Here is chapter 13. Freddie is going back to Seattle!

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Chapter 13

I met Wilson at the park in the playground.

We trained stealth tactics the whole night but my mind was somewhere else.

My mind was in Seattle. I wondered what was happening behind the cameras. How everyday life went for them. I even wondered if Lewbert's wart is still hideous.

I got slapped in the face.

"I need your utmost attention Freddie." Wilson lectured.

I rubbed my cheek and was instantly transported back to the island.

"Sorry." I mumbled as I held my red cheek.

"I know that you really want to go back ASAP Freddie, but you stalling like this won't make things any faster." Wilson stated with concern.

"And we both know you need this."

I nodded and we continued.

Everything was pretty normal after that. I learned how to walk silently, how to peek through the corner without being seen and everything there is.

Wilson did not test me anymore and was already satisfied.

"Thanks again Wilson."

"Much obliged Freddie." Wilson said and bowed the usual bow and walked off back to the mansion.

I made a few runs that night, familiarizing myself how to move through darkness. Wilson taught me a technique to see in the dark. Cover one eye for 5-10 minutes. Enter a dark room and open the covered eye.

You'd be surprised to see the room as if moonlight shone in. You could try it if you want.

I did so and it works, the landscape showered by soft moonlight was as recognizable as day itself.

Then I ran back to the mansion and looked for Theo. We seldom talked because its either I was busy with my training and studies online or Theo was down the lair/command center doing business.

Theo wasn't the around mansion, I checked the dining room, the backyard, the living room, the study and even his quarters. He wasn't anywhere.

I had to talk to him about my immediate return to Seattle.

I ran down the stairs and went in the library. I knocked a couple of times on the bookshelf.

Then the bookcase opened.

"Come on in!" Theo shouted.

All the monitors were open running multiple programs at the same time.

I expected to see the crew in today but Theo was the only one present.

"Hey The-"

"Ya got some time man?" Theo quickly interrupted.

I tried to speak again.

"I need some help with the firewall. Seems like the government made a breakthrough with hack prevention." Theo laughed.

"I don't know if I could still do it Theo."

"Just take a crack at it. I know you can do this. This is nothing compared to what you could do sometime ago."

"Do you remember the time you hacked into the school system with just an 8-bit computer? Talk about fossilized technology." Theo laughed again.

"Okay I'd just try."

I sat down on one of the chairs and Theo pulled up the software.

It was initializing and it looked familiar but different.

"Is this my program?" I asked

"Yes of course. This is the only thing I know how to use. Everything else is greek to me."
Theo said with his eyes still glued to the screen tinkering with the mouse.

"But it looks different."

"Of course it is! How long have you last used it? I had to develop it sometime right?" Theo said still looking into the monitor.

Codes suddenly whirred from the screen, a series of program codes, sequences, queries and processes began scrolling on the screen. Amazingly I was still able to read them.

"Nothing beats old school eh? You just gave it a new shell Theo." I laughed.

Theo frowned but still smiled. "So you recognized?"

"Yep."

"Now will you crack it?" Theo asked as if pleading.

"I'll see what I can do." I said simply.

"But I'm not guaranteeing anything okay?"

"Sure." Theo replied and pulled a chair to watch me work.

I pulled up some more apps from my remote desktop at home. I never turned off my computer because I never know when I might be needing some supplementary programs.

Password crackers, spammers, virus vaults and the works.

But before proceeding with the task at hand I asked Theo.

"What is this for?"

"Well the one of the Senate members are suspecting big time withdrawals from the government bank and was untraceable. They just wanted to know who is doing it. And they don't want to get their hands dirty."

"So you just want me to check into the government's database?"

"Yeah, we are not taking anything." Theo quickly answered.

I turned around and faced the computer.

I went straight for the firewall. Opening another program from my remote desktop allowed me to see the embedded coding of the firewall. Reading the codes it showed me that even though I succesfully got through, the system would kick in and within 5 minutes the firewall would detect the breach and block out our IP meaning no more second chances.

But I being a hacker had to create these chances. I clicked on another app. It binged open and synced it to the router. It was an IP jammer, it jumbles up the numbers on the IP every minute so that the system would keep on guessing.

I wrote a code down to reconfigure the log-in I used. I noticed a stream of codes when I tried to log in a few times and got disconnected. It was all similar except for the numbers in the end.

I figured out that like license plates, a stream of numbers would distinguish an ordinary person from a government official.

I wrote up a new algorithm and got in.

Theo was looking intently into the screen.

"How'd you do that?" He asked quizzically.

"I bet you could also do that." I answered.

"Still the humble Benson that you are." Theo smiled.

I smiled back and got back to browsing.

I found a withdrawal of 40 million dollards and was recurring every week. We traced the account to a name.

"Here is your culprit."

Theo proceeded quickly and took a snapshot at the screen and cropped the frame to just show the account.

"This would be enough to nail the guy." Theo said.

"Thanks" he added.

"Sure thing Theo, it was the least I could do. You let me stay here for free anyway." I quickly replied.

Theo laughed again.

"I never asked for anything Freddie. Still the same old Benson. Now I know why Sam is all over you." Theo said in between laughs.

"Sam does not like me, you are terribly mistaken. You know? You should go out for fresh air some time. All your work is going to your head." I replied non-chalantly.

"Okay, I guess you're right." Theo replied with a straight face.

How would Sam ever like me? It ain't logical and at the same time it was impossible.

I just shrugged the thought off immediately like it was nothing.

"So you were asking me something a while ago?"

I then remembered my request.

"Oh yeah..." I trailed off.

"I need to go back to Seattle." I said almost whispering.

"Sure." Theo replied.

"Tomorrow?" He asked back.

"Yeah tomorrow." I replied.

"Sure thing man, just keep me posted. You're welcome anytime here. I'll just go get your documents ready." Theo said turned around and waved as he got into his seat.

I got out of the room and headed out of the library and headed straight for my suite. I am bushed.

I didn't even bother to change clothes that night. I took of my shoes and shirt, I crawled under the sheets and dozed off.

Tomorrow, will be the start of the rest of my life in Seattle.

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