Just Like Old Times

In a old and dusty attic, dust gathers around boxes of old, pictures unable to make a clear resolution due to the time it spent in this place, the only light source given to this place is one sole window in the front showing a beautiful sunset as the Sun dives deep into the horizon and is replaced by the vibrant cresent moon along with numerous stars carefully embed into the sky.

***Creak** as the rusty old Attic door slowly opens and walking in to this dark dimly lit is a 7ft tall man. *click* as the light bulb give of light. the man has a fairly muscular build, wearing only his pants and a tank top shirt, has short black hair, and appears to be in his mid 20s. he rummage through the old boxes, looking through carefully folded clothes, rusted toys, and old photos...he exclaims

???:"HEY JANE, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO LOOK FOR AGAIN!?"

A Feminine voice from below replied

Jane:"ANYTHING WORTH SELLING FOR OUR YARD SALE!"

the man sighs, and continues to rummage through his old stuff

He picks up a handful of clothes, and begins to walk down but not before knocking a small box...**Clank** as the stuff within it spills on the floor.

???:"Shit...."

the man looks dumbfounded, as he puts the clothes down and begins to pick up the objects scattered....as he puts everything back in the box...out in the corner of his eyes he spots a object covered in a long blanket at the corner of the room...he puts the box down after cleaning his mess and slowly walks to the curtained object, a smile can be seen on the mans face

???:"Can...it be"

he takes the blanket off revealing a old Pc, its screen covered in dust and the keyboard`s paints seems to have fade abit, but is still readable.

???:"My Old friend"

he says to the computer, staring into its screen as he brush the dust off..showing a reflected figure of himself....but more younger...he starts to recall the memories of his childhood..a sole tear slides on his cheeks...as memories of him playing countless games on it flows back into him.

???:"Wonder if you still work?"

he wonders, grabbing its plug and putting it in a outlet...he slowly presses the power button...the computer`s screen lights up,,,showing his desktop a picture...of him as a child, with his younger brother, and sister, along with there parents

???:"..."

no words...but a smile, he looks through his icons, he sees his games, Destiny 2 and Warframe

???:"Hey! I remember during my days the fanbase was CRAZY comparing these two"

he chuckles and looks for any Offline games...then he founds it....the logo of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.

???:"....Good times, Come to think of it.....its been 15 or so years since I last played you"

**Click** **Click** as he double clicks its icon....he is showed the Loading Screen

???:"Aaaannnd...every Gamers worst nightmare...patience"

he sighs before grabbing the clothes and going down while waiting for the screen to load. On his way down he stumbles upon a woman on her early 20s long black hair, and she seems to be pissed as she raises a brow while continously tapping her foot on the ground

???:"Oh Hi Jane...was about to give you these"

he says giving her the clothes.

Jane:"Took you long enough lazy ass"

???:"Sorry sis...was to busy checking our old stuff"

Jane:"really?"

???:"Yeah..just booting up our old pc, and...well waiting for Skyrim to load"

Jane:"That old game? you know there are new Elder scroll games right?"

???:"True True....then again...I remember you shipping Hadvar and Rolaf"

he teased, his sister turns red and stomps outside

Jane:"Fuck you Arthur..."

she says

Arthur:"Hehehe...I love you to sis"

he snickers before returning into the attic, seeing the game reloaded...he proceeds to play for countless hours, talking Jarl Balgruuf , playing through the mods he isntalled as a kid,playing through each Dlc...and just messing with every Thalmor npc he could find. it took him three weeks to finish every main quests of the game.

he stretches

Arthur:"Damn...that took longer than anticipated"

he says scratching his back... he then proceeds to walk down back to the living room...stopping by a shelf filled with medals, and picture of Arthur`s time in the military....remembering the exact date and time he resigned...seein as that was not the job meant for him...then a moment passes, and a **Crash** echoes as the sounds of a window breaking can be heard within the house....then a blood curdling scream is heard,

Arthur:"JANE!!!"

he rushes to the kitchen and sees Jane on the ground, still alive and uninjured but traumatized as 2 men holding knifes threatens her

???1:"ALRIGHT WOMAN WERE IS THE SAFE!"

Jane:"W-We have none..please, we dont have any valuables"

???2:"Well...if you dont have any money...perhaps you can pay by other means"

the second robber looks at Jane with lustful eyes.

Arthur crouches down...staying hidden as he grabs an empty glass of water. before standing up making his pressence known, and tries to act dumb and clueless.

Arthur:"Hey sis...have you found my porn collection?"

Jane looks at her brother with a "What the fuck..." expression. the two robbers notice him

???1:"And who are you pretty boy?"

Arthur:"My thank you for the compliment masked looking stranger, you flatter me"

the two robbers look at each other "Is this idiot serious" gazes

???2:"Umm...you know he is jokin, and we are robbing you yes?"

Arthur:"Why of course..that why I ha-"

he looks to there left

Arthur:"Hey Look over there! a Distraction!!"

he points to the left...which the two robbers where dumb enough to focus on where he is pointing. with this, he takes out the glass of water. he rushes to the two and breaks the glass on ???1 s face, filling him with sharp shards. he tackles ???1 to the sink and punches him two times to knock him out, ???2 seeing his partner down yelled

???2:"YOU FUCKER!"

he stabs arthur in the sides, bleeding him deeply

Arthur:"AGH!, You dead son of a bitch"

he retorts before elbowing the last robber to the nose and delivering another punch to the face, knocking the second one out cold.

Arthur: ***Heavy breathing***

Jane regains herself from the shock, her eyes widen and points to Arthur`s bleeding wound

Jane:"A-Arthur..."

Arthur looks at his injuries

Arthur:"Well....shit"

he falls to the ground...and his blood draws on the floor making a puddle...Jane rushes to her brother`s side....and ***POLICE SIREN***

Arthur:"Took...those fuckers, long enough" **Violent cough***

Jane:"Dont worry...everything is gonna be alright, Please...dont go"

Arthur:**Heavy breathing** "Sorry...sis....I am not gonna make it"

Jane:"No, no, no"

Arthur:"No...dont cry.....cause Im dying....growing up with you...was the biggest and craziest part of my life."

he utters, making his sister`s eyes red with tears

Arthur in head:"I....feel.....cold"

his eyes slowly shut, as the last thing he sees is his sister holding his bleeding hands tightly...soon...he succumbs to Slumber.