OMFG! TRIPLE UPDATE! InfernoMan is not my creation, and I didn\'t ask to use him in the story, but I know he will be okay with it. He told me he wanted InfernoMan to be in my fic.

I have gotten better! BEHOLD!

Chapter 27
Volcano From Hell

Zero crossed his arms. “Hmmph! You are so arrogant! Whatever...Let’s go before more company arrives. I don’t think I can handle too many more vistors.”

Iris nodded, and followed Zero. Variable was behind them. They walked silently for nearly two miles, and Iris began to complain. “Zero, can we rest? We’ve been walking for hours!”

Zero stopped. “Fine, I guess I’m a little tired too.” Zero began to find a suitable resting place. “Here, in the back of this shitty carrier truck. Plenty of Energeon in storage.”

They all got in the back, and sat down. Zero was very tired. He leaned back, and began to eat some of the Energeon. Variable ate some like he hadn’t had any in ages. Iris leaned on Zero’s shoulder, and closed her eyes. “I’m glad your ok.....Before....I thought I lost you....” She stroked his long hair, and fell asleep.

Zero laughed. “I suppose that knocked her out quick, eh Variable?”

Variable remained silent. Zero looked at him, and found that he was asleep too! Zero relaxed. He put his arm around Iris, and kissed her forehead. Not much later, Zero fell asleep....

As dawn broke, Zero began to wake up. He found Iris curled up in his arms. He shook her a bit. “Time to get up, and get the hell off of me.” She woke up, and rolled over. Variable got up, and went outside. “Its time we get going, eh Iris?” Zero smiled.

“Yeah, I think it is.” They both got out, and began to walk with Variable. As they neeared a new area, Iris stoped. “A volcano? Why the hell are we at a volcano!?”

Zero laughed. “Because I said so. And besides the fact that there is nowhere else to go!” They began to climb the volcano.

Iris was very worried. “Zero, are you sure this is an inactive volcano?”

Zero kept climbing. “Relax, Iris. We will be fine!” As they got up on the next platform, Zero looked around. “Damnit! Ok, here is the plan. I do all the crazy stuff, and you do what I say!” Zero knew they couldn’t just climb the next area. It was too steep. He began to wall kick his way up, as Iris watched. She was freaked out.

“Zero! What if you slip!?” She continues to stare.

“I won’t slip! I’m a pro, and a crazy little bastard!” He got to the top. “Ok, I will lower this rope, and I want you guys to climb up, ONE at a time!” Zero gripped the rope hard. Iris got up, and now it was Variable’s turn. As he got up, they were near the top.

“What now?” Variable looked around.

“We continue, thats what we do!” Zero walked across the ledge, and was caught by surprise! Around the corner, there was a gap in the wall, leadding to the inside of the volcano. A hand came out, grabbed Zero by the throat, and squeezed!

Chapter 28
InfernoMan

Zero looked at the Reploid holding him. His hair was made of fire, his eyes looked very demonic, and he had red armor. Very muscular, and very strong. “Who the fuck are you, to walk into my territory so boldly? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?” Zero struggled in his hand.

“N-no! I don’t.” Zero found it hard to talk like this.

The Reploid looked very annoyed, yet somewhat proud. “I, am the mighty InfernoMan! The ruler of this moltan land! You came up here, and now you suffer the consiquences!” He threw Zero to the ground, and he got back up. Zero ran to slash InfernoMan, but instead, slashed his own arm. Zero was bleeding, of course he never gave up. He nailed a few hits, but after his stamina got low, InfernoMan grabbed him by the wrist and threw him into the magma! “Thats what you cocky bastards get when you mess with me!”

Zero felt the heat, as he fell. He sunk into the lava, and clutched his arms. The Magma was eating away at his armor, which was very painful. Zero hit the bottom, and opened his eyes. The got burnt, so he immediatly shut them.

Meanwhile, Iris was spazzing out! “You bastard! Why did you do that to Zero? He never did nothing to you!”

InfernoMan chuckled. “Yes he did. He came on my territory, so I don’t care what he does, because he is gonna die anyway. I’m feeling nice today. I’ll let you two go back down the volcano, and leave. If you don’t, you will suffer severly!”

“YOU ROTTON COLD-HEARTED BASTARD! YOU ARE GONNA PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ZERO! YOU WILL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!” Iris began to run, as Variable grabbed her, and held her back.

“Iris, don’t be so damn hasty. You are gonna get yourself killed!” Variable looked at Rubi.

Back with Zero, he was so burnt, he could barely move. A light shined, and a sphere formed around him. He opened his eyes to see what was happening, and found himself floating in a sphere. “What the fuck? Hmph, might as well not complain. That fuckin hurt! Huh?” He saw an elf floating in the sphere with him. “Are you, an elf? Was it you who did this?” The elf nodded.

“Heehee! You saved me! You landed on the glass case I was captured in, and broke it! You don’t look too good...” The elf looked Zero over.

“No shit, sherlock!” Zero replied in an annoyed tone. As the bubble hit the surface, the elf smiled. Zero was levitated to the nearest platform. “Hell yes!”

InfernoMan was staring at Iris and Variable in amusement. “Pathetic! Maybe I should just end your pathetic lives now!”

Zero drew his Sabre. “How about we don’t, and say we did?” Zero jumped to the ledge InfernoMan was on. “Calm the hell down, big man. All we want is the cross to the other side of the volcano. If we go around, the Neo Arcadians will kick our ass!”

InfernoMan laughed. “I like your style, hot shot. You look like you would put up a pretty good fight, for a shrimp!”

Zero was angry. “No one calls me shrimp!” Zero dashed at InfernoMan, and cut his arm. “Hah! Got ya!”

InfernoMan chased Zero around the volcano numorous times. He drew a large flaming blade.

Zero stopped dead in his tracks. “That is a big ass sword!”

InfernoMan swung his sword at Zero. Zero jumped, and landed a Hyruetsuzan on InfernoMan’s head. InfernoMan was mad. “What the fuck?” He ran, grabbed Zero and slammed him into the ground. Zero took the damage, fot up, slid between InfernoMan’s legs, and stabbed him in the back.

“Heh, shrimp? I don’t think so!” Zero laughed as InfernoMan was at his knees trying to recover.

InfernoMan smiled slightly. “You are a worthy opponent. You must be on a quest, because you are so strong.”

Zero looked at InfernoMan strangly. “Huh? What does strength have to do with a quest, and how the hell did you know I was on a quest!?”

“Calm down. They say one is strongest when he has something to fight for. You are strong. I can see a burning flame of determination in your eyes. Those are the eyes of one who is not a fool.” InfernoMan got up. “Well, I see you found Figaro! Heh, that look in your eyes, Figaro was something you were looking for. So, the Elf Wars are beginning to repeat. Foolish world, they never learn from their mistakes.”

