=Chapter 1=
The year was 2135, and earth was united under the United Nations, forming one single body known as the United Earth Directorate. The move was a tactical one, leaders believing that it would ensure the safety and peace they were enjoying now. It worked in some ways, but failed in others. Though criminal activities have dropped to an all time low, it wasn¡¯t totally stamped out. Population grew exponentially, and soon the blue planet was unable to sustain much more life.
Humans hence turned to a new solution: the matrix. Over the years the group of people who had created the internet, known now by all as creators, improved and evolved their masterpiece into a totally new concept. It was now a dimension of its own, capable to sustaining life as we all know it. Simply through codes were basic needs met, and humans used this newly created technology to expand their cities almost limitlessly.
However, there came consequences. Crime rates soared yet again, hackers being able to manipulate the codes of the matrix. Black societies sprung throughout the new dimension, wrecking havoc in countless areas. To ensure that peace was maintained, the Global Internet Security Bureau was born. An independent wing of the Legion of Iron, the national army of earth, GISB effectively and swiftly clamped down on law breakers in the matrix, resolving the period of unrest. Peace reigned. For now.
The start of a new day, and people bustled about, getting ready for work or school. In a classroom of one of the colleges in the city known as Labyrinth 2, girls were exchanging fresh gossip and giggling away as boys were doing the so called ¡°macho¡± stuff. However, completely shut off from the hub of activities, a lone black head sat at the back of the class, a pen spinning in his hand as he looked out of the window, watching the clouds go by.
¡°Honestly, you must be the most boring guy I¡¯ve ever seen.¡±
Pushing up his glasses, the boy looked up at his fellow classmate. Around him stood the rest of his gang.
¡°Go out and have some fun! You¡¯ve got grades good enough to go in and out of any school as many times as you want!¡±
The seated boy looked at him blankly with his red pupils. Just then the door slid open and their teacher came in, signalling the start of class. Placing his pile of books down on the table, the elderly man looked up at the class.
¡°Good morning. Now if you would open your Navi¡¡±
The boy resumed staring out of the window as the teacher droned on with his lecture. His portable computer navigator was open on his table, and the writing icon blinked at the log on page. The boy never really used his navi except to complete work set down for them, even though it was ¡°the student¡¯s gateway to the world¡± as said by the manual. He found no need to use it, since he practically memorised every subject by the age of 9, and kept himself updated through books these past 12 years. The navi suddenly beeped softly and the boy looked down at the screen. A message appeared.
New chat room started. Please log on to participate.
Placing his pen down, the boy placed his hands on the keyboard.
Name: Sora Truehearted
Sora looked up at the blackboard where the teacher was scribbling some equations. Thinking for a while, he looked back down at the screen, the writing icon blinking at the password box.
Password: be as a god
Password accepted. Opening chat room.
A few icons zipped by and a blank screen appeared. Words started to appear letter by letter as Sora read the message.
I know who you are¡
Sora¡¯s expression hardly changed as he typed in a few words.
What is it Ronald?
Dang! How did you know it was me?
It¡¯s not hard to trace which Navi the messages are coming from.
Genius¡ anyway, do you want to go over to the emporium? The guys and I are going to check out the new game they have at the arcade. I heard it¡¯s the latest virtual simulator on the market. Y/N?
Sora looked up at the blackboard again. The teacher had finished writing the equation and was standing at the window making a little speech on a past experience. He looked back down at the screen.
I¡¯m going to the book store there. I¡¯ll drop by and see you guys.
Great. My father reserved the place for us from two onwards. See ya there.
Sora closed the screen and logged out. Resuming his gaze at the sky, the teacher droned on for the next hour or so before the bell finally rang, signalling the start of break. Stretching their stiff joints, the students slowly filtered out of the classroom and headed for the cafeteria until Sora was the only one left. Taking out a mobile phone, he inputted a number and placed the receiver on his ear.
