Angel: Hey! Hey! Here is chapter 4 of TvM for an earlier than expected update! How exciting! Now we get into more action (They can't really fight if their magic can't do anything however) and more or less of the plot. Hmm, I don't have much to say about this chapter.

I guess I can talk about how long this story might be. Well if I had to gather a guess, this story will be 30-40 chapters long. I think that is a perfect range for a story like this, because stories like these shouldn't drag out too long because it will get repetitive and boring. Stories like OWBoH and Dark Amnesia are over 50 chapters because of their plot.

Why, because this plot is simple enough, Wizards and CPU's going out of their way to stop Technology from destroying Magic and taking over the Spiral. See, simple, nothing overly complicated. Well anyways, I hope you enjoy!

When is next update? Dunno, February is much harder for me, College wise, maybe February 17th. Sheesh, doing updates was much easier back when I was in High School. Ok, enough of my rambling, read!

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Nikki stirred awake. She felt pain everywhere. The Portal must have dropped all of them at a pretty far height. Thunder sounds hit her ears and she looked up into the sky. Storm clouds covered the sky, ready to strike lightning on anything metal. Taking a look at her surroundings, all of them appeared to have landed on an Island… with lots of electronic equipment that were broken. These were old so, they don't have to worry about them coming to life.

She finally noticed that Hannah and that CPU friend of hers were nowhere to be seen. The rest of them were passed out on the sandy grounds. Nikki slowly got up from the ground, brushing the sand off of her Virtual World garments. She looked at Rena and the others on the ground. It looks like they won't be waking up anytime soon.

"Where are we anyways? I know we are on an island… but… what is this place called?" Nikki took a closer look at the older Technology devices that were broken and scattered across the sands and in the palm trees. They look like 2010 electronics… which means, none of them had a modern computer chip in it. So, this world is devoid of modern technology, which is good, nothing for them to fear for here.

"Nikki…"

Said girl turned around to see Hannah and 128-RIN walking up to her. They were holding these scanners that seem to have come from them. If anything, they were probably just surveying the island when she was unconscious.

"Hey, what's up?" Nikki asked.

Hannah looked at her confusedly. "Storm clouds of course, do you need to ask that question?" Nikki almost forgot that CPU's do not understand some Human phrases. They just take it literally and not for its actually meaning the person was actually trying to get at.

"No, no, HAN-115. She is asking what we have been up to. It is kind of confusing to understand Human slang, but you'll get there…" 128-RIN explained to her. Hannah didn't get it, wondering why Humans talk so… strange. However, she was not in the position to question it.

"We've been scanning this entire island to see if there are any enemies here. There is no one here besides us… and these fellow broken reminders of the past…" Hannah replied, signaling the pile of broken electronic devices.

"Do you happen to know the name of this island by chance?" Nikki asked. She never saw this world before. Maybe it is because it is one of the many very small worlds. Hannah checked her scanner for the name before looking back at her.

"Fate Island is the name, apparently." Hannah responded, placing her scanner away. "We also have seen a very unstable house just north of here. We have yet to check inside it however."

"Fate Island…" Nikki tapped her chin in thought, trying to remember if she had heard of that world before. A memory hit her and she remembered what this place is and who used to live here. "Ah… The Toothbreaker family used to live here… but now it is just a deserted place… a graveyard for… very old technology…"

"Indeed… However, we may need some of the broken computers around here…" Hannah seems a bit out of it and so did 128-RIN… it was like they were about to shut down. Nikki grew concerned for the CPU's. It seems just like how Humans were affected in the Virtual World; the CPU's were affected being in the Human World.

"I only have 85.6 percent of my total power remaining…" 128-RIN commented, feeling a bit… static. Her body even showed that. "We CPU's are not used to the outside world… we need computer power to remain in existence…"

"Just like a battery, once it runs out… we are wiped out. If we get recharged, we will remain this way. However, we can only go about 72 hours without charging before we shut down for good…" Hannah further explained to Nikki.

