The "Get Violent" Video Game RPG

[NamesAreUseless]

Sarah Kerrigan

'Go young ones, feast on the fallen ...' The Queen said telepathically to the Larvae. A few of the infant Zerg crawled over to the dead workers, sucking upon their blood vehemently. She peered over to the Overlord, which looked to be on the brink of death: it would have to be sacrificed. The rest of the Larvae gorged upon it.

Kerrigan looked about at her surroundings once more. Realizing she was right in the heart of a large city, she'd need for her base to be hidden. It was quite a large building, and one that seemed quite abandoned; it would do. 'It is time my Swarm, become a hatchery so that more of your kind may be born.' Those that had indulged upon the behemoth fallen Zerg would use themselves and the Overlord's leftovers to become a Hatchery: the heart of any Zerg hive cluster. 'You are the heart of the Swarm, you will evolve to that which is the highest among your kind.' Eggs formed around the Larvae as they began to evolve.

The Larvae that were not evolving into the Hatchery sat motionless, waiting for their next command. Sarah approached them and looked at the dead corpses. 'You must go to your hatchery, for the Creep will nourish and support you. You are to become fat and one day evolve into a strain of much power; do as I have willed.' As they followed her command, Kerrigan looked at the corpse, seeing that they looked quite odd for Terran clothing.

She then walked out of the warehouse and cloaked herself. It was time that she found out where she was. She chuckeled as she stared at the primitive architecture of the skyscrapers. 'What kind of a joke is this place!? I must be on some backwater planet! They don't even know of my Swarms!' As the Queen of Blades continued to look around in her invisible state, she began to realize that this place couldn't be a backwater planet: the city was much too populated.

Walking down the sidewalk, she saw many more odd things: men in business suits!? People dancing on the sidewalk!? This was definitely not the dank and depressing Koprulu Sector. At last, she found a newspaper in a trash can. She picked it up and walked into a deserted alley, uncloaking herself. Kerrigan stared at the section that had been opened:

Global Warming: Is It Real or Not?
Political figure Al Gore continues to push his campaign on Global Warming Awareness. Studies have shown that the Earth's sea level could rise as much as 15 feet ...

She paused when she read the word "Earth." 'Earth ... home of the United Earth Directorate ...' She smirked, with blind rage and revenge overtaking her thoughts. "Oh Admiral DuGalle, I may have devastated your entire fleet, but you know what? I don't think that's quite enough. Your pathetic planet will just have to suffer, just like you made my Swarms ..." The Zerg Queen began to laugh hysterically, forgetting about the people that could see/hear her.

 

[Electro UK]

Liquid...

Yellow taxi's buzzed up and down the road like bees, flying away to the nest. New York itself was a nest. The foulest creatures imaginable nested in its great skyscrapers. The group of men known as The Patriots.

Liquid swore to hunt them down. To do what his father, the legendary soldier known as Big Boss, couldn't. Some may have called it an act of love but for Liquid Snake, it was revenge. He wanted revenge on his father for years of being told he was worthless, the bottom of the genetic barrel. A 2nd rate copy. For this he also swore to kill his own brother, the true successor to Big Boss:
Solid Snake.

Liquid had visited New York once previously, when he was a young man. He barely remembered the place at all, he had little knowledge of the city itself. So he set off walking. Scouting the area for signs of who or what had transported him to this place, on the lookout for food and shelter as he had no idea how long he would be here without money.

After a long trek through the city, stealing rations as he went, he reached a familiar place, Times Square, a hub of commotion and commerce. Today he noticed there was a lot more activity than he thought normal. Someone was facing a group of hostile armed men, he was by far the better. He took down 2, 3 men and turned on the 4th, effortlessly forcing him to the ground.

He had seen this done before...

"It cant be" thought Liquid, pushing past a crowd of on-lookers, his face full of determined rage and frustration. He fought his way through the crowd but the man had gone.

"SNAKE!!" He screamed in annoyance.

Jack's ears picked up as he looked back at the scene. He could have sworn someone shouted his code-name. Did someone know he was here? Was it Elisa? It couldn't have been. He backed into an alley, tired and hungry. Rats scattered across the floor. For Snake, it was simple to grab one, gut it, and eat what remainded. He'd gotten good at those survival techniques during Opertation: Snake Eater and the Virtuous Mission.

He sat, back to wall, feasting on a rat like he hadn't seen food in days. Suddenly, a shadow fell over him. Snake looked up as his jaw dropped.

