A/N This is an important chapter. Kind of :p
Chapter 8
Paige and Chris' POV
Paige and Chris edged towards the sphere slowly.
"It's not doing anything."
"Hmm…" Paige walked up to it and poked it with her Psi blades and it exploded into a portal, through the portal, Paige could see the stone, so she grabbed Chris' arm jumped in, pulling Chris with her.
They fell for a few seconds then appeared in an empty space, no sound stone.
"What's this?" Paige looked around and saw four circles, three closed, and one that they came through.
"What do we do?" Chris asked.
"I have an idea, Psi Freeze Alpha!" A pillar of ice shot up but only a meter.
"I'm guessing their twenty meters up. Can you do that nineteen more times?"
Paige glared at him, "No."
"Look another one is opening! Who are they?"
"Dan! Don't come through!" Paige warned
"Another opened, and the last one."
"No! Russ! Sean! Dan! Don't come through!"
Dan and Sara's POV
Dan and Sara edged closer to the sphere, but after it was unmoving for a few minutes Dan decided to touch it.
"Be careful."
"Uh huh," He touched it and it opened into a portal it opened to a white room. Dan looked inside but saw nothing, and figured it was just the edge of the portal, "Let's go" Dan jumped in.
"Okay." Sara, who had been standing with her wings inside, jumped in after him.
Russ and Kate's POV
Russ and Kate finally found the sphere.
"There it is!"
"I can see that."
"You know you really need to get into the spirit of things."
"Whatever."
"Let's jump it, okay" Russ asked.
"Sure."
Russ and Kate ran up and jump at the sphere, but as they swung their weapons it opened and they fell inside.
Sean and Brian's POV
Sean and Brian ran towards the sphere, and Brian shot it once. The sphere opened revealing whiteness.
"What do you suppose that is?"
"Maybe, it's where the stone is."
"Probably, let's go."
They jumped into it.
Everyone's POV
Russ and Kate, Dan and Sara, and Sean and Brian, all dropped down to where Paige and Chris were.
They all landed softly, like Paige and Chris had, "I told you not to come down here!"
"What?" Dan said, "When?"
"Yeah, I didn't see or hear you." Russ said.
"Me neither." Sean put in.
"Oh." Paige was surprised, "Well, no matter, we have to find a way out of here."
"Sara," Dan turned to her, "We can get out but I don't think my jump-pack will have enough power to get two people out."
"Jump-pack," Russ asked, "what's that?"
"My jet-pack broke, so I modified it to shoot a small burst when I jump and land, so I can jump super high. I could modify the one you have, too. Did it break?"
"My wha…? Oh!" Russ pulled off the jet-pack, "It looks ok."
"Hey, maybe if I use both I can get myself and one other up, It'd take a few trips though."
"I could use my…" Sara stopped when she saw Dan signaling not to tell them, "Ha, ha, never mind."
Dan grabbed Russ' jet pack, checked to make sure it was fine and strapped it on, "Ok, which hole?"
"Ours went to a sewer in a town called Vangit." Paige replied.
"Ours goes to a cave in Winters." Sean said.
"Ours goes to …umm…Uoshia?" Russ asked Kate.
"Ours went to a normal village, so let's not go there." Dan said.
"Let's go up the Winters path. Since we know where that is." Russ suggested.
"Yeah okay let's do this." Dan started shuttling people up to Winters.
"I think we need to split up. There is no way to protect Ness and find the other sound stones, right?" Sean asked once everyone was up and out of the cave.
"Yeah, I agree." Russ stated, "Since we have to protect Ness from really strong enemies, the group to protect Ness should be at least 5 or 6 people. Wait a second, who are you people?"
Buzz Buzz flew out of Russ' hoodie, and looked at the enlarged group, he had been sleeping throughout the whole separation thing, "What! You found the other four so quickly!"
"There you are. I thought you might have fallen out." Russ laughed, and told Buzz Buzz what happened to him.
"The bug is talking! Eww!" Kate said, and hid behind Chris.
(A/N Everyone was standing in a circle beside the person they found, so clockwise this order: Russ, Kate, Chris, Paige, Dan, Sara, Brian, and Sean beside Russ. Just thought I'd clarify that.)
"I think that's cool," Sara looked at Buzz Buzz closely, and returned to where she was standing.
"Well, I'm Russ, and this is Kate," Russ introduced.
"I'm Sean, I brought Brain. Russ and Dan already know him."
"My name is Daniel. Call me Dan, and this is Sara."
"I'm Paige, this is Chris."
"Now that we know each other, I think before we choose groups, we should see what everyone can do. I'll start," Everyone stood behind him, "Psi Ultima Alpha!" Light slashed \ direction then that direction, then in the middle, and exploded. "Psi Flash Alpha!" A huge flash of light temporarily blinded the group, except Dan's right eye (A/N His mechanical eye). "I also have life-up alpha, but I think that's obvious. My weapon of choice is a bat. I'm also pretty good at picking locks."
"Alright, I only have one power at the moment but I have the Beta version of it so yeah. Psi Inferno Beta." Sean formed a ten foot high flame that erupted from the ground, causing the group to step back, "My weapon is a wrench."
