Ready Player One: The adventures of Jack

Chapter Seven

GoldDragonZ: I hope people are enjoying this story. I know I am enjoying writing it. It is all coming from my head. Some things I wish happened, some things did happen, some things will never happen, but that's life.

Jack smiled. Princess May smiled back as he took her by the hand. They knew who each other were because their names showed above their avatars briefly. They entered the dance hall where they heard the music pulsing through the walls. Princess May was wearing a very elaborate dress with different designs woven into the digital fabric. The dress was tight against her abdomen and up until under her breasts. Her dress beneath her abdomen flowed out around her. Jack was taken away by the beauty of the Avatar that Princess May, rather Amira had created. Every single detail was taken into stride as Princess May wanted it to stand out from other people. She could tell that the way Jack was facing her that he was trying very hard not to be a pervert. He wanted to honour her, but she wanted him to look at her. She reached up and brushed his cheek. She made him look in her eyes.

"You're trying to fight it, aren't you?" She asked.

"Fight what?" Jack said.

"You want to look at me, but you don't know how." She said. "You don't have much experience talking to women. I think you and I are alike. I only know my friends' boyfriends. Other than that, I don't know anyone else."

"I've seen you talking to other men before." Jack said. "You've spoken to one of our classmates Alan when we're on spare together."

"Yeah," Princess May said, "I admit, I'm one of his friends, but I don't like him like how I feel about you. You're something else. I really like you. Let's talk later. Now, we dance."

She lead him into the main chamber were players of the OASIS were all dancing together. There were men dancing with women, men dancing with men, women dancing with women, and even cartoon characters dancing with other cartoon characters. And then a slow song started playing. Jack took Princess May by the hand and started dancing slowly with her in his arms. She smiled at him, looking into his gold eyes as he looked into her emerald eyes.

"Beautiful." Jack said underneath his breath, and she heard it.

Happily, she began resting her head on his chest. Jack held onto her closely relishing the fact that he was dancing with a girl, even though it wasn't real.

"Hey Amira," Jack said, pulling away from her. "Did you want to dance in real life?"

"I would love it." She said. "Are you asking me to prom?"

"Yeah, I guess I am." Jack smiled. "I want to feel you in my arms for real. I want you to feel the same way about me that I feel about you right now."

"I think I've had those feelings for some time now." She said back. "I wouldn't mind if we did something else in the real world as well."

"Besides going for coffee, or hot chocolate?" Jack joked.

"Mark, thank you for this." Amira/Princess May said. "Let's continue dancing."

And then the song changed and they started dancing to a quicker beat. And then. They noticed that some time had gone by. It was almost 12:00 AM, and they had mass and prayer the following morning (It was Saturday and Mark Patel/Jack_100292402 and Amira Qad/ Princess May were good children). They decided to call it a night and turn off their OASIS consoles.


The next day, Mark had finished all his homework for the weekend and had gone to 9:00 AM Mass at his community church, Saint Mary's. He studied the Piano history with his brother and played the piano for one hour. He then went onto the OASIS where he decided to talk with some of his friends. He spawned on the bridge of the Tensa Zangetsu and looked for his friends. Tom was already online, playing a free for all yet again, only this time with tanks. Jack 100292402/Mark did not want to join in at that moment as he just wanted to see how his friend would do by himself. Jack opened his Heads Up Display to see if John Matthews/Gadanza or Justin Rihaz/ Arathorn, Son of Anamon were online. Justin/ Arathorn, Son of Anamon was not online, and neither was John/Gadanza. Maybe they were doing something else in the real world, like homework or something. In Justin's case, it was more than likely as he strove for excellence and did not want to let his parents down, although they did not care very much that he had gotten an OASIS console from his friends. John might be out with his family as they had to spend time with their father. Their mother and father had split after a few years, so now John had to take over as head of the household, but they still needed some sort of relationship with their father or something like that.