"So… you cannot last very long in the Human World…" Nikki felt very sad at that prospect. However, she did not show it. Maybe there is a way for them to be like a human… without all the recharging. "I suppose you need the computers to jump inside of and recharge… right?"

128-RIN nodded. "Yes, Nikki. We need to merge ourselves with the Computers if we ever want to recharge. Thankfully, these are old computers from 4 decades ago, so we don't have to worry about running into any rogue CPU's or even TROJAN while in it."

"Oh, well that's a relief…"

128-RIN went over to the unconscious forms of the others on the ground. "I'll see what I can do to wake them up. They were knocked out pretty badly by a 100ft fall… In the meantime, why don't you two talk about some things?" The CPU knew Nikki wanted to teach HAN-115 some things and her fellow CPU could use some knowledge about Humans and this thing called Magic.

"Oh, uh… ok…" Nikki didn't really know where to start. Sure she would love to teach her CPU a few things, but what is important and what isn't? Hannah gave her a long stare, watching her movements. Nikki blushed and rubbed the back of her head.

"Um… u-um… what should I teach you…?" She asked more to herself than to Hannah. The blue spiky haired CPU just merely stared at her, just looking at her facial expressions… expressions she wished she knows about and can do them herself. She tried to do the one where Nikki's lips curled upwards… however she just can't seem to do it.

"I am at a lost…" Nikki looked at her, "What do you want me to teach you?" She asked sheepishly. Hannah tilted her head from side to side, thinking for a moment before deciding an answer. She looked so curious… kind of like a cat.

"Hmm, first can you tell me about what was life… before Technology…? CPU's like me and 128-RIN don't know this kind of knowledge…" Hannah asked, sitting down on the sands. She grabbed a fistful of the sand and felt the texture of it. She then grabbed a rock and studied it, as if all of these things were foreign to her… and they were.

"Well… The Spiral used to be a place where Magic thrived and almost everybody loved Magic." Nikki explained, sitting herself down next to Hannah. The CPU partially listened as she kept grabbing things to see what they are and what their purpose is.

"…You seem mildly fascinated with plants and such…" Nikki remarked, thinking that is so cute that Hannah is very curious about these things. She looked like a small child just first discovering the world. Hannah looked at her and then backed at the leaf she had grabbed.

"This is my first time seeing it in person… If I am not mistaken… it is hard to find greenery because of…" Hannah kind of looked down as she said her next word, "Us…" Nikki shook her head at that. She did not blame technology for the lack of wildlife and greenery… if anything…

"No. It is not the fault of you or any of the Technology around here. It is the fault of us Humans… We are nothing but selfish individuals. We created Technology and therefore, we brought this on ourselves… We made our own Apocalypse…" Nikki sighed, still a bit sad and angry about the whole thing. However, all they can do right now is to try and stop this madness before everyone gets killed.

"Selfish? I have only known you for 10 hours and 3 minutes… and I don't think you are selfish at all… or even greedy." Hannah placed a hand on her shoulder, looking at her in the eyes. The pink haired woman blushed and looked away.

"Well I don't know about that… but yeah not all are selfish and greedy. I just said that because we brought this whole thing upon ourselves…" Nikki explained. Hannah understood and nodded, she resumed looking back on the leaf, just taking in the details of it all.

"Well, they will be up in about 20 minutes…" 128-RIN exclaimed, walking up to them. She looked over at Nikki. "Why don't you teach HAN-115 about how you humans duel using magic. I'm sure she is very curious about it." This CPU already knew what humans do with magic… well kind of. Her human already taught her some of it, just not most or all of it.

"Oh uh… sure." Nikki then remembered she doesn't have her wand with her. The CPU's destroyed it when they captured her… How is she going to teach Hannah if she doesn't have a wand with her? "But, my wand has been destroyed… I can't wield magic without it." That was kind of a lie. Advanced Wizards know how to wield magic with their hands, but she never took that course yet. She prefers using the wand, less energy that way.

