MasterOshawott opened her eyes, seeing nothing but a white ceiling with cobwebs hanging in the corners. She sat up looking around at her surroundings. She was in a room full of bunk beds, most of which were empty. She was currently on top of a bunk when everything came back to her.
"Glitch, running, hounds, Niara, bunker." The thoughtsflashed though her mind as she remembered all of the events. She climbed down the ladder and left the dorm room, heading towards the Mess Hall. She was hungry but otherwise felt great. All the recent events had been so..Intense, She was finally beginning to feel like her old self again. Her stomach growled as she walked down the hallway, approaching the door to breakfast. She walked in and saw what looked somewhat like a school cafeteria , The was a buffet line with people serving breakfast and the rest of the room was filled with tables. There seemed to be about one hundred users in the room altogether. She looked around the room recognizing only few members, she searched though the crowd until she found Ambc and NinjagoGeekMan.
NGM and Ambc were in the middle of a conversation when MasterOshawott sat down at the table.
"Well wouldn't the bunker be extremely easy to find, I mean the entrance is a refrigerator..." said Ambc
"Well the juckyard was actually built on top of the bunker. The heaping piles of trash keep it camouflaged, and the fridge entrance is half buried under the trash, so it's hard to see." replied NGM
"Well I wouldn't have found it easily without knowing it was there." Interrupted MO "What I'm amazed by is the size! It so bug in here, almost like a Tardis..."
"Haha, good one!" remarked Ambc. "Hmmm RefrigerTardis....I like it."
MasterOshawott replied. "Haha, well I'm gonna get some breakfast, be right back-"
"Hold on, I'm going back for thirds...or fourths...I'll get you some while I'm over there." Said Ambc, as he stood up and walked towards the buffet. MasterOshawott watched two users walk in the door and head over to their table. They arrived the same time Ambc returned with the food. One of the users wore an "Official" badge, and MasterO knew immediately it was Cocodeville.
"You guys must be Ambc and MasterOshawott." Said Cocodevile. "I'm Coco and this is my second in command Dwarfy! Could you guys come with us? We want to ask you a few questions."
"Uhhh sure." Said Ambc following Coco and Dwarfy. "I'll be right back Geek, wanna meet in the Medical Wing later?"
"Sure. See you later." Replied NGM.
"Why the Medical Wing?" MasterOshawott asked as the group walked out of the doors and down the hallway.
"Oh, Jb was sent there last night. He took a real beating with the hounds..."
The group of users walked down the hallway to the Command Center. They entered a room filled with computers and screens, all showing maps, pictures of the Glitch, even security footage from around the base. The room had multiple users all planning strategy and attempting to find new information about the enemy. Coco lead them through the room and walked toward another door. Ambc was incredibly impressed by the Command Center and couldn't wait to see what was behind the next door.
Coco opened it and the group walked into a near empty room. The walls were all white, it had a couple of tables a white board, and lots of file cabinets.
"Ahh finally away from all that noise!" Said Cocodevile, who sat down at one of the tables. "Now if you guys will take your seats, we can began." All the users sat down except Dawrfy, who brought a file folder from the cabinet.
"Recognize this guy?" Dwarfy asked holding up a picture of the Glitch. He was in his usual attire, An aviator jacket and sunglasses.
"Hmmm, something about him seems familiar...I just can't put my finger on it..." MasterO joked.
"Yeah I think I remember seeing him....sometime around when we were trying to survive a mass apocalypse!" Said Ambc.
"OK, well we're gonna need the entire story from the beginning. Don't spare any details, one tiny clue could lead us to save the boards." Said Coco.
Ambc and MO went through the story form the beginning. From the first attack to the Ninjago forum. MasterO told them how they quickly escaped dodging the lightning strikes. She retold the City incident, and the first site of the army. Ambc finished by telling them about meeting the other survivors and the Hounds.
"They were like nothing I had ever seen before! They we're giant....I mean the biggest canines I had ever seen!"
"They looked like giant Wargs from the Hobbit!" Said MasterOshawott. "And we later found out if they bit you, well you become Glitched."
"You're talking about Glitch Hounds. I've always heard about them, but never thought I'd see one." Said Cocodeville.
“What do you mean you’ve heard of them?” asked MO.
