Fueling His Fire

[Sage]

That was when Sage saw the flash of red that said someone had hacked into the system. He pulled up the logs and saw that it came from inside. Sage frowned and locked down the entire system. No traffic in or out. The collective would submit to his will. The IP would be found and he would handle it.

Sage saw through his eyes, but he wasn't exactly aware of what he saw. But he saw the fear on Brian's face and it pulled him away from the search for the attacker. "What did you do?"


Brian paled and Sage yanked the computer off of his mentor's lap and smashed it into the ground. "You will regret this, Grim."


Sage walked out of the apartment, only half aware of where he was going. He was on autopilot as he hunted down the attacker - one of the collective. He started receiving messages from members - fear, asking to help, some understanding, others were threats, some were nothing more than swear words mingled with a few other incoherent words but Sage was too busy walking and hacking through the firewall of the attacker.

The signatures were clear. He knew exactly who it was. And Sage sent a search out into his logs for the exact things he needed to put the man out of Sage's misery. He would regret the day he tried to hack into his server.

r3x was a two bit know-nothing hack who was a pedophile. Sage had been collecting dirt on the man since he saw the shit he was bringing through the collective. It hadn't gotten him in trouble and as far as he knew the man hadn't done any damage to any kid on the physical level yet... But he'd find the kicker he was sure of if he could get past the walls of the man's computer.

He was only moments away, r3x wasn't fast enough. Sage smiled as he walked down the streets and he breached the final wall standing in his way. r3x's computer was his. Sage sent a quick search through the computer and found the incriminating evidence he needed. He set the video to play in a loop on full screen on the offending machine and pushed everyone on the collective network into playing Galaga. More texts came in on his wallet.

Sage sent a quick tip to the police. Specifically to his contact since alerting them to his parents. It hadn't taken Sergeant Strong long to figure out who'd sent the tip. Sage hadn't hidden the fact as any computer forensic could track his signature down. Sage wasn't afraid of being caught. If he did such was life. He didn't leave breadcrumbs he didn't want people to follow. At least not on purpose.

With revenge set Sage put his attention back on his return home, and what he was going to do about his former mentor's betrayal...