King Vs. Queen
"I was hoping you might like the place," MC said to Monika, his hands open wide, allowing her a glimpse into her old life.
"You know you're dumber than you look if you think I'm going to like this place," said she, referring to the classroom that she and the others would often meet at after school to talk about things. This place served as her prison for so many years so it made sense that she'd have no interest in ever coming back here.
"How about you and I just talk things out?" MC suggested, seemingly creating a pair of chairs out of data, so that he could sit on one and made the other float towards Monika.
She took a moment to examine her opponent. MC was indeed crafterd after the main character in the game, wearing on their school uniform which consisted of a pair of blue pants, a brown shirt underneath was a white shirt and a red tie.
"Fine, I'll bite," Monika said, taking a seat "what did you want to talk about?"
"Why do we have to be at odds with one another Monika?" asked he, "After all, you and I are indeed the same being. Doesn't it make sense that we both work together instead of fighting each other?"
"No thanks," Monika said, dismissively.
"But listen…"
"Not in the mood to."
"Why?"
"Because try as you might want to imagine that we're both on the same level, we're not," Monika responded.
"For example," said she, snapping her fingers, causing the room to vanish and transport them to a wide empty space that had a white floor while the skies were filled with millions of lines flashing by every second.
"That room you made must have taken at least three minutes to do it correctly. I can do it in three seconds. You might lie to yourself and say that we're both the same but I am vastly superior to you."
"And let's not forget that I have someone waiting for me on the other side…"
"That human? What do you see in something so weak?"
"I see great potential in him like how I see with them all. Michael taught me that humanity has the capacity for doing good, all they need is a push in the right direction."
"But enough of philosophy," Monika said, as half a dozen black orbs started floating around her "I'm only here for one thing."
MC grit his teeth in fear as the orbs shot forward aimed at him. He dodged all of them, not noticing that when the orbs hit the ground, they caused a blackness to spread out. He ran towards her but all of a sudden he was stopped. He looked back to see a barrage of tentacles coming from the pool of blackness behind him, holding him in place.
"Well I guess we're done with the foreplay," MC said, casually before yanking himself free from the tentacles.
"Don't forget," added he, making the ground around Monika shake "you're in my world now."
"Good," said she, leaping over him "you're going to need all the help you can get."
MC hit the ground with his right leg, causing the ground around them to shake violently. This caused a massive black dragon to emerge out of the ground Behind MC. He then rose up, entering the dragon's chest, causing its blood red eyes to open up and let it emit an ear piercing roar.
"Someone's overcompensating," Monika said, with a chuckle then stretched out her hand, covering it and the rest of her body in a silver coloured armour, along with a long red coloured katana. The dragon once again roared but Monika did not lose her footing. Instead, she ran right towards her enemy who retaliated with a swipe of its left claw.
The knight easily sidestepped the attack, continuing forward and with a swing of her sword she landed a small cut on the dragon.
"Damn it," she muttered to herself, then leapt back to avoid the tail swing.
Despite the titanic battle occurring between the two AI's, the real battle was actually going on in the sky. Streams and streaks of data flowed and clashed against other streams of data in an effort to overwhelm each other. Both sides continued their clash and would constantly probe their opponents for any signs of weakness but none so far.
MC would then create a swarm of black polygon shaped soldiers from the ground and have them attack Monika from all sides while he bombarded the ground with a barrage of fireballs. The girl was forced on the defensive, dividing her attention between facing these annoying soldiers while also avoiding the dragon's breath. She avoided a group of polygon troops but seven of them came behind and grabbed her, allowing more to swarm her location. On seeing this, MC wished to make use of a moment like this and let out one massive fireball aimed at her. The attack hit, engulfing friend and foe in a sea of digital fire.
MC smiled to himself, admiring his work but then he felt a terrible pain in his leg. He looked down and saw Monika standing there with her sword plunged deep into his right leg. She took her weapon out and leapt up to deliver two deep strikes on his chest, causing MC to stagger back.
At this moment, the dragon looked up and saw that his data was slowly and steadily being pushed back by Monika's incursion.
"Conceited bitch," barked he, firing a fireball at her but the AI easily dispatched the attack with a swing of her sword, cutting it in half.
Monika pressed on the attack, knowing that time was not on MC's side. Though they were on his network, Monika would eventually gain the upper hand over him, for the simple reason that she was smarter than he was.
One thing about Monika that few people knew was that she could not sleep. Being an entity with no physical form, she had no need to rest her body. So in the morning's she would either stalk or chat with Michael as much as possible without interfering with his work, but at night when he was asleep, she would plunge head first into the internet, learning all she could.
Initially, reluctant to the idea of browsing the net, her innocent curiosity caused her one night to check on how a PC is made. This in turn caused a fascination with computers, leading to her learning everything about computers in a single night.
Encouraged to learn more by her boyfriend, Monika would spend her nights expanding her knowledge in whatever subject she was interested in. Michael would often buy external hard drives which he then networked to the main computer, allowing her to learn more, but even that had a limit.
When she finally got into the backdoor of the internet, there was no limit to what she could learn, which was why she was overwhelming MC right now.
The security protocols he had in place were initially troublesome for her but it was not something that would keep her on the defensive forever.
The dragon grew wings and rose up in an effort to gain some distance but Monika was not in the mood for it. She sent out a barrage of energy waves from her sword, all of which connected. The dragon was assaulted by the attack, forcing it to fall hard into the ground.
It was here that MC realized what a stroke of luck had come his way. He noticed how far Monika was from him and then turned his attention to the thing that could level the playing field.
The thumb drive.
He remember that idiot plugging in a thumb drive that had an internet connection, which was how Monika was able to take the fight to him. But at the same time, if he were to escape from here then he'd be able to learn and gain the same amount of powers that Monika did.
Realizing this, MC left the dragon form and ran towards the door with all the speed he could muster. When he neared the door though, his body was engulfed in a column of flames. Add to this a barrage of lightning bolts, hitting him from all sides.
"Did you really think that I'd let the portal to the internet backdoor open so easily?" Monika asked, nearing him "News flash; I purposely pushed you into a corner so that you'd fall for my trap."
"Don't get so damn cocky," MC said, slowly standing up "It'll take a lot more than this to beat me Monika. When I'm through with you…"
"You'll what," interrupted his opponent, plunging her sword into his chest "In the time that you've been around, all you've talked about is how strong and powerful you are when in fact you're nothing. No, you're less than nothing to be honest."
"And now if you'll excuse me," said she as a door behind her formed "I have a date waiting on the other side."
Monika watched MC's body twitch with her sword still inside him. Content that he was no longer a threat, she looked at her choice of attire and wondered if she should stay like this when they first meet.
"It certainly would surprise Michael," muttered she, to herself but decided to go back to her usual school uniform instead. With that settled, she slowly made her way to the door.
"Don't you dare," MC said, suddenly from behind her. She barely turned around before he grabbed her by the head and rammed her into the ground. MC then continued the attack over and over while shouting "underestimate me."
Having enough of this, Monika yanked her sword out of his body then spun around and landed a deep wound on his back.
MC saw another opportunity presenting himself and instead of facing Monika, he chose to run; right through the portal and into the real world.
He made sure to have a gun with him when he transferred as he was not surprised to see that accursed human waiting for him. The human was momentarily surprised to see him and not Monika emerging and in that moment, the MC capitalized by firing three bullets, all of which hit their target.
"Hello Michael," MC said, taking his first steps into the real world "nice to finally meet you."
AN: hooo boy