Shadowing the Phoenix

Posted on 16 July 2026 by audiobb_com

Tagline: When the phoenix is flying, shadow comes out to play

Ainsley Bishop

I wasn’t always a street kid, but when my home life got dangerous, I chose the streets. They were safer. A whiz with computers, I quickly found my own way into the world of hacking.

That’s when they came. STARR. They’d heard about Phoenix and wanted her. But there were a few requirements. I had to leave my old life behind. Fine by me.

A decade later, I have no regrets. I’ve used my skills, and the ones STARR taught me, to help a lot of people.

When I come across a trafficking ring online, I make it my mission to shut it down. If only Shadow wouldn’t get in my way.

Kason Manning

Known only as 5H4D0W online, the moniker fits. I watch and wait in the shadows for the right time to pounce. I’m what we in the hacker world call a Grayhat. My methods weren’t always ethical, but they got the job done.

When I stumbled onto a trafficking ring on the dark web, I made the snap decision to infiltrate them and take them down from the inside.

That’s when I met her. Known only as PH03N1X, her fiery spirit called to me. But she has secrets she won’t share, ones I fear will burn the world down around me. But then, maybe that was what I needed—to rise from the ashes renewed.