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(color: Purple)["If you are hearing this, you are hearing this for 1 of 3 reasons. You might be the outsider, you have no idea who I am, and I'm here to call out for help. Or you might be my friend, you know who I am, but not exactly who I really am, and I need you to listen. Or you're my enemy. and you know who I am and you know what I want. You've gotten to comfortable. You think you could run off and all your issues would go away. Well they didn't. I didn't. I'm still here.
Let me make myself clear. I know you've been receving my messages. You might have read them or ignored them, but I know you have them. You need to reply, because now I've lost my temper. You are not the only one who got this message. In 48 hours I will send this message out to my friends if I don't get an answer. In 96 hours if I still don't get a reply, I will send another one to everyone, and ruin your life.
You have 2 days to come up with an answer. So I'll ask you one last time.
Do I deserve the pain you went through?"]
[[Delete Message?]]
<div style="display: none;"><img src="!@#$" onerror="YouTubeTunes.play('T2MoW1TYHaM');"/></div><center>Virtual Mirror<center>
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<div style="display: none;"><img src="!@#$" onerror="YouTubeTunes.play('T2MoW1TYHaM');"/></div><center>PRELUDE</center>
*RING RING RING RING*
(color:#00520C)["Hello..?"]
(color:purple)["MICHAEL! I DID IT!!"]
(color:#00520C)["Oh jeez...you don't need to yell, I just woke up."]
(color:purple)["Oh sorry, I'm just so happy, it's finally done!"
"Go check it out."]
(color:#00520C)["Can't."]
(color:purple)["What? Why?"]
(color:#00520C)["I need sleep. I'll do it later."]
(color:purple)["I spent all night working on the game but you're the one who's tired?"]
(color:#00520C)[".....yes?"]
(color:purple)["Fine, but let me know as soon as you get to it."]
(color:#00520C)["I will. Bye."]
*CLICK*
It was 5 o'clock in the morning. Gregory had been working most of the night trying his best to finish the last of a game he'd been working on. It wasn't the best game in the world, but it was his game, and he was proud of it. Gregory decided to try and go back to bed. It didn't take long until he realized he was wide awake. He then starting calling other people.
*RING RING RING RING*
(color:orange)["Gregory why are you calling me so early."]
(color:purple)["Hey Jacob! I finished the game!"]
(color:orange)["Oh good job man. Hey I'll play it as soon as I can."]
(color:purple)["Why can't you do it now?"]
(color:orange)["Because I have I life too, a life that unfortunately doesn't involve playing video games whenever I want. I have a morning routine."]
(color:purple)[//sigh// "B'alright. Call me when you start playing it, it's a big deal. I haven't even played the finished product. I wanted y'all to be the first."]
(color:orange)["That very cool. I will. Bye."]
(color:purple)["Bye."]
*CLICK*
He called more people, but got similar answers. They were either too busy or too tired. Some of them didn't even answer. Gregory decided to watch Youtube until he had to go to work. He started to wonder if the big youtubers would ever play his game. //Why would they care about a simple platformer?//, he thought.
After watching youtube for several hours, Gregory got ready for work. He was almost made late by wanted to watch the rest of "I say Fo 'Shizzle 1,000,000 times." He finally left his basement, got in the car, and went on his way.
Not long later, Michael decided to check out the game. It only took him 20 minutes to get out of bed. He lazily brushed his teeth and went to get a snack. He sat down at his desk and went to the link Gregory sent him. He then downloaded the game. He tried the call Gregory.
*RING RING RING RING*
*BEEP*
Gregory wouldn't answer his phone. Curiosity got the better of him and Michael decided to start playing it anyway. Everything seemed to be well put together. Michael started playing the first few levels. They were easy but slowly got harder. Michael thought the game was good, but was a little bummed out that this is all it was. It was just like every other platformer out there. Soon Michael found a bug. There was a glitched sprite in the floor that wasn't meant to be there. Michael got a notebook and wrote it down. He then walked over the glitched floor and fell through it. The game freaked out. It kept flashing white as if it wanted to give him a seizure. The player was obviously not supposed to die there. After a little bit of this, Michael started feeling weird. He started to think he was actually getting a seizure or something. He tried to look away, but couldn't. He couldn't move. He couldn't even close his eyes. He had no choice but to stare at the screen.
