So we doing this?

Last time on a really Chaotic Start…

"Oh my god the hell was that. What just happened to me?" I think in my jumbled mind

My head turns on a dime and I look around frantically. I see other teens walking and talking about around me as strange floating robots fly around carrying food to kids sitting around long silver tables. I see massive screens hanging above me in the distance showing some fierce battles of… of… wait aren't those.

But before can finish that thought a girlish scream tears itself from my throat.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Back to the present…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

My scream tears through my mouth before I could even stop it from forming. Now I know what you guys are thinking, Nolen you scream like a girl? Oh, fore shame sir fore shame. And to that I respond with a big old Shut Up! It only happens when I get really surprised okay most of the time my scream is very deep and manly okay. It's impressed many a girl in its time I tell you.

Heh I'm pretty sure that's how I bagged Mrs. Grayson my former 10 grade science teacher. Long story okay but the important thing here is to forget that my screams can sound…. Wait hold up a second.

"My girlish screams don't sound like this. There way higher pitched!" I think to myself. After a quick motion of hand to mouth I can very much confirm I'm not the one screaming.

"Who the fuc… ummph!" just as I start to turn around and look at whoever is making that noise, I'm suddenly rammed into at a blistering speed. Knocking the wind and my legs right out from under me.

I try to catch myself to stop me from hitting the ground but with how fast this person was moving, that's basically a pipe dream. As both me and my scared assailant fall to the ground in a messy tumble, I hear a distinct female grunt coming from them.

"Dude… cough get off… please." I manage to wheeze out from my possible damaged bagpipes. Or is it just my stomach.

"Nolen?" a scared, and confused voice that's more than a little familiar to me responds.

"Logan?" and sure enough after a quick sit up session from the both of us, I see that same red hair from my best friend. Her green eyes are filled with fear and confusion, which is to be expected considering what just happened to us. She looks directly into my eyes before slamming me with a soul crushing hug. Seriously where does she keep this super strength of hers.

"Logan…crushing…my…spline."

"Oh, right sorry." She says as she hastily lets me go. After I gulp in some much-needed oxygen she starts assailing me with questions. "What just happened? Where are we? What is this place? What are those things? Are they robots? They've got to be robots, right? Seriously what just happened to us? I was in my room putting in that code and then Boom, Blam, Wuhuhuhu, ZZZZZZZTTTT and then Boop here I was. Did I get teleported? Oh my god I did, didn't I? Nolen we've been kidnapped by ET's or something! What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? Are those robots carrying green mac and cheese?" she says all the while without taking a breath. She's even started to shake me vigorously and with each question her pace increases.

"Logan! Calm down okay! Look we're fine okay you and me we're totally fine right you're not hurt or anything are you?" I ask as I look her up and down confirming my suspicions. Logan looks back to me away from the mac and cheese robot before shaking her head rapidly side to side.

"No. No I'm fine at least I think I'm fine but considering I was just abducted by ET's terminator cousins I'm not sur…" before she can continue on another long-winded rant, I put my hand over her mouth silencing the race care. Engine of a mouth she has.

"Logan remember just breath okay. Just breath." I tell her once more I can't have both of us freaking out. One thing I learned in the army it's better to keep your freak outs in check least it gets you in trouble.

With my hand still covering her mouth she takes a deep breath in through her nostrils. In and out, multiple times just like she's preparing to take a test or run some kinda marathon. After a minute or two of doing this, she finally stops and takes my hand off her mouth. "Thanks, I'm better now Nolen."

I give her a quick nod. "No problem but seriously your okay right?" I ask once more. I just need to know everything's alright before I figure out the hells going on here. Cause let me tell you I'm keeping it off my face but I'm having just as big of a freak out as she is. The actually fuck was that?! Logan might be right were we just teleported here. What is this place Star Trek!

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine sorry I'm just freaking out you know. Nolen seriously do you know where we are?" she asks me once again as she looks around our vicinity.

