My name is Nathan McBride, you can say I lived a pretty normal life, growing up with parents, attending school everyday and having friends to hand out with. There was never anything traumatic that happened when I was young, I lived a happy life. My childhood was fun and full of good memories, but as I got older I started to become more and more curious about technology, my parents were never fond of it, so when I could I snuck out to the school and started messing with their computers. I didn't know much at the time, but it was fun to hunt for files that were just there to open, broadening my mind a little. Some of those files I was able to use as blackmail, that's when I started to realize how powerful technology was, all the things I could obtain and use against others. I was driven by the power, fueled by it, all I wanted was to know more. That choice lead me down a dark and narrow path, by the time I was in the middle of high school I was part of a young gang that wanted to be like the Viceroys, all I did was dig through computers and gather blackmail, and bank information, though we could only steal a small amount of money, many of the firewalls were too strong for me, but that is where I started.

On the flip side, since I had to hide that life from my parents, I started up a hobby of making music, becoming an amateur DJ, nothing special but it brought me home every night and it was a good excuse to be gone for long periods of time after school., they never questioned my whereabouts. I brought this hobby of mine to life through small gigs and selling mixes to different people. Once I hit college everything changed, I started making music with a couple other guys, taking classes for music technology, making a goal to major in it, while having a class or two about computers and learning more than the basics. From there the gang broke up, wasn't going to last anyways, we just fooled around and made life easier for us, all I cared about. I made a small living off of being a DJ for a local club, one that wasn't very big but it brought in a lot of attention, I was good enough to host some of the busiest of nights.

One night I came up with an idea to make money faster, and that was to gather personal information through the data on peoples cell phones, it worked, for the most part, some were protected and I couldn't get through but others were easy to hack into, I made a couple thousand dollars easy just by blackmail and bank info. I devised a plan one night while I worked at the club, and I have to say the outcome was the best thing that happened to me. While the music plays and people are dancing, I hack into their phones, large crowds at a time and most of them are careless with their life anyways, making it easy for me. That night had to of been the luckiest of them all, Defalt was there, the DJ in the middle of Chicago, yeah, he came by to see who was making all the noise and commotion in that part of town, who everyone was talking about. He came up to me and asked if I would like to join him on the turn tables, I accepted and we left at the end of the night, We talked for quite a bit, asking me where I started with music and how I moved up in the ranks. He only knew me by my real name, since that was what I went by all my life, just Nathan. But in the car, he asked me my name, I told him and he said no, asking me the same question, I was confused but I guess he wanted me to change it. I know Defalt was not his real name, maybe that's what he was asking for, I took a moment to think before giving him a solid answer, "STATIX" something I thought of for quite awhile but never brought it out.

That night at his club he talked to me privately and brought something up I didn't expect at all, I didn't mention it at the slightest bit during our talk, I was surprised. He mentioned about my hacking, noticing I stole a lot of info off of people that night, he knew but how? He told me he does the same thing and would like to teach me more than what I know, I accepted of course, being able to jam with one of the best DJ's around and learn from him as well, best deal I could ask for. That night he sent me home, didn't want me to drop everything I had so suddenly, he waited till I was done with the semester so I kept his number. I had a few more months left of school and I was still hacking peoples phones and computers, especially in school, targeting the rich bastards who run the place. I got a call a couple weeks after talking to Defalt, it was from Dedsec.

They said they were watching me, saw the fact that I was young and talented, want to take me in. Two people want to teach me how to hack in the big leagues, must have been my lucky streak, turns out Defalt encrypted everything he and I did so Dedsec knew nothing about the meeting, but they did know I still had plans to finish school. It was hard but I devised my time between being a DJ and working with Dedsec, small stuff. It wasn't till I was allowed into Dedsec's servers where I learned about Defalt and the mix between the two, I had a big choice to make, stay with one or the other. I had about a week left of school to decide, finals in the middle and my work still a priority. It was tough but I went with both, I saw great opportunities working with both, I knew it was dangerous but I went with it anyways. Nothing could stop me, nothing could get past me, no one would find out.

