Runouw.com City
Posted: March 18th, 2011, 6:12 amStory Portal URL: http://runouw.com/stories/story.php?id=35 (Will update as often as possible)
Introduction:
Runouw.Com city was a huge, bustling city with no impossibilities. Everywhere you look, thousands of users walking around to every one of their destinations. Every one of them, on some form of Browser Travel, although there is mainly only five. The IEMS (Internet Explorer Motorized Scooter,) which is mostly hated in Runouw.Com city due to its stupidly small mileage (.5 Meters per Megabyte.) There was also the GCS (Google Chrome Speeder) which was incredibly easy to use- One button did it all. The MFFC (Mozilla Firefox Cruiser) and the OPS (Opera Powered Sag way) where good ones too. The SD (Safari Driver) is a popular one too. The buildings where huge, stretching so high into the sky, it seemed they touched. There was one building which was off-limits to most of the general public. A building that only Mod's could enter. Every building was connected to that one building somehow.
There where 18 main sectors to Runouw.com City, Some of which contained Sub-Sectors. Every building was a collection of about 200 topics, each room being a separate topic. There where myths on a secret, underground, 19th sector called "Forum 23" but it has yet to be discovered.
In the southernmost part of the city is an island where all the banned people are sent, to keep them away from the general population.
In the Off-Topic district is a little tavern owned by Demonik, where everyone goes to kick back and relax (As long as someone hasn’t sneaked a hacking device onto them) where you can order almost anything, and where the strangest things can happen (A few weeks back, about 20 Runouw.com city members where sucked into the game in the Wii...)
Nearby there is also a huge mansion where you can get virtually murdered in the strangest ways. Fortunately, you spawn inside the mansion, and you simply need to hit a save block to leave.
Runouw.Com is generally a happy city, even with a built-in chat system.
...Or at least, it was...
Chapter 1:
It has now been Five weeks since the Subspace Emissary incident, and Stb has still yet to be located. The people involved in the incident still fear the worse, but it has mainly just become old legend now. Zunar had decided to post it as a story, and many have commented on it. A few new areas had opened up, including a space station owned by Star King, and a huge level-creating building opened up. It spawned a few other buildings that have different tiles and stuff, but it was mainly that one that was used. It was listed as "Super Mario 63 Level Builder." That was where SSX, Silver and Zunar were hanging out that fateful day. That was where the first strike occurred.
"I’m bored." Said SSX, wandering around Runouw.com City with the others.
"Let’s have a contest at the new SM63LB! We will each make a level in 15 minutes and see what the general public thinks!" Said Silver, full of excitement.
"You’re on!" Shouted Zunar, already running through the building entrance.
When they where inside, they were amazed at how many different features there were. They immediately made a reservation, and raced up to their floor, then walked to where they would begin the competition.
"Alright ready... Set... G-"
"Hey isn't that Stb?" said Zunar, interrupting SSX.
They all turned to see the figure Zunar was pointing at, and it was confirmed.
Stb had finally come out of hiding.
They all followed him from a distance, and as they watched, he entered the Level Designing room reserved for Zunar, then a few minutes later, exited the room, looked around, then as he was about to leave the building, he suddenly stopped.
"Your fate is still sealed. Accept my gift, Zunar, and show it to SSX and Silver too," Said Stb. He then left the building.
Zunar, SSX and Silver then raced up to the room Stb had just been in, and went to see what the gift was. The room was empty, but in the corner was a single little card. Zunar picked it up and read it aloud;
I am sorry this is how it had to turn out, but you must be removed. Leave the room.
All three of them then turned to leave the room when they saw it- A giant hacking device, attached to the back of the door, obviously a virus bomb. They all raced over to see what it was set for, and once they got a glimpse, they bolted to the front counter to get everyone evacuated out of the building.
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Chapter 2:
The next few events were a blur for Zunar, one memory made from a mix of racing to the front counter, telling Venexis, (The security guy at the front desk,) the loud announcement over the speakers of the Virus bomb, and everyone rushing out of the building. But there was one event that he could not forget- the explosion. At first it sounded like a jet engine starting up with a low whirring noise, getting louder and louder. He turned to see what the bomb would do and saw a huge black orb expanding in the building, and then the real devastation came. First, a loud bang, then the orb quickly shrunk, making the building drop slightly, then there was a huge, deafening roar, like that of two nuclear bombs colliding, then a huge ring of power spread out horizontally from the origin of the orb, shattering anything in its path within a 2KM radius of the SM63LB building. Then, like a black acid, the virus began eating away at the entire SM63LB building, along with anything that was above the power ring's path of destruction. At least a eighth of Runouw.com City had just been deleted in a matter of seconds.
Within a matter of minutes, hundreds of camera crews where at the scene, filming the buildings being eaten away at by a virus of unknown origin. Then when the TV crews heard that Zunar had reported the bomb, they began questioning him as to weather or not he set up the bomb. Then one voice stood out from the rest;
"Was today’s bomb attack related to the disappearance of ShadowtheBowser in any way?" said someone
"Yes, the bomb was set up by ShadowtheBowser himself, and I fear this is just the first of multiple more attacks." Zunar replied.
Then, Zunar noticed someone pushing through the crowd towards where Zunar was. It was Fourinone, one of the Moderators. Four walked over to Zunar, grabbed his arm, then turned to the press and said "Mr. Zunar is now a witness to an ongoing investigation, no more questions will be asked." He said.
"Who else was with you when you saw him?" Four asked.
"SuperStarX and Silver." Zunar replied.
"Could SSX and Silver please come with me and Zunar, please?" Four shouted.
When the trio reunited, Four hurried them into a black limo, got in, and told the driver to head to Forum 23.
"So Forum 23 is real?" Said SSX
"Yup. And we need you three to help us locate Stb before another Virus bomb go-"
Four was cut short as the sound of another Virus Bomb going off echoed through the air. It was obviously somewhere nearby where the Limo was at the time, for it flipped over a few seconds after the explosion started. The car was upside-down, its doors crushed to the point where they couldn't open, and the driver dead. Then, they saw it.
The ring of power from the second virus bomb, close to the ground, hurtling towards them.
Chapter 3:
"What the hell was that?" Said Megaboy, looking up from his long line of programming. He got up, opened the glass door, and stood out on the balcony of his apartment to go see what had happened. As he looked out over Runouw city, he saw the new SM63LB building being eaten away at by some sort of black acid, and the devastation it had caused. Then he saw the energy ring, spreading out and causing as much more destruction as it could. He noticed something strange with the shape of the power ring, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. It was a sort of oval shape, and it was getting larger... Then he realized it. Megaboy smashed through the glass door to his balcony, then started racing to the front door of his apartment, being slowed by his trash all over the floor. He was about half way to the door when the energy ring entered his apartment. He started to speed up, but when he looked back, the ring was only about a meter away. He quickly turned around, jumped into the air, and just narrowly dodging the energy ring, landed flat on his back, narrowly dodging a knife he lost earlier that... decade. He lay still for a moment, seeing how narrowly he dodged a ring of death and a knife, and then slowly got up.
