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The city was fairly large, not reaching the size of Robloxia city but certainly no small town. The city streets, while having many people traveling about its paths and roads, was by no means crowded. 

Perhaps this is why no one came to Guest 666’s aid as he was beaten up in an alleyway. 

A foot slammed into his gut, knocked 666 into the side of a trash bin. Guest coughed furiously. Each cough left spit residue on the ground, creating a disgusting slurry of liquid and dirt. The teen clenched his gut, shielding his stomach from the flurry of kicks being inflicted onto it. 

A hand snatched his hair, lifting him off the ground and pushing him up against the wall. Guest cried, grabbing onto the arm in an attempt at relieving the pain pulsing through his scalp and at getting his assailants to release him. It proved futile, for a fist quickly smashed into his face. 

666’s vision blurred, the bullies’ taunts becoming nothing more than slurred speech. He became dizzy. He felt something rise from his stomach and spill out of his mouth. All he could taste was bitter acid and chunks of miscellaneous materials spill onto his clothing. 

Their laughter was silenced, replaced by static. Guest was unable to hear. Unable to see clearly. Unable to think coherently. His mind was a slushy, mushed by the pain inflicted upon him. 

Guest 666 turned his head towards the street, hoping to at least see the sunlight one last time before he inevitably passed out, left to wake up alone until awaking again either during nightfall or until the next day. 

But in the entrance was not just sunlight. No, a dark blur stood there, casting a deeper shadow onto the already dark alley. He saw the rough figures that were his torments begin to back away, their speech slurred by static and making 666 unable to discern what they said. 

His bullies backed away, going further and further into the dark, cramped space, and the figure walked deeper and deeper, away from the light and farther into the darkness. The mysterious intervener seemed to be pulling out something from their jacket pocket, but before Guest 666 was able to fully understand who was helping him, the world became dark. 

_-_-_-_ 

guest…

Guest…

Guest..

Guest.

GUEST-

666 flinched, his world filled with a blinding bright light. His ears were blasted with the sounds of loud beeping. He gasped, attempting to stand but being pushed back. He weakly struggled, limbs flailing about in an attempt at useless attempt at resistance. 

“ GUEST!” A familiar voice called. “ CALM DOWN GUEST IT’S JUST ME!” 

Guest’s breathing slowed. The heart monitor quieted to a calmer pace. The world took clearer form, no longer muddled and fuzzy. In the corner of his eye, a familiar yellow form was standing there, holding his arm with a gentle touch. 

“ … Noob..?” Guest muttered, squinting his eyes in disbelief. 

Noob softly nodded his head. “ Yeah 666. It’s me. You’re safe now.” 

“ Gosh…” 6 mumbled. “ How did I get here..?” 

“ … Someone… Found you being beaten up and brought you here,” Noob explained. There was a hesitancy to his voice. A nervousness about revealing something was obvious in his facial expression. 

“ Who?” Guest asked. 

Noob looked about ready to answer, but he was interrupted by the door to the room he resided in opened to reveal a doctor on the other side. 

“ Guest 666, I’m glad to see you are awake,” they greeted. 

“ Y-yeah… Glad I’m awake too,” he stuttered. 

“ You’re lucky they decided to practice healing cheats over harmful ones on you — all your major injuries and the damage caused by them are gone,” the doctor explained. “ Although, it would be best if you stayed here for a while. We need to make sure there aren’t any negative side effects to-”

“ Wait, who’s ‘they’?” Guest sat up, much to the worry of Noob. “ What do you mean ‘they’ used healing cheats on me?” 

“ Did your friend not tell you..?” The doctor seemed to have a bead of sweat drip down his forehead, a nervous look now also on his face. 

“ No???” Guest replied. “ Someone healed me using hacks? Who?” 

The doctor and Noob glanced at each other, a anxious look on both of their faces. 

Noob opened his mouth. 

… 

“ C00LKIDD?!”  

_-_-_-_

This was the greatest day of Guest 666’s life. 

Were they beaten up in an alleyway by their bullies? Yes. 

Was he being forced to stay in the hospital for a week? Yes. 

Was he saved by his idol? YES. 

Did his idol beat up his bullies and heal him? YES!

