Chp 1: A Legend Appears

"My life used to be the same run of the mill boring scenario. But now as I get up from dozing off in 's class I am faced with a terrible problem… I'm not in the school anymore and what's more…I don't know where I am and there is a strange doll thing following me as I traverse this computer place. God as if things weren't bad enough…."- Leonardo Francesco mental thoughts

The last thing Leo remembered was the final bell before losing consciousness and whinding up in this strange computer dungeon. His mind felt fuzzy as he got to his feet checking out his surroundings. A faint glow from the translucent flooring gave him a limited ability to see as he traveled down several corridors and studied the glowing walls and flooring and realized they were made of energy or some kind of data.

Behind him he could hear the clicking noise of his companion the stick man as he was calling him. It was as tall as he was and had the build of a scarecrow made of pipes and metal. Though Leo was weary of his companion a small part of him was also greatful. At least he wouldn't wander around alone

"I don't suppose you know where we are," he said glancing back at Stick man. "Never mind I almost forgot you don't have a mouth."

The doll-like creature only stared back at him through its single lens-like eye which creeped him out. Following down a long hallway, Leo finally spied a large opening that he hoped would be a way out. Wrong….the luminous green light of the strange dungeon gave way to an even stranger sight. A room with a single platform in front of a large door made of stained glass was nothing like he expected.

Stick man made a wild creaking noise and ran in front of Leo catching him offguard. He soon saw the reason; another doll creature was wandering around aimlessly in the center of the platform. Leo frowned as the other creature took notice of them and began sharpening its bladed arms. Stick man shook and held up its own bladed arms as the enemy came closer and closer a red glow emitting in its eye. Leo soon realized that his would be body guard was waiting for orders.

"Okay," he said, "Go take him down Sticky!"

Stick man obliged and charged at the enemy at blinding speed and struck the other doll creature in the abdomen. The other doll countered with a backflip kick sending Stick man crashing to the ground. But Stickman got back on his feet and used a powerful strike that shattered the others guard. For twenty minutes the exchange lasted and it seemed Stickman was getting weaker with each strike.

It folded its arms in front of its face as several slash like blows rained down on Stickman. Leo gritted his teeth and felt pity for the creature as cracks appeared over Stickman's body and pieces fell to the ground. The other Stickman flicked its arm in a mocking gesture at his opponent's pathetic effort.

"Common Sticky," Leo said muttered feeling his heart racing. "Fight back dammit!"

It was like watching a boxing match with the betted winner being pummeled by the better fighter. Boom, in a brief explosion of metallic shavings and shards Stickman fell to the ground as his arms were smashed to pieces. The other Stickman slowly walked up to the fallen opponent and with a powerful thrust drove the blade into Stickman's abdomen.

The match was over and Stickman disintergrated into an explosion of data and vanished leaving Leo alone. His jade green eyes narrowed as the Stickman B turned to him and playfully sharped its arm blades. Damn it, Leo cursed to himself looking for someplace to run but found the entrance he came in was gone. Shit….now what….

The incoming attack came undetected as he felt the arm blade pierce his stomach. A muffled groan escaped his lips as he was flung across the platform and landed with a thud. Stickman B flicked the blood off and walked over ready to end his life.

Leo whimpered and tried to crawl away but found his body was becoming heavy like a bag of cement. Cursing in Italian, he listened as the metal tapping of the creature's footsteps drew closer. Silence, and as he waited face down on the floor the final blow never came.

"Hey," a gentle voice echoed out to him. "Don't give up; I won't let you die here because of this doll."

Leo opened his eyes and saw the other stickman was being confronted by a beautiful girl. Standing with her back to him the girl took a defensive stance of some type of martial art style. Stickman B emitted an irritated click clack noise and lunged at her blades swinging.

A childish smile crept onto the girls face as she pivoted and delivered a swift kick to the dolls abdomen. She was rewarded with a loud crack as the dolls flew backwards skidding against the floor. Leo gasped at the level of super strength she possessed and watched as the girl proceeded to beat the tar out of the doll. He soon noticed something was hovering around the girl, it was flat and oval shaped with spade-like grooves.

A well polished surface caught his attention and realized it was a mirror. The mirror spun in like a buzzsaw and sliced the doll across the chest and loped off an arm.

"Not doing so well, huh?" the girl chided as she directed the mirror with an elegant sweep. In a single pass the dolls head rolled off its shoulders and disintergrated. Once everything was calm the girl turned her attention to him and casually walked looked up at her feeling his vision fading and the girl had a concerned look on her face. She stroked his head and said something but he could barely hear it as the darkness took. Though he thought he saw what appeared to be a pair of fox ears and a tail.