Ready Player One: The adventures of Jack
Chapter Four
GoldDragonZ: Hey guys, this is the fourth chapter in my Adventures of Jack story. If you like it, please say so. If you don't than that's okay too.
The force field shimmered as the Tensa Zangetsu made its approach to the world that had appeared when Jack, Lynx and Art3mis found the Easter eggs. Other ships appeared along with the Tensa Zangetsu. Rodney/Tankor_117 had summoned the massive force of his clan. The High Five were there with ships of their own. Jack sat on his captain's chair on board the Tensa Zangetsu. He saw the shield and realized that Lynx might have put the shield there so that only he could achieve the next Easter egg.
"That guy." Jack seethed. "He put a shield over the world so that only he could access the Easter egg."
"You're right." Art3mis reported from her ship, The Swordfish II.
"Yo, Tankor." Jack communicated with his brother. "Tell your clan to fire on my mark."
"No problem." Tankor then spoke to his comrades. "Everyone, my brother Jack 100292402 is going to open up with an attack to break open the shield. He wants all of us to help him get through the shield so that we could get the next Easter egg."
"Parzival and the rest of the High Five." Jack communicated. "Get ready to fire on my mark."
"I guess the person with the biggest gun is in charge." Aech mused as the High Five got ready to fire with their respective ships.
Aech was with Parzival on board the Nebuchadnezzar from The Matrix series. Daito and Shoto were on board the Gunstar from The Last Starfighter. Gadanza was piloting an orange Wraith from StarCraft. Tom was piloting an UNSC C-709 Longsword Interceptor from Halo: Combat Evolved that Jack had fixed for him. Tankor had chosen a heavy duty ship that only used missiles similar to a Terran Viking from StarCraft II, and aimed his weapons at the shielded world. They all waited for Jack to give the signal to open fire.
Lynx took up residence on the world and looked up. He saw that there were many ships just staying place outside of the shield. They seemed to be waiting for something to happen. Lynx needed to work fast. Although the shield was designed to have unlimited energy because he made it that way, it could be pierced if the enemies used enough hardware. That would allow several ships to come down to the world and look for the Easter egg. Lynx looked at the world. There were thousands of beings from the god Anubis' army. They were dog- like humanoids that were wielding staffs with blades on the two ends. They were based on Egyptian mythos. They looked and saw Lynx, and began running. They were all surrounding a pyramid with a huge gate facing the army and Lynx. Obviously, Anubis' army were protecting the gate and the Easter egg that lay behind it. Then, there were several explosions. The army rushed Lynx, but several thousand mines exploded, causing massive damage to the world and to the army itself. Tridosk flew a TIE Bomber over the army and started letting out a massive barrage of bombs that fell and destroyed many of the soldiers. Lynx activated his huge proton cannon that rested on his left shoulder, and fired at will. The army exploded as Lynx assaulted the soldiers. Then, something appeared on the Pyramid. At the very top there was a blue flame. A gold mirror emerged from the flame. The mirror faced Tridosk and fired a blue beam. It slammed directly on Tridosk's ship. It fell and exploded, but Tridosk saved himself by parachuting out of the ship. Lynx looked up to the sky and saw that the High Five and their allies were getting ready to fire their weapons at the shield that Lynx had erected. He still had not found a way to stop them. The shield seemed to be temporary as Lynx had no idea what to expect with the amount of fire power that they had to use against him. In the meantime, Tridosk was fighting using Agony against the Army of Anubis. Lynx flew over to his friend and began firing his shoulder cannon and arm cannons at the numerous enemies. The pyramid began powering up again for a second attack. Lynx powered up a force-field over his Avatar and the pyramid fired at him. He gritted his teeth and held his ground as the beam exhausted itself. It seemed that the pyramid had its limits. Now, Lynx had no limits, but had too many enemies to count.
The Tensa Zangetsu's Mac Cannons were at 95% powered up. Jack's knuckles were white as he waited for his weapons to be powered up. He opened up all of his missile turrets, and aimed at the same point. He looked at the radar, and saw all of his comrades. It was the High Five, Jack's friends, Tankor and Tankor's clan. The Mac Cannon was at 98% powered up.
