Hollow Glitch

Chapter 5 Rescue

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Gustaf drove his car to the neighboring town of Bailley. It was town big on tech and home to Hinobi Technology a rival gaming company of Hollow Game Studios. Gustaf believed Bailley would be the last place anyone from Hollow Game Studios would look for him as he got in contact with the authorities and made his next move. He drove on a road outside of town unaware that several shadowy figures were chasing him on foot with incredible speed and agility and they were keeping pace with his car.

In another part of town a white high tech looking van was sitting outside a Frosty Mart. Inside the van were two teenage Hinobi workers eating some chips and drinking some soda. One of the teens was a guy who went by the nickname High Five and the other was a girl named Miko. The two of them were currently watching a holographic screen playing a rerun of The Hollow.

"So if you were playing The Hollow, what power would you give yourself?" Asked High Five.

"Probably super speed. You?" Said Miko.

"I think I'd probably go with fire." Said High Five.

"Dude we should totally sign up to play The Hollow. It would be no different from work and with my special power, we would dominate!" Said Miko.

"You mean your immunity to have your memories rest?" Asked High Five.

"Yeah if I'm immune to that, then I'm probably immune to the memory block they use in The Hollow." Said Miko.

"I suppose that makes sense, but that feels like cheating." Said High Five.

"It's a ability I was born with, I can't simply flip it off and on, so it doesn't count as cheating." Said Miko.

Before the two friends could get into a big discussion, the holographic screen beeped a warning telling them that there was a Glitch signature not too far from them. High Five and Miko exchanged grins of excitement as they activated their Glitch Tech gauntlets and the van took off.

A few miles away Gustaf was nearing the town, when something small and sharp struck his right front tire and caused him to lose control and crash hard into the guardrail. The airbag deployed saving Gustaf from serious injury, but he was a bit dazed and shaken by the ordeal. Gustaf looked out his window and saw several figures approaching his and his eyes went wide with shock and horror as he recognized them. It was a group of Akki monks lead by Akuma. Characters from The Hollow were surrounding Gustaf and his car! The monks and their leader stopped a few yards from the car and they closed their eyes and began to chant. Dark clouds appeared above the car and thunder cracked. Gustaf realized with horror that he and his car were about to get struck by lighten most likely instantly killing him and frying an electronic devices he had on him including his laptop with Hollow Life on it! Gustaf desperately tried to get the airbag to go down, but it refused to. It looked like it was game over for him!

Just when it looked like the lighten was about to strike a white van came racing onto the scene and stopped a few yards from the monks. The monks stopped chanting as two teens with armor and visors jumped out and began to fire beams of energy from their gauntlets and hit several of the monks making them burst into pixels and digital bits. Gustaf was stunned by what he was witnessing. Akuma glared at the two teens before he turned and fled the scene with his remaining monks. The airbag went down and Gustaf managed to get out of the car with his bag and laptop as the teens ran up to him. It was High Five and Miko.

"You alright?" Asked High Five.

"OMG! It's Gustaf from The Hollow!" Said Miko with excitement.

"I'm fine thanks to you two." Said Gustaf.

"Wait those were Akki monks that attacked you. Those guys are from The Hollow!" Said High Five.

"They were. They we're probably sent to end me, by Hollow Game Studios." Said Gustaf.

"Why would the company you work for try to end you?" Asked Miko.

"Because I know a great deal about some of the shady stuff they've been up to and I know they plan to takeover the world with their own personal army of video game creatures." Said Gustaf with a series look in his eyes.

"Oh this is a next level situation!" Said Miko.

"We need to alert Phil about this." Said High Five.

"So who exactly are you people supposed to be?" Asked Gustaf.

"I'm High Five and that's Miko. We are Glitch Techs and employees of Hinobi Technology." Said High Five.

"You should probably come with us to HQ to explain your situation to our boss." Said Miko.

"Fine by me." Said Gustaf.

They loaded up into the van and took off.

To be continued.