Sara
Sep 20th, 2004, 10:27 PM
.hack//coma: Chapter 2
A/N: Please review.
Disclaimer: Someday… Someday it will be all mine!!!! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAHA!!!
~*~
I don’t know how long I slept…
But something changed in me during that time…
That I will never forget.
I remember waking up, trying to move my arms, my legs, seeing if I was okay.
Only to find out that I didn’t have any arms, any legs. No mouth, no voice.
My body was shaped now like a barbell, with a ring around the middle. Golden colored, and strands coming out of my body to attack, and sometimes attack and hurt people in real life….
Even into comas….
And in the back of my mind, the only part that would let me think for my own. I screamed a wordless scream that would make anyone’s voice raw, a scream full of pain and despair.
I became the guardian.
I heard Morganna’s voice, mocking, in my head, speaking to me as the guardian. “I hope you enjoy your new look… And also being my slave for eternity. No one can help you now.. I suggest you give in to it. Now.. Your first order is to wait for the boy named Tsukasa.”
I struggled, I fought, screaming again as raw pain shot through my small part of my own mind, and my mind, my own persona, collapsed, giving into Morganna’s will, my own personal hell.
I just wanted the pain to stop….
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The data drain bracelets points merged, even as that painful memory flashes through my mind.
I don’t want that again… I won’t have that again.
“HELP!!!!!!!” I scream one more time, desperately. The thought of having all that happen again from the painful memories of Morganna giving me strength to do so.
I hear a cracking noise, then the door bursts open even as the points start to point inwards. “SARA!!!” Helba yells, running in with Kamui right behind her. Several knights right on their heels, as they get ready for a fight.
Helba hurls her staff to the ground, and blinding rings of light come out as I collapse on the ground, gated out with everyone else in the prison except Skeith and the knights except Kamui. I shake uncontrollably from shock, as Kamui demands angrily on what was going on.
Helba, ignoring Kamui’s questions, walks over to me slowly, me still on the ground, shaking as Helba reaches me and places her hand on my shoulder. “Are you okay?” She asks softly.
I nod slowly, feeling myself slowly get back under control as Helba tries to calm me down, ignoring the others who are just staring. “Yeah…” I say, swallowing hard. “I’m fine. Thanks for saving our hides back there.”
Helba nods, then turns towards Kamui. “I take it you’re not happy with me hacking into your little dungeon and freeing your prisoners?” Kamui opens her mouth to reply, but before she has a chance, Helba interrupts. “I had to, deleting someone who is supposed to save the world is never a good idea, don’t you think?”
Shugo blinks, looking in shock about the new bit of info that he is given. “What? I’m supposed to save the world?!”
I stand up, still trembling from the fear and shock from what happened back there. “Yes… The person who has the bracelet is the one who’s supposed to save the world and the players who play it.” I smile, as his face grows paler at the thought of saving it. “Kite did the same when he started the world. Now it’s your turn. Of course.. You have to stop data draining players in the meantime.”
Shugo makes a face, looking defensive as he replies: “I only did that once.”
Anger surges through me, pouring into my veins as I glare back at him. “Yeah!! And you could’ve put that person in a coma!” I snap, reaching once again to my shoulder and rubbing it as if I’m in pain, even though there is none.
There is shocked silence as my words sink in, even Helba is quiet. She places a placating hand on my shoulder, trying to calm down my anger even though she knows where it’s coming from. I take deep breaths, trying to calm down as everyone stares at me.
Shugo is silent for a long time, looking even whiter as he replies. “No… I didn’t know. I’m….. Sorry. I had no clue.” He looks rebuked and sorry, feeling ashamed on what he had done to the other character, and slowly my anger fades away.
Rena clears her throat, looking confused on these sudden turn events that has happened since they got arrested. “Wait…. What stopped the player from going into a coma? Why did he just get turned halfway into a fish?”
Helba smiles, showing the confidence of a true hacker who loves to do her job. “I did, and I let him keep that image since I thought he looked better that way.” She says, ignoring Kamui’s glare as Kamui gates out. Helba looks at me, seeing that my rage has subsided almost completely. “Would you like to finish?”
I nod slowly, feeling my rage subside completely. “You need to stop Skeith and probably the rest of the phases, only then can you save the world.” I look at Helba in the corner of my eye and she shakes her head slightly, silently telling me not to talk about the other threat from the bracelet. “We start tomorrow. You guys rest up for tonight.”
Shugo and the rest of the group nod, gating out as I look over at Helba. “Do you think they can handle it?” I ask her, already feeling a twinge of doubt on how much we have to do in such a little amount of time. “I mean, we are at the disadvantage, last time we had Lios. Now we’re going at it with at least one of the phases as an administrators, not including the other phases who could be in the same positions.”