"Alright guys." Jack said into his mike. "Just a few more seconds."
"Roger that." Aech said
"Copy Tensa Zangetsu." Tankor said.
Other people said they were ready. And then the Mac Cannon was 99% powered up.
"Ready!" Jack said, placing his hand on the yoke so that he could fire it himself.
The display said 100%.
"FIRE!" Jack cried out.
The Mac Cannons fired two nuclear projectiles at the shield that was not allowing anyone else to land. Missiles, bullets, laser bolts and lightning slammed into the shield close to the same area as Jack's comrades all fired as soon as Jack had cried out. Jack opened up a side panel on the Tensa Zangetsu. There were many barrels holding missiles. He fired them all and they slammed into the shield. And then Jack activated a Missile that could hold a person. He entered the missile and activated a force shield that protected it. He slammed the ignition sequence and was fired from a barrel attached to the base of the ship. He flew into space, and tried to steer the missile using a few controls. He could feel heat from outside. It was a little tingling that his suit gave him the sensation. He could feel sweat building on his forehead. He only had radar built into the missile, so could not see what was happening outside. He felt vibrations and saw that the missile was shaking. Then, he saw that the power in the missile flared white, and then went out. Jack tried pressing different buttons, but nothing happened. He turned on his heads up display and saw that he was still jacked in to the OASIS.
And then, systems rebooted in the missile. He saw that he had fallen through the force-field that Lynx had put up. That was probably what made his power go out. He did not know what his friends and allies were doing, but hoped they could help him once he made it down to the world with Lynx and whatever protected the Easter egg. He felt and saw the missile jerk, and the parachute burst from the back of the missile.
The nuclear blast and other explosions blinded Lynx, even though he was wearing special lenses in his War Machine skin. He saw that several missiles had punctured the force-field, and were falling, landing somewhere close by. And then to his surprise, one slowed as thrusters activated. Parachutes burst out from the back of the missile, and that slowed its decent. It slammed in the ground, and a panel burst open, revealing that someone was inside the missile.
Jack_100292402 came out of the missile and saw that he was surrounded by rocks and the Army of Anubis. The missiles that he had fallen with had destroyed many of them, but several were still up, realizing that a new foe was on the field. Jack pulled out one of his Desert Eagles, and a rocket launcher. He fired the rocket launcher, causing the nearest enemy to explode.
"Lynx!" Jack cried out. "We can help each other."
"I don't need your help." Lynx replied "I have friends of my own."
And then, from his Chat room, Lynx activated several War Machine skins similar to their appearances in the live action movies, cartoons and comics. He even had Hulk Buster armour of his own. They appeared close to Lynx and he programmed them to fight everyone that was not a friend, Jack included. They aimed and fired missiles or repulsor beams at the Army of Anubis. Jack fired his rocket launcher at Lynx's armour/ servants. They targeted him and shot his rocket out of the air, and fired their weapons at him. Jack activated his Optimus Primal skin and took to the air. He activated his two back cannons and fired them at the nearest War Machine skin. He opened up his two double barrelled weapons on both of his arms and fired at the nearest enemies, be it Lynx's armour, or the Anubis soldiers. Jack looked up to the sky. There had to be some way to bring in reinforcements. He was not impervious to harm and would eventually fall if he did not get help. He needed to open up the shields as for some reason, the ships kept firing but none made it passed the shields protecting the world. And then, Jack noticed something spinning in the sky. It was a shimmering item. He activated his scanners, similar to Heat Seeking technology and could see the magical item that Lynx had used to create the force field. He leapt into the sky towards the item. Lynx appeared in front of him.
"So you know my trick." Lynx said. "I can't let you take it out."
"It's not up to you." Jack fired his two cannons on his back at Lynx, who put up a shield.
And then, while they were preoccupied with each other, the Pyramid fired a blue beam at Lynx and Jack. Jack pulled out his swords, blocking the beam while Lynx used his force-field again. Jack fell down to the ground, being forced from the sky. There had to be a way for him to get around Lynx and the Pyramid's beam. And then Jack looked up to his ship.
"Tensa Zangetsu." He commanded. "Prepare to fire another Mac Round on the position I give you."