He may not have even realized it was C00lkidd who saved him. He may not have even caught a glimpse of C00lkidd’s appearance. He may not have even been conscious for most of it. 

But the fact that the hacker had even seen him. Had done anything to acknowledge the guest’s existence no less? It truly was a win in his book-

There was someone at the window. 

Noob had left to get what was likely subpar hospital cafeteria food. The doctor had left to talk with someone.

Guest was alone. 

There was a hand reaching under the window. Gloved fingers peered under the window frame as it slowly lifted the glass up. 

A pair of black shoes and jeans appeared next. 

Then the bottom of a black and red jacket. 

Then a red shirt with a very familiar team name. 

Then a very familiar red mask and black horns. 

There was no way. No way. NO FUCKING WAY- 

“ Hey kid,” C00lkidd greeted. “ Glad to see you’re doing okay.” 

Guest was in heaven. He had ascended. He was in the greatest dream he’d ever have in his life. 

He pinched himself. 

“ Woah kid you good-” 

“ Am I dreaming?” 

“ Oh most definitely not.” C00lkidd let out a small laugh as he climbed into the hospital room. “ Trust me. I would know if this were in the realm of dreams.” 

“ … Holy shit this is actually happening…” Guest gasped. 

“ Yeah. I wanted to make sure you were doing okay after those assholes beat you up.” his idol explained in a cool tone. 

Guest spoke rapidly.“ I-I have no idea how to thank you-” 

His idol waved his hand at the ecstatic teen. “ No need to thank me, kid. It was no biggie.” 

“ Of course it wasn’t a biggie!” Guest whispered and screamed at the same time. He definitely didn’t want anyone coming into his hospital room right now. “ You’re so powerful that you could easily beat up anyone.” 

C00lkidd stared at Guest 666. A nervous feeling started forming in the guest. Had he accidentally offended the hacker?

This anxious feeling was quickly relieved. C00lkidd let out a small giggle, amused by his reaction. “ You remind me of my friend when I first met him. You know what?” 

C00lkidd tossed something to Guest, which he quickly caught. He opened his palm, revealing a small black box with a red outline. 

“ Here. If anyone causes you some trouble you can use this on them. They’ll never see it coming!” 

Guest stared at the object, realizing what it was. He was about to say something before both heard footsteps begin to approach the room. 

“ Oops, gotta go kid.” C00lkidd pulled out his C00lgui, swiftly typing in a command. “ Hope you get better soon!” 

The door opened, revealing someone Guest did not expect to ever be even remotely close to him. 

Doombringer had a serious look on his face.“ You’re the kid that ran into C00lkidd, right?”

_-_-_-_

“ So you were only able to catch a glimpse of the hacker before you black out, correct?” 

“ Yep, only a very blurry figure before passing out.” Guest looked away, nervous to accidentally make the admin suspicious. “ Sorry.” 

Doombringer sighed. “ No need to apologize. Things were simply out of your control. Glad you made it out okay.” 

The admin stood up. “ The medical staff here will be keeping a close eye on you. It’s best to make sure that hacker didn’t do anything harmful.” 

The admin began walking out of the room, but then paused at the door. Sweat beaded in Guest 666’s hands. Had he accidentally made a guilty face? 

“ As for those people who beat you up…” Doombringer began. “ They will be brought to justice. It is a failure on the part of the system that those people were able to freely act like that, and I will make sure that they’re handled properly.”  

With those final words, Doombringer departed. 

Guest 666 let out a breath he did not realize he was holding. 

He opened his palm, revealing the mini hacking panel C00lkidd had gifted him with. 

He smiled. 

He vowed to make good use of it.

He promised to make C00lkidd proud. 

_-_-_-_

007n7 walked down the street, a pep in his step. 

“ What was he planning to do?” One may ask. “ Do more exploiting? Griefing? Somehow ruin John Doe and Jane Doe’s day again?” 

No. 

He just wanted some pizza. 

It had taken a good, long 2 years for Builder Brother’s Pizza Place to get back on its feet and start serving pizzas again. 

Was the fact it had to close that long almost entirely 007n7’s fault? Yes. 

But the exploiter didn’t mind that much. Wrecking and making a fool of that wannabe exploiter and whatever dumb plan they probably had was totally worth being deprived of the Builder’s signature.   

