Disclaimer: I do not own Maplestory.

Thanks to everyone who have reviewed my first two stories: FbLeSean, CosmicShield, Skill Of Dagger, WildOrion, AnonFan, and KingofDits, as well as (no name given).

Special thanks to Fifteen Tails for reviewing virtually every chapter that can be reviewed of my story so far.

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Author's Note: "This" is why I had a "sort of" in the summary about Part II. The start of this takes place a week or so after Part II. And the six primary characters all have a level around 200.

By the way, this is also why I had not placed a "complete" on Part II for such a long time.

Chapter 1: First Encounter

The sun was just rising over the tall buildings of the Omega Sector, just a small bit of it above the giga-watt laser. A minute shadow was being cast over the green grass of the Omega Sector, which Phil was standing in. Half of his body was in the shadow, and another half was in the sunlight. He was looking out towards the sea, lost in his own thoughts. He shifted his view downwards.

The grass has grown a lot since I first came to the Omega Sector, learned about the Agents, and began my training, he thought. It was slightly above his knees. He wondered who mowed the grass. Maybe Marco. And maybe he didn't do it anymore when he began training him. He looked at himself. I've advanced a lot, too.

He had reached a level where, at the previous time, he had doubted whether he really could attain. And even before, he hadn't had the slightest idea that it was possible, that it could be even dreamed of.

But…why me? Why am I the one to be bestowed this great power? A small breeze came that lifted a few strands of his hair and caused a few blades of grass to dance around in their set positions.

He noticed that the sun had climbed to a spot where his body was now completely in light.

Not everyone can be…free.

He watched a cloud pass by, which had no distinct shape. It looked as if it would block the sun, but it passed only as a tangent to the primary light source.

How does one become…free?

He turned, left his spot, and went inside the Omega Sector building.

-X-

"You know," said Evelyne, "It's been very peaceful these days. I mean, no more assaults for the Grays of the Three-Eyed Freaks. No more explosions, no more viruses sent. By the way, you guys got any lemonade? I stopped drinking beer after you said that it was a waste product of prokaryotic bacteria."

Phil pulled out a can of lemonade from the fridge and handed it to Evelyne. "Careful. It'll make you go hyper if you still have a lot of mana reserves."

"I spent the last 30 minutes trying to get my Dragon Green Sleeve back from Celina. I think I've used plenty of mana chasing her around with Haste and Flash Jump." She drank all of the lemonade in one gulp.

"So," said Phil as he watched Steven and Josh. "You guys finally managed to get your hands on some poker cards, huh?"

"Yeah," replied Josh. "We got some from Kyrin. I bet 5,000 mesos."

"Well, that's 5,000 mesos that you're going to lose." Replied Steven. Steven had been winning virtually every single round that had been going on since the two had started playing, and had a huge pile of mesos. Josh had almost no mesos on his side. Steven laid down his hand.

"Full House."

"I've got two pairs." said Josh, laying down his hand.

"That's not two pairs, Josh," said Phil, looking over the cards. "That's four Aces."

Josh looked at his cards, realizing that Phil was right.

"So I win?" asked Josh.

"Well, yeah," replied Phil. At hearing that, Josh happily raked in his 5,000 mesos as Steven grumbled something inaudible.

Just then, Brent burst through the door, panting.

"What's wrong?" asked Phil. "Aliens chasing you?"

"Maybe," replied Brent. Phil, Steven, Josh, and Evelyne exchanged looks.

"Come with me," said Brent. Dr. Kim says he wants everyone in the Command Center."

"Why didn't he come? And where's Celina?"

"That's the reason why he wants everyone in there. Hurry!" Sensing the urgency, everyone followed Brent.

"… there are currently hundreds of monsters swarming and attacking Kerning City. One eyewitness says that they came out of the Subway. Most of the 4th jobbers say they have never seen some of the monsters before…"

The whole thing was in real time. On the screen, it showed a huge mob of monsters, and boy, did they look mean. There seemed to be an infinite amount, supposedly coming from the Subway. Nightlords, Shadowers, Archmages, Bishops, Bowmasters, and all other classes were coming from both sides of Kerning City to battle the threat. Arrows, bullets, shurikens, and spells were flying everywhere. There was also this monster that looked like a reverse yeti running around. In fact, other than the ones that came from the Masteria Jungles, Mountains, and Highlands, that was the only monster the adventurers had ever really seen. They called it Bigfoot.

