The six Jay avatar players each double jump toward a building before bouncing off it to double jump to another next to it, with Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji behind them, doing the same thing as well, until they reach a rooftop as laser shots nearly hit them before they start to run with the drones catching up and firing at them.
"I don't get it." Lloyd said, breathing heavily from being out of breath and ducking to avoid two laser shots. "I run all the time, but I'm already..." He pants a little while avoiding another shot. "...getting... tired."
The FS Jay player jumps over a pipe before turning his head to him. "Of course, you're getting tired." He replied. "You're a noob. Your stamina stats are probably quite low."
Cole jumps next to him. "Wait." He said as the FS Jay player slides underneath a pipe. "Are you saying the reason we don't have powers is because-"
"You haven't bought any skills yet." The ER Jay player cuts him off as she came up next to Cole.
"Here, see our skill trees?" The FS Jay player asked before touching his chest, followed by the ER Jay player and displays appear in front of them, and move with them as they ran.
"See?" The ER Jay player points to her skills.
"I have Level 48 Stamina."
"I've got Level 32." The ER Jay player then swiped the display to show a skill display. "And I have enough experience to buy another skill." She presses on an unlit skill, which soon lit up and a beep is heard. "Here... Super Backflip Flying Kick." She looks at the pursuing drones behind them before immediately jumping in the air, spins backwards, kicks one drone down, and then moves to kick down another drone underneath it.
Nya and Geoff breath heavily while looking at the move. "Seriously?" Nya asked, annoyed. "It took me months to learn that move in the real world."
"But in here you just 'buy another skill'?" Geoff asked. "Not fair!"
Everyone immediately came to a sudden halt when four more drones appear in front of them and turn around to see three more appear. "There may come a day when the courage of Jays fails... but this is not that day!" The FS Jay player said.
The six Jay avatar players suddenly summon katanas, form a circle with their backs facing each other, and poise. "Jay-jago!" They yell before charging at the drones. The FS Jay player spins as he strikes a drone with his sword, making it disappear in computer bytes before jumping to strike another one, and then a third one. The TG Jay player raises his sword high while in the air, charging at a drone before spinning to strike it, and kept in moving to strike two more behind it. The ER Jay player and AW Jay player hold hands as they ran around in circles, striking drones that came at them, making them disappear in computer bytes. More drones surround the OG Jay player and S.O.G. Jay player, who look at each other before the S.O.G. Jay player grabs her fellow player's hand and spins around, with the OG Jay player striking down the drones as he was spun around.
Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji were all in awe at seeing the players taking down the drones before they turn to each other, nod, and move to join the fight. Cole tries to ram a drone, only for it to ram him back and he falls down. Nya tries to punch one, but it moves to the side before she tries again, only for it to move to the side again. Geoff somersaults to try and kick a drone, only to end up being knocked to the ground before it fires at him, but he barrel rolls to the left to avoid the shots. Gewuji ends up backed against the roof access door as she tries her best to kick a drone, to no effect before it suddenly ends up struck on its left side by a laser shot and blows up. She turned to see that it was someone standing on the opposing rooftop, with a black cloak over them with the hood hiding their face, holding a blaster with their green arm exposed before they take off. Kai jumps onto a drone and tries to punch it as it charges its laser before firing, sending him flying off the roof with a scream. "Kai!" Lloyd yelled, coming towards the edge to see him fall.
Lloyd immediately punched the edge in anger before Kai suddenly reappears next to him, and he turned to see him completely shocked. "I'm alive?" He asked himself as Cole ran away from two drones behind him, Nya was on the back of one, trying to punch it, and Geoff and Gewuji were on the back of one each before they make them come at each other, and jump off as they soon crash into each other and disappear in computer bytes. Kai immediately grabbed hold of Lloyd, in shock. "How am I alive?" Two drones come up behind them as the AW Jay player somersaults to jump in the air and kicked one of them down. "I just... I just." The OG Jay player moves past while striking the last drone, and it suddenly turns into a chicken. "Uh, duh!" The TG Jay player spins past them to strike another drone while the ER Jay player twirled to strike two drones. "Video game!" Cole and Gewuji peek their heads up from behind the entrance to the stairwell while Geoff ducked and rolled to avoid three drones. "I just respawned." Cole notices a drone coming for them, taps Gewuji to get her attention, she turns to see the drone, and quickly take off as the drone pursued them. Kai soon scoffed. "None of this is real!" A drone comes up behind them to fire a laser shot, but misses before only for the S.O.G. Jay player to jump on it, making it tilt a little, and forces it away from them.
