A/N: Sorry this is late. Had research to do. (the games, Anime, manga…) Well this one's not so happy.

Character Corner: Today is Makatiel.

Makatiel is the super strong silent type. Doesn't like to talk much, but is willing to help. He and Iofiel play "The World" with a background story. The say there brother and sister, and a punishment to Makatiel for defining a god he was force to say one word. Not one knows what exactly he did. Not even Iofiel.

Chapter4: Vizier

It was an odd turn of events. Here they were in a low level area. The enemies before them were most likely stronger, but by how much?

Orca on the other hand could handle himself, maybe. No one could really tell, but one thing was for certain. Orca was ready to fight. He's half of the most powerful team in "The World", but with Balmung missing; thing were getting out of hand.

Za'Afiel and Azriel stood back-to-back ready to make an attempt of an attack. Here it was; could this be what Maxell meant by quarantine?

If it wasn't much already, the gold wave master had in her hands the infamous Wand of Skeith. Only Orca noticed that. It was that same Phase that put him into coma. It brought up bad memories for Orca. One's he didn't want to relive.

"Oh my sweet guests, how are you?" The gold wave master taunted. "Gan, Rue, Vak, Juk. What do we see? Hmm…could it be? Oh but it must. The flunkies of little Rai?" She point at each of them, hoping for a reaction, but sadly all she got were anger faces, and a finger or two from Dante, she wasn't very pleased.

The golden user who names seemed to be based on the elemental spells; Gan, Rue, Vak, Juk. Moved around, circling there pray. Each with a animal mark, and the girl above them with Skeith's wand.

There was no signs of attack. The gold users stood there. It was creepy. Everyone was think of how they could get out of it. It looked almost hopeless. They could probably tell that they were illegally edited characters. Then it hit each of them.

Is this what Maxell meant by "unofficial quarantine team?" Is this some game to him? Is this what were suppose to drain?"

As if they were being driven by some mysterious force, they reached for there data pendants. The pendants changed into a weapon matching there job class, but the wave masters who got bows.

It was like they were in a trance, and they attack. InuAcosta charge the Long-Arm with the armlets of the wolf. Makatiel and Iofiel waged war on the Heavy Blade. Dante against the Serpent helmed Blade Master. Za'Afiel and Azriel with the Blade master with the Ram Helm.

Then Orca looking up decided his target was the girl with Skeith's wand, but she was above, and he was below.

Everyone had there hands full with there enemies. InuAcosta though seem to be having a tougher time. The wolf like agility of his opponent was over whelming. Acosta would swing, and she would evade. He was angry.

"Damit, stand still!" InuAcosta said aggravated as he missed another attack.

The golden user he was fighting without a doubt was toying with him. He knew and it ate away at him. Then after what could have been the fifty swing the wolf like user disappeared. It looked like he had landed a hit, So he swung his blade over his right shoulder and rubbed his nose with his left thumb.

"She wasn't soo tough." He said proudly nodding his head.

Then out of know where he felt a sharp pain in his tail bone. The pain in fact sent him skidding a couple feet.

InuAcosta staggered to stand using his sword to help him up, while rubbing his back side.

"You know what? Virtual pain sucks…" He said with an aching butt.

Then Dante who heard InuAcosta had a reply to his statement. "Of course it does. It's called 'pain' for crying out load. What? You thought it was gonna tickle?"

She her self was having trouble with her friendly foe. Unlike InuAcosta's fight; Dante was on the defense of the Blade Master's attack. Dante was side stepping and jumping just to get small amounts of damage. In fact she hadn't even had a chance to attack. She was getting desperate. She was planning to try and slip behind her Blade Master foe and start attacking, but when the opportunity came she failed to get behind. Instead she was greeted by the good end of the sword in the gut. The impact sent her flying upward into the sky. Next the Blade Master use her Sword to jump up higher then Dante. Then delivered a scissor kick along Dante's back, sending her crashing into the ground.