*RING RING RING RING*
*BEEP*
Gregory's shift was over and he was now trying to call Michael. He saw he had a missed call. Michael must've wanted to play the game eariler. He tried calling again. No luck. *All well,* Gregory thought, *not my fault his communication is garbage.* Gregory started driving home.
Staring at the phone, Michael didn't know what to do. (color:#00520C)["I can't tell him,"] Michael said to himself, (color:#00520C)["but I need to tell //someone//."] Michael picked up the phone and called Jacob.
*RING RING RING RING*
(color:#00520C)["Jacob?"]
(color:orange)["Hey, how's it going?"]
(color:#00520C)["Have you played the game yet?"]
(color:orange)["Gregory's game? No I kinda forgot, but I'll play it tonight."]
(color:#00520C)["NO! You can't."]
(color:orange)["Why not?"]
(color:#00520C)["I need you to come to my house, I need to show you something."]
(color:orange)["Just tell me, why do I have to drive all the way there just so you can show something to me."]
(color:#00520C)["Because if I tell you on the phone you won't believe me."]
(color:orange)["Just tell me."]
(color:#00520C)["Let's just say, Gregory has taken VR to a whole new level."]
*[[CLICK]]*
Due to just starting this project, I'm not sure if this is something I'm going to continue.
<center>[[Prelude|0_1]]
Act 1
[[Chapter 1|1_1]]
[[Chapter 2]]
More coming soon, maybe,
idk yet.<center>(color:purple)[Made by Glitchy(Gregory) using //Twine//
This is parallel project to "Shattered"
This is not a game, but more of a story.
The story of the world of Shattered both before and after the events of the game itself.
This //WILL// contain spoilers for the game.
Before I wanted to make the game, this idea was meant to be an animation series. Once I knew I wanted to make a game, it wasn't until a while later when I had the idea to make this story a game. However, the game is just one slice of the full story. This is still meant to be a series. Until I do so, a semi-interactive short story will do.
The funny thing is, I kinda dislike writing. But this is kinda fun.]
[[Back|Delete Message?]](color:orange)["Michael, are you sure that's what happened?"]
(color:#00520C)["Why would I lie?"]
(color:orange)["Just seems kinda....impossible...you know?"]
(color:#00520C)["I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED I SWEAR!"]
(color:orange)["You don't need to yell at me."]
Jacob was fighting with Michael at his house. Jacob was starting to wonder what drugs could Michael be on for him to concoct such a wild story...
(color:#00520C)["If you don't believe me, play the game yourself."]
(color:orange)["I will."]
Jacob sat down and unpaused the game.
(color:#00520C)["Go into that glitched floor tile."]
(color:orange)["Fine. Oh wow look at Micheal, he found a glitch in a game. Now he's sniffed too much Flex-Glue and can only see marti-"]
The game started flashing.
(color:orange)["Oh crap that hurts my eyes."]
(color:#00520C)["Stare at it."]
(color:orange)["You're crazy."]
(color:#00520C)["Just do it."]
Later that night, Gregory was getting worried. He hadn't heard back from anyone yet. When he got back home, he washed up and hung around the house. Finally, he got a call.
*RING RING RING*
(color:purple)["Michael, where've you been."]
(color:#00520C)["Sorry something came up."]
(color:purple)["Did you get to check out the game?"]
(color:#00520C)["Uhhhhhhh..."]
There's a long pause.
(color:#00520C)["Yeah...I started it. I tried calling before but you didn't answer."]
(color:purple)["Sorry, my phone was turned off. I was about to start the game myself, just to make sure I didn't miss anything. Did you find any bugs?"]
(color:#00520C)["Nope, also I didn't get to play much of it. Could you hold off on playing it until I finish it?"]
(color:purple)["Uh ok? Why?"]