"You are really close to the area." The computer said. "There is a chance you might get caught in the blast."
"Don't worry about that." Jack ordered his ship. "Prepare to fire. Jets online, Maximum Berg."
He took a picture of where the item was, hovering in the air, and sent it to the Tensa Zangetsu. He took to the air, and flew away from the area where the main battle was raging.
"The cannon is only at 67%." The computer reported.
"That's fine," Jack said, and then opened up his communication to include all of his comrades. "Guys, fire at this location."
Jack sent out the point that he needed his allies to attack. Missiles, bullets and laser bolts slammed the shield, and then the semi-powered Mac cannon shot a round into the shield. The shield still held. Jack then pulled out a boomerang. He flung it as hard as he could, using Optimus Primal's animalistic nature. Jack then concentrated his fire at the pyramid. Upon seeing that Jack was making his way around the pyramid to try and retrieve the Easter egg, Lynx focused his efforts on Jack. However, all of his skins were busy fighting the Army of Anubis. Tridosk was using Agony and Robocop's hand cannon to fight the enemies as well. And then there was an explosion. Lynx looked back in horror as he saw that the device he used to activate the shield was reduced to bits of code.
"You planned this!" Lynx cried out to Jack. "You knew I would follow you."
"That's right." Jack replied, and then opened up the communication to all of his allies. "Everyone, use your weapons to take out this army!"
The Tensa Zangetsu flew close to the ground and started using turrets to destroy the Army of Anubis. And then, from inside the pyramid came a buzzing sound. Large insects emerged from within the pyramid, similar to black flies. They flew to the Tensa Zangetsu which had to focus on protecting itself. Aech and Parzival came out of their ship, and drove in the DeLorean that Parzival had used to win the race when trying for the first key for the very first Easter egg. Aech was using a rocket launcher.
"Artemis." Jack called out. "Only you and I can enter the Pyramid."
And then, to everyone's surprise, The Gunstar from The Last Starfighter came down, and activated all of its laser cannons. It started firing at all of the black flies. All of Tankor's allies fired upon the black flies and the other soldiers that made up the Army of Anubis. Several of them landed and the soldiers went out, using weapons to fire upon the hoards that they faced. Art3mis followed Jack and Lynx as they entered the pyramid. Lynx continued following Jack, firing his weapons upon his foe. Jack's armour was holding, but it would only be a matter of time before the Optimus Primal skin disappeared. Jack aimed at Lynx and fired his two shoulder cannons. Their missiles and repulsor beams collided with each other. Art3mis was in The Swordfish II and followed them into the pyramid. She saw that Lynx was firing at the only other person who could retrieve the next egg. And then, they entered a huge chamber within the pyramid. Within the pyramid was a massive cave. The Blue diamonds glowed softly within the cave. There were many metal structures going down within the cave. Jack checked out his Heads up Display to see his skin's health. It was at a mere 17%. If Lynx attacked him anymore, the skin would dissolve. However, at the time, it seemed Lynx was preoccupied by looking at what was surrounding them. Lynx swung around, and aimed his weapons at Art3mis and her ship. He fired his shoulder mini-gun and two machine gun-like weapons on his arms. Metal slugs collided with the ship's left wing. The bullets severed the wing and the ship started falling from the air. Art3mis ejected from the ship, and it disappeared from view as she put it away. She opened up a parachute and drifted down into the massive cave.
Almost at the same time, Jack's Optimus Primal skin disappeared, and he fell quickly. He searched through his inventory as quick as he could. He then found a jet pack and activated the device. He flew towards Art3mis, and then looked for where Lynx was. He saw that Lynx was looking down for somewhere to land. And then they saw a structure built into the massive wall of the cave. It had a landing strip. Jack quickly reached out for Art3mis who grabbed his arm. Her parachute disappeared, and Jack used his jet pack to fly them to the landing pad. Lynx aimed his massive proton cannon at the two of them.
"Wait, Lynx." Jack said. "We don't know what we're dealing with here. We could help each other. That must be what Halliday wanted if he let three people get the first Easter egg."
"First of all, it's like a competition." Lynx rebutted. "We are always going to be against each other. Now I will let you walk out of here alive on your own power, or I'm going to blow you away. What do you choose?"
