DDRist Kingdom: Evil's Requeim (A/N: I think that sounds sinister enough.)
By
Sega1cool
Disclaimer raised to the A/N: Welcome, welcome, again I do not own DDR, cause if I did, I be working on a way to digitize myself into 5th mix so I could be with Charmy......Ryan's POV.....Here we Go!....
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Next Morning
I awoke again at about, I think 6:00 A.M.
I wanted to move my arm, but Charmy had it pinned down under her hand.
I sighed and looked around, the others were still asleep and, as I figured, Mia was
now Terry again.
I then noticed something poking me in the back of the head.
"Huh?" I said, turning my head around.
"Morning, first up again, eh?" Charmy said, looking at me.
"Sleep well?" I asked.
"Yeah, I kept warm, thanks to you." she said with a smile.
"Whatever, I'm getting out so look out." I said, unzipping the sleeping bag.
It was chilly, a bit unusual for the time, but I payed no attention to it.
Charmy was shivering as a cold breeze flowed through our campsite.
I zipped the bag back up and started walking up a nearby hill.
When I reached the top, I sat down and looked at the sky.
"Hmmm, those clouds look darker than usual.....Wait, that's a huge storm coming."
I ran back towards the others as fast as possible.
I woke them up as fast as I could, by playing DDR Music as loud as possible.
After a collective "WTF?", I told the others to hurry and grab their stuff, that is
unless they wanted their stuff to get wet.
We ran, but the storm was catching up.....luckily we spotted a cave.
"Everyone, quick into that cave over there." I shouted.
We all made in just as it let loose.
"It's so dark, what will we do?" Emi said.
"No worries." Terry said, whiping out a....magical staff?
"Flame Bomb!" Terry shouted, setting a pile of wood he had collectedon fire.
"Wow, how did you do that?" I asked.
"It comes from my, I guess fusion with Mia, I've begun to learn how to use her spells,
and she's learned how to use my abilities." Terry answered.
I thought that was pretty tight.
We sat in the comfort of the fire as the storm raged on, getting worse and worse.
Little did we know of the plots being born as of now......
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Unknown Location
"So, those fools have actually managed to collect some arrows..." said a mysterious
shadow, looking like a green android.
"Yes, but they won't be so lucky for long." said another shadow, this one round and egg-shaped.
"Ha, with the Heartless to help, G.U.N. will overtake the Earth." said yet another,
mysterious shadow, this one dressed in military fatigues.
"They are nothing compared to the Dark power of the Heartless and us." said a fourth
shadow, wearing clothes similar to the previouses, but wearing a half-mask on his face.
"Just remember, they still have me to tend with for now, so leave it to me...." said
a final shadow, a man in red dance clothes, with long purplish-grey hair.
"And you remember," said a new shadow, this one a humanoid robot clad in purple armor
with glowing eyes, "he cannot get the KEY!"
The multiple shadow laughed and then dispersed from whence they came.....
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DDRist Kingdom: Northern side
We had waited in the cave and yet it continued to rain.
Charmy had huddled up with me because she was afraid of the lightning.
"Don't worry, Charmy. We're safe in this cave."
Just then a huge bolt of lightning let loose and she grabbed me tighter.
"Charmy, please...let go....can't...BREATH!" I said, loosing the death grip she had on
me.
Emi had been with Terry, talking about his past and stuff.
Sonic, Tails, and Knux were trying to teach Johnny and Rage how to play Duel Monsters
(A/N: I don't own that.)
"Like this," Sonic said, "you play the card, lay down what position you want it to be in, and then execute it."
"Oh, let's see." Johnny said, drawing his hand.
"All right, Johnny got a good one." Tails said.
Johnny revealed the card Tails had mentioned.
"I summon the 'Blue Eyes White Dragon'." Johnny shouted.
"Nice, but try this." Sonic said, drawing his next card.
'Perfect', Sonic thought, 'this will stop him.'
"I play the Toon Town card. And I use this," he said, revealing the dragon capture pot, "to capture your Blue Eyes."
"Ah, man...." Johnny said.
Ha, poor Johnny.
"Any idea how long this storm is over?" Charmy asked.
"Well, seeing as that line of clouds I saw was huge, we're probably stuck here for a
long time." I answered.
We just kinda sat there for awhile, not talking, sometimes falling asleep.
