Ashy's POV
I opened my eyes and looked around the room, the only thing I seen was darkness. I went to grab my head, but something stopped my wrist.
'What the hell?'
I sat up and blinked a few times, a very dim light was casting over the room. I looked where I was and it looked to be that I was in a jail cell.
"H... Hello?" I squeaked out, my voice broken and harsh from Jenna's choke slam from earlier.
A figure moved from the corner, closer to the bars I was protected behind. "So your up... Good" The voice said. They sat down in a chair, but their face was still hidden by a black hood.
"Y-Your the hacker... Heh... And Jenna's your tool?! What kind of twisted game-"
"I'm not the hacker... But I hired the hacker to destroy the Source building. I'm the mastermind behind this all"
The voice was soft, but serious. I've heard this voice before...
"... Why did you take me?"
"No one else would understand" Suddenly his hood was pulled down and my eyes widened, I knew him... I... I trusted him!
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"T-Toby!? What?! Why would you burn down your own building-"
"Shhhh, let me explain... I wanted out of the business... But if I passed Source down to someone they would have fucked it up, make it shitty... So I let it burn ... purposely skipped the day of work to talk to you, and watched my plan fall into place. But you... Heh I didn't account for you at all... You wanted to help get Source up and running again... I figured that it would be cute to see you work your ass off to try and get the app up and running again.. But then the others joined, making it harder to keep Source down. After a while you guys actually got it back up. I don't know how, but you guys did it. Then everything went down hill. The hacker wanted to play a few games with you, said she knew you. I said no, but she insisted and did it anyway, bringing you here and having all our friends look for you. I didn't want any of this to happen Ashy..."
I stared blankly at him, my face in disgust as my face hardened
"What about Jenna...? She-"
"She's being held captive, some how the hacker is making her do whatever she wants"
I pulled my legs to my chest and tried to wrap my arms around them, but the chains didn't give me that much slack. "L... Let me go... Pl-Please..."
"I will... After all this is over..." He opened the cell and knelt down to me, he placed her hand on my cheek and I flinched violently. "Toby.. Pl-Please... I.. Won't tell anyone..."
He sighed and pulled out a needle the size of my pinkie. "I know you won't. After this enters your blood stream you won't remember anything about Me, us, Jenna... you'll be saved.."
I squirmed at the sight, tears dripping down my face. "Pl-please! Toby! Im sorry!" I leaned into his hand and shivered a bit.
He tilted my head a bit forcefully, exposing my neck to him. His hands shook a bit and his voice broke as I watched tears spill from his eyes. "This will make you forget."
"I don't want to forget... You... Or anything.." My eyes cleared up and I shivered and let him press the needle against my vein, but no pressure was put. "And why's that?" he responded.
I sighed and decided since I was going to forget this all anyway might as well be truthful. "You, Jenna, Jinx, and Melissa are the only people I've talked to and opened up to. You guys are my only friends, I've had so much fun opening up and rebuilding Source with you all... I don't want to forget any of it, I don't want to lose the memories I have with them... I don't want to lose the memories I have of you."
He took the needle away from my neck and pulled me into a hug and he pulled away after a moment or so, leaving me stunned and face red. I heard a clicking sound and the chain that was on my wrists were dropped.
Toby looked down and stayed in place. "Leave and tell the others if you want... I'll wait for-" I cut him off as i pulled him into another hug that seemed to last forever. I pulled away with a small smile on my face. "You'll tell them... The truth... and how you never intended it to get like this, and we'll shut source down for good."
Toby stood up and pulled me up with him, my legs a bit wobbly. "Sounds tough..."
"Eh, its just a few texts" I limped out of the cell and out of the strangly designed building with him.
