Ready Player One: The adventures of Jack

GoldDragonZ: I have looked at the movie and was really influenced by all that happened. I want to make my own story based on the OASIS about my own character named Jack. Please enjoy as I do not own the movie or the book that it is based off of.

The following takes place two years after Wade and his clan won the Easter egg. Wade, Helen, Samantha, Akihide and Toshiro and their families were taken to the headquarters of the OASIS where all the computer servers were kept in a cool environment. They then lived happy lives and continued playing on the OASIS and made many friends online and in the real world. They realized that life is what you make of it. They continued to make strides in the real world, going to elementary school, high school and college. Many people were employed by the creators of the OASIS as all the information needed to be protected. As a reward for helping Wade and his team win, all the players who took place in the last battle against the Innovative Online Industries, or IOI, were granted all their coins and gear that the amassed up to the point against the IOI. One such player held the Avatar Name of Jack_100292402. Jack had taken the form of Optimus Primal from Season One of the Beast Wars television show and fought on the ground with other members of the OASIS. Jack had not joined a clan and did things his own way. He fought hard until everyone was destroyed because of the bomb. And then Wade had beaten the IOI. It took months for Wade and his team to fight for the items that their comrades had so that they were given back to them. For Jack, that included a black space ship designated in Japanese, the Tensa Zangetsu, or 'Heaven Chain Slaying Moon'. It was named after the main character of the anime Bleach, Ichigo Kurosaki's weapon. It was black in colour and was similar in structure to The Pillar of Autumn which is the ship from Halo: Combat Evolved, as well as the ship from Toonami, the Absolution. However, there were many missile and laser turrets attached to the hull. There were two Mack cannons which fire nuclear projectiles that decimated other ships. These projectiles could be swapped out for other projectiles as well. Within the confines of the ship were robot ships and workers. Jack had several personal ships that he could pilot in the hangar as well. He had amassed quite the collection of vehicles ranging from X-wings from Star Wars to Audi-V8s that could all be customized with different colours. He had the LTD from Men in Black. He had the General Lee from the hit TV show Dukes of Hazzard. He had much more as well. His Avatar was an Indian man with gold eyes, of average height, with long black hair done up in a top knot with a red ribbon. He had a slim yet athletic build as well. Usually, he wore black and red armour similar to Japanese samurai armour but kept his head exposed. He had Batman's gauntlets and his armour was very similar in design to Mjolnir Powered Assault Armour from the Halo series of video games, books, and online shorts. He also had Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender's Black sword strapped to his back as his primary Melee weapon. He had two black and red Desert Eagle pistols strapped to his hips as well. Like the other players, these weapons could be swapped out for other weapons at any time. Attached to his left ankle was a black hilted knife with a black dragon design on its blade. The sheathe itself was red to match Jack's armour. Jack made his way to the bridge of his ship. Various robots were at the task of making sure the ship was running smoothly. They were monitoring lighting as well as the radars so that they could see where other ships were. Within the ship there were areas where he could customize his items as well as fix other items. He was well known throughout the OASIS as someone who could fix anything as he had used most of his coins to upgrade his tool benches and factories within his Gargantuan ship. That is the reason he had a ship. If anyone needed anything fixed, he could fly over to the world where they were and use a special drop ship that could carry them and the object they needed to be fixed to the Tensa Zangetsu. Jack would then repair the item and earn points or coins while doing it.

He had a huge hangar that ships could park and their item could be taken out to be repaired. He had all of his items displayed throughout his ship as well, but he had it locked down so only people he wanted could see his collection. He had several friends from his school who knew who he was in the real world and he allowed them to see his collection within his ship.