I decided to explore deeper into the cave.
Charmy had fallen asleep on me, so I took my pillow and layed her down gently.
I walked along for awhile, using my lightsaber as a fancy type of flashlight.
i didn't see much, just nature at work....till I saw.....
"What the hell is a DDR machine doing here?" I shouted, seeing a 7th Mix or rather
DDRMAX2 machine.
I sensed movement and looked around....didn't see anything.
Suddenly, a man dressed in some sort of electronic suit tackled me and then ran off.
"Hey, get your sorry ass back here." I shouted, starting to run after him.
'Wait,' I thought, 'he wants me to chase after him'
I turned around and headed back to the others.
I stumbled back and fell over, falling into the fire.
"Ahhhhh! I'm on fire, help!" I shouted.
Terry pulled out the staff again and used more magic.
"Ice Shell!" Terry shouted.
"This is no time for....." I started to say, till I was encapsulated in ice.
"C-c-c-can't m-m-move." I struggled to say, fighting to break the ice.
Thank God I'm a Jedi, no normal person could've survived having to be thawed out.
"Thanks, I guess." I said.
"So, why did you come running here so fast?" Terry asked.
"I...I ran into some guy and a DDRMAX2 machine deep within the cave."
"A guy?" Charmy asked.
"Yeah, some creep in an electronic suit."
"Electronic suit?" Charmy asked.
"You know him?" I asked.
Charmy didn't answer me, she just had a concerned look on her face.
This wasn't going to turn out well......
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Cave: Deeper Regions
The others followed behind me as I ran towards where the machine was.
"Where is it?" Charmy asked.
"Not too far from here." I said.
I wondered why Charmy seemed so concerned, it was as if she had seen, or rather heard,
a ghost.
We walked down and could hear the sounds of the MAX2 machine echoing.
"We're almost there." I said, running faster.
We reached the machine.....but no one was there.
I looked around and saw no sign of the guy.
"I don't see him." I said.
Terry motioned for me to come over to him.
"Hey," he whispered, "try to sense him...he's here, just outta sight."
I tried to search out for his thoughts, he was doing a good job of masking it.
....Bingo! I got a lock on him.
"Hey," I whispered to Terry, "I found him. Look there, you can make out his outline."
Terry searched and could make out a faint outline....he was obviously cloaked.
"We know where you are." I said.
"So just surrender yourself." Terry added.
The others looked at us as if we were(A/N: or is it are?) crazy.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Rage said, "No one is there."
"Oh really, then watch this." I said, charging the wall that this guy was in front of.
"What's he doing?" Charmy asked, as I seemed to hit the wall.
I knocked him into the wall, and he decamoflauged.
"Ow, jeez. I'll make you pay for that." he said.
"Astro?!" Charmy shouted.
"What?!" we said.
"That dude's your brother?" I asked.
"Nice to see you again, sis." Astro said, "Too bad you still hang around with trash."
"What happend to you? You look different." Charmy said.
"You can thank G.U.N. for that..........It seems you weren't the only ones to be
brought out of the game. The barriers between worlds seem to have broken down, so that
explains how we are now in this world. When I arrived, some military guys brought me
to their base.....after a little talk, they showed me the light.....and helped out
by giving me an 'upgrade'."
"What do you mean by 'upgrade'?" I asked.
"This," he said pulling of his mask, "I'm now fully cybernetic....and I plan to use it
to the best of my abilities....by stopping you."
Charmy looked like she was in shock.
I went over to comfort her and make sure she was okay.
"Hah, so that cretin seems to be your new boyfriend, eh? Perhaps he should be the
first to pay....."
"I don't think so, you won't be stopping me." I said.
"Fiesty, aren't you? No wonder she hangs all over you like a lost dog."
"Nobody, and I mean nobody speaks about Charmy like that." I said.
"What's happening to Ryan?" Emi asked Terry.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen this before." Terry asked.
"Um, shouldn't we clue the reader into what's happening?" Johnny said.
"Oh, right. See, Ryan's seems to be glowing and his arrow is lighting up." Sonic said.
"Who is this reader?" Rage asked.
"Look," Emi said ignoring Rage, "the glow is getting brighter."
Astro seemed to be just a bit worried.
"Um, dude, why are you glowing?" he asked.
"Well, shouldn't you know, you did say your precious G.U.N. is the best, right?" I said, walking closer.
