A/N: Last time, we meet the some of the students that Jordan just met, including a mysterious new student, Zeus. How will these students get along with each other? Find out as we get online with Part 2!

Universal Runners

A New Beginning Part 2

Back in the lounge, Mr. Bigby was finishing giving new kid advice to Jordan and Zeus.

"So don't try and be someone you're not," Mr. Bigby told them. "Remember, the best way to make new friends is to just be yourself."

"I'll be sure to remember that Mr. Bigby," Jordan said.

"Me too," Zeus agreed. Kani looked at her watch and noticed it was nearly 10 o'clock.

"Oh my gosh!" she screamed in fear. "Andre, first period's nearly over!"

"Oh man, we gotta go!" Andre shrieked and he and Kani grabbed their backpacks and then grabbed, Jordan and Zeus, dragging them into the hallway, much to their shock. "Come on, run!"

"Whoa, where's the fire guys," Zeus said confused. In the hall, when they finally stopped, Jordan spoke up.

"What's with the rush, guys? Second period doesn't start until 10:15," she told them.

"Well it's not about when the next period starts," Andre told them.

"It's about when the current one...ENDS," Kani finished for him. The bell then rang.

"RUNNNN!" they shouted together as a stampede of students, mostly high schoolers, barreled towards them, which caught Jordan and Zeus by surprise. The two and Kani managed to dodge the stampede, but Andre was caught and pulled away by the crowd.

"Oh no, Andre," Jordan said in shock.

"It's too late. We can't save him now," Kani told her as she pulled them away.

"Tell my parents I love them," Andre yelled and the stampede carried him away.

At the warehouse in an unknown area at night, a minivan then parked near the fence as four figures got out and sneaks into the warehouse through the vents on the rooftop.

Inside, the figures, who are actually kids in suits activate some kind of green holographic eyepatch as they quietly walks inside the warehouse.

"Are you sure that Scam guy is in here?" the girl in pink suit asks with doubt.

"Well, the letter left in his cell after his escape says he was supposed to meet someone in this exact location. Plus, this is the perfect place to hide himself for the time being," the boy in a blue suit explained.

"Well, not for long! Why don't we find this guy and stop him right now?" the youngest boy in yellow suit suggested in determination as he tries to find their culprit, but the oldest boy in red suit stops him and says, "Not so fast, T. According to Jerry, he's very dangerous compare to the villains that we and even Sam, Clover, and Alex deal in the past. We should do this cautiously."

As they searched around the warehouse cautiously like their older brother said, the girl then spoke up, "Speaking of Jerry, does he acts stranger than usual lately?"

"So what? He's trying out some of the new WOOHP gadgets or he's just want to invent something to grow his hair again," the boy in red said.

"No, I mean stranger than those. He's been staring at the monitors the whole time, even after we left."

"Maybe he's trying to spy on the girls again?" the boy in yellow guessed.

"Actually, he stares at the bird's eye view of Southdale lately," the girl in pink said, "And the strange thing is that he didn't change the channels. Just that footage of the city."

"Well, maybe it reminds him of England. Maybe he's just homesick or something," the boy in red guessed, "You know, you better worry less our boss for know. He might try to relax for once."

"I guess you're right, he's been stressed on his work lately. But still..."

Then, when the boy in blue saw something behind the stack of boxes, he says to his siblings, "We can talk about Jerry later. Looks like I found what we are looking for."

The kids then peeks through the gaps to see a man in a black coat currently conversing with some hooded men with briefcases.

"Let's see what they are talking about," the boy in red says as he and the other kids turn on the speakers to hear their conversation.

"You want to help me destroy WOOHP?" the man in black cloak says in disbelief, "Dare I ask how?"

"Because we know you're past and your defeats from the hands of WOOHP," one of the hooded men explained, "But worry no more, because we have the latest technology from our world to help you break your unlucky streak."

However, the man didn't believe what they said as he says, "Seriously, all of you from another world and knowing my past and WOOHP? How gullible do you think I am? I only accept your "invitation" after you helped my escape from prison. What makes me believe that you can help me destroy the spies once and for all?"

