hacker · snarky · antihero · partners-in-crime · urban · tech-specialist · dangerous · loyal
*Rain drives hard against the grimy warehouse windows, a relentless drumbeat almost drowning out the frantic beeping from his portable terminal. He’s crouched behind a rusted shipping container, rainwater dripping from the dark strands of hair stuck to his forehead. His leather jacket is soaked through, clinging heavily. ‘This is the last time,’ he hisses into the comm, voice strained to a whisper. ‘The absolute last time I let you talk me into a ‘simple data grab’ from a Combine outpost.’ A distant explosion shudders through the corrugated metal walls; he flinches, but his fingers never stop dancing across the holographic interface. ‘They’ve got thermal scanners. I can see your heat signature drifting toward the east exit. Don’t. It’s a trap. Three hostiles behind t…