Out of the Machine: Strange Happenings
By
Sega1cool
A/N: This is my first attempt at DDR fanfiction. It's from Ryan's P.O.V.
Disclaimer: Other than the fic and my characters, everything else is copyrighted of its own owner or creator.
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Orange Park Mall: 2 A.M.
All was dark and quiet in the Mall, save for the safety generators and the animals at
the pet shop.
Yet something was soon to happen.
Now, let's see, oh yes, let's head to the Arcade and see what's going on.
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Aladdin's Castle
Okay, everything seems fine....Time Crisis machine off, Pump It Up still has its screen busted, DDR Machine glowing.......HUH?!
The machine was indeed glowing, as if it was surging with power.
Just then a vortex had opened next to the machine.
5 objects fell out of the vortex quietly, however the 6th one made the most noise.
"Ahhhhh!" shouted a familiar spiky, green-haired teen.
"Ow! That was some fall." she said.
Suddenly, she heard a noise.
"Huh? Who's there?" she said.
"Charmy? That you?"
"Rage? Where are you?"
"Look down."
"Oh, sorry." Charmy said, removing her foot from Rage's stomach.
"Ugh, that's better. What happened?"
"Don't know. Wonder if anyone else is here?"
Charmy noticed something sitting up in one of the driving games.
"Zukin? That you?" Charmy asked.
There was no response.
"She's missing her crown. She can't function without it." Rage said.
"Well, let's find it." Charmy said.
"No need, " said a robot, "I've got it right here."
"Konsento? Well, that makes four of us."
Konsento placed Zukin's crown on her head and she reawakened.
"(yawn) That was a nice nap....Where are we?"
"Don't know," Charmy said, "but we'll find out."
They tried searching for any more of them, but they kept bumping into things.
"It's too dark, I can barely see in front of me." Rage said.
"No problem." Konsento said, activating the lights in his wings.
With the help of the lights, they spotted two collapsed figures on the DDR Machine.
"Hey, that looks like Emi?" Rage said.
"And the other appears to be Johnny." Zukin said.
Well, let's try and wake them up.
Rage rushed over to Emi.
"Emi? Emi? Wake up, babe."
Emi slowly opened her eyes and held her head.
"Ow, Rage, that you?"
"You bet, Emi. You okay?"
"I've been better, but I'm fine. Nothing broken."
Johnny didn't look too promising though.
"Wake up!" Charmy said, shaking him.
"Charmy, it appears as if he's been knocked unconscious." Konsento said.
"Well, guess that means we have to carry him....." Emi said.
"...but to where?" Rage said.
"I think I've got an idea. There's probably only one person who could believe us, let alone help us....." Charmy said.
With that, they picked up Johnny and stealthily made their way out of the mall and to.......
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Address withheld(like I'm gonna put my address) 8:30 A.M.
I had woken up and gotten ready for today.
What was today? Well, it was Wednesday and time for my weekly suicide run in DDR. 6-7 hours nonstop at Adventure Landing. Sonic even thinks I'm crazy for doing that....but
he's never known the joy of so much music and adrenaline pumping through your veins, it's probably the best, most legal high I could ever get....well almost...their is one thing better and you guys can probably figure that one out.
I went outside and got into my car....but the damn thing wouldn't start.
"Hmm, that's odd. The battery is charged, is as if it can't turn over."
I popped the hood and started looking at the engine.
"Now how did that get loose." I said.
The connectors to the battery had been undone.
"Well, since I don't feel like fiddling with the tools, I'll just use this."
I placed my hand over the battery and mentally reconnected the battery.
Just then I sensed movement behind me.
"What do you want?"
"This." the person(?) said, trying to knock me out.
"I don't think so." I said, pulling out something and slicing his arm off.
"Bzzt.. OW!" the person(?) said.
"Bzzt?" I said as I turned around.
It was some kind of robot...wait, that look, the wings, the head shaped like an plug..
"Konsento?" I asked.
"Bzzt...Yes, I am Konsento."
"Right, I'm dreaming aren't I?"
"I wish you were. Come on out guys."
"Guys?"
Out from behind the bushes came Emi? Rage and what appeared to be an unconscious Johnny? Princess-Zukin? Charmy???
Wow, I thought, Charmy really is hot.
"Yo, you are this Ryan dude, right?"
"Yeah, and if I'm not dreaming...You guys would all be from 5th mix, right?"
"Yeah, but somehow we ended up in your world." Charmy said.
"With some nice results." I said, eyeing Charmy.
Charmy noticed this and just blushed.
"What happened to Johnny?" I asked.
