《Blue Screen Blues》B2: Chapter 6: ...And the Horse you Rode In On.
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As all of them Read the Warning message, Zephyr gets Hyper and starts randomly and playfully poking Ryan's back.
"Sounds like we have a boss fight Ahead" Ryan said out loud while placing his hand on his chin.
"I don't feel really safe doing a boss fight with Kannell in this state. She has never acted this way before running into her ex-boyfriend. This Tank is Trash, but at the same time he looks like my Hero Ronnie Radke. I'm not going to Abandon him, but Kannell does have a great point. His build makes no sense and is a liability. You know what fuck it; I have purgatory active so if I die, Greena can just Revive me and I'll kick him out of this party" Ryan thought to him self as he reads the message on the wall.
He stares at the part of the message that says:
"This creature was made by Yulee herself, and is Chaos in its Purest form"
A chill runs down his spine when he tries to imagine what that means. He's picturing a another pissed off succubus, or a "Fed" Warlock like Ponce and Dahvie. He looks at the dark corridor head and takes a deep breath. He is scared right now, and his Girlfriend Zephyr picks up on this somehow. She gives him a Sweet hug from behind and squeezes just right. She also Purrs in his ear, which tickles a little bit. He turns his head around at her and she was smiling at him and slowly wagging her tail. He takes another deep breath and when he exhales most of his doubt exits his body along with it.
"Joseph, I have a burning Question" Ryan says.
"Whats up dude" He Replies.
"You...Look Familiar. Very Familiar. You look like one of my Hero's I looked up to. Are you Ronnie Radke by chance?" He asks him.
"I don't know who that is bro" He replies sincerely to Ryan.
"Oh, okay. Its Not big deal" Ryan told him while they moved forward into the tunnel.
"Why whats up?" He replied while Kannell shoves Joseph out of her way.
"Oh nothing. You just looked like someone from the world I came from is all" Ryan tells him as Kannell raises her lantern up at the Ceiling looking for signs of booby traps.
"Hang on. Another world? You mean like a place called "Earth"? He replies.
"Yes! That's the name of it. How do you know of it?" Ryan asked seeming interested.
"I don't know of it really, But I met a Young black girl at one point before I got sent to prison for that bullshit that happened inside the Faterra Jurisdiction near the Guillotine PVP corridor. She asked me the same question as you did if I was this "Ronnie Radke" Guy, I told her I didn't know who he was either. But heres the weird thing. I have this weird feeling in my heart that I may have lived a past life somewhere. I think that because I keep having nightmares every now and again, I was in some weird place with these huge giant buildings everywhere" He told Ryan as they kept moving down the passage.
"Tell me more about that Dream" Ryan asked him.
"Theres nothing really to the Dream. I just remember Following 2 random Dudes who were carrying these weird looking lutes in their hands. Then We walked behind and downhill of this Huge Rectangle Wagon looking thing that had a lot of Windows and a huge colorful painting thing on the side of it. Then I remember somone yelling "Hey! You Forgot to set the Brakes!!!" in the background. When I looked behind me this huge freaking wagon thing was rolling downhill backwards toward me and hit me. But that's all I can remember of the dream though. I had that same exact dream like 5 times and it makes me really think I lived another life." He explained to Ryan.
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"Holy Crap, what he just Described was a Tour Bus! This has to be Ronnie Radke. If that asshole Dahvie Vanity was here in this game world, then there should be no doubt this guy is in here too. Fuck it I'm going to give him a chance" Ryan thought to himself seeming a little happier now.
"It sounds like in your past life you were killed by a Tour Bus that was..." Ryan starts to laugh and snicker a little bit.
"...Falling in Reverse" He said while laughing uncontrollably.
Joseph looks at him and thinks hard about his dream.
"You know what, Tour bus does feel like a word I know somehow" He tells Ryan.
Ryan pulls himself together and they Stop at a Red Brick wall that looked like it was put up in a hurry.
Ryan puts his hand on the wall and taps it with his hand. He then beats it with his palm a few times and takes a deep breath.
"Okay Kannell, blow it up" Ryan orders her.