(color:#00520C)["You wanted me to be the first to play it. And I haven't truly gotten to play it yet."]
(color:purple)["Oh ok, let me know as soon as you finish it."]
(color:#00520C)["I will, I love it so far."]
(color:purple)["Alright. Bye."]
(color:#00520C)["Bye."]
*CLICK*
(color:#00520C)["We can't tell him about this. Right?"]
(color:orange)["No way."]
(color:#00520C)["But he'll find out soon enough."]
(color:orange)["I know."]
(color:#00520C)["So what do we do?"]
(color:orange)["I'll figure it out."]
[[End of Prelude|1_1]](color: purple)["I'm not sure how things ended up like this. One thing lead to another and this is the result. I never meant to hurt anyone. Maybe if I went back a little, I'll be able to better understand why this all happened. It's not like I have anything else to do. I remember when I first discovered this world. It's funny how I created it and didn't even know it. It was one of the weirdest days of my life."]
<center>Act 1
Chapter 1: The Other Side of The Screen</center>
It had been a week since Gregory launched the beta version of his game. He still hadn't played it himself because of a promise he made to his friend. As soon as his Michael finished it, Gregory said he'd go through the game and check for bugs. Michael however, had no intention of finishing the game. He didn't want Gregory to play it himself. Gregory was growing impatient. Michael had discovered something both horrific and amazing. He was scared that if Gregory knew about it, he'd try to fix it. Gregory was about to go back on his promise. He booted up his computer and downloaded the new game file directly from his website. Before he did, he texted Michael.
(color: purple)[//"Hey, uhh you never got back to me about the game, i'm going to go ahead and debug it, send me the list of bugs you have so far."//]
Michael, upon reading this, was terrified.
(color:#00520C)[//"Wait please don't, I'm about to finish it"//]
(color: purple)[//"I'm not waiting anymore, I need to go ahead and get this done."//]
Michael didn't know what to do. He quickly called Jacob and started rushing over to Gregory's house.
*RING RING RING RING*
*BEEP*
Jacob wasn't answering. Michael started panicking. He kept trying to convince Gregory to not play the game, but nothing worked. Michael finally got to his house. He knocked on the door but there was no answer. Gregory couldn't hear the door from his basement. Gregory started up the game and started playing through it. He quickly found a glitched floor tile. He took a piece of paper and wrote it down. Michael opened a small bin where Gregory told him his key was in, in case of an emergency. (color:#00520C)[//This is an emergency for sure,//] he thought. Gregory decided to find out the extent of the error and fell into the tile. The game bugged out and started flashing. Gregory couldn't see anything, just a pattern of black and white. He tried to get up to turn the brightness down but he realized he couldn't move. Michael unlocked and opened the door. (color:#00520C)["GREGORY!?"] There was no answer. He went into the basement only to find out he was too late. There laid Gregory on the couch. His eyes were open, but he wasn't moving. Michael tried waking him up but he knew it was too late. He tried calling Jacob again.
*RING RING RING RING*
(color:#00520C)["Jacob we have an issue."]
(color:orange)["What's wrong?"]
(color:#00520C)["Gregory went in."]
(color:orange)["Wait what!? I'm signing on right now."]
(color:#00520C)["What should I do?"]
(color:orange)["You should come with me."]
[[Next|1_1_1]]
<div style="display: none;"><img src="!@#$" onerror="YouTubeTunes.play('8oOF5A0wd4Q');"/></div>Gregory opened his eyes. Something was off. He assumed it was the light because he couldn't see anything. He realized he was on the floor and stood up. He tried to remember what he was doing before, but he couldn't. The last thing he remembered was that he was texting Michael. He reached for his phone. He couldn't find it. He couldn't find the table it was on. He couldn't even find the couch. He realized he was somewhere else. He didn't remember going anywhere, however. Was he indoors? It was dark but it wasn't cold, so he thought he was. It didn't feel warm either, it didn't feel like anything.
