AN: Got on a writing spree this afternoon, so here is the next chapter. I'm not sure how well I did with the battle description, but once I finally finish the fic I will go back and rewrite it. (That probably won't be for a long time though...) Anyway, read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from My Life as a Teenage Robot or .hack. I do own the online personas of Kakera, Aoshi, Tobira, Rai, Youkai, Akumu, Jamie, and Taka.
.hackdimensions
Chapter 10: Player Killer
"What the hell?!" yelled Kakera, as she dodged Taka's blade going straight for her leg. The yellow twin blade obviously wanted to get rid of Kakera at any cost, for she seemed to keep coming at the heavy blade as quickly as she could. Kakera started running, just trying to get away from the player killer.
'I don't have a chance of holding up a defense against her,' thought Kakera. 'Her level must be far above mine if she was sent here to kill me. But how long can I keep up running?' The heavy blade took a chance to glance behind her for the twin blade. However, there seemed to be no one behind her.
"What?" she whispered, coming to a stop. Kakera could still see the dungeon entrance in the distance, where Rai must still be sitting, paralyzed. But around her, all Kakera could see were a few lone spinning yellow monster portals, and some odd ruins here and there.
"Where could she have gone? She was right behind me." A rustle to her left cause Kakera to glance over.
The ruins there were simple rock formations. The layered rocks were scattered about, but the tallest stood ten feet high in the air. Kakera drew her sword and held it front of her defensively. If Taka was hiding amongst the ruins, then at least the heavy blade would have some sort of defense if the assassin jumped out. Kakera took a step closer to the ruins, pausing to listen for her foe. Then another step; a pause. Another...
"Hyah!" Kakera jumped back as Taka jumped from the top of the ruins. Her twin blades were held out in front of her, ready to land a blow on Kakera. Taka landed quickly on her feet and jumped forward instantly. The heavy blade raised her sword to block the blades, and held fast with all her might.
"Humph, you have fast reflexes for a newbie," commented Taka as she tried to push down with her blades. "Have you played games like these before?"
"Just natural reflexes of mine," said Kakera quickly. "Why the sudden conversation?"
"It's always fun to have a conversation with your victim, let's you understand why they need to die more." Taka grinned. "Of course, I never give any of my victim's sympathy because of something they say." Taka broke the standstill between them and quickly sliced Kakera's arm. The heavy blade cried out in pain.
"Lucky for you that was a minor blow," laughed Taka. "If I had gotten a clean hit you would be dead."
Kakera held her arm, trying to think. 'Talking might stall her long enough for me to use a Health Drink,' she thought.
"Why is that?" asked the heavy blade. "What level are you anyway?"
"Let's just say a lot higher than you." Taka stepped back and looked about ready to jump when Kakera spoke again.
"But how were you able to get to such a high level? I'm sure you must have been playing this game for a long time."
Taka stopped and smiled. "Well, I don't mean to brag, but I haven't been playing the game for a long time. I started playing, oh..." Taka looked up at the sky, thinking. While the twin blade was distracted, Kakera pulled out a Health Drink and drunk it down.
"Three months or so. Of course I started killing players a month after I began but..." Taka finally noticed that Kakera was standing straight again, fully healed. Not only that, but she was running forward, straight towards Taka!
Kakera swung with all her might at the agile twin blade, but Taka had fast reflexes as well. She dove out of the way of the sword, thus only allowing Kakera to get a small cut on Taka.
"I must admit," said Taka. "You are quite skilled for a newbie. None have laid a cut on me in a long time. However, you still won't be able to beat me. That stupid little attack took barely any HP from me." Taka threw her twin blades into the air, and then caught them again, in a showy act. "But for causing me this injury, no matter how small it is, you will pay!" she roared, and ran towards the heavy blade.
Kakera raised her eyes in alarm and started running back towards the dungeon entrance. 'Ugh, what have I done?' she thought. 'I should have just run when I had the chance, but now she'll be even more determined to do me in. Oh, what should I do now? Aoshi, where are you? I need you!'
The blademaster Aoshi arrived through the Chaos Gate in the Water Capital Mac Anu. Not even glancing at who was around, he walked into one of the alcoves in the Chaos Gate square, trying to hide in the shadows.
