"Don't be scared my friend. You see, I and your dad were good friends and I think we can be even better friends" the strange man that appeared in Jayden Wayne room explained.
Earlier on, Jayden had thought what he had seen days before to be mere illusions caused by the drug he took. To prove he wasn't going mad, he'd stay up not sleeping waiting to see the same man that had appeared to him. That never happened though, what did happen is that he'd eventually give up and fall asleep. He couldn't shake off the feeling that there was an off chance that what he saw was real, so today he decided to take another sniff of the substance he had disposed off in his bin. He went to the corner of his room where there was a basket filled with squished up papers and searched through the contents until he found what he was looking for, the substance. He took it and waited for something to happen but nothing did, that was until he gave up and went back to his now favourite place, his bed. He laid down on his side looking out the window, and that was when he felt the wind becoming still and he felt he wasn't alone anymore.
Jayden turned to find a man in a strange helmet on his head with a black armor standing in his room. Indeed this was the same man he had seen the last time in his room. The man had admittedly said he knew his father the last time and he said it again, making Jayden to stop doubting his hearing.
"What do you want from me, and how do you know my father"...." How did you even get in?" Jayden asked the man multiple questions as he sat up on his bed. He looked to be fearless and showed no signs of being intimidated by the man's presence, if only he knew who this was.
"Ah yes, what do I want from you..what do I want from you..hahaha"..." Or what do you owe me!!!!?" The man screamed at Jayden with a glowing red vein on the side of his face.
"Listen boy, there are some things that are bigger than you. If you need answers then you should search". The man said before disappearing.
"Wait...I still have questions" Jayden reached out his hands. Now Jayden stood up and looking around all over his room in search of the man, stumbled upon yet again another scorch feet mark.
"That man...this whole thing ain't ordinary" Jayden said.
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Meanwhile in an apartment situated at a local area. A middle aged woman could be seen, sitting on her sofa with a bottle in her front and empty bags of different food items surrounding her. One could tell the house has seen better days. The place looked unkempt and downright abandoned. The sound of Sobbing could be heard coming from the corner the woman sat with the bottle now in her hands.
"Rodney...where are you my baby". Stella hart cried. Stella who is Rodney's mother, had returned back from work three weeks ago to find her son wasn't in the house. Knowing he didn't have any friend he would have visited and he'd usually be in his room playing games. She knee something was wrong straight away. She called the school to ask if they saw him leave for home and his principal did say he was in fact reported to have being amongst the first set of students to leave as reported by the school security. Stella found this to be true as she knew her son wasn't the type to wait around in school. She was devastated and couldn't think of where he would have possibly gone to.
Stella being a single mother and earning just enough to take care of herself and her son from her occupation as a nurse. She stood up and went to pick up a picture hung on the wall in the living room. The picture had in it three people. An older looking woman, a boy who obviously looked like a younger version of Rodney probably when he was ten, and a girl who looked to be slightly younger than Rodney.
"I lost one...I can't lose both" she cried as she held the picture on her chest.
She had reported the situation to the police the next day after waiting to see if he'd return. While reporting her case she found out she wasn't the only concerned parent looking for their child as more parents trooped in to make a report as well.
"That one woman said her child claimed his friend disappeared while playing a video game" Stella thought to herself as she was at this point almost playing detective.
"I have to find that woman and ask her more questions. Clearly the police have a lot on their hands" she said referring to the other trending thing within the city of ZOA. The murder of the famous video game maker, Mr Rogers.