"You Sure Ryan?" She asks him while taking a few steps back.
"Yep. Do it. I'm Ready for the Boss Fight" Ryan said with confidence now that he knows his Hero is on his team.
"Alrighty then Stand back Guys" She said while getting ready to cast her spell. Suddenly Greena behind her Casts [Shadow Blast] Beam at full power and knocks it down before her. The explosion Echoes down the cave and sends bits of Brick and rock debris flying everywhere.
"What the hell?" Kannell said while looking at Greena.
"Save your Mana, I'm bored" Greena said in a Numb tone.
Ryan pulls out his phone and Scans Greena and notices she has 14% mana left. They walk forward into the cave and hear flowing water. Greena takes off her Shoes and walks into the water and her Mana Starts to Recover super quick.
"What the hell? How are you Recovering mana so quick?" he asks Greena.
"I'm an Elf Ryan, we are nicked named "Wet-Foots" for a Reason. We Regenerate health and Resources quickly by standing in water" She explained cheerfully.
"Oh, I didn't know that" Ryan replied with a smile and happy he learned something new today.
The team then walk further into the corridor and see another Warning message with a Skeleton of a person who looked like they died a very long time ago laying next to knocked over super rusty can of paint and a moldy paint brush. The message Read:
"I CHOOSE TO HOLD BACK THE DEMON WHILE MY ALLIES WALLED UP THE DOOR BEHIND ME. I KNOW I AM GOING TO DIE IN THIS PLACE, BUT IF YOU ARE READING THIS PLEASE HONOR MY SACAFICE AND DO NOT LET IT ESCAPE INTO THE MAIN WORLD! THIS BEAST IS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. IT KILLED OUR HEALER AND WE GOT OUR ASSES HANDED TO US. I BEG YOU TO TURN BACK NOW AND RESEAL THAT DOOR!
Everyone reads this message and another chill runs Down Ryan's spin. Greena walks out of the water and knells down at the body of this fallen Crusader. She Then looks up at the Roof.
Since shes a Shadow priest, she was the only one that sees the Tormented Spirted of that Crusader that was Trapped down here somehow. She walks over to the Skeleton and Blesses him. Suddenly the crusader above her head smiles at her and salutes her as a portal opens above him. The Spirit then walks through it and disappears. Suddenly Her eyes glow blue Indicating she just leveled up. She just Hit Level 27.
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Ryan's phone then beeps, and he checks his message. Greena had a +6 Level alert by her name and he scratches his head.
"What did you just do?" Ryan asked seeming confused.
"Sometimes the Souls of the dead get Trapped inside enclosed places, and buildings. That man who died Inside here wasn't able to pass on. I mean we are underground after all; So, I just sent his soul to his final Resting place. By doing so got a massive amount of experience for help guiding that Aged soul to where he belongs. Since I gained 6 levels for doing that, I can predict this man died around 400 to 500 years ago. This is like one of key main responsibilities as a priest" She explained to Ryan while standing up straight.
"So, the Older the soul, the more Experience you gain" Zephyr said with a cheerful smile.
"Exactly" She said as walks behind the group.
"Want to head back and send all those souls of those skeletons we just fought?" Noodle asked her.
"Those are soulless demons. They actually looked like they were put here by Yulee at some point" She tells him.
"What for?" Ryan asked seeming interested.
"Don't know, but she did it for a reason" She tells them while crossing her arms with her staff in her hand.
"Alrighty, well let's keep heading further down here. Let's Avenge that guy" Noodle said while pulling out his sword and leading the group further into the tunnel. As they head into the next room they look up and can see the calming blue light of the River above them again. "This place is so Pretty!" Zephyr yells in excitement.
Suddenly Ryan's Phone starts beeping again. It was putting off a Critical noise he never heard before. It sounded like an Emergency alert.
This freaks out the whole entire Team, even him.
"What the hell is that thing Ryan?" Noodle asks him.
"It's a Trinket from my old world, its very useful to me" Ryan replies.
"Why is it making that noise? And was responsible for playing that Awesome song 40 minutes ago?"
