Albur woke up, he opened his eyes. He then found out he is removed from the chair, but still being tied up by ropes. He is in a room, together with Johnson and Mysty, both of them were tied up. In front of them is a huge laser turret, aiming at them. Next to the laser is Breach and Grey, Grey looked at the crew, and made a mocking gesture, Breach glared at him, he then stopped.
"I really wanted to ask how the heck did you nearly get killed by them that easily when you are the second strongest emperor?" asked Breach in annoyance.
Grey looked anxious and nervous. He then made complex gestures, it annoyed Breach even more.
"SPEAK!"
Grey was startled.
"Vous savez, c'est une question de respect que de ne pas demander à un mime de parler." ("You know, it's a matter of respect not to ask a mime to speak.")
"I don't care about that! You are obviously holding back aren't you?! Don't let me see any pride in you.....the last glitch who have many pride was dead...so you better stay alerted or else you will die.....I don't want to waste my revive card on you....."
Breach said as she slowly approached to Grey and pointed her fingers and him. Grey back away and gulped, before saluting. Breach grunted in annoyance and started activating the turret. She walked out of the room, Grey lowered his head before floating out of the room as well.
"You guys alright?" Albur turned around and looked at Johnson and Mysty.
"We're good." answered Mysty.
"This rope it too tight.....I couldn't break it...." Johnson struggled to break rope, he rolled around on the ground.
Albur looked at that turret, the laser beam destruction level have reached building ceasing level.
"We must get out of here! Otherwise its over!" said Albur.
"I couldn't reach me hiking stick in my pocket, we couldn't cut the rope using the grapple's edge." said Mysty.
"I have an idea, you two come help me." said Johnson. Albur and Mysty looked at each other, and looked at Johnson.
"How?" they asked.
"Mysty! You help me bite the rope on my robot claw. And Albur! Bite the exposed rope inside and pull it! It should loosen it. then I could break the rope using my claw."
"This sounds awkward."
"Just do it!"
"Laser destruction level: City wiping level."
Mysty bit the rope exposed at the most outer layer, she pulled it to expose the rope inside. Albur tried his best to reach out for the rope, he kept struggling and twisting his position. At last, he bit onto the rope.
"Laser destruction level: Asteroid destroying level."
"Albur.....any minute now...." muffled Mysty.
Albur used all of his strength to pull the rope, the rope slowly loosen and loosen.
"Albur quick! Just a little more!" yelled Johnson.
"Laser destruction level: Planet destroying level."
Albur pulled the rope out, making the rope loosen. Johnson was able to slightly move his claws, he used all of his strength and finally snapped the rope.
"Warning, laser reached atomic level destruction, beware where the laser fires."
Johnson stood up and sliced the rope on Mysty and Albur. They quickly grabbed their weapons and rushed to the door. The laser's system alerted, the turret's gun hole glowed, the turret then fired, the whole room was covered in bright violet light, then a huge explosion had occurred, the explosion covered the whole room.
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Grey rushed in to the room, he looked around, the floor of the room is severely damaged, the turret was also destroyed. Grey scoffed, thinking the crew was already dead. He walked into the room, he used a device and sent a report to Breach. Then, 3 figures appeared behind him, it seems that the crew had escaped the laser through escaping into the digital world.
They slowly walked past Grey, but then, Albur's shoe stepped on the scorched ground, making a loud crunching sound. Grey heard it, he turned around and found the gang.
"YOU FREAKING JINX! I WILL KILL YOU!!!!" Johnson yelled at Albur. Grey made a gesture of pulling out a sword. Johnson grunted and took out his minigun.
"Go look for the control room, stop them from continuing absorbing the Earth's power!" said Johnson.
Albur and Mysty shared a nod,
"Be careful." said Mysty.
"Good luck." replied Johnson. Johnson looked at Grey, he summoned a portal which sent glitches and corrupted CIs. Johnson raised his minigun, he stomped on the ground, making a slight crack.
"You shall not pass!"
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Albur and Mysty ran deeper into the castle, killing every glitch that got in the way. They sprinted across the hall and looked everywhere. While searching, Mysty noticed Albur isn't looking good.
"You good?" she asked.
"I'm fine, just.....I can't believe my best cameraman betrayed us...." murmured Albur.
"Its unbelievable, I always thought Wilton is someone nice."
"He joined the glitches long before we found him in the ruins, he was tracking us all along."
Mysty sighed, Albur forgot about Wilton and continued searching.
After a while of running and killing, they found a huge room. It is the center of the castle, the ceiling of the room is a huge glass hemisphere. At the center of the room sits a device, holding a blaze orange orb, which seemed to be the energy of Earth. At the end of the room, there is a huge computer, showcasing that the Earth's energy is being drained by 4%.
"We gotta shut down this computer." said Albur.
"Let's do this." said Mysty.
But then, 2 glitch bullet flew to them from behind. Albur and Mysty could already recognize its a glitch bullet just by listening to the bullet's firing sound. They turned around and dispersed the bullet using their melee weapon. The person who fired the bullet is Wilton, standing at the door, looking cold.
"You could've choose to be with us and earn power and tons of stuff, yet you chose to be with them." he said.
