What was the life of a usual Chaotic Player?

It was to play Chaotic, go to Perim, obtained some scans, win matches in the Dromes, defeated each of the Codemaster for a unique scan to a new location and got more scans for their next matches. That was the usual one.

For some players who invested themselves deeper into Chaotic, it was more than that. It was to discover more of Perim, met their favourite creatures. Sometimes, it went farther as they develop friendship and bonds between them. Creating a connection between the humans and creatures.

MajorTom was one of those humans. Depending on the day, he could go to Perim to get a scan or just to hang up with some of the creatures of Kiru City.

This time, he was in the Overworld to get the scan of a creature for his upcoming match. Scanning a creature was like hunting a little. Except that you weren't there to kill a creature but to scan them.

Little did he knew; today was also the day he was a prey.


Chapter 4: Hunting MajorTom

Tom was at the Riverland, searching for a creature and a battlegear. He walked through the trees surrounding the large river and stopped when he saw it.

Compared then during the time of the M'arrillian invasion, the river was mostly purified from the pollution brought by that tribe. The color of the water was back to normal and it was not dangerous for consumptions anymore. It reassured the boy that things were returning to normal, well as normal as it could be. The looking crystal-clear water was beautiful to witness, even more than before it was corrupted. It was a sign that everything was healing.

"I wonder if Mezzmar is around? He's not always at Lake Ken-I-Po," the human wondered.

He knew that Mezzmar was mostly guarding the lake in case of an attack by Nauthilax. However, after an attack, he might go elsewhere. Him and Antidaeon were the two aquatic Overworlder he knew. They were a lot of territory to guard and surveillance here had been largely increased. No one wanted to relieve the time when the water was poisonous.

The boy raised his scanner and used its telescope ability to see farther ahead. Nothing stood up. He sighed and kept walking. It was a game of patience and observation.

For an hour, he found and took a small break and ate something.

Unknown to him, the Chaotic Player was stalked by another creature, "So this is Maxxor friend. A Chaotic Player who has been a thorn on against our Tribe," he quietly chuckled cruelly, "You should be grateful, even if you don't know it. I wished I could do worse."

The creature hid in the shadows of the trees. Slowly approaching the human, ready to snatch him far away, "I just need to separate you from your scan."

Tom continued searching for a scan, but got nothing. He stopped when he suddenly heard something. The boy turned around and raised his scanner, searching for the source of the sound, "Who's there?" as the creature was in the land and not the river. He made a guess. The stalker was hidden in the trees. He could barely see see a hint of the creature's silhouette, even with the zoom of his scanner, "Attacat?"

"Wrong Chaotic Player!" the creature yelled.

The boy saw an attack and lost his balance when the explosion propelled him away. He dropped his scanner and gasped when it felt into the river, "Dammit!"

"No escape for you MajorTom!" the creature revealed itself.

It was a M'arrillian that vaguely had a humanoid form. He shined in shades of watery blue and his white eyes were the only exception. He wore black armor plates on his chest, waist and bracelets on his wrist.

"Rath'tab!" Tom said, knowing he had to escape.

The boy quickly ran as the creature chased after him.

The teenage boy desperately searched for his scanner in the river. He couldn't see it and cursed himself, "My scanner is dark blue. Why does it have to be blue? So hard to see it floating."

He gazed behind him and the M'arrillian sent an ice attack. The boy jumped on the side and avoided the fatal attack. He continued down the river and finally managed to see his scanner floating away. It's darker shape of blue stood out compared to the river. The boy gave another quick look. The creature was catching up.

"Here goes nothing!" Tom yelled before he jumped into the river. He quickly swam toward his scanner. He continued mentally telling himself to keep going and going or it will be over for him. It was a good thing the river was purified because it might have poisoned him already.

"You think you can escape Chaotic Player? In the water? Fool!"

The boy didn't reply and focused on his scanner. MajorTom managed to close in. A loud splash resonated behind him. He looked behind and Rath'tab was gone. It wasn't hard to know where he was. The human put more effort and went towards his scanner. He panted as exhaustion was finally getting to him. Yet he didn't slow down, "Almost!"

He was near the scanner and almost got it when the M'arrillian jumped out of the water and floated in front of the Chaotic Player, holding the scanner.