"We figure he just hit his head and is unconscious." Emi said.
"Okay, follow me inside."
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Inside My House
We layed Johnny down on the sofa and walked around my house.
"So, Ryan? Where's your family?" Rage asked.
"They're not here. This is my house."
"Oh, but its so big."
"Yeah, it does get quiet some times, but that's why I usually don't stay here too much. You guys want a tour?" I said.
"Sure, why not? We've got to wait for Johnny to wake up anyway."
"Okay....Oh Konsento, is your arm going to be allright?"
"Yeah, it'll self-repair soon enough."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I tend to overdo things."
"Still, what was that you used on Konsento? It cut clear through his arm." Rage asked.
"I'd rather not say, you may find it weird."
"Okay, well let's go then."
As we went around I showed the DDR crew my house, it wasn't too grand.
Basically two floors, top floor bedrooms, but the bottom floor was better.
A high-tech kitchen, very efficient.
"You guys go ahead to the next room. I'll start lunch. Your probably hungry after what you've been through." I said.
"Okay, don't take too long." Charmy said, as the five of them went to the next room.
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My Fav Room
I ran up to them and saw that they were in shock.
"Uh, guys? Hello? You okay?"
Charmy snapped outta it first. "Ryan? That was fast. Um, hold on."
Charmy snapped the others out of it in the most efficient way....by slapping them.
After a collective ow, we went into the room.
"So many games...." Rage said.
"Yep, almost all the mixes of DDR. And to think, some people say I obsess over it."
"I'd say it borders it." Emi told Rage.
"I'd say it rocks." Rage replied.
"Wow, even a Disney version of DDR." Zukin said, "Interesting."
"You guys are welcome to play whatever you want. I'm gonna check on Johnny."
I walked out of the room......not knowing I was being followed by Charmy.
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Living Room
I looked at Johnny and he was still unconscious.
"Poor guy, I wonder what happened."
I turned on the T.V. and saw what was on.
"Wow, I haven't watched T.V. for so long......As usual there's nothing on."
Then I caught a commercial that made my blood boil.
These are the contents of that commercial.....
military type music plays
What does G.U.N. stand for?
G.U.N. stands for you, and for everyone.
G.U.N.'s advancements have helped raise the bar on technology
and brought the U.S. closer to superiority.
As we speak new advances in robotics are making the impossible possible.
And our research in genetic engineering has made artificial creation of species possible,
making extinction a thing of the past.
So what does G.U.N. stand for?
A better tommorow through a smarter today.
end commercial
"Damn G.U.N." I said, slicing the T.V. with my saber.
Just then, I noticed Charmy there.
I put away my saber and looked at her.
"Sorry, I tend to lose my temper sometimes. I lose too many T.V.'s that way."
Charmy sat down and seemed rather nervous.
"Don't worry, G.U.N. just makes my blood boil, with their "good of mankind" B.S."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I'll tell you, but you probably won't beleive me."
"Try me."
"Okay....About three months ago.....(cue flashback sequence)
I was going about my normal life of DDR celebrity when it happened. I was enveloped by
some strange light and ended up in what is known as the Dimension of Heroes. It turns
out that another me from another dimension had sacrificed himself to save his friends.
These Dimension of Heroes guys were helping him get back by having him fix other dimensions where the other Ryan's had not succeded. I'd been the last, since at an
upcoming tournament, I was going to lose and end up injuring myself.(A/N: See Part 4
of Return of the Hedgehog/Dimensional Distress.) While I was there,
I checked out the history of this other me.
He was an ordinary guy like me till his 18th B-day and then it happened...."
"What happened?" Charmy asked.
"He went off to college and his whole life changed. He found out he was a Jedi and his
life became a new adventure."
"But why do you hate G.U.N. so much?"
"Well, I found out that G.U.N. on that Ryan's Earth had created these robots, Reploids I think they're called,
that could act, think, and feel just like humans. However, some became evil and started fighting and killing humans.
They eventually were the end of G.U.N. but also ruined Earth. In that time it is now a
much less friendly, beautiful Earth. And the way things are going, it looks as if G.U.N. may do the same here....."
"Wow, no wonder your so angry with them. But that thing you did, to Konsento and with
the battery on your car?"
"Oh that, well, you see I'm also a Jedi.....but things took different routes and I
feel that one day, I may have to fight G.U.N."
"Oh, so is that why your so good at DDR?" Charmy asked.
"No, my DDR skill is my own, I don't need Jedi powers to do those things."
"Then answer me this: When you play, I noticed that you play with some kind of unbridled passion. What is it?"
