I put the car in foreword, and hit the gas. A cop car pulled in front of me, but I hit the axial of it and the car and the cops went flying.

"What'd one shepherded say to the other shepherded," I asked, power sliding at the corner.

"How the hell should I know?" yelled Odd.

"Let's get the flock outta here,"

"Hey, that's from Lethal Weapon!"

"So? I can borrow it,"

A cop car hit the front of the Hummer.

"Shit! Now I need to get it fixed!"

"Ulrich, I just thought of something," Jeremie yelled over the sirens.

"You're too young to drive!"

"So?"

I put the car in reverse, hitting the cop car line behind me.

"Ha-ha! It's Grand Theft Auto all over again!"

I put the car in forward, and went on the highway.

"How many stars do you think I'm at?"

"Two...?"

We heard helicopter above our heads.

"That doesn't happen until three!"

The helicopter began shooting at us.

"And that doesn't happen until four! Odd, you drive!"

Odd climbed over to the driver's seat, and I got the 30-30, placed a couple of bullets in it. I took careful aim at the pilot of the helicopter and shot.

"Damn it!" I missed.

I aimed again, being more careful this time, and took the shot. Yes! Hit him right between the eyes. But now there was a helicopter falling uncontrolled at us.

"Odd! Drive faster!"

Odd apparently hit the gas hard because I was standing one moment, the next; I'm on my back staring at the roof.

"Odd, pull into that ally!"

Odd did so, and we got out of the Hummer.

"Ha-ha! Dude, like was just like Grand Theft Auto!" I laughed, both amazed and shocked that we were still alive.

"Okay, Ulrich," panted Jeremie.

"How are you going to find the hit men?"

"Easy. The insurance company."

"How's that gonna find them?"

"All I need to do is lie a little bit, I get their names and there address, if I'm lucky."

"And we need a new set of wheels," coughed Odd, who was opening the hood.

"Ah, it's on fire!"

I rushed inside of the Hummer and grabbed all the stuff and quickly got out.

"So...what happens when a car's on fire?" Jeremie asked.

"Run,"

"Huh?"

"Run!"

Me and Odd grabbed Jeremie by his shoulders and dragged him away from the burning Hummer. Just in time to, 'cause it exploded, pieces of metal flying everywhere. One landed right above my head.

"That's what happens,"

We got up, now aware that we needed to get out of there, because cops and just about everyone else was gonna be there." We walked casually away from the still burning pile of scrape metal.

There was the sound of something beeping. Jeremie took out his laptop and there was a red exclamation mark with a red circle surrounding it.

"Xana's launched an attack!" Jeremie whispered.

"You two go to the factory, I got business to attend to," said, and began to walk away.

"What? The world could be in danger and so could-"

"Aelita?"

Jeremie began to blush a little.

"Dude, she's just digital. We could've stopped Xana our first day if you didn't became Romeo,"

Jeremie blushed a lot.

"You guys do your job and I do mine. Got it?"

I walked away, obviously leaving Jeremie looking like a tomato.

Eventually, I got to an insurance company. I took out the newspaper, examined the building in the picture and the building I was standing in front of. This was the place. I walked in, and was greeted by a rush of cool air. I walked up to one of the desks, and hit the bell thing. Almost immediately, a woman about thirty (and trying to hide it) walked up.

"May, I help you?"

"Yeah, I was in Mr. Ishthymus will and I'm wondering if I could get my split of the money."

The woman looked at the computer and said, "I'm sorry, but the money was already taken by twelve men,"

"Can I get their names?"

The woman looked at me quizzically and I thought I was busted but she said, "Yes."

She printed something and handed it to me.

"Thanks,"

I walked out into the stifling heat again. I looked at the list.

"First one to kill: Justin Meier; 1317 Thirty Second Street North,"

I looked up. I was on Thirty Second Street North and I grinned. It's killin' time...

Odd's POV

Me and Jeremie ran to the factory. Panting, we separated, me going to the scanner room and Jeremie going to the super calculator.

Before going into the scanner, I looked at the two empty ones, one to Yumi, the other Ulrich.

"Hey, Odd. Get into the scanner." Jeremie said.

"Sorry, Jer," I mumbled and grudged into the scanner.

"Scanner: Odd," Jeremie said.

I felt myself spinning and closed my eyes. You don't want to keep your eyes open for this ride, it could blind you.

"Transfer: Odd,"

The spinning went faster.

"Virtualization!"

The spinning stopped but air was rushing up as if to push me into the air.

It's a weird thing when you virtualized. It feels like you're a...jigsaw puzzle. Some kid put you together, then another kid took you apart, another kid puts you together again.

I opened my eyes, letting them absorb my surroundings. I was in the polar region, and no monsters were in site yet.

"Odd!"

I turned and saw Aelita running up to me. She hugged me and stepped back.

"Where's the tower?"

"This way,"

She turned and began to run, but stopped and turned to face me again. All of a sudden, her hand looked like a huge knife. She looked at it and stabbed me.

"Your not...Aelita," I coughed.

"Odd your life points are going down fast." Jeremie's voice floated in.

So, game over already...