CYBERWORLD [eddsworld au]

chapter 6

"...tord?..." 

was all that could escape from my mouth. How could this be? He's dead no doubt; he couldn't have survived that fall or the explosion, how the hell could he possibly be alive?!

"...tom..." he kept his eyes on me, "If you are alive that means...."

He gets up out of camera view and goes to someplace else off camera. I could hear the voices of other people and then a slamming of a door followed by beeping noises.

He came back into view and had a serious look on his face, "Thomas, where are you?" he asked sternly. "Why should I tell you?" I say in a snarky tone.

"Thomas, I know we haven't seen each other in years and I know you don't trust me at all but right not you are in more danger than you think!" he sounded distressed for some reason?

"What do you mean danger? Tord what is all this? Never mind that. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU ALIVE?!"

"Tom, this is no time for questions!" he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose "Look all I can say is, if you've been outside in the city that probably means you've already been targeted. More than likely they are coming for you as we speak..."

"Who's coming for me?!" at this point I'm shaking.

"The Obsidian Armada if you've come this far it means you don't have a chip in your head yet, that's good. Look, I need you to follow some instructions and get here, where you are right now isn't safe..."

"Why would I want to be closer to you? If you haven't guessed, I hate your guts."

He rolled his eyes "Tom, I'm being serious. This isn't a game. If you don't do as I say YOU WILL DIE" he yelled the last part.

"Alright fine...what do I have to do?" he stops and thinks for a second then looks at my arm thingy "Destroy that".

"What?! No! This thing helps me do my job!" I shout at him.

"If you don't destroy it it'll help them find you easier".

"Fine," I take it off my arm and throw it on the ground, stomping on it repeatedly until it starts to short circuit and glitch out.

"Alright your royal pain in the ass what's next?"

"Okay, this is very crucial and I don't know why I didn't do this before- in each of our friends bedroom there is a USB drive with set instructions for them in case they ever broke free and came back like you."

"Okay?"

"I need you to find and retrieve them, unfortunately both Edd and Matt were corrupted when I left leaving you to be the only uncorrupted one, meaning that the motor vehicle will only work for you."

"Motor vehicle? I get a motorcycle?!" I smile with anticipation. Holy shit this is cool!

"Not exactly, lets just say i watched tron before making it, anyways the one in Matt's room will be inside the red book on the shelf by the window, the one in Edd's room is taped to the underside of his desk, and the one in your room is underneath a loose floorboard under the bed closest to the window."

I hesitated "so what if I do get these USB's for you? What's on them? Why the hell on toast would I ever want to do this especially for you and after what you did to my friends and I?"

Tord looked off camera for a second then looked back at me.

"Thomas I can't explain what's been going on in this world over a screen, nor can I explain what went through my head when I did those things to you all. Killing your neighbor wasn't part of my plan..."