The letter read:
'My dear son, Braden. If you are reading this letter that means that I am dead. I have been assassinated by Elijah Durham, my investor. This also means he will take my company and everything that I own. If you are reading this, Braden, I want to tell you I'm sorry. I'm sorry for leaving you alone in this hard world and in that awful city of Renvar. But you are not completely alone, my boy. I kept something for you... something special.
Take the key that is in the box and follow the underground caves in Randaly road. Use the map in the box to find your way, it will lead you to a special door which is the door to my hidden office below the company. Do not let anyone see you. When you take everything that I had kept for you, you will know what next to do. I love you, Your Father.'
Braden did not know what to think about the letter, seeing his father's words almost made him cry. But that was not what he should be worried about. What was it that his father wanted to give him? What is hidden in his office? And since when did his father have a secret office under the company in the caves of Randaly road?
There was only one way to find out. Braden took off his wet clothes and put on the only dry clean pair he had left. He opened his door and started to leave.
"That poor trash has changed his clothes!" Morris, one of his neighbours laughed.
"This one he's wearing is just as ugly as the other one!" another one said, her name was Emma, and she laughed the loudest.
"Where's he going? To beg for more food?" Remi joked. They all laughed together as they rained insults on him. "Faggot! Poor fool! Get out of our neighborhood!"
They were the rich neighbours in the Perigan neighborhood and Braden to them was the poor worthless eyesore, who made their beautiful neighborhood feel stained with his poverty.
Braden tried his best to pay no attention to them and made his way out to Randaly road. He avoided the hot sun and quickly went away from the road and into the caves. The caves were a little dark and so he took out the small torchlight that he had taken with him. He brought out the map from his pocket and started adventuring into the dark caves.
With the help of the map, Braden went through the dark scary caves. The walls are all rocky and kind of spooky. The air was thick, and faint echoes amplified the sense of isolation. Then, he arrived at this really stinky underground spot that smelt completely awful. He looked at the map to double-check he's going the right way. Yes, he was.
Why would his father build his office near a septic? Maybe because that's the last place anyone would expect it to be. Braden continued to walk. The smell just stayed gross. Eventually, he got to a massive locked door that was really big.
Braden stared at the door, feeling anxious. Whatever was inside there was what his father had kept for him all these years since his death. He took a deep breath, took out the key and started unlocking the door.
When the door finally unlocked, Braden pushed it open and went in. When he got inside, he didn't know what he was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this.
It was a super cool official experimental office. There were shiny desks and high-tech gadgets everywhere. The lights were bright, and it was very neat and organized even after all these years.
Braden took it all in, his eyes widened in astonishment. He walked around, looking at the place in complete awe.
< UNINVITED GUEST HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED > an AI voice sang.
< GUEST IDENTIFIED AS BRADEN JAMES MILLER, SON OF MICHEAL RAYMOND MILLER, MY CREATOR >
"Who's talking?" Braden asked, looking around. "Who said that?"
< I AM THE OFFICE SPEAKING, THIS IS MY AI VOICE, PLEASE CALM DOWN >
"What's going on? What is this place?"
< THIS WAS YOUR FATHER'S SECRET OFFICE WHERE HE WORKED AND EXPERIMENTED WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF ELIJAH DURHAM, HIS INVESTOR. THIS IS WHERE YOUR FATHER CREATED THE SERUM. >
Braden took a look around the office one more time. "What serum? What was my father creating here, and why show me now?"
< WHEN YOUR FATHER CREATED DOLORDINE, HE FELT GUILTY AFTER FINDING OUT THAT IT WAS ADDICTIVE AND COULD LEAD TO DEATH. BUT HE KNEW ELIJAH WOULD NEVER SAY NO TO THE MONEY HE WAS GETTING FROM IT, AND HE KNEW HE MIGHT BE KILLED. SO HE SPED UP THE CREATION OF HIS SPECIAL SERUM. HE CALLED IT THE OMEGA SERUM. ONCE INJECTED, IT WILL GIVE YOU GREAT POWERS AND ABILITIES. YOUR FATHER MADE IT ESPECIALLY FOR YOU >
"For me?"
And with that, a glass box opened and smoke poured out of it as a yellowish substance inside a syringe was revealed.
< YES, YOUR FATHER MADE THE SERUM JUST FOR YOU. HE KNEW THAT THE INVESTOR, ELIJAH DURHAM WOULD WANT TO KILL YOU TOO SO THERE WILL BE NO EVIDENCE. WITH THIS SERUM, YOUR LIFE WILL INSTANTLY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. YOU WILL UNLOCK YOUR FULL CAPABILITIES >
Braden's thoughts ran wide as he stared at the syringe. Could it be the one thing he was looking for all his life? Could this be the point where his life would change?
< ARE YOU WILLING TO DO IT, BRADEN MILLER? ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND BECOME A POWERFUL MASCULINE ALPHA MALE? ALL YOUR DREAMS WILL BE ACTUALIZED WITH THE POWER OF THE OMEGA SERUM. IF YOU ARE READY AND WILLING, TAKE THE SYRINGE AND INJECT YOURSELF IN YOUR STRONGEST VEIN. YOU WILL THEN GET THE POWER AND LIFE OF A GREAT POWERFUL MAN >
Braden didn't need anymore convincing, he stretched his hand forward and took the syringe, looking at it like it was the bestest thing he has ever seen.
< BRADEN MILLER, INJECT THE SYRINGE IN THE STRONGEST VEIN IN YOUR HAND >
Braden gulped. He slowly then stuck the needle into his biggest strongest vein.
Braden squeezed the syringe, pushing the omega serum into his veins. "Ow!" It stung like crazy, burning deep inside his skin. His veins began to swell, his eyes suddenly turned this intense shade of azure blue, and he could not help but groan from the sharp pain.
It was like his whole body was buzzing.
Then, out of nowhere, he collapsed, hitting the ground hard. Everything started to fade away as he fainted, leaving him in a swirling mix of pain and confusion.
But as everything turned blur, he had a voice inside his head, as if sent from the heavens.
< SYSTEM ACTIVATED. WELCOME, BRADEN JAMES MILLER TO THE MONEY GAMBIT SYSTEM >