Series Title: The Saviors Series
Author: Riley Masters
Rated: T
Category: Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall, Code Lyoko, Digimon Frontier
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own the rights to the above mentioned series.

A/N: So... I rewrote and finished The Saviors Series. I mean, I really finished it. I hated having loose ends, so I took a year or so to edit the entire story, and write some new content.

Every Monday (or Tuesday, depending on my school schedule), I'll be posting a new chapter.

For old readers returning, I want to make it clear that most of the changes are small, word choice being one example. Most of the series is similar to the original version started in January 2009, but there are a few differences. Names of some miscellaneous characters for one.

To new readers, I hope you enjoy the product of boredom, and a mild concussion caused by my sister's tenth grade English notebook (i.e. she threw it at me).

Welcome to my world. It's time to log in.

- Riley Masters (01/03/12)

It's a Blind Start…

Once in a while I wish I wasn't blind.

No, not in real life. In the game. Fusion Fall.

Ten minutes in the past, I got attacked. My screen blanked out. My laptop was still on, but the screen showed nothing. I could hear static from somewhere.

The next thing I knew, I was on my hands and knees. I could feel the grass and the wind. My sister was screaming my name into my ear. Not Taylor, my real name. Gaia. My character's name.

I tilted my head left and right, trying to dislodge whatever was covering my eyes.

"Gaia? Are you okay? How many fingers am I holding up?"

"If you take whatever is on my head off, I'll tell you," I growled, annoyed with her constant pestering and her inability to use common sense.

"Um... Sis… There's nothing on your head."

And with five words, my life spiraled.

"Taylor! Let's play!"

"Go away Dakota!" I slammed the door in my dear sister's face.

Pound. Pound. "Come on Taylor! You said we could!"

"No! Leave me alone!" I hear her stomp down the stairs, angry I wouldn't play with her.

But who would, after what we went through. I found out later, when we logged out, that I was actually in the game. No joke. Dakota was stoked, but I wasn't. Why would I be? I couldn't see. At all. Not in the game.

Dakota told me that, while in the middle of my rant about how my life sucked and I was dead way too early – I said the words "log out." I vanished, reappearing in front of the laptop, thinking that it was just a bad dream. The computer was working fine, I could see, everything was normal. Then she came in, and claimed that it actually happened. That led to me swearing to never play Fusion Fall again, against my promise. And our argument.

I sat on my window seat, looking outside at my wonderful, normal, and completely boring neighborhood. Dakota was sitting on the old swing on the tree out front, looking pretty bummed. Maybe I should apologize, I thought. Then I shook my head.

"She's fourteen years old. She needs to grow up."

I turned away from the window with a groan. Even if I was mad, I couldn't stay mad at my little sister for long.

Maybe for five minutes…

I slipped downstairs and fired up my laptop just as Dakota walked back inside.

"You're playing? Cool! Let me see!"

"I haven't even logged in-"

And as I said that, I vanished.

Dakota barely contained her scream. Oh my God! She actually went inside the game! It's real! How cool is that!

The younger sister looked at the screen, watching as it reset itself. "I wonder… If I copy her, will I appear in the game?"

She logged on to the site and everything, but it didn't pull her into the game.

"The hell? No fair! Why can Taylor go play the game and I can only log on this-"

With a gasp, she disappeared.

"-Far?"

Thunk.

"Bella, I love you sister dear, but if you don't get off me this instant, I will not hesitate to throw you to Fuse himself!"

With a shove, I pushed her off of me. Of all the places to appear, why did it have to be above me?

"Gaia? Is that you? Oh my God! This is way cool! I mean, look at all the pretty colors-"

"Dear God she's channeling Dee Dee…"

"-and all the cool people-"

"Shoot me now…"

"-and even the cute little monsters!"

"Take a breath!"

"I hate you Gaia."

"I know. Love you too."

I heard Dakota take a few steps around, getting a feel for her digital body. I stood there, just listening to the sounds underneath the music that seemed to be playing nonstop from the background.

"Oh sis! Look at the monkey!"

"Bella, I would love to, but I can't. I'm blind here, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Right. Um... well I'm going exploring! I'll see you later!"

I turned my head in her direction. She was leaving?

"Wait! Bella! At least tell me where I am!"

Silence. Just great.

"Welcome to Sector V! I'm Numbuh Two. Need a mission?

Just my luck.

Dakota jumped from the KND tree house, completely psyched to be really there. This is a dream come true. I'm in a game, with my wonderful sister…

Dakota stumbled in her musing. "Oh. Crap. Gaia!" She turned and ran back to the tree house.

"Hi! Need a mission? Hi! Need a mission? Hi! Need a mission?"

"Bella! Where are you!"