Hey guys
Welcome back. Should I use the names of the car from the game or use their real life names? I having a bit of trouble deciding so I'll leave it up to you to decide. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 1
5 years later
"I'm in the Merlaut lobby now." Aiden said.
"Getaway car is facing away from the Merlaut." Kyle said.
"Ok Aiden. Let's do this." Damian said.
"Hacking in now." Aiden said tapping his phone.
"Look at all this. Secrets and lies floating in clouds of data. Plucking it from the sky and it's mine." Damien said.
"It's ours. Stay focused." Aiden said.
"They've got a strong security system. How much have we got so far?" Aiden asked.
"100k in 30 seconds. God bless the rich." Damien said.
"Nice." Kyle said.
"What are you going to do with your share Aiden?" Damien asked.
"Undecided right now." Aiden said walking around the lobby.
"We don't have to ask Robin Hood what he's going to do with the money." Damien said and Aiden chuckled.
"Very funny Damien." Kyle said.
"It's true. Steal from the rich and give to the needy. That's what you do." Aiden said.
"Yeah. After I give half my share away I might buy something nice for Laura for her birthday." Kyle said.
"I forgot her birthday is a couple of weeks." Damien said.
Then some buzzing could be heard.
"What was that?" Kyle asked.
"I appears someone is trying to hack in. Let's have a look." Damien said.
"Stick to the plan Damien. Just siphon the accounts and then we leave." Aiden said.
"Adventure my boy. Have faith in me. Someone triggered the alarm. Let's find out." Damien said.
"I got a bad feeling about this Dad." Kyle said.
"Same here." Aiden said.
The alarms started to go off.
"Shit. The system is being scanned." Aiden said.
"Engines running." Kyle said.
"Almost there." Damien said.
"I'm shutting down." Aiden said.
"Don't touch a thing." Damien said.
"Damien leave it." Kyle said.
Then something appeared on Damien's computer screen.
"What is that?" Damien asked.
"Abort." Aiden said.
"We're not done." Damien said.
"It's over Damien. I'm disconnecting." Aiden said as he started to run.
"Aiden stop!" Damien shouted as Aiden ran out the entrance.
Aiden ran to the car and got in.
"Drive." Aiden said.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Kyle said.
"Why did you leave?" Damien asked.
"They would've found me." Aiden said.
"How much did we get?" Kyle asked.
"900 thousand." Damien said.
"Good amount." Kyle said.
2 days later
Damien heard a knock on his front door. He walked to his living room and another knock was heard. Before he could reach the door it was kicked open and he was attacked by masked men.
Meanwhile
"Drive where?" A girl asked.
"Anywhere Lena." Aiden said.
"I don't want to go anywhere. I want to go to Pawnee." Lena said.
"Yeah. Let's go to Pawnee." Jacks said.
"Ok. We'll go to Pawnee." Aiden said.
Lena then held out her lamb teddy bear out the window. Aiden saw motorbikes pass the car. He saw the man without a helmet aiming a gun at the car. The man aimed at the front wheel and shot at the tire causing Aiden to lose control of the car and crash into a pillar. The two motorcyclists drove away.
Meanwhile
"Come on Laura. Time to go home." Kyle said.
"Can't we stay and watch another movie?" Laura asked.
"No." Kyle said.
Laura pouted they left the cinema. Laura got into the car. Kyle was about to walk to the driver side of the car but he stopped as he saw a black car with black tinted windows. Gunfire came from the back window and screaming could be heard. Kyle was shot and fell to the ground. The car drove away and a woman ran to Kyle
"Move out of the way. I'm a doctor." The woman said
The doctor checked where the bullets hit Kyle.
"You're going to be fine. None of the bullets hit anywhere that would've been lethal." The woman said.
"M-my sister. Is- is she ok?" Kyle asked weakly.
"Someone call an ambulance!" A man shouted.
"My sister." Kyle said.
"She's ok." Another woman said.
"Good." Kyle said and he fell unconscious.
5 hours later
Kyle woke up and a bright light shined un his eyes. He heard beeping next to him. That was when he figured out he was in a hospital. He groaned in pain as he sat up on the bed. He took a moment so his eyes could adjust to the light. He looked around and saw Aiden sitting on a chair looking. Kyle saw the bruises on Aiden face.
'This was a hit.' Kyle thought.
"Glad to see you're awake." Aiden said.
"The Merlaut." Kyle said.
"Yep. Someone put a hit on us." Aiden said.
