The Vigilance: Humanity Never Dies

Chapter 1 - The Riot

Events between 07:00 - 09:00 PM

19 Feb, 2015

New York, USA

It was raining. Thunderstorms scattered across the city. The people of New York gathered around a mansion. It was the mansion of renowned businessman and politician Mr. Damien Sadler. They started a riot against him for the crimes he committed against the city and its people.

In another part of the city, wearing a raincoat, I was standing outside a tattoo shop watching all of it on the news. I got in a cab and asked the driver to drive to where the riot is taking place.

Meanwhile, officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) gathered around Mr. Sadlers' home and set up barricades around the corners so that no one can go in or out of the area without their permission. Captain Wellington from the NYPD called the riot shield squad to control the situation. The people have suffered long enough and no one did anything to stop the suffering. All I could see on the way is people cursing the only person responsible for all the wrong that happened in this city.

The cab I got in was stopped on a barricade by an officer. Waving his hand, the officer said "Please stop the car right here. You cannot go any further". I asked the driver to drop me off right there and he said "forty five dollars please". I paid the fare and looked around for a while knowing that there was no way I am getting past this barricade and that I had to go through to have a closer look. Being a professional software engineer, I could easily hack into any electronic device with the right tools and the right mind. So I walked across the street and stood by the corner of a 25 storey building, took out my phone, connected to the nearest WiFi, entered a code to breach the security and hacked into the nearest security camera to see what is actually going on.

Soon the riot squad arrived and tried to stop the riot from getting any worse but they could not handle it when Sadler came out to the balcony to address the situation. A man from the crowd screamed at Sadler saying "You had enough of this city! It is time we took it back! Get down you son of a bitch!". I actually enjoyed his language. The riot was so determined at destroying Sadler that the heavy rain and thunderstorms could not stop them. It looked like the riot had a leader.

I was still watching through the security cameras around when suddenly the cops started moving backwards at a safer distance. I noticed Sadler speaking to someone on the phone with a smile on his face. I realized something was wrong but could not understand what was going to happen next. I still wish I knew what was going to happen so I could stop it. It was a day marked in the history of New York.