Chapter 6: Perim in Danger

Outside the Cafeteria

When Dartz got outside he noticed that there was no one around the cafeteria. The only signs that there had been a battle were the debris scattered all over the ground and the bullets on the ground.

"This is too weird." Dartz said to himself. He ran over to the dorms. There was no one to be found. He checked everywhere possible: the gym, the boiler room, the science building, even the factory. Everyone was gone.

"Nothing." Dartz mumbled. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed Duke's number. He answered after the second ring.

"You done kicking annoyance butt, Dartz?" Duke asked as he answered the phone.

"Yeah. Where is everyone?"

"We're in the caves on the northern edge of the forest."

"Alright. I'll be right there." Dartz hung up the phone and ran into the forest. He got to the caves quickly. Some of the students were trying to get away from the caves, but were being stopped by Sharon, Duke, Garrett, Odd, Riou, William, and Ulrich.

"Guys! Please stop panicking! Everything will be fine!" Ulrich was shouting as he put up a rock wall to stop some students from heading back to the school. He noticed Dartz run up.

"Everything okay?"

"Yep. We just need to clean the place up." Dartz answered.

"Good. Xana's launching an attack!" Jeremy yelled. Dartz brought up the virtual terminal in his watch.

Tower Status: Deactivated.

Attack Information: Create black hole at Kadic Academy to suck up whole world.

Black Hole Status: created and continuing to increase.

"That's weird. The firewall stopped the tower from activating." He said. "But there is a black hole in Kadic's courtyard."

"Say what?" Duke asked.

"You heard me. We need to get back to Kadic."

"Alright." Ulrich said. The gang ran back to Kadic's courtyard. There was a large black hole in the ground that was slowly growing larger.

"So what do we do?" Odd asked. "The tower is deactivated. There's no way of stopping the black hole.

"I could probably disable the black hole, but I'd need to be on the other side." Jeremy said.

"We'll go with you. You'll need as much help as possible." Lisa said. Dartz and Aelita nodded. They walked over to the black hole and prepared to jump in. Jeremy went first, but landed on an 'invisible' wall.

"What the heck?" Jeremy asked. He felt around on the invisible surface, but found no openings. Dartz put his hand on the surface, but it went into the black hole instead of landing on the invisible surface. He immediately pulled it out.

"This is so weird." Dartz said. Duke walked up and put his hand through the black hole. Lisa followed their example, but felt nothing but surface. Something beeped in Dartz's pocket. He pulled out a small red PDA- like object. Duke looked at him curiously.

"You think this has something to do with Perim?" he asked. Dartz nodded. "The scanner only beeps when I'm near a portal to Perim. Poor Xana. Perim is like my homeland territory." Dartz jumped into the portal and disappeared. Duke followed. The rest of the gang gathered around the portal as Sonic and friends ran over.

"What's going on?" Blaze asked.

"Xana's created a portal to some place called Perim, but only Dartz and Duke could get in." Jeremy explained. Riou and Garrett exchanged glances then nodded at each other. They both jumped into the portal. "Apparently Riou and Garrett as well."

"Who's Garrett?" Amy asked.

"He's a friend of Dartz. Pretty cool guy." Odd said. He looked down at the portal, shrugged, and then jumped in.

"How can they do that?" Lisa asked.

"If this portal leads to Perim, that means only Chaotic players can get in." Ulrich said. He put his hand through the portal. "That's what it looks like."

"If only Chaotic players can get through, why could Odd, Garrett, Duke, and Riou get in?" Jeremy asked.

"Odd is a Chaotic player, that much I know." Ulrich said. "And from what Duke knew about Perim, so is he. I can't explain Garrett or Riou. They might be Chaotic players, too."

"Are you going in there?" Cosmo asked.

"Yep. They might need my help along the way." Ulrich got ready to jump, but Yumi grabbed his arm.

"Please don't go, Ulrich." Yumi said. She had tears running down her face. "I don't want to lose you."

"You won't have to, Yumi. I promise to come back. Safe and Sound." Ulrich pulled her into a hug and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "I promise." Yumi nodded and let go of him. He prepared to jump again, but he again was stopped, this time by Jeremy.

"Hold on, Ulrich. If you're going in there, you'd better take this with you." Jeremy said handing Ulrich his laptop case. "I've programmed a code that can be used to close the portal from the other side. It's on that laptop. Be careful."

"I will, Jeremy. I will." Ulrich said.

"And please. Bring the others back safe."

"They'll be fine. We've got Dartz to lead us. He knows Perim inside and out."

