posted October 12, 2001 10:34 AM            

The scene opens up during a damp night at the weekly Game Hits tourny. Capcom Vs. SNK 2 is in the air as players from accross Lansing go head to head in a brutal compition to determine the greatest fighter in the area. Battles went and came and the time itself seemed to slow and stop. Nothing was new. Shawn was laughing outloud, Matt C was bragging, and kids were playing games in the corner.

Suddenly Adam came up to ****, who was busy behind the counter ringing up person after idiot for cold beverages...

-Adam N: Hey ****, wanna see something cool?

-****: Hold on a sec.................................... Ok, what is it Adam?

Adam suddenly holds up a strange diamond. It's color glems with beauty showing a dead blood red. The light making it glimmer from its surface, but most of all, its inscription...

-****: Adam, what the hell is that?

-Adam N: Come on ****, I bought it off E-bay, isn't it neat? It only cost me fifty bucks...... I'll make a deal with you, I'll trade you this for a copy of Tony Hawk 2 and Final Fantasy X?

-****: HA! Like I would ever do such a thing! Here let me see it..?

Adam gives it to ****. **** begins to look it over gazing into its icey surface. He slowly and gentle runs his fingers over the inscription. It's language obviously not that of English...

-****: Adam, what language is this?

-Adam N: I havn't the slightest clue, the description said it was dated back to ancient times, yet there's a legend that says if you wish hard enough, it can make certain realitys become your own..... or something like that...... So how about it?

-****: Don't make me repeat myself!

**** turns his head away from Adam attending to other Game Hits like work dutys. Suddenly Adam begins to speak again....

-Adam: Hey ****, do you think you could give me Resident Evil 2 from behind there?

-****: Aaaaaaaaaaa, I don't think we have any copys.

A sudden pause comes about the area...

-Adam: Ya you do, there's 4 copys over there on the shelf!

-****: Ooohh those copys, ya here, bring it back though.

**** quickly hands Adam the discs and Adam wanders back over to the corner. Meanwhile Chris T begins to jump up in fury...

Chris T: DAMN IT I LOST AGAIN!!!!!

Matt K begins to walk away with a slight laugh in his voice towards the group of Kevin and Russ...

-Kevin: Represent!!!

-Russ: ..... aaa good job Matt.

Suddenly gun fire can be heard through out the room as Zombie moans come shortly after.

-Shawn: Hey! Turn it down, we're trying to play a game over here!

-Adam N: Aaa sorry Shawn....

Adam quickly turns the volumn down making sure it dosn't exceed a certain volumn......

-------A Few Hours Later------

Time went by slowly as it only appears to be 9pm. The loser bracket has just started up as Carl finished up the Winners bracket with the win to top it off. The outside now as started to get foggy, car lights and street lights could barely be made out. Cheers are in the air as Carl celebrates with a ice cold Coke. A few people begin to step outside making the inside roomier. Carl and Kevin step outside as Chris T trys his luck again aginest the evil Dayne in a attempt to regain glory. Matt K jumps on the computer as normal and begins typing up web addresses. However, the outside begins to get foggier...

Kevin and Carl quickly come in.....

-Kevin: Guys! It's getting really bad outside! I can't even find my car!

-Carl: Me nether...... that's if I drove it here.

Adam suddenly comes up towards **** not looking so well....

-Adam N: ****, I don't feel to well, do you have any Tylenol back there?

-****: Nope sorry man, why don't you step outside and get some fresh air. That could make you feel better.

-Adam: Ya right! No one can see two feet in front of themselfs outside! I'll just go splash some water on my face...

A few people go outside going to get some fresh air from the heat inside the small Game store. The fog dosn't let up, only the lights from the front of the building are visible now. The shadows of people somewhat gaze the edge of the building. All seems strange but the tourny must go on!

-----A Half Hour Later-------

-Matt K: Hey ****, any idea when that Adam kid is going to come out of the bathroom, he's been in there for a half hour!

-****: I don't know, why don't you go and knock on the door or something. Or why don't you just barge in their and see what he's up to.

-Matt K: **** come on, I don't want to know what's going on behind that door. You just never know........ hint hint...

-****: Ok you have a point. I guess you can just wait it out.

Suddenly Adam comes out of the bathroom. His eyes are heavy and his skin is ruff and grayish in some areas. He braces himself againest the Street Fighter 2 machine, trying to keep his balance. The room goes silent as people back away from him. Adam suddenly collapses onto the ground as Shawn rushes in to see what's a matter. Shawn grabs Adam and turns him up towards the ceiling. He notices Adams not breathing....

-Shawn: .... He's not breathing.... Russ **** call the police!!!!!

Russ quickly grabs the phone and in shock he listens. He then hangs up and tyres again....

-Russ: Shawn..... there's no dial tone!

Shawn looks at Russ in disbelief and runs towards Russ and grabs the phone out of his hands. Shawn unpatiently puts the phone to his ear and listens...... nothing. Shawn slams it towards the ground....

-Matt C: Shawn! Come quick!!

Shawn runs towards Matt C and notices that the rest of the kids arn't looking to well themselves. Their skin is a palish grey and some are not breathing. However one is.....

Shawn: Hey, you, what's wrong??

Kevin and Carl come in from the outside and look in curiosity....

Carl: What the hell was the yelling about?

-Russ: Adam's dead!

-Kevin: Really! Sweet!

Russ elbows Kevin in the gut....

-Russ: No really!!! He's not breathing, the phones out and now these kids are dead!

Kevin wanders over towards the small plump kid still awake with his eyes open. Kevin looks on in curiosity...

-Kevin: You ok there big guy?

No answer comes from the kids mouth. Shawn goes outside trying to find everyone. Kevin begins to get closier to the kid trying his best to see what's the matter. Suddenly the kid lunges at Kevin grasping his shoulder and bites Kevin like a wild beast. Kevin throws the kid off in anger...

Kevin: What the hell's your problem!!!

Blood races down Kevins arm as he grabs it in pain. The kid starts to get up slowly. His greyish skin not so grey anymore, but rather falling off. Kevin and Russ back away as does the rest of the people inside. Shock is the only thing lurking in the room. Shawn comes back in to see what the screaming was about. He notices Kevins arm and the blood dripping from the plump hids mouth. Shawn backs up like Russ and Kevin but stumbles towards the ground as he trips over.... a shotgun?

Through out the room guns appear on shelf after shelf, some replacing games. Shawn picks up the gun in curiosity looking at it, analizing it....

-Shawn: Where did this thing come from?

The plump kid begins to walk towards them Shawn points the gun at him....

-Shawn: Stand right there, or I'll shoot!