"It's bad enough my computer wasn't working until now," he said to himself. "But now I have to hide if I want to try and contact Kakera. Ugh, if those stupid fan girls weren't in every root down..." Aoshi glanced out into the square, but saw no one he recognized. Just a few parties walking over to the Chaos Gate to get to some other areas.
"There was no response to that flash email I sent her, so she must be in a battle or she's not here. I hope it's just that she wasn't able to get here. If that player assassin got to her, her character will already be dead and her computer will have a virus. I know I shouldn't worry about just a virus, but you never know what people can create anymore, especially since Deadly Flash." Aoshi shuddered at the thought of that virus.
'Deadly Flash' had been a horrible virus that had infected computers many years ago, when Aoshi was only a child in the real world. Besides causing problems in almost everything involving computers in the world, it had also caused the deaths of seven people. Seven people, including Aoshi's mother.
"Mom..." he whispered, shuddering at the memory. 'You were just going to go order something online for Dad,' the blademaster thought. 'You asked me to help you order it, since I was better at computers, but I said I was busy, that I didn't want to. And then you went on, and it happened... I should have been there for you. I should have been taken, not you.
'Since that happened to you, why do I even bother still with the computer? Why do I risk playing this game, even after all the coma victims? Do I feel invincible or something?' He sighed. 'I guess I just wanted something to indulge myself in after you were gone. Dad still blames me, and I just wanted to get away from that. That and everything else.'
A dinging sound interrupted Aoshi's thoughts. "Huh? An email?" An envelope appeared in his hands. He opened it to reveal an email from Rai.
"What? This was sent almost two hours ago. I guess whatever was wrong with my computer also affected my email and delayed it." Aoshi read through it quickly. He raised his eyebrows as he read, obviously worried now.
"Damn it," he whispered. "It says that if Kakera showed up, they were going to that area I told him about. Otherwise he would still be in the square. That must mean they are already there. If that player killer is any good, she'll already be down there too. I have to get there now." Aoshi threw down the letter and ran towards the Chaos Gate. A few people pointed at him, recognizing him, but the blademaster ignored them.
'I won't lose her,' he thought as the yellow portal lights covered him. 'I won't lose someone else again...'
"Ah!" yelled Kakera as she ran from the rampaging twin blade. No matter how fast the heavy blade ran, Taka always seemed to be right behind her. 'If I could just get far enough away for the battle mode to turn off I could gate out. But then I'd have to leave Rai here, and I can't do that.'
Kakera shuddered at the decision. 'It doesn't matter anyway,' she thought. 'It would take a miracle for me to get away from Taka.'
"Come on little kiddy!" taunted Taka. "Don't you want to come and play?"
"Not with you!" yelled back Kakera.
"Humph, well, we can play another game instead." Taka jumped up into another pile of ruins, leaving Kakera to run off alone.
"Where did she go now?" whispered Kakera. "She must still be close by; my battle mode is still on. Unless..." Kakera stopped and turned. A spinning yellow monster gate was right nearby. It started spinning faster and faster, as the monster was about to come out.
'Shit, not now. Not when I have Taka on my tail and no help out here.'
The monster gate suddenly vanished and two sword wielding creatures stood in its place. The one on the left was purple, and looked like a well dressed warrior, complete with armor. Its face was covered by a helmet, and in its right hand was a huge sword. The one on the right was identical, except its armor was a pale blue.
"Shit!" yelled Kakera, holding up her blade. The two monsters ran towards her, and jumped up with their swords. Kakera rose up her sword to block it, and the blades came down...
Aoshi arrived in the desert area grim faced. The dungeon entrance was not far from him, and no other real landmarks were about.
"Where could she be?" the blademaster asked himself. He ran over to the dungeon entrance, hoping that the heavy blade had not gone down below. But before he could check, he saw Rai, crumpled on the ground.
"Rai!" Aoshi ran over to the twin blade. "What happened?"
"Player killer named Taka," said Rai, breathing hard. "Came and threw some sort of paralyzing bomb at me. Then she started chasing Kakera. She wants to kill her."
"Shit, I should have gotten here sooner." Aoshi reached into the pocket of his coat and pulled out an item. "Let me see if I can get the paralyzing effect off you first."
"What about Kakera?"
"If the player killer had gotten her already, she'd have come over here to gloat about it before killing you. Kakera can hold her own for a few moments longer." He used the item in his hand on Rai, but the electric currents still were going through the twin blade's body.