Astro started to freak out.
"Wait, stop, can't we settle this out some other way?"
"Sorry, but you work for G.U.N. I'm going to have to destroy you. You are no longer
Charmy's brother....your just a soulless machine......" I said.
Charmy began to recover from her shock, and saw me marching towards her brother,
lightsaber in hand.
"Ryan? What's going on?" she asked.
"Charmy, your awake. Something's wrong. Ryan's different somehow, it's like its a
different him." Emi said.
"Charmy, you've got to do something to stop him." Terry said.
I walked over and 'Force'-threw him onto the ground.
"Ready to die?" I asked.
"Please, mercy....please." Astro begged.
"Mercy? Has G.U.N. ever showed mercy to the people it hurt, the people they killed!?"
I shouted.
I sliced off one of his arm's and he screamed in pain.
"Not so invincible now, huh?" I said, watching his severed circuits spark and zap.
"Pleeeease.....merc..c..cy."
"I've had enough of your incessant chatter." I said, raising my saber above his head.
Just then, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned and looked, and saw..."Charmy?"
"Ryan, what happend to you?" she said.
"I..I..I.." I couldn't speak, "He's evil, he...he needs to be stopped."
"Ryan, this isn't the way....Please, he may be evil, but he's still my brother."
I lowered my saber......
"Please, do it for me."
...shut it off, and holstered it.
"Look he's not glowing anymore, and his arrow has stopped flashing." Sonic said.
The others just looked on.
"Wow, he was so close and then.....his love for her stopped him." Emi said.
"He truly is a great warrior, both mind and soul.....just goes to show how strong love
is..." Terry said.
I looked down and saw Astro in pain, his arm lying a few inches away from him.
"My God.....what have I done? What did I do?" I said, on the verge of breaking down.
"I....I....I....." I said, running off.
"Ryan, wait!" Charmy said, running after me.
"Shouldn't we follow them?" Shadow asked.
"No, the best thing Ryan needs now is Charmy. We must tend to Astro." Terry said,
"Konsento, I'll need your help....."
I eventually got tired and sat down, breaking down in tears.
"Oh, God....What did I become?" I said.
I heard a sound and saw that Charmy had sat down next to me.
"Ryan....." she said, "are you okay?"
I stood up, "What do you think? I just lost myself in my anger and nearly iced your
brother.......I don't deserve someone like you....."
Charmy stood up and took me in her embrace, wrapping her arms around me.
"Ryan, don't ever say that. I think it was fate that brought us together....and I'll
make sure we stay together."
"But, I...I...almost killed Astro."
Charmy gave me a kiss..."I love you anyways. I will admit that what he did did deserve
some of what you did.....but I can forgive you because I love you....Always remember
that."
"Charmy...I...I love you, too." I said, giving her a big hug.
"Now what do you say we head back towards the others?" Charmy asked me.
"Sure." I said.
We walked back hand in hand towards the others. (A/N:Wow, who knew I had emotions.:)
The others saw us walking back towards us.
"Hey, look at the happy couple." Sonic said, trying to get on my nerves.
"Hmpf, want to make me mad?" I asked, "Remember what happend to Astro?"
Sonic looked over, saw him banged up, and promptly shut up.
"You do have a way with words." Charmy said, smiling at me.
I smiled back and walked over towards Terry and Konsento.
"So, how's Astro?" I asked.
"Bzzt...He seems fine now, but DAMN, you knocked the crap out of him." Konsento said.
"Yeah, but he'll live...look he's regaining consciousness." Terry said.
Astro opened his eyes and looked at Terry, then Konsento, then Charmy who was grabbing
onto....me.
"Ahhh! Get away, don't kill me. Please!!!!!!" Astro said, backing up along the ground.
"Astro, chill. I'm not going to kill you." I said.
"Ahhhhhh....Huh? Your not?" he asked.
"Nope, I see that it wasn't right...besides, that wasn't me." I said.
"Oh," Astro said, flashing an evil grin, "Then take this...."
"What?!" I said, watching a surge of lightning fly from his hand and then heading
towards Charmy.
"Nooooooooooooooo!" I shouted, pushing Charmy out of the way and taking the blow
myself.
"Ryannnnnnn!" Charmy screamed, hitting the ground.
I stood there for a few moments, then collapsed.
