"I'm sure you are well aware by now that the figure in the video is ..... *sigh* ...... was ....... Nate Cray. He is my wonder ..... *sigh* .... was ..... my wonderful, caring little brother. A brother I was extremely close to. A brother that I loved with all my heart, and I know he felt the same about me."
At this point, I was preparing myself for another emotional monologue, hoping I would be strong enough not to show my emotional side to my captor.
"When I was told he had committed suicide, it was a total shock, for myself, our family and his friends. It was totally unexpected - I mean, why would he hang himself on a tree in the local park during the middle of the night ........ and then this video came addressed to me, the day he was found. I was a total wreck after I had watched the video - it's a good thing our parents weren't in when I watched it, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hide it - the truth. If only Nate had told me - I could have done something. I felt like I had failed as a big brother, as I had been unable to protect him. I realised he planned this - he sent it to me, to arrive on that day , on purpose. He meant for it to be our little secret. No one else has seen this video, because he wanted me to get revenge on these bastards for what they have done."
For reference, Nate was in my year at school. We weren't particularly friends, but occasionally talked to each other. It is true that his suicide last year was a total shock to everyone. No-one expected it. As he mentioned in his video, he didn't seem at all nervous, scared or whatever in public, but he clearly was feeling different inside, for now obvious reasons. His suicide was treated as unexplained - it was decided the stress of his upcoming GCSE exams were the cause of his suicide. It was explained that this outcome is more common than everyone thinks. Now having seen this video has certainly opened my mind. His brother Jamie was 2 school years ahead of us, meaning he was in the final year of 6th form at the time, and now out of 6th form.
They were clearly very close siblings, so could understand the anger & frustration he felt following the terrible incident last year. Oh Jesus Christ, I'm suffering from Stockholm Syndrome - I'm feeling sadness & empathy towards Jamie! Anyway ......
"Ever since I have known the truth, I have been on the search for information on who these bastards are, and what they did to Nate. Unknown to me, Nate had left a diary of his torture in his bedroom, in a place he knew only I would find it - that is how close we are. He didn't reveal the identity of his torturers, but other clues, along with my own personal investigations, have meant I now know who they are. It seems there were three people involved - one 'leader', and two who were more like 'followers'. I won't bore you with all the details, but I have managed to ....... convince the two followers into revealing what really went on, and they were even kind enough to spill the name of the 'leader' to me. I mean, I knew all this information anyway, but they didn't know that, and it's nice for others to confirm what I knew ..... anyway you, Ricky, are going to help me bring revenge on this bastard 'leader'....."
Wait, what????? was my immediate thought as my head perked up out of shock.
"Ah good, I see you have my full attention now" He smiled now, clearly happy at my sudden reaction, as if expecting it. " That's right Ricky, you are going to help me take out my full revenge , because if you don't co-operate, you WILL die (at this point he was pointing towards a gun-shaped object in his jacket, meaning this is an action I was very sure he would undertake!). Plus, you won't even realise what you are doing..."
He said this last sentence with a sort of wry smile, he has clearly got a detailed plan, which worried me immensely - I mean what does his last sentence even mean?????????
"So, any questions?"
Oh, I had many, but wasn't sure if this was a trick (given his previous rule of no talking, and his threat if I talked again after last time), or he was genuinely wanting me to ask questions. Something told me the latter, so, after a brief pause, I decided to take the plunge.
"Yes. Why me?"
"Ah, a predictable question at this stage. ...... Well, Ricky, you don't know how important you are at this stage. But trust me, you'll soon understand why you - I don't wanna give the game away too soon". Again, a wry smile from Jamie. ".... although I would have thought a clever chap like you would have figured it out by now......"
My earlier fears of Stockholm Syndrome symptoms (try saying that when pissed

) were now no longer appropriate as I was now feeling the exact opposite - anger and hatred - I feel as if now he just mocking me, I didn't know whether he meant his clever chap quote in a serious manner, or if he was just pissing me off, trying to get me angry.
"WHY ME JAMIE?????????"
"Oooooh feisty, I like it!" He was loving this, and I was trying (not completely successfully) to ignore his games. "As I said, you'll find out soon enough, but think about it, what vital piece of information haven't I told you yet?
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