Looking around at his apartment, seeing a black line all along his walls, eating away at everything, he turned to leave.
"How ironic." Megaboy said, seeing the energy wave stopped just before the door. He opened the door and walked into the main hall and was about to call the elevator when Bogdan (Megaboy's Neighbor from next-door) stumbled out of his room.
"Bog, do you know what happened?" Asked Megaboy, turning around to see Bog.
"Uuuugh..." Replied Bogdan, falling over.
Megaboy raced over to help Bogdan, when he realized that Bogdan had a huge, black cut on his arm. He had come into contact with the ring of energy, but was lucky to have not had his entire arm chopped off. The strange cut then began to expand, very slowly eating bog's entire arm. Megaboy quickly picked him up, being careful not to touch the black wound, raced over to the elevator, ran out the front doors of the hotel, and bolted to the hospital. He was about to get on his phone when a black Limo raced by.
"Watch where you’re driving!" Megaboy shouted to the limo. Suddenly, a familiar noise echoed through the air. The same sound he heard when the energy ring began expanding from the SM36LB building. Next thing he knew, he was flying through the air toward a wall, with Bogdan hurtling off his shoulder, on the same course as him. He hit the wall, stayed there for a moment, and then fell to the ground, partially dazed. He looked to his right, and saw the limo flipped over, with people trapped and conscious inside. He left Bogdan limply sitting on the sidewalk, and then raced over to the limo to see if everyone was Ok.
Then he saw the energy ring, racing towards the limo.
Chapter 4:
"Argh, what the hell happened?" said MKStar, one of Zunar's friends. He tried to remember back to what he was doing before... He was in the new SM63LB building, making a level while listening to his IPod, then there was a huge explosion, the whole building was collapsing, then he woke up here... wherever he was. He tried to get up to see where he was, but realized his entire body, except for his head, was pinned down to the spot and wasn't moveable. He looked around. Nearby there was a small amount of light trickling in, so he must not be too far from the surface. All around him was huge slabs of concrete, broken pipes, smashed coding. Not knowing anything else to do, he began shouting.
"Help! HELP! HELP!" He shouted.
"Who’s that? Help! HEELP!" Another voice replied.
"I’m MKStar, where are you?" Mk replied.
"I’m under the rubble over here! My name is Zed by the way." The voice replied.
"Well, I would like to help you Zed, but I seem to be in the same predicament." Mk said.
"Need help, do you?" A new voice said.
"Yes, please help us!" MK said.
All of a sudden, MK suddenly felt like he was falling. And he was right- the rubble that was on top of him was getting further and further away from him. He looked to his left and saw another figure falling with him, obviously Zed. He then looked to his left and saw him- ShadowtheBowser.
Mk suddenly felt himself slowing down, and then he felt like he was hovering above the ground. MK got up and realized he had arrived in some sort of prison, with him and Zed being in the cell.
ShadowtheBowser hit the floor with a loud thud, and then walked over to Zed and MK.
"I have saved your lives, now you must help me." He said.
"You are to sabotage the Mod's efforts to stop me."
Chapter 5:
"Wake up! I SAID WAKE UP DAMMIT!" Shouted Zunar as he slapped Four into consciousness.
Four woke up, and immediately remembered what had happened. He looked out one of the car windows, and saw the ring of energy coming.
"Come on, Get us out of here!" Said SSX
"There’s nothing we can do, we're doomed." Replied Four sadly.
All four of them heard shouting, and looked out the back window of the car. They saw a man running towards them, obviously attempting to help.
Suddenly, there was a loud thud on top of the car, followed by another. There was then two thuds on the ground nearby, followed by a series of clings and smaller thuds, as if some sort of a battle was occurring. Then, after a slash, and a cry of pain, the battle ended. A few moments later, the limo was suddenly lifted off the ground and out of harm's way.
There was a loud whoosh as the energy ring rushed by, then an unknown force created a protective bubble around the car, protecting it from the ring, which passed through them like a ghost. After the ring had passed along, the limo was flipped over, and the entire roof was ripped off, freeing them. However, when they saw who their saver was, they all froze in fear.
"Come on! Hurry up and get out, I’m on your side, idiots!" Said Stb.
Four reached into his pocket and pulled out a ban gun, and then aimed it at Stb. Stb quickly reacted by raising his hands into the air. "I thought I said I was on your side!" Stb Commented.
"Yeah right Stb, you just blew up about 1/4 of Runouw City and you suddenly change si-" Four was interrupted by every screen in Runouw.com city changing to the same thing, a picture of Stb.
"Greetings citizens of Runouw City." The picture on the screen wasnt a picture at all, but a live broadcast.
"My name is ShadowtheBowser; you may know me as the villain behind the Runouw Emissary incident. I have come to tell you this. I am willing to save lives. The first 10000 people to the post in Off-Topic district named '10000 to save' shall be spared, and their lives will live to see another day. However, if my clone is captured, then I will boost that number to 100000. The next bomb shall detonate in five minutes. That is all." The screen then switched to a countdown starting from five minutes.
"..." Four stood there, stunned at what had just happened. He lowered the gun, and Stb (supposedly the clone) lowered his hands slowly. "Hey, you’re the clone, aren’t you?" The man from before said, now carrying someone. "My name is Megaboy, this is Bogdan. He was injured from the first shockwave."
"My name is Fourinone. This is Zunar, SuperStarX, Silver, and..." Four stopped when he reached Stb.
"What happened to him?" Zunar said, pointing to bog.
"Like I said, he was injured in the first shockwave. He was cut by the energy." Mega gently turned bog to show the large black cut, now spreading slowly.
"We should get that looked at Forum 23, might help us destroy the bombs, or create a cure. Either way, everyone here is heading to Forum 23, and we have five minutes to get there." Said Four. Then, the entire group raced off, following four.
Meanwhile, up in a space station...
"Everything is going accordingly to plan. All those stupid citizens will head for the topic, and then when the bomb goes off, they will be in the middle of it! Muahaha! I just hope that stupid clone doesn't spoil it..."
"Hmmph! Hmmmmmmphmphhh!" Said a gagged figure, tied up in the corner.
"Oh shut up will you Star King? You’re very distracting you know!" Stb replied.
