Disclaimer: Contrary to the voices in my head, I do not own Gantz.

Also, as stated by Nishi in one of the chapters after the Oni Mission in a conversation to Izumi there are other Gantz teams. This was also proved in the latest mission with the manga. So my story is about another Gantz team located in a more… random place one the earth.

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There was once a small town, in that town lived a few thousand people, not very many though. The town was located in Pennsylvania in the country with a lot of trees. The people in this town were generally nice to each other, but weird things were known to happen in this town. The weirdness varied from exploded pumpkins to exploded cats, from frequent power outages to forest fires. These fires were suspected of being arson but there were no suspects. This was a strange town in which strange things happened but the background is much stranger….

Deep in the woods there was an empty house, or at least that's just what everyone assumed. Inside there was a black ball about a yard and a half in length and nothing else. This house is known by few, but is shrouded in mystery…

The last thing Vince remembered is that he was outside with his friends playing. Vince was a 14 year old Middle School student. He liked playing soccer and was very intelligent. He was 5'7" and was normal in appearance. The first thing he remembered after regaining consciousness was he was sitting in a room with a black ball on the far end. He was all alone but couldn't remember how he got here.

Suddenly a multicolored laser shot from the black ball and Vince's best friend, Jake, was slowly being materialized. Jake, after fully being materialized, was sweating and was in a panic. After he had realized that he was in a strange new place he shot up and looked around. He ran for the door and tried to open it.

"Argh! I can't even touch it," said Jake after making an attempt at the doorknob, something Vince hadn't thought to do. "I can't believe what just happened."

Vince was puzzled and asked "What are you talking about?"

Jake, wide eyed now said, "What do you mean, don't you remember?" After Vince shook his head Jake explained. "All of a sudden an arrow shot out and impaled your head. It was Jessie who was drunk and started shooting at us. He got me next after you, I gave the other guys a chance to run, but I was shot in the heart and had a chance to realize I was dying."

Vince could only gape at Jake. How could they both be dead? He could tell he was still alive; he was breathing just fine and had a pulse. Just then the multicolored laser shot out again from the black ball. This time, the person being materialized was unknown to the two kids. They could tell after a short while that it was a woman, maybe 26, and she was fairly short. The first thing she did after being materialized was crawl in a corner and refuse to talk. She was wide eyed and kept glancing all over the place.

The next person to appear was an old man in his 60's he looked quite old but seemed to be very sharp and confident by the aura he gave to the people around him, maybe a veteran from a war. He seemed less surprised by his teleportation from his death scene.

"Didn't I just have a heart attack? Did I pass out and have been taken here? Is this black ball some sort of life-support system? Does anyone know what's going on?" he asked without waiting for answers.

Jake responded to him "I think we have all died and this is like heaven or something. As far as I know this room is like a containment area, I can't even touch the doorknob. But I know as much as anyone who comes in here. We are materialized through some laser shot out of the black ball."

"I see," and that's all the old man said.

The next to come through the materialization was a cow. This cow was surprised by the transference and was covered in blood. This broke the tension in the room and the old man went to investigate the cow's blood. The woman in the corner glanced up for a few seconds and resumed her constant glancing at the entire room.

The final person to come through the transference was Jessie, the man who killed Vince and Jake. It seemed that he drank way to much beer and died. Jessie remained passed out on the floor even after the materialization.

The room stayed quiet for a while, in preparation for another person but no one came. This silence lasted around 15 minutes until Jake decided to strike up a conversation.

"So, what's your name he gestured at the old man, I am Jake and this is Vince, we were both killed by this man" he takes a moment to kick Jessie, "and are both 14 years of age."

"Ah, I see. I am Will, as you know, if you were paying attention, I died of a heart attack. I am 64 years old." Will replied. "What about you?" he asked the woman in the corner.

"Umm… I am… Sarah, I am… 25 years old and died… when a large tree branch fell on my head giving me a serious concussion… and I didn't do anything about it and died in the middle of the forest." She lied. It was clearly made up on the spot but no one pressured her into talking more.

"Moo!" replied the cow. Who, once again, broke the tension.

All of a sudden the black ball started playing a song from a foreign language. And after it ended "Ich… Ni… San…" the black ball sprung open scaring everyone in the room. The cow went into fits of "Moo's" and Jessie even woke up at the sound who began cursing at the cow for its constant "Moo's"

Jake, Vince, and Will stood up to investigate the opened ball, there were three compartments that opened up on the left, right, and rear of the ball. Vince was the first to notice the words on the front of the ball.

"Guys, take a look at this!" he told them as words began to form on the ball.

411 j00 b4st4rds haf d13d.

Wut happenz 2 j00r lifs n0w iz up 2 m3 3nt1r3le.

Got it?

"I don't get it" said the old man.

"It basically says that we are all dead he decides what we do now and he wants us to know," said Jake, who could understand the extreme internet language.

U must g0 ki11 th1s thing:

Hikô Alien: A strange bug-like thing has a picture here

Characteristics: Annoying

Likes: Blood

Dislikes: Closed Spaces

Favorite Phrase: BZZZZT-your dead!-

"MOO! MOO! MOO!" the cow began dematerializing right before their eyes. The trio who had read the ball began choosing things out of the ball's compartments. Vince grabbed a longer gun that was located on the left compartment and a case with his name on it. Will grabbed the case and the two smaller guns and his suitcase and a little controller thing that was also located on the ball. Jake took the time to examine all of the compartments and chose the long gun, suitcase, and controller.

Inside the Black ball there were two types of smaller guns. One was shaped in a Y fashion which was instantly nicknamed the Y gun, the other had a circular end and they couldn't come up with a name for it. The longer gun looked like the Circular one but was bigger and seemed more like a rifle than a handgun. There was also a suitcase for every person including the cow who had written on it "a kow goes moo – LOL" There was a little controller that seemed to fit on the wrist and could control something.

"Take a look at this!" Jake pointed out to everyone. The screen that had everything written down now had a countdown and was currently at 58:24. "I wonder what happens when it hits zero…"

"Whoa!" said the old man as he started dematerializing once the dematerialization reached his eyes he exclaimed, "I can see outside!"

At this Sarah shot up and grabbed a Circular gun and hid in the corner again.

Jessie began to stir in the corner as Vince, the second to last person the be teleported began being dematerialized.

Soon they were all outside and took a look at their surroundings, they were in a forest. Vince, Jake, and Will took a look at what they had grabbed. Vince pointed his Rifle gun at a tree and pulled the trigger. He had been looking through the scope and saw that it went black. At this he took a look at the gun and saw there were two triggers on every gun. He tried again, at a new tree and pulled both triggers at once and then, after a few seconds, the first tree exploded instead of the one he was aimed at.

"What the hell!" he screamed.

"Whoa that was weird," said Jake. Who lifted his own gun at a tree and pulled both triggers and the tree he was pointed at exploded. "Huh! Why did the one I aimed at explode?"

At this the old man spoke up "Maybe the top trigger is a lock on, and both triggers is fire."

And sure enough, he was correct and it seemed to work the same way for the Circular gun but they didn't have a chance to test the Y-gun.

"Wait, wasn't there a timer in the room?" asked Vince.

"Does that mean we have an hour to kill those flying bug alien things?" who had already started running off in search of them.

Soon enough everyone had split up but they told each other to stay near this spot with the blown up trees so that they could regroup later.

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Well this is my first story so don't bite my head off. I plan to update soon but its getting late tonight and I have homework