Bureaucracy moves slowly. It was this truth that afforded Daniel Stein the time to analyze Adam's Mind Hack program in depth. It worked in a way that seemed to fit Peace of Mind's software like a glove and Dan again found himself questioning Adam's ability to create something so brilliant and complex. It was almost as if Mind Hack were a missing peace to POM that unlocked its full potential. It seemed like it had been built with this in mind all along and Daniel didn't see how Adam could complete it so perfectly even with help from other hackers worldwide. He didn't have time to speculate though. His goal was to end POM's tracking surveillance which was the backbone of the government's control. With that in mind, he put into motion his first test run.

Technically this would be like a second test run. His first had been at the hands of Adam himself and he hadn't been able to monitor anything as his consciousness had been forced into the body of his sister, Stephanie. This time he wanted to track something that he noticed today when he fired up the program. He swore it hadn't been there before and seemed like the most important feature. Dan knew that sooner or later someone at POM would figure out that someone had hacked into their system because the consciousness transfer left a trail. Dan's signal had jumped into Stephanie, and then Adam's signal had jumped into Kim, the next door neighbor. When this happened, both Steph and Kim's signal had disappeared. Dan pointed out to Adam that this was going to be their undoing and fixing this problem was the key to them maybe staying alive. And here it was, right in the open all along if Adam had bothered to look. How did Adam not know about this? Again Dan was left wondering if something more was going on.

Buried in the settings was a way to hide the transfer, which Dan hoped would mask any interruption on POM's end. But he would need to watch the screen to see if it was successful, as even a blip might be enough to attract more attention. He'd need help. He'd need a guinea pig. The problem that arose was how few people he trusted and the stakes had never been higher. After much contemplation, he decided to take the risk …