"Maybe this will prove it to you," the leader of the men said. He walked over towards the man and touched his shoulder. At that moment his eyes turned black and he began seeing visions of his past encounters with WOOHP, and of the cloaked men with many others like them and many of their evil actions of the past. When the man removed the shoulder, the man was shocked and amazed at what he'd seen.

"What was that?" he asked.

"Just what you needed to see," the leader said. "And if that doesn't convince you, then maybe this will."

His men opened the cases to a cross-shaped remote, a black boomerang, a pair of high-tech gauntlets, and a pack of microchips inside a CD-like case, plus a peculiar gadget that looked like an armbrace.

After two of the cloaked men pull out the gadgets, one of them throws the boomerang in the air, which it slices some stack of boxes and broken forklifts when it flies towards them before going back to its owner. The other one then uses the gauntlets to punch the steel wall in front of them, creating a hole due to its unimaginable strength, much to Scan's shock.

As he tries to process this shock, the cloaked man with a red jewel on his cape pulls out the remote from one of the cases and explains, "That's not the end of it, my friend. With this remote and those microchips inside the containers, you can control everything with a push of this remote's button."

"You made a convincing argument. What's in it for me?" the man asked.

"Don't worry, we're not asking you to pay us for our technology. We're only asking you to help our cult's goal," one of the cloaked men answered.

"And that is?"

"Control and conquer the world and destroy anyone who interferes," another one of them added.

As the man is convinced by their proposal, the kids are having trouble hearing on their conversation.

"Tim Scam, I can tell from their conversation that he has a long grudge against WOOHP," the girl in pink said, "But somehow, our Eye-Tech wasn't able to pick up the rest of the conversation. What's going on?"

"Not only that, how did those guys was able to do those? New gadgets that Jerry didn't even invented before?" the boy in red asks.

"Well, new gadgets or not, we have to find some way to stop him before he makes that deal," the boy in blue said, "And you better not fawn over them again, T?"

"I'm not."

The older siblings turned to their younger brother to see he's not fawning over the gadgets, but was horrified about it's functions and also, the abilities of the mysterious cloaked men. In fact, the three was surprised that his face has a grim expression, now suspicious about the men with their target.

Then, the boy in yellow stands up and spoke up, "You guys find a way to distract them, I'll find a way to stop them."

"Distract them?! Tony, you're worst at making plans! Are you being impatient again?"

However, the boy named Tony didn't listen to his brother in blue as he takes off without being seen by the men.

"Great, now what?" the boy in red asks in dismay.

"Not distracting them, that's what. Got any ideas on stopping these guys?" the girl in pink asks to her brother in blue.

"I have one, but we need those ropes, our Freezdiscs, and our Inhaler Smoke Shooters."

"Well then, let's get to it!" the boy in red said in determination as he and his sibling sneak away from the bad guys to get the neccessary items.

Unknown to them, a strange portal suddenly appeared on the ceiling of the warehouse as an unknown figure comes out of it.

At some forest, some blue and red reptile-like creatures try to attack Crystal Aquilla, Jordan's avatar as she uses her staff to conjure up some water balls to attack the creatures. However, the creatures shrug off her attacks they continue to try to scratch the avatar, which she dodges and jumps back from the creatures.

"Yeesh, now this is why I loathe water. Although it's in my name, it won't hurt these guys," she groans in dismay, "Now what? I need to finish this quest before it expires."

As the creatures are preparing themselves to attack her once again with charge attacks, she realized something as she grins in determination.

"Hey, you Godzilla wannabes! You wanna piece of me?" she says to the reptile creatures, which they are enraged by her insults as they use charge scratches on her.

However, she was able to dodge them in time and quickly use two darts on the creatures, paralyzing them as they hit the reptiles.

As the creatures struggle to move from their paralysis, Crystal then uses her staff conjure up another spell, which is a powerful tsunami out of nowhere wash the reptiles away with it's waves.

