"Is the femtocell ready?" Jake asked.

"The femtocell is ready, but we need to make sure she makes a transaction though" Mike said.

"They should be making one soon, I will be meeting her to make sure that happens" Chris said.

"Isn't that too dangerous? We could just wait for them to make a transaction rather than you having to go in there" Mike said.

"And risk them shooting down the drone? I'm going to meet her personally like it or not," Chris said.

"It's too big of a risk, besides if you go in they could keep you as hostage which will make the entire thing a fail" Trent said.

"And if I don't go in then they could see the drone and shoot it down which would make this a fail" Chris replied.

"Like it or not I'm going so don't object" Chris said firmly which made Trent stop.

"Chris, please" Mike said while giving Chris a very concerned look on his face.

"I'm Sorry, but I am going to meet her" Chris said.

"Fine, but take this" Mike said as he passed Chris a small listening bug to hear in on the conversation.

"Okay" Chris said as they went outside and into a van that would take them to Ghost Code's facility.

Thirty minutes later...

"We're here" Jake said as they parked near an alleyway to start the drone.

"I'm going in" Chris said to the bug and went inside.

He was stopped at first by the guards, but was let in as they recognised him. Chris made his way through the corridors that seemed to never end until he reached a metal door, there was no handle or keycard scanner which made Chris wonder how to enter since there was nothing that would open a door. He leaned on the metallic structure trying to think how the door could be open and suddenly fell as the door opened by his weight.

"Hello Chris" a voice said as Chris turned to see the familiar badger who was known as Madam Corrupter.

"Hello" Chris replied.

"Alright Chris, the drone is in place and we've got into the WiFi network, we just need her to make a transfer" Mike said over the bug.

"I hope you are here to answer wether you are going to leave us alone and just walk away" she asked.

"I have my answer, and that-"

"Beep! Beep!" Madam corrupter pulled out her phone and from where Chris was looking, she had just signed in to her XRP wallet to check her current amount and texted someone.

"We have the password, we are going to start the transactions" Jake said through the bug as Chris prepared to leave.

"Sorry, seems like some of the people whom we hacked is trying to escape, continue" madam corrupter said.

"The transaction is almost complete, we've got the authentication key, wrap it up and leave" Mike said as Chris prepared to give her his answer.

"My answer is that yes, I will leave you alone and walk away from this" Chris said.

"Good, then our conversation is done, I believe we both have tasks to do so you may leave" she said as Chris turned to the door and pulled the handle on the inside to leave.

"The authentication key will be sent, get out of there fast!" Mike shouted through the bug which made Chris' ear twitch.

"I'm almost at the exit" Chris said as he picked up his pace and tried to walk to the van without acting suspicious. He arrived and quickly entered the van which Mike and everyone else was.

"We've got the authentication key, the transfer is starting" Trent said as he typed on his phone.

"Good, this will finally be over" Chris said as Trent typed in the authentication key to complete the transfer.

"Done" Trent said as he finished the transaction and kept his phone.

"Great, the drone should be landing soon," Jake said as he controlled the drone, suddenly there was a loud bang with the drone suddenly losing control.

"Shit, they found out about the drone" Jake said as he tried to regain control only to have the drone to be shot down.

"We need to get the hell out of here," Mike said, they quickly got out of the place and left the van in a parking lot.

Half an hour later...

"I still don't get why you don't just get a car instead of hacking one every time we need a lift" Trent said.

"Because I don't want to go through the pain of buying and keeping a car and would rather have to hack one every time I need one" Anthony said as he closed the door to the car and spray painted the license plate while leaving the windows open.

"Still, better to just keep a car since the police are probably wanting to arrest you after making a couple dozen cars randomly placed all over the state" Mike said as they all walked home.

"Are you free tomorrow?" Mike asked.

"Yeah" Chris said as he and Mike started to hold hands which made Chris blush a little.

"Do you think things will be better now that Ghost Code is gone?" Chris asked Mike.

"Of course they will! What makes you think it won't?" Mike asked.

"Because when I went home to pack my stuff, madam corrupter met with me and warned me of what could happen" Chris said uncomfortably which Mike noticed and pulled him closer.

"Hey, I won't let anyone hurt you, ok?" Mike said looking at Chris.

"Are you sure? I mean, there could always be something that comes up and you won't be ab-" Chris was cut off by Mike bringing his hand to his mouth.

"I said I won't let anyone hurt you, no matter what" Mike said firmly.

"Alright" Chris said reluctantly, still doubting that Mike would actually be able to keep him safe all the time.

"Good, I will have to go beack now, bye!' Mike said before kissing Chris, making him blush even more and for Mike to leave laughing as they all went home from taking down Ghost Code.

Meanwhile at the warehouse...

"Can anyone, anyone at all tell me why the XRP wallets are empty?" Madam corrupter asked.

"We are unsure of what actually happened, it was around the time of your meeting with C.C.B" a fur who was behind a black mask with a greenish liquid seemingly crying from it's eyes, a Ghost Code mask.

"Then find out what happened, we need it for us to even have a silver of control over them" she said as Madam corrupter excused them for their other tasks.

Specifically the task of infiltrating the largest data center in the world.

The Citadel

End of book 2