We exit the precinct through the nearest emergency exit. It leads into an alleyway lined with brick walls covered with shitty graffiti of this broken-down city. I figured that now I can actually ask him what the hell he thinks he's doing.

“Hi, yes, fuck you very much but who are you and what the fuck are you doing?” I say, irritated as hell as he continues to drag me down the alleyway, not stopping to look at me before answering.

“Declan, and I thought you would have noticed but I'm breaking you out.” He says like it was something obvious I should have already noticed. This fucker.

“Well Dan, in case you hadn't noticed, all your doing is actually getting me into shit, not out of it.” I say still pissed. I mean they had nothing on me so if I just stay there for another few hours and put up with their bull shit a little longer they would have had to let me go. At those words though, I seem to finally get his attention as he actually does stop and turn around to look at me. He seems annoyed by my words but that's not really my fucking problem. Honestly why the fuck am I supposed to care? I don't even know who the guys is, I'd never met him before just a minute or two ago.

“Oh I see, you think that they were just going to give you a slap on the wrists and let you walk out. Well sorry to disappoint but that team of ass holes had no intention of letting you off with only that, trust me. The shit they have done to put people in jail would fucking terrify you.” I don't understand why this guy needs to answer my questions like I ask stupid shit. I don't really understand whatever the fuck it is that he's talking about either, but I just move on for the time being.

“So... what? You're doing this so you can avenge the hacking community or something patriotic shit like that? This is canada dude, we don't need that shit.” He looks at me, now with a smirk, like he is looking forward to answering my question this time.

“No, I just like having talented hackers owe me a debt.” He says looking a bit like I imagine the devil would look while about to make a contract with someone. As much as I appreciate his reason, I am so not going to come running when this guy needs something. That's just not how I do things.

“Ok, well, sorry to disappoint but I am so not owing you a favour, especially since you didn't actually get me out of anything I couldn't get myself out of.” He whips me around at that, and pins my arms to a brick wall with one hand. God damn it my tiny korean wrists. Or maybe it’s more that his hands are fucking huge.

“Listen here kid, you may be talented but I saw your laptop. That screen saver trick was cute and the firewalls were good but I'm better, and trust me there are lots of other people better too.” My deadpanned facial expression doesn't change, mostly because all the shit on that computer took me ten minutes in total and he was actually calling that half assed job impressive. Yea, I’m sure he’s a great hacker. Can you feel the sarcasm? Because i'm trying here. “What is it? You don't believe me? … Jae.”

My entire body freezes and for the first time in a long time I feel genuine fear. No one has called me by my real name in years. “Oh, well that's what I like to see. So you're finally scared now huh?” He gets closer to me, and I try to back up instinctively but that's kinda hard to do when your already up against a wall. A small laugh escapes through his smirk as he gets closer, now pressing me up against the wall with his body. My eyes now level with his chest.

As if I didn't feel small enough already.

“You know I can hold a grudge too?” He whispers right next to my ear and my body shivers. I try to ignore it and regain my composure.

“W-what are you talking about?” Wow, just wow, I literally just stuttered. He brings his lips closer to my ear.

“Well I'm not surprised, I guess, you did get me back after all. So you just forgot about me after you were satisfied with your revenge?” I probably look confused, mostly because I definitely was but he answers me like I asked him a question. “I believe you used to go by Stealth Skeleton, you might remember me as Netw0rk Imp4ct.” I looked up at him the moment he says that.

No way.

The first time I saw that name was seven years ago, the guy that hacked me for the first and last time successfully. I thought I would never hear from him again after we were even. Let alone actually meet the guy in real life.

“No way.” I end up saying out loud. He lets out a bit of a snicker and I feel his warm breath fan against my neck with every little laugh. I squirm a bit at the fealing. “Hey, could you get off me now?” I ask with my teeth clenched tightly shut.

“What? No longer scared now that you know who I am? I thought you would be more scared. After all, I know all your dirty secrets from back then.” I look at him blankly.

“All that you have are the contents of a ten year old kids laptop, I can't imagine what you could possibly have of any use in there.” He laughs again and an evil smile coats his face as he pulls away from my ear to look me straight in the eyes.

“Well, it has evidence of a lot of illegal activities, you started wearing that black hat pretty young huh?” Ok, well that actually is going to be a problem.

“So you didn't come here to save my ass but to blackmail me. How nice.” I say blankly. He gets off me and lets go of my arms.

“Hey, you could have just said yes to owing me a favour and we would be done, but you decided not to so you don't exactly leave me much of a choice here kid.” He says seemingly annoyed. I don't say anything and start to walk out of the ally way but he grabs me by the wrist when I do. “Where do you think you’re going?” He asks like i'm doing something strange.

“Uh, home, obviously.” I say now like he’s the one asking a stupid question. Not that I was actually going to go home, not unless I want to drown anyway, so I'm probably going to crash at a hotel nearby.

“No, no way, the second you leave you’re going to try and make yourself disappear again and i'll never hear from you.”

“Look, you already have the leverage alright? I actually do plan on avoiding jail you know?” I say trying to convince him to let go of me. He doesn't say anything and looks as if he's thinking about it. “Besides what else would you do with me? It's not like you can keep me with you until you suddenly decided that you need that favour from me anyway right? So letting me go now would be great.” He looks up at me with that evil grin of his.

“That’s a great idea.”

“Um which part because you still haven't let go of me.” I say starting to get worried. He then gripes my wrist even tighter and starts to pull me to the opposite end of where I was going, to exit through the back of the ally.

“Hey! Hold Up! You can't be serious, right? I mean you just went from asking a favour to blackmail and now kidnaping in the span of five minutes!” He doesn't respond. At this I realize that this guy clearly has a screw loose because, he's serious. I start to struggle with everything I have when I have this realization. Adrenalin starts to pump through my body and he turns around quiq as his grip starts to loosen from my wrist. In one quick movement he yanks me forward and I trip into him. He catches me with one arm and the other snakes some kind of damp cloth over my nose and mouth. I struggle to breath and panic trying to get him to let go of me and everything seems like a blur with the adrenaline really starting to kick in now.

“Just take a deep breath and it will be over with soon.” He says in an oldy soothing tone. Not that I listen though. I try to get my mouth off of the cloth but eventually I find myself needing air and my lungs suck in as much as they can without my consent. The strong smell of chemicals invades me and I start to feel strange, like i'm detaching from my body. Everything starts to go dark.

“No…” Is all I manage before everything fades to black.