Jack looked at his roster for games that people were playing. He needed to let off some more steam and could no longer wait for his friend to finish. He found a free for all again being played on the icy fields of Pluto. The theme was space/sci fi battles so you needed to wear armor or something like armor to participate. You also needed special weapons. John went down into his armory and geared up. He put on his normal red and black samurai/ Mjolnir armor and this time had his hair down so that he could but on a helmet for styles. He took out his Grenade launcher/assault rifle/shotgun combination and went down into the pod bay area where he climbed into a Drop Pod and flew from the ship down to the battle ground. Several people were already playing, killing each other. Jack was well prepared and used a flare to light up the area as Pluto was dark. He ran from the pod, firing as he went. He threw a fragment grenade into the air and it landed several meters away from his enemies. Jack fired a shotgun shell and made the grenade explode, lighting up the area as well. He started firing his assault rifle at the enemies that he had seen, and hoped that he hit them. One person was turned into coins, and the player that was closest to the destroyed Avatar scooped up the coins for himself. He then took aim at Jack and started firing a shotgun at him. Jack ducked and rolled. He brought up his weapon and unloaded one clip worth of ammunition into the enemy. The enemy turned into coins and Jack picked them all up. He then saw an explosion happen over a hill. He ran forward and looked for any trace of players doing battle against each other. He saw someone with an avatar of a Marine from Starcraft firing a massive machine gun at a Black Ops opponent who was using a plasma shield to block the bullets from the enemy. Jack fired a grenade at the marine, surprising him. The marine stepped back, but he was wearing advanced armor, and the grenade seemed to just bounce off him. Jack fired three grenades in succession. The other Black Ops player took the time to shoot at the Marine as well with an M4 Carbine Rifle. The Marine took all the damage, but the grenades just seemed to have no effect. The bullets just bounced off him as well.

Jack put away his weapon and took out his sword from Avatar the Last Airbender. He ran up to the Marine and stabbed him in the left elbow, where the joint was. He tried twisting the blade to break open the arm, but the sword broke in two. Jack pulled away and summoned his Hulk-buster armor. He put it on and aimed his right arm with his palm open. He aimed his repulsor beam, at the Black Ops player and fired at his head. The player was destroyed instantly. Now it was the Marine against Jack. Jack fired several small missiles at the Marine. The Marine dropped to the floor, and the missiles flew above him, exploding several meters away. Jack turned on a plasma shield as he perceived that the Marine was about to attack him. The Marine brought up his machine gun and aimed from the floor where he was. He opened fire, but the bullets could not get through the shield that Jack had pulled up. Jack knew it was for nothing because he was immortal, but he did not want other people to know about it. He activated his flight mode and flew up over the shield. He fell onto the Marine. He placed his hands on either side of the Marine's head. He activated the repulsor beams and melted the helmet off the player.

"What the fuck are you doing?" The player asked, his skin bubbling with heat.

"Winning." Jack said as he pulled away his right arm, and prepared to hammer his fist down onto the enemy's head.

Jack's fist slammed into the ground as the enemy closed his OASIS console, preventing him from losing any coins as he did not die. Jack stood up and looked around for other enemies to face. There were three enemies to the North East of his position. He took to the air to fly to get to the battle that was going on. One enemy was a sort of war machine from an anime. It was a humanoid form, two stories high. It was significantly taller than Jack in his Hulk Buster armor. It had wings so it too could fly. It was a white machine with two green eyes. It had a pink light saber and a grey cannon on its left arm. Another enemy was a white gorilla wielding two Morning Star maces. It also had a Predator shoulder cannon and a device over its left eye like a scouter from DragonBall Z. Jack assumed that the scouter and the shoulder cannon were somehow linked so that the gorilla could control it. The last enemy was the Red Striker Beetleborg from the television series Big Bad Beetleborgs, wielding the character's Striker weapon. Jack landed a few meters away from where the battle was taking place.

He chose to go after the smallest enemy, which was the Beetleborg. He took out his tank missile, and fired it at the player. The player cried out in surprise. She turned around to look at Jack, and began firing her weapon at him. He leap into the air, and hovered there. Suddenly, a shot from a firearm took him by surprise from behind him. He whipped around and saw Lynx standing there close to Jack's position.

"What are you doing here?" Jack seethed.

"I'm here to win." Lynx said, with a smoking revolver in his hand, "The bullet I just shot you with has taken away the affects that the Easter eggs had on you."