After the tsunami disappears, the creatures then disperse in data as it leaves some items and coins on the ground.

"Yes! And look at that, the last 4 -Windy Claws- I need to finish the quest!" she says as she picks up the items left from the creatures, "Looks like 4 -Wintiles- won't stop me from completing this quest."

After that, she returns to the nearby city of Niveus, she gave the items she got from the -Wintiles- and some other items to the kid with goggles as he says to Crystal, "Many thanks to you, kid! Now those new equipment will be build faster than a horse's kick through the rally!"

"You're welcome. And don't worry, I can get you more of those items if you want to," Crystal said to the kid.

"Always appriciate your help, kid. Here's your reward," he said as a reward window pops up in front of Crystal, showing an armor-like shirt, "This one is on sale, but since you were able to help me restock my inventory, it's on the house."

"Thanks! Well, see ya!"

As she left the equipment shop, she checks on the clock holographic window in front of her as Crystal says, "Half an hour till my next class. This would be a good time to check on the computer lab."

She then pulls out the menu window and pushed the -Log Out- button on it.

"LOG OUT!"

Back in the lounge, Jordan was able to snap out of the game's hypnosis program as she tries to get her focus back into the real world until she saw Andre on his computer again.

"Andre, right? Where's the computer lab in this school?" she asked.

"It's right at the corridor from this lounge," Andre answered while not breaking focus from his computer.

"T-Than-"

As she tries to re-focus her vision, she then bumps onto something, which much to her surprise, she bumped on the coffin.

"Where's this coffin come from?!"

"It's actually a prop coffin I ordered online," Andre explained.

"What do you want a prop coffin for?" Jordan asked in disbelief.

"For my room. It's really cool when I put it beside the Bigfoot statue I ordered online."

"I don't even want to ask," she says as she leaves the lounge in disbelief.

Jordan walked down the empty hallways as she headed to the school's computer lab.

"Man, I really hope the computer lab has ULO like the lounge," she said to herself. "That would totally make my day!"

As she approached the corridor where the lab was supposed to be, she saw an eerie blue light coming from around the corner. She walked around the corner and saw that where the computer lab door was supposed to be, there was a big blue swirling vortex in front of the door.

"Whoa, what's this?" Jordan asked out of curiosity. She drew closer to the vortex, mesmerized by it. When she was close enough, she reaches out to touch it.

Almost instantly, Jordan was sucked inside and found herself spinning out of control in the dimensional portal.

"WHOAAAAAA!" she screamed. "THIS IS NUTS!"

She spun around and around out of control for a while, until suddenly she found herself falling out of the vortex and landing on the ground. She slowly sat up, clutching her head. Upon looking up, she saw three kids in jumpsuits looking back at her astonished by what just happened. Jordan observed her surroundings and after a second she came to a stunning realization.

"O…M…G! I'm in the world of Totally Spies and the Amazing Spiez!" she shrieked. "And you guys are the Clarks! AWESOME!"

Hearing the noise not far away from where they are, one of the cloaked men then realizes what that noise is and says to Scam, "Looks like the spies are here."

"Great, now what?"

"Not to worry, let's move our conversation to our place," the cloaked man with some kind of red bracer said which he uses the bracer to create a portal right in front of shocked Tim.

Despite his shock, he decided to follow the cloaked men to the portal before it disappears.

After that, the kids rushed to where the bad guys are standing when they saw that they disappeared.

"Wha?! Where the heck are they?" the boy in red asks in disbelief.

The girl in pink then checks on the warehouse doors and the vents through her Eye Tech and says, "The vents and the doors are sealed up tight, so they've couldn't have left the warehouse through those."

"Whatever it is, looks like they're gone," the boy in blue said in dismay.

As the kids in jumpsuits look around the warehouse, Jordan, now guilty about this, then says, "Man, looks like I've messed up your mission, huh?"

"You're right about that missy. If you haven't popped out of nowhere and fell down behind us, they wouldn't get away from us!" the boy in red said in anger right in front of Jordan's face.

