The USB Drive - Short Story

The agent pushed his foot on the gas. Everything happened so fast. It was just supposed to be a pickup, a small USB stick. How much trouble could it be worth? Two cars started to close-in. One black and one white. The agent didn't even know he was being followed.

"What is on this file?!?" the agent yelled to the car's speaker phone.

"Is this really the time to be asking that?"

"You said this was a simple transaction."

"We said there might be complications."

A bullet whizzed through the back window and almost crazed the agent. He looked in the rear view mirror. A woman was leaning out the window with a gun.

"This is more than a complication!"

"It really is not safe to talk and drive."

The line went dead.

"Hello! Hello!"

The agent took another look at the rear view mirror. The woman with the gun was aiming right at him. He turned left on the wheel. Another shot. Another close miss. He had to do something.

The agent grabbed his gun. He rolled the window down. With one hand on the wheel he leaned outside and aimed his pistol. A curve was coming up. He steadied his aim and pulled the trigger. The bullet went low. It hit the left front tire of the white car. There was the sound of a screech as the car turned, uncontrollably and crashed through the railing. There was a scream as the car headed down the cliff.

One more to go. The agent ducked back into the car. A tunnel was coming up. He switch lanes and started to slow down. The black car started to catch him. The agent lifted his gun. As soon as the driver was in sight he fired. The bullet jammed in the window. Bullet-proof glass. The driver smiled. But the agent was a quick thinker. He fired a second shot. The driver laughed. When he was distracted, the agent turned into the black car. The tunnel got closer. Only one of them made it through.

After an hour of driving the agent pulled over. There was no signs of anyone around. He grabbed laptop and plugged in the USB stick. It was a wallet. A bitcoin wallet. There was also a password. He typed it in and pushed enter. The amount came up.

929,042 BTC.