The Unlikely Heroes

Chapter 9

"Help. Go. Back. To. Bed," Fear said sleepily.

"But I think I know where he is!" Help shot back.

By now, Beluga and Bob were awake. Everyone was angry at Help for waking them at 1:00 a.m. They all started talking which led some people to arguments and some to being very loud.

"STOP!" Help yelled above the others.

Bob, Fear, and Beluga went silent and stared a Help. This always happened when they had "quiet conversations." He's always the one to stop the talking because he has something to say, Bob thought. Meanwhile, Help continued.

"I think I know where Jimin is," he revealed.

All ears and eyes were on Help.

"I was trying to think of sites he might be at, and it came to me. It's an old forum blog-type thingy with lots of information and stuff. People can ask questions, but it went down when the computer AI fried. No one believed the information anymore and left. So, I think Jimin is there," Help concluded. "Also, the site is called When in Doubt."

"Why?" Fear questioned.

"Because, it's a favorite for viruses. I've been there a couple times and it was crawling with those kinds of viruses," Help replied.

"That's good enough for me!" Bob said excitedly.

Beluga and Fear stared at him. This was a long shot, and they thought he was out of his mind.

"Come on, guys!" Bob said. "This is our friend! Are you gonna give up? Just like that? Without checking the possibilities?"

The spotlight shifted to Fear and Beluga. They debated with themselves for a minute.

"Fine! I'll go," Beluga gave up.

"Me, too," Fear piped up.

Then it was decided. After they made a plan, they would go travel to the site.

***

Jimin was desperate. He'd do anything to get out. It had been a few days since he'd eaten; the food wasn't good. All he needed was a lock-picker or a R.T. Or his friends. The people that he wanted to see then and there were his band and his friends. What he didn't know was that his friends were planning to come save him.

***

"Alright, Bob. What's the final plan?" Fear inquired.

The quartet had been finalizing the plan for at least an hour. Bob and Help did most of it but used many ideas of Beluga's and Fear's.

"Ok. We'll travel by the R.T. Everyone has specific jobs that they need to carry out fully. Help, your job is to get us in and out of the site. Fear, you're going to be a sort of scout. Just let us know if any viruses are coming. Beluga, you'll be looking around for Jimin. I will merely be helping anyone in trouble. If in need of help, don't shout 'help!' Shout 'Ahhh!'" Bob said. "Everyone needs to be on guard at all times and please stay together. If anything goes wrong or we can't find Jimin, find Help and we'll escape."

"Sounds good to me," Beluga said.

"Great plan," Help agreed.

The four were ready to save their friend. They had weapons and a plan. The plan was to be carried out during mid-day; it was afternoon. They'd wait until the next day to put it into action. With extra time, they wanted to explore more.

Outside the nice and cozy room, was the abandoned site. Their goal for the afternoon was to find a door. Just a door. A door to somewhere else. Using the R.T. could alert Kafazan where they were.

***

After an hour of searching, Fear found a door. Beluga had claimed to have found a door twenty minutes ago, but it was the Settings door. They all gathered around the new door. It hardly looked like a door and was made of rubber, plastic, wood, and fabric. Very flimsy and unstable, Bob thought.

Everyone made sure their weapons were secure and pushed the door open. What was behind it was astonishing. Rooms of every size and color floated around. Some were bright and cheery while other's colors were dim and worn. It looked like the floating rooms were separated: active and inactive. The background was a swirl of blues, pinks, greens, reds, and purples. Bridges connected everything. It was amazing.

A silent agreement was made that this was better than the abandoned website. That's what these are. Websites, Fear thought in amazement. They peeked out the door to see where the bridge lead to. It was connected to an active site that had replaced the lonely website. And with that, they took one step onto the bridge.