Besides, now that it had reopened, he could now again taste the cheesy flavor. 

… And also pull pranks on that one cashier again. ( 007n7 was once very confused as to why that guy in particular was always at the register… The fact he’s apparently related to the founders of the pizza place made his constant presence make sense now. 

Not that it would stop 007 of course.) 

He casually pranced down the street, imagining the savory taste of cheesy, greasy goodness resting upon his tongue like a throne. 

In his wandering, he made the occasional glance around himself to avoid someone trying to do something to him or some other kind of nonsense.   

No one had yet caught his eye. Surrounding him were just some normal people doing normal people things. Talking with each other. Walking their pets. Bringing the goodies they bought from the mall home. The works. 

That was until he saw a familiar screen flash in the corner of his vision in an alleyway. 

He buffered, doing a double take in disbelief. When he looked again, the thing-that-looked-eeriely-familiar-to-his-own-gui was now gone…

… And was instead several alleyways ahead of him. 

007n7 stared at what was happening in front of him, attempting to understand what the hell was going on in front of his very eyes. 

He combed through his memories. Through his totally logical mind. Through his-

He felt kinda bad jumpscaring the kid in his C00lkidd persona, but he needed to know how the hell they got their hands on a copy of the C00lgui! 

It’s a one-of-a-kind object! Developed via the efforts of himself and boss and the two of them alone! No way anyone could obtain a copy unless he gave them one-

Wait a second… 

He took a good look at the scared shitless boy in front of him. 

They had an entirely white face and body. They wore a modified version of the usual guest hat and jacket, with a giant puff of spiky red fur on the jacket’s collar and a red shirt with the words “TEAM C00LKIDD JOIN TODAY” written in black. They wore baggy jeans, with a chain attached to the belt loops. 

A pair of bright red horns and a long, spiked tail hovered close to his back and head, not attached to the body but appearing so much like they do that 007n7 had to do a double take. 

Half of their face was covered by a black mask, which had a red, teethy smile drawn on the front. 

007n7 had to admit : there was effort put into this disguise. 

“ C00lkidd..!” the guest gasped. His eyes widened and the copy of the c00lgui fumbled in his hands. 

007n7 recognized this child“ You’re that kid from that alleyway!” he exclaimed. “ Noticed you lurking around. You’re doing better now?” 

The kid stood up shakily, a starry look in his eyes as he looked at 007n7. “ Oh! I’m doing much better. No one’s been able to bother me ever since you rescued me!” 

007n7 grinned underneath his mask. “ That’s good to hear. By the way, why are you teleporting from alley to alley?” 

The guest began his explanation, speaking rapidly. “ Okay, so I’m following these two kids. I’ve noticed that they’re bullying other kids in my school, and I’m planning to use the hacking panel you gave me to mess with them a bit!” 

007n7 cradled his chin, his interest now captivated by the teen’s plans. 

Using exploits to mess with people like those bullies? Now that’s one of their best uses. 

And in terms of activities he liked, this was right up his alley. 

“ Now that sounds fun! Mind if I help you out?” He asked. 

The kid’s jaw seemed to drop underneath his mask. He took a shocked stance, and he looked at 007n7 in disbelief. “ R-really?! You’re willing to take time out of your day to help me?” 

The exploiter chuckled at the kid’s exclamations. “ Well, I was originally just planning to go get food.” 

He grinned. “ But you’re plan seems like a much better use of time.” 

“ O-of course you can help me, C00lkidd!” The child sputtered out, stars visible in his eyes. “ I-I’d be honored to have you help me!” 

007n7 placed a hand on the kid’s shoulder, a mischievous grin forming under his mask. “ Let’s go show those brutes a taste of their own medicine.” 

_-_-_-_

The two kids were casually strolling around the mall. They seemed to be having fun, their confidence blinding them to the possibility of retaliation for their acts of cruelty. 

Himself and the kid silently followed the two bullies. 007n7 led their stalking. He navigated the mall with ease, able to easily keep track of the boys in the mass of individuals, with some assistance from exploiting commands, while also navigating the mall’s layout with an ease unusual for someone who rarely frequented the place. 

