Alexander is a man who discovers that the government's systems were hacked from the future by a man named Tinkywinky. After being accused of the hack himself, Alexander goes into hiding and studies hacking for years. He eventually connects with his future self, Tinkywinky, through a program. Tinkywinky challenges Alexander but refuses to explain his motives for hacking the past. Their conversation is tense and threatening. Tinkywinky then warns Alexander that the government has found him before disconnecting. True to the warning, security agents rush in, but Alexander escapes by infecting computers with viruses and jumping from a window.