runouw.com

Here's a forum story by me, which is a lot like the other stories in the forum: 3rd person, dealing with Runouw.com.
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Introduction

BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM! The lasers flew everywhere, and hit everything. The spammers would not repent, and they kept on coming. "I CAN'T HOLD THEM MUCH LONGER!" Screamed Niklaw as he used his duel swords to slice 2 spam bots in half like they were air.

The spam bots started to crowd against our 2 warriors who had been sent to defend Runouw.com. "We can't give up, Niklaw!" Bellowed Suyo. Niklaw and Suyo backed against eachother and then WHAM! They both flew in opposite directions; Suyo with his handgun and razor-sharp knife, and Niklaw with his duel swords. They both were destroying bots upon bots, dozens and dozens, one after another. One of the bots cought Suyo by surprise, and nearly stabbed him in the neck with a Spam Sword. But Suyo blocked the attack and returned with a gun shot to the Bot's face. And Niklaw seemed to be having no trouble.

But the bots just kept on coming. It's as if they were being generated. BAM! a bullet whistled past Niklaw's nose, and hit the wall. Our heroes kept fighting, but it was useless. The Spam Bots wouldn't stop coming. It would all be over.

And suddenly a door that our heroes hadn't even noticed bursted open, and a wave of water flew in. The location was in an underwater base, and whoever opened the door wanted Niklaw and Suyo dead.

The force of the water kept them from being able to escape, and the Spam Bots didn't deactivate. In fact, they seemed to know how to swim. Whoever programmed these bots had made sure that they were able to swim.

Our heroes began to sink. Before they drowned, they caught a glimpse of what had opened the door on them: all they could see were red eyes.

Then everything went blank .
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Niklaw and Suyo were found about 2 days later by our leader, Runouw. They were thought to be dead, but were nonetheless brought to the infirmory.

"How could this happen? We warned them not to do this." Murmered Runouw. He had the deepest voice you'd ever hear.

“Perhaps they found it necessary,” Murmured a man in a hat. He was the newest member of Runouw.com.

As Niklaw and Suyo lied there lifeless, Runouw concluded “My direct orders were that they were to stay here. They disobeyed, and now we could all be in danger.”

“How is that?” Asked the man in the hat. He never seemed to take off his hat.

“That is none of your concern. I don’t even know why you are here. This room is for ill patients. Are you ill?”

“Well, no. But I find it very necessary to stay in here anyway.”

“And why is that?”

“That is none of your concern” Mimicked the man in the hat.

“Look,” Runouw said, “You need to go. What is your name?”

“My name? My name…is Doecm. Pronounced Dow-Cum.” The man said as he stumbled out of the door.

“Huh…..Doecm. That name….why does it seem so familiar?” Mumbled Runouw.

Suddenly, Niklaw tossed over to one side. “Oh my God. He’s alive!” Cheered Runouw. Suyo licked his lips while he was still unconscious. “Oh my God. They’re both alive!” Cheered Runouw a second time.

Runouw pleaded the 2 heroes. “Come on guys. Do not give up. Do NOT give up. Fight. Live. Repel. You had the courage to try to save us all. Now have the strength to save yourselves. Do NOT give up!” Runouw acted as if his life depended on these 2 brave soldiers.

A cold and lifeless 20 minutes went by without anything. Runouw contacted all of Runouw.com to join him in the infirmary. Ridder grumbled “I don’t think they are going to live.

But Avolerators spoke up. “It is typical for you to say such a thing, Ridder. You mustn’t give up in our heroes. They tried to save our lives, and that counts as something. So nobody needs your pessimism or whatever!”

“It isn’t pessimism. It’s being reasonable.”

“How is that reasonable? Runouw mentioned they were alive!”

“Look! I don’t assume the worst, okay? I just assume what's most likely to happen”

“That’s a lie!”

“Is not!”

“STOP IT BOTH OF YOU!” Runouw yelled. His voice was so deep…it’s as if it were meant for yelling. “Look. You both are acting very mature. Now Ridder, I don’t think it is right to judge who will die and who won’t. As I said, they had moved, so there is a very good chance they will live. And Avo, you must understand that what these heroes have done have endangered us all. We mustn’t__”

“How?” Asked 2 people simultaneously. Blablob and fourinone.