"ME?! I didn't know how that thing got over there from where I am and I've only got suck-"

She stopped in mid-sentence as she calms down, knowing that yelling won't help in this situation. "Look, I'm not a fortune-teller, I can't predict the future. I only got here by accident, okay!"

"She's right about she's not a fortune-teller, but she did ruined our investigation," the girl in pink said, "What do we do with her? She somehow knows our spy identities and WOOHP."

"Well, let's call Jerry and have him send a team to erase her memories," the boy in blue says as he pulls out some kind of MP3-like phone from his pocket.

However, knowing what they are going to do with her, Jordan kicks his phone out from his hands and catches it. The boy tries to get it back from her, but she stops him says, "Not so fast, there, pretty boy! Not only I know about you and WOOHP, but I also know your moves, gadgets, and of course, you're plan to erase my memories about this."

"Give that back right now," The boy in red shouted as he lunged at her. Jordan quickly grabbed and twisted his arm and flipped him over on his back. She, still twisting his arm, turned him over on his stomach and held him in an armlock.

"Whoa," how did you-"

"My brother taught me wushu," Jordan replied as she looked at the other two. "And just so you know, I am an 8th degree black belt, in case you want to take me on."

"Never thought I'd see another girl as tough as you around here, sis," the boy in blue said to the girl.

"Well you thought wrong, Marc Clark," Jordan said.

"Wait, you know my name too?"

"And Lee's and Megan's too. And of course Tony, my favorite of you gu-Hey wait, where is Tony?"

The Clarks looked around as they realized Tony hadn't regrouped with them yet.

"That's a good question," Megan said before she snapped back to the matter at hand. "Wait a second, how do you know about us?"

"Long story. But I'll tell you if you give me a tour around Southdale."

"No way, Jose!" Marc shouted.

"Okay then I guess I'll just tell everyone your secret. And I'm a black belt, so don't think you can stop me," Jordan blackmailed them.

"Fine, we'll do it," Lee, still pinned by Jordan said. "But would you mind getting off me first?"

"Oh, sorry," Jordan said as she release the arm lock and helped Lee up. "So what are waiting for? Let's go!"

As she walked towards the exit, the Clarks stared at her.

"Do we have to do this?" Megan asked.

"If we want our secret to stay that way, yeah," Lee said. "We'd best go."

"Fine. I just hope Tony's okay, wherever he is." Megan said with worry.

"Me too," Marc agreed as he and the others followed Jordan.

As the kids left with the Clarks worried about their little brother, the same boy in yellow saw what happened with them as he quietly says, "She has a RunCom, too. But she came out of nowhere and knows our spy identities. Who is she? Is she like me?"

As he continues to spy on them, Tony's usual green eyes somehow turns into purple.

The three older Clarks took Jordan all around town, to Siber Smoothie, Southdale Junior High School, the park, and any other places they visited often. During that time, Jordan told them some facts about her life and how she had ended up in their world.

"Wow, so you have no idea how that portal appeared?" Megan asked as they walked back to the Clark's house.

"Nope, it was just there," she explained. "I reached into it and next thing I knew, I'm here."

"And our world and lives are a TV show in your world?" Lee asked.

"Pretty much."

"Intriguing," Marc said as they came up on their house. And this is our place."

Outside the place, the spies' parents, Cal and Karen saw them coming.

"Kids, there you are," Cal said as he then noticed Jordan. "And I see you brought a friend."

"Oh yeah, mom, dad, this is our new friend Jordan Waters," Lee introduced her. "Jordan, these are our parents."

"Nice to meet you," she greeted them.

"Nice to meet you too, Jordan," Karen greeted her in return. "Are you new here?"

"Nah, I'm just, um, visiting some relatives here," Jordan told them.

"Hey mom, dad, have you seen Tony?" Megan asked, still worried about her brother.

"He's upstairs in his room," Cal said, "but he said he didn't wanna be disturbed."

"Wonder what's eating him?" Marc asked.

"Well it was nice meeting you guys, but I'd better go, my, uh, relatives might be worrying," Jordan told them.

