I don't own Runescape, it is copyrighted by JAgex Ltd.

~Chapter IX~

"A!" Siegfried, distraut with fear and confusion thundered into his mic. A had (again) been sleeping and stumbled out of his bed and looked at his computer screen. He switched off the macroing software that kept him logged in and placed his headset on while sitting down. He scrolled down his friends list and searched for Siegfried321.

He was offline.

In fact, A only had one friend online: Pur3pk3r112

"Siegfried...?" A mumbled. "...Why are you on your pure...?"

"I'm forwarding you a copy of a message that was sent to me by a Jagex moderator," Siegfried explained with a river of words. "Not just any mod, the same one that saw me in Varrock too!"

There was then a sound of an irritated sigh.

"And have some coffee or something, will ya?" Siegfried grumbled.

"Euch...I hate coffee, apples are better anyway..." A replied casually. A reached into his food bowl, kept by his desk and took out the aforementioned fruit. As he began to munch on the sweet, green apple, he opened up his messages and searched for the most recent one from Siegfried.

After scanning the document, A proclaimed "I suppose I should come with you to talk with her."

"And risk revealing that you have the glitch also!?"

"Risk it? I'm going to tell her I have the glitch."

"What-?!"

"I've a fair idea of how she figured out you have the glitch and can easily prove I have it too. We can explain what we're doing and why we have the glitch still with us."

"Why DO we still have it?"

"Look at it this way," A took another bite of his apple and gulped it down momentarily. "I've no doubt Jagex isn't willing to kill someone in order to stop the glitch, especially seeing as they don't know who it is. However, I don't really give a damn if I kill someone for the protection of the innocent. I also know that you have no problems with killing people..."

Siegfried shuddered slightly as A said that. It was true, he had contemplated murder in the past quite frequently and almost killed once.

He just didn't like being reminded about it.

"How long 'till you're due to meet her?"

Siegfried checked the current time then the time he received the message.

"Three hours."

"Alright, in three hours time I will be waiting at the Varrock Fountain. You'll have to commune with me via external programs due to you being muted. Inform me of everything you're doing and if you move, which you most likely will."

"I understand."

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Electricity surged out of the computer into the unfortunate victims torso, frying them internally. They fell backwards in their chair and hit the floor head first with a loud cracking sound.

Fortunately, they died before striking the ground.

Their killer stood in the virtual world of Runescape, dragon dagger poisoned in hand and armoured with Bandos tassets and chestplate, along with the helmet of Torag the Corrupted. Around his neck was an amulet of fury, his hands were covered by Barrows gloves and protecting his feet: dragon boots.

His partner stood to the right of him, Dharok the Wretched's armour shielding him and identical accessories to his partner adorning his body. Resting on his shoulder was none other than the Wretched himself's Greataxe.

Their location? Lumbridge Castle.

In front of roughly twenty witnesses, the pair of them had attacked and killed one of the players standing nearby. However, this particular player happened to be another classmate of Adrian's.

But neither of the pair was Adrian.

Every single player at the scene starting to panic, screaming random sentences and trying to log out.

"Shut up!" Muscles, the figure clad in Dharoks boomed, whilst attacking all of the players with ancient barrage spells so that they would not escape nor log out. "If all of you maggots wanna live, then listen good!"

Wide Eyes, the one in Bandos stepped into a position where he'd be heard by everyone and unaffected by Muscle's spells.

"Right now I want every single person in this area to tell all of their friends that if they try to resist, they will be killed." he began.

There was instant silence from the crowd which Wide Eyes hoped was them telling their friends.

"Today marks the beginning of a new Runescape, a Runescape where I listen to what the players want and give them it," he continued. "Today marks the beginning of a Runescape ruled by ME."

There were roars of disapproval from the crowd along with some players remaining silent.

"I will give you Player Killing back...Trading, staking...All of it!" He stepped in front of one of the players closest to him.

"What do you think?" He murmured sinisterly.

The player mumbled something unintelligible.

"What?"

"I said I think things are fine the way they are..."

Wide Eyes gave a short, amused laugh.

"Oh?"

A virtual hand moves twice.

Twin flashes of red.

The avatar drops.

Electricity bursts out of their computer, killing them on the spot.

The deceased player reappears right next to Wide Eyes, minus equipment or movement.

"Let that be a lesson," Wide Eyes declared to the terrified crowd. "THAT, is what will happen to those who defy me."

Muscles ceased casting his spells.

"Tell everyone..." Wide Eyes chuckled as Muscles logged out. "...That I, will rule."

He logged out, leaving the bewildered crowd to wonder what in Runescape just happened.

A/N: So, whatcha think? I hope you guys like it so far. IF you leave any good idea in your reviews, i might change the story up a bit!