Virtual Insanity!

To Dante Tigerwolf: Hey there, Dante! Nice to hear from you again! It's been too long! I'm very glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "The Z Project"!

To Sparky Genocide: Hey there, Sparky Genocide! Nice to hear from you again! I'm very glad you liked the last chapter! Hmm, Rahne and Theresa offering a banana to a Donkey Kong-wannabe only to turn down their offer in a refined fashion? I like that idea! I'll see what I can do with that! Enjoy the new chapter!

To Chiomon: Hey there, Chiomon! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! I'll see if I can bring a cameo by a Transformer in some way. Don't worry, Theresa is going to do some eardrum-crushing! Enjoy the new chapter!

To Firefly25: Hey there, Firefly! Nice to hear from you again! It's been too long! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Oh yeah, Siryn's got her powers back, and Virus had better run for it! Yeah, Virus is a genius, but fortunately, his huge ego and his mental screw-ups always mess up what could be perfect plans. Yeah, that situation is very difficult indeed. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait to beta-read the new chapter of "Reindeer Flotilla"!

To todd fan: Hey there, todd fan! Nice to hear from you again! I'm very glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Slugs and Snails" and "Random Tales of the Magic Roundabout"!

To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! Nice to hear from you again! I'm very glad you liked the last chapter! Who doesn't love seeing that little British snot get smacked around. I love tormenting the little psycho. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Evolution XMJ" and "Cry Havok"!

To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! Nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Yeah, Theresa is having a lot of fun right now! Ace's Yoda impersation was pretty good. At least, I thought so. Enjoy the new chapter!

Disclaimer: "Why don't you guys…split it."

Chapter 13: Reunion!

The virtual Dublin-inspired city

"WAHHHHHHHHHHH!" A powerful sonic blast ripped through the air up above the city. The sonic blast nailed a flying Virus, clad in golden armor that looked like a combination of futuristic and ancient Gaelic.

"ARG!" The insane teenage English mutant howled, clutching his ears. The sonic blast knocked him back across the sky. Theresa Rourke, aka Siryn, used her mutant powers to glide around in the air in pursuit of him

"Let's see how ye like this little scream!" The blonde Irishwoman growled. She took a deep breath. "WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Theresa blasted Virus again with another sonic scream.

"NEEARG!" Virus howled. "You bloody Irish dog!"

"Look who's talking!" Theresa snapped. "Poor Virus. Ye may have actually been able to beat me. Only one problem. Your ego. Ye think ye're so bloody great, ye forget to put in contingency plans."

"You're a cheater!" Virus howled, blasting at Siryn with his golden staff. "A bloody cheater! You weren't supposed to find that bloody bell!"

"Well, you should hide it better!" Theresa dive-bombed towards Virus. She let loose one last sonic scream. "WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The blast sent Virus reeling and sent him careening into the ground. He hit the ground with a hard CRASH! The crazed English mutant sprawled on the ground.

"Ohhhh…no fair…no fair…" Virus moaned. He tried to get to his feet and aim his staff for one last blast, but Siryn came down in the form of a green-and-yellow blur and nailed Virus with a kick, knocking him back down. The staff twirled around in the air until it landed in Siryn's hand. The Irish girl broke it over her knee.

"You're done." She narrowed her eyes at Virus. She started to glow. "Hey…" She looked at her hands. "What?" She vanished in a burst of light.

Cyberopolis

In a flash of light, Theresa Rourke found herself in Cyberopolis, a city ruled by machines, and Virus's little final level.

"My God…" Theresa's jaw dropped as she looked at the sky and the mechanical buildings. No sign of nature for miles, cold steel ruling over all. "What a place. This definitely would be Heaven for Virus. But then again, I doubt that twisted little freak would ever get there." She found herself covered by light, like a spotlight was hitting her from behind. "What?" She turned and saw three futuristic helicopters that looked like a bizarre hybrid of Apache helicopters and UFOs. "Saints…"

"Halt, human…" One of the helicopters said in a cold mechanical monotone voice. Evidently, they were automated, possessing some form of AI. But then again, this was a world generated by computers, so they were really just complicate pieces of computer code.

"Oh Saints preserve us all…" Theresa muttered.

"You are trespassing in the domain of Lord Virus." The lead helicopter said.

Lord Virus? Heh. That's generously humble of him. Theresa mentally noted. The Irish blonde couldn't help but snicker. I would think that someone like him would want to be known as King Virus…nah, that's still too lowly a title he would give himself. He'd…he'd want to be known as a god. Yeah, that'd fit him. Fit him like a bloody glove. Theresa sneered at the helicopters. "Tell your Lord Virus that I'm comin' for him, and I ain't leaving without his carcass." A futuristic cannon mounted underneath each futuristic helicopter glowed a bright pink, indicating that they were powering up. "Oh, Saints…"

"Fire." The lead helicopter said flatly. The helicopters started firing pink laser beams at the blonde screamer.

"SAINTS!" Theresa exclaimed. She jumped off the building as the helicopters tried to blast her. Using her powers, she was easily able to take flight, forcing the helicopters to take chase. "Come and get me, ye bloody figments of a psycho's mind!" She heard an explosion. "What was that? Something tells I'd better get me arse over to wherever that noise came from." She made a sharp turn around a building, causing one of the helicopters to crash into a building. As she approached, she saw Ace "Wildstar" Starr, Rahne "Wolfsbane" Sinclair, and John "Thunderbird" Proudstar wailing on several land-based robots. "I've landed in a madhouse."

"Look! It's Theresa!" John exclaimed, pointing at her in the sky.

"Oh Lord, what is she doing?" Rahne blinked.

"She must've whooped the royal tar out of ol' Virus, whatever he was dressed up as in her level." Ace chuckled.

"Get out of the way!" Theresa screeched, dodging laser fire. The three mutants immediately did so. The Irish girl dived, and she streaked past the robots Ace, Rahne, and John were fighting, causing the helicopters to blast them to get to her. "Ace, shoot them down!"

"Right!" Ace took aim, pointing his claws at the helicopters. "Locking on target…" The leonine feral started commenting in a robotic voice. "Powering up weapons…" His claws glowed a bright blue.

"Ace, stop screwing around!" Rahne yelled.

"Alright, alright…" Ace rolled his eyes. "I got this! FIRE!" Ace fired ten blue beams of energy from his claws. The energy beams hit the helicopter's rotors, and they exploded. The futuristic helicopters then dove towards the ground, crashing and exploding in a shower of pixels. "Cool."

"Oh thank ye, God." Theresa sighed. She landed near the other West Coast Misfits.

"You alright, Terry?" Ace asked.

"I am now." Theresa sighed, rubbing her throat. "I need a bloody rest."

"No time, girlie." John snorted. "Look." He pointed to a building. A countdown appeared. "We got ten minutes."

"Ten minutes to get to the center of this blasted city. Wonderful." Ace grumbled. Suddenly, a line made of golden arrows appeared on the ground. "What?"

"Hi-Tech…" Theresa smirked. "C'mon! Follow the yellow arrow road!"

"Now who's spouting bad movie references?" John smirked.

Well, well, well! Looks like our heroes are on their way. What insanity will happen next? Can they make it? Can they save the Joes? Or did a certain Joe already have a plan in mind? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!