A.N.: This chapter starts off with a totally different point of view compared to the last one.
DOT HACK REPAIRATIONS
CHAPTER 4
SUPPORT FROM THE SHADOWS
DELTA LURKING-DUSK'S-MIDNIGHT WINGS
A shadow warlock, a lord partizan, and a macabre dancer were working their way through a high level dungeon, well for them of course. The three were around the level 45-50 range and had gained a confidence that wasn't all that difficult to understand, after all, they had never died on THE WORLD since they'd logged in for the first time, excluding the arena.
"Huh, these monsters aren't even a challenge to us" Nero, the Lord Partizan complained. "Gemino, when are we gonna get a real challenge?"
"I dunno" the Macabre Dancer shrugged, "I'd rather not get an unmanageable opponent, remember our goal?"
"Make it 6 months without dying in a field or being PKed, which will make the new record." Jormungand, the shadow warlock repeated dully, "We know Gemino, we know"
"But REALLY," Nero broke in, "when are we going to get a real challenge? I WANT A CHALLENGE!"
Gemino sweat-dropped, if this kept up they'd be listening to Nero complain until they reached the Beast Statue, UGH!
"A challenge you say?" the three players all whirled around to see a trio of players standing by the entrance to the next room, "well, well, I guess the Sniper Guild will have to deliver that challenge!"
Jormungand took a second to recover from the shock, and then analyzed the new arrivals.
The one at the fore of the group, the one who had spoken, was clad in what looked suspiciously like a special forces uniform, in his hands were a set of Dual Guns, the other two looked like dweebs out of an old-west movie, brown appearance and weird looking hair, Steam gunners of course.
Wait a second- DUAL GUNS?!? What the hell? How did the middle guy have DUAL GUNS?
"Alright guys!" the Dual Gunner called "GET 'EM!!"
The two parties rushed foreword and the battle began.
DELTA SETTING ETERNITY'S NIGHT MOON
Two parties of players warped into the Moon Tree Guild Area, almost on top of each other.
"Hey! Watch it you idiot!" Haseo roared at the Red-clad Twin Blade who had crashed into him.
"You watch it!" shouted the tallest character of the party, a Blade Brandier
"Um, H-Haseo?" Atoli squeaked, "Do you know them?"
Haseo was about to answer YES, when he realized he wouldn't be able to explain how he knew about the Azure Knights, and instead said gruffly, "Nope, never seen 'em in my life"
"I've heard of you, Haseo" Balmung stated, "As for the three of us, I am Balmung, this is Orca, and this is Kite"
"Kite, Balmung, and Orca?! The Azure Knights?!" Haseo demanded, and internally laughed at their reactions.
"Damn it!" Orca howled, "I TOLD you someone would recognize us! Wait a second... HOW did you recognize us? And how do you know that we were called the Azure Knights?"
"Um, let's see, Balmung of the Azure Sky, the Descendant of Fianna, Orca of the Azure Sea, the one who helps newbies, and Kite of the Azure Flames, the one who possesses the Twilight Bracelet." Haseo paused, and then mentally swore, he wasn't supposed to know about the Twilight Bracelet, judging from the look in Kite's eyes.
"How. In. HELL! Do you know about the bracelet?" Kite demanded in shock.
"Never mind, Atoli and I have to talk to Sakaki, see you later" Haseo said, before turning down the path to the warp panel inside the Moon Tree building.
Kite turned to Balmung, "Does this Haseo guy work for CC Corp?"
"No" Balmung said, looking as stunned as Kite that Haseo had known about the bracelet.
"Great, just great, then I only have one question. HOW DOES HE KNOW?!" Kite demanded rather explosively. A red anger vein appeared on his head.
"I don't know, maybe he's a hacker?" Orca offered, then winced as Balmung stiffened, "Oh yeah, sorry Balmung, I forgot how much you hated hackers."
"I doubt he's a hacker" Kite said, "He just didn't have that look about him. But I'd still like to know how he knows what he does."
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"Damn, they're strong!" Nero gasped as he tried to shrug off another shot from the steam gunner who was doing most of the shooting. Not much damage anyway.