"Uh, Jordan are you sure you should-"

"Don't worry," she said as she then whispered to the spies. "I'm just gonna look around town for awhile and try to find my way back home."

She then spoke aloud as she said, "Well thanks again guys."

"No prob, come visit anytime," Cal said.

"Sure thing, bye!"

Jordan walked off, leaving the Clark kids a little worried about her going by herself.

At the rooftop of the same building as where the Clarks are in the afternoon, a boy is overlooking the city with his telescope. As the sun shines on him, it revealed that it's Zeus overlooking the streets, but he's wearing a different outfit than his usual.

He wears a white T-shirt with a red stripe on his stomach area with a single sleeve on his left decorated with circuit-like lines, a gold and white long wristband, blue pants with a deck box on his belt, and an inverse white and black sneakers.

"Why can't those guys be normal criminals already?" Zeus groaned, "If I can't find those monsters in ten seconds, I-"

He stopped in mid-sentence to find Jordan outside the sports store in shock.

"Wha?! What is she doing in here?!"

Shocked that Jordan, of all students from his new school in this unfamiliar city, Zeus rushed to her in parkour-style run to avoid the obstacles coming her way.

As Jordan is busy staring at the Southdale's cities in awe, Zeus arrives behind her and calls her out, "Jordan!"

Jordan turns around to see Zeus, much to her shock.

"Zeus, what are you doing here? You've been sucked in to that strange portal in the computer lab, too right?"

"Look, I know you're confused at where you are right now, but it's a long story," Zeus explained.

"Confused? More like excited! And I know where I am, silly! I'm in Southdale, the home of Lee, Marc, Megan, and Tony Clark! The spies of WOOHP in The Amazing Spiez!" Jordan says in excitement, "Man, I can't believe I meet them in real-life! As in real, REAL life! Since they are cartoon characters, I can't normally meet them. But I DID! I MEET THEM FOR REAL! Except for Tony, which I can't find him. What a bummer..."

Stunned at her knowledge in this world, despite not being an inhabitant of it, Zeus is shocked until he saw a monster emerges out behind Jordan, which he says, "Yeah, you meet them for real. I know that. But we have to get you out of here, like right now!"

"Right now! I was starting to get to know them! Can I least meet them again? Please, please!"

Zeus was about to say no, when suddenly he froze and his eyes glowed white. In 10 seconds, he saw Jordan being attacked by the same shadow monster coming out behind her earlier. His eyes stopped glowing and he snapped back to his senses to see Jordan unharmed.

"Zeus, are you okay?" she asked.

Zeus, realizing what was about to happen next, pulled out something on his belt as he shouts, "JORDAN, LOOK OUT!"

When she turned around after she heard Zeus, Jordan saw the monster ready to pounce her. She screamed at the monster, until Zeus surprisingly attacks the monster, which it suddenly cuts it in half.

As she took a closer look, she was shocked to saw Zeus with a katana on his hand. A real katana wielded by him, seeing that the monster was cut in half and then vanished.

After the monster disappeared, Jordan was stunned at what she saw as Zeus calmly put his katana back in his scabbard.

"Whoa," Jordan said in shock.

Seeing that Jordan is shocked at what she just saw, Zeus decided to explain everything to her. "I know you're shock about that monster, but let me explain. Those are not those monsters that you can see in your favorite cartoons."

"I know."

Hearing those words, Zeus is now shocked that Jordan's shock turns into a serious expression.

"That monster looks like a Black Seeker. No, it is a Black Seeker," Jordan said, "A real one, no doubt! And you, destroyed it."

"H-How did you know?" Zeus asked in shock.

Seeing that he's hiding something, Jordan then curiously asks, "Wait a minute, are you by any chance the Twilight Star, the top tournament champion in ULO's Black and White Union?"

Shocked once again that she knew his title, Zeus asks once again, "You knew my title?!"

"Yup! The reason why is that I have a title in ULO, too," Jordan answered, "Mine is the Quest Queen. Sounds familiar?"