"What? That should have worked..."
"Taka said the bomb was her own creation, and only she has the antidote."
"Hmm..." Aoshi stood up and raised his hands up. His body began to glow, and then the glow was shot to Rai. The electric currents stopped and Rai rose to his feet.
"How..." the twin blade began.
"She may have the only antidote for it, but magic still works. That's an advanced technique that will cure any status ailment. I'm just thankful that it actually worked. Now come on, we have to find Kakera."
"Ugh!" Kakera jumped away from the attacking creatures. One had already gotten a hit on her, but she knew she wouldn't be able to distract them in time to use another Health Potion.
'I have to get rid of them now,' she thought. 'It's the only way I'll be able to survive.' With that Kakera ran forward and attacked the nearest one, the blue monster. Red numbers appeared over its head, indicating the attack had worked. Kakera tried to hit it again, but was blocked by the creature's own sword. The purple one suddenly appeared behind Kakera and attacked her. The heavy blade screamed in pain, and attacked the blue one again, causing it to fall to the ground.
'One down,' she thought. 'But I can't let this one attack me, or I will be dead.' The heavy blade turned towards her remaining opponent, her sword in hand. The monster faced her and began to glow, as if getting a magic spell ready. Without hesitation, Kakera rushed forward and hit it twice with powerful swipes of her blade. The monster stopped and turned gray. Its body fell to the ground, and then disappeared, defeated.
"Whew," Kakera breathed a sigh of relief. 'Now if only I could get rid of Taka that easily...'
"Kakera!" yelled a voice from far up ahead. Kakera looked to see Rai and Aoshi running towards her.
"Rai! Aoshi!" she yelled back in greeting. 'Thank god they're alright. But why do they look so scared?'
"Behind you!" yelled Aoshi, his eyes screaming with worry.
"Wha-" Kakera was cut off by the feel of metal in her back. She froze as Taka pulled the blade out of the heavy blade's back, grinning with delight. Kakera fell to her knees on the ground staring straight ahead.
'I'm gonna die?' she thought, as her body began to turn gray. She could see Aoshi and Rai stop dead in their tracks, shock on their faces. As the rest of her body began to turn to the gray stone, she could see Aoshi yell something and start running towards Taka with his blade raised. Before Kakera could see what was happening, her body was completely stone, and she was no longer there.
"Kakera!" yelled Aoshi. It had taken them some time to trek across the field, but they had finally found her. Thankfully, it looked like she was ok. But there was someone behind her...
"Behind you!" he yelled again, as Taka snuck up behind Kakera. However, the heavy blade did not react fast enough. Taka stuck her blade in Kakera's back, killing her. Both Aoshi and Rai stopped dead in their tracks, horrified.
"Kakera..." whispered Rai. "She died?" Her body was turning gray right before their eyes.
"She's not in your party right now, or else she'd just turn to a ghost," whispered Aoshi, not even noticing that he was explaining. "That bitch. THAT BITCH!" Aoshi raised his sword and started running after the twin blade. Rai lifted up his hand to stop Aoshi, but the blademaster was already gone.
Before Aoshi could even reach the player killer, Taka grinned and disappeared in a yellow portal. Aoshi stopped in place and fell to his knees, dropping his blade to the ground.
Rai finally caught up to the blademaster. "She'll be alright, won't she?"
Aoshi shook his head. "If that player killer stuck a virus on those blades, who knows. God, who knows..."
Kakera was falling, falling down an endless hole. Her eyes opened slightly to see the colors going by. 'Is this what it's like to die in the game?' she thought. 'I guess I better take off my headset then, the guide said you can't play for two hours after you are killed.' Her body remained motionless, and Kakera was suddenly afraid.
'What? Why can't I move? I can't move in the real world! God, what's happening to me?' Suddenly, it was all gone.
In the real world, Jenny suddenly sat still as her character was killed. The computer screen read 'Life Over', only for a moment. Then, the machine shut off, the effects of Taka's virus already taking place.
The controller fell from Jenny's hands and her body collapsed to the floor. Footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs, and then the door to Jenny's room was opened.
"XJ-9, your time is up," said Mrs. Winkman. "Time to-" She stopped, horrified.
"XJ-9!" she yelled getting down to check on the teenage robot. She removed Jenny's headset, but the robot's eyes were closed, and none of her systems seemed to be working.
