(SO SORRY that its taking a while to update, I've just been SO FREAKING BUSY this month. Again I'm sorry that I'm not updating as often as I used to...) :D
/1 WEEK LATER/
/The group met at the lunchtable in a hurry/
"Alright what the hell is going on?" asked Chase
"You guys are going to Carthige" said Jeremie
"What? Why?" asked Miranda
"I don't really know what it is, but I found something interesting that is really drawing XANA's eyes towards it" said Jeremie
"How interesting?" asked Alexandr
"Very, XANA's not even communicating with Mason because of whatever it is" said Jeremie
"Well lets go see what it is" said Jennifer
/Everyone got up and started running towards the factory/
/After a few minutes they got to the manhole/
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\5 MINUTES LATER/\/\/\/\/\/\/
/The group slid down the ropes and ran into the elevator/
"I wonder if Mason knows about what XANA is doing?" asked Aelita
"Maybe, but I wouldn't worry about it until its important" said Chase
/Everyone walked out of the elevator and walked to the computer/
"I wonder what's in Carthige?" asked Rebecca
"Maybe a TARDIS" said Odd with a grin
"You watch Doctor Who?" asked Chase
/Odd grinned as Jeremie finished typing on the computer/
"Alright it looks like something that either Mason or XANA wants, badly" said Jeremie
"I'll go in and see what it is" said Chase
"Can I come?" asked Miranda
"Sure, I need you and Odd, anyway as long as you do what I say we won't get compromised" said Chase
"Got it" said Miranda
/Miranda, Odd, and Chase walked to the ladder and went into the scanner room/
"Aright lets see what XANA likes to hide" said Jeremie
/Jeremie cracked his knuckles and put his fingers on the keyboard/
/In Carthige/
/Miranda landed with a thud and saw Chase and Odd in front of here/
"Welcome to XANA's house" said Chase
"Hey! He redecorated!" said Odd
/Chase looked around and sure enough, it looked a little different since the last time they were there/
"I don't like it" said Odd making a fake disgusted face
"Yeah it kind of looks bad" said Miranda
"Yep" said Chase flatly
"Where are we heading?" asked Miranda
"North, and you might want to be careful because I don't know if XANA will find out if you're there or not" said Jeremie
"Roger that" said Chase
/Miranda, Chase, and Odd started running/
"Alright just do what I say and do what I do, alright?" asked Chase
"Alright" said Odd and Miranda
/They continued running/
/IN THE SERVER ROOM/
"Does Mason know that they're in there?" asked Aelita
"I don't think so, but I've been wrong before" said Jeremie
"How long is this going to take?" asked Yumi
"If they don't run into any monsters, and if Odd won't run off or something, probably an hour at the least" said Jeremie
"Do you have any ideas of what's in there?" asked Dylan
"No idea, but I know its very important to one of them" said Jeremie
/IN CARTHIGE/
/Chase, Miranda, and Odd stopped as they saw only two Blocks guarding a podium/
"Too easy" said Odd
"You need help?" asked Miranda
"Nah, I got it" said Odd
"Odd be careful, it could be an ambush" warned Chase
"Nag, nag, nag, you sound like mother!" said Odd
/Odd ran towards the Blocks/
"Odd, don't do anything stupid!" said Miranda
/Odd grinned and shot two arrows at the Blocks, they were destroyed in seconds/
"That was way too easy" said Miranda
"Yeah, something isn't quite right here" said Chase
/Chase looked over his shoulder, and saw a few Krabs, Blocks, and Hornets approaching/
"Shit!" said Chase
"What is it?" asked Odd
/The monsters started shooting lasers at them, Chase and Miranda got in cover as Odd was devirtualized/
"Jeremie we're going to need help here!" said Miranda
"Alright I'll send in some help" said Jeremie
/Ulrich, Jennifer, Aelita, and Alexandr ran towards the ladder/
"You got your weapons right?" asked Chase
"Nothing for long range!" said Miranda
/Chase took out his M1911 and handed it to Miranda/
"You know how to use one of those right?" asked Chase
"Yeah, I think so" said Miranda
/Chase cocked his G36C/
"Get ready" said Chase
/Miranda cocked the M1911/
"NOW!" shouted Chase
/They both stood up and started firing at the Krabs, Blocks, and Hornets/
/Everyone else landed with a thud in Carthige/
"Huh, Odds right, he did redecorate" said Jennifer
"I don't like it" said Aelita and Alexandr
"Me neither" said Ulrich
"Guys can you please get your asses here now?! We're taking a lot of fire!" shouted Miranda
"We're on our way!" said Jennifer
/Jennifer, Aelita, Alexandr, and Ulrich started running towards Miranda and Chase's location/
/With Chase and Miranda/
"Got any ideas?" asked Miranda
"I'm thinking! Just give me a minute!" said Chase
/Chase felt a laser hit his shoulder/
"AH!" shouted Chase
"Be careful Chase, you just lost twenty life points!" shouted Jeremie