"I won those eggs." Jack said. "Why would you take them away from me?"

"The way I see it," Lynx said. "The Easter eggs were only supposed to go to one person. The High Five were never supposed to have the full control of the OASIS. There can only be one."

"There is nothing at all that I can do now, is there?" Jack asked. "I can fire all of my ammunition at you, it won't have any effect."

"No, it won't" Lynx laughed. "Now leave before I destroy you and take away your precious coins."

Jack threw a yellow magic orb at Lynx, which wrapped around his body. He also threw down a Flash-bang to blind his enemy. Jack flew to his Drop Pod, put away his Hulk Buster armor and climbed into the pod. He activated it and flew back to the Tensa Zangetsu. He needed to tell Art3mis before it was too late. He opened a communication link. Suddenly, alarms started going off. A Star Destroyer from Star Wars came out from behind the world that housed the Pluto arena. It started firing its laser cannons at The Tensa Zangetsu.

"Power on the shields." Jack ordered his robot crew. "Power up the Mac Cannons. Launch all Interceptors."

Interceptors were small, robot controlled ships that targeted anything else that Jack deemed to be a threat. He programmed his ships to fire on the Star Destroyer and anything that came out of that ship. They zoomed past the bridge of the Tensa Zangetsu as the Star Destroyer started firing.

"Mac Cannons are 35% charged." The computer informed Jack.

"Fire all missiles." Jack ordered, and the missile housing units all opened.

The missiles zoomed faster than his Interceptors. Jack turned on his communication link one more time, but got static. Lynx was behind this, and he wanted to stop Jack from telling the High Five about what he was up to. Jack turned and ran from the bridge. He went into his vault and went to his Easter Eggs. He stopped short and found that all three eggs were still there. However, they were housed in green cubes.

"Ship, scan the hull for any tracking devices." Jack ordered his computer. "He must have been watching somehow. But when did he have time to place a tracker on the hull of my ship? How did he even find it?"

Jack had no idea what the answers would be. Suddenly, red alarm lights started going off. Jack turned around and ran from his vault. He stopped short. Lynx was standing there. His computer had not known that he was boarding the ship until it was too late.

"You know, I like what you have on this ship." Lynx said. "It will be a great bonus to what I have."

"You could probably copy everything I have, with your programming skills." Jack said. "Why steal it?"

"Why?" Lynx mused. "Because I can, and you can't do anything about it. Any last words before I kill you and steal your ship?"

"Amorath, Forgoran, Zinthiodus!" Jack screamed, activating a black hole spell right behind Lynx.

The atmosphere started being pulled from the ship into the black hole. Jack activated his magnetic boots, which made him stick to the ground. Lynx was pulled, but at the last moment before he was sucked into the black hole, he activated his jets in his legs and started flying.

"I'll kill you!" Lynx screamed.

"Sentinel, come online." Jack told his emergency system in his ship. "Intruder calling."

Suddenly, a red beam swept through the entire ship, and found Lynx. It targeted him, and began wrapping him in yellow energy. It pulled him into the black hole, and then sent him through it. Jack took out a missile launcher and fired at Lynx, who had no time to dodge or anything. He was swept into the void of the black hole. Jack said the spell again, and deactivated the black hole.

"You come to my ship?" Jack seethed, going back to the bridge. "You think I'm just going to lay down and just give up what I earned? I don't think so. This means war!"

Jack looked out and saw that his interceptors were losing. They could not fight against something immortal. Jack had to decide; cut and run without his trusted robots, or see if he could pull off something.

"I'm going to have to buy new robots." Jack seethed. "You all served me valiantly. All robots, use your fire to get the ship's attention and fire on the bridge."

The robots obeyed as only robots with no minds of their own could obey. Several were destroyed before they could reach the bridge. Others fired torpedoes at the bridge. Jack piloted his ship, The Tensa Zangetsu to another point and prepared to jump to hyperspace.

"God's speed." He said to his faithful robots and then the ship zipped away from Pluto.


