Had this idea just out of the blue, and the possibilities for hilarity and mayhem seemed to scream to be unleashed!! MWAHAHAHA!!!

*Ahem.* I would say back to sanity, but I refuse to ever go back there. Those people are crazy. So forward, to the story!

Chaotic Friday

It was a beautiful day in Chaotic, as it always was; sun shining, robots delivering food, players beating each other up in the dromes. Sarah sipped the last bit of soda from her cup and waved over a robot to order a new one while Peyton pumped his fists in the air, trying to urge on a Mipedian player as he battled an Underworlder. Sarah glanced at her watch. Usually Tom and Chaz had ported in by now; where could they be?

"Where are they?" she mumbled in irritation. Peyton didn't hear her, whooting as the Mipedian player unleashed a whirlwind on her opponent and coded him.

"Did you see that Sarah? That was totally epic!" Peyton showed his enthusiasm by grabbing the drink from the returning robot. "Thanks, el roboto amigo. Thoughtful of ya!"

Sarah rolled her eyes and smiled behind her groan. She was used to her friend's eating habits by now.

"Well, I'm porting," she told him.

"Whoa, what? But we were gonna wait for--"

"I know! But they're being slow, and I'm impatient. Besides, there was something on the edge of Danian/Overworld territory I wanted to check out. I heard there might be a new cave that leads to the Underworld, and I want a location scan. Let me know when they get here."

"Uh, ok, can do. The Peytonic Master is on the job!" He gave her a thumbs up, and she headed over to the port decks.

Peyton was watching the last battle of the match when he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Nope!... just one sec, hoooold thaaaaat thoooought..." The Mipedian player was currently Malvadine and suddenly sacrificed her Mugician's Lyre, surprising her enemy with a mugic and coding him once again. "YES!!! That was spectacular! Just my style, who expects Malvadine to use a mugic? Now then..." He turned to see Tom and Kaz standing behind him. "Tom! Kazzy! Sup, my dudes? What took you so long, Sarah left already."

Tom looked suprised. "Alone? But we were all gonna see Boadel together! If he gets asked too many times about that new shipment of powered-up Liquilizers, none of us may get a scan! Besides, we gotta be back in time for mine and Kaz's battle."

"No worries, my bro. She went to check out some new cave on the Danian/Overworld border."

"A cave?" Kaz raised an eyebrow. "I overheard Chaor saying something about exploring a tunnel near there... something about a mugic."

Peyton shrugged. "I'll call Sarah. I was ordered to give her the heads up when you guys showed." But before he could press a button, he got an incoming call from Sarah. He answered it.

"Perfect timing, I was just gonna give ya a ring," he grinned, angling the scanner so it showed Tom and Kaz too.

"Great, even better. Listen you guys are gonna want to get here, right now!" A great boom sounded behind her, and the boys widened their eyes.

"Sarah, what's going on!?" Tom asked.

"It's Chaor and Maxxor! Looks like Chaor found some sort of Mugic in that cave I wanted to scan, and Najarin, Intress, and Maxxor are battling him and Takinom for it!"

"Well, where are you?" Kas asked, and after she told them the three hurried and ported out.

As soon as they appeared they could hear the battle, and raced off towards the sounds. Sarah stood near a cliff overlooking the fight.

Takinom was battling bravely, holding off both Najarin and Intress, but she couldn't hold out for much longer. The two rulers were locked in their own struggle, only slightly aware of how the others were faring.

"This is totally unfair!" Kaz yelled. "Chaor found the mugic in the first place. And it's three against two!"

"Hey, it's Chaor's fault he came unprepared," Tom countered. "Did he really think Maxxor would just let him get away without a fight?"

Suddenly the whole cliff seemed to wobble, a loud boom echoing from below. Everyone looked back quickly to see that Maxxor had knocked Chaor down with a lucky rock wave; even the Overworld leader seemed surprised.