***

Ganondorf looked down on the wreck of a man, eating a dirty rat in disgust. "Pathetic." he decided to simply march on past, he didn't have time to bother with lowlifes. He had to find the triforce, and the child that insisted in getting in his way.

The Zerg Queen began to laugh hysterically, forgetting about the people that could see/hear her.

The dark lord stopped in his tracks as he came across a strange figure, laughing uncontrollably. It was the first sign of other life he'd encounterd. "What are you?" he asked, caustiously.

 

[Gallagher]

Liquid Snake

Liquid grabbed the nearest onlooker by the scruff of the neck.

"You, did you see who did this? Answer me? What did he look like, clothing, Hair colour, defining features?"

The man looked terrified and hesitated in his answer. Liquid lifted him higher.

"Answer me!"

"He...he was wearing some sort of army get up, brown hair, bandanna. Thats all I know, please. Put me down."

'He was here' thought Liquid, his eyes burnt with shear hatred at the very thought of his brother being near.

"Which way did he go?" Liquid spoke softly with a threatening tone. The man nodded in a general direction from behind Liquid. Satisfied with his answers he through him to the floor and quickly walked off.

"Snake... It's not over yet..."

 

[Electro UK]

Liquid Snake

Liquid grabbed the nearest onlooker by the scruff of the neck.

"You, did you see who did this? Answer me? What did he look like, clothing, Hair colour, defining features?"

The man looked terrified and hesitated in his answer. Liquid lifted him higher.

"Answer me!"

"He...he was wearing some sort of army get up, brown hair, bandanna. Thats all I know, please. Put me down."

'He was here' thought Liquid, his eyes burnt with shear hatred at the very thought of his brother being near.

"Which way did he go?" Liquid spoke softly with a threatening tone. The man nodded in a general direction from behind Liquid. Satisfied with his answers he through him to the floor and quickly walked off.

"Snake... It's not over yet..."

Seeing that strange figure... green skin, cape, empowering image, it brought the idea of the cobra unit back to Snake, only this was unlike anything he'd ever seen. He'd reached for his weapon, but who-- whatever it was had ignored him. He couldn't say he was dissapointed.

Wiping his mouth clean he got to his feet and took to the street, keeping his head down. As he truged down the street, he collided with someone else. "Sorry pal." Snake said lighting up a cigar. He looked into the man's face and noticed the long blonde hair. "Woah, this guy could be me, minus the hair." he thought to himself.

 

[Gallagher]

Seeing that strange figure... green skin, cape, empowering image, it brought the idea of the cobra unit back to Snake, only this was unlike anything he'd ever seen. He'd reached for his weapon, but who-- whatever it was had ignored him. He couldn't say he was dissapointed.

Wiping his mouth clean he got to his feet and took to the street, keeping his head down. As he truged down the street, he collided with someone else. "Sorry pal." Snake said lighting up a cigar. He looked into the man's face and noticed the long blonde hair. "Woah, this guy could be me, minus the hair." he thought to himself.

"ARGH!" Liquid through a punch at the unsuspecting Snake, knocking him to the floor.

"Ohh, I've been waiting for this. Snake, this is where it ends..."

He looked into the blue eyes of the man he thought to be his brother... make that eye... The man was wearing an eye-patch. Liquid took a step back and surveyed the man before him, the impostor, this wasn't Solid Snake.

 

[Saved]

I wake up in the darkness. Smoke hovers densly in the air above me. As I come to consiousness, I think back to my last thought. I try as hard as I can to remember, but all that comes to mind is blackness.

I get to my feet, and survey my surroundings. As I look around, I see my Arwing's wreckage, as it lies burried beneath the dirt and grass.

"What the hell happened?"

I flip on my communicator on my wrist. It blinks red, and all I hear is static.

"Great Fox? Come in. This is Fox. Peppy? Rob? Do you read?"

No answer. Damn. I look around at my surroundings. It appears I have landed in a deciduous forrest. Something like that I have seen on Sauria, but not as thick. There are brick pathways on the grass running in curved lines going off into the distance.

"So..this planet is inhabited?" Suddenly, I see movement close by. I reach for my blaster, but it is not there. "Damn. Must've lost it in the crash."

I see two humanoid figures walk over a small bridge, talking as they walk. They see me, and suddenly stop. They stare at me, and then my ship. I watch as their eyes grow wide, and their expressions turn to that of fear. Lucky break. They must be peaceful. Only peaceful beings feel fear. I approach them slowly, trying not to scare them away.

"Excuse me." I start. "Where am I? My name is Fox, and I am not from here." The being stares at me through glass lenses atop his nose. He stays speechless, still in utter shock. This race must not be acustom to any outlanders.