"You mean this?" Hannah inquired as she materialized a green trident made out of vines and branches from using the data power inside of her. That was her wand! Nikki's eyes widened as she was handed the very wand she uses. "H-How did you..?"

"Data." Hannah simply said. "That is just a replica though. My internal programming did not understand magic so that wand is just a trident, nothing more."

"Ah well that's ok… I only need to whisper a few words to get this going again." Nikki closed her eyes as she held the trident close to her chest. "Au Repente Magickyo!" The Trident glowed an eerie green light before fading. Hannah was quite intrigued by this. She wanted to know how this magic works… it seems so confusing and perplexing to her.

Nikki laughed at the curious and confused look on Hannah's face. "I assume you want to know all about magic and what it is, huh?" Hannah could only nod in response. The pink haired woman stood up from the ground and beckoned for the CPU to stand up as well. She obliged and wondered what Nikki was about to show her.

128-RIN just backed off so they could do their business. This will be the first time she actually sees a duel commence. Joshua talked about it to her, but never really showed it to her. She was kind of… excited. However, after this they need to get a move on… and need to recharge to full power. Sure 84.3 percent of the power left is still pretty good, she prefers to stay over 90 percent. Anything below just makes her feel… strange.

A Duel Arena formed underneath them, entrapping them in. Hannah looked at it, still very confused. How did this happen? Why can't she move from her spot? Magic sure is confusing. She looked at Nikki for guidance.

"This is how some wizards duel. We summon a Duel Arena. There are 2 types of Duel Arena's. There is the 'Friendly' one and there is the 'Fight to the Death' one. I summoned 'friendly' since I obviously don't want us to battle to the death." Which I know it will never happen between us. I care about her too much. Nikki cleared her throat as she continued to explain. "It won't allow us to leave until the duel is finished or one of us forfeits."

Interesting. Hannah thought as all of a sudden 7 cards went in front of her face. She stared at them, wondering what they were. Some of these cards were based off of what she is capable of. Fire Wall, Tesla Spikes, Virus Crusher, and some other moves of hers were all there. She looked down at her feet and noticed a small white orb next to her feet.

"The cards you see in front of you are kind of like your powers placed in front of you to use against me. Since you are not a wizard like me, the Duel Arena just takes your powers and places them in cards instead. It does that if a Wizard challenges a non-magical being."

Hannah pointed at the white orb near her feet as if she wanted that to be explained to her. Nikki gladly did so. "That is a pip. Think of it like it is money. You need a certain amount of them to spend it on a certain move or power. The number you see in the top right corner of each of your cards signify how much you need to use it…"

"Oh. Then how do I get more of them?" Hannah asked as she looked at the cards again, indeed seeing the number amounts on each of them. She slightly understood the prospect of how these humans duel using magic… She'll need more information and more experience however to try and fully understand it. This was kind of… hmm she does not know the word she is searching for… however she knows it is a good feeling… maybe?

"Usually skipping turns or using cards that require no pips. That will get you an extra pip or even a power pip which is just a big golden looking one and it is worth double." Nikki responded as 7 cards suddenly appeared in front of her for her to use. The Duel Arena selected her to go first. "I'll explain more about the duel as it goes… so it is my turn."

So it is like a card game of sorts? Huh. Not sure if I understand. The logic in that seems… I can't even put words as to how confused I am. Hopefully Nikki will teach me more. I… kind of 'like' this. Hannah felt good, finally using that term she learned from her, even if it wasn't out loud.

Nikki traced a leaf with her trident and then pushed forward. A Life Trap appeared around Hannah's feet and floated around her. The confused CPU looked at it, wondering what it was doing there. She tried to touch it, but this Duel Arena is somehow not letting her.