"To answer your word ramble in order; I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, Yeah, I think their robots, I still don't know, yeah, I was doing the same thing, I think we did actually, No I don't think their aliens, We are gonna stand and be calm and figure this out okay. That's what we're going to do. Mostly because my ass is getting tired of being on the floor." I exclaim as I stand up reaching my hand down to Logan to pull her up as well.

She gives a quick nod at all of my responses as she stares at my hand for a second before grabbing it and letting me haul her up. "Yeah okay." As she stands up on her own, she continues to move her head back and forth looking all around, I can tell she's still scared but I know she can get through this. We both can. If anime has taught me anything it's that friendship is the biggest OP power bullshit you can have.

"Oh, also I think that is mac and cheese. Some gross chuck up kinda mac and cheese though." I tell her with a small smile, which she returns back to me. I once again look her up and down noticing her attire and at a glance I can tell she was definitely getting ready for bed when she put that code in.

She's currently wearing what I can assume are her pajama pants, that are patterned with tiny stars with goofy smiley faces on them. And they hang comfortably on her hips, brushing her ankles with each step. Somehow not hitting her equally as silly pink bunny slippers. She's wearing a slightly oversized, faded t-shirt, the fabric worn and familiar, like an old friend. With an equally faded logo belonging to a singer, Prince, I think. Her red hair, once neatly styled, now falls loosely around her shoulders, a few stray strands framing her face.

I'm slightly better as I am still wearing what I had on for school today. Well mostly anyway, I traded my jeans for some purple sweat pants and I my shoes for a pair of not so embarrassing slippers. But while Logans are more of a slip on/off variety mine encompass my whole foot. So could theatrically run in mine. I'd probably fall on my face but there's a chance I can make it work. If the need arises which it might. And at least Logan has a shirt on my jackets the only thing stopping me being half naked.

With my quick inspection over I return my focus back to Logan who is fidgeting for some reason. "Hey you sure you're, okay?"

"Huh. Oh, yeah, I'm totally fine I'm just... ya know in public… in my pajamas." Embarrassment taking over her face as she blushes slightly. As she finally notices the other teens walking by some stopping to point and laugh at us or chuckle while saying "newbies"

Just as I'm about to give a quick retort to her dilemma a voice stops me.

"Yes, you are but don't worry we've seen far worse here from first timers like the two of you I assure you." An unmistakably British voice responds from behind me.

"Holy shit!" I exclaims as I jump slightly in the air. I quickly turn around to find the source of my heart attack to be a blonde teen giggling at my expense. "Don't do that warn a guy or something jeez." I tell him

"Yeah… Even if it was kinda funny." Logan says from behind me. Thanks Logan really feeling the love here.

"Hahaha sorry, I apologies for laughing at you but I assure you it's not hostile in any way. It's not often I meet first timers here at Chaotic." The unknown teen tells us. I look him up and down and after a second I can tell he is either totally rich or some kind of royalty. Hell, maybe both, with his bright blue custom fitted looking uniform. I can't tell if that's a school uniform or just a suit he likes to wear.

"Oh yeah well thanks I guess?" I tell the ki… wait what did he just say.

"Wait what did you just say. Were where?" Logan asks my newly discovered question.

"Hmmm oh yes quite right. Sorry for the delayed introduction my name is Reggie. And this my new friends is Chaotic!" he exclaims as he quickly turns and opens his arms out in an exuberant fashion.

I look around in the direction he opens to and the bright hall becomes even more massive as I finally notice all the details my quick search missed when I arrived. I hear Logan mutter a "Wow" from next to me as she steps out from behind me hands still crossed over her shirt as she also takes in the sights before her.

I see to many teens to count either hanging around those long silver tables or walking around the building. Some are at these smaller tables with a red outline on them pointing or touching on the table that's out of my sight. Many of the people at those are small groups of twos or threes, animatedly talking about something. And if there not talking to each other, then there either eating or cheering at the fights happening on those massive screens or televisions above them. All of them are showing battles of some nature with some pretty familiar beings on them.

"Is that, is that a Van Bloot fighting a Tartarek?" I ask Reggie.

"Oh yes indeed that's exactly right." He tells me with a bright smile.

