Alphatale: Alterations Story 3 A New Weapon from the Past

how to both complete his mission faster and kill Infected once and for all. And as

if by fate-

“BOSS!” shouted a voice behind him, completely disrupting his focus. 404 turned

around with a very stern and angry look as his eyes fell on Error.

“What could possibly be so important you’d disrupt my planning..?” asked 404

the tone of his voice matching the angry glare he was giving Error, it terrifying

him a bit.

“S-sorry sir- It’s just..I think you’re gonna wanna see this.” Error answered with,

catching 404’s attention.

“Hm..? What is it, boy?” 404 questioned as his face shifted to one of curiosity,

re-assuring Error as he let out a sigh of relief.

“Well..while I was searching I found something. A lab. And in it I could sense an

interesting form of power I’ve never seen before. I decided to go and get you

before exploring since I’m not sure if it’s safe, plus you and your big head might

be able to figure out more than I could.” Error answered with, further peeking

404’s interest.

“Glad to see you finally paying some proper respect. Not to mention an

interesting discovery. I’ll look past your interruption of my thoughts and check into

this place.” 404 told him.

“Yeah yeah whatever makes ya feel better old man” Error said as he began

walking away

“Where are you going? You’re coming too.” 404 said, causing Error to stop in his

tracks

“Y-y-you want me to come?!?” Error said in slight fear at the demand.

“Yes. In fact we’re leaving now.” 404 said as he grabbed onto Error dragging him

off.

404 and Error arrived at the lab and before they even got there 404 felt the

strange energy too. The lab was located in what seemed to be some incredibly

messed up universe seeming to not even have much ground, only floating glitchy

pieces of land and of course the lab itself which was also very disfigured.

“Peculiar. Not only is there that strange energy but this universe is like nothing

I’ve ever seen before. I wonder what makes it like this, and how I’ve never

discovered it before. Regardless..we got work to do. I’ll investigate this place on

my own time, for now I’d like to check out this beat up old lab” said 404 with Error

completely and totally lost. 404 and Error entered the lab door, and by entered I

mean they blasted a hole through it.

As they walked through the twisted lab they found many slopes, dead ends,

drop-offs, and many other anomalous things. 404 learned to be wary of obstacles

meanwhile Error almost fell into the abyss multiple times, being caught by 404 or

catching himself with his own strings.

After an hour passed with little results, Error began growing tired of the pointless

roaming.

“I regret showing you this stupid place. Can we just go now? It’s clear we’re not

gonna find anything!” Error shouted in anger, the lab shaking a lot from it. Some

metal outside could be heard falling along with the floor of the room they stood in

nearly falling out from under them.

“Silence boy. We’ve nearly found it. I can feel it..” 404 told him as if he knew. 404

was almost always confident but this was..different.

Without another word the two continued on, eventually finding a large room

looking like it had multiple levels, however it was more a mangled mess of

balconies and bridges with the bottom floor twisted throughout the mess.

“Jeez, this place really is something else isn’t it?” Error said only to notice 404

was no longer there.

“Hey! Where the hell did you go ya old hag?!” Error shouted as the entire room

shook with several of the bridges breaking at certain spots or falling entirely,

Errors bridge being one of those.

After falling, Error quickly used strings to stop the fall via grabbing onto a railing.

Upon doing so he conveniently had been lowered right to the point he could see

404 who was staring at a strange object he couldn’t quite see.

“The hell are you doing you hag?!” Error said angrily, being met with no

response.

Error stepped onto ‘solid’ ground, walking up to see what 404 was looking at,

seeing a weapon.

“What’s this thing? You think this is the source of that strange power?” Error

asked now a bit more curious

“Silence, boy. I’m trying to focus.” 404 said in a stern tone. Even more stern than

usual.

“What could he possibly be focusing on..?” Error thought to himself.

A few moments later, 404 would stand up, grabbing the weapon by the handle

and picking it up. The weapon had a long staff, as well as a decent sized blade at

the top end, and gold decoration at the bottom, as well as a smaller blade at the

bottom. Upon picking it up, Error felt the power being felt in that AU be drawn to

the blade, before being absorbed into it, leaving the feeling gone entirely.

After he had picked up the weapon, the building began shaking from the force of

the energy.

“And that’s our queue to leave” 404 said before swinging the blade forward,

cutting a line through the entire building in front him

“I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU DID THAT BUT I’M NOT GONNA QUESTION IT!”

shouted Error, no longer caring about noise as the building was already

collapsing.

And then they escaped.

Back at 404s base

“So, what is that thing?” Error asked only to see 404 closing his eyes and

standing still as if he were focusing again.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YA DAMN HAG?!?!” he shouted only for

404 to suddenly break focus and swing the weapon toward him, cutting a slash

through the entire multiverse. Luckily it had missed Error.