The kid dosn't let up and countinues to walk towards them. Shawn lets out bang from the gun as fire spreads all out the room knocking the kid down. People start running for the walls, some grabing guns themselves, but all shocked at what just happened. Shawn drops the gun in denial and falls to his knees. His mind in a state of disbelief. For he had just taken the life away from one of his own customers! Kevin and Russ begin to back away from Shawn and towrads the door. All is silent, not a word can be heard in the room, yet...... suddenly a moan comes from the body. The helpless plump kid begins to get up, blood racing down his chest covering the floor. Screams can be heard throughout the room as Shawn grabs the shotgun and releases another round. The kid is knocked down again, his lifeless body figiting on the ground. Shawns hands are shaking, his eyes bare with terror. People are shocked at the bloody grusome display. Fat and Geeky run behind the counter as Carl and Kevin back out of the store. Suddenly, moans begin to cover the store inside and out. The lifeless bodys of Adam and his companions begins to sit up. Each one somewhat decomposed. Dayne looks in horror and grabs a gun off the ground. A small Colt Revolver. He points it in the direction of Adam and fires! Shots ring throughout the store as everyone follows in Daynes display of violence. Blood gushes from Adams body as his head is finally seperated from his body from the bullets. The other two bodys begin to get up and Dayne and Shawn waste no time in putting them down. Taiyon and **** fire at them as well sending blood towards the side of the store. Four helpless bodys lay drenched in their own blood. Suddenly the fog lifts imediatly from the outside, and the world seems empty, no one is in sight, only the sounds of horror fill the night....

posted October 14, 2001 10:17 PM            

Kevin and Carl walk out into the parking lot. The fog that seemed to be everywhere is now mysteriously gone, the night as dark as ever. Strangely, the busy street in front of the Game Hits store is now completely empty. Street lights and lights from the neighboring businesses are still on but there's no signs of life inside any of them.

Kevin starts to walk towards his car and then clutches his shoulder again, "Ow! DAMN IT!!! That stupid kid! My shoulder is ****ing killing me!"

"Hey, maybe we should get you to the hospital or something, man. It's starting to look a bit worse, you know.", Carl says.

"Alright, maybe. Come on, dude. Hop in..."

They both get into Kevin's car, but when he turns the key, nothing happens. He tries again, and again, and again. But still nothing happens.

"What the ****?! Now my car's not starting! It was working fine earlier!"

Carl pulls out a cell phone and starts to dial his home phone number. "Hang on, man. I'll give someone at my house a call and see if my dad or someone can help us out..."

Carl pushes the "Send" button on the phone, but then all of a sudden, the battery simply dies. "Alright, now what the hell is this?", Carl says slamming the phone down in frustration. Then, the thick fog starts slowly coming back into the area.

"Damn it, it's gettin' foggy again. Maybe we should head back into the store..."

"Yeah, maybe you're right. Come on, this is getting ****ed up..."

Kevin and Carl get out of the car and try walking back to the store. The fog is so thick that not even the lights in the store are visible. The two wonder about for a couple mintues, still not finding the store.

"Damn, we couldn't have parked this far from it...", Kevin yells.

"Alright, dude. This is starting to get really ****ed up! Just what the hell is going on here?!"

Back in the store, Shawn and Dayne look around at all of the carnage they've caused. Bodies everywhere with blood dripping from the walls and ceiling into pools on the floor. Within a few seconds, the bodies appear to disintigrate into a pile of purple mess on the ground. Shawn falls back against the wall to catch his breath and leans his shotgun against the wall.

"Now just what in the hell was that?!"

At that second, Dayne hears more moans coming from the front of the store. "Shawn!", Dayne yells picking back up his shotgun, "I think there's more out in front of the store!"

Shawn look out of the front window and does indeed see more of the possessed. He quickly picks up his shotgun and turns to Jaek. "Jaek, get everyone out of here! Head out the door in the back if you need to! Dayne and I will do what we can up here!" Without saying anything more, Shawn and Dayne reload their firearms and head out the door. Jaek, somewhat stunned by his new leadership, rounds everyone else up.

"Alright, guys. We have to get out of here. Taiyon and I will go first to cover your asses, just try and stick close to us!"

As they walk towards the door, The Reverend himself, Russ, turns to Fat. "Ok, so when did we start having to listen to Jaek?"

posted October 26, 2001 05:46 AM            

*splash*. Matt lunged out of R2 gasping for breath. "Dan," he called in betwaen gasps for air "dan you still in here?"

"yeah," dan squeked timidly from inside the cabinet under the TV. " Are the zombies dead?"

"I think so" said matt, stepping into some adam sauce trying to get out of R2.

"Man, i feal sorry for that kid, he was a good guy"

" Yeah he... Hey do you think he'll miss his stuff?" Matt picked up Adams backpack and looked inside. "...lets see... Ps1, D.C., lab top Apple, Whats this thing?" matt took out a large red diamond from the bloody sac.

"Dont know, but it looks valuable, Think shawn will trade it for MvC2?"

"Probably, but who cares, theres a copy in adams bag." Matt Polished the diamond on his shirt, and filung adams bag over his shoulder. " You Grab some guns. Im gonna grab Shawns GameCube"

"uhh... dont you think he will miss it?"

Matt was already writing a note to Shawn, it read:

Shawn, took gamecube have big diamond
will trade you later.
matt.

" that should be good enough. lets get out of here, it smells like old adam burger."

Dan tossed matt an uzzi, and strapped a double barrel shot gun on his own back. He made sure to bring side arms also, Puting a 9mm in his front pocket, and a 22 caliber pistol in each hand. " alright lets go, im ready"

" i think the first stop should be Kmart, for some ammo." Matt made sure there was ammo in his clip, and headed out the door.
"S H I T!" matt yelled as he slamed the door shut against the gunfire aimed at him.

"whats wrong?"

"i took fire when i opened the door " someone out there is packin' and angry!"

"dont you know what to do in this situation? step back and let the resident evil buff handle this" dan walked confidently to the door, swung it open and dove out guns first.

*poc* *blam* *chk shk KOW*

Dan race towards the armed figure at the top of the stairs at astounding speed, weeving in and out of his adversaries sloppy aim. He reached the figure and pistol whipped him in the dome. The enemy tried to recover but dan plugged him with about 4 shots from his handheld armaments.

"help me drag him into the light!"
matt obliged and they draged the body into the front of the store.

"NO" Matt screemed in horror when he relized who dan just murdered. "NOT THE DOMINOS GUY NOOOOO!... wait a sec," sometihing dawned on matt,"who was the dominos guy shooting at? why would he shoot at us!" almost as if in answer to his question he heard moans behind them

"come on matt, we have to get out of here!"
they raced into the parking lot, and were confronted by a group of discontent undead.
Dan wasted no time. he kicked the foremost one in knee and blew his brains out when he stumbled. the one behind mustered a slow zombie lunge and dan shot it before the first bodie hit the floor, spinning he systematically busted caps in each of the remaining zombies.

