Inside The Game/Part 6

In the Factory Complex, Auron and Yori were quietly sneaking their way through the city, trying to avoid detection wherever possible while finding a way to get to the Input/Output Tower so Auron could communicate with his Creator.

Suddenly one of Sarkamel's guards spotted them. "Stop right there!" he commanded.

Auron immediately went into action. He pulled out his disc and threw it straight at the guard, causing him to spin around a few times before he fell to the ground and disappeared.

Auron and Yori came near the gate to the Input/Output Tower when they noticed something. "More guards," Yori said as they ducked out of sight. "We won't be able to enter the Tower that way."

Auron looked around for another way in. Then he noticed it. "These power cables. We can climb up them to get to that window."

"Then we'd better start climbing if we want to get in," Yori said, joining Auron as he started to climb up on one of the giant cables that pulsed with energy.

After a while of slow steady climbing, Auron and Yori reached the ledge near the window when they noticed something. "A Patrolbot is nearby," Auron said, pulling Yori close to him to make sure she wouldn't be noticed by the Patrolbot's searchlight.

Yori looked inside the window and saw Dyson sitting on a chair, guarding the entrance to the Communication Chamber. He either seemed to be asleep or just meditating. "They don't see us, Auron," Yori said. "I should go in first."

Auron looked at her briefly and then nodded as Yori climbed in through the window and slid down the incline toward Dyson's chair, landing safely at the bottom without disturbing Dyson.

Auron looked and saw the Patrolbot's beam sweeping towards him. He quickly climbed in through the window and slid down the incline, this time rolling around as he reached the bottom. "Are you all right, Yori?" he asked as he picked himself up.

"We should do that more often when we come in, Auron," Yori said, briefly laughing.

"I think the guards have spotted us," Auron said. "Let's go."

But as they were approaching the Communication Chamber, Dyson's chair turned, and a force field activated, preventing Auron and Yori from advancing any further. "Halt!" Dyson commanded. "What are you doing here?"

"Dyson, I must communicate with my Creator," Auron responded.

"That's difficult if not impossible," Dyson said. "Sarkamel monitors these places to make sure Gametronians will never communicate with their Creators. He hates these places and would have them shut down, but he keeps me around just in case he wants to communicate with the Creators once in a while."

"But my Creator can help make Gametron a free world again, with Gametronians lining up just to use the place, and Sarkamel no longer looking over your shoulder," Auron said.

"Dyson, please...the guards are coming!" Yori pleaded, as she noticed some of them peering through the window they just entered through.

Dyson turned and saw the guards for himself. "All right, Yori, I will do this...but remember that I run the risk of being captured for your sakes." With that, he sealed off the window and then removed the force field blocking entry into the Communication Chamber.

"You won't regret this, Dyson," Auron said, sounding grateful, as he entered into the Communication Chamber. - At the same time, Hefty was sneaking his way through the Factory Complex, getting as close to the Input/Output Tower as he could without being detected. Somewhere along the line, he lost the Bit that he had encountered.

Hefty wondered what he was going to do next when he heard a group marching from behind. He pulled himself up onto a ledge and watched as Commander Razor and a group of Warrior Elites marched toward the Tower. One of them was lagging behind near the end, so Hefty jumped down quietly and decked him with his fist. None of the Warrior Elites turned around or even noticed what had happened.

Hefty briefly touched the Warrior Elite's chest when he noticed that the orange glow of the warrior's energy was somehow transferred unto himself before the warrior disintegrated into light particles. "I don't believe this," he muttered to himself as he now looked at his appearance.

He joined the other Warrior Elites as they arrived at the gate to the Input/Output Tower and stopped. "The Guardian thinks he is helping Auron," Razor said. "It's time we bring in the Logic Probe and find out."

Suddenly a large machine with a forked tip materialized out of thin air and moved toward the gate, blasting it with bursts of electrical energy in the hopes of breaking down the door. - Inside the Communication Chamber, Auron stood on a glowing circular platform and lifted up his disc toward the light that was coming from a hole in the chamber's ceiling. The disc then floated above Auron's head and was lifted up into the light until it made contact with the beam, turning it from red to blue.

Yori and Dyson saw the beam change color from outside the chamber. "It's begun," Dyson said, as he and Yori smiled.

Inside the chamber, a voice like Auron's called out. "Auron. Location query. Location query. Confirm."

"Confirmed, Allyn Wan," Auron repsonded to the voice, sounding pleased.

"You seek to know where your companion is, who has escaped from the Cell Grid with you," the Creator said. "He is still alive, but now wandering through Gametron in order to find you again. You must protect him until you have accomplished your mission: to take down Sarkamel and make your world free again."

Then the Creator showed Auron visions of what he must do in order to defeat Sarkamel. Auron stood quietly as he watched, comprehending all that he had seen before the vision suddenly grew dark.

"Allyn Wan...where are you?" Auron asked, puzzled, as if his communication with him was suddenly cut off.

But instead of a response, Auron saw that his disc was lowered from the beam and now floated above his head. Auron grabbed it and saw that it was now glowing with a new light, which meant that his Creator had encoded it with what he called "new programming". He realized at that moment what he must do now. - Dyson and Yori saw the giant gate slowly turning white as Razor with his Logic Probe continued to blast at it, hoping to get in and capture the three renegade Gametronians. She then saw Auron come out of the Communication Chamber, looking pleased. "I'm all set, Yori," Auron said.

"It's time for you both to go," Dyson said. "I'll open a secret door that you can escape through while I deal with the Commander."

"Thanks, Dyson, and may the Creators be with you," Yori said. She and Auron then entered into the secret door that Dyson opened before he sealed it completely.

Soon the giant gate vanished, and Razor entered with his Warrior Elite, with none of them noticing that Hefty was hiding among them. "Where are those Gametronians, Dyson?" Razor demanded.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know which Gametronians you are talking about," Dyson responded bravely.

Razor's orange glow burned a bright deep red. "Take him away!" he commanded.

To be expanded on.