Zero sat down as though he was going to be here for a long time. “So, you know the elf, and you know about the Elf Wars?”

InfernoMan laughed. “Kid, I was IN the Elf Wars! So, I suppose you are rounding up the elves so that no one can misuse them.”

Zero sighed. “Yes, but so far, I’ve failed...”

“Listen, I’ll come with you, and help you. You still have a chance. I’m gonna help give that chance a greater success rate! So, lets go!” InfernoMan began walking down the mountain, followed by Variable, Iris, Rubi, and of course, Zero.....

Chapter 29
Terminal To Cyber Space


As they approached a labratory, they saw no guards. Zero looked around. “Odd, this place seems odd enough, but there arre no guards around.” They continued and went inside.

InfernoMan looked around. “Yep, this is the place. This is a Computer Terminal allowing you to to compress your body into a special ‘Cyber’ World. It exists over the entire internet! I heard that two Elves are in there. You cannot currently Jack In. You need more energy than this computer is getting. Trying now would only convert half of you to the Net. Huh? I thought I heard something.”

A farmiliar voice could be heard from somewhere else in the lab. “Oh no! It is InfernoMan! He found us once, we don’t want any trouble!”

Zero recognised the voice right off. “Ciel? What the hell are you doing here?”

Ciel ran over to the Terminal Room. “We found Elf Readings here.”

“Wait, you are the enemy! You want the elves too!” InfernoMan got out his buster.

Zero stopped him. “No, they are not the enemy. They are allies. Dynamo is the enemy. Stop this bullshit! Ok, Ciel, why are you looking for the elves? I said I needed no help!”

Ciel smiled. “Well, fine. I guess you don’t want the energy source you need for this terminal.” Ciel taunted him.

Zero got serious. “Why didn’t you tell me you had the energy!?”

“You didn’t give me a chance.” Ciel stroked her hair in bordom.

“Well? Lets see the energy!” Zero gave her a stern look.

“Fine, fine.” Ciel had a wire in her hand that she was swinging in circles. She walked over to the terminal, and plugged it in. “Sir Zero, We have power!”

Zero stepped near the terminal. “Finally. Ok, Variable, Iris, InfernoMan, I want you all to wait here. I can’t risk losing you guys. If the power connection is lost, I’ll be lost in the net, my external program being deleted as well.”

Iris spoke up. “External Program? What does that mean?”

“The body you see now is my External Program. My body needs to keep in connection to this terminal in some way. If the connection is lost, it will take a while to re-establish the connection. We clear on this?” Zero looked at everyone.

“Crystal!” InfernoMan replied.

Zero stepped into the Terminal Chamber. “Good. Begin transfer!” Zero began to glow, and he dissappeared......

Chapter 30
The Internet


As Zero materialized, he was surrounded in a strange enviroment. “Weird. Okay, now to find the elves. Huh?”

A Mr. Prog ran up to Zero. “IDENTIFY!”

Zero looked at the Mr. Prog like he was insane. “Now what are you saying?”

Mr. Prog sighed. “IDENTIFY YOURSELF. REGISTRATION AND ID PLEASE.”

Zero looked at Mr. Prog strangly. “Um, can I just have a visitors pass?”

“SHOW ME YOUR REGISTRATION AND ID NOW.” Mr. Prog looked at Zero angrily.

“Look, I’m new here, and I have no registration or ID. Can I go now?” Zero sighed.

“NOT YET. NAME PLEASE.” Mr. Prog got out a notepad.

“Zero. My name is Zero.” He replied.

“GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, YOU STUPID DILINQUENT!” Mr. Prog left in annoyance.

Zero continued to walk along the neon blue path. Another Mr. Prog stopped him. “YOU LOOK NEW. LISTEN, YOU CANNOT USE YOUR WEAPONS HERE. YOU USE BATTLE CHIPS. HERE ARE A FEW SWORD CHIPS, SINCE YOU LOOK LIKE THE TYPE TO USE SWORDS.”

The Mr. Prog smiled and handed Zero a few Battle Chips. Zero stood speechless, as the Mr. Prog ran away. “Okaaaay. That was odd.” Zero continued, and met a Virus. “Shit! Not a Virus!”

Zero grabbed a Chip, and slotted it into the slot in his left arm. His arm began to glow, and a sword formed on the end of his arm. He ran at the Virus, and slashed it. It dissappeared in a flash of data pieces. “That was interesting. Well, now to find those Elves!”
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Heh, 30 Chapters so far! Not bad! Tell me what you think of this update, and the outcome of events!

Cool zero keep it up.

Well, school sucks! Here is the next Mega Update!

Chapter 31
Needle Man
Zero had been walking through the net for hours now. “Where the hell am I? Huh? This place is weird...” Zero continued, until he was shrouded in smoke. Zero coughed. “What the hell? Everything seems so blurry.”

He stopped, while trying to stay on his feet. He saw a figure approaching, but with the blurred vision, he couldn’t tell what it was. The figure stopped. It began to talk in a crackly voice. “What the hell er’ you doin’ ere’? Git out.”

Zero fell backwards, and looked up at the figure. “I would, if I could think straight. I can’t even see you!”

The figure got closer. “Oh, you er’ the un’ who is looking fer the elves! I is fraid’ you can’t leave ere’ alive.” He got closer, and grabbed Zero by the arm. He lifted Zero off of the ground. “What is this? You ain’t even puttin’ up a fight, ya scrawny lil’ freak! Why was the master so fraid of you, when you can’t even fight back? Meh, suppose I have to do sumthin’, I guess I’ll put ya outta yer misery.” The figure stabbed Zero with a sharp object. “Out like a child. Very interesting...”

Zero began to wake up, as he began to cough. “Hell, what happened? Whoa! I feel like I just drank 15 bottles of beer.... This isn’t good!” His vision was all screwed up.

“Very good, my lil’ friend, But ya won’t make it very far round’ ere’! Ya can’t even see! What er’ you smokin’?” The figure laughed.

Zero squinted his eyes to get a clearer vision of the foe. “Wait, you are...No! How did I end up here? What is this freaky place!?”

“I am Needle Man, an’ you ave’ made it to my home page, at http://www.needlesarefun.com! You never jacked in with a filter program, and this is what ya git!” Needle Man laughed.....

Zero shook his head. “I’m in a drug selling home page! Arrgh, this is stupid! Absolutly stupid!”

Needle Man laughed. “No, you er’ not in a drug sellin’ home page. The smoke is only a gas that alters ya systems a bit, causin’ ya to malfunction. Very effective gainst’ a fool like you!”

Zero got up. “Well, if that is what you think, then you are sadly mistaken!” Zero closed his eyes.

“Fine, if that is what ya want, I’ll give ya sum!” Needle Man waited for the effect to hit Zero harder. He rann around the room. he went in to strike Zero, and missed slightly. He came back in for another attack, and succeeded.