"Geez Deadeye," the dual gunner seethed, "what are your bullets made of? PLASTIC?! Do some damage already!" Jormungand laughed loudly.
Then he turned to the laughing shadow warlock and began firing. The first few shots hoisted him into the air, then the following barrage inflicted a somehow critical amount of damage, about 95, and then killed him.
Nero charged the last Steam Gunner, but was hit by a Plectra Bullet shot by Deadeye. Then he was also blasted up into the air by the Dual Gunner.
Gemino was currently using her fans to deflect the shots from the Steam Gunners, but she was still taking a hefty amount of damage.
"You guys were looking for a challenge? Ha!" The Dual Gunner sneered, "You couldn't fight your way out of a level 1 field!"
As he continued to blast away at Nero he heard the sound of someone entering the battle fence. He ignored this until he saw a sword go whirling through the air, past him and aimed at Deadeye and Longshot.
"Look out!" He warned, but too late. The blade struck both of them and they went down. The Dual Gunner turned in rage to see who had dared to interfere.
He knew a moment of panic as he saw a black character and thought it was the Terror of Death, but then remembered that Haseo didn't wield regular swords, and he didn't have wings... wait, WINGS? How did a player have wings? No one in THE WORLD had had wings since Balmung of the Azure Sky, but that couldn't be Balmung, this person's wings were black.
"There are two things I really despise" the winged character said softly, deliberately, "One is a PKer, and the other is a Hacked PC, and from what I see you fall nicely into both categories; and that makes me REALLY mad."
"What do you want?" Cross-hairs (the dual gunner) demanded belligerently.
"Oh, it's nothing like that, well maybe it is." the winged player said contemptuously, "I'm just here to rid the area of PKers!"
"Bring it on!" Cross-hairs scoffed; there was no way that this guy would beat him!
"ORANI ZOT!" Gemino screamed from behind the Dual Gunner. A dark hole opened up under him and claws reached out to slash him. Distracted, Cross-hairs turned slightly towards the Macabre Dancer that he'd forgotten. At the same time the winged player charged.
Even as the length of the winged PKK's sword was sheathed in his chest, Cross-hairs had time to be amazed by the blistering speed that this player could use; it was as though he had used the speed of a Skill-Dash, but without the skill.
"You're... really fast" He said as he faded into a flash of red.
The battle fence faded away. The winged character turned to the fallen Nero and used a Revival Potion, bringing him back with full health.
"Thanks" Nero said, "You know, for helping us and all."
"Oh, it was no problem really." the winged character said dismissively. "I've had a bunch of tangles with the SNIPER guild."
"Who are you?" Jormungand asked rather rudely, and Gemino cringed at his bluntness.
"I'm Ado" The winged player stated proudly, "and you are?"
"Nero"
"Gemino"
"Jormungand"
"Nice to meet you all" Ado said
"The same to you" Gemino replied then asked "what were you doing in this area anyway?"
Ado shrugged, "I just happened to choose this area from the Chaos Gate."
"Well, thanks again!" Gemino said, and then jumped as she heard a loud PONG!
Looking to her left and right she guessed that Nero and Jormungand had experienced the same thing. She looked at the message she had just received:
You have received Ado's Member's Address.
Gemino looked up, intending to say "thank you" but Ado was gone.
DELTA SETTING ETERNITY'S NIGHT MOON
"It is with gratitude that we welcome the former Terror of Death, Haseo to Moon Tree" Sakaki proclaimed formally to the assembled players.
"Hi Haseo!" Zelkova called out merrily, disregarding that same formality and causing Sakaki and Haseo to squirm uncomfortably.
After Haseo had exchanged Member's Addresses with what felt like an endless stream of players he felt a tap on his elbow, actually it was more of a smack.
"Hey, Haseo," Zelkova of course "I'm gonna put you in Sakaki's squad as Atoli's partner... but can you keep an eye on Sakaki for me?"
"Um, sure" Haseo responded.
"Oh and... do you have this strange feeling of deja vu?"
A.N. Well, that's Chapter 4 folks, I've had over 400 hits to this story, but only about 7 reviews, so you're being lazy, you don't like the story, or the same people are just reading it again and again. PLEASE REVIEW!!