"Ashy, be careful. There are horrible people in the world, but as long as your careful and you don't open up, your safe. No one will know your weaknesses and so they can never hurt or break you. So be a good girl and run along... I have to talk to daddy about something."
Those were the last words of guidance my mother had ever given me. I thought I was invincible, that I could help myself. Guess I was wrong...
Two years before meeting Toby and Jinx.
"OH FOR SHITS SAKE!"
I slammed my PlayStation 3 controller on the stand in front of me, knocking out the R2 button. I grumbled and adjusted the headset back on my head and grabbed the R2 button, shoving it back in the controller and hitting restart on the hunger games mod I was in.
I tried going after the level 76 player again, which was stupid since I was only a 59, but before I could even get close to him my screen lit up blue, telling me a player had requested a private chat. Unknowingly I accepted and said hi.
*Hey, have you gotten player 76 yet?
I smirked and shook my head
+Nah, I'm 59, there's no way I could take him down.
*Maybe if we work together? I'm a level 66, you take him from behind and I'll get the front.
+Sounds good.
I left the chat room and waited while the player added me to their party. Once I was added they immediately took the plan into action with me behind player 76 as they wacked the shit out of him with a rusty broadsword.
I blinked in amazement as colorful leaves danced across my screen, around the words "Congratulations!"
"We.... Did it..... HAHAHAH WE DID IT HELL YEAH!" I jumped up happily and my screen blinked blue again, Player 66 had been upgraded to 74 and I had been upgraded to 63.
*HELL YEAH DID YOU SEE THAT?!
+YEAH I DID! WE JUST BEAT THE FUCKING GAME MAN!
*Dude we should become partners!
+let's do it!
From then on I was spending every waking moment on that game, just to talk to that player... After a while we learned a lot about each other... Hobbies, foods we liked, games we played, systems we had, we even shared our names to each other... Her name was Hannah.
Hannah and I grew close... Closer then I have ever gotten to anyone from the internet. It seemed like she was the only person I really wanted to hang out with.
A few months went by and my relationship with Hannah only got stronger, though I've never seen her face she was an amazing person... Or so I thought.
+Hey, Hannah... Can I ask you something?
*Yeah! What's up?
+Can I trust you?
*What?....
+Can I trust you... To always be there for me, to help me, to... Care about me...
*Ashy, you can trust me. I'll always be here for you, looking after you, okay?
+Okay...
*There's something I wanted to ask you.
+Yes?
*Where do you live? I want to meet up with you and see you for myself.
+Y-You do?!
*Yeah!
+U-Um sure! I live in Ohio... Fourth street, 98 Shady run.
*Great! I'll fly out tonight and be there by tomorrow night!
+REALLY!!!,(●｀･(ｴ)･´●)
*Hehehehe yeeeeaaaahhhhh see ya!
I was so excited, the one person I knew better then I know myself was coming to my house. She was coming to me... Finally id get to hug her and see her!
And so
I waited...
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And waited
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And waited...
Hannah had been two days late and she wasn't online. I was starting to worry, until I heard a knock on my door at about 1 am.
'Hannah's here... Oh my goodness....... Just act cool'
I walked over to the door and pulled it open. My eyes widened. This was NOT hannah.
Before I knew it they had hit me over the head with a blunt object. The room went black as I tumbled to the floor.
When I opened my eyes I seen a man in my face. He was about 27. I went to push him away, but my wrists were tied down. I looked where I was at and I was seated in my sound proof gaming room, the gray walls looking more frightening.
"W-What do you want!?"
I yelled as I tried to kick at the man, behind him were other guys taking my computer and other gaming systems I had.
"Oh, just everything valuable that you have, hey dontcha have a PS4 upstairs?"
'how did he know that?... The only person I told was Hannah... He must be a hacker'
"You better leave, my girlfriend is going to show up at any second and she's gonna kick the living shit out of you and your fuck buddies!"
The man laughed and slapped me across the face hard. My head fell to the side and I glared at the floor, tears forming in my eyes. Rule number one: Never show your weakness. I kept my head down.
"So I want to ask you something, Ashy."
My eyes widened. He knew my name. I've never seen him before to where he would know my name and I never put my name as any of my profiles on social media or even my games... The only person I told my name to was Hannah... Maybe these guys took hannah hostage too...
The man grabbed my face harshly and forced me to look at him.
"Can I trust you... To always be there for me, to help me, to ... care about me?~" He grinned
My eyes filled with tears again and they spilled out "N... No...."
He laughed and gripped my face harder "Heh, that's right, cry you stupid bitch. Didn't your mommy ever tell you to be careful when talking to strangers, you gave me your location, name, and personal information, and now you don't have shit." He let go of my face as I lay there on the seat, crying. He pulled me off the chair to the ground, kicking my chest and my stomach.
He didn't stop til I was coughing up blood. "Ashy, you can trust me... I'll always be here for you, looking out for you, okay?" He left me there, taking everything I had.
To this day I've never gotten close to anyone I've met. . . also why human contact is such a ... Touchy subject to me... But Toby... hes-
"Ashy, snap out of it, you've been day dreaming for five fucking minutes, you need to finish up that coding."
I looked up and seen Toby's face, he looked pissed. I shook my head and looked back at the screen in front of me.
"Sorry, Toby..."
He's different