"You want to play games, okay, let's play games." Jack said, pulling out two Heckler and Koch UMP-9s and started firing them at Lynx who also opened up with his massive cannon.
Art3mis tried to bypass the shootout and go into the structure. Jack flew up in the air, dodging the repulsor beams that were getting too close to him. He then put away his jet pack while he was still high up in the air. He fell onto Lynx, who could not manage to get away from being under Jack. Jack knocked the massive cannon away from Lynx, and it disappeared. Jack aimed one of his weapons at Lynx's head while Lynx aimed a machine gun of his own that appeared on his left arm at Jack's head.
"I don't suppose you have an extra life?" Lynx mused. "I'll probably need it. I'll tell you what; give me one, and I will let you go."
"I have no idea where I could get one." Jack seethed.
"Then I guess I'm just going to blow you away." Lynx prepared to fire at Jack.
Jack closed his eyes, ready to die. Then, something shuffled out of sight. Something sucked in the stale air and hissed. Jack and Lynx stood, taking their sights off of each other to see what was coming to them. Gliding with ancient grace, not retreating, the creature did not seem to feel fear. It roared a long, tortured cry that pierced the area. Its wings folded up and its four limbs slammed onto the landing pad. Lynx and Jack immediately started firing their weapons at the massive beast. And then there was a cry out as Art3mis tried using a trident to stab the animal from behind. It used its small tail to slap Art3mis away. It tried swatting at Lynx with one of its winged arms. He flew up and activated a mini-gun to appear so that he needed both arms to hold and the bullets were stored in a backpack and was fed to the gun itself by a chain. He started barraging the creature with high powered shots. The mini-gun would not run out of bullets so it kept firing at the creature. The creature was really tough. Jack quickly opened his Heads up Display and tried to find a skin that he could use to combat the massive beast.
"It's a boss." Jack said to himself.
The creature took flight once more and tried to grab Lynx in its mouth. He flew up using the repulsors on his legs. He continued firing his mini-gun, screaming as he did so. Jack and Art3mis looked at one another. They took off on foot into the inner chamber. Lynx activated his force-field. The creature's claws slammed into the shield, which turned into a bubble to protect Lynx all over his body. He continued flying away from the creature and fired his mini-gun at it. He then switched to his huge proton cannon and fired at the beast. It screeched in pain as one of its wings fell off. It fell down into the abyss. In the meanwhile, Jack was with Art3mis.
"I think the next Easter egg is in here." Art3mis said to Jack.
Jack looked to Art3mis and followed her into the chamber. And then, they heard a snarl. They saw golden eyes glow. Jack pulled out his two Heckler and Koch UMP-9s and began firing at the beast. It was a Tyrannosaurus Rex; Art3mis pulled out her motorcycle, and grabbed Jack. They drove out of the structure, but stopped short at the edge of the platform. Jack pulled out a rocket launcher and took aim at the T-Rex. He launched a missile and it slammed head on to the beast. The dinosaur pulled back its head in agony and roared once more. Jack pulled out a combination assault rifle which had a fully automatic piece, shotgun and rocket propelled grenade launcher. He fired several rounds from the fully automatic, then once slug from the shot gun, and ended with a shot from his grenade launcher. From behind Jack, Lynx fired his cannon and it slammed into the T-rex's head. Jack fired his assault rifle once more, while Art3mis pulled out a special device.
"Alok, molay atrita cura vista." Art3mis said into the device.
It was a spell of some kind. The device began floating and went from being black and opaque to white and glowed brightly. Art3mis aimed at the creature that they were combating and launched her spell. Like a massive arm, the energy that came from the orb grabbed the T-rex and lifted it up. It roared and writhed, trying to get out of the spell's grasp. Art3mis brought it so it was over the abyss and she deactivated the device. The T-Rex fell to its death with the bat-like creature that Lynx had been facing. And then, silence took them. Lynx spun around, and aimed his left arm and its weapon at Art3mis. He aimed his right arm and its weapon at Jack.
"And then there were two." Lynx said.
"You don't have to do this." Jack said.