"You Bastard." Charmy said, going over to me, "he spared you and this is how you repay
him......"
Charmy picked up my lightsaber and walked over towards Astro.
"Charmy, what're going to do with that?" Emi asked.
"What I should've let Ryan do!" she shouted, turning it on.
"You can't, I'm your brother." Astro said, trying to run.
"I don't think so." Shadow said, freezing him in place with Chaos Control.
"You are not my brother! You're too evil to be my brother! DIE!" Charmy said, slicing
the cybernetic Astro to pieces.
Charmy turned off the saber and walked back towards me.
"Ryan, speak to me...Please!!" Charmy said, beating on my chest and crying.
"No, he can't be gone." she shouted.
My friends moved around me and couldn't beleive it.
"He's really gone." Sonic said.
The others were sad, some were on the verge of tears and the others were crying.
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Darkness
'Where am I?' I thought to myself.
I was falling, but it was pitch dark all around.
"Charmy? Hello? Is anyone there?"
No answer, I was alone.
"No, not again, not this emptiness."
I kept falling, but then I heard...."Ryan, please, you've got to come back."
Charmy!
I looked around for the source of her voice.
There was a green light shining in the distant.
"There, she's there." I said, stopping my descent.
I started flying towards the light.
"Huh? What's that?" I said, as something blocked my way.
In front of me was a man dressed in a robe, his head covered by his hood.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked, drawing my saber.
"There's no need for that. The door has been opened. The keyhole will be found. Do not
worry yourself, you will see learn enough. This is your warning....."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, but he had already disappeared.
"Strange." I said, heading back towards Charmy's light.
I entered the light.....
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DDRist Kingdom: Cave Depths
"Ryan...." Charmy said, crying into my shirt.
"Charmy...." Emi said, putting her hand on Charmy's shoulder.
I blinked my eyes and saw Charmy with her face buried in my shirt.
"Hey, did I miss something?" I said, trying to make a joke.
Charmy raised her head, which was covered in tears.
Everyone else was in shock.
"R...Ryan?" Charmy asked, "Ryan!!"
I had sat up, but she knocked me down again.
"Ryan! Oh! Your alive!" she said, hugging me, kissing me, just showering me with
attention.
"Whoa, wait! Can't breathe!" I said as she smothered me with attention.
After about fifteen minutes later, Charmy finally calmed down.
"How, Astro hit you directly?" Charmy asked.
"Well....after I was hit I was falling in a dark void....then I heard your voice..."
I said, pointing at Charmy, "a green light appeared and I started flying towards it...
...and then I was back hear, you buried into my shirt."
"Thank God, it's a miracle." Terry or now Mia said.
"Perhaps, but I think its just love...." I said, smiling at Charmy, "By the way, what
happend to Astro?"
"Well, see that pile of junk over there. That's what's left of him." Mia said.
"But how, who?" I asked.
"That would be Charmy." Rage said.
"She went frickin' crazy when you died, she sliced and diced him like a bell pepper."
Shadow said.
After we recovered from our little run-ins and continued on through the cave.
"Hey, that looks like an exit." I said, running towards a tunnels end.
"Yeah, we made it." We said in unison, seeing the night sky and stars.
After today, the first thing we wanted to do was....eat, we hadn't in like, crap man, 11 hours.
After we had our feel, we chatted about the fire a little bit, keepiing warm as the
night grew colder.
We soon began to be beckoned by sleep's hypnotic call and one by one, went to our
sleeping bags.
Charmy and I went and layed down, keeping warm and just kinda whispering to each other.
"Ryan, what was it like to die?" she asked.
"Well...it's hard to explain. It was just an emptiness, a darkness. Void of anything."
"I missed you."
"I missed you as well, I never thought I'd return to you.....and the others."
We hugged each other for awhile, and as usual, she fell asleep before me.
As she layed their hugging me while she was asleep, I pondered what that hooded man
meant.
'The keyhole will be found....The door has been opened'
"What does it mean?" I asked myself.
"What does what mean, honey?" Charmy said, half asleep.
"Oh, nothing love. Just go back to sleep."
"Okay." she said, and she was asleep like that.
I listened to the noises of my friends, God can they snore.
It's like a friggin' forest was falling...
But then I focused on Charmy's breath, her body warmth filling me with
a feeling I had never felt before.
