Chapter 1: Enter the Game
A bright light was all that could be seen after the lightning struck. It was so bright that everyone instantly passed out from it.
"Gaaahhh! I feel as if 10,000 volts passed through me…where am I?" Jason said, coming back to his senses. Around him were beautiful blue skies and clouds hovering low. The sun was glistening a bright golden aura. Looking around, he could see many mountains and peaks.
"Whoa!!! I'm really high up! Am I in Colorado? No…can't be there…It doesn't feel like Colorado…wait a sec…who's that!?" Jason said to himself, squinting and shielding his eyes from the sunlight. Far below him he could see 4 figures.
"Wow, must be a regular party going on…wait a minute!" Jason said. He squinted hard and noticed three familiar figures, and another that wasn't as familiar.
"Why is Scott, Alex, and Jeff down there!? And why are they FIGHTING that guy?" Jason pondered, running down the mountainside towards the trio. "God, don't hurt yourselves…"
"What the?" Scott puzzled to himself as he stood there before a larger muscled warrior. "V-Vargas?" he shivered.
"What's going on, where is Jason?" He heard Jeff say as he shook his head. "Waa!! Where am I!?" He walked over to Scott and checked him out. "Scott…is that…you? Or…Edgar?"
"Edgar? What are you…Ghaa!! Look at my clothes!" Scott shrieked as he tugged on his blue cape. He looked back at the person rousing him, and patted his face slightly. "Jeffrey? You look like Locke! What happened to us?" He looked over to Terra. "That must mean that…she is Alex…" Scott ran over to Terra and put his arm around her shoulder. "Hey, isn't this cool?!"
"Cool? Edgar, what are you talking about?" Terra asked, a little puzzled.
"Gha!" Scott yelled, suddenly scared.
"AHEM!!! Back to the battle!" Vargas shouted as he stomped his foot down on the ground as hard as he could.
"Oops…forgot about him. Let's talk later!" He grinned as he put his hand in his pocket. "What... where is it?" he took his hand back out. "Where are my tools?"
"Ahem…Scott." Jeff said and pointed to a little arrow above his head. "It's my turn right now." And with that, Jeff ran over and stabbed Vargas. When he did so, the monster-sized warrior glared at him. Jeff ran back to his spot. "ACK! He's scary!"
"I wish I knew how to use my Auto-Crossbow…" Scott said. Suddenly, a white mist enveloped his arm, and the weapon was formed in an instant. "All right! Now that's what I'm talking about!" He took the weapon and it automatically shot out a dozen arrows, all pelting Vargas in the chest. "Yikes! This guy is tough!" He said as the tool disappeared.
"We're goners!" Jeff squeaked to Scott. Vargas came over and grabbed Jeff by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up as high as he could.
"HEY! Let him go!" Scott shouted to Vargas, bombarding him with a flurry of kicks and punches. Terra stood at her spot still, with a look of confusion on her face. Vargas also had one as well…but only for a split second, when he grabbed Jeff's legs and used him as a human bat, knocking Scott back in line to his spot.
"Scott, obviously we're inside the game! You just took Terra's turn right then!" Terra was still standing there, rubbing her cheek and looking very perplexed. Vargas dropped Jeff and went back to his spot.
Jeff walked over to Terra and Scott. "We must have done something odd…I've never seen a bad guy from this game use one of the main characters as a weapon to hurt someone before…and look at Terra." He said, pointing to her. She looked as though she were about to start crying.
"What's the matter Terra?" Scott asked her, scratching his head.
"I…I don't know what to do!" She cracked out, beginning to sob. "…and I don't know what I'm doing…"
"Scott, she's just game sprite. I find it extremely odd that she's crying, since sprites aren't supposed to have emotions…"
"Wow…you sure know what you're talking about!" Scott said as he looked towards Jeff. "Have you done this often?" He laughed a bit.
"No…I watched Reboot a lot when I was a kid…well, a much younger kid."
"Yeah, me too!" Scott replied. He walked over and gave Terra a big hug to help calm her down. Vargas was very confused from what was going on.
"Scott…" Jeff scratched his chin. "I think the reason these things are happening is because we're doing things that aren't supposed to happen in the game. So, let's try to follow on with the game, making sure we don't go against some unwritten videogame law."
"You know…you're awfully cute as Locke, hon." Scott winked.
"That goes with the words you say too! Edgar was a womanizer! Not a gigolo!"
"I can't help that, you know…" He rolled his eyes. "Terra, cast fire on Vargas!"