"Dan over here" matt called from daynes car, "lets take this, dayne left his keys in the door, thank god"

A look of suprise came over matts face and he lifted his uzzi at dan, with presision aim he blew the zombie behind him into resident evil oblivion. "get in" dan got into the car without argument and they took off down Saginaw St.

"where are we going?" dan asked

"i dont know, but fist things first, lets play some street fighter! plug adams Ps1 into the car lighter and lets play some alpha 3." matt said. dan rummaged through the bag and hooked everything up.

"is that all you care about?"

"yeah, but who are you talking to? your the one who sold his grandmas walker when MvC2 came out! let me see that bag...." matt said. dan handed it him and matt found what he was looking for. "now where exactly did adam get this gem?"

"Who knows, that kid has everything"

they drove in silence and admired the jewel for a few seconds.

"it sure is pretty."

"yea, i know, probably worth a pretty penny to."

"hey the game is loaded " dan said, bringing them back into reality. matt tossed the diamond in the back seat, and parked to play some S.F. He picked up the controller and picked sagat,dan had already picked ryu.

"alright 'Triumph or die!'" dan yelled as the match began.

Matt opend the match up with a tiger shot, dan jumped it and kicked him in the face. "shoryuken," the ryu sprite yelled. the two exchanged blows, niether of them aware of the faint red glow in the back seat.

"ive got you now dan!" matt commanded sagat to do his tiger cannon super, and the whole car was ripped in half as a blast of energy ripped through dayns camaro tearing it in half.

"holy S H I T !" matt muttered when he turned his head, to sea a 7 foot tall beast of a man with an eye patch and huge scar across his chest.

"try again chief! AH HAHAHAHAHA!"

to be continued.....

[This message has been edited by citan (edited October 26, 2001).]

posted November 01, 2001 02:26 PM            

Fat looked at Geeky through the murky fog....."d'you notice something weird about all this?"

Geeky looked at Fat as if Fat had just cleaned the Game Hits bathroom with his tongue. "What ARE you, some kinda imbecile? There isn't ANYTHING NOT weird about this crap!!!"

"No, not what I mean!" Fat answered back.."I know it isn't an everyday thing to have the undead walking around and have guns just sitting around for you to use on them...but that's just it! There wasn't enough guns to go around, so you and I don't have one...did you notice that the zombies are mostly after the guys who have 'em, and not us? And doesn't it kinda look like the guys are walkin' a bit slow...like in slow motion or something?"

Geeky looked at the crew ahead. He noticed that though he isn't a particularly fast walker, he was walking half-pace to stay behind the rest of them. "Hmmm...maybe they're just being cautious".

Fat ran (to Shawn, actually he walked) up to Shawn. "Hey, the station's a couple of blocks up. Can't we get there any faster?"

Shawn aimed his rifle at a Zombie behind Fat. Fat moved to the side as Shawn blasted the undead walker about 4 times so he'd stay down. "Uh...Fat, we're a little busy here, and we're moving as fast as we can! If you're not gonna help us kill off some of these things, just stay out of the way!"

"Geez..no need ta bite my head off..." Fat slowed his pace down, back to where Geeky was. "I just noticed something else, sir slappy.." Geeky said. "..since when have zombies had a dress-code?"

Fat looked at a group of oncoming undead, and saw what he meant. 2 of the zombies were wearing the exact same clothes. Some of the undead behind them also had on similar wear.

"uhhh-huhh...so, we've got tons of clone-zombies comin' out everywhere, extra guns and ammo stuck in unusual places, and the guys with guns are moving kinda slow...like a tank....a tank!" Fat suddenly remembered something that was stated in a review he read of a Resident Evil game...the character controlled 'like a tank'. "We seem to be..sort of..INSIDE a Resident Evil game! The reason we aren't moving like that, and they're not really after us is because we were never armed, so officially, we're not in the game!"

Fat and Geeky walked up to the crew, blasting away at swarms of undead. "Uh...hey guys..." Fat Stated "...This may sound kinda weird, but I think we should head back to the store..."

"Are you F(!*@#$ NUTS?!?" Taiyon gritted through his teeth as he plowed down a zombie pair in front of him.. "That's where all this $#!+ started!"

"Exactly!" Geeky chimed in. "This sounds kinda weird, but we seem to be in some "real version of a Resident Evil game! Haven't you guys noticed how hard it is to hit these things though they're moving real slow, and that guns and ammo are just scattered around, and that any zombies who weren't freshly killed friends of ours are wearing the same 3 sets of clothing?!"

Dayne just finished blasting another 20 slugs into the same Zombie that had been lying lifeless for the past 3 minutes..."Uh...what're you guys talkin' about?!?"

"Oh, Kheee-RIEST! I'm NOT gonna repeat myself!" Geeky yelled. "Anyways, we're heading back to the store! You all coming or not?"

"Aw, c'mon guys! You just hate that I'm taking charge!" Jake whined.

Fat turned to Jake and spoke in his usual, condecsending tone: "Uh, Jake, it's cool that you're coming into your own and all, but we need to figure out WHY this happened, and the answer is NOT at the police station! I guarantee it!"

Jake was tempted to stick his rifle in Fat's face and tell him how it was gonna go down, but after thinking for a minute, concluded that perhaps he had a point.

"Alright, I'm heading back with you. Guys?"

"Sure, whatever". Reverend Russ muttered.
"'salright with me" Taiyon said.
"What? Where'r we going?" Dayne questioned.
"To the store. Yeah, I need to make sure nobody robs it anyway". Shawn said.

So they turned around and trudged back. Not surprisingly, the Zombies that they blew away on the way were nowhere to be seen, but replaced by new ones to mow down. Ammo was getting a bit more scarce now though.

The crew was just approaching the store's parking lot, when suddenly a loud yell broke the eerie silence. "TIGA..UPPERCUT!" Several thwacks echoed through the surrounding areas, and a lone body flew through the air, landing limply on the ground directly in front of the awed Game Hits crew. It was Matt C!

Jake put down his gun and helped Matt up. "You alright, Matt? "

"Ow...man, that was SOOO cool! It actually hits 7 TIMES!" Matt said as he rubbed some blood off his chin.

It was then that a huge figure came through the smoke of a smoldering vehicle nearby. He had an eyepatch over one eye, a huge scar on his chest, and his taped hands crackled with power. A low chuckle enimated from his lower lip.

"Is that who I think it is?" Taiyon said aghast.

Fat shouted "Hey you! Look over there!" The huge figure glanced at Fat, then quickly looked at where he was pointing. As he turned his head, his eyepatch magically transplanted itself from one eye to the other. "Yep, that's Sagat alright". Fat said.

