Volume 1 Extra Chapter: Justin Wang

Normal uploads will resume Friday. It's fucking raining here an I don't feel like sending one Thursday.

January 14th, 2XXX

The wind was very chilly that day. The weather forecasts predicted about 2 inches of snow. A silhouette of a man walked down the streets of New York City, New York.

"This is more then 2 inches."

The man was wrapped in a flannel patterned scarf and a black winter jacket. His hands were gloved and shoved into his pockets.

He quickly walked to a door with access to the street. Trucks and cars passed by as normal but pedestrians were far and few.

He fumbled pair of keys from his left jacket pocket. It was a small metal loop with several small keys and one larger brass key.

He selected the brass key and inserted it into one of the keyholes. Then he turned the lock and moved on to the next keyhole. After doing this twice more the door unlocked and he went inside to escape the snow and wind.

Inside the door was a small room with a mat and stairs leading up and down. A hallway was on Justin's left which led to the shared laundry room and basement.

He brushed the snow off of his boots and started to walk up the stairs

After reaching the second floor he entered through the heavy door. On his left three doors down was his destination.

After unlocking the door with another small brass key with an orange star on it, Justin walked through.

He took his scarf off and put it on a peg on the wall. He then took his jacket and put it in the closet.

"Justin! Are you back?"

"Yes I am back."

Justin heard the shrill voice of his older sister.

Chloe Wang was about 5' 6", a 19 year old sophomore in college. She went to RIT in upstate New York but was home for the weekend.

"Since you are up and dressed already, take the trash out!"

"No you do it!"

Justin couldn't really argue with his older sister so he grudgingly gathered the trash bag from their small kitchen and headed downstairs.

He opened the back door of the corridor on the ground floor near the laundry room and entered an alleyway.

Back here were two large green dumpsters and a few alleyway cats.

Occasionally they get a few homeless people. There was one person wandering the alleyway but Justin paid him no attention.

After lifting the lid of the dumpster and chucking the trash in he turned around.

"Fancy a dollar?"

"Jesus you scared me."

The other person was directly behind him.

Justin could swear that he was at least several dozen feet from him when he opened the dumpster.

"Hey man, I don't got cash on me."

"Then anything helps, I can return the favor."

"What do you mean?"

"You will see, now child will you take this chance with an old man you never met before?"

"What are you the devil?"

The Justin stopped laughing. This was NYC, people got mugged everyday.

"Alright man, just for you. Here, $10."

Justin pulled a crinkled Hamilton from his pocket and gave it to the old man.

The old man chuckled and then raised his right hand parallel to Justin's forehead.

"Good day to you, enjoy your gift."

Then he walked away and turned a corner into the street.

"Wait! What? What did you do?"

Just ran and turned the same corner but the old man had vanished.

"What the hell?"

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Justin went back to his apartment where he was greeted by his mother.

She worked the day at a financial business conglomerate.

"Hi honey, back from your job?"

"No, I just got back from taking the trash out."

Justin decided to hide his encounter with a mysterious old man.

Justin worked part time at the library so he frequents it often.

This time however his sister emerged from her room.

Her full body was visible as she entered the kitchen.

Wearing a black sweatshirt with an orange RIT logo on it she seemed like the typical college student. She wore really short sports pants which created the illusion of not wearing anything besides the sweatshirt.

She was not lacking in any departments but not overly exaggerated anywhere. She was very pretty but Justin didn't really care. She was his annoying older sister.

"Someone was too lazy to take it out so they waited for me to do it."

"As if."

"Haha very funny."

Justin's mom then walked into the kitchen and made four cups of instant coffee.

"Here take one Chloe. Justin, take the last cup to your older brother."

Justin reaches over and took his and his brother's cups. He took a sip of his and walked down the small hallway to his shared room with his older brother.

"Fuck! Revive me you cunts!"

His older brother Jordan was screaming into his mic while playing his PC game.

"Hey I got you coffee."

"Oh thanks, FUCK OFF AND FUCKING REVIVE ME!"

He continued to explode internally as Justin went his his desk.

""I could do my homework but I have about three hours of downtime. I could play a bit of WoI2 (will of iron 2.)""

He started up his PC and ran the program. He loaded his safe file for Germany and started to play.

After about a hour he stopped his game to go eat dinner.

In the kitchen gathered around an undersized table was his brother and sister as his mother was making dinner.

"Chloe, why didn't you help make dinner."

"What? Is it because I am a woman? That's sexist you shut in gamer. Stop screaming so loudly, it's like you are having sex in there."

"Screw off would you? I don't spend every waking minute in front of a mirror or making videos for your social media. You're more vain than Royal Family."

"Ew don't compare me to those scarecrows, I am much more prettier and bouncy."

"Bouncy my ass, those tits of yours are tiny."

"Huhhh? Repeat that please?"

"Make me!"

The two siblings were about to fight with Justin sitting next to his brother trying to hold him back from lunging our of his chair.

"Come in kids, stop bickering. Jordan, apologize, that was mean."

"Sorry."

Chloe stuck her tongue out and Justin could see a vein bulging on Jordan's forehead.

"Man, stop. You are going to die from a brain aneurism."

Jordan then calmed down enough to eat. Justin couldn't get the image of the old man waving in front of his forehead out of his head. What did he do?

"Justin, pass the soy sauce."

Justin reached over to the sauce container.

Then he blinked twice. He swore he could see it glow slightly.

Then he passed it to his sister.

"So Justin, how is your love life."

"Don't tease me, you know the answer to that."

"I know, but at least you have a shot unlike a certain someone."

"WHAT?"

"Sit down Jordan."

"Okay mom."

Justin then pondered. He was quite busy and never really thought of what we would do. He was 18 already and never had his first kiss. His sister was way more popular than he was so she would know.

"What do you suggest?"

"Hmm, I will bring you to a party next Friday. 8:00pm."

"Chloe, I said no parties."

"Mom, this is for Justin. He needs to come out of his shell."

"Hmm, okay I will allow it."

Justin started to blink. When did his sister ever care this much for him? Yes she beat up another kid in his grade back in elementary school who picked on him but that was for her personal enjoyment.

They quickly finished dinner and went back to their rooms.

"You sure vixen, you are using me as an excuse to go to the party."

"So? At least you will go to one."

Justin could feel his veins exploding. Chloe does a real good job getting on his family's nerves.

"Haha, we will see."

Chloe then closed her door and Justin went back to his computer.

"Ah fuck. I forgot to pause the game."

The game has been running while he was away. What was supposed to be at 1936 was at 1940. He missed several years.

"Screw it. I'm doing my work."

After closing the game out he started to his college work. It was around midnight where he got bored and restarted WoI 2.

He kept loaded his 1936 save file and kept playing.

It was now 1941 and he had launched the civil war.

Berlin was almost his when he glanced at his clock.

6:00am

"Fuck."

Justin could feel his head grow heavy. Small tracers of light were swirling through the room. Justin was too groggy to notice.

Then he blacked out.