A Daniel X Fanfic

by Sakura Martinez

Author's Notes:

Sorry about the lack of updates during the weekend. I got a hold on a bunch of books I've been waiting to come out and just had to go and read them. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter and thanks to everyone who had been reviewing this little work of mine.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Daniel X, or the characters in that story. James Patterson own the rights for them. What I do own is the idea for the fanfic and this fanfic itself.

Summary:

Daniel has long accepted what has happened to his friends Dana, Willy, Emma, and Joe. But, when he is suddenly ambushed by Number 2's second-in-command, Number 13, the young Alien Hunter finds a big surprise waiting for him.

Daniel X: Game Over

Interlude 1

The hundred of monitors blinked at him, all capturing every single level, every single part of his greatest creation-The Game, but his eyes were fixed on the trio that had just landed on one of his safe zones. Around him, computers bleeped and buzzed, and a handful of aliens rushed about in following his orders. These were not just your average, ordinary, thugs-those that would blindly follow their leader without an ounce of intellect. No, these aliens were ones that he had full confidence in. Aliens who had allied with him and whose loyalties lie with him and not with Number 2.

They were working double-time. He had expected as much after capturing and sending the young alien hunter, Daniel X, into his game. Everything in his game was pre-programed, that was true and the programs-the modules-installed in the game worked with how the player plays the game. Void had made sure of it. In other words, the choices that the players make affect the game and what becomes of its ending.

He, Void, had made sure to make the game hard for the other Alparians. He had made sure to feed them false information just for this moment. He had done so in order to move ahead with his plan.

Aliens like him were driven by ambition, and he, Void was ambitious to a fault which was why he had gone out of his way to capture the alien hunters and to pose that it was all for the entertainment of Number 2 and the other top-ranking aliens in The List.

The List, Void mused, a lopsided smile on his lips. It was one of those things that the others had craved, after the life of Daniel X, but, unlike the others he was not interested in The List. Oh no. He didn't need it. After all, why would someone, who had aided in the creation of the list, have any use for it when he could so easily access the data banks for himself?

Ah, the power of technology. If the others know how to properly utilize it, they would not need to fear The List.

"Lord Void," an alien whose face looked like a horse's, stepped forward, a clipboard on its hand.

"What is it?" Void asked.

"We've managed to rebuild the footage as you requested," horse-face reported, "It would be aired momentarily."

Void nodded, "Good. Make sure that the dub is clear. Make sure that Number 2 and the others would not doubt it."

"Yes, sir," and the alien walked away.

Void grinned. His boyish features illuminated even further by the lights from the monitors. At first glance, no one would think that he was anything other than a sweet, little boy.

...and I have Graff and Altrelda to thank for that.

She watched the largest of the monitors, the camera focused on a blond, haired, boy with blue eyes. Her master, Void, had called him "Daniel X". She was sure that she hadn't met him before, otherwise, one of them would have been dead by now-probably him, after all, she was Void's prized student.

But, even though her master had told her to hate him and the others that were with him, she couldn't find it in her to hate him all the way to her core. There was something about him that seems familiar and...safe. And it was confusing her, making her head spin and giving her a migraine. She wanted to know why. Why does he have that effect on her?

She looked at her hands, remembering the sudden jolt she had felt when she strapped him into the Relocator-the machine that sent him into the game world. It had unnerved her and it was what jumpstart the confusion that she felt. She wanted answers but she knew that Void wasn't going to give it to her. She knew it because she had tried asking him about the alien hunter and his companions. He had kept mum about it, telling her-assuring her-that she had nothing to do with them and shouldn't worry or think about them further.

Still, even with those words, she had her doubts.

She knew what Void had been doing, airing fake footage from the game in order to satiate the thirst for entertainment that Number 2 and the others have. She couldn't help but wonder why. What is it that Void want? The title as the Number 2 most dangerous alien in the Outer Worlds? She knew her master was ambitious but there was something more than that to this whole scheme of his...

...And it has something to do with that Alparian alien hunter, Daniel X…

To be continued...

Post Author's Notes

This is the shortest chapter I have ever written. And I've made it short since this is, after all, simply an interlude.

The next chapter will probably be longer and will continue on where the ninth chapter left off. I'm not sure when I would be able to upload it but, hopefully, I'll be able to squeeze in two chapters this week (not counting this interlude) on my schedule.

Well, I hope you guys review and tell me what you think of the chapter so far. It *may* help me update this chapter earlier if you do. :)

That's that. Until the next update!