Elixir walked out. Damn, he thought, this can't be happening! Reports had told him that Harold was dead. A car crash. A taxi. But how? Nothing has access to a taxi except the driver, who wasn't found and a nav- Elixir stopped. He then ran out of his room and straight to the navi containment area.
'I need status on 1.' He said.
'Roger that.' On the screen, 1 appeared. He had an arm blade on his left arm and a cannon built into his right. He was gangly, but menacing. Next to him appeared his health and location.
'Right, he's in data route 456. Get all free navi squads down there now!' Elixir shouted.
'Sir, we don't have enough power! The only one who could defeat him would be another navi of the same tri-chain!' A technician said.
'Right, I know exactly what to do. Power up 2. He's going in.'
Glitch looked over the landscape. He could make it all his…he just had to get rid of everything in his way.
'Hello.' The navi behind him froze. 'You thought you could sneak up on me, eh?' Glitch spun around, with his sword swinging. He hit thin air. 'Where are you, me little fella?' A blow from behind nearly caught him off guard. He spun in the air and parried it. 'Very good! And who might you be?' The navi looked up and said:
'2.' Glitch's smile drained right off his face.
'That's impossible…Geo hasn't been finished yet.' He said, staggering back.
'I know. But I am not Geo.' Glitch stepped back, then ran as he got out of the way of an extensive amount of butchering. 'Not in a fighting spirit now, are you?' Glitch then ran.
He ran. And he ran. And he ran. Glitch knew that this navi was his own flesh and blood. Metaphorically, he added. He also knew that it was suicide to even think about stopping. 2 was him, but more emotionally stable and much better.1 v.2, he thought with a grim smile. He looked behind him. There was a streak of silver heading his way.
'What in the-' It was 2. He speared right through Glitch and tore him in half when he went through the other side. Glitch hit the ground. His data was getting corrupted at an enormously fast rate. He wouldn't be able to survive much longer. He looked at his hand. It looked suspiciously like a chip slot, but then-
'Had enough, Glitchy boy?' 2 grinned malevolently. He raised his sword, and swung down.
'Battlechip alpha! Battlechip in! Download!' Glitch had a chip in one hand and slotted it into the other. Suddenly, a gigantic shield appeared around Glitch. 'Can't get me now!' The sword hit the shield and smashed. 2 looked at it, puzzled. Then he regenerated it and tried again. Still it smashed. Glitch breathed in, then out. 'I'm safe…' He whispered.
'Not for long.' 2 replied. 'Red team! Blue team! Move in!' Suddenly Glitch was surrounded by twenty navis. All of them had their guns pointed at Glitch. Glitch looked round, despairingly.
'Aw, hell.' He said.
'What a coincidence.' 2 replied.
'What d'ya mean?' Glitch asked.
'That's exactly where you're going.' The navis moved around Glitch, placing and securing formatting beams. They were all pointed directly at Glitch's core.
'No, please, no!' Glitch screamed. The beams pulsed, shook, and discharged right into Glitch's core. He screamed as the beams tore apart his shield, ripping it to shreds. He screamed even louder as the beams hit him, diving straight into the core. He then screamed his loudest in hideous pain as the beams ripped apart his core, destroying it, burning him from the inside. Then, he imploded. The screaming stopped.
'That's Glitch dealt with. Well done squad.' 2 said approvingly. The squad cheered. One member, however, looked closely at where Glitch had been.
'Guys? I'm still getting a reading. The beams didn't kill him.' He said. The squad stopped cheering abruptly. 2 spun round.
'Meaning?'
'Glitch isn't dead! He's still alive! He's nowhere near here, he may even be in another net dimension, but he's still alive!'
Deep in the heart of old NetCity…a light shot out of the sky. It hit the ground, and exploded. Buildings and data spires for megabytes around were destroyed. The light flipped, buckled and skidded for ages. Finally, it stopped. Glitch got up. He was at the foot of a data spire.
