The fifth server was a bit of a challenge for Aiden. Just a bit. It was located at the base of the Willis Tower (I still call it the Sears Tower) and Aiden had to walk into the building itself. The degree of possible exposure in the building was high. It only took one person to recognize him and he could be in jail. Sure, he'd escaped before, but he had his cell phone and Jordi's help. He went in low-key. He wore his hat in the building and hacked the server. There was an inauspicious rumble as the power in the building went out and was plunged into darkness. It was 11 AM so the sunlight provided enough light for the building. Aiden, however made sure that there was electricity going to the elevators. He didn't need any people to blame the fox for a claustrophobe having a panic attack.
He walked out of the skyscraper and drove off. His phone began to ring.
"Hello"
"I told you to stop fucking with DEDSEC," said the anonymous voice that called before.
"And I told you not to fuck with my family." Aiden's knuckles were white as his grip tightened on the steering wheel, and on his phone.
"That wasn't us who kidnapped th-" Aiden hung up, to feign anger. He was still going to kill all of those motherfuckers but he had to wait. Until he took all of the servers out he had to play cat and mouse with DEDSEC. Foxes were more cunning than cats.
"This is WKZ. I'm John Lawrence. More bad news for Blume today, as the stock is still losing value at a nearly exponential pace. It is only valued now at $39.08. As reported earlier, the expansion of CTos into other municipalities has also been scrapped in attempt to save the struggling corporation some money. Several economists have said that the collapse of a company like Blume may actually benefit the economy, Glenn Farmer is one. 'Mega-corporations like Blume stymie the development of those startups that we all love. Instead of developing their own apps, these young new experimenters have been hired by companies like Blume' In related news, DEDSEC has recanted their claims of causing the failure of CTos in recent days. DEDSEC approval has fallen to 10% as the people have been leaving the group in droves. The Vigilante has been credited with taking down both groups. Kimberly Hatfield has the rest of the news.
"I'm Kimberly Hatfield and here is some more news from WKZ affiliates. A mother and son have been reported missing in St. Louis, Missouri. Nicole, the mother of ten year old Jackson Pearce have been missing for three days now. Their last whereabouts were at Jackson's school. Edna Burnett, Jackson's fifth grade teacher, reported that Nicole Pearce came to collect her son in quote 'hysterics'. They may be in distress and may be being held against their will. It is unknown if there is any relation between these two people and Aiden Pearce as their last names are of the same spelling. The Vigilante has shown no apparent interest in this case but some still speculate, 'I don't know about this. Blume and DEDSEC going down at the same time as the people go missing. That sounds a little fishy to me.' Photos and descriptions of both of these people can be found on our website. "
The sixth server would have been the hardest of all. It was in Pawnee. That wasn't the bad part. It was in Blume Headquarters. Aiden had to hand it to DEDSEC, they really knew how to make things difficult. This time he would have to gain physical access to the site. He drove up to the heavily fortified building. He was expecting to see as many armed guards as he saw last time. There were only three there. The whole site only had three guards. It was a shock, but he guessed Blume's total failure(s) in the last few weeks was proof enough that they didn't have the money to uphold their militia. Aiden decided that he would take them out from a distance, but it would not be the artistic display they got last time. He took out his rifle and dispatched the three guards in a minute.
"That's a new record," he said.
He made the walk from the parking lot to the gate, taking note of the salt blanched asphalt. The city wasn't expecting any of the white stuff; at least he hadn't heard anything about it in the news. He figured that they had brined the surface before when they were expecting a few inches some weeks ago. It was an Alberta clipper that fizzled out over Chicago, but intensified over New York dropping eight inches. Well, it's not like Blume will exist for much longer.
He walked through the gate and into the silent compound. He took small steps on concrete to remain stealthy. Though, he doubted they had any more security, he still wanted to proceed with caution. His assumption was right; there was no one around to stop him. He plugged his phone into the server and revealed all of the information of DEDSEC. IP addresses, locations of computers/mobile devices, screen names, real names, bank numbers, social security numbers, all of that was available. But, Aiden was looking for one, particular asshole, the Roach. He was the one who okayed all of the robbing innocent people. His phone pinged and vibrated as he found the Roach.
"Found the asshole, and…," Aiden said as he scrutinized the map. It had zoomed in to a place he didn't recognize. He pinched his thumb and index finger together to get the map to show more earth. The Roach's location infuriated Aiden. Infuriated him, indeed.
"…he's in… St… fucking… Louis." Aiden spat the words. He was going to kill this man for being too close to his family. He exhaled and calmed himself as he came to that conclusion. He was always more efficient when he killed with a level head.
Aiden looked at the information at his phone.
"Looks like I have the final nail in Blume's coffin," he chuckled as he leaked the information to WKZ. He was back at the original problem. He was going to have to disappear from Chicago, somehow.