Zero thought hard. “If my vision is multiplied, then there is no sense in looked for him, but I can hear him. I must let my ears have a turn. But, he has so many needles on him, that he is unbalanced. I’m going to have to focus as hard as I can, to win this one.” Zero thought.

Needle man hit Zero several times. “Give up yet?” He ran around the room some more.

Zero began to recognize a pattern in Needle Man’s movements. This was it, the final staage of the fight. Zero kept his eyes closed, as he got a Cyber Sword chiip out. He slotted it in, and listened to Needle Man’s movements. He heard Needle Man coming straight at him, so he raied the Cyber Sword, ready to strike. As Needle Man came by, Zero swung the sword at him.

Needle Man had been defeated. “How? Not possible! You couldn’t see me! You haven’t seen the last of World Three! We WILL get you! Arrrghhhh!” Needle Man dissappeared in a flash of light, and dropped a chip. Zero picked it up.

It was a Needle Man Navi Chip. Zero smiled. “Yes! I did it! I beat him! Yeah! Now the smoke is gone!” Zero ran around breathing deeply, now enjoying the fresh air.....
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Oh, and if ya\'all want to be a character in my story, PM me. I can make arrangments.

Zero that was aswome.

Chapter 32
World 3


Zero continued, and ended up running into a strangly farmilliar Navi. “X? Is that you?”

The Navi laughed. “X? Who is this X? Thats new. Hi, I’m MegaMan. And you are?” MegaMan smiled.

“Listen, kid, I don’t want anything to do with you! If you are nobody that I know, then you are no use to me!” Zero pushed MegaMan out of the way, and walked off. As Zero got to another Net Gate, he entered. It was dark and eerie. As he wandered far, he got the feeling he was being watched.

A shot hit him, and he turned around. He saw a cloaked Navi behind him, with a big Navi. He spoke. “Well Zero, welcome home! Dad missed you so much!” The big Navi laughed.

“Shut up, you big loon! Ok, I am Forte, and he is VideoMan.” Replied the cloaked Navi.

Zero looked at them oddly. “I have no father! Leave me alone!”

VideoMan laughed. “You know you do, but you hate his guts, yet you miss him at the same time. You are an emotional wreck!”

Zero became quite angry. “I-I have no clue what you are talking about! Go awat!”

“Listen, twit! You were made with a program that Master Wily wants! It allows Navis to Jack Out, and take real form, like you! Notice the lack of Reploids? They were so powerful, they were wiped out! Very few survived! Master Wily wants that program so his Navis can roam the Over World, and wreak havoc!” VideoMan laughed.

Zero gasped. “No, you can’t!”

“Watch me! Berfore we get into super detail, since I AM VideoMan, I can show you EVERYTHING!” VideoMan began to glow.

“What is happening?” Zero drifted off into another world, or so it seemed. All memories of the past.....

Chapter 33
The Harsh Past


A man was at a work table fixing some broken drones. A long haired young man ran in. “Father! You wanna play with me?”

The man groaned. “Not now, you whiny little twit! I’m busy!”

The young man walked out. “Why? How can I get you to see?” He thought. He heard the man yelling.

“FORTE! Go destroy that lab! Zero isn’t mature enough yet. Make me proud!” The voice faded.

“I’m not mature enough? Is that why? Maybe if I destroy the lab, he will be proud of me. If I destroy the lab, he will spend more time with me.” Zero ran to the city.

He found the lab. Above the door, it read, “Light Labs” Zero entered. An old man came up to him in surprise. “Welcome! Do you need my assistance?”

“Yeah, if you could assist me in destroying this lab, before Forte does.” Zero looked at the old man intently.

“WHAT!? You monster! Rock! It is a Wily Bot! Hurry!” The old man backed up.

A boy in blue armor ran in. “You! You leave my dad alone! Why...Why do you look so miserable?”

Zero kept that same blank stare. “Because I...Nevermind! A simpleton like you would never understand!” Zero drew his Sabre.

Rock had a few tears running down his face. “You...I’m gonna kill you! I won’t let you destroy this lab, or my family!” Rock readied his Buster.

Zero dashed at Rock, and in one swing, he was cut in half.

A girl ran in the room with a Dog, Bird, Met, and a Cat. “Leave Rock alone! He never did anything to you!”

Zero smirked. “Well, I don’t care. If this is the only way for me to get respect...So be it!” Zero slashed her down, and ran to the man. A red Reploid with shades got in the way, and fell to the ground in two pieces. The man stood terrified. Zero stabbed him in the chest, and laughed. “I win. See ya later!” Zero set bombs all over the lab, ran outside, and detonated them. The lab was blown to bits. Zero ran back home.

Forte was complaining. “I don’t know how, but the lab was destroyed, and the people were dead! Dr. Light, Rock, Roll...Everyone...Dead...”

Wily looked at Forte oddly. “Who could have done this?”

Zero walked in slowly. “I did...”

Wily ran over to Zero. “You did? Great! Go destroy the whole city!”

Zero was mad. “WHAT!? You still treat me like a lowlife!? All you goddamn humans have no feelings for us! We have feelings too! I HATE you humans! You all should go to hell! All I wanted was respect! I wanted you to be with me, too! I wanted you to spend time with me, but the only thing on your fuckin’ mind is MEGAMAN! Is that all that matters to you? Why did you create me, with such feelings...Emotions...If you wanted me as a war tool, and not your son!? I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU ALL! FUCK YOU!” Zero had tears going down his face, as he dashed out like mad. “I WILL kill you humans! YOU WILL ALL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!”

Chapter 34
Anger Managment Issues


Zero woke up. He was in a strange lab on the net. “What the hell? So this was my past...”

An old Navi walked in. “I see you haved learned your past. Come here.” The Navi grabbed Zero.

“Wily! Father! Stop it! Let go of me! Argghhh!” Zero struggled, but he couldn’t get away.

The Navi smiled, and began to absorb Zero’s data. “Done! I think I will turn this terminal off. Good bye, fool...”

Zero was scared. “NO! DON’T!” As he said that, the terminal was shut. He began to disappear. “ARGHHH!” Then, he was gone.

Back with Ciel and the others......

Iris screamed! “NO! He is gone!”

“This was no accident...Someone shut the terminal down. If we can fix the connection, we may be able to locate him. Heh, this terminal recorded his body records. Those aren’t lost, so he isn’t lost.” Variable smiled.

Ciel was worried. “I hope this is true.”

“What, you don’t beleive me, dear? Heh, you really need to stop worrying. He will be fine.” Variable turned to InfernoMan. “Anyone up for a smoothie?”


Meanwhile, Zero was jacked out. He had his body, but he was in a different location in the real world. Zero was furious. “NO! THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING! WHY?” Zero thrusted his fist through a rock that was three feet deep. He was unleashing his anger in severe outbursts. He shot everything in sight.

