The Few

Combat and Firearms

Jet was eating breakfast with Max, there was no Rue and no Abi. "Have you seen them today?"

"No, I knocked for them this morning and nothing. I called Rue as well she didn't answer." Max replied scooping some serial into his mouth. "You called Abi?" 

"I text her, she left me on read." Jet replied checking on his phone still no response. "I got a text from Rue last night saying that Abi wasn't in their room when she got back last night."

"How? We got back to our room at 2am" Max said pouring a glass of orange juice down his throat. "Do you think she spent the night with that woman that's causing her problems?" Max asked hopefully, "you need to fill me in on that bro."

"If Abi is fine with me telling you then by all means." Jet replied pulling out his packet of cigarettes, "I will be back in a second, hopefully they will be there when we got down to the tech base." Max nodded as he finished his breakfast while Jet went outside to the smoking view. On the balcony he lit his cigarette and looked around for anyone he knew. Cleo was there smoking. "Cleo?"

"Hey Jet."

"Have you seen Abi this morning?" He asked, "she didn't come home last night and she left me on read when I text her."

"Why would I know where she is?" Cleo asked.

"We're twins we tell each other everything, I know about the texting." Jet said rolling his eyes at her. "Was she with you last night?"

"Yes she was." Cleo replied. "She was called by Arro this morning, she has a meeting with Mona she may have done something bad last night, something to do with hacking the internal database."

"She did what?" Jet asked shocked. "f**k's sake Abs." He stumped his cigarette out and walked out the smoking area, walking past Max he told him that he knew where Abi was and he needed to find her. He traveled down in the elevator until he got to the tech floor. Where he saw Blue and Abi chatting in the corridor. "There you are, what the f**k did you do?"

"I hacked into the internal data base." Abi said.

"Mona's pissed." Blue said, "Abi had to hack into the bio-metric mainframe and through HazNet, HazNet is a program we built together its like her baby." Blue said, "look just be honest with her, you know she has a big head when it comes to her program and the fact you got into it so quickly."

"I didn't hack into HazNet, there was already a path in I just....hacked in deeper." 

"Right." Blue said, "just go up to her office now, do not let her know that I got to talk to you first, she is my wife and I love her more than life itself but she scares the f**k out of me when it comes to someone getting into HazNet." He said, "Jet will you come with me?" He said nodding to a door to his right. 

"Sure." Jet said putting his hand on his sister's shoulder, "you need me you let me know?" He said. He followed Blue into a small side room there was desks and a large TV mounted to the wall with a PC on the desk linked to the TV by wires. 

"I have assess to HazNet so I don't need to hack it." Blue said typing away, "when we were given the positions of level 1 we both agreed that we would have camera's in our office for safety reasons, only we could access them. So I can get into the camera in her office and..." He said typing, "there we can watch." 

"Come in." Red said looking from behind her office to her door, Abi walked in and quickly took a seat in front of her desk, "you know why you are here I guess?" 

"I can take a guess." Abi replied.

"You hacked us last night."

"I'm sorry." Abi replied.

"And the reason you hacked us last night...? And don't lie, I followed your trail so I know where you went to." Abi started picking at her nails, "well?"

"I was looking for an address." 

"An address?" Red replied standing up. "You hacked onto the privet network and through HazNet to find an address for someone you could have asked me the address for." Red said walking to the filing cabinet and opening it, "and why did you want her address?"

"I had to talk to her, you said that I needed to make up my mind."

"I did, and whatever the outcome I am glad you did but you did not have to hack into the system." She said, "I have every right to report this to Boss I am well within my right to do that. He can lower your level, less money, less prestige, less funding and less support from Blue and myself." She said coldly. "Your talent is a door that you have opened here but how you behave is how long and how wide that door stays open for. We don't do things on the surface what you can do and how well you do it is how we treat you not you, not the number of letters in your name, not the amount of money in mummy and daddy's bank account. You, and you have been here nearly 3 weeks and you have already let me down, for what? s*x?" Red says throwing a file onto the desk. "Abi, I can not have favorites and just because we need to for a program and at level 2 does not mean I will not demote you. I worked my ass off for this position and I worked my ass off to make HazNet what it is and I will not have some child come in and take the piss out of that do you understand?"

"Yes Red." She said solemnly. "I will say I didn't hack into HazNet, I hacked deeper into it but there was already a path opened from a few days ago." She added.

"I am aware, Blue has been looking into it and we have a-" She paused, "did you see anything that would lead you to believe who had got in?"

"I didn't notice anything unusual but I don't know everyone's breadcrumbs yet." Red nodded and slid the file over to her. "What's this?"

"So this is how it is going to go down. I am going to give you one chance, if you f**k that up you will be demoted got it?" Red replied. Abi just nodded, "you are a good Hacker Solo, but you need to also be as good at prevention, so you have 2 days, in your own time, unpaid to find the breadcrumb trail for who got in before you. Do that and we will call this off. You don't, level 3. Fair?" Abi exhales, prevention was not her strength at all. 

