Hey! Sorry it took so long for this one to come out. I was working on other things, then my college had some hard classes, blah, blah, blah you probably don't wanna hear it.
Enjoy!
Kyle
Even though I wasn't in their school, they still accepted me into their club. It was surprising how kind these people were. I never would have imagined that they would be so quick to accept someone who tried to kill one of their own into their social group, but there you go.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're stupid for letting me in, I'm just saying it's amazing how quick they were to accepting me. For me it's just a little weird.
The club meeting was actually fun for a school club. We had snacks, talked about ourselves (even though there was nothing about myself to talk about), and I even met another angeloid (what is that? Like… six?). She was a little girl who called herself Chaos. Even though she was about the cutest thing ever, there was something about her that just freaked me the hell out. Maybe it was her smile, or the way she was looking at me, but something told me to just keep my distance.
After the meeting, we decided to go to an amusement park in downtown Sorami, which was a short trip since the angeloids could fly at near super-sonic speeds. Also, something strange happened with my systems when we were flying. When I was being carried by Hiori, I got an alert saying, "Mimic Complete." I didn't know what that was, so I decided to put it out of my mind.
The amusement park was next to a large river slightly on land and slightly on a large dock. We bought tickets and walked inside. We were about to go on a fun-looking roller coaster, but suddenly…
"TOMOKI SAKURAI!" Cried out a voice behind us.
All ten of us turned around to see a blonde teenage boy pointing at us next to a girl with orange hair. Both wore white and blue uniforms and looked pretty angry.
"What the? You two? What do you want?" Tomoki asked.
"We want a rematch!" The girl said. "You got lucky last time. We weren't doing our best because a few of our orchestra didn't show up, but this time we've got them and an entire choir and we're ready to kick your ass you uncultured swine!"
"UNCULTURED?" Tomoki shouted as he tried to charge them. The only reason he didn't get to them was because Sohara and Sugata were holding him back.
He continued to go on a rant while I looked over at Nymph.
"Hay, what are they talking about?" I asked.
"Oh, about a year ago, they challenged us to a battle of the bands and we won. Now I guess they want a rematch."
"Oh yeah?" Tomoki said as I started listening again. "Well I bet we can beat you again!"
"Is that a challenge?" The blonde guy asked.
"Damn right it is!"
"Fine. The performance is tonight at nine at the theatre in the theme park. See you then."
"Wait, what?" Tomoki asked, nervous. "You mean you…"
"Already set it up? Yes. See you in a few hours."
That's right… it was already two o'clock, so we had seven hours to get a song ready and perform.
The blonde and his friend has walked away by the time Tomoki could gather his senses, but he looked at us just in time for Sohara to chop him, making him sink into the ground.
"Nice going, tomo! Now we're gonna get humiliated!"
"Ow! I'm sorry!" Tomoki said, standing up from the crater he was in. "I guess I got carried away."
"Well then I guess we're going to have to rock the house again." Mikako said with a smile. "I can't wait to take that rich boy down a notch."
"Well we can cover a song from someone," Sugata said, "but we need someone with musical experience."
"Um… I can help." Came a familiar voice.
Everyone turned in the direction the voice came in, but unfortunately it turned out it was my voice.
"Really? You can help?" Sohara asked.
"Why not?" Nymph asked. "He's got data on most American songs and has been playing guitar for years now."
Sugata raised an eyebrow. "Really? Can you show us?"
X
Ginger
Kasi and I fell out of the portal and I landed face-first on a solid, white surface. Kasi, however, landed on her butt.
We stood up, groaning.
"Ugh… where are we?" Kasi asked.
As soon as my face was off the ground, I looked up at the area we were in and my mouth dropped open.
"Woah!" I said.
Above us were dozens of floating platforms as far as the eye could see. Some were covered with trees, but others were as white as the one we were on.
I stood up and looked around. "This place is huge!" I said.
"Where do you think we are?" Kasi asked.
"There can be only one explanation." I said, raising a finger. "Aliens."
Kasi rolled her eyes. "Don't be silly, I can see the Earth down there."