Lloyd soon noticed a drone coming at them and gasped out of shock. "It feels real!" He takes off as the drone soon pursues him while Kai looked on before Geoff suddenly bumps into him, knocking them both down as a drone passes over them.
Nya backs away from a drone before the FS Jay player comes up next to her, strikes the drone down, and turns to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "We'll draw them away!" He said. "Follow the streets to the northwest for 13 blocks. There, you will find one of our allies waiting." Nya notices a drone coming towards them before the FS Jay player strikes it while not looking. "Give him the password, 'Mister Cuddlywomp', and he will bring you to Superstar Rockin' Jay." He points to the path behind him. "Now FLY!"
"I understand..." Nya replied. "...kind of."
The FS Jay player soon placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hmm, I can see why you married him." He rests his sword on his shoulder. He takes off, leaving a confused Nya behind. The other Jay avatar players move to catch up with him as he strikes a drone, and it disappears before they jump onto another rooftop as the drones pursue them. Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji look at each other before they take off.
They all land in an alleyway as Gewuji looked at the rooftop where the stranger with the cloak once was as Lloyd notices. "Gewuji, what is it?" He asked.
She turns to him. "When I was backed at that door, someone shot the drone and took off." She replied.
"Are you sure it wasn't one of those weirdo Jay players?" Kai asked, disbelieving her.
"No, all he had was some sort of cloak, green skin and a blaster. But he had his hood up and was too far away for me to look at him properly."
"Maybe it was just some random player." Geoff said, also disbelieving her.
"Or a rare character that spawns when you least expect it." Cole said. "Like Doctor Sumor in Martyr's Rampage."
"Maybe." Gewuji replied before looking away from the rooftop. "So, Nya, where do we go?"
They start to leave the alleyway. "The Jays said we need to go to-" She cut herself off and they became surprised to see soldiers were standing in front of the alleyway entrance. There were five soldiers with their backs toward them. Nya immediately gasped and turned to the others. "Hide!" She whispered. Lloyd, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji quickly hide behind a support column, except for Kai, who simply puts his fists to his hips, and the others notice. "Kai, hide!"
"Why?" He asked. "This is a game. If they blast us, we just come back. Here, I'll distract, you get around behind them." He starts to approach the soldiers, and the others watch him.
"What. A. Retarded. Idiot." Geoff said to himself.
Kai stops behind the soldiers. "Hey, guys!" The soldiers were immediately surprised and turn around to face him. "You know who's totally lame? Unagami, that's who!" The soldiers were immediately angered by the mocking.
"The enemies of Unagami must pay!" The soldier in the centre replied, angered before they raise their blasters. He quickly takes off as the soldiers start firing at him, and some nearby players take off as Lloyd, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji watch Kai run past them with the soldiers pursuing him. He soon stopped to turn around and face them before putting his fists to his hips as the soldiers raise their blasters, and fire, taking out Kai, who falls down.
Briefly shocked by the reckless action, they notice some nearby tyres and take one each. The soldiers look down at Kai, who disappears in computer bytes before Lloyd, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji necklace each one with the tyres, force them on their sides and kick them, sending them rolling away as Kai respawns next to them. "See?" He leans on Geoff's shoulder. "'Respawn' is my new favourite word. Whoo-hoo!"
"Uh, I don't know if that's really smart." Cole said as he placed his hand on Kai's shoulder while Geoff made him move his arm off. "In games-"
He nudges him back. "Whatever, Cole. You're just annoyed that as the team's 'gaming guru', you weren't the one who figured this out!" He walks away, lightly scoffing.
"Retarded idiot." Geoff muttered.
"Come on, guys." Lloyd replied, annoyed about Kai before they move to catch up with him, unaware that the cloaked figure appears around a corner to watch them walk away.
Out in an open field, Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji emerge from the street and look around. "This is where they told us to meet." Gewuji said. "Only... there is no garage."
They soon stop. "Why send us to an empty lot?"
"I told you." Kai said. "They're wackos! Anyone who looks like Jay that much can't be normal."
"Well, anyone who looks like you is a retard." Geoff sarcastically replied.
Kai was soon angered. "What did you say?"
"You heard me. Open your ****ing ears and learn the truth about games. There's li-!"
"Freeze!" Someone called out to them, and they turn to see a teenaged boy with light blue skin and orange eyes, wearing a red and sandy coloured cap, a sandy coloured bandanna with red random markings, black sweatshirt with the hood one, blue denim vest, grey jeans and black futuristic boots, aiming a blaster at them. "Talk. Before Mister Ginormous here does the talking." He charges his blaster.
