Chapter 7

Ray prepared to fight, drawing out the pink light-saber Tanya had given him in the elevator. He focused all his energy into visualizing the fight, anticipating all the movements the men will make...

"Battery flat. Microsoft Light-Saber OS going into hibernation mode. Please switch to an alternate power supply now."

Ray made a mental note to charge his things properly from now on. If he even gets another chance to do so. And maybe switch to a non-microsoft OS. The computer's voice is too gay for his liking.

"Now, its time for you to pay for your sins." The leader of the sorcerers muttered.

"Abra Kadabra!"

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It was pitch dark. Surely, heaven (or hell) shouldn't be that dark?

"Tanya? Are you around?" Ray asked probingly.

"Yeah. Saved your butt there."

"Hey thanks. Wait. Why is it so dark? Am I in something like a dark corner of hell or what?"

"You know, things wouldn't be so confusing if you opened your eyes." Came the curt reply.

"Oh."

Ray opened his eyes and found himself in a lawn. Not an ordinary lawn, but one in a school compound. This place looks kind of like a cartoon to him.

Then he saw three small girls dressed in red, blue and green respectively fly past, leaving straight clean multi-coloured lines.

"Tanya! Explain this please! Why do I have the feeling I'm inside a freaking cartoon?"

Tanya sighed. This will take some time.

"OK, just now you almost died when the guy cast that spell on you. Lucky you, I managed to be nearby. You see, I remembered that you were holding the toilet paper that I needed. Seeing imminent danger, I used the second important spell that Hanwen taught me instinctively. The Dimension Travel Spell."

That didn't explain things to Ray. Maybe his 1kB brain was the problem.

"Hanwen said you have to think of the dimension you want to go to when casting. So I thought of the Dimensionless-Dimension which is the Matrix. You know, there're so many doors, maybe one will lead to the Oracle, I mean Hanwen."

"So why are we here?"

"I saw your powerpuff girls underwear."

A short stout man came into sight this instant. With an impossibly tall assistant.

"Welcome to Townsville!" He squeaked.