The Purple Knight
I never knew my parents. I was told by the orphanage that my father was murdered by a drug addict and that my mother died of a heart attack during labour and that I had to be cut out. I grew up with mental health problems too. I had very low self esteem and I hated being around other people. Sometimes I blame myself for it. But I blame society. During my time at elementary, I was bullied...a lot. And I was never adopted. Luckily the government launched a problem as they decided to home me at my own apartment at the age of 13, when they believed I was old enough for my own. I was also given £100,000 for food. Since I clearly wasn't responsible with money, I blew most of it on video games.
To me video games are gateways to other worlds. And gives you a excuse to kill stupid people in them. Hey, remember when I said that I got bullied in elementary? Well when I got to high school , that doubled. And unfortunately there was always a stereotype with 'gamers' and that they were all nerds.
Oh and also, my name is Sam. Today I thought it was going to be another day. How wrong I was
I was drawing in the hallway. I was mainly drawing quick sketches of Mario, Masterchief, Sonic, Big Boss. In my spare time, I liked to draw, all that kind of stuff. Nothing special. I was filling in missing spots on the paper, until I heard a group of obnoxious laughs approach. And I got a slap to the head.
"Oh hey there, Samantha!" Said a voice. I looked up and frowned. Harrison. The schools douchenozzle. He snatched the paper out of my hands and looked at it. "Ha, you nerd bitch" he said, as he ripped the paper. I gritted my teeth.
"Piss of, Harrison" I said.
"Why, what're gonna do? Get Pikachu?" He said. Him and his group of friends started laughing, obnoxiously.
"I'm serious...fuck off" I said, standing up. They all started laughing, snorting in between as well.
"Are you gonna cry to your mom?" He asked. I lunged at him and began beating the living shit out of him.
Well that escalated quickly. A bunch of teachers came to pry us apart. Now I'm sat in the counsellor's office. I don't usually snap and I'm mostly a diplomatic guy. But if you're gonna make fun of my parents I never knew? That's when I'm going to break your nose.
The counsellor walked in.
"Alright, Sam. Everyone told me that you attack Harrison for no reason at all" he said.
"What? N-no he-" I said. The counsellor leaned towards me.
He whispered, "look I know your not the type of guy to do this, but the kids father is the police major. And he has blackmail and almost everyone in this town. I'm sorry, but I've done some really embarrassing things in my past which would potentially ruin my career". He said. I got out of my seat and flipped the chair, and headed straight for the school exit. And started to walk home.
I don't believe this. The towns police is corrupt but using that to dominate everyone? That is just...bullshit. I screamed out loud.
"I HATE THIS BLOODY TOWN! WHY CAN'T EVERYONE DISAPPEAR?" I screamed,mat the top of my lungs.
"I know, why can't everyone be nice, why can't everyone be equal?" Asked a voice. I stopped in my tracks.
"Who's there...?" I asked. A figure in a red outfit walked out from behind a corner,his hands in the air.
"Why does bad things happen to good people and why does the scum remain unpunished?" he said.
"Who are you?" I asked again. He looked at me.
"You can call me Fox, a code name, of course." He said. "You see, I've been watching you for a while". He pulled out a tablet and my details were on it.
"Name: Sam Kirley. Eye colour: green. Hair colour: brown. Height: 5'9." I backed away from the man.
"How...how do you know this?" I asked.
"I represent a modification company for my dimension" said Fox. Showing me a buissness card, simply labelled: X01.
"Dimension?" I asked. Who was this guy? Some sort of conspiracy theorist?
"Yes, as you are an avid gamer. You'll enjoy my dimension. It is called Gameindustri" he said.
"So...what type of modifications do you mean?" I asked. I cautiously came closer to him.
"Power" he said. "You wouldn't have to worry about anything ever again! You'll have the power to thwart your enemy's". He raised his hand. "Would you like to take a look?" He asked. Was this guy telling the truth? The power to do anything? Now that I think about it. Living without worrying about anyone. Maybe with power, I could grow out of my mental problems. I grabbed his hand and shook it.