"Will do, Edgar." She stepped forward and raised her arms. A ball of what appeared to be bright orange fireball streaked across the ground hitting Vargas. The little arrow appeared over Jeff again.
"Wait a minute…doesn't Sabin arrive sometime to come and save us?" Scott commented.
"I HATE SABIN!!!" Vargas shouted.
"Scott! Stop rousing him!" Jeff shouted as well, towards Scott.
"Hey Vargas," Scott walked up to the enemy. "What if I told you that I am the king of Figaro? And I could get you a large sum of money if you only cooperated? You want to know a secret about Duncan?"
"SCOTT! DON'T DARE TELL HIM THAT!!!"
"Why not? He deserves to know! He'll find out in a minute when Sabin comes and tells him, so we might as well tell him now. We might just save his life!" Just then Vargas backhanded him and sent him hurtling into Jeff. Scott and Jeff both got up and looked to each other, and with a double nod, they charged Vargas hollering out loudly. "DIE!"
"I've had enough of this! I'll just squash you now!" He twirled around and a hurricane-like force wind came off of him. Scott, Jeff, and Terra all began to fly back.
"Oh no!!!" Scott clenched his eyes and held his cape in front of him as he kneeled do the ground.
"Yes! Sabin's coming to save us!" Jeff said and sat beside Scott. Terra sat behind them, and luckily none of them were blown away. Sabin came down and growled at Vargas.
"KNOCK IT OFF…Vargas!?" he shouted, a bit puzzled. Both Scott and Jeff watched as their favorite game unraveled before their eyes. "What are you doing here Vargas?"
"Duncan chose you to be his predecessor, not me, his star pupil!" Vargas snapped.
"No he didn't! He chose you! But you went nuts and nearly…" Sabin paused a bit. "I mean…you KILLED our master! I can never forgive you for that!" He bellowed.
"I tire of talking! Take my mortal fist!" Vargas shouted. He hit Sabin with an attack that made him reel a bit. "Now you'll die!"
Sabin stood there for a moment thinking of what do to. When the little yellow arrow was over him, he remembered what to do. He jumped towards Vargas and in a blurry of fists, he successfully executed the Pummel blitz.
"He…he already taught you that?" Vargas mumbled before fading from existence. Scott and Jeff looked at each other.
"Yay! We're saved!" They hugged with happiness. Terra raised an eyebrow at the odd scene before her.
"What's going on here? This is all wrong!" she suddenly spurted out. It was as if she had a mind of her own.
"Don't worry about it, Terra. Everything's gonna be alright." Scott winked in a very charming way. Terra began to blush slightly. Then Scott stood up and looked to Sabin. "There you are bro!" he shouted. Sabin stood there with his back turned and muscles tense. He slowly turned around, a hardened look on his face. Scott stepped back in fear.
"Scott? Is that you? Hahaha! I always knew you'd make a wonderful Edgar! You both have long hair, and flirt all the time…" Jason said. Beginning to chuckle a bit. Jeff walked over with Terra and smirked.
"Well you've always been the big one! Sabin just fits you so well! Give me a hug!" Scott laughed, giving Jason a bit more than a friendly hug. Terra just blinked for a bit, quite unsure of what was going on.
Before Jeff could say a word, Jason ran over to Terra and gave her a big bear hug. "I'm so glad you're here and all right, kitten!"
Terra was in shock and shoved him back. "I'm not a kitten!" Terra said.
Jason stepped back, and then walked over to Jeff and pointed to Terra. Jeff shook his head no. Jason sighed a bit.
"So Jason, Scott, and myself are all together…but where is…" Jeff looked over to Terra. "I was almost sure she'd be…oh no…"
Scott nodded. "That is so like Alexandria…"
Deep in the darkness of the capital known as Vector, a very confused Celes stood before Kefka.
"I want to kill that nitwit!!" Kefka snapped. "It's all his fault! Him and that stuuuuupid thief Locke. They hid that witch from me…and she's my own property! Grrr…I'll make them all sorry for double-crossing me!"
"Kefka, wait, who are we talking about? King Edgar and that Magitek knight?" The woman asked.
"Wait she says…I wait for no one! That's the job of a waiter! Do I look like a waiter to you!?"
"Okay…sorry…" She sheepishly replied, not really enjoying the position she was in.
"Well, you're not forgiven! I am leaving now, I have business to attend to at Doma castle." The clownish general left the room. Celes gasped a bit, "Doma…I think he's going to poison them! I must tell Emperor Gestahl! But how can I tell him without making him suspicious of me? He might take me as a traitor…" She stood up from her chair she had been seated in and left the room as well, headed for the Emperor's quarters.