Vladislav Volkovskis threw his Headset down. He had failed to steal from Jack_100292402. It was upsetting because he thought he was a good player, plus he cheated, and he had also caught Jack by surprise. And yet he was beaten. It was not right. He did not want anyone else to be able to get the Easter eggs. He wanted to be the only one with the powers that they granted. Then, if he couldn't do things that way, he needed to program something else into the OASIS that would grant him a better advantage against all the players, including Jack and Art3mis. He wanted to be the very best. He wanted to be king of all the OASIS. He needed items that would grant him an advantage against these top tier players. That meant that he needed to find out the spells that would grant him the advantage and he needed to find them quickly.

He opened his cell phone and called Lewis Roger, also known as Tridosk on the OASIS.

"Hello?" Lewis said.

"Sup Noob." Vladislav greeted his friend. "I need you to do something for me. Find out where the High Five spend their time and give me the information. I need to ask them something."

"How can I find that out?" Lewis asked.

"You'll find a way," Vladislav said. "I know you can."

"Okay, I'll ask around." Lewis said. "What were you doing?"

"Just owning noobs, doing the same old thing." Vladislav lied. "Just find that out for me, and I'll make it worth your while."

"Okay Vlad." Lewis said. "I'll do it."

And with that they hung up. The next target was Art3mis.


"Are you sure?" Parzival asked Jack, who was in Aech's chat room The Basement/ Garage.

"Well think about it." Jack said. "He did shield one world from us getting to the egg. He also fought us the moment we all met."

"And you said that magic worked against him?" Art3mis asked. "That means he is probably aware of the same weaknesses that are out there for us."

"We need to find out what Halliday wanted us to use the unlimited ammo, boost in speed, and the immortality for." Parzival said

"Was it really him that left us these eggs this time, or was it someone else who had access to the OASIS before?" Aech said. "It could be a mod that someone else made to make the game more goal oriented."

"If that was the case then why was there no advertisement about these eggs being placed out in the OASIS?" Jack asked. "Maybe there's a fourth egg that we need to find that has something that can explain it to us?"

"Where would we find the egg?" Parzival queried. "And it looks like only the three of you can get it anyways."

"Ok, so the best way to find something is to go through all the information we have." Jack said. "Maybe we need to go back over all areas where we found the eggs?"

"That might take some doing." Parzival said. "It appears that the worlds where the eggs were vanished the moment the eggs were won. We can't go back."

"I'll see if I can find anything out using my computer software on board the Tensa Zangetsu." Jack said. "I suggest we take some time away from the OASIS as well, because we don't want to start something before we have all the facts."

"You want us to what?" Aech laughed. "We're not part of this."

"This Lynx person may want to use one of our friends to get to us." Jack said. "He might hold your Avatars hostage. Do you really want to lose everything you worked so hard for? I know my friends would not want to be held hostage because the gear that they have earned is hard to find."

"Okay, so I'll lock up the Garage and stay off the OASIS while you guys do your thing." Aech said. "Do you need my cell number or something if you need help?"

"Yeah that would be helpful." Jack said. "I also have friends; did you guys want their numbers as well?"

"It would be best if we shared all the numbers that we can so that we can prepare those who were closest to us."

"That call is going to go well." Art3mis mused.

"I know." Jack said. "Everyone for almost a decade has been living digitally, not leaving the OASIS until you guys came and closed it down every Tuesday and Thursday. I don't know how my friends will feel."

"Its for their own benefit." Art3mis said. "You and I have to work together to fight against Lynx."

"Hey, don't count us out yet." Parzival said. "I'll go down tomorrow to OASIS headquarters and talk to the programmers to see if they know what can be done against Lynx."

"I'll come with you." Aech said.

"We need to let Daito and Shoto know as well." Art3mis said. "They might know someone. At the very least they will be here in case we need them for something."

"Okay, let's roll out." Jack said.


"What the hell man?" Tom said as Mark told his friends at school that they needed to stay off the OASIS. "I thought you were unkillable? How could he just depower your Easter eggs? Wouldn't he need to be in the same room as them?"

"You would like to think that, but the eggs are attached to us." Mark explained. "The code he used made is so that I am killable now."

"How can you be sure if he didn't kill you?" John said. "You still have everything."