"However, you have a point... Spambots! Locate and destroy Fourinone, Zunar, SSX, Silver and my clone!"
As Stb shouted the order, an entire building within Runouw.Com disassembled itself and revealed what it really was- a huge army of Spambots, all activated and ready to go.
Chapter 6:
There was no way they could have made it to Forum 23 in time. About a minute after the message had been displayed; there was a huge stampede of civilians heading for the allotted topic- which was behind the group. No matter how hard they tried, they either didn't move, or went backwards. Then, a single gunshot was heard, followed by a scream. Then, everything went in reverse, pushing the team forward. Bullets began whizzing through the air, and everyone turned to see what was attacking them; an army of Spambots. Everyone wanted to head to the topic, but the Spambots where in the way. This is where it really got confusing. Half the crowd found it safer to go around them; the other half saw the Spambots as tin cans with rubber guns. The five of them were pushed this way and that, rotated, but they eventually made it about half way to forum 23.
Then, the noise was heard. Followed by about five or six of screams. Everyone turned to see where the bomb was originating from, and suddenly realized the truth. The topic wasn't there to save them; it was to lure people in to kill them all.
Another 8th of runouw.com city was destroyed. There was a little over half of Runouw.com city left. The team hurried to prevent anymore of it being destroyed.
"Forum 23 is actually Underneath Moderator tower. When we get there..." Four slowed down and stopped, gazing up in shock. The second virus bomb that had gone off was obviously at the base of the tower, since the tower was no longer there. No tower, no entrance to Forum 23.
"What do we do now?" SSX asked.
Four didnt reply. He simply stood there, gob smacked, obviously trying to process some course of action.
"We form a team, that’s what." Said a new voice.
The group turned to see the new member: MKStar
They where about to discuss about that when the sky was filled with million of lead bullets. They turned to see a small squad of Spambots, 6 to be exact, heading towards them. They where all filled with fear when they saw them. Not because of the fact they where there, but because of what their payload was. Several Virus Bombs, all joined together, already with a time set on it for 10 Minutes.
A Virus Warhead.
Chapter 7 (Inspired by Megaboy):
"What the hell is going on?!" Shouted Runouw, storming into the Mod tower. "I was only asleep for five minutes!"
"Runouw, there was nothing we could have done! It was totally unforeseen!" Moaned SuperYoshi, racing after Runouw.
"Totally unforeseen you say? In my office. Now." Runouw stormed into his office. Suyo followed him, and then the doors locked. The two of them talked it over politely, but obviously Runouw got impatient after 10 minutes and started shouting. A few moments later, Suyo walked out of Runouw's office. He shut the doors behind him, allowing Runouw to think on his own. Just then, a 'Ding!' noise came from the elevator, as the doors opened and Blablob stepped out. He was carrying his usual order from Demonik's Tavern: A coke and what appeared to be a happy meal in a bigger bag. "And where the hell have you been?"
"You know where I was. At Demonik’s tavern." Blab replied. Runouw then walked out of his office, noticed blab, and walked over to him. "You’re late."
"Sorry Runouw. I was at Demonik's" Blab replied.
"You’re usually here by 8:30. It’s just after 10:00." Suyo replied.
"Yes, what were you doing if you where at Demonik's?" Runouw said.
"Well I left Demonik's as per usual, but I happened to notice up in the sky. Some sort of spaceship I think." he replied.
"You should have showed up the instant the first bomb went off." Said Runouw. "Its higher priority."
"Well perhaps we should find out who did this?" Said Suyo. "Good idea. Four, go bring the people who did this here immediately." Said Runouw. "Yes sir!" replied Four, standing up from his desk. He raced into the elevator and went to the ground floor.
"Right so now what are we going to do to fix it?" Said Blab. "Simple, we use the backup until we fix it and it’s like nothing ever happened." Replied Runouw. "Now, can we have some more information on that thing you saw before?" Suyo said. "The spaceship is being constructed in orbit. It’s positioned right in front of the moon, nobody has noticed it yet. So far, it poses no threat." Blab said. "Good. Now onto the daily work... *sigh*" Runouw said, walking back into his office. Just before he opened his doors, the elevator arrived. Four couldn't have been back yet, and all the people who were authorized were already here. Couldn't have been an intruder, the alarm would have gone off. The elevator doors opened. Someone screamed. There it was, sitting in the middle of the elevator. A virus bomb. On it, a note:
Enjoy the gift!
~ShadowtheBowser~
The timer had been set for 1 Minute. Not enough time to defuse it. "GET RID OF IT! QUICK!" Runouw shouted. In a panic, Blab raced over and hit the Ground button, and quickly got out. The elevator doors shut. "Great idea, Einstein." Suyo said sarcastically. 45 Seconds to go. It was half-way down now. "What? I got rid of it didn't I?" Blab replied. 15 seconds to go. "Yes, but now it’s at the base of the tower." Runouw replied. It reached the bottom, and the doors open. 1 second. It exploded at the base of the tower. "AAAGH!" Everyone shouted. There was a huge amount of panic. Some of the Mod's started jumping out of the windows hoping to survive the fall. The tower began to lower. Then the bomb exploded. The tower had no supports. It fell like a wine bottle balancing on its neck. Civilians looked up and screamed. The tower fell faster and faster, lower and lower. It hit the ground. There was a huge explosion, as the building fell apart. Blab ducked under a desk before impact. Now, he was pinned underneath it. Suyo had decided to jump out a window. He hit the ground and survived, however not before the tower fell on top of him. He managed to move and luckily survived. However, he was now trapped under 10 Tones of brick, his only link to the outside world a small hole in the rubble. Runouw, however, had no idea what to do. So, he simply raced into his office, and sat down on his chair, hoping to survive. The chair slid slightly backwards, then far to the left, hitting the wall. The tower hit the ground. His chair bounced up. It landed and stood like nothing had happened. Runouw's desk protected his right side. It got caught in a gap in the pavement he wanted to fix. This caused the rubble to go over the top and create a little room. A tiny hole of light shone directly into his right eye. He was stuck sitting down. One of the drawers slid open and uncompleted paperwork fell neatly onto his lap. His lucky pen was in his pocket. 'Oh well.' he thought. 'At least I have something to do until they rescue me.' He began filling out the paperwork.
Chapter 8 (By Megaboy):
Chapter 9:
"So... thats it, i guess." Said Zunar, getting up and throwing his Defusinator to the ground. "We've lost. Everything is gone."
The others slowly got up, but SSX stayed on the ground, devastated at what had just happened.
"I guess so... Wait..." Said Blab. He looked up and was smiling, to everyone's surprise. "The backup button!"
"Whats that?" Asked MKStar curiously. "And whats it do?"
