Series Title: The Saviors Series
Author: Riley Masters
Rated: T
Category: Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall, Code Lyoko, Digimon Frontier
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own the rights to the above mentioned series.

A/N: Instead of a new chapter, every once in a while I'm going to post a interlude chapter. Usually I wrote them to expand a scene or, as is the case here, get into another character's head.

This first one was posted in my high school's literary magazine, billed as fanfiction, with a shameless plug to boot. It was also the first (and thus far only) fanfiction to be published in the magazine. The exposure was great.

Oh, and it annoyed Kit, which is always a plus. XD

Welcome to my world. It's time to log in.

- Riley Masters (01/09/12)

Interlude: A Sister's Remorse

I think playing this game was a bad idea.

Scratch that. A horrible idea.

Indescribably horrible.

Taylor will never forgive me for this.

All I wanted to do was play a game with Taylor, just for once. Instead, I nearly get her killed.

Watching those monsters attack her scarred me for life. I thought for sure she was okay. It's just an avatar, right? She'll just get knocked out and end up back at the Resurrect 'Um.

That didn't happen. She collapsed to her knees, her hands touching her face in shock. She just sat there, ignoring my screams. Slowly she shifted her head.

"Gaia?" I whispered, suddenly afraid for her. "Are you okay? How many fingers am I holding up?" I hoped that saying the old saying Mom used to say would knock her back into reality. Or at least she'd shout from her room.

"If you take whatever is on my head off, I'll tell you!" She growled, making me jump. I looked at her face. Scars covered her avatar's digital eyes and forehead, making it nearly impossible to focus anywhere else.

I gulped, knowing this would not end well. "Um… Sis… There's nothing on your head."

She lifted her head and stared into nothingness. "What?" She gasped, tears falling from her eyes. I didn't think it was possible that an avatar could cry.

Suddenly, she started screaming. Screaming that it wasn't fair. That her life was cursed. That she was dead way too early. That she wished she had never logged on and that she wanted to log out.

She vanished. I was left standing like an idiot, on top of a floating tree house, staring at an empty patch of grass.

Understandably, Taylor didn't want to play again. I just wish she would trust me that it would be fine!

When she slammed the door in my face, I knew I had two choices. Sit outside her door and scream at her, so that she might actually play the game with me, or just go away and sulk. As much fun as screaming might be, I took option two.

I ran outside and sat on my old tire swing, crying. I just wanted to play a stupid game with her. I didn't mean for her to get hurt! I never wanted this to happen to her!

For a few minutes, I just sat there, staring at the sky, silently asking for my sister's forgiveness. After calming down, I ran back inside, set on apologizing to Taylor. She deserved that much.

When I threw open her door, I saw her leaning over her laptop, just about to log in.

"You're playing?" I was shocked. Didn't she just say ten minutes ago that she'd never play that game again? I had to grin through my confusion. "Cool. Let me see."

She shook her head. "I haven't even logged in-"

And once again, my sister vanished on me. I had to bite my lip to keep in my scream.

"You're kidding me. She actually went inside the game. She actually in a computer."

I poked the screen. "If she can do it, I could do it too. Besides, she'll need saving," I told myself as I signed in. Nothing happened.

I growled. "You have got to be kidding me. Why can't I log on-"

I felt my own body vanish. I was finally inside the game.

I was inside FusionFall.