"Something changed with my Easter eggs." Mark explained. "There are now some barriers surrounding them. They may not work anymore, and I don't want to test it out just in case it is true. The only egg I can test safely is the one that gives you the boost in speed. But the High Five and I have decided that we all need to stay off the OASIS to give time for Wade to find out what he can from the higher ups in the OASIS coding department. And I need time to talk to Amira."

"What do you need to talk to her about?" John asked.

"He wants to put his 'wocket in her pocket'." Tom joked.

"I don't want to hurt her." Mark said. "She needs to know what's going on. Where on campus does she and her friends hang out before class?"

"I think I see her around my locker at the front of the cafeteria." Justin chimed in for the first time. "Are you brave enough to face her like this."

"Fuck no." Mark said. "I'm probably going to stumble over my words, but this is important. Can one of you come with me?"

"Yeah, I'm good friends with a few of her friends, like Jessica." Justin said. "We've worked together in class. I can be your wingman."

"Alright thanks," Mark said.

"Anytime." Justin said.

"We're coming too." John said. "We're all your friends."

The four friends walked quietly, all four of them carrying the books they would need for their first class. And then there she was; Amira was speaking to one of her best friends, Alan. Alan was five feet, four inches tall. He was not the tallest, but he was the bravest as he could talk to anyone with no problem. He liked to play basketball, and was good at it. The girls all thought he was cute. Amira liked him and that was good enough for Mark. The four friends walked close to her, and she caught Mark's eye and smiled.

"I didn't know if we would talk in real life right away." Amira said, smiling. "I'm glad you came."

"Hey Amira." Mark said. "There is something I have to say but I don't know how to say it."

Amira reached out and took Mark's hand.

"Whatever it is, I can handle it." She said. "You can trust me. I'm not going to hurt you."

"Its about the OASIS." Mark said.

"What do you mean?" Amira asked, not understanding what Mark was trying to say.

He was sweating buckets. His knuckles were white as he was squeezing his books. And then he felt a reaffirming hand on his shoulder.

"Remember Mark," Justin said. "We're here for you. Like Amira said, you don't have anything to worry about. From what the others have told me, you have faced demons more frightening than Amira. She wants to talk to you. Just breathe. You can do it."

"You can do it, put your back into it." Tom said.

"Amira, online." Mark started. "There's a guy who is out to get me. I won three Easter eggs, and there maybe more. He wants them all to himself so he's coming after the other winner as well. There was just us three; it has nothing to do with the big Easter Egg that came out after Halliday's death. It seems that someone else wants people to compete for other things to win. Right now, I have three Easter eggs. One grants Immortality in the OASIS. One grants a boost in speed. One grants unlimited ammunition. He's coming after me because he wants to be the only one to have the eggs."

"Maybe you should just give him the eggs." Amira said. "I don't like you because of your coins and stuff you have online. I like you for you on the outside. Remember, the OASIS is just a game. You need to figure something out about who you want to be when you outgrow the OASIS."

"Outgrow the OASIS?" Tom asked, a little irritated.

"Don't say anything." John told his friend.

"I don't want you to get in his way." Mark said. "That's all; I care about what happens to you."

She smiled a beautiful smile.

"I have a friend that might be interested in talking to you, Mark." She said. "I've noticed that you are always so serious. He might be able to loosen you up. Here is his phone number. Do you have a cell phone?"

"Yeah." Mark said, pulling out his I-Phone that he only used for emergencies. "What's your number, by the way?"

"Oh yeah, I should probably give you that as well." She said.

She gave him her cellphone number and the number for the person that could help him.

"Thanks." Mark said.

"No, thank you, Mark." She said. "I think we will start having a good relationship."

"I hope so too." Mark replied.

"Guys, its going to be class soon." Alan said. "I hope you guys know what you're doing."

"Thanks, Alan." Mark said.

"No problem." He said.


