Quiet One

Hacked

"Ok, here goes nothing," MC said while hitting the send button on her phone. Lilly and Jessy sat on the couch on either side of her looking at the screen.

MC: Capricorn

???: You impress me once again with your speed.
I did not expect to hear from you again so soon.
Perhaps, Nym is right about you.

MC: Who is this?
Do we have the pleasure of speaking with Flux again?

???: Correct again.
It is me.
And yes, it is a pleasure to speak with me.

MC: That was sarcasm. 😒

??? changes his name to Flux

MC: Big fan of the Back to the Future movies, 'eh?

FLUX: I don't know what you mean.

MC: Flux capacitor?

FLUX: That was also sarcasm. ;)

"Idiot," MC huffed out, rolling her eyes for real.

FLUX: You said "we". Who else is there with you?

MC: Nym's family and friends.

FLUX: Hmmm. Nym doesn't have any family.
And as far as I know, he doesn't do friendships.

MC: Perhaps Nym has changed.

FLUX: Perhaps.
I do understand this situation to be highly unusual.
Do you mean to work together as a group?
If so, please add them in to our chat.

"Ladies?" MC asks her friends. "Is it ok if I add you to this group chat?"

"Yes! I want to talk to this 'Flux' guy too!" Lilly stated enthusiastically and grabbed her phone in its sparkly light blue case.

"Jessy?" MC turned her head to the left to look directly at her before continuing, "You don't have to be involved in this if you don't want to."

"You know I am curious. And love a good mystery," Jessy spoke up earnestly. "I also want to meet Jake, so let's find him!"

MC added Lilly, Jessy

MC: You now know who we are.
Who are you?
How do you know Nym?

FLUX: Who I am is irrelevant.

MC: Really? 🙄

"Here we go again," MC groaned. "The mysterious hacker."

"Are we sure he is a hacker?" Lilly wondered out loud.

"Well, he did hack the jukebox the other night," MC offered.

"What? What jukebox?" Jessy looked at both of them confused.

"The other night we all went out to the Aurora," MC began to explain. "We missed you by the way." She reached over and squeezed Jessy's hand. "As we were leaving a song played on the jukebox Phil has on the wall. That is how we started this whole quest to find Jake," she made air quotes around the last phrase before pausing to laugh. "Phil was able to give us an email address, which turned out to be for this Flux dude." The notification sounds of a new message turned their attention back to the conversation.

FLUX: As for how I know Nym
Let's say we are associates.

MC: So you have worked together?

FLUX: I wouldn't say that.
Maybe alongside each other.
Working towards similar ends.

Lilly: Do you know where Nym is?