"What planet am I on?"

"Er...uh...Earth..."

"Earth, huh? I'll check the maps in a moment." I say to myself. "What city am I in?"

"Uh...Manhattan..."

"Weird name. No weirder than anything else, lately. Where are the buildings?"

"Uh...right outside the park..."

"Park? This is a park?"

"Uh...y-yeah...." He stammers.

"Interesting. Where is your leader? The person in charge?"

"Um...C-city H-hall?"

"Ah, thank you earthling. You have been very helpful."

I turn around, and walk toward my ship. I hear the earthlings run away quickly. Pathetic, really. I lkook amongst the wreckage, searching for any undamaged equipment before I begin my trek across the planet. I lok up at the sky, and see the sun shine off of the skyscrapers in the distance.

"Wow...how did I not notice those?"

 

[Electro UK]

"ARGH!" Liquid through a punch at the unsuspecting Snake, knocking him to the floor.

"Ohh, I've been waiting for this. Snake, this is where it ends..."

He looked into the blue eyes of the man he thought to be his brother... make that eye... The man was wearing an eye-patch. Liquid took a step back and surveyed the man before him, the impostor, this wasn't Solid Snake.

There wasn't a mistake here. This man knew Jack's code-name. He acted quickly, shoving his arm into the man's neck and forcing his pistol into the stomach. "Just one very important question. Who the hell are you? Talk fast or I'm gonna start plucking that pretty little hair of yours." Finally, it looked like Snake might be getting somewhere.

 

[Gallagher]

There wasn't a mistake here. This man knew Jack's code-name. He acted quickly, shoving his arm into the man's neck and forcing his pistol into the stomach. "Just one very important question. Who the hell are you? Talk fast or I'm gonna start plucking that pretty little hair of yours." Finally, it looked like Snake might be getting somewhere.

"Who am I? Ha! Why dont you tell me who you are first? While your at it you can explain why your the spitting image of my father: Big Boss!" He said quickly shoving his thigh into the man's abdomen and flipping him onto his back with tremendous power and speed. The impostor's weapon fell to the ground.

"Big Boss was in his 80's when he was killed, and you cant be Solid Snake, your eye colour is different. So... Who. Are. You?"

 

[Electro UK]

"Who am I? Ha! Why dont you tell me who you are first? While your at it you can explain why your the spitting image of my father: Big Boss!" He said quickly shoving his thigh into the man's abdomen and flipping him onto his back with tremendous power and speed. The impostor's weapon fell to the ground.

"Big Boss was in his 80's when he was killed, and you cant be Solid Snake, your eye colour is different. So... Who. Are. You?"

"Your son will bring the world to ruin. Your son will save the world."

This must have been what Elisa was talking about. This must have been Snake's son. They looked near identical, and this man's moves were too familar. Which gave Jack one clear advantage. He grabbed the man's foot and twisted it, forcing him to stumble. As he did so, Jack jumped back to his feet, and let his foot fly into his son's knee.

As he fell to the ground, Snake grabbed him by the neck and dragged him into the alley, kicking his gun behind him. "The man you refer to as Big Boss... tell me more about him." before a witty remark could be replied, Snake drew his survival knife and pushed it up against his neck. "And this time, I'm ready for any fancy moves you've got."

 

[Mr. Marko]

IC - Red

This didn't make any sense. Where were all the Pokemon items? What kind of store was this? It didn't make sense. Not to mention the fact that he'd never even heard of this store before. Wal-Mart. Such a strange name.

"Do you need a hand with anything, young man?" The attendant in the blue vest looked at him strangely.

"Yeah, I'm just wondering if you have any Pokemon supplies."

The man looked at him with a smile. "Ah, yes. All the craze lately, those Pokemon. If you're looking for the games, check electronics. Or you can check in the toy department. They are located near the action figures."

Red was confused. "No, I mean like...potions and things. I have to run down to State Wildlife, but before I do I need to grab some healing potions for my Squirtle. I don't want to run into any trouble down there, and I know they always love to make Pokemon challenges down there."

The man stared at Red. "Uh, kid. You need to lay off of those video games."

Red didn't understand. "What?"

"Pokemon aren't real. Its just a game." He smiled and patted Red on the shoulder.

Red laughed. "Good one!" He grabbed a Pokeball from his belt and pressed the white button on the center face, causing it to grow in his hand. "What do you call this then?" He tossed it onto the ground, causing a flash of bright light and his Ivysaur to leap into the air.

"Holy s***!" The man fumbled backwards, tripping over a pink bicycle behind him.

