Chapter 58 - 58: Devin Enters the World!

A/N: Join my Discord Server to talk to me about the chapters!

discord.gg/p3KpbNC

.

.

It took us a little over 45 minutes to reach Peoria, so we decided to stop by the gas station to get us something to drink, and to go to the bathroom.

We walked into the gas station, then we decided to go to the bathroom first. It took me just a few minutes to use the restroom, and wash my hands. While washing my hands, dad came out, and started washing his too.

"Let's hurry up, and get our drinks. We need to get back home before Shawna thinks we are taking too long." Roger told me.

"Hahaha. . . Alright." I commented.

After we finished washing our hands, we walked out of the restroom, and headed towards where the drinks were at. I decided on a Monster Energy drink, dad got the same thing as me. It had a deal when you bought two of them. We started walking back up towards the register, when all of a sudden, three guys ran into the store with guns pointed at the employee. When dad saw that, he immediately pulled me down to where they couldn't see us.

"Devin, stay here! I've got to save the employee." He whispered to me.

"Why! Just stay here!" I whispered to him quickly, I was really scared at this point to where I was shaking a little bit.

"Don't worry bud, I'll be fine." He said to me while smiling.

He gave me his drink, then started crawling towards the register.

"If you press the alarm, we will blow you to smithereens!" One of the robbers said to the employee.

"Hurry up, go grab the money!" The second robber yelled at the third one carrying the bag.

When the third robber went to go around to the employee, that is when Roger attacked them. With Roger's military training, he was able to attack the first robber. He punched the guy in the back of the neck, hard enough to where you could hear a pop noise coming from the robber. By the time the first robber hit the floor, Roger had already turned to go after the second. The second robber noticed Roger at that point, and went to turn towards him to shoot him. Sadly, he was too slow, and wasn't able to fire his weapon. Roger was able to kick the guy's gun out of his hand, then went and fought the guy in hand to hand combat.

I was already scared stiff by the time my dad was fighting the second guy. I then noticed the third robber come running at him with his gun raised. Sadly he couldn't shoot, unless he wanted to hit his companion. I wanted to yell at dad to warn him, but I couldn't say anything. It was like I was completely frozen.

Roger was still fighting the second guy, when all of a sudden the robber decided he wanted to punch him in the side. Roger dodged him, then hit him square in the temple. The guy completely passed out after that. That is when Roger noticed the third guy running towards him. The third robber then moved his gun hand downward, and shot his leg. Roger screamed out from the pain he felt in his leg. He ended up falling down, and grabbing above the wound in his leg to stop the bleeding.

I wanted to scream at this point. I wanted to run to my dad, but I still couldn't move. I watched the robber blast my dad's leg, then went back to the register, and started taking the money out of it. When he got done with that, he walked back around to my dad.

"You fuċker, what did you do to them!" He yelled.

"Hopefully, I knocked them out. If not, then killed them." Roger commented, with a slight grimace.

"Just for that comment, I'm going to blow your brains out." The guy said in rage.

When I heard the guy say that, something inside of me snapped. I went into utter rage, and yelled out while running straight at the guy. When I yelled, it scared the guy to where he didn't fire his gun, but instead looked around to see where I was coming from. I was luckily still down low when I started running towards the register. When I came out from behind the aisle, the guy turned towards me to shoot at me, but he was too slow. I jumped right at his waist, and talked him into the wall. He dropped his bag of money, but not his gun. I then tried grabbing his hand that had the gun, but I wasn't able to make him drop it. We struggled on the floor for a while, when all of a sudden I heard a gunshot. I let go of him, and he pushed me off of him. I started feeling really hot on my stomach for some reason. I started to also hear sirens, but it seemed to be getting faint. I pushed my body over, and then looked to where my dad was. All I saw was him crying, and trying to crawl over towards me. I also saw some shadows running into the gas station, but I couldn't really make them out.

"DEVIN!" Roger yelled. He said while crawling closer to me.

"Dad, I'm alright. I saved you. . . I couldn't le. . . cough. . . cough. . ." I tried telling him, but then I started coughing, and feeling something wet on my lips. It was kind of warm.

"Devin, don't speak son. Everything will be alright. Someone get an ambulance in here!" He turned and yelled at someone.

The room started getting darker for me. Everything started getting blurry too.

"Dad. . . What is going on. . . The room. . . is getting darker. . ." I muttered out.

"Devin, stay with me son! Stay with me!" Roger said while he started crying.

It then dawned on me of what happened. That gun shot earlier was that guy's gun. It must have shot me. Lucky bastard. . .

"Dad. . . I'm. . . Cough. . . Cough. . . I'm dying. . . aren't I?" I looked at him straight in the eyes when I said that.

". . . sniff. . . sniff. . . No, you are not dying. . . You are just taking a short nap, since you and that guy had fought for a while. . ." He said to me with tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Ha. . . cough. . . I'm sorry dad. . . Tell Shawna, Sam, and Hailey I love them. I love you dad. Tell Tracie I'm sorry about Jason. . . Cough. . . Cough. . . Cough. . ." I told him, then the room went completely black.

