A/N: I hope you like the story so far! I forgot the Disclaimers, so….. hack doesn't belong to me! Believe me, this fic would be part of project Hack if it did!
A car drove down the night road, inside there was a woman bobbing her head to the music. Her name: Rayne Valley. She was heading home to delve into a mystery in an online game: The World. She was a junior in High School, a friend to all. She lived alone, she had no known family. She was found abandoned in a truck alongside a road 16 years before.
(Cowboy Bebop – COSMIC DARE)
She continued to speed down the road. Her boyfriend was Data Drained by an evil thing that, according to a surviving party member, looked like 5 pieces of shit merged into a person carrying a red wand. "Anything goes, in this cosmic dare. Anything goes, so take care." Rayne sang. She pulled into her apartment parking space. She walked up to the door, and a screen came up. "Please type in your pass code." A mini keyboard came out from underneath the screen. "4…5…2…G…7…F…?…@...Enter!" Rayne carefully copied the code from her student planner.
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(Trigun – Cynical Pink)
"Ack!" Rayne tripped up the stairs. "Inner Blonde, 1, Rayne Valley, The big nada." Rayne walked into her apartment. She turned on her ALTIMIT desktop, and logged into The World. Her name: Sakuya. Her class: Wavemaster. When she logged in, however, there was a nasty surprise waiting for her.
Chapter 3: Data Drain's a Bitch
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(FLCL – Stalker)
When Sakuya logged in, she was in what was called a 'Flat Stage.' In it, a yellow-clad System Administrator was waiting. His name was Canji. "You are Sakuya, real name Rayne Julia Valley, correct?" Rayne simple nodded. "You've been snooping around in business not meant to be discovered by normal players. In regard to helping the comatose victims…"
"…You're doing nothing about it, so I decided that if you High-and-Mighty Admins ain't gonna do anything about it, I AM! My boyfriend's still in the hospital!" Rayne finished the statement. "You're nothing but freaks if you let the coma victims rot in the hospital!" Canji scoffed. "Hmph, people wouldn't get hurt if you people didn't inquire about the coma victims." Canji held up his hand. "To prevent you from snooping, I'll delete you now." Sakuya casted Suvi Lei on the Administrator. He was frozen in place, easy to kill. "Now you know not to pick a fight with a girl on a mission. Especially one who's living off of day old coffee and candy." Canji was confused. "Why didn't you kill me..?" Sakuya got in his face. "Because I'd be just like you bastards." And with that, she logged out. From Dun Lorieag, she went to Chosen Hopeless Nothingness.
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(FLCL - Flame)
Sakuya knew that it'd be a dangerous mission, her being a long Wavemaster, but she followed a group of parties. One party consisted of a kid in red, a girl in skimpy armor, and a Wavemaster with pink hair, wearing white robes. Another consisted of a brown haired Blademaster wearing street clothes, a female Wavemaster in purple robes, and a female Long Arm in Crimson. The next party consisted of a female Twin Blade in green, a male Twin Blade in black, and a Heavy Axeman In heavy green armor. The next party consisted of a female blonde Long Arm in white, a samurai with a patch over his left eye, and a female Twin Blade in green. The final group was only of two members, a purple cat player character, and a male Wavemaster in gray. "I'll go ask if I can join their party. Hey! – Sakuya looked at the cat player's name, Mia. – Mia! I'm after Skeith as well, can I join your party?" Sakuya gave Mia the puppy-dog pout. Mia groaned. "Give me your Member Address…" Sakuya gave her address to Mia, and Mia sent the invitation Flash Mail, which stated: "You better not screw up." Sakuya quickly joined Mia's party. They ventured into the dungeon.
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(Trigun – Yellow Alert)
"RUN!" Kite yelled. A swarm of Mu Guardians was right on the small army's heels. "Let me handle this!" Yuna Messina yelled. "Tiger Claws!" She damaged about 20 of the apparent thousands that were there, and Kite saw the Protect Break. "Drain Arc!" Kite turned all of the Guardians that Yuna hit into helpless Bats. Iyakao ran up and dispatched them with another hit of Tiger Claws, which also set more of the Mu Guardians and Menhirs up for Data Drain. Kite used Drain Arc again. Unfortunately, it backfired, and casted Suvi Lei on everyone, which allowed for the remaining Guardians to attack unhindered.
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(Outlaw Star - Future)
"Wait a second." Otsego appeared, and casted OrbiAniDon, which took out all of the monsters. He then used Antidotes to heal the paralysis victims. "Who's that? A friend of yours, Kite?" Emai Li asked. Kite shook his head. "No idea." The hacker swooped down. He had spiked up brown hair, and wore a green shirt and black jeans. "Yeah, my name's Otsego, the partner of Helba, and I wanna help you. Here's my Address."
*Kite received Otsego's Member Address!*
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The group was on B5, staring at the purple flames in front of the doorway. Chris's camera detected something, moving among the walls. A human. "Guys, there's something here! You all go on ahead, and I'll stay behind and fight!" Emai Li and Kelly walked beside him. "You're a goner without support. We'll have revenge for our loved ones soon enough, but you need our help more than anything."
