Update! Goal was not achieved this time. :( Stupid Finals... and Thanksgiving... too much turkey x.x

William glared at nothing in particular. That clone had made a mess of his life. Not only had he literally messed up his room but now half the school thought he was a complete idiot. The only consolation he got out of the situation was that now several girls seemed to have a crush on him for some reason. Not that it mattered, they weren't the right girl, the right girl was taken now.

His phone vibrated again and he once again chose to ignore it. It wasn't as if they actually needed him anyway.

"Yuri!" Franz pounded at the base of the tower, which still stayed frustratingly solid.

"Franz, I'm sorry, I'm not hearing anything back from her," Jeremy stated, "It's almost as if the tower's sealed off."

"Are you getting anything from this blob, Jer?" Odd kept his eyes on it, just in case.

"It has REXA's symbol. The health points are pretty low though." He experimentally fired two arrows at it. They bounced harmlessly off the blob's surface.

"Where's the symbol?"

"Inside its mouth," Yumi pulled out her fans, "If it's anything like the last one."

"Guys, you have incoming." Jeremy stated, "It looks like more of REXA's monsters, though I can't tell what they are yet." The blob shifted. Odd took a step back, alerting the others. Suspense hung in the air. Suddenly, the blob leaped forward. The majority of the group jumped out of the way. Odd wasn't fast enough.

"Odd!"

"I'm okay!" The blob had only managed to wrap around his hand.

"Odd, you're losing life points."

"Working on it Einstein!" He couldn't seem to shake it off. "Laser arrow!" The white blob disintegrated into data particles, but it hadn't left Odd unharmed.

"What did it do?" Aelita asked in alarm. The usually purple gloves had turned a stony gray.

"I don't know," Odd experimented with his hand. "But I can't move it."

"Come on pick up!" Rich Anderson said angrily into his phone as he ran after another monster. "Dammit Mica!" The creeper ahead of him had turned and started to growl at him. Rich rolled his eyes and easily deflected its blast with a lazy flick of the katana. He frowned as he got his sisters voice mail again. "Stella said she disappeared. I should have known." A twig snapped and Rich tensed, gripping his sword tighter but otherwise not indicating that he'd heard it.

"Dad!"

"Mark?" Rich turned to face his son, somewhat surprised at his presence, "There's monsters in the forest."

"Yeah I know, and it's not just the forest." Mark panted, clearly having run a decent distance to get there. "But that's not what I'm here to tell you." Rich raised an eyebrow. "It's about Rica." His gaze became more intense.

"What is it?"

Rica Stern hummed absently as she tightened a screw into her invention. It had taken a lot of work and wasn't the prettiest thing in the world but soon it would be functional and that was all that mattered. The jar with the smoke in it sat on the forest floor next to her, flying around its container and ramming the glass in a pitiful attempt at escape. Rica glanced up at it, noticing its recent increase in energy. She glanced down at the radio like device on her belt and nodded with approval when she saw that it was on.

The girl gathered up her things, dumping them into her backpack as she stood up. Now wasn't a good time, she'd have to get to a safer place before she could continue. That settled she walked back towards the path she had used to reach her workplace.

The device on her hip started to beep. She looked down at it in alarm and took a step backwards. The beeping slowed slightly, but not enough for her liking. She glanced at her backpack. No, she hadn't completed it yet, it wouldn't work.

The beeping quickened. Rica could hear laser fire and shouting in the distance. She should have started running, she really should have started running, but she recognized that voice.

"Wolfie!" She shouted, running towards the sounds, completely ignoring the quickening beeps as her device warned her of the danger ahead.

Anyone remember how Mica was captured? :3

#Eve#