Chapter 4
"Virtualization!" All three of them landed in the desert region. Ulrich looked around at his friends. Odd, in his purple catlike suit. Sam, in a suit made of black linen that wrapped like a mummy and left here looking like a ninja. Jeremie called over the microphone. "Roachsters at 7 o'clock!" All three spun at once and saw the five creatures waddling toward them. "Laser arrow!" Odd shouted, and a silver arrowhead shot from his arm. It hit the first roachster squarely in the 'face'. It blew up. Ulrich jumped up and landed on the nearest one. He slashed with his sword. "Impact!" he jumped off just in time. Sam, meanwhile, began throwing shürikens in every direction. Two hit one roachster at once, and it disappeared. Ulrich had time to register Aelita running across the sand to his left before he got hit by a laser. These lasers were much more powerful than years before. It hit him squarely in the chest, and he was knocked back several feet. Years before, Three against five would be more than enough, but now...it was barely enough. Ulrich stumbled up. "Is that the best you can do, you pieces of sh—" Another laser blast hit him, sending him back to the material world.
"Virtualization!" All three of them landed in the desert region. Ulrich looked around at his friends. Odd, in his purple catlike suit. Sam, in a suit made of black linen that wrapped like a mummy and left here looking like a ninja. Jeremie called over the microphone. "Roachsters at 7 o'clock!" All three spun at once and saw the five creatures waddling toward them. "Laser arrow!" Odd shouted, and a silver arrowhead shot from his arm. It hit the first roachster squarely in the 'face'. It blew up. Ulrich jumped up and landed on the nearest one. He slashed with his sword. "Impact!" he jumped off just in time. Sam, meanwhile, began throwing shürikens in every direction. Two hit one roachster at once, and it disappeared. Ulrich had time to register Aelita running across the sand to his left before he got hit by a laser. These lasers were much more powerful than years before. It hit him squarely in the chest, and he was knocked back several feet. Years before, Three against five would be more than enough, but now...it was barely enough. Ulrich stumbled up. "Is that the best you can do, you pieces of sh—" Another laser blast hit him, sending him back to the material world.