Ivysaur looked back at Red, who shrugged. "I don't get it. What's wrong?"

The man stuttered to get his words out. "That...that thing...how did..."

Red chuckled. "Its just an Ivysaur. Its nothing out of the ordinary."

Ivysaur grunted and pouted at Red.

"You know what I mean."

"I'm calling security. Somebody's got to contain that beast!" He fumbled for the nearby counter.

Red waved his hands, trying to stop him. "That's not necessary! Stop!"

He stared at Red with fear in his eyes. "Like hell!"

Red sighed. "Ivysaur, stop him please."

In a flash, two long vines shot out of Ivysaur's back and wrapped around the man's ankles, sending him crashing to the ground. Quickly, he wrapped the vines around his mouth the stifle the screaming.

"Just keep him quiet or something. Use your sleep powder on him."

Ivysaur wiggled his flower bud on his back and a fine powder was emitted, settling on the man's face. Soon, he was fast asleep, and Ivysaur pulled his body behind the counter.

Red rubbed his forehead. This didn't make sense. How did he not know what a Pokemon was? Why didn't they have any Pokemon supplies? He turned to Ivysaur. "I have a bad feeling about this place, Ivysaur. First, they take Charizard and now this. Let's go get Charizard back." He pressed the button on Ivysaur's Pokeball and Ivysaur disappeared into the small ball, which Red placed once again on his belt. "I have a feeling we're not in Kanto anymore."

 

[NamesAreUseless]

The dark lord stopped in his tracks as he came across a strange figure, laughing uncontrollably. It was the first sign of other life he'd encounterd. "What are you?" he asked, caustiously.

Sarah Kerrigan

The Queen of Blades turned her head around, seeing a strange man talking to her. "Wouldn't you like to know ..." She then cloaked herself and quietly walked behind him. She then quickly uncloaked herself. "You know, you seem rather dim, confronting strangers so haphazardly ..." Kerrigan once again dissappeared, hoping to leave the figure dumb-founded. Walking to his right side, the Infested Terran would uncloak herself, with her back against the wall. "You wanted to know what I was, but why should I be telling you?"

She walked slowly to the tall man, looking him over from head to toe. "I would take a guess and say that you're not from around here; we have something in common." Sarah then began to read his mind, reading his memories of his homeworld Hyrule, his desire for the triforce, and his craving for revenge. He held about him much power, much more then she'd expected. Although she was quite perplexed of all of this, she wouldn't in the least show it in her face. "I really do envy your dark heart, but I'm afraid that you're still just a miserable Terran, simply an obstacle to my great design."

The Zerg leader would dematerialize once more, and started to exit the alley. 'If you want to know the answer so badly, you'll simply have to find that out yourself,' she mentioned to him telepathically. Kerrigan began to walk down the sidewalk. She reflected on the events that had just taken place, feeling that such an unexpected meeting may have been worth her time. 'If he is as powerful as I hope, he would be quite worthy of infestation ...'

 

[Eddie Brock]

IC: Cryptosporidium-138
​

"Good morning, Natalya," I state as I roll over in bed. It's then that I realize that I am no longer in my bed...nor am I in my spaceship. "Natalya?"

I get up, and my eyes must adjust to the sunlight. I'm in some alleyway somewhere.

"Pox?"

No response. Where the Hell is everybody?

"Down on the ground!" a voice announces loudly. I turn and see a meatbag holding a pistol. Typical humans...

I pull out my Zap-O-Matic...thank God that's still here. "You want a piece of me?"

"This is the NYPD! Down on the ground! NOW!" he shouts, ignoring my comment.

"NYPD?" I repeat. The police officer makes a move, and I give him a quick jolt of electricity. "New York Police Department? No...no...that can't be right."

I rush over to his body and grab him by his shirt collar.

"Hey, meatbag! When and where are we?"

"New York City! October 9, 2007!"

 

[Blacklight]

I entered the store and scanned for some sort of edible. I found some bread, but all the vibrant colors were too much to handle. I wanted to just get my food and leave. I walked over to the merchant and put the bread on the counter.

"That'll be two fifty dude..."

He pressed some swithches on some sort of ringing machine. I took a few rupees out of my pocket and placed it on the table.

"Dude. What the hell you tryin' to pull? First you walk in here like it's halloween already, then you try to pay me with this!?!"

I was confused. Merchants love rupees. Why was he shouting? Then I saw him staring at the Master Sword. His eyes grew wide.

"You know what, dude. Just take the bread and go. i'll pay. Just take your stupid jewelry and go."

