Fight or Flight (Austeled/Austry Fanfic)

My World

(This will basically retell Corrupted Data until I reach the part where I altered it) 

Pollution. Wildfires. These are just two of the many cruel deeds humans have done to our planet. My planet; my world. People ruined everything. I wish every single one could just drop dead so I can live in the world that was made for me, peacefully. The only thing in this world that I could ever be thankful to people for making were video games. Video games took me away. They were so entertaining and interesting, and it was equally as interesting knowing how they were made. That's when I knew what I wanted to do with my life. 

My name is Austin. Austin Sanders. I am now 22 years old, and was well known at my school for being... tch, "weird."
People. They were so quick to assume. This was my world and I was allowed to alter it how I wanted to. 

I decided to volunteer as an intern at the video game company that had raised me: Nintendo. I was interested in game development, but was put in software development. In my spare time, I studied, and completed all my work before moving onto anything else. This often left me with a sufficient amount of spare time. 

One time, I was stuck on a problem, so I decided to research it. That's when I found the topic of "Electroconvulsive Therapy", or ECT for short. The topic sparked my interest, but I decided to focus on the question I was researching. 

The company was full of pretty average people. My brother, Jonathan, worked here. I haven't talked to him in a while, and he has a son now. Great, I'm an uncle. 

There was this one person I've heard rumors about. His name was Henry. From what I've heard, he's been working there for a long time already. In his late 20's, it looked as if he had just killed someone with looks like that, and that wasn't a complement. He was... creepy. Nobody wanted to associate with him. 

I still lived back at my house, though. It wasn't far from the company, and it was one of the best places for me to think. That's when I thought of the perfect game idea. I'd call it "Reclamation". It would be about a king's kingdom that was taken over by its citizens. He'd have to fight to reclaim his kingdom throughout the game. Yes, it was perfect. Not only would I be able to pursue my dream of creating a game, but also base it off of how I feel. 

I'd write out the scripts for the game and hand it to Todd, who was the boss. Then, I'd be moved into game development and follow my dreams from there! It was perfect. 

I worked night and day, and even coded in some characters when I had the time. After a few weeks or so, I was finished. I put all the papers into a folder which had the game's title on it, and decided to go to Todd's office during my break. I drank my coffee, and got up to get to the office, but started feeling quite tired... 

I needed to take a shortcut. 

I decided to go through the server room for a short way to get to Todd's office, but felt really dizzy and tired. Next thing I knew, everything had blacked out. 

After a while, I finally woke up. My vision was quite blurry, but it adjusted after a while. What had happened..? I then noticed: I was tied up in the middle of the room. My hands were also tied behind the chair I was in, so I couldn't move. I then hear a voice come out of the darkness in front of me. "So, you're finally awake, Austin..." 

I jumped a little. Who was this? What the hell!? 

I watched as the person revealed himself in the small light above me. It was... Henry... That bastard was staring down at me with a smug look on his face. Looking at him up close, it looked as if he didn't take care of himself at all. There was tape on my mouth, so I couldn't speak. Even if I screamed, the sounds would be muffled. 

"You know, you've been moving up the ranks quite quickly, my friend... I'm impressed, honestly", Henry said. I wasn't paying attention to him. I was too busy trying to free my mouth by licking the tape covering it. Suddenly, I felt the corner become loose, and then the other corner. I decided not to take it off just yet, because it would raise Henry's suspicion. 

"I've been working in this company for far longer than you, hoping to get praised for the work I've done. But you... you just took that all away from me", Henry said. I looked at him, my anger slowly subsiding. So, he was jealous..? 

"I gotta admit, I got a bit envious. Heh, who wouldn't be? But now that I've got you all to myself, my spite will be pleasing..." He said. What was this fucker planning to do..?

Henry then took out an ax, and held it in his hands. This asshole was about to kill me, wasn't he!? I then realized: my legs weren't tied up. Without hesitation, I channeled all the strength in my body into my legs, and kicked Henry back. I blew the now wet tape off of my face, and kicked the chair that was tied to me off, and was able to get the ropes tied around my torso off, too. I then broke the rope off of my wrists, and fumbled a bit. God, how long was I out for? I looked at Henry who was on the floor, and his sleeves had been shortened because of the ax that had cut the fabric off, apparently. I caught a glimpse of his arms before sprinting away with my folder that I had picked up. 

Were those cuts..? 

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Hi

The only edits were this and grammar mistakes <3