When they got to the clinic, they found it nearly empty except for the employees. "Hey, how can I help y-ah okay, I'll get the doctor right away." the lady at the desk said. "I did tell you it was pretty bad." Rebecca said to Aiden. In return, Aiden offered a smile that Rebecca was pretty sure was sarcastic. They stood awkwardly for a few moments before Aiden decided to break the silence.

"So, Rebecca. What brings you to Chicago? Or do you live here?"
"Actually, I am here on business. I got a text from someone from work telling me to meet them in Chicago. Since I was already in the general area, and my current assignment had just finished, I figured I'd take some time off and head over here."

"I see."

"Yup." Rebecca nodded.

"The doctor will see you now, please follow me." The receptionist told them before walking down a hallway. Aiden and Rebecca followed her, until they got to a small room. "He'll be another few minutes, he's just finishing up a checkup with another client."

"Okay, thanks." Aiden replied. "Oh, so did your friend say why they wanted to meet you here?"

"No, they didn't, actually. I'm pretty sure it's just an elaborate prank, I didn't even recognize the number they texted me from, but they did say a secret I've only told a few people from work, so I know it's one of them. Just not sure which."

"Huh, that's kind of weird." Aiden said as a man walked into the room. The man who they could only presume was the doctor, had on a tie with an interesting swirl pattern, a blue suit under his lab coat, rectangular black-rimmed glasses, and hair that went in an almost spiky half-quiff. Aiden noticed all of this because the man seemed very, very familiar to him. Rebecca also noticed how similar he seemed.

"Hey, have we met before? You seem really familiar." Rebecca asked.

"Well, we might have. I get around." The man said in a Scottish accent.

"No, I swear I've seen you before." Rebecca insisted.

"Like I said, I get around a lot." The doctor said.

"Grr, where have I seen you before?!" Rebecca practically shouted.

"Um, anyway, what seems to be the prob-oh." the doctor inhaled deeply before swallowing as he looked at Aiden. "That, I'm guessing, is the problem."

"You guessed it." Aiden said, with another sarcastic smile.

"Well, let's see what we can do about that…"

Desmond looked around before walking into the repair store. As he did, a bell on the door rang, and a man walked out from behind the counter. "How can I help you?" a large man cheerfully asked Desmond.

"Well, I'd like you to repair this for me." Desmond said as he placed a few pieces of a broken object on the counter.

"I can probably do that, but do you have any blueprints or original designs for it?"

"Oh, yeah, 'course."

Desmond placed a few sheets of paper with designs on them on the counter.

"So this is some kind of blade?" The man said, looking over the designs.

"Yeah, so when can you have it fixed?"

"Well, I've got a few other projects I'm working on at the moment, but I could probably have it done in two weeks. That'll do for you?"

Desmond bit his lip and looked at the broken blade.

"I kind of need it sooner. Perhaps I could pay you a bit extra to have it repaired sooner?"

"That depends, how much extra?" The man said, clearly interested.

Desmond placed several hundred dollar bills on the table.

"That much."

"Come back tomorrow, it'll be done by then."

Desmond nodded in understanding before leaving the store.

Soon, the blade would be usable again.

"Thanks again!"

"No problem, just try not to do that again to your face, please." The doctor said as Aiden and Rebecca left the clinic.

"Yeah man, although this has been fun, I should probably get going, and I would prefer if you didn't do whatever you did again, 'cuz that was pretty bad." Rebecca said. Aiden chuckled, "Well, I'll try not to."

"That was pretty weird though, how fast he was able to fix your face."

"Yeah, you're right. It was pretty weird."

"Well, modern technology is pretty amazing."

Aiden chuckled again. "It certainly is."

He got a text, so he pulled out his phone and checked it. It was from Desmond, he wanted to meet at Millennium Park the next day. Aiden wasn't doing anything important then, so he said he would meet Desmond there.

"So, what are you gonna do next, Rebecca?" Aiden said, putting his phone in his pocket.

"Well, after I got that text from that anonymous person, I also got a link to this page that had a reservation for a hotel. So I figured I'd head over there."

"Oh, that's pretty cool."

"Yeah, I looked it up and apparently it's pretty fancy place too. I'm looking forward to it, I heard they have private hot tubs."

"I take it you know how to get there?"

"Yeah, I've got GPS, I'll be fine."

"Okay, well, this is my stop." Aiden said, stopping in front of a MicroCenter.

"Ah, MicroCenter. Love those guys. What are you getting?"

"Oh, uh," Aiden hesitated, then figured she wouldn't believe him if he told the truth anyway. Besides, the entire city knew what he was up to.

"I'm looking for a more powerful processor for my phone so that I can access more secure data, the city's upgraded to try to keep people like me out."

Rebecca laughed. Aiden was offput by her reaction, "What's so funny?"

"That's ALL? Dude, I can get you a likely more powerful processor. And anyways, you can't get phone processors at MicroCenter."

"I had ordered one a little while ago and they sent it there since it was the closest tech-store."

"Ah, okay, I see."

"Wait, how can you get me phone processors? Technically, you aren't supposed to be able to buy them at all."

"I know people. You know Abstergo?"

Aiden remembered what Desmond said earlier, about Abstergo kidnapping him and forcing him to relive his ancestor's memories.

"Yeah, of course I know them. They're a pretty big company."

"Well, I've got a friend who works for them that can get me all kinds of cool tech-stuff. But I suppose you don't really need one, since you've got one already."

"Yeah, well, I guess I'll be going now. See you around, maybe, I dunno."

"Okay, see you around, Aiden."

As Aiden walked inside he went up to the counter where new orders are shipped in.

"Hi, what can I help you with?" The man at the counter asked Aiden.

"There should be an order for me, under Pearce."

"Oh yes, it just got here a few hours ago, good timing."

He handed Aiden a piece of paper and a pen. "I'm gonna need you to sign here." he said, pointing at a line on the paper. Aiden did as he requested and signed it, then the man thanked him and handed him a box. "Have a good day, sir!"

"You too." Aiden said, taking the box and leaving the store. With this processor, he'd have the power to hack even the toughest of security grids.

Even Abstergo's.