“Huh….I guess I owe an explanation for you all. If you have time for a long story, then I suggest you get settled.” And then he began.

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“You see, we are the target of a thing called spam bots. All forums are. They come to the forums to spam and if they are not dealt with immediately, they can do serious damage…to the point of shutting down the entire website.

“We take care of these Bots all the time. They are simple and easy to wipe out. They can come in the dozens and they are still simple. They really are not that lethal until they’ve reached the core of the website. In our case, that would be the control room…the thing that keeps this very website up and running.”

“But what’s a control room?” Asked somebody in the audience. An unfamiliar face; probably a new member.

Runouw sighed. “Please. Don’t ask any questions until AFTER I am done with the story.

“Now, normally if a Bot reaches the control room, they will immediately head to the core. And by estimated time, it would take a Bot about a week to deactivate the core. And we would’ve dealt with them by then. So that’s why they aren’t that lethal. You see, they go one at a time, insert a chip into the core to drain all the power, but since the core is like a generator, it automatically heals itself quick as lightning once the Bot is dealt with.

“They can only go one at a time because there is only one slot in the generator for the chips. And as I said: these Bots are very easy to deal with. We get our best swordsman—that would be Niklaw—and our best gunman—that would be Suyo—and they defend the Control Room. If you are wondering why I do not fight, it is because I am not skilled at the tactics. I am simply to give orders.

“So that leads me to why this mission was such a dangerous one.” Runouw stopped his story to take a sip from a blue mug that had been next to him the whole time. Nobody even knew it was his.

“Now, I may be the administrator of this site, but all websites in the world have to look up to an even bigger corporation. It’s something called the Internet. And it isn’t something we log onto. We log onto our computers to GET to internet explorer, or whatever you may have.

“But THE Internet—the one and only—is a live being. Like our control room, deep in the Earth lies the core of the Internet. Now all those stories and theories about magma and fire in the core—it was all a lie. The corporation was simply trying to hide the truth from the world, so nobody or no THING could reach the internet and destroy it.

“But Bots are different. They don’t need to be told. They know where all cores are. These bots…their ultimate goal is to one day rule the world, like any evil emperor. But bots are different. You can’t take anything from them. They have no heart, and nothing to lose if you kill them. They just respawn and come back again for a second fight. So in our lifetime, all of the world’s websites must fight off these bots, no matter how protective it is.

“Now, while Bots tend to know that the Internet is there, they have no way of reaching it. So their only option is to attack all websites all together, which damages the Internet. If all websites went down, that would render the Internet powerless. And if we lose the Internet, all life would seize. Have you ever heard of a little something called Y2K? Well, this myth was started was started because of the goal of Spam Bots. And it isn’t a rumor. If the Bots achieve their goal in destroying the Internet, Y2K will go into effect, wiping out any computing device forever. Planes and shuttles will fall, and we will be helpless against the Bots.

“But this is where the bad news comes in. You see, the Corporation sent news to every computer in the world about a week ago, that a new Spam Bot had been created. Its abilities are unknown, but it was mentioned that this specific Bot is able to find a way into the core without attacking all other computers first. Its creator is unknown.

“So all mods and I had a meeting 3 days ago. We concluded that if any of us try to stop the bot that Runouw.com would be under attack forever by the world’s most deadly bots. And do you know why? Because the Bot that is trying to reach the core: it will attack any websites that get in its way with millions of bots. No website can stop that, so we feared it was for the best nobody goes to stop the bot, and that we should just hope that the Internet can deal with itself. Because if Suyo and Niklaw were to go attack one of the 3 main bases of the bots—which they did—they would endanger us all.

“I gave these 2 direct orders not to go ahead with the plan they argued over. But they defied me, and they lost the battle. For all of us."

The entire room sat in silence. No questions and no comments. They all knew the mistake that was made. And now they would all have to pay.

“Now, it may all seem bad but we must NOT give up hope. I will contact Corporation HQ and tell them I have a plan that if all the world’s computers attack this bot at once, we may just have a fighting chance.”