"Okay." Jeremy said.

"Good luck, Ulrich." Sam said. Ulrich nodded and jumped into the portal. After about five minutes of nothing, Ulrich landed on the hard ground.

"Ouch." Ulrich mumbled as he got up. He noticed the others standing around. "What's up?"

"We're trying to figure out where we are." Duke said.

"Hm. I have a feeling I know where we are." Dartz said.

"Feel free to share the knowledge." Riou said.

"Kiru City."

"Where?" Odd asked.

"Kiru City. Capital of the Overworld and home to Maxxor, the greatest Overworld warrior in existence." Odd's eyes widened.

"Maxxor?!" he asked.

"Yes. Maxxor. Come on we need to stop that black hole from sucking anything up."

"Here." Ulrich said. "Jeremy wanted me to give this to you. He said he programmed a code that will stop the black hole from spreading." 4 blue pillars suddenly appeared out of nowhere. When the pillars subsided, four teenagers stood where they were. There were three boys and a girl.

The girl had long blond hair that reached halfway down her back. She was wearing a black long-sleeve sweater over a white undershirt and red sweat pants. One of the boys had messy black hair. He was wearing a grey short-sleeve shirt with a circle that had four lines coming out of it over a blue long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. The second boy had spiky red hair. He wore glasses, a green short-sleeve shirt, a tan vest, and black jeans. The last boy had short brown hair. He wore a green and grey unbuttoned button-up short-sleeve shirt over a yellow short-sleeve shirt and black shorts. They walked over to the gang.

"Who are you?" The black haired boy asked.

"People. Our business is not of your interests." Dartz mumbled not taking his eyes from the computer screen.

"Say what?" the brown haired boy asked.

"They don't need our help, genius." The girl said.

"Dude, that's majorly wrong." The brown haired boy said. "What are you guys doing, anyway?" the girl rolled her eyes.

"I'm Sarah," she said, "and this is Tom, Kaz, and the annoying one is Payton."

"We don't really care." Dartz turned to the gang. "First thing we have to do is get rid of that black hole." He pointed to the ever-growing black hole in the sky.

"Why do you have to get rid of a black hole, dude?" Payton asked.

"Because if we don't, it'll suck up all of Perim and Earth."

"What makes you think that?" Kaz asked.

"If a black hole turns out to be a portal to another dimension, it will suck up not only the dimension it was created in, or the planet it was created on in this case, but the dimension it leads to as well." Sarah explained.

"Wow. We've got a smart one here." Odd said.

"Come on, Romeo. You've already got a Juliet." Ulrich said pulling Odd away from his position next to Sarah. Sarah raised an eyebrow.

"He's a ladies' man beyond all reason." Dartz said. Sarah nodded and motioned Tom, Kaz, and Payton toward the city.

"Hey, Dartz. The black hole?" Garrett said.

"Right. From the looks of this program, it'll only get the job partially done. We'll need more power."

"From where?" Riou asked.

"From the tribal leaders around Perim."

"You mean all of the tribal leaders?" Duke asked.

"Actually, only one. I've got scans of the Overworld, Underworld, and Danien leaders. All we need is Prince Mudeenu." Dartz closed the laptop and put it back in the case.

"Where do we find Prince what's-his-face?" Odd asked. "He could be anywhere in Mipedian territory."

"I'm aware of that. I have my ways of finding creatures I'm looking for." Dartz pulled out his scanner and pressed the button at the top. He was engulfed by blue light and disappeared. The others followed suit, all teleporting to Chaotic.

"What are we doing in Chaotic?" Duke asked.

"I know where Prince Mudeenu is. When not in battle he always stays at Mipedian Oasis."

"How do you know that?" Ulrich asked.

"Research. Lot's of research." Sarah walked over to the gang.

"Any luck with that black hole?" she asked.

"A bit. We need a scan of Prince Mudeenu to close it. We were heading for the Mipedian Oasis right now." Duke said. Sarah nodded.

"Mind if we come with?" she asked.

"Why?" Ulrich asked.

"We want to help too. Right guys?" Sarah asked looking at Tom, Kaz, and Payton.

"Of course." Tom and Kaz said in unison.

"You'd better believe it." Payton said.

"Alright, but no funny business." Dartz said. "The fate of Perim and Earth is in our hands."

"Okay." Tom said. "Next stop, Mipedian Oasis."


Me: There's chapter 6. I hope everyone liked it. Chapter 8 will be up soon. Please review. 5 reviews are needed for the next chapter.