Matt smirked, the crosshair over his right eye lining up. "Oh, yeah! Fire!"

The cannon leaned back heavily due to the massive recoil f its attack-a powerful blast erupted from the cannon and lanced at the demon.

The demon exploded in a spray of blood and gore. Alasea shrieked as she ducked, avoiding the burst.

The death of the giant beast scared off the rest of the smaller demons, and R.D. used it to his advantage to speed off.

Morph went after Ryan and the demon, leaping all the way. When he arrived at the cave, he stood at the entrance, behind Ryan.

"Where is the Soul Piece?" He said angrily. "We need it!"

Hi guys! New member here. I'm gonna join your story, 'kay?

First off, I'm basically the Grim Reaper in this story. I could be your greatest dream <if you've been good> or I could be your greatest nightmare. I bring you to where you truly deserve to be.

By the way, Zane introduced me to this site, and he gave me me permission to be your guide to the nightmare realm if you die. So thank him if you end up in Hell.

PS: If you die, you may use my character to escort you to your destination. Since the realm of dreams has been taken, you'd go to the nightmare realm if you'd been good. If bad, you'd go to hell.

Edited by TB333 on October 26, 2006 at 11:58:51.

OOC:
1. Post any and all non-story stuff with the "OOC:" thing in front of it.

2. Don't force yourself into the little stories of other members. Always ask first.

Other than that and standard RPG rules, have at it.

(OOC: I don't think THD could've put it any better.)

After driving for a while in the same direction, R.D. slowed the vehicle down and looked over at Matt. "So, how far do we have to go before we reach this gate of yours?" he asked.

Edited by RisingDragon on October 26, 2006 at 11:57:47.

"I can't give you an estimate," Matt explained. "I never really know any specifics. It's more of a gut feeling."

"Well," R.D. replied, "You better hope it's soon, or that you can make diesel fuel, or else we're walking the rest of the distance."

R.D. pointed to the fuel gauge, which was coming really close to the E.

"Let's just see if there's a gas station anywhere first." Matt noticed the man in the distance with his thumb out. "Just keep driving," he said to R.D., looking straight ahead.

"We're in the middle of nowhere, Matt," R.D. said, "And going further into nowhere."

R.D. shrugged apologetically as he drove past the man. "Any reason why you wanted me to do that?" he asked Matt.

"You don't pick up people you don't know," Matt chastised. "It's a rule."

"Matt's just paranoid," Hugo added.

"And it's saved our asses how many times?" Matt asked the Mettaur.

"Not enough."

"What's your excuse for me then, hmm?" R.D. quipped, rolling his eyes.

After fifteen more minutes of driving, the truck finally gave out.

"Dammit," R.D. muttered, looking at the fuel gauge, which was marked empty. He turned to Matt. "You can make fuel, right?" he asked.

===At Kattelox===

"Dammit, dammit, dammit," a young woman constantly muttered to herself as she ran to the southern shores of the island. She had just gotten out of class, and hadn't even gotten a chance to change out of her school uniform. Her light brown hair were in pigtails that rested on either shoulder, and she had to push her glasses up the bridge of her nose again.

She finally made it to the shore, and slowed down to a stop as she looked out at the small island ahead. "Well, that was different. None of the Reaverbots decided to harass me this time."

She set about looking for the boat she stashed on the beach. She continued to mutter under her breath. "Damn parents taking me on vacation, then sending me to school when we get back before I can check on it... urgh! There better not be any damn Reaverbots around here..."

"Probably. I haven't tried." Matt frowned. "I'd prefer not to."

"Matt, you've already been f***ing up the Multiverse with your powers," Hugo said. "You might as well do it now."

"Hugo, I've f***ed up more than my fair share of the Multiverse, and I'd rather not do it some more!" Matt snapped. Pushing Hugo off of his lap, he forced open the trunk door. "I'll be right back."

With that he stomped off toward a cluster of trees.

"What was he talking about, Hugo?" Mei-ling asked.

Hugo sighed. "All right." He hopped out of the truck. "Everyone gather 'round, I gotta explain some stuff."

R.D. and Alasea got out of the vehicle and turned their attention to Hugo.

"I take it this has something to do with the Omega Core," R.D. said to Hugo.

Edited by RisingDragon on October 26, 2006 at 15:14:31.

"Exactamundo. You gotta know this, it's very important." Hugo balanced his pickaxe on his non-existent shoulder. "That way if a dimensional gate pops up in front of us, you know what's going on."

"Yeah, I've been meaning to know more about that," Hsien-Ko said, bounding out of the truck bed and landing near the group. "How are they made?"

"This is what Matt told me," Hugo began explaining. "See, whenever he does a freaky trick, it creates a huge amount of energy. Nobody can see it or feel it but Matt knows it's there. Now, in the right host, we think this excess energy wouldn't be a problem, but Matt clearly ain't the right host. He's got to grab a hold of that energy while he's doing whatever, or that energy's going to try and get back to the Eternal Sanctuary, and it does that by ripping random holes into reality."

"So the more he uses the Omega Core, the more damaged the Multiverse becomes," Mei-ling concluded.

