AN: Hah, funny thing? Before writing this Chapter I listened to the music from the Total Recall trailer (Position Music – Tactical Dominance. In case anybody is wondering) I don't normally listen to music like that, but I actually really like this one. Might need to work on my description of scenes. I don't know. Tell me :P Probably the reason it's so short is because that song is so short. The longer the song, the more my mind creates. If any one wants a longer chase with more high tech escapism then I'll have to sit at my computer and see if I can't think of any clever things to do with the technology of Watch Dogs that they've revealed to us so far :) This was a prompt from a reviewer so I'm testing it out.
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It's been 7 years. 7 years since you last saw him and now you meet like this.
It's incredible how he seems to get himself into these situations all the time.
'You?' is all he seems to be able to say as he approaches you.
You give him that. It has been a while since he last saw you. But you face facts. It was him who'd decided it would be that way.
Were you still bitter? Absolutely. Would you let him know? Absolutely.
It would have to happen later. Right now you both needed to get out of here alive.
'Yes, me.' you replied trying your best to keep emotion out of your voice. Try as you might, you still did care about him.
You had been sent a task to protect a hacker in trouble in the city. You all sort of operated on a network. If you ever needed help you could request someone in the area to assist you if they could.
You'd been the closest to Aiden when he'd messaged for backup.
You'd barricaded the cops from getting to him in the over pass, but now you needed to get him out of the city. You'd deal with your issues with him later.
The Helicopters circling overhead and the cops on the ground in pursuit would be dually hard to escape. If you could avoid the Helicopter's beam you figured you would be un-noticed by the cops.
'Do you have a car?'
He pressed a button on his phone and a car's headlights across the way flashed as a beep accompanied.
You didn't reply as you turned and went back to your transportation. A very fast black motorcycle.
You put your helmet back onto your head as you swung your leg over the side. As soon as it was secure you gave it a kick-start.
The small engine roared to life. You revved the bike before turning down the street in front of you. Not waiting to see if he was following. If he wanted your help he'd have to keep up.
You'd needed to work out some type of route. You drove these streets so often you knew them better than any map system did. You knew more actually, you knew where the dips and imperfections were, Which side was better to drive on when it rained.
You were slightly side tracked as another car veered onto the street out of the side of your vision.
Apparently they didn't need the Helicopter to find you.
You didn't hesitate a second to pull out the Pistol strapped to your thigh from it's holster and begin firing at the vehicles tires.
It swerved and narrowly missed the front end of your bike as it strayed in front of you.
You leaned yourself as far to the right as you could manage without tipping sideways to get past the obstacle.
You took aim again at the tires. They'd out-smarted you with the quick maneuver but they wouldn't be able to shake a direct hit to the back tires.
You were met with success as the sound of air being let loose from the tires in the form of a loud bang sounded in front of you. The car pulled to the side as the metal rim scrapped the ground sending small sparks flying up on the street below it.
You passed by the wreck unharmed. You checked over your shoulder, he was still following close on your tail.
You were only allowed a moments reprieve before two more vehicles pulled out onto the street in front of you, followed by four more.
It seemed they really wanted to arrest him.
A horn honked behind you, you looked over your shoulder at Aiden through the windshield. He held up his phone and indicated to something outside of his window. Anyone who didn't know him would have no idea what he was up to.
But you did. You knew exactly what he was planning.
You nodded and redirected your attention back to the road in front of you and moved the bike to a faster pace.
The lights went out. You knew what you'd have to do next.
You waited. It was a total guess a few moments later but you hoped you'd timed it right.
Flicking on your high beams you weaved in and out of the stunned drivers and their cars as they steered in the opposite direction of you to avoid the bright lights as they turned on and off not giving anyone a clear indication as to where you would be the next moment.
You heard the tires screeching and metal scraping metal as they piled up behind you.
The lights were finally starting to come on again and you looked behind you as soon as you were assured what was in front of you was no threat.
A multi-car pileup had ensued. There was no way anyone was driving their original car away from that mess.
Now you could breathe. They wouldn't be following you any more.
You continued to wind down various streets before you had driven past countless car park doors finally locating the one you needed to head toward, slowing down to move left as the door opened to let you in.
You brought the bike to a halt on the far side of the vast, un-occupied space. You adjusted it so the kickstand was extended and let the bike rest on it's own weight as you took off your helmet and shook all the hair gathered up at the base of your neck out.
'I told you if anyone could do it, it'd be you.' you heard a familiar voice praise you.
'Yeah, yeah. I know.' you smiled as you dismounted the bike by swinging your leg over the front and walking toward the person. Setting the helmet down on the table next to the Laptop running various tracking and detection programs.
You looked at it briefly, taking note of a few active hackers around the city.
Your eyes drifted over the top of the screen to a car door opening and Aiden's stepping out.
'Why am I not surprised.' Aiden stated as he looked at the person standing to your right.
'You know I try to help you out of whatever trouble you manage to get yourself into as often as I can.' Jordy replied as he made his way over to the other hacker.
You watched the two of them exchanging for a while. It was hard to believe these two were actually friends.
You decided to work on other tasks that needed your attention.
'I'll let you two talk.' you offered moving to leave the room.
You'd have some explaining to do to him later. You had changed an undeniable amount since you last talked. For one you'd become exceptionally good at defensive driving. Not so much on hacking. You were still working on that. You were pretty good at getting information the old way though. Through some good old fashioned throwing of punches.
You stopped.
'Oh, Aiden?'
He turned to face you, completely unaware of your intent as you approached.
You let your fist connect with his face sending his head tilting back in a sharp snap.
His hands immediately flew up to cover the affected area as he took a few steps away from you.
You could feel his eyes watching as you turned and started to walk away. He must be utterly confused. You decided to give it to him straight.
'I could have dealt with you leading an unusual lifestyle, ..' you relayed to him calmly as you shook your head before looking back at him 'but not with you leaving.'
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AN: Okayy, I'll be back tomorrow to see what everyone says. For now.. time to play The Last of Us. I haven't touched it yet. Wrote this and now I want to play into the wee hours of the morning. You have to play awesome games the day they come out :)
More of this kinda story? Back to the old? I'm open to taking people's suggestions for scenarios too. Could be fun :) It was kinda fun to play around with the prompt from a reviewer. I hope I hit her request of the Press Conference footage at E3 where they showed Hacker's tag teaming to help each-other. If I didn't? Well, I'll do it again :) Oh, I kinda had her hooked up (NOT that way, unless anybody requests it of course!) with Jordy because he seems to kinda be.. I don't know. A supplier? Kinda like the Operator in the Matrix movies (probably where the inspiration for the motorcycle came from too). The person who is behind the scenes who sets people up with where they need to be. I might be totally off but I wanted to incorporate him too. He seems like he could be fairly awesome :) OH, who the _ am I kidding? He's cute :D