Mark did not go home early that day. He wanted to know more about the person that Amira had suggested he talk with. He spent some time in the school library, looking up the phone number which was tied to a social media account. He found out that the person's name was Nick Harvey. Mark's eyes widened. This guy looked like he could be a bouncer for a club. He had several pictures with other people and nine times out of ten he was the tallest. His arms were like tree trunks. There were some pictures with Nick having no shirt on. He had several tattoos; one was a cross on his left shoulder. One was a wolf on his right shoulder. He looked like he trained for something. Mark looked up his work detail and was astonished at this man's resume. He was 32 years old and had served several years as a police constable in the Toronto Police Department and was now a Mental Health Practitioner. His wife was a blonde bombshell, and their four-year-old son was quite cute. Nick had brown hair, and in most of his pictures had his hair spiked up. He also had a goatee. He had grey eyes and had many friends online.

Mark looked up where Nick was working. It was completely blank, which Mark found to be odd. Why would Nick say that he was a Mental Health Practitioner but not put where he worked? And then it dawned on him. His teacher had said that with most if not all health care, it was a serious offence to give out patient information, and that also had to do with mental health. Mark decided that he needed to meet this man that Amira suggested him to call. He swiped his phone to make the call and searched the contact list for Nick's number. He found it and made the call. The phone rang twice, and then a man picked up.

"Hello?" Nick said from the other side.

"Hi, this is Mark Patel." Mark introduced himself. "I'm a friend of Amira's."

"Oh, Mark!" Nick said. "Amira has told me about you."

"I don't know what to say." Mark said. "Amira and I have only just started talking to each other. I don't know how she could have known that much about me."

"She's liked you for a long time, Mark." Nick said. "She found out that one of your favorite movies was The Mark of Zorro. She had dressed up as Zorro during Halloween at your school."

"I know." Mark said. "I saw that. I didn't want to assume that she liked me. I thought that it could be a coincidence. Our friends don't hang out with each other. It wasn't until recently that we started talking. She was the one who initiated it by asking one of her friends to talk to one of my friends about me. I'm not really good at talking to people outside the OASIS."

"It's about time that you overcame that," Nick said. "I will text you an address. Meet me there and I will help you get better, Mark. I want to help you."

"But you don't even know me." Mark said. "What could I have done to make you interested in helping me?"

"I always want to help people." Nick said. "That is my purpose. God has given me a gift, and I never want to forget it. Never give up, Mark. Sometimes, the night is darkest just before the dawn. The dawn is coming, and you will become something more than what you are right now. Let me help you. You don't owe me anything. You don't have to pay me. I am here for you and Amira. That and plus, I am Amira's God brother as well. I'm doing this as a favour to her."

"Okay I will meet you there." Mark said.

"Looking forward to meeting you Mark." Nick said.

"You too."


They were no where to be found. Lynx was livid. Jack_100292402 had defeated him without killing him. He had thrown him into a black hole, which transported him right across the OASIS to another world altogether. His ship was without its commander, and was being attacked. Luckily his Easter egg and hacking skills made all his items, tools, and vehicles to be impervious to damage. His laser turrets would make short work of the interceptor robots that the Tensa Zangetsu had left in its wake. Lynx swore that he would find a way to track Jack down, but he did not have a clue what could be done. It appeared that the High Five were told about what happened, as there was no activity from any of them. Lynx had created a code that could pinpoint wherever a few players would emerge. That was how he found Jack, but he did not have time to track down the rest of his enemies. Lynx decided that he would play a game to get off some aggression. He started playing a free for all, much like how Jack was playing when Lynx ambushed him. Lynx loaded a file on the world of Endor where players would go through a forest with massive trees and kill each other for sport. It was good for snipers as they could use the different tree branches, and platforms to take out other players. The best snipers played on maps like these.

However, Lynx was not much of a sniper. He preferred playing as a Predator. He chose to use a code to make him invisible to other players. He watched as other players were killing each other for a time. People from different countries were already playing against each other. There was no time limit, and anyone could join at any time. There was also no kill limit, so the game could go on for hours until you needed a break from the game at any point. However, Lynx had strategically decided to play the game right then and there because he was waiting for a clan to show up. Lynx flew and went to strategic spots where snipers would sit and wait to take out other players who were moving around the map. Lynx placed fragmentation mines at these points. He had used a code that also made his items invisible as well. He looked for any openings in the trees and found a place where he could place a trap. People were playing oblivious to what was being done around them. Logs suddenly disappeared from the map. Sticks were sharpened, and vines suddenly began moving by themselves. Lynx was placing traps for all his enemies, and it felt so right. He was a professional killer, and this was how he showed it. And so, he waited. Three players made their way to strategic spots where Lynx had left the mines. They exploded, leaving behind nothing but coins. Lynx swooped down and took it all for himself. He then went and hid again, waiting for more people to join. He had also taken the time to create elaborate traps for the other players to encounter. It took him about half an hour to come up with everything that he was going to use against them.