"Yes, it plays music, and I don't know. That noise is reserved for Emergency alerts in my world Like Tornados, or Urgent messages. I don't know why its making this noise!" He said while his phone continues to make this terrifying noise.
Suddenly his phone plays a warning message on speaker.
"Extreamly High level Boss Detected in Area! Take Shelter Immediately!" His phone warned him with a Computer voice.
"What the hell! That is creepy!" Noodle said while taking a step back from Ryan's phone.
His phone then pages 3 more times with that Emergence Alert Noise. Everyone looks at the Corridor ahead and can see a shadow coming. The Shadow appeared to be tall and appeared to be getting closer. Ryan was Freaking out and started getting scared. Along with Noodle and Zephyr.
Kannell slowly stepped back too and popped up her [Mana Shield]
"Umm guys I'm having second thoughts about this!" Zephyr said in a very terrified voice.
Everyone then started backing up to the door and started panicking as that shadow revealed it was getting closer to them. Greena wasn't scared and stood her ground while she looked at the others back away.
As soon as they saw something come around that corner the everyone screamed and Ran away. As they ran away Zephyr looked back and stopped. Everyone else looked back also and stopped running away.
Behind them was a Little Yellow Baby Duck that was innocently waddling around wearing a suit and a tie with a little cute name tag that said "Hugo" on it.
"Aww its so cute!" Kannell said while walking toward it. The others then follow her as she leans down near it.
Then Zephyr and Greena also go "Aww" and are mesmerized at how cute this thing is.
"I'm confused where is the boss?" Noodle said while slowly peaking around the tunnel the back duck waddled out of. He Slowly enters in the chamber of the next room and looks around and it was completely small and empty. There was nothing in here. He walks back to everyone and scratches his head.
"There is nothing in the next room? Where is the Boss at?" Noodle asked while sheathing his sword.
"Wait there is nothing in the next room really?" Kannell asked while she leans down to pet the duck with her finger.
"Yes, theres nothing in there. Unless there is another room I'm not seeing" He said as Zephyr and Greena walk cautiously around the corner. They take a peek inside and just see a dead end. They scratch their heads also in disbelief.
"Kannell, he's right there is nothing in that room" Zephyr tells her.
"The warning back there said its Evil in its purest form. It must have slipped into the shadows did you look up at the roof?" Kannell said as she rubbed this cute little baby ducks chin.
"No, we didn't hang on" Zephyr said while looking up at the blue water above their heads. Suddenly the duck bites Kannell's finger and she screams in pain. She falls over on her face and grabs her stomach. Ryan phone starts to beep, and he checks it.
"What the hell? Why are you at 5% health? Ryan asks Kannell.
"I don't know! I feel like I just took a critical hit from something!" She screams as she forces herself to get up.
Greena then Heals her back up, and she starts to scream in pain.
"AHHHHHH!!!! Greena! That fucking hurts!" Kannell screams as she stands back up. Greena covers her mouth and starts laughing. The look on Greena's face clearly showed she was enjoying this.
Ryan looks at his phone and notices Kannell was back at 98% health and Watches Zephyr go into the other room and look up.
"I don't see anything!" She shouts while walking out.
"Keep your Eyes peeled something just landed a Critical hit on me through my Mana Shield!" Kannell said while staring at this Adorable cute little baby Ducks Suit and Tie. The duck tries to bite her finger again and she pulls away her hand.
"No! Bad Little Ducky Bad!" She said while hitting it on the head twice with her index finger.
As she Taps it hard on it's in the head with her finger, the baby duck's Eyes glow Demonic red.
As the same time Ryan scans the duck just for fun its Stats come back with 9,001 Health and it's Level was "!!!"
"Huh?" Ryan said seeming confused at the stats. Suddenly the Duck fires Laser beams out of its eyes and hits Ryan. This causes an explosion that Sends him Flying toward a wall. As soon as he hits the wall his phone starts to let out a Critical beeping tone that was familiar to the girls. His health goes to 0% and the world fades to Black.
In Front of him was another Blue Screen of Death and this pisses him off. He Starts to tap his foot Angerly as a very familiar message appears in front of him.
☹ The Connection to your Body has ran into a problem it couldn't handle a needs to restart.
