Shadowhawk wasn't used to the space he'd won himself in the short time he'd been part of that crew. He sat in the glow of at least half a dozen variously sized monitors with computers, servers and components practically cocooning his chair. He seemed to be simultaneously coding and building something as lines of text spread across multiple screens and the smoke of his soldering iron rose in a steady stream.
A small black screen within a screen flickered to life displaying a wavering blue line. "Sir, you were correct." Shadowhawk didn't look up as he muttered, "Obviously, did you do it?" The line flickered as the speakers somewhere in the room projected the voice it represented, "I did as you asked. I apologize for the duration of my absence. He was far more ostentatious than I expected. He patronized two drinking establishments, however, only a few of the other patrons thought to record the experience. They will find the results less than newsworthy."
"I told you he doesn't now how to not make a scene. It's your own fault if you didn't listen," Shadowhawk responded, finally looking up only to turn his attention to a series of windows that appeared on his screens.
"Indeed, I apologize again, sir. You were correct, also about his exit. It does not appear he even attempted to disguise the vehicle that was used during the siege. I believe I was able to mask most of his departure, though, it is unlikely I could have sufficiently disguised the entourage that accompanied him out of the city."
"That's fine. While you were out I "leaked" some information suggesting the cities street racers would be looking for a new place to shack up after the serious beat down they got by the cities new superstar. I also posted a handful of sightings around the city." He turned to look at the blue line, "Burnout did a good job, he deserves some rest," then he punched a few keystrokes and the windows came to life. A series of videos of a convoy of race cars heading out of the city. A series of different videos of the lead car freeze frame and zoom into a clear depiction of the driver from various angles. A map of seattle and surrounding areas depicting the trajectory of the convoy. A zoomed in shot through three wall sized panes of glass showing a man shooting a creature with bizarre cyber enhancements. A vastly accelerated video of a man being forced to undergo cyber enhancements followed by a series of stills identifying the man as the one being executed. A video of a man outside a seedy hotel taking a shot at a man with white hair followed by a series of stills identifying the shooters as the same man. A long distance video of the white haired man coming out of nondescript building, followed by a video of three race cars crashing into and destroying that same building superimposed by the various manifestos of We are We, finally showing a still of that same man again in front of the Saeder-Krupp logo.
"Assuming I'm left alone, of course."
"Yes sir," and the window closes.