Helba frowns, deep in thought about my words. “I honestly don’t know. Maybe if Kite was here, with a lot more experience, and time. I could give you the answer, but I don’t know.” She looks away, and I can tell it’s bothering her even she doesn’t show it. “Work with them, we have been through this before, we can do it again.” She nods to me, and I nod back, smiling a little, more confident at her words, knowing she would never lie to me to make me feel reassured.
“I guess it’s time for you to go also.” I say after a few minutes, knowing how late it must be getting where she lives.
In the real world, the place I don’t even remember.
Helba nods silently, looking a little reluctant to go. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay all alone? I know you spent ten years here, but…” She trails off, looking uncertain.
I nod, forcing a confident smile as even my doubts rise. “I’ll be fine, Morganna hasn’t caught me so far, and who says she will now? Goodnight, Helba.”
Helba nods, looking like her regular self. “Goodnight Sara.” She says logging out as even my confidence wavers as I’m left alone.
I sigh, looking around in the field. For the last four years, I’ve been fine with being left alone, fending for myself in a field and eating berries, sleep not coming because of the haunting nightmares that plague me.
Now, I’m back in the fear, back where I was four years ago when Kite showed up with the bracelet and Morganna reared her ugly head last time.
Back with fears, back with doubts on whether or not I can stay away from Morganna and her minions, and away from the administrators who ruthlessly pursue me.
I stretch out flat on my back, wincing on the hard ground as I wonder as I do many a time on what a real bed feels like. I sigh, gazing at the virtual stars that seem so real to me, for me actually being my reality.
I wonder where my home is. Is it here? Or is it somewhere outside of… The World?
I used to have the straight answer years ago, that I don’t belong here. The real world is my home. But now….
But now I have my doubts on whether or not that’s true.
Seeing others come and go that were in comas adds to my doubts, to my fears that I don’t belong in the outside world.
I roll over on my stomach lost in thought about this game…
My reality.
I lay there, on my stomach deep in thought for hours before getting up, stretching the kinks out of my body as I pick up my spear. I guess I’ll check out the root town I think as I gate out to Mac Anu.
Only to have my eyes widen in surprise at the site I see.
Kamui, lying on the ground, semi-conscious as I kneel down and tap my emergency flash-mail device twice, having automatic forwarding to Helba if she isn’t on. “What happened?!” I demand, already entering the keywords to get back to another safe field that Helba and me only know about.
Kamui gasps one more time before she passes out; her words making my eyes go wide in fear:
“Skeith… He… He data drained me…”
TBC……..
~*~
A/N: Please comment.
A/N: Please review.
Disclaimer: Someday… Someday it will be all mine!!!! HEHEHEHAHAHAHAHA!!!
~*~
I don’t know how long I slept…
But something changed in me during that time…
That I will never forget.
I remember waking up, trying to move my arms, my legs, seeing if I was okay.
Only to find out that I didn’t have any arms, any legs. No mouth, no voice.
My body was shaped now like a barbell, with a ring around the middle. Golden colored, and strands coming out of my body to attack, and sometimes attack and hurt people in real life….
Even into comas….
And in the back of my mind, the only part that would let me think for my own. I screamed a wordless scream that would make anyone’s voice raw, a scream full of pain and despair.
I became the guardian.
I heard Morganna’s voice, mocking, in my head, speaking to me as the guardian. “I hope you enjoy your new look… And also being my slave for eternity. No one can help you now.. I suggest you give in to it. Now.. Your first order is to wait for the boy named Tsukasa.”
I struggled, I fought, screaming again as raw pain shot through my small part of my own mind, and my mind, my own persona, collapsed, giving into Morganna’s will, my own personal hell.
I just wanted the pain to stop….
~*~
The data drain bracelets points merged, even as that painful memory flashes through my mind.
I don’t want that again… I won’t have that again.
“HELP!!!!!!!” I scream one more time, desperately. The thought of having all that happen again from the painful memories of Morganna giving me strength to do so.
I hear a cracking noise, then the door bursts open even as the points start to point inwards. “SARA!!!” Helba yells, running in with Kamui right behind her. Several knights right on their heels, as they get ready for a fight.
Helba hurls her staff to the ground, and blinding rings of light come out as I collapse on the ground, gated out with everyone else in the prison except Skeith and the knights except Kamui. I shake uncontrollably from shock, as Kamui demands angrily on what was going on.
Helba, ignoring Kamui’s questions, walks over to me slowly, me still on the ground, shaking as Helba reaches me and places her hand on my shoulder. “Are you okay?” She asks softly.
I nod slowly, feeling myself slowly get back under control as Helba tries to calm me down, ignoring the others who are just staring. “Yeah…” I say, swallowing hard. “I’m fine. Thanks for saving our hides back there.”
Helba nods, then turns towards Kamui. “I take it you’re not happy with me hacking into your little dungeon and freeing your prisoners?” Kamui opens her mouth to reply, but before she has a chance, Helba interrupts. “I had to, deleting someone who is supposed to save the world is never a good idea, don’t you think?”
