Scrapped Stories

Re;birth Apocalypse [Original] Ch. 7: The Anonymous Hacker

Neptune and Noire circle around Dark Orange as I aim my truck gun at it. "Haaaah!!!" Dark Orange fires off a laser in my direction, which I dodge with precision. Neptune stabs her katana(wood) into Dark Orange's back, although Dark Orange shrugs it off and knocks Neptune off of it. I launch off multiple trucks at Dark Orange, every one of them easily evaded. "$#!%. Okay, plan B. Neptune, cover me!" I run around Dark Orange launching off trucks in all directions. Dark Orange attempts to launch lasers towards me, but Neptune averts its attention to her. I continue to fire trucks into the air, while Neptune baits Dark Orange away. Noire unleashes a Lace Ribbon Dance on Dark Orange, stunning it temporarily, long enough for Neptune and I to unleash our SP Skills. Dark Orange takes the full impact of Neptune's Cross Combination, as I charge up another shot. "ClusterTrucker." A barrage of trucks launch out of my gun, blasting Dark Orange apart, leaving the arena stacked with trucks. "That was a lot more fun than I anticipated..." The area pixelates and we're dropped into the next level.

Our next destination, seems to be a bridge... Perfect. "Why does it feel like that boss was nerfed?" Neptune shrugs. "It probably was..." We continue to walk across this never ending bridge, Neptune already getting tired, Noire getting impatient, and myself all of the above. Neptune slouches to the ground. "Are we almost there? I want some pudding..." ~ "Hey Noire? I think Neptune is going into pudding withdrawal." Noire looks back to Neptune then turns back to the road ahead. "Leave her. She'll catch up with us later." As if on cue, a cannonball hits the bridge, causing a chain collapse. "$#!%, Neptune, Noire, run!" The floor beneath us starts to crumble, as the bridge starts to fall apart. Neptune snaps out of her pudding withdrawal and sprints past us. "What the hell?!" I take off after her, with Noire looking back and chasing after us. I leap over large cracks in the bridge, as more explosions occur, tearing apart the ground beneath us. I stop as Noire passes, attempting to find out where the cannon fire is coming from. Cannons shot out of what I suspect are walls, hard to tell, due to the surroundings looking like the ocean. I look back ahead to Neptune and Noire, who had already made it to the edge of the bridge. "$#!%." I take off towards them, stumbling as cannonballs blast apart the ground beneath me. I leap over cracks and platforms ajar, just as plasma beams started firing, destroying my concentration. I avoid the laser grids of plasma beams as I reach the edge of the bridge, out of breath. "Let's... stick with... controller consoles... next time..." Neptune hits the button, sending us off to the next level.

We're dropped into a grassy field, looking a lot like the plains we were on before being sent into this hellhole of a game. I look around at our surroundings, it's easy to tell that this level is in a virtual box. Noire walks around the field. "D-Did we get out?" I shake my head. "No, we're still in the game. There's a virtual box surrounding this area." I tap my hand against the wall, which lights up in... I think they're called... hexagons...? I'll get back to you on that. "We should figure out how to escape here..." Noire looks over to Neptune. "I think someone got tired out from the last level..." Neptune was fast asleep on the grass. "Welp... I guess it's just you and me, Noire." A purple orb escapes from Neptune's body, floating around us. "Uh..." Noire steps back from the orb. "W-What's that?!" ~ "I... I think it's Neptune." Noire looks closer. "That's Neptune...?" ~ "Well... More like, it's her soul. Or at least an interpretation of it." I lay down on the ground and stretch out. Noire looks down at me. "Um... What are you doing?" ~ "Getting out of here." I close my eyes, as a grey orb leaves my body. The orb circles around Noire and the purple orb. Noire sighs, laying down on the ground. "Fine... I'll follow your lead." She closes her eyes, as a black orb leaves her body. The three orbs circle around each other and rise into the sky, as the area pixelates.

I open my eyes and adjust to the lighting. "Uh... That's the last time I fall asleep outdoors." I try to move, but my legs and left wrist have been tied to a chair. "What the hell?!" Neptune and Noire were also tied to chairs. The three of us were sitting at a table, with a dim light shining on to a gun in the center of the table. Neptune wakes from her nap and notices the restraints. "W-What?! Did Histy find out about my sneaking out to buy pudding at night?" I glare at Neptune. "That was you...?" ~ "Uh... Uh... H-How did you know?" ~ "Did you not notice the cardboard box sitting next to the kitchen counter?" ~ "That was you...?" Noire wakes up from the mass amount of yelling. "What's going on...?" Gears start to whirr, as a massive saw above our heads starts spinning. Neptune takes the gun and points towards Noire. "Sorry Noire, but you seem like the best choice here, also, you don't have any friends to worry about you." ~ "What?!" I take the gun from Neptune. "Let's not make a decision until we're sure what the right approach is." The saw above our heads starts to lower. "Well, now we may have a problem..." I put the gun to my head, prompting the other two to have startled reactions. "Don't worry, I've already died before, so I'm used to it at this point. There's no need for anyone of you to die, so I'll take the bullet." Neptune shakes her head. "Why?! There's no reason for you to have to do this!" ~ "Neptune, it's all right. I always come back anyways, right?" I give Neptune a small smile as I pull the trigger. Confetti blasts out of the pistol. "Confetti Cannon?!" The area pixelates and the restraints come off.

