"I don't believe what I'm feeling here… Humans... in the Digital World? This is… humorous… The "Great Ones" are fools to challenge us."


Setting: Real World – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

James is a pretty mean kid. He has extremely long brown curly hair shaped into an afro of sorts, wears a deep red hoodie with the image of a cracked sun on it, and long basketball shorts. He seems to have an eternal angry face of sorts on his face. At the age of fifteen, and of a slightly muscular, yet skinny, athletic build, James is a force to be reckoned with.

However, inside of this tough exterior lies a soft heart. He frequently volunteers his time at his local elementary school to help tutor third graders in spelling. He's a really caring person on the inside, and his closest friends know this well.

James is simply walking down the street on the way to his usual volunteer service. His phone suddenly starts vibrating, and he answers, even though the caller ID doesn't return a phone number.

"Hello, who is this?" James says to the phone.

"Please, hear my plea, sir. Your presence is being requested at the Hope Palace. Please, we need you here now…" The voice on the other end is the same serious voice from before, however there is a bit more distress in his voice.

"Look man, I don't really know who you are, and I don't really think I can help you out… I know a guy though, I'll give you his number, and he'll help you out with your problems." James calmly replies, noticing that the man on the other end is desperate.

"You do not understand… My world is in danger… You are one of the only people that can help me. I've opened a Digital Gate in your vicinity, please, enter it." The voice replies.

"I… What? Digital Gate?" James responds, confused. At this point, he notices that there are no people walking the street, even though the street was relatively busy before.

"There is an empty bus parked across the street from you… Enter it." The voice replies, and sounds a tad more relieved than before.

James crosses the street, and stands in front of the bus's door. The bus's windows are all reflective for some reason, and he can't see inside. "I'm at the bus… Nothing weird here. What's with all this Digital Gate busin-" Mid sentence, the bus doors quickly open, and a blinding light emerges. The light grabs James, who is engulfed and dragged inside just as he starts to make a surprised face. The entire bus then disintegrates promptly.


Setting: Real World – Beverly Hills, California, United States

Kate is the definition of high maintenance. Fourteen years old, the body of a model, wearing a light and fashionable fur coat with a small white T-shirt underneath, obnoxious sunglasses, and extremely revealing daisy dukes. She also carries around a designer leather pocket book, and is walking around with high-heel-like sandals. She also has a perfectly bronze tan and perfect blond hair.

Kate is actually a computer geek and a bookworm. While she hides this from her friends, Kate is a very well-educated girl that enjoys reading intellectual books, and studying advanced computer coding. While she does this in her private life, she appears as any stereotypical spoiled rich girl of Beverly Hills by day.

Kate is walking through the mall on the way to meet up with her best friends, when suddenly her phone starts ringing. She promptly answers without even looking at who's calling.

"Hello? Who's callin'?" She calmly says.

"I apologize for causing any inconvenience to you… but your presence is being requested at the Hope Palace immediately…" The voice on the other end is our favorite calm man from before, with the slight urgency from his first call, while remaining emotionally neutral.

"Hope… Palace… What?" Kate replies, confused.

"My world is in extreme peril, you must report here immediately. Please enter the Digital Gate, it is located at the closed store straight ahead of you." The voice seems almost elated that this time he isn't being shooed away immediately.

"The closed store…? Huh, that metal door's new…" Kate remarks. She decides to walk towards the door, just because it happens to be on her way. She does not appear to notice that the surrounding area has become completely void of people, even inside the adjacent stores.

"Please, open the door." The voice says.

Kate reluctantly opens the door, fully prepared for someone or something to jump out at her, and wondering why she's actually listening to a weird man on the telephone. Blinding light emerges from the door as soon as she opens it, engulfs her, and the door then slams closed and disintegrates.