And Runouw took another sip from his mug.

Interesting…I like it…but not the most original thing in the world…spambots are used in brando's story (of course), mine, Buff's, maybe one or two others…getting kind of old at this point. But still not bad!

Chapter 1: The Plan

Runouw paced. He kept walking back in forth in the telephone room. He’d been there for the last thirty minutes, yet there was still no word on what HQ thought on Runouw’s idea. Two days had gone by. Suyo and Niklaw were healthy as a horse, but they found themselves…worried. Worried, and frightened. Frightened of what, we have yet to find out.

MessengerOfYahweh came into the telephone room. “Uhh..Runouw sir?” Stuttered MOY.

“What is it?” Runouw asked quickly. By the tone of his voice, he wasn’t in the mood for chatting.

“We, uh, need your help in the Off-topic room.”

“I can’t leave. I’m waiting for a phone call.”

“About what?”

“I contacted Corporation HQ and told them about the plan. But I’ve yet to receive feedback.”

“So…what if they don’t call you back and you wait forever?”

Runouw sighed in such a way to let MOY know he was bugging him. “Listen. What do you need?”

“Well, I’m not sure. Superyoshi sent me to come tell you that something was wrong in the Off-topic room. I was just in the Gaming room playing Super Mario.”

Runouw mumbled to himself. “Okay.” Runouw said, and hurriedly walked into the Off-topic room.

When Runouw entered the room, he found Suyo holding someone. Runouw couldn’t see the face of who Suyo was holding. “Who is that?” Runouw asked.

Suyo looked up at Runouw. “It’s…it’s Avolerators, sir.”

Runouw leaned over to look at the condition of Avo, but he looked nothing out of the ordinary. Other than the fact that Avo wasn’t breathing. “What happened to him?” Runouw asked.

“A spambot caught him by surprise when he was outside.”

Runouw stared in disbelief, as if he couldn’t imagine one spambot doing this much damage.

“One?” Runouw asked. “One spambot, did this? Why was Avo outside? Direct orders are that all members of__” Suyo cut him off by finishing the statement.

“Members of Runouw.com cannot leave the building UNLESS they are given permission by a mod or you. Yes, I get that. Yadda, yadda, yadda. I’m the one who let him outside.” Runouw looked at him with a look that pursued him to go on. “Avo…he……I……um………………I…” Suyo couldn’t get a single word out without stuttering.

“What is it, Superyoshi?”

Suyo sighed, as if he thought he’d be banned. “Avo asked me if he could go home. He asked me if he could leave. And see his family.”

Runouw put his hand to his forehead, and shook his head.

Then suddenly, the phone rang. “I’ve got to get that!” Runouw said, and he ran in the telephone room, and answered the phone.

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Meanwhile, in the Spambots' underwater base...

“How could we let such an unfortunate attack kill off over two-hundred of our soldiers?” Said a man in the shadows. You couldn’t see anything…except for his red eyes.

“It was a tragic mistake that CERTAINLY will not happen again, my lord.” Said a spambot which was surrounded by other bots.

“But how could you let it come this far? Two skilled warriors breaking into OUR underwater base! You are very fortunate I had come when I had. Otherwise these warriors may have destroyed this base. Our base, out of three bases worldwide to support the new spambot. If this base had been destroyed, there could’ve been a drastic change in how this war would conclude. We’d fail to destroy the Internet…humans would forever rule the world. It’s been far too long; this is our last shot! Do you want to ruin that last shot for all of us?”

“But sir?” Said another spambot. “How is it possible to keep the humans from attacking the bases?”

The bot with the red eyes’ eyes glowed redder than ever. “We don’t. In fact, we want them to come to us.”

All bots stared in disbelief.

“Yes. I’ve upgraded one of our spam bots to match any opponent’s abilities, and return them tenfold. When the humans attack, the spambot will be ready for them.”

“But who is the spam bot, sir?”

The red-eyed bot stepped out of the shadows. He looked like a morph between a very muscular man, and a robot. A cyborg.

“I am.” The cyborg said.

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Back at Runouw.com...

Runouw calmly walked back into the Off-topic room, and said “Well, that wasn’t my expected phone call. It was Papa Johns asking where our location was. SOMEBODY ordered pizza.”