"I remember now! Its a button that basically repairs the entire city and brings back anything deleted in it! Although..." Said four.
"What? Although what? Speak man or forever hold your peace!" Said blab.
"It hasn't been updated in three days, and we've had quite a few spammers kicked out since then... Pressing the button may allow them to escape from Ban Island." Said Four, which Blab replied with, "Well, i doubt they could be as bad as raymond!"
Four suddenly fell silent. "Oh you cant be serious. When?" Said Blab
"Yesterday. 'Raymanhatesu'" said four.
"So, where is this backup button?" asked Stb's clone, who was helping SSX up. "Is it on Ban Island?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Said Blab, "Which suggests we should start moving now. No doubt Stb has already sent down a squadron of Spambots to catch us."
"Then lets get moving!" Said Four, who had already started running towards Ban Island.
The group raced off to ban island, but stopped about half way by a new building that was in their way.
The group turned to the right, but yet again, there was a new building in their way. Same to the right. When they turned back the way they came, again they saw a new building.
"A toast to my victory! Ahahaha!"
Stb was sitting behind a grand dining table in a ginormous room. In front of him was a bowl of Sour Cream and Onion chips, and all along the table was foods and drinks. Along the table were spambots that had been granted Artificial Intelligence by him. Out of the floor-to-ceiling window to Stb's left was a magnificent view of the earth from space. He was up in a ginormous ship the size of a moon.
"Huzzah! The master has succeded! Huzzah! Huzzah!" cheered the spambots, and they poured a glass of their favorite drink into their fuel port.
Just then, a spambot scurried into the room and to Stb.
"What do YOU want."Stb said to the spambot.
"S-sir, there's a problem." Said the spambot.
"What is it." Said Stb, now listening to the spambot attentively.
"There were survivors, and they are on their way to Ban Island. They are going to press the Reset button..." The spambot was now shaking, as Stb's eyes went red, the color they went when he was furious. Stb stood up, and swatted the spambot aside. "ALL OF YOU! BACK TO WORK!" He roared at the other spambots sitting at the table. They quickly scurried off to their posts. Stb walked over to the now upturned spambot, put it upright, then said to it "Bombard them with spambots! Do whatever necessary to stop them from getting to Ban! MOVE IT!" Said stb, and the spambot raced away to join the others.
Stb sat down at his seat, sighed, and started eating his chips.
"What the?" Said blab, as a Spambot fell from the building and landed on his face. "Spambots! Open fire!"
In a mere amount of moments, the small space was filled with shots hitting the Spambot buildings and Spambots falling on the group. While the group was shooting the spambot, Stb's clone went over to one of the walls, slid his hands along it, and then punched it.
From a distance, it would look like a demolition crew had just knocked over a skyscraper using tonnes of TNT. The group ran to Ban Island, and stopped as they reached the cliff. "Wheres the bridge? WHERES THE BRIDGE?!?" Said Zunar, as the Spambots got closer and closer. Blab wave a hand in the air, and a bridge appeared. One second it wasn't there, the next it was. It was as simple as that. The group raced across the bridge, and raced into Ban.
"Where'd they all go?" Four said, noticing how silent Ban was. "They should be here!"
"We'll deal with that later! Get to the button and press it!" Shouted blab.
The group ran straight to the center of Ban, and where stopped by a door with a ten-digit keypad. Four began pressing the buttons furiously, while the others shot at the spambots. The keypad beeped as it accepted the code, the door whizzed open, everyone rushed in, and the door shut and locked behind them. The room was like nothing they had ever seen before. They where sure they were in a small room, and yet the room had been painted in such a way that it looked like it went on forever. Or was it painted? It was hard to tell. In the center of the room was a small tree, and on the top of that tree was a button. It was red, like an apple. Suyo raced up to the the tree, and pressed the button.
Nothing happened.
Chapter 10
"GWWWFFF.... NFFFFFF..."
Starking had just woken up. He was tied up, gagged, and in a room he did not recognize. There was a toilet in one corner, a bed in another, and a table in a third. The fourth corner had a low bench, low enough to use as a chair. On the wall in between the chair and table was some sort of door. Starking managed to push himself upright using the wall in between the the toilet and bed, which was parallel to the door. He then hopped over to the bench/seat, and sat down.
What have i gotten myself into this time? He thought. And where the hell am i?
As he was getting up again to hop over to the bench, he jumped up in pain as something sharp poked his leg. When he managed to turn around, he discovered there was a small knife poking out from under the bench/chair. He sat upright, carefully moved over to the knife, and cut the bonds, freeing his hands. He pulled off the gag, grabbed the knife, and untied his feet. The knife was a small pocket knife, which also had a can opener and a nail filer. He put the knife away, then put the entire pocket contraption into his pocket, and looked around.
The room looked like one of those mental insanity jail rooms, with everything being padded and protective. He saw a can of baked beans on the table, and next to it a can of water. He used the can opener in the pocket knife to open both, and afterwards, sat down on the bed to think. Something didn't feel quite right. He stood up, and checked the walls of the room. As he thought, they where padded so he could not harm himself. He knew he was somewhere on Earth, because he wasn't floating around all over the place. But his stomach felt wrong, like it was higher than it usually was...
As a small experiment, he got onto the bed, and attempted to stand on the wall. He fell straight onto the bed, slightly jarring his neck. But as he lay there on the bed, he noticed that slowly, very very slowly, he was being pulled to the wall between the table and toilet. He got up, walked over to the wall, and attempted to stand on it. To his astonishment, he didn't fall.
"Artificial gravity," He said. "I am in space."
Just then, he heard a thud behind - in his current state, above - him. He turned to look, and saw a panel from the roof had fallen, and someone was reaching through.
"Hurry up, get over here!" Said Venexis, helping StarKing into the cramped space, it was about a meter tall, dark and stuffy, and seemingly went on for miles, with large pillars from floor to ceiling (Not that that wasn't difficult) It was the space between the two floors.
"Where is this?" said StarKing, shocked at how large wherever this place was was. "And how did you get here?"
"This is STB's 'Ion Star,' and i have no idea how i got here. One second i was sitting on my couch, watching the news, next thing i know i'm in here. I heard you mumbling to yourself, that's how i found you." Said Venexis, crawling off in some seemingly random direction.
"We need to sabotage this ship, the control room is this way." Said ven
"Whats an Ion Star? Why do we need to sabotage it? How do you know which way your going?" Said StarKing, crawling after Ven.
"When i appeared here, i moved a tile out of the way and saw a bunch of maps. Grabbed it, went below floorboards, and then here we are now. I think this is Stb's HQ, and according to these plans, it has the capability of destroying half the planet. Now come on, we haven't much ti-" Ven was interrupted as a tile was removed from in front of him, and three armed spambots climbed in, and pointed their weapons at Ven and SK.