Taka's virus had worked too well.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from My Life as a Teenage Robot or .hack. I do own the online personas of Kakera, Aoshi, Tobira, Rai, Youkai, Akumu, Jamie, and Taka.
.hackdimensions
Chapter 10: Player Killer
"What the hell?!" yelled Kakera, as she dodged Taka's blade going straight for her leg. The yellow twin blade obviously wanted to get rid of Kakera at any cost, for she seemed to keep coming at the heavy blade as quickly as she could. Kakera started running, just trying to get away from the player killer.
'I don't have a chance of holding up a defense against her,' thought Kakera. 'Her level must be far above mine if she was sent here to kill me. But how long can I keep up running?' The heavy blade took a chance to glance behind her for the twin blade. However, there seemed to be no one behind her.
"What?" she whispered, coming to a stop. Kakera could still see the dungeon entrance in the distance, where Rai must still be sitting, paralyzed. But around her, all Kakera could see were a few lone spinning yellow monster portals, and some odd ruins here and there.
"Where could she have gone? She was right behind me." A rustle to her left cause Kakera to glance over.
The ruins there were simple rock formations. The layered rocks were scattered about, but the tallest stood ten feet high in the air. Kakera drew her sword and held it front of her defensively. If Taka was hiding amongst the ruins, then at least the heavy blade would have some sort of defense if the assassin jumped out. Kakera took a step closer to the ruins, pausing to listen for her foe. Then another step; a pause. Another...
"Hyah!" Kakera jumped back as Taka jumped from the top of the ruins. Her twin blades were held out in front of her, ready to land a blow on Kakera. Taka landed quickly on her feet and jumped forward instantly. The heavy blade raised her sword to block the blades, and held fast with all her might.
"Humph, you have fast reflexes for a newbie," commented Taka as she tried to push down with her blades. "Have you played games like these before?"
"Just natural reflexes of mine," said Kakera quickly. "Why the sudden conversation?"
"It's always fun to have a conversation with your victim, let's you understand why they need to die more." Taka grinned. "Of course, I never give any of my victim's sympathy because of something they say." Taka broke the standstill between them and quickly sliced Kakera's arm. The heavy blade cried out in pain.
"Lucky for you that was a minor blow," laughed Taka. "If I had gotten a clean hit you would be dead."
Kakera held her arm, trying to think. 'Talking might stall her long enough for me to use a Health Drink,' she thought.
"Why is that?" asked the heavy blade. "What level are you anyway?"
"Let's just say a lot higher than you." Taka stepped back and looked about ready to jump when Kakera spoke again.
"But how were you able to get to such a high level? I'm sure you must have been playing this game for a long time."
Taka stopped and smiled. "Well, I don't mean to brag, but I haven't been playing the game for a long time. I started playing, oh..." Taka looked up at the sky, thinking. While the twin blade was distracted, Kakera pulled out a Health Drink and drunk it down.
"Three months or so. Of course I started killing players a month after I began but..." Taka finally noticed that Kakera was standing straight again, fully healed. Not only that, but she was running forward, straight towards Taka!
Kakera swung with all her might at the agile twin blade, but Taka had fast reflexes as well. She dove out of the way of the sword, thus only allowing Kakera to get a small cut on Taka.
"I must admit," said Taka. "You are quite skilled for a newbie. None have laid a cut on me in a long time. However, you still won't be able to beat me. That stupid little attack took barely any HP from me." Taka threw her twin blades into the air, and then caught them again, in a showy act. "But for causing me this injury, no matter how small it is, you will pay!" she roared, and ran towards the heavy blade.
Kakera raised her eyes in alarm and started running back towards the dungeon entrance. 'Ugh, what have I done?' she thought. 'I should have just run when I had the chance, but now she'll be even more determined to do me in. Oh, what should I do now? Aoshi, where are you? I need you!'
The blademaster Aoshi arrived through the Chaos Gate in the Water Capital Mac Anu. Not even glancing at who was around, he walked into one of the alcoves in the Chaos Gate square, trying to hide in the shadows.
"It's bad enough my computer wasn't working until now," he said to himself. "But now I have to hide if I want to try and contact Kakera. Ugh, if those stupid fan girls weren't in every root down..." Aoshi glanced out into the square, but saw no one he recognized. Just a few parties walking over to the Chaos Gate to get to some other areas.
