On The Run

[align center] <center></center> config.style.page.font: "Palatino 18 bold italic" config.style.page.color: "gray-0 on gray" config.style.page.link.font: "underline" config.style.page.link.color: "gray-0" config.style.page.link.lineColor: "indigo-8" config.style.page.link.active.color: "red-8 on red-0" config.style.page.header.font: "16" config.style.page.header.link.font: "small caps" config.style.page.footer.font: "16" config.style.page.footer.link.font: "small caps" -- You get millions of dollars worth of crypto randomly sent to your wallet. What do you do? [align center] <center></center> <img src="https://images.idgesg.net/images/article/2019/07/cso_nw_cryptojacking_hacker_by_kentoh_gettyimages-1008725032_cryptocurrency_bitcons_by_thaimynguyen_gettyimages-954471176_abstract_globe_targeted_systems_by_blackdovfx_gettyimages-10295345000_2400x1600-100805352-large.jpg?auto=webp&quality=85,70"> [[Tell your mother]] [[Tell your friends]]

[align center] You go to your mothers room and try to frantically explain what just happened. she tells you to send it back immedietly but you think this can change your whole families life. You decide there is only one option. [[Keep the money.]]

[align center] You think its too risky telling your mother so you tell your friends. They dont understand it fully but they are worried for your safety. They think whoever sent it can track you down. They tell you to look more into it. [[Look into who sent the money]] [[Try to hide the money by sending it to a different wallet of yours]]

[align center] <img src="https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/655346/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-digital-ethereum-dollar-gold-investment-getty.jpg"> You decide to try to keep the money and hide it by sending it to another wallet. [[Send to different wallet]]

[align center] You decide to look at the wallet and see who sent you the money. You go through all of their recent transactions to see what they have been doing with their money. [[Look at wallets transaction history]]

[align center] You decide to try to hide the money by sending it to another wallet. You fail to realize others can see where the money was sent to so it isnt that well hidden. [[Start]] [[Send to main wallet]]

You fail to realize all transactions are recorded and can be tracked on blockchain so it isnt technically hidden. You accidently sent your your real wallet that is posted publically on the internet. [[Send to main wallet]] [[Start]]

[align center] You notice the wallet that sent you this money has done this before to a different wallet. <center></center> <img src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d9249d60614d4bd1b3fb73db37bc65369f535ee8/c=0-86-2161-1302/local/-/media/2021/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/MotleyFool-TMOT-ed2a2caf-7d2871a5.jpg?width=2161&height=1216&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp"> [[Dig Deeper into the mystery]] [[Start]]

<center></center> <img src="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8034005.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/Computer-being-corrupted-with-virus-by-hacker.jpg"> When digging deeper you realize this wallet is almost identical to yours, just one digit off. You realize this must have been a huge mistake but am still unsure what to do. [[Try to backtrack and find if there is any evidence of the wallet online]] [[Start]]

When you search the wallet address online you see one Reddit post made about it. Someone who noticed the weird transactions and was also curious about it. They claimed something has to be up which is illegal, you are not sure. [[Respond to post asking where they got this info]] [[Keep your mouth shut because then you will be linked to this]] [[Start]]

You decide that not looking deeper is the best bet and think that you should go to bed for the night. You tell yourself you will deal with it in the morning. You decide to go to bed and as you get up to head to your room you hear a phone ringing. Its yours. You check the number and see that it is restricted, you have no idea who it is. You look at your mother and she give you a blank face. You decide to [[answer the phone]]

As you are responding to the post you realize youre getting a phone call from a random number. You look and the number is restricted. You decide there is only one thing to do. [[answer the phone]]

After you do this you realize that you have your wallet address posted publically on the internet. {reveal link: 'And then you notice', text: 'Anyone who searches up your address will be able to see it is yours.'}. [[Try to erase post of wallet address from internet]]

You go back and delete the post that had your wallet address in it. You think this could be the game changing move that saves your identity from being made public. [[Delete post]]

<img src="https://images.pond5.com/anonymous-man-talking-phone-dark-footage-062662888_iconl.jpeg"> You answer the phone and a creepy voice comes over the line. The person says "hello, I see you have recently aqcuired some bit of cash." You stay silent because you are too scared to answer.He says "I know you dont know who I am, and I think that is a good thing. I am not someone you want to mess around with, I will give you one chance. Either send the money back or I will come and get it." [[Send the money back]] [[Dont send the money]]

<img src="https://www.cumanagement.com/sites/default/files/2019-11/man-sitting-dark-bright-screen.jpg"> Since you deleted the post you never heard from anyone at all. You go on with your life with the new riches. You change your whole families life and are set forever. [[Start]]

You decide sending the money back would be the best thing to avoid keeping your family out of trouble. The voice over the phone thanks you and lets you keep ten thousand for being a good person. You have no idea who it was or whya of this happened but youre happy you arent going to be in trouble.