Introduction:
Runouw.Com city was a huge, bustling city with no impossibilities. Everywhere you look, thousands of users walking around to every one of their destinations. Every one of them, on some form of Browser Travel, although there is mainly only five. The IEMS (Internet Explorer Motorized Scooter,) which is mostly hated in Runouw.Com city due to its stupidly small mileage (.5 Meters per Megabyte.) There was also the GCS (Google Chrome Speeder) which was incredibly easy to use- One button did it all. The MFFC (Mozilla Firefox Cruiser) and the OPS (Opera Powered Sag way) where good ones too. The SD (Safari Driver) is a popular one too. The buildings where huge, stretching so high into the sky, it seemed they touched. There was one building which was off-limits to most of the general public. A building that only Mod's could enter. Every building was connected to that one building somehow.
There where 18 main sectors to Runouw.com City, Some of which contained Sub-Sectors. Every building was a collection of about 200 topics, each room being a separate topic. There where myths on a secret, underground, 19th sector called "Forum 23" but it has yet to be discovered.
In the southernmost part of the city is an island where all the banned people are sent, to keep them away from the general population.
In the Off-Topic district is a little tavern owned by Demonik, where everyone goes to kick back and relax (As long as someone hasn’t sneaked a hacking device onto them) where you can order almost anything, and where the strangest things can happen (A few weeks back, about 20 Runouw.com city members where sucked into the game in the Wii...)
Nearby there is also a huge mansion where you can get virtually murdered in the strangest ways. Fortunately, you spawn inside the mansion, and you simply need to hit a save block to leave.
Runouw.Com is generally a happy city, even with a built-in chat system.
...Or at least, it was...
Chapter 1:
It has now been Five weeks since the Subspace Emissary incident, and Stb has still yet to be located. The people involved in the incident still fear the worse, but it has mainly just become old legend now. Zunar had decided to post it as a story, and many have commented on it. A few new areas had opened up, including a space station owned by Star King, and a huge level-creating building opened up. It spawned a few other buildings that have different tiles and stuff, but it was mainly that one that was used. It was listed as "Super Mario 63 Level Builder." That was where SSX, Silver and Zunar were hanging out that fateful day. That was where the first strike occurred.
"I’m bored." Said SSX, wandering around Runouw.com City with the others.
"Let’s have a contest at the new SM63LB! We will each make a level in 15 minutes and see what the general public thinks!" Said Silver, full of excitement.
"You’re on!" Shouted Zunar, already running through the building entrance.
When they where inside, they were amazed at how many different features there were. They immediately made a reservation, and raced up to their floor, then walked to where they would begin the competition.
"Alright ready... Set... G-"
"Hey isn't that Stb?" said Zunar, interrupting SSX.
They all turned to see the figure Zunar was pointing at, and it was confirmed.
Stb had finally come out of hiding.
They all followed him from a distance, and as they watched, he entered the Level Designing room reserved for Zunar, then a few minutes later, exited the room, looked around, then as he was about to leave the building, he suddenly stopped.
"Your fate is still sealed. Accept my gift, Zunar, and show it to SSX and Silver too," Said Stb. He then left the building.
Zunar, SSX and Silver then raced up to the room Stb had just been in, and went to see what the gift was. The room was empty, but in the corner was a single little card. Zunar picked it up and read it aloud;
All three of them then turned to leave the room when they saw it- A giant hacking device, attached to the back of the door, obviously a virus bomb. They all raced over to see what it was set for, and once they got a glimpse, they bolted to the front counter to get everyone evacuated out of the building.
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Chapter 2:
The next few events were a blur for Zunar, one memory made from a mix of racing to the front counter, telling Venexis, (The security guy at the front desk,) the loud announcement over the speakers of the Virus bomb, and everyone rushing out of the building. But there was one event that he could not forget- the explosion. At first it sounded like a jet engine starting up with a low whirring noise, getting louder and louder. He turned to see what the bomb would do and saw a huge black orb expanding in the building, and then the real devastation came. First, a loud bang, then the orb quickly shrunk, making the building drop slightly, then there was a huge, deafening roar, like that of two nuclear bombs colliding, then a huge ring of power spread out horizontally from the origin of the orb, shattering anything in its path within a 2KM radius of the SM63LB building. Then, like a black acid, the virus began eating away at the entire SM63LB building, along with anything that was above the power ring's path of destruction. At least a eighth of Runouw.com City had just been deleted in a matter of seconds.
Within a matter of minutes, hundreds of camera crews where at the scene, filming the buildings being eaten away at by a virus of unknown origin. Then when the TV crews heard that Zunar had reported the bomb, they began questioning him as to weather or not he set up the bomb. Then one voice stood out from the rest;
"Was today’s bomb attack related to the disappearance of ShadowtheBowser in any way?" said someone
"Yes, the bomb was set up by ShadowtheBowser himself, and I fear this is just the first of multiple more attacks." Zunar replied.
Then, Zunar noticed someone pushing through the crowd towards where Zunar was. It was Fourinone, one of the Moderators. Four walked over to Zunar, grabbed his arm, then turned to the press and said "Mr. Zunar is now a witness to an ongoing investigation, no more questions will be asked." He said.
"Who else was with you when you saw him?" Four asked.
"SuperStarX and Silver." Zunar replied.
"Could SSX and Silver please come with me and Zunar, please?" Four shouted.
When the trio reunited, Four hurried them into a black limo, got in, and told the driver to head to Forum 23.
"So Forum 23 is real?" Said SSX
"Yup. And we need you three to help us locate Stb before another Virus bomb go-"
Four was cut short as the sound of another Virus Bomb going off echoed through the air. It was obviously somewhere nearby where the Limo was at the time, for it flipped over a few seconds after the explosion started. The car was upside-down, its doors crushed to the point where they couldn't open, and the driver dead. Then, they saw it.
The ring of power from the second virus bomb, close to the ground, hurtling towards them.
Chapter 3:
"What the hell was that?" Said Megaboy, looking up from his long line of programming. He got up, opened the glass door, and stood out on the balcony of his apartment to go see what had happened. As he looked out over Runouw city, he saw the new SM63LB building being eaten away at by some sort of black acid, and the devastation it had caused. Then he saw the energy ring, spreading out and causing as much more destruction as it could. He noticed something strange with the shape of the power ring, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. It was a sort of oval shape, and it was getting larger... Then he realized it. Megaboy smashed through the glass door to his balcony, then started racing to the front door of his apartment, being slowed by his trash all over the floor. He was about half way to the door when the energy ring entered his apartment. He started to speed up, but when he looked back, the ring was only about a meter away. He quickly turned around, jumped into the air, and just narrowly dodging the energy ring, landed flat on his back, narrowly dodging a knife he lost earlier that... decade. He lay still for a moment, seeing how narrowly he dodged a ring of death and a knife, and then slowly got up.