"We all want to know what is in store for us." Art3mis said. "We found the first Easter egg."
"You followed me." Lynx said, referring to the race where they had found the unlimited ammunition. "You had no idea where the egg was and chose to follow me after seeing me disappear into the track."
"But we knew what you were going after." Jack said, and then he aimed his grenade launcher at Lynx.
A red laser pointed at Lynx's chest.
Lynx looked at Jack, who was aiming his weapon at Lynx.
"You're a scrub noob." Lynx seethed. "You don't have what it takes to get me."
A shot rang out as Art3mis fired a sniper rifle at Lynx. It slammed into his head and his head whipped backwards. Jack took the opportunity to fire at Lynx at the same time. His grenade launcher fired an explosive that blew Lynx off the landing area. Jack and Art3mis turned and dashed into the opening that was just around the corner. And then, they stopped short.
Thanos from Marvel Comics stood in their way and he was wearing a gauntlet with all six Infinity Stones. He activated the Time Stone and then the T-Rex was back on the landing pad, but it was behind Jack and Art3mis. It roared and they opened fire with their weapons. Jack used his grenade launcher and Art3mis used her sniper rifle. Meanwhile, Thanos walked up behind Jack and Art3mis. He picked up Art3mis by the neck and brought her to the edge of the platform where he was going to throw her off of. Jack looked back at them and he brought out his Desert Eagle, and fired at Thanos. Thanos just looked at Jack and his bullets stopped mid-air. They fell to the ground. Jack ducked and dodged as the Tyrannosaurus tried biting him. He opened up his inventory and pulled out a new skin. It was Gandalf the White from The Lord of the Rings. He shown a bright white light at the dinosaur, and it relented. The Tyrannosaurus sat on his stomach, and then Jack turned to face Thanos. He brought up his staff and shown white light at the Titan. Thanos threw Art3mis over the edge. Jack activated his Avatar once more and used the jet pack to fly after Art3mis. And then, Lynx was there. He caught Art3mis and aimed one of his arm cannons at Jack.
"We can't beat him." Jack said about Thanos. "We need your help."
"I'll help you guys just this once." Lynx said.
The three players flew back up to the landing pad and faced a docile Tyrannosaurus and the titan Thanos. He showed them his Infinity Gauntlet with all six stones. Lynx reached up and started typing seemingly in the air.
"You're using a computer?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, I'm hacking into the OASIS to see what I can do." Lynx said. "I found something."
And with that, Lynx's left arm started to glow. He had used his computer to view the powers that they were facing and copied the coding and applied it to us Avatar. Now he too had six Infinity Stones on a gold Gauntlet. At the same time, Thanos and Lynx snapped their fingers. Jack used his staff and slammed it down as hard as he could. White light erupted and all players closed their eyes. Both Lynx and Thanos used up all of the power of their Gauntlets. Now they were masses of metal on their arms, and the Infinity Stones were nothing now but black or clear jewels which had no value as they fell apart. Using the rest of Gandalf the White's power, Jack had saved himself and Art3mis. Lynx then seemed to be typing in the air again. He was obviously on a computer in the real world which was connected to his OASIS console. He powered up his massive proton cannon and fired at Thanos. Jack's Gandalf skin went away as he had used up all of its power. Lynx's weapon did not let out. It never ran out of power as Lynx, Jack, and Art3mis were given unlimited ammunition. Thanos' body fell, his head and part of his shoulders not there anymore.
"Now I have the power." Lynx said to Jack and Art3mis. "Don't bother following me."
He then entered the chamber that Thanos had been protecting. Jack and Art3mis looked at each other. Lynx was now more powerful if he could continue using the Infinity Stones. Jack then put away his weapons and then followed Lynx, with curiosity getting the better of him. Not wanting to be left behind, Art3mis followed suit. The walked through a doorway, and as they entered, a massive door closed behind them. Lynx was at a computer console, trying to input information but having no idea what to do about activating the Easter egg.
"Hey, Lynx." Art3mis said. "I think all three of us need to be here to receive the Easter egg."
Jack came up beside Lynx while Art3mis was on the other side. They looked at the console that Lynx was trying to use and saw a bluish white object brighten. Jack and Art3mis placed their hands on the object. Lynx sighed.
