Virtual Insanity!
To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! Nice to hear from you again! I'm very glad you liked the last chapter! Here's your update for you! Enjoy the new chapter!
To Sparky Genocide: Hey there Sparky Genocide! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! The girls meeting Pac-Man, huh? That sounds interesting. Someone talking trash about Virus's mother and him losing it? That sounds cool! I think I'll have Theresa pull it off in the virtual Dublin. Enjoy the new chapter!
To Chiomon: Hey there, Chiomon! Nice to hear from you again, my friend! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! I love robots. Robots are a lot of fun. They're just robots out to stop our mutant heroes from rescuing the Joes. Enjoy the new chapter!
To RogueFanKC: Hey there, Rogue Fan! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, Virus got burned. I have actually seen that episode, and it inspired the incarnation of Virus that will fight Theresa. I like your idea, but…where the heck could Siryn find Bronx, the gargoyle dog? Oh well. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Apokolips Deferred"!
To todd fan: Hey there, todd fan! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails", Random Tales of the magic Roundabout" and "A Rabbit's Tale: Journey"!
To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Wow, you really think that this story is getting better and better? Thanks! That's really good to hear. I've been keeping up with your stuff, and shocked is an understatement. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Evolution XMJ", and "Cry Havok"!
Disclaimer: "Real smart, Captain Fantastic! Real smart!" - Me
Chapter 12: Song of a Siryn!
Cyberopolis
"Good God!" Ace Starr yelled as the lion-like teenage mutant blasted a tank-like robot with his claw lasers. He then used the lasers to shoot down a couple robots that looked like jet planes.
"Pretty desolate place, it is." Rahne Sinclair agreed, smashing a soldier-like robot with her claws that came with the werewolf form. "Not a soul here."
"Just the way Virus likes it." John Proudstar explained as he pitched a tank robot's turret into another tank robot. "We all know how that guy feels about human life." He then started mocking Virus's English-accented voice: "I bloody hate bloody organic life, because they're all bloody stupid! I hate bloody humans, I hate bloody mutants, I hate bloody everything that isn't mechanical, because machines listen to me whine about how pathetic I am, tally ho, pip pip, eh wot dead parrots and the Spanish Inqusition."
"I didn't know you were a Monty Python fan, Johnny Boy." Ace grinned as he slashed open a robot with charged claws.
"Who's Monty Python?" John blinked. A trio of robots ran up to the scene, wearing what appeared to be red robes and carrying rapiers with red energy blades.
"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition." The lead robot said in a monotonous electronic voice.
"You have got to be kidding me." Rahne groaned. Ace chuckled as he held a wheel of one of the robot tanks he destroyed.
"It's going to be a shame to do this." Ace sighed before he pitched the wheel. The wheel smashed into the robots, destroying them. One of their light rapiers flew into the air, and the hilt landed in Ace's palm. He twirled the futuristic sword around.
"Fighting our way through this world, we must continue." Ace said in a funny voice.
"Come on, Yoda." John groaned.
The virtual Dublin-inspired city
"Whoa!" Theresa screamed as she dodged a sonic blast by rolling. Since she was unable to use her powers, she was unable to call upon her mutant ability to produce sonic vibrations to allow her to glide. Flying above her was a cackling Virus, in his golden Kukullen armor, firing energy blasts from his golden spear.
"This is fun!" Virus whooped happily. "I've never felt so alive! I feel like I am the king! Alright!"
Hang on, Theresa! Just a little further! Hi-Tech's voice encouraged in her head.
Why aren't you here giving me a hand, if your powers allow you to do stuff in places like this? Theresa mentally screamed.
I wish I could, but I can only stretch myself so far. That idiot Virus knows I'm gone. He doesn't know what I can do, but he'll eventually figure it out. Hi-Tech explained. Right now, I'm also working on a way to free the other Joes.
Hi-Tech, Virus is a madman! He's going to kill me! Theresa exclaimed.
Don't worry, Terry. I know you. You're pretty tough. Just follow my directions, and you can even the odds. Hi-Tech reassured. Theresa nodded.
Where do I go?
Right this way…Hi-Tech put images in Theresa's mind of the location. Consider yourself special, Terry. If we were playing this game normally, you'd have to search the entire town for the Screamer's Bell
Lucky me. Theresa chuckled. She turned and leapt into a building just as one of Virus's power blasts hit the ground behind her, making it explode.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are…" Virus sang as he hovered around the building Theresa dove into. He started blasting at the walls. "Come on, you're a bloody bird without your bloody song! Come out here and face me, you bloody Irish cow!" Virus continued screaming and blasting away at the building. He noticed a figure run by. "Hello…" the crazed English mutant grinned evilly. He slowly hovered into the building. Meanwhile, at the top of the building, Theresa walked into a room. Inside, she saw a completely bare room…except for a glowing chest that was the size of a hassock.
Congratulations, Theresa. Hi-Tech smirked. You have proven yourself worthy, and now you are the proud owner of the Screamer's Bell Theresa gulped. The blonde slowly walked into the room, and knelt down in front of the chest. She opened it up, and she saw a green bell with a wooden handle with a chain loop attached to it, and a yellow-and-black stripe across the middle of it horizontally. The bell was glowing with a bright green aura. Theresa could not help but chuckle at how the bell looked.
"No surprise that ye'd use me costume as inspiration for the bell." The Irish blonde chuckled. She took the bell in her hand and held it. She saw a green aura cover her body. "Oh my…" Theresa smiled. She felt her body filling with power. She felt a tingle in her throat. "Me powers…I can feel me powers returning…" She took the chain of the bell and put it around her neck. The blonde heard an explosion. She looked out the hole in the wall. Virus was floating outside, twisted smirk on his face. He pointed his spear at Theresa.
"Hello, love. Remember me? I sincerely hope you put your final affairs in order. Because I'm in the mood for some killing." Theresa smiled evilly as she got to her feet.
"Hello, Vincent…" Theresa said in a syrupy sweet voice. "I got a little present for you. Close your eyes." Theresa took a deep breath, and…
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Theresa let loose a sonic scream, and it smashed into Virus like a football tackle hitting a quarterback.
"ARG!" Virus screamed as the sonic scream hit him, sending him flying backward. "ME EARS!"
"The playing field is even now, Virus. Let's do this!" Theresa yelled as she took to the air, getting ready for an aerial dogfight.
Well, well, well! Looks like the gang are making progress! What insanity will happen next? What exactly is Hi-Tech working on? Can our heroes save the day? Will Virus ever be taken seriously? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!