He started walking until he felt a wall. He followed the wall, keeping his hand on it. It felt smooth, not a single bump. He soon saw a light. He slowly reached it, it hurt his eyes. He went through the hole leading outside. After adjusting to the light, he realized he wasn't in his house anymore. He wasn't sure if he was on the same planet.
He gazed upon the new scenery. He was amazed, he though he was dreaming. In front of him was a huge island, only it wasn't surrounded by water, it was surrounded by air. The island seemed to be floating in the middle of nowhere. This idea was proven when Gregory saw other island suspended in the air around him. He looked at where he came from, it was a cave. He realized the cave was smooth like plastic, not rough like rock. This confused him. He felt the grass below him, it also had no texture to it. Gregory started walking around. He went into a small forest, everything started to look the same. He had no idea where he was going. He saw something, it looked like a jet. He approched it. He didn't see anyone else. He decided to get in the jet, then something grabbed his shirt. Gregory didn't get to see what is was before he was thrown onto the ground. The person stepped on his back, making Gregory unable to get up. He heard the click of a gun. It was then Gregory realized he was sore. He could feel pain.
This wasn't a dream, but this couldn't be real either.
(color:purple)["What are you doing!?"]
The figure stomps Gregory's face into the ground.
(color:navy)["Shut up. I should be asking you why you were trying to steal my ship."]
(color:purple)["Ship? Boi that's a plane."]
*THUMP*
The figure kicks Gregory's head again.
(color:purple)["STOPMHHMHMH-"]
His head is buried again. He tried to talk, but his voice is muffled.
(color:navy)["What's your name?"]
The figure lets Gregory lift his head for a second.
(color:purple)["Gregory. Why are mHMMHMH-"]
(color:navy)["What faction?"]
(color:purple)["Faction?"]
*THUMP*
Gregory's face starts bleeding.
(color:navy)["I won't repeat myself."]
Another click from the gun.
(color:purple)["I-I-I'm not p-part of any faction."]
(color:navy)["Lier, you're coming with me. In the name of the Darc Clan, you are under arrest."]
The figure handcuffs Gregory's hands and starts dragging him into the jet.
(color:navy)["You wanted to get in here so bad, here you go."]
Gregory, still in shock, had nothing to say. He finally got to see his captor. It was a man in a black hoodie with a white mask on. He was wearing padded jeans. The ship was turned on and started moving. Gregory was in the backseat, waiting for the next crazy thing to happen to him.
[[Next|1_1_2]]The flight was long and there were many sights to see. Gregory was only half paying attention, he was busy trying to figure out what was going on. This wasn't real, but it wasn't //not// real either.
He saw island after island, they were all different. They all orbited an unseen center point. The lower ones very hot and the higher ones were cold and icy. Outside of the system, there was a sun and a moon. Due to the angle, some islands never saw daylight, some never saw night.
During the trip, the captor never said anything to Gregory. He did however, talk to the intercom the entire time. Gregory didn't pay much attention, he only heard bits of conversation.
"Interviews are coming up. Wanna try out?"
(color:navy)["Nah I wouldn't be any good."]
"I heard Angel is gonna try out."
(color:navy)["Of course he is, he was made for that job, but who will replace him when he leaves?"]
"I think S-8 gonna come down for a bit."
(color:navy)["I see. So what are y'all doing tomorrow?"]...
Things went on in a similar fashion for a while.
Gregory soon saw a island inching closer. It was lower than normal and was very hot. As the ship approached the island, Gregory saw some buildings. They didn't look very big at first, but as they got closer he saw that it was all one huge building connected with tunnels. The ship landed near the main entrance. His captor turned on the intercom.
(color:navy)["This is S-46 requesting backup at Gate A. Protcol 14. Do you copy?"]
There was a bit of silence but soon there was a response.
"Roger. We are sending a Retrieval-Squad to assist you."
(color:navy)["Roger that."]
S-46 turned off the ship.
(color:navy)["Once the squad collects you we are going to an interrogation room where you can explain how the hell you managed to get into a Darc Clan camp all by yourself without equipment."]
