Dramatic darkness is the first thing Chris realizes. Then the shining light in his eyes. Then that he wants to sleep in. The world can go on if Chris O'Neill decides not to get up today, especially after that crazy dream. Oh yeah. The dream. Was it a dream? Of course it was he tells himself. How else could he have seen all those things? He gave up trying to think and began to drift off, but the bright light persisted.
"Uhh, I think he's waking up." an unfamiliar voice that was way to close said. Chris's eyes burst open, only to close again from that damn bright light.
"Hey, HEY ! Move over Dare, go man the radar. He needs to see something familiar first." Chris recognizes the voice and soon focuses his vision on his good friend Julian. Chris tries to get up but Julian pushes him back into the bed.
"Julian? What's going-"
Julian turns the light off as he speaks.
"Hey, hey shh Chris, chill out. You need to rest, you were heavily affected by the virus."
Chris sighs and relaxes his body. " so I'm just sick? Oh thank god. Julian I had this crazy dream that DingDong was like, acting all weird n' stuff. It was more like a nightmare, really. Wait how the FUCK did you get in my apartment????" Chris asked confused as he looked around, realizing he wasn't in his bedroom, or his apartment for that matter.
He was in some weird bunker looking thing, with several other people at computers and tables, bent over whispering or completely silent.
"Chris I know it can be a lot to take in. Just look around, ask questions and I'll answer them. Just let me explain what got us here." Julian sighs, his face looking tired and over worked. Now as he's waking up, Chris is realizing the long scar Jules has on the bridge of his nose.
Julian began; "Chris, a while ago, a little more than a week, smaller Youtubers and Streamers started to disappear without a trace. Just gone. It was weird, but not too many people noticed, until Sean was gone. Jacksepticeye's channel stopped uploading , he stopped tweeting, and no one could reach him. Other larger Youtubers went missing off the face of the earth. And then, DingDong. And you'd think the authorities would notice, but the thing is, the YouTubers and Streamers got replaced by weird fake clones that were so plastic that quite a few people saw through their charade. Remember The Matrix Chris? Like that. Expect more like goggles that made us see that everything was fine. " Julian looked around, as if doing a headcount. He nodded then looked back at Chris. "So quite a few of us went into hiding, trying to find out friends. While looking to see if anyone was missing, Matt realized that it wasn't that you weren't posting, but that you couldn't. You just tweeted yesterday that your wifi had been down. Matt knew he had to find you, so he rushed to your place, not realizing he was followed. Soon the virus caught up to him and tried to put your metaphorical goggles back on. He manged to send a distress signal, and I got you both just in time."
Julian looks over to a bed not far from Chris, where a young man who looks kinda like Ryan, is tending to Matt, who lays unconscious.
"He risked his life to save you, Chris." Julian was talking in a serious tone, something he rarely did. Was Julian gonna cry?
"Jules are you gonna cry" Chris asked him.
"No wtf dude I'm too cool and manly for that now."
"So you're like the unlikely leader of this group?"
"Yeah" Julian said, sounding satisfied with himself. Soon his relaxed air turned into a cold and angry demeanor. Chris didn't know what to do, and the unknown dude was the first thing he saw.
"So uh,, who's that Pokemon???" Chris asked in a dumb voice. Julian cracked a smile and chuckled.
"That's Ryatt."
Chris stares at Julian.
"You mean Ryan???? I mean he sure has changed alot I guess. Didn't know he changed his name too."
Julian looks surprised, and then smacks his forehead.
"Woops, forgot you didn't know about the fusions. So basically, the clones of the youtubers that were made to take their spot were exact copies, and in order for them to be able to manipulate them, they had to pick and choose what parts of the person they wanted. And basically, these guys are the trash of the clones, but they mutated into physical manifestation of YouTube channels. So yeah. That's Ryatt, or SuperMega. They're mentally linked with the person they're a copy of too, so be careful with Julie. God Chris this is a lot of info at once but we have to get you up to speed. Darin! Ryatt! Julie! Come say Hi!"
Chris was sitting upright as he saw 3 figures walk towards him. The first to greet him was diplomatic, as he extends his hand to Chris for a handshake. "Nice to finally meet you Chris. I am Darin, of Dan and Arin of Game Grumps. I hope you recover well, please tell me if you need anything." Darin had long hair that teached below his shoulders, with odd hair that seemed to be straight until it reached the bottom where it got curly. His two bangs that parted in yhe middle to frame his face were a light blond, unlike his facial hair which was more a dark brown like his hair. He looked young, probably around 30 years old, though it was hard to tell since he was like, 2 people. he smiles sweetly as Chris thanks him.
The second person was the Supermega one. He waved and introduced himself. "Hi, we're Rya-no wai-Mat-ah fuck wait-Ryatt. I'm Ryatt. Like riot and wyatt, but like, not. You know?" he laughed nervously. It was obvious that he wasn't as sure of his identity as Darin. Ryatt had very neutral brown hair, with a little tuft that came out of his backwards snapback hat. He had a little stubble, but it was dark and just barely visible. He seemed quite young, probably around 21 years old. Chris introduced himself back.
The last fusion-mutant-person came as a shock to Chris. I mean, how weird would it be to see your features on someone else? The poor guy also just stared at him, examining Chris as well. He touched his own hair and nose, which where practically identical to Chris's, except his hair was dark like Julian's. He had super bright blue eyes, and looked super young, probably about 18 years old. When he saw the fusion reach to touch his own hair, Chris realized that this fusion had white paw-like hands and feet that faded when they reached the joints, and then the white clashes with the tan of his skin that he got from Julian. Our personas, chris thought , of course he's have the alien features of DingDong.
"Julidingplays" he pointed at himself. The shock was a lot, and that was all he could say to Chris. Chris did the same, saying his name to Julidingplays.
"You look like me." they said in unison before being surprised. Julian, Darin and Ryatt stared for a second before they laughed. Chris joined, and then Julidingplays.
"It's just like, wow. I feel like, connected to you? Almost as if you're a part of me, like my son." Chris says now that he's more comfortable.
"He is mentally linked to us. And we're both kinda like his dads. Right julie?" Julian looks to him. Julidingplays gives a light chuckle as he rubs his neck. It seems he isn't much of a talker, at least not yet.
"Well, we've got a lot to do today, and there's still more people for you to meet, Chris. Let's start with-" Julian began, before all of us turned to face Matt who had just woken up, but began to scream in pain and agony.