Runouw scanned the room, looking for anybody acting guilty. “Is…..is that okay, sir?” Said someone. Runouw looked over; it was MIC.

“Well, I’m not mad or anything,” said Runouw, “It’s just that, how are you planning to pay for it?”

“Oh, don’t worry! Niklaw lent me some money.”

“Very well then. Now, back to our little discussion.”

“Right.” Suyo said. “See, Avo kind of had a nervous breakdown because of your story. And I don’t blame him. He started acting jittery, and finally he told me he just wanted to be with his family when this all happened, instead of at the forums.”

Runouw stroked his chin as if he had a beard. “And I assume you are aware of the consequences if anyone leaves the site.”

Suyo looked down. “Ye….yes, sir.”

“A perma-ban from the site. Yes. I know it seems harsh, but I have my rules for a reason.”

“So…you aren’t banning him?”

“I never said that. I’ll wait until he recovers and then I’ll announce my decision.”

“Come on, Runouw. Give him a break. He’s just a twelve-year-old boy who wanted to be with his family the last few days on Earth.”

“Yes. He’s a twelve-year-old boy whom we could’ve used to help stop this war.”

“HOW!?” Bellowed Superyoshi. “You said it yourself: We can’t stop the Spam bot.”

Runouw looked away and slowly shook his head, knowing he was beaten at this argument.

“So….he was attacked by a spambot? What kind of spambot was it?”

“It was one of the newly designed ones.”

“Then they know where we are. And these forums…there’s no way any of us can survive if we stay here. But there’s no where we can go.”

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But that wasn’t the end of it. Over the next few hours Runouw devised a plan. He arranged for all of Runouw.com to meet him in the meeting room.

“Now, I’ve come up with a plan that could ultimately save us all. As I mentioned two days ago, there are three bases which hold up this spam bot fortress. One of them was an underwater base; the one Suyo and Niklaw attacked. If we can take out all of these bases, the newly designed Spam Bot will be much weakened. We will have a great shot at winning the war.

“With enough research, I have found the location of all three bases. The first one, as you know, is the underwater base, found at the bottom of the Atlantic. The second one can be found directly beneath the U.S capital: Washington D.C. The third and final one can be found in the Bermuda Triangle.

"Now, in order to make transportation fast, we can only have three people tops go on this journey.”

“Wait a minute, Runouw.” Said GalaxyMario. “Niklaw and Suyo were badly wounded when they attacked one of these bases. What would make you think any of us could stand a chance?”

“Hm…that’s why I’m sending Suyo and Niklaw back”

“WHAT?!” They both said in unison.

“You are my best fighters. And I’m sure you’ve learned from your mistakes in the past. Now, we also need one more person to go. Any volunteers?”

Everyone sat quiet. Nobody wanted to go risking their lives.

Then, one person sat up.

“I’ll go.” Said Blablob.

“You?” Uttered Runouw. “And what makes you so sure that you can fight off hundreds of spam bots and go on this journey for the sake of humanity?”

“Well” Blablob started, “I don’t, sir. But I know what’s at stake here, and I’m willing to risk my life to save it all. Plus I’ve had some experience with sword-fighting in the past.”

“Really? What kind of experience?”

“Two years worth. Not long before I joined Runouw.com. I can’t believe I never told you guys that.”

“Hm….very well.” Runouw concluded. “The three of you will go on this journey. You may leave by dawn tomorrow.”

“But Runouw?” Niklaw asked. “What will become of you all while we are gone?”

“We’ll have to fend for ourselves against the Bots. Now, we can surrender, and they won’t kill us. And we could always wait for you guys to hopefully win the day for us all.”

“And with that, mate, I’m off to my Tavern.”

Wow! Interesting! I like it…keep it up!

This is a really good story!

I just hope I don't die.

Anyway, keep up the good work!!

My god, I am actually in a fanfic!

Chapter 2: Doecm's Secret.

“Why me, though?” Blablob said to himself at the Tavern as Niklaw handed him a root beer; his fourth one tonight.

