/FILE OPEN...PROGRESSION/
The next day went about as usual until I got to my dorm, then it got 'interesting'
I approach my dorm room only to see the door ajar. I open the door fully and walk in, I look around the place, everything is the same until I enter the kitchen part. There, I see a female on the floor; unconscious
"FELICIA!!" I run to her and prop her head up in my arms
"Felicia, wake up, Felicia." I emplore
"ugh"
"Hey, Felicia, wake up, come on, say something."
"Lan?"
"You scared me, you know that?" I spoke, relieved
"Sorry," she answers hoarsely
"I was preparing us both a lunch when I got light-headed and then I fell here and blacked out."
"Working too hard or fast?" I laugh
"Yeah. Maybe." she burns
We both laugh for a few minutes then I help her up and onto my bunk(I got bottom) then I boot my computer and sit in my chair, looking at her; staring
"What?" she asks, noticing me
"What were you making us?" I ask
"I was making us some good sushi, some riceballs, and I needed to get some sake." she answers
'Is she okay? she'd never talk to me, ever!' I think in suspicion
"Why are you talking to me?" I ask
"What? can't I make good omens with you, or are you not that way?" she retorts
"No no. It's just the fact that you've never spoken to me until last week and today, it's weird. Something the matter?" I ask
"Yeah." she replies, now head down in her knees and curled up onto my bunk
My computer beeps and I log in then open up 'THE WORLD R:2'
"Wanna talk about it?" I question
"Later, how's about ten tonight?" she counters with a meloncholy tone
"Ten tonight then." I agree before logging into 'THE WORLD R:2'
I check my e-mail and find that I have one important message and one that was from Reina
Subject: HEY! it's me, REINA!! From: Reina
Just thought I'd e-mail you and say thank you for yesterday. Also, I'll be on until nine tonight, I have some errands i've got to run with my big sis.
P.S. How'd you do that IK anyways? is it an adept rogue class only thing? JW. L8ter :)
"Yeah, Reina, it's an adept rogue only thing." I reply, before reading the important message
Subject: RE: Got a while? From: UNAVALIABLE
Sorry to see that event with both eyes. Anyways, there's been a new developement and I need to see you again. When you have a while, come see me at LAMBDA- FOREVER AGING LOVER. I reccommend you come as soon as you read this, it is VERY IMPORTANT.
P.S. This time you and only you are to come and will know what is to be told.
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Where were you yesterday, REAPER? hmm? I told you to come to LAMBDA- FOREVER AGING LOVER. Why did you not show up? this IS VERY important, you are to come there TODAY, understood? if you do not, then everyone will be cursed.
"Cursed? who is this guy? guess I'll go this time and set things straight."
---Luminous Cloth---
"Guess I"ll head to the area now." I tell myself before hearing a familiar voice
"REAPER!!"
"Reina? what're you doing here?"
"Waiting for you, silly. Lets get going!"
"Hey, listen, I can't right now. I've got to do some things, okay? I'll go with you before you have to log off for the night, okay?"
"Mm-hmm." she coldly replies, not buying my story
"Okay, Reaper, I'll accept but if you don't show up tonight I'll hate you."
"Deal." I comply before disappearing
LAMBDA- FOREVER AGING LOVER
"Here? again?" I cry, seeing the same old white misty area that I once before came to
"Finally." a feminine voice speaks
"Helba?" I ask, before the area was no longer misty. Now I could see Helba sitting in a chair next to a bed with a canopy over it and a familiar floating brown teddy bear
"Is Aura here, too?" I ask
"Aura, you say? why Reaper, I thought you said she was killed by TRI-EDGE?" Helba rhetorically questions
"Okay, okay! you got me. It's just the surroundings that caught me off guard." I counter
"What'd you want to tell me?"
"What I wanted to tell you yesterday before it got out of control was, first, Kuhn was PKed by TRI-EDGE yesterday at DELTA- FORGIVING PASTS FUTURE. He was informed that TRI-EDGE was sighted there PKing players just for the hell of it and was looking for...Aura."
