Bloodfall: Easy Access

I look through the door window hair gel just slammed just, hiding us from the SWAT team storming out of their conference room, yelling and waving theirs fist ins in the air out of brain-dead excitement for their mega-corrupt plans. A SWAT team motivated by nothing but money....well, last time I heard SWAT isn't a great paying job so I can't completely blame them. Still, they're no better than the kind of scumbags they arrest on a daily basis....this is the goddamn GCPD, what was I expecting? Highway patrolmen in Mexico would probably make better cops than these dirty bastards. Hair gel's still holding onto my arm. Looking out the door window even after the SWAT team left the room, and presumably the entire building. Finally, he breaks the silence.

 

"....damn gorillas with body armor, that's all they are. You alright, Linda?"

 

"You're not gonna be if you keep calling me that. And if you don't tell me who the fuck you are."

 

"The threats are getting pretty old already, Linda. Did Jerrick never tell you about me?"

 

"Who. The fuck. Are you?"

 

"That would be a no. Abe Arlington, GCPD Detective. Hopefully you'll come to know me as Azrael."

 

"Abe? You're Abe?"

 

"So he HAS told you about me. Hasn't said enough clearly...."

 

"Wait, you're Azrael? So you were around with J when the Cathedral blew up?"

 

"Well, I wasn't calling myself Azrael then, but yes."

 

"Oh shit....I'm sorry, I--"

 

"It's fine, don't worry about it. Just tell me why you're here and I'll do my best to help you."

 

"I need to get into the national criminal database. There's a computer room around here I need to bust into to get it."

 

"I've got access to both. Probably not a good idea to follow me to it, though. It's on the second floor, room 12G. Meet me down there."

 

...............................................

 

"...you said it wasn't a good idea to follow you, but y'know we're being watched anyway, right?"

 

"The security cams? Yeah, but Dave in security's never awake at this time, lazy idiot. Dunno how he got hired. And even then I'll just take care of the recordings myself. They don't even come with audio. Don't worry."

 

"...so this is the server room. Not alot in it as I thought there's be."

 

"The bulk of the data banks is stored in the sublevels down below. This is just where we access and manage everything. If you tried hacking this you'd have to go down there, do alot of manual work and try to go through the ridiculous security we got placed down there which you don't wanna do unless you want every Fed in the state on you."

 

"...So that's why the security up here is crap. All the budget went to a bunch of computers in the basement."

 

"After someone broke into both here and the data banks below we went insane on security. Little did we know he was just making our lives easier. Now we've got a spotlight with his logo on it upstairs. I can just access and upload whatever you need here since I've got all the necessary clearance. What are you looking for?"

 

"Bane and anyone even loosely connected to him."

 

"Bane? There's probably an entire server on him. Didn't Jerrick kill him already, though?"

 

"There's someone else in town flying Bane's colors and leading his old crew. And he's after me and J. Apparently he put a bounty on us and those SWAT morons are going for it."

 

"That's not surprising. Branden may be gone, but SWAT pretty much stayed the same even after Gordon did everything to wipe the GCPD clean. I'd give you two some help, but I've got my own problems do deal with."

 

"Bane's got beef with us anyway. You shouldn't get involved."

 

"Understandable. Anyway, just pulled up everything you need on Bane. You got anything I can upload this on?"

 

I hand him a 1 terabyte portable harddrive. He takes it, connects it do the massive computer bank, and starts uploading. We both stand there in silence again. me looking around the room and him watching the computer. Like earlier though, he breaks the silence again.

 

"So...not really my business or anything, can I ask you something?"

 

"What's up?"

 

"Why did you decide to do this?"

 

"Do what?"

 

"This, right here. This isn't exactly the safest way to spend your nights."

 

He's making my life a helluva lot easier right now. I owe him, I guess.

 

"....for as long as I can remember I've always been scared....and weak. The bravest thing I ever did before this was talk to J to get my job. I got so sick and tired of it..."

 

"So you became something everyone feared."

 

"You're good."

 

"It's my job. I'm a Detective. There's a lot a danger to this life, y'know. You can do everything to hide your face and yet people you care for can still get hurt. You can still get hurt."

 

"J's already given me this speech."

 

"Well, he just cares. I wouldn't think he'd wanna lose you anytime soon. Honestly never thought he'd have someone."

 

"Me neither...."

 

"....Done. Everything you'd ever want to know about Bane's on that hard drive."

 

"Thanks. And, uh...sorry about earlier."

 

"Like I said. Not a problem."

 

*KNOCKKNOCK*

 

"SWAT team, open the door! You have to the count of three!

 

"...really?"

 

"Shit, they might know. Uh....that vent, I think I leads right outside. Go, hurry!"

 

Following Abe's advice, I take the hard drive and open the vent. I crawl through and it and luckily he was right. It leads right outside. I run into the parking lot and call the Sky Slayer down to pick me up. Gotta say, it's nice to know there's at least one cop in this city I can respect...

 

Done