“Well, the Glitch has been around for a long time, actually ever since the Boards were created. No one knows where he came from but he appeared when the Mod’s were testing the site. Anywhere he went something went wrong. Fonts became different colors, posts became pixelated, and worst of all his Avatar. He tried to act normal, but he just kept “glitching”, and turning back into this dark shadowy looking figure. The first couple of users treated him badly and nicknamed him Glitch. Enough people complained about the trouble he caused, that we had to ban him. But anytime we tried our hammers went straight through his avie. He was angry at us for trying to get rid of him. He anger got so out of hand that we had to lock him where no one would ever find him, the deepest part of the Databanks. He has tried to escape many times, anytime you see a glitch in the site that means he is stirring in his captivity. But the Mod’s fix the problem and everything returns to normal, until now. We don’t know how he has escaped, but he has obviously grown stronger than we expected. That’s why we need to find a weakness in him, something we can use against him to save the boards. Did you notice anything when you were running from him?”
“Well sometimes he seemed to be tired…or more like exhausted. He would cough and wheeze, during this time he seemed to be to weak to catch us. But that only happened sometimes, like after the attack in Ninjago or right after the army appeared.” MasterO replied.
“That great info! We could use that I’ll go add it to the other information!” Said dwarfy.
“Ok, thanks so much for the help guys. You can return to your friends now.” Said Cocodeville, who stood up and walked away with Dwarfy.
MasterOshawott and Ambc walked down the hallway, towards the Medical Wing.
"I hope some of that info is useful." Said Ambc "The sooner we catch Glitch, the better."
"Don't you feel bad for him? He was treated cruelly for something that he couldn't help." Replied MO
" Yeah, but it was on the best interest of the boards. We can't change the past, what's important now is that we keep him from harming any other users."
"I guess you're right, it just seems wrong."
The two friends approached the clear double doors leading to the Medical Wing. Inside was a large room filled with mostly empty beds, trays filled with different supplies, and the back wall was filled with shelves that held medicine. A user walked out of a room near the shelving, and walked over to Jb's bed.
"Now if the pain gets any worse just take one of the pills" Said the Doctor, while handing Jb a bottle. "Oh hey, you must be here to see Jb. I'm Mr. Gil, Chief Medical Officer."
"Nice to meet you, how's Jb holding up?" Asked Ambc.
"He probably feels awful, but he's doing a lot better now. He has a small fracture in his right foot along with other minor injuries. He should be good as new in about..um..six weeks."
"Six weeks!" Jb interjected.
"Yeah, that's minimum recovery time for a small fracture. You'll just have to walk with crutches for a while." Replied Mr. Gil.
NinjagoGeekMan walked in the door during the conversation.
"Hey, guys back already?" asked NGM
"Yeah, it was pretty simple." replied MO
"Cool. Hey Gil, I've got a bad headache, do you have something that would help?"
"Sure thing Geek, one of the assistants will get it for you. Hey MonkeyBoy, could you grab me a pair of crutches and some Ibuprofen?"
The user MonkeyBoy returned with the items and went back to work.
"Thanks for all your help Gil." said NGM "Come on guys we've got a while 'till lunch, I want to show you something.
NinjagoGeekMan continued down the hallway, followed by Ambc, MO, and Jb. They stopped in front of a large metal door with a small screen near the doorknob. The screen lit up as NGM pressed his hand against it. The screen scanned his hand and said,
"User recognized, NinjagoGeekMan. Please enter password."
A keyboard appeared on the screen as NGM typed in a password.
"Access granted." The computerized voice replied. The door opened and NGM walked in followed by the others. The three users stood there in awe at what was around them: A massive room filled with high-tech gear, computer screens and weapons. Multiple work tables were cluttered with tools and half built creations, NGM headed towards a table with two users standing around it.
"Welcome to the Tech-Lab." Said The Geek, as he walked towards the table. "Hey AJ, what are you working on?"
The user called AJ looked up from his project. He wore a white lab coat over a black high-tech looking suit. The user standing next to him was CJNFL1.
"Oh I'm converting this Clone Blaster into a ban gun, it's for CJ. By the time I'm done it should look just like a normal blaster, but the laser will ban users on contact."
"Awesome!" said Ambc
Jb hoped with his crutches to get a closer look at the project. "Oh...I see. Your hardwiring the banhammer core to the Laser diode. What are you using for the rest of the circuit?" said Jb
"Capacitors, resistors, all the usual things, they're just at a higher voltage. Are you an inventor?" replied AJ
"No, It's more of a hobby. Mind if I help?"
