Chapter 5, Dark World

"HOW COULD YOU ALREADY BE GETTING INTO THIS MUCH DEEP SHIT!!" Wendy shouted at Kris who was sunk into the couch with a letter in his hand from the principle.

"...I didn't do it on purpose..." Kris muttered to which Wendy's face went from anger to understanding before she shook it off to being one of melancholy. Kris looked at her as she then turned her face from him.

"Shit...am I doing something wrong here? This shouldn't be going down the same route. I just want my son to be a bit normal for once." Wendy thought to herself before she took a breath and then looked back at Kris who looked like he was going to cry.

"Hey! Hows about i make you some good ol cinnamon pie? I know how much that is your favorite! HELL! Lets have a movie night too to get our minds off of everything this past week. Hows that sound boopy?" Wendy asked with a smile, Kris wiped his face and then looked at his mom with a weak smile.

"I'm too old for that nickname" Kris chuckled as he got up only for his mom to hug him tightly.

"I love you Kris" Wendy said, Kris wrapped his arms around his mom gripping her tightly.

"I love you too" Kris replied. They spent the next few hours eating cinnamon pie with vanilla pie and watching the entire series of Terminator.

Kris would wake up the next morning tired and exhausted from yesterday. He noticed his mother was gone and likely at work. Kris would then walk up to his room and hear noises coming from inside. Kris put his ear to the door as he heard gibberish and the sound of rustling in his room. Kris then barged in to see Spamton on his bed with Nunn on his head eating Kris's lunch he hadn't eaten.

"S-Spamton?" Kris

"AH HA! Well if it's my [little super star!] Kris!" Spamton chuckled nervously as he put Kris's food down and jumped off his bed.

"W-What are you doing here? How'd you get in here?" Kris asked as he closed his door and sat in his desk chair. Spamton and Kris sat across from one another for a couple minutes in silence only for Kris to break it.

"Uhh Mr.Spamton?" Kris asked

"[What] Do you need?" Spamton asked

"You gave me this button before, but what exactly do i do with it? and why would I need to call you?" Kris asked

"Think about it [SUPER STAR], Haven't you ever wanted to have whatever your [HONEY BUCKET MOMMY] could desire? Ever wanted to just [GET OUT] and be free from all social and economic problems? Well call me and I'll be able to help you get whatever you want! Just for a little favor is all." Spamton said

"Wha kind of favor?" Kris asked

"Work for me Kris! I'll pay you handsomely too! How does [14,000 KROOMER] an hour sound to you?" Spamton asked

"I don't know what kroomer is Mr.Spamton" Kris said

"[KROOMER] also known in German as [VENMANSVAN] is a type of currency that allows for you to pay others for things you want. Similar to regular good green old man bills. It also makes for a good projectile." Spamton said as he got a coin out of his pocket and flung it past Kris's head so fast it got stuck in the wall, Kris nearly peed himself at the feat. He looked behind him at the coin in the wall and pulled it out. He took a closer look at the coin and realized it had a neko version of George Washington...Kris had no thoughts on it.

"Anyway [Kiddo], you have a bad kid camp to go to and I have some more digging to do." Spamton said as he then picked Nunn off his head and handed Kris his pet bat. Spamton then walked over to the TV and turned onto a random cartoon.

"What are you looking for exactly?" Kris asked

"Oh, just a few extra things and some lost books. They aren't here though, they're some place...else. Oh! Kid, can you do me one [TINY, WHINEY, SWINNEY] favor?" Spamton asked

"Uh sure." Kris responded to which Spamton then put his hands on Kris's shoulders with his glasses going pitch black with blue lights shining through them.

"[DON'T GO JUMPING D0WN ANY H@LES.]" Spamton said as he then removed his hands from Kris's shoulders and then hopped into the TV much to Kris's surprise.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Kris said as he went up to the TV and saw Spamton dancing inside the cartoon on TV with the other characters in the show before Spamton danced off screen. Kris fell backwards onto the floor almost passing out from the craziness he had just seen. Later on Kris then got to school where a school bus and a line of delinquent kids were all lined up to get on, Kris made eye contact with Susie who was already on the bus and sitting in the back. Eventually Kris would get on and walk to the back of the bus and sit next to Susie.

"Sup twig." Susie said as Kris made a weak smile back as the bus began to move and drive them all to the camp which was miles away from town, the trip was roughly 3 hours long and Susie had already fell asleep leaving Kris alone as he wrote in his journal about what he had witnessed before.

"It's so weird, today the dumpster man...Mr.Spamton was in my room and told me some weird stuff of course not after also JUMPING INTO MY TV!...things are getting batshit weird, and it doesn't seem to be in my head in anymore. This guy for real jumped into my FUCKING TELEVISON! LIKE WHAT!? HOWS THAT POSSIBLE??" Kris wrote in his journal as he looked over to Susie who was sleeping. He looked at her face, her neck, her collarbone and then went to her chest and legs. Kris continued to write.

