A week had passed. One week since an anonymous email sent to E Corp contained a key that decrypted their files, one week and news outlets high and low were already reporting an economic boom the likes of which the world had never seen ~ just in time for the upcoming Christmas season. It had only been one measly fucking week since Dom had her whole life taken away from her. She didnât have much of one in the first place but at least she had a soul then. Now it was stolen, held tightly in the grasp of the Dark Army. Never to be seen again.Â
As the world at large became more optimistic, Dom grew less so. She was a shell of her former self and damn, did she feel like one. At least the crying had stopped. âIâm sorry, Jamie,â despite herself, Dom still tried to perform what sheâd lost and laughed into her phone. âYou want a what for Christmas?â She listened to him repeat himself as she walked the streets of Chinatown. He spoke loud and clear, as much as a four year old could anyway.
 He wanted a Tyrell Wellick action figure. Of course those existed. Jamie quickly stipulated, before Dom could respond, that the action figure had to be an exclusive and authentic E Corp figure. He wouldnât settle for anything else. âI... will see what Santa can do.â She didnât make any promises.
 She didnât want to buy him a fucking Tyrell Wellick poseable action figure. She didnât care that it had recorded Swedish catchphrases. If she saw one in the streets, sheâd take a lighter to it and burn it like the evil it was. That being said, Dom was definitely going to buy it for little Jamie. This Dark Army gig was what was keeping her family alive. Thereâd be no point in compromising herself if absolutely no one was benefiting from this.Â
âYeah, yeah.â Dom held the phone, pressed against her shoulder and her ear, opening the front door to the apartment building and entering. âLove you too. Gâbye, Jai.â In a swift motion, she hung up and slid her phone in her pocket. Dom made her way up to the fourth floor. She stopped in front of one of the apartment doors, opened her palm and slammed it on the door three times. âElliott Alderson, open up. Itâs ASAC DiPierro.â Yes, the Dark Army had been swift with granting Dom a promotion. All the more money to buy Tyrell Wellick dolls with. Hurray.
âI donât have all day, Mr. Alderson. I have a habit of kicking in doors when Iâm impatient.â
// Dom is knocking on @mrf34rââs door!!