"What happened to you?" Kyle asked.
"A guy shot one of the tires on my car." Aiden said.
"Where were you?" Kyle asked.
"We were going through a tunnel heading to Pawnee." Aiden said.
"We?" Kyle asked.
"Jacks and Lena were with me." Aiden said.
"Are they ok?" Kyle asked.
"Jacks is fine but Lena, she was a in coma for a while but-" Aiden said but didn't finish.
"No. Don't tell she's-" Kyle said and Aiden nodded.
Kyle burst out in tears. Aiden placed his hand on Kyle's shoulder.
11 months later
A man was thrown onto the floor. Blood covered his face. Two other men in trench coats walked towards him and the first man moved away from them.
"Please. You got to believe me." The man said.
"Maurice, tell us who gave the order." Kyle said.
"I've already told you man. I don't know." Maurice said.
Aiden held out his phone and played a recording.
"Hit the family?" Maurice asked on the recording.
"Problem?" A man asked.
"Nope. I'll scare them good. You won't hear from them again." Maurice said as the recording stopped.
"Well Maurice. Did you scare us?" Aiden asked slamming him against the storage space.
"I didn't know man." Maurice said.
"What is the name of the person on the other side of the call?" Kyle asked.
"I was never given a name." Maurice said.
Kyle then punched Maurice.
"Here is a name. Lena Pierce. MY COUSIN!" Kyle shouted.
"I didn't know about any kids. It was a mistake." Maurice said.
"Think very carefully." Aiden said.
"You couldn't get me talking even if I knew a name. I've heard stories about these guys. You've got to walk away." Maurice said.
"Some things you can't walk away from." Aiden said pointing a gun at him.
"PLEASE!" Maurice shouted.
"Who gave the order Maurice?" Aiden asked.
"All they told me was where to find you. That's all I know." Maurice said.
"NAME!" Aiden shouted.
"Just fucking kill me man!" Maurice shouted.
Aiden pulled the trigger and the gun clicked causing Maurice to scream.
"How's your memory now?" Aiden asked.
Aiden and Kyle looked at each other.
"What else can we do to make him talk?" Kyle asked.
Aiden was about to answer be Maurice grabbed a baseball bat and swung at him and Kyle. Aiden grabbed baton and slammed it at Maurice's leg while Kyle swung his foot at Maurice's face knocking him out. Kyle grabbed his phone and hacked Maurice's phone.
"I can't keep running. I can't do it. That fucking Aiden Pierce and his son Kyle. They won't stop chasing me all because I accidentally killed that girl. They just keep coming." Maurice said.
"Come on. We need to move." Aiden said.
They left the room and they heard someone talking.
"Yo Maurice. What's shaking?" A man in a hoodie said.
He saw Aiden and Kyle.
"Oh shit." The man said pointing his gun at them.
"Where the hell have you been?" Aiden asked.
"What?" The man exclaimed.
"He's talking to me pal." Another man said stabbing the guy with the gun.
"Two minutes." The man said.
"Give me my bullets." Aiden said.
"I tossed them." The man said.
"I told you to hold onto them Jordi." Aiden said.
"Where have you been?" Kyle asked.
"Making a call. Did you get what you need?" Jordi asked.
They didn't say anything.
"You're kidding me." Jordi said.
"Stop admiring your work. We need to clean this mess up." Aiden said.
"I'm disappointed Pierce. You've failed to notice the nasty inter-gang drama i'm making here." Jordi said.
"We can't have loose ends. Let's get him out of here." Kyle said.
"Too late for that. Bottom of the eighth. Chicago's ahead and the game is almost over. We're out of time." Jordi said.
Jordi then shot a gun at one of the dead guys and placed the gun in the hand of the guy he stabbed.
"Good shot." Jordi said.
"You guys interested about my phone call?" Jordi asked.
"Tell us about it." Aiden said.
"We got a bunch of dead guys right? There's 40,000 people above us so we need a distraction so I called the cops." Jordi said.
"You're joking." Aiden said.
"I see what you're planning. Smart." Kyle said.
"Someone who appreciates my plan. Good. With what I'm trying to make here, the cops will think that this is a gang shootout. This is a good way to slip away undetected. You'll appreciate the plan tomorrow." Jordi said.
Then voices could be heard nearby.
"We'll handle the cops. Jordi, you grab Maurice and get him out of here." Aiden said.
"Do I look like a chauffeur?" Jordi asked.
They didn't say anything since Jordi was wearing a suit.
