Hey ho! Tis me as usual. Getting down to the business of things this chapter is shorter than the others. Varying chapter length can make a story more...varied... Uh...
Disclaimer: I do not own Outlaw Star, although when I'm rich and famous this may change...
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Cyber Ruins, Forgotten Internet
Melfina flew through the cyber sky, vivid shades of blue wove around her. She knew where she was. The swirling vortex of blue and white before her was the ocean of the Internet.
' This isn't possible,' Melfina puzzled. ' I have no connection to the Internet, there's no modem, how am I able to be here?'
She looked left and right through the whirlpool of data, searching for an anomaly that could have caused this to happen. With her searching carefully through the files it took her a moment to notice it. The white space in front of her, the blank, a place no data could penetrate. Staring in awe, she edged towards it, drawn to the light like a sunflower to the sun.
As she neared it, she could see the tiny blue fragments littering the white.
'So there was data here,' she thought to herself. ' It must have been deleted.'
Curiously, Melfina raised her hand up to one of the shattered fragments, the last known remnant of a forgotten data file. Her finger brushed it lightly.
Suddenly, Melfina found herself in a darkened room. The ceiling was high and arched, etched with an ancient language she couldn't understand. The carvings on the walls made the room elaborate. The few candles lighting the room gave off an eerie blue glow.
She stepped forward expecting to her the clack of heel on stone. There was nothing.
"What's happening to me?" she whispered raising her hands to her face.
"After all this time, I'm the one that finally gets to kill you Gene."
Melfina felt the breath catch in her throat. Keeping herself hidden she looked out at the place where the voice had come from. Sure enough two individuals stood before a great white statue, radiating light. This light alone allowed her to pick out Gene from the two.
Gene had his hands in the air, his face was set. The girl on the other side of this stand off was nameless. She held a gun up to Gene's face. A gun Melfina recognised.
"Gene's caster…" she whispered.
"You don't know what you're doing," said Gene steadily. "This place was never meant to be found!"
"What do you know?!" snarled the nameless girl.
"More than you at any rate, I have someone-
"SHUT UP!" the girl's smile was menacing. " You've outlived your usefulness Gene Starwind."
The shot cracked the air like a whip. Gene staggered backwards feeling blindly at the wound in his side.
"NO!" screamed Melfina.
Gene's eyes moved from the wound in his stomach to Melfina's face. He smiled reassuringly, eyes growing dimmer. Melfina's tears mingled with the light.
"Melfina…" Gene whispered.
His eyes closed, he dropped like a stone.
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So Melfina somehow accessed the Internet without a connection, what's that all about? and what exactly was it that she saw when she touched that data particle? This is the part where I sit smiling smugly at the computer screen because I know what's going on and for the moment you're confused beyond measure. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Oh the power...