In the real world, his name was Mark Patel. He lived in Canada in a town just outside of Toronto which is the capital of Ontario, one of the provinces of Canada. He went to a Roman Catholic High-school that made the students wear uniforms which included dress shoes, dress shirts, and pants as well as the school sweater or vest with the school crest on the left breast. He was 17 years old and was almost finished high school. He was really skinny and had bad acne. He wore glasses and lived with his mother and father. He had a younger brother and a younger sister. He hung out with kids who were just like him. They were not good at sports. While he was one of the smartest kids in his grade, one of his friends had special needs. They had learning disabilities. He had smart friends as well and they were indeed smarter than he was. If it was not for them, he would not be where he was grades wise. He was also a musician as his parents forced him to go to piano lessons. He did not like it, but he liked playing songs that he wanted to play. He liked singers like Jay Z or Rihanna but knew how to play songs by Johann Sebastian Bach and Beethoven. His mother and father liked love songs so he played some of those as well. He owned his own virtual reality Headset, OASIS console, and sensation X-suit that were given to him as gifts for being such a son to his parents.

After school was finished, he often walked home by himself to his house. His parents worked different shifts so he would not see either of them for some time. His mother worked the day shift 9 am -5 pm at a building firm where she was an IT specialist. His dad worked the nightshift 4:30 pm – 2:00 am at a bus company within Toronto where he drove buses. He preferred to be alone, working away at whatever homework he had, practising the piano, and playing on the OASIS. His real life was not pleasant as he felt like an outsider. He was a good kid. He kept to his Christian beliefs however in the OASIS he could do anything literally anything. No doubt that if his parents knew what he was doing, he would be banned from playing the game. Only his friends knew who he was on the OASIS. He longed to meet Wade Watts, also known as Parzival, and the rest of the High Five. That is why he tried to make it well known that he could fix anything in the hopes that Wade would find out and use him, or even add him to the group although that probably would not happen.

Jack/Mark was on the bridge of the ship, looking out to space. He usually took up residence on the outer rim of the OASIS and could see the different worlds or maps that he could travel to either by ship or portal. He pulled up the schematics to the OASIS and picked up where one of his friends was playing a racing game. His friend Tom, or Tom_001 on the OASIS was playing on that circuit and Jack_100292402 decided to go and play with him.

"Hey Tom!" Jack said, calling Tom on the cell phone app he used in the game. "Is there room to play with you or is it too late?"

"You can join, but it will force you to go to the back of the pack." Tom said. "Do you think you can win this?"

"Probably not," Jack said. "But think of the fun."

Tom's race began so it allowed time for Jack to get to the track while Tom played the game. Jack used a black painted X-wing from Star Wars which had yellow stripes and flew around the race track. Tom had taken the form of a Caucasian male with various tattoos all along his body. He wore a leather vest with a golden eagle sprawled on the back of it. He wore black leather gloves as well. He wore a black tank top underneath the vest and black leather pants and black hard boots that looked like a biker's boots. He wore a bad ass helmet with silver/ chrome wings painted on the sides. He had blue eyes and had long brown hair and a goatee with red highlights. For the race, he was using Ghost Rider's motorcycle. He used various weapons to try and push other racers off a bridge that was part of the track. He used rocket launchers, Spawn's Hell Chains of Destiny, and machine guns to pop tires, and turn over other vehicles. Other players were doing the same with weapons of their own. They were all trying to destroy each other by blasting each other away or flipping each other over. They tried running into each other with their cars. Someone driving the Tumbler from Batman Begins tried running into Tom and his motorcycle. Tom did a one wheeler and landed on the Tumbler. He used the Hell Chains of Destiny and wrapped them around the Tumbler. He broke the vehicle in two and caused an explosion. Coins erupted from the Tumbler's chase. Tom reached out and used the Hell Chains of Destiny to pull the coins to himself. He revved his engines and started going faster than before. He passed several cars, shooting them with a Mac 10. He damaged several tires, blowing them out. Tom laughed and he passed the cars. The flames from his motorcycle burned up the concrete and he left other drivers in the wake of the flames.

