Code Breaker: An Alexander Hastings Novella by A.J. Trevors

Author:A.J. Trevors [Trevors, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crime, mystery, detective, hacker, sleuth, hacker fiction, detective action, detective action adventure, hacker hero, novella ebook
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

"Time to wake up, my old friend"

Alexander peeked and shut his eyes just as quickly as bright neon light sent daggers into his pupil. His head felt like someone cracked it in two and he felt like throwing up.

He tried to move his hands but he found them locked tight, the jiggling of a metal chain can be heard as Alexander struggled against his bonds.

"Still as feisty as he was almost ten years ago, don't you agree Tobias?"

Tobias?

He forced his eyes open.

The pain brought a single tear streaming down his right eye as he saw his mentor.

Both of them.

They were in what seemed to be an abandoned warehouse. Metal and cardboard boxes filled with scrap were littered across the warehouse floor. So were black clothed guards that were milling around on the ground and overhead walkways. Alexander seemed to be in the middle of the warehouse, with no chance of escape. But he wasn't focused on that right now.

He was just looking at the two figures, side by side, leaning against a rusted chassis of a car, not believing what he was seeing.

One of them was Roman. The years have not been to kind to his one-time teacher. Where there used to be a whole head of hair was left just the white strands of old age. His belly protruded out of his shirt in the most grotesque fashion possible and his skin wrinkled and sagged. If you did not know that he was the leader of an international terrorist organisation, you would think he was a simple old man from out east.

However, the sharpness of his gaze and his smile, still having a whole set of white teeth, was reminiscent of the genius Alexander learned from and a testament to his enduring intelligence.

The person next to his ex-ringleader however, was someone he did not expect. Tobias was still in the same Melbourne Police Department uniform since he met him just this morning in the office.

However, instead of the soft and comforting demeanour he has been used to all these years, his gaze bore into Alexander like a six-calibre bullet.

One hand held onto Alex's prized smartphone whilst the other grasped a small pistol pointed straight at Alex.

"Tobias?" Alex asked sluggishly, not sure if it really was who it was. "What are you doing here? What’s going on?”

Roman cut in with a sharp bark and said, "Tobias, the boy you brought up is seriously thick in the head."

Tobias answered with a flat voice, "Alex, I just want you to know that I did not want it to come to this. I brought you up with the vision that we would be side by side, fighting the criminal elements of the city. Sadly, that dream is over."

Alex tried to figure it out. Stealing old parts. Visiting the prostitution den. Tobias and Roman together. What does this all mean?

"What is all this?"

"This, my old friend, is the future of the organisation!" Roman roared, sending echoes reverberating throughout the empty space.

"Spare parts, boss? You can do better than that.

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