#404

She sits alone, head in her hands.  “What happened to me?” she wonders aloud.  She wants to make a difference, to do something important.  Computer and network security comes naturally to her, she knows this is where she could make her mark... Yet she sits in a cubicle, working for 'The Man'.  She needs something, something to fulfill her empty life.

Then, to make her day, the power goes out.  "Great," she thinks, "I’d better check the servers."  She reaches for her cell phone to use as a light, then hears a sound coming from behind.  A puzzling, yet familiar sound. She begins to turn, and realizes why the sound is familiar, but knows it is improbable:

"Roller skates? Here?” Suddenly she feels the sharp pain of a needle against her neck, and everything starts to spin...Her head is pounding when she wakes. A bright light blinds her. A disembodied voice begins "A covert section of the government had its headquarters beneath your employer’s building. It was destroyed for the cause." The voice continues, "You now have a choice to make. To the rest of the world you are dead. We saved you because we could use your skills... and we know you can roller skate.  Will you join us?"

Her heart races, her spirit soars! This is what she had been waiting for, the important something she was meant for!  That day she was reborn as Fatal Error: technology specialist for Viva La Revolucion, the underground movement of female freedom fighters.

Their cover: a Roller Derby team...