The bunker was immaculate, the renovation was expertly done to convert it into a computer lab though it still occupied some war equipments and rifles. Murphy was impressed as he scanned the layout of computer lay out the mini boosters,WiFi routers modems and laptops neatly arranged and he admired the bus system used to connect them to the internet. It was one of his favourites ever since he became a black hat hacker ,he wanted any kind of data to be controlled and monitored at the main computer before the substations.
Feel at home" Kim said as she threw her jacket on the couch and Murphy stole a glance and noticed her ,45 automatic gun which had looked a little longer than usual ,probably because of the silencer the geek thought. As he continued scanning the interior of the bunker he finally laid his eyes on the big curve Samsung monitor which displayed divided sections of different places and the radio was playing. People in a park ,a busy rush hour in a mall, the streets of jozi ,some people at a lake and finally his hideout the place he called home. Through the screen he could see a jeep grand renegade parked a few metres across the street.
"" is this some kind of a surveillance camera ??,were you watching all my movements ?"
"" I watched u grow and I wasn't gonna stop now little brother,plus you needed help you should be grateful " Kim fired
Murphy wanted to say something but he remembered his sister was right ,he needed help
As Murphy finally took the seat ,Kim headed for the closed door, john assumed it was a kitchen after his sister brought coffee and some muffins
"" you know its risky to be close to me"Murphy finally said getting his first eye contact with his sister
"I know you feel bad ,but you are still my little brother and that makes us family"she said
" that was skillful of you hiding this far from home ,and making yourself disappear from the world of living"she said still looking direct into his eyes and she noticed his eyes were watery,so he broke the eye contact looked through the window and continued in silence. Kim believed he wanted to cry but he wasn't a baby anymore. It was not the same John who had been disowned by his own father. He was a man now, he had cried begging for mercy and he was done crying so he fought the tears back , looked back to his sister and said "do what's the plan"
It was a government facility so it was obviously big, bigger than Kim's bunker . The layout of computers and screens was at a larger scale .Their machines were truly a miracle ,high speed connections 5g networks data moving at an unbelievable 61gbs unlike Kim a group of white hat and gray hat hackers continuously pressed their keyboards data scrolling at their monitors
This kind of a technology center was highly standardised , The detective pursed up and down like a caged lion reacting to every ping sound from any computer. "Somebody get me these two" as he pointed at a black and white picture of John Murphy and his Long lost sister Kim . With this kinds of softwares and a group of computer geniuses , Zaacks knew he should be rewarded with something a trail that could lead him to Murphy. One technology center,about 17 computer experts,almost forty computers different softwares ,edge computing,quantum computing,artificial intelligence and machine learning ,robotics and automation all in an effort to get hold of one man and a girl.
The real sound came in the 15th minute at the far right edge of the computer desks. Quinton finally broke the silence""I think I got something ""
Quinton had used one of his own programs to run a background check on John Murphy and found blanks ,stunning he had admitted but he didn't give up he knew one typing error can change the whole story so he did the same background check with Kim. A jackpot he named it after finding out on Kim's childhood address,her parents and former school ,the close by hospitals and other facilities ,the data was enough to lead him to John. Kim's parents had two children according to the information ,one boy and a girl. A photo of him and his two children had been located by the software at a local hospital when he was diagnosed of cancer . the slender boy on the picture looked less worried but deeply haunted by thoughts. Not wasting much of his time Quinton ran a match software on the picture and the result was astonishing 100% match . john Murphy was the cow girl's blood brother . detective Zaacks snapped his fingers ,offered a smile and rubbed his palms in Quintin's grey hair, ""that's a start you are a masterpiece"
Kim's surveillance camera was something else but it was built for a limited ranges . The blond cowgirl was focused on the screen explaining the hard part of the game plan when his young brother smiled at her.
"" what "" she asked
"" how about we hack into the service provider to intercept their calls?"
she stared at him quizzically ,she didn't believe what she heard . kim knew what John Murphy was planing it was a deadly blow to the enemy. They knew the Nigerian mafia was running a drug deal the next day ,probably the last deal for the Nigerian grandmaster before he fled south Africa which made it their last chance to nail him down and deliver him to the police's hands with tangible evidence. however hacking into a telecommunications service provider was a mission on its own a deadly one which required smartness . Kim retired and fell on the couch and asked what she intended not to.
"and how do you suggest we do it""
john Murphy took his notepad from the backpack and outlined his plan to break the Vodacom firewalls ,the weaker Target as compared to Telekom and cell c whilst she listened closely