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Desert
Sharie was falling. That was all she needed to know. And that she couldn't log out. She was truly freefalling into a seemingly never-ending black void. Sharie could feel the breath being swept out of her. It was a scary feeling. One that made her know that this wasn't just a game anymore. She had become truly involved, and there was no turning back.
The darkness stopped, and Sharie felt blaring heat blast on her.
"But how? This is just a game!" she cried to no one. The others weren't falling with her anymore. She was alone, and hurtling toward a sand dune.
* * *
Tsukazi sat up and rubbed his head.
"Where am I?" He asked himself.
Tsukazi had landed in a tropical rain forest. Steam rose into the unseen sky.
"This sucks," he whispered, and then stood up.
* * *
Kenshi thought he'd been walking for hours. He had landed on an ocean cliff. Salt stung his eyes as waves crashed into the rocks. He wasn't too high off the ground, but, nether the less, he was off the ground, and he hated heights.
"I wonder where the others are?" he said to himself. "Maybe they just logged out when the ground opened up like that."
* * *
Varuchio stared at the center screen of his otherwise empty control room. It was made out of seven different TVs stacked together. Each one was live footage from each of the accursed kids who we're trying to shut down his virus plan.
I won't let them! he thought. I'll destroy each of them with their greatest fear.
"DAMN IT! WHY THE HELL ARE THEIR MONSTERS ON A FIELD THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST!?"
The loud cry of the female heavy blade disturbed his thoughts.
They are there, little obnoxious one, so that I can destroy your friends while your busy! he thought.
"Wait a second..." Varuchio pulled out a virtual guide that held every bit of information that the players sent to CC Corp. "Ah, Crystal Rachiyama. AKA, Sharie. Why don't we start with you?"
He threw the book down, and pulled a switch.
* * *
"Finally! Civilization!" Sharie had been wondering the desert for a good half hour, and was completely drained. She needed a drink. And badly.
The closer she ran to the city gleaming in the desert sun, the more she wished she hadn't. When she finally reached the city, she saw what it really was. A huge pile of-
"Shit." She whispered to herself. The streets weren't even paved. Just desert. The apparently once tall buildings were now crumbled and weak. "Why am I still alone?"
Suddenly everything started growing fuzzy. Static like, as one could say. She distantly heard a drop of water, and then red signs flashed like wild fire across her screen. They finally stopped on scratchy, angry looking letters. They spelled a message that Sharie wished they hadn't.
Phase 1:Burning Skeith: The Hell of No Voice.
"Phase one?" she whispered to herself. Not being able to communicate was her worst fear, and someone was going to take her voice away.
Sharie wanted to scream about what was happening, but no sound escaped her lips. She started to panic when she saw Ryuoku and Cheetra standing in front of her.
She wanted to call out to them, but she couldn't make a sound.
"Guess no one's here," said Cheetra.
"Yah, we'd hear something," agreed Ryuoku.
No. thought Sharie. They can't leave me!
She ran over to them, but they logged out before she could reach them. She wanted to cry out in anguish, but when Ryuoku and Cheetra logged out, Sharie noticed something she hadn't before. A figure in the distance.
Sharie ran over to it, and as she got closer, she saw hell. It was a monster like none she'd ever seen before. Its limbs seemed to be just barely connected, if at all. It had three little holes for eyes. It had almost a complete circle attached to its head, but a little towards the left, there was a gap. A red staff hovered in front of it, and it was a red to match its body. Burning Skeith.
It pointed, and called out a spell that really hurt Sharie's life stock. That pissed her off. She ran forward, and took a slice at it. Burning Skeith recoiled, and the piece she sliced at fell off.
Not a bug free monster? Oh yeah. she thought.
Sharie ran up to monster. She drew her blade and hacked relentlessly at it. When she took a breath, she saw that it was nothing but a pile of parts.
Easy pray. she thought. Then she looked at herself, and saw no flashing experience points. Why? she asked in her mind.
As if an answer to her question, the parts started moving. They connected themselves, and grew together to form the creature that Sharie had just defeated.
It's...not...possible! Sharie thought, and ran, realizing that there was no way to defeat this nightmare. She ran tirelessly to the edge of the city, and only just realized that it was no longer a city.
She was now standing on a plain field, deserted, and surrounded by molten lava. There was no escape.