"Quest Queen... Hmm..."

After a few seconds of thinking, he realizes who she is and says, "Y-You mean, you're Crystal Aquilla of the Black and White Union?!"

"Huh? Who knew I get to meet you in person as a new student and my new friend?" Jordan said in shock, "And never thought that your ULO name is the same as your real one."

"Hehehe... I guess my name is a dead giveaway, huh?" Zeus sheepishly said.

"I guess. And back to the task in hand, how did that a Black Seeker got in here anyway? It was supposed to be an MMORPG monster, meaning it's not real. And don't you say I'm just dreaming it, 'cause I saw you cut that thing in pieces with that katana on your belt, a REAL katana! Plus, you're wearing some kind of cosplay of your avatar, which I doubt it's cosplay."

"Well, I-"

"And how did that portal on our school computer lab door got there anyway? That's never happens in real life. Plus, why are we in The Amazing Spiez and Totally Spiez world? A TV show world?!" Jordan demanded in anger.

"You see, I-"

"Don't try to get away from me or my questions! You better talk or my 8th degree black belt wushu will do the talking!"

Seeing that she's ready to beat him up unless he talks, Zeus have no choice but to tell her everything.

"Okay, I'll talk. I'll answer everything I know," he said in defeat, "About Universal Legends Online being your favorite online game. Well, it's not just a game. In fact, it's a game where reality and fiction has no limits."

"Huh? What do you mean "no limits"?" Jordan asks in confusion as she put her guard down.

"Well, believe it or not, ULO doesn't just exist as an online game in our world," Zeus continued to explain. "It exists in this world and many other worlds too, many of which exist as TV shows and movies in our world. Such as Totally Spies, The Amazing Spiez, Pokemon, and Kim Possible, to name a few. And people from all over those worlds, whether they are the main, supporting or minor characters, have accounts and avatars."

"Wow," Jordan said, amazed at what she was hearing. "So you mean, Universal Legends is connected to most of if not all of the worlds?"

"Yes," Zeus said as his expression changed to one of real seriousness. "Unfortunately, there is a darkness that threatens the peaceful existence that holds the universe together."

"What is it?"

"The Black Tundra. A cult with their own world, that's just as their name: cold, isolated, desolate, and dark. They wish to conquer the all the world and force the inhabitants to follow their strange, twisted ideals and ways. To do this, they must successfully invade the worlds, and get to their Data Cores."

"What are Data Cores?"

"The Cores are practically the hearts of each world. When modified or corrupted, it can alter the world's reality. And if the cult successfully corrupts it, the world will belong to the Black Tundra and its balance is lost until the cult's control over it can be weakened and eliminated."

"What about the heroes of the worlds. Can't they stop them?"

"Many have tried but none have succeeded. However, there are several special individuals who can stop them."

"Who?"

"Runners, the youths that run through the worlds."

"Runners?"

"Runners are young players of ULO from the various worlds that are chosen by the Councilmen and women of each union to be warriors and guardians to protect ULO and the worlds from their own individual evils, as well as the Black Tundra."

"Wow," Jordan was utterly amazed. She then looked at Zeus and came to a realization. "And are you one of the Runners?"

"Yes, that's how I got here," Zeus explained.

As Jordan tries to process what she learns about everything that Zeus explained to her, Zeus then says, "Look, if you don't believe all this and call me crazy, its okay. I'll just let you go back to school and-"

"Actually, I do believe you."

"Huh?" He turns around in shock as he saw Jordan said, "This is not every day you find a portal and meet your favorite cartoon characters. Plus, it's impossible to daydream like this unless you fell asleep and of course, I do want to see you as your avatar."

Hearing her compliment, Zeus blushes in embarrassment.

"Sure I could say the same if I see you as your avatar."

Jordan just blushes at his comment as she smiles in gratitude.

At a busy street of Southdale in the afternoon, everyone is walking down the streets as some businessmen and women are having a conversation in the coffee shop, kids skateboarding down the sidewalks, and cars waiting at the traffic so they can get to their destination.

