.hack/Revenge and Twilight rewrite
Chapter 6
The parties didn't look surprised to see another with the returning party again. DA looked to Helba slightly, moving towards her with an enhanced need. "She took her again? Is her body on the outside harmed in any way?"
"No, she's only asleep. No abductions, injuries, comas, you know."
"That's a relief. Well, shouldn't you introduce me before everyone asks? I do hate being near adminastrators." He smiled slightly, moving to say hello to DOS slightly. "Besides, being linked so much to the game makes most fear those who delete illegals. Helb is even afraid of being deleted." A sad smile took his face, and she remembered his 'condition.'
"This is DarkAngel, aka DA. He was a beta tester who went into a comatose state as well. However, he got out of it before it got any worse. Tell me, what was in the gott statue this time?" She turned to Shugo, who handed her the virus core 'phase 2.' "This may be something to do what she wants, how do we get tricked like this?" She moved from her position, moving to where she was storing the rest of the items. Balmung and Kamui followed, confused. "DA, how long was it when we weakened her at all? I don't have a log of it now."
"It would be about thee months, the last real hospital visit was two months ago." Tsukasa became confused, what were they talking about? Were they saying that more was going on between these incidents?
"I knew it, she's adding power to something. Once we've finished everything, there will be an enemy made to way above what she believes we can handle. This means, we've got to see what she plans to do with this power. I highly doubt it could be to put anyone in a comatose state, if we do anything else, it will put them in more danger. We can't risk any harm to happen to any of them, Elk and Helb may know it, but the other two have no idea how it feels. If they are harmed, it may cause them more harm than we may intend to cause." A paper fell down at the recorder's desk, and as much as Tsukasa wanted to stay, he had to help find Elk. The rest would tell him what she would say about this, he had to know. Subaru touched him slightly on the shoulder, and Wiseman followed them.
Omega: Light Filled Darkness
"Helb?" Magi turned to the still concious one left, Reki and Elk had fallen asleep an hour ago. She could tell it must be some time during the day. However, the other female did not answer her. She looked at her wrists, which were marked with scars of welts. "How did you get those?"
"It's all Morganna's doing, if I were to die...I wish I could."
"You shouldn't say that, we're going to be saved."
"You don't get it. I'm the one that always has to do this. I can't die, I can't let the game die. No matter how much time it has taken. No matter how hard I try. I never get a day of peace, not until I do my role. Not until that role is fulfilled, that one role..." A tear fell from her eye, but it didn't make other tears appear, like before. She stood up, looking around slightly. "I just want to finish that role, or die first." The other watched strangely at her, touching the right wrist. Scars were on the welts, it felt like she was an acutual human, not only a player with an avatar. She couldn't say anything, just watched and heard two more vines from the last snap, and a sharp intake of breath from the elder wavemaster.
Mac Anu
They had met two more people that could help them, a long arm named Grunty, who used to be alive in the real world. He had died from someone taking over Morganna, and was now a data bug status in the world. They had also met a heavy blade named Miho, who was a person in charge of protecting Helb, along with a future encounter. She had once worked for Morganna, and abducted Helb's actual player before returning to her actual feelings. "The areas have had an increase in data bug volume, from one room to a whole floor and one on the next level above. This theory is now proven."
"What theory, Helba?" Kamui continued to moniter, no longer able to see actual system volume data.
"The virus cores we are finding are giving her the ability to do more than ever. However, we are also at a stalemate."
"Stalemate?"
"If we continue to gather people to help, and those people cause a data volume to help power Morganna, until we give her the virus cores, we are at a stalemate."
Omega: Chosen Lifeless Doll
Morganna's motions began to worry, a stalemate wouldn't be enough to beat them. She had to be the one with the advantage. She only had one advantage right now, the four hostages at her disposal. However, even their prison was breaking apart. The vines were helping her, but also giving them a chance to see a way out for a split second. She had to be able to do something, if she harmed them now, they would no doubt know she was desperate. "I've got to keep this up, if I don't...I will no doubt lose."
Mac Anu
No one had time to relax anymore, every dungeon was getting worse and worse. More databugs every dungeon. No time was left for relaxing, it was more like there was only time to work. More people were added to the numbers, making it impossible to think it was something of a miracle. Three more people had come again, as usual with the virus cores. The next three were as followed on Helba's introductions. A twin blade Mizuru had the same circumstance as Miho, and they had worked together once. They now worked together to protect Helbaworshipper. The next was a wavemaster named Renny, who was a beta tester that had been in a coma as well. He was a wavemaster that worked with the light element. The last one they had found in the most recent was named Tsunami, another beta tester. All males, and all had a link to Helbaworshipper, and the unknown present that she faced. How could it get any worse?
TBC...