.hack/ Morganna's End rewrite

Chapter 2

Helba had made her work three easy areas, it made her almost more angry than usual. She plopped on a stone for a moment. "She'll never understand..." Her wand simply dug into the grass, causing carpets of it to fall to the other side. Nothing was ever the same. Normal was being always within a game, always worried about awareness. Sleep was always haunted with nightmares, eventually you even stop screaming. "If only...if only my role could be fulfilled..." Her body began to fall down slightly, her legs slightly showing. "If only this torture would stop...if only..." A sob escaped her body, and she cried. This never change anything, but it was a weakness. A weakness she could not stop. Something pulled her up, hugging her close and tight. She didn't even know who it was, but she didn't care. All she wanted was something to tell her it was almost over. Her suffering didn't have to continue.

Mac Anu

Helba warpped in, to everyone else she was a newbie wavemaster that looked like a snobby female. To the people who were interested in her, or worked with her, she looked like herself. Helb had not been in her net slum for the past two hours. She looked around slightly, hoping for a sign that Helb was still within the town of Mac Anu. Somehow in the past few months, she managed to cloak her logs as if they never existed. "Helba?"

"Elk, have you seen Helb around recently?" She turned to face him, which also revealed Kite within the same party. Mia must have gone off to be away from whatever could happen.

"Well...we did see her. However, she went off about ten or fifteen minutes after we dragged her in the tavern." He seemed down, however, it seemed that Kite had more of a reason to see her.

"I wanted to ask her about what her situation with Morganna is, do you think you could possibly?"

"I would, but I know Helb would not trust me if I did so. You have seen Grunty and DA, maybe they could help you out. However, Miho and Mizuru are on strict protection duties. You couldn't possibly get them. DOS is also on that duty, and a duty to see if any real danger is going on. Renny is not really into talking about something he may not know about. That's as much as I can say to help you." The hacker turned towards the chaos gate, nodding a good luck before leaving.

"Elk, did she say how to contact them?"

"No, I don't think she did."

"Do you have Reki and Magi's member address still?"

"Yeah."

"You think we could talk to them about it?"

"Okay."

A field in Carmina Gadalica

Helb's tears subsided, and she looked up at the person who was holding her. "Renny?" The said nodded, holding her tighter as he sat them in a concealed spot. "What are you doing here?"

"I've been worried, so I just looked around to see where I could find you. I was lucky I could find you in this server."

"You didn't have to do that, you know."

"I don't care, everyone else can't do this. They have jobs and families to start taking care of...while I..." His face looked almost angry at the flaws that had occured. His red robes wrinkled more as he held her tighter, but not enough to hurt her. "I need to help you in my own way...please let me hold you a little longer." Her eyes widened, but did not protest at all. Maybe it was because sleep was overtaking her...

CC Corporation: Cobalt Knights 'World' Office

Elk and Kite sat down, waiting for the two lackies that had given them access to the office. Kamui and Balmung were off on some information meeting and would be gone for about six hours. A few minutes passed before the two sets of golden rings appeared, showing the two had arrived. "Sorry we're late, we had to finish our file run." Reki's voice answered them, the two filling two seats across from the guests. "What did you want?"

"We wanted to know if you had the member address for Twilight Grunty and DA." Kite pulled a gloved hand to one of his twin blades, going over the sickle like design on one side.

"Well, DA we do, but since Twilight Grunty is a databug..."

"Well, one will do." Elk turned to Reki, who pulled out his book slightly. Magi's eyes traveled to the member address of the one allowed, handing a piece of paper to the twinblade.

"Anything else?" Her eyes scanned, her glasses slipping from her nose slightly.

"Yes, do you know anything about these 'incidents'?"

A feild in Carmina Gadalica

Renny took a look at the exhausted wavemaster, picking her up after adding her into his party. However, he only took one or two steps before coming face to face with the infamous long arm. The character model had changed into a more feminine appearance. "So, do I have to do this the hard way? Hand over Helb nicely, and I'll let you go. What do you say?"

"Over my dead body." He began to run, quickly placing the sleeping wavemaster on piggy back on him. He began to run, tripping slightly.

"It's senseless to run." Renny had been sorrounded, strong databugs had sorrounded the two. He couldn't drop Helb, or it would be serious trouble. He knew Mizuru and Miho were more concerned with working for DOS today. He didn't know what he was supposed to do, but he wouldn't leave Helb alone...he couldn't.

"If you take her, I'm going with you." She smiled almost sickeningly, going into the circle with the databugs. She pulled out a strange needle, pushing it in his arm almost immediatly.

"Of course, disasterous dreams, hacker of light."

Cobalt Knight's 'World' Office

"In the end, we really don't have logs or anything to prove on these 'incidents.'" Reki concluded, their talk almost pointless. "I'm sorry we couldn't be more help to you."

"Don't worry, you helped us a lot." Elk smiled, turning to Magi. However, Magi whispered to Reki almost as if she had seen a ghost.

"We've got trouble, and I think it's Helb."

TBC...