Somewhere in the countryside of Labyrinth 2, a phone rang next to a woman preparing tea. Putting the teapot down on a tray, she answered it.
¡°Aeries Truehearted speaking.¡±
¡°Mom?¡±
¡°Well, Sora. It¡¯s strange of you to call at this time of day. What¡¯s the matter?¡±
¡°Some of my friends invited me to go to the arcade at the emporium. I just want to know whether you have any objections.¡±
¡°Of course not. You go on ahead and enjoy yourself with them. Will you be coming back for dinner?¡±
¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±
¡°I¡¯ll take it as you won¡¯t be then. Make sure you get something to eat outside okay?¡±
¡°Okay.¡±
¡°Have fun. Bye.¡±
¡°Bye.¡±
Aeries placed the phone back down. She could not help but smile as she entered the living room with the tray of teacups and the teapot. The man sitting on the sofa looked up.
¡°I haven¡¯t seen you smile like that for quite a while now.¡±
Aeries placed the tray down and offered him a cup of tea, which he gladly took.
¡°I¡¯m so happy Sora actually made some friends.¡±
The man took a sip from the cup.
¡°You¡¯ll have to define friends first though.¡±
¡°True, but they invited him out. To see him come and go everyday to school then back again at the same time, right down to the very second¡ it scares me.¡±
¡°You¡¯re happy that he is starting to have a social life?¡±
Aeries nodded, also taking a sip from a cup.
¡°Is he coming back for dinner?¡±
¡°No. Why, Marco?¡±
He placed the cup down and fished something out of his pocket. There, in his palm, a small black box laid.
¡°I wanted to give him this to install in his Navi.¡±
¡°He doesn¡¯t use it that much.¡±
¡°That¡¯s the point. This is a power management chip. It¡¯ll help reduce the energy the Navi uses while on. Sora won¡¯t need to charge it that often with this.¡±
Aeries took the chip.
¡°Thank you.¡±
Marco finished the rest of the tea and stood up.
¡°Well, I have to go. Say hi to Sora for me.¡±
¡°I will. See you.¡±
¡°Bye.¡±
With that Marco left the house and went off to work.
Back in school, break had ended and the students were all seated back at their desks as the teacher entered.
¡°Alright class. Remove all your notes from the table. You have exactly 2 hours to finish the paper posted on the class message board.¡±
The class groaned as the students stuffed all their notes under the tables or in their bags. Logging onto the CMB, they found the 5000 word long essay test they had to finish before school ended. Frowns appeared on most faces as the students tried to recall what they had learned. Sora, however, finished the test before anyone else begun. Receiving the essay, the teacher shook his head and sighed.
¡°Sora, you¡¯ll have to try to shorten your answer.¡±
¡°It was originally 34986 words sir. I shortened it to 11263.¡±
The rest of the class exchanged looks of amusement as the teacher rubbed his forehead.
¡°Try harder next time.¡±
¡°Yes sir.¡±
¡°You may go.¡±
¡°Yes sir.¡±
As Sora left, the teacher turned back to his Navi. After reading the first paragraph, he gave the paper full marks and leaned back against his chair.
¡°Thank god this place has air conditioning.¡±
Walking down the hallway, Sora¡¯s steps echoed in the silence. Finally he came to the main entrance where he headed straight for the path towards the emporium. It was quiet and Sora looked at the clock standing like an imposing finger in the centre of the main square. It read 12:48pm. Walking towards the book store, the doors slid open to allow Sora entrance. The cashier greeted him.
¡°You¡¯re early today. Literature teacher gave you all a test again?¡±
Sora nodded.
¡°I got the books you ordered. There¡¯re some new arrivals over there at the shelves. Feel free to look around.¡±
He walked through the door behind him, leaving Sora to explore the shelves stacked with books. A new encyclopaedia had been released and he ran his finger through the volumes, aimlessly searching for some interesting book. The cashier then appeared with his books and he walked over. Handing him the book he held, Sora took out his credit card and gave it to the cashier. However, he pushed it back and shook his head.