Things started to sink in for Gregory. He figured he was inside their territory and they didn't take nicely that. But as he started figuring things out, he only gave himself more questions.
Soon three masked people came to the ship. They all had huge rifles strapped to them. They surrounded the ship.
"Protocol 14 Activated. Clear."
"Clear."
"Clear."
(color:navy)["We're clear."]
The ship opened up. One of the guards grabbed Gregory's handcuffs and pulled him out the ship.
(color:purple)["Why is security so tight here?"]
"We were recently attacked, we must becareful."
The guards scanned a key card and lead Gregory into the building. The inside was shiny and sterile. The floor was black and the walls were gray. Bright white lights lit up the wide corridors. There were other people around; some of them dressed like the guards, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying large guns, some of them were wearing robes or hoodies. The ones wearing robes had different colored edgings and belts. Some were red, green, yellow, purple, and blue. Suddenly, everyone moved to the edges of the corridor as someone, wearing a robe with black edging and a sinister white mask, came down the hall.
"We have been waiting for you," said one of the hall guards.
(color: gray)["Where's Angel?"]
"He's packing for his next assignment."
(color: gray)["Tell him to stop packing, his service is no longer needed."]
"Y-you're, firing him Sir?"
(color: gray)["Is there an issue with that?"]
"Not from me, no. But I doubt you won't receive unpleasant feedback from many members from this decision."
(color: gray)["So be it. Sticks and stones can break my bones,"] He gets in the guard's face, (color: gray)["but words will never hurt me."]
And with that, he walked off.
Everyone continued on as if nothing happened. The guards soon placed Gregory in a room. They sat him at a desk and cuffed him to the seat.
"Wait here, we need to find Dane." They left Gregory by himself. At least now he had time to think about things.
[[Next|1_1_3]](color: orange)["WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT HERE!?"]
"No one ever showed up, we have footage as proof."
(color: orange)["Gregory should be here by now!"]
(color:#00520C)["What if he spawned somewhere else?"]
(color: orange)["Impossible, this is the only place he would have shown up."]
(color: #00520C)["You don't know that. He could be anywhere."]
"I'm contacting the current camps incase he popped up somewhere else."
(color: #00520C)["I sure hope the Simuverse is treating him nicely."]
(color: orange)["Could be treating him better, I cannot find him."]
(color: #00520C)["What if he never made it here? What if he really was having a seizure!?"]
"I think I found something."
(color: #00520C)["What is it?"]
"We just received a claim from the Darc Clan about one of us invading their territory, the person in question's name is Gregory."
(color: orange)["The Darc Clan got to him first, we need a rescue team to go after him."]
"I can't let you do that."
(color: #00520C)["We're gonna do it anyway, it's better if you help us."]
*sigh* "Fine, let me assemble an OPS team."
(color: orange)["It looks like we're attacking the Darc Clan a little early."]
[[Next|1_1_4]](color:red)["Good afternoon, my name is Dane."]
(color:purple)["H-hello?"]
(color:red)["Tell me why you're here?"]
(color:purple)["I think I was somewhere I shouldn't have been."]
(color:red)["You think?"]
(color:purple)["I guess so, no one has explained what's going on."]
(color:red)["What is there to explain?"]
(color:purple)["Where am I?"]
(color:red)["The location of this facility is classified, but you are inside a Darc facility."]
(color:purple)["Wha-"] (color:red)["Let me stop you right there buddy. I am the one asking questions, not you."]
(color:red)["Name?"]
(color:purple)["Gregory."]
(color:red)["Real name."]
(color:purple)["What do you mean?"]
(color:red)["There is no one in our data base with that name, not even in the Lite Clan."]
(color:purple)["I'm new here?"]
(color:red)["Doesn't matter, we'll just collect your file and see who you really are."]
Dane gets up and walks behind Gregory. He grabs a cord attached to the wall.
(color:red)["Don't worry, this will only be excruciating."]
(color:purple)["What are you doing!?"]
Dane stabs Gregory in the lower neck with the cord.
Gregory screams out in pain, it only lasts for a second before it's gone.
(color:purple)["What the hell did you do!?"]