"There was no response to that flash email I sent her, so she must be in a battle or she's not here. I hope it's just that she wasn't able to get here. If that player assassin got to her, her character will already be dead and her computer will have a virus. I know I shouldn't worry about just a virus, but you never know what people can create anymore, especially since Deadly Flash." Aoshi shuddered at the thought of that virus.
'Deadly Flash' had been a horrible virus that had infected computers many years ago, when Aoshi was only a child in the real world. Besides causing problems in almost everything involving computers in the world, it had also caused the deaths of seven people. Seven people, including Aoshi's mother.
"Mom..." he whispered, shuddering at the memory. 'You were just going to go order something online for Dad,' the blademaster thought. 'You asked me to help you order it, since I was better at computers, but I said I was busy, that I didn't want to. And then you went on, and it happened... I should have been there for you. I should have been taken, not you.
'Since that happened to you, why do I even bother still with the computer? Why do I risk playing this game, even after all the coma victims? Do I feel invincible or something?' He sighed. 'I guess I just wanted something to indulge myself in after you were gone. Dad still blames me, and I just wanted to get away from that. That and everything else.'
A dinging sound interrupted Aoshi's thoughts. "Huh? An email?" An envelope appeared in his hands. He opened it to reveal an email from Rai.
"What? This was sent almost two hours ago. I guess whatever was wrong with my computer also affected my email and delayed it." Aoshi read through it quickly. He raised his eyebrows as he read, obviously worried now.
"Damn it," he whispered. "It says that if Kakera showed up, they were going to that area I told him about. Otherwise he would still be in the square. That must mean they are already there. If that player killer is any good, she'll already be down there too. I have to get there now." Aoshi threw down the letter and ran towards the Chaos Gate. A few people pointed at him, recognizing him, but the blademaster ignored them.
'I won't lose her,' he thought as the yellow portal lights covered him. 'I won't lose someone else again...'
"Ah!" yelled Kakera as she ran from the rampaging twin blade. No matter how fast the heavy blade ran, Taka always seemed to be right behind her. 'If I could just get far enough away for the battle mode to turn off I could gate out. But then I'd have to leave Rai here, and I can't do that.'
Kakera shuddered at the decision. 'It doesn't matter anyway,' she thought. 'It would take a miracle for me to get away from Taka.'
"Come on little kiddy!" taunted Taka. "Don't you want to come and play?"
"Not with you!" yelled back Kakera.
"Humph, well, we can play another game instead." Taka jumped up into another pile of ruins, leaving Kakera to run off alone.
"Where did she go now?" whispered Kakera. "She must still be close by; my battle mode is still on. Unless..." Kakera stopped and turned. A spinning yellow monster gate was right nearby. It started spinning faster and faster, as the monster was about to come out.
'Shit, not now. Not when I have Taka on my tail and no help out here.'
The monster gate suddenly vanished and two sword wielding creatures stood in its place. The one on the left was purple, and looked like a well dressed warrior, complete with armor. Its face was covered by a helmet, and in its right hand was a huge sword. The one on the right was identical, except its armor was a pale blue.
"Shit!" yelled Kakera, holding up her blade. The two monsters ran towards her, and jumped up with their swords. Kakera rose up her sword to block it, and the blades came down...
Aoshi arrived in the desert area grim faced. The dungeon entrance was not far from him, and no other real landmarks were about.
"Where could she be?" the blademaster asked himself. He ran over to the dungeon entrance, hoping that the heavy blade had not gone down below. But before he could check, he saw Rai, crumpled on the ground.
"Rai!" Aoshi ran over to the twin blade. "What happened?"
"Player killer named Taka," said Rai, breathing hard. "Came and threw some sort of paralyzing bomb at me. Then she started chasing Kakera. She wants to kill her."
"Shit, I should have gotten here sooner." Aoshi reached into the pocket of his coat and pulled out an item. "Let me see if I can get the paralyzing effect off you first."
"What about Kakera?"
"If the player killer had gotten her already, she'd have come over here to gloat about it before killing you. Kakera can hold her own for a few moments longer." He used the item in his hand on Rai, but the electric currents still were going through the twin blade's body.
"What? That should have worked..."