"I guess it can't be helped." He said. "We really needed each other to do this."
Lynx placed his hand over Jack and Art3mis' hands. Then, a bright light illuminated the area around them and Anorak appeared in front of the three players.
"Hello players." Anorak said to them. "You cannot know how pleased I am that you came here to find the next Easter egg. With it, all of your vehicles will now go faster than ever before. You will need a flying vehicle to get to the next area to get to the next objective."
"We first won unlimited ammo." Jack thought out loud. "And now we are getting a boost in speed for all of our vehicles. It sounds like you are planning something bigger."
"Yes." Anorak said. "Unlike other games, you will need to fight your way back to the surface of this world. You will then have twenty-four hours to get to the next Easter egg."
"I already have the ability to go faster than anyone else." Lynx said proudly.
"We need the ability." Art3mis said. "I guess you think ahead of anyone else."
"Obviously, noob." Lynx seethed angrily at Art3mis. "So I guess there's nothing more to say."
"I have done all I can." Anorak said. "Here are the eggs. God's speed."
With that, Anorak disappeared, leaving the three egg hunters with the eggs that they had claimed. Jack, Lynx and Art3mis made their way out of the chamber and came face to face with the Tyrannosaurus Rex. It roared as Lynx pulled out his massive cannon. Jack pulled out his rocket launcher, and Art3mis pulled out two hand held grenade launchers. They shot the animal with all of the power that they had. Lynx had the most power behind his weapon. The dinosaur's headless body came down with a crash. The creature that resembled a bat came down, and picked up Lynx in its talon-like feet. It broke his cannon. Jack looked through his inventory and pulled out his jetpack and a grapnel gun. He shot the gun and the claw at the end grasped the fur behind the creature's neck. He flew into the air right behind the animal. He activated the winch that was part of the grapnel gun and it pulled him closer to the back of the bat. He pulled out the Desert Eagle that was on his left side and aimed at the creature's head. He pulled the trigger several times and lead slugs slammed into the creature. It writhed in pain and dropped Lynx, who fell away. Jack pulled himself onto the back of the creature and put away his gun. He took out Sokka's sword from Avatar: The Last Air-bender. He slipped the blade into the beast's neck at the side. This was a fatal cut and the animal disappeared, being defeated. Jack looked down and saw that Lynx was aiming a mini-gun up at him. Jack pulled out a special device and activated it. It was a force shield and he had turned it on just in time as Lynx started firing up at him. Jack then decided that he could not deal with Lynx like this. Lynx had unlimited ammunition while Jack's shield had a limited amount of power.
"Fucking guy." Jack seethed. "I saved him and he's being a prick about it."
Jack flew out of the pyramid and saw that the Army of Anubis was still doing battle with Tankor's clan. Several had run out of bullets and were using melee weapons like swords, tridents, axes, clubs, staves, spears, and other weapons. Jack pulled out his assault rifle that also had a shotgun and grenade launcher attached to it. He fired his assault rifle at the enemies.
"Shit guys," Jack said to his allies. "We got the eggs, but there is a limited amount of time for us to reach the next egg."
"How many eggs are there?" Tankor asked his brother.
"I believe there is one last egg." Jack replied.
"Get on board Tensa Zangetsu." Tankor said. "We'll handle your escape."
"I can't leave yet." Jack said. "I need Lynx and Artemis."
Jack looked back at the pyramid but could not see what was happening between Lynx and Art3mis.
"Parzival!" Jack cried out. "Lynx has gone crazy. I think he only wants the Easter eggs for himself. He tried killing me, and I think he's going to do the same to Artemis."
"Roger that." Parzival said.
Parzival, Shoto, Daito and Aech fought together side by side and they made their way to find Art3mis. Jack met them and went with them. Tankor, Tom, Gadanza also met them. Tankor used an AA-12 shotgun; Parzival used an M4 Carbine Rifle. Shoto was using an AK 47. Aech was using the assault rifle from the Halo series. Daito was using a sword as he had run out of bullets. Tom was on his Ghost Rider Motorcycle, and was using small machine guns to shoot at the enemies as he ran them over as well. Gadanza was using two Mac 10s. Parzival made his way to the entrance of the pyramid, and Lynx flew out like a bat out of hell. He was followed closely by Art3mis. She was using Iron Man's Bleeding Edge Armour. She could very well hold her own against Lynx.