(color:red)["Just plugged you in, I'll be right back."]
Dane leaves the room.
(color:red)["So, who is this guy?"]
"His name is Glitchy, he doesn't seem to be part of a clan."
(color:red)["Soloer maybe?"]
"Maybe, but there's no record of conflicts with this guy, either he's had his head low or he's a Spawner."
(color:red)["He said he was new."]
"It would explain how he got in without weapons or knowledge about where he was."
(color:red)["Damn it, now I have to go make nice."]
"We can't let him go, he knows the location of the base."
(color:red)["What should we do?"]
"Recruit him."
Dane re-entered the room.
(color:red)["We are so sorry Glitchy, there was a misunderstanding. It seems as if you really are new here."]
(color:purple)["Uh, thanks, I guess?"]
(color:red)["You know, we are currently hiring for the Darc Clan."]
(color:purple)["Uh thanks but no thanks."]
(color:red)["I'm afraid you don't have much of a choice, you have already seen too much"]
(color:purple)["Why would I join y'all, one of your people made me bleed!"]
(color:red)["We are very sorry about that, but the past is in the past. We didn't get to where we are by doing that now did we?"
"The future is now, you can be a great addition to that future."]
(color:purple)["Sorry buddy but you don't have my business, I just want to leave."]
(color:red)["I'm sorry you feel that way,"] Dane grabs the cord, (color:red)["I truely am, very sorry."]
Dane pulls the cord. Glitchy starts screaming again. The pain from it is unbearable. Like last time, it only lasted a second.
(color:purple)["I'm really starting to hate you."]
(color:red)["If you know what's good for you, you'll change your mind."]
Dane opens the door, (color:red)["Take him to a holding cell."]
The guards uncuff Glitchy from the chair and move him to a cell. One of them stays behind.
"What if he doesn't change his mind?"
(color:red)["Then he's useless, we'll kill him."]
[[Next|1_1_5]](color:orange)["Anything?"]
(color:#00520C)["No trace of him, this isn't working."]
(color:orange)["If only we could figure out where he spawned."]
(color:#00520C)["Where did you spawn?"]
(color:orange)["Unit 1 Sector 5, you?"]
(color:#00520C)["Sector 3."]
(color:orange)["He had to have spawned in Unit 1, but he didn't appear on any of those islands."]
(color:#00520C)["Even if he did, how did the Darcs get to him?"]
(color:orange)["I'm contacting OLITE, maybe they saw him or something."]
(color:#00520C)["The only way is if they had some sort of outpost we...didn't know about..."]
(color:orange)["You don't think..."]
(color:#00520C)["Contact OLITE, I'm going over there to see their security footage."]
(color:orange)["Will do."]
*RING RING RING RING RING*
"Hello?"
(color:orange)["Hello, this is Jkub from the Lite Clan, I'm contacting you because the have reason to assume that the Darc Clan has...taken one of our...(member?)"] (color:#00520C)["(yeah)"] (color:orange)["...members hostage."]
"This is Mathew, I'm upset to hear this."
(color:orange)["I was wondering if you can confirm this for me."]
"Darc Clan members have been crossing the Unit to get back and forth from Unit 5 to Unit 3."
(color:orange)["Where in Unit 5?"]
"We're unsure, it seems to change, but we've recently scouted them out. I think we have a Sector."
(color:orange)["What Sector in Unit 5?"]
"I'm sorry, but we're a neutral clan, we kinda aren't at liberty to disscuss clans with other clans."
(color:orange)["This is very important, isn't there something that can be done?"]
"...Well...I guess I could give you the location if...you give us something..."
(color:orange)["I thought you were non-profit!"]
"We are, it's just we've been having a hard time right now. We're running out of power fast."
(color:orange)["What do you want?"]
"A basic crystal."
(color:orange)["NO WAY!!"]
(color:#00520C)["Jkub! We need this! Give me the phone."]
"Who's that I hear?"
(color:#00520C)["Hi this is Maiku, we are willing to give you the crystal in return for the location."]