One driver had enough of Tom's foolishness and decided to take things into his own hands. His avatar looked like Vin Diesel wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans and black shoes. He was driving a Dodge Charger and pulled up beside Tom. He pulled out a double barrelled shot gun and shot at Tom's tires. Tom laughed and started shooting at the Vin Diesel look alike. The flames from the motorcycle burnt up the pellets from the shot gun. Suddenly, an obstacle appeared in front of them. They broke away from each other and went around the obstacle. This gave the Vin Diesel enough time to reload. He then ran into a weapon button that placed a weapon on his vehicle. It was a mini-gun that was on a device that let it turn. Vin Diesel turned the weapon to point at Tom. Tom pressed the brakes and turned so that he was directly behind Vin Diesel. Tom pulled out two Mac-10s and with both hands started firing at the Dodge Charger. Vin Diesel swivelled the mini gun so that it pointed at Tom. Tom pulled a chord and at the last second a glider erupted from the bike. He flew up into the air as Vin Diesel tried shooting him. Tom used Spawn's Hell Chains of Destiny to wrap around the mini gun and destroy it. Tom landed on top of the Dodge Charger, and aimed one of the Mac 10s and fired at the driver side of the car, killing Vin Diesel. The car turned a sharp left, and slammed into the wall. Coins erupted from the wreckage and Tom picked up some of it and continued the race. He drove around obstacles and made his way to the front of the pack. He drove passed flamethrowers, and pressed a red button on his motorcycle. The wheels erupted with blue flames and he started going faster.

Jack in the meantime flew over the race in his X-wing, following his friend. It was against the rules of this game to use a ship or plane as they needed to use any land vehicle. Thus all he could do is follow Tom as he played against other people who drove quickly. And then, Tom was in third place. In second place was a person who drove a blue monster truck. The avatar was hidden from view so Tom and Jack could not see who was in the driver seat. Tom pulled out his two Mac 10s and fired at the huge wheels of the monster struck. Tom reloaded and continued firing, trying his hardest to make the blue monster truck to crash. He then pulled out the Hell Chains of Destiny to destroy the monster truck's wheels. Suddenly, a sniper rifle emblem appeared in front of the monster truck. They picked up the weapon and opened their door to point the barrel of the weapon at Tom. The front wheel of the motorcycle veered to the right as the bullet from the sniper rifle destroyed the front wheel. Tom fell off the vehicle and several other players passed him.

"FUCK!" Tom screamed into his microphone.

"That sucks!" Jack said. "Hurry Tom, get back on your bike."

Tom looked at his motorcycle and opened up a panel to choose a replacement wheel from his inventory. He then climbed back on the motorcycle and was off again. This time, he was in sixth place. He passed obstacles. He picked up a red Mario shell and flung it forward. It slammed into the person that was in front of him. The vehicle spun out and Tom went into fifth place. He drove as fast as he could. He brought up his Mac 10s and fired at the person in front of him. However, the vehicle stopped abruptly. Tom was flung forward from his motorcycle. The person peeled away and other people passed around Tom. Tom ran to his motorcycle to look at the destruction that had happened to his vehicle. The whole front of the motorcycle was smashed in. The flames were extinguished and it seemed that the motorcycle would not start anymore. Tom cursed yet again. Time was of the essence so he put his motorcycle away and pulled out the program to choose another vehicle. He picked a black Pontiac Thunderbird which had a red and white eagle imprinted on the hood of the car. He also put away his helmet and started the car. He used a health pack to restore health to his avatar. He peeled off to try and finish the race. He ran into an ability credit to fire rockets from two rocket launchers that appeared on the roof of the car. Tom locked onto the car in front of him and fired two rockets. They slammed into the back and the car spun out of control. Tom passed them and laughed. He finished the race however did not come close to third, let alone first.

"Do you want to start again?" Jack asked Tom.

"Hell yeah." Tom said. "Wait, WWE is on now."

"Can't you record the program?"

"How do you do that?"

"Never mind. Go enjoy your show. I will fix your bike when the show's finished."

"Can't you take it now?"

"Yeah sure."

Jack landed near the back as the race was going to begin soon and most of the people were getting ready to race. Spectators were welcomed and placed their bets. Tom ran and met Jack.

"So how bad is it?" Jack asked as Tom came up to him.

Jack put away his X-wing and brought out the black LTD from Men in Black that he would be racing with.

"It's fucked." Tom said. "The asshole who did this knew he would destroy the front of the bike."

Tom handed him the bike, which had shrunk to a model.

"Ok I'll fix it after this race." Jack said.

"Alright thanks bro." Tom said, and then he reached up and pulled the Headset from the face, which made his avatar disappear as he went offline.