The opportunity to strike eventually presented themselves at the front of one of the shops. This one in particular seemed to sell watches. The two boys were distracted, eyeing a couple of the shiny watches put up on display. 

The duo watched from afar, their plan ready to be engaged. “ You ready, kid?” 007n7 asked. 

The teen nodded. “ Ready when you are, C00lkidd!” 

Chapter Text

Builderman had been out shopping, getting the groceries he needed to make himself (and Telamon because the bird admin often came by his home due to having no one else willing to stay by him) dinner. His peaceful browzing of the pastas was abruptly interrupted by the ear-piercing sounds of shocked and distressed screaming. 

The mall suddenly erupted into chaos. All around Builderman, people were panicking. Screams of terror rang out as people ran for their lives. This fell and smashed on the floor, people trampling them as if they were never there in the first place. People pushed and pulled at each other, determined to be the first out with a determination the admin had only witnessed when Shedletsky fought with Scripter over the last chicken leg (the man still wondered why Scripter even tried fighting the infamous chicken addict over it).

His basket of goods was quickly abandoned as he ran out and opposing of the flow of the cross. As he struggled past the flood of bodies, he looked around, attempting to locate what the large mass of people were running from. 

He was eventually able to reach a point where the crowds were gone, and he was able to rush forward towards the last remaining comotion. Eventually he reached it, and he bore witness to the situation the two hackers had created. 

Two kids were being levitated in the air, terrified looks on their faces as they flailed their limbs wildly. Not far from them, a familiar hacker stood, a familiar hacking panel stretched out in front of him. 

There was another person standing beside him. The person seemed rather young, no older than 13. They had white skin, red horns and a tail hovering close to their person, and red fur on the collar of their jacket. Just like C00lkidd, they had a C00lgui out in front of them. 

The teen pressed something on the hacker panel. In the blink of an eye, the two kids being hovered precariously in the air began falling. 

The kids screamed, presuming that this would be where they met their demise. This idea was swiftly thwarted when they felt themselves fall onto an air-bag like surface. They sunk into the material before bouncing up and onto the ground. They quickly got up and began to run, fleeing the mall alongside the rest of the mall goers. 

Builderman let out a sign of relief. At least he knew his newest creation worked, but he would have preferred it used elsewhere. 

But that wasn’t what he was focused on. 

He turned his glare towards the two hackers, who seemed shocked at his sudden appearance. 

_-_-_-_ 

007n7 had this whole situation plan out. 

First, they would cause the watches the kids were looking at to suddenly start glitching, which would no doubt startle them. 

Next, they would appear in front of them, their hacker personas on full display. 

Then, they’d use flying exploits to lift them off the ground, which would obviously scare the living hell out of them, even more than the previous steps would. 

Finally, they’d drop them, but 007n7 would re-apply the flying exploit at the last minute so they’d hover just above the ground and then drop them again, making for a much softer impact than expected. 

The sudden, unexpected appearance of the admin shattered the idea of this plan playing out as expected. 

“ Builderman!?” the kid exclaimed in a whisper. He stepped back, his shock and nervousness apparent.

007n7 blinked, surprise at an admin seeming to appear out of nowhere. “ You’re the admin Builderman, right? What are you doing here?” 

“ Originally came to get some groceries,” he explained, a large hammer, big enough to render anyone unfortunate enough to get smashed under it a pile of fleshy pulp, forming in his hands. “ Seems like I’ll be needing to deal with you two now.” 

007n7 sighed, using his c00lgui to summon his sword. “ Hey kid. You should skedaddle.” He pointed his blade towards the admin, getting into a fighting stance. “ I’ll handle this guy.” 

The kid looked at him, worry in his eyes. “ Are you sure you don’t want me to help-” 

He shook his head at the teen. “ It’s fine, kid,” he explained in the most reassuring tone he could. “ You’re pretty new to exploiting while I’m one of the best in the business! I’ve got this.” 

The teen hesitated for a second, but he was still quick in inputting the teleport command and disappearing without a trace. 

007n7 let out a relieved sigh, turning his head to face the opposing admin once more.

Builderman was glaring daggers at him, as if hoping his stare was enough to blow the man up. 

“ So now you’re dragging kids into hacking?” Builderman growled. “ Do you have no shame?” 