A bright light was all that could be seen after the lightning struck. It was so bright that everyone instantly passed out from it.
"Gaaahhh! I feel as if 10,000 volts passed through me…where am I?" Jason said, coming back to his senses. Around him were beautiful blue skies and clouds hovering low. The sun was glistening a bright golden aura. Looking around, he could see many mountains and peaks.
"Whoa!!! I'm really high up! Am I in Colorado? No…can't be there…It doesn't feel like Colorado…wait a sec…who's that!?" Jason said to himself, squinting and shielding his eyes from the sunlight. Far below him he could see 4 figures.
"Wow, must be a regular party going on…wait a minute!" Jason said. He squinted hard and noticed three familiar figures, and another that wasn't as familiar.
"Why is Scott, Alex, and Jeff down there!? And why are they FIGHTING that guy?" Jason pondered, running down the mountainside towards the trio. "God, don't hurt yourselves…"
"What the?" Scott puzzled to himself as he stood there before a larger muscled warrior. "V-Vargas?" he shivered.
"What's going on, where is Jason?" He heard Jeff say as he shook his head. "Waa!! Where am I!?" He walked over to Scott and checked him out. "Scott…is that…you? Or…Edgar?"
"Edgar? What are you…Ghaa!! Look at my clothes!" Scott shrieked as he tugged on his blue cape. He looked back at the person rousing him, and patted his face slightly. "Jeffrey? You look like Locke! What happened to us?" He looked over to Terra. "That must mean that…she is Alex…" Scott ran over to Terra and put his arm around her shoulder. "Hey, isn't this cool?!"
"Cool? Edgar, what are you talking about?" Terra asked, a little puzzled.
"Gha!" Scott yelled, suddenly scared.
"AHEM!!! Back to the battle!" Vargas shouted as he stomped his foot down on the ground as hard as he could.
"Oops…forgot about him. Let's talk later!" He grinned as he put his hand in his pocket. "What... where is it?" he took his hand back out. "Where are my tools?"
"Ahem…Scott." Jeff said and pointed to a little arrow above his head. "It's my turn right now." And with that, Jeff ran over and stabbed Vargas. When he did so, the monster-sized warrior glared at him. Jeff ran back to his spot. "ACK! He's scary!"
"I wish I knew how to use my Auto-Crossbow…" Scott said. Suddenly, a white mist enveloped his arm, and the weapon was formed in an instant. "All right! Now that's what I'm talking about!" He took the weapon and it automatically shot out a dozen arrows, all pelting Vargas in the chest. "Yikes! This guy is tough!" He said as the tool disappeared.
"We're goners!" Jeff squeaked to Scott. Vargas came over and grabbed Jeff by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up as high as he could.
"HEY! Let him go!" Scott shouted to Vargas, bombarding him with a flurry of kicks and punches. Terra stood at her spot still, with a look of confusion on her face. Vargas also had one as well…but only for a split second, when he grabbed Jeff's legs and used him as a human bat, knocking Scott back in line to his spot.
"Scott, obviously we're inside the game! You just took Terra's turn right then!" Terra was still standing there, rubbing her cheek and looking very perplexed. Vargas dropped Jeff and went back to his spot.
Jeff walked over to Terra and Scott. "We must have done something odd…I've never seen a bad guy from this game use one of the main characters as a weapon to hurt someone before…and look at Terra." He said, pointing to her. She looked as though she were about to start crying.
"What's the matter Terra?" Scott asked her, scratching his head.
"I…I don't know what to do!" She cracked out, beginning to sob. "…and I don't know what I'm doing…"
"Scott, she's just game sprite. I find it extremely odd that she's crying, since sprites aren't supposed to have emotions…"
"Wow…you sure know what you're talking about!" Scott said as he looked towards Jeff. "Have you done this often?" He laughed a bit.
"No…I watched Reboot a lot when I was a kid…well, a much younger kid."
"Yeah, me too!" Scott replied. He walked over and gave Terra a big hug to help calm her down. Vargas was very confused from what was going on.
"Scott…" Jeff scratched his chin. "I think the reason these things are happening is because we're doing things that aren't supposed to happen in the game. So, let's try to follow on with the game, making sure we don't go against some unwritten videogame law."
"You know…you're awfully cute as Locke, hon." Scott winked.
"That goes with the words you say too! Edgar was a womanizer! Not a gigolo!"
"I can't help that, you know…" He rolled his eyes. "Terra, cast fire on Vargas!"
