Author's Note

Thanks to Spellbounder for the help with this chapter.

Chapter 152

“What the!?” Micro calls out as cannons are pushed out from the walls. Suddenly, a flurry of white balls began shooting out. “Cleo!”

“I’m not deaf dipshit! I hear them!” With gauntlets on hand, she begins batting them aside, as Micro blinks on top of the large Tetris block that drops. With the famous hand sign, he creates multiple clones and they all bring out their lightsaber. Three launch themselves at the glass wall while the original tests the block. As soon as the lightsaber starts cutting into it however, it begins shaking.

“What the-?!” Suddenly, the block splits into two exact copies, filling up the room even more. Meanwhile, the clones try to dig their lightsabers into the glass, and surprisingly they could see a few gauge marks begin forming. Sadly, before they can make it any further deep, a loud whirring can be heard. Before the clones can react, two large white paddles come in from either side and crush them.

“Typical,” Pixel growls. “Of course the first thing you attempt is brute force. Just like most games nowadays. If it doesn’t have a gun or a scantily clad whore dancing around, hardly anyone cares! How did things turn from simple reaction and puzzle based gameplay to sex and violence galore!”

“Oh shut it you hypocritical scarecrow!” Cleo growls out as she crushes another ball. “Your using fucking cannons!”

“They’re Pong ball launchers you uncultured cow!” Pixel shouts and hits the drop button multiple times. Looking up, Cleo rears back her fist as a series of tetrominoes begin to fall. Realizing she didn’t see his test, Micro Blinks in fast and grabs her afro before vanishing with her. As the blocks fell to the ground, Cleo grabs Micro by the front of his shirt.

“What the fuck are you doing!? I could’ve-”

“Taken up more of our space!” Micro spits back, knocking her arm off his shirt. “Hitting one will only result in another one forming. Meaning we will have even less room to work with. You told me to use my brain. Use yours damn it!”

Cleo looks at Micro, seeing how serious the kid was. Sure, she fought him (well, Perl but close enough), but seeing him now… She owes Chara an apology for calling him a wimp.

“Got it kid,” she says. “But next time, don’t grab my hair.”

Micro smirked a bit.

“What do you want me to grab?”

Despite herself, Cleo laughed.

“You...you…” Pixel’s voice came over. “Disgusting sex obsessed deviants!”

“Geez,” Cleo says. “You need to get your head out of the retro era’s ass and enjoy some modern games.”

“Modern!” Pixel half laughs and half spits. “Endless cycles of the same shit being churned out. Sure things started off tame. Kitanna in Mortal Kombat wearing a female ninja outfit, then that became a two piece bikini with tits four times as big! WHY?! WHEN DID DEVELOPERS BECOME SUCH SICK PERVS!”

In her anger she slams her hand down on the button again. The Gamers jump out of the way as the remaining clones go to slice through some of the pong balls in half and accidentally strike the side of a block. As it doubles, the rest of the blocks on the ground begin to glow.

“That doesn’t look good!” Micro shouts.

Cleo, trusting Micro, grabs his shoulder and he Blinks them into the air as the blocks below blow up. Cleo pushes Micro behind her and brings her arms and newly armored legs in front of her, allowing her to block any debris. As they land, Micro nods his thanks to her, and notices scorch marks and even slight cracks on the ground. Glancing up at the glass protecting Pixel, the ideas begin sparking.

“Cleo...how strong of a defense can you put up?” He says quietly.

“No offense kid but I don’t think defense will help-”

“It might. We just need to get the blocks high enough.”

Cleo raises an eyebrow before she realizes what Micro was talking about. Smirking, she forms more armor on her upper arms and legs.

“Sorry,” Cleo says, louder. “But I don’t have any of the good stuff on me. Can’t get anything high right now.”

Now it is Micro’s turn to be confused and he was about to try and clarify what he meant when Pixel shouted again.

“Drugs now too!?!? You are a disgrace to this power!”

As more blocks begin to fall, Cleo stays in place and waves Micro back. When the block is about to crush her though, she actually manages to catch it, even though it clearly wasn’t easy.