“I wouldn’t worry about it too much, Blablob.” Replied Niklaw. “Me and Suyo were picked, too. And like we really want to do this. You don’t think I’d rather be here drinking myself to death? Besides, you volunteered.”

“I know, I know,” said Blablob, “it’s just that I really didn’t think I was going to get picked. Me, out of over 2000 users on this site.”

“True, but like I said, you volunteered. And no one else did. Don’t you think that would up your chances of being picked? And besides, only a fraction of those users actually use the site.”

“I know. I guess you’re right Ni___” Blablob was interrupted when a drunken Suyo came waddling out of the back door to the Tavern and started talking loud.

“HEY! ANYBODY SEEN MY HAT? YEAH! I’M HAVING A GOOD TIME, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME? YEAH. THESE ARE THE BEST YEARS OF MY.......um..............THESE....um........YOU GUYS........YOU GUYS DON’T..............WHAT ARE YOU ALL STARING AT?”

But the fact of the matter, everyone was ignoring him.

“What’s his deal?” Blablob asked as he guzzled down his fourth root beer.

“He’s just worried about tomorrow, like you and me. But unlike you and me, he solves his problems by drinking.”

“And you just let him? He’s only…what? Fifteen?”

“Hey. We’re all going to be risking our lives tomorrow. I figured I’d let him have his fun while we were still breathing.”

“Why do you sound like you think we’ll die?”

Niklaw sighed as he brought some pizza over to someone to the other side of the table.

“Blablob, have you been listening lately? We probably WILL die. Okay? Just take that in for a second. Our chances of winning this war are very slim right now. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact. You, me, and Suyo; we’re all going out tomorrow to try and save us all, but it’s the three of us versus an entire army of nearly unstoppable Spam Bots.”

Blablob said no more. He figured tonight would be his last night on Earth, so he ordered some beer as well.

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At Runouw's office...

“What do I have here?” Demanded Runouw as he held up a suspicious box, which said SECRET in big black letters on the front. Runouw caught Doecm in the act of planting it in Runouw’s desk while he was away.

“I don’t know.” Replied Doecm.

“You DO know. What’s in this box?”

“Uh….what?”

“Can you not hear?”

Doecm wasn’t even looking at Runouw. “Uh………What?”

Runouw stepped closer, to seem threatening, and said in the deepest, scariest voice ever heard: “Can you hear me now?” Runouw stepped back as Doecm looked at Runouw. “What’s in the box?”

“Why don’t you open it and find out?”

“No. I have an idea. I can get rid of this box and ban you from this site. You’ve been nothing but trouble since you’ve got here.”

“Runouw….old friend; you still don’t know who I am?” Doecm said as he tilted his hat downward.

Runouw thought hard. “I know I’ve seen you before, and your voice sounds so familiar…who are you?”

“I’ll give you a hint. My REAL name is Doelcm, spelled with an el.”

“Why did you leave out the el before?”

“’Cause I thought you’d be smart enough to figure it out without additional help.”

Runouw thought hard. “I still can’t figure it out.”

RINGRINGRIGNRING. The phone rang; an expected call Runouw had been waiting for all day.

“Finally. Look, Doelcm,” Runouw said as he semi-hurried out of the room. “We’ll have to continue this discussion another time.” And Runouw went for the phone.

RINGRINGRINGRING Runouw picked up the phone. “Hello?”

But there was nothing. Nothing but bleeps and bloops. It was almost like static, except it seemed to be talking to Runouw. Runouw hung up.

“That was weird.” Runouw hurried to his computer to see if anything was going on. But once he got turned it on, a blue screen came up and said in printed black letters: Your Computer Has Been Infected. And at the same time the computer was making noises that were exactly like the phone. “Wha...how?”

And then every single light in the building went out.

“What the Flap is going on here?” But then Runouw understood. “The Spam Bots are here.” Runouw reached for his microphone to make the announcement to the whole site, but it didn’t work.

Runouw went down to the Tavern. When he opened the doors, everyone gasped. “Okay. Our heroes? You three? Where are you?” They didn’t take acknowledgement, but everyone pointed towards them. They were on the floor, sleeping.

“What’s going on? They have a mission to do. And THEY’RE DRUNK? I can’t believe this.”