¡°No, it¡¯s okay. You can have these books for free. Consider it a gift from us for being a regular customer.¡±
Sora looked at the cashier, then he bowed his head.
¡°Thank you.¡±
¡°Any time.¡±
Sora collected the books and left. There were more people now as the minutes ticked by. Suddenly, the clock struck one and it seem to trigger a chain reaction. The Mass Transit System doors opened and out flooded thousands of people from the business district looking for a decent meals. Quiet shops burst into life as salesmen offered their goods to passer-bys, occasionally catching an unwary victim to bombard with statistics and figures. Waiters bustled about in restaurants serving still-steaming dishes to office workers, business executives, and all sorts of money-hungry businessmen looking to take advantage of anything and everything. Sora found himself trapped in a sea of people, but he just stood there, motionless, shut off from everything around him. Calmly he took a step forward, then another, and another. No one collided with him. Everyone stayed out of his way for some reason, and soon Sora was in front of the arcade. A guy was standing at the counter, apparently waiting for someone.
¡°Sorry, the place is reserved.¡±
Without saying a word, Sora leaned against the wall next to the counter. Letting his legs buckle, he slid to the floor and took out one of the books he just bought. Paying no attention to the person behind the counter he began to read. The guy fidgeted irritably, but spoke only when Sora was halfway through the 500 page book.
¡°Listen kid, I¡¯ve got some important customers coming over, so do you mind scram¡.¡±
He stopped immediately as he saw Ronald appear with the rest of his gang.
¡°S-sir! Everything¡¯s ready for you.¡±
Ronald smiled.
¡°That¡¯s good.¡±
Sora placed the book back into his bag and stood up. Ronald shook his head in disbelief.
¡°The usual bookworm¡ anyway, let¡¯s have some fun today.¡±
The guy led the group into the arcade where chairs were evenly spaced out. Each of them had a headset and various wires were connected to it.
¡°Please take a seat and put on the headsets.¡±
Everyone chose a seat. Everyone but Sora. Ronald looked over at him.
¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±
¡°I said I¡¯ll just watch.¡±
¡°Come on. There¡¯s no harm in trying. Besides, there¡¯s a free seat.¡±
Thinking for a moment, Sora put his bag down and took the last seat. Placing the headset on, the guy began inputting several commands into the system. A multi coloured laser show flashed by as an alien terrain materialised around them.
¡°Way cool!¡±
¡°Yeah!¡±
A screen appeared in front of them.
¡°Welcome to team fortress version 18.9. Please select form of match.¡±
Ronald looked around him.
¡°What do you guys think? Team fragfest?¡±
¡°Sounds good.¡±
¡°Great.¡±
¡°Bring it on!¡±
Ronald smiled.
¡°Team fragfest it is. Input data.¡±
¡°Data inputted. Stand by for map reconfiguration.¡±
The area flickered and they found themselves in a building overlooking a swamp-like thing. A bridge connected the building to the outside. To the north there was a nest like structure amid woods.
¡°Monster regeneration rate set at medium. Monster level set at random. Creating weapon interface.¡±
Around them crates appeared, holding machine guns, grenade launchers, anti-tank cannons and anything that had to do with weapons. Ronald picked up a mini-gun.
¡°Let¡¯s rock this joint!¡±
The others had already chosen their weapons and all agreed heartily, giving out a war cry as the countdown began.
¡°Match beginning in 5¡ 4¡ 3¡ 2¡ 1¡ Match has begun.¡±
Almost immediately monsters began pouring in from the bridge. Ronald turned to the rest of the group.
¡°Alright. Search and destroy! Sora, you stay here and guard these crates. We don¡¯t want to loose them now, do we?¡±
Sora nodded and the others went down the building to engaged the monsters. Or rather, slaughter them.