“Damn! This is almost a struggle!” With a grunt of exertion, she threw the tetromino closer to the wall below Pixel. Micro wanted to laugh, though he held it back. Deciding to join in the angering action, he equips his Kamui.

“Life Fiber Harmonize!” The school uniform shrunk into the tight short shorts and suspenders leading up to larger than necessary shoulder guards. “Kamui Tensai!”

Cleo grins at him, shocked by the equipment, but immediately getting the point of it as she gives a wolf whistle.

“Not bad big boy!’

“Bigger than you expected huh?” Micro grins back. Pixel sees red and begins dropping more and more blocks. Using the enhanced strength from the equipment, the two Gamers began stacking the blocks, making sure that they never let the floor be completely covered.

“There’s no way you should be able to catch those blocks,” Pixel growls. “That equipment is garbage! Stop cheating!!!”

“But my girlfriends love the cheating roleplay,” Micro chimes in. “It’s the best part of having multiple girls. Since two have small chests, the roleplay is so much better when they “catch” me with my big tittied vampire girlfriend.”

Pixel lets out a final roar and punches her button so hard it cracks. With a smirk, Cleo decided to rub it in.

“Hey Scarecrow bitch! Just because we love to kick ass in modern games, doesn’t mean we can’t think!”

Both her and Micro jump up toward the far corner. Pixel looks on in confusion until she see how close the blocks were to her window.

“No...NO!” She cries out. The blocks begin glowing and finally.

BOOM!

The window shatters and the shockwave sends Pixel slamming into the wall. Her eyes open just in time to see Micro Blink Cleo close enough to slug her across the jaw, knocking her out cold. Just as she was about to keep beating the psycho, Micro grabs her wrist.

“No...I have something I want to test.”

Sanctuary

When Pixel next woke up, she was shocked. Even if Cleo and Micro spared her, she didn’t expect Tirek to let her live. What gives?

“Happy to see it worked.” Turning, Pixel sees Micro smirking at her. She goes to pull something from her Inventory, but can’t. Looking at her wrists, she sees fancy looking handcuffs. “Got those from Cad Bane. They suppress Gamer powers.”

Looking around, Pixel sees she is in a mostly barren, but still somewhat furnished room. Hell, there is even a bathroom and a decent bed. Behind safety glass there was a TV hooked up with a few game consoles.

“Where the hell am I?”

“My personal space,” Micro says. “Like your Retro Room. I figured, if your unique space can block out my communications, then maybe mine can block out Tirek’s ability to explode your head.”

Pixel hid her surprise well, but Micro caught it.

“So what do you plan on doing with me?” Micro shrugs.

“Well, I want information but I know you’re not going to give it to me right now.” Standing up and walking to a doorway that raises up from a previously blank wall, he points to the tv. “No shows, but enjoy some games while you ruminate on your situation.”

As the door closes behind him, Pixel glances at the TV.

“I can’t believe you,” Cleo growls as Micro walks out of the room past her. “I mean, what do you think giving her all that stuff will-”

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!”

Cleo looks back at the doorway in shock and Micro just sighs.

“Man. I thought I picked out good games for her. Do you think I should’ve left out GTA V or Senran Kagura?”

Cleo stares at him for a moment, before bursting out laughing.

“Holy shit kid, that’s brilliant!” Once she recovers, she gestures around. “So, you got a pretty stocked bar. Any strippers?”

Micro rolls his eyes.

“Unless you count my girlfriends, no.”

“Well that’s shitty.”

With a sigh, Micro creates multiple clones based on different anime girls like Nico Robin, Rias Gremory, etc.

“That work for you?”

Cleo just stares at the scantily clad girls before pulling a bong from her Inventory.

“Kid, I can get used to being your friend...but stay out of the room or I will not go a day without kicking you in the nuts.”

Micro just shrugs and goes over to the bar, wanting to relax after the crazy day (having already told everyone what happened once he got out). Rodin began making him a drink as Perl whispers in his head.

‘When are you going to tell her that you get the memories when all clones dispel?’

Micro just smirks as he downs his drink.