Shugo blinks, looking in shock about the new bit of info that he is given. “What? I’m supposed to save the world?!”
I stand up, still trembling from the fear and shock from what happened back there. “Yes… The person who has the bracelet is the one who’s supposed to save the world and the players who play it.” I smile, as his face grows paler at the thought of saving it. “Kite did the same when he started the world. Now it’s your turn. Of course.. You have to stop data draining players in the meantime.”
Shugo makes a face, looking defensive as he replies: “I only did that once.”
Anger surges through me, pouring into my veins as I glare back at him. “Yeah!! And you could’ve put that person in a coma!” I snap, reaching once again to my shoulder and rubbing it as if I’m in pain, even though there is none.
There is shocked silence as my words sink in, even Helba is quiet. She places a placating hand on my shoulder, trying to calm down my anger even though she knows where it’s coming from. I take deep breaths, trying to calm down as everyone stares at me.
Shugo is silent for a long time, looking even whiter as he replies. “No… I didn’t know. I’m….. Sorry. I had no clue.” He looks rebuked and sorry, feeling ashamed on what he had done to the other character, and slowly my anger fades away.
Rena clears her throat, looking confused on these sudden turn events that has happened since they got arrested. “Wait…. What stopped the player from going into a coma? Why did he just get turned halfway into a fish?”
Helba smiles, showing the confidence of a true hacker who loves to do her job. “I did, and I let him keep that image since I thought he looked better that way.” She says, ignoring Kamui’s glare as Kamui gates out. Helba looks at me, seeing that my rage has subsided almost completely. “Would you like to finish?”
I nod slowly, feeling my rage subside completely. “You need to stop Skeith and probably the rest of the phases, only then can you save the world.” I look at Helba in the corner of my eye and she shakes her head slightly, silently telling me not to talk about the other threat from the bracelet. “We start tomorrow. You guys rest up for tonight.”
Shugo and the rest of the group nod, gating out as I look over at Helba. “Do you think they can handle it?” I ask her, already feeling a twinge of doubt on how much we have to do in such a little amount of time. “I mean, we are at the disadvantage, last time we had Lios. Now we’re going at it with at least one of the phases as an administrators, not including the other phases who could be in the same positions.”
Helba frowns, deep in thought about my words. “I honestly don’t know. Maybe if Kite was here, with a lot more experience, and time. I could give you the answer, but I don’t know.” She looks away, and I can tell it’s bothering her even she doesn’t show it. “Work with them, we have been through this before, we can do it again.” She nods to me, and I nod back, smiling a little, more confident at her words, knowing she would never lie to me to make me feel reassured.
“I guess it’s time for you to go also.” I say after a few minutes, knowing how late it must be getting where she lives.
In the real world, the place I don’t even remember.
Helba nods silently, looking a little reluctant to go. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay all alone? I know you spent ten years here, but…” She trails off, looking uncertain.
I nod, forcing a confident smile as even my doubts rise. “I’ll be fine, Morganna hasn’t caught me so far, and who says she will now? Goodnight, Helba.”
Helba nods, looking like her regular self. “Goodnight Sara.” She says logging out as even my confidence wavers as I’m left alone.
I sigh, looking around in the field. For the last four years, I’ve been fine with being left alone, fending for myself in a field and eating berries, sleep not coming because of the haunting nightmares that plague me.
Now, I’m back in the fear, back where I was four years ago when Kite showed up with the bracelet and Morganna reared her ugly head last time.
Back with fears, back with doubts on whether or not I can stay away from Morganna and her minions, and away from the administrators who ruthlessly pursue me.
I stretch out flat on my back, wincing on the hard ground as I wonder as I do many a time on what a real bed feels like. I sigh, gazing at the virtual stars that seem so real to me, for me actually being my reality.
I wonder where my home is. Is it here? Or is it somewhere outside of… The World?
I used to have the straight answer years ago, that I don’t belong here. The real world is my home. But now….
But now I have my doubts on whether or not that’s true.
Seeing others come and go that were in comas adds to my doubts, to my fears that I don’t belong in the outside world.
I roll over on my stomach lost in thought about this game…
My reality.
I lay there, on my stomach deep in thought for hours before getting up, stretching the kinks out of my body as I pick up my spear. I guess I’ll check out the root town I think as I gate out to Mac Anu.
Only to have my eyes widen in surprise at the site I see.
Kamui, lying on the ground, semi-conscious as I kneel down and tap my emergency flash-mail device twice, having automatic forwarding to Helba if she isn’t on. “What happened?!” I demand, already entering the keywords to get back to another safe field that Helba and me only know about.
Kamui gasps one more time before she passes out; her words making my eyes go wide in fear:
“Skeith… He… He data drained me…”
TBC……..
~*~
A/N: Please comment.