"Yes Red." She said, "is this the file of breadcrumbs?"

"Yes, all but mine and Blue's."She said sitting back down.

"And you know for sure that Blue didn't hack it?"

"The person was looking into Blue." Red said, "I have my suspicions on who it is but I can not go to Boss without proof and if I or Blue gather the evidence it could be seen as- well."

"Joker?" Abi asked simply, "do you think it's him?"

"I can not give any hints to you who I think it was." Red said nodding to show that is indeed who she thought it was. "All I can say is certain ones of us have more background on our files that needs to be protected, simply hacking in wont find that information, you would have to come through HazNet to get truly sensitive information, family background of protected members, rare blood types and criminal record that would lead to execution things like that, that is what this person was looking for. They didn't get there in time they must have had a tracker on me somehow because I was down here in minuets and they were gone." She said.

"How quick were  you down here last night?" Abi asked.

"I must have got straight in the lift after you."

"Lift?"

"Elevator." Red said standing again, "is there anything else you want to say before you go and help Blue, the class will be starting soon."

"Erm yes there is, look I get that I have let you down and I really wasn't thinking when I did it and I know that I should have just asked you I get it, but I can't loose this chance. I know that I have talent I know that I am good but there is no way that I am ever going to get better without help. The only way anyone could get better in this kind of thing is having someone better to teach me how, the only people in here that are better than me is you and Blue. I can't loose this opportunity." She said simply standing, "I promise  I wont let you down again Red." She walked out and went to the room where Blue was. Blue quickly shut the television off when Abi left the room

"Jeez Arro what did you do to have special protection?" Jet asked.

"I didn't do anything, I have well, my family are very rich." He said, "kinda money that people may want to take advantage of if they knew." He said, "to them I'm dead, but if they knew I was alive and someone ransomed me off I would go for a pretty nice price." He added. Blue walked out the room, "you can not tell-"

"I wont."

After a morning of practicing codes and Protocol they had firearms and combat after lunch. Abi had found herself rather good with a fun and Jet was gifted in hand to hand combat. Rue was paired off with Max and Abi and Jet were together, it was strangely fun being able to kick the s**t out of your twin without being yelled at for it. When it came to target practice, one would run in with a target and the other would shoot it when the way was clear, each got 6 rounds and then they would swap. They had been firing for a while when there was an all mighty female scream and a male one after. Abi slammed the gun down on the table and pulled herself over into the firing line instinctively to see blood. Rue had somehow managed to shoot Max. "What the f**k has happened?" Abi yelled pulling off her jacket and wrapping it around Max's bleeding shoulder. 

"Rue missed." He said wincing in pain. Abi pressed on the wound like she had seen people do on TV. "Where is Lance?" Abi looked around. Jet was running over.

"Lance, he has gone to get a medic." Jet replied. "f**k man, you are bleeding like mad."

"Yeah I don't feel too hot." 

"Get my phone out Jet and call Cleo." Abi asked.

"Now is not the time to call your girlfriend Abs." Jet asked.

"J she isn't my girlfriend and she is probably training right now."

"So that's who you're f*****g?" Max said going pale. 

"Not now." She said trying not to laugh and Jet pulled her phone from her pocket and called the number, within a few moments Cleo was there. 

"What the f**k?" She yelled kneeling next to Abi pulling her top off and ripping it into strips and bandaging him up tight holding the jacket in place to keep the blood from running more. She pulled a bottle from her pocket. "Take one of these." She said shoving a pill into his mouth. "It'll help with the pain." She said, "where is Lance?"

"I am here." He said running in with medics behind him. "Give them room to work, Rue you are to go France now." He said standing over Max, "i'm going with him, Cleo can you finish the class for me and let them leave?"

"Sure Lance." She said as Jet gave her his jacket to wear as she was just in a bra again. She zipped it up and pulled a sparing mat over the blood patch on the floor. "Everyone get yourself cleaned up and get the f**k out of here, this is why we make you practice before you get out there, if something like this happens in the field the only person who is there to save you is your partner and sometimes they can't." She says, "Abi can I have a word?" Abi nodded as the whole group leave. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine don't worry about me." Abi said, Cleo took her head in her hands and kissed her.

"When Jet said there was an accident and he was calling from your phone I thought something had happened to you."

"Care that much all ready?" Abi said smirking, "I am fine. Jet called you my girlfriend though, so Max knows about whatever this is."

"Bit soon to be using the G-word." Cleo said.

"I know." Abi replied kissing her lightly. "I had a lot of fun last night."

"So did I. Look I have to get back to work I am on a job tonight but let me know you're okay later. First time someone bleeds on you its a heavy thing."

"I will, let me know you get back from your job okay?" Abi adds.

"Of cause sweetie.Go get yourself cleaned up now." She said winking and walking away.