I soon fell asleep and was glad to be alive............
By
Sega1cool
Disclaimer raised to the A/N: Welcome, welcome, again I do not own DDR, cause if I did, I be working on a way to digitize myself into 5th mix so I could be with Charmy......Ryan's POV.....Here we Go!....
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Next Morning
I awoke again at about, I think 6:00 A.M.
I wanted to move my arm, but Charmy had it pinned down under her hand.
I sighed and looked around, the others were still asleep and, as I figured, Mia was
now Terry again.
I then noticed something poking me in the back of the head.
"Huh?" I said, turning my head around.
"Morning, first up again, eh?" Charmy said, looking at me.
"Sleep well?" I asked.
"Yeah, I kept warm, thanks to you." she said with a smile.
"Whatever, I'm getting out so look out." I said, unzipping the sleeping bag.
It was chilly, a bit unusual for the time, but I payed no attention to it.
Charmy was shivering as a cold breeze flowed through our campsite.
I zipped the bag back up and started walking up a nearby hill.
When I reached the top, I sat down and looked at the sky.
"Hmmm, those clouds look darker than usual.....Wait, that's a huge storm coming."
I ran back towards the others as fast as possible.
I woke them up as fast as I could, by playing DDR Music as loud as possible.
After a collective "WTF?", I told the others to hurry and grab their stuff, that is
unless they wanted their stuff to get wet.
We ran, but the storm was catching up.....luckily we spotted a cave.
"Everyone, quick into that cave over there." I shouted.
We all made in just as it let loose.
"It's so dark, what will we do?" Emi said.
"No worries." Terry said, whiping out a....magical staff?
"Flame Bomb!" Terry shouted, setting a pile of wood he had collectedon fire.
"Wow, how did you do that?" I asked.
"It comes from my, I guess fusion with Mia, I've begun to learn how to use her spells,
and she's learned how to use my abilities." Terry answered.
I thought that was pretty tight.
We sat in the comfort of the fire as the storm raged on, getting worse and worse.
Little did we know of the plots being born as of now......
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Unknown Location
"So, those fools have actually managed to collect some arrows..." said a mysterious
shadow, looking like a green android.
"Yes, but they won't be so lucky for long." said another shadow, this one round and egg-shaped.
"Ha, with the Heartless to help, G.U.N. will overtake the Earth." said yet another,
mysterious shadow, this one dressed in military fatigues.
"They are nothing compared to the Dark power of the Heartless and us." said a fourth
shadow, wearing clothes similar to the previouses, but wearing a half-mask on his face.
"Just remember, they still have me to tend with for now, so leave it to me...." said
a final shadow, a man in red dance clothes, with long purplish-grey hair.
"And you remember," said a new shadow, this one a humanoid robot clad in purple armor
with glowing eyes, "he cannot get the KEY!"
The multiple shadow laughed and then dispersed from whence they came.....
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DDRist Kingdom: Northern side
We had waited in the cave and yet it continued to rain.
Charmy had huddled up with me because she was afraid of the lightning.
"Don't worry, Charmy. We're safe in this cave."
Just then a huge bolt of lightning let loose and she grabbed me tighter.
"Charmy, please...let go....can't...BREATH!" I said, loosing the death grip she had on
me.
Emi had been with Terry, talking about his past and stuff.
Sonic, Tails, and Knux were trying to teach Johnny and Rage how to play Duel Monsters
(A/N: I don't own that.)
"Like this," Sonic said, "you play the card, lay down what position you want it to be in, and then execute it."
"Oh, let's see." Johnny said, drawing his hand.
"All right, Johnny got a good one." Tails said.
Johnny revealed the card Tails had mentioned.
"I summon the 'Blue Eyes White Dragon'." Johnny shouted.
"Nice, but try this." Sonic said, drawing his next card.
'Perfect', Sonic thought, 'this will stop him.'
"I play the Toon Town card. And I use this," he said, revealing the dragon capture pot, "to capture your Blue Eyes."
"Ah, man...." Johnny said.
Ha, poor Johnny.
"Any idea how long this storm is over?" Charmy asked.
"Well, seeing as that line of clouds I saw was huge, we're probably stuck here for a
long time." I answered.
We just kinda sat there for awhile, not talking, sometimes falling asleep.
I decided to explore deeper into the cave.