Sharie backed away from the on-coming monster until her feet hit the edge of the platform.
If I can feel pain...then what would death be like? she asked herself mentally.
She was about to scream, when a boy in red gated in in front of her. He had an orange hat, emerald green hair, and was a twinblade.
"Don't be afraid. That's what it wants. You've got to look in yourself and fight your fear," he said flatly. "If you can manage that, then it will have no choice but to let you win!"
Sharie wanted to ask who he was, but couldn't speak. Before she could even attempt to sign what he was thinking, the boy simply faded away.
Maybe, I should do what he said. Sharie thought.
Sharie stared at the being, and glared at the being. It backed off a step.
That's it! Sharie mentally cried.
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid... Her thoughts grew stronger. I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, "I'M NOT AFRAID!"
The last of the words slipped from her mouth, and she could speak again. Her sword glowed green, and she charged at Burning Skeith.
Sharie slashed relentlessly, and hacked the being into pieces. This time, although she still had no experience, the pieces didn't link together. Instead, they faded into the sky. Finally deleted.
"Yes!" cried Sharie. A red gate slowly materialized in the center of the field. A chaos gate. She walked over to it, and was automatically warped.
* * *
"NO!" cried a very pissed off Varuchio. "How did she win?! The one who appeared, and when.... It couldn't have been an accident! It wasn't really him.... just someone using an image. But who? Not that it matters. I'll have the other seven phases destroy them.
six, his mind hissed, there are only six left. Someone got to number six before me.
* * *
Helba laughed to herself in her own control room. She could monitor all seven of them as they tried to defeat the phases. It would be difficult for them, but they would manage, at least she hoped.
"On the bright side," she said to herself, "My Kite data worked. An image of the legendary hacker himself, just to help these seven out. The fate of two worlds rest on these players, and if they fail..."
She shut the thought out. They wouldn't fail, and she wouldn't either. She was going to be the one who helped the vaccine. She wouldn't let the enemy win. Helba never had, and she never would.
**END**
Okay, I know that Skeith is from the PS2 games, but I'm going to get around to how burning was put in front of his name, and how he's alive. Just give me time. Thanks for reading, and be sire to review! Oh, and sorry it's a little short. Thanks!
Desert
Sharie was falling. That was all she needed to know. And that she couldn't log out. She was truly freefalling into a seemingly never-ending black void. Sharie could feel the breath being swept out of her. It was a scary feeling. One that made her know that this wasn't just a game anymore. She had become truly involved, and there was no turning back.
The darkness stopped, and Sharie felt blaring heat blast on her.
"But how? This is just a game!" she cried to no one. The others weren't falling with her anymore. She was alone, and hurtling toward a sand dune.
* * *
Tsukazi sat up and rubbed his head.
"Where am I?" He asked himself.
Tsukazi had landed in a tropical rain forest. Steam rose into the unseen sky.
"This sucks," he whispered, and then stood up.
* * *
Kenshi thought he'd been walking for hours. He had landed on an ocean cliff. Salt stung his eyes as waves crashed into the rocks. He wasn't too high off the ground, but, nether the less, he was off the ground, and he hated heights.
"I wonder where the others are?" he said to himself. "Maybe they just logged out when the ground opened up like that."
* * *
Varuchio stared at the center screen of his otherwise empty control room. It was made out of seven different TVs stacked together. Each one was live footage from each of the accursed kids who we're trying to shut down his virus plan.
I won't let them! he thought. I'll destroy each of them with their greatest fear.
"DAMN IT! WHY THE HELL ARE THEIR MONSTERS ON A FIELD THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST!?"
The loud cry of the female heavy blade disturbed his thoughts.
They are there, little obnoxious one, so that I can destroy your friends while your busy! he thought.
"Wait a second..." Varuchio pulled out a virtual guide that held every bit of information that the players sent to CC Corp. "Ah, Crystal Rachiyama. AKA, Sharie. Why don't we start with you?"
He threw the book down, and pulled a switch.
* * *
"Finally! Civilization!" Sharie had been wondering the desert for a good half hour, and was completely drained. She needed a drink. And badly.
The closer she ran to the city gleaming in the desert sun, the more she wished she hadn't. When she finally reached the city, she saw what it really was. A huge pile of-
"Shit." She whispered to herself. The streets weren't even paved. Just desert. The apparently once tall buildings were now crumbled and weak. "Why am I still alone?"
