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Chapter Seven- The Shot Heard Round- The World

 

Sircosgi gated into Mac Anu and stood by the chaos gate, waiting for Badger. As he waited, a thought came to him. He wrote Casper.

'Casper, if you're on, log into Mac Anu in the next minute or two. SA' He sent and waited some more. An axe wielder approached him.

"Hey, are you looking for someone to form a party with? If so, I may be your man. I am Plong, Plong the Magnificent."

"Um, no, sorry. I am waiting for-" Before he could finish, Badger gated in, followed by Casper.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to go around your br- I mean, the computer until I found the log-in icon." She looked at Casper and waved, then over at Plong. "Who's he?"

"Plong the Magnificent. I don't know him. In fact we were just leaving. Bye Plong!" He grabbed both of the girls' hands and went over the central bridge. Casper was confused.

"Why did you call me?"

"Hold on for a second." Sircosgi looked for an empty alleyway. He found one, and walked in, pulling the girls behind him. Casper was getting agitated.

"Look buster, if it weren't for the fact that we are on-line, I would slap you!"

"Boragia e-mailed me." Sircosgi said quietly.

"WHAT?"

"Quiet!" Sircosgi looked around to see if anyone had heard. "We're here to contact Helba, see if she can help."

"How do you intend to do that?" Casper asked skeptically.

"Yeah, good question."

"Simple. We all have the use of her chaos gates. We simply have to warp back to Net Slum. Simple enough?" The girls were amazed.

"Wow."

"Good job!" Sircosgi held up his hand.

"Okay I am going to create a gate." He looked to make sure no one was around and raised his staff, instructing the two to raise their items as well.

"Helba GATE!" Light shone from the three weapons, bonding into one, green light, which flew into the ground. From there, a green chaos gate appeared. The three advanced towards it.

"Think it's safe?"

"I guess!" The three gated to the other side, unknowing that two pairs of eyes had been watching them the entire time; from behind a barrel, and from above.

The three ended up right where they wanted to be: Net Slum. They wandered the region, looking for Helba or Aura. As they wandered into what appeared to be the 'city' of the slum, they passed under what appeared to be an arch, in the Japanese style. They looked all in the city, but couldn't find anything. They dwindled out of the city, only to find more space.

"Hey Sircosgi?"

"Yeah Casper?"

"I think we'll be here for a while." Badger scoffed.

"No duh!" She said, somewhat good-natured. Sircosgi just smiled. They went back to the mysterious, creepy eye field, only to find Aura. They ran to meet her.

"Aura?" She turned and looked at the group. "We need your help. Do you know if Helba is on?" She blinked.

"I am not sure. Maybe if you wait for-"

"We got a message from Death's agent, Boragia." Aura sighed.

"Why must it always happen so soon?" Badger was confused.

"It?"

"Yes," Aura said. "it."

"What is it?" Sircosgi asked.

"The contact." Aura said simply.

"You mean this has happened before?" Casper asked.

"Of course." said a voice from behind them. They all whipped around to find Helba, whom was smiling. As they turned, Aura floated off to another part of the slums.

"I thought you would want to know what I thought."

"We're here to ask what you thi- wait. How did you-" Sircosgi stopped, confused.

"Silly little boy. I know a lot. But, that isn't the point. I believe the mail is safe to open. But, to be safe, have ONE person, in a room, open it. If they complete reading it, well, then go in. If not-" Casper nodded.

"I guess I won't be the one-"

"HOW did you know that some of us are in the same area?" Badger demanded.

"I said I know a lot. But really, who knows? See you around." Helba put her left hand to her heart, bowed her head, and gated out. The group turned around, and found Aura missing.

"Jeez, this gets weirder and weirder!" Casper exclaimed. They gated back to Root Server.

As they emerged from their rings, they found themselves surrounded by a group of players, totaling six. They contained all character classes, and seemed to be very powerful. A figure stepped to the center. It was-

"Yes, 'tis I, the Magnificent Plong. I have found my own group, and after seeing you make a gate, have decided to kill you and steal the item that lets you do that! Now, prepare to die!" He fell back, smirking. Two characters, a heavy-blade and an blade-master, stepped forward, stepping to each side.