"… New Leaf City is where they are said to first have been spotted. Everyone that was in New Leaf City is now evacuated and taking refuge in Kerning City. Stirgeman, would you like to tell us what you saw?"

The camera now changed over to Stirgeman. It only showed his top half, since he has lost his pants a few months ago, and his last pair no longer fit him. That was what he said to everyone.

"…Well, they seem to have come from the newly discovered Phantom Forest. Some of them I recognize, since I've been there once or twice. But the others… there is no word for the. Anyway, the first thing that was wrecked was the limo that took people to the Haunted House. Unfortunately, there were just too many of them. Even with my crime fighting abilities, I could not take on all of them…"

The camera turned back to the reporter. Just as she was about to speak, there was a scream, and the camera looked as if it had been dropped. Then it moved back up again, but this time there was a hissing sound:

Resistance is useless… your forces shall fall before our might!

There was a crunching sound, and then the screen went blank, with only static.

Dr. Kim quickly spoke. "Your mission is to go to Kerning City and get rid of the mob. Aid the Adventurers. Eliminate the threat before Kerning City falls apart, and the monsters spread to other places."

All six of them nodded. Dr. Kim handed each of them a warp card. "Use the warp portal to get to the Nautilus Port, and head to Kerning City."

"We'll never make it there in time!"

"You will with your motorcycles." The Agents had not noticed before, but the six cylinders were placed neatly against each other.

"I would advise to use as few functions on the motorcycles as possible," Dr. Kim said to them. "It would be best for the fewest possible number of people to know about us."

The team nodded, quickly grabbed their "vehicles" and went through the portal.

"Good luck."

They managed to arrive at Kerning City in three minutes, due to large traffic. When they arrived, the entire place was in mayhem. Attacks went every which way; with both sides losing forces and having more reinforcements arrive. The Agents weren't here to make a big scene; they were just here to turn the tide of the battle, and to make sure Kerning city didn't get destroyed and turned to rubble. No one really noticed them when had arrived; both sides were too busy fighting.

"Let's get this party started," said Phil. All of them cast every supportive skill they knew. Phil then whipped out his Void Hunter.

"Soul Arrow…Arrow Vanquisher!"

Orange arrows, just like those from Arrow Eruption, exploded upwards from the ground, though this time it was on a much wider scale, with a much higher kill rate. Both demons and adventurers alike turned to look at the new arrival. Josh stepped forward and shouted "Chaos Storm!" and fired for a second. However, one second was all he needed, as Josh fired 100 arrows the time a Bowmaster fired eight.

Meanwhile, Phil loaded a rocket magazine into his Laser Rifle. He fired, and the rockets, trailing bright red and orange flames, flew into the mob of demons. They impacted against a Gryphon and a few of the other monsters and exploded, killing even more monsters. The demons and Bigfoot noticed them by now, and turned their attention to the six. Now the mob had been separated into two groups: one attacking the Adventurers, and the other focused on the Agents.

{You guys take on Bigfoot from both sides. I'll take care of this mob.}

The others nodded, and headed off. Phil raised his weapon and shouted "Laser Charge… Laser Drill!" A beam of light sliced through any demons that were not blown up by the rocket. Unfortunately, even more monsters were coming out of the Subway. There seemed to be no end to them.

"Rapid Blast!" he shouted. His weapon had become a machine gun, firing a dozen rounds per second. He swept his weapon across the battle field, striking even more monsters. He rushed over to the "spawning site" and used Laser Charge once more. However, this time, his attack wasn't Laser Drill.

"Power Stance… Laser Blast!" The Subway rocked violently, and there was a huge cloud of smoke. This time, he did not suffer from the recoil, which was very fortunate for him, because the battle between his comrades and Bigfoot had just moved behind him in the last few seconds.

-X-

"Soul Charge, Soul Driver!" shouted Brent, driving his Blue Screamer into Bigfoot. Bigfoot flinched, giving Josh time to respond with Hurricane.

{Get out your Laser Rifles and surround Bigfoot,} said Steven.

The others nodded. Before Bigfoot or the leprechaun realized what was happening, they pulled out their weapons and shouted "Rapid Blast!" in unison, and innumerable lasers struck the beast from all direction. This severely injured Bigfoot, though he wasn't down yet. He stomped the area, sending all five of them flying backwards.

{Lure him over here,} said Brent.