¡°This is too easy!¡±
¡°The thing¡¯s set at random. They should get a bit tougher.¡±
¡°That¡¯s good. Take that!¡±
The small minions were defeated with ease. Next came a wave of bigger monsters, but still they were no match for the group.
¡°Boring¡¡±
A shadow suddenly leapt into the air and slashed one of them in two. Instantly he turned into static and his cursing could be still heard as he disappeared. Ronald turned to face the creature that barred his teeth at the gang, brandishing its scythe.
¡°Oh yeah¡¡±
The barrels rattled as the gang fired their weapons at the new creature, but it was too quick. Eluding the bullets, the monster managed to take out two more of the team before finally being silenced by a grenade thrown by Ronald. Soon, more of these monsters appeared and the team had a tough time fighting back, and were forced to retreat. Ronald and only another guy was left when they got back to the building. Ronald¡¯s mini-gun suddenly ran out of shells.
¡°Dang. I¡¯m going to go get some more ammo.¡±
¡°Hurry up or¡¡±
A scythe came slashing by and the guy was sliced in two at the waist. Turning, Ronald was overwhelmed by monsters and he too slowly changed into static. His world was suddenly throw into darkness. After a moment or two the headset over his face lifted and Ronald shook himself. The rest were standing around him, grinning from ear to ear.
¡°Great game huh?¡±
¡°Did you see how I killed that monster? Too cool!¡±
¡°Let¡¯s go again.¡±
Ronald smiled.
¡°Is Sora still in the game?¡±
The gang exchanged glances and nodded.
¡°Let¡¯s wait for him then. Shouldn¡¯t take that long.¡±
¡°Mr. Asana?¡±
Ronald looked past his friends. It was the guy at the counter, his expression was hard to read as he pointed at the large display screen.
¡°You should have a look at this. It¡¯s about the friend of yours in the game.¡±
Following his finger, Ronald noted that the monsters were moving through the narrow hallway which lead to the room with all the weapons. The light on the sealed doors suddenly turned green and it slid open. At first it seemed as though no one was there, but Sora suddenly stepped out from the side of the door with a pair of what looked like gatling guns. Squeezing the triggers the barrels rotated at breakneck speed as shells rained on the monsters. Blood splattered everywhere on the walls as the creatures had nowhere to run and were killed. Wailing in agony, the monsters were forced out of the building and onto the bridge as Sora continued his assault, his face expressionless. In the open space, the monsters began to retaliate, but Sora was too fast for them. Ronald¡¯s jaw dropped like the others.
¡°His reaction time is crazy!¡±
¡°Talk about accuracy, I bet he can hit a pea from a mile off without even looking more than a second.¡±
One of the monsters that held a scythe managed to slip pass Sora¡¯s line of fire and get behind him. Just as it was about to slice through him, Sora turned around and, using his gatling gun, hit the scythe, sending it spinning wildly into the air. Using the other gatling gun, he rammed it straight into the monster¡¯s centre, but instead of firing it, Sora threw the whole weapon into the advancing army. A round of shots rained down on the abandoned weapon, causing the remaining of the ammo to ignite and explode. A ball of flame engulfed part of the enemies and sent the remaining into a wild frenzy to retreat. Dropping the other gatling gun, which caused the stone below it to crack and shudder under its weight, Sora raised his hand. One of the guys looked at Ronald.
¡°What is he doing?¡±
That question was soon answered as the airborne scythe came down. Catching it, Sora spun the bloodstained weapon and tucked it in between his arm and body, running forward to engage the monsters in melee combat. Bloody parts began flying everywhere as Sora dodged and attacked, evaded and countered. With such precession and skill he executed every move. Every step he took was calculated and every swipe of the scythe showed no hint of hesitation. Ronald could only gawk slack-jawed. It seemed to him that Sora was born to fight: he wasn¡¯t far off either.