Charmy had fallen asleep on me, so I took my pillow and layed her down gently.
I walked along for awhile, using my lightsaber as a fancy type of flashlight.
i didn't see much, just nature at work....till I saw.....
"What the hell is a DDR machine doing here?" I shouted, seeing a 7th Mix or rather
DDRMAX2 machine.
I sensed movement and looked around....didn't see anything.
Suddenly, a man dressed in some sort of electronic suit tackled me and then ran off.
"Hey, get your sorry ass back here." I shouted, starting to run after him.
'Wait,' I thought, 'he wants me to chase after him'
I turned around and headed back to the others.
I stumbled back and fell over, falling into the fire.
"Ahhhhh! I'm on fire, help!" I shouted.
Terry pulled out the staff again and used more magic.
"Ice Shell!" Terry shouted.
"This is no time for....." I started to say, till I was encapsulated in ice.
"C-c-c-can't m-m-move." I struggled to say, fighting to break the ice.
Thank God I'm a Jedi, no normal person could've survived having to be thawed out.
"Thanks, I guess." I said.
"So, why did you come running here so fast?" Terry asked.
"I...I ran into some guy and a DDRMAX2 machine deep within the cave."
"A guy?" Charmy asked.
"Yeah, some creep in an electronic suit."
"Electronic suit?" Charmy asked.
"You know him?" I asked.
Charmy didn't answer me, she just had a concerned look on her face.
This wasn't going to turn out well......
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Cave: Deeper Regions
The others followed behind me as I ran towards where the machine was.
"Where is it?" Charmy asked.
"Not too far from here." I said.
I wondered why Charmy seemed so concerned, it was as if she had seen, or rather heard,
a ghost.
We walked down and could hear the sounds of the MAX2 machine echoing.
"We're almost there." I said, running faster.
We reached the machine.....but no one was there.
I looked around and saw no sign of the guy.
"I don't see him." I said.
Terry motioned for me to come over to him.
"Hey," he whispered, "try to sense him...he's here, just outta sight."
I tried to search out for his thoughts, he was doing a good job of masking it.
....Bingo! I got a lock on him.
"Hey," I whispered to Terry, "I found him. Look there, you can make out his outline."
Terry searched and could make out a faint outline....he was obviously cloaked.
"We know where you are." I said.
"So just surrender yourself." Terry added.
The others looked at us as if we were(A/N: or is it are?) crazy.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Rage said, "No one is there."
"Oh really, then watch this." I said, charging the wall that this guy was in front of.
"What's he doing?" Charmy asked, as I seemed to hit the wall.
I knocked him into the wall, and he decamoflauged.
"Ow, jeez. I'll make you pay for that." he said.
"Astro?!" Charmy shouted.
"What?!" we said.
"That dude's your brother?" I asked.
"Nice to see you again, sis." Astro said, "Too bad you still hang around with trash."
"What happend to you? You look different." Charmy said.
"You can thank G.U.N. for that..........It seems you weren't the only ones to be
brought out of the game. The barriers between worlds seem to have broken down, so that
explains how we are now in this world. When I arrived, some military guys brought me
to their base.....after a little talk, they showed me the light.....and helped out
by giving me an 'upgrade'."
"What do you mean by 'upgrade'?" I asked.
"This," he said pulling of his mask, "I'm now fully cybernetic....and I plan to use it
to the best of my abilities....by stopping you."
Charmy looked like she was in shock.
I went over to comfort her and make sure she was okay.
"Hah, so that cretin seems to be your new boyfriend, eh? Perhaps he should be the
first to pay....."
"I don't think so, you won't be stopping me." I said.
"Fiesty, aren't you? No wonder she hangs all over you like a lost dog."
"Nobody, and I mean nobody speaks about Charmy like that." I said.
"What's happening to Ryan?" Emi asked Terry.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen this before." Terry asked.
"Um, shouldn't we clue the reader into what's happening?" Johnny said.
"Oh, right. See, Ryan's seems to be glowing and his arrow is lighting up." Sonic said.
"Who is this reader?" Rage asked.
"Look," Emi said ignoring Rage, "the glow is getting brighter."
Astro seemed to be just a bit worried.
"Um, dude, why are you glowing?" he asked.
"Well, shouldn't you know, you did say your precious G.U.N. is the best, right?" I said, walking closer.