"I don't actually have any powers, but I have a knack for inventing and modifying machines. My right eye was shot on a trip to a weird island, so I built a mechanical eye and my father installed it." Dan showed everyone. "Plus, I have been working on this," He held up a weapon that looked like a bracer but with a laser on top, "All I need is a blood sample from all of you," All gave him one he put the blood on a rock that was in a side chamber of the laser, instantly it reacted from the blood of 9 Psi users (A/N the 7 others + Ness and Paula), "Ok watch,"
He pressed a few buttons and a trigger folded out and slid into his hand. A blade cut a tiny slice of the charged Psium, put it in the barrel chamber, and powered up. "I don't know how powerful this will be. Russ can you brace me." Russ walked over and braced Dan, as he pulled the trigger. A huge laser shot out and knocked both Russ and Dan to the ground a few feet back, "Wow, ok, I'll set the charge a little lower next time. Oh and my weapon is a laser rifle."
Paige was next, "I have two powers but one is my weapon so I'll show you my other power, Psi Freeze Alpha!" A one meter high ice pillar, "My weapon is another ability of mine, Psi Blades Alpha!" Like before two blades solidified from her wrists.
"I have heal alpha, which can cure sunstrokes and colds, my weapon is a staff," Kate informant.
"I have two daggers for my weapon, and I have the ability to control weak minds, you are all Psi users so your minds aren't weak, thus I can't show my power, I can also use shadows to move around, currently I can only move if the shadows are all connected though."
"I have…umm…I haven't actually learned any powers, but I…have…wings." Sara expected to get laughed at, but everyone was just watching for them.
"Come on show us. You know after I saw you I was wondering why your shirt had two neat cuts in the back."
"Oh ok." Sara materialized her wings (A/N they disappear when not used so she just made them "come out" of her back)
"Wow, they're so pretty." Kate said silently, "So you can actually fly with those."
"Yes," Sara took to the air and soared up to the clouds and took out her bow. There was a rock lying on the ground in front of where she took off, so she aim and shot the rock dead on.
"Nice shot!" Russ said after she came down.
Sara started to put her wings away, "Wait, don't get rid of them, they look so beautiful."
"Oh ok," Sara kept them out, "Whew, it's more comfortable this way. Oh and as you can see I use a composite bow."
"Ok I can modify time to my liking, because of this I can shoot really fast. Watch this." Brain pulled out his mod-ed dessert eagles, "Psi Flux Alpha!"
Again like while he was with Sean, it appeared like Brian wasn't doing anything, but after a second; a stream of bullets came out and obliterated a boulder he had targeted. Then the bullets returned to the gun.
"My weapons are two pistols; I have two sets of bullets, normal, and armour-piercing."
"Okay so we need to pick who is going on which team."
"Sara, how long can you stay in the air before you get tired?" Russ asked.
"Hours, if I'm flying gently I can go for about 7 hours." Sara answered.
"Ok, you are definitely coming with the protect Ness team."
"But, being able to fly could help collect the sound stones too." Sean said.
"True, maybe her talents would be more needed to collect the sound stone."
"Okay, who can climb ropes?"
"I can," Brain spoke up.
"Alright, who can swim quickly?"
"I can," Kate spoke this time.
"Okay," Russ said, taking a leadership position, "The team that will protect Ness will consist of: Dan, Paige, Sean, and Chris and I. The team that will get the sound stones will be: Sara, your team leader, Brian, and Kate. Now we need to get to Ness first, Buzz Buzz?"
"Oh that ability, but only 7 of you have Psi powers. Maybe that device of Dan's will substitute. Try it"
"Okay we all have to say a part of, Psi Power Fusion Speed Warp Alpha!"
"P…"
"S…"
"I…"
"Power…"
"Fusion…"
"Speed…"
"Warp…"
"Alpha!"
Russ suddenly felt like he could see the entire world, quickly finding Ness, he focused on a position near him. They appeared and looked around. The town was covered by clouds, making it hard to see.
"Dan, anyone alive?"
"One second," Dan scanned around in infrared mode, "I see warm bodies all over the place, but, wait…, a few are grouped together."
"Where's Ness? Remember there's him and Paula so don't mind the single bodies."
"Oh no!"
"What?"
"Two bodies are under the ground," Pointing north, Dan continued, "That way."
"Okay, so Sara, you and your team go."
"Right," Sara turned, but looked back, "See you around Dan."
"Bye, Sean," Brian said.
"Don't get yourself killed, Russ," Kate quickly stated.
Sara and her team ran off, Sara quickly hide her wings so she wouldn't alarm any of the townspeople.
After waving them goodbye Russ turned to their objective or the direction of it anyways.
"Okay guys let's go!"
Russ, Sean, Dan, Paige, and Chris burst off running. They ran past the drugstore, and turned right. Running up the street, they saw a circus tent to their right.
(A/N For all you non-Earthbound players, the town is called Theed, I didn't mention it before because they don't know it's called that yet)
"That's where the group of people are, but the people I think are Ness and Paula are still ahead," Dan said.
"Okay you navigate."
