Watch Dogs - The Book

Collateral

Later that night
I arrived at my motel room and opened my computer.
"Son of a bicth.. Fucking Merlaut job.. Alright, Damien, let's see if there's something you missed." I said to myself, running a search for that IP adress.
"Right there!" I said, as I found a video. I opened it, but the video wasn't playing well, the file was corrupted and I couldn't see much of it.
"Dammit!" I said.
Suddenly, I heared some footsteps in the room coming from the door.
"What the hell?" said the person in my room, staring at the city map I had on the wall.
I fastly took my gun an pointed towards the door in a second, only to see Clara.
"Hey! It's me! You called me here!" she jumped, scared.
"Shit. I have a lot on my mind." I said, putting the gun down.
"Yeah.." said Clara.
"Okay, come here, take a look at this." I said, pointing towards the video that wouldn't play.
We could obviously see a girl but the image was disorted.
"Who is she?" asked Clara.
"I don't know, and the file's corrupted. Do you have any ideas how to make the video play?"
Clara took control over my computer and tried to solve the problem, but seconds later she turned towards me saying:
'This isn't fixable. You'll need the original."
"I'm running a search on your ctOS access." I said, turning back to the computer.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about--" said Clara.
"See, I don't think he knows about this. He would have bragged. I know him." I interrupted her, still working on the computer.
"Who would've bragged?" asked Clara.
"She might be a lead.. Or not. I Gotta stay a step ahead of him." I said, nervous.
"Are you in trouble?" asked Clara.
I then showed Clara an IP adress on the computer, the one Damien wanted me to trace.
"An IP adress." said Clara, suspiciously.
"Yeah, he gave that to me. Can you find what that leads?"
"What is all of this? Aiden, answer me. I'm not doing anything until--"
"He took her, Clara. He's using my sister as collateral."
"Oh my God. The man we traced?"
"Yeah. Damien. Damien Brenks."
Clara seemed like she didn't know what to do.
"I... I can't help you. I going to go. We'll talk later. Right? After you're done." said Clara, preparing to leave.
Suddenly, I heared some noises from outside, like some cars ran into the parking of the motel.
"Shh." I said to Clara. I then went across a wall and made a sign for Clara to come.
"What's happening?" asked Clara, somewhat scared.
"Cover your ears." I said, taking my phone from my pocket.
I then hacked the motel sistem and made the whole hall explode. The men that came into the parking lot were chasing me. All of them entered the motel and some found my room, shooting from all over the place. I picked my gun from the desk and fell to the ground.
"Grab the drive! Go!" I yelled to Clara, while shooting the enemies.
"I have it!" yelled Clara, picking up the hard drive from the desk.
I then came across another hall, following Clara. The whole building was in fire. I hacked the system again, making my room explode.
Clara jumped to the exit, but at the same time another guy came from the hall and took her. I shoot that guy, freeing Clara in the last second.
I protected Clara from the other guys and we both ran to her car outside the motel.
"Go! Get in the car! I'll finish here." I said.
Another car full of enemy fixers came. 5 or more of them got out and started shooting at me. I took cover and managed to shoot down all of them.
I then made a run for myself for about a mile, until I was safe, and I called Clara.
"Clara, are you okay?"
"Of course I'm not 'okay'! God. Who are you?"
"I don't know how to answer that." I said.
"I know a place where we can talk." she said.

I took a car and drove towards the meeting place. Suddenly, Damien called.
"The TV is reporting a fire at the Owl Motel. You can't just check out like everyone else?"he asked.
" When have I ever done like someone else?"
"Are we bantering? It's been so long I'm tongue-tied."
"Savor it. Cause you're not gonna see it again. I've lost my network. I'm gonna need some equipment." I said.
"Not my concern. You didn't want to work as a team. This is your problem, you figure it out. But do it quick. I need your head in the game. Hey sweetheart, your brother wants to talk." said Damien, putting Nicky on the phone.
"Aiden? Jacks-- is my baby okay?" asked Nicky.
"He's safe. Where are you?"
"I don't know. It's cold. I was blindfolded the whole way. I'm scared, Aiden."
"I know you are and I'm getting you out. Look, I know Damien. He's not crazy. He won't hurt you. Just be careful around him."
"What do you mean you know him? He kidnapped me!" said Nicky.
"He's trying to get to me through you."
"What..?"
Suddenly, Damien was back on the phone.
"Time's up. My God, what did you say to her? The poor girl is in tears."
"Damien, put her back on."
"You want to continue your little chat, you follow that IP adress and get something I can use. Ta-ta." ended the call Damien.

"Alright, she's safe. For now. She's somewhere cold. Maybe outdoors. I'll keep her talking and maybe I can find where she is." I said to myself as I approached the place where I was supposed to meet Clara.