The next morning, I woke up early. I felt a weight on my chest. It was none other than Alice. She had a cute frown on her face , then she suddenly smiled. ‘She seems to be in a dream. ‘ , I thought. I slowly got out of the bed and walked downstairs to the kitchen. There were sounds coming from the living room. It was early in the morning, so I frowned and walked towards the living room. Only to find Sarah there, sitting on the couch, watching cartoons. I sighed and said, “Sarah, are you still a kid? Watching cartoons early in the morning. “
She jumped off the couch in fright. She had one hand on her chest. Glaring at me, she said, “Damn.. When did you become so sneaky? Did you get some teleportation powers? “ I shook my head at her imagination. “It ain’t possible to get a super power. What is this, a novel?”, I said, rubbing my forehead. She narrowed her eyes and said," Who said superpowers aren’t real? Don’t you know on the website -Amethyst, there are many people who posts about various super individuals. Like there are even pictures and videos. “ I chuckled and said, “You are the only one who uses that website, because it is your website. And those ‘peoples’ are just your dummy accounts. “ She said with a knowing smile, “Well.. I contribute a lot. But still.. It doesn’t mean there are no superpowers in the world. Maybe the governmental organizations are hiding the matter about supers. “
I sighed. Finally, I said, “Alright. Whatever you speak is the truth. Now, you need breakfast or you are again on a diet. “ She shook her head and said, “I am not on any diet. Today is Tuesday. And there is no diet plan for Tuesdays. “ Shaking my head, I said, “I don’t even understand why you follow the diet. You are already fit. “ She snorted and said, “Diet is very important. And you should follow a diet plan to live longer. “ Narrowing my eyes, I said, “But you eat a lot every Tuesday’s. So what is even the use of following a strict diet plan, if you just have to eat everything you like on every Tuesday? Believe me, one day it would gloat you up because of overeating. And no one would even date you. “ She looked at me with a vicious smirk and said, “Why do I have to go on a date? Don’t I have you already? “ My expression blanked, and I walked directly to the kitchen. Before I entered the kitchen, I turned back and said, “No breakfast for you. “ Hearing this, Sarah paled.
She quickly apologised, saying, “I am sorry. I won’t repeat this. Why? Why are you not making breakfast? I apologised to you sincerely. “ With a sigh, I said, “Alright.Just don’t use your brain too much. I don’t want my sister to die an untimely death, by my own hands. “ She nodded and quickly turned towards the cartoon show she was watching.
After making breakfast, I picked up two plates, mine and Sarah’s, and brought it to the living room. I found another person sitting on the couch with Sarah. I teased, saying, “Alice, you too acting like a kid, watching cartoons. “ She frowned a little and said in a displeasing tome, “And who said that grown-ups can’t watch cartoons? “ I was speechless. This.. I shouldn’t use my mouth wherever I want to. Otherwise, I would one day be forced to sleep in the living room. I quickly said, “Well.. I had made you your favorite breakfast.. Pancakes and Cardamom wafer. It’s still in the kitchen.” Hearing the names of her favorite food items, Alice quickly forgot about our previous discussion and rushed towards the kitchen, where I had placed her plate.
With a smile, I sat on the couch beside Sarah. I have one plate for her, while eating from the other plate, while watching cartoons. I don't dislike cartoons at all. It’s just that I have little time. We don't eat breakfast together like a family. It’s been months since we ate with mine or Alice’s parents.
After the establishment of the company, both of us... no, all the three of us, including Sarah, became busy with work. After eating, we all went to bathe and change our clothes. Me and Alice were together, ahem.. After getting ready, we sat in the car and went straight to my company. The name of the company was Genesis. This is the name we came up with. The watchman smiled and nodded at us as we entered. We nodded him back. The watchman was a forty-three-year-old uncle. Before, he was a bodyguard at our house, but he then planned to retire. Since he knew nothing else, I asked him to work as the watchman of the Genesis Games. So we knew Uncle Karl ever since our childhood. He was an underground MMA fighter. He fought under one of the Mafia don. It means that he is basically a property of that Mafia Don. But then, he met my father. My father paid ten million dollars to buy his freedom. Then he helped him with making a new identity, so that he could live freely. But he insisted on becoming the body guard of us Carsons.
We had just entered the door when a voice came from ahead. That voice belonged to Jack. He came running towards us. I raised my brows and asked, “What’s the matter? You going for Olympics or something? “ I said this just to lighten up the mood. But what I heard next made me frown. Jack said, “Brother, it is that Carter guy. From the spies in Carter Enterprises, I found out that he is planning to make a Virtual Reality Open World game like us. He even tried poaching some developers for us. “ I sneered. This guy won’t stop until he is dead. But I didn’t want to spend my life in the prison for his death. My eyes twinkled with mischief. I smirked and said, “Jack, gather our hackers. We would attack the Carter Enterprises. Let’s play with their shares a bit. “ Jack’s eyes widened and then he smiled and rushed off to carry out our plan.
Doing this isn’t advisable at all. The reason I could do this is that I had hired many hackers from the dark web to work under me. In the dark web, not everyone enjoys doing illegal activities and not everyone is a criminal. Some are unfortunate to fall into this maze. So I hired those who wanted to get out of this place, filled with crimes.
