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Gone... gone... he was gone.... he had disappeared..
007n7 scrambled throughout his house, throwing aside many things as he frantically searched about for the twentieth time that week, his boy, his lovely son, his star... gone..
The boy had disappeared a week ago, none of the admins wanted to help him, they assumed the boy walked away from a abusive household.. the assumption that an blacklisted former hacker wouldn't possibly be a good parent made for the millionth time...
They were correct in a way 007n7 thought.. he lost his boy after all... and his star had earlier that week burned the pizza place he used to grief... like father like son elliot had said, the admins luckily only detained 007n7, giving him house arrest, the metal around his ankle spoke on itself..
But his boy, he was gone... gone and it was 007n7s fault, he could already hear the murmers, the whispers of others.. "his own fault." "He choose that path himself" "..karma.."
007n7s mind spun, the words hit him harder then one would imagine, he had tried, God had he tried... he had ran around, taking care of his boy, throughout the struggles.. the falling out with noli, the struggles of raising an baby alone..
The struggles of raising that red bundle of joy...
It hit 007n7 heavy that loss..
He entered the bathroom and splashed his face with water before looking at.. an reflection... it wasn't him anymore. No... this wasn't him... 007n7 refused... he was happy an single dad, who had a bundle of pure unfiltered red joy attached to his leg.. but this... this reflection showed something different..
A broken mess of a man, hair long, split ends, glasses dirty and ascrew,... his shirt absolutely wrecked in tears,
His eyes... God they weren't his anymore... this wasn't him.. he thought... it can't be him he thought as he grabbed the gun that laid on the sinks corner,
It can't be me.. 007n7 thought as he raised the gun to his temple, refuse this to be me.
The gun went off with a bang and 007n7s body crumbled to the ground, his head hitting the sink before it fell to the floor with the rest of his body, blood seeped through the off-white tiles as 007n7s hair laid sprawled about on the bathroom floor...
Drip...
Drip.....
Drip......
His eyes didn't open, but 007n7s consciousness was floating about in an pitch black space,
Something spoke... or did it?
It was confusing yet not at the same time... pure black still surrounding 007n7 or was it surrounding him?
He had no body to see with, to taste with to hear with so was it truly surrounding Him?
[Why don't we make a deal.]
'... a... deal?'
Something reached out, not touching but truly getting its message across..
[Yes, why so confused? It's but a deal between... friends..]
'.. we're not friends.'
007n7 didn't know much of this thing... but one thing was certain.. it wasn't his friend.
[Between strangers then.]
'That's.. not too comforting.. what about that deal then?'
It was weird... 007n7 felt anxious..
[Ah great, you'll get what you've been wanting.. your red spawn no?]
'My son.'
How did it know he was looking for him?
[Your.. son.. then you'll get to see it again-]
'My son is a he.'
007n7 bluntly retorded, he won't stand by his son being referred to as an thing.
[...for your ability to see "Him" again I ask but a single thing in return.]
'... what do you want?'
Reluctance showing, but no hesitation
[Repentance.]
'...repentance..? What.. what do you mean with.. "repentance"?'
007n7 was confused
[.. you shall see, now.. do we have a deal.]
'Yes.'
He didn't have to think long.. no matter what, his son, his child, his boy, he'd do anything to get him back.. his star..
his.... c00lkid..
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The next moment 007n7 woke up in an unfamiliar place...
As soon as he had opened his eyes he was met with multiple... stares.. ranging from annoyance, indifference.. but mostly terrified stares from some onlookers...,
Great.. amazing...
Just what 007n7 needed right then and there... guilt sinking into his shoes as he stood up, his legs trembling slightly as he tried to stand, almost falling back into... a couch?
007n7 looked around at his surroundings, he wasn't really weirded out, truly it wasn't the worst nor the strangest thing that had happened to him, rather... it nerved him..
And usually it would've been more of his surroundings then the people, but not this time, the room as if the thing sending him here hated him was filled with people from his past, either holding a grudge or being scared of him..
Amazing..
Is this what that thing meant by "repentance"..? Because this sure felt like 007n7s personal hell.. faced with the consequences of his past actions.. literally, as he walked around what he now found to be an rather spacious cabin he took note of the people keeping an eye on him,
Some he easily recognized as builderman, or dusekkar... but three he couldn't quite place... one wearing a hood, and making hand gestures to dusekkar, awkwardly stealing glances back at 007n7, the second being an shorter man with a couple of wings, his wings reminded 007n7 of telamon....
And the last.. someone who looked like he belonged inside the military not wherever they where right then.. he had short blue hair and more scars then 007n7 had the focus for to count..
His stare while the others felt.. condensenting felt... strong sure... but more calculating then anything..
Not judgemental, or scared or watchful, just.. weighing what 007n7 was capable off..
Refreshing truly, 007n7 felt a slight relief from it..
But his relief lasted short as he saw elliot in the corner of his eyes... great..
Truly the best situation to find himself in...
The guilt had sank further then his shoes, it almost would've amazed 007n7 had he not been sinking and drowning in said guilt already..
He really needed to say sorry, or at least.... repentant...
So that's what that thing meant? Was it truly just that?
No...
No it wasn't...
His vision blurred and he saw black...
When he could see again he was somewhere else again.. this time, Something strange..
His c00lgui.. he could somehow access it?..
This place was weirding him out, he didn't know what was going on..
And then he heard it..
"Ki ki ki........ ma ma ma"
As 007n7 turned around he saw a man holding a machete and wearing what seemed to be an hockey mask run after one of the people he had seen in the cabin earlier..
Danger.
They were in danger..
007n7 froze, fear instead of guilt this time sinking to his shoes.. but the thing is..
Unlike guilt... 007n7s reaction to fear wasn't freezing..
It was moving without thinking..
He didn't realize it at first but he was chasing after the hockey mask wearing man, his c00lgui open in his hand as he messed with its settings.. useful what could be useful..?
Cloning.. he could clone..
Body block with the clone!
007n7 ran towards the killer c00lgui open and ready to use, the man had almost caught the young lad he had been chasing when 007n7 suddenly came between him and his victim.
007n7 finding himself invisible from cloning himself ran towards the young person who had just been chased and helped them up before running away from the killer together, the young lad anxiously looking behind them to see if the killer was chasing them as 007n7 ran together with them with all his might..
They had ran for a while before resting in a remote spot, catching their breaths..
No word was said, it was just a silent nod before the younger person moved away from their resting place leaving 007n7 behind..
A while passed and a bell sounded across the place 007n7 found himself at..
His vision turned black again..
And when he could see once more they had all returned..
Back inside that cabin...
A nightmare...
007n7 was stuck inside a nightmare...
Realization crept up to him as he fell asleep on one of the couches in the cabin.
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