Connection Terminated

By: Pyroteknix

An unknown person is controlling the nations of the world. Control is wrested from the leaders of various countries across the globe. People have begun to contradict against this anarchy and have formed a rebellion to topple the dictator. But this war is fought on two sides now. One the real world, and the other the virtual world.
22:27, Rebels' Underground Facility, Shanghai, China

Ray snored loudly as he rested his head on his keyboard. "Ray!" A voice shouted and he merely turned over in his sleep. "Wake up you idiot!" He mumbled something then realized that he wasn't in the past anymore. Ray promptly sat upright and rubbed his eyes as he woke up. "Hello! I'M UNDER ATTACK!" Ray whacked his head and stared at his computer screen where a teenage boy who looked uncannily like a tiger was loading what appeared to be a rifle. "Damn! Five of them." Ray shouted and quickly typed in a series of codes into his keyboard and he watched as the rifle in the boy's hands dissipated and transformed into a nasty looking machine gun. "Okay, Driger, I'm calling for reinforcements." Ray added as Driger fired at his approaching enemies. He whipped out a watch and waited impatiently as a holographic display of Tyson's face appeared. "Yeah, Kai saw unusual readings on the scanner. Don't ask. They're already there." The brown- haired boy said before Ray had a chance to say anything. Ray shrugged and wiped the sweat of his forehead. He turned to face the screen once more and noticed a tall, imposing figure that was obviously Dranzer sniping at the thick armor of a bulky enemy. Nanoseconds later, a cheerful looking boy with wild blue hair appeared on Ray's screen and begun to fire dual pistols at the approaching units. Driger's face popped in a mini-screen and looked grim. "Ray, we can't seem to delete those government forces!" Driger yelled as Ray nervously watched his bitbeast's futile attempts to even dent the behemoth like creatures. He typed in another weapons code but his upload was interrupted by an attack to Driger and the other bitbeasts. Dranzer side rolled and fired behind them, his armor-piercing sniper ammunition downing a government soldier creeping up behind their backs. Kai's frustrated face appeared beside Driger's and shouted in surprise. "They're decoys! The real units are behind us!" "You think?" Tyson said sarcastically as Dragoon fired entire rounds at the real government forces and deleted a foolish soldier. Driger grimaced as rifle fire connected with his shoulder and he crawled behind a virtual ruin of a building. Dragoon's arm disappeared into digital oblivion as a shotgun shell blasted his arm and sent him flying through the web page. Dranzer threw a black and red cape in front of him as ammunition disintegrated on impact with the half- decorative, half-useful cloak. "Were dead." Kai muttered as a bullet pierced Dranzer's shield and watched as the government soldiers readied a firewall for a trace of their location in the real world. A tall soldier walked up to the front of the forces, noticeably different from the rest because of his unique color scheme and fiery hair. "A bitbeast!" Ray shouted in surprise as he observed the government soldier. "Correct. You rebels aren't the only one with bitbeasts on the Internet." A cold, calculating voice said in response and pulled out a digital wakizashi. "My name is Riwin and I will have the pleasure of killing the infamous Dranzer, Driger and Dragoon after the trace." He continued and signaled to his troops to ready activate the firewall. The soldier prepared to click on a panel located at the side of a machine that looked like a turbine but was harshly cut off when a virtual knife sliced through his head. Another bitbeast, female with flowing pink hair, somersaulted towards another soldier with the average grace of an acrobat and slashed another stunned soldier. Mariah's face appeared on Ray's monitor and he blushed as he stared at her digital face. "Galux and I were just visiting the page when we saw the fight." She said with a dangerously pretty grin. Driger's face overlapped Mariah's and whistled excitedly. "There are some advantages to becoming humanoid! Especially for Galux." The bitbeast commented while watching Galux rip through the enemy forces. Dranzer made a bored face and fired his sniper rifle at the forehead of a shocked enemy fighter. "Yeah, yeah. Just because she had the advantage of surprise." Dranzer mumbled before firing at another soldier's face. Riwin blocked a blow from behind and retaliated at Galux, missing by an inch. Galux swiped again but her hand was caught in the air and she was twisted off her feet. Riwin smirked and readied to deal the final blow to Galux when a gun slammed into his face. The malevolent bitbeast frowned and back flipped to avoid a shot from Dragoon's dual pistols. "Hey! Hands off our buddy!" Tyson shouted at his screen as Galux got up, groaning and clutching her wrist. Driger knocked away the wakizashi of Riwin with a well-placed flying kick as Dranzer blasted a hole through the bitbeast's forearm. "Damn. Drake will be mad." He said as his form began to blur and get transported back to the email address of his master. "Well, that was weird." Ray broke the stunned silence as his bitbeast scratched his head in puzzlement. A stocky bitbeast with purple vestments appeared suddenly, panting heavily. Max's sweaty face flickered onto Ray's screen and Driger groaned. "Was intercepted at a website. 10 heavily armed government forces. Almost didn't make it." He explained as Draciel wiped virtual blood off his purple clothes. "Are we late?" The bitbeast asked innocently as he surveyed the extensively damaged web page. Dranzer groaned and shot a passing digital bird for the heck of it and watched it fall downwards. "You have no idea."