I am Aurelia Booth, it's pronounced (R-L-E-UH). I was named somewhat after the city I was born in, Aurora, Illinois. Orphaned at seven I spent most of my childhood going from foster home to foster home. It caused me to turn out a little less than normal, not that I care much, I like being different. Luckily for me, despite my strange family life, I had a great time in school and could make friends easily. I was never alone no matter where I was moved too. Eventually I found a foster family that were almost decided on "keeping me" and it made me the happiest child on Earth. Little did they know the trouble they were getting themselves into. I was abnormal, interested in technology like you wouldn't believe; on the same note I was rebellious, independent, strong willed, and could be anti social with constant urge to fight for what I believed in. They couldn't handle me no matter how hard they tried. This was just the beginning of the madness.

It turned out that my almost adopted father was a high ranking employee of a company called Blume who basically ran the entire city of Chicago with their technology, more specifically an operating system that they called ctOS. I only knew this because I had snuck into my father's office and hacked into his computer. For someone who worked for Blume, his system wasn't very protected. My curiosity was piqued and I felt as though I needed to know more about this ctOS thing and Blume, who's reach was slowly spreading to other parts of Illinois and soon the rest of the country. After I found this information I knew I would have to get better with tech and hacking to delve deeper into the system and find out everything there was to know about Blume, what I found would change the course of my life forever.

It was too late, by the time I found out about the corrupt happenings in the underground world of Chicago there was no going back. Once my father found out what I had been up too he restricted me to the house for weeks at a time, wouldn't let me have a cell phone or anything that connected to the internet, and worst of all wouldn't let me speak to my friends. He was always watching me, it had to have been what they told him to do. They didn't want their dirty little secrets getting leaked out, but what could just one girl with weak hacking abilities do? I decided to take a stand, in secret at first, which was the only thing I could do until I improved. A friend of a friend starting teaching me how to fight and how to do parkour in case Blume sent someone to take me out which was something I was afraid of. In the rest of my restricted free time, mostly during the night when I slip out undetected, I started collecting tech parts and different things of that nature to start building my own stuff. It was hard at first, I couldn't even make a light turn on using a potato or build a science fair volcano, but I was determined enough to keep trying, I didn't need the internet to learn, I had books.

Figuring that it was only a matter of time before my dad found out about my own little secrets I began to make an escape plan. As much as I loved my dear almost adopted parents I would have to leave them behind if I wanted to get to the bottom of the corruption that was going on with Blume. At age fifteen I decided I was ready, it was time for me to leave it all behind and start over. Late into the night I disappeared and escaped on the crappy old motorcycle I scavenged from a junkyard and added parts too. Despite it being almost unusable and ugly as all hell, it was my first love. With the money I had hacked from my parents' back accounts I escaped to Chicago, it took me about an hour to get there as it was somewhere around 45 miles to my destination.

That's when my real life started. I took on the name Aur-e (R-E), some people called me Whisper because I was nothing but one, clever huh? Anyway, my hacking had improved and only continued to improve as a got older. Now I was in the center of it all, I could be like my hero Guy Fawkes and stop the bad guys.... maybe not exactly how he did, but you get the picture. There I was fifteen years old, fending for myself in the biggest city in Illinois where most of the shit went down. I took my funds, gathered more by hacking other people's phones to get into their bank accounts and got myself a place to stay. I was new here, no one knew my identity and I was going to keep it that way. The more I learned the more cautious I became, I kept myself out of the ctOS database and even managed to get into it so I could profile whoever I wanted to, and even control the city with hacking. It was a beautiful work of art that I had found.

