't working correctly. He wants me to go check it out." Anna says.
"Oh. That's great! I can come with you and see what you do." Rapunzel says as Anna takes a turn and drives down one of the back roads. They eventually find themselves on the main road and a few yards down the road is the office her boss mentioned. "This is the place?"
"Yeah. You know it?"
"Yeah...a friend of mine works here. I think it's some kind of lawyers office or something."
They pull up in the parking lot next to a few cars and get out.
"Are you the technician?" A man asks as they enter the office. It was quite big and had several more offices to the side.
"Yes we are." Anna says as she and Rapunzel walks up to him. Anna realizes that he seems a little shaken, but its probably because he's the only one here.
"Follow me." He says as he leads them down the back of the office towards a small room in the back with a few computers.
"What's the problem?" Anna asks.
"Some of my workers have trouble accessing the network. We checked the cables and everything seems connected...so it might be a software issue."
"Oh okay...what's the admin password?"
"Why?" He asks as he looks at her intently.
"Testing purposes. I'll need to check the configuration of all the computers." Anna says as Rapunzel looks at her curiously. The guy looks at her sternly for a second before nodding and writing the password down on a piece of paper. "I'll call you when I've finished."
The guy nods in response before disappearing through the door they came in through. Rapunzel turns around to see Anna is already at one of the computers with a flash drive and her laptop next to it.
"Put of curiosity, does does pur employer know you do this?" Rapunzel asks.
"Absolutely. He even guys some of the information off me sometimes." Anna answers.
"And is this legal?
"Absolutely not!" Anna laughs as Rapunzel peers over her shoulder and stares at what she is doing.
"Aren't you going to try giving it like he asked?"
"That's what I'm doing right now Blondie. But while I'm at it, I'm sure he won't mind me snooping around some of the local files. I usually look for stuff like corporate emails, passwords...you know...the stuff that will give me an advantage."
"How have you not been arrested yet?" Rapunzel's asks in shock.
"I know how to hide my tracks and I know my limits...which is actually very high." Anna answers as she runs a program from her flash drive which shows a percent bar. "Now to get on fixing the network."
Rapunzel watches as she walks over to a small hub and begins inspecting each one to make sure that everything is connected, before walking over to the server and making sure everything is operational.
"Well, did someone forget to plug the internet cable in?" Rapunzel asks as Anna sits back down and shakes her head.
"No. It must be a configuration problem." Anna says as she starts looking through the computer again. "You know you don't have to stay here right? I mean, this does get boring after the first hour or two."
"Well, I have no idea where we are and you drove me here so...I don't have a choice." Rapunzel says as she takes a seat next to Anna. "Wait...is there WiFi here?"
"I don't know the password."
"Oh haha. You can hack a website on the other side of the world but you can get the WiFi password?"
"If you think hacking is just pushing a button or two and everything magically happening, then you're going to have a bad time. It can take hours, if not days, for me to even crack a password...and that's assuming it's something basic. Why do you think I asked him for the password instead of actually trying to break it myself. We'll be stuck here for days." Anna explains as she checks a few of the logs and files. "Huh...I think I've found the problem"
"He didn't pay his Comcast bill?"
"No...he fire-walled the damn things." Anna says as she enters a password and resets it all. "Noob mistake. There we go...I think it's all fixed now."
"Finally...we've been here for hours..."
"We've been here for twenty minutes." Anna says with a roll of her eyes as she stands up. "Wait here and don't touch anything."
Anna exits the room and searches for the guy who showed them there. She passes down a few halls and checks in the foyer but her is nowhere to be seen. She sees a door open to the side and decides to check in there, despite it being staff only. She walks down the dark corridor and sees a door what at the end as well as some sounds. She walks up to it and peeks through the gap in the door. She squints into the dark light and sees the guy who showed them in. She is about to call out to him but stops when she realizes he isn't the only one in the room.
This is when she also begins to realize that the guy is on his knees and seems to be sobbing quietly. She watches as a guy wearing a mask appears from the shadows and walks up to him.
"Look...please...I don't know where it is. I'm just a businessman. Please...I'm begging you..."
"Lies!" The other, larger, guy yells. "I know you know where it is. Your kind...you to OK it from us...now we want it back."
Anna was wondering what he was talking about when the guy from earlier spoke...and just the sound of his voice made her hair stand on end. Instead of his normal voice like she heard, his voice was now a deep, rumbling, harsh sounding voice...like something she had never heard before.