Astro started to freak out.
"Wait, stop, can't we settle this out some other way?"
"Sorry, but you work for G.U.N. I'm going to have to destroy you. You are no longer
Charmy's brother....your just a soulless machine......" I said.
Charmy began to recover from her shock, and saw me marching towards her brother,
lightsaber in hand.
"Ryan? What's going on?" she asked.
"Charmy, your awake. Something's wrong. Ryan's different somehow, it's like its a
different him." Emi said.
"Charmy, you've got to do something to stop him." Terry said.
I walked over and 'Force'-threw him onto the ground.
"Ready to die?" I asked.
"Please, mercy....please." Astro begged.
"Mercy? Has G.U.N. ever showed mercy to the people it hurt, the people they killed!?"
I shouted.
I sliced off one of his arm's and he screamed in pain.
"Not so invincible now, huh?" I said, watching his severed circuits spark and zap.
"Pleeeease.....merc..c..cy."
"I've had enough of your incessant chatter." I said, raising my saber above his head.
Just then, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned and looked, and saw..."Charmy?"
"Ryan, what happend to you?" she said.
"I..I..I.." I couldn't speak, "He's evil, he...he needs to be stopped."
"Ryan, this isn't the way....Please, he may be evil, but he's still my brother."
I lowered my saber......
"Please, do it for me."
...shut it off, and holstered it.
"Look he's not glowing anymore, and his arrow has stopped flashing." Sonic said.
The others just looked on.
"Wow, he was so close and then.....his love for her stopped him." Emi said.
"He truly is a great warrior, both mind and soul.....just goes to show how strong love
is..." Terry said.
I looked down and saw Astro in pain, his arm lying a few inches away from him.
"My God.....what have I done? What did I do?" I said, on the verge of breaking down.
"I....I....I....." I said, running off.
"Ryan, wait!" Charmy said, running after me.
"Shouldn't we follow them?" Shadow asked.
"No, the best thing Ryan needs now is Charmy. We must tend to Astro." Terry said,
"Konsento, I'll need your help....."
I eventually got tired and sat down, breaking down in tears.
"Oh, God....What did I become?" I said.
I heard a sound and saw that Charmy had sat down next to me.
"Ryan....." she said, "are you okay?"
I stood up, "What do you think? I just lost myself in my anger and nearly iced your
brother.......I don't deserve someone like you....."
Charmy stood up and took me in her embrace, wrapping her arms around me.
"Ryan, don't ever say that. I think it was fate that brought us together....and I'll
make sure we stay together."
"But, I...I...almost killed Astro."
Charmy gave me a kiss..."I love you anyways. I will admit that what he did did deserve
some of what you did.....but I can forgive you because I love you....Always remember
that."
"Charmy...I...I love you, too." I said, giving her a big hug.
"Now what do you say we head back towards the others?" Charmy asked me.
"Sure." I said.
We walked back hand in hand towards the others. (A/N:Wow, who knew I had emotions.:)
The others saw us walking back towards us.
"Hey, look at the happy couple." Sonic said, trying to get on my nerves.
"Hmpf, want to make me mad?" I asked, "Remember what happend to Astro?"
Sonic looked over, saw him banged up, and promptly shut up.
"You do have a way with words." Charmy said, smiling at me.
I smiled back and walked over towards Terry and Konsento.
"So, how's Astro?" I asked.
"Bzzt...He seems fine now, but DAMN, you knocked the crap out of him." Konsento said.
"Yeah, but he'll live...look he's regaining consciousness." Terry said.
Astro opened his eyes and looked at Terry, then Konsento, then Charmy who was grabbing
onto....me.
"Ahhh! Get away, don't kill me. Please!!!!!!" Astro said, backing up along the ground.
"Astro, chill. I'm not going to kill you." I said.
"Ahhhhhh....Huh? Your not?" he asked.
"Nope, I see that it wasn't right...besides, that wasn't me." I said.
"Oh," Astro said, flashing an evil grin, "Then take this...."
"What?!" I said, watching a surge of lightning fly from his hand and then heading
towards Charmy.
"Nooooooooooooooo!" I shouted, pushing Charmy out of the way and taking the blow
myself.
"Ryannnnnnn!" Charmy screamed, hitting the ground.
I stood there for a few moments, then collapsed.