Finally, two clans joined. On the OASIS, you could advertise when and where you wanted a match, and you could coordinate when you can play against each other. That was how Lynx knew these clans were going to come together to do battle against each other.

Suddenly, the Wolf pack, a team of 20 players who wore grey and black fur/armour with wolf head shaped helmets appeared. There were three players who had yellow patches on their shoulders, two players with red patches on their shoulders, and one with a shimmering white patch on his skull. Next, 20 Starship troopers appeared as well on the field. There was only one with a Captain's badge. Both clans had warriors with varying pieces of weaponry. They did not stick to the weapons associated with their characters, but also had weapons from different media as well. All other players were welcome to continue playing, but they would come in between the two clans. The whole arena became alive with movement as players spawned at different places. Teams did not spawn on either side, it happened this way for the players to meet each other right away instead of waiting to be found.

Lynx saw four players congregate in one area where his traps was. He activated it, and two huge logs flung from the trees. Vines kept the logs from hitting the ground, but instead they crashed into the four players, killing them. They respawned of course, but lost some coins that Lynx picked up. He needed to make as much money as he could to buy enough spells to combat Jack_100292402 and Art3mis. Next, six players were fighting each other at a different place. While they were doing that, three snipers tried to take positions at the very same place that Lynx had placed his mines. All three of them died and Lynx picked up their coins as well. No one knew if the other team had done this on purpose. The Wolf pack thought that the Starship Troopers had come before the match to make these traps, but they could not explain why they would take out their own soldiers as well. The Starship Troopers thought the same thing about the Wolf Pack. They never even considered Lynx was there as he was invisible. Wooden spikes flew from slings that Lynx had created. They sliced through the air and cut deep into the enemies that were close by. Several missed their mark, but that was okay. Three Wolf Pack soldiers were running after one Starship Trooper when they fell into a pit with wooden spikes at the bottom. All of them were killed. The amount of coins that Lynx was racking up was staggering. Several players tried returning to where they died, but they never retrieved any of their weapons, coins, or spells that Lynx had taken for himself.

He used his massive proton cannon to cut down a tree. It toppled over six players, and they all were destroyed. Lynx picked up their coins, spells, and weapons that he did not already have. He wanted to have a place where he called his home in the OASIS. It was true that he had the Star Destroyer, but it seemed like he would be copying Jack_1002492402 who had a ship already. He needed a hangout where he could show the world all that he owned thanks to his own work in the OASIS. He looked for other enemies nearby and used a radar device to find them. They came up as red dots on a round map just like in Halo: Combat Evolved. He flew using the repulsor jets on his boots and hands. He aimed his missile launcher and fired at four enemies. They all perished and he picked up their gear and coins. Soon, the players were feeling overwhelmed. They decided to come together, with their backs against each other. It was Wolf Pack and Starship Troopers against an unknown threat. They found an area where they could all come together. It was to their undoing as they made themselves one target instead of many. Lynx flew above them and searched through his inventory until he found a weapon from the Fallout series; a Fatman that shot out miniature Nuclear bombs. He powered it up and placed a special code to the nuke. He shot out the nuke and flew above the trees as the explosion rocked the whole arena. It destroyed mostly everything. Trees snapped in two like twigs. The atmosphere turned green and there was lightening. Lynx had changed things in the OASIS, forever. This would mean that the creators, or those in charge of things would need to investigate. With any hope, that would make the High Five take him more seriously as a threat who was not afraid of destroying everything to get what he wanted in the virtual world. He picked up all the coins, weapons, and spells and left he arena. However, no one would know it was him because he had not shown himself, but thankfully he did save the game play.

GoldDragonZ: Thanks for reading. I enjoyed writing this story very much. It goes on though.