They thought they were just gaming the cafeteria vending machine. Next thing they knew? They were laundering Bitcoin through Minecraft servers and getting recruited by the CIA. Oops.
📝 Starting Paragraph (Prompt):
Caden, Tiff, and Marco didn’t mean to hack into the Federal Reserve. It just… happened. One second they were rerouting vending machine snack deliveries, the next they were flagged by an NSA algorithm named Linda (who oddly enjoyed Taylor Swift). Busted by the FBI in gym class, their punishment wasn’t juvie—it was national service. Now these hoodie-wearing preteens are working out of a CIA basement, tasked with emptying the digital coffers of Russia’s greediest oligarchs. Turns out, middle school might just be the new Cold War battleground—and this trio’s report card now includes espionage, crypto-laundering, and… dodgeball.
❓ Questions to Help the Writer Dig Deeper:
Would you trust a bunch of 13-year-olds with international cyber warfare—or are they exactly who we need?
How do we define justice when children are used as tools by powerful institutions?
What ethical lines get blurred when good intentions come from questionable actions?