================================================================

I woke up after what felt like a long time. I opened my eyes, but all I saw was darkness. I looked around me, and still nothing but darkness.

'Did I go blind?'

When I had that thought, a bright light suddenly blinded me. I started rubbing my eyes cause it hurt so bad. It took me a few moments to get rid of the pain in my eyes, then I opened them. What I saw was a completely white room. It had a desk, and two chairs in it, with 2 tv screens to the left of the desk. There was a guy sitting behind the desk looking right at me.

"Devin, it would seem you have come over a little early." He commented.

"Huh?" Was all I could say at that point.

"In other words, you weren't supposed to die yet. You were actually supposed to die about 12 years later, but sadly those idiots had to suddenly rob that place. . ." He told me.

"Wait. . . So, I'm actually dead? What about my dad? Is he alright?" I rushed over to him while asking.

"First off, calm down. Second, yes he is alright. His wound on his leg was treated not too long after you passed away. So he is alive, not doing too well mentally, but he is alright." He told me.

"Damn it. . . If only I could have gotten that gun away from him. I would still be alive. . ." I commented to myself.

"You actually almost had it. To be honest, I'm actually quite surprised. I wasn't expecting this to happen at all today." He commented to me.

"So, what now. . . Wait. . . Is this the place Jason went to before?" I suddenly asked him.

"Actually, it is, but that was before I took over. The individual before me, decided to go with him. Why are you asking?" He then asked me.

"Is he doing alright? I had gotten a letter from him saying he was still alive." I told him.

"He is actually doing pretty well where he is at. Sadly though, he knew about your death before it happened. Since he was the very first one to come over here, he got some extra stuff with him that allows him to see anything that happens to the ones he cares about. Heck, he knew about it before I did. I wasn't able to figure out what happened until I came back online." He mentioned it to me.

"Wait. . . He knew about my death? Oh god! Was he alright after finding out, and what do you mean came back online?" I asked the weird guy.

"Honestly, that is something you should ask him, but only if you want to go to where he is, and to your other question. This place is the mainframe for the world he is in right now. That world is called The System's World. It is a world based on your world's mmorpgs. I'm actually a part of that very System. I don't have a name though, so don't worry about trying to figure it out." He told me.

"Huh. . . So I can also go into the same world as him? Would you be able to put me where he is at?" I then asked him.

"Kind of. . . I can only put you in a spot he will be passing. Sadly, he is in an area where the System can't interfere with it. It is still watching, and from the way it looks. He is about to leave that place. So he should see you around 10 minutes after you enter the world. Now, would you like to go inside, and see him?" He asked me.

"Yes, I would like to, but are you able to leave a message for my dad?" I asked him.

"Sadly, I can't. Since I'm part of the system itself, I can't leave like the original person could. I'm sorry, but I have no way of telling him." He told me with a sad look on his face.

". . . Wait. . . You said you're a system correct? If that is the case, can't you send a message to his cellphone?" I then asked in a hurry.

"Hmm. . . Let me find out. . ." He told me, then disappeared. It took maybe 5 minutes before he reappeared right where he was sitting earlier. "It would seem that I'm able to do that, but it has to be a short message." He then told me.

"Good! Just send him this, 'Dad, I'm still alive, but can't explain. Go to Tracie and tell her I'm with her son, and to explain to you where we are. Love, Devin.'" I told him.

"Alright, it is done. So, now what would you like to do in the world? Class, race, etc." He told me.

"Hmm. . . Well, for the race. . . I would love to be a dwarf, with dark brown hair, and facial hair. I would also like to be a paladin that is tank specced. Can you do that?" I asked him.

"I very well can, but prewarn you. It will hurt. I have to change you physically, but I will numb the pain down to where you will stay conscious. After you get into the world, just walk straight from where you land. Don't deviate. The direction I'm having you go towards will be where Jason will be setting up camp. Oh, also he isn't Jason anymore, his name is now Arthrall Pendragon. Now, since I remembered, would you like your name changed?" He then asked me.

"Oh. . . Um. . . Yes, I would like it to be Dj Wahlle, please and thank you!" I told him.

"Alright then, forget your original name. I won't force you too, but normally you would enter my world without your previous memories. Since you're a friend of Arthrall though, you get to keep your memories. Now, walk through the door behind you, and fall into the dark hole. You will be transferred into the world after that." He told me while pointing behind me.

I turned around, and indeed there was a door right there. I looked back at him and said, "Thank you for this." Then I ran to the door, and opened it. I looked into the dark hole, then jumped right into it. I started falling for a while, but while I was falling I started feeling severe pain all over my body. It was excruciating, it hurt so bad that I wanted to pass out, but I couldn't. This pain felt like it lasted for hours, but it only lasted for about 20 minutes. After that, the pain finally started to fade away. I couldn't see myself, but I could tell I was different.

[Brace yourself. Now entering into The System's World in 10 seconds.]

'I guess it is finally time.'

[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Now entering the world.]

A bright light then blinded me once again, except this time it didn't last as long. When I opened my eyes, I saw the ground coming up to me very quickly.

"Shit!" I yelled right before I hit the ground.