"Deal" I said. The man smiled and a blue aura surrounded us. Then reality started changing before us. It was like the buildings around were digitally deconstructing. And being morphed into something else.
Then we found ourselves somewhere else. We were at the edge of a city and there was a city was purple.
"Whoa" I gasped. "Cool lookin' city!" I said.
"This is Planeptune" Fox said. "Meet me at the other end at about...let's say late in the evening". He turned around and instead walked away.
"Hey, where're you goin'?" I asked.
"Business, ttfn" he said. I looked back at Planeptune. Was I really in another dimension? More importantly, Fox said it was a video game world or something. I guess I should take a look around this place.
Planeptune was a pretty smart looking city, but everyone seemed kind of..off. Some people were walking the same and some people were silhouettes. Just like background characters in visual novels. Guess that should be expected from a video game world. As I was looking, I bumped into someone who fell over as a result.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed. It was a short, pink haired girl. I helped her up, but then my social anxiety kicked in and I quickly let go of her hand.
"It's alright!" She said, cheerfully. She looked at my dazed expression. "What's the matter?" She asked. "Never seen the CPU of Planeptune before? Or is this the first time you ever held hands with a girl, eh? Eh?" She asked with a smug expression. First of all: yes. And second of all: also yes.
"Erm...uhh" I began, awkwardly. "S-sorry?" I said, confused. The girl still had a smug expression on her face. "I-I'll just go now" I said, as I tried to get past.
"Ooh! I know!" Said the girl. "Let me make up for this!". As I walked past her she grabbed me by the collar and began dragging me by the collar.
"Hey, my name is Neptune!" She said. "What's yours?"
"Sam...!" I said, being choked by the collar.
"Oh, nice name!" She said.
"Er, thanks" I said.
"Nah, I was only saying it because the author told me to!" She said, smiling.
"Huh, who?" I asked.
"Don't even worry about it!" She said, full of glee. She continued dragging me through the streets. And I could hear some people talking about the girl. Calling her a "Goddess". I just shrugged it off and thought of them as peverted fans. "Here we are!" She said, lifting me up. We were both in front of a café.
"So how come we're here?" I asked.
"So we can make up for what happened!" She said.
We both walked inside, me slyly tailing behind. She ordered two chocolate puddings and made me sat down at a table. Never have I ever seen a girl this bubbly. The girls at my Highschool back in my dimension were just sluts who overused makeup.
"So, you from here?" She asked. Crap. What do I tell her? Ok...time to improvise without making things awkward.
"Oh...erm. Somewhere..." I said. She shrugged and continued eating her pudding. Well that couldn't have more awkward. "You seem very timid, first time you ever been out with a girl?" She asked, I looked at her, flustered.
"What? What kind of question is that?" I asked. This girl seems to be getting more weird by the second. "When you put it like that, you make it sound like I'm a loner!" I said. Neptune nodded.
"Oh, I see! You must be from Lastation then!" She said. Lastation? I've got a feeling that's meant to be PlayStation...
We both ended up talking about ourselves and I actually ended up talking like a normal human being. We talked until the sun came down.
"Well, I had fun talking to you!" She giggled.
"Yeah...same here" I said.
"Hey, we should do this again sometime!" She smiled. "We could hang out at the games centre, the park and even-". Neptunes phone beeped. "Ugh, never mind" she frowned.
"What's up?" I asked.
"For the sake of the plot, I have to return to the Basilicom. Something about Gameindustri suddenly getting a mass amount of energy, catch ya later, alright?"
I walked out the cafè and gulped. I hope that didn't mean me. I looked up at the night sky. Well, I best head over to that place now, other end of town if I remember correctly. I walked through the deserted streets until I found Fox.
"Hello Sam, ready for your transformation?" He asked.
"Sure, let's go ahead with it" I said. Fox grinned.
"Good" he blankly said. Suddenly a group of men tackled me to the ground. One of them pulled out a syringe. "Thank you for your co-operation...".