"Where can I find the nearest mage?"

He gave me a similar look of confusion.

"Fortuneteller?"

He still was lost in thought.

"Someone with information of where this 'place' is so I may locate the Tri-Force?"

"Dude. This is New York. There's a library down the street. Go find your little Tri-thingy there."

A library! That's perfect.

"Thank you, sir."

I then rushed out to find the library to continue my quest to defeat Ganondorf...

 

[Gallagher]

"Your son will bring the world to ruin. Your son will save the world."

This must have been what Elisa was talking about. This must have been Snake's son. They looked near identical, and this man's moves were too familar. Which gave Jack one clear advantage. He grabbed the man's foot and twisted it, forcing him to stumble. As he did so, Jack jumped back to his feet, and let his foot fly into his son's knee.

As he fell to the ground, Snake grabbed him by the neck and dragged him into the alley, kicking his gun behind him. "The man you refer to as Big Boss... tell me more about him." before a witty remark could be replied, Snake drew his survival knife and pushed it up against his neck. "And this time, I'm ready for any fancy moves you've got."

"Big Boss, the legendary soldier. I'm sure even you know that, whoever you are. When he was in his 50's Big Boss underwent a cloning procedure against his will, organized by The Patriots. I am the result. Liquid Snake, the true successor to Big Boss. Now, Who are you!?"

 

[Electro UK]

"Big Boss, the legendary soldier. I'm sure even you know that, whoever you are. When he was in his 50's Big Boss underwent a cloning procedure against his will, organized by The Patriots. I am the result. Liquid Snake, the true successor to Big Boss. Now, Who are you!?"

"Liquid Snake?" Jack wondered allowed. So it was true, this was his son. But clone son? That was years ahead of Snake's time, something the worlds top scientists dreamed of. Now, they'd seemingly accomplished it, and this was the result. Snake felt used, but he didn't want to give away his identity just yet, it could cause too much of a stir.

"...his brother." Snake replied. "I'm his brother. There was a big age distance between us. The names... Plisken. Iriquios Plisken." and with that, he released his grip on Liquid.

 

[Gallagher]

"Liquid Snake?" Jack wondered allowed. So it was true, this was his son. But clone son? That was years ahead of Snake's time, something the worlds top scientists dreamed of. Now, they'd seemingly accomplished it, and this was the result. Snake felt used, but he didn't want to give away his identity just yet, it could cause too much of a stir.

"...his brother." Snake replied. "I'm his brother. There was a big age distance between us. The names... Plisken. Iriquios Plisken." and with that, he released his grip on Liquid.

Brother? Liquid looked quizzically.

"Rather a strange coincidence, two brothers with the same defunct eye. Oh well... 'Pliskin', maybe you can answer me this: How did I get here?"

 

[Saved]

I wake up in the darkness. Smoke hovers densly in the air above me. As I come to consiousness, I think back to my last thought. I try as hard as I can to remember, but all that comes to mind is blackness.

I get to my feet, and survey my surroundings. As I look around, I see my Arwing's wreckage, as it lies burried beneath the dirt and grass.

"What the hell happened?"

I flip on my communicator on my wrist. It blinks red, and all I hear is static.

"Great Fox? Come in. This is Fox. Peppy? Rob? Do you read?"

No answer. Damn. I look around at my surroundings. It appears I have landed in a deciduous forrest. Something like that I have seen on Sauria, but not as thick. There are brick pathways on the grass running in curved lines going off into the distance.

"So..this planet is inhabited?" Suddenly, I see movement close by. I reach for my blaster, but it is not there. "Damn. Must've lost it in the crash."

I see two humanoid figures walk over a small bridge, talking as they walk. They see me, and suddenly stop. They stare at me, and then my ship. I watch as their eyes grow wide, and their expressions turn to that of fear. Lucky break. They must be peaceful. Only peaceful beings feel fear. I approach them slowly, trying not to scare them away.

"Excuse me." I start. "Where am I? My name is Fox, and I am not from here." The being stares at me through glass lenses atop his nose. He stays speechless, still in utter shock. This race must not be acustom to any outlanders.

"What planet am I on?"

"Er...uh...Earth..."

"Earth, huh? I'll check the maps in a moment." I say to myself. "What city am I in?"

"Uh...Manhattan..."

"Weird name. No weirder than anything else, lately. Where are the buildings?"

"Uh...right outside the park..."

"Park? This is a park?"

"Uh...y-yeah...." He stammers.

"Interesting. Where is your leader? The person in charge?"

"Um...C-city H-hall?"

