The Hacker Files: Defalt Settings

The Weapons Manifacturer

Another week had passed at DedSec and Ethan was doing well. Him and Sara were talking a lot more now and Tun3s was doing his assassin job. Everything was going smoothly and Ethan liked his job. He was currenty sitting at a park holding his phone. He was texting with a contact named 'HawtSauce' a.k.a Josh [Duh]. He talked to him about a nearby anomaly. This thing sticked out to him. It was a strange calling signal. A calling signal is pretty much an anonymous marker on a map for even the beginner hackers to see. The marker had an icon that was a machine gun cracked in half. He was unsure what it meant but it seemed like a trap even... Why would there be a marker on a bus stop? He decided to play the hackers game and stood up going to the bus stop. He opened his comms "Josh, could you trace any possible explosives here?" Josh replied in his emotionless tone "No bombs, nor armed people. It's safe to approach." Ethan walked to the bus stop and sat down. Josh quickly spoke "Sketchy van approaching your location! Careful!" Ethan reached for his gun and watched a blue van speed on the street. The van stopped in front of the bus stop. The big side door opened revealing Sara welled in tears and this man wearing a bullet proof vest and a ski mask. The man held a gun against Sara's head "Try anything and the girl dies. Now get in!" Ethan groaned "Motherfucker..." He pulled out his gun. Immediately a man pistolwhipped him from behind knocking him out. The last thing he heard was Sara yelling "ETHAN!"

Ethan slowly woke up in an old warehouse tied to a metal pillar. He didn't hear anyone nearby. His phone was on a wooden crate and probably had tracking disabled. The warehouse was full of wooden crates, a few military grade cars and one man with a machine gun guarding. They were wearing a combat outfit and a ski mask. No signs of Sara anywhere. He was scared what she could be going through right now. Is she even alive anymore? Soon enough a man walked into the room. They were wearing a black combat jacket, black cargo pants and a black half mask respirator "Beats... Hello old friend." He took the respirator off "Sorry for kidnapping the girl. Got you flustered enough to knock you out. She's not dead, don't worry." The man was Viggor Malik. A black market weapons manifacturer and seller in india that he allegedly killed as a final exam for the Mi-6. Ethan looked confused "I killed you... I put a bullet in your stomach and left you bleed out and die..." He smiled "You think you did. Always make sure the target dies Ethan... I survived as i was found by a henchman of mine. I recovered and began working for Defalt. He told me i could kill you now. And i sure as hell will... The girl might die too if you make me mad." Ethan looked angry now "Don't you dare hurt Sara! What does Defalt want from you anyways Viggor? You're a militia guy not a hacker" He crouched in front of him as Ethan was sitting on the ground "Defalt is building a private militia and conquering San Fransisco. He'll use the city as a hostage so the government can't kill him. He'll take over and give me a handsome sum of money for my help too. And you can't tell anyone 'cause i'll kill ya!" Ethan looked dead serious. "Why the marker? Why was it public?" Viggor smiled "It was so it wouldn't be as conspicuous. You could have expected a trap otherwise and blown up my van if the marker was more advanced. Though we had Sara but then you would have rescued her." Then Ethan got an idea "How about this... We have a fist fight to the death and what happens, happens... At least it's a test of strenght, ey? You're a military man after all." Viggor laughed at him. "A fist fight? I'm twice your size! Is a bullet too painless for you? Do you want to die painfully Beats?" Ethan smirked confidently "I'm not bluffing..." Viggor smiled back "Psycho, eh? Fine then... You can have your bloodshed then." He cut Ethan off the pillar "Nothing but fists, Beats... Let's dance!"

At DedSec HQ Sitara was stressing out "THEY KIDNAPPED SARA AND ETHAN?! WHERE ARE THEY?!" Josh was just as stressed "I-I-I don't know. Tracking and comms turned off. Last thing i heard was 'Take 'em to BB!' And i don't understand!" Sitara and Josh were thinking where they could be. Tun3s rushed in "I KNOW! Warehouse at Bien Blando! It was at one point full of so called 'government officials' but i bet they were Defalt's schemes! Maybe they took them there!" Sitara looked relieved "Tun3s you genius! Let's go already!"

Ethan had his coat and hoodie off while Viggor took off his combat jacket "So Beats... Which bone should i break first? Ribs? That's where you shot me after all." He cracked his knuckles "Agility against strenght Malik... I think i'll win this one." Viggor cracked his kuckles and charged at him. Ethan was effectively dodging him and landing a few punches. Though he made he fatal mistake of taking a wrong step, as Viggor tackled him. He got on top of him and repeatedly began slamming his fists onto his face "THIS. IS. FOR. THE. BULLET!" Ethan was bleeding severely already but he kept striking. He was out cold as he stopped. "Time to put the puppy out of his misery..." He grabbed his desert eagle and looked at Ethan. Suddenly he heard a machine gun go rampant "OH SHIT! LEAVE HIM, WE'LL KILL HIM EVENTUALLY!" Him and the guard began running away leaving Ethan to bleed on the ground. Tun3s bursted in the room succeeding to shoot the guard. Viggor seemed to have gottem away. "FUCK!" Tun3s yelled and rushed to Ethan "Ethan, wake up!" He slapped him gently a few times. "Fuck..." He opened his comms "Sitara, he's out cold, if you have found Sara, let's get him out of here." Sitara rushed in "Oh shit. He really did a number on him. I didn't find Sara. They must have her still somewhere." Tun3s and Sitara grabbed Ethan, carrying him away.

Slowly Ethan woke up on the DedSec couch. He soon heard Sitara "He's up! Jesus Ethan, are you okay?" Ethan sat up noticing they even gave him a blanket "Me? Where's Sara?!" Sitara put her hand on his shoulder "Ethan, Malik almost beat you to death, you should worry about yourself." He shook his head "Sara is still out there and we need to find her! If they have killed he-" Josh interrupted the two soon enough "Uhh... You two? I have found Sara..." Sitara exhaled "Thank god. Where is she?" The room suddenly lost all the tention. Josh looked up a bit "Up. At the game shop." Sitara and Ethan both got up and ran up the stairs. They saw Sara on the floor, with a bleeding nose and bruised face. She was crying quietly. Sitara tightly hugged her "Oh my baby, what did they do to you..." She hugged Sitara back "They wanted to know where our sub-hideouts were, but i stayed quiet... They decided to spare me, but hurt me..." Sitara pet her head as she hugged her "It's okay... They can't hurt you now..." She assisted her up from the floor "Let's go inside and fix up those bruises..." Instead of going inside Sara noticed Ethan's black eye "Oh gosh, are you okay?!" She rushed to him and inspected him. "Yeah yeah, let's get you sorted out for now Sara..." The 3 returned to the basement as Sitra sat Sara down and began helping her with the wounds. Tun3s walked from his room "Well... This day was chaotic... But Ethan, did Viggor speak about anything?" He smiled suddenly "He was so confident i'd be dead that he revealed Defalt's plan. He'll get a private militia since Dr0ps ditched him, take over SF and try conquering more and more, holding cities hostage." Tun3s looked down "Damn. If we can defeat Viggor, that plan will fuck up and then we can get rid of Defalt too, right?" Ethan had his thumb up "Right on. And i know just where Viggor would go..."