While Jb and AJ were continuing their project Ambc walked around looking at the different projects. Modified ban-hammers, grappling-hook guns, night vision goggles, etc, were scattered all over the tables, but one invention stood out.
"Mo, Geek! Check it out, it's a sparing bot!" said Ambc "Hey AJ do you mind if we use this for a bit?"
"No not at all, you can take it into the testing room. NGM can show you where it is." replied Aj
Ambc and MO followed Geek into the test room. It was a large plain white room with targets on the walls and bulletproof doors and windows.
"This is where we test all of our new creations, but we can use the room to train for a little while."
MasterOshawott walked over to the sparring bot and turned it on.
"Have you ever practiced with a sparring bot before?" She asked Ambc.
"No, but I'll give it a shot."
"After a number of effective hits the sparring bot will shut off. Let me show you."
MO pulled her hood over her head and quickly moved closer to the sparring bot. She threw a punch, hitting to in the side. When the bot tried to fight back she easily dodged the attacks and used spinjitzu to deliver another direct hit. The sparring bot suddenly shut down, ending it's attacks.
"So that's pretty much it. Want to give it a try?"
"Sure." replied Ambc. It proved to be more difficult than Ambc thought. The first few times looked very messy, but Mo critiqued each attempt before moving up a level. After about an hour Ambc could finally beat the opponent with ease.
"Man, I'm exhausted. Nothing to critique on that round?" asked Ambc
"No, I didn't see much, your improving quickly." Replied MO
"Not the best I've seen, but still pretty good." NGM joked
"You try beating that thing, it's harder than it looks." replied Ambc
"Ok" NGM walked over to the sparring bot and set it to one of the highest levels. He moved so quickly, he won the match in under 10 seconds. The two other users stood in complete shock.
When they arrived in the Mess Hall they walked towards the buffet line. The buffet table had been converted into a "build your own taco" station. After getting their food they found an empty table and sat down. NGM was about to take a bite when he saw MO's taco and exclaimed:
"Wow! How much cheese do you need!?"
MO looked down at her overflowing taco and replied. "Oh, this? I normally have a lot more, but I wanted to leave some for the others in line. I- Wait! Is that...Jay!?" The all looked over to see JayZX walking towards them. She sat down next to MO and said:
"I didn't even know you guys were here! Did you just get in?"
"Yeah we got in last night! We didn't know you were here either!" replied Ambc
"Oh, that's because I just got back. I was on a uhh..Mission, for Cocodevile." said Jay
"Cool, what kind of mission!?" asked Ambc
"Sorry that's classified. But I can tell you I got to use a tranquilizer gun and other cool stuff, I had some pretty close calls though..."
JB sat down in the middle of the conversation. The other users greeted him and continued with the conversation.
"That's cool, we had some..Interesting.. Experiences ourselves." said MO
The group talked about the different experiences they've had with the Glitch. When the conversation was finally dying out and they were about to leave Dwarfy walked up holding something in his hand.
"I need to talk to you guys, orders from Cocodeville."
Dwarfy handed JB, Ambc, MO, and Jay each an envelope.
These are your assignments that Cocodeville wanted me to give to you, each of you need to be at your requested location in 1 hour." Said Dwarfy with a smile. "I hope you guys enjoy your new "jobs", we tried our best to pick ones that you'd enjoy." Dwarfy walked away while the users were opening their envelopes. JB had his opened first.
"I get to work in the Tech-Lab!" he exclaimed. Jay opened her envelope next
"Looks like I'm working in the Command Center, what'd you get get Oshie?" Jay asked MO.
"I got assigned as a Medical Assistant, that sounds incredibly boring." said MasterOshawott
"Not as boring as Security!--" said Ambc who was cut off by JB.
"Wait a minute!" exclaimed JB. "If you're stationed in security that means you get a weapon! Since when do we give Ambc weapons!?"
"I've had weapons before.." Ambc replied
"Yeah but that doesn't mean we trust you with them!" Joked JB.
"I'm sure we'll be fine." Said MO "If anyone does get hurt I'll be in the Medical Wing. Hey did any of you get a second paragraph saying why you were assigned to the job?"
The others shook their heads asking what her letter said.