"But wait how is that..." Logan starts

"Oh, dear would you look at the time I'm so sorry I have to cut this explanation shorter than either of you'd like. I have an adventure to get to! Oh, but I don't want to leave you both so clueless. Hmmmmm?" Reggie exclaims with a quizzingly look on his face. "Ah yes, I know I'll do how you Americans say 'fast track it'." He tells us that same bright smile never leaving his face.

"Wait where are you going. You're not leaving until we get some answers." I tell him as Logan mutters 'fast track it what?"

"I'm terribly sorry but I have prior engagements to attend to but I'll give you a quick explanation I promise." He says as he puts a hand over his heart with a small bow. "Now you both arrived here after putting a strange code into the Chaotic website did you not?"

After me and Logan give him a quick but confused nod he continues. "Excellent now this is going to come as a shock but that code essentially made a digital clone of the both of you. But don't worry both of you are most definitely yourselves and are still where ever you were when you put in that code. Well, hahaha when I first got here, I thought I was teleported like in the films."

As Reggie laughs at his own personal joke, I look over to Logan who returns it with a similar confused look as she shrugs.

"Oh, apologizes I was just remembering my first time, oh it was so long ago. But back on track, and this is the really important part are both paying attention?" he asks us as he looks into our eyes. I can't tell whether or not if he recognizes our confusion or just ignores it because he continues like he does.

"Good now listen carefully cause what I'm about to say is completely truthful. Chaotic is real, so is Perim. All the creatures on your cards, all the locations, the battlegear, the mugic it's all very real. And very true. This is where we battle with our collections. And what you're both standing on is a transport pad where we Chaotic players go to travel to and from Perim."

"It's hard to believe I know but I swear on my name that I'm not deceiving either of you. That code has opened a whole new world for you, my friends." He takes both of our hands and shakes them vigorously before saying. "I hope we meet again but it seems like your first battle is about to start. I shall be praying for your success, both of you. It was truthfully quite wonderful to meet you both today. But as I said previously, I must be going and your guide is here to take you to the drome's." Reggie says as he points towards an approaching floating robot.

Reggie points to the side of the weird circle covered panel were on and ask us very politely to step to the spot he designated. So politely that even though I'm still jarred and confused from his rapid explanation both me and Logan do as he ask and step off the panel. As we do the robot floats right next to us causing Logan to let out a small 'eeeppp'.

"IntreTerror, ChaoticVanguard please follow me to the battle dromes. You first match is about to start." Say the mechanical voice of the floating robot. Okay so these floating Wall-E's can speak cause of course they can. If I wasn't still freaking out internally a bit, I'd think that was pretty cool.

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Okay it's still kinda cool.

"Right yes, I'm assuming that's those are your screennames. Just follow the him and do your best. Once again, I wish you both the best of luck. Until next time new friends let's let our next meeting be a longer one. Farewell." Reggie exclaims as he pulls out a scanner from his pocket and after pressing the a button on it he vanishes into a bright light filled with numbers or codes of some kind.

And just like that our meeting with the British comes to an abrupted end.

"What just happened?" Logan asks from beside me.

"I, I don't really know." I tell her.

"Excuse me IntreTerror, ChaoticVanguard I must insist you both follow me to your first match. If you fail to arrive you automatically forfeit." The Wall-e says.

Logan and I both look to each other the unspoken question lingering between our silence. Do we stay or follow? Reggie said that we should follow this thing but we just meet that guy he could be lying to us for all we know. And all that stuff he said about this place and Perim, that's gotta be crazy right? I mean a card game can't be real.

"Yeah, nether is reincarnation dingus. Yet here you are." I rude tell myself. And I do make a good point. I've already done the impossible, so whats to say more impossibilities aren't possible.

I look back over to the robot and say "Lead the way I guess robot man." I look back to Logan and nudge my head towards the robot hoping my intent is clear.

"Sure! Why not it's not like we know how to leave anyway." Logan says with a sigh. Oh yeah that's a pretty good point too. Damn I should've stopped Reggie brit from leaving before I got all the answers I needed. He was just so nice and… polite, I'm not used to that he caught me of guard.