"That is a trap. A Life Trap to be exact. It basically strengthens any damage I do to you as long as it is a Life Attack." Nikki explained as the pointer in the middle moved over to Hannah so she can make her turn. "Go ahead. If you have a card that costs one or none at all, just tap on it and the Duel Arena will summon it for you…"

… Seems simple enough… Hannah looked at the 7 cards floating in front of her. The only card she can think of using was Fire Wall, which only cost one pip. She looked at the description of what it did and nodded. She tapped the card once and it was immediately summoned. A Computerized wall encircled around her feet, overlapping the life trap spell. This will apparently block 90 percent damage of one attack.

"Ok my turn again!"

A Treant appeared in the middle of the arena, groaning to life. Hannah just merely stared at it, fascinated. So Wizards can summon living things with their magic? How very interesting! She carefully watched it as it picked up a giant rock. Hannah didn't even flinch as it threw it at her. The wall blocked most of it and she felt a few cuts. CPU's don't feel pain so it didn't faze her at all. The circle below her didn't bunch even a millimeter. She assumed that was her health if this was some sort of card game.

"Damn, either you have incredible armor or that Fire Wall is pretty strong for a one pip cost." Nikki exclaimed, sheepishly rubbing the back of her head. Normally she can make a small dent with moves like that, but that wasn't even a dent, it was more like a tiny little scratch.

Hannah shrugged in response as another card appeared in front of her. "I think I might be getting an idea of how you humans work with this magic… I still need more info though…" She remarked as she tapped a zero pip cost card to summon. It was called Proton Cannon. She was automatically summoned to the field. As if on instinct of some sorts, she held out her arm and opened her hand to charge up an attack.

Nikki gasped as she was struck by a large beam of energy from Hannah's hand. She winced in pain for a bit as her health dropped quite a bit. That was VERY strong for just a 0 pip move. Did Hannah get the power increase from the Computer chip or was she this strong when she was created? Either way, DAMN!

"You all right there?" Hannah asked as she reappeared back in her place. She didn't want to hurt Nikki and it looked like she was in a bit of pain. Maybe they should stop, friendly or not.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine. Maybe we'll continue on magic later… I think you got the gist of how we duel sometimes. This is just one way though." Nikki made a forfeit motion which was just using sign language to signal it. The duel arena disappeared, letting them to roam free again.

"I am oddly fascinated… so this is how Joshua duels…" 128-RIN remarked. She wanted to know more of this magic. However, she'll let Joshua teach her. It is best to let their respective humans teach them things.

"I believe it is high time we get moving. Do we even have a plan to stop TROJAN and the now rogue CPU's?" Hannah asked as she walked over to the still unconscious forms of the other members they have acquired. 128-RIN shook her head, trying to think of something.

"They are too strong to face head on. We need to weaken their forces if we ever have a chance to stop Trojan and save this Ambrose person." She calculated things in her head of possible scenarios and ideas but none looked good.

"Wait, Ambrose told me through whisper on how to stop them… I think?" Nikki stepped in. The CPU's looked at her, confused. "Whisper?" Hannah asked. How can Ambrose whisper to her if he wasn't even near her? That didn't make sense. Hmm, but magic seems to defy logic somehow, so she didn't bother bringing it up.

"It is a term we wizards use. It is kind of like a message you send from your mind to another person's mind. We use magic to accomplish such a task; however it takes some of our energy away. Most people would rather use cell phones." Nikki explained. She could have gotten into further detail, but time is of the essence and it was getting off topic.

"Anyways, Ambrose told me that we need some sort of Virus in a place called Haunted Hills…"

128-RIN and Hannah looked at one another before back at her. A Virus? What good would that do? Sure computers of the past get destroyed pretty easily with just one mere virus. However, Computers now can't be taken down or be weakened that easily by just any old virus. Hannah voiced her concern about that idea to her.

"Yeah I don't know what kind of Virus Ambrose was telling me. His whisper was all static and buzzes and I didn't hear much. However, I think that is the only thing we can do for now. If you have a better idea, let me hear it." Nikki hoped she didn't sound rude saying that, but it seemed the CPU's wouldn't understand or care anyways.