The hackers in Genesis have their own group specialised for them, with the highest grade systems. I stood at the center of the room. Surrounding me were the cabins of our hackers, in a circle. When I stood at the center, their attention was directly on me. These people were grateful to me and would remain loyal, because if they betrayed me, they would break their own rule. I said in a loud voice, “Our rival companies are trying to replicate the game we all have worked hard for. “ Obviously, even the hackers are important for game creation. I won’t go further into the details.Our Hackers started their attack on the U. S. share values. We have power to eliminate a company by reducing the value of its share. But I won’t do that, since I don’t want to be caught by the government. But I can afford to deal with Carter’s. Because I can cover up my actions easier than playing with the entire share market. Price
Few days later, finally it is the time for the launch of our game, Nexus Online. My company had used every way to promote this game. I even used my identity as a Carson for this. We would launch the game this evening. I invited about a thousand guests to attend the banquet, where we would announce our game. Many people have some idea that my company, the Genesis Corporation, is working on Virtual Reality, that can change the world. What they didn’t know was, Genesis Corporation would launch a Virtual Reality game. Everything is possible in this game. It’s possible to live your second life here. You can be anyone you want, a burglar, pirate, king, magician.. Whatever is your fantasy, it would become your reality here. By the way, this is also the motto of our company. Make your fantasies into reality.For the banquet, we have booked out a museum. Yeah, we could buy everything. If you can’t, just increase the price. After t
Sitting on the couch in the living room, I am watching the news. Scrolling down the website to check the news. I sighed when I saw the first news. It was about the hacking incident. Yeah, the same one when my hacker team hacked the shares. It’s been weeks, but the news was still hot. Many news channels showed the incident in repeat. The second news was about US presidential elections. It seems, election is like always, full of controversy. Sighing, I scrolled down and looked at the next news. It was about some prophecy of an asteroid hitting the earth and would cause destruction, blah, blah, blah.. I scrolled down.The next news made my brows furrow. I clicked on the news. It had three million views, well since it is a famous news channel website. The title of the news was, ‘Virtual Reality : Product of Theft. ‘ This made me frown. I read the news. “This.. “ The news said about the announcement of Genesis Corp
I sighed, drinking the wine from the glass in my hands. It has been a day since the press conference. There was no news from Jack about the evidence till now. Alice had gone to her parents’ house. So I and Sarah were alone in the house since yesterday. Sarah had already gone to the company to work. Since there was nothing for me to do, I had nothing to do, so I am ‘relaxing’ in the house. My phone rang. I saw the name of the person who called me. It turned out to be the lawyer. I picked it up and said, “What is it? “ The lawyer’s voice was awkward.After a few minutes of talk, I understood what was going on. It turned out that Carson Enterprises had sued us, the Genesis Corporation, for stealing their core projects. Gritting my teeth, I called Jack. The phone connected. When I asked him about the progress of evidence hunting, he said, “We are too close. Just a few more hours. We can defi
The next day was also boring like every other day. I woke up to the doorbell. Covering my ears with pillow to stop the sound of doorbell entering my ears. But there was no such luck. At last, I had to get out of the bed and go downstairs to open the door. While I was walking down, I also checked up on Sarah. I finally found out why she wasn’t there to open the door. It turned out that she wasn’t in the house. Sighing, I opened the door. And saw a familiar back outside. The person outside had just turned her back to the door, probably confused. Why hasn’t someone opened the door?That person was none other than Alice. I immediately hugged her figure from behind. Alice stiffened at first, but when she smelled a familiar smile, she smiled softly and touched my hands. I loosened my hold on her. She turned around and hugged me tightly, nestling her head in my chest. I smiled and said, “I missed you, Al. “ She rubbe
After eating, we spent some time talking with each other. It turns out that Alice’s brother is about to come home during his holidays. I know little about him. The only thing I know is that he is a General in the Army. The last time I met him was , when he was about to go to the training for army. Soon, Alice went to her room to store her new clothes that she brought in the cupboard. Naturally, we two shared the room, so she entered my room. While I sat on the couch looking at the television that was still turned on. I sighed.Then my expression became determined. I have to at least deal with all my problems before I can spend time with my family. I picked up my phone and called on a number. The call connected with a click. Jack’s voice came from the other side. “What’s up, brother? “ I asked him, “Can you find the total value of the Carters? Along with their properties, she’ll companies and every
Sarah grabbed her pillow and hugged it while crying. She cried, “Why... Why can’t I be with Brother Mike? “ She then continued crying. Although she had seen Mike and Alice kissing many times, the thing she saw today was too much for her. She couldn’t even hold her emotions for Mike. She loved him since the first time they talked. Sarah still remembered how a small girl who had lost her parents in an accident got cast out in the streets. Luckily, a kind woman took her to the orphanage, from where she was taken by Mike’s father. Although she hated everyone in Mike’s family, because they saw her as a commodity. When she reached Mike’s house, she came to know that the reason they took her in was because Mike didn’t have someone to play with.This caused the young Sarah to hate Mike even more. Because of Mike, she lost her friends in the orphanage and had to come to this place, where everything wa
Tears flowed down Sarah’s face. She rushed upstairs, back to her room. She didn’t understand the reason Mike rejected her. He loved her, so why? Was it because there was Alice, since she was Mike’s girlfriend?She wiped her tears away, since she knew what to do.Meanwhile, back to Mike. His heart was in a conflict. He didn’t want to hurt any of them, Sarah and Alice. With the conflicted heart, I went to the company; because that was the only place I could go to clear my mind. I took my car to the company. I found Jack as soon as I entered the company. He was talking with a group of lawyers, who were to fight in favour of us, in the courtroom.As soon as he saw me, he stood up and came to me. He then introduced me to those lawyers sitting in the conference hall.I sat at the head of the table, and tapped on the table and asked, “So what’s the situation of the Carters? “ Jack chu