Soon only a few stranglers were left. Crippled and hacked bodies laid everywhere, staining both the orange soil and white stone bridge with dark red blood, which continued to ooze from open wounds and broken limbs. Sora was standing in the middle of the bridge, the scythe loosely grasped at his side. He let the weapon drop to the floor, clanging noisily as it did, and looked at his hand. It was covered in blood and it continued to run down the whole of his arm as he turned it. Sora looked up at the alien sky above him and took in a deep breath.
¡°I can see the blood¡ yet I can¡¯t smell it. Not even a scent of death. Hmm¡ I guess¡ it isn¡¯t real.¡±
The environment twitched. Slowly bits and pieces of the terrain turned into static and disappeared. Sora looked around him as the place collapsed, leaving only black, empty space behind. Back outside, the guy that was behind the counter was furiously typing at a computer. Ronald and the others were around him.
¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±
¡°I can¡¯t get him out! He¡¯s locked into the matrix!¡±
¡°Is that even possible?¡±
Back in the black abyss, Sora looked about him. The ground suddenly started to crack nearby. The hair-like line crawled across the floor like an erratic snake, branching out here and there into more ¡°off-springs¡±. As Sora turned to face the source of the cracks, everything came to a standstill for a second, after which all hell broke loose. The ground finally gave was and an beast burst through, sending shattered black shards and dust in all directions. Sora covered his face with his right sleeve as the cloud reached him.
Somewhere else in the city, underground, personnel were at their computers analysing the situation.
¡°Sectors 69 to 84 have been erased.¡±
¡°Inter-connector loops established. Rerouting all pathways to point F in Sector 65.¡±
A man is sitting behind a desk in the middle of the room. Light reflecting from both his bald head and glasses that hide his eyes from view. A young woman stands next to him with her hands behind her back. She wore a black tail coat, a collared white shirt and a pair of long pants, ending with some moderate heels. Parts of her dark red hair was being held up by two long hairpins, while the rest fell about her on either sides. She scanned through the details of the report on the main screen. She opened her mouth to speak.
¡°Fall sectors 68 and 85. Set up garrisons from point A2 to G4.¡±
¡°Setting up garrisons. Sectors 68 and 85 fallen.¡±
¡°Are there any civilians?¡±
¡°Scans show nothing.¡±
The woman turned to look at the man.
¡°It seems to be a good time to test out the viral mine.¡±
The man, who was obviously the commander, said nothing. Just then one of the computers beeped.
¡°Energy scans show two readings.¡±
The woman looked up.
¡°Possibility of another virus?¡±
¡°Bringing up visual.¡±
The main screen flickered and turned into the live video feed. The so called virus looked almost like a hunchback human, but only had a beak and two black pits for eyes on its face. It blinked almost candidly and looked at something near it. There, shaking himself of the dust, Sora brought down his sleeve and looked up, returning the stare. The woman immediately responded.
¡°Deploy the cyber angels. That virus must be stopped.¡±
¡°Looks like the viral mine has to wait, Chikage.¡±
The woman looked back down at the man.
¡°I suppose you¡¯re right.¡±
Back outside, the virus and Sora were still having their little staring competition. For some strange reason Sora understood what it was trying to say. The virus tilted its head sideways. Or rather, spun it to one side. Sora finally broke the gaze.
¡°I have no liking for war.¡±
The virus turned away from Sora. Several white dots could be seen from a distance, not that it can really be called distance since it was just a blank dimension of a world. The white dots got bigger and they turned out to be missiles. Consecutively they hit the virus, and it arched backwards from the impact. An airship flew towards the virus, dropping off several people as it passed by. Some of them landed almost gracefully, whereas some of the others, particularly the one that resembled a blue werewolf with a horn on its forehead, created craters as they landed. There were 7 of them, 2 girls, 2 guys, and 3 system navigators. The apparent leader of the group looked over at Sora, his short silvery hair making his red eyes stand out even more as he examined the situation. He turned he head slightly towards one of the system navigators.
