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Elliot was gonna kill whoever caused that fire.
Well not really. More like he would try to press charges, or get them arrested, or do something that would make those two learn their lesson. Who just lets their kid burn down an entire pizza place?? This whole thing was giving him a headache. He was tired, he was angry, and he just wanted everything to go back to normal. He managed to escape the fire with little injury, but his leg had a nasty burn and he probably had enough trauma to last him until he was ready for retirement.
But right now, he was not. So now, he was unemployed, none of the places he applied to were getting back to him and he was beyond exhausted. He just wished some people had some common sense and wouldn’t let their kids run rampant.. Elliot was pretty sure the kid had hacks too, and how the hell was that possible?! That kid looked 10 at most! There was no reason that he should’ve had hacks that powerful.
Elliot decided that he should just go to the park to clear his mind, Nothing more calming than the park right!! He grabbed his coat, put on his boots, and prepared to head out. He needed a break from all of this. Maybe he could invite one of his friends to come along with him.. That idea was quickly scrapped however, because he found he didn’t have the energy to deal with any of his friends. Alone was better. Plus, it seemed to be a nice day, so there wasn’t really anything that could go bad!!
It felt nice, really. To have the sun on his skin and the light breeze blowing against his face. It was a good way to help him calm down. Though his peace was short lived, as he caught wind of a conversation nearby. About the pizza place. He turned around, thinking maybe it was one of his coworkers, or someone who had been in the building at the time, but no. It was them. C00lkidd and 007n7. The people who caused it.
Elliot felt anger bubble up in his chest, seeing the two people who ruined his life. And the dad was giving the kid ice cream?? After what he just did?? Elliot was beyond upset, and practically forgot his morals as he turned to face them completely. He balled up his fists as he started to hell.
“YOU!! Aren’t YOU the ones who burned down the pizza place??”
Elliot watched as 007n7 looked up at him with fear as he started walking towards them, but he couldn’t care less. He saw c00lkidd drop his icecream and hide behind his father, and how scared the little kid seemed to be. Elliot just wanted to talk. Yeah. Talk.
“H-hold on now..!! He’s just a kid..!! You wouldn’t hurt a kid right..?”
Elliot scoffed hearing n7’s voice, the sound of it grating to his ears. He hated everything about these people who had ruined his life, and maybe if he wasn’t feeling so resentful, he would be able to be more…considerate.
“Yeah. “Just a kid”. Just a kid who BURNED DOWN MY FAMILY BUSINESS!!”
Elliot didn’t even notice 007n7 pulling up his c00lgui and pressing random buttons and different options, as he winded up a punch. All of a sudden, a particle shot out at him, and he felt white hot pain all over his body, before everything went black.
He felt himself fade away, as his body stilled.
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007n7 wasn’t really proud of what c00lkidd had done. Sure, it was his first attack, and even if he felt a little bit of pride at the chaos his son had made, he couldn’t just outright attack like that. He needed to plan it accordingly, make sure there wouldn’t be that many witnesses..all of that. Nevertheless, he had brought c00lkidd out to the park after getting him ice cream as a congratulations for him.
007n7 didn’t really expect to see anybody from the day before. Hell, he didn’t even know all the details of what happened after. Only that the people that worked there were all out of jobs and there was at least one casualty. He was happy that c00lkidd had taken interest in something that 007n7 loved so dearly, but he also needed him to understand that he can’t use his c00lgui like that.
“YOU!! Aren’t YOU the ones who burned down the pizza place??”
The sound of Elliot’s voice and Elliot stomping towards the two of them made him freeze. Shit. He jinxed it, didn’t he? Elliot seemed furious at him, and as he saw c00lkidd drop his ice cream and hide behind him, he felt scared for what Elliot was planning on doing here. He didn’t want Elliot to attack them, maybe he could try to convince him otherwise..? 007n7 put his hands in the air, trying to show that he didn’t mean any harm.
“H-hold on now..!! He’s just a kid..!! You wouldn’t hurt a kid right..?”
007n7 went in front of c00lkidd, further shielding him from Elliot’s area of view, the small child clinging to his leg in fear. Oh god Elliot was pissed. How was he supposed to explain that the kid didn’t know how much damage that would cause..! But any explanation didn’t seem like it would work.
“Yeah. “Just a kid”. Just a kid who BURNED DOWN MY FAMILY BUSINESS!!”
007n7 started to panic as he watched Elliot start to swing a fist at him, pulling up his c00lgui and pressing random popups and buttons to try and get Elliot to stop. And the next thing he knew, he shot out a popup from his gui at Elliot, and he stopped in his tracks, his expression falling into blank obedience and his arm falling to his side.
What just happened.
007n7 looked at the man in front of him, waving his hand in front of his face a few times, though he gained no reaction. Elliot just stood there, staring straight ahead at nothing in particular. c00lkidd came out from behind his father, now looking at Elliot in confusion. The faint particles of the c00lgui sparked and phased in and out of existence on Elliot’s body. c00lkidd poked Elliot, confused as to why he wasn’t moving anymore.
“Papa, whats wrong with him?”
007n7 just stood there in shock for a moment, before speaking once more.
“Elliot..? Can you hear me..? Tell me if you can..”
Elliot seemed to spark back to life, looking at 007n7, promptly scaring c00lkidd to behind his father again. Elliot nodded, his expression staying the same as it had been this entire time.
“Yes, I can hear you.”
Elliots voice sounded..wrong. Like something was making him say it. Like that wasn’t really him saying it. It was monotone, and held none of the life it previously harborded. 007n7 looked at him once again, and asked him to move forwards, and Elliot immediately complied, moving to stand right in front of him.
“H-holy shit.. I can do that..?? I CAN DO THAT…??”
He was going to get in so much trouble if anybody found out about this. Oh gods, he had just brainwashed someone right after he destroyed his establishment. He felt a tinge of regret, but quickly pushed it down. He needed to think rationally here. 007n7 decided that the best course of action was to take Elliot home, and experiment more with what he just found out.
“I’m so sorry kiddo… Lets go home alright..? Dad has some things he needs to work out..”
c00lkidd nodded, and held onto 007n7’s hand as they walked back to the car. Elliot followed behind, his movements junky and uncoordinated. 007n7 looked stressed. But he reassured c00lkidd that nothing was wrong. Everything would be fine.
He could fix this.