"You will never get it. The legion will crush you and all that stand in its way." The guy growls and then, to both Anna and the other man's shock, the guy lunges at him, but not in any way a normal person would but more like an animal. He tries to take a swipe at the larger guy whole letting out a hiss. Barely dodging the attack, he whips out his gun and aims it straight at the guys head.
"The legion will always..."
He is cut off by the sound of a gunshot and blood splattering all over the walls, floor, and tables. Anna let's out a small scream, as she takes a step back. The gun wielding, masked man looks, to Anna's horror, in her direction and spots her. Her eyes widen as the guy aims the gun right at her. Her instincts kick in and she flees from the scene, running down the hall back towards the room she came from. She literally kicks the door open and scares the hell out of Rapunzel.
"ANNA! What the heck...hey...what's..." Rapunzel doesn't have time to finish the question as Anna throws all her stuff in her hag and grabs Rapunzel, dragging her as fast as she can down the hallway towards the exit. "Anna! What is going on?"
"We have to go now!" Anna shrieks as they run down another hall and open a door, leading them towards the foyer.
"Where's the guy?"
"He's dead!"
"What?!" Rapunzel asks in shock. "Okay...that is seriously not funny Anna. Come on...stop messing around..."
SLAM!
The two of them turn around to see the masked man staring right at them, gun drawn.
"Oh shit..." Rapunzel mumbles before she is pulled to the side by Anna, just as the gunman takes a shot at them. The bullet misses and impacts a pane of glass, shattering it into pieces. Anna grabs a chair and chucks it at the attacker while she and Rapunzel run out of the office and into the parking lot. She pulls her keys out and the two of them jump into the car. She doesn't waste time as she turns on the car and quickly goes into reverse, just as the guy emerges from the office. He lifts up his gun and aims it at then, just as Anna slams her foot down on the accelerator and drives away. She looks back in her rear-view mirror to see the guy staring after them before disappearing back into the building.
"Oh my god...oh my god...he had a gun...did you see that?" Rapunzel asks as Anna drives down the road as fast as she can.
"See the gun? I just watched him shoot somebody in the head with it!" Anna exclaims.
"What?! Oh my god...we have to call the police. We have to call my parents! We have to call someone! We have to...LOOKOUT!"
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"Ugh..." Elsa groans as she sits up on the ground and rubs the side of her head. Slamming her face against a rocky ground isn't exactly the best feeling in the world. She blinks several times and thinks that something has happened to her eyes, but then her vision starts to adjust and she realizes that it is night time. She tries to piece together what just happened but her memory is kind of hazy.
"Hello...Pabbie?" Elsa calls out as she stands up, nearly falling back down from dizziness. She leans up against a tree and takes a breather before looking around. She doesn't seem to recognize where she is. The surroundings, the weather, and even the sky seem off. She looks to where she sat up and is surprised to see the red stone from the valley lying on the ground. She walks over and picks it up but, unlike earlier, it no longer reacts to her touch. She pockets the stone before turning around and staring at her surroundings. "Where am I?"
She squints into the distance and thinks that the slight glow might be a house or something. She walks towards the glow but it doesn't seem to be any closer, so Elsa concludes it must be a town in the distance. Seeing that there is no other way go, she begins her walk towards it. A few minutes later, she comes across what appears to be a road. She looks both ways and contemplates which way to go. With a shrug, she walks towards the source of the glow, except this time, it seems to be brighter...and getting closer. Suddenly, the lights emerge from around a bend in the road and blind her. She tries to jump out of the way but the light is heading towards her too fast and it's already too late. She hears a screeching sound before her body makes contact with whatever was heading towards her. The impact throws her up and over the top of the object, before she comes slamming down on the cold, hard, road below. The pain is intense and it feels like several of her ribs might be broken. She can feel a warm liquid coming down the side of her head and knows that she must be bleeding.
As her vision begins to fade, the last things she sees is two, bright, red light and two people running towards her.
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This story is heading somewhere...though i don't know where...I'm still working on it.
Why Virginia? I don't know why. Why a hacker? It'll play a major role in this story. This story wouldn't play out the same if Anna was say, an architect or arts major. Also, there will be (maybe lots of) action and romance as well. Maybe some suspense...and maybe a few M rated scenes...
-TacticX