“Well, what’s so bad about it?” Said someone in the crowd…fourinone.

“The Spam Bots are here. So we can’t afford to wait until dawn to send these guys out. They need to go NOW.

“But I can see that’s not gonna happen.” And Runouw left without saying a word.

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Our “heroes” woke up about two in the morning, still in the Tavern. Nobody had helped them to bed or anything.

“Oh, God.” Suyo said. He was hung over, and so were the other two.

“I can’t believe we drank ourselves to DEATH last night.” Said Blablob. “How could you talk me into that, Niklaw? I am never drinking again.”

“Well then, lesson learned.” Said Niklaw. “You shouldn’t be drinking in the first place.”

“But you TOLD me to!”

“I didn’t put a gun to your throat.”

“I know but…you made me think that I’d feel better if I drank, which I DIDN’T. I just got worse.”

“Then just stick to root beer.”

“Fine.”

“Fine”

“Potato.”

“Potawto.”

“Guys, shut up!” Demanded Suyo. “Like my headache doesn’t hurt enough. I’m going to bed. You guys should, too. We need to be ready tomorrow.”

Niklaw and Blablob looked at each other.

“You’re right. Let’s go.”

They all went upstairs and walked to their cabin, passing Runouw and Doelcm on the way. “Oh, hi Runouw.” Said Niklaw. And they went to their room.

“Now. I’ll ask you again. Who…ARE….YOU?” Said Runouw.

“Ah…Rob, Rob, Rob. I’ll give you one last hint.” And he took off his hat.

“Oh my God. Gregory McLeod.”

Funny and serious at the same time! Keep it up!

Cool story! Can't wait to read what'll happen next!

Chapter 3: Immediate Action

It’s weird how the three of them could sleep so soundly on the wooden floor of Niklaw’s Tavern, but in their own beds Niklaw, Superyoshi, and Blablob had the most restless night of their life. A big day was ahead of them. The clock gleamed 1:00 in big red numbers. They had already disobeyed Runouw by not leaving immediately.

As for the hackers, they were a minor issue, but only for the moment. This was a pre-attack. They were only demonstrating what was about to happen. The entire website would crash, and everybody inside would cease to exist.

Runouw had a very troubled time sleeping as well. But the difference was, he wasn’t trying to sleep. He sat out in the main hall of the forums, behind his desk, his feet propped up. He thought silently, waiting.

Suddenly, an alarm went off in the whole building. Runouw put his shoes down, and stood up straight, and head into the hallway where the members were sleeping. “GET UP! ALL OF YOU!” He yelled as he passed by each cabin. “GET OUT OF BED! WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!”

Cabin doors one at a time began to slowly open, followed by the members who, most of which, were in pajamas.

Runouw checked every last cabin, and called in to see if anybody was still sleeping. He flicked on lights, and even had a few volunteers help him check all 30 cabins. That was about 5 to a cabin at average.

When each cabin was checked, Runouw made a hand signal for everyone to line up. Lots of people were yawning and trying to rub the sleepiness out of their eyes. Runouw stood in front of the line, and said. “All right. Follow me in a straight line. I know you’re not preschoolers. But we’ve got an issue right now; I can’t let any of you get lost or hurt. Now, follow me.”

He turned around, and began walking toward the door that said EXIT above it. Everybody followed. At the back of the line, Fourinone whispered something into megamario126’s ear, and he said “All right.” Four put his hands on mega’s shoulders, and mega put his hands on Suyo’s shoulders.

Suyo said “What are you doing? Why are you touching me?” Everybody was out the EXIT door now, and they walked toward a lot where they’d be far enough from the building. The alarm was very loud, and had the sound of a girl screaming to the top of her lungs, except you could tell it wasn’t a girl.

“Woops. Almost forgot.” Runouw said as he took out of his pocket a small chip with a button. He pressed the button, and the alarm stopped. Everybody sighed.

“MAN was that getting annoying.” MessengerOfYahweh announced. “And how could you forget about that? It was so loud it was ALL I could think about. And since it’s so loud, why did you bother to wake__”

“MOY, shut up!” Exclaimed Hyper Sonic. Runouw had ignored MOY, as if he hadn’t even heard him.

