![EARTB---hackers.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYtpDNzWunpiVs1vt5tLASRwGdRviqvinF2xaE7MjfNhg/EARTB---hackers.jpg)

Have a seat, Terry. It is Terry right? Terry -- McGinis, cute. I guess that's supposed to be some type of funny reference from a DC fan, or something?

Could be coincidence...

Hey, maybe I'm just a big nerd, huh? Here we are, and I'm talking Batman! 

See, I can be fun...

...

We know who you are. We know -- what you are. What you're doing. What you've <i>been</i> doing. Look, Terry, frankly... it's over.  Game over. Log out.

This story of yours. It's Wild. You're really something. All of you. You see this smile? Yea, you're something...

One day, you woke up with a big ego -- no-no, a GIANT ego, and thought, hey I'll just be whoever I want to be. Just --slip through the cracks, and take what you want? Make your way into the highest ranks of society...or the lowest, depending on your nature. You thought.

Terry...Joshua. Whoever you think you are this month. You need to wake up. This is reality. This is YOUR reality, and I'm actually pleased to say this, you're not getting out of here. Out of this...not without giving us some names...or better yet, some locations, descriptions, invoices. You know, that sort of thing.

I want you tell me about your last month. Tell me like I'm some dame you think could be the one. Hell, it's our first night together, but that doesn't mean you don't see something special about this --relationship. 

Go on. 

<center> <b>END PART 1 - HACKERS NEVER DIE - EARTB</b></center>

<hr>

<center><h3> Smurf's Blog - My Thoughts</h3></center>

Thanks for reading today's short story! This is part to of an ongoing writing series that I've started. It's sci-fi, action, romance, so don't think you have it all figured out just yet ;).

Every few days, I plan to continue to write down pieces of the story and begin to connect them. This is something that I've had in my head for quite awhile, as a larger scale project. Not necessarily the individual stories, but where they are going, if you get what I mean. 

Today, was part 1 of a new section of the story, <b>Hackers Never Die - EARTB PT1</b>

The previous passage that I had written was titled, <b>Sucker For A Smile - EARTA PT1</b>. You can find that short story by clicking, [here](https://steemit.com/story/@ukuleletutorials/earta-sucker-for-a-smile-short-story).


<hr>
<center>Thanks for <i>tuning</i> in </center>