¡°Chi, generate temporary terrain to engage enemy in.¡±
¡°Generating.¡±
A visor clicked over the young girl¡¯s reddish brown eyes. Her long beige hair almost sweeps the floor, partly concealing two metallic cases that bulged out from her ears. A blue aura surrounded her and throwing her hands out, the aura expanded, filling the entire area. Static engulfed the place and a rocky terrain materialised for as far as the eye could see. The virus regained it¡¯s stumped posture and looked at the group. The captain spoke again.
¡°Rio, Banks. Get the civilian to a safe location. The rest of us will engage the virus. Our orders are to bring it back in one piece if possible.¡±
¡°Sir!¡±
With that they leapt into action. A girl, accompanied by the werewolf look-alike who was holding a lance, broke off from the other web angels as they took on the virus and headed for Sora. The girl examined Sora worriedly with her crystal green eyes.
¡°Are you okay?¡±
Sora¡¯s head was still bowed. He raised his hands and looked at them.
¡°How many more times must these hands take blood?¡±
¡°What?¡±
It was then that the virus noticed the trio. Knocking aside the rest of the web angels, it raised its left hand. A rod of energy gathered on it¡¯s arm, and it suddenly shot forward towards the girl standing in front of Sora. The werewolf look-alike leapt in front of her.
¡°Rio! Look out!¡±
The girl spun round in horror, her shoulder length red hair flying around her. Time seemed to slow down as the rod of pure energy hit her friend and companion, sending him hurting across the rocky terrain and into a solid wall of rock.
¡°Banks!¡±
Running down the devastated path, Rio collapsed onto her knees and shook Banks lightly.
¡°Banks! Speak to me!¡±
Sora watched as tears fell from her face. A brief moment of his past flashed by him¡
-Flashback-
It was pouring. Bent over, with the rain beating relentlessly on his back, a boy gently touched the face of a girl. Tears welled up in his grey eyes as the girl¡¯s eyes remained closed, oblivious of everything around her.
¡°Freeze!¡±
Turning, water droplets flew from his blue hair as white light flooded the area. Covering his eyes with his hand, he squinted to see who it was. Several dark figures stood with guns pointed at him. It was the police.
¡°Put your hands up now!¡±
The boy gritted his teeth. Clenching his free hand, he could feel the anger coursing through him like wildfire.
¡°I said¡¡±
The boy screamed and charged forward. His hand found its way through one of the policeman¡¯s stomachs. Blood spluttered out as the boy twisted his hand, instantly killing the man.
¡°Holy shit!¡±
The remainder of the police force opened fire, but the boy used the limp body as a shield. Throwing aside the remainder of the deformed body, he ran forward and ripped the head off one of the remaining police force and crushed the skull in his hand, pus flowing out of the squashed brain. Pretty much all of the others suffered an equally gruesome fate, some having their limbs broken and some never would have had a whole family even if they survived. Blood dripped from the boy¡¯s hands as the mangled bodies laid around him. Breathing hard, his eyes were hidden from view by his hair, but a steady flow of tears could be seen running down his cheek. Lighting streaked across the sky, illuminating the dead girl amid the sea of rainwater and blood behind the boy. Her lightly coloured clothes were stained red as it slowly crept up the fabric. The boy looked up, his eyes as red as blood, the blood he took from the girl. His screamed echoed in the night. Not even the heavy patter of rain drops could conceal the pain it showed.
-End Flashback-
Sora looked back at the virus which had retracted the rod. It was preparing to attack again, this time the target was him. Yet, Sora made no attempt to move. He stood his ground, his face showing not even the slightest hint of fear. The rest of the cyber angels turned and watched stunned as the rod shot forward again, cutting straight through the air. Just as it was about to hit Sora, the rod suddenly arced. In slow motion, the rod crawled round him. A split-second later, the rod shot straight into a column of stone behind Sora. The back draft had caught his hair and it fluttered violently together with his clothes. His face was still expressionless as the stone column behind him crashed to the ground, sending up a cloud of dust. Raising his left hand slightly, a metal staff materialized.