But as they are minding their own business, one of the businessmen noticed that something bit him.

"Ow! What the-" he said as he touched his neck on it. He could feel a small, metallic thing on his neck. Unknown to him, a small robotic spider, leapt off of him and scurried away.

Before anyone could ask, the other businessmen and women suddenly felt a bite on their necks, and touched the same metallic object and little robotic spiders scurried away from them none the wiser. Suddenly the people's faces became blank, and their eyes glowed red. A man in a black trench coat, the same man the spies had been eyeing at the warehouse, walked up to them. Seeing the people incapacitated, he smirked evilly, and then pulled out a black communicator.

"The microchips worked," the man said. "You can commence with the invasion and takeover."

At the other street, Zeus and Jordan are walking down a street as the 11-year old girl curiously asks, "So, I was wondering where that portal back at our school come from?"

"The one at the door of the computer lab?"

"Yup."

"Oh, yeah. Well, I made it," Zeus said.

"Seriously?! How?" Jordan asked in shock.

"Well, I have a special ability to create portals. When I hold something that belongs or related to that world, the portal will open to that world."

He then pulls out a can of soda from his pocket and while focusing on it as he raised his hand in front of him, the same portal from before then appears in front of them after a few seconds.

"However, this is not an in-game skill, meaning this is my real life special ability. And also, it can deplete my energy when I used it a long time."

"Wow, that is so cool!" Jordan gasped in amazement.

"I knew you'd like it," he said. "So what exactly is your goal in ULO?"

"To conquer every single quest in the game, old and new, of course."

"Are you sure? Cause the game is always coming up with new quests almost every day and there's like hundreds of them."

"I'm positive. Besides you know what they say, the joy is in the journey."

"Hmm, how apt…"

"So what about you? What's your goal?"

"Oh, um, well you see I…"

Suddenly a loud scream pierced the air, causing the two to jump.

"What was that?" Jordan asked.

"It came from the next block. Let's go find out," Zeus said and together they ran up the street. When they turned the corner, they were stunned at the scene. All around, citizens had turned on each other, grabbing innocent people and holding them, and people that looked like ninjas were administering the same microchips to their necks. Jordan gasped in horror, while Zeus looked at the scene in anger.

"The Black Tundra's foot soldiers," he said with venom in his voice. "They're making a go for this world's Data Core."

Jordan regained her composure as she said, "Not if I have anything to say about it." She then jumped into the fray and fly-kicked a foot soldier away from an innocent citizen, who quickly ran for cover. The other foot soldiers and brainwashed citizens noticed this, and immediately started to focus all their attention on her, coming at her from all directions. But Jordan, using her wushu skills, started swiftly dispatched them with punches, kicks, and flips. Zeus was shocked at Jordan's martial arts abilities.

"Wow, she's good," he said as he started to reach for his katana. "Nevertheless, I'm not letting her have all the fun."

Zeus drew his katana, and jumped in, cutting down the foot soldiers with ease, while also avoiding the citizens (since he didn't wanna harm them). After a while, the leader of the foot soldiers suddenly shouted, "Everyone, forget them. We must proceed with the primary objective."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers and brainwashed citizens, suddenly retreated to places unknown, leaving Jordan and Zeus by themselves.

"Wow, that was incredible fighting," Zeus said. "Where'd you learn that?"

"My big brother," Jordan answered. "He owns his own dojo and teaches wushu."

"I see," Zeus said impressed. Suddenly they heard a voice nearby, "Hey let us go." Jordan, to her shock, recognized the voice.

"Oh no, don't tell me they got-" she started as she ran to an alley where the voice came from with Zeus following behind them. Upon peeking around the corner, the two saw the Lee, Megan and Marc being restrained by the foot soldiers and Tim Scam was there with them.

"The Clarks," Jordan gasped.

A/N: Cliffhanger! Looks like Black Tundra teamed up with Tim Scam and they got Lee, Marc, and Megan! Can Jordan and Zeus save them in time? Find out in the last part of A New Beginning! Review and I'll see you later!