Sagat turned back to Fat and walked toward him, his huge towering form casting a shadow over Fat and those around him. "huu huu hmm...so, are YOU the next fighter to challenge me? You are not a warrior, you are a chubby boy..." Sagat cracked his knuckles and stared.

Fat had to think fast. He nervously glanced left and right. Out of the corner of his left eye, he saw another large group of zombies approaching. "Uh...yeah...um..but those guys over there say you're a choad sucking wuss...and that...uh...that they'd beat your scar pickin', eyepatch switchin' ass...

"Is that so?" Sagat raised an eyebrow and turned toward the zombie onslaught.."Well, I shall have to show them who the strongest is!" With that, Energy pulses built up in Sagat's knuckles as he pushed his fists forward. Suddenly, time seemed to stand still for a split second, as Sagat yelled "TIGER CANNON!", a huge mystical ball of blue and orange flames erupted from his fists and plummeted into the zombie horde. The reek of burning undead flesh hung through the air as some zombies instantly exploded, while others, though aflame, continued to advance. Seeing this, Sagat laughed out loud, and advanced to engage the remaining undead in hand-to-hand combat.

While the others watched the amazing real-life spectacle of Sagat vs. the undead, Fat, Geeky and Shawn turned to Matt. "So bunky, where the Hell'd Sagat come from?" Geeky asked.

"Mmm...not sure.." Matt muttered as he rubbed his aching chin..."See, Dan and I were just in my car playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 on that kid Adam's little PS1 thing..."

"..Geez, ya scummy ass! At least ya coulda waited 'till the body was cold before ya took his stuff!"...Fat interjected.

"It's not like he was gonna miss it!" Matt continued. "Anyways, I was beatin' the crap outta Dan with my Sagat.."

"Nah, it was a close match and you know it!" Dan piped in from the background. Apparently he just stepped out of the car's wreckage with Matt's bag, and was wiping himself off.

"Oh, hey Dan, glad you're okay..." Matt continued. "Anyways, I WON the match with my Sagat...finishing with a Tiger Cannon. Next thing I know, a huge fireball rips my car apart, and Sagat's standing right there, sayin' 'Try again Cheif'..."

"Cheif? Don't you mean, 'Try again KID?'" Geeky interrupted..

"I thought he only said that in the Capcom vs. SNK games, not Alpha 3..." Fat stated.

"Doesn't he say that in the first Street Fighter, or Fighting Street for the Turbo CD?" Geeky answered.

"Naw, the first boxer guy says that!" Fat said.

"Oh yeah..."

"DAMMIT! He said CHIEF! I HEARD HIM!" Matt said, somewhat annoyed with the fanboy discussion...

"WHO CARES?!?" Shawn bellowed. Then he looked over at Matt's bag that Dan had put down, and saw a familiar square shape with a hint of purple coming out of the top of the bag. "Hey...that's MY GAMECUBE, ya theivin' little.."

"Whoa whoa WHOA! I left a note for it!" Matt dug in his bag and took out the blood-red gem. "I was gonna trade you that for this!" The gem glowed ominously, and was a bit warm.

"Hey...let me see that..." Fat said. Matt gave him the gem. "Adam had it originally" he said. Fat studied it carefully. In the dark, it had a faint, red glow, and emitted a soft, low hum. Looking through it in the light, Fat saw some strange inscriptions and that a miniscule, circular impression on the gem's surface. Fat pressed on it.

Immediately, a large, holographic screen lit up in front of them. In bold letters, the words "Playstation 20" appeared. Below it listed features such as "immersive gameplay","backward compatible", and "multi-system, multi-game compatible". It also had the weird symbols, and some weird crap about wishes and realities. A Sony ad campaign if Fat had ever seen one.

"Ooh-kay..." Fat exclaimed..."But where in the deep, dark depths Rosie o' Donnell's skank hole (Geeky grimaced..."that's MY line y'ass!") did that little *CENSORED CENSORED* get THIS thing from?!? And how the hell do we turn it OFF!?!?

posted November 02, 2001 06:36 PM            

Dayne: hey matt when did you get a camaro?

posted November 03, 2001 08:28 AM            

"So if this thing can bring video games to life....", Shawn pondered

"Gimmy Gimmy.", Geeky said as he grabbed the gem, "I know what I want to play." He began to concentrate.

Suddenly Kasumi appeared. Geeky stood speechless as he stared at her figure.

Shawn grabs the gem back. "Sweet, but I would rather see Tina." Shawn said.
Then in a bad southern accent we here. "Here I come!" Then Tina appeared. Then a voice that seemed to come from nowhere said. "Get ready to fight"
Then suddenly Tina kicked Kasumi into the glass cases and they exploded.

"Holy crap! There going to destroy the store." Shawn said.

"Well stop thinking about them and I am sure they will go away!" Fat called out over the noise.

Then Tina faded away leaving Kasumi with no one else to attack. Geeky was still in a trance. "Kaaasuuumiiii." he said in a daze.
Then suddenly Kasumi jumped up on to Geeky's shoulders in with her patented... (well we know what we call it.) And flipped Geeky to the ground. Just after that she disappeared just like in the game leaving Geeky out cold on the ground with a big smile left on his face.

"Has anyone seen the movie Sphere?" Shawn asked

Dayne answered "Yes, you don't think that...."

"Well it makes since." Shawn explained "Who ever touches this has the ability to make any game come to life. Adam must have started the whole Resident evil thing, then Matt brought out Sagat, then Geeky and I brought out DOA characters. When I stopped thinking about Tina she disappeared and when Geeky got knocked out Kasumi left too."

"But what about Adam?", Matt C. asked." When he was killed his Resident evil game should have stopped too?"

"Actually..." Jake said, "That would be me.
You see I was thinking about my House of Scary Stuff 2 article and that is when it all began. Remember Adam gave me the Gem to look at."

"So are we all in this?" Dayne asked, "What about Adam? Is he really dead? How are we going to get out?"

In his best Bill Paxton imitation Shawn interrupts "What are we going to do now man? GAME OVER MAN?!? GAME OVER?!"

"Don't say that." Jake said "You will make me think of Aliens and since that was a game..."

"Yea a crappy one." Fat interrupted

"But still we want to keep out minds clear." Jake explained.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but Jake is actually right." Fat said.

Suddenly a crash came from the back room.

"Oh no!" Matt C said, "Sorry guys I tried to keep my mind clear, but I just couldn't do it."

The back door exploded and as the smoke cleared.....

posted November 06, 2001 12:56 AM            

Taiyon:If I can only get a hold of this gem for 1 second I can use my power to gain control of these zombies. Or if i choose to turn undead them into dust. But what if this doesn't work? I'm not a religous man. I am of Neutral alingment and my ethos is chaotic. And my specialty is magic.