Looking around at his apartment, seeing a black line all along his walls, eating away at everything, he turned to leave.
"How ironic." Megaboy said, seeing the energy wave stopped just before the door. He opened the door and walked into the main hall and was about to call the elevator when Bogdan (Megaboy's Neighbor from next-door) stumbled out of his room.
"Bog, do you know what happened?" Asked Megaboy, turning around to see Bog.
"Uuuugh..." Replied Bogdan, falling over.
Megaboy raced over to help Bogdan, when he realized that Bogdan had a huge, black cut on his arm. He had come into contact with the ring of energy, but was lucky to have not had his entire arm chopped off. The strange cut then began to expand, very slowly eating bog's entire arm. Megaboy quickly picked him up, being careful not to touch the black wound, raced over to the elevator, ran out the front doors of the hotel, and bolted to the hospital. He was about to get on his phone when a black Limo raced by.
"Watch where you’re driving!" Megaboy shouted to the limo. Suddenly, a familiar noise echoed through the air. The same sound he heard when the energy ring began expanding from the SM36LB building. Next thing he knew, he was flying through the air toward a wall, with Bogdan hurtling off his shoulder, on the same course as him. He hit the wall, stayed there for a moment, and then fell to the ground, partially dazed. He looked to his right, and saw the limo flipped over, with people trapped and conscious inside. He left Bogdan limply sitting on the sidewalk, and then raced over to the limo to see if everyone was Ok.
Then he saw the energy ring, racing towards the limo.
Chapter 4:
"Argh, what the hell happened?" said MKStar, one of Zunar's friends. He tried to remember back to what he was doing before... He was in the new SM63LB building, making a level while listening to his IPod, then there was a huge explosion, the whole building was collapsing, then he woke up here... wherever he was. He tried to get up to see where he was, but realized his entire body, except for his head, was pinned down to the spot and wasn't moveable. He looked around. Nearby there was a small amount of light trickling in, so he must not be too far from the surface. All around him was huge slabs of concrete, broken pipes, smashed coding. Not knowing anything else to do, he began shouting.
"Help! HELP! HELP!" He shouted.
"Who’s that? Help! HEELP!" Another voice replied.
"I’m MKStar, where are you?" Mk replied.
"I’m under the rubble over here! My name is Zed by the way." The voice replied.
"Well, I would like to help you Zed, but I seem to be in the same predicament." Mk said.
"Need help, do you?" A new voice said.
"Yes, please help us!" MK said.
All of a sudden, MK suddenly felt like he was falling. And he was right- the rubble that was on top of him was getting further and further away from him. He looked to his left and saw another figure falling with him, obviously Zed. He then looked to his left and saw him- ShadowtheBowser.
Mk suddenly felt himself slowing down, and then he felt like he was hovering above the ground. MK got up and realized he had arrived in some sort of prison, with him and Zed being in the cell.
ShadowtheBowser hit the floor with a loud thud, and then walked over to Zed and MK.
"I have saved your lives, now you must help me." He said.
"You are to sabotage the Mod's efforts to stop me."
Chapter 5:
"Wake up! I SAID WAKE UP DAMMIT!" Shouted Zunar as he slapped Four into consciousness.
Four woke up, and immediately remembered what had happened. He looked out one of the car windows, and saw the ring of energy coming.
"Come on, Get us out of here!" Said SSX
"There’s nothing we can do, we're doomed." Replied Four sadly.
All four of them heard shouting, and looked out the back window of the car. They saw a man running towards them, obviously attempting to help.
Suddenly, there was a loud thud on top of the car, followed by another. There was then two thuds on the ground nearby, followed by a series of clings and smaller thuds, as if some sort of a battle was occurring. Then, after a slash, and a cry of pain, the battle ended. A few moments later, the limo was suddenly lifted off the ground and out of harm's way.
There was a loud whoosh as the energy ring rushed by, then an unknown force created a protective bubble around the car, protecting it from the ring, which passed through them like a ghost. After the ring had passed along, the limo was flipped over, and the entire roof was ripped off, freeing them. However, when they saw who their saver was, they all froze in fear.
"Come on! Hurry up and get out, I’m on your side, idiots!" Said Stb.
Four reached into his pocket and pulled out a ban gun, and then aimed it at Stb. Stb quickly reacted by raising his hands into the air. "I thought I said I was on your side!" Stb Commented.
"Yeah right Stb, you just blew up about 1/4 of Runouw City and you suddenly change si-" Four was interrupted by every screen in Runouw.com city changing to the same thing, a picture of Stb.
"Greetings citizens of Runouw City." The picture on the screen wasnt a picture at all, but a live broadcast.
"My name is ShadowtheBowser; you may know me as the villain behind the Runouw Emissary incident. I have come to tell you this. I am willing to save lives. The first 10000 people to the post in Off-Topic district named '10000 to save' shall be spared, and their lives will live to see another day. However, if my clone is captured, then I will boost that number to 100000. The next bomb shall detonate in five minutes. That is all." The screen then switched to a countdown starting from five minutes.
"..." Four stood there, stunned at what had just happened. He lowered the gun, and Stb (supposedly the clone) lowered his hands slowly. "Hey, you’re the clone, aren’t you?" The man from before said, now carrying someone. "My name is Megaboy, this is Bogdan. He was injured from the first shockwave."
"My name is Fourinone. This is Zunar, SuperStarX, Silver, and..." Four stopped when he reached Stb.
"What happened to him?" Zunar said, pointing to bog.
"Like I said, he was injured in the first shockwave. He was cut by the energy." Mega gently turned bog to show the large black cut, now spreading slowly.
"We should get that looked at Forum 23, might help us destroy the bombs, or create a cure. Either way, everyone here is heading to Forum 23, and we have five minutes to get there." Said Four. Then, the entire group raced off, following four.
Meanwhile, up in a space station...
"Everything is going accordingly to plan. All those stupid citizens will head for the topic, and then when the bomb goes off, they will be in the middle of it! Muahaha! I just hope that stupid clone doesn't spoil it..."
"Hmmph! Hmmmmmmphmphhh!" Said a gagged figure, tied up in the corner.
"Oh shut up will you Star King? You’re very distracting you know!" Stb replied.
"However, you have a point... Spambots! Locate and destroy Fourinone, Zunar, SSX, Silver and my clone!"
