One day we watch him play some sort of platform game with a red dinosaur, which I assumed he made. The more I looked at it, the more it looked familiar. When I asked, he told us it was Guilmon and that it was his antivirus program in a way and that he was alive. Megan and I didn’t believe him completely, but with him, anything pretty much went. He gave us a spiral note book to read, saying it was a log of what happened with his program. It was really farfetched story, but we were into that kind of thing thanks to a few anime we were into at the time.
A few days later, he offered us our own Digimon program. He gave us a list of characters he was almost done with. Sadly, most of my favorites weren’t on the list. In fact, only two I really liked were on it: Renamon and Gatomon. Megan wasn’t as familiar with the series, but I knew her taste. So, I let her have Renamon and I took Gatomon, which I didn’t mind.
Years passed and I stopped being friends with Megan and I didn’t talk much with Alex (though I did hang out with his little brother). I was graduating, getting ready to go study what my parents “suggested”: Engineering. It was at graduation party that my high school threw when Alex came up to me. In his hand he had a jewel case with a CD simply labeled with my name.
“Sorry it took so long, Holly,” he said. “There were some complications, but I think I got them all fixed. She’s been waiting.” Confused, I took the CD, thanking him. I mean, I couldn’t even remember what program he was talking about. It must have been something he promised me that much I could figure out. I put the CD off to the side, forgetting all about it thanks to starting college.
I eventually had to take a break from college due to having a mental break down so bad that I was actually suicidal. At one point, I was cleaning up my room when I found the jewel case with a CD that had my name on it. I popped the CD into my laptop to see what was on it. It ran like any other CD with a program: a window popped up ask for permission to run the CD followed by another one to start up the installing process. So far, nothing strange except for how the CD looked. When it was finished with the downloading, it automatically started the program.
A window that probably took up about 50% of the screen was in the center. It looked to be a 16-bit platform type of game set in some sort of technological city if the background was any indication. The platforms looked like it was made of metal, not a very pleasant place to live all the time. On the bottom, there was a text box that looked like it would allow me to communicate or something with the game by typing in a response. But what was on the middle platform got my attention. There was what looked to be a sleeping white cat that had yellow front paws and some areas of purple. I couldn’t believe it! There was a sleeping Gatomon in this game! I then remembered back to Freshman year with Alex. The guy actually pulled through with his promise!
Without doing anything, the Gatomon woke up and looked towards me. A text box appeared near the bottom.
“Oh, you’re finally here! What’s time is it?”
A menu popped up with a clock and calendar. I thought it was like in some games that had a clock built in so I inputted the time and date. The Gatomon jumped up, shock was evident on its face.
“What!? So much time has passed! Why did it take you so long?”
Huh, so it had a personality. I had a faint recollection of Alex saying that his program was smart. Gatomon started to look irritated as if waiting for something. I then remembered the input text box at the bottom, figuring it was waiting for a reply.
“I’m so sorry,” I typed. “I became busy after he gave you to me. I kinda forgot about you until recently.”
Gatomon huffed. “It’s okay. Just don’t forget me again. Do you know what I am?”
A Digimon of course. But then I remembered Alex saying it had another purpose.
“An antivirus, right?”
“Correct! I can tell already that there are a few bugs in here. Really, why can’t they come out with good software?”
That made me giggle. Alex always did complain about antivirus programs.
“So, what do we do?” I typed.
“Leave it to me!” was the response. “You can help if you want. We can make it a game!”
A door appeared right by it with a flashing arrow pointing in the direction of the door. I waited for something to happen, yet nothing did. Gatomon looked upset, tapping its foot as if waiting for something. I realized that I was now in control of the cat. I pressed the arrow key in the direction and Gatomon went towards the door. Nothing happened when I got to the door, so I tried pressing up. The door opened and the screen changed to a different area, one that looked like the previous area only at night. In one corner, I could see a red mass of….something. It reminded me of the wax in a lava lamp the way it moved.
“You see that red stuff?” a text box popped up. “That’s one of the viruses. To get rid of it, I have to defeat it. I can attack when you use the space bar.”
Weird that I’m now getting some sort of tutorial when I didn’t get one before to move. I shrugged it off figuring Alex never programmed that part in. I mean, it’s not the first time he forgot to put in directions when he gave me stuff. To say the least, we defeated the virus with ease. Virus after virus, we continued on until I was pretty much falling asleep at my laptop.
“Hey, Gato?” I typed. “I’m tired. Can we pick this up another day?”
“Sure,” the text box said. “I need some rest anyways.”
So went the daily cycle. When I had free time, I would play with Gatomon until we had the viruses under control. I never knew how infected my computer was! Eventually, I just talked to Gatomon. I found out Alex programed it to be female and that she kinda missed the other programs Alex had, like the Guilmon I saw in high school. She was also interested in the real world. I would tell her some things about what was going on or explain how things are like.
Not only that, but the world in the program started to change. There was a house now for Gatomon that was one room with a bed and a sitting area. I figured it was to make her seem more alive to me. Even the thought of her actually being alive crossed my mind a few times. The platforms became grassy. The background, while still looking like a city, was falling apart with plant life taking over it.