"Artemis!" Parzival screamed.
"I'm okay." She said as she landed close to her boyfriend.
She deactivated the armour and she and Parzival hugged each other. They watched as Lynx pulled out his alien ship from Independence Day. He took to the air and flew quickly out of sight into the upper atmosphere of the world.
"So what now?" Aech asked Art3mis and Jack.
"We need to get the final egg to complete whatever puzzle Halliday left for us." Jack replied.
"Are you totally sure that Halliday is the one who left these Easter eggs?" Parzival asked. "It could be another person who has access to the OASIS."
"Like Morrow?" Jack asked. "Yeah it could be possible. We have 24 hours to find the final egg."
"We need to move quickly if we need to beat Lynx." Art3mis said. "He might put up a stronger shield over the world so this time even your Mac Cannon cannot penetrate it."
"You're right." Jack said. "Alright guys, let's go."
Jack and his allies continued fighting against the Army of Anubis. Jack summoned a dropship to come pick them up.
"Rod!" Jack said to his brother. "I'm going to follow Lynx to see what he's up to. Did you guys want to come with us?"
"Man this is too fun." Tankor/Rodney Patel said. "But yeah, the main reason we came was to help you and Artemis find that Easter egg."
Tankor told his crew to finish up the fight. The drop ship came down and fired its weapons all around Jack and the High Five, Tom and Gadanza. They piled into the ship and were off to get on board the Tensa Zangetsu. Tankor's clan continued fighting and then they pulled out their spaceships or other flying vehicles. They flew away from the world, leaving destruction in their wake. Tridosk took off in his TIE-Interceptor to join Lynx at the other Easter egg's location.
"Why did we need unlimited ammo?" Art3mis asked Jack.
"Maybe there is something else we should be fighting?" Jack thought out loud. "Maybe for the next egg we'll need as much firepower that we can get."
The flight to the Tensa Zangetsu was a short one. Jack and his allies made it to the bridge. He activated a device that his robot crew had created. There were several places where Jack could place his Easter eggs. It changed the Tensa Zangetsu so now it had unlimited ammunition and epic speed.
"This place is nice." Aech said. "You have everything here."
"Yeah, this is like my chatroom." Jack said. "I would take you all for a tour, but there's no time.
Jack used his computer on the ship to find out where the next Easter egg would be. It appeared that a new world had come into existence when Lynx, Jack and Art3mis found the Easter eggs. Jack piloted his ship to go to the new world. Everyone on board checked how much ammunition they had.
"Hey since you guys have unlimited ammo, can you give us some?" Daito asked.
"Yeah sure," Jack said as he gave them 10000 bullets each.
The Tensa Zangetsu lurched and roared away from the world with the pyramid. They left the atmosphere and took off into space. Jack used a special telescope to see where in the OASIS Lynx was heading. He input the coordinates into his computer so that the ship would go the same way. He prepared a new Mac Round. The ship powered up and went into hyper-drive. The Mac Cannon was 87% powered up, and needed a few more minutes to come to full power so that the Mac's blast could be at its strongest.
"Your brother's clan." Parzival said. "Without them, I don't think we can penetrate the shield that Lynx is going to put over this world this time."
"Yeah, they might have lost most of their ammunition." Daito chimed in.
"We're just going to have to see about that." Jack said.
They came out of hyper-drive just outside the atmosphere of the other world. They looked out the viewpoint window and saw that Lynx and Tridosk were being attacked by an octopus like monster with huge tentacles.
"Computer, how much longer until the Mac Round is fully powered up?" Jack asked Tensa Zangetsu.
"It will take three minutes, forty two seconds." The computer reported.
"Fire all missiles." Jack ordered. "Destroy the monster that is attacking the two players."
"Wait." Art3mis said. "Shouldn't we wait to see what's going to happen?"
"They need our help." Jack said.
"He tried to screw all of us." Parzival interjected. "He put up the shield over the last objective so that he alone could claim it."