"Good please follow me."

And with that the strange robot floats away down this stadium like hallway, lounge whatever they call this area. Me and Logan share one last look before we follow after the thing. After a quick minute or two of walking we reach the massive exit of the cafeteria area and are meet with another incredible view. A very large plaza filled with fountains, grass paths, walkways all around us. Of in the distance, I can spot something similar to an amphitheater with some more teens hanging out in it. All around hanging on walls or floating stands are more screens having even more battles on them. Many of the teens are also either watching or talking amongst their peers.

We continue to follow the robot to this moving walkway where some other teens are just standing on waiting to get off. Many of the are just staring down at there scanners doing what I could only guess.

Oh, wait are these things called travelators not moving walkways? Whats the difference? I think.

"Oh, a travelator cool. I always wanted to use one of these." Logan says as she steps on to the moving path. I quickly hop on and soon enough me and Logan are on our way somewhere. Probably to one of those large dome-like buildings off in the distance. There incredibly large and impossible to miss. The dome of each building is in a different color I see a blue, gold, and green in our vicinity. But there are four more behind me with a purple, grey, red, and orange coloring on their roofs making for a total of seven. Hmmm wait that means something doesn't it. Seven and Chaotic whats… oh wait the battle dromes like form the online game. Reggie said we have a drome match so that's got to be whats these buildings are.

In the online game before you fight someone you enter one of the seven dromes and get put into either a que or directly into a battle depending on if someone challenged you or not. That's got to be whats happening here but instead it's a random match with someone unknown competitor.

"Logan, I think these are like the battle dromes in the online game."

She looks back to me before looking ahead at the buildings in front of us. "I think your right isn't that blue one the Crellan drome?" she asks me, and I'm pretty certain she's right that's the drome she always picks when she challenges me to an online match.

"Yeah, I think it is." I reply with a nod. "Oh, wait look Wall-E's got a friend now." And sure, enough a second floating robot has joined us as the walkway ends on a very large circular area of asphalt, I can see up ahead that the travelator continues but the area we're at is like a stopping or meeting point for a whole bunch of them. They head off in every direction many if not all seem to head to a battle drome.

"ChaoticVanguard this way to your drome match please." The new robot tells me heading to a travelator that appears to be heading towards the green domed drome. I can't remember the name of that one but I look over to Logan who is being told to head down a different direction than mine. Fear flashes on her face before she tells the robot something and heads over to me.

"Nolen give me your jacket please."

"I'm sorry what? Why do you need my jacket?" I ask her.

"Nolen please just give it to me." She pleads pulling her arms over her chest even tighter.

"Sighhhh. Sure, okay but seriously why? Whats wrong with what you have on." I ask her is she that embarrassed to be seen in her pajamas. I mean it's already too late for that a lot of people have already seen them. Even now I can see some teens still holding back their laughter while looking at us. So, I'm confused as to why she now needs…

"I'm not wearing a bra okay!" she silently yells to me as I hand her my jacket. She hurriedly puts it on and gives me a quick 'thank you' as she leaves me standing shirtless on the path heading down the path the original robot mentioned to her.

"Hmm entering a battle shirtless is not the soundest decision but who am I to judge. Come along now sir." The robot guide says to me as it floats down the path I quickly step on to.

"Well, you know how it is just wanted to feel uhhh comfortable?" I tell him. Trying to quickly come up with some half assed bullshit. Truthfully, I don't really care but I am really curious about my match. "Can you tell me anything about who I'm fighting?" maybe he can give me some clue or hints to whats going to happen.

"No."

"Really not anything. Anything at all." I ask again

"No help is only allowed from other Chaotic players. Here we are sir good luck to you." And with that he leaves me standing in front of a massive door that opens as soon as I walk closer to it. I peek inside and all I see is an empty room glowing with some sort of strange light.

"Well thanks for nothing, I guess. Phewww okay here I go let's do this." I tell myself trying to hype myself up. It's just a match, like any other Chaotic match you've had before. Just in a place you don't know. With knowledge I'm still trying to digest/believe. Against someone….