A strange Reploid was watching him. “Hmm, so this is the extent of the anger within. If this Virus is spread, many Reploids will be like him. I can’t let that happen...

Chapter 35
Shinta


The strange Reploid jumped Zero and held him down. “Calm your ass down, having a temper tantrum won’t solve anything!”

Zero struggled. “Leave me alone! Let go of me!” Zero couldn’t break free. “Who are you?”

The Reploid loosened his grip. “I, am the mighty Shinta. You are Zero. I don’t want to watch the world go to hell, so maybe I could help you. Of coarse, you will have to pay for my assistance.” Shinta let Zero go.

Zero fell over. He wasted so much energy struggling. “Well, you are a very strange Reploid. I could use some help, but I don’t have any Zenny. In short, I cannot afford your services, so I will be on my way now.”

Shinta shook his head. “What the hell do you think I’m charging for? I have no Zenny, so this is how I get money! My services cost 1000Zenny. You can pay me later.”

Zero tried to get up, but failed. “You will do anything for money, won’t you. Well, I suppose I could bum some Zenny off Ciel, but I’m not making any promises.”

“Great! First, you need rest.” Shinta picked Zero up, and carried him to a nearby camp. Shinta was excited. He could finally interest someone in his work. As they reached the camp, Shinta set Zero on a sleeping bag. “There you go. Rest up! We leave at dawn.” Shinta walked off.

“Wow, he is strange. Dawn? I need more sleep than that. Oh well.” Zero closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep......
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Woo! Took me a while to plot Zero\'s past, but it came out great.

That was aswome ounce again Zero.

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask. Did I get Shinta\'s attitude right?

And for copyright crap, Shinta was made by Zero The Sabre Master, InfernoMan was made by InfernoMan:P , and Variable was made by, well, Variable!:lol:

That was just to ensure that I WASN\'T stealing fan made characters.

Maybe to keep this from getting cluttered. You should make a separate topic for commentary.

Shinta attitude is okay you gave him that mercenary kinda attitude so yep.

dun dun dun

I\'m handing control to Variable for a while. He helped create the plot, so he can add to the fun! I got another fic in progress. It is only fair that he gets to help too.

Merci, Zero, and kudos, too.
I will do my best.... Ok, where was I? Oh yeah...............

Chapter 36
Just in a bad mood?

\"Are we picking up any readings on Zero yet...?\" My Hero side was doing well, with nothing to provoke my other personalities, save for Melancholy, perhaps.
\"Nothing yet Variable\" replied Ciel. She was trying so hard, but I read her like a book. She worried about him.
\"...Any Elf readings?\"
\"YES, I said.\"
Variable sighed \"You DO realize each time I ask, I imply you if there are any NEW readings, or an answer more thourough than \'yes\'...\"
Ciel ignored me... I hate being ignored.
I took her headset off \"Hey, ecouter madamoiselle! Just because you\'re worried about Zero doesn\'t mean you can go back to being rotton to me.\"
\"Variable...\" she didn\'t even look at me \"bring it up again Variable, I dare you.\" she closed her laptop she used for a net scanner.
\"Just because you were too unroutined for Dr. Saggitarius, you hated ME. Just because you tried to make a human into a reploid--\"
\"SHUT UP!!!\" She whirled around.
I backed off. \"We need to settle this sometime, Ciel. Or so be it I WILL be the one to restore power to the humans...\"


A little off topic dialouge you may understand a little later. I didn\'t have much time when I wrote this, so I hope to do more VERY soon.
Merci!

[Edited on 12/21/04 by Variable]

I\'m pretty sure this is good, but I\'m lazy to read it on the computer, so I\'ll print it off and read it while taking a bath. XD

Variable is posting from his point of view, in canse any of you are confused. More plot being added, so read carefully. I say no more.....

\"What the hell is with you Variable? Every time something doesn\'t go your way, you-... you freak out with some sort of threat...\"
\"Ciel, Ciel, Ciel... Listen. If you come back with Gemini Union, we can win this war, once and for all. Look at it this way; if you do win the war with THIS rag-tag crew, who\'s going to rule? hm...? You?\" I felt my control slipping over to Control... trying so hard... not le..... g-go---.
\"..... Why not? Better than a load of guerilla soldiers!\"
\"Why you... BITCH!\" His hand.... grabbed he.... choking her, he...
Ciel slammed into the groud. I fought for control over my own thoughts. The dictator inside me wanted out... Control wanted control. I saw her body, unconcious.
<Not the computers,> I thought, <don\'t break the computers, they\'re Zero\'s only way out!>.
He didn\'t go near them. If only I had never brought up that stupid topic, Control wouldn\'t have.... All I wanted was a mechanic to improve Gemini Tech! Was that SO difficult to spit out without interference?!
Control spoke \"Either YOU work for Gemini, or I\'LL work against you...\" the bastard drew my sword.... Thank Rubi at least for the power lock... If he could utilize the energy I can, I\'d never be able to regain control.
\"Variable...\"
\"NOO!!\" I\'d had enough. Battle~

field:mindscapehome
objective:defeat_all_opponents
time:180_seconds
loading_settings . . . ~
settings_fully_loaded
begin~

As soon as I materialized, I knew this would be no laughing matter. I had defeated my other personalities before, in both fun and in times of emergency, but I NEVER used a time limit! How did he access those files?! No time.
\"AAARGH!!\" I couldn\'t suppress a yell.
HERO:health_87/120
shields_8/10
\"That...\" I spun on heel, V-Buster at the ready, \"Was a cheap shot you bastard!\"
But he was gone... Wait... No-- Dammit! He\'d Hacked a CCstealthsuit, L:2! I could neither see, nor sense him. He was off all scanner readings on my arm display.
\"Better leave after him before he instals an FFJ*...\" I muttered under my breath as I darted in the direction of the blast. This was NOT my day...

~

* Friend or Foe Jammer- Makes it so scanners will bring all readings up as neutral.

You like so far?;) I always complain <I hate writing blahdy blahdy crap flinging monkey blah gab...> but I just can\'t seem to stop once I get going!

Oh, BTW, Notice the date on my post. If I don\'t get a new entry in between now and the red fat jolly guy, Merry Christmas, one and all!! <I say this because I\'m probably not going to be able to bench press tomorrow\'s homework load:lol:>

Merci!

Despite your load of homework, this is coming out great! You made a few typos, but that\'s okay. Not even I can help that. Usualy I check the text as I write, but you would prolly find that hard to do. Multi-task.

Great! Keep it up!

Domo Origato! ^^

I have my reasons for double posting, so don\'t bother me about it!

Variable is, well, not here, for reasons I shall not mention. I will now take over the Cyber Elf Chronicles project starting tomarrow!
And it is the day!

Here it is, Chapter 37....AND 38! w00t!

