.hack/Morganna's End rewrite
Chapter 4
The area looked barren, it reminded them of the areas from the last two incidents. However, Shugo's party did not have an idea about what the first incident had been. They had only heard about it from the ones who had been participating in it. Data was in remnants, grass in little patches, windmills broken to wood planks and stone chunks. "This area looks her signature style." Tsukasa's face slightly wrinkled at the sight. He was sick of all the fields that were stuck with this 'signature.'
"Well, how do we get started?" Subaru's eyes looked around the field in a few short and long sightings. "The dungeon must be hard to find."
"We could split up." Blackrose turned to face the heavy axeman, her eyes also sick of how the map didn't seem to work.
"Good idea."
In the dungeon
It had gotten pretty boring, the databugs were beginning to leave the room through other entrances. They were probably part of the plan Morganna was doing. "Renny." She said almost faintly, the wavemaster had fallen asleep against the pole, probably going to be waking with a very stiff neck. Maybe he would need a physical therapist. Maybe Helba would even give him a spa treatment. "Sleep well, you never know what might be going to happen."
In the field
They had tried groups, but no matter what they did, the groups didn't seem to work at all. No place in the area looked like even an entrance. The big break seemed when a small door was witnessed in the center. When the small, frail door opened, a gate appeared. It looked like a normal Chaos gate, and only the area showed as an option. They took a deep breath, warping in the gate.
In the dungeon
A sudden noise woke Renny up, it was a big gust of air. He realized his neck was stiff. It was probably from sleeping against the metal pole so long. He turned towards the other wavemaster, who was looking at him slightly. "All the databugs went off."
"What were they sent to do?"
"I don't know." The male wanted to ask a question, but heard footsteps. A sound made all the uncomfy chains turn into shackles around Helb. Renny felt himself on the bed, slightly, his hands against the top of the bed post. A pillow was there now, probably so he wouldn't complain. He moved so he lie completely on the bed. It was a huge bed, but it went down to have it's size. Half a meter now stood between himself and Helb.
"I plan to use them to kill those pests." The long arm sat down against the dungeon wall. Watching in some sort of amusement. "I want to make her suffer, but it's going to take more than this to do it." Helb slightly made a smirk, but made no other notion of noting the comment.
In the dungeon entry point
Kite's eyes opened to a slight light, the light then extended throughout the area. The place looked like a box within a black void. However, he was not alone within this void. "You must die. By the orders of God, I shall kill you with my own two hands." He pulled out two blades, they looked more like blademaster weapons that would kill whenever it touched anyone. Kite pulled out his own blades, hoping to find that his skills were better than this hired or created fighter. He jumped and began to run, missing hitting the opponent, which hit him on the shoulder hard. He fell back and felt his shoulder, the wound was deep, and took about 150 points with one hit.
"Great, this creature could really kill me." He chuckled, standing back up. He tugged up his blades again, preparing an attack. This time the creature took the offensive, and Kite's body pulled a defensive stance and took an offensive just as fast. However, this creature was smart. He quickly made an 'X' with his blades, blocking a direct hit. However, Kite removed one of the blades, striking the figure with his free blade in the chest. However, he took a hit in his shoulder again. The creature desintegrated and Kite took an oppurtunity to heal the stinging pain. A door opened, which he took in no time.
In the dungeon
Morganna hadn't moved from her spot in awhile, however, she was checking on her plan. "Helb."
"Renny."
"How about we try and get out?"
"Stupid idea." She turned to him a moment, notioning to the long arm still in thought. "The minute any of us moved, she would be on us."
In the dungeon entry point
The path of light had led Kite to Blackrose, who had almost died because of her abiltity to underestimate. This had then led them to Tsukasa, who had been able to defeat the figure with a little help. However, the only party unaccounted for was Shugo's party. A scream erupted from the door in front of them, and there was Shugo. He was bleeding pretty bad, however, he had put a lot of damage on the creature attacking him. The problem was, Shugo couldn't heal himself, and he was almost out of his own health points. Subaru and Bear nodded to Kite, who approached Shugo. When the creature made an advance to destroy Shugo, Subaru and Bear reacted. The two struck the creature twice, killing it in its tracks.
"Well, that was something of a surprise." Blackrose said almost saddened at the weak attacks that it could take to kill the creatures. However, Shugo was not a happy person. If he had been attacked by that creature, so had Rena! He stood up, running with a somehow unaccounted for boost in speed stat. Everyone tried to keep up, but it just wasn't enough.
"Shugo! Wait up!" Kite fell onto his knees, everyone else stopping gratefully. The other twinblade looked carefully at the others.
"I've got to find Rena..."
"I know, but it doesn't mean you have to run like a maniac. If she's anything like you, I'm sure she'll be fine." BT chuckled at this thought, she had heard all about their quest to find Aura. Most people don't get there the easy way. The pace slowed down, and no one was going to yell at this pace. Shugo respected the other twinblade. However, when he found Rena, he began his usual escapade. Rena was just like Shugo, but at a much lower health point level. This was easily dealt with, and to their surprise, everyone was back together again. Well, things couldn't possibly get any worse, right?
TBC...