"…who isn't even here yet." I finish out loud as I look around the glowing room. The door behind me shuts quickly and I'm left entirely alone inside this massive glowing room. I look around once again just in case I'm missing something but no there isn't anything inside here. Not even my so-called opponent who I'm supposed to be fighting.

"What in the heck." I say and I start to walk forward hoping that maybe something will happen. Maybe I'm supposed to go out the other door to? When I reach about half way to the middle of the room something shoots up from the ground.

"Wow what the!" I exclaim. Seems today is just full of surprises. The heck is this thing? It looks like a stand of some kind. It looks like it's supposed to hold… oh wait a second. I pull out my scanner from my pocket and put it into the slot where it looks like my scanner is supposed to go. As soon as I slide it in a holographic screen pops up before me. Filled with the Chaotic symbol but in a grey or shite tint to it. The sides hold a small column that looks like it supposed to hold my mugic and some strange looking sliders right below it. Green, purple, grey, and blue what there do I have absolutely no idea.

Now that I'm looking at it more this kinda looks like a battle board. A one v one battle board if I exclude the sliders.

Before I can think on that further though light from the outside fills the other side of the room as someone skates on inside stopping just before the stand.

"Oh, sorry for being late man I was trying some nice grinds in Kiru City before I remembered I had a match today. I didn't miss it did I?" ask my unknown opponent.

"No BattleBoarder the match has not yet begun." A loud voice says from above. As I look up a floating turning Chaotic symbol descends from some point in the ceiling. "Now that both combatants are here the match may begin. Players assemble your battle board."

"Sweet, let's do this dude!" BattleBoarder yells. "Oh, wait why are you shirtless dude? Is it a fiesta today?"

"What no I…sighhhh it's a long story okay. Let's just do this." I tell him. Hoping to draw attention away from my shirtlessness.

"Oh, okay I get newbie am I right sorry bro but I don't go easy on any one. Nice pecs though dude major coodos." He tells me and he starts to move his finger up and down on the sliders below the battle board.

As I start to do the same, I see my whole online deck is in here each slider representing a different component of the game. Creatures, mugic, battlegear, locations there all here just like my online deck. Okay so let's give a quick think about this. If it's a one vs one then my creature is obvious. I scroll down on the correct slider until Lyssta appears and after I look over to the skater on the other side, I can see him just drag his cards to the screen. So, I put my hand on Lyssta overview and drag her to the creature spot on the battle board. When she locks in place I scroll through until I find my favorite piece of battlegear for her the Torwegg that'll boost her air attacks to do more damage. She doesn't have any mugic counters so worrying about that is pointless so let's just go with Melody of Malady. And I need ten locations okay so let's go with my five favorites. Cordac Falls Plungepool, Doors of the Deepmines, Crystal Cave, Eye of the Maelstrom, and Gloomuck Swamp. Two of each will make ten and there the best locations I got for supporting Lyssta ability.

"Yeah, it's my first day. But I don't play to lose either dude." I smack talk to him as I finish setting up my side of the battle board. Waiting for him to finish up on his end.

"Hahaha that's the spirit duuuddddeee! Come on let's get Chaotic!"

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Chapter end

Hey there everyone I'm back I'm not dead yet I promise you.

How have you guys been good I hope so. Let me just say I've missed you all. Sorry for the abrupt ending there but I thought it was a good stopping point considering how I want to start the next chapter.

Also let me start this ending with I'm very sorry for being away so long. My school life to the following turn in this exact way as I'm about to type.

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End of small tantrum. Yeah, to say it's been stupid hectic would be a vast understatement! It killed any interest I had in writing and I've spent most of the time playing with my nice or reading books or playing video games this past week or so.

But I guess that's the college life huh it sucks but Ehhhh I signed up for it. Though I wish now I had my lawyer present. But I hope that doesn't happen again anytime soon. Can't promise it won't but this story will be back to its bi weekly schedule starting today.

This I swear!

Also once again thank you guys for stopping by and giving this a read I greatly appreciate it. Seriously it awesome and so are you guys.

But that's all this time until we meet again.

Peace Out!