Breakdown: Part 1 (G.R.I.D)

Breakdown is the first chapter of the first book of Into The Grid, and the 1st chapter overall of the series.

Synopsis
An introduction to the series, and how Blake's life changed after he ws called in by the Pentagon.

Prolouge
Day after day, the world was still falling apart, every single crisis going on at the same time. But the source of it all is truly tragic. It was the F3 Shutdown, a major cyber terrorist catacylsm that shut down security systems worldwide. Nobody was safe anymore: it was either one man for himself or death.

The U.S. government was largely affected. After their major debt to China was paid in 2069, they've been running low on resources for a long time, so this was something extremely unexpected for them. What was even worse was that the Grid, the amry cadet training program in New York City, was shutn down, so now the inhabitants of New York can't even defend themselves, not after what happened on 9/11/01.

So now what happened next? Well, here's what's going on.

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Part One: The Papa Petey's Incident
For 18-year old detective Blake McPenski, this was his typical day working: get all of the necessary information, investigate, and get thje bad guy. But since this was post-F3, he was on the case in a less than a minute.

Blake: Petey, calm down. I will find out who did it, okay?

Petey: (sobbing) PLEASE! PLEASE!

Blake: Petey, remember what I said!

Blake had known Petey for years, at least since he was 3. Papa Petey's Pizza Palace was his favorite childhood memory, celebrating every single birthday there until Blake's parents sent him for training at the CIA when he was 12.