Jack strikes Dominic with the umbrella and kicks him so hard in the face that Dominic cries out and falls to the floor. Jack then jumps on Dominic, making sure he is not getting up. Dominic seems to have passed out.
"You stay right here, Amelia. I won't hurt you now. I really am only going to need Dominic for a little bit. I am really not targeting you."
Amelia is crying. But Jack helps her get up. "Just sit right here." Amelia is too shocked to protest and she nods.
Jack sees Amelia's phone on the living room table, so he grabs that, in case Amelia calls someone. Now he just needs to secure Dominic and his job is done.
Jack then drags Dominic to the bedroom, throws him in a closet, props the door shut with a chair, then starts cutting some T-shirts into strips. He then open the closet, and ties both Dominic's hands and feet up with several T-shirt strips. He also blindfolds Dominic and puts a ball of remaining T-shirt into his mouth.
Jack can actually arrest Dominic and take him to NYPD. Because Dominic has committed a cyber crime. He is just helping with the arrest essentially. But, Keith is the one who wanted him. So he calls Keith.
"Hello?"
"Well, I captured the hacker now. His name is Dominic. Where should I bring him to?"
"You did very good job. Now, you can leave him where he is. I will make some calls to the people who hired him and make some demands. I will be wiring money into you account soon. Just help me check on him for a few more days and then we are done. You did great. I will also be arranging another meeting with you. You can help me with the next task."
"Although, I am curious. Who is the one making him do all of this? He said if anyone pays him more, he can switch sides. I thought you might want to know that."
"Haha. I will take care of that. I'll talk to you later." Keith then hangs up the phone.
Jack feels like there is more than what meets the eye. He takes the ball of T-shirt out of Dominic and slaps on Dominic. Dominic is still not conscious. So Jack goes to the bathroom and fills a cup of water and comes out. He splashes Dominic with water.
Dominic finally wakes up.
"So, can I just ask you a question really quickly? Why is that you have attacks lined up so well in Eastern Europe?"
"Because I like it and I can?" Dominic snorts, not too pleased with the situation, of course.
"Are you paid to do any of those in Europe?"
"Why do I have to tell you?"
"I guess you don't have to. Do you want any water or anything?"
"No."
Jack then walks out of the bedroom and to living room. Amelia looks very shocked and still sitting on the floor.
Jack goes and squats next to her. "I'm very sorry I hurt you earlier."
She nods slowly.
"The thing is, Dominic is causing some trouble for people, and I just wanted to help stop that. I can choose to turn him to the police but I am not going to. I think someone I'm working with is just going to punish the people who have been paying Dominic to do this. Dominic is a talented person. If he uses his talent on somewhere else, I would not have anything against him."
Amelia looks at him, "You don't have to pretend to be nice. You are just getting paid to do what you need to do. You are no better than Dominic."
Jack thinks this kind of stings him. Is he like some mercenary now? He didn't really want to really do things for Keith. He was kind of going along. But now, he actually did just tie a person up for Keith. Jack has to tell himself that it's all because he did think Dominic is a threat to the society.
Jack all of a sudden wonders what he needs to do with Amelia. He obviously cannot leave her here, because she is going to call someone and rescue Dominic.
Or, should he take Amelia with him and leave Dominic here?
Or he can stay here and watch both of them. Ha ha ha. Yeah. Why not. This is way much better house than his.
Jack helps Amelia to the couch.
"Hey. I know you are very angry at me now. But, can I make you some food or anything? Yeah, this is embarrassing, but I actually kind of have to stay here."
Amelia shakes her head and she speaks in a low voice, "Seriously, you are going to stay here?"
Jack can sense Amelia's voice has changed dramatically. She is no longer crying and she sounds very cold and serious.
"Well, I kind of have to. Otherwise you'll set Dominic free."
"What is your full name?"
"Jack Wolf."
Amelia thinks on it for a second, "OK. Jack Wolf, you need to listen to me carefully. I am a secret agent from Estonia. I've been doing undercover operation here to get close to Dominic and I've been working on this for years. I wanted to bust the people paying Dominic to do things as well, because he has conducted a series of attacks to many countries near my country."
Jack is shocked, but not so much about the fact that Amelia says she is a secret agent. Jack is more interested that he is just asking about the attacks in Eastern Europe as well. The curved line that connected all the countries.
Amelia says, "Since you are intervening some part of my effort, I will let you do that so I don't waste time doing the same you are doing. But I have another task and I will not let you compromise that. "
"What is your other task?" Jack asks.
"I am trying to track down a legend that showed up in Moscow, then St. Petersburg, then Helsinki many, many years ago."
"Wow. OK?" Jack thinks the word choice "Legend" seems a little bit dramatic, "Is Dominic somehow that legend or what?"
Amelia laughs, "No. Dominic is not the legend. The legend happened before you and I or Dominic were even born. But, I have reasons to believe, whoever has been paying Dominic is trying to find the legend. And my goal is to find the legend before those people."
"So this legend has to be quite old now. Was this legend also a secret service agent? I know secret service people use the term legend a lot, although I'm not sure exactly why."
"That's you American thing. We don't use that word. My understanding is, legend means someone who can successfully complete missions and come back using another identity."
"That makes sense."
"But this legend, I was told, can really keep coming back and coming back, like a machine. I don't know all the details. I am just tasked to find him. So, I need to get that information out of Dominic before you or whoever takes Dominic away."
"That shouldn't be a problem. We can work together on that. You can give me more information on that, too." Jack tries to be helpful.
"You seem to not very shocked when I tell you I am a secret agent." Amelia looks at him curiously.
"What can be so shocking anymore. I am not exactly ordinary." Jack laughs.
"So you trust me right away when I say I'm a secret agent? I was prepared to have to convince you or just knock you out."
Jack laughs harder, "Please don't underestimate me."
"Maybe I will also keep you alive." Amelia smiles, and she touches Jack's face.
Jack has a feeling in his body that he knows is not very good for this situation.
"Are you really his girlfriend then?"
"I'd like to think I'm really not. This is all part of my undercover, unfortunately. I do not care for him, but I still have to continue to be spend time with him. I'm actually glad you tie him up now. I can't stand his facial hair."
Jack is glad to hear that. He thinks he might want to flirt with Amelia a little bit now.