"I will never join the glitch's side! I will never betray everyone and everything that made me today!" yelled Albur.
"Heh, well then. If you won't move away from them, then you're GOING DOWN WITH THEM!" Wilton's right arm was fully covered by glitch energies, he then pulled out his walkie talkie.
"This is Wilton speaking, Breach, the GWC is here, I need back up, over."
"What the...they...ugh. Got it, over."
"Come on Wilton! Just come back to us! Before its too late or anything!" yelled Mysty.
"Heh, I know what I am doing, I am just an ordinary blud when I am at the humans side. But here? I am a powerful being! And don't get me started on fighting the Commander, he is a literal GOD. You may be able to kill us all, but you will never defeat him."
"You're not the Wilton I know, the Wilton I know is a chill, funny, kinda dumb person..." said Albur.
"That Wilton is DEAD! I am the new Wilton! Since we are not on the same side, you 2 are about to die!" Wilton's body was fully covered by glitch energy.
Albur and Mysty looked at Wilton, their heart felt super heavy, but still, they quietly drew out their guns and aimed at him.
"Bring it on....." the 2 of them said.
Wilton fired a charged glitch bullet at them. Albur and Mysty dodged it and they fired their weapons at him. But the bullets just penetrated him.
"What the, he is fully merged with a glitch?" asked Albur.
"Switch to GK mode!" said Mysty.
The switched their weapons to GK mode and fired them again.
Wilton created a barrier made of glitch energy, blocking the bullets but it collapsed at the same time.
Mysty charged up her pistols and fired them. Wilton just hopped away from them.
"Hyper Blast!"
Albur fired a hyper blast at Wilton. He wasn't quick enough to dodge so he was hit by it directly. But he doesn't seemed to be badly injured.
Mysty then spun herself super fast and fired her twin pistols. Wilton tried to block it but the intense spinning speed made the bullets somehow curve and hit him behind the shield.
Albur looked at his rifle's power slot 3, he activated it and pulled the small trigger behind it.
"Let's see what does this thing do!"
The rifle glowed a violet purple light, Albur aimed it at Wilton.
"Virus Corruption!"
Albur fired his rifle, but the shot is way too strong that the recoil knocked him back meters away. The shot fired a purple twitching bullet, although the projectile speed is slower than Hyper Blast but its way faster than Disabling Shot. The shot hit Wilton, and it even pierced through his body. Creating a hole on his chest. Wilton kneeled on the ground, he tried to heal using the glitch powers, but it was slower than it used to be.
"Albur you alright?" Mysty helped Albur up.
"I'm good...." Albur stood up.
Wilton recovered from the attack. He then summoned a portal and multiple glitch bullets flew straight towards Albur.
"Look out!"
Mysty pushed Albur away and fired her pistols, which blocked the barrage thanks to its fast fire rate and bullet count. Albur picked up his rifle and used slot 3 to fire another shot, it also knocked him back but this time he managed to stand still. Wilton tried to block it, but the bullet still pierced through the shield and his body. Making him collapse on the ground again.
"Damn, this slot 3 is powerful." said Albur.
"Nice name you've got there for it, but I think you played too much video games." said Mysty.
Wilton groaned in pain. Albur and Mysty slowly walked towards him, aiming their weapons at him.
"Its over Wilton. You've lost." said Albur.
Wilton tried to crawl away, but Albur stepped on his feet, making him unable to escape.
"Now tell us how to shut down this computer!" yelled Mysty.
But then, the wall behind Wilton collapsed, Johnson flew towards Albur and Mysty and crash landed behind them.
"Johnson?"
"Sorry....I tried my best...argh...my ankle...."
The ashes faded away, Breach is seen standing there. Grey was lying on the ground, with obvious robot claw cuts on his face, slowly dissolving. Breach kicked him away and glared at the crew.
"Breach...help....."
Breach drew out her dagger and sent air slashes, Albur and Mysty immediately dodged it, letting Wilton's leg go. Breach helped him up, she pulled out a card and gave it to Wilton, he consumed it, and Wilton was fully healed.
"Where's the commander?" asked Wilton.
"At the east tower, the lab rats are trying to get rid of the bracelets, go inform him about the humans. I will buy time."
"Copy that."
Wilton sprinted away. Breach pulled out another card, which teleported everyone in the control room outside, at the front yard of the castle. Spaceships, CIs and tons of glitches surrounded them.
"Ready for round 2?" Breach flicked her eyelashes.
Albur helped Johnson up, the crew got into battle pose.
"Breach....I swear to god I will END you this time....." murmured Johnson.
Breach then pulled out 3 cards of the same kind. On top of the card, a sentence 'Power Multiplier' is seen.
"Goodness I have 3 stored, the cooldown is annoying..."
Breach consumed the cards and threw away her card deck. Then, her body begun to glow, her hand become larger, the missing chunk of her was back, her single right white pupil glowed even brighter. She started growing larger and larger, until she is nearly 5 meters wide and 5 meters tall.
"This shall have 2% of the commander's powers."
"Wait, what?"
"As the best general of the commander, I am the only glitch who was given his fragment. Alright glitches, you know who to fight."
The glitches got ready their weapons and entered battle mode.