Friday, October 9, 2009
"WHAT!" David exclaimed.
Xavier's eyes widened.
"Silence, talk the walk, let us move silently," said the cloaked figure. "You guys owe me cookies!"
Before they could enter the lift, the cloaked figure pulled them both up. Then in a blink of an eye, they were at Level Three.
"I thought only lecturers can teleport?!" Xavier exclaimed.
"I will explain to all of you later," replied the mystery person with a hiss. Her eyes shadowed by the wide hood above her head. She brandished a huge staff in one hand, and a scimitar on the other. Her cloak, was a grand scarlet, and the black glyphs glowed slightly.
In one of the wrecked comtra labs, where data of the school was supplied to students, Yee Meng, Daryl and Sam were waiting.
"Hey! Xavier!" Yee Meng shot up happily. "We found Adz's location!"
"What about the rest? Hua Feng? Rayiant? Xin Yi...?!"
"All still M.I.A..." said Daryl, sleepily.
"Who is this?!" Yee Meng pointed out, at the cloaked figure standing still before them.
Immediately, she removed her hood. Sam gasped.
"Cheryl?! You're alive!" Sam exclaimed happily, and went on to hug her.
"Actually... I'm not," she replied briefly.
"Cheryl...?" Yee Meng began to enquire. "Your data signature does not appear on the projector!"
"Hahahahaha! That's because I'm 14,899 yeas old!" she laughed, hysterically.
"WHAT?!"
"I am a celestial, so I'm not really a part of this world," she said. "I can change all of you into cookies if I want, but I can't!"
"Cheryl, you kidding me aren't you?" Samuel questioned, suddenly vehemently.
"No... Samuel, I've always wanted to tell you this secret; and there's more...But I will tell it to you later," Cheryl turned to Daryl. "Daryl, Rui Yi has cursed you with queer powers, though it gives you additional power, you MUST NEVER USE IT, for you cannot control it!"
"What, I got more power and I can't use them!?" Daryl exclaimed.
"I shall tell you more about Rui Yi... She's the one who sent me here," Cheryl said silently.
"WHAT!" Yee Meng shot up. "THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO KILL US TOO?"
"Rui Yi is giving you guys a test, and you guys have to get out this alive..."
"What if we don't?" Yee Meng asked.
"You die for real," Cheryl replied curtly. "Wahahahahahaha!"
Just then, the ceiling started to crumble. Insectoid creatures came crawling out of them. The crackling of their carapace knocked against each other was loud, and like a wave they started to crawl...
"RUN!"
Cheryl leaped and in an instant, she was gone. The group satrted to barge out of the door, and the horde of insects streamed from all directions.
"Get out!" Xavier commanded, and they dashed towards the door leading to the corridors. Then in front of them, a giant rock-like creature stood in front of a long flight of stairs that the group intended to escape to. Xavier turned and fired at the bugs. The bugs scattered, flying in many directions. Green liquid oozed out from the exploded sacs.
"Where are you? Cheryl?!"
Yee Meng waved his hand, and a gust of wind slammed into the bugs. Just then, the golem began to move towards them, cornering them into a corner. But they quickly ran out, into the open field just away from the lift. Yee Meng and Xavier were blasting bugs after bugs, and very quickly felt exhausted. Then Xavier used the very last ounces of his energy and summoned a thundercloud.
"Scripting in progress," the software replied. Carefully, the functions and variations were set automatically, and the thundercloud animation could be played. The thundercloud automatically struck the bugs, destroying most of them. But it had no effect on the golem.
"How many frames did you put for the thundercloud?"
"395, can last us for abit," Xavier replied.
Daryl managed a surprisingly powerful kick despite his size and pushed the golem back. But the golem only recoiled abit, and continued to move slowly towards them. It slammed his gigantic arms on the ground, and rends of brick came flying towards them. They leaped to the sides avoiding the spikes.
"Chee bye! It's damn strong!" Daryl exclaimed.
The golem's eyes now turned a crimson red, and it shot laser beams towards them randomly, trying to hit one of them, aimlessly.
"But it's not smart!" Daryl smiled.
This was the first time Daryl used his new found power, he could feel more chi than he had before he had learnt that very bit of martial art.
"Smouldering Fist!"
His bluish aura turned a crimson red, and he punched the golem with suck immense power it cracked almost immediately. But it was still not enough to finish it off. David fired his wacom into the cracks of the golem, and a rose symbol appeared on top of the golem's head. Suddenly the golem caught fire, but it did not seem to bother it.
Daryl was still recharging his energy and within attacking range.
Quickly, Xavier input some codes into his software and numbers started appearing on the golem's head. Then the golem simply exploded from where it stood.
"Woah! What did you do Xavier?!"
"I just multiplied the damage Daryl did to the golem by 0.5," he replied. "Lucky it works."
The bugs started to back off, and the afternoon sun had faded.
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