Dan led the group right, then left, going north. The bodies were in a graveyard.
"Maybe they are people who just died."
"No, people don't get buried that fast."
They entered the graveyard until they were directly above the warm bodies.
"Look out!" Dan looked up to see a UFO about to crash into them.
They team jumped out of the way just in time and looked into the hole it made.
"Ne-"
"Quiet! He can't know we're here, remember."
"Right, sorry, I'm just glad it was him. Is that Jeff?"
"It is Jeff. Wow, He's one of Ness' allies? He doesn't have any powers either though."
Russ stood up, "We have to hide so they don't see us when they come out."
The group ran behind a nearby tree, watching the impact hole. A gravestone beside the hole moved to reveal a passage and out came Ness, Paula, and Jeff.
(A/N I'll use an "enter" to separate Ness' group and Russ' group. Like this gap)
"So I'm Jeff, Paula called me here to save you."
"Thanks Jeff, I'm Ness. That was quite the entrance." Ness laughed
"So we were on our way to stop the leader of the zombies. Will you help us?" Paula asked.
"Sure."
A shiver ran down Paige's back, "Z-z-z-zombie…"
"It makes sense, I'm mean, the theory of zombies is farfetched, but it explains why the town looks so vacant and dark." Dan checked his watch, "It's 2 in the afternoon, but the clouds are blocking the sun."
"We'd better follow them," Russ turned to follow Ness, "Dan keep watching around for enemies."
"Right." Dan started looking around for extra bodies. He had counted the number of warm bodies before they had found Ness and Paula.
Russ' Team stealthily followed Ness' group. Watching very closely, but being cautious not to be seen. As they turned past the hotel Ness had stopped on the road beside the circus tent. He was talking on a cell phone.
"What's he saying? Don't you have some kind of ranged listening device Dan?" Russ asked.
Dan put a pair of head phones on and held a gun-like machine at Ness.
"...Zombie paper?"
"Yeah, it'll solve any Zombie problems, just put it on the floor and wait."
"Okay, but I can't get to Twoson, the buses don't come here."
"No problem, I sent it to you with a Mach Pizza delivery man."
"Okay, thanks again Apple Kid, bye."
"What did he say?"
"He was talking about Zombie paper. The other person on the line was Apple Kid. I think he's an inventor from Twoson."
"What's Zombie paper?"
"I don't know, Apple kid said it'll solve any Zombie problems and that a Mach Pizza delivery guy would bring it to him."
The team watched as Ness, Paula, and Jeff all sat on a bench. They just sat there, for 3 minutes. Then, finally, the delivery guy came running up gave something to Ness and ran off. Ness looked at the paper, shrugged and walked into the circus tent. He was only gone for about a minute before he returned and walked into the hotel.
"So, are we going to camp out?"
"We have to watch him all night though."
"Not a problem," Dan pulled out a tripod, and set a life detector on top, "This thing will alert me when it detects any additional life in this area." (A/N he seems to have unlimited backspace)
"Can we stay at the hotel?"
"Okay Ness knows me, Dan, and Sean. Paige and Chris, since Ness doesn't know you, you'll have to get a room for five." Russ ordered, "It'll be better to watch him if we are closer,"
"All of us in the same room?" Paige was a little nervous about sharing a room with four guys she hardly knew.
"Is that bad?" Russ said, totally oblivious to her problem.
"Russ, if you haven't noticed, she's a girl." Sean told him.
"So?" Everyone except Russ saw the problem.
"Aww, never mind, guys, I'll manage."
Paige and Chris walked into the hotel and asked for a room for five people.
"I'm sorry, but all rooms only hold four people." The hotel clerk said.
"Maybe we should get two rooms then, you guys in one and me in the other," Paige suggested to Chris.
Feeling kind of, put on the spot, he stuttered, "Umm…M-maybe we should asked Russ."
"Fine, I guess we could ask." They walked out, and proposed the idea.
"Sure I guess, but who'll be in the room alone?"
"Me. I'll be on the other side of Ness' room." Paige quickly said before anyone else could.
"Sure, that works."
"Thank you!"
Paige and Chris re-entered the hotel, and got the two rooms. Paige went straight to her room. Chris came out, gave Russ the room key, and watched outside Ness' room to make sure Ness didn't come out and surprise them. Once everyone was in Russ' room, Chris got Paige, and the team had a meeting to discuss what they would do.
"Dan you have that life scanner?" Russ asked, trying to take inventory.
"Yeah," Dan pointed to the machine in the corner, "right over there."
"Good. Everyone get some rest so we watch Ness tomorrow."
Paige went back to her room, and everyone fell asleep. An hour later, Dan was awakened by his life scanner. He got out of bed and ran over to it as quickly and quietly as possible. He didn't want to wake the others unless it was serious.
"Let's see here…nothing's changed. Strange." He changed the mode to look for the zombies, "All the zombies are in the tent! This could be our change to get rid of them." He turned and looked at his friends, "It can wait till morning." He got back into bed and quickly returned to sleep.
A/N I love this way of telling the story. It's like the original but from a different perspective. But fear not, the real threat will show itself in the next chapter.