"Taka said the bomb was her own creation, and only she has the antidote."
"Hmm..." Aoshi stood up and raised his hands up. His body began to glow, and then the glow was shot to Rai. The electric currents stopped and Rai rose to his feet.
"How..." the twin blade began.
"She may have the only antidote for it, but magic still works. That's an advanced technique that will cure any status ailment. I'm just thankful that it actually worked. Now come on, we have to find Kakera."
"Ugh!" Kakera jumped away from the attacking creatures. One had already gotten a hit on her, but she knew she wouldn't be able to distract them in time to use another Health Potion.
'I have to get rid of them now,' she thought. 'It's the only way I'll be able to survive.' With that Kakera ran forward and attacked the nearest one, the blue monster. Red numbers appeared over its head, indicating the attack had worked. Kakera tried to hit it again, but was blocked by the creature's own sword. The purple one suddenly appeared behind Kakera and attacked her. The heavy blade screamed in pain, and attacked the blue one again, causing it to fall to the ground.
'One down,' she thought. 'But I can't let this one attack me, or I will be dead.' The heavy blade turned towards her remaining opponent, her sword in hand. The monster faced her and began to glow, as if getting a magic spell ready. Without hesitation, Kakera rushed forward and hit it twice with powerful swipes of her blade. The monster stopped and turned gray. Its body fell to the ground, and then disappeared, defeated.
"Whew," Kakera breathed a sigh of relief. 'Now if only I could get rid of Taka that easily...'
"Kakera!" yelled a voice from far up ahead. Kakera looked to see Rai and Aoshi running towards her.
"Rai! Aoshi!" she yelled back in greeting. 'Thank god they're alright. But why do they look so scared?'
"Behind you!" yelled Aoshi, his eyes screaming with worry.
"Wha-" Kakera was cut off by the feel of metal in her back. She froze as Taka pulled the blade out of the heavy blade's back, grinning with delight. Kakera fell to her knees on the ground staring straight ahead.
'I'm gonna die?' she thought, as her body began to turn gray. She could see Aoshi and Rai stop dead in their tracks, shock on their faces. As the rest of her body began to turn to the gray stone, she could see Aoshi yell something and start running towards Taka with his blade raised. Before Kakera could see what was happening, her body was completely stone, and she was no longer there.
"Kakera!" yelled Aoshi. It had taken them some time to trek across the field, but they had finally found her. Thankfully, it looked like she was ok. But there was someone behind her...
"Behind you!" he yelled again, as Taka snuck up behind Kakera. However, the heavy blade did not react fast enough. Taka stuck her blade in Kakera's back, killing her. Both Aoshi and Rai stopped dead in their tracks, horrified.
"Kakera..." whispered Rai. "She died?" Her body was turning gray right before their eyes.
"She's not in your party right now, or else she'd just turn to a ghost," whispered Aoshi, not even noticing that he was explaining. "That bitch. THAT BITCH!" Aoshi raised his sword and started running after the twin blade. Rai lifted up his hand to stop Aoshi, but the blademaster was already gone.
Before Aoshi could even reach the player killer, Taka grinned and disappeared in a yellow portal. Aoshi stopped in place and fell to his knees, dropping his blade to the ground.
Rai finally caught up to the blademaster. "She'll be alright, won't she?"
Aoshi shook his head. "If that player killer stuck a virus on those blades, who knows. God, who knows..."
Kakera was falling, falling down an endless hole. Her eyes opened slightly to see the colors going by. 'Is this what it's like to die in the game?' she thought. 'I guess I better take off my headset then, the guide said you can't play for two hours after you are killed.' Her body remained motionless, and Kakera was suddenly afraid.
'What? Why can't I move? I can't move in the real world! God, what's happening to me?' Suddenly, it was all gone.
In the real world, Jenny suddenly sat still as her character was killed. The computer screen read 'Life Over', only for a moment. Then, the machine shut off, the effects of Taka's virus already taking place.
The controller fell from Jenny's hands and her body collapsed to the floor. Footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs, and then the door to Jenny's room was opened.
"XJ-9, your time is up," said Mrs. Winkman. "Time to-" She stopped, horrified.
"XJ-9!" she yelled getting down to check on the teenage robot. She removed Jenny's headset, but the robot's eyes were closed, and none of her systems seemed to be working.
Taka's virus had worked too well.