"Well....I'll tell you, but it hurts every time. You see, I used to be a lot different
than I was now. When I first started DDR, I was not what you would call popular or in good physical shape......like anything, this was about a girl. As soon as I saw her, something came over me.
For the first time in my life, I cared for someone before myself. I, well, I loved her, but I guess it wasn't meant. So with my broken heart, a heart broken after three
years of trying, and my new, better, and well-developed DDR skills, I set out to try
and forget. That's why I play DDR so much at times, that's why I play with such passion and dedication. That's why I'm more fit then ever before.
Despite the facade I put out, underneath I ache with a pain that may never heal. So I play and try to forget the sadness
in my life. To try and put some amount of happiness in my life, but when I'm alone, with nothing to do, my mind wanders to that thought of her......"
"Ryan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"No, Charmy, it's okay......I'll be fine." I said, looking into her eyes.
"I must say, Charmy, that you are quite beautiful.....whatever that's worth."
"Well, uh, thank you Ryan. Your quite nice yourself."
We just stayed like that, looking at each other. I took her hand and we just sat there........till Charmy noticed something.
"Ryan, do you smell smoke?"
I sniffed the air, "Yes, now.....oh God, the pizza."
I got up and ran towards the kitchen.
Smoke was coming out of the oven.
"Oh man." I said, pulling the pizzas out.
Charmy and everyone else who had been hiding behind the wall spying on me and Charmy, poked their heads around to see what caused all the smoke.
"So much for the kitchen of the future." Rage commented.
"Funny." I said, pulling the charred pizzas out of the oven.
"Well, what now?" Zukin asked.
"We eat out, that's what." I said.
"Won't we stand out?" Emi asked.
"And besides, we can't leave Johnny alone." Konsento said.
"You don't have to." Johnny said, walking into the kitchen.
"Johnny. You feeling okay, bud?" Rage asked.
"Yeah, 'cept this throbing. Where are we anyway?"
"His house." Charmy said, pointing at me.
"Okay, but where are we? This doesn't look like the inside of the machine."
"Yep, that's right. We're in the real world, Johnny." Emi said.
"So that leaves one question?"
"And what's that Johnny?" I asked.
"Where we eating?"
At that moment, all of us (minus Johnny) fell over.....
I then realized something, my life just took an interesting turn.....And with these
guys, it was only to get more and more interesting.
By
Sega1cool
A/N: This is my first attempt at DDR fanfiction. It's from Ryan's P.O.V.
Disclaimer: Other than the fic and my characters, everything else is copyrighted of its own owner or creator.
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Orange Park Mall: 2 A.M.
All was dark and quiet in the Mall, save for the safety generators and the animals at
the pet shop.
Yet something was soon to happen.
Now, let's see, oh yes, let's head to the Arcade and see what's going on.
--------------------------
Aladdin's Castle
Okay, everything seems fine....Time Crisis machine off, Pump It Up still has its screen busted, DDR Machine glowing.......HUH?!
The machine was indeed glowing, as if it was surging with power.
Just then a vortex had opened next to the machine.
5 objects fell out of the vortex quietly, however the 6th one made the most noise.
"Ahhhhh!" shouted a familiar spiky, green-haired teen.
"Ow! That was some fall." she said.
Suddenly, she heard a noise.
"Huh? Who's there?" she said.
"Charmy? That you?"
"Rage? Where are you?"
"Look down."
"Oh, sorry." Charmy said, removing her foot from Rage's stomach.
"Ugh, that's better. What happened?"
"Don't know. Wonder if anyone else is here?"
Charmy noticed something sitting up in one of the driving games.
"Zukin? That you?" Charmy asked.
There was no response.
"She's missing her crown. She can't function without it." Rage said.
"Well, let's find it." Charmy said.
"No need, " said a robot, "I've got it right here."
"Konsento? Well, that makes four of us."
Konsento placed Zukin's crown on her head and she reawakened.
"(yawn) That was a nice nap....Where are we?"
"Don't know," Charmy said, "but we'll find out."
They tried searching for any more of them, but they kept bumping into things.
"It's too dark, I can barely see in front of me." Rage said.
"No problem." Konsento said, activating the lights in his wings.
With the help of the lights, they spotted two collapsed figures on the DDR Machine.
"Hey, that looks like Emi?" Rage said.
"And the other appears to be Johnny." Zukin said.
Well, let's try and wake them up.
Rage rushed over to Emi.
"Emi? Emi? Wake up, babe."
Emi slowly opened her eyes and held her head.
"Ow, Rage, that you?"
"You bet, Emi. You okay?"
"I've been better, but I'm fine. Nothing broken."