"We're not done with him. He's the shooter." Kyle said as he and Aiden covered their faces with their neck warmer scarfs.
Jordi scoffed as he went to get Maurice. Aiden and Kyle went around the corner and saw two cops.
"I'll go around." Kyle said and Aiden nodded.
Kyle did that and saw a pitching machine. Kyle hacked it causing it to do it's pitching function.
"What was that?" One of the cops asked.
"I don't know. I'll check it out." The other cop said.
Aiden watched the cop walked from the van. He walked up closer to the cop and saw the other next to the pitching machine. He saw Kyle knock the cop out. Aiden snuck up on the other cop and knocked him out as well.
"Well done." Aiden said.
They ran up the path and came across a locked door.
"Damn." Aiden said.
"There's a camera up there." Kyle said grabbing his phone.
Within a few seconds the door was unlocked.
"I taught you well." Aiden said and Kyle smiled.
They entered the next room and saw another cop looking in the direction they were at.
"He's not moving unless we make him. You got any spare electronic parts?" Aiden asked.
"Always. Here you go." Kyle said handing Aiden some.
"Thanks." Aiden said assembling a lure.
Aiden threw onto a wall and hacking causing the lure to make some noise and the cop to look away.
"Come on." Aiden said.
The cop walked to the lure while Aiden and Kyle went into the next room. Two of the cops were talking to suspected members of the Viceroys.
"Let's go around." Aiden whispered.
Kyle and Aiden went the other side of the bar and left the room. They were about to enter the next room but saw more cops through the glass doors.
"Damnit. How many did they bring?" Kyle asked.
"Badboy. The cops are about to lock the stadium down. We need a major distraction and the only option is to cut the power." Aiden said.
"You want to shut the power off to the whole stadium? I thought you wanted to keep the Vigilante and Shinigami out of the news. The entire stadium is connected to the ctOS with a strong firewall." Badboy said with a deep synthesised voice.
"We need to get out of the stadium. Where is the nearest access point?" Kyle asked.
"The next room but you need clearance." Badboy said.
"Security guard will have access. I'll find one." Kyle said.
"Be quick." Aiden said.
"Got him. This ain't good. A cop is saying that the stadium is going to be surrounded by the CPD. Be ready to blackout the stadium Dad." Kyle said.
"Got it." Aiden said.
"Ok. We're in. Do it." Kyle said.
Aiden tapped his phone and everything started to go dark and lightbulbs started to explode. Police chattered started go nuts.
"Let's go." Aiden said.
Aiden and Kyle went into the next room and snuck past the cops. They left the room and Aiden put a baseball bat through the door handles so the door couldn't be opened. Aiden then called Jordi.
"Where are you?" Aiden asked.
"I'm gone. I'm allergic to cops remember. So is Maurice. I've left you and your son a present each. One in the garage and one just outside the bar A friend of a friend deals in pre-owned cars. Key's should be in the ignition. Gotta go." Jordi said as he hung up.
"You heard him. You take the one in the garage. I'll draw the cops meet you back home." Aide said and Kyle nodded.
They left the stadium and Kyle ran to the garage while Aiden ran to car outside the bar. Kyle saw a red car. He went into the driver's seat and turned on the engine. He watched Aiden drive past with police cars following him. He knew what Aiden was up to. He drove out of the garage and drove away from the stadium. He took it steady just in case.
After a few minutes of driving he came across the owl motel and drove into the car park and parked into an empty space. He turned the engine off and left the car. He walked up the stairs. His apartment was on the opposite side of Aiden's. Since there wasn't enough space for him and Laura they stayed in another apartment. Kyle deactivated the security on his phone and unlocked the door and entered the room. The room wasn't big nor too small but it was big enough for him and Laura. Kyle locked the door and placed the keys on a small table. He walked into a small bedroom and saw Laura still sleeping. He gently sat on her bed and watched her sleep.
He sat there for a couple of minutes before he left the room. He looked at his laptop on the kitchen side. He decided to test out his protection software and hacked it and an audio file he made a while back started playing.
"It has been a month since Lena died. The police weren't trying to find out who Lena's killer was. obviously they have been bribed. This has taught me something. The cops are a waste of time. The only time shit gets done is when someone else does it. If they aren't going to do anything then fine, I'll do it myself. I'll find them and I'll kill them." Kyle said in the audio log.
Kyle leaned against the kitchen side staring at his laptop in silence for a moment until he played another audio log.
