EmpressOfDarkness's blog: "Short Stories"

All persons mentioned have given permission for their 'handle's' to be used. No harm has actually come to anyone before, during, or after the writing of this story. Nor has anything illegal actually taken place. The story itself is a complete work of fiction, so kindly take it as such.

Things had settled down in the lounges for a while. Everyone went on with their day to day lives. With the untimely passing of DJ Chaotic and DJ Eggz, DJ Edge had to replace them with some fresh faces. DJ Tilt had been letting people know that he would be returning permanently to help out.
People were still hopeful that Eggz would show up in spite of the rumours, but when DJ Master was brought in, hope began to falter. Rumors were still floating around about what had happened to DJ Chaotic. When word came back about how he had been electrocuted, people were in shock. No one could understand it.
I spoke to Midnite privately and she told me about how he was found. There was nothing wrong with the computer itself, the circuits weren't fried or anything, she had said. It was as if whatever happened was passed straight through the computer, into the keyboard and had cooked him from the inside-out. She couldn't get the image out of her head, nor what the coroner had told her. She told me about how it was as if all the liquid in his body; the blood, the water, even the acids in his stomach, had been evaporated. All of his internal organs were not only burnt, but they were shrivelled.
I wanted to ask how she knew all of this because I found it hard to believe that a coroner would tell her. The raw emotion she was feeling came through the screen loud and clear so I didn't doubt her. She wasn't just distraught, she was pissed. Someone was going to pay. Had to respect her for that. I knew if I was in the same position it would be the same for me.
We decided then and there to find out why it happened. She told me about how 'Chester' had bypassed Chaotic's security on his computer, and when he had control of it, he maxed out the voltage between the keyboard and the computer. This allowed him total access when he hacked the system.
It was about a week later when Chester made his reappearance. I was dumbstruck. I thought when Sexicutioner had died that would be it. Was I wrong? Did he have nothing to do with it? All sorts of doubt and questions ran through my mind. Who was next, was the worst of all of them.
We were all sitting around, talking about our missing friends when he made his presence known. I thought Midnite was going to lose her mind. I quickly got her on messenger and told her to remain calm. We had to go about this in a logical manner. Chester wasn't going to talk to any of us, we already knew that. We had to watch, and wait.
Reluctantly she agreed. Working on his keyboard, she'd found that the letters xenof were singed on the underside. It took her some time to realize that when he was working on the coding for the lounge, he'd typed the name of the program Xenofex. We discussed this at length, not sure of the significance of it, but it was at least worth remembering.

to be continued...