Now the Wave Master weren't that much better off. Yes they were holding off the bear like Heavy Blade. There spells only slowed his confident walk. With his MASSIVE sword on his back he had not much to fear. The Makatiel out of desperation drew back on the string of his bow. As he pulled back a arrow of energy formed.

"DIE…" Was what came out of Makatiel's mouth, as released a the arrow.

The arrow went soaring straight at the Heavy Blade. Like before he stood as the arrow made contact with the Heavy Blade's armor, but there was a difference. The arrow pierced the Heavy Blade's armor! In there surprise the Heavy Blade collapsed. Following a green strand of Data appeared around the Heavy Blade.

Iofiel's eyes went wide. "Bro NOW! Shoot for the Data Drain!" Makatiel nodded and took careful aim, and released!

They were so close to draining and beating the Heavy Blade, but out of nowhere the gold rings that symbolized a user gating out of the area appeared around the Heavy Blade. The Data Drain arrow went through him as he gated out. They were so close. Then they turned there attention on supporting the others.

Now you think a Blade Master and a Long-arm could take one Blade Master, but they were being schooled. This Blade Master was holding them back with attacks like "Revolver" and "Vak Rom".

Every time one of them got close enough to attack, he'd use "Revolver" to push them back. Then he got enough distance to use "Ap Do". That when the real battle began. Neither Za'Afiel or Azriel could keep up. So the Ram helm Blade Master would run past them and at the same time use a horizontal slash. His attacks were relentless. Each strike had just as much power as the last.

They both were on the ground in seconds. There HP was low and they physically felt too weak to fight on.

Finally was Orca an the girl. She was out of range for his attacks and spells. She just floated there smiling innocently. She looked innocent but she had a bad vibe to her.

Then she descended to just hover a foot off the ground. She giggled then pointed her wand at Orca. Orca took it as a personal invite.

He charged and the girl raised her wand and stopped Orca with only a few inches between them. She smiled again, but this time struck up a conversation.

"Orca?" She said all big eyed. "DO you know what happened to Balmung?"

Orca looked angry. "It's none of your business!" He jumped back and angled his sword for his next attack.

"But I know where he is." She said in a maniacal tone. Orca stopped dead in his tracks.

"What did you do to him!" He pointed blade enraged.

She giggled again. "He's here in "The World", and he's not doing well." She smile at the memory.

"You Bitch!!" He ran straight at her content to running her through, but with a wave of her wand she force Orca to the ground with its shock wave.

She stood over Orca with Skeith's wand pointed down on Orca. "Any last request?"

"Yeah, two. First. Burn in Hell! And the other is…Where's Balmung?!"

She smiled. " He's hanging around Civ… You know he refuses to scream? Well it's time." She raised her hand opposite the one with the Wand. Then something very familiar appeared.

Orca saw "it" for the second time. The Data bracelet. "NO!" He shouted as she use data drain with nothing left where he stood.

The six remaining were, for the most part on the ground, and saw the horrific sight of the natural data drain. They all lost hope at that moment of getting out alive, but as to be on cue in there heads time slowed suddenly.

There out of thin air was the Golden Heavy Axe Maxell. He stood in the middle of the action with his head hung down in shame. He had come too late to save them all. He clenched his fist tight. Enrage he took a quick look around.

Around him was left the few players he choose, on the ground. He saw the other users in gold slowly making there way to finish off there prey. He watched as InuAcosta was kicked relentlessly as he laid on the ground almost motionless. He watched as Dante was juggled in mid-air with a series of graceful blow with the blunt end of a sword. He saw Za'Afiel and Azriel being burn alive with "Vak Don" spells. He Watched as an exhausted Makatiel and Iofiel tried to keep everyone alive, and there looks asking "When will it end?"

He looked up and once more around. He couldn't stand it.

"ENOUGH!" He roared. He raised a hand and snapped a finger.

Everyone but the other users in gold faded into the background right before anymore final blows could be done. Absorbed into the data stream that fed into every area in "The World".