"Look, kid, this is private conversation. So, why don't you point that thing at someone else, and-?" The boy immediately fired a shot, hitting Geoff, who screamed out of shock and disappears in computer bytes, shocking them all before he suddenly respawns, completely surprised. "Okay, that convinced me." He turned to Kai. "Sorry, dude." The boy started to charge his blaster again.
"Wait!" Cole said, frantically waving his hands. "W-W-W-Whoa! Wait, wait! Hold your fire! Hold your fire! Um, shoot, what was it?" He tries to remember the password. "Mister Snugglewump? Fuddlewimp? No, no, Fud... Fud..." He becomes annoyed. "Buddygump?"
"Mister Cuddlywomp." Nya said to the boy.
The boy lowers his blaster, sighing. "The League sent you, huh?" He asked. "Let me guess…" He lowers his bandanna. "You're here to see Superstar Rockin' Jay?" They all nod. "Come on. Before someone sees us." He turns around to face a wall and moves towards it as Lloyd turned to Cole, confused before they follow him and Geoff looked at the spot where the boy shot him.
Suddenly, something appears in front of the boy, revealing the interior of a building, surprising them. "A cloaked hideout?" They enter the hideout before the doors close.
Inside, it appeared to be a garage, surprising them all. "Wow!" Kai said to himself.
"Awesome!"
"Tremendous!" Gewuji said to herself.
"Name's Scott." The boy said to them. "I'm a mechanic." He stops and leans on a nearby vehicle. "My garage is hidden by a Level 999 Stealth Barrier. Those Red Visors can't see it." He soon scoffed. "Even Unagami can't."
"What are you hiding from?"
"The Red Visors want me to compete in the Speedway Five Billion. Like everyone else. But I'm smarter. No way in hell." He heads for a nearby table. "And the League of Jays keep my secret, so I help them rebuild their vehicles and weapons and stuff." He picks up a component.
Gewuji turns to notice something covered up in a tarp. "What's under here?" She goes to touch the tarp, but Scott grabs her wrist.
"Listen, toots, nobody touches that, but me and a client that I'm holding for as a favour." He lets go of her and walks back to the table. "He's out doing some side missions at the moment and I haven't had a chance to fix it."
"What's this?" Kai asked, looking at some sort of device before moving to touch the top.
"Don't touch that, it's-" Unfortunately, it was too late as Kai touched the top before it soon exploded, sending some nearby tools flying, Lloyd, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji raising arms to avoid them, and Kai engulfed in the explosion, leaving nothing but a scorch mark and digital smoke. "-dangerous."
"That retard." Geoff muttered.
Kai soon respawns next to Scott and scoffs. "I love this infinite lives thing!" He said, looking at himself and wraps an arm around Scott, who immediately pushed him back.
"'Infinite'?" He asked. "Who the hell told you that?" He touches Kai's chest, right where his heart, and a display appears above him, showing a love heart and four bars, two of which were already depleted before one of the remaining two was soon depleted. "You get four lives in Prime Empire. And looks like you've used three."
The health board soon disappears as Kai was confused. "What? What? Why didn't anyone tell me this?"
"You retard." Geoff said to Kai. "Cole and I tried, but you wouldn't listen."
"Oh, sure, blame the victim!" He sarcastically spoke. Geoff immediately went over to him and grabs hold of his hair. "Easy! Watch the hair!"
"Look at my board!" Geoff touches his chest to reveal his own health board, showing he has three lives left. "I lost my first life trying to tell you the truth, and my temper made Scott shoot me." Lloyd, Cole, Nya and Gewuji touch their chests to show their health boards with all four on them. "I could take your last life if I would have, but every life counts. Don't waste your last life doing reckless shit again. Is that clear?"
Kai sighed and lowered his head. "Yes, Geoff."
"Good." Geoff lets go of his hair and turned to Scott. "So, what happens if we lose all of our lives?"
"You don't want to know." He said. "It's horrible. Why the hell do you think I won't race in the Speedway?" He turns away to touch his shoulder and reveal his health board. "I only have one life left myself." The last life on the board scares Kai before the board disappears and Scott walks towards a nearby crate. "Anyway, if you seek Superstar Rockin' Jay..." He pushes the crate aside to reveal a secret door before touching a button on it. "This is the way." The door opens to a tunnel and he heads in before Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Nya, Geoff and Gewuji follow him.
"We're supposed to trust a complete stranger and go into a dangerous looking hole?" Gewuji asked as they move along.
"I don't trust him either, but he seems to know where Jay is." Geoff replied.
(A/N: Martyr's Rampage is a game name that I had made up. Also, who was the mystery player or NPC that saved Gewuji? Care to take a guess and ask)