Kasi pointed to the vast, green landscape beneath me. I walked over to the edge and looked down.
"Cool." I said. "You wanna look around?"
Kasi looked over her shoulder, nervously.
"Oh come on." I said, looking at her. "There's nobody here. We'll be in and out before anyone notices us."
"Well… Okay." Kasi agreed. She sprouted two bat-like wings from her back and flew into the air. "But just for a second."
"That's the spirit!" I said as I conjured a pink disc in front of me. I stepped on it and followed Kasi toward the nearest floating island.
"So what is this place?" I asked as Kasi and I flew away.
"Well… I'm not sure, but I think this is the Synapse, a floating utopia that resides above Earth's surface." Kasi said as she flew. "It's said to be home to one of the most powerful and advanced races of all time. I thought it was only a myth."
I nodded, impressed. "And all this without Magic? Damn."
"Well… not exactly." Kasi continued. "The Synapse is said to hold an unbelievable amount of power that supplies them with magical cards that grant wishes."
"Like Genies?"
"Yeah, but without the bull shit contracts. These were wielded by machines the Synapsians created, known as the 'Angeloids,' who were their servants, guardians, and slaves."
"Okay, hold up." I said as Kasi and I landed on the platform below us. "I get that this is a flying magic island… thing. But now you're saying they had magic card-wielding robots too? You're talking crazy talk, woman. Crazy talk."
Just as I finished, two winged women landed in front of us and pointed their hand cannons at us.
"Freeze! Don't you dare move!" The one with orange hair shouted.
"Holy crap." I said, amazed.
"Told you." Kasi whispered.
"You!" The green-haired woman shouted. "What did you say?"
"Oh, she was just telling me about how green hair is a natural color." I lied.
The angaloid with green hair gave me a funny look, and then straightened her hair. "So it is." She said.
"Who are you two?" The orange-haired angeloid asked. "You're not angeloids."
"Yeah we are." Kasi said quickly. I could tell she immediately recreated what she just said, because the angeloids were eyeing her in an angry way.
"Oh yeah?" The same angeloid asked. "Then where are your collars?"
"Collars?" I asked. Kasi elbowed me. "Oh! Yeah! Our collars. We can… um… turn them invisible." I conjured collars similar to the two angeloids on my neck and Kasi's. "See?"
I don't know why, but wearing a collar feels… weird. I don't know how Moka does it.
The angeloids lowered their weapons. I let out a sigh of relief as I thought they bought our act… they didn't.
"Fine. What are your names?" The green-haired one asked.
"I'm 31-B." I said, stepping forward, proudly.
The angeloids gave me funny looks.
"31-B?" One asked.
"Yeah. I'm number 31, and the 'B' if for 'BEYOND AWESOME!'"
Kasi face-palmed. "Ignore her, she's a… uh… prototype."
"Oooohh." Both of the angeloids said at the same time.
The green-haired harpy walked up to Kasi. "Then who are you?"
"Oh, me?"
"Yes, you."
"Oh, I'm type… Gamma." Kasi blurted out.
Silence.
I could tell this amazed the angeloids, because the green-haired one took a few steps back from Kasi. Oh gods, have we been figured out?
"Gamma?" The green-haired angeloid asked. "You can't be Gamma… I'm Gamma!"
"Um… well…" Kasi tried to say.
If I was going to save her, now was the time.
"That's right, succa! She's your replacement!" I said as I got in-between them.
The angeloids were taken aback by this
"Y-you can't be my replacement!" The angeloid said. "I've worked so hard! I've served the master to my potential! I even tore Beta's damn wings off!"
I smirked and looked her dead in the eye as I spoke. "Well it wasn't good enough."
The green-haired angeloid gasped and covered her mouth. What she did next was incredible even to me… she ran away, crying.
"Gamma! Wait!" The other angaloid called. "You're a great angeloid!"
She turned to Kasi and I and scowled menacingly.
"You two are going to regret this!" She said as she flew after her partner.
Kasi and I watched as she flew of into the distance.
"Let's go." Kasi said.
"I agree."
BTW, if I got Gamma and Harpy mixed up, I'm sorry.