"Got it!" said Chase
/Chase started shooting back again/
"Have you ever been devirtualized?" asked Miranda
"Not that I recall" said Chase
/Aelita, Jennifer, Alexandr, and Ulrich saw Chase and Miranda shooting at the monsters/
"You guys just gonna stand there?!" asked Miranda
/Alexandr ran to her as everyone else kept attacking the Krabs, Blocks, and Hornets/
"You alright?" asked Alexandr
"Yeah I think I am" said Miranda
"Can we have a little less talking and a little more shooting please?" asked Chase
/Miranda turned her head and saw there was only one Block left/
"Who wants to take care of him?" asked Miranda
"Eh, I needed target practice anyway" said Jennifer
/Jennifer walked in front of the Block, she took out her revolver and simply shot the Block until it was destroyed/
"Alright that was fun, now what's this podium for?" asked Jennifer
"I don't know" said Jeremie
"One way to find out" said Chase
/Chase walked up to the podium/
"Be careful, last time you touched that we saw the fucking future!" said Jennifer
"What?" asked Miranda
"Long story" whispered Alexandr
/Chase looked at the podium/
"Just touch it and I can upload whatever is in it" said Jeremie
"Eh, it'll be better than when we were in Tehran" said Chase
"The time you got covered in sewage, I remember that" said Ulrich
"HE GOT COVERED IN WHAT?!" asked Miranda
/Miranda and Alexandr started laughing uncontrollably/
"Yeah, yeah, get it out of your system" said Chase
"Hey did you ever tell her about the time you and Odd switched bodies and you went on a date with her?" asked Jennifer
/Miranda stopped laughing instantly/
"What?" asked Miranda
"Long story, but I kinda switched bodies with Odd and Yumi one time and I ended up going to the movies with you" said Chase
"WHAT?!" asked Miranda
"Yeah, sorry" said Chase
"Well, I guess you did a better job on a date than Odd did" said Miranda
/Chase chuckled and touched the podium/
"Alright I'm downloading the coding" said Jeremie
"Alright good" said Chase
"So... what now?" asked Alexandr
"Just wait here and make sure this downloads" said Aelita
/IN THE SERVER ROOM/
"-WHAT?! I think I did a great job dating Miranda!" said Odd
"And look what happened, me and her chased you into a dark alley and we got to use you as a sodding art board!" said Rebecca
"Girl has a point" said Yumi
"Yeah you kinda screwed yourself when you were dating two girls at the same time" said Dylan
"Who says I didn't stop?" asked Odd
/Everyone but Jeremie who was staring at the computer went wide eyed/
"Odd Della Robia, you sodding son of a bitch!" said Rebecca
"Uh Rebecca? Can you take it easy?" asked Odd
"Yeah Becca, you and Miranda can handle him later" said Dylan
/Rebecca giggled and kissed Dylan as Odd cowered behind William/
"Uh, can't you go somewhere else?" asked William
"I'm good" said Odd
/IN CARTHIGE/
/Chase looked at the podium/
"Alright I think I got everything we need" said Jeremie
"Alright lets exfil out of here then" said Chase
/Everyone started walking/
"Wait a minute, if its so important then why isn't XANA or Mason attacking us?" asked Jennifer
"That's, actually a good question" said Chase
"So what do we do about it?" asked Alexandr
"I don't see anything on the screens that says that XANA and or Mason is making moves" said Jeremie
"My recommendation is to just keep calm and don't draw attention to ourselves" said Chase
"Is anything in your life normal?" asked Jennifer
"No" said Chase
"That's what I thought" said Jennifer
/Everyone got back on the platform/
"Hey Einstein can you get us out of here?" asked Miranda
"I'm sending in the codes now" said Jeremie
"Good, the sooner we get out of here the better" said Aelita
"Hoorah" said Chase
/Jeremie virtualized everyone back to Earth/
/IN THE SERVER ROOM/
/Alexandr climbed up the ladder to see everyone waiting in the server room/
"Alright what did we find?" asked Alexandr
"I don't know, but it has something to do with that hologram Chase found a while ago" said Jeremie
"When Dil got his legs chopped up by a helicopter?" asked Chase
"Yes, this is going to take some time to figure out what it is though" said Jeremie
"What about the hologram? Did you figure out what it is?" asked Yumi
"Yeah" said Jeremie
/Jeremie started typing on the keyboard and the hologram appeared on the holomap/
"Its a map" said Jeremie
"To what?" asked Rebecca
"I don't know yet, but I'll figure it out soon" said Jeremie
"So basically we're following bread crumbs?" asked Alexandr
"Well when you put it like that it sounds bad, but yes that's what's going on" said Jeremie
"Well lets talk about this tomorrow, we got to get back before Jim starts looking for us" said Jennifer
"Alright" said Chase
/Everyone walked into the elevator and back to Kadic/
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