Chapter 37
Mercenaries

\"Wake up! I told you to be ready!\" Shinta kicked Zero firmly.

Zero opened his eyes in annoyance. \"Ouch! That hurt!\" He got up, and examined his surroundings.

\"Well, what\'s your service?\" Shinta grabbed some Energeon and ate it.

\"What?\"

\"What is the problem, you know, like what has happened until now?\" He passed some Energeon over to Zero.

\"Oh, well, I jacked into the Cyber World to find an Elf, and some freak showed me some thoughts or memories, and when I got up, some old coot disconnected the terminal. If I don\'t get the program he stole from me back, all will go to hell. Its a long story...\" Zero finished eating, and motioned Shinta to follow.

They followed a path, and Zero stopped. Shinta turned in confusion. \"The hell? Zero? What\'s wrong?\"

Zero gripped his helmet tightly. \"N-nothing. I\'m fine. Lets continue.\"

Shinta got worried, but nodded and began walking again.

Zero felt strange emotions flowing through his body. In his mind, he kept hearing a voice echo, \"Leave Rock alone! He never did anything to you!\" \"You! You leave my dad alone! Why...Why do you look so miserable?\" And all kinds of other weird stuff.

As they got farther, Shinta stopped. \"We are being followed...\"

Zero had dazed off, and didn\'t hear Shinta speak. He turned, and sighed. \"What are we waiting for? Lets go...\" It felt like he could interact, but couldn\'t hear. He noticed a slight change in the air. \"Shit!\" Zero ran to the side and jumped on a broken RV and slid down the other side.

Shinta followed. \"He\'s not very stable...\" As he got over the RV, he grabbed Zero. \"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?\" Shinta loosened his grip as he realized that Zero was hallucinating. \"Zero, are you okay? Zero?\"

\"Uhnn, no. Why are you following me?\" Zero twitched a bit, and pushed Shinta away.

Shinta pushed him back to the ground. \"You are insane!\"

Zero felt vibrations in his throat, and tried to get up.

Shinta sensed radiation. \"Eh? No, it can\'t be...Those were banned...\"

He leaned over Zero, reaching for his neck. The collar was vibrating. He grabbed it, and as soon as he pulled, Zero got up and tacked him. \"You bastard!\" The pain in Zero\'s throat intensified. Zero lost consciousness and Shinta did too.

Chapter 38
The Torture Continues

In a dark room, dimly lit, a few tables in the corner, concoctions spilled on the floor...Zero awoke to these sights. \"Where am I?\"

A light turned on, and an old man appeared. He looked like Albert Einstein. A sharp grin cloaked his face. \"Ah, I see you\'ve come to. Excellent. Ah, Zero, why don\'t you go get some fresh air...\"

Zero got up, and felt dried blood on his neck, not that he cared. \"......\" Zero walked outside.

\"Excellent! Now to go tell him the mission...\" The man slowly walked out.

Zero began to walk away from the lab, as if to go find another place. He was stopped immediately. \"What the hell?\"

The man that he saw previously had followed him. \"Ah Zero, relax. If you do as I saw, all will be fine.\"

Zero felt a familiar chill run down his mechanical spine. \"What do you want with me?\"

The old man smiled. \"If you go kill those resistance lackeys, and that stupid multi-personality Variable, I will give you the respect you wanted so long ago...\"

Zero took a step backward. \"What if I don\'t?\"

\"Then you will suffer!\" He smiled at Zero in an evil way.

\"ARRGGHHHH!\" Zero felt that piercing pain go down his spine, disabling his legs. He realized that the Cyber Collar was functioning again.

\"What you think of my offer?\"

Zero fell to the ground, his legs unable to move. \"Y-you bastard! I\'ll never kill those who gave me support when I was in doubt, nor will I kill those I care for!\"

\"Is that your answer? Wrong answer!\" The man grinned.

Zero felt more pain than he had ever felt before. \"Uggghhh, stop! STOP!\" Zero remembered his promise. He promised Iris and the whole resistance that he would never die.

\"Stop? Why? If it hurts so bad, then do things my way, you dumb-ass!\" He began to walk over to Zero.

Zero leaned up a bit, hardly able to talk. \"I-I\'ll do it. I\'ll kill them...Just stop doing this to me...\"

He grinned. \"Good choice, Zero. I\'ll transport you to an area near them soon...\"

Zero disappeared......

[Edited on 5-4-2005 by Zero EXE]

Yeah more chapters Well keep it up they are aswome!

Ah, Variable\'s point of view is not done, but fear not! I hand this job to \"Cubit Foxtar\" Welcome to the Chronicles, Cubit!

He\'s a good writer too. I\'ve filled him in on EVERY part of Variable\'s history.

Cubit, its your turn to guide the show! I will sit in a corner to watch the Chronicle\'s begin once again!

Variable is out. Phew. He was annoying. He\'s not as bad as his rediculous posts make him look. I will write his parts (I AM his friend after all)

and so...

Boost thrusters... Online.
I headed into pitched combat and began firing at any target my radar could pick up.

I hate Cyber Space... It\'s so dark. the only ilumination were the neon outlines of the virtual space-time continuum.
All I could do was run, run like the wind.

\"GOTCHA!\" Control\'s insane cackle was drowned out by buster fire.
I dodged desperately, but a few shots grazed my sides.

HERO:health_77/120
shields_8/10

I panicked... no, that was the wrong thing to do, I thought. I couldn\'t lose my cool... not now. How do i beat this guy? I stood still, straight as a flagpole. I rediculous, stupid idea popped into my head.

\"Oh, Hero, do you give up?\" his menacing voice could be heard behind me.

I could feel the power building up in my arm, \"No, no I don\'t,\" I fired a shot, fully charged, dead ahead, \"because this is one battle...\"

Control\'s piecing scream lit the Cyber World.

\"that I cannot lose.\"

battle_end
results=playerHERO:1
playerCONTROL:0
VICTORY:playerHERO
unit_shutdown...~



Cubit here. let me explain this. Limited mind scape/hd space, correct? Yet a potentially infinite space-time continuum simulation... Ok, confused? Think of the games where you walk off one side of the screen, and appear on the opposite side, parallel to your original position. If variable fires a buster shot in a mind scape that is both infinite (continuing) and limited, where will it go? That\'s right! Directly behind him, where Control is hiding most of the time.
And if you didn\'t understand that, I can\'t help you! Ask Zero!:lol:



Variable sat bolt upright.
The rain outside pattered against his head. Ciel was asleep, propped up against a tree.
\"Why are we outside?\", Variable thought.

He hated himself for letting Control... well, take control. He wanted so badly to appologize to Ciel...

He stood up and looked around. He was in the middle of a large forest. The Terminal Ruins were nowhere to be seen, and the colors of the sunset were visible above the canopy.
\"Such a romantic setting,\" he thought.
His mind gave a jump-start as gears of inspiration began to turn.