Jack entered the car and his perception changed to second person so he could see his vehicle. Other racers went to their respectful starting positions. Jack checked his stats. His car was in top shape. He had entered the twelfth position, and there were eighteen positions to this race. There were many spectators who placed their bets on their clan-mates. Jack revved his engine. A countdown appeared in Jack's Heads up Display.

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They were off. The first obstacles were these walls that were brought up in front of the racers. Several people crashed early on. Some avatars were injured so they needed to apply health packs. Jack veered to the right and left, dodging vehicles and avatars as well as other obstacles that sprung up. There were sharp 90 degree turns. Jack drifted around each turn and followed other players around different obstacles. Huge wheels with spikes started coming up from the road. Flamethrowers spewed flames from the walls around the racetrack. And then, several icons came up saying that there were weapons available. Jack drove through one and received a boost in speed which also made him invincible for a short time.

"Here we go." He said to himself as he pressed a red button that was on the gear shift stick.

There was a sudden boost of speed as Jack transformed his LTD into full speed mode which meant that two boosters came out the back that propelled the car forward. For races like this with obstacles, it was unwise to use this mode unless there was invincibility being used because there were obstacles and other cars and vehicles to think about. Then, the invincibility started counting down in Jack's Heads up Display. He disengaged the boosters and the car transformed back to normal form. He was now in second place. In front of him was someone on a red motorcycle. Jack did a double take.

"That's Artemis." Jack said to himself. "What in the world is she doing here?"

There were more icons up ahead, and Art3mis picked one up. Jack drove through it right after her and picked up an object.

"Flamethrowers?" Jack said. "That's useless unless I get up really close."

Jack then saw it. The end of the race was in view.

"What if…?" Jack pointed the flamethrowers behind him.

He activated it and it drove his car forward. He reengaged the boosters and he started going faster than Art3mis. He drove until he was beside her. Art3mis looked at him. Suddenly, she engaged her special that she had picked up. Tacks erupted from the back of her bike. They were magnetic, and drew to Jack and his LTD. He tried driving faster, but the tacks followed as he passed Art3mis. He was so close to the end. Suddenly, explosions started erupting from behind him. The tacks started making all of the other vehicles combust. A green blast lanced from Art3mis and it slammed into the fire. The fire turned blue and really hot. The flames combined with Jack's flames that were pushing him forward and it leapt into his boosters. Jack dove out of the car and activated a special force shield to protect him. His car exploded and flames surrounded him. Art3mis drove away, winning the race. She left no one alive.

"Was that really Artemis?" Jack asked himself

The flames died down and Jack disengaged his shield. He picked out a black Audi R8 and drove it so that he would win second place in the race. He looked behind him and saw that there were several other players who survived. He won the second place prize and earned enough coins to fix his Men in Black LTD and Tom's motorcycle. He brought out his X-wing and flew towards Tensa Zangetsu. He parked in the main hold and parked his X-wing in the place he designated as its spot. He made his way to his workshop and started work on Tom's Ghost Rider motorcycle. He would see Tom the next day at school.


It was Tuesday, so everyone had to take a break from the OASIS video game. That being said, people would still play other games or they would go out with friends or family. Around 7:30 in the morning, Mark walked to school. His house was only two miles away and he walked to and from school every day by himself. His brother was two years his junior but would walk with his friends. Now as for Tom_001, his real name was Tom Calcio. He was of Italian decent. He was also a special needs kid. He loved watching Wrestle-mania, and wanted to be like Triple H. He did well at gym class, but other subjects were where he had the most trouble. He had an older sister and lived with his mother and step-brother. His father and step-father were both dead. Mark tried to help him, but Tom had a problem concentrating, so it was up to the Teaching Assistants at school to help him. One of their best friends was into Anime and loved different things like InuYasha or Pokemon. He was not a special needs person but was into art. He wanted to one day become a director of some sort. He loved making movies and painting. He had three other siblings and was an older brother as well, similar to Mark. He was bad at gym class though, was kind of chubby and needed to use special skin cream for marks on his face. He also wore glasses like Mark. His name was John Matthews. Rounding out their group was the genius of their grade. His name was Justin Rihaz. He did not have any game systems as his parents did not believe in such devices. He made friends wherever he could. He was constantly trying his hardest to be the best that he could be. Unfortunately, he was quite hefty in size and although he had good morals, he was cast out because he was not cool enough. Of all the people who needed the OASIS, it was Justin. Mark did not have a job per se; however he did want to help his friend out with anything he needed. They would play cards together, playing a game called Asshole. The four friends would play together, and would talk about Television shows like Suits, Game of Thrones, InuYasha, or Bleach. Justin did not look at Anime, and neither did Tom.

