Helsin showed me around, letting me look at the monitors that the people were watching, and each of them was monitoring different things. I guess this was to help put my mind at rest, and it did for the most part.
Regardless of my worries, this is what I had wanted but never dreamed that it could be done yet. I had written down my idea, but I was just a kid, and yet, here it was.
I really wasn't sure what the future has in store for humankind, but I knew the world that I wanted to work towards creating. The thing that I didn't know was what use Helsin had for my research.
Sure he could use it to put us in a game, but that meant that someone had to be in control, and that wasn't what I wanted.
"Mr. Zero, can I ask you what you plan on doing with this?" I asked as we left the chamber, and the blast doors were closed behind us.
"What do I plan on doing with this? Well, I am not really sure yet. There is a plan for the game, but it is really just a cover for our true intentions. I, like you, want to create a world where no one has to die," Helsin said, but I was blasted out of my body, and my memories came back.
I didn't understand what was going on, and before I could blink, the scene changed. Suddenly I was in Helsin Zero's office looking in, but my body wasn't there.
Mark was there, with Helsin talking about me. I knew something like this would show up, but this was far sooner than I had expected.
"Tell me about your friend; he seems guarded. And not about his stupid parents, I already know that! I want to know his worries about coming here," Helsin asked.
So this was the moment that my friend first betrayed me. I had thought that it would have taken time, but I should have known when Helsin conveniently told me what I wanted to hear.
I was forced to listen to my best friend spill all my secrets to this man that only wanted to use me for his gain. While the pain of the betrayal was lessened by knowing it was going to happen, it still stung.
I had been trying to hold out hope that Mark had been forced to tell him, but this proved he gave all the info up for his own gains. Suddenly, years started to fly by me in memories but then stopped at the moment that Harold and I had discovered the God Frequency.
I was in the lab with him, but things were different now. Over the years, we had worked together and slowly formed a strained partnership.
I was forced back inside my body again, and my mind flipped.
"What are the chances?!" Harold exclaimed as his eyes lit up.
Both of us watched as the simulation ran its full course, converting every living soul on this planet into energy-based lifeforms. All of our hard work was finally complete.
"I told you that just going with it would work!" I cheered, and Harold rolled his eyes at me.
"Don't get too excited yet. This was our first test run and-," Harold started to say but was cut off as Helsin and Mark came marching into the lab without knocking.
I had started to become more uneasy about Helsin lately with the massive increase in workers that had been hired lately. I would understand if they were to help with the project, but they were all game designers and coders.
If Helsin was going to stay true to his word, then what was with all the rush to finish the game? I had tried asking Mark about it, but he said that they were already behind on the game.
Helsin said that the government was worried about the backlash and how the world would react. The excuse was that having a game that they could enter right after release right after the Megatron Pulse would end that.
I didn't believe Helsin, but I trusted Mark, so I wasn't sure what to think. Harold was always in my ear about Mark being a worm, but I didn't believe him.
The last ten eight years had been really hard, and Harold and the others hadn't made it much easier. Thankfully, everyone was starting to treat me more like family, but too many girls were here.
"So, you boys have finally completed it! How invigorating! The rush is on! Please run some more tests, and when you are satisfied it will work, let me know!" Helsin said in an excited voice.
"Why? I am sure that you already have up-to-date copies of our work, right? We never called up to say we had completed anything," Harold said in a flat voice as he glared at Helsin.
If there was one thing we could agree on, it is that Helsin was not to be trusted, but there wasn't much either of us could do. It was to the point where no one had left the building in the last two years.
"Oh, you are a sharp one, but of course, I would be watching my two start pupils! Your work is the most important of all things at this facility! The future is bright, my boys! Relish in your achievements! You have earned it! Tonight I will be throwing a little party in your honor, but sadly, I will not be in attendance," Helsin told us, but not seeing him there would probably make it better.
"I can't believe that you actually did it, Zack! I mean, I knew that you would, but it is still amazing!" Mark told me as Helsin left the room.
"Yeah, well, I wasn't the one that discovered it. That was Hero over here! I actually think that we should change your name to this. Honestly, I never really liked Harold, and you might even become friendlier!" I joked, poking Harold, but he still had a serious look on his face, but he was glaring at Mark.
"Oh, Mr. Scary Face is glaring at me, so I guess it's my time to go and let you both get back to work!" Mark said and walked out of the room.
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