Bring It On, Detective

WP

AND SHE ALWAYS sees him every time there are complicated cases that the officers can't handle. He's good-too good. And the way his bright blue, chinky eyes shine every time he identifies the culprit ignites something in her heart. Binibisita rin ito madalas ni Alexander, and knowing that he's Alexander's best friend made her want to trade places with Alex.

She's always there. . . working in the shadows and watching him from afar. She really loves the way he puts his hand inside his pockets and purses his lips whenever he's thinking deeply and the way he brushes his hair.

Pogi.

Seeing the detective made her realize that there's really more to life. He made her feel things she didn't feel before, even without trying. Presensya pa lang nito, parang gusto nang manginig ng kalamnan niya. And the way he stands, putting his left hand inside the pocket while brushing his hair with the other, can already send a cascade of butterflies inside her stomach.

Parang nakalunok siya ng paruparo.

Damn. She really admires the detective this much, huh?

"THE CULPRIT RAN away. Damn." Kita niyang napasabunot ito sa buhok at napatingala, giving her a glimpse of his neck and Adam's apple.

Mabilis siyang nag-iwas ng tingin at napalunok. She pulled the edge of her baseball cap downwards and pretended to be on her phone, but her mind was already swirling around his words. Kumunot ang kanyang noo.

Shantrie was solving a case, and now that he was about to identify the culprit, saka naman ito tumakas na para bang alam nito na napagtagpi-tagpi na ni Shantrie ang lahat.

"Fuck. Kailangan na nating kumilos!"

"Baka tutulungan din tayo ng Queen of Hearts."

And she heard her name. They need her. Binaba niya ang kanyang suot na baseball cap at sumakay sa kanyang sasakyan, driving towards their chateau. Mabilis siyang pumasok sa pamamagitan ng backdoor at nagpunta sa kanyang workstation. Her workstation was filled with monitors in different sizes.

Mabilis siyang umupo sa upuan na naroon, and she opened an operating system and a search engine that she uses to hack CCTV and other devices if needed-Shodan and Kali Linux.

Sunod niyang binuksan ay ang Metasploit Framework, and she typed a command in order to start it. May itinipa pa siyang command at nang makakuha ng result sa database, she used an auxiliary search and copied her API key.

And because the CCTV cameras around the area are all produced by Foscam and run in default configuration, making them vulnerable, she easily executed an attack against the CCTV cameras. A list of live IP addresses with port numbers showed up, and she used the process of elimination to find the CCTV cameras around their area.

Mabilis niyang kinopya ang mga address no'n hanggang sa nahanap niya na ang hinahanap niyang CCTV cameras na ikinangisi niya.

"Gotcha." A smirk formed across her lips. She connected the other cameras to her monitors para mas mapabilis ang kanyang paghahanap sa suspect at nang makita niya ito, mabilis siyang umalis sa kinauupuan bitbit ang isang baraha-the queen of hearts.

PUTTING CRIMINALS INTO a trance to make them surrender had been her work for three years already, aside from being a hypnotherapist. And she doesn't know why or how, pero may kutob siya na may kinalaman si Mr. Gutierrez kung bakit wala pa ring balita tungkol sa kanya. And she likes to remain that way.

She wants to remain hidden from the public. Kapag kasi lalabas siya, the family might dig up information about her, at mali-link nito ang Queen of Hearts sa kanya. She doesn't want that to happen.