"Well, if it's a licking they want, then who are we to deprive them?" Casper said out loud. The group readied themselves for battle. As the blade-master swung at Casper, she blocked with her spear. Meanwhile Sircosgi was blocking for Badger, who was making magical assaults. When enough damage had been done to those two, they stepped back, and a long arm and twin blade took their place. The two long arms went at it, and left the twin blade to the twin Wavemasters.

The same, however, happened at the end. When they had been beaten too much, they stepped back, and two others, this time Plong and a Wavemaster.

"Oh. My. Goodness." Badger said, breathing heavily.

"I don't know how much more we can take." Casper yelled. The two enemies attacked, sending a physical and magic attack at the group. Sircosgi summoned a weak shield.

"Ignore it! Badger, I need support magic! Hurry!" The shield started to crack.

"Where the hell are the police? " Casper wondered. The shield faded. Sircosgi was knocked to the ground by an axe attack, while Badger was hit by an earth attack. Sircosgi was dying, and neither of the Wavemasters had any Magic Points left. While the enemy Wavemaster started to torment Sircosgi and Badger, Plong made a charge towards Casper, who was frozen on spot. She started to scream.

'That's my cue', thought a mysterious man, lingering on the roof. He started his plunge.

All Casper could remember was an axe coming for her head. Then she heard a weird battle cry.

"BBBBBOOOOOIIIIIINNNNGGGG!" The next, Plong was on the ground, and a man in a black jumpsuit was standing in front of her, with two extending blades coming from his forearm. Meanwhile, the enemy Wavemaster in shock, the two Wavemasters started a counter-attack. Casper started to charge towards the enemy, but the jumpsuit man beat her to him.

"Hee hee hee! Kapow!" He said as he sliced the Wavemaster into infinity. He looked at the remaining four enemies and laughed. They all cringed.

To the occasional, wandering eye, it appeared as if a man wearing a black jump suit appeared on the other side of a group, who was at the same time falling dead. On the opposite side were three players, all holding their weapons in an attack position.

'How crude' one long arm thought as he passed the scene.

The group, however, was just staring at their savior in black. He had green hair, a purple headband, and some purple designs on his suit. On his face there were no markings, save for a scar on his cheek. He was looking around, and finally retracted his blades. He jumped high in the air, pulled a somersault, and landed in the middle of the group.

"What's wrong? Cat's got your tongue?" He asked in a mocking tone after an awkward time of silence.

"Who, who are you?" Casper asked, slightly attracted to him.

"Aww... you don't know me?" The group shook their heads in unison. "Jeez, old lady said she told them. But, then again!" He smiled at the group. "'Sora' is the name, killing is the game!" He rubbed his eye.

"And, sir Sora-" Badger began

"Wow, SIR! That's gotta be the, what, second time in my life I've been called that. Please continue!" The group regained composure.

"Yes, Sora. Why should we trust you?" Sircosgi asked.

"Eh, old lady sent me."

"Who," Badger began, "is 'old lady'?"

"You don't know? I am sure you do!" He said in a sing song voice.

"We give. Who?" Casper asked.

"Helba." The group nearly fell over.

"Oh, so you're one of the people she said that she would contact about our situation!" Sircosgi exclaimed.

"Ever the smart one." Sora said with a laugh.

"Well, I never!" Casper exclaimed. Sora looked from person to person.

"Well, I'm off! Oh," Sora looked serious for a second, "and by the way, summon Helba Gates in a field. I saw you! Tsk tsk tsk! Hee hee!" He jumped into the air, and onto the nearest roof.

"Hey," Sircosgi said, "I got his member address."

"So did I." Casper said.

"That was weird." Badger said. "Well, I think we should be off! Bye Casper!" Badger and Sircosgi, after waving farewell, both went over to the chaos gate and logged out. Casper just watched the two, somewhat bemused.

"It can wait." She said to herself before walking off, all alone.