Hugo nodded-or rather moved his entire body to resemble the motion of nodding. "There you go. Then sometimes he messes up the whole power altogether, and something different happens. It's cause he doesn't really have any full control over things. He hasn't been messing up lately but he's bound to later on. Still, he doesn't want to mess up the Multiverse 'cause then we'd be screwed."

R.D. snorted at Hugo's last comment. "No offense, but after seeing this world, it'd probably be a blessing."

R.D. looked over at the cluster that Matt stormed off to, wondering if he should follow to see if he was alright.

"Do you want to know what happens if too many rips open up?" Hugo snapped. "Huh? The rips'll try to suck everything in, and if too many rips open up the foundations of the Multiverse will collapse. I'm serious. End of life as we know it."

"They why did you tell him to mess up the Multiverse anyway?" Hsien-Ko returned with a deep frown.

Hugo sighed. "Eh, I didn't really mean it..."

Mei-ling kept her hands clasped to her lap. "Where did you hear this information, Hugo?"

Hugo paused for a moment, then said, "Matt found out about it."

"From who?" Mei-ling pressed.

"That's none of your business." The Mettaur turned around and began walking toward the cluster. "I'll go get him."

R.D., sadly, wasn't bothered at all by Hugo's comment. It has to end sometime, he thought ruefully.

R.D. fingered the hilts of his Phase Blades in thought.

No wonder he said it was like Lumiya, he mused, It's dangerous to wield, but he doesn't have a choice in the matter.

He watched as Hugo trotted off toward's Matt's location. And its not him that it could kill, he continued, But everything else in existence.

So, Ondal, is this why you paired the two of us up? he wondered vaguely.

After a while, Hugo and Matt approached the group again.

"I had to go to the bathroom," Matt said.

"Matt..." Hsien-Ko glanced up at him. "We can walk the rest of the way if you want to. It's fine with me."

"...nah." Matt walked over to the truck. "Walking sucks. I'll try getting this thing on."

"What about-" Mei-ling began before Matt interrupted her.

"It's cool." He placed a hand on the hood of the truck, and closed his eyes, furrowing his brow in concentration.

A few uneasy moments passed before the truck's front end suddenly hopped off the ground, enough to startle those present if possible.

Matt opened his eyes and hung his thumbs in his pockets. "All right, try it now."

R.D. got back into the car and tried to start it. Thankfully, it roared to life, and he motioned for them to get back in.

"Well, let's go see if we can find this gate."

===At Kattelox===

The girl was still muttering; she couldn't find the boat. She could've just as easily swam to the island, but didn't feel like getting her outfit wet. She sighed in frustration.

Tomoko? A voice suddenly spoke up in her mind, startling her.

Ah! Aisha, don't do that! Tomoko replied, What is it?

I apologize. I wanted to know if someone has been around your Pillar, Aisha stated, As Ellie fought off three warriors from hers that had been looking for it specifically.

Tomoko sighed.

Yes, while I was on vacation. And when I got back, I knew someone had. But nooo, my parents shoved me right back in school. I'm trying to get to the island, but I can't find the damn boat! She said angrily.

Have you checked behind the Reaverbot wreckage next to the buried ruin entrance? Aisha inquired.

Tomoko stopped, then swore.

... no, she answered in annoyance. I'll tell you if I find anything.

Swearing, Tomoko made her way down towards the buried entrance at the end of the beach.

Edited by RisingDragon on October 26, 2006 at 18:04:47.

"You're welcome," Matt said, crawling back into the passenger seat.

"Sorry for being impolite," R.D. said as they drove off once everyone was in, "But I want to get out of here. I'm pretty sure we're being followed by that winged white freak."

"Duly noted," Matt said, raising his pointer finger, preparing to fire it like a gun.

Hsien-Ko glanced up toward the sky. "...what's that?"

R.D. looked at Matt's hand and sighed. "Don't bother," he said, "It won't do anything. He can't be killed by conventional means, according to Ondal. And while I don't care for Ondal, he's turned out right so far."

===Above R.D.'s group===

Re-Tuul grinned down at the moving truck. He was low enough to be seen by anyone below, but not low enough for anyone to readily recognize him. He knew that one of them had spotted his form.

"Well, well," the Khaglessi chuckled, "Still alive, eh Dragon? Good... we can't afford to lose you just yet."

With a quiet laugh, Re-Tuul broke off and flew into somewhere unknown.

"Well, he's gone," Matt said, lowering his hand.

"Who was it?" Hugo asked.

Matt leaned back. "It's not important." He glanced outside and pointed in another direction. "Turn that way."

R.D. turned in the direction Matt specified. "Let's just hope he doesn't come back," he muttered.

===At Kattelox===

Tomoko quickly made her way over to the end of the beach, where a ruin entrance was half-buried in the sand. No one had been able to get into it, and thus hardly anyone paid any attention to it.

However, there were a lot of Reaverbot shells lying around there. And sure enough, there was her boat, half buried underneath a large pile of them. She muttered and made her way over to it, and started moving the Reaverbot husks to the best of her ability. She made it a priority to see how many she could bounce off of the buried entrance, to take her frustrations out. She didn't like Reaverbots. What she didn't realize was that there was a good chance the ruins would detect her movements, and the Reaverbot shells thrown at it.

Despite this, she kept toiling away at freeing her boat.