"Ah, thank you earthling. You have been very helpful."

I turn around, and walk toward my ship. I hear the earthlings run away quickly. Pathetic, really. I lkook amongst the wreckage, searching for any undamaged equipment before I begin my trek across the planet. I lok up at the sky, and see the sun shine off of the skyscrapers in the distance.

"Wow...how did I not notice those?"

​

I find my blaster about forty yards away from the wreckage of my ship. Figures...

As I continue my journey, I stay close on the path ways. One of these is bound to lead me out of this, "Central Park," as the natives call it. I have seen the skyscrapers through the holes in the trees, and I have to say I am amazed. Not since Corneria have I seen buildings so high.

As I make my way to the edge of the forest, I can't help but feel unwelcomed. Everytime I turn around I see an earthling stare at me, and run to hide. I mean, I realize I look weird to them, but have any of them considered how odd they look to me? I'm going to guess no. This race seems to be very self abosorbed.

Soon, I reach the border of the forest. The path way leads me into the city. I see a new white pathway that seems to border the forest, and in front of that is a black path that the vehicles seem to use. At least this planet isn't completely alien. Their cities seem to follow the same format.

As I cross the road, the cars screech to a halt in front of me. Though some of the drivers stare in fear at me, others yell profanity and other demeaning phrases at me. Its nice to see this planet isn't full of cowards.

"Hey, Fox ****er! What the **** you think you're doing?" I stop in front of his vehicle. I walk closer to it, standing directly in front of it, staring at him through the glass. "Yo! What the **** are you doing?"

I pull out my blaster and aim it at him. He doesn't seem scared. Instead he continues to yell and scream at me.

"Yo! Ass! Why don't you put the ****ing toy down, and get out of the damn road!"

"I'll have you know this isn't a toy. This is a second series Cornerian combat blaster."

"Look, nerd. I don't give two ****s! Get outta my way, or I'll run you down!"

How interesting. He must not believe this is a weapon. Perhaps a demonstration will change his mind? I aim the blaster at the very front of his vehicle. I pull the trigger, and a highly concentrated laser shoots through the four wheeled vehicle. A heavy cloud of smoke begins to release from the seared hole. The man stares at me in shock as I smile.

"Wow. If I had know thats all it would take to shut you up, I'd have done it a while ago." I spin the blaster in my hand, and put it back in the holster on my leg. "Now, where is this, "City Hall"?"

He points to the direction of Northeast. I nod my head to him, and wave my arm.

"Thank you, earthman."

I get back onto the sidewalk on the otherside of the road. I look at the long stretch of buildings ahead of me, and sigh.

"Man, can't I ever crash on a planet with a map?" ​

 

[ScarletVenom25]

(IC: SHADOW)

Even though his vision was fuzzy, Shadow could tell he wasn't at Eggman's fortress anymore. As everything got clearer, he sees all the very large towers around him. Looking down, he sees the ground, but its a long way down.

Ajusting to his surroundings, Shadow leaps to a slightly taller building close by. He knew he couldn't stay atop these structures forever. So, Shadow rolls up into a ball and begins rolling down the building at a fast pace. Faster and faster he went, soon he made a small leap, returned to his normal state, and continued running down the building.

Shadow didn't stop running when he reached the bottom. With quick and acurate decisions, he dodge all the traffic in the road. Soon enough, Shadow reached a loosely encased area with many flashing lights. Looking up at one of them, he read the message, "Welcome to New York City's Times Square!"

I've never heard of a New York City, or a Times Square, Shadow thought, where am I? But considering that the humans that enhabited the area had never seen a creature like Shadow, they started shrieking and throwing objects at him. Sensing oncoming danger, he leaped for one building, sticking there for seconds, then to another, and another.

Shadow then jumped to a wall made of glass. But he hit it to hard and broke through. He abruptly interrupted the human ceremony inside.

"Welcome back to TRL, Damien here...what the hell is that?" The human named Damien pointed at Shadow, who was getting up off the ground. More yells followed, a significant one coming from Damien. "Security! Damn it, we need some help here!" Soon after, many black-clad guards flowed in. Some had guns, others had tasers.

"Do you have any idea who I am? What I've done?" Shadow questioned them. Out of tension, one guard shot him. The bullet didn't phase the hedgehog.

"Bad idea,"

 

[Electro UK]

Brother? Liquid looked quizzically.

"Rather a strange coincidence, two brothers with the same defunct eye. Oh well... 'Pliskin', maybe you can answer me this: How did I get here?"

