Finding the Truth

[Sage]

(( This takes place after things that have yet to happen Sage has gone to Moscow, after Fallout and Carl ))

The keys to the kingdom had been handed to Bryan. He'd never thought he'd ever open the door to the room that Sage Parker coveted so tightly. But here he was standing in the server room under the blue glow of the lighting system and the frigid air all around him. Bryan had to actually set up a station to utilize the server, but once that was done the virtual interfaces were phenomenal. It was like every process was up on the screen. Every background program that Sage ran as Phaser. Every piece of information and every link to every hole the collective had created for the borg or phaser or whatever alias he had used. It was all there for him to use. His protege had handed him his world.

The last thing Sage had done was leak information about the Ascendancy. Bryan didn't know why. Hell no one ever knew why Sage did what he did. This wasn't typical of his friend, but it had been his last thing to do before he had fallen ill. Before his computer brain started fighting back against the abuse of his parents. It made Bryan sad to think Sage gave this all up because he was afraid someone would try to kill him and would take everything Sage wanted. He was such a paranoid child since his parents did what they did to him. Everywhere he had saw a threat - he even saw a threat in their friendship from time to time.

When the CCD finally made an announcement about the information Sage had leaked. Sage was already falling down the rabbit hole, he couldn't dig any deeper. So Bryan decided he would do his friend a solid and find the truth he was always looking to find. But all the information was behind lock and key. Bryan would become the man he'd train. It was the collective everyone followed - behind Phaser. This was the only way.

Bryan would helm it from Sage's server and he would be the man. It wasn't hard to use the signature, it was right there waiting - calling. Bryan pulled up the most secure connection he could and he began. He would hit find the truth of the nuclear attack on the Kremlin - he didn't believe it and Sage wouldn't either. Bryan hit the Kremlin's firewalls as hard and fast as he could. He called upon the collective for help with Phaser at the helm they came to his aid.

[Sage]

Even though the Ascendancy was fine. Bryan knew better. Something fishy was going on. He would find out.

Sitting safely in Sage's server room Bryan began the assault on the Kremlin's firewalls. It had been two days since the Ascendancy recovered. Sage was gone to Moscow. Bryan had enjoyed learning all the secrets Sage had hidden behind the locked door. It had taken him that time to work up to doing this...

And now, he was typing faster than he had ever before. He knew he wouldn't have long to infiltrate their system before someone found him...But he would maintain Phaser's legacy and he'd find the truth!

But was Bryan found odd was that there were several process running on the server that seemed he found familiar. They periodically sent him a message asking him if they could do anything for him. He recognized the handles as hackers, but he saw them coming from programs inside the server. What was Sage up to?

One particular handle popped up, p0l73r63157, poltergeist was one of Phaser's go to collective members - asking how can I help you?

Bryan replied. 'I'm hacking the Kremlin in Moscow - assist me.'

Geist replied. 'That sounds more like it!' and then the communication ended... Bryan's curiosity was peaked but the second attack commenced and Bryan smiled. He would have the whole collective working it. Each time someone asked how he could help he sent the same message... There were at least eight different hackers attacking the Kremlin's firewalls simultaneously. They would get in.

[Sage]

They worked well into the night, there were reports all around the dark web of the collectives actions, and many American hackers and other non-CDD hackers were joining the force of the collective - take down the CCD. But for every hacker who joined them, it seemed there were several others who had joined in to block their attempts as well.

There was a virtual war going on and the great populace knew nothing about it. This is what the collective was meant for, Bryan thought, this was so far beyond what Sage had envisioned.

But Bryan and his growing team were getting nowhere. The kremlin's security was near impeccable. But he was keyed up to find a way in - so was everyone else.

(( continued here ))


Edited by Sage, Jan 16 2017, 02:43 PM.