EMPRESSOR: WHEN THE VIRTUAL AND REAL COLLIDE (BOOK 1)

A short trip to my past

{Flashback (2 years before)}
I was sitting in a cafe, waiting for my coffe. I was thinking about the little money I had, which was soon going to get exhausted. I was thinking what to do next when I got a tap on the shoulder.
I looked around to see if the waiter had arrived with my coffe and croissant, but the person was not a waiter. He was a guy with messy hair and chocolate brown skin, a pointy nose and he had round glasses.
He smiled when I looked at him.
"What do you want?" I asked with authority in my voice.
"Me??? Nothing, just a friend" he replied.
"Then you have got the wrong person" as in those days I was continuously on the run from my foster parents and couldn't trust anybody.
"It's rude to say no to a person who is trying to be friends with you" he said
"Tell me clearly what do you want" I said with a slight decline of patience.
"Come with me" he said, waving a hand full of notes at me. "Come with me, I know what you have been suffering from"
I thought for a moment but gave up.
"You h-h-have money!"
"Yeah, and I want someone to share it with" he said joyously
"Ok, I am coming"
He smiled and started going out of the cafe.
"Wait! My coffee!"
"It's already paid for" he replied
I was astonished and walked out of the cafe following the guy.
He beckoned me to a car parked outside, I was at first a little suspicious but then I had to give in thinking about the money, but I also knew that this guy knew about me.
Once inside the car, we started talking.
He told me his name was Ayuric, and he knew all about me. My name, my past.. Everything.
I, for the first time in my life started trusting this guy whom I had just met with.
I asked him, how did he knew about me this much.
He replied "I am your friend, you can trust me. Why do you want to know how I know about you, huh?"
I believed him... And that's the Biggest silly mistake I had made in my life.
We drove for 10 minutes when he stopped the car in front of a Gaming parlour.
Before I could say anything, he said "you love games.. don't you?"
I was shocked at first but then thought, this guy knew so many things about me, the gaming hobby was just a little detail about me.
"Yeah" I replied
"Then, there is this guy you should meet"
We got out of the car and went inside the parlour.
Inside the parlour, my eyes dashed to the VR section. It was awesome as always.
But Ayuric me out of my dream land.
"Hey, we have come to meet a friend of mine" he said slapping me on the back.
He then looked at the other side and called out a person with long hair tied in a bun playing the newly launched MK 12.
"Oi Vaibhash!"
The guy looked at us and grinned.
Ayuric held my hand and we went to him.
Vaibhash or whatever his name was, looked at me and asked Ayuric.
"So this is the guy you were talking about"
"Yep" Ayuric replied
"Now, let's have fun together" Vaibhash shouted punching me so hard on the stomach that I felt like vomiting.
Honestly, he was a big guy with a round face and strong muscles that can be compared to that of a WWF player.
Ignoring this fact I accepted his request and we 3 started playing.
IT WAS FUN.
This went on for a few weeks. Sometimes I would go to their house to spend time and sometimes we would sleep on a park bench. (My style). We were true friends. We ate, slept, drank champagne, partied, played new games and what not. For the first time in my life I was more than happy. I had true friends to call. I had 2 BROTHERS.
But I didn't know that I was in deep trouble.
Days went by, then weeks and then months. I was trusting them more and more and told them everything I have been through.
When 1 day, early in the morning, my phone rang.
I got up and saw the name- Ayuric.
I was surprised that he would call me this early, he was a heavy sleeper. I picked up the call.
"Hello Elite! Please come to Central Park, we are waiting, urgent matter" with this he cut the line.
I was astonished. We had drank heavily the day before but nevertheless I accepted and got ready to reach Central Park.
I reached there, and saw Ayuric standing outside his car with an angry expression. Vaibhash was Inside the car.
I reached them and saw Ayurics face turning from anger to surprise and then to steely mask.
"What happened bro? Why so angry?" I asked
"It's no-no-nothing, you shouldn't have come" he replied
"What?" I didn't understand at that time.
He quickly came to realise his mistake and said "nothing, just sit inside the car"
I obliged.
But I caught a hint of an order in his words than a request made to a friend.
Vaibhash meanwhile looked at me and grunted and did not say anything.
I had never seen my friends look so strange like they were preparing for battle.
"Where are we going?" I asked
"To the manor house, where Mr Kentuky lives"
I did not understand at first due to the effect of whiskey of the previous night and nodded.
But then suddenly came to realise about the manor house they were talking about. The Kentukys were my former foster parents.
"NO! Let me out!"
There was sadness on Ayurics face. But he said
"No way, you are our money pouch"
Struggled on my seat and tried to get out of the moving car.
"You will be hurt if you don't cooperate" said Vaibhash.
Meanwhile I struggled like a pig.
I was trying to open a door when Vaibhash took a Wrench from under the seat and banged it on my head and as a result... I blacked out.
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I opened my eyes to bright light.
Standing in front of me where the Kentukys.
"What do you want! You have Corrupted my friends!"
Mr Kentuky laughed.
"They were never your friends Elite, they worked for me the whole time. Now SHUT UP AND sign the papers and give me your dad's money"
I was shocked and tears started to threaten me. But I controlled them. The news of my friends betrayal was enough to kill me.
"Never" i replied.
I realised that these foolish people hadn't tied me and I was lying on a Diwan.
I got an idea.
Meanwhile Mr Kentuky crouched near me and whispered "you don't do it... you face torture"
I quickly grabbed the gun on his waist and jumped out of the Diwan.
"Let me go or face death"
"Oh really, you are just a coward, you can never dare shoot me"
I pulled the trigger. A bang went and I saw Mr Kentuky on the floor clutching his thigh.
"Catch him" he shouted at his son and I ran for my dear life (that's what best I can do) and got out of the manor house after a long time which seemed like ages.
I looked here and there for a means of transport and suddely saw Ayurics car standing at a distance.
My head reeled.
I went near it and saw Ayuric and Vaibhash in deep conversation inside the car.
I remembered that I still had the gun.
First I tapped on the window and make them realise of my presence.
Their expression was priceless.
Ayuric seemed like he has eaten dung and Vaibhash seemed to be in deep Trauma.
I looked at them severely and said "you PATHETIC, BACKSTABBING, SNAKES! YOU NEVER WERE MY FRIENDS, YOU GUYS DESERVE A PUNISHMENT"
With that I pulled the trigger again but not on them, On the petrol area of the car. I was even more angry than the demons of SATAN.
There was a big blast and I was sent flying on the grass nearby. I was relieved that I hadn't lost my consciousness. I took a last look, on the blasted debris and ran from their because I knew the police would soon be coming and the Kentukys in my search too.
On the way I thought the reason why I had befriended them with tears rolling down my eyes.
Later on the news I read about a freak car blast, but both the person inside the car were safe with some severe burns. I cursed myself to think that people like them were alive but still I didn't want them to die, or did I?

{End of flashback}
Back then I had promised that I will not trust anybody in my life.
(I am sorry if I have hurt anybody's sentiments about friendship)

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Derived from the example of the Authors own life.
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Hiya folks, this is my latest chapter. Hope you enjoy this. Special thanks to GAWALIONE19 and @THENAMEISNTTHERE who inspired me to write a chapter like this.
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