You tell the voice over the line you are absolutely not sending the money back. That you are not sure how he got your information but youre not scared of him. You tell him this will change your life and that he obviously doesnt need it more than you. Before you hang up the phone the voice says "okay I will be seeing you and your family soon." [[Hang up the phone]]

<img src="https://c.tenor.com/4dkoT4eAehAAAAAd/hang-up-the-phone-john-mayer.gif"> When you hang up the phone you have no idea what to do. You arent sure if any of this is real or some type of weird joke. You decide the best thing to do is go to bed for the night and figure it out tomorrow. You arent that worried because you think you have time to plan this out. [[Go to bed]]

<img src="https://www.wphealthcarenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/night-3617659_960_720.jpg"> You fall asleep and are dreaming. You suddenly get woken up to bangin sounds coming fromyour downstairs. You get up instantly and run out of your room. As you open the door you look down your hall way and see a man in your kitchen with a gun. These intruders are questioning your mother as to where you are and she is trying to explain that you stayed at a friends for the night. They dont believe her so they try to search for you. You know you cant fight them back because you are unarmed. You decide the best thing you can do is escape. [[Jump out your bedroom window]]

You jump out your window and sprint across the street to the woods. You get to the woodline and turn back to your house. You see the people coming out now with your mother, her hands are bound. They put her in a pickup truck and drive away fast down the road. You look and see your getting a phone call, so you answer. The voice comes over the line again and says " I told you what would happen, now the power is in my hands. If you want to see your mother ever again you will meet me at the abandoned warehouse on 89th street. Come alone and bring me a phone to send my money back." Then he hangs up. Youre in utter shock at this moment, but you man up because you dont want anything to happen to your mother. You know you have to go there and solve this problem. But you know you cant go unarmed, it could be a trap. So you decide to go into your house and grab your fathers old pistol. Its been locked in his safe ever since he passed away. [[Get the gun]]

<img src="https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/man-grabbing-his-gun-rear-view-picture-id990958398?k=20&m=990958398&s=170667a&w=0&h=C8Z_V0boSphnHKQlv_IOcGQNgvDIVIChyjeGIep2VWw="> You go to the safe and get the gun, as you hold it you feel powerful. You know you can fight back with this, it might not totally protect you but its something. You then search for your mother car keys and grab them. You load up into her car and start down the road. [[Drive to warehouse]]

As you are driving you are sitting in silence pondering how fast your life just changed. You did all this to help your family but now it actually hurt your family. You get mad, you say to yourself that no one will ever hurt your family. As you pull up to the warehouse you see the main entrance. You dont think its good to walk right in because they would expect that. [[Go in main door]] [[Go in side door]]

As you go up to the door you peak in. Its a big empty warehouse that is very open. You see your mother is in the middle of the room with these two men next to her. You can hear them saying that nothing will help you now. [[Walk in]]

<img src="https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/abandoned-factory-building-in-tyndall-effect-picture-id1134046379?k=20&m=1134046379&s=612x612&w=0&h=s6D0YgSao5t57qPS82gcejE1xwqSRvqJ7fonv_8o3pg="> As you walk in you put the pistol in your back waist band, you want to conceal it from them so they dont see you as a real threat. They dont see you yet so you sit there staring for a couple seconds debating on what to do. You decide to make a move. [[Show yourself to the men]]

As you make yourself known the men quickly become composed and start staring at you. You start walking towards them but stop 10 feet away. You are all just staring at each other for a couple moments before one of the men say, "You fool, how else did you expect this to go?" You say back "Stop that and lets get this over with, let my mother go." They tell you to send the money back instantly, but your not sure if you are even safe if you do that. Having this money is the only sort of leverage you have on them. [[Send money back]] [[Dont send it back]]

You decide that you should take the risk and send it back. You think its better than possibly getting into a gunfight with them. They check their account and see that they got the money. Without saying a word they unclip your mothers bound hands, and start walking out of the warehouse. As they are going out the door one of them turns back and says " Dont let us hear from you ever again, next time you will end up in a body bag." You go to your mother and hug her and as your crying you start apologizing a ton. You are so sorry all of this happened, but you will take it as a learning lesson about your life decisions. You get your mother in her car and drive home, hoping nothing like this happens again.

You tell them that there is no way you are sending the money back. You are so enraged at this whole situation you dont want them to win. One of the men speaks up and says "Listen kid this isnt a game." As he does this he pulled out a pistol and points it towards your mother. You know you can atleast defend you and your mother if need be but you dont want to get to that point. The man says "last chance kid, if you dont send it back you will see your mother die." At this moment you are completely lost and arent thinking clearly. You put your hand on your side ready to pull the pistol out if need be. The man clocks the pistol to put a bullet in the chamber. The other man is off to the side now, you werent paying attention to him but you are cornered between them. You know you have to do something fast. [[Pull out your pistol]]

You pull out your pistol and point it at the man. He is caught completely off guard and switches his pistol to be pointed at you. You both sit there for some moments staring at each other. Before anything can happen your mother gets up and knocks the pistol out of the mans hand. Both men are caught off guard and the other one starts pulling out a pistol to. You have to think fast in this situation. [[Shoot the other man]]

sound.effect.explosion.url: 'gunshot.mp3' -- {sound effect: 'explosion'} You take your gun off the man next to your mother and you point at the other man. As he is trying to pull his pistol out you send a shot and it makes contact with him. The man gets hit and falls to the ground, he isnt moving and your not sure if he is dead. You look back over to the other man and he is fighting with your mother over the other pistol. You aim the pistol at him but cant get a clean shot. You scream out "MOM MOVE!" She immediatly lunges out of the way and as she does the man picks up the gun and stands up. You decide you have to [[Shoot the man]]

You shoot the man and he falls to the ground too. You run over to him kicking the gun far far away and notice the man isnt moving, he's dead. At this point you are jacked up on adrenaline and you dont know what to do. You run over to your mother to check in on her and she is okay for the most part. You tell her you need to get out of here as soon as possible. [[Run to car]]

As you get into the car you are desperetly apologizing to your mother. You tell her that everything will be okay and that you will make it better. As you drive off you look in the mirror, realizing your life will never be the same again. You arent sure if all of this was worth it, sure you have the money but all the pain you went through was insane. You look over to your mother and tell her you need to get out of town for a couple days.So you do just that, driving away knowing this situation will bring you more problems one day.