Imprisoned II: Sacrifice
Chapter 4
William could just stare in awe. Man, I've really found quite something! By climbing down the ladder, he had come upon a large room with a single computer in it along with some sort of holographic map next to it. He noticed a chair. Boy, I really need to sit down. William sat down in the chair and it began to move. Startled, William leaped out of the chair and stared at it for a moment. He put his hand on the chair and nothing happened. Huh! Must just be my imagination or something. He sat back down and the chair began to move again, spooking William once more. This time, though, William stayed in the chair until it stopped in front of the large computer screen. Wow, this thing is too cool. I wonder what kind of games I can play on this thing. William pressed a button and the monitor turned on. An image flashed on the screen. "What the?" William couldn't understand all the code that was flashing on the screen. What is this gibberish? William noticed a book on the floor. He picked it up and opened it to turn to a page about the virtualization program. William scratched his head as he tried to understand it all. He did understand a little, at least the parts about pressing certain keys on the keyboard. He tried a few of the commands in the book, but to no avail. Bored, he put the book down and got up to take a look around. He noticed the doors that lead the elevator. He headed toward them, opened them up and got into the elevator.
Yumi had been searching in the woods for a long while and she had even tried checking the Hermitage just in case. Nothing. School was just about over for the day, so she called up Jeremie. Jeremie answered on the third ring.
"Yumi," he said. "Any luck?"
"Nothing, William is nowhere to be found, and it's all my fault!"
"Don't say things like that."
"It's true, Jeremie. He wouldn't have run off if I hadn't turned him down."
"Mabye, but you still shouldn't beat yourself up over it. He'll be back in no time."
"You're right. I need to stop worrying so much. Still, I wonder where he's at."
William was getting even more confused. He had found a small room with three towers in it. I wonder what these do? Then it hit him. These are the same towers from the book he found. Oh, these must be those "scanner" things. He was beginning to grasp the scope of it all. I wonder what happens if a person is inside one of these when the program is running? Maybe I should try it and see. William made his way back to the computer room and was able, after much frustration, to enter a card of himself into the computer and get the scanner program running. He hurried back to the scanners and entered the one that he had activated. As he got inside, he noticed some sort of wind was blowing. To his surprise, he began to float upwards, while his body was spun around slowly. He then felt this weird sensation and everything went black.