"It's over MajorTom," the creature grabbed the wrist of the human and lifted him near his face, "Now that I have you, the Overworlder have no chance to reach the Cothica," he chuckled, "Because you are going to help us reach it instead and conquer all of Perim!"

"W-what?" The boy asked, taken off-guard by the craziness coming out of the M'arrillians.

Rath'tab grinned with his white eyes and he spoke with absolute confidence, "Don't try to sound dumb Chaotic Player! We heard the tribes! We know you are those who can bring creatures to the Cothica! And the ultimate source of power will be ours!"

"Don't be ridiculous! We have obviously nothing to do with the Cothica!" Tom yelled back as he tried to escape his predicament, "We are just Chaotic Player!"

"Do not waste my time with your lies! We know the true! Maxxor wouldn't bring it up if he didn't believe it himself!" the M'arrillian grunted, losing his patience, "Anyway, I will bring you to the Deep Ocean."

With one last attempt, the human gave everything he had in one kick. He smashed the gut of the creature. He could hear the sound of some kind of jelly coming out of his aggressor.

The pain made Rath'tab release both the Chaotic Player and the scanner back into the river.

Tom didn't lose his chance and went back after his scanner, putting any other thought aside except for escaping the creature who participated in the corruption of Riverland. He swam with everything he got and went after his scanner. He barely got a glimpse of it and went at the direction. He was glad to notice it and double the effort. The human went as fast as he could and extended his hand. He was almost about to grab it when he reached the waterfall.

Everything went in slow motion for MajorTom. He could see the blue scanner so close to his hand but also the bottom of the waterfall. If he missed his scanner, he knew he wouldn't survive the fall. His hand went closed to his scanner. It was so close as he began to dive down to his potential doom, "I won't be coded," he said as his hand near his scanner. The impression of slow motion ended.

He suddenly stopped falling and the scanner felt down, probably lost forever, "No!" He felt his ankle pressed and he painfully grunted.

"You are lucky I need you alive and mostly unharmed MajorTom!" Rath'tab furiously shouted at the boy, tendril pressing a little more of the ankle of the human, "Because you would already be dead! But my tribe need you alive!"

"Release my friend M'arrillian!" someone yelled.

Rath'tab saw something coming at him and slamming him on the chest. He dropped Tom once again and felt in the water.

Tom began to fall down when the creature who saved him grabbed the boy and ordered, "Hold tight and your breath!"

The human obeyed. He never knew how the creature quickly came back to grab him and didn't care. They sunk in at the bottom of the waterfall before quickly returning to the surface. The boy took a deep breath and gazed at his savior. It was an Overworlder.

He was a blue eel-like merman with fish like fin on his back. He gazed at the Chaotic Player with some relief in his green eyes, while adjusting his silver protective plates and helmet. He used his blue mermaid tail to stay afloat.

"Mezzmar! What are you doing here?" Tom asked with relief.

"I was sent on patrol and I knew you were in trouble," he showed the scanner in his hand and gave it to the human, "That felt on my head and I recognised your stench MajorTom. Now go. He is coming for more," he gazed in the air and the M'arrillian furiously charged at them, "Get out of here! I got help coming!"

"O-okay! Thanks," Tom said before porting out.

Mezzmar grinned and yelled, "He is out of your reach M'arrillian!"

"Damn you Overworlder!" the creature showed his translucid hand, "I will not accept this failure! I will kill you if it's the last thing I can do! Rip Tide!"

"Why are you even after the Chaotic Player?" The merman asked as he dodged the attacks of his enemy.

"Do not act ignorant! We know the true about the Chaotic Players!" Rath'tab replied.

Mezzmar thought, Better tell Najarin about it. Best plan is to retreat and let the others handle him, "Thank for this. Got to go now!"

And disappeared in the river. The M'arrillian realised he talked too much and went after him but was assaulted by a few Overworlders who came at him.

"H-how did they knew?" the creature grunted. He couldn't chase the merman creature with many others coming at him and equipped to deal with him. He flew away.

He was chased by the Overworlders for a while, even when he was at the top of the waterfall and went against the current of the river.

They chased relentlessly after him, until the M'arrillian managed to escape.


Tom reappeared to the Couth and was still shaken by everything that happened before he ported out.

