Krueger X Nikto Novels & Stories

(Nick) I slammed my fist against the wall, rage boiling over. “The same man. The same goddamn man who terrorized them as children is now targeting their children.” “Nick,” Alexander cautioned, glancing toward James, who watched wide-eyed from across the room. I forced myself to breathe. “What do we know about Krane?” I asked Carter. “Former military psychological operations specialist. Expert in surveillance and behavioral modification.” She displayed a grainy photograph—a man in his sixties with cold eyes and a surgical scar along his jawline. “After leaving official service, he established what he called ‘fear architecture’ for private clients.”

I ask Someone walks past us. Gregory remains silent for a moment before he answers: "There is LowVoltage who is a fairly well-known personality in the hacking underground. He also ran a South African website. 2600.co.za. In Cape Town there was logik. He got into Dimension Data's systems. This gave him access to Telkom. Another guy was aKr0r from what was then Pietersburg. He and some hacker buddies from America, the Middle East and New Zealand hacked NASA's website -hack. He also defaced the JSE and Telkom's websites." "And has anyone been caught yet?"

"Nikanya, open a link to your collective. They have information for you and they are saying they can't get through." Nik's fingers started flying before he finished. "No one says anything." We all nodded. "This is Cricket," Nik said. "This is Gremlin." Nik's brow furrowed. "Gremlin, I'm unfamiliar." I jolted at the name. Stepped forward. "I'm not. Go ahead, Gremlin." Nik looked at me with narrowed eyes. "Capo. IKEA and Mason Dixon are working together. Local molecules are hot and mixed. Jihadi games in motion."

Melody glanced around the table. "Who doesn't?" Vaughn laughed then snapped out the catchy jingle. "Alright, alright." Grant held up his hands. Melody picked up and kept going. "The Krieger company has expanded into more sophisticated forms of IT security under a different branch. All of your company issued devices use their software. Two weeks ago the US government signed a deal that now makes the Krieger's the sole provider of security for every government issued computer, phone, tablet, and a lot of other devices. Since that deal was made public the Kriegers have received a number of threats from terror groups, criminals, you name it, they're interested in the Krieger family."