Watch Dogs Legion by James Swallow & Josh Reynolds

Author:James Swallow & Josh Reynolds [Swallow, James & Reynolds, Josh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thrillers, Technological, techno-thriller, thriller, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9781839080494
Publisher: Aconyte
Published: 2020-10-12T23:00:00+00:00

14: Signal

It was getting dark by the time Olly arrived at the rally point, dishevelled and out of breath. Liz watched him through the window. The glass had been soaped, but she could just about see through it. “He looks like he’s been run over.”

He almost was. But he managed to scrape a win, in the end.

“You sound almost proud, Bagley.”

If I could feel such a thing, now would be a moment for it.

Liz sat back in her booth with a snort. Her own journey had been no easy thing. She’d ditched the drone in the park and made for the Chisenhale Gallery. There was a showing and crowd. She’d blended in, and left Albion looking lost. As far as she knew, they were still chasing her ride. She’d sent the drone towards Clapton with a false GPS ping attached.

She looked around. The café was a pop-up, nesting in the refurbished remnants of a Staroger coffee shop across from the park. All the bland company branding had been gutted and loose wiring, decorated with fairy lights, hung through the ceiling tiles. The floor had been stripped of lino, but someone had taken the time to put down carpet squares under the seating section.

It was cramped, the lavatories were out of order and the menu was miniscule, but it was safe enough and she like the place’s counter-corporate vibe. Olly spotted her, and sidled towards the booth, looking around nervously. As he sat, she said, “Have fun?”

“No,” he said flatly. “I never want to do that again.”

“I’ve got some bad news for you, then. That was just another day at the office for us.” She paused. “Do you still have it?”

“Safe as houses,” he said. He patted his bag. “I thought at first I’d broken it when I fell off the bus, but it’s still in one piece.”

“You fell off a bus?” Liz asked, in some surprise.

“Yeah, after the drone crashed.”

She shook her head. A waitress came by to take Olly’s order. When she’d gone, he said, “Maybe we should keep moving. They’ll be looking for us…”

“Which is why we sit tight, until it gets dark. Then we take the underground and head back to the cellar.” She closed her eyes for a moment. “I wonder why they want it.”

“That’s what we want to find out, right?” Olly pulled out the Optik and studied it. “It doesn’t look special.” He frowned at it for a moment, and then turned it on. “I can maybe brute-force a synchronization with my Optik, but that’ll require a hard reboot…”

“Which might erase whatever data we’re looking for,” Liz said. She reached out and put her hand over the device. “Leave it for now. We’ll clone it first before we do anything.”

Olly nodded and put the device away. “That was too close for comfort back there. The way you went after them… I just froze.” He fell silent as their coffees arrived. “I’m sorry,” he said, after a moment. “Didn’t even think to use the bloody stun gun.

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