"I thought I told you to send out the war viruses!! what is so hard to understand about that?" Aaron yelled at the Virus he had dubbed his "Second in Command"<br/><br/>"Sir, we did send them out, but it takes time to get from here to Level 1... you must understand... you built this World from the ground up, did you not? Going backwards through the Level infrastructure takes time." The virus stuttered in that raspy metalic voice that seemed to be akin to all viruses.<br/><br/>Aaron sighed, then looked down at his arm as it suddenly opened a compartment on the side, containing blueprints of several machines "What the- this isn't what I requested..." he looked up horrified. "S-s-sabotage?" he whispered too quietly for his SIC to hear. Then he zoned out again.<br/><br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/>An Hour Later<br/><br/>"Excellent work sir. I was not aware you were so... Mechanically inclined. I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised, given your left arm is robotic. The war viruses have reached Level 1 as well, sir. They await your command." The virus said when his brain registered activity again.<br/><br/>"Huh... Oh, Thank you. Now then, help me fire this machine up, will you?" Aaron said. As he thought to himself ~I've got to figure out what is happening to me~ the virus complied and turned on the machine. as it did so, five monitors came up, displaying the five 'Players'. two of them seemed to have found each other. "well, well... this is interesting." Aaron said, mulling over who might have sabotaged Project M.R.A. as he observed his game.<br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/><br/>Erik, who was finally able to see the approaching figure, was about to jump up and be on the offensive, when he heard her say "Friendly player, don't attack!" Lowering his blades, he shouted over the gunfire "Well, I hope you have something better than a couple of swords, because I sure as hell can't do much with them on this level!"<br/><br/>As if out of nowhere, the Players heard the heavy british accent of the binary man say "Two of you have met each other. Splendid! Acheivment unlocked: Face2Face 1/4. If you complete an acheivment, you will all gain experience points. Get enough, and your level will increase, and I must say, you couldn't have picked a better time to find each other." Erik frowned "what do you mean 'we couldn't have picked a better time to find each other'?"<br/><br/>All that he got for an answer was "Now that would be a spoiler, wouldn't it? Behind you, Saber Assassin." At this point Erik reflexivly thrust one of his katanas backwards, Impaling an enemy soldier who had been sneaking around the structure they were using for cover. "Well, I must say, I didn't expect you to last this long. ta ta." and the voice was gone.<br/><br/>"So," Erik looked at the girl who had Identified herself as friendly, "I'm Erik, Who are you?"