As Stb shouted the order, an entire building within Runouw.Com disassembled itself and revealed what it really was- a huge army of Spambots, all activated and ready to go.
Chapter 6:
There was no way they could have made it to Forum 23 in time. About a minute after the message had been displayed; there was a huge stampede of civilians heading for the allotted topic- which was behind the group. No matter how hard they tried, they either didn't move, or went backwards. Then, a single gunshot was heard, followed by a scream. Then, everything went in reverse, pushing the team forward. Bullets began whizzing through the air, and everyone turned to see what was attacking them; an army of Spambots. Everyone wanted to head to the topic, but the Spambots where in the way. This is where it really got confusing. Half the crowd found it safer to go around them; the other half saw the Spambots as tin cans with rubber guns. The five of them were pushed this way and that, rotated, but they eventually made it about half way to forum 23.
Then, the noise was heard. Followed by about five or six of screams. Everyone turned to see where the bomb was originating from, and suddenly realized the truth. The topic wasn't there to save them; it was to lure people in to kill them all.
Another 8th of runouw.com city was destroyed. There was a little over half of Runouw.com city left. The team hurried to prevent anymore of it being destroyed.
"Forum 23 is actually Underneath Moderator tower. When we get there..." Four slowed down and stopped, gazing up in shock. The second virus bomb that had gone off was obviously at the base of the tower, since the tower was no longer there. No tower, no entrance to Forum 23.
"What do we do now?" SSX asked.
Four didnt reply. He simply stood there, gob smacked, obviously trying to process some course of action.
"We form a team, that’s what." Said a new voice.
The group turned to see the new member: MKStar
They where about to discuss about that when the sky was filled with million of lead bullets. They turned to see a small squad of Spambots, 6 to be exact, heading towards them. They where all filled with fear when they saw them. Not because of the fact they where there, but because of what their payload was. Several Virus Bombs, all joined together, already with a time set on it for 10 Minutes.
A Virus Warhead.
Chapter 7 (Inspired by Megaboy):
"What the hell is going on?!" Shouted Runouw, storming into the Mod tower. "I was only asleep for five minutes!"
"Runouw, there was nothing we could have done! It was totally unforeseen!" Moaned SuperYoshi, racing after Runouw.
"Totally unforeseen you say? In my office. Now." Runouw stormed into his office. Suyo followed him, and then the doors locked. The two of them talked it over politely, but obviously Runouw got impatient after 10 minutes and started shouting. A few moments later, Suyo walked out of Runouw's office. He shut the doors behind him, allowing Runouw to think on his own. Just then, a 'Ding!' noise came from the elevator, as the doors opened and Blablob stepped out. He was carrying his usual order from Demonik's Tavern: A coke and what appeared to be a happy meal in a bigger bag. "And where the hell have you been?"
"You know where I was. At Demonik’s tavern." Blab replied. Runouw then walked out of his office, noticed blab, and walked over to him. "You’re late."
"Sorry Runouw. I was at Demonik's" Blab replied.
"You’re usually here by 8:30. It’s just after 10:00." Suyo replied.
"Yes, what were you doing if you where at Demonik's?" Runouw said.
"Well I left Demonik's as per usual, but I happened to notice up in the sky. Some sort of spaceship I think." he replied.
"You should have showed up the instant the first bomb went off." Said Runouw. "Its higher priority."
"Well perhaps we should find out who did this?" Said Suyo. "Good idea. Four, go bring the people who did this here immediately." Said Runouw. "Yes sir!" replied Four, standing up from his desk. He raced into the elevator and went to the ground floor.
"Right so now what are we going to do to fix it?" Said Blab. "Simple, we use the backup until we fix it and it’s like nothing ever happened." Replied Runouw. "Now, can we have some more information on that thing you saw before?" Suyo said. "The spaceship is being constructed in orbit. It’s positioned right in front of the moon, nobody has noticed it yet. So far, it poses no threat." Blab said. "Good. Now onto the daily work... *sigh*" Runouw said, walking back into his office. Just before he opened his doors, the elevator arrived. Four couldn't have been back yet, and all the people who were authorized were already here. Couldn't have been an intruder, the alarm would have gone off. The elevator doors opened. Someone screamed. There it was, sitting in the middle of the elevator. A virus bomb. On it, a note:
~ShadowtheBowser~
The timer had been set for 1 Minute. Not enough time to defuse it. "GET RID OF IT! QUICK!" Runouw shouted. In a panic, Blab raced over and hit the Ground button, and quickly got out. The elevator doors shut. "Great idea, Einstein." Suyo said sarcastically. 45 Seconds to go. It was half-way down now. "What? I got rid of it didn't I?" Blab replied. 15 seconds to go. "Yes, but now it’s at the base of the tower." Runouw replied. It reached the bottom, and the doors open. 1 second. It exploded at the base of the tower. "AAAGH!" Everyone shouted. There was a huge amount of panic. Some of the Mod's started jumping out of the windows hoping to survive the fall. The tower began to lower. Then the bomb exploded. The tower had no supports. It fell like a wine bottle balancing on its neck. Civilians looked up and screamed. The tower fell faster and faster, lower and lower. It hit the ground. There was a huge explosion, as the building fell apart. Blab ducked under a desk before impact. Now, he was pinned underneath it. Suyo had decided to jump out a window. He hit the ground and survived, however not before the tower fell on top of him. He managed to move and luckily survived. However, he was now trapped under 10 Tones of brick, his only link to the outside world a small hole in the rubble. Runouw, however, had no idea what to do. So, he simply raced into his office, and sat down on his chair, hoping to survive. The chair slid slightly backwards, then far to the left, hitting the wall. The tower hit the ground. His chair bounced up. It landed and stood like nothing had happened. Runouw's desk protected his right side. It got caught in a gap in the pavement he wanted to fix. This caused the rubble to go over the top and create a little room. A tiny hole of light shone directly into his right eye. He was stuck sitting down. One of the drawers slid open and uncompleted paperwork fell neatly onto his lap. His lucky pen was in his pocket. 'Oh well.' he thought. 'At least I have something to do until they rescue me.' He began filling out the paperwork.
Chapter 8 (By Megaboy):
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Chapter 9:
"So... thats it, i guess." Said Zunar, getting up and throwing his Defusinator to the ground. "We've lost. Everything is gone."
The others slowly got up, but SSX stayed on the ground, devastated at what had just happened.
"I guess so... Wait..." Said Blab. He looked up and was smiling, to everyone's surprise. "The backup button!"
"Whats that?" Asked MKStar curiously. "And whats it do?"
"I remember now! Its a button that basically repairs the entire city and brings back anything deleted in it! Although..." Said four.
"What? Although what? Speak man or forever hold your peace!" Said blab.