Tom looked estatic. "C'mon, lets get a better view!" He grabbed Kaz's arm and raced to a ledge just a bit further out. Sarah and Peyton called after him, but he almost didn't hear them, he was so caught up in the battle.

Kaz held back. "Tom, this ledge doesn't look that safe--"

"Chaor's getting up!"

"He is?! Yes!!" Kaz forgot about safety and jumped to Tom's side. Sure enough, the gargoyle-like creature was standing up, reaching into a bag he carried as he did. "Wait... is he gonna use the mugic?"

Chaor looked up from the ground, startled. Maxxor looked just as startled, having expected Chaor to dodge the the easy attack he had sent. However, the Overworlder wasn't going to let such an opportunity pass by him. He sent another rock wave in Chaor's direction, which Chaor narrowly avoided by rolling into a crouch. Maxxor had gotten the upper hand on him, he knew, and if he didn't do something fast this battle would be over.

So he reached into the bag in which he had stored his three newly found mugics.

Maxxor saw the move, realizing his advantage was about to expire. "Well, let it," he thought, remembering the mugic he'd brought with him.

Chaor lifted his mugic just as Maxxor revealed his.

Tom and Kaz were anxious as Maxxor pulled out a mugic half a second after Chaor did, inching closer and closer to the edge of the cliff.

"Guys!" Sarah yelled at them, "Seriously, get away from there!"

"That's lookin' kinda tipsy, dudes!" Peyton agreed.

"Stop worrying, we're just fi--" Kaz stopped mid sentence as he heard a crack under his feet.

Tom felt his heart stop. "Uh, oh."

The rock beneath them tore away from the piece Sarah and Peyton stood on. They yelled as they started falling through the air, desperately digging in their pockets for their scanners. Peyton and Sarah raced to the edge, yelling after their friends. They looked just in time to see their fingers seeming to hover over the buttons that would return them to safety. Then two separate melodies rang through the air, and the two boys were enveloped in a burst of light, coming from where Chaor and Maxxor stood below. Their codes returning to Chaotic seemed like small blue flashes surrounded by the glow of the two mugics.

Sarah and Peyton were silent. The scene below was a mess; Chaor had been blown back into the side of the cliff, near the entrance to the cave. Maxxor was in the other direction, uneasily picking himself up from under half a broken tree. Takinom had somehow avoided the majority of the blow it seemed, and now she rushed towards her leader. Intress seemed worse for the wear, but Najarin was holding her and heading towards his leader as well.

Not too far in the distance, Danians appeared, intent on discovering what was causing all the commotion. It seemed a retreat was in order for both sides.

Whatever that mugic was, it'd been a doozy. Or maybe the two mugics together.

The two Chaotic players still on the cliff looked at each other. Peyton cracked a grin.

"Sooooo.... Wanna make out?"

Sarah scoffed and pushed his head away. Peyton laughed.

"C'mon, let's make sure they're ok," she said, sending her code back to Chaotic. Peyton followed close behind.

Takinom dove through the air towards the downed Underworlder. "Chaor! Chaor, what did you do? That was reckless," she snapped as she helped him stand.

"What... Takinom?! But, why are you--"

"Let's go! We should take our escape while it's open!" She headed towards the cave entrance, waiting for him to follow. "Chaor! Shake it off, let's go!!"

"...Chaor?" The Underworlder looked at his hands, then stared at them in shock. "I'm Chaor!?" He looked up at the confused and now annoyed Takinom, then glanced around. He could see Najarin helping Maxxor to his feet, and Danians in the distance. As he looked up, two blue flashes of code disappeared. "Oh, great," he said under his breath, fear showing on his face. Then, seemingly not sure what else to do, he grabbed the bag that still held two mugics and faded into the darkness of the tunnel behind Takinom.

What the heck!?! "Fear showing on his face"?! Chaor's face??

Yeah, that's definitely not Chaor.

By the way, I'd like to mention I don't own Chaotic, just for disclaimer purposes.