"You mean to say you were just found yourself here too?" Snake couldn't believe what he was hearing, something huge was going on here. "I don't understand... I think something's going on here, that goes way beyond you and me, I've seen monsters here amoung other things, this isn't right."

 

[Gallagher]

"You mean to say you were just found yourself here too?" Snake couldn't believe what he was hearing, something huge was going on here. "I don't understand... I think something's going on here, that goes way beyond you and me, I've seen monsters here amoung other things, this isn't right."

"Monsters you say?"

Liquid was totally confused but as always kept a cool head.

"I suggest a truce, for now. We have to find out who or what is causing this abnormality. So what do you say, 'Uncle'?"

Before Pliskin could respond, a huge explosion rocked the area. The flames reaching high into the air and an orange fire-breathing Dragon flew into the sky.

"Is this the monster you spoke of?"

 

[Lord Doom]

Sonic the Hedgehog slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying face-down on the cold concrete.

"Ughh... Wha..? I'm still alive? Where am I?"

Sonic rose to his feet and realized that he was atop a skyscraper. He walked to the edge and looked out over the large city stretched before him.

"Robotropolis? No... It's not polluted enough to be Robotropolis. Station Square maybe? Hmm..."

Sonic steeped off the edge, rolled into a ball, and sped down the side of the building. People in the streets seemed startled by the blue blur as he wizzed through downtown. He suddenly stopped and approached a nearby police officer.

"Hey, buddy, you mind tellin' me where I am?"

The cop looked Sonic over and chuckled.

"That's one expensive costum ya got there, fella. Anyway, you're in Times Square."

Sonic tilted his head in confusion.

Times Square? Costume? He thought.

"Thanks, pal."

Sonic zoomed down the street leaving the shocked policeman staring after him.

 

[Mr. Marko]

IC - Red

Red stared at the building. "New York State Wildlife Research Center." He thought for a moment. He'd never heard of New York State before. Mew must have teleported him a long ways away from his home. He straightened his hat and walked through the glass doors infront of him and into the lobby.

"Can I help you young man?" The receptionist stared at him for a moment, almost looking like she was annoyed at seeing a sixteen year old boy stand infront of her in an establishment such as this.

"Yes, I came here to get my Charizard. I believe you picked him up downtown."

The woman was confused. "Your what? I'm not sure I understand."

"I was part of the big fire at the factory today. I just came to get the Charizard involved."

"Oh the big dragon thing!" She chuckled slightly. "Oh, believe me, son, you don't want to get anywhere near that thing!"

Red sighed. "Its mine! I've trained him since he was a Charmander and I really would like him back!"

The woman grabbed a small radio from the desk and pressed the button. "Security, I have a small young lad up front who is causing me some annoyance. Could you please come up here?"

The radio crackled. "Yeah, sure Laura."

Red sighed again. He was not leaving without Charizard. He grabbed a Pokeball from his belt and threw it to the ground. "Squirtle, go! Use your Surf attack!"

In a flash of light, a small blue turtle Pokemon came bursting out of the shell, and with it a huge wave of water.

The wave crashed over the desk and through the doors behind her.

"We're coming, Charizard!" Red quickly ran and jumped onto Squirtle's back, grabbing tightly to its shell. "Come on, Squirtle. We need to be in and out of here as quick as we can!"

 

[Gallagher]

Psycho Mantis

Mantis scoured the area with his mind, he kept picking up anomalies of all different kinds, powers foreign to this world. He tried to track the source of the disturbance, the reason for the inter-dimensional portal yet every time he got near to discovering the truth he hit some sort of psychic barrier even he could not overcome.

After mind-sweeping the city he looked over the edge of the skyscraper.


"Mindless drones." Thought Mantis as he saw New Yorkers go about there business.

"No will of there own, no knowledge of anything beyond the physical realm. Weak pathetic beings, no... wait... soldiers, servants, workers. Liquid's plan failed. Mine will not."

With this sudden realization he floated down to the ground into an alley way where a man and his girlfriend where taking a short cut. They did not notice the gas mask attired Mantis until it was too late...

"<OBEY ME!>"

 

[NamesAreUseless]

Sarah Kerrigan

Kerrigan, still cloaked, was walking to go back to her hive cluster at the abandoned warehouse. There would be very little she could do before she got a Hatchery and some Drones born. The Queen of Blades then began to use her psionic powers to see through the eyes of one of her Larva, and she saw that the Hatchery would soon be complete.

Not paying attention, she bumped into a lot of the people along the way. As she was invisible, many were dumbfounded. Sarah silently laughed at this, seeing the worthless Terran as only punching bags once she was ready to attack.