"Will do, Edgar." She stepped forward and raised her arms. A ball of what appeared to be bright orange fireball streaked across the ground hitting Vargas. The little arrow appeared over Jeff again.
"Wait a minute…doesn't Sabin arrive sometime to come and save us?" Scott commented.
"I HATE SABIN!!!" Vargas shouted.
"Scott! Stop rousing him!" Jeff shouted as well, towards Scott.
"Hey Vargas," Scott walked up to the enemy. "What if I told you that I am the king of Figaro? And I could get you a large sum of money if you only cooperated? You want to know a secret about Duncan?"
"SCOTT! DON'T DARE TELL HIM THAT!!!"
"Why not? He deserves to know! He'll find out in a minute when Sabin comes and tells him, so we might as well tell him now. We might just save his life!" Just then Vargas backhanded him and sent him hurtling into Jeff. Scott and Jeff both got up and looked to each other, and with a double nod, they charged Vargas hollering out loudly. "DIE!"
"I've had enough of this! I'll just squash you now!" He twirled around and a hurricane-like force wind came off of him. Scott, Jeff, and Terra all began to fly back.
"Oh no!!!" Scott clenched his eyes and held his cape in front of him as he kneeled do the ground.
"Yes! Sabin's coming to save us!" Jeff said and sat beside Scott. Terra sat behind them, and luckily none of them were blown away. Sabin came down and growled at Vargas.
"KNOCK IT OFF…Vargas!?" he shouted, a bit puzzled. Both Scott and Jeff watched as their favorite game unraveled before their eyes. "What are you doing here Vargas?"
"Duncan chose you to be his predecessor, not me, his star pupil!" Vargas snapped.
"No he didn't! He chose you! But you went nuts and nearly…" Sabin paused a bit. "I mean…you KILLED our master! I can never forgive you for that!" He bellowed.
"I tire of talking! Take my mortal fist!" Vargas shouted. He hit Sabin with an attack that made him reel a bit. "Now you'll die!"
Sabin stood there for a moment thinking of what do to. When the little yellow arrow was over him, he remembered what to do. He jumped towards Vargas and in a blurry of fists, he successfully executed the Pummel blitz.
"He…he already taught you that?" Vargas mumbled before fading from existence. Scott and Jeff looked at each other.
"Yay! We're saved!" They hugged with happiness. Terra raised an eyebrow at the odd scene before her.
"What's going on here? This is all wrong!" she suddenly spurted out. It was as if she had a mind of her own.
"Don't worry about it, Terra. Everything's gonna be alright." Scott winked in a very charming way. Terra began to blush slightly. Then Scott stood up and looked to Sabin. "There you are bro!" he shouted. Sabin stood there with his back turned and muscles tense. He slowly turned around, a hardened look on his face. Scott stepped back in fear.
"Scott? Is that you? Hahaha! I always knew you'd make a wonderful Edgar! You both have long hair, and flirt all the time…" Jason said. Beginning to chuckle a bit. Jeff walked over with Terra and smirked.
"Well you've always been the big one! Sabin just fits you so well! Give me a hug!" Scott laughed, giving Jason a bit more than a friendly hug. Terra just blinked for a bit, quite unsure of what was going on.
Before Jeff could say a word, Jason ran over to Terra and gave her a big bear hug. "I'm so glad you're here and all right, kitten!"
Terra was in shock and shoved him back. "I'm not a kitten!" Terra said.
Jason stepped back, and then walked over to Jeff and pointed to Terra. Jeff shook his head no. Jason sighed a bit.
"So Jason, Scott, and myself are all together…but where is…" Jeff looked over to Terra. "I was almost sure she'd be…oh no…"
Scott nodded. "That is so like Alexandria…"
Deep in the darkness of the capital known as Vector, a very confused Celes stood before Kefka.
"I want to kill that nitwit!!" Kefka snapped. "It's all his fault! Him and that stuuuuupid thief Locke. They hid that witch from me…and she's my own property! Grrr…I'll make them all sorry for double-crossing me!"
"Kefka, wait, who are we talking about? King Edgar and that Magitek knight?" The woman asked.
"Wait she says…I wait for no one! That's the job of a waiter! Do I look like a waiter to you!?"
"Okay…sorry…" She sheepishly replied, not really enjoying the position she was in.
"Well, you're not forgiven! I am leaving now, I have business to attend to at Doma castle." The clownish general left the room. Celes gasped a bit, "Doma…I think he's going to poison them! I must tell Emperor Gestahl! But how can I tell him without making him suspicious of me? He might take me as a traitor…" She stood up from her chair she had been seated in and left the room as well, headed for the Emperor's quarters.