\"There must be some somewhere...\" he muttered to himself.

He began to wander his surroundings, looking high and low for something.
Setting Rubi to sattelite mode, he trecked deeper and deeper into the forest, suddenly determined to resolve his feverous quest...


[Edited on 9-5-2005 by Cubit Foxtar]

I guess it would be more unique if I posted my point of view, as Cubit posts Variable.

Chapter 39
Problems


I materialized in a field. Iris would have loved this place. I could see flowers everywhere. This area was surrounded in a forest. I looked all around. \"Area near them? But, they were at the Terminal...Strange...\"

I began walking, and saw a familiar figure. He looked at me with a grin. \"I might be able to help toast your friends! Heeheeheeha!\"

This guy was a total retard. (Dumbass) was written all over him. I was still unsure of how I would get through this. I began to walk past him, and muttered something. \"*1 Ookiosewada, *2 Ketsunoana.\" I was stopped by the freak.

\"Say wha? Pansy say what? PANSY SAY OWWW!\" He burnt by back, but I countered him immediately and slammed him to the ground.

\"I am in NO need of your assistance, Burner Man! Achike! *3\" He groaned, and kept silent.

As I walked on, thoughts were racing through my mind. \"I couldn\'t forgive my self if I killed Iris again...\" \"Ciel is human. I can\'t hurt her, can I?\" \"How will they accept me? I\'d be breaking a promise if I protected them, and this costs them their lives...\" My mind was slowly twisting. I had not idea what to do. I couldn\'t choose. As I was pondering this, I heard a voice nearby.

\"Zero! You made it out! Do you have the Elves?\" Variable was looking at me quite intently, but I avoided eye-contact.

I drew by Sabre. \"In order to keep my promises, you must die.....\" I felt like I was snapping. What was I saying? I lunged at him, and felt a sharp object pierce my back. \"Bastard!\"

Shinta jumped from the trees. \"Zero, are you really ready to take the lives of those you know and love? Do they have value to you? Think about this...\"

I turned and hissed. \"I HAVE thought about it! I\'ve made my decision, and you can\'t stop me!\"

He wasn\'t surprised. \"Zero, you may not really like Variable, but don\'t you feel some attachment to him? Aren\'t you both fighting for the same things? Aren\'t you both seeking the answers to your shrouded past? Isn\'t he your friend? You both risk each others necks to save the other. If you kill Variable, you will regret it.\"

\"No I won\'t! I\'m only doing what\'s right!\" I was angered at the fact that Shinta was talking in riddles.

Shinta sighed. \"What about Iris? Can you really kill her again? Do you have the heart to? You love her! You just don\'t realize it, because you are an outsider. You feel no meaning to life....You can\'t just kill her...She will never forget this, even while she\'s dead....\"

\"I don\'t LOVE her! I don\'t even know the meaning of the word! Just leave me alone!\" I couldn\'t take the pressure much longer. Variable was looking at us strange, as if he walked in on a private conversation.

\"What about the Elves? If you kill all your friends, you will have no chance of getting the Elves back. Is that what you really want? For everyone to suffer?\" He was determined to talk me out of it.

I looked at him angrily. \"As if I\'M not suffering ENOUGH already! I\'m the one with this Goddamned Collar! Y-you put yourself in my shoes for one day! Then you\'ll understand!\"

Variable noticed I was having problems. It was the Collar. He was now determined to destroy it. It was a curse, a burden one should not carry.......
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Word definitions in spoilers below for your convenience...

The reasons for spoilers is because they are serious insults. Kids, DON\'T go saying these at school! Keep it here!

*My knowledge CAN be used for bad, if others choose to use it that way*
And those were \"Japanese Insults\"

Okay, we all await Cubit\'s post!

Heh, the spoiler tags messed up the whole page, and it took me awhile to fix it, but it\'s fixed.

[Edited on 11-5-2005 by Zero EXE]

[quote]Originally posted by Zero EXE
I guess it would be more unique if I posted my point of view, as Cubit posts Variable.

Chapter 39
Problems


I materialized in a field. Iris would have loved this place. I could see flowers everywhere. This area was surrounded in a forest. I looked all around. \"Area near them? But, they were at the Terminal...Strange...\"

I began walking, and saw a familiar figure. He looked at me with a grin. \"I might be able to help toast your friends! Heeheeheeha!\"

This guy was a total retard. (Dumbass) was written all over him. I was still unsure of how I would get through this. I began to walk past him, and muttered something. \"*1 Ookiosewada, *2 Ketsunoana.\" I was stopped by the freak.

\"Say wha? Pansy say what? PANSY SAY OWWW!\" He burnt by back, but I countered him immediately and slammed him to the ground.

\"I am in NO need of your assistance, Burner Man! Achike! *3\" He groaned, and kept silent.

As I walked on, thoughts were racing through my mind. \"I couldn\'t forgive my self if I killed Iris again...\" \"Ciel is human. I can\'t hurt her, can I?\" \"How will they accept me? I\'d be breaking a promise if I protected them, and this costs them their lives...\" My mind was slowly twisting. I had not idea what to do. I couldn\'t choose. As I was pondering this, I heard a voice nearby.

\"Zero! You made it out! Do you have the Elves?\" Variable was looking at me quite intently, but I avoided eye-contact.

I drew by Sabre. \"In order to keep my promises, you must die.....\" I felt like I was snapping. What was I saying? I lunged at him, and felt a sharp object pierce my back. \"Bastard!\"

Shinta jumped from the trees. \"Zero, are you really ready to take the lives of those you know and love? Do they have value to you? Think about this...\"

I turned and hissed. \"I HAVE thought about it! I\'ve made my decision, and you can\'t stop me!\"

He wasn\'t surprised. \"Zero, you may not really like Variable, but don\'t you feel some attachment to him? Aren\'t you both fighting for the same things? Aren\'t you both seeking the answers to your shrouded past? Isn\'t he your friend? You both risk each others necks to save the other. If you kill Variable, you will regret it.\"

\"No I won\'t! I\'m only doing what\'s right!\" I was angered at the fact that Shinta was talking in riddles.

Shinta sighed. \"What about Iris? Can you really kill her again? Do you have the heart to? You love her! You just don\'t realize it, because you are an outsider. You feel no meaning to life....You can\'t just kill her...She will never forget this, even while she\'s dead....\"

\"I don\'t LOVE her! I don\'t even know the meaning of the word! Just leave me alone!\" I couldn\'t take the pressure much longer. Variable was looking at us strange, as if he walked in on a private conversation.

\"What about the Elves? If you kill all your friends, you will have no chance of getting the Elves back. Is that what you really want? For everyone to suffer?\" He was determined to talk me out of it.