"God Fucking Damn it! That was the fucking boss all along!" He screams as he stomps his foot in anger.
Suddenly he appears in Arcadia's Blue and Green Respawn room. He looks over at this Russian Agnostic Emo Goddess and she was reading a Book called: "Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon"
Behind him was a Screen Shes been watching and she was smirking at Ryan. She Hides her face behind the book and can't hold it in anymore.
She falls out of her Throne laughing her ass off.
"YA ne mogu dyshat'!" She screamed in Russian while still laughing at him.
"You got your ass Handed to you by that malen'kaya suka utka! She screamed out loud and still laughing.
"I'm going to kill that fucking thing!" He screams in rage as he looks over at the screen behind him. He can see Everyone in the boss room was running around in circles like a crazy Radio trying to out race its Laser beam eyes.
"You got your ass Roflstomped by that thing! It's so funny! OMG This is so fucking funny!" She screamed while laying on her back.
"Stop laughing at me! I didn't know it was a boss!" He cried in embarrassment at her.
"Come on dude! There were warning signs everywhere! How did you not see that? The Suit and the Tie? Come on dude. Why did you let you guard down!?" She said while laughing at him some more.
"I know there were warning signs, but I didn't expect the boss to be a little 9-inch baby duck!" He cried out in shame.
He then looks over the view screen and can see Kannell hiding behind Noodle while a Laser blast zips past her. It hits Noodle in the chest, and he doesn't feel a thing. He stands still completely Unaware that he's been hit and scratches his head as the duck continues to blast him with this explosive laser beam. Then he can see Zephyr in a pissed off state stabbing this duck from behind and it swiping it's little baby wing at her sending her flying into the wall.
"Holy shit that little thing is really OP!" Ryan said while laughing at Zephyr flying through the air.
She lands on her feet and you can see Greena Healing her up and her being stunned with pain and screaming Through this silent screen. Then Greena points over at Ryan's dead body and casts a spell.
A familiar tone rocks the room. He could here a Horn blowing and a Portal Opening up behind Arcadia's Throne.
"Oh, she Battle Rez'ed you. Well you better get going! She said while still laughing at him.
She gives him a Quick kiss on the Kiss on the cheek and he stomps toward the portal angrily.
"Stop dying Emo Kid!" She yells sarcastically while still laughing at the fact this baby duck killed him.
Ryan then shoots her the bird and he charges through the portal.
He wakes up and finds himself laying against the wall and the other 4 running away from the laser beams of this little annoying demon.
Ryan charges up [Ball lightning] and activates Lighting mode and lets the spell fly out from his hands.
The spell hits it, and it is stunned for 3 seconds. This allows for Zephyr to stab him in the rear 6 times, while Greena, Kannell and Noodle start their attacks on it as well.
Ryan then Picks up his cellphone and puts on the song "Debonair" From Dope on Global mode. This mode was way louder then Party mode, but he was pissed. The song's Buff provided a 40% Reduction in magic damage to all members in his party.
Ryan then takes out his sword and charges toward it and starts attacking it.
Kannell then jumps up and starts Hovering in the air, while Ryan and Noodle and Zephyr back away from it. She then Starts Raining down [Arcane Barrage] on it while. Then the Duck starts Firing its Lasers again. He starts aiming for Ryan, and he starts running around the Room. He runs behind noodle, and the beams connect and explode on him, but he doesn't budge.
"Is this supposed to hurt?" Noodle asks sarcastically. Ryan then fires another [Ball Lighting] spell in Lighting mode and fires it at the duck. Stunning it for another 3 seconds. Ryan, Zephyr and Noodle then starts attacking it, and then the duck falls over on its face.
"Take that you little shit!" Ryan said while spiting on it. Then punting it like a football. The poor little cute bird hits the wall, and its eyes then glow Yellow. It gets up and flaps its wings angerly. It then Quacks demonically and starts to Grow in size. It Grows 3 feet high and mysteriously also grows hair on its head. It had black hair and starts to screech in rage. The Hair it just randomly grew on its head starts to stand up and it's body starts to Glow yellow.