Eventually, my mom and I agreed that I should go back to college to get some sort of degree. I told Gatomon about what was going on and that I wouldn’t be able to talk much because of it. Surprisingly, she understood and wished me the best of luck. We knew that I wouldn’t stop talking to her since she was basically my best friend at that point.
One day, Gatomon’s program started up while I was in class. I knew something major was going on from the panicked expression she had. She also knew my schedule and knew not to contact me in class.
“I screwed up!” the text box said. “I was looking around some sites and a virus followed me! It looks like a bad one!”
Confused, I asked her how that happened. Gatomon explained that she somehow managed to find a way to the internet so she could do her own research of the real world. In her most recent exploration, a virus followed the path back to my laptop. The worst part was, she recognized it as a virus Alex made that got set loose on my high school! I remembered that story since it was kinda funny at the time. The virus had infected the school’s data base so the teachers couldn’t do much for the first two months of school. This was not good at all.
“What can we do?” I asked.
“It will take a while, but I can contain most of it,” the box said. “If I need help, I’ll let you know.”
I told her to do her best and packed up my stuff for lunch. I was sure she could handle it since it was created by my friend. She had to know some sort of trick.
I was wrong.
When I got home that night, Gatomon told me the situation got worse. Evidently, her actions were predictable since they were created by the same person. There was only one option: I had to control Gatomon since I would be unpredictable to the virus. I spent all my free time trying to contain the virus using the method we preformed countless times.
I never really thought about what happened next. I started to feel exhausted even though I got a full night’s sleep. Every so often I would see something red in the corner of my eye. I could even hear murmurs at times, like someone was talking.
Recently, I found out something interesting. I was able to communicate with Gatomon without the text box. I was just talking to myself about what we should try next. A text box appeared saying that we should give it a shot. Strange as I never typed in my ideas and I had no memory of my laptop having a microphone.
“Wait, can you hear me?” I asked.
“Yeah,” she responded. “Are we going to try it?”
Thinking it was the fatigue and I did input something without realizing it, I continued on. But I eventually couldn’t ignore the fact I was literally talking to a program. I had no clue if it was my imagination or not since I was having a hard time telling what was real or not by this point.
I think that should do it for explaining what has been going on. I’ll add to this when I know more. Like anyone would believe me.
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It’s been hard to wake up lately, let alone stay awake. The only time I’m not tired is when I’m on my computer with Gatomon. My parents and friends are concerned. I have an appointment with a specialty doctor. I can’t remember what they handle. I’ve also been a hard time remembering stuff. I just opened this document recently and I can’t remember most of what I read ever happening. Evidently I last edited this at the beginning of November. It’s now the middle of December.
Those whispers I mentioned? I notice it only happens around things that are connected to the internet. It does happen around Wi-Fi, but they’re really faint. Could I be hearing the voices of programs? I also realize that the red I’ve been seeing is the virus. It’s usually attached to a computer or laptop; a few times it was a cell phone. It does randomly appear though. I’m even starting to hear a voice that is like a child, telling me it’s alright and it will get better. I told Gatomon this and she says she is the one who is saying those words.
I’m worried about what is going on. But if Gatomon says it’s going to be alright, I believe her.
Man, I’m really tired. Hey, Gatomon? Can you go through this to make sure it is in order? I’m too tired to go over it. Thanks.
Will do, Holly. Good night.
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Historical note:
On December 21, 20XX, Holly [expunged], age 23, was found in her room asleep by her laptop. No attempts made to wake her succeeded. She was taken to [expunged] where she is still in her comatose state. This document along with a Chrome window and a game program was open on the screen of the laptop. The internet window showed her email account that said she had sent an email to herself. On closer inspection, the attachment was that of the program that was open. The program was just like Holly had described in the document only there was no white cat character.
It is interesting to note that a month previous, Alex [expunged], age 24, also fell into a coma. He was also found by his computer with similar windows open, minus the document on the computer. Though, there was a spiral notebook next to him. We can assume that he was the Alex that Holly referred to as they went to the same high school.
A month after the incident with Holly, Megan [expunged], age 24, fell into a coma in a similar fashion as the other two. No documentation was found. Friends of Holly from high school confirmed that they were also friends with Megan back then as well.
Traces of a virus on the three computers show that it is the same bug that has been spreading across computers around the world. It is important to note that several computers important to the world, be it economical or military, have been saved by an unknown program that comes from the outside. People who have seen a screen during one of these attacks say that they see a 16-bit creature with a human in a window that they have never seen before. There have been instances of new creatures other than the ones mentioned sighted along with people suffering similar symptoms like the original three.
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Well, this is supposed to be my first creepypasta. If you don't know what that is, it's basically a creepy story/fanfic thing. If you have time, one of the best is a Legend of Zelda one called BEN Drowned, or just Ben. Look it up. Part of this story was based off real life. Names have been changed because I'm paranoid like that.
I really did have a friend who made programs for fun and he did make his antivirus like a game. He also had a program that did have a Digimon, I think it was Guilmon but it could have been another Digimon. I can't remember if the antivirus was the same as the Digimon game. He also did say that he came up with an intelligent AI and had a journal like thing in a spiral notebook. He even did promise to make my best friend and I our own Digimon and the ones I said in the story.
So, what do you girls think? I know it's not creepy like other creepypastas, but I normally don't write creepy stuff..... It's not bad for a first attempt.
