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Shock was etched all over his face, "Bloody fucking hell!"
I pulled away from Angel and wiped my face off, "I thought you were with Killbane, Matt."
"I was but he I kinda wish he didn't so I wouldn't see that," he gestured at the two of us.
"He let you go? That's surprising," Angel commented.
He frowned, "And now I don't have a place to stay."
"You can stay here, keep yourself safe."
He smiled and hugged me.
"What's this turning into, a shelter for Killbane victims?" Angel asked gruffly.
Me and Matt looked at each other before chanting and clapping rhythmically, "Welcome to the club! Welcome to the club!" We got up close to Angel, "Welcome, Angel! Welcome, Angel!" Welcome, Angel! Welcome, Angel!"
He sneered and walked back to the main floor.
"We're kidding," Matt said as we followed.
"He's just grumpy, don't worry."
"Am not!"
I went to the two ropes that hung from the the railing on the second floor and started climbing. The ropes slid through my hands as I twirled up and down, passing over to one then the other. finally wrapping my legs around one.
"After what Killbane did," I said while tying the other rope into a knotted loop, "it kinda makes me want to do this," I put the noose around my neck and wrapped it around my neck. I jokingly lolled my head back and stuck my tongue out.
A snap sounded. I managed to get my neck free but then started falling. This was it, I wouldn't die in a battle, mission, or even doing something worthwhile. No, I would die because of a rope. Fuck. I crashed into something that wasn't the floor, something with a warmth that made me cuddle into it. I opened to look at Angel who was holding me bridal style. "You okay?"
I blushed and freed myself from his arms, "Yeah, thanks."
"That was really stupid."
Angel's phone started ringing, making him pick up. "Hello?" He asked. Low pitched chatter responded. "I'll be right out." He hung up, "I have to go. His fingers went to my chin as he pecked me on the lips before leaving.
Matt glared at me, "So how long has this been going on?"
"Since I was a luchador, chill." I got my laptop out of my bag again and logged on.
He huffed as he sat next to me and got out his. Matt had set up an account in the Deckers mainframe that I could log into. After the log-in, the 3-D environment appeared around my avatar, a woman in-
"Why did you put me in the Hello Genki mod?!" I roared. My avatar had been changed from an assassin to Hello Genki, a character from the cartoon me and Matt had watched as children. The cute, humanoid cat turned to face me and waved. He got the details right: the red bow near its ear, the anime eyes that bore into your soul if you looked too long, the little white jumper with a pink shirt.
He giggled, "I thought it would be funny."
I punched him in the arm, opened the character inventory, and restored her outfit. Now she was a human assassin clad in black.
"Matt, you need to make better outfits for your girl characters. I'm basically wearing a leather bra and thong."
"And boots!" he added like that helped, "That bra and thong are the second-most powerful pieces of armor in the game and I gave them to you for free, so quit whining."
I made my avatar walk over to Matt's and bash him with her sword. His was giant dragon , so it wouldn't do any real damage.
"Now that's just rude," he grumbled.
"Quit whining."
Our characters had spawned into the church, so all we needed to do was pick a portal that we could go through and hack other people. Tubes lead out of the walls and into the uncoded void.
"Do you have any information on Killbane?" I asked.
"No, but we can get some," he pointed at an opening, "the way is through there."
I stepped through the portal and phased through. The inside of Eddie's computer was represented as a wrestling ring, fitting. Matt joined a second later. Our avatars had turned to a humanoid mass of polygons and blasters for arms; it was like out of the movie Tron. "Being anywhere near Killbane makes me want to pee my pants, even while I'm in here." Matt whimpered.
"We'll be fine. You've been doing this way longer then I have." I said as I readied my blaster. We'd have to fight the computer's defenses to get to the trayed servers on the other side of the ring. Their green light was the only thing that lit the room.
Hulking humanoids like us flooded to the ring. Me and Matt started shooting, trying to make a shockwave big enough to kill them all. Three managed to climb over the ropes and get in the ring with us. Our shots didn't even graze them. I started charging my blaster and ran toward them. As one swiped at me, I jumped on it's arm and fired, exploding it into a shower of pixels. I got behind the second and fired into his back. The third rounded on me and fired, making me leap up and shoot him in the head.
"Sis!" Matt yelled as more guards surrounded us.
I walked toward him and got back to back, firing like mad. Guards stopped swarming in so their numbers shrunk. When we destroyed the last one, we sprinted to the servers. They loomed over us while we pulled out their trays.
"These suits can transfer money into different accounts, right?" I asked.
"Yeah." Matt pulled out a cord from his glove and plugged it into the USB port in the tray. "It's stealing funds now." The cord lit up with blue light and spread to the server, turning the green into blue.
I pulled a drawer open, "I'll go after data." I plugged into the ports let files stream past me. Names, contracts, account information, everything that went on in Three Count was here. There was a document detailing money transfers to the fighters in the next Murderbrawl. Obscene figures were going to be given to each fighter, with the biggest going to Killbane himself. The fight would be rigged in his favor, but there was always a chance someone else would come out on top.
A contract dated years ago flashed by, something about Killbane, Angel, and Doc Savage, then vanished as quickly as it came. I flagged it and unplugged from the server. "You ready to go?"
"Yeah," he unplugged and we started walking back to the portal. "I'm sure you want a cut of the funds I transferred. Do you still have the overshore account I set up for you?"
"I don't want any money, Matt, keep it."
He grabbed me by the shoulders and made me stop, "You need that money and he deserves to hurt after what he did."
"I don't need the money, keep it."
"Serena, you deserve it. It's already in your account."
We stepped through the portal and phased back into the cathedral. Other players were milling around here and the platforms at the end of the path. A girl I recognized as a Runner walked up to me. "You're a Runner, right?" she asked.
"Yeah," I smiled.
She glared. "Darcy was my friend and now she's dead," she took her bandana and threw it to the ground, "thanks for nothing." She stormed off, leaving me in shock. Matt stepped to go after her but I blocked him with my arm.
"Sis, let me kick the shit out of her!"
"Matt, no. She's right." I logged out of the usernet and flopped back on the mats I was sitting on.
Angel came back in and looked at us, "Is she still sad?"
"Yeah." He shook me, "she will be for a while. She has a tendency to repress it so watch out for that."
"Well I have good news, I'm gonna fight Killbane at Murderbrawl."
I shot up, "What?!"
"I'm going to fight him." He was relaxed, probably relieved he could get his chance at him.
I hopped up and hugged him, "You need to train."
He smirked and stepped onto the mat. I got on and put my hands up. He started punching my hands lightly, making the smacking of skin ring out. Excitement bubbled through me. We could finally end Eddie. This could finally be over.
School started today so I've been kinda uninspired plus I don't have time to take a break. But,Murderbrawl is the next chapter so I'm really excited for that. Hope you enjoyed and see you next time!