23:17, Operations Room, Rebel Base, Shanghai, China

Kai paced the spacious room in frustration as his teammates and he debated over the strange bitbeast that attacked them along with the government forces. "Shut up!" He yelled as Tyson and another rebel argued over the best course of action. Kai slammed his fist on the wooden table and glared at the other rebels. "Kenny has told us that there are at least 3 other government bitbeasts attacking other branches of our rebellion." At this, the entire room fell silent in attention. "One is Riwin." He pointed to a freeze frame picture of their enemy. "The second, who attacked the American web page, has not given out his name as of now." Kai continued as Max quietly entered the room, sweaty and dirty from running away from real soldiers. Kai rolled his eyes and pointed at a picture of the third. "This bitbeast is Ris. So far the only female bitbeast out there." (A/N: Pronounced "Reese" as a tribute to zoids.) He stated while the rebels took down notes regarding the bitbeast that closely resembled a bird of prey. "The last is Rizel. The only information about him is that he seems to prefer indirect attacks and focuses on planting viruses or worms within a web page." Kai breathed a sigh and looked over his troops. "Branch leader Kai, were supposed to receive help from our North China branch soon. Who are being assigned to us?" A rebel asked and Ray grinned at an annoyed Kai. "Second-in-command Mariah and two extra rebels." He replied and rolled his eyes as Ray rubbed his hands excitedly. Kai's watch popped open and a hologram of Kenny's agitated face appeared. He muttered an expletive as Kenny told him the new and he turned to face his soldiers. "Central China branch, move out! We have an American rebel being attacked approximately 2 miles away from here! Go, go, go!" Kai shouted as he donned a military officer's uniform and rushed out the door, following his allies. The soldiers instantly formed a line as they grabbed rifles off a rack with practiced speed and ran out the exit of their base. Tyson and Ray split from the main group and followed a few other soldiers as they hopped onto high-tech motorcycles. (Hover technology has not been invented yet.) and zoomed out ahead of the rest.

23:23, Outskirts of Shanghai, China

Ray smiled as he saw Mariah pull up beside him in a motorbike, her pink hair flowing in the wind. "Hey! About time you joined the party!" He shouted over the din of their customized vehicles. She smiled back and overtook him as they raced alongside their comrades. Ray whipped out a radio and called Kai and the sniper team. "First strike force closing in on destination. Do you have visual on targets?" A staticky voice came through the radio and replied. "Approximate number of targets is 20. Make sure none get out alive. We'll provide cover fire for you guys." Ray ended the conversation and rounded a curve, rifle loaded and ready for bloodshed. He ran over two surprised government soldiers as the female American soldier returned fire at her attackers. Mariah zoomed up to the fellow rebel and scooped her up from the ground, quickly turning around to drop her off at the base. Tyson noticed an enemy soldier try to pursue their old friend, Mariah, but a dose of bullets cured the poor soldier's curiousity. He gave thumbs up to Ray as the main force appeared from the top of a hill and attacked the soldiers while cover fire came from Kai and his sniper team. Within minutes, the battle was over without any casualties on the rebels' side. Ray picked off a retreating government soldier and turned around as Max's rifle eliminated a soldier trying to kill him. "Nice one, Max." "No problem." The blonde American who joined the Central China branch because most of his old friends were there smiled and ran to catch up with his leaving troop. Ray grinned and scooted off on his motorcycle, quickly closing the distance between him and Tyson. "Who do you think the girl was?" Tyson asked with one hand on the controls and the other holding a candy bar. Ray shrugged and smiled cockily at his friend. "At least we taught that goddamn dictator a lesson. Never mess with us and the world!" Tyson rolled his eyes and put on a burst of speed. "First one back buys dinner!" He shouted before leaving Ray in the dust. "But you're the best rider we have!" "I know! Hahaha!"

Next chapter: A happy reunion for the Bladebreakers is cut short when another bitbeast attacks the net. This bitbeast is faster and stronger than any enemy that they have ever fought before because this particular bitbeast happens to be the dictator's. Finally, they discover who their enemy really is.