Geeky: Taiyon what are you blabbing about?

Fat: I'll tell you what he's thinking about. He's thinking about that damn Baldur's Gate crap.

Geeky: I hope you aren't going to do what I think your going to do. Last thing we need is a bunch of more creatures flooding the place.

Taiyon: But if I the gem on the expansion we will all be level 40 warriors. I can cast my dragon's breath and clear out an entire area of zombies.

Dayne then looks towards Fat, Geeky and Taiyon with a puzzled grin on his face.

Dayne:uhhh what are you guys talking about?

Dan:Shousha!!

Taiyon then points his 9mm pistol at Dan and blasts him dead center in his forehead.

Jake:My god you just killed Dan!!! You bastard!!

Taiyon:Anyways like I was saying...

Shawn: what your saying is your going to get us all killed if you use that gem on that Baldur's Gate CD. Have you ever thought about what would happen if Jon Irenicus would pop out of that disc? or Amellasan or we get invaded by an army of drow or get trapped in the underdark.

Carl then picks up the gem and stares at it in awe. While walking over to pick up a slice of pizza he accidentally bumps into a copy of Dance Dance Revolution. Then suddenly a vortex appears in the room and he is dragged away by a zombified Johnny. But before getting sucked in he drops the gem. Right before the gem hits the ground, Taiyon uses his quick, martial-arts reflexes and saves it.Once again his short-term memory fails him and he forgets he has a copy of Firepro Wrestling D in his pocket along with his VMU's. Everyone is then transported to an steel cage that is wrapped in barbwire. To make matters worst the ring is also filled with 5 times as many zombies as they are game-hits crew members.

Russ: God dammit Taiyon you just HAD to bring Firepro didn't you?

Taiyon: Gee sorry I dont own princess maker 3. But look on the bright side. If I had Freespace 2 in my pocket we'd be all transported into deep space.

Jake: will you two quick bickering and...wait where is our guns?

Shawn screams out after he kills one zombie by putting him in the Walls of Jericho.

Shawn: We gotta wrestle our way outta this.

Chris T hits one of the zombified wrestlers with the sweet, chin music.

Chris T: You will suffer the same fate as your masters!!

After what feels like an eternity of wrestling zombies Taiyong kills one with the sharpshooter. He looks across the ring and notices a zombie that looks like a exact copy of himself. But it skin was purple and he was emiting an evil aura. While shocked and amazed the evil Taiyon hits the original Taiyon with the Shingokusatsu.

Zombie: Boku wa Hagakure Sakon desu. kisoku shuushi o-negai shimasu. Kieseru.

After hearing that Taiyon slowly slips onto unconscieness. Evil Taiyon then picks up Taiyon and absorbs his essence. Jake then grabs Evil Taiyon and screams.

Jake:The portal is open and this ring is going to blow!! lets get out of here.

After everyone gets into the portal and the ring explodes Jake checks to see if everyone is accounted for.

Jake:Ok it looks like everyone is here. Now where's that gem so we can rescue Carl.

Evil Taiyon: Yes good idea.

After Jake uses the gem on the copy of DDR 5th mix that Carl bumped into everyone jumps into the portal.

Evil Taiyon: yes lets rescue Carl.

posted November 06, 2001 10:24 PM            

For the last few minutes, Carl has been running through what appears to be a dance club of some kind. Lights flash everywhere and pictures of Neo-Euro Techno artists and guys in underpants with revolvers are the only thing that can be seen.

"O... K... Now what have I gotten myself into? That shot right there looks like that Captain Jack dude and... Ooooo! The sex-ay nurses from 'I'm Alive'! Maybe this isn't so bad after all..." But just when Carl settles down to check out the slide show, giant colored arrows start flying in his direction. He jumps out of the way as they come right at him, dodging them as they get closer. But as he dodges them he notices that he begins to feel weaker. He sees the whole area become surrounded with skulls and crossbones and a red glow is all he can see.
Then he accidentally ends up stepping on one of the arrows and it disappears. Carl then notices that he feels a bit refreshed. "Alright, so Johhny chases me, I get trapped in this room with DDR slideshows playing nonstop, and now have a bunch of arrows coming at me that I can just step on to make them go away... This is messed up. But if I keep doing this, maybe I can get out of here and meet up with the rest of he guys."

Then all of a sudden, Carl hears a familiar beat playing. "Hmmm... B4U, eh? Heh, let's do this!"

Elsewhere, Shawn, Russ, Fat, Geeky, Taiyon, Jake, Dayne, Matt C., and Chris jump out of the portal and find themselves on a street corner with British flags perched on the nearby building. Matt looks and sees Dudley from Street Fighter 3 reading the newspaper on one corner and then seeing Rouge and Rose talking on another. "Uh, hey guys. This looks familiar..."

"Well, it should. I'm guessing now we're in Capcom vs. SNK 2 now. It's all we ever play at the store anymore...", Russ quips.

But then, the group sees Sakura, Raiden, and Guile just a few feet away. "Well come on!", the military man says while brushing his oddly shaped hair, "Are you guys going to decide who's going to fight us or not?!"

"Oh crap! Don't tell me we actually have to fight these guys! They'll stomp us!", Shawn says.

"Yeah, like we stand a chance against a school girl that can throw fireballs, a guy that can break the sound barrier with his hands and feet, and uh... some old, fat guy in blue tights.", says Jake.

"What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and fight!", Guile yells, interupting the conversation.

"Ok, so it looks like if we want to get out of this, we'll have to take these guys on. I say we all just run up and gang up on them. Let's just beat the crap outta them!"

"Uh, Shawn. I don't think it works that way," Fat interupts, "If we're in the game, we'll have to play by THEIR rules. That's why you guys we're moving like you had tank tread on the lower half of your bodies in that RE situation earlier and why you guys could all of a sudden do wrestling moves and stuff. I'm guessing this is a Three-On-Three match, so that means, three of us will have to fight those three goons. Who's it gonna be?"

"Hey Tons-Of-Fun, don't call Sakura a 'goon'! She'll kick your ass any day!", Matt C. says rather angrily.

"Alright, so why don't you get up thereif you like her that much? We all know you have a thing for her when you posted a topic on the forum of the store's site about her birthday, for cryin' out loud!", Fat responds.

"Hey, maybe I will..."

"Ok, we've got one. We need two more. Who's up to it?"

"Gah, stupid Raiden! I hate that tubby blue bastard. Lemme at 'em!", says the Reverend.

"So it's Matt and Russ then. Come on, we need one more..." Then everyone turns and looks at Jake.

"Hey, come on guys! What about Fa--- Oh, screw it. Fine, I'll do it. But you guys owe me BIG TIME when we get back!"