"I'm stuck in a f*cking pod!" I kick at the door of the pod, only for my foot to go through a spike. "$#!%!" I kick at the door with my other foot, that one going into a spike as well. "Nepdammit!" I push on the door with my feet, the spikes going further in, piercing out of the top. "Aaaaagghhh!" I give one more push, as the door flies off of the pod. I fall out of the pod, my feet not healing from the piercing. "Damn you, Author's Sadistic Masochistic writing style!" Neptune and Noire walk up to me. "Hiyah! What happened to you?" I look up at Neptune. "I got impaled by two unicorns, what do you think happened?!" Noire looks over to the pod, then back to me. "It seems like you got the worst of it." I stay laying on the floor, looking up at Noire. "I think a certain someone was influencing the Author with a lot of spite..." I slowly stand up, Noire helping me stay balanced. "We just need to get out of this game." I look around the room. "Why does it seem like we're at the set of the Saw franchise?" Noire looks over to the pods on the other side of the room. "Apparently, we were supposed to break out of the pods, but it's not advancing to the next level." ~ "Which means this game is rigged..." I check around the room. "Something seems off..." I search through a pile of metal, syringes, bear traps, and other things. "Found it!" I pull out a black gel pen. The pen tip was cased in by the cap, the end of the pen being accompanied by a few buttons. I press the yellow button on the end, and the pen transforms into a thin stick. I pull a switch on the stick, and a sharp blade extends out from where the pen tip would be. "Boxcutter acquired." Upon switching to boxcutter mode, the area pixelates and we're dropped into another level.

"Hmm... So they've arrived..." Cameras kept an eye on our progress, showing the boxcutter receiving, which seemed to enrage the person at command. He taps a few keys as the cameras shut off. The door bursts open, as scrap metal flies into the room. "Mind explaining what's going on here?" I extend out the boxcutter and point it towards the person in the chair. "Well... It seems like the fun is over." He stands up, walking into the light of the room. Noire lets out a gasp, as a pink robot looking thing came into view. "Oh, Noire. You should've told me you were going to be stopping by the control room." I turn to Noire. "You know him?" Noire glares at the robot person. "I wish I didn't..." The robot person places his hand on his chest in surprise. "Oh, my Noire, how hurtful..." I turn back to the robot person. "You still didn't answer me." The robot person looks to me. "Oh, Dorian. It seems like we meet once again." ~ "Um... I don't know you..." ~ "What? Well that doesn't make sense. You've thwarted my plans once before." ~ "Doesn't ring a bell." ~ "You're right. You look like him, but your aura and personality is different... In that case, I will reveal myself. I am Anonydeath, a mastermind hacker." ~ "Don't care, prepare to die." I extend the boxcutter, dashing towards Anonydeath. "I don't think so." He raises his hand, and stops my movement. "The hell?!" Anonydeath turns to Noire. "Now that the nuisance has been dealt with, you're all mine, Noire." Neptune looks over to Anonydeath. "Wait. I'm still here..." Anonydeath snaps his fingers, revealing images of Noire dressed in cosplay. "I do all of this for you." Insert Noire scream here. Neptune looks at all of the pictures. "Woah, that one's Noire, and that one's Noire too, they're all Noire..." I look over to Neptune. "You're just disappointed that there are none of you." Neptune grins. "You're also disappointed about that..." ~ "I will neither confirm nor deny." Noire shrieks. "Stop looking!" I look over to Noire. "Hate to break it to you, Noire, but I already knew." ~ "What...?!" ~ "Yeah, remember when we were at the cottage for the weekend? Well... I sorta peeked into your room and saw you cosplaying... Whoops." ~ "That was you?!" Anonydeath dropped me from his force grip paralysis. "Then you have also seen the beauty of Noire. What were your thoughts?" ~ "In honesty... A six." ~ "Oh you dick." ~ "And you are insufferable." Noire bursts out in rage. "I've had it with the two of you!" ~ "Oh $#!%." Noire summons her rapier and turns to Anonydeath and I. "I'll slash out those tongues of yours!" I put up my hands in protest. "Wait, wait. Before this becomes R-rated!" We look over to see Anonydeath at the doorway. "I'd rather live to hack another day, we will meet again. Toodles!" With that, Anonydeath leaves the room and the area pixelates.

We look at each other, confused at what just happened. "What just happened?" See? Noire looks around. "We're back! This is Lastation!" I stand up, brushing off my legs. "Well, that was less than desirable... We might as well he~...!" I look down at my hand, the boxcutter still resting in my palm. My hands start to shake, as I reach my hand up to my left eye. Noire and Neptune stare at me with shocked expressions. "I-It... wasn't a game..."

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