"Here" happened to be just in front of the Subway, right behind where Phil was standing.

{I wonder what they made the Subway of,} joked Phil.

{Just get over here and help us!} shouted Brent.

Phil turned around, and standing right behind him was Bigfoot. Sheathing his Laser Rifle, he pulled out his Lunar Shooter.

"Flamethrower!" A huge wave of fire burst out of his gun and burned Bigfoot. Raising his hand, he shouted "Air Strike!" A half dozen Gaviotas appeared out of thin air, and unleashed their cargo on Bigfoot in succession.

{His weakness is fire!} shouted Celina

{Roger that,} replied Phil. I guess we should've figured that out a lot sooner, since it's a lot like a Yeti... but these days, you can't really assume anything.

He pulled out his Laser Rifle. "Heat Wave!"

"Meteor Shower!"

"Fire Charge, Charged Blast!"

"Flaming Star!"

"Flamethrower!"

"Phoenix, Ranger's Inferno!"

Bigfoot was completely smeared with fire from all directions, as Phoenix covered from above. Bigfoot let out a massive roar. It was severely wounded, though not yet out of the fight. The leprechaun riding on it swung its lollipop weapon, and it struck Phil. He was thrown like a rag doll and was sent flying backwards and crashed into the "No Bicycling" sign and broke it.

{Didn't like that sign much anyway. Contradicts to our motorcycles.} He muttered.

Before his teammates could ask if he was all right, he leaped forward and lunged at Bigfoot. However, he had already switched weapons, and his Lunar Shooter was now an Astral Blade.

"Flame Charge, Savage Blow!" He shouted. His Astral Blade was suddenly alive with leaping flames, and launched six consecutive hits towards Bigfoot.

{Let's finish this,} said Josh.

The Phoenix dived down once more and struck down Bigfoot as there was a shout of "Fire Storm!" and flaming arrows slammed straight onto Josh's target, although not before the leprechaun swung it's "weapon" once more, and struck down Evelyne. She went flying backwards and crashed into a building, shattering a window, bounced off, and landed on the ground, unconscious.

Phil rushed over to her. {She's severely wounded. She didn't have Meso Guard on, did she?}

{I think it expired right before Bigfoot hit her,} replied Celina.

He looked over her. {She's bleeding. We need to get her over to Niora Hospital!}

{Copy that.}

The Agents looked around. Most of the monsters were destroyed, and the original Adventurers that had come to fight the monsters had finished off the last of the monsters, and were staring at the Agents in disbelief of being able to do all of that they had just done.

When they entered Niora Hospital, they didn't see a doctor. Just Jane Doe in there. He was still dressed in patient's clothing, though there was something eerie about her.

"What do you need?" asked Jane Doe.

"Someone's been hurt," replied Phil. "Do you know how to operate any of this machinery?"

"A little," she responded.

A few minutes later, they had Evelyne was on the bed and hooked up to the machines. Phil looked at the readings.

"Her… heartbeat is slowing down. She has lost so much blood." There was barely a pulse.

She…she can't die.

All five of them suddenly found the answer at the same time. They simultaneously walked up to Evelyne and spoke in unison.

"Mitosis."

Suddenly, her bloodstream was alive with cell activity as all of her red blood cells began dividing furiously.

"I… I don't believe it," Muttered Jane Doe. In no time at all, her heart beat was back to normal. However, she was still unconscious.

Phil looked at the machinery. None of the readings had changed. He tapped it. The dials fluctuated wildly, followed by a weird whining noise. Then the whole thing shut down.

"Hey, this isn't even working at all!"

Brent came over and looked at it. "You're right."

"Ooops," said Jane Doe quietly, not that she could she could have spoken any louder.

Phil nodded, and spoke to the rest of his comrades. "I just got a message from Dr. Kim. I'm going to head through the Subway to New Leaf City. The Subway is said to be completely out of order, and there were no vehicles passing through the area at the time of the invasion. Therefore, I should be able to make it through. I'm going to find out what is behind all this."

"I'm going with you," said Brent eagerly.

"No. I'm going alone," was the defiant reply.

"But…you'll need backup," protested Brent.

Phil shook his head. "Two people are easier to be detected than one. When Evelyne wakes up, tell her the same thing. Don't follow me. If you want to back me up, stay here."

Everyone (who was conscious) watched him leave the Niora Hospital. Nobody said a word.