"No, no. It sounds rational. We need to weaken them anyways since apparently your magic can hardly cause a dent on modern Technology." 128-RIN replied, searching through the junk pile to grab 2 computers so she can fix them. "As soon as they wake up, we can go to this place you call Haunted Hills…"

"And you need to recharge…" Nikki stated, looking at what she was doing. They both nodded in response.

"Yeah and we need to recharge… but you can just carry us as we recharge within the computer itself." 128-RIN effortlessly fixed the 2 computers within seconds using her data and programming to do so. The Computers whirred to life after being broken for so long. It was almost music to Nikki's ears as she heard the old start-up music of Windows coming on. She remembered these computers back in her youth when she didn't have the more advanced stuff.

"Tell Joshua and the others we are recharging once they regain consciousness and then carry us to Haunted Hills. Obviously we don't know where that is, so you will have to lead us." With that, RIN closed her eyes as she dematerialized and flowed into the computer she was holding. Hannah did the same and went into the other computer. Now they were both one with the old computers until they were fully charged up.

"I feel much better." RIN exclaimed, her voice echoing from the computer. The screen blaring at every word she spoke. "It will be about an hour before we are fully restored."

"Oh… ok…" Nikki sighed and picked up both Hannah and RIN as they were now computers temporarily. She wondered how this whole adventure of theirs will turn out. One thing is for sure… they needed to save her Grandpa. Hopefully some of these new people she doesn't know will help them out. This was the start of a new day in this Apocalyptic Nightmare.

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TROJAN stared at Ambrose who has been released from his cage so he can talk to the Master Program face to face. CREW was standing right behind him, making sure he wasn't trying anything funny. If he even remotely moves an inch from his spot, his blade will hurt him badly.

"HUMAN! Are you ready to give us the information that we require? The Information we need to destroy the very existence that is Magic?" TROJAN asked, his voice echoing through the gigantic room. Ambrose didn't respond, he had his head down, looking at the Virtual Floor. He was not going to let them know of this information. He needed to stall for time so Nikki and her CPU friend can stop them.

"SPEAK HUMAN!" TROJAN roared, the whole room shaking and almost breaking Ambrose's ear drums. The headmaster continued to remain silent, despite the pain he felt in his back by the jabbing of the blade by CREW.

"Very well then… if you do not wish to speak… we shall let you see what happens when you try and stall the inevitable…"

10,000 people from all across the Spiral that have been captured appeared next to the right wall. Just the same amount of troops of CPU's marched into the room with their Proton Blasters at the ready. Ambrose gulped; he knew where this was going. They were going to make him feel guilty if he does share this information he was holding.

"So Human, I gather you know what happens next? Do you wish to change your mind?" TROJAN asked as the troops stood before the humans, pointing their weapons at them. They were all listening for the answer. Ambrose bit his lip. This was just… insane. What could he do? Save the people but let magic be destroyed? Or continue to be quiet and let them be killed?

"I'm waiting…"

Ambrose made up his mind and looked at him square in his computer eyes. "No." TROJAN scoffed and shook his massive head. "Very well. I knew humans like you were evil little beings. Always selfish and greedy. Kill them…"

Blasts upon blasts echoed throughout the room. Bloody screams were heard as Ambrose cried softly, knowing that this was his fault for being so foolish. This was his punishment.

About 5 minutes later, the sounds of firing ceased. There was blood everywhere. There was so much blood that it traveled to Ambrose's feet and soaked his shoes. This was not leaving his memory any time soon...

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1. Hmm, don't question the logic of how a CPU can recharge in a computer they just fixed and it isn't plugged into something. Let's just say it is a computer that still had a working battery or something. I don't know, I'll fix that wording later.

Not much to say, but I know things will pick more in the next chapter. Until then, see ya next time.