"What about the other person down there?" Jack retorted. "He didn't do anything to us."
"Okay." Parzival said. "Let's do this."
"What do you need?" Jack asked.
"We need access to your largest hangar." Aech said. "I'm going to bring out The Nebuchadnezzar."
"I'm going to co-pilot it so that it can have my special abilities." Art3mis said. "It will have my unlimited ammo and increased speed."
So the High Five, Gadanza and Tom went to the main hangar. Aech pulled out The Nebuchadnezzar and activated it. It grew big. Everyone climbed aboard the ship except Jack. He needed to remain in The Tensa Zangetsu to see what was happening and use the ship's weapons to beat the enemies. The Nebuchadnezzar lifted off and exited the bigger ship. Daito, Parzival, Tom, Gadanza, and Shoto went to the turrets as Aech and Art3mis piloted the craft. They bolted to the creature that was trying to destroy Lynx and Tridosk. The Nebuchadnezzar took a position where many of its turrets were facing the tentacle beast. They opened up, firing as many rounds as they could at the beast. In the meanwhile, Jack was powering up his Mac Cannon. He aimed his missiles at the creature and prepared to fire. And then he noticed the eye of the creature as its tentacles moved out of the way. It saw Jack on the bridge of his ship. The Nebuchadnezzar's rounds seemed to not be damaging the beast at all.
"Ship!" Jack said. "I need that Mac Round ready now!"
"Mac Round will be ready in one minute, thirty seconds." The computer said. "Charge is at 89%."
"Damn it." Jack swore. "On my mark, fire all missiles at the point where the tentacles meet the creature's body. Hit the eye, the eye!"
The computer waited for the tentacles to waver. Then, there was an opening as the creature moved its tentacles to see The Nebuchadnezzar and the Tensa Zangetsu. Countless missiles screamed passed the main viewport for the bridge of the Tensa Zangetsu. Some of them smashed into the tentacles of the massive creature.
"Raise the Nebuchadnezzar." Jack ordered his computer.
"Aech here." Aech said into her communication relay.
"Your bullets are not doing anything." Jack said. "Pull back. I have the Mac Round ready to be shot."
"You need an opening." Art3mis said. "Let us give you that."
And with that, the Nebuchadnezzar lurched forward, until it was pushing several of the massive tentacles aside.
"Computer, how much longer until the Mac round is ready?" Jack asked.
"Seventy-Two seconds remaining." The computer reported.
"Damn it." Jack seethed. "Fire all missiles at will."
With that, more missiles fired from the ship, slamming into the tentacles of the massive beast. The Easter egg regarding unlimited ammunition was working. Every time a missile was launched, another one would spawn in its place, ready to be launched as well.
"Keep firing!" Jack screamed as his massive ship fired multiple missiles in waves.
"Forty seconds remaining until Mac Cannon is fully charged." The computer reported.
"There must be something else we can distract it with until the Mac Round is ready." Jack thought.
And then it dawned on him to check what items he had stored in his arsenal. Some things he could only use once. Other things had a cooling off period where they could be used for a certain amount of time, and then needed to cool off. And now some things could be used for an infinite amount of time because of the Easter egg.
"Activate the gravity well." Jack ordered his ship. "Make it want to protect those regions farthest from its eye so that the Mac Round can hit the eye, destroying it."
Using gravity, missiles were guided to hit the beast on its tentacles at regions furthest from its eye. Now, its eye could be seen from where Jack was sitting on the bridge of his ship.
"Firing Mac Cannon in ten seconds." The computer said.
The whole ship rumbled as the Mac Cannon fired its nuclear projectile into the eye of the beast that was attacking Lynx and Tridosk. The creature started letting go of the ships, and started flying away, wounded. It let out sticky black ink in its wake, which seemed to be floating. Jack breathed out, not realizing he had been holding his breath.
"Reverse the gravity well." Jack said. "Make the ink dissipate."
The gravity made the ink fall to the world's surface. Jack now saw the world that Anorak or Halliday had wanted them to go to. They were closer to retrieving the next Easter egg.
GoldDragonZ: Please review. Next chapter should come up soon.