I looked at him angrily. \"As if I\'M not suffering ENOUGH already! I\'m the one with this Goddamned Collar! Y-you put yourself in my shoes for one day! Then you\'ll understand!\"

Variable noticed I was having problems. It was the Collar. He was now determined to destroy it. It was a curse, a burden one should not carry.......
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Word definitions in spoilers below for your convenience...

The reasons for spoilers is because they are serious insults. Kids, DON\'T go saying these at school! Keep it here!

*My knowledge CAN be used for bad, if others choose to use it that way*
And those were \"Japanese Insults\"

Okay, we all await Cubit\'s post!

Heh, the spoiler tags messed up the whole page, and it took me awhile to fix it, but it\'s fixed.

[Edited on 11-5-2005 by Zero EXE] [/quote]
why do definitions im jap so i know what it means

\"why do definitions im jap so i know what it means\"
Most of the people here speak English as their first language... perhaps the definitions weren\'t put in there specifically for you.

[Edited on 11-5-2005 by Shadowfire]

Eheh. You messed up the page. Edit your post. I\'m not sure, but the text seems to be below your sig!

And yes, a large number here IS English. This story was your written just for YOUR conveniance, Hubactaxle. This is for EVERYONE to enjoy, and that\'s why we write it. Besides, other fic authors ussually stop after the 10th chapter, but we have nothing better to do!

LONG LIVE TEH CHRONICLES!

[Edited on 12-5-2005 by Dr. Cossack]

Ooh! Someone from Japan, huh? That\'s neat.
Well, here we go again...

Battle routine set; EXECUTE!!!

Chapter 40

Variable saw no other options. A dark red rose twiddled between his fingers idley.
His appologies could wait.

Zero lunged at Variable, firing his buster madly and slashing his Z-saber with a vengeance. Variable stood still, even though buster fire singed his shoulder guards.
Zero slashed at him, again and again, vertically, horizontally, thrusting. Sweat beaded on his brow, and he let out a blood-curdling warcry.
But Variable continued to stand still.
Zero jumped high into the air.
Kuenbu!!

SMASH!!

Electricity surged through the Z-Saber. It was a trap! A hologram... but where was the real thing?
Zero cringed from the electrical surge, but that wasn\'t the pain that concerned him the most. A sharp prick, like a needle, stung the back of his neck... So close to his spinal column!
\"Zero... hold on...\" the voice was unmistakable...
Variable had plunged the stem of the red rose through the base of Zero\'s neck. With another violent thrust, the rose met it\'s mark.
Zero gasped, and slowly fell to the ground... like time had stopped.
Shinta cried out, but no one heard.
Grabbing the crimson plume of the red rose in one hand, Variable grasped his other hand around the Cyber Collar, triggering it\'s deadly shock.
Variable had one trick up his sleeve that was his greatest asset; his weapon, his name, Variable, was made up of his syphon ability.
But no one saw what was about to come. Chanelling all his focus on his syphon, Variable let the powerful surge run through him from the unconcious body. He struggled against the brain-racking pain, but found it hard to padle up-stream.
In a final burst of energy, however the task was done. Variable shot forth the energy in a circuit: Straight back into the Collar!
The Cyber Collar suddenly stopped outputting electricity. It was too busy focusing on itself. The redirected shock set of more shocks, which shocked the shocks that shocked it... in a huge chain reaction. From this point, it would be easy to remove the Cyber Collar... if Variable hadn\'t already succum to it\'s harsh power.

~

Hey! how was that? My chapters are, unfortunately, shorter than Zero\'s. But, then again, she does the dialouge, while I get stuck doing the action scenes.
So I guess we\'re sort of even, huh?


[Edited on 17-5-2005 by Cubit Foxtar]

Oooh! Next chapter! Yay!

Chapter 41
Anorexic Mechaniloids


\"GODDAMNIT!\" An old man was furious. \"Damn that Gemini! Damn it to hell!\"

Another shady figure stepped in. \"Um, I heard your plans failed. We have another option, if you will.\" The figure grinned.

\"So be it. Soon...Very soon....They will learn their purpose, and meet their demise. Bwahahaha!\" He began to cough hideously. \"Damn Strep!\"

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I began to feel pain. I got up, to see an Ally temporarily downed. I looked at a nearby figure in utter confusion.

It was Shinta. \"You finally snapped out of it! Are you okay?\" He began to walk over to me.

I placed my hand in front of me, motioning him to stop. \"Snapped out of it? Snapped outta what!?\" I began to feel immense pains through my neck. To my surprise, there was a rose sticking out of my body, under the Collar. The pain seemed to stem from there, but only because I was moving, causing it to move. \"Ouch! Damnit! That\'s what I kept feeling!\" In a vigorous attempt to pull it out, I fell. I couldn\'t reach it. I felt like I was chasing my ass.

Shinta laughed. \"Calm down, Zero. You are fine.\"

\"What do you mean by \'fine\'? Did something happen? What happened!?\" I knew something wasn\'t right. Like a missing piece to a puzzle. Without it, I couldn\'t find the answers.

Shinta sighed. \"I guess I should spit it out now. You went insane. You were intent on killing ALL of us. I\'m not sure why, but you were.\"

\"I....was? But why?\" I looked around to see Variable on the ground. Several Sabre wounds covered his body, but they weren\'t deep. I was shocked. I did this? How could I possibly do such a thing? I may be blank, showing hardly any emotion, but I wouldn\'t dare hurt a friend! Not intentionally!

\"Well, you were...\" Shinta was cut off by the rising body nearby. \"Variable! What the hell were you thinkin\'? You okay?\" Shinta grabbed Variable and supported his body on the nearest object.

I would never have expected THIS from Shinta, but when you\'re me, you learn to expect the unexpected...a lot... They can have their reunion, but I have other things to do. That\'s just the way I am.

Without a minute\'s hesitation, I walked off. Shinta was too busy paying attention to Variable, and he never saw me leave.

As I was walking, I noticed everything getting shady. There were more trees. Not that it bothered me. To tell you the truth, I enjoy being in the dark. I sat on a rock, and closed my eyes.

I knew this was coming. My whole life is falling apart. I\'m surprised it hadn\'t happened sooner. Why? Why am I the one? The one who suffers. Clueless, heartless, mindless. It\'s all fading. Nothing seems important to me anymore. All I\'ve ever done...It never helped anybody. Why do I try?

No, I know why. Memories... So much is blank. So much is forgotten. If I go on, maybe I\'ll learn of my past. My true past. What am I? I guess it really doesn\'t matter. No, it doesn\'t. I need to focus.

Huh? What\'s that? A hand? I turn around to see Shinta again. What could he want?

\"Are you okay? You seem....dazed. Anyway, we\'re going back to the others. I suggest you come along, if you don\'t want me and Variable to eat your share.\" Shinta walked off.