Johnny didn't look too promising though.
"Wake up!" Charmy said, shaking him.
"Charmy, it appears as if he's been knocked unconscious." Konsento said.
"Well, guess that means we have to carry him....." Emi said.
"...but to where?" Rage said.
"I think I've got an idea. There's probably only one person who could believe us, let alone help us....." Charmy said.
With that, they picked up Johnny and stealthily made their way out of the mall and to.......
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Address withheld(like I'm gonna put my address) 8:30 A.M.
I had woken up and gotten ready for today.
What was today? Well, it was Wednesday and time for my weekly suicide run in DDR. 6-7 hours nonstop at Adventure Landing. Sonic even thinks I'm crazy for doing that....but
he's never known the joy of so much music and adrenaline pumping through your veins, it's probably the best, most legal high I could ever get....well almost...their is one thing better and you guys can probably figure that one out.
I went outside and got into my car....but the damn thing wouldn't start.
"Hmm, that's odd. The battery is charged, is as if it can't turn over."
I popped the hood and started looking at the engine.
"Now how did that get loose." I said.
The connectors to the battery had been undone.
"Well, since I don't feel like fiddling with the tools, I'll just use this."
I placed my hand over the battery and mentally reconnected the battery.
Just then I sensed movement behind me.
"What do you want?"
"This." the person(?) said, trying to knock me out.
"I don't think so." I said, pulling out something and slicing his arm off.
"Bzzt.. OW!" the person(?) said.
"Bzzt?" I said as I turned around.
It was some kind of robot...wait, that look, the wings, the head shaped like an plug..
"Konsento?" I asked.
"Bzzt...Yes, I am Konsento."
"Right, I'm dreaming aren't I?"
"I wish you were. Come on out guys."
"Guys?"
Out from behind the bushes came Emi? Rage and what appeared to be an unconscious Johnny? Princess-Zukin? Charmy???
Wow, I thought, Charmy really is hot.
"Yo, you are this Ryan dude, right?"
"Yeah, and if I'm not dreaming...You guys would all be from 5th mix, right?"
"Yeah, but somehow we ended up in your world." Charmy said.
"With some nice results." I said, eyeing Charmy.
Charmy noticed this and just blushed.
"What happened to Johnny?" I asked.
"We figure he just hit his head and is unconscious." Emi said.
"Okay, follow me inside."
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Inside My House
We layed Johnny down on the sofa and walked around my house.
"So, Ryan? Where's your family?" Rage asked.
"They're not here. This is my house."
"Oh, but its so big."
"Yeah, it does get quiet some times, but that's why I usually don't stay here too much. You guys want a tour?" I said.
"Sure, why not? We've got to wait for Johnny to wake up anyway."
"Okay....Oh Konsento, is your arm going to be allright?"
"Yeah, it'll self-repair soon enough."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I tend to overdo things."
"Still, what was that you used on Konsento? It cut clear through his arm." Rage asked.
"I'd rather not say, you may find it weird."
"Okay, well let's go then."
As we went around I showed the DDR crew my house, it wasn't too grand.
Basically two floors, top floor bedrooms, but the bottom floor was better.
A high-tech kitchen, very efficient.
"You guys go ahead to the next room. I'll start lunch. Your probably hungry after what you've been through." I said.
"Okay, don't take too long." Charmy said, as the five of them went to the next room.
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My Fav Room
I ran up to them and saw that they were in shock.
"Uh, guys? Hello? You okay?"
Charmy snapped outta it first. "Ryan? That was fast. Um, hold on."
Charmy snapped the others out of it in the most efficient way....by slapping them.
After a collective ow, we went into the room.
"So many games...." Rage said.
"Yep, almost all the mixes of DDR. And to think, some people say I obsess over it."
"I'd say it borders it." Emi told Rage.
"I'd say it rocks." Rage replied.
"Wow, even a Disney version of DDR." Zukin said, "Interesting."
"You guys are welcome to play whatever you want. I'm gonna check on Johnny."
I walked out of the room......not knowing I was being followed by Charmy.
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Living Room
I looked at Johnny and he was still unconscious.
"Poor guy, I wonder what happened."
I turned on the T.V. and saw what was on.
"Wow, I haven't watched T.V. for so long......As usual there's nothing on."
Then I caught a commercial that made my blood boil.
These are the contents of that commercial.....
military type music plays
What does G.U.N. stand for?
G.U.N. stands for you, and for everyone.
G.U.N.'s advancements have helped raise the bar on technology
and brought the U.S. closer to superiority.
As we speak new advances in robotics are making the impossible possible.
