The Government Vlogger

Chapter 7: Hacker Sheila

"What?" The three replied in shock.

"You heard me. We are getting him back to how he was." Sheila replied, full of determination.

"How?" Brody asked.

"First, we find out where he lives," Sheila replied.

"Already got it." Max blurted out. "But it might be his old address."

"Uh...Max?" Christine asked.

"Yeah?" He responded, clearly not affected by how weird he just sounded.

"Knowing his address is a little weird, but now it's helpful...I guess." Christine told him.

"It's totally helpful," Sheila stated as she left her spot by the window and head back over to the laptop. "What's the street name?"

"It's Applebrook Road, I think," Max responded.

"Okay. Got it." Sheila announced as she pulled up the street on a map.

"How do we know which house is his?" Brody asked. "It's just a green background with a white line reading 'Applebrook Road' in black lettering."

"I got this," Sheila stated.

"But how?" Broy asked.

"Don't you remember that S is a tech nerd? She knows everything about technology." Christine replied to Brody.

"So what exactly are you doing?" Max questioned, as many little, black boxes popped up with green lettering.

"I am hacking into the street cameras. We have seen the outside of Dylan's house, so with these cameras, we can easily point out which house is his." Sheila stated as she started scrolling down the street, carefully looking at each house.

"There!" Christine shouted while she was looking over Sheila's shoulder at the laptop screen.

"Great! Now I am going to try to hack into the surveillance cameras on his property, hopefully, they record so we can see what happened." Sheila replied.

"I have no idea how you can do this, but can you teach me how to do this?" Brody asked.

"Sure!" Sheila laughed, then paused. "Dang it!" She shouted.

"What?" The three of them replied in unison.

"The cameras have been disconnected," Sheila replied.

"Well, what do we do now?" Max asked.

"I have an idea," Christine announced.

"Well, spill girl spill!" Max demanded.

"Okay!" Christine laughed. "I think it should be a good idea to contact Aj from that live chat earlier and tell him what we found out."

"What?!? You actually believed his theory?" Brody asked, shocked.

"Yes!" They all responded to him in unison.

"...oh...Well if you guys do, then I have to trust you guys on this one. Max, find that Aj kid." Brody stated.

"I already have his social media paged pulled up. It says he's online! Perfect! I will message him for a chat between us five right now." Max stated as his fingers rapidly tapped on his phone's screen. Within minutes, Max received a reply.

"Awesome! Glad you agree with me! Give me 5 and I will give you a call.- Aj"

Five minutes later, like Aj promised, he gave them a call so they could video chat.

"Hey, Aj!" Max greeted.

"Hi, Max! Glad we could talk."

"Uh hem!" Christine nudged Max.

"Oh sorry!" Max apologized. "Aj, these are my friends, Christine, Sheila, and Brody."

"Hey!" They all greeted in unison.

"Nice to meet you all. Now let's get down to business. Max, you said you figured out something that could support my claim?" Aj asked.

"Actually, my friend Sheila here, 'Miss Hacker', found that something."

"Oooohh! What did you doooo?" Aj stated, like a little kid.

"Sheila, tell him," Christine stated.

"Okay, okay. But, Aj, you have got to promise you won't tell anyone.

"I promise," Aj replied.

"Good. Now listen carefully. Max, who we just found out he's a creepy stalker..." Sheila began to state but was interrupted.

"Hey! I am not!" Max defended.

"I'm sorry, but who knew his address? Anyways, Max gave me Dylan's street address, I looked it up and pulled it up on a map. Then I later hacked into the police camera's on that street. Finally, I found his house." Sheila explained and paused. "Now here is where it helps your theory. I tried to hack into his surveillance cameras, but they were all destroyed, untraceable. They looked like they were wiped of any info before they were possibly smashed." Sheila described.

Aj was in complete shock. "Guys...that's amazing! That can absolutely help my theory! I have got to tell everyone!"

"Wait!" The four shouted.

"What?"

"Remember what you promised, Aj?" Christine questioned.

"Sheila didn't want anyone knowing about this, remember?" Brody asked.

"Shit. I know. I know. Sorry. I won't tell anyone."

"Good," Christine stated. "Did you find anything else out?"

"Actually, yes! Thanks for reminding me! I almost forgot. I was about to make a video about it and put it only before you guys messaged me. I was doing more research about Dylan's whole 'disappearance', and I found something, not good." Aj announced.

"Oh no, what?" Max asked.

"Dylan...was not the only one."

"What do you mean?" Brody asked.

"He wasn't the only one to disappear. There were others who made 'Creepy Theory' videos and are now nowhere to be scene. Here..." Aj paused as he sent Max a link. "Look at this."

Max clicked on the link. It took him to a vlogger's website, similar to Dylan's. Her name was Pauline Rose. She was known for her style, which mostly involved black clothes and her 'Creepy Theory' videos. Her website, now blank and vacant, only had one video left. It was titled, "I Quit" and Pauline was in the thumbnail, wearing a hospital gown.

"She was famous back in 2009, but since her disappearance, people just forgot about her," Aj told them. "They are more like Pauline, missing and forgotten. I don't want Dylan to end up like them. I want to help, believe me, I do, but if my theory is true, then we are dealing with the most powerful people in the U.S., the government."

"So, why don't people try to help them?" Max asked.

"Almost everyone, including me, is too damn afraid of the government and what they might do to you."

"Well, I'm not! Thanks, Aj, bye!" Sheila announced. As she shut the laptop.

"I will keep in touch with Max..." Aj squeaked out before the call was disconnected.

"Sheila, what are we going to do? We can't let Dylan be forgotten." Christine asked.

"I know and we are not," Sheila replied.

"Well, what are we going to do?" Brody asked.

"Max, how far is Dylan's house?" Sheila asked.

"2 hours and 53 minutes, why?"

"Because that's where we are going first."