Sombra tapped on her lip. There was a kid... Did Katya say she was going somewhere? Sombra waited for a moment then decided to just call the number Zarya had just called. If it didn't work there was a chance Sombra could be detected but it is possible that Katya wouldn't notice if she did it through a layered proxy. This was stupid but Sombra was all about bad judgment.
She made the call. It rang for a moment. Sombra cursed. This was a bad decision. Suddenly a little girl answered. Sombra was staring at Katya's daughter. She couldn't believe it. The girl had answered in Russian. Sombra blinked.
"Do you speak English?"
"I do, my mom makes me take English lessons after school"
"My you speak so well, better than I did at your age"
"Yeah, I'm smart, people say so"
"You are smart..."
Sombra floundered she didn't know how to talk to kids. She needed her to accept a file that would allow her to take control of Katya's computer. The kid was staring at her.
"Wow, you are beautiful, are you famous?"
Sombra laughed. Kid after my own heart.
"No kid, I'm not famous"
"You are like a fairy queen"
"Oh yeah? You know I have special powers?"
"No way"
Sombra held her palm out and generated a hypnotic display of particles dancing in her hand.
"That's cool, how can I do that?"
"You have to have a computer in your back. It's expensive but worth it, you didn't hear that from me though"
"Hey, who are you anyways?"
"I can't tell you my name but I can show you something else," Sombra generated her calavera mark with her hand and showed it to her, "you can think of me when you see it"
The girl was in awe. She thought Sombra was so cool.
"I'm Katerina"
"Nice to meet you Katerina. say can you do me a favor? Can you open this file I just sent you?"
"Why should I?"
Sombra's face suddenly turned serious, "It's very important. Your mother is in danger, this will help protect your mother's life. But it's important that she never knows," Sombra prayed that was convincing, half-truths helped her lie more effectively.
She watched a wave of fear pass through the girl's eyes.
"Why should I believe you?"
Crap, thought Sombra.
"I'm friends with your mother. Please, Katerina it's very important. If something happens to your mother it will be your fault"
"OK, fine, I don't want to get in trouble"
Sombra sent her the hack and the savvy girl opened and installed it herself.
"Remember, this is our little secret"
"Okaay," she sighed.
They said goodbye and signed off. She let out a sigh of relief and started laughing to herself. Kids, so fucking stupid. It was almost a fluke but she did it. Everything, she had absolutely everything: access to Katya's files, her emails, her browser history, every ounce of activity on her computer would be channeled directly to Sombra. Most importantly, Reaper wouldn't kill her. All Sombra had to do was wait.