And our research in genetic engineering has made artificial creation of species possible,
making extinction a thing of the past.
So what does G.U.N. stand for?
A better tommorow through a smarter today.
end commercial
"Damn G.U.N." I said, slicing the T.V. with my saber.
Just then, I noticed Charmy there.
I put away my saber and looked at her.
"Sorry, I tend to lose my temper sometimes. I lose too many T.V.'s that way."
Charmy sat down and seemed rather nervous.
"Don't worry, G.U.N. just makes my blood boil, with their "good of mankind" B.S."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I'll tell you, but you probably won't beleive me."
"Try me."
"Okay....About three months ago.....(cue flashback sequence)
I was going about my normal life of DDR celebrity when it happened. I was enveloped by
some strange light and ended up in what is known as the Dimension of Heroes. It turns
out that another me from another dimension had sacrificed himself to save his friends.
These Dimension of Heroes guys were helping him get back by having him fix other dimensions where the other Ryan's had not succeded. I'd been the last, since at an
upcoming tournament, I was going to lose and end up injuring myself.(A/N: See Part 4
of Return of the Hedgehog/Dimensional Distress.) While I was there,
I checked out the history of this other me.
He was an ordinary guy like me till his 18th B-day and then it happened...."
"What happened?" Charmy asked.
"He went off to college and his whole life changed. He found out he was a Jedi and his
life became a new adventure."
"But why do you hate G.U.N. so much?"
"Well, I found out that G.U.N. on that Ryan's Earth had created these robots, Reploids I think they're called,
that could act, think, and feel just like humans. However, some became evil and started fighting and killing humans.
They eventually were the end of G.U.N. but also ruined Earth. In that time it is now a
much less friendly, beautiful Earth. And the way things are going, it looks as if G.U.N. may do the same here....."
"Wow, no wonder your so angry with them. But that thing you did, to Konsento and with
the battery on your car?"
"Oh that, well, you see I'm also a Jedi.....but things took different routes and I
feel that one day, I may have to fight G.U.N."
"Oh, so is that why your so good at DDR?" Charmy asked.
"No, my DDR skill is my own, I don't need Jedi powers to do those things."
"Then answer me this: When you play, I noticed that you play with some kind of unbridled passion. What is it?"
"Well....I'll tell you, but it hurts every time. You see, I used to be a lot different
than I was now. When I first started DDR, I was not what you would call popular or in good physical shape......like anything, this was about a girl. As soon as I saw her, something came over me.
For the first time in my life, I cared for someone before myself. I, well, I loved her, but I guess it wasn't meant. So with my broken heart, a heart broken after three
years of trying, and my new, better, and well-developed DDR skills, I set out to try
and forget. That's why I play DDR so much at times, that's why I play with such passion and dedication. That's why I'm more fit then ever before.
Despite the facade I put out, underneath I ache with a pain that may never heal. So I play and try to forget the sadness
in my life. To try and put some amount of happiness in my life, but when I'm alone, with nothing to do, my mind wanders to that thought of her......"
"Ryan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"No, Charmy, it's okay......I'll be fine." I said, looking into her eyes.
"I must say, Charmy, that you are quite beautiful.....whatever that's worth."
"Well, uh, thank you Ryan. Your quite nice yourself."
We just stayed like that, looking at each other. I took her hand and we just sat there........till Charmy noticed something.
"Ryan, do you smell smoke?"
I sniffed the air, "Yes, now.....oh God, the pizza."
I got up and ran towards the kitchen.
Smoke was coming out of the oven.
"Oh man." I said, pulling the pizzas out.
Charmy and everyone else who had been hiding behind the wall spying on me and Charmy, poked their heads around to see what caused all the smoke.
"So much for the kitchen of the future." Rage commented.
"Funny." I said, pulling the charred pizzas out of the oven.
"Well, what now?" Zukin asked.
"We eat out, that's what." I said.
"Won't we stand out?" Emi asked.
"And besides, we can't leave Johnny alone." Konsento said.
"You don't have to." Johnny said, walking into the kitchen.
"Johnny. You feeling okay, bud?" Rage asked.
"Yeah, 'cept this throbing. Where are we anyway?"
"His house." Charmy said, pointing at me.
"Okay, but where are we? This doesn't look like the inside of the machine."
"Yep, that's right. We're in the real world, Johnny." Emi said.
"So that leaves one question?"
"And what's that Johnny?" I asked.
"Where we eating?"
At that moment, all of us (minus Johnny) fell over.....
I then realized something, my life just took an interesting turn.....And with these
guys, it was only to get more and more interesting.