Mark believed that if they tried at it, they could become a good clan in the OASIS. However, they needed to apply as much time as they could, and although he would rather play in the OASIS than go to school, he knew that the game would not last forever and could never replace real life. He did not know where, to what college or university he should be going to after High School. For the most part, he only had one or two classes with his friends. He went to Computer Programming with Tom, English and Graphic Design with John; and Criminology with Justin.

"So, what happened in Wrestle-mania yesterday, Tom?" John asked his friend as they sat together to wait for classes to begin in the cafeteria.

"Holy shit, Hercules got up in the owner's face and did a suplex on him." Tom said excitedly. "They fucking went at it, bringing out chairs and shit. And then there was a break and when they came back, they did TLA: Total Lesbian Action."

"How do they show that kind of stuff in the afternoon?" John asked.

"They didn't do anything much." Tom said. "It's like a beauty contest, and the prize gets to kiss one of the girl wrestlers. It was fucking awesome."

"And then what happened?" Justin asked.

"There was a tag-team bout." Tom went on.

"He guys." Mark interrupted. "Sorry Tom, but have you guys ever raced with Artemis before?"

"No." Tom said. "I've never seen her."

"Well right when you finished your race, she went through mine." Mark said. "She won the race man and she was awesome. I came in second."

"Tomorrow, we should get on the OASIS." John said. "Maybe we should meet at your ship?"

"Yeah let's do it."

"You guys spend too much time on that game." Justin said.

"Trust me, it's better than it sounds." Mark said. "You'll see some day, I hope."


Jack stood in the hangar of the Tensa Zangetsu. He checked the time on his Heads-Up Display. Suddenly, a portal opened up in front of him. John Matthews and Tom Calcio appeared together. Apparently they met before coming to Mark / Jack's ship. John's OASIS name was Gadanza. He was a Caucasian male with long shaggy blond hair. His eyes were green, the deepest green you ever saw. He wore a black trench coat with green lining. He also wore black combat boots and navy blue jeans with a gold chain going to one of the pockets. On his back was a Key Blade from the video game Kingdom Hearts.

"Hey Jack." Gadanza said.

"Yo how's it hanging?" Tom said.

"Good." Jack said to his friends. "I have been looking at the game play from the race that I did the other day when I went up against Artemis. It looks like she was only after easy cash for something bigger."

"What could she possibly want?" Gadanza said. "She already has more cash than anyone in the OASIS."

"It might be something personal that she does not want other people to know about." Jack said. "That or she was just bored and wanted to race."

"Maybe that is it." Tom said. "Why else would she race? Maybe we are just making things harder than they really are. Now why don't we play some Capture the Flag?"

"You guys go ahead." Jack said. "I'm going to see if I can find Artemis to talk to her."

And with that his friends left him. Jack made his way to the bridge of his ship. He went to the captain's chair and sat down. A screen popped up in front of him showing different aspects of the OASIS.

"Locate player." Jack commanded his ship and then spelled out her name. "A-r-t-3-m-i-s."

The various scanners came on and started searching for the user with that name. Jack took a deep breath and waited as his ship did its thing.

"Player Artemis found." The computer on his ship said. "She is currently racing in the Burnout simulator."

"Well look at that, another racing game." Jack said to himself. "When is there going to be another race?"

"According to our calculations, Artemis has a ninety five percent chance of winning the race." The computer said. "And there is a fifty percent chance she might race again, or stop for today. This is her fourth race today."

"Sign me up for the next race." Jack said. "I'll race her and find out what she is doing."