007n7 let out a laugh, twirling his sword in his hand as he casually pranced around the admin, confidence radiating from every step. “ What? The kid seemed like he could handle it. What’s the big deal?” 

The exploiter yelped as Builderman suddenly appeared in front of him, his hammer coming down onto the surprised hacker. He was just barely able to roll out of the way before it smashed into the ground. The floor broke, fissures forming and spreading wide across the area. 

“ How can you be so flagrant in your disregard for life, exploiter?” Builderman growled, his glare burning into 007n7’s skull. “ Everyone knows what exploiting can do to a person, how corruption is a fate worse than death , and yet you’re willing to drag a young kid into it?!” 

His tone had become fully on screaming at this point, yelling something about corruption and leading a kid down a dark path or something. 007n7 wasn’t that focused on the monologue and more focused on not becoming a victim of the famous ban hammer.

007n7 breathed heavily as he stood up, sweat beading down the back of his neck. He was swiftly slammed back down onto the ground as Builderman swung down on him once more. 

007n7 raised his blade, using it to block the force of the hammer from hitting him. The force of the collision sent both himself and Builderman flying backwards. 007n7 rolled on the ground, before feeling the abrupt pain of getting slammed into a wall at high speeds. 

Meanwhile, Builderman had used the invention he had used earlier to cushion his fall. He used his hammer to prop himself up, and he approached the now downed 007n7, dragging his hammer beside him.

007n7 mumbled out a curse, still feeling the pain of the impact. 

Internally, 007n7 was figuring out his plan of action. He was hiding his c00lgui behind him, ready to input the teleportation code. However, he knew in a fight between his typing speed and the speed of a hammer, there was no doubt the hammer would win. 

This also meant he had no time to summon a clone. So, without his hacks, the only option he had to stall was… Talking.

“ Think 007n7,” he internally berated. “ You gotta think of something. What can you say to Builderman that will distract him? Bring up the hat? Compliment the weird air-bag thing he used?” 

Then he remembered the admin’s previous comment. Something, something, corruption. Whatever that was. 

By his tone, it seemed he assumed 007n7 knew of whatever the hell he was talking about. 

Would he be confused if 007n7 admitted he didn’t know what the man was talking about? 

Once he felt the shadow of the admin hover above him, he opened his eyes, glaring up and making direct eye contact with the hulking figure. 

This was his chance. Hopefully this worked.

“ I have no idea what you’re talking about dude,” 007n7 grumbled, bewilderment and disgruntledness evident in his tone. “ The fuck you mean corruption? Like a file corruption or something?” 

Builderman stilled. He stared at 007n7, a confused expression forming on his face. Evidently the admin had not expected 007n7 to reply to him like that. 

“ Holy shit that actually worked,” 007n7 exclaimed in his mind. His fingers moved nimbly on the screen, quickly inputting the command to get him the hell out of this situation.

Finally breaking the relative silence, Builderman’s questioning came out as a confused whisper. “ … Don’t you know about corruption..?” The disbelief in his tone was evident to the hacker. 

“ Uhhhhhhhh-” 

007n7 yelped as he crashed down into a trash bin. The rats in the ally scattered as he struggled to crawl out of the heaps of rubbish. 

“ … That was close,” He sighed as he heaved his leg out of the bin. “ Thank goodness he was too distracted to notice I had my C00lgui out-” 

He fell hard to the concrete ground, covered in food scraps and other unidentifiable substances. He stood up and looked over himself, cringing at the sight of his soiled clothing, quickly inputting a command to chance into his normal clothing.

“ Well that was an eventful hour,” he thought. “ Might as well get the pizza I was wanting. All that action has gotten me hungry, I will say.” 

He made the trek down to the Builder Brother’s Pizza. The smell of baked cheese and pepperoni calling him in through the doors. 

The place was quite packed, with many having clamored into the fast-food place ever since its recent reopening after… Ya know…

But that didn’t matter now. Everyone was fine (except for that exploiter who tried to blow the place up initially but he had that coming and he would probably recover. Noli didn’t ruffle him up… Too badly… At least he hoped…). The building was repaired and made anew. 

Most importantly, it was pizza time! 

…

Wait who was that walking out of the building hold a pizza box?