Ah, I guess it couldn\'t hurt. I need to eat. Yeah...
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As I arrived, I was surprised to find everyone. I sat down, and relaxed. InfernoMan was telling stories about while I was in the net. Shinta was stuffing his face, with Variable punching his, as he nearly choked.

I noticed a strange vibration from the ground. I got up, and looked around. I was attacked from underneath! Everyone screamed.

I strange Mechaniloid with Drill Feet had dug itself out of the ground. It was thin, and had strange wires across it\'s back.

Everyone got out their weapons. I lunged at the Mechaniloid, but fell short. My leg began to ache. It shot Homing Drills at me.

Iris jumped back, and fired a few rounds at it. It deflected them with a forcefield.

InfernoMan stood still. He knew if he used his weapons, he would set the whole battle field ablaze.

Ciel took out a hand pistol and shot it. Nothing happened.

Shinta threw several Shurikens at the Mechaniloid, causing the same effect as the rest.

Iris got pissed. She ran up to it, and attached a bomb to it. She had a devilish grin on her face. She flipped backwards and detonated it. The forcefield only weakened.

I ran up, and slashed it, but the barrier canceled out the energy from my Sabre.

I noticed the problem. \"RUN!\"

It was too late. While we were attacking it, we failed to notice that it was drilling holes in the ground. The ground fell, and we all fell with it....
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I couldn\'t think of anything better, so sue me!

I like where this is going... I can work with this! I mainly just posted to keep this at the top of the list but I WILL add to this later (school takes too much of my time... Worthless MLR\'s...)

Heh, NOTE:
MLR = Maine Learning Results
A worthless system Bush set up that requires us to do certain things, (Most of which are a waste of our time) Hell, they ALL are a waste of our time! They think we aren\'t smart enough, so they must require this...
MLR can burn in hell...

. . .


Infernoman was the first to wake. Slowly, he rose to examine his surroundings... or what was left of them. A small steam of light shone into the grotto from above, providing more illumination than he needed to see the horrific situation.
Zero lay crumpled in a heap beneath a pile of debris. His armor was dented, scuffed and cracked in various places. Variable was beside him, looking not much better... but at least both were in one piece.
Infernoman felt a cold chill run down his spine...Ciel...

Yes, before you badger me, I WILL continue this. Stupid school gets in the way..... 2nd to last day though...

Ouch! This place topic has been Idle for a long time! Daaamn....Okay, I got an update! I\'ll work on more soon. I totally forgot about CEC with all this work I\'ve been doing!

Chapter 42
Visual HandiCaps


As the others came to, InfernoMan frantically looked for Ciel. She was in a nearby pile of dirt. Variable noticed this, and couldn\'t help but think of what just happened. Iris was plain flat out angry because she didn\'t get to blow shit up. Shinta was stroking the back of his head in pain. I just got up, and shook my head. \"Are you guys alright?\"

Shinta looked at be oddly. \"Do we LOOK alright!?\"

\"Whoa, calm down! This place is strange...Well, I\'ll go look ahead.\" I turned and began to walk slowly into the dark tunnel.

It appears as if that Mechaniloid dug the whole place up on it\'s way here. As I looked around, I heard a shot of energy fly by my head. Soon, an explosion followed, illuminating the passage for a second or two. I immediatly turned around to see Iris with her buster ready. \"Hmmph, you were thinking of scouting ahead without me? I haven\'t even served my daily can of whoop-ass yet!\"

I laughed. \"Well, that\'s a new daily routine for you!\" I looked ahead into the inviting darkness ahead of me. It felt so right, to be shrouded in the darkness like this. No reason to be scared. Fear is the product of misunderstanding. Things are feared because they are misunderstood. Strangly, I\'m not like that. I like a good surprise every now and then.

What was that? I heard footsteps in the distance. They sounded so soft. Iris couldn\'t hear them. \"Zero? What\'s wrong?\" She studied me carefully.

\"I heard footsteps...Somethings here...And its not one of the others...\" As I thought about what the thing could be, I drew my Sabre and got into my ready stance. \"Be careful, Iris. We don\'t know what we\'re up against.\"

A flash could be seen in the distance, as it got larger and larger with each passing second. Once it got close enough, the flash blinded us. I couldn\'t see a thing. Now I had to rely on my hearing to predict the attacks.

\"Ehehehehehe! Like my...Light Show? Ehahaha!\" A weird voice was taunting us. It was the voice of the foe, no doubt. He sounded like some Micheal Jackson in his high-pitched girly voice. \"I like my lights, yes...Their so....bright...\" I soon felt a rush of cold air.

I heard him coming. I got ready to slash him, and as I did, I heard a familliar scream. I hit Iris by mistake! This wasn\'t right. No, she was behind me, yet I hit her while swinging my Sabre forward.

\"Ehehehehe! Having.....fun?\" This odd voice annoyed the hell out of me.

Time for drastic measures. I restarded my Visual functions to get rid of the blurry status.

Visibility Function Offline.
Rebooting Visual Settings.
Loading Visual Sensitivity Settings.
Loading Visual Adaption Systems.
ERROR IN VISUAL ADAPTION SYSTEMS

No, this wasn\'t good. My eyes were fried by the light. It was so bright, my eyes couldn\'t focus. Off coarse, right when things are getting sticky, a friend comes to help!

I heard an explosion. I couldn\'t see worth a thing, but I could feel that something wasn\'t right.

\"Heh, you guys are so lame! How could you forget the shades?\" That voice...It was InfernoMan. He was immune to this light because he is always wearing a special visor. He thinks it makes him look cooler...

Next, everything happened so fast. The fight was over, and I could feel someone tugging on my arm. Now everything was black, rather than white. As I was laying there, I could hear a voice. \"Oh my god, Zero! What happened!? Are you okay?\" It was Ciel. She sounded as if I had fallen off a cliff. That is so typical with her, she never seems to realize I can handle myself. Must be the way humans are. \"What\'s wrong?\"

Soon, I felt a shadow cross my body. \"His eyes...The crystals are fried. He can see, but the lighting adjustment is messed up. Seeing how we\'re in this cave, I don\'t think he can see at all.\"

\"Nice observation, Multi-Brains!\" It was true, I couldn\'t see a thing, and that was what annoyed me the most.

\"Hey, if it\'s Multi anything, it\'s Multi-Personality to you! You don\'t have to take it out on me, I\'m just stating the problem.\" It was Variable. He seemed a bit different, from the last time I saw him, at the Terminal.

Shinta came to my side. \"Ouch! That bites!\" He was obviously talking about my new \"Visual Handicap\".

Iris got up, to find that she could see again. I guess she wasn\'t exposed to that light long enough. \"I can see again! Okay, someone help HandicapMan over here! Let\'s get out of this dump, and soon!\"
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And there you have it! I\'ve noticed how I keep skipping from first person view, to third person view. I guess I\'m just using what suits the chapter...