Tanwyn sat on the bench across from the girl and Pulled out her phone.
She deftly hacked into the girls laptop and blacked out her screen.
"What the fuck?" The girl whispered to herself. She furiously hacked at her keyboard.
Tanwyn smiled. She sent a message to the girl's screen.
Look up.
The girl looked up from her screen Tanwyn saw the terror in her eyes.
Don't be afraid. We aren't here to hurt you.
The girl shook her head and attempted to type back.
"Shit."
The girl shakily pulled out her cellphone. Tanwyn killed it with a keystroke.
The girl looked panicked.
We have seen your work. Join us.
The girl took a deep breath. Tanwyn watched as she pulled back her hair and tied it with a bandana.
She pulled a USB drive from a pocket on her jacket and plugged it into the laptop.
Tanwyn nodded in approval as she lost control of the girls laptop.
Tanwyn felt a rush of air and a shadow crossed her screen. Tanwyn looked up to see the girl looming over her.
"Who are you?"
.
"Excuse me?" Tanwyn frowned
The girl leaned into Tanwyn's face. Her dark eyes gleaming. Not with anger, or fear, but curiosity.
"You hacked my laptop and my phone. You're wearing some sort of weird pip-boy looking thing."
Tanwyn glanced down at her arm. Surprised that the girl could see it. She squinted
"And fake freckles went out of style years ago. "
Tanwyn sighed. She patted the bench next to her.
The girl sat.
"Are you with Anonymous?"
Tanwyn shook her head.
"Sorry what?"
"You know , anonymous? That big secret group of hackers. They leak the names of racists and shit."
Tanwyn looked at her incredulously.
"No, but I'm glad you'd be excited to join them."
"Well if you're not Them then-" The girl huffed.
"Torchwood."
The girl tilted her head.
"Who?"
Tanwyn chuckled
"Sorry. That just not a question I get asked often."
"Clearly." The girl crossed her arms across her chest. "So what do you want from me?"
Tanwyn slipped a small silver device from her pocket. She activated it, and slipped it to the girl.
" This device has access to all of the personal data for every individual in a one thousand kilometer radius."
The girl snorted a laugh.
"Get out. That's fucking impossible. That's -" She watched the data stream down the front of the device. "That's my IP address." She selected it and read the next line. "My name. My grades in school. My medical records. "
"Your financial statements, the blueprints for your childhood home. How old you were when you commited your first felony cyber attack on a classified installation." Tanwyn smiled.
The girl looked down.
Tanwyn gently placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Look, I'm not here to judge you for your actions. And I'm not here to blackmail you. I just wanted to offer you the chance to work with that." She pointed to the device.
"And what do I have to do?"
Tanwyn grinned.
"Walk with me."