"Susie, shes been my only fri-...companion through all this. The rape stuff has been getting less and less to me...hallucinations have gotten bad though. They decided to take me to this stupid camp to help me or whatever. More like a way for their school not to be the center of attention for 10 seconds. People love how they look." Kris wrote as he then closed his journal and leaned back. Kris looked outside as they were at a stoplight. Kris looked at a pole outside and pretended to bend it using his fingers against the window...only for the pole to then actually bend slightly shouting in shock as he looked at that and his hand. During the rest of the ride Kris continued to try and replicate what he did before, but he couldn't and considered that maybe the pole was always bent the way it was. As they drove over a bump Susie would wake up in a fright.

"AH! WHATS GOING WHERE ARE WE?!" Susie shouted nearly wakening up everyone else on the bus before Kris could cover her mouth.

"Susie we're still on the bus ride to the camp!" Kris whispered as low as he could while still tying to reach Susie.

"Oh, ok" Susie said as she then went right back to sleep. It wouldn't be long before Kris himself began to fall asleep and with that the world around him began to fall away. However Kris would then wake up once again at the strange dark place from his last dreams, however the large dragon or large figure were gone.

"This dream...with Mr.Spamton and all the weird stuff now happening...this has to mean something now." Kris said when suddenly Kris then saw a road leading to the inside of the large stump behind him. He ran down the road that lead into the darkness, as he continued to run along the road he began to see a large city like structue in the distance. It glowed brightly and even seemed to sound just like a city with the sounds of cars and airplanes coming from it. Just however when he got close to it he saw traffic cones and sighs stopping him from going any closer. Kris looked up to then see a large sign saying "WELCOME TO CYBER CITY!".

"There looks to be more going on here than i realized. What sort of alternate world or dimension is this?" Kris said as he then saw a alley way near him. he walked into it only to see a telephone at the end of it. Kris went towards it as it then began to ring. His hand reached out towards it before suddenly barbwire fell from the dark sky and wrapped around Kris's ring finger.

"AHHHH!" Kris screamed in pain as the barbwire began to sink and tear into his flesh and bone before, Kris struggled to get it off as he began to foam at the mouth and drool from the pain as the thorne ring continued to tighten itself around his finger until **SNAP** ,Kris's finger broke with the bone sticking out completely. Kris began to have a panic attack as he swung his arm around knocking the phone over along with the stool it stood on. Kris feel to the ground as he continued to try to pry the ring off only for every attempt to have it get tighter and tighter. Kris then heard someone answer the phone on the other line.

"[WHY HAVEN'T YOU FOUND IT YET KRIS!?!? WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!! KRIS! WHERE IS THE FUCKIN SW-]" but before it could finish a tall slender figure picked up the phone and hung it up. Kris's eyes looked up at figure resembling Spamton except he was wearing a black suit.

"...M-Mr.Spamton?" Kris whined

" I will bring you [Little sponge] a new understanding of [FREEDOM]" said the black suit Spamton as it then walked away into the darkness leaving as Kris's ring then tightened immensely in a instant snapping Kris's finger completely off causing Kris to scream once again before he then would wake up in a cold sweat in a bed. Kris looked around his surroundings to see multiple beds all over the place and made the assumption he had made it to camp. Kris then put his hand down only to get a sharp pain in his hand. Kris looked down to see his ring finger bandaged up and wrapped up. Kris was tempted to look until a teacher entered the room and took a sigh of releif.

"Kris I don't know how your mother takes care of you." said the male teacher

"What happened?" Kris asked

"You don't remember? We were another mile away from the camp when a female classmate of yours started to scream and shouted you were killing yourself. I looked back only to see you stabbing your ring finger with a pen. Susie was asleep next to you I don't know how." the male teacher said to Kris's surprise

"Anyway i managed to get the pen away from you and we got you to the camp before you loss any more blood. You stabbed right though your finger man, really crazy stuff. Anyway the camp head master said you should take it easy the first two days before we start you on anything. Which honestly is lucky for you cause the amount of animal shit out here is ridiculous." the male teacher said

"Whats your name? and thank you" Kris said

"I'm one of the team leads, David and your welcome." said the male teacher now known as David.

"Thanks David." Kris said with David nodding before leaving Kris to himself. Kris then laid down on the bed looking up. Kris slept a bit longer. As he did the rest of the camp got around to setting things up and getting all the other kids started on activities. Susie was sitting down at a log tying a knot while the other kids were doing the same.

"Damn, i can't believe Kris did that while i was sleeping the whole time...i should have." she then shook away the thought.