“HOW IN THE-”

“Don’t bother me when I’m focusing!” 404 shouted interrupting Error

“Tell me what’s going on and I might consider it.” Error retorted, crossing his arm

and looking off into the cut 404 had made.

“You could say I’m getting help from beyond.” 404 would tell him, the two then

falling silent for a minute or so.

“What..the….HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN??!?!?!” Error screamed

fuming with rage.

“GODDAMNIT ERROR I’M TRYING TO FOCUS ON THIS DAMN GHOST

TALKING TO ME!!!!”

“WHAT THE SHIT IS A GHOST DOING IN YOUR HEAD?!?!?!?!?!?!?!”

“I HAVE SO MUCH BULLSHIT IN MY HEAD YOU’VE NEVER HEARD

ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“SHUT UP!” shouted a strange ghost-like voice.

“WHO THE HE-”

“I thought you said you couldn’t talk to anyone besides me” said 404 in an ever

so slightly annoyed tone.

“I’ll be honest I just didn’t wanna talk to Error. He seems..a tad annoying.” said

the voice in response

“I AM NOT!” Error yelled angrily.

“Enough with your temper or I’ll show you what the face of Mars looks like.”

“Fine.”

“Glad to hear you still harbor some sense after a near death experience” said

404 in a no longer stern tone.

“Now back to business. Tell me everything about this weapon. You said it was

created by my mother right?”asked 404 with Error only seeming more confused

now

“Yes, but it’s grown in power a lot over the years.” said the voice in response

“Interesting..seems like something she’d make. Even modeled it after the

Guandao. By the way, what am I supposed to call you? I forgot to ask before.”

“My name’s Tao. You?”

“Error404. Or just 404 for short.”

“Strange name but I won’t question it.”

“Now moving on..let’s see what this thing can do.” 404 said before swinging it in

front him only to cut a massive hole through the multiverse.

“JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH HOW IN THE LIVING HELL DID I DO THAT IN A

CASUAL SWING?!” shouted 404 who broke composure for a moment from sheer

shock with Error looking in awe, shock, and terror at what he’d caused and Tao

not speaking likely from that same shock.

“Seems it’s gotten stronger than I tho-” but before Tao could finish he was cut off

by-

“Do..do you have ANY idea what the hell you just did?!”

“I slashed a hole through a decent bit of the multiverse-”

“You slashed a hole through almost all the multiverse!”

“Wait what?!”

“Yeah! That stupid cut you made stretches that far! The fact you didn’t cut this

multiverse in half is surprising honestly!”

“Jeez..I was barely putting any effort into that.”

“YOU MEAN THAT’S ONLY A FRACTION OF WHAT THAT STUPID WEAPON

CAN DO?!?!!”

“Evidently so.”

“Get rid of that stupid thing or you might shatter this entire reality in̸̶̡̛͓͖̜͛̒̈́͂́ẖ̶̖͈̘̀̄̈́a̸̡̡̝̝̫͓̗͔̝̝̫͓̗͔̅̇͗́͂̆̅̇͗́͂̆̚͘̚͘͝͝l̸̢̢̳̼͚͖̦̳̼͚͖̦̈́͊̈́͊ͅͅ-̶̢̠̼̙͇̲̼̺͇̰̭̦͉͙̙͗͂̂͑̀̈̊̄̚

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“Give up yet Loading..?” 404 said, still having a lot of energy.

“At this rate you’re gonna cut the mainframe in half before I can force you to give

the stupid thing up so..whatever. Just don’t do anything stupid.” Loading said

before leaving.

“It’d probably be best if you find a good place to train with this weapon. One not

many people will be hurt by accident.” said Tao, 404 simply nodding in

agreement.

“I’ll go look now. Error, you stay here and keep an eye on things. I’m not sure

when I’ll be back so you better not screw anything up while I’m gone. And don’t

think just because I’m busy means you can slack off either. You better be 10x as

strong and have at least a decent bit more Alphatale code by the time I’m back.”

404 told him, leaving before Error got a chance to respond.

A while would pass with 404 looking for a good place to train to no avail.

404 would go to rest in some random universe somewhere far from where he

originated from, only to find it in chaos. Screaming citizens, chaos on the news,

absolute madness.

“THAT WHITE EYED FREAK’S GONNA KILL US ALL!!!” shouted a random

person darting past him catching 404s attention.

“Nice dinnerfork, Willy'' said a voice all too familiar to him.

“You..how the hell did you find me this time?” asked 404 in anger at the sight of

Infected.

“I didn’t! I thought you came here to find me, honestly!” said Infected back,

annoying 404 more.

“I suppose you’ll at least make a good training dummy for this weapon I got.”

“THAT?! A WEAPON?! GOOD ONE! YOU’RE FUNNY!”

404 would ignore the retort, merely giving a light swing toward Infected, cutting a

hole much like the one from before above his head.

