Axelia Moore

Axelia and the Horse Race...

Axelia stared at the screen of her tablet as she tried to hack into a restricted area inside the network of Stalin Connor. She had left Amanda's house after breakfast, claiming that she had some family matters to attend before her date with Atlas Dortmund.

At the same time, as she tried to hack, she made sure to upload certain information into the server where Stalin Connor was hacked in, making him think that he had managed to infiltrate inside the Moore Network and gather the information that he wanted.

            "What are you doing?" Questioned Luke. "Aren't you supposed to be getting ready for a date?"

            Axelia rolled her eyes. "There is a firewall that I haven't been able to get past, and I don't want to do it with any of the computers given that it could mean that he planted another trojan horse," She explained. "As for my date, I am already ready, and he is coming in forty minutes,"

            Luke frowned. "What do you mean?" Axelia pointed at the tablet. "I see," He licked his lips. "Well, how about we try when you come back, we try to hack into it with the old computers?" Axelia gave a small nod. "Remember that we have the catch on them, right?"

            "I do recall," Axelia sighed.  "I hope that they are still functional,"

            Luke chuckled. "They are Axelia, don't worry about it," She gave a small nod. "Now, how about you calm your father down, and we can continue with this after your date,"

Axelia rolled her eyes but obeyed, she knew that her father wasn't so happy with her roaming around with Atlas Dortmund, even when he was the one that asked for her help. She sort of understood from where he came, given that she was his only daughter, but still, she was bound to grow up.

She did their special knock before opening the door to his office. She gave him a small smile and assessed the situation at hand, he had a drink in his hand, papers were thrown in front of him, and a small frown covered his forehead.

            "The docks again?" Axelia questioned as she approached the desk. Raphael sighed and pointed with his head at the papers. Axelia frowned. "Family trees? Dad, what is all this?"

            Raphael licked his lips. "They were sent to me," He let out a sigh. "There is also an encrypted message, which I have yet to decipher, but I was hoping we could do that together,"

            Axelia let out a small smile. "Sure daddy, I just have to go on this date, fix a firewall and then I can cram with you trying to figure it out,"

            "A firewall, what seems to be the issue?" Raphael questioned.

            Axelia licked her lips before biting her lower lip. "I umm," She sighed. "Inside the Connor Network there is a firewall that I haven't been able to get past with the tablet, and I don't want to try with the computers in case it is a trojan horse, so Luke told me to try with the old and modified computers we still own, but after my date with Atlas,"

            Raphael hummed. "When is your date?"

            "In ten minutes, Atlas is supposed to arrive," Axelia replied. "Is there anything that you need me to acquire?"

            Raphael couldn't help but laugh, she was sure his daughter. "To simply have fun, run along little monster,"

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Atlas took in a deep inhale before blowing out through his mouth, he understood that his nerves were simply afloat, due to Axelia Moore. This wasn't the first time he competed, nor it was going to be the last one, but it was in fact, the very first time he was going to compete with a spectator he wants to impress.

His horse was ready, the only thing missing was himself. With a steady and focused mind, he got ready to show the world, his world Axelia, how you should win a race.

            Axelia crossed her legs and adjusted her hat as she waited for the race to start. "Fancy seeing you here," a voice called from her right.

            Axelia turned and gave her famous fake smile. "Mr Connor," She replied. "I could say the same thing about you. I wouldn't have taken you as someone interested in horse races,"

            Stalin smirked. "Oh, I am not," Axelia frowned. "I'm just here for the show," And with that, he walked away.

Something about the words spoken gave Axelia an eerie feeling that something was not right. Making sure that Stalin was out of sight, she stood up and made her way to the stables where she knew that Atlas was going to be.

Quickening her pace, she saw Atlas riding his horse almighty. "Atlas!" She called out. "Atlas stop!"

Atlas frowned as he heard his name and turned to face Axelia, but before he would reply an explosion occurred where the race was supposed to happen. "Duck!" Atlas shouted as he threw himself from the horse towards Axelia.

Screams, alarms, and guns being fired were the sounds of the horse race. Stalin smiled as he saw the seats burn, getting rid of Axelia was easier than everyone said, but what he missed was Atlas and Axelia running away from the stables...