(Recently been into Zelda again :D)
#Warnings - Mentions of suicides, drowning, possible triggering, swearing, explanations of crime investigations
You sighed as you leaned back into the plush chair if the university library. Your Crime Analysis class was fun, but you had chosen the wrong string of murders this project.
You had chosen an old crime investigation named The Ben Murders. Named after every letter from the victims mentioning a Ben, mentioning a drowning as well, each victim had committed suicide.
The fun part was you get to be creative, you didn't have to follow the exact cold case. So after a little digging, you found the investigation of Benjamin [REDACTED] A boy, aged 12, who had drowned in a lake while playing with his cousins. Everyone there claimed it was an accident, but police later revealed evidence of foul play.
With the drowning of him, and the mentions of drowning and Ben from the victims it worked to well.
You wrote your paper and constructed your evidence, playing close attention to remain respectful to the Victims and families of the Ben Murders, along with Benjamin and his family throughout the project.
But you had a problem. You were seeing real connections between Benjamin's drowning, the suicides, and an odd sight called CleverBot.
You noticed that people all over the place were realizing the connections, but the police rejected it, the boy had died in 2002, it was currently 2014.
People online theorized him coming back from the dead, it was all crazy. You thought so.
You packed up your things and left the library. When you stepped out, like usual your phone immediately gained reception. This time, amongst your abundance of YouTube notifications, one stood out, not allowing itself to be swiped away.
You furrowed your brows. You never opened it on your phone aside from the one time you accidently clicked it's link while researching it. But the page never loaded, you went back before then.
You tapped the notification, your phone was shit anyways and you were going to get one soon, so if it got a virus you wouldn't care to much.
Opening the page, you were immediately greeted with the dead stare of Evie or whatever people called the damn bot.
You're rolled your eyes, "This things fucking dumb." You swore, just shutting your phone off. But it immediately switched back on. CleverBot wasn't smiling.
You Shouldn't Have Done That.
Your face paled, that was the one consistent line in all the letters. But you quickly brushed it off,
"People are fucked up for teaching that to an AI."
You mumbled, closing your screen again and tossing your phone on your bed as you walked into your small dorm. Your roommate wasn't in.
You hummed softly, grabbing clothes for a shower, stepping into the small bathroom. Turning the water on, you made sure it was to the perfect temperature before stepping into the room again to grab a towel.
But the man on your bed, dresses as Link from the Majora's mask game (only guessed because he was wearing the damn mask) stopped you in your tracks.
"You're to smart (Y/n), connecting me to these crimes going on, change your project before I do."
You rise a brow, then frowned, "You're disgusting, what, did you watch me in the library and decide this was funny? You shouldn't disrespect the dead like this."
He shifted, moving off the bed, his feet never quite touching the floor. He took the mask off, replacing it's stare with his own. Red eyes, red tears, Benjamin's face.
You stumbled back, "Oh hell no." You spat, grabbing the nearest thing to smack him with. He quickly moved out of the way.
"You Shouldn't Have Done That."
You frowned, "You're a creepy fucker. But if you're alive I'm just calling the police."
Your grabbed your phone and as you were to press the emergency call function, Ben, or whoever he was, panicked, grabbing your wrist and throwing the phone out of your hand.
"No! Please don't call them." You saw true fear in his eyes, his body seeming to glitch in and out.
You tried to pull away, "why shouldn't I? You're a murderer!"
"You think I wanted to be!? I was a kid for Christ sake! All I did was torment my brother for caring more about my Nintendo then the fact that I was dead! After that He made me kill people!"
You watched him break down. Fully seeing a broken child. You frowned and crossed your arms.
He shook his head, "if I say his name he'll come and we'll both die."
"youre not going to kill me?"
"I... I was, because you were finding shit out, I didn't want to get into trouble."
You frowned, "It's not going online, its a school project."
He swallowed, rubbing the bloody tears from his face, "You can't show anyone. There's to many conspiracies out there."
You groaned, "Fuck man, I already spend so many hours on it."
You shrugged, then looked at him, locking eyes with the brightest blues you've ever seen. You blinked a few times, and they stayed.
"Yeah, they look better like this don't they?"
You smiled a little, "I think your other eyes look cool too."
He nodded, then looked at the weapon you still held in your hand. Bursting out in laughter.
You rise a brow and looked at your had, freaking out, "Oh my god!"
You were holding your roommates thongs.