…

The kid! 

The teen had, smartly considering the fact a high-ranking admin interfered with their exploiting shenanigans likely meaning the incident was all over the news, ditched the hacking attire. He now wore the clothing 007n7 had seen him wearing in the alleyway (minus the vomit of course). 

007n7 should probably check on the kid. This was his first time having to confront an admin, and that was usually something that sticks with a person. He imagined it was especially bad for someone as young as he was.

_-_-_-_

Guest 666 was lost in thought when a hand grasped his shoulder. 

He jumped, nearly letting out a loud squeal before he was quickly pulled into the dark space. 

He struggled, about to absolutely destroy this creep using commands on the hacking panel C00lkidd gave them, before a familiar voice spoke to them. 

“ Hey kid, it’s me!” 

“ C00lkidd?!” 666 gasped, turning his head to see the mask of the familiar exploiter. He let out a sigh of relief, instinctually hugging the guy. “ You’re okay!” 

C00lkidd seemed stunned at the sudden embrace, but quickly returned it upon regaining composure. “ Sure am. By the way, you might not want to hug. Kinda landed in a trash bin on the way here.” 

The smell struck, and 666 quickly did as advised, holding back a slight gag. 

C00lkidd let out an embarrassed laugh. “ Sorry ‘bout that kid. Didn’t have much time between escaping and finding you here.”

“ No no, it’s fine, Mr. C00lkidd.” Guest 666 explained. “ By the way, you can call me Guest 666 if ya want.” 

The masked exploiter tilted his head at Guest 666.“ Dang, already presenting names?” C00lkidd nodded. “ Well, since you gave me yours, I might as well give you mine to make it even.” 

He held out his hand. “ Name’s 007n7 C00l.” 

Guest 666 took the other exploiter’s hand, an amazed smile on his face. “ Well, it’s good to officially meet you, Mr. 007n7.” 

“ By the way…” Guest 666 presented the pizza out in front himself, opening it up to 007n7 like it was a grand treasure. “ Want a slice?” 

_-_-_-_

“ By the way, where did you get the shirt?” 

“ Oh! I joined Team C00lkidd.” 

“... Team C00lkidd..?” 

“ Yeah the… Team you run? The one you promote on your shirt?”

“... This was given to me by a friend… As a joke… Because of how much I use the clone command…” 

“... Oh… Are you going to do something about them..?”

“... Nah they’re having fun. No harm, right?” 

“ … Yeah! No harm.” 

_-_-_-_

BREAKING NEWS! : IMFAMOUS HACKER C00LKIDD WITH SIDEKICK TERRORIZE MALL

“ … And Mr. Builderman, do you have any comments on C00lkidd’s apparent sidekick?”  A reporter, one of the many present in the impromptu press conference, asked Builderman, who was addressing the hoards of questions being thrown at him.

The admin sighed. “ They’re a kid. A kid C00lkidd has misguided and led down a dark path.” He claimed. “ Me and the other admins will work as fast as we can to capture C00lkidd and get that kid out of whatever situations this hacker puts them in.” 

…

“ A sidekick eh?” Noli wondered, intently watching the news broadcast playing on the TV. “ Never thought 007n7 would have something like that.” 

He grabbed onto the coffee-filled mug he had placed onto the table in front of the couch and downed the whole thing in one go. He slammed the cup back down onto the desk, careful to avoid shards of mug from getting onto the map he had created. 

“ … I’ve done it, 007n7.”  He whispered with glee, addressing an invisible figure. “ I’ve found it. I’ve found the Void Star.” 

Balancing his research on the mythical object and his academics had been a challenge. A hindrance to his search. 

Yet it would all pay off. 

After his and 007n7’s graduation, he would leave. He’d travel, walking and walking until he’d reach its apparent location. He would use the great exploiting abilities he already had and defeat anyone who got in his way until he finally got his hand on the Void Star. 

And with it…

“ I’ll work by your side, my friend.” He smiled, staring at the photo of the kid who 007n7 had allowed to accompany him. “ And I won’t be seen as your sidekick, your lesser…” 

“ With the power of the star, we’ll truly be equals. Partners in crime.” 

“  We’ll show them. We’ll show all those who doubted us our true, deserved glory.”