The Mysteries of the Q Files #2: Screens are Cursed Windows

Chapter Ten - Dark Portals

Brandon was a potato acrobat. Whoever was controlling him this time had him expertly dodging, leaping, and sprinting all over the place. He now had the orc's giant ax in his small arms and was crushing foes left and right with it, and he was complaining the entire time.

"My body is my own! It's not to be used as a play thing!"

Naomi really didn't pay him any more heed. The dead had dropped to her amazements another bomb. She took it and laid in wait for the stone statues to come for her. When the first Anubis statue approached, she threw the bomb just right as his left leg, blowing it away , and causing him to fall into the other stone monster. They both crumbled and dropped a ton of loot. With the orc's bag, she could now miraculously hold a lot more items. She loaded up on gems, magical items, and some extra daggers. Sadly, she had used up her only bomb. Thankfully, she had found an invigorating potion, and she was back to full energy.

The real problem was now figuring out how to get out of this game. A storm was was forming over Hyrule Castle, and the normally smoky and fiery air was being sucked up into a monstrous funnel cloud.

"Brandon, we either need to get away from here, or brave the palace," Naomi shouted to him. She doubted it would do much, since he was being controlled, but she could only hope. She could hope that he might die in the game. Then it wouldn't be her fault right?

To the west, the Tabantha Frontier erupted in stone and darkness. Some of the blackness dropped like goo near them, and people of the Twilight Realm formed from the dark substance.

Oh crap, what is going on now!?

"I think I have to go to the castle," Nate said. "The girl just suggested it in the text."

"Sweet stuff," Vince replied. "And now that you have some materials around you, maybe there is something good for Brandon to use."

"Hold on a sec." Nate brought up the menu option and then started exploring. "Hold the proverbial phone! There's a multiplayer option!"

"No way! Would I get Loink then?"

"Who knows," Nate shrugged. "We gotta check this out!"

"Multiplayer Breath of the Wild with super hacks!? who wouldn't play this," Vince gushed.

Nate kept the game paused, which kept Naomi, Brandon, and all the enemies frozen in place. Vince started looking around for extra controllers.

"Why didn't I think of that," Kyle said, smacking his face. "I could have paused the previous game and we might have found a way to get them out."

"I didn't think this game would let you do that," Tiffany said.

"There must be a way setting this up like Smash," Vince muttered.

"I don't think it would have worked that easily," Agent Miles said, trying to sooth Kyle. "I think this indeed game that requires that they play through it to get out."

"Oh man! I think that this game had brought back Twilight Princess! Dude! Dude! The ships might just sail here," Nate squealed with delight.

Vince soon got a new pair of controllers running, and the screen split.

"Well, that kinda detracts from the beauty of the game," Nate admitted.

"But still, this has gotta be the coolest thing ever! We're going to dominate now," Vince cheered. He looked at the menu for Naomi and then said, "Woah there! Check this out! I got the girl, and she a sword called Excalibur, and it can be enhanced. Just gotta use some of these items..."