Chapter 17

"Hey Zac, can you keep a secret?"

"No."

Zac was talking to Jo over the phone.

"Oh, well, in that case I can't tell you."

"Aww, come on please?"

"But you just said you can't keep a secret."

"But you didn't tell me where I had to keep it. In a hat? A freezer? A drawer?"

Jo snickered.

"It's a little project me and Blake are working on."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. Operation: PBGIHP."

"What?"

"Put Bill Gates In His Place."

Zac laughed.

"It could have been Operation: KBGOTPHPHO, but we thought that would be too long."

"What does that stand for?"

"Knock Bill Gates Off The Pedestal He's Put Himself On."

Zac laughed again.

"And how do you plan on doing that?"

"With a lot of time, money, hard work and a killer marketing scheme."

"Which you'll be masterminding of course."

"Naturally. Who better to come up with a mastermind scheme than the master mind?"

"Care to fill me in?"

"Why do you think I called? Ok so Blake, with help from his Technology power is working on a GUI that's knock the bits off ol' Windows."

"GUI?"

"Graphical User Interface. Didn't you ever take a computing class?"

"No - have you?"

"Maybe not on paper." Jo grinned. "Ok, so the plan is, ok, well, Gates is the biggest unethical businessman in the world, so the trick is to completely outmaneuver him, and while doing it ethically would be preferable, sinking to his level so we can give him a taste of his own medicine is very tempting."

Zac laughed.

"And we have an advantage here." Jo continued. "Because whether you and I would like to admit it or not, we are celebrities. And there's nothing like a little celebrity endorsement. And that's only scratching the surface of what I have install for the man who likes to wipe out all his competition. I'd like to see him try to wipe us out!"

"And I'd like to watch. Can I? Can I please?"

It was Jo's turn to laugh.

"Sure, go right ahead."

Chapter 18