Disclaimer: Do I own .hack? No.
AN: The final chapter, little...odd in the end, horror-stuffy...you've been warned.
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Chapter 4:Revalation
" I can't believe you actually allied with..that...that scum!!" BT complained.
" At this point in time, beggars can't be choosers...we need every one we can get on this one, BT, and that includes Sora.." Bear explained. " That may be so, but.."
" Most especially since both Crim and Mimiru are unavailable, not to mention Subaru hasn't logged on for a month now, and Tsukasa hasn't contacted us in a long time."
" I suppose you're right, but have you considered enlisting the aid of Balmung and Orca?"
" I don't think it has come to that, and besides, I've already set up a meeting with Helba, and Balmung's views on hackers are not exactly favorable" Bear replied.
" Alright then...when is this 'meeting'?"
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Tsukasa stared numbly across the grassy field, why had Crim spared him? He didn't deserve mercy..
Tsukasa knew he had to do something...Mimiru wouldn't have asked him otherwise.
" Mimiru...Mimiru...where are you?" Tsukasa whispered, but no answer came.
He knew he had to go back, to join up with Bear , and the rest of them...if only for Mimiru's sake, he had to.
" I'll do it, Mimiru...and I'll find you." He whispered, standing up, and warping out.
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Sora paced back and forth restlessly, waiting impatiently for his 'allies' to get there, and then, maybe, some of his questions would be answered.
At least, they'd better be.
Suddenly, Bear, BT, and Tsukasa warped in.
" About time...I didn't think Tsukasa would show." Sora complained.
" That's beside the point now, Sora..." Bear said, dissmissively.
" It's almost time."
Suddenly, another man appeared...was that Balmung?
Sora's eyes widened in recognition...yes, it was!
Bear, BT, and Tsukasa spun around, surprised.
" What do you need? Lord Balmung?" Bear asked cooly.
" You are...Tsukasa?" The man asked nervously.
The youth nodded slightly.
" Then you are the people I have been searching for"
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" So, you have not seen her, either?" The knight asked, a hint of emotion in his voice.
" No! I haven't seen her in months, Silver Knight, and I've had no wish to." Crim replied irritably, it was not that he was annoyed at the man, he simply hated life in general lately.
" I...see...it was just...she was acting...strangely, before she disappeared."
" I'm sure she just needed a break, now leave me alone."
" Perhaps if you could let the dead lie, you could save those yet living!" the man insisted.
Without thinking, Crim's spear lanced out, and stabbed the knight through his gut.
For a moment, he stared down at the ghost-knight...he had lost all of his self-control since she'd died, a part of him didn't care, but another knew he had to fix himself, if only for his beloved's sake...he had to...
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" Are you saying that Orca...is dead?" Bear asked, shocked.
" No..only in a coma...at the moment...but what I saw..." Balmung replied, shaking his head, " You have to help!"
Unbelievable..they had been hunting all the 'undefeatable' creatures, and ran into a creature with a red wand...
Which had performed some bizarre move on Orca....and his player had slipped into a coma from it....amazing...
" Of course we shall aid you!" Bear replied.
" I thank you...I hope to see you all again soon..." He replied, sending his address to each of them.
" Ohh..wow! I have the address of Balmung!" Sora laughed.
Suddenly, a beam of light shone down in their midst....9:00 sharp....
Balmung gave a small glare to the light, and warped out, just as Helba made it to only a foot above ground, where she apparently was going to stay.
" I am glad you wished to meet." She said cooly, " There is much evil spreading throughout 'the world' at the moment, as the plans of Morganna come to fruitation..."
" Plans?" BT asked.
" One being Orca...another...more grave....involves Subaru...the lady, But I am unsure exactly what it entails." Helba replied, ominously, " Except that her power now reaches beyond the game...and that means we are all targets, in, or out of the World."
Out of the game?! How?!!
Before Bear could vocalize his thoughts, Tsukasa did it for him,
" Th-That's not possible!!"
" And your current predicament is? How do you explain Mimiru's death?" Helba countered, " Our minds are downloaded partially into the game, the more we are infected, the greater the amount...and when we log out, it is possible for 'her' to piggyback on over our minds, so-to- speak, to 'reality'...Though I am unsure how it works, I have seen it in action, and it is not a beautiful sight.....worse, the virus is spreading."
" What?! How?" Sora asked, the first hint of fear, creeping into his voice, that Bear had ever heard.
" How it spreads, I am as yet unsure...but I know the severity is directly linked to the rapid decay of Aura."
" Why is...she decaying?" Bear asked, what could be causing this?
" Her health is in direct conjunction with Tsukasa's...physically, mentally, and emotionally."
Bear heard Tsukasa whimper slightly, before saying, " You want me to be happy?!!"
" If you can not stop yourself...all it means is all will die..." Helba replied, " I can feel it...soon, more will die...faster and faster..."
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Subaru panted, panicked, as she stared wide-eyed at the computer across the room. It glowered menacingly, as the mad laughter ricocheted around the room...her psychologists claimed that stress had induced delusions, but delusions could not create scars...they could not cut her, and draw blood....
It's time..time to say goodbye! the woman laughed, causing the room to shiver.
Subaru screamed, as claws melted from the air around her, and dragged her towards the monitor, tearing into her flesh.
" Nnnooo! NO!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!" She begged, sobbing, " What did I do??"
You know Tsukasa...
Electricity lanced from the computer, and shocks of pain ran through her, causing her to scream.
" Help me!! Someone!!!"
The laughter again resounded, and she was almost touching the monitor.
" NOOOOO!!!! CRIMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP MEEEEE!!!!!!!"
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Her caretaker was oblivious to her screams, as the woman was accustomed to Subaru's screams each night, and simply rolled over into her bed. Luckily...the screams were short this time...before total...perfect silence...deadly silence.
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AN: There we go! I hope that didn't freak you guys out too much..I wanted a weird ending...leaving you like ' What the...? Woah!'
So...on to part 3!!
Other .hack books:
Second chance: Sora/Mimi fic
Alone: Prequel to Torment.
Virus/Casualties( Very tenitive titles...little help please?): Part three, can the team continue, as the casualties mount, and the virus spreads?
-Yusagi Sombermoon