He really hoped that Mezzmar was okay. The creature put his life at risk for his own. Tom tried to talk but his ankle hurt him. He limped towards his friends as he dripped water on the ground.

Kaz was the first to notice Tom and quickly stood up, "Tom! What happened?" he joined his friend and helped him walk, "You should port out right now!"

"I'm fine Kaz. I just need to sit down."

"What do you mean fine?" Sarah grunted while Peyton helped Kaz brought their friend to their table, "You're limping and you are stupid enough to say you are fine!"

"Sarah…You know that crazy thing you told me with the Danians?"

"Sure," the girl didn't like where this was going. The boys sat at the table.

"Well it's worse than what you think," he sighed.

His best friend interrupted him again, "That's not important right now. I'll get some ice and then you tell us who did this to you?" The red spiky boy went to search for it. He quickly came back and gave it to his friend who put it on his ankle.

"Who did this to you Tom?" The three asked.

Tom sighed. The pain subsided but his scan quest was over for the day. He looked back and saw the robots cleaning the few pools of water he left, "I was on a scan quest for my match tomorrow. I got nothing. The M'arrillian Rath'tab attacked me."

"M'arrillian!" the three yelled.

Some people of the courtroom gazed at them. Many had bad memories of that tribe who could enter in their mind.

The black-haired boy quietly nodded, "Yeah. He wanted to capture me. He made sure I couldn't use my scanner. I managed to escape and went after my scanner in the river. Mezzmar saved me when I was caught once again by Rath'tab and ported out," he gazed at Sarah, then at his friends, "He wanted me alive. The M'arrillians wanted me alive over that crazy thing you told me Sarah."

The girl was horrified when he said those words.

"What crazy stuff would they believe? The M'arrillians are going natcho locko," Peyton said as he spun his fingers on his temple.

"They believe that we could bring them to the Cothica and they wanted me specifically," the black-haired boy said.

Sarah paled. She was not expecting that tribe to really be in.

"That's stupid. That is obviously untrue bro," Peyton said.

Kaz brought up his realistic thought, "But they believe it. Doesn't matter if it's not true. M'arrillians are believing it. Who knows when they'll aim someone else?"

Sarah grunted, "Damn. M'arrillians now. I thought we could put them behind but no, they are back."

The red-haired boy sighed, "At least you came back Tom. Next time, just don't go alone."

"Yeah. I should thank Mezzmar next time I see him," the boy said.

"Are the other tribes thinking that too?" Peyton wondered. He was certain it wasn't the case so far, "Because I saw no one locko about it."

The four continued to talk for a while, before they convinced Tom to port out. He couldn't stay like that.

Before Tom ported out, he said, "I really have to bring this up to Maxxor."

Kaz nodded.


Mezzmar swam back at Lake Ken-I-Po. He approached the castle where the Overworlder resided. His head was out of the water as he yelled, "Najarin!"

The creature quickly responded when he heard a hint of panic in the voice of his friend, "What is it Mezzmar?" he flew near him.

"Bad news. Really bad. Something happened. I barely avoid the worse," the blue merman then explained what happened.

Najarin grabbed his white beard and frowned, "They aimed at Tom."

"I don't know how but they know the true about the Chaotic Players. That's what he said."

"So, they spied on us and heard someone in one of the tribes about who the Chaotic Players are," the creature said as he asked, "And did Tom seemed fine?"

"Yes. I saw a mark on his ankle but clearly nothing broken. We really have to increase the security if they know the true," the soldier concluded, "Maybe even keeping Tom under our watch."

They spoke a little more about the event.

"I need to see Tom and find out more about what they said. There is surely a reason they targeted Tom and didn't act earlier on another Chaotic Player," Najarin concluded.

"I'll return on patrol Najarin," Mezzmar said before they split up.

The creature returned to his castle and was nervous. With everything going on, Perim was once again in grave danger. Even if the M'arrillians couldn't control their mind anymore.


AC: This is the end of this chapter. Hope you enjoyed a more action one.

Next: The Chained Agitos.

Kaz wanted to meet Chaor but crossed path with Agitos who found the Chaotic Card of the previous ruler of the Underworld and Agitos told why he decided to serve Chaor.