Then out of nowhere, an announcer says, "WOW!!! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! THE MATCH UP OF THE CENTURY!!! DID YOU SEE THE EXPERESSIONS ON THEIR FACES?!?!?! IT"S GOING TO BE CITAN, THE REVEREND MOFAT, AND ACTION SET JAKE VERSUS GUILE, SAKURA, AND RAIDEN!!!"

First up is Matt C. and Sakura. The two look each other dead in the eye and assume thier fighting stances.

"READY!!! FIGHT!!!!!!!!!"

(to be continued...)

posted November 07, 2001 02:05 PM            

Suddenly Sakura ran forward, and launched into the air with a spinning kick. Matt instinctively put up his arms to block the attack. With a swift, sudden movement, Sakura's right leg lashed out with a lower sweep, taking Matt off his feet. Matt quickly tumbled back and stood. Sakura pressed her advantage, running forward with her multi-hit Dragon punch. Matt blocked all of it but the last hit, which sent him stumbling back. She then followed up with a strong hadouken flash from her hands, which sent Matt to the floor once more.

"Uh, Matt..." Russ said from the sidelines.. "I don't suppose that you're going to start fighting BACK sometime soon, are ya?"

Matt stood up to a crouch to block Sakura's next attack "...well, this just doesn't feel the same, y'know?" he grunted while blocking attacks..."It's not like I go out of my way to beat up girls in real life..."

"This ISN'T real life..." Fat retorted. "Think of it this way...right now, the computer is whoopin' your ass..."

"The computer?..." Sure enough, as Matt looked at Sakura's next action, a jumping kick, he recognized a pattern... "can't let THIS happen"... Suddenly Matt countered Sakura's kick with a 3-hit Dragon Punch. He then teleported to the other side of the screen, and unleashed a orange fireball that burst into Sakura as she ran toward him.

At that moment, Evil Taiyon could've sworn he heard Dan say "Shoush!" ...but didn't his "good" counterpart already destroy that fool? He mused as the action continued...

Matt still wasn't completely comfortable with fighting his video love, so Sakura still was able to get in a few more good hits (actually, he let her do her grab and squeeze throw...he wanted to see what it felt like). Then, as she launched another kick, Matt remembered his groove. He instantly put up his hands and heard a familiar "chong" sound, that signaled a parry, then flew into the air with a multi-hit hurricane kick that sent Sakura flying back. Suddenly, Matt felt filled with power. His eyed glowed red as he suddenly teleported forward and grabbed Sakura.

The whole area instantly turned pitch black, save for hundreds of small white explosions in the vicinity of where Matt and Sakura were standing. Suddenly, with a loud "ching" sound, a huge symbol lit up the area, as Matt stood with the same symbol on his back, with Sakura lying unconscious on the floor next to him. It was the symbol of "destruction".

Matt came out of his destructive daze and saw Sakura lying before him, defeated. He kneeled down and touched her cheek. "I'm sorry...my...love.."

"Oh, please! Get a life, Matt!" Reverend Russ said, disgusted. Geeky was retching and Fat was making loud fart noises, and everyone else was cracking up. "Ah, screw you guys!" Matt spit.

Sakura disappeared, to be replaced with Raiden. "Okay, Matt..." Russ said gritting his teeth, staring at the fat tub o' crap that he wanted to pummel so badly...Fat shrugged and said "what?"...., then Russ turned to look at Raiden. "It's my turn. Go down quick and let me take this guy out".

"What? No way!" Matt answered. "I'm starting to like having Akuma's fighting powers!" Matt then concentrated, tensed, and felt fumes of evil energy rise from his being. "Shoooooush!"

Unforunately, Matt didn't realize that because of his original hesitation, he had little energy left from his battle with Sakura. While he was displaying his Aura, Raiden ran up and executed a level 3 super throw. As Matt's back smashed against the ground for the final time, he felt himself slip into unconsciousness. He disappeared, and re-appeared next to the rest of the crew. "Man, I can't believe Raiden beat me".

"Looks like I'm up!" Russ jumped into the battle area. Raiden pointed at him, microphone in hand "Sae yo prey-ahs, Weemp!" He boasted.

"Shaddup, you stupid, bloated, ugly, retarded vomitrious mass of festering scabmeat.." Russ said with venom. He raised his arm into the air, and a foot-long set of claws appeared over his wrists. A mask then materialized on his face. He pointed his claw at a suddenly nervous looking Raiden..."Come on!"

Raiden got into his 3-point charging stance..."Ready...GO!" He charged at Russ, only to be blocked. Russ countered with a rolling claw spin of his own, slashing deeply into Raiden as he rolled forward. He then flipped back, avoiding Raiden's grab, r***cheted off of an invisible wall, and slashed Raiden again Mid-Air.

Suddenly Raiden Returned with a fast 3 punch-clothsline combo, sending Russ Back reeling. "Damn...forgot about that move.." Russ said under his breath. Raiden then breathed in and blasted a cloud of green mist right into Russ's face.

Thinking Russ was stunned, Raiden jumped into the air ready to land on Russ with a painful belly-splash, when Russ deftly jumped and intercepted Raiden in mid-air, bringing him down head-first with a thundrous air-slam. It was then that Russ felt his energy surge to its' maximum level.

"Time to end this"..Russ said as he wound a claw back.."Ie AgrEE" Raiden said as he suddenly burst out a breath of flame, tagging Russ face first. "AAhh!" Russ recoiled in pain, but it wasn't enough to defeat him. As Raiden charged, Russ lodged his claw directly into Raiden's mid-section, and flung him into the air. Red After-images of Russ appeared as he raised his claw into the air directly below where Raiden was thrown, and Raiden was impaled upon the raised claw, as a fiery K.O. appeared behind Russ, then shattered into nothingness.

Russ stood triumphant and took off the mask. "That's what ya get, ya Gameboy Advance hatin', Bemani hatin' piece of..." Russ looked at Fat, who was looking back with a raised eyebrow...he turned and kicked the unconscious Raiden. "..You suck."

"That was cool!" Dayne said "so...who won?" Everyone groaned.

Guile materialized in the place of Raiden, taking his fighting stance. "Let's get it on, pretty boy!" Fat snickered.."pretty boy..." Russ gave Fat a quick glance..Fat stood quiet, looking around...

Jake jumped in front of the watching Game Hits crowd "Hey Russ! RUUUSSSS! It's my turn now! me! MEEEEE!"

Russ rolled his eyed and grinned. "Ah, to be so young and enthusiastic...very well, Jake." Russ let Guile finish him off so Jake could battle.

While all this was happening, Geeky was examining the PS20 Gem. Using it's interactive holographic menu, he looked through the system options, written in Japanese.