"You Bastard." Charmy said, going over to me, "he spared you and this is how you repay
him......"
Charmy picked up my lightsaber and walked over towards Astro.
"Charmy, what're going to do with that?" Emi asked.
"What I should've let Ryan do!" she shouted, turning it on.
"You can't, I'm your brother." Astro said, trying to run.
"I don't think so." Shadow said, freezing him in place with Chaos Control.
"You are not my brother! You're too evil to be my brother! DIE!" Charmy said, slicing
the cybernetic Astro to pieces.
Charmy turned off the saber and walked back towards me.
"Ryan, speak to me...Please!!" Charmy said, beating on my chest and crying.
"No, he can't be gone." she shouted.
My friends moved around me and couldn't beleive it.
"He's really gone." Sonic said.
The others were sad, some were on the verge of tears and the others were crying.
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Darkness
'Where am I?' I thought to myself.
I was falling, but it was pitch dark all around.
"Charmy? Hello? Is anyone there?"
No answer, I was alone.
"No, not again, not this emptiness."
I kept falling, but then I heard...."Ryan, please, you've got to come back."
Charmy!
I looked around for the source of her voice.
There was a green light shining in the distant.
"There, she's there." I said, stopping my descent.
I started flying towards the light.
"Huh? What's that?" I said, as something blocked my way.
In front of me was a man dressed in a robe, his head covered by his hood.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked, drawing my saber.
"There's no need for that. The door has been opened. The keyhole will be found. Do not
worry yourself, you will see learn enough. This is your warning....."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, but he had already disappeared.
"Strange." I said, heading back towards Charmy's light.
I entered the light.....
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DDRist Kingdom: Cave Depths
"Ryan...." Charmy said, crying into my shirt.
"Charmy...." Emi said, putting her hand on Charmy's shoulder.
I blinked my eyes and saw Charmy with her face buried in my shirt.
"Hey, did I miss something?" I said, trying to make a joke.
Charmy raised her head, which was covered in tears.
Everyone else was in shock.
"R...Ryan?" Charmy asked, "Ryan!!"
I had sat up, but she knocked me down again.
"Ryan! Oh! Your alive!" she said, hugging me, kissing me, just showering me with
attention.
"Whoa, wait! Can't breathe!" I said as she smothered me with attention.
After about fifteen minutes later, Charmy finally calmed down.
"How, Astro hit you directly?" Charmy asked.
"Well....after I was hit I was falling in a dark void....then I heard your voice..."
I said, pointing at Charmy, "a green light appeared and I started flying towards it...
...and then I was back hear, you buried into my shirt."
"Thank God, it's a miracle." Terry or now Mia said.
"Perhaps, but I think its just love...." I said, smiling at Charmy, "By the way, what
happend to Astro?"
"Well, see that pile of junk over there. That's what's left of him." Mia said.
"But how, who?" I asked.
"That would be Charmy." Rage said.
"She went frickin' crazy when you died, she sliced and diced him like a bell pepper."
Shadow said.
After we recovered from our little run-ins and continued on through the cave.
"Hey, that looks like an exit." I said, running towards a tunnels end.
"Yeah, we made it." We said in unison, seeing the night sky and stars.
After today, the first thing we wanted to do was....eat, we hadn't in like, crap man, 11 hours.
After we had our feel, we chatted about the fire a little bit, keepiing warm as the
night grew colder.
We soon began to be beckoned by sleep's hypnotic call and one by one, went to our
sleeping bags.
Charmy and I went and layed down, keeping warm and just kinda whispering to each other.
"Ryan, what was it like to die?" she asked.
"Well...it's hard to explain. It was just an emptiness, a darkness. Void of anything."
"I missed you."
"I missed you as well, I never thought I'd return to you.....and the others."
We hugged each other for awhile, and as usual, she fell asleep before me.
As she layed their hugging me while she was asleep, I pondered what that hooded man
meant.
'The keyhole will be found....The door has been opened'
"What does it mean?" I asked myself.
"What does what mean, honey?" Charmy said, half asleep.
"Oh, nothing love. Just go back to sleep."
"Okay." she said, and she was asleep like that.
I listened to the noises of my friends, God can they snore.
It's like a friggin' forest was falling...
But then I focused on Charmy's breath, her body warmth filling me with
a feeling I had never felt before.
I soon fell asleep and was glad to be alive............