It was a sad day in "The World" with the loss of Orca of the Azure Sea. They each in there heads said "bye" to Orca for the time being. They emerge in the area of; Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground.

There they all were mostly on the ground, with Maxell's back to the church. He shook his head at the poor condition of the six users.

Maxell quickly used a "Phal Repth" healing spell. After each user regained there strength. They sat there on the floor, as they saw Maxell walk away into the church. Once everyone got back to there feet and looked at one another, but with out eye contact.

They took the walk of shame to the great church of "The World". They saw Maxell on one knee before a statue of a girl in chains. Once they got close enough they could hear what Maxell was doing. He was praying.

"Forgive me Aura. I've failed again… It was my fault. I should have chosen better users, but there something about them. When I first saw them I saw a bit of you. It's silly. It's my fault. I created those monsters…"

Dante angry charge at Maxell. Maxell heard the echoes of Dante's steps and turn around to meet the wrath of Dante's fist against his cheek. He stood in shock for a second as he looked down on a panting Dante. He saw in her eyes the fire of hatred.

"You!" She was now poking Maxell in the chest. "This is all your fault! You never warned us of those things! It cause of you Orca was, was…"

By now everyone was around the two. Maxell looked up. " he was Drained. Ophelia the Ani did it. Not me. I didn't think you two would cross so soon, and Orca paid the price. He's most likely on his way to the hospital. He's … in a deep coma."

They all eyed Maxell mysteriously. Azriel had his arms crossed and was equally angry as Dante. " Who's Ophelia the Ani? Explain yourself now, and no mysteries. Got it."

Maxell nodded. "She and I are part of a Hacker group. We call ourselves the Viziers. With our name we have a title. I'm Maxell the Rai, and Ophelia is Ani. Then there Sagittarius the Gan. He's a heavy Blade with the mark of the Bear. Then there's Libra the Rue. She's a Long-arm. has the mark of the wolf. Then there's Virgo the Vak. He's a Blade Master marked by the ram, and one of the more powerful. Gemini the juk. She's a Blade Master marked with the serpent. We all loved this online game. Our idle was Helba. Then one night we came across a fragmented data file in the CC corp. mainframe. It was make 'Project: Eternity'. It was also dated around the time the big Pluto's Kiss thing happened. The one involving the character Kite." He paused to see if they were following. Then took a deep breath. "It was an event monster, but it had corrupted data. We were amazed to find trace amounts of the Pluto's Kiss virus in it. For a while we tinkered with the data. We were soon able to create Data Bug. Never did we let them loose in "The World", but it was fun. That's how we were able to create a controlled data drain. Then thing took a turn for the worse. Ophelia became consumed with the virus. Every detail, every foot note. Then she found that wand of hers in "The World". It gave her the powers of Skeith. She and the other recently started to infect "The World". She's crazy!"

Maxell hung his head in shame. Then Za'Afiel patted Maxell on the back. Maxell looked over to Za'Afiel.

"Look here Maxell. I don't know about the rest of these clowns, but I want payback. I'll fight to my destruction if I have to, besides I got a score to settle with that ass Virgo. You lead, and I'll follow."

Maxell looked around to see nods. He picked himself up and came to his senses.

"Alright then its settled. Were fighting back! Oh! I almost forgot. I have gifts for you all." Maxell handed to each of the six a small little box thing.

"It's a device that'll allow you to check your mail, talk to other users and check the board only. That means you can't talk to the outside world, and one more thing. The CC corp. is finishing up on a new feature to each root towns. It's called an arena. It'll be were users could fight one another and not lose data. Prepare, because in less than seven days there holding a grand tournament, for levels 1 - 15. So have fun and train. I'll figure somethin out in the mean time."

InuAcosta jumped for joy. "Yes! Finally I have a chance to prove myself!" Then on cue Dante made her comment.

"Yeah for me to whip you." She Followed it up with a playful punch to InuAcosta's arm. The group burst into a laughter. A laughter not because it was funny, but because they were scared.

Next Chapter: Enter the Colossus

A/N: Enjoy? What you think too much?