Just then, she saw a few people huddled around a window of a store named "Joe's Electronics." Slightly curious, she peeked around the humans and saw a Live News broadcast:

"This is Sonia, Live at the scene, where a factory went up in a sudden fire. A number of workers have claimed that a red dragon that was the cause."

"It was huge I say, huge! It could fly and breathed fire!"

"It was some kinda unholy demon. I say we shoot it and eat it!"

"I ain't gonna lie to ya, but Puff the Magic Dragon has come to grace us all. Now can I please have a light?"

"This once-thought mythological beast has just been discovered to be true. The NYPD have detained the beast and transported it to the New York State Wildlife Research Center. Here's what one of the researchers had to say."

"The public has no need to be frightened. It is detained and will not escape. We will study it and be sure to let the public know of any further news regarding it."

A flying, fire-breathing dragon? And it seemed as though it was the one and only of its kind. As the Queen of the Zerg, she realized that finding particular creatures worthy of mutation into her broods was part of what was needed for the Swarm. She had added the Lurker and the Devourer strain among the Zerg, so this would not be a first for her.

First things first, she needed to find this research center. They might end up killing this thing if it is seen as too dangerous. She began to listen to the minds of the people around her.

'****, I knew this would come. I knew Dragon Wars wasn't fiction! We're gonna die!'

'The New York State Wildlife Research Center!? Oh dear, Chris's working there! I hope he'll be alright. I should probably go down there to check up on him.'

Bingo. Kerrigan began to follow the young lady to her car, still invisible to the world. As she entered her car, Sarah quickly dashed in behind her, uncloaked herself, and held the lady's neck tightly. "I hate women like you, you're too pretty for your own good." The woman tried to scream, but Kerrigan covered her mouth. "You will drive me to the New York State Wildlife Research Center. And don't even think of veering off course, we wouldn't want poor Chris to cry over his murdered wife, not would we?" The lady began to drive, crying profusely as the Queen of Blades tormented the woman by stroking her claws around her neck.

As they parked at the Center, the wife pleaded for Kerrigan to spare her. "Please don't kill me, please don't kill me ..." "Now I thought that we had negotiated that we'd let only your husband survive. My my, aren't we the greedy little one." The woman began to scream, and Sarah simply cut her throat deeply and clawed her through the head. "I really wish they'd learn to shut up."

She got out of the car and began walking towards the facility. Before her, she saw a security guard, who was speechless at the mockery of a woman that stood before him. He quickly grabbed for his gun. "F-f-freeze, o-only c-c-certified p-personel al-llowed in ..." "Oh I think I'm more then certified." She quickly kicked the man in the head, and he fell over. He aimed and unloaded a shot at the Infested Terran, hitting her in the stomach. Kerrigan began to bleed, but it didn't effect her quite as much as it would a regular woman. She striked the man many times, angered at the wound she had recieved.

Once he stopped breathing, she briskly walked through the doors. Sarah saw a number of people in the front lobby: A woman at the front desk and some more security guards, soaked in water, and a small boy wearing red, talking to a strange blue turtle. The lobby woman gasped at the abomination that now stood before her covered in blood.

 

[Lord Doom]

Sonic came to a screeching halt once he reached the edge of the pier. He looked down at the water beneath him and shivered.

"Islands. Unless they're the floating variety, I don't care for em' much. I feel closed in with all this water surrounding me."

Then, Sonic caught a familiar sent nearby. He turned and nearly fell to his knees as he glimpsed the hot-dog stand on the corner.

"Chili-dogs. There might be some hope for this place after all."

Sonic quickly approached the hot-dog vendor, who chuckled at Sonic's appearance.

"What's with the crazy get-up? Dis ain't Halloween, ya know?"

Sonic seemed confused for a moment. Then, he realized that there were no other Mobians to be found on the island.

"Errm... Uh... I'm a mascot... For a... Video-game company..."

The vendor shrugged.

"Whatever yous says. Now what can I gets for yaz?"

Sonic rubbed his hands together eagerly.

"Can I get three-NO-SIX chili-dogs to go, please?"

"Comin' right up. What else ya want on dat?"

"Everything."

"You gots a big appetite, pal. I likes dat. Here ya go," the vendor presented Sonic with a tray of six chili-dogs.

"Dat'll be ten-fifty."

It was then that Sonic realized that not only did he have no money, he didn't even know what they USED as money here.

"Uh... Here ya go."

Sonic pulled a gold ring from his left sock and placed it in front of the vendor. Before the vendor could react, Sonic was gone.