Chester Charles Bennington is one of those 17 year olds with a not so perfect life. His mother died when he was only 9. He's bullied at school and beaten up, at home he's sometimes raped by his alcoholic father, he abuses drugs and is self-harmed. Everything changes for the boy when he meets 16 year old Michael Kenji Shinoda (aka Mike) who turns out to be his saviour.