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(FLCL - Stalker)
Ryan swooped down, and just barely missed Kelly's neck. Chris quickly parried Ryan, and struck at him with the hilt of Tenkafuubu. Ryan ran behind Chris; Morganna must have beefed up his character, his speed was so unreal. Ryan said two words: "TIGER CLAWS!" Chris suffered 500 HP worth of damage each hit, causing him to die. Emai Li got behind Ryan and used Repulse Cage on him. The puppet wasn't affected, but instead casted Evil Twin on Emai Li, killing her. "Now, for you." He turned, and began to charge up the Data Drain. Kelly walked up to him. "Ryan… it's me, Kelly… Kelly Paralay! We were best friends…. Don't you remember?" Ryan scoffed. "I have no friends, I'm only here to serve Morganna!"
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(Chrono Cross – Star-Stealing Girl)
Kelly stared, tears forming in her eyes. "Ryan, I was afraid to tell you this… I couldn't. It was so hard to watch you date other girls… I couldn't bear it… Because… I love you." Kelly said. "Ryan! I love you, and I want for you to stop! Please…. I don't wanna have to do this…." Kelly began to charge up a spell, the legendary Apocalypse Spell. Ryan scoffed. "What will you do? You'll actually shoot me with the thing? Some kind of lo-URGH!" Emai Li had stabbed him in the back with her spear. Kelly had secretly casted Rip Maen on both Chris and Emai Li, reviving them. Ryan was defeated. At least that's what they thought… He rose up, and disappeared… "Damn… DAMN YOU, MORGANNA!!" Kelly yelled, tears flowing down her face.
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(FLCL – Stalker)
Meanwhile, Kite and the others were having a hard time with Skeith. He had killed everyone at least once. Even though he was Data Drained, he was still not out. He continued to mercilessly slaughter the .hackers. BlackRose unleashed a quick Hayabusa, and then was hit. "BlackRose!" Mia yelled, as she too was killed. Kite casted Juk Kruz on Skeith, only to be killed. Yuna Messina casted Rip Maen on all of them, just before she too was killed. "Hark! She of hacked skill…" Piros was cut short as he too was killed. Rayne smiled in real life, and then frowned as Sakuya was killed. They were all revived thanks to Otsego's hacked magic, and he was quick enough with it that he could also unleash a Staccato before being killed. "Otsego!" Elk yelled. Otsego was in a one-man party, seemingly. But, why wasn't his character data disappearing…?
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(FLCL – Last Dinosaur)
"Now! I've hacked into Skeith, making him unable to move!" Helba yelled. She followed up by reviving the dead Otsego. "Everyone! Take him out! Use your strongest skills!" Helba restored all their original stats. "Twin Blades, all of you use your strongest skills, and then the Blademasters, followed by Heavy Blades, Long Arms, and Heavy Axemen, and finally, Wavemasters!" The Twin Blades ran up to the Phase, and yelled, "Group Tiger Claws!" The Blademaster (Mia) followed by using Revolver. A flurry of characters ran up to take a whack at Skeith.
"Repulse Cage!"
"Brandish!"
"Ganz Maxima!"
Skeith groaned in pain, and disintegrated. The celebration was short, however. When Skeith's remains hit the ground, a new enemy came out… It was HUGE. It looked like a skull, and it had purple tentacles sprouting out of everywhere. Helba stared at it. "Cubia…" She Gated Out everyone before Cubia could attack.
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(FLCL – Flame)
"Damn it… Damn that Morganna…" Kelly sobbed. "I thought for sure that we'd save him… Dammit!" Kelly yelled. "Hey, Chris, Emai Li, I'm gonna log off. I need to be alone for a bit…" Kelly Gated Out. Chris and Emai Li followed.
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Next Episode Preview:
Aki Michiru: Tch, great. Is it already time for me to save your sorry asses?
Chris: Oh, great, let me guess, Author Chris, this snob joins us?
Me: Yup, that's about it.
Kelly: Yeah, another girl!
Piros: We're outdated! We're drowning in girls.
Iyakao: And that's a bad thing?
Morganna: God damn it, you kids can't just mind your own business, can you?
Innis: You really think they'll leave us alone?
Magus: Really.
Fidchell: It's part of the plot.
Gorre (Magic Tolerant Side): Yeah.
Gorre (Physical Tolerant Side): Yeah.
Mia: For some reason, I feel the urge to agree. Sigh… Whatever, I guess.
Tarvos: Come on, why do I have to be the Seventh Phase?
Corbinek: I have no idea.
Morganna: It's not my fault this game's creator was a Crackpot Kraut who loved old legends….
Kelly: I take offense to that! I'm of German Ancestry
Morganna: Good.
Next Episode:
Aki Michiru, Resident Snot
Morganna: *is hit in the back of the head* Ouch! Why'd you throw that?! *sees Kelly without a shoe*
Kelly: Revenge, hahaha.