"Did you hear about what Kris did on the bus?" said one girl

"Uhhh yea, we were all on the bus you dummy" said a boy, soon all the camp counsulers arrived with David also being there.

"Welcome you all to the delinquent camp, Camp Dilinqe! I'll be your head master this month. My name is Mr.Rocket, but you can call me Rocky for short hehe" Rocky chuckled with everyone looking at one another. Susie looked around and then to the fire.

"So how about for our first exercise we all get around to telling some stories about one another. Hows that sound?" Rocky asked and before anyone could respond...

"HA! I'm kidding thats a trick question, Of course we're going to do that. So let me pick who goes first hmmm" Rocky chuckled as he looked around the camp at all the kids.

"Hmmm how about you go first!" Rocky said pointing to Sharlet who wasn't paying attention.

"I heard a few things about you from teachers and the stuff they gave me on you, but I'd like to get to know you from your own words. So tell me." asked Rocky

"Well, first i hate here and find most if not everyone here annoying as hell." Sharlet said

"Wow, great start." Susie thought to herself

"Ok...well that sure is quite a way to start." Rocky said as he then gestured towards David who walked to him and the two had a quite conversation.

"HEY! What are you two talking about!? Can't you share it with all of us?!" Sharlet shouted

"Oh sorry Sharlet didn't know you were so insecure, but i promise we're not talking about you." Rocky smiled to which everyone laughed and snickered with Sharlet looking around.

"Why you little.." Sharlet growled

"Now then! How about we move on to the next person then? You there young man what about you?" Rocky asked

"I got in trouble for sniffing my teacher's chair everyday before class, apparently thats sexual harassment. I didn't even touch her! Bro this world is sexist" shouted the boy. Back at the Cabin Kris's eyes would begin to shut and he'd doze away falling asleep and being once again sent back into the same dream as before. Kris yet again found himself at the large island withthe large tree and the mighty dragon yet again there.

"Oh hey its you again" Kris said

"I'm the only one here, so yes it is me." said the pale dragon

"Ya'know i never asked this before, but whats your name? You no doubt know mine." Kris asked

"Why do you want to know?" the pale dragon asked

"Just cause, I'm sure i could guess or just give you one." Kris said

"Why dont you give me one instead, I'd rather not spoil a big surprise like my name to you just yet." said the pale dragon

"Hmmmm...How about Nim?! Thats perfect! I'll call you Nim!" Kris said

"Hmp, Nim it is then" said Nim as he rested his head on the beach. Kris began to walk towards Nim's big nose until he felt a presence behind him. Kris turned around to see the same figure he saw last time, a figure wearing all white with a large hat.

"You again." Kris said

"Ah if it isn't the lost prince, its about time you showed up again, well i think my time here is done. See you around kiddo" said Nim as he faded away much to Kris's surprise.

"Seems you've gotten use to coming here and back. Impressive for you honestly." said the figure

"Who are you?" Kris asked

"Oh forgive my manners, I'm Ralsie." smiled the figure revealing his pleasant face. Kris looked at the odd goat like figure up and down.

"So your someone else i dreamed up? Geez how many people have i met." Kris said scratching his head.

"This isn't a dream Kris." said Ralsie

"What? what are you talking about?" Kris asked

"This is known as the Dark world or at least one of many, what your doing right now is that your traveling here through your astral body completely unaware." Ralsie said

"...i guess that makes sense." Kris said

"What? your not shocked or scared at what i just told you?!" Ralsie asked confused

"I've been talking to a weird commercial guy who can pop in and out of reality so honestly your late on the whole surprise bit." Kris said

"Oh well then, maybe i can finally get to the important part then." Ralsie said much to Kris's curiosity

"Hm?" Kris said

"There have been a large amount of large pools of void like energy popping up all around recently and legend tells of a brave human and monster who are supposed to shown up and help this world in sealing them. I've been watching you for some time now, in here and the light world. I believe you may be the hope this world is looking for, you may infact be this world's savor. Only problem is, theres no way to actually bring you here yet. I'm sure i can find some way to get you here for real." Ralsie said

"Uhhh what?"

"whats wrong?" Ralsie asked

"Its just i wasn't expecting all that and not to mention, how on earth can i know your telling the truth?" Kris asked to which Ralsie then fired a purple flame at Kris's chest which caused him great pain and knocked him down.

"AUGH!!! HEY WHAT THE HELL!?!?" Kris said clutching his chest which now had a large burn mark on his shirt.

"Go back to the light world and that will be all the proof you need" Ralsie said

"Ow, ok then, wait before i go, that dragon. whats his name?" Kris asked

"Oh, thats Vor." Ralsie said

"...who?" Kris asked

"Uhhh nevermind, go ahead and head back, I'll see you next time we meet." Ralsie said to which Kris then woke up back at the cabin where he saw it, the burn mark on shirt.

"So its true." Kris said.