Anomalous Rogues by J.C. Skylar

Author:J.C. Skylar [J.C. SKYLAR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.C.Skylar
Published: 2022-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Tristan waited outside Anya’s sixth period class, but she never came out. He pulled out his cell phone but there were no missed calls or texts from her. Not that she had to tell him if she were to leave school early, but it made him worry. She hadn’t even responded to any of his messages.

He knew she was all set to leave, but the thought of never seeing her again did something strange to his chest that made it almost hard to breathe.

He peeked in the classroom, hoping to catch her gathering her books in the corner or talking to Chloe, but neither of the girls were in sight. At least there was a chance they could be together, which meant Anya hadn’t left yet.

Maybe that friend of theirs, Zane, would know where they were.

It didn’t take Tristan long to find Zane in the library. He leaned on the table next to his laptop.

“Hey,” Tristan greeted him. “Zane, isn’t it?”

The boy looked up through his glasses, surprised to see Tristan talking to him. “Yeah?”

“How’s your hand?”

Zane shrugged. “Still cut.”

Tristan let out a long breath, not knowing what else to say. “Have you seen Anya?”

Zane hesitated, but only for a moment. “She’s with Chloe. They said they needed a girls’ day today.”

“A girls’ day, huh?” Tristan wasn’t sure what that meant, but Zane didn’t seem to either. “Do you have any idea where they went?”

Zane shook his head. “Not really, but by this point, she’s probably headed to pick up her brother at his school.”

Tristan checked his watch. Middle school wasn’t going to be over for another hour.

“Thanks, man. Appreciate it.” He clapped Zane on the shoulder, then caught a glimpse of Zane’s computer screen. “What’s that?”

“Java script,” Zane said. “I’m creating a program.”

Tristan straddled a chair next to Zane. “How good are you with codes and stuff?”

Zane pushed his glasses up his nose. “Who’s asking?”

Tristan chewed the inside of his lip. They all seemed skeptical of him, which meant Zane probably wouldn’t do anything for him unless he knew exactly what it entailed. He couldn’t blame him.

“I need to get into an encrypted flash drive,” Tristan said. “Can you do that?”

“I would have to see the encryption.”

Tristan pulled out the flash drive from his pocket and held it up. When Zane reached for it, Tristan closed his hand. “I need your word on something first.”

Zane stared at Tristan with wide eyes. “Okay?”

“Whatever is inside is extremely confidential.” He gave Zane a serious look. “You cannot tell anyone about it, and I mean, no one.”

Zane nodded. “You have my word.”

Tristan opened his hand again and allowed Zane to take the flash drive. As Zane connected the drive to his computer, Tristan stared at the screen with eager eyes.

“What’s in here?” Zane asked, waiting for the computer to recognize the drive.

Tristan looked at the screen just as the encryption popped up. He let out a nervous breath. “I guess we’re about to find out.”

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