Firewall

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

"Come on! You can do it!"

Ken watched from afar, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed as both Felix and Sky stood at Jack's side, watching intently as the younger man tried his best to follow their instructions "th-this is a lot fooking harder then I imagined" Jack grunted, holding his hands out in front of him, tiny green pixels floating down from his fingertips "you're still doing really well... Just keep on searching for that connection" Felix repeated for the tenth time. Sky stood there awkwardly, being moral support since Felix was taking control of everything else.

Both Vanoss and Mark were atop the Firewall, giving them a perfect view of the courtyard where the attempted summoning was taking place. It had been quite a while since the level 13 Virus had made its appearance, but Mark still wore that happy grin as he was still exhausted, yet despite that he was still eager to watch the summoning go down. However the courtyard was getting crowded with onlookers from all stages, so in order to get the best view the two flying Experts had gone up high, where they usually felt comfortable.

Ken stifled a laugh as Jack let a really weird sounding yelp, nearly falling back into Sky "o-ow! You never said it would hurt!"

"It's only hurting because you're doing it wrong!" Sky pushed him back up into a standing position "you've got to forget your surroundings and focus solely on the connection."

Jack muttered something under his breath and closed his eyes, Ken turning away from the scene to look at an approaching Cry "I guess this is what happens when you try to get a little kid to summon a game Character" the masked man commented, going to stand beside Ken "he's still to young in my opinion."

"It's not our call... Felix sure as hell thinks he's ready and I have to agree with him." Ken shrugged and looked back at Jack "besides, MatPat has his potential readings analyzed, and this game, whatever it is, got some of the highest readings in our history."

"That makes me more worried. He's four years old for Pete's sake."

"Cry, give it a rest. He-"

Ken was cut off as there was a suddenly flash of green light, pixels flying out in all directions and making a few onlookers scream out of surprise. Ken blinked rapidly against the light, flinching as Felix and Sky were suddenly tossed out from the light by some sort of unknown force, Jack still inside.

He barely managed to grab Cry's arm as he tried to go into the light, aiming to interfere "no, wait, I think he's making progress!" Ken pulled Cry back just as a shower of green pixels suddenly exploded outward, almost knocking everyone off of their feet. The light immediately began dying away, revealing Jack.

Everyone froze as Jack was no longer standing. Instead he was lying in the grass, curled up into a ball on his side. Cry broke away from Ken and rushed forward "Jack!" he gasped, proceeding to shake him "are you alright!? Wake up-"

Ken stilled as Cry suddenly stopped talking, falling to his knees and hunching over Jack, his hands going to shift Jack's arms around. Felix and Sky were there in a second, standing over the two with wide eyes. Ken could hear Mark freaking out from above, so he quickly darted forward so he could get a view at Jack before Mark could get down from the wall and run him over.

He let out an audible gasp as he saw what Cry had stopped to examine; Jack had something in his arms, and since he had curled up into a tight ball he couldn't see it until now. He was about to let out a whoop of happiness when something pink and red suddenly shoved him off to the side, sending him flying into Felix and Sky "Jack! JACK!" Mark was in such a panic that he didn't even notice that he had just downed three of his friends, and immediately dove down to kneel beside Cry, looking at what his friend was holding.