I got the notification around 3 am. 3 in the middle of the fricken morning. I'm sorry but who in their right mind would be working at 3 am?! My phone buzzed furiously for several minutes, alarm after alarm ringing telling me that someone was trying to surpass my security system. Oh, the poor fool trying.

I managed a large yawn before throwing myself into my office chair once again, plugging in my headphones. I perched them on my head, waiting for my chat to connect.

"What's all this ruckus about tonight?" Josh asked, his modifier in full swing once again. I gave a small chuckle and started typing away at my keyboard. I added several different trackers to the almost intruder, patting myself on the back for my supreme hacking ability.

"Nothing important. Someone tried to get into my system after I hacked into theirs. Kind of how the cookie crumbles" I say with another yawn.

"Isn't it early for you?" He asks.

"Its 3 in the morning," I respond with another yawn. He laughed from the other end of the mic. "But it's fine. They weren't able to get passed any of my measures or backup firewalls. Just enough to give them a taste of my ability" I heard a small yah from the other side. I knew it wasn't that late for him. The time change was drastic in the United States.

"Just be careful ok? We can't have your safety compromised over your task. If something happens shoot me a text. Ill get on it right away, no matter the time" Josh said, his voice layered with concern even with the modifier on.

I nodded even though he couldn't see me. "I will. Thank you" I add quietly, slipping off my headphones. I clicked off of the chat, sitting back into my chair with a deep sigh. There was some part of me that wished Josh hadn't left for the States. He was always there for me but this barrier just made everything more challenging. But I guess we can't change the past.

BZZZZZZZ

My eyes glanced at the monitor, widening at the bright red light flashing. Just like in the movies huh. Seems like the sneaky bish was able to make it to my proxy. I cracked my knuckles and set about adding additional measures. Rerouting took a bit, but soon I was done transferring my signals to ten other countries around the world. Hopefully, it was enough to get him off of my case for the time being.

"Time to see what you are up to Mr. Hacker…" I muttered as I slipped the headphones on, linking myself into his own server.