"The first time I heard about the Vigilante or as some called him the Fox on the news and I was surprised. I pondered about who it was until one night I saw Dad going into his apartment looking around making sure he wasn't followed or seen. The next day the news reported that some theft was caught by a man wearing a trench coat. They showed a picture of him and the person who caught the theft was wearing the same clothes as Dad. That point on I knew that he was the vigilante. He had the same thought I had. He was trying to find Lena's killer." Kyle said as the audio log was finished.
Kyle played the next audio log as he went to get a drink.
"A few days after I found out Dad is the Vigilante, I was walking home at night from the store. I walked past an alley and at that point I heard a girl scream. I looked around and saw no one nearby. I investigated the scream and came across a masked man pinning down a woman who was around my age. I knew what he was going to do and I wasn't going to let it happen. I pushed him off of her. The guy pulled out a knife in attempt to kill me. Using my ninjutsu training I disarmed and killed the man. The woman I saved was shocked at what I did. I assured her that I wasn't going to hurt her. After her initial shock, she rushed to her feet and hugged me with all her strength thanking me for saving her. I escorted her home and I gave her $500 to keep this a secret but what happened next shocked me. She handed me back the $500 bucks, grabbed hold of my free hand and pulled me into her house with a smirk on her face. She closed and locked the front door pulled me into a deep kiss and we ended up in her bedroom by the time we stopped the kiss. The sex was amazing for both of us. She wanted me to stay but I had to get home to Laura and she didn't stop me. She said that I can come around anytime. I smiled and nodded as I left." Kyle said.
Kyle smiled at the memory. He went around a few times to both his and the woman's delight but he hadn't been visiting for a while seen he didn't want her to get hurt. He had trained in ninjutsu after he helped a Japanese man from some muggers who were about to attack him. Turned out the man was a ninjutsu master.
"After I killed that rapist the news caught on but the cops had no leads since I wore gloves at the time. They thought it was the Vigilante but after that I decided to do what Dad does but only I will not give mercy to rapists or murderers. Thieves will get a slap on the wrist. More specifically broken bones. After a few days I encountered Dad one night. I knew what he going to try do but that didn't pan out right. We fought each other. I managed to escape but later that night I arrived home and Dad came back before I did and saw me. He came around and we just stood looking at each other in silence. He knew what I was thinking and I knew what he was thinking. He wanted me to stop but I didn't to stop and even without me speaking I think Dad already knew that. I wanted kill the person who ordered the hit and got Lena killed. We chatted for a while and Dad knew that I wasn't going to change my mind. We both want the same thing and we will stop at nothing to get it." Kyle said and the audio log finished.
Memories of the people he has killed in the past several months. He didn't regret nothing. They got they deserved and because of that crime went down. Kyle then played the last audio log.
"I decided to call myself Shinigami the Japanese name of a God of death. I went for that name because Shinigami are described as many things. Helper is one of them. Before Dad found out about what I was doing, I killed some gang members, left evidence of their crimes and I left a message on a wall near them. I wrote. 'Shinigami was here.' At first the cops thought it was the Vigilante but turns out that when I encountered Dad that night someone was recording our encounter and posted it on Youtube. I tracked down who posted it and there was no cause for concern as it was a 13 year old kid who posted the video. I even went to the kids address just in case. It went viral which was not surprising. From that point on criminals had two vigilantes to fear. The Fox and Shinigami." Kyle said as the audio log ended.
Kyle then felt his phone buzzing in his pocket. He looked at it and it was Aiden. He answered and placed his phone to his ear.
"Where are you?" Aiden asked.
"At home." Kyle said quietly.
"Ok. Meet me at my room." Aiden said.
Kyle left his room and locked the door and walked to Aiden's apartment. Before he could open the door heard a banging noise and the neighbour shouting. Kyle entered the room and saw Aiden.
"Think Maurice is telling the truth?" Kyle asked.
"Part of me thinks that. We can't give up. We just need to give him a push. I think Lena's death is haunting him. Living in his own nightmare. If he does know something, he'll talk eventually." Aiden said.
"We'll get who did this Dad. May not be as soon as we thought but we will." Kyle said.
"I know. I'll see you in the morning Kyle." Aiden said.
"See you in the morning." Kyle said as he left the room.
Done
Enjoyed the chapter? Yes I did get the name Shinigami from Death Note but if you search up on Google or whatever search engine you use, it will say that Shinigami are described as helpers so I thought it would be perfect for Kyle. I'll see you guys in the next chapter.
Peace.