"W-w-whoa, whoa what are you-" I began before being put to sleep.
It must've been at least a full day before I awakened. When I came to. I realised instantly I wasn't on the ground and that I was topless. I was being held up inside a hoop, with my arms and legs tied against it.
"Where...where am I?" I asked. A doctor whose face was covered walked in front of me. He looked behind himself at a mirror.
"Sir, he just woke up!" The doctor exclaimed. There was a moment of silence until the door opened. Fox walked in.
"So I see you've awakened!" He said.
"So did it go well?" I asked. "My modification? The power?". Fox laughed.
"That hasn't even begun yet!" He laughed. "And best of all you still think you're doing this for your own benefit! Truth is, you're not. Now then, although I would chat with you, it's time for your modification, doctor?"
"Sir, he needs to be put to sleep and-" the doctor began.
"Hey, Doc. Have you ever wondered what would happen to your kid if he was to-" Fox said. The Doctor immediately attached a couple of tubes on me. "Yeah, I though so..." He laughed.
I don't know what they were doing to me, but it was painful. They pumped me up with a sort of energy I've never felt before. Worst of all, it's been a month. A month of torture. Now if you would've told me back then, that I was going to be rescued by a goddess, I would've told you how full of crap you were. Well...lets see.
I woke up with a pain in my back.
"Good evening, Mr. Kirley" said Fox. I became angry, as this was the first time I've seen him for a month.
"You son of a bitch..." I grunted. "What did you do?". Fox started walking around me in circles.
"Well Sam, throughout the past month, we've been pumping you with Share Energy. Something that each nation runs on. Last night, we ripped out your spine and replaced it with an electrical one, which should improve reflexes in you. It also has information storing weapon techniques and such." I was really confused.
"Why are you...doing all this?" I asked. "What the fuck is wrong with you...?" I cried. Fox grinned, sadistically.
"Well, for reasons you won't understand. We're creating a new nation and using you as the CPU. Well you're technically the first male CPU so we're trying to think of a name...maybe GD" he said. "For Guillable Dumbass" he laughed
I began tearing up.
"Why me..." I cried. "I just wanted my suffering to stop, why did you do this to me?". Fox laughed.
"Like I said, reasons you won't understand" he said. In the background one of the workers turned the radio up.
"In other news, the Goddess Purple Heart has issued out a search party for an individual male only known as: 'Sam'. Described as brown hair, green eyes and average build and height. If you see anyone matching this description, please submit a report to Planeptune's oracle" boomed the radio. Purple Heart? Who's that? I looked over at Fox who was frozen in place. He slowly turned around and stared at me. Punching me in the stomach.
"You contacted the CPU...?" He blankly said. I did not respond as I didn't know what he was talking about.
"N-Nep...". I mumbled. Fox punched me once more before turning around and pressing a button on a radio.
"Everyone, pack up. We're moving to the site at Leanbox, do it now!" He screamed down the microphone. He looked back at me and left. "Hopefully the balloon tits doesn't know you" he spat, before leaving the building.
Why me...? How could he take advantage of me in one of my crappiest times. I lowered my head and began to cry. Watching my tear drops fall to the ground. I then heard banging noises, I raised my head. The banging was following by slicing noises, then screaming. The noises became closer. And all of the people in here pulled out weapons and aimed them at all the entry points. The ceiling then collapsed and a figure with wings dropped down and began attacking everyone in there. I watched as they all dropped dead. As the dust cleared up, that's when I saw the Goddess form of her for the first time.
She had purple hair, braided. A black suit with a bit of blue, a large bust and her pupils looked like a power symbol. She approached mr and cut me loose from my binds. I collapsed to the ground, and I could barley move my legs and arms. The woman kneeled down by my side.
"Please..." I cried. "Help me...". She began to tear up and she hugged me.
"It's ok" she whispered, tightening her embrace around me. "It's over now". A bright light engulfed her and she transformed into someone else.
"Nep...tune?"