"It hasn't been updated in three days, and we've had quite a few spammers kicked out since then... Pressing the button may allow them to escape from Ban Island." Said Four, which Blab replied with, "Well, i doubt they could be as bad as raymond!"
Four suddenly fell silent. "Oh you cant be serious. When?" Said Blab
"Yesterday. 'Raymanhatesu'" said four.
"So, where is this backup button?" asked Stb's clone, who was helping SSX up. "Is it on Ban Island?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Said Blab, "Which suggests we should start moving now. No doubt Stb has already sent down a squadron of Spambots to catch us."
"Then lets get moving!" Said Four, who had already started running towards Ban Island.
The group raced off to ban island, but stopped about half way by a new building that was in their way.
The group turned to the right, but yet again, there was a new building in their way. Same to the right. When they turned back the way they came, again they saw a new building.
"A toast to my victory! Ahahaha!"
Stb was sitting behind a grand dining table in a ginormous room. In front of him was a bowl of Sour Cream and Onion chips, and all along the table was foods and drinks. Along the table were spambots that had been granted Artificial Intelligence by him. Out of the floor-to-ceiling window to Stb's left was a magnificent view of the earth from space. He was up in a ginormous ship the size of a moon.
"Huzzah! The master has succeded! Huzzah! Huzzah!" cheered the spambots, and they poured a glass of their favorite drink into their fuel port.
Just then, a spambot scurried into the room and to Stb.
"What do YOU want."Stb said to the spambot.
"S-sir, there's a problem." Said the spambot.
"What is it." Said Stb, now listening to the spambot attentively.
"There were survivors, and they are on their way to Ban Island. They are going to press the Reset button..." The spambot was now shaking, as Stb's eyes went red, the color they went when he was furious. Stb stood up, and swatted the spambot aside. "ALL OF YOU! BACK TO WORK!" He roared at the other spambots sitting at the table. They quickly scurried off to their posts. Stb walked over to the now upturned spambot, put it upright, then said to it "Bombard them with spambots! Do whatever necessary to stop them from getting to Ban! MOVE IT!" Said stb, and the spambot raced away to join the others.
Stb sat down at his seat, sighed, and started eating his chips.
"What the?" Said blab, as a Spambot fell from the building and landed on his face. "Spambots! Open fire!"
In a mere amount of moments, the small space was filled with shots hitting the Spambot buildings and Spambots falling on the group. While the group was shooting the spambot, Stb's clone went over to one of the walls, slid his hands along it, and then punched it.
From a distance, it would look like a demolition crew had just knocked over a skyscraper using tonnes of TNT. The group ran to Ban Island, and stopped as they reached the cliff. "Wheres the bridge? WHERES THE BRIDGE?!?" Said Zunar, as the Spambots got closer and closer. Blab wave a hand in the air, and a bridge appeared. One second it wasn't there, the next it was. It was as simple as that. The group raced across the bridge, and raced into Ban.
"Where'd they all go?" Four said, noticing how silent Ban was. "They should be here!"
"We'll deal with that later! Get to the button and press it!" Shouted blab.
The group ran straight to the center of Ban, and where stopped by a door with a ten-digit keypad. Four began pressing the buttons furiously, while the others shot at the spambots. The keypad beeped as it accepted the code, the door whizzed open, everyone rushed in, and the door shut and locked behind them. The room was like nothing they had ever seen before. They where sure they were in a small room, and yet the room had been painted in such a way that it looked like it went on forever. Or was it painted? It was hard to tell. In the center of the room was a small tree, and on the top of that tree was a button. It was red, like an apple. Suyo raced up to the the tree, and pressed the button.
Nothing happened.
Chapter 10
"GWWWFFF.... NFFFFFF..."
Starking had just woken up. He was tied up, gagged, and in a room he did not recognize. There was a toilet in one corner, a bed in another, and a table in a third. The fourth corner had a low bench, low enough to use as a chair. On the wall in between the chair and table was some sort of door. Starking managed to push himself upright using the wall in between the the toilet and bed, which was parallel to the door. He then hopped over to the bench/seat, and sat down.
What have i gotten myself into this time? He thought. And where the hell am i?
As he was getting up again to hop over to the bench, he jumped up in pain as something sharp poked his leg. When he managed to turn around, he discovered there was a small knife poking out from under the bench/chair. He sat upright, carefully moved over to the knife, and cut the bonds, freeing his hands. He pulled off the gag, grabbed the knife, and untied his feet. The knife was a small pocket knife, which also had a can opener and a nail filer. He put the knife away, then put the entire pocket contraption into his pocket, and looked around.
The room looked like one of those mental insanity jail rooms, with everything being padded and protective. He saw a can of baked beans on the table, and next to it a can of water. He used the can opener in the pocket knife to open both, and afterwards, sat down on the bed to think. Something didn't feel quite right. He stood up, and checked the walls of the room. As he thought, they where padded so he could not harm himself. He knew he was somewhere on Earth, because he wasn't floating around all over the place. But his stomach felt wrong, like it was higher than it usually was...
As a small experiment, he got onto the bed, and attempted to stand on the wall. He fell straight onto the bed, slightly jarring his neck. But as he lay there on the bed, he noticed that slowly, very very slowly, he was being pulled to the wall between the table and toilet. He got up, walked over to the wall, and attempted to stand on it. To his astonishment, he didn't fall.
"Artificial gravity," He said. "I am in space."
Just then, he heard a thud behind - in his current state, above - him. He turned to look, and saw a panel from the roof had fallen, and someone was reaching through.
"Hurry up, get over here!" Said Venexis, helping StarKing into the cramped space, it was about a meter tall, dark and stuffy, and seemingly went on for miles, with large pillars from floor to ceiling (Not that that wasn't difficult) It was the space between the two floors.
"Where is this?" said StarKing, shocked at how large wherever this place was was. "And how did you get here?"
"This is STB's 'Ion Star,' and i have no idea how i got here. One second i was sitting on my couch, watching the news, next thing i know i'm in here. I heard you mumbling to yourself, that's how i found you." Said Venexis, crawling off in some seemingly random direction.
"We need to sabotage this ship, the control room is this way." Said ven
"Whats an Ion Star? Why do we need to sabotage it? How do you know which way your going?" Said StarKing, crawling after Ven.
"When i appeared here, i moved a tile out of the way and saw a bunch of maps. Grabbed it, went below floorboards, and then here we are now. I think this is Stb's HQ, and according to these plans, it has the capability of destroying half the planet. Now come on, we haven't much ti-" Ven was interrupted as a tile was removed from in front of him, and three armed spambots climbed in, and pointed their weapons at Ven and SK.
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