¡°Even if I have no liking for war¡¡±
A blade of pure energy burst forth, forming a scythe.
¡°¡ I cannot forgive you for trying to take my blood.¡±
The virus retracted the rod. Raising its other hand, it shot two projectiles at Sora, but at the last moment he dodged the attack and ran forward. Slicing off its right arm, purple blood began oozing out from the virus¡¯ wound. Spinning round, Sora slashed at it again, but it jumped backwards to avoid the fatal blow. Leaping forward, Sora met with a force field. Expanding it, the virus threw Sora backwards, but he landed on the floor with both feet skidding across the ground, unfazed. The captain turned to a blonde with a pair of bright blue eyes.
¡°What is the resistance of that shield?¡±
The girl¡¯s fox-like ears twitched.
¡°It will take approximately 8400 strikes before the shield will crack.¡±
Sora stood up straight.
¡°It¡¯ll only take one if you hit where it counts.¡±
The captain turned to look at him.
¡°I understand what you are trying to say, but the weakest point of the shield is the top. The virus can expand its shield faster than we can reach the weak point.¡±
Without another word Sora leapt into the air. As expected the virus expanded the shield, but Sora was moving at such a fast speed, it can barely keep up with him.
¡°How fast is he moving Mei?¡±
The girl¡¯s ears twitched again.
¡°He is nearly at the speed of sound.¡±
Just as she got the words out, the sonic boom came, distracting the virus for a split-second. It was enough as the other end of Sora¡¯s scythe emitted a small blade of energy and he plunged it into the shield. The shield flashed and started to crack. Plunging his weapon deeper, the shield finally shattered and Sora landed on the ground. Just as the virus raised his only useable arm, Sora spun round and swung his scythe. A light temporarily blinded everyone as the virus released its energy rod. It had only cut through Sora¡¯s left cheek, whereas the boy hit home, right in the core. The red orb cracked and the virus¡¯ rod dissipated. The arm falling limply to its side, Sora let go of the scythe and the virus fell to the ground. Standing straight, Sora looked at the lifeless body. Silence fell.
¡°Your help is much appreciated.¡±
The captain was walking over to where Sora was, but the latter didn¡¯t turn to face him.
¡°My name is Jen Saints. I am the captain of the cyber angels.¡±
¡°I don¡¯t care who you are.¡±
Jen smiled.
¡°I apologize for dragging you into this. We were originally sent to save you, but it ended up as the other way around.¡±
Jen turned to a girl who was helping Rio get Banks to sit up. Her eyes sparkled yellow with a slight hint of orange, contrasting her short to medium length chocolate brown hair. Next to her was a guy, brown was tied into a long braid down his back, crystal blue eyes examining Banks.
¡°Rika. Have a look at the boy¡¯s face once you¡¯re done with Duo over there.¡±
¡°Okay.¡±
Sora touched his cheek and looked at his hand. He noticed he was bleeding, and looked back down at the virus. All of a sudden it started to glow. Slowly it shrunk, and as the light faded, lying on the ground with the impaled scythe was what appeared to be a human. Her eyelids were closed, and her long dark blue hair fell about her on the ground.
¡°A girl?¡±
Something about her innocent and heavenly form made Chi and Mei turn and look at her with eyes widened. Even Banks coughed and stood up to get a better look at her.
¡°It can¡¯t be.¡±
Jen looked at them.
¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±
¡°She¡¯s a system oracle¡¡±
Like it? Hate it? I¡¯m open to suggestions
If you didn¡¯t understand, that¡¯s good. If you did, then you¡¯re better than the author already. I write my stories based on my current situation, which can be affected by the following things:
1) Anime I am currently watching
2) Music I¡¯m listening to
3) Whether my brother is around
4) Whether I¡¯m in school or at home
5) Any shows I¡¯ve seen recently
6) Random stuff I find on the net through the almighty Google
7) Depression
8) Status of stomach
9) How demented I feel
10) Stuff that happens around me