BEN Drowned.

Ch 1: Drowning

BEN Drowned.

Benjamin Lawman. Death- April 23. Cause of death- Drowned.

Benjamin was a shy innocent child who loved Video Games especially of those in the Legend of Zelda series. His favorite being Majora's Mask. His father wasn't approving of his nerdy habits though and could only get games and systems if he worked for it himself. And being only a child all he had was a Nintendo 64 with a selected few games. Having them being games he got himself his father couldn't ever take them away from him and his mother stood up for that factor. His father however still wanted his son to be stronger and more sporty so he constantly tried all sorts of different sports with Benjamin, and beaten him whenever he acted weak or complained about wanting to play his video games. Benjamin was also picked on in school for being a nerd and not liking both school and home he constantly detoured after school to the arcade and hanged out with the young man who work there, talked about his day and played the arcade games there sometimes for free with how much of a regular he was at the place and in general being a well behaved kid. At home with the beatings and such his father commonly drank alcohol and acted as an angry drunk breaking bottles of alcohol on Benjamin and covering him in bruises and cuts, Benjamin had to wear long sleeve clothing and long jeans that went to his ankles everyday no matter the season to hide them not wanting to risk losing his mother if it was discovered he lived in an abusive household and not knowing how that would turn out.

The father showed more and more growing hate towards Benjamin as he got older and more nerdy with age having more and more chances to get games. The abuse caused Benjamin to be more shy and quiet around others preferring to hide himself with his videogames and to forget about the real world, wishing his life could be more enjoyable like the games he always played and to be stronger like the characters he plays as, strong like his father wants him to be in the first place. Before Benjamin knew it, it was his 12th birthday he was returning home after heading to the arcade, he was dressed in a green sweater and a black beanie with a triforce on it along with a simple pair of jeans and in a better mood than usual considering it was his birthday and a Saturday, no school and no rules but he knew he couldn't stay out too late because his father told him early this morning that he was going to take him out for a birthday walk around the lake that was a short drive away from home and Benjamin wanted to squeeze in some Majora's Mask game time before heading out, so carrying his brand new triforce shaped pillow he got as a birthday present from the man who worked at the arcade as well as beaming with joy from all the arcade games he got to play for free as a treat. As he practically skipped into his house and made his way quickly to his room and sat on the floor with his new pillow in his lap and turned on his game system putting his game Majora's Mask in. It was a preowned copy and he had to write “Majora” on the cartridge for it was missing the picture but the game still worked perfectly fine and he had named his game file BEN short for his name Benjamin.

he played for about another 2 hours from where he last left off and by the time his father came into the room he was in the stone tower temple. His father looked ticked off as he glared at the game on Benjamin's screen and he looked outside seeing the sun midway in the sky his father said that it was time to head to the lake and to get off the games. Benjamin whined about wanting to play more but upon seeing his father glare he shut his mouth Benjamin went to go tell his mother that they were leaving but his father grabbed him by the arm and told him to leave his mother alone and that she was sleeping, Benjamin nodded and left the house with his father without telling her that they were heading out. They went into the car and Benjamin glanced behind in the back unable to help but notice a small shine to something, he tried to ask what it was but his father merly scoffed and told him not to ask questions. Throughout the car ride Benjamin couldn't help but notice the rattling sound of metal and he got increasingly more and nervous as the car continued driving on as he faintly wondered if he should have stayed home and played more video games even though he knew how angry that would have made his father. Upon arrival to the lake Benjamin couldn't help but noticed that they arrived in an area of the lake no other people were at it was void of people. And he looked around and noticed his father was also missing before noticing movement at the trunk of the car so Benjamin moved closer as his father slowly lift something gray into his arms with metal chains trailing on it, Benjamin stood frozen for a moment before asking what it was. His father just grinned with a dark look in his eye before moving over and placing two cinder blocks with chains on both of them directly in front of Benjamin. “I know how much you like games Benjamin, so I thought I'd treat you to a little game I came up with myself” his father had stated to his own son. Benjamin didn't like the look his father gave though and his actions didn't seem sane so Benjamin tried to run for it, but he unfortunately despite his father's constant efforts wasn't the most athletic and couldn't run very fast his father caught him easily roughly turning Benjamin on the spot and before Benjamin could even register what was going on his father stabbed his left eye with a knife and Benjamin let out a screech of pain before his father roughly covered his mouth and dragged him back over to the cinder blocks. Benjamin could barely see with one functioning eye the blood covering the left side of his face and he struggled to function against the pain as his father cuffed each his hands to the chains and cinder blocks before glaring down at Benjamin as he shook and struggled “I came up with a game Benjamin do you want to know what it's called?“ and with those words he stabbed Benjamin's other eye and kicked his son in the side causing Benjamin to fall as he screamed in pain with blood running down his face. his father then yanked on the chains and dragged his son closer and closer to the lake as he ignored his son’s crying and pleas as the boy was dragged mercilessly against the ground before the man lifted his son back up by the neck and squeezed tightly. As the boy gasped and struggled desperately squirming in the grip the man grinned “it's called BEN Drowned!” and with those words he tossed the 12 year old boy into the lake into the unforgiving depths of cold crushing water.

Benjamin struggled as he sank closer and closer to the bottom and he desperately held his breath as the water seeped into his nose struggling to look around for a way out but unable to with what his father did to his eyes. He tries to swim up but the cinder blocks and the water both way him down and he can't make it no matter how hard he kicks his legs. As he the seconds passed slowly his body feels the effect of losing air and it hurts he can feel himself drowning and he's not completely aware of how much time he has left. As his brain sends signals that he needs to breathe straight away, but his body choosing to breathe in the water and it only makes things worse and feels worse as water seeps into his windpipe and it burns not being able to breathe as the water filled his lungs and his back curves downwards as he becomes no longer able to fight his way back up, his lungs and stomach burned from the water as he continued to fill up and his body weighed down heavier like a statue in the water. His life flashed before his eyes and he wishes he at least got the chance to beat Majora's Mask knowing that it's in his room waiting for him to get back to. suddenly everything turned to black. But faint words echoed in his mind “you have meet a terrible fate haven't you?” and a chuckle sounded as everything went quiet.