"Kay-ay-toh..."ah, here we are. Geeky turns to Fat. "Hey, look at this." This things's got a few different modes. Up here is 'partial immersion', which allows characters or elements from games to appear in the real world. That must've been what happened with the Resident Evil and DOA stuff. Then, down here is 'full immersion' which puts the players inside an enhanced version of the game they choose. This explains actually being "in" Firepro, DDR, and Capcom vs. SNK 2."

Fat put his hand on his chin and pondered. "Hmm...what about the Zombies actually being in Firepro? And Sagat fighting the zombies?"

Geeky scrolled down the menu.."ah, that's right here. Multi-game inclusion interactivity. The computer chooses elements or characters for certain games and puts them together in one, or you can do it yourself". Geeky swapped to another menu "Man, this thing's powerful! It's running about 4 game sessions at once right now!"

"What? 4?" Fat looked at the menu.

"Yeah. Right here is Capcom Vs. SNK 2*, with 3 active, 5 spectator members (they don't notice it's one short)." DDR is here, with 1, no, wait...2 active members. Must be Carl and Kevin."

"Dang homeschooled redheaded stepchild.." Fat grumbled. "Okay, what's this one?"

"That's the mix of Fire-Pro and Resident Evil, with 1 active member"...

"We left somebody behind?" Fat looked among the current Game Hits crew. "It LOOKS like everybody's accounted for..." Evil Taiyon grinned behind them, his eyes flashing a deep red. Fat looked over at Matt C, who was obviously still in pain from the beatings from Raiden and Sakura. "What about a reality factor, or safety features, something like that?"

"I'm looking..." Geeky went through more menus.."Right here. But it's all greyed out. Apparently it hasn't been implemented yet. This gem must be a prototype."

"Hey Fat!" Jake interrupts. "Aren't ya gonna write out my fight with Guile?"

Fat thinks. "Nahhh...I'll let you, or somebody else do it, alright? This is already pretty long..."

Jake whines. "Awww...but you made Russ look cool....Well, OK..."

"There's something else, Fat..." Geeky interjects. "Apparently, there's another controller piece that goes with this Gem, but none of us have it. Somebody else is controlling all of this from somewhere else..."

Fat ponders again, a bit worried. "Okay, we know that much...but now we need to figure out...WHO has the control piece?"

posted November 07, 2001 06:00 PM            

"I won! i did it! Yahoo!" said jake

matt realized where he was and only one thing was on his one track mind."sakura... is she ok?"

matt rushed to his beloved's side anguish overwhelming in him as he realized what he had done.

" Sakura, baby are you ok?"

Sakura just waking up, is taken aback by matt "you stupid oaf! I beat up boys instead of going to class, i hang out with another girl who is constantly worried about me fighting, and my name is SAKURA. dont you get it, the name sakura is often associated with lack of traditional femininity, or in english tomboyness. Its a developers joke, kinda like yuri which means girl on girl s...anyway do you get the picture?"

Matt breathed heavily, trying to drink it all in, tears begining to well up in his eyes.

"no..no this cannot be. My true love...is a lesbian..i.. i.. i.. please no..cant deal.... Wait did you say you had a girl friend?"

"yeah but what does that have to do..."
Matt cut her off

"can...i watch?"

Sakura at first seemed repulsed, then strangly attracted to matt "hey," she said "thats kinda freaky, you wanna get out of here and go find her?"

Matt stunned, managed to squeak out a meak "uh huh" he cleared his throught and gained some balls. " i know just the place!"

Matt hit Evil tayon with his level 3 Raging demon (cause he was so exited from potentialy getting some from sakura he had do something)and stole the gem from geeky, who just about to make logical sense out of it.He grabed sakura and told her to imagine her girlfriend, and she apeared out of nowhere. he then grabed her to and willed them both to his bedroom, taking the gem with him.

"Hey russ man, we have 1000 ratio points!" Jake yelled.

HEAR COMES A NEW CHALLENGER

"uh oh," said Russ. "We cant ge out of here without that gem"

"STUPID KID!!!" shouted geeky at the top of his lungs.

Meanwhile at Matt K.'s house.

"heh, those fools dont realize who is in controll! My PS20 is the ultamate fan boy tool* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

posted November 07, 2001 08:32 PM            

Jake: "Guys, we have a problem...."

The area itself begin to fill in a void as in the far distance Matt C and Sakura could be seen together... along with.... another woman?

Geeky: "What's that in the distance?..... wait a minute!"

Geeky quickly rushes over twoards the scene of action as Fat and Russ quickly follow. Eventually the others make their way over there. Each one shocked at their results...

Jake:"Oh my god, cover your eyes!!!"

What lay before them was a horrible sight indeed. Matt C butt naked with Sakura and a naked Joe all together wrapped in a ball(This is a public forum, so you get the idea!) Jake and the others jump back, Geeky throwing up his early Taco Bell as Fat begins to make strange rants off and on about the situation.

Matt C:" Oh yes, more, more" and so on....

Jake looks down and sees the bright glemming gem on the ground. Its fascinating glow giving Jake an idea that would not shock the surrounding world.

Instantly Jake runs over and grabs the gem and covers it deep inside his arms...

Shawn:"Jake what are you doing? Stop it!"

Jake looks up in complete amazment, his eyes getting brighter by the second...

Jake:"Don't try to stop me Shawn, I'll kill you if you do. All of you stay back, I mean it!"

Suddenly Jake pulls out a copy of (Mistrow please) Final Fantasy 7!!! Rubbing the gem againest the game the once black void turns into the giant city of Midgar!

Fat:"Make it stop Jake, MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!"

The Game Hits crew begins to look in shock as Jakes eyes fill with amazement and wonder.

Jake"Finally!! After all this seraching I have come to the place I truly belong! My world! My wonderful world!"

Shawn and Russ look at Jake in anger. The one place they can't stand and they are there.

Shawn:" Jake..... Your fired!!!"

Jake turns around, his motivation un-shakened. However somethings different from the old Jake. This Jake had changed! His glowing green eyes, his sinister smile, his long sword? This wasn't Jake, this was evil Jake, the Sephiroth version of Jake!

Jake:"Quiet Shawn, I will no longer be hearing any more words from you!"

A quick chanting can be heard from Jake as the words "Fire 3" Appear over Jakes head and balls of fire rise up attacking Shawn. Shawn quickly falls down dead, his body lifeless and barely alive. Russ and the others quickly began to run away, just barely pacing themselves as Evil Jake turned his head at his once boss....

posted November 07, 2001 11:55 PM            

Dayne:uhh what are you doing Taiyon...?

Taiyon then looks at Dayne as he stares at him with a boyish grin on his face and then replies "I'm casting protection spells." After casting the spells of both spell immunity and mirror image. He then look towards Jake.

Taiyon: I'm only going to say this once. Give me that gem!

