.hack/ Morganna's Revenge rewrite

Chapter 9

"This area feels wierd, it's as if something is going to strike out and attack us." Tsukasa's assumptions seemed to be right, because there was absolutely nothing in the field. Grunty food wasn't there, portals didn't exist, just a dungeon entrance. It was as if to entice the people who visited the area to challenge the dungeon. Everyone had doubts that this area was even close to being safe, but Kite knew he had to do it. Tsukasa knew he had to, everyone knew they had to do something about what was going on.

"Something seems like it is here. The data is almost out of system specifications." Wiseman wasn't typing, apparently he was looking at what data Helba had given him.

"No, it's almost in the right system specifications." Tsukasa had remembered most of his time with Morganna, who supposedly was out of system specifications. However, no one had ever actually been within the game's true specifications. It was somehow a special event, or a special system status...or maybe even who was accessing the game.

In the dungeon...

Elk followed Helbaworshipper's form, she had not been able to tell him anything vital to why she was in a coma yet. Her mind was in pain, but the pain was something she was used to. Even Elk's constant asking of 'are you okay?' were proven with an okay nod. She sat, she was tired, really tired. "I'm...beginning to remember...something." At this, Elk went over to the woman, placing a hand on her shoulder to support her. "I was with a long arm...he had asked me to look at this area with him. His name was..." She clutched her head slightly, causing Elk to worry that he had forced her to do something she was not ready to answer. "DOS...but DOS wasn't in the game anymore...at least..that's what I thought." She looked up from her concentrated postion. "It's all I can remember." Elk reacted by patting the woman on the back, letting her face his own hope filled face.

"Don't worry, just take it slow."

Meanwhile...

Tsukasa felt it even more so as they had entered the dungeon, there were no items, just a plain empty dungeon. No objects could be targeted or destroyed, nothing was there."Tsukasa, are you sure this area is..."

"I'm sure of it...Subaru, this place is giving me the chills." Tsukasa began to shiver slightly, which made the heavy axe's form hug him tightly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be all right."

Meanwhile...

The arrival at the gott statue, which happened to be the least expected room on the full dungeon. Luckily, it was five floors long. "Elk, I remember...everything..." She began to clutch her head again, it had to be the case.

"Slowly move the memories in your head, it won't hurt as much that way." She was clutching her head tightly for about another five minutes, before the grip began to lossen from her hat. Elk smiled at her slightly, placing a hand on the elder wavemaster's shoulder. "Are you ready?"

"Yes, I think so."

"Then tell as much as you know. If your head begins to hurt again, you should stop and relax a moment."

"When DOS and I got to this room, he began to look at me as if he was possessed by a demon. I didn't know what had come over him, but he began to clutch me tightly. It hurt so bad...I didn't want to believe that he could do anything so...violent. I had trusted him Elk, I really did trust him. I remember hitting a wall, and the next thing I knew...the data drain blades had entered my body. It felt like I was being torn into shreds, and those shreds were being burned by the sun." Her eyes were wide, she was scared...so scared. It hurt to think that her friend had done that, it really did. "I didn't even warp out, I should have known..." Arms? Elk's arms were embracing her off guard form, she was unable to do anything. Her mind was at a stop, she...

"I promise that Kite will be able to help you! Don't worry!" Elk was crying slightly, how could a friend have done that to such a kind person? His embrace went tighter, but somehow...a gate had appeared behind him.

"Elk...we can hide in there...for now. I'm sure she'll..." Elk pulled her in before she could even finish her sentence. Well, that was a surprise.

Meanwhile...

Everyone had decided to rest, somehow...somewhere in the second floor, Balmung had joined them. Kite was staring at his wrist, the one that had had the bracelet only yesterday. "What if I have to..."

"Have to what?" Blackrose, his somehow forced moral support was standing near him.

"The bracelet is gone, what if I have to data drain?"

"Do you really want to worry over the bracelet, or Elk? You have to save Orca too, you know." She plopped beside him, her sword making a clang with Mimiru's who was talking with Subaru and Tsukasa.

"If there's a phase...or just like Tsukasa said..."

"You mean about the final boss? In the field?"

"Yeah...what if we all go in coma's because it's gone?" A new voice answered this question, one that had only appeared about half and hour ago.

"Then we leave a new generation to fight for us." A hand covered in blue accents caught his attention, Balmung had answered his inquiry.

"Thanks, Balmung."

Meanwhile...

Elk had been watching, he wanted to have said something to Kite, to Tsukasa... "Elk."

"Umm...what should I really call you...uhhh..."

"Call me Helb."

"What is it Helb?" He answered rather nervous, she was different than he had already imagined her. The safe haven was completely white, and the window and their avatars were the only thing that made any color.

"I know that being safe is good for both of us, but I can see the nostalgic look on your face. It reminds me of my earlier days within the world. If you want to help them, I won't stop you." Her face looked sad, but it also held a tinge of hope. Her eyes nodded with no tears, but there was pain still within her orbs.

"I want to, but..."

"Don't worry about me, I'll be awake if your friend Kite helps all of us so called coma victims." She smiled broadly, forced with tons of happy tones. "All right?"

"Okay, I promise he will!" Elk smiled at her, her smile looked rather awkward, kind of like a toddler. He was then sorrounded by golden rings, which warpped him to the gott statue room. She sat down and looked at the window for a few moments.

"I can only hope."

Meanwhile...

The next room revealed the same as all of the rooms, the gott statue room had no statue or chest. What it did have, was a familiar wavemaster to them all. "Elk!" Tsukasa looked at him, wondering how Elk had gotten here without being seen by them. This reunion lasted short, there was no way to do anything or a reunion, as the room began to shake. Familiar area's of rubble that had sorrounded the air, stone floor with green hexagons became their dungeon floor. Soon enough, the area had become the same as all the phases had been. Kite could not hold in his surprise.

"The final battle..."