'I'm not going down…' Glitch whispered, and plunged his arm into the spire, absorbing the data…regenerating…
'I need status on 1.' He said.
'Roger that.' On the screen, 1 appeared. He had an arm blade on his left arm and a cannon built into his right. He was gangly, but menacing. Next to him appeared his health and location.
'Right, he's in data route 456. Get all free navi squads down there now!' Elixir shouted.
'Sir, we don't have enough power! The only one who could defeat him would be another navi of the same tri-chain!' A technician said.
'Right, I know exactly what to do. Power up 2. He's going in.'
Glitch looked over the landscape. He could make it all his…he just had to get rid of everything in his way.
'Hello.' The navi behind him froze. 'You thought you could sneak up on me, eh?' Glitch spun around, with his sword swinging. He hit thin air. 'Where are you, me little fella?' A blow from behind nearly caught him off guard. He spun in the air and parried it. 'Very good! And who might you be?' The navi looked up and said:
'2.' Glitch's smile drained right off his face.
'That's impossible…Geo hasn't been finished yet.' He said, staggering back.
'I know. But I am not Geo.' Glitch stepped back, then ran as he got out of the way of an extensive amount of butchering. 'Not in a fighting spirit now, are you?' Glitch then ran.
He ran. And he ran. And he ran. Glitch knew that this navi was his own flesh and blood. Metaphorically, he added. He also knew that it was suicide to even think about stopping. 2 was him, but more emotionally stable and much better.1 v.2, he thought with a grim smile. He looked behind him. There was a streak of silver heading his way.
'What in the-' It was 2. He speared right through Glitch and tore him in half when he went through the other side. Glitch hit the ground. His data was getting corrupted at an enormously fast rate. He wouldn't be able to survive much longer. He looked at his hand. It looked suspiciously like a chip slot, but then-
'Had enough, Glitchy boy?' 2 grinned malevolently. He raised his sword, and swung down.
'Battlechip alpha! Battlechip in! Download!' Glitch had a chip in one hand and slotted it into the other. Suddenly, a gigantic shield appeared around Glitch. 'Can't get me now!' The sword hit the shield and smashed. 2 looked at it, puzzled. Then he regenerated it and tried again. Still it smashed. Glitch breathed in, then out. 'I'm safe…' He whispered.
'Not for long.' 2 replied. 'Red team! Blue team! Move in!' Suddenly Glitch was surrounded by twenty navis. All of them had their guns pointed at Glitch. Glitch looked round, despairingly.
'Aw, hell.' He said.
'What a coincidence.' 2 replied.
'What d'ya mean?' Glitch asked.
'That's exactly where you're going.' The navis moved around Glitch, placing and securing formatting beams. They were all pointed directly at Glitch's core.
'No, please, no!' Glitch screamed. The beams pulsed, shook, and discharged right into Glitch's core. He screamed as the beams tore apart his shield, ripping it to shreds. He screamed even louder as the beams hit him, diving straight into the core. He then screamed his loudest in hideous pain as the beams ripped apart his core, destroying it, burning him from the inside. Then, he imploded. The screaming stopped.
'That's Glitch dealt with. Well done squad.' 2 said approvingly. The squad cheered. One member, however, looked closely at where Glitch had been.
'Guys? I'm still getting a reading. The beams didn't kill him.' He said. The squad stopped cheering abruptly. 2 spun round.
'Meaning?'
'Glitch isn't dead! He's still alive! He's nowhere near here, he may even be in another net dimension, but he's still alive!'
Deep in the heart of old NetCity…a light shot out of the sky. It hit the ground, and exploded. Buildings and data spires for megabytes around were destroyed. The light flipped, buckled and skidded for ages. Finally, it stopped. Glitch got up. He was at the foot of a data spire.
'I'm not going down…' Glitch whispered, and plunged his arm into the spire, absorbing the data…regenerating…