"AURA?! he killed her! why would he want to look for her?"
"I don't know, Reaper. Also, to make things even worse, twenty areas yeasterday, were called in reporting sightings of AIDA particles."
"AIDA?! shit."
"Yes. AIDA. Because you chose not to show yesterday, AIDA was given the chance to infect a server with a virus of sorts."
"What would this virus be doing?" I ask, now infuriated
"What? how's about When."
"What do you mean, Helba?"
"Yesterday, in ECHO server, Ancient City, Ramasculus, two players unheardedly fell into a coma,"
"And?"
"Reaper, they fell into a coma while in town."
"In town? that's impossible. What? the virus get them?"
"The virus gave two PKers the ability to TK these players."
"TK? TownKilled? weird."
"Now, in fear of order being destroyed, Pi, Haseo, and Mr.Yata has given us permission to attack this threat at its source."
"Where's its source, Helba? where?"
"The towns itself." she replies, mourningly
"In town?! the other ADMINS won't allow it! they'll delete us as soon as we draw." I shout
"It's either we fight this virus when it shows itself or we all suffer. You will decide, and before you decide, think of this thought, Reaper, what will happen to Reina?" she adds before gating out and gating me back to LAMBDA server.
"What will happen to Reina?" Damn it all! guess I've got no choice but to risk getting banned." I SM Haseo, telling him I've agreed to help and to inform Helba. In approximately thirty minutes, I got a reply saying I was now able to unsheath my weapon in town and TK.
"Guess I'll start by looking for anything--" before I could finish, a sound of a two-pronged fork sounds. I twirl around and watch a hole in the town appear, the hole, now with green pentagons pertruding out from it begin to take over the city and out of these pentagons, bugged monsters of all sorts began to appear.
"What's going on?!" I hear players ask as they run in horror from the creatures
"What's going on?!" I ask
"The virus?!"
"AHHH!"
"Hmm?!" I twirl around once more and see an IRONBALL attacking Reina
"REINA! get away from it!" I began running toward her and the monster, unsheathing the blades she gave me the other day
"SWORD DANCE!!" I scream, attacking the monster; forcing it to chang targets
"Reina, listen to me, I want you to go to DELTA sever and go to the HOME in MERCENARY district, and tell Pi I need back-up, got it?"
"How can I get in? I don't have the RAVENS guild key!" she replies
"HERE!" I shout, dodging the Ironballs attacks and throwing her the key
"Now go!" I evade once more, watching Reina get to the chaos gate and vanishing
"Now, time for you...to DIE!!" I scream, relentlessly attacking the beast until it went into PROTECT BREAK
"I don't care if anyone sees this." I say, jumping back five feet and holding out my hand; on it, four black, pointed spikes appear with a black circle inside
"DATA DRAIN!!" the streams of data shoot forward and hit the bugged creature causing it to lose the virus and reverting back to a regular monster
"DATA SCOWER!!" I sceam, watching the Ironball get sucked into the black hole I had created then exploding and disappearing
"Now, for the rest of them." I charge the next group
DELTA SERVER, ETERNAL CITY, MAC ANU
"Pi! Pi!"
"Who are you?! how'd you get in here, little girl?" she yells
"Please! you gotta help me! Reaper gave me the guild key and told me to get you and anyone else to help him in LAMBDA server." Reina tiredly reported
"Calm down, calm down. What, exactly is going on in LAMBDA server?"
"Monsters, lots of monsters just started to appear in town in front of everybody's eyes."
'Monsters? the virus!!'
"Okay, listen to me, i want you to stay here, where it is safe, I'll go help Reaper and we'll meet back here. Got it?"
"Okay. I'll stay here until you guys return. Please hurry!"