Suddenly everything started growing fuzzy. Static like, as one could say. She distantly heard a drop of water, and then red signs flashed like wild fire across her screen. They finally stopped on scratchy, angry looking letters. They spelled a message that Sharie wished they hadn't.
Phase 1:Burning Skeith: The Hell of No Voice.
"Phase one?" she whispered to herself. Not being able to communicate was her worst fear, and someone was going to take her voice away.
Sharie wanted to scream about what was happening, but no sound escaped her lips. She started to panic when she saw Ryuoku and Cheetra standing in front of her.
She wanted to call out to them, but she couldn't make a sound.
"Guess no one's here," said Cheetra.
"Yah, we'd hear something," agreed Ryuoku.
No. thought Sharie. They can't leave me!
She ran over to them, but they logged out before she could reach them. She wanted to cry out in anguish, but when Ryuoku and Cheetra logged out, Sharie noticed something she hadn't before. A figure in the distance.
Sharie ran over to it, and as she got closer, she saw hell. It was a monster like none she'd ever seen before. Its limbs seemed to be just barely connected, if at all. It had three little holes for eyes. It had almost a complete circle attached to its head, but a little towards the left, there was a gap. A red staff hovered in front of it, and it was a red to match its body. Burning Skeith.
It pointed, and called out a spell that really hurt Sharie's life stock. That pissed her off. She ran forward, and took a slice at it. Burning Skeith recoiled, and the piece she sliced at fell off.
Not a bug free monster? Oh yeah. she thought.
Sharie ran up to monster. She drew her blade and hacked relentlessly at it. When she took a breath, she saw that it was nothing but a pile of parts.
Easy pray. she thought. Then she looked at herself, and saw no flashing experience points. Why? she asked in her mind.
As if an answer to her question, the parts started moving. They connected themselves, and grew together to form the creature that Sharie had just defeated.
It's...not...possible! Sharie thought, and ran, realizing that there was no way to defeat this nightmare. She ran tirelessly to the edge of the city, and only just realized that it was no longer a city.
She was now standing on a plain field, deserted, and surrounded by molten lava. There was no escape.
Sharie backed away from the on-coming monster until her feet hit the edge of the platform.
If I can feel pain...then what would death be like? she asked herself mentally.
She was about to scream, when a boy in red gated in in front of her. He had an orange hat, emerald green hair, and was a twinblade.
"Don't be afraid. That's what it wants. You've got to look in yourself and fight your fear," he said flatly. "If you can manage that, then it will have no choice but to let you win!"
Sharie wanted to ask who he was, but couldn't speak. Before she could even attempt to sign what he was thinking, the boy simply faded away.
Maybe, I should do what he said. Sharie thought.
Sharie stared at the being, and glared at the being. It backed off a step.
That's it! Sharie mentally cried.
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid... Her thoughts grew stronger. I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, "I'M NOT AFRAID!"
The last of the words slipped from her mouth, and she could speak again. Her sword glowed green, and she charged at Burning Skeith.
Sharie slashed relentlessly, and hacked the being into pieces. This time, although she still had no experience, the pieces didn't link together. Instead, they faded into the sky. Finally deleted.
"Yes!" cried Sharie. A red gate slowly materialized in the center of the field. A chaos gate. She walked over to it, and was automatically warped.
* * *
"NO!" cried a very pissed off Varuchio. "How did she win?! The one who appeared, and when.... It couldn't have been an accident! It wasn't really him.... just someone using an image. But who? Not that it matters. I'll have the other seven phases destroy them.
six, his mind hissed, there are only six left. Someone got to number six before me.
* * *
Helba laughed to herself in her own control room. She could monitor all seven of them as they tried to defeat the phases. It would be difficult for them, but they would manage, at least she hoped.
"On the bright side," she said to herself, "My Kite data worked. An image of the legendary hacker himself, just to help these seven out. The fate of two worlds rest on these players, and if they fail..."
She shut the thought out. They wouldn't fail, and she wouldn't either. She was going to be the one who helped the vaccine. She wouldn't let the enemy win. Helba never had, and she never would.
**END**
Okay, I know that Skeith is from the PS2 games, but I'm going to get around to how burning was put in front of his name, and how he's alive. Just give me time. Thanks for reading, and be sire to review! Oh, and sorry it's a little short. Thanks!