Three years later, after all my snooping, shit began to catch up with me. Blume finally found out where I was and wanted me dead, they'd never find me though, not with the me controlling the city, using it against them. Not even the almighty Club or the Viceroys could touch me. He taught me otherwise. At age eighteen I met Aiden Pearce, The Vigilante or The Fox, as the media called him. I was walking down the streets trying to be inconspicuous while still hacking people's bank info as I went, I consider it fortunate that I had managed to hack into the right phone and the right time. As confusing as that sounds, what happened was I walked past him, recognized him from the news and attempted to hack into his phone. Of course it almost worked with my skills... he caught me though, fortunately that's exactly what I wanted. I convinced him, not very easily, to take me under his wing and teach me all he knew. Although he wouldn't share anything about himself with me and wouldn't get close to me in any way he did as I asked, teaching me and allowing me to go on missions for him. This made me feel like I had a greater purpose. Aiden taught me about justice and that, like The Vigilante, I could fight for it.

I could take criminals down just as he does. That's what I wanted to do, that's what I came to do, and I wasn't going to stop until the corruption in Blume was revealed to the public. They tried to keep me down, and I wasn't okay with that. With Dedsec in my way it would be a bit complicated to get to them, but I wasn't going to let that stop me. I figured they could even be of some used to me, despite what Aiden said about staying away from them. Furthermore, with Aiden's help this should go just as I wanted it to, it's awesome, let the games begin.

A jet black Adament S-Series pulls on to the grass just outside the south gate of the Palace, the car hides in the night shadows away from the main street and hidden from view of any guards. A tall fit figure exits the car and shuts the door quickly, making a noise loud enough for nearby walkers to hear. He stands firm wearing a solid black high collared leather jacket, his pants match the same tone as his jacket but made of denim, the man wore flat like tennis shoes, the whole outfit to hide him in the darkness. This was Nathan, a young hacker who worked hard at his goals and completed them to satisfactory means. He started walking towards the mansion, "The Palace, owned by a man named Danny Sosueme, an Internet Entrepreneur, makes millions every year, this man is currently under Federal Investigation, Defalt wants me to get his bank account before anything major happens and all that money is lost, this will be the biggest steal we've ever hit."

He stayed low to the ground, making sure his shadow or himself wasn't seen, he wasn't much of the shoot-em-up or knock out type, just getting in and out without being noticed. Of course that didn't mean he wouldn't use everything to his disposal to distract the guards. He approached the wall and hacked into a camera just off the edge of the building, using it to make sure no guards were near by before climbing over the wall and crouching next to a bush. He hid in the shadows, letting a guard pass just in time, then taking off along the edge of the wall towards the main building. The bank info will most likely be in his office, getting there won't be easy but maybe hacking from a distance will be. He found a breaker panel along the wall and hacked into it, that led to one of the internal house cameras, not the breaker he wanted, he pulled out and tried another, he was starting to see the layout of the house now, but still no office camera.

He heard a noise from around the corner and ducked down low trying to hack into a camera not far that would allow him view around the corner, but it seemed to be encrypted already, or currently being used. It only took him a manner of seconds before he was able to boot who ever was controlling it off and hacking in himself, "Damn bugs, always gotta be in my way," he didn't read the source signature, not caring so much since it was just a camera, and figured it was from the homes security anyways. He took control of the camera and no one spotted, he disconnected and went back to the breaker till he was able to find the office camera, he looked around seeing a shadow pass over the door, he waited a bit before hacking into the computer. There was something else there that was controlling it, but no one was at the desk, he thought maybe it was remote desktop and thought nothing of it, his hack displays nothing on the screen. It took a couple minutes but he was able to find the files he was looking for and downloaded them, disconnecting from the breaker panel and moving back towards the gate he previously hopped over. Before making his final escape he smirked and faced the hack, going to his phone and pushing a few applications before one of his top songs start blaring over every type of speaker around the house, be it the surround sound or the intercom, he hacked in and played his jams. He smirked and went back to the car and started the engine, he would call it a night before heading over to Defalt and giving him the information.