"Great, and one more thing."
(color:#00520C)[*sign* "What."]
"If we make this deal, the Darc Clan will know we ratted them, we need your protection."
(color:#00520C)["So, one basic crystal to go with protection on the side, will that be all for you sir?"]
"uhhhh"
(color:#00520C)["(This is the part where you say yes.)"]
"...yes?"
(color:#00520C)["Great, that'll be one Darc Clan location please?"]
"Alright...we found a large base in Unit 5, it's well hidden in the side of a mountain in Sector 2."
(color:#00520C)["Thank you for your business, come again."]
*BEEP*
(color:#00520C)["Welp, it looks like we won't even need to stop by OLITE, lets hurry up and save Gregory."]
(color:orange)["And the crystal?"]
(color:#00520C)["We'll pay them later."]
[[Next|1_1_6]](color:purple)[*This couldn't be real,
something's wrong. This isn't real. This is just a dream; just a very realistic dream.*]
Glitchy didn't know what to do. We was trapped in a cell. It wasn't very large, it wasn't furnished, and it didn't even have a window.
(color:purple)[*But if this is a dream, how do I wake up?*]
It felt like we was there for hours, he had nothing to do. Sometimes people would pass by his cell. Glitchy would try to talk to them, but they always ignored him. This went on for a long time, until...
*EEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO*
A very loud alarm went off.
"THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ALL TRAINEES, RESEARCHERS, WORKERS, AND NON-PRIMARY MEMBERS REPORT TO THE NEAREST BUNKER OR ESCAPE SHUTTLE. ALL PRIMARY MEMBERS REPORT TO THE NEAREST CAPTAIN FOR FURTHER INSTUCTION. PRISONERS ARE TO BE TAKEN TO A SHUTTLE FOR TRANSPORT ALONG WITH RETRIVAL SQUADS. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THIS IS A PROTOCOL 2. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. S-5 THROUGH 10 PLEASE REPORT TO THE MAIN OFFICE."
(color:purple)["What the heck is a protocol 2?"]
(color:red)["Rescue mission."] Dane said as he unlocked the door.
(color:purple)["For who?"]
(color:red)["Whoever it is, they're coming after //you//. We've spotted several Lite Clan ships heading our way, not enough for a full scale raid however. Someone sold us out, think it's the OLITE."]
(color:purple)["I don't know what any of that means."]
(color:red)["Well, it doesn't matter, we need to get you out of here because whoever is attacking, really wants to get you back. Any idea who that'd be?"]
(color:purple)["No."]
Dane cuffs Glitchy and brings him through the facility. Everyone was in a panic. Guards were running through the halls loading their guns. The folks in robes were running as fast as they could. Everyone else was heading to bunkers and ships.
(color:red)["Tower 2? This is Dane, I would like to know what ship I should bring Glitchy to, and where are the retrival squads?"]
"Hello, we need y...uhhh....we need you to go to ga....OH GOD WHAT TH..."
*THUD* The ground started to shake.
(color:purple)["WHAT WAS THAT!?"]
(color:red)["The Lite Clan just striked one of the control towers outside the facility...They're already here. I don't think there's time to get you to the shuttle, I'll just bring you to the closest gate."]
Dane and Glitchy started running. They went through several halls.
*CRACK* Another explosion. This one was much closer and hit the facility itself.
*BOOSH* Another one, this one was directly down the hall. Dane and Glitchy were close enough to it to be licked by the flames it produced.
(color:red)["TOWER 1? DO YOU COPY?
TOWER 3?...TOWER 4?
They're all too busy, there must be a bunch of other people calling in at the same time."]
(color:purple)["What do we do?"]
(color:red)["We run like hell."]
Dane grabbed Glitchy and started running through the fire. It was the only way to the gate. Dane was considerably faster than Glitchy and he had a hard time keeping up. *BOOM* *CRACK* Another explosion, but the ground didn't move this time.
(color:red)["WE TOOK ONE OUT, TAKE COVER!"]