Pi rushes out the doors and SM's Haseo. She quickly gets a reply. At Mac Anu's chaos gate, Haseo waits in ignorance and yelling,
"Hurry up, Pi! we've got to hurry!"
Once Pi reaches the gate, they both head for LAMBDA server
LAMBDA SERVER, WARRING CITTY, LUMINOUS CLOTH
When they arrive, all is in discord. Players dying all around, screaming, running, and...
"OVER HERE!!" I shout
"REAPER!!" they both yell
"HEY!!-- Ugh!"
"REAPER!!" they shout, watching me take blows left and right from three bugged monsters before finally being thrown toward the arena check-in booth; hitting it hard and falling; unconscious. Both Pi and Haseo race toward me, attacking the creatures then watching them take an avatar form(AIDA avatar)
"Pi! get Reaper out of here! I'll see you in Delta! go!" Haseo orders, now having red symbols fade in and out all over his body,
"SKEITH!"
Pi runs to me and helps me up; I'm very groggy now, since she slapped me back into consciousness and we steadily watch the battle, before finally we are able to run to the chaos gate
"Come on, Reaper," Pi encourages
"Need to reach the gate before another avatar battle."
"So...she found ya." I spoke
Right as we vanished to DELTA server, Haseo called forth his avatar, SKEITH, once more to finish off the remaining AIDA.
DELTA SERVER, MAC ANU, RAVEN GUILD
"REAPER!!" Reina screams, hugging me
"Hey there, Reina. How ya doing?" I ask, sitting down
"Good. Now you need to explain to me what happened back there and how you were able to TK those creatures." she jumps straight to the chase
"You mean, how'd I pull my weapons out in town, don't you?" she just looks at me shaking her head
"Hacks, Reina. I'm sorry I got you into this mess."
"You mean to tell me that IK with the PKers was a hack?"
"Sorta, Reina not quite."
"Then what was it, Reaper?"
Pi looks at me with an evil glare of, 'you tell her and there'll be trouble'
"Sorry Pi, but she needs to know."
"Reina, remember how the field went all blue and the like?"
"Yeah." she answers, listening to me attentively
"Well, that was called an avatar battle. it's kinda like--"
"Reaper, it's okay, I'll understand if you tell me, really I will."
"hih-hah...Lets just say, that I'm not as good a person as you think, okay? just forget what I said." I decide to keep that info to myself
"...okay." she answers, head down and a few tear drops falling to the ground. I get up and take her into my arms; she rests her head on my shoulder and I feel her tears run down my arm
'I'm sorry, Reina,' I whisper to her
'I'm sorry I dragged you into all of this. You weren't meant to witness that battle with those PKers or my attacking those creatures in the town. I'm sorry.'
'It's...it's okay, Reaper,' she stutteringly reassures with tears
'I do understand, I may only be nine but I understand what I should have seen and what not. In a way, I'm glad I did see that battle.'
'WHAT?!' I think to myself
'Did she see my avatar?! is that what she's trying to tell me?! could she possibly be an epitaph user?'
'Reaper,'
'Yes?' I whisper
'I love you.' she says before sitting on my lap, arms around my neck and her falling asleep soundly
"So beautiful," Pi recognizes
"She treats you as a father, yet she is scared of you and knows not what to think of you."
"That's because, Pi, I used to 'date' her big sister, Blackrose. That was Three years ago. Reina, here, got some history on me and from the day she met me, knew she could trust me and knew she'd be safe." I answer, looking at this, quiet, care-free sleeping girl of only nine
'I'll protect you with my life, Reina. I promise.' I whisper in her ear, before gently kissing her forehead and laying her down on the couch
"It's been forever since we left Haseo behind. Wonder if he's still fighting?" I wonder
"You wish, Reaper, you wish." comes a voice
"Oh. Hey there, Haseo. Have fun?"
"The town is safe. For now. After I defeated all the AIDA, the town returned to normal." he reports
"Now to wait for another attack from AIDA." Pi quoths
"Yeah. Wait." I say