"So that's your mission. Go into the game, get rid of the crystal that's corrupting the game, and come back. Understand?" explained Eden, the woman in charge who was also the woman who adopted Adam and Deliah.
Deliah and Adam nodded as they were told about their mission, it was given to them as a sort of training mission.
"Good. Let's get you into the game." Eden smiled, leading them to a glowing platform that was in front of a computer screen. "Just hold out your badges and brace yourself. The first transport can be a little surprising."
The siblings did as they were told, holding out their badges and were pulled into the glowing light on the platform. A moment passed and the siblings found themselves on a familiar looking beach, Deliah squealed with glee as she looked around...but her joy faded as she saw her favorite characters all glitched and frozen in place. Some of the sand and trees were colored black is if their data was removed, and the sky was half grey.
"We need to find that crystal..." Deliah spoke in a serious voice, Adam nodded in agreement.
The two began walking along the glitched beach, avoiding the black spaces just in case it was dangerous to touch them. It was silent the entire time, until their badges started beeping in their pockets. Confused, they got their badges out and a robotic voice spoke to them.
"Disguise activated."
The siblings just looked at each other as they were bathed in a glowing light, then they jumped back away from each other in shock when the light faded. The two had been disguised to look like bandicoots, Deliah had bright blonde fur while Adam's fur was a cinnamon red color. They kept their hair color, eye color, and the same clothes they had on when they entered the game. After a moment, the voice from the badge spoke again.
"Profile activated. Please hold out your badge."
The siblings did so, holding their badges face up, and a screen was projected in front of them. They were shown they now had abilities to help them in the game, Deliah could manipulate with earth in any way she wanted, meaning she could use it to create armor or cause earthquakes. Adam's speed and reflexes were increased and he could use small fireballs that he was now able to summon. After taking in all the information, the two started walking again.
...(Mini Skip)...
Moments passed and the two arrived at the top of a waterfall. There was a pit ch black crystal hovering over a rock in the middle of the area, which seemed to be the source of the corruption as data and cokors can be seen flowing to the crystal.
"Let's test our abilities on it..." Adam said, getting into a fighting stance.
The ground started to shake violently before the corrupted data formed into a large spider, making Deliah shiver uncomfortably.
"Eeww, spider..." she stepped back slightly, concentrating and summoning spikes of earth amd sending them to the spider, but it simply ducked and charged at the siblings. Adam used his newly increased speed to move his sister out of the way.
"Let's try something else..." He breathed.
Deliah nodded and made a rock shield around them as the spider tried stabbing at them with its sharp legs. Tiny rocks fell with each strike of the shield, so Adam had to act quickly. He summoned a few fireballs and allowed them to form into one big one, then launched it at the spider's face. Upon contact, the spider screeched loudly as its face began melting which gave the siblings an opening to attack. Adam summoned multiple fireballs as Delia trapped the spider by opening up a hole in the ground. Once the spider was trapped, Adam launched the fireballs which began to melt the spiders body and Deliah created more spikes and impaled the spider with them. After a swift moment, the spider shrieked loudly in pain and collapsed...shattering and causing the black crystal to shatter as well.
The twins stood there, dirty and a bit out of breath. They looked at each other and smiles crept on their faces, then their smiles widened as they tried to keep from laughing...then they burst into excited laughter and high-fived as they watched the game world go back to normal. Deliah sighed happily as she watched the characters on the beach. Right before she could do anything, their bagdes beeped and a hologram of their mother appeared in front of them.
"Well done! Your mission was a success! You will now be returned to base." Eden said, smiling proudly.
Deliah was off staring, wanting to run down and interact with all her favorite characters, then turned to the hologram. "Can't we stay a little longer?"
"Sorry, no...I don't think it would be wise if they were to find out you were from the outside world..." Eden's smile dropped as Deliah and Adam's disguises wore off and Deliah had a look of sadness on her face.
"Maybe another time, sis." Adam said, placing a hand on his sibling's shoulder.
Deliah sighed as she turned her attention to the three bandicoots on the beach, waving at them even though they ciuldn't see her. She crossed her arms and stared at the ground as she and Adam were teleported back to base. Everyone started praising them for their work on their first mission, but Deliah simply used her badge to transport herself home. She left the game room and went to shower and change since the dirt from the mission was still all over her, then once she was done she went to her room and curled up on her bed with her plushie collection. She held a certain trio of plushies closely as she fell asleel, then Adam walked in the room. He sighed, thinking how bad his sister must have felt after nearly losing her favorite characters.
"Goodnight, sis..." Adam whispered, covering Deliah up with her blanket.
Her gave her one last look before turning out the bedroom light and shutting the door, going to his own room and simply flopping over in his bed.