And so, Jack found where the Burnout race was being played. He picked out his Audi-R8 and changed the color to cherry red. He opened a portal and went through it. He landed in fifth place for the race. He picked out his car and climbed into the chase. He revved his engine. At first place, he saw that it was Art3mis in a red corvette. The aim of the race was not only to compete against other racers but they also had to avoid other traffic. Luckily, this was not a game which included fighting so there would be no police intervention or weapons to pick up. It was solely about racing for the hell of it. So they waited for the countdown. Jack saw other racers in their respective places. Jack took a deep breath as the countdown initiated.

And then they were off. Jack veered to his left, slamming into the back of the person in front of him. The crash turned the other car around and then Jack was off in fourth place. It seemed that Art3mis was not paying attention as she was weaving in and out of traffic, avoiding cars to her right and left. She avoided a gasoline truck. In another game, you would think that shooting that vehicle would cause a reaction. No one tried it as they did not want to find out what was going to happen if they did break the rules of the game in the OASIS. Jack went passed the gasoline truck still in fourth place. He weaved in and out of traffic. Luckily, he was in the lane that was going the same way. There was a turn up ahead. Jack drifted around the corner. He witnessed as the player in third place suddenly veered the wrong way and struck a semi-truck. Coins erupted from the crash. Jack opened his door and picked up as many as he could. He then closed his door and started driving away from the crash. He passed the player who was in second place and drove up until he was right beside Art3mis. He looked at her but she did not look back. They both needed to concentrate because there were cars in front of them going slower. Jack saw that Art3mis was going faster than he was. He tried going on the shoulder of the highway that they were racing on however there were cars veering to his side as well as they were trying to dodge Art3mis.

Suddenly, a car veered right in front of Jack. He applied the brakes to try and stop from crashing. He stopped short, and then two racers passed him as Art3mis drove away from him. Jack looked behind and looked for a place where he could get into traffic to drive. He pulled away and looked for the racers who passed him. He drove past several cars but none were the drivers that were in the race. He gritted his teeth.

"Damn it." He said to himself. "I have to win! I have to win!"

Jack pressed on. He then looked ahead and to his surprise one of the racers had crashed. He passed them and did not waste time trying to pick up coins that spilled out onto the racetrack. He passed several more cars, and revved his engine. He drove quickly until he was neck and neck with the second place racer. The avatar in the rival car looked at Jack, and smiled. They turned sharply, trying to veer Jack off the track. Jack was not scared so he bumped into the other racer. He then pressed two red buttons on his steering wheel. The car peeled off, and Jack passed the other racer, who fumed. Jack smiled and he drove until Art3mis was in his sights. He was right behind her. The finish line was in their sights. Art3mis knew how to drive and kept blocking Jack from moving beside her. However, she could not count on the traffic that was driving with them. They both passed the finish line and turned onto a road that was closed off. They waited until the race was fully over and all of the cars had passed the finish line. Jack hopped out of his car, shrunk it to a miniature size, and put it away. He walked up to Art3mis, who also put away her Corvette.

"You are awesome." He said. "Why are you racing so much?"

"Hey thanks for the compliment." She said. "You're the racer from the other day. You came second that day as well."

"Yeah." Jack said, smiling. "I can't believe I'm meeting you Artemis. You're famous."

"Yeah, I know you." She said, smiling. "You're quite the racer. I have also heard that you fix things. I can see from your designation is Jack underscore 100292402. Did you want to meet the others?"

"Yeah!" He said. "I know my friends would want to meet them as well. Can I bring them?"

"Only a couple of friends." Art3mis replied. "We don't need a whole party to come."

"Yeah, there are only a couple of us anyways." Jack said. "How about Friday?"

"Friday's good." Art3mis said. "Meet me at these coordinates."

On Jack's heads up display, a location was put into his system.

"Nice" Jack said. "Thank you so much."

"Okay, see you then." She said, and then she took off her headset and disappeared from the OASIS.

Jack had won $250,000.00. Coming in first, Art3mis had won $500,000. Jack could not wait to tell Tom, Justin and John about what happened to him.

GoldDragonZ: Hey guys, I have not written a story for a long time. I don't know if I have done the novel Ready Player One justice or not. I have only just watched the movie. Please tell me if things are going well or if I need to make changes.