It then starts breathing out fire out of its mouth and starts to fire upgraded lasers from its eyes. This catches everyone off guard and they all scatter.
"Fuck it's a 2-stage boss!" Noodle said while running to get near Kannell.
"Did that mother fucker just go Super Saiyan?" Ryan screamed in disbelief.
The duck then fires an attack at Zephyr, and she tries to get out of the way, but gets damaged. The attacks knocks her down to 20% health, and Greena Rushes to the water and starts casting [Shadow Heal] on Zephyr. She screams, and then she casts [Throw Knife] at the duck to get its attention. She did that because Ryan was casting another [Ball Lightning] Spell at it on Lighting mode. He casts his spell and it hits it, but it doesn't stun it. Kannell then Pops up her [Mana Shield] and starts running around and spamming [Arcane Shockwave] on it. while Noodle joins in with her and starts attacking it.
"Fuck this little shit!" Ryan Screams while putting on the song: "Fuck You And All Your Friends" By Falling In Reverse.
They all start attacking and focusing their attacks on this duck.
"I Don't know why, but I Really like this song for some reason!" Noodle screams while attacking the duck from the Rear. Ryan then Switches up his spell mode to Fire mode. He then Charges up [Ball Lightning] at full blast and lets it go. It hits the Duck and looks like it was super effective on him.
"You Think this song is a little too extreme for this duck?" Zephyr says sarcastically while jamming out to the song while laying down quick stabs on this beast.
The duck then looks over at Ryan again and Fires his Lasers at him and Launches a fireball at him. He stops casting his {Ball Lighting] Spell and Evades the attack.
"Non-Sense! Fuck this little SHIT! He killed me! Fuck him and his Creator!" Ryan screams while running behind Noodle. Noodle raises his sword and absorbs the Blasts. While Ryan charges up his spell and hits it again.
Kannell then gets up in the Air again and Lets loose [Arcane Barrage] on it. The duck then locks on to her and fires his Laser beams at her. This pops her [Mana Shield], and also knocks her out of the air.
While laying on the ground Kannell then starts spamming [Arcane Shockwave] on it and it starts charging at her. Noodle takes his sword and drives it deep into the ducks chest. This damages it for a lot of damage, but it takes its wing and shoves him into the wall. You could here another loud snap, and Ryan looks at his health. Greena like a woman who knows her role, immediately precedes to make him sing. Ryan then steps up and hops on this things back and starts stabbing it with his sword. He then notices Greena Charging up her [Shadow Blast] Spell at 100% When she charges it completely up, he hops off and runs away and dives down and covers his head. Her blast kills the thing and sends Dust and Feathers flying everywhere in the room.
When the Dust Settles, all that was left was 2 chests, and a special black and blue sword that had special ruins carved in the blade. Noodle runs over to the blade and picks it up.
"Can I have this thing?" He asks the group.
"Go for it!" Ryan said while giving him a thumbs up.
Feeling proud that this little shit is dead Ryan lays back against a wall and slides down onto the ground. His adrenaline was going, and he was trying to catch his breath. He takes out his phone and scans the sword he just got and its said [Lightning Rage, Cursed Blade of the Zephyr Chaser] Ryan reads this and starts laughing uncontrollably.
"THIS SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR!" He thought to himself while still laughing his ass off.
"Of course, this guy going to get this sword!" He thought to himself while standing up and walking over to a Random chest.
He finds an enchanted +25 Spell power shirt in the chest. It had A Black chest color, with Red and black stripped sleeves.
When he sees the Red and black stripped emo shirt he jumps in joy and takes off his gear, and his old shirt off, and puts this shirt on. He then puts his battle uniform that Zephyr gave him over it and the Black and Red Strips make him look bad ass. He then walks over to Zephyr and pets her, then gives her a kiss.
Zephyr then opens her chest up and finds some Jewelry. She finds a Teleportation neckless that she throws over to Kannell since she doesnt have the class to use it, and then she finds a really cute Choker that she finds on the bottom of the chest. She then puts on the Black Leather choker over her neck and feels sexy.
Ryan and everyone then leave the room and walk toward the main corridor Reflecting on what the hell just happened.
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