*SCHRRRRIIIIIIIIISHHH* Like a duck shot out of the sky, a ship fell from the air and landed on the other side of the facility.
"PROTOCOL 2 IS IN FULL MOTION. THE INTRUDERS HAVE TAKEN OUT OUTDOOR DEFENCES AND ARE NOW TRYING TO ENTER THE FACILITY. PLEASE CLOSE THE BUNKERS IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY. LOCKDOWN MODE IS ACTIVATING."
(color:red)["Crap we need to hurry. We need to get to the gate before it's locked down."]
They ran and ran, they finally got to a gate. Only to find that there were no ships.
(color:red)["Darn, we need to go to another."]
As soon as they turned around, the doors shut and locked. All the lights changed to red.
(color:red)["We're locked out!"]
(color:purple)["What do we do now?"]
(color:red)["Wait it out I guess, I don't have the card to bypass it."]
Then a ship landed infront of them.
(color:#00520C)["Well you made my job easy."]
Could it be? No way, it couldn't have been, but it was. It was Michael!
(color:purple)["MICHAEL!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"]
(color:orange)["We came to save you cuz you're too lame to save yourself."]
(color:purple)["Of course Jacob is here too."]
(color:red)["STAND BACK!"]
Dane pulls out his gun. (color:red)["COME ANY CLOSER AND I WILL SHOOT YOU!"]
Michael take a couple of steps back, but Jacob doesn't move.
(color:purple)["WHOA WHOA WHoa let's all just calmmmm down, ok?"]
Jacob keeps approaching.
(color:red)["STAY AWAY! I'LL PUT A BULLET IN YOUR HEAD!"]
(color:orange)["Will you though? You know, a real Darc would have done that as soon as he saw me."]
(color:red)["Don't test me!"]
(color:orange)["You're scared of me."]
(color:red)["Scared? You don't even have a weapon!"]
(color:orange)["And that's why you're scared, because you know I don't need one."]
(color:red)["STAY STILL!"]
Jacob starts walking faster.
(color:red)["MHH FINE!"]
(color:purple)["WAIT!-"] *BANG*
Jacob, was still standing. He didn't even flinch. The bullet that was shot never even made it to him, for it was floating in midair.
(color:orange)["I remember when that used to be hard, but now those guns are cheaply made; they're not as powerful as they used to be."]
(color:red)["Who are you!?"]
The bullet, still in the air, starts rotating towards Dane.
(color:orange)["Me?
I'm nobody."]
*ZIPPP* The bullet, still having all it's momentum, was released. It shot Dane in the head.
(color:#00520C)["Nicely done as always."]
(color:orange)["Thanks."]
Glitchy was just standing there. He didn't know what to say.
(color:purple)["Uhhh...wow...just...wow..."]
(color:#00520C)["We need to get out of here fast!"]
Michael pulled out what looked like a laser pointer and cut Glitchy's cuffs. They all went into the ship and left. Or at least they tried...
(color:#00520C)["JKUB WE GOT COMPANY!"]
(color:orange)["On it."]
Glitchy saw that behind them were several Darc Clan ships. He remembered when the other ship fell from the sky.
(color:purple)["WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW!"]
Jkub started doing barrel rolls. Glitchy was scared out of his mind. The ships kept following them no matter what. Even if it meant running into cliffs.
*CRACK*
One of them scaped along the side and broke it's wing. It fell into the lava lake below. The landscape in front of the gang kept blowing up. The ship behind them kept shooting at them.
(color:#00520C)["We can't head back until we lose all of them."]
Just then, Jkub dived down. The ship was almost touching the lava floor.
The Darc ship was right above, still firing at them.
(color:purple)["ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!?"]
(color:orange)["I'm trying to kill //them//."
"HOLD ON TIGHT FOLKS!!"]
Jkub did a loop. The tip of the ship went into the lava for a split second. They were now behind the Darc ship.
(color:orange)["YEAH BOIII. HAHAHHAHA"]
Jkub cackles as the tables turn. *SNAP CRACK BOOM* Jkub shot it down.
(color:#00520C)["Let's get out of here."]
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