Jake: You dare defy me? the great, Action Set Jake? I'll teach you a lesson you'll never forget.

Jake then casts Ice 3 on Taiyon but is shocked when it has no effect.

Jake: Dammit why did this spell not do anything?

Taiyon looks at him and chuckles as Jake tries in futility to cast another spell at him. This time Lit3. Only to be even more dissapointed that not only does the spell not affect Taiyon but the lightning is also deflected back at Jake.

Taiyon:I grow tired of games. This WILL BE your final fantasy.

Jake then attempts to use a limit break and decapitate Taiyon but only hits a mirror image.

Taiyon: Spell Strike!!

With the cast of this one spell Taiyon then removes all of Jake's spell protections. Jake looks confused.

Taiyon: Taste burning death! Aganazzar's scorcher.

Taiyon then launches a huge wall of flame from his fingertips and starts to BBQ Jake.

Jake: Dammit I will not lose.

Taiyon: You dont have a choice. Time Stop!!

Russ: I didn't know Ta....

Russ is stopped mid-sentance as Taiyon literally stops the hands of time. He then walks over to Jake and casts magic missile just to torment him. Later he hits Jake with the raging demon. Just as Jake is about to slip into unconscieness Taiyon grabs him by the hair and looks deep within his eyes.

Taiyon: Give the Lord of Destruction my regards fool!

Taiyon then takes the gem out of Jake's hands, slaps Final Fantasy 7 away from him and stomps it to pieces on the ground. Then he pulls out a copy of Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction. He uses the Gem to open up a vortex and pushes Jake inside of it. Right as soon as he does this the time stop spell wears off.

Russ: ..yon could cast magic spells. Where did he learn all this?

Dayne: I haven't got a clue. Where is Jake?

Taiyon then walks over to Shawn's body and casts ressuection. Taiyon then brings Shawn back to life to lead the remaining members of the game-hits crew.

Shawn: Thanks alot I dont know what got into Jake.

Taiyon: I gave you life. In return I take this gem to extract my revenge.

Before Shawn can get a word in edge wise Taiyon then uses the portal to find Matt C.
Once he finds Matt C in his 3some with Sakura and her friend.

Matt C: What are you doing here?

Taiyon: Me nothing. My friend here she's going to do all the work.

From behind Taiyon comes Morrigan. Matt C starts to smile then she uses the soul eraser and destroys both Sakura and her friend. Taiyon then charges up a Denjin Hadoken.

Taiyon: Finish Morrigan.

Just as Matt starts to use the Tiger Genocide to defend himself, Taiyon releases his Denjin Hadoken. Tho he is still slightly wore out from his "battle" with Sakura, Matt is Stunned. Morrigan finishes him off with the Darkness Illusion. Taiyon then cluches a copy of DDR 5th Mix.

Taiyon: Sorry Matt. Looks like I lied. Come Morrigan. We must now find Carl.

...to be continued.

posted November 08, 2001 12:30 AM            

Taiyon: ahh yes I forget. Lets see what can we do here? I think I'll torturer each members of the Game-hits crew without their knowledge..ok lets see...Ahh there's good ole Mofat Jones. You love military life. Lets see how you like being in the United States Air Force. Fat. I know how you just love 3D fighters. Let's see how much you love Tekken 4.

Morrigan: Wouldn't Virtua Fighter 4 be more fitting?

Taiyon: Not in this instance. Then there's Shawn. Everybody has a price Shawn. Since you like to call yourself the Godhand. Lets see you earn that title. In a nice game of Black and White. Ahh Geeky. I can see you need a trip to the distopian future of this country in a nice game of Deus Ex. No One Lives Forever Dayne. Neither Shall you. Beware the Forces of H.A.R.M.

Taiyon then cluches the gem and splits up everybody in the seperate universes in the afformentioned games (USAF, No One Lives Forever, Tekken 4, and Deus Ex.) He makes a portal for himself to the DDR universe.

Taiyon: Morrigan. Guard the gem until I return. I will cast a nexus to the DDR universe.

Taiyon then enters the nexus to see Carl dancing to what appears to be Naoki Rave.

Taiyon:Have you never been happy just to hear your song. Have you never let someone else feel strong.

Carl then hesitates to look towards Taiyon. During the split second distraction he misses a step and is knocked back by the undead Rage.

Carl: Great bout time someone comes here to rescue me!

Taiyon: Who said anything about rescuing? Once your out of the picture I will be known as the greatest dancer.

The music switches to a beat that sounds like Healing Vision.

Taiyon: Have at ye

Carl then shrugs and starts to dance as the arrows direct him. He almost trips over himself cause of the slow beat and the slow movement of the arrows. In the end Taiyon defeats Carl.

Taiyon: you have no rhythm. you will easily be destroyed.

Carl: I dont think so. you have no dexterity. I will begin a war of attrition and laugh as you collapse.

The beat then changes over to what appears to be Midnight Shadow. Evil Taiyon keeps up at 1st and then lags behind. Carl wins this round. Evil Taiyon is knocked back by an undead Baby-lon. As Evil Taiyon hits the wall he doesn't realize the "good" counter-part has been seperated from him. Taiyon lays knocked out on the ground as Evil Taiyon confronts Carl.

Evil Taiyon: lucky move but lets see how you like Drop Out.

Carl:Like I said. You lack dexterity. Bring it on.

Both warriors clash on the stage. Evil Taiyon wins this battle but barley. As both dancers lay breathless on the dance floor.

Taiyon:Sexy planet Carl. Use Sexy Planet.

Carl then looks across the room and notices that there are 2 Taiyons. He then realizes that he is facing an imposter. Taiyon then throws him a bottle of Aquafina.

Carl: Good times!! Alright whoever you are. Lets see you do Sexy planet.

Evil Taiyon:Sexy Planet?!? You dare challenge me with Sexy Planet? bring it on.

Both fighters dance but mid-song Evil Taiyon fails due to fatigue and Carl surpasses him. He destroys Evil Taiyon after Evil Taiyon totally collapses and Carl finishes the song.
Evil Taiyon screams out as he slowly melts.

Evil Taiyon: noooooooo!!!

Carl then rushes over to the real Taiyon and helps him on his feet.

Taiyon: I belive in miracles dont you?

Carl: you alright?

Taiyon:We have to hurry and get that Gem. Evil Taiyon has sent Russ to a flight sim, USAF, Dayne to No One Lives Forever, Shawn to Black and White, Geeky to Deus Ex and it gets worst. He sent Fat to Tekken 4.

Carl:That's horrible!!

Taiyon: It's not all bad. He sent Jake to Diablo 2. He'll just simply get his ass kicked by Duriel. We can rescue him last. But anyways. The nexus is this way lets go.

After that Carl and the real Taiyon head for the nexus and try to rescue their friends.

to be continued....

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