"It says While I know this job might not be your fist choice, it establishes skills and knowledge that can be extremely important in dangerous situations. You never know if you could use the things you learn in future endeavors... And then it goes on saying that they hope I enjoy the position."
The others were silent for a moment when Jb spoke up.
"Maybe your skills will be needed when Ambc ends up hitting me with a ban-gun.." he joked.
Everyone laughed while a slightly annoyed Ambc tried to think of a comeback. MasterOshawott laughed with them, but felt that there was something Cocodeville was hiding.
She woke up to the feeling of raindrops sprinkling on her face. When you opened her eyes she saw the dark grey clouds through the trees, lightning flashed from somewhere behind her. She stood up, slightly dizzy, and looked at herself in the reflection of a small puddle. She couldn't comprehend it, then again she could only think about a few words at a time.
Ban, Users,..Revenge. She worked to say her thoughts out loud, but when she spoke all that came out was growls and hissing. She saw something move out of the corner of her eye, she turned to look at it. She saw someone standing there, someone who was like her.
NateTheMan walked down the corridor in the Glitch's fortress. He had a busy agenda and in impatient General waiting on him. The army needed to be ready as soon as possible, but his master wanted it to all ready be done. As he was walking a Glitched user stopped him. The user hissed and growled obviously trying to tell him something. Because of his high rank, the Glitch had given him the ability to talk, the others had just been used simply as soldiers. He stood there for a moment before the user started shoving a small tablet in his face. The tablets screen had reports coming in from multiple scouts throughout the boards. The scouts all had one purpose: Find and destroy any survivors. What Nate the man saw made him drop the tablet, he ran as fast as he could towards the Glitch's throne room. When he arrived he approached the Glitch, kneeling in front of his throne.
"Master! One of the survivors has been spotted, we think she may be near the base."
"Good! We can use this to our advantage, but we must move carefully. I have...special... instructions for you, but before I debrief you might I ask, who is the user?"
Dwarfy walked down the hallway toward Security's main station. On his way there he passed the dorms, where he saw Ambc.
"Headed to security?" Dwarfy asked.
"Yeah, they've definitely equipped me for it." Said Ambc who wore an all black uniform with two ban-guns in holsters. " I just hope I won't need to use it."
"You shouldn't, they're just for safety."
The two users approached the glass doors to the security office. They entered to room which was filled with screens except for one wall, which had a door leading back to the junkyard. Each screen showed live feed from one of the security cameras outside the base, all were on and functional except for one.
A girl in the same uniform as Ambc walked up from behind a control panel.
"Hey Dwarfy. Do you have the updated reports?" she asked.
"Yes, here they are." replied Dwarfy handing her the reports.
The user turned to Ambc and said "Oh you must be Ambc, the new recruit. I'm Cat, Chief of Security. If you'll just go stand by that control panel I'll show you what you need to know, I just need to go fix that camera that's offline, it's been acting up a lot lately."
"You go a head and work with Ambc, I can go fix that camera." said Dwarfy.
"Are you sure sir?" Cat asked
"Yeah it's fine, I'll be right back." replied Dwarfy who walked towards the door,
Dwarfy walked through the juckyard to find the disabled security cam. The camera was located on the edge of the junkyard and was quite a walk from the security entrance. Once he arrived there he found the deactivated camera and began to fix it. As he was looking at the wiring he heard something move behind him. He glanced behind him but didn't see anything. He sighed and continued with his work as he heard someone say:
"Thank you Dwarfy, you've made this plan so much easier."
Dwarfy gasped while turning to see NateTheMan holding a ban gun in front of his face. He fired and Dwarfy started to disappear into coding. Nate smiled and closed his eyes trying to focus. He said out loud:
"Edit profile. avatar change." He adjusted his avatar profiles until he appeared just as Dwarfy had. He finished repairing the camera and walked back through the junkyard, where Dwarfy had exited. He entered seeing a two security guards standing behind a control panel.
"Oh good your back Dwarfy, I see you got the camera fixed." said one of them.
"Yeah it's fixed. Maybe if you did a better job I wouldn't have had to go all the way out there." Dwarfy snapped as he exited the room.
Ambc and Cat looked at each other slightly confused.
"I...I don't get it. He was so happy and willing to do it just a minute ago..." Said Cat
"Maybe the walk was farther than he thought, or he could just be tired." Ambc suggested.
The two guards shrugged their shoulders and returned to work.
