Plan B

The glass in front of his eyes is driven back again, while Amelia appears in front of him. The light of the table's lamp is shining brightly again, but Adam recovers quicker this time, noticing that Amelia is plugging off the cables.

"Amelia, what is…?" he asks confused, when she answers him without turning around, "Plan B, in 30 minutes."

Adam's eyes twitch still quickly, when he realizes the meaning of the words and one moment later he starts to dismantle the whole Animus-device as well.

Cables are unplugged, generators packed into a case, laptops are closed with a snap, computers shut down and the Animus-seat – which is nothing else than a normal seat, which is connected in a special way to the computers – can be folded simply, which is why a handle becomes visible even.

After the first things are transportable, Adam and Amelia bring them out of the empty factory hall, where they were hiding. In front of the building a green minivan is found, inside whose cargo room the things are put.

"Start the engines already – I get the rest." Adam explains, when he has put his things down. One moment later he has turned around and runs back to the factory hall.

Amelia doesn't waste time: after the things are stored away firmly, she goes to the driver's cabin and starts the engine. She is looking around the whole time, observing the surroundings properly: the factory hall is found few kilometers away from the next settlement and only few graveled streets – even when remains of concrete and asphalt are seen at few spots – lead away from here, but there for in different directions.

It lasts only few minutes and everything is stored away. Adam swings on the co-driver seat and still before the door is closed, Amelia hits the road.

1 hour later…

The green minivan has reached a country road in the meantime and drives westwards. There are various other vehicles on its lane, as well like on the other one, leading eastwards, but no one of the cars seems to care for real about the minivan.

Adam sighs relieved. "Apparently we were lucky this time." he murmurs more to himself than to Amelia.

"That I will say not before we have reached a safe hideout again, Adaś." Amelia responds, watching the street.

Adam turns his head around to her. "What happened exactly?" he asks curiously, "Was my time up? It hasn't felt this way."

"It wasn't.", Amelia replies simply, "We got busted only."

"Busted?!" is Adam's almost hysterical reaction, "You want to tell me that my algorithm failed?"

"Exactly that I am doing." Amelia answers.

Adam stares at her stunned. "You are joking." he replies and tries to smile.

"Not at all." is her reaction.

"You need to joke." Adam continues only angrier, "My algorithms can't fail! When they could do that, I would have never been able to get the data from the Abstergo Servers in the first place!"

"Apparently at some moment each algorithm fails." is Amelia's simple answer.

Adam's eyes become even bigger. "Take that back…" he stammers with anger in the voice, "…or everything between us is over."

Amelia casts a short glance towards him. Serenity is written all over her face. "When you want it so…" she replies with a knowing glance.

Adam continues staring at her. She stares back only, when she doesn't look at the street. The duel of starring lasts perhaps 1 minute, when…

"Okay, I bluffed." Adam replies and looks back forward, "But when my algorithm failed for real, I need to find the weakness."

"I know." Amelia replies, "Apparently we will not be able to finish Davide's story for a while."

Now Adam needs to massage his temples. "I don't know how you are, but sitting in our Animus-replica, makes hungry." he says sighing, "As well like the thought that I will need to check my algorithm once again."

Amelia looks right, where a sign with the logo of a certain fast food chain is seen, as well like the distance below it: 'in 10 km'. "At least we can solve this problem soon." she replies and casts another glance towards Adam, "But there for you tell me what you have experienced."

After a warm meal…

Amelia slurps at her shake, while Adam examines several A4-slips, which are stapled. "No, that is not the error…" he murmurs, while Amelia puts her now empty shake beside the empty remains of their meal.

"And you have woken up right after this sentence?" she asks disbelievingly.

"Yes, as if it would be a bad movie, which ends his plot with a cliffhanger." Adam responds without looking up.

Amelia shakes her head. "And apparently it will stay a cliffhanger." she explains dissatisfied, "Or do you know a solution to your algorithm-problem?"

Adam still doesn't look up, but explains: "I could 'refine' this algorithm here – have some ideas already actually – so that we can continue using it."

"And I thought all your algorithms are perfect already." Amelia replies in a sarcastic way.

"They are." Adam answers and looks up for the first time, "But that doesn't mean, that there needs to be only one perfect.", and looks down again.

"Of course." is Amelia's only answer and she rolls her eyes.

"The bigger problem is the error – the weakness – the loophole – call it like it suits you." Adam continues and ruffles his hair, "I can't find one. Nobody should have been able to bypass this algorithm – with exception of the best hacker of the world of course."

"That would be you, what?" Amelia says quite bored.

"Exactly.", Adam confirms without hesitation, "The algorithm shouldn't have failed."

Amelia stretches her hand out. "Show me, maybe I'll find the error, which shouldn't exist."

Adam looks up immediately. His face shows some kind of smile: "Eh, I don't to want to sound arrogant now, but…"

"Swallow your next words and give me your algorithm, Adaś." Amelia stifles him instantly, with a lightly threatening undertone.

Adam swallows loud once. One Moment later the algorithm is in her hand.

In the night…

The place changed again – a motel at the edge of the street. The green minivan is parking and the two hackers are sitting inside one of the rooms.

There their whole equipment is unpacked again and Adam is sitting at the computers – he is typing around quickly obviously. Amelia is lying on the bed and in her hands, which are stretched out, the algorithm is found, which she reads once again.

"I found two possible entrances." she says suddenly and sits up.

Adam interrupts his typing around immediately and looks at her shocked. "You…you…you have…" he stammers, when Amelia interrupts him already: "Yes, but only to satisfy your ego: they are hard to detect, even for experienced hackers."

Adam ruffles his hairs: "But they can be detected…moreover even 2! That can't be!"

"Calm down!" Amelia explains, "Under normal circumstances they shouldn't be detectable."

"About what are you talking?" Adam presses confused.

"About the fact that only I could detect them." Amelia explains and immediately a skeptical glance appears on Adam's face, which is why she continues, "I know your style. Your way to create such things. Only that's why I could discover the errors in the first place. Somebody, who doesn't know you, would need years probably."

On the one hand relief is seen on Adam's face, but on the other also realization. "That means we are at the beginning again." he answers sighing and needs to hold his forehead.

"Sadly yes." Amelia agrees and stands up, only to go few steps towards the computer, "So will we get inside tonight again?"

Air leaves Adam's nose, when he answers: "The algorithm is refined, so we could try it.", he looks to the computer, "But to minimize the chance of discovery, I can't be inside for longer than one hour."

"Of course." Amelia answers. While Adam now goes to the Animus-seat, Amelia sits down in front of the monitors.

Adam leans back. "At least the cliffhanger will be resolved." he explains smirking.

"Which isn't a real one." Amelia responds, preparing everything, "You know we have at least one dozen more data sets of Davide, all of them younger than this one here."

"I know." Adam says sighing only, "Still I am excited how it continues."

"Then let's start." Amelia answers and types around on the keyboard, which is why the glass around Adam's head comes driving out. It lasts only few moments and he is gone.

In the meantime a black command window appears on one of the monitors. Few words appear on it: "FOUND YA!"