After a brief discussion between four and Suyo, Suyo led the way and put his hands on Hyper’s shoulders, and he put his hands on the others shoulders, and so on, and so on. They started making some train noises, and Runouw cocked his head.

“Wow. How immature can you guys possibly get?” He asked wide-eyed.

“Sorry Runouw.” Said Fourinone, the guy the who started this game. “We’re just all tired.

“And so you keep yourself awake by doing this?”

Suyo said, “He does have a point. Look at us. Are we preschoolers?”

“Hey, hey, hey. We did this one time in my middle school.” Said Blablob.

“Then your middle school must’ve been for three-year-olds” Said Superyoshi.

“Hey. Just because you have no sense of humor doesn’t mean no one else does.”

“I have a sense of humor. You’re just not funny, as all.”

“It wasn’t my idea to do this. And I wasn’t trying to be funny!”

“Good, because you’re not!”

“Oh, and like you’re funnier?”

“I didn’t say I was funny!”

“’Good, because you’re not!’”

“Don’t mimic me!”

“’Don’t mimic me!’”

Niklaw shouted, “You guys BOTH shut up!” They both did. Niklaw said to both of them. “You know, I’m not any happier than you guys are, having to save the world tomorrow.” Niklaw glanced at his watch. “Oh, make that TODAY. Anyway, all three of us are having a hard time accepting that. And what’s happening right now is not brightening my mood. But do you see ME cracking under the pressure?”

Blablob protested. “You didn’t have to yell so loud for us to shut up.”

“Oh, give me a break!”

Finally, we arrived at the lot. “Finally, we’re here.” Said Runouw. “Now. Before I tell you guys why we’re out here, I need to make a headcount.

“Wait.” Said Niklaw, “You know why we’re out here?”

“I have a feeling I do. Now, there are 134 members. Everybody stay in line quietly while I count.”

And so he did, one by one, pointing at each of us, mouthing the number we were as he passed by us.

After about three minutes, he said. “Something’s wrong. I only counted 132. We have 2 members missing.”

Everybody looked around. Runouw then made a conclusion. “I think I know whose missing. Avolerators was kidnapped, by our newest member Greg McLeod.”

“Oh my God” Said Suyo. “The administrator of Mcleodgaming.”

“Yes, we all know that, Suyo. Thank you.” Said Blablob in a mocking voice.

“Grrr.” Said Suyo, but Niklaw assured Suyo to not let it get to him.

“So, that’s it.” Said TBG, a member who had been recently unbanned. “Two members missing, and that’s only the start. Soon we’ll all be gone. Oh, did you guys know I had an account on Mcleodgaming? Huh? Well, I got banned for...things.”

“TBG, just chill.” Said MessengerOfYahweh.

“Well, at the moment we have bigger issues.” Said Runouw. “Runouw.com has been hacked, and there’s a Spam Bot somewhere in the building. It caused the alarm to go off.”

“Wait,” Said someone. “If it’s a Spam Bot, wouldn’t it most likely be found in the Core?”

“It isn’t worth it to go check. The Bot was very lethal, one of the newest ones that can’t be killed. Not that a Bot can actually be killed since it’s just a bot, but you get it.”

“So…why did we leave the building again?”

“The Bot is in the building. I can’t risk any of you getting killed, so we had to leave.”

“But if you knew this would happen, why didn’t you wake us earlier?”

“Because I needed the extra assistance of the alarm to wake you guys.”

Almost everybody stared at the building.

“So….goodbye, Runouw.com?” Asked TBG.

“For now, yes. I was afraid something like this would happen. That’s why I feared Blablob, Niklaw, and Suyo would have to leave immediately instead of by dawn. We’re already being attacked.”

“So…they should leave now while they can? And the rest of us fend for ourselves while Runouw.com gets hacked?”

“Unfortunately, yes. You three need to go. NOW! There’s a car in the back of the building. I don’t know how far it will get you, but far enough. No keys required. It’s password controlled. Just yell TACO near the car to unlock it and start it up. Now, are you guys ready to save us all?”

Blablob yawned, and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. “Are you serious?”