“Not bad, but you’re gonna need a lot more than that if you wanna win against

me.”

“Oh that’s nothing. Not even a warm up, really.” 404 responded with.

“Interesting..that dinnerfork of yours really packs a punch, eh? Gimme a good

show ya bluebrained failure” Infected said in a curious tone.

404 would then just make a vertical slash at Infected to which he’d-

“SWEET MAMA MIA THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL!” Infected shouted, barely

dodging the slash.

“Shame, I was hoping that’d take you out. That being said..it’d be much more fun

to just torment you. Wouldn’t it?” 404 said his voice shifting to a bit more of an

excited tone as he began to realize what this new weapon could mean for him.

“Enough talk! I wanna have some real fun!” Infected would say before dashing at

404 aiming for a strike to the chest only for him to use his newfound weapon to

boost himself over Infected, swinging the weapon from above. However Infected

would dodge as 404 landed the two now on opposite sides of the cut that had

resulted from the attack.

“Gotta admit that thing packs quite a punch..BUT DOES IT ALSO BOOST YOUR

DEFENSES?!” Infected would say as if to set up a big attack, however 404 would

just slice at him again, Infected jumping back and getting a bit of his arm grazed.

“You ruined the bit!”

“Stop screwing around and fight!” 404 would yell in retort before summoning a

few dark blasters and shooting them at Infected to which he’d dodge before 404

would send two more slashes from above with slightly more force behind them.

Infected attempted to dodge however they hit him in the chest slamming him into.

the ground and starting to drag him through. He’d then stand up a lot of his shirt

and jacket having been decimated.

“Alright Willy Wonka, enough toying around. Time to get serious!” Infected would

say before jumping out the hole then landing on the ground. He’d proceed to

dash at 404 again, him responding with quite a few slices. However he’d then

dash behind him, delivering a strong attack toward the back.

Before the blow quite landed a sudden explosion would go off between the two,

doing a decent bit of damage to 404s back and sending him flying forward and

Infected losing his hand and his axe being majorly damaged.

“WHAT’D YOU JUST DO?!?!? THAT HURT LIKE HELL!” Infected shouted as the

smoke cleared, revealing a very damaged 404 kneeling on the ground with a

bunch of blue butterflies made of some strange energy revolving around him.

William would get up, the butterflies spreading out to make room for him to move.

He’d look at Infected, giving a simple smirk before saying “This was a move I

learned during a ‘test run’ against Loading. I’ve got more where that came from, if

you’d like to see”

“Can’t show off your fancy Trix cereal if you’re dead!” Infected would say before

jumping from building to building proceeding to jump at 404 at insane speeds

aiming to knee him in the side. However 404 would jump out of the way as

Infected crashed into your everyday semi truck, 404 proceeding to send some

slashes his way to which the former would dodge.

“I AM NOT GETTING HIT BY THOSE DUMB FREAKIN’ CUTS AGAIN!” the

newly mutilated skeleton would say as he sent several wisps 404s way.

The butterflies around 404 would proceed to start charging toward Infected too.

One hit a wisp, exploding and causing a chain reaction which shook several

universes nearby and sending both 404 and Infected back.

“Y’know, Jacob, you’re really a lot more pathetic than I thought. I figured you’d

give me a real fight, but alas..disappointment. So tell me, are you ready to die.

again like you did all those years ago?” 404 would ask as he began walking

toward Infected.

“Ha…hahaha…you really think..you’re in the right here..? You’re the one who left

me to die..left me in her hands. You REALLY think after all this I’m gonna let you

take me out LIKE THIS?!?!” Infected would shout so loud any structure in the

universe was obliterated instantly.

Infected began approaching. The two were both staring at each other, any other

thought out of mind. 404’s look was cold, and yet sadistic. Infected’s both

angered and overjoyed at the same time. For a moment, the two would just stand

there, staring at each other waiting for one to make a move. Until suddenly-

“TOO SLOW WILLIAM!” Infected would shout having suddenly appeared behind

404, landing a godbreaker on his back and snapping 404 in half.

“Well, that was anticlimactic” Infected would say before turning around and

beginning to walk away.

“I’m…not..d..done yet..” 404 would say as mainframe code began coming from

his back, forming the wings of BUTTERFLY. 404’s body would be lifted off the

ground as he healed back to perfect condition clothing aside.

404 would summon the new weapon in his hand, tapping the bottom of it on the

ground. Suddenly an orb would form around the universe as the wings on his

back began to change. The code reformed itself to look more like the wings of an

actual butterfly, the inner parts of it being blue and the main structure being pure

mainframe code.

“I refuse to continue failing..if I don’t succeed, you’ll just continue being a problem

for me. If I don’t succeed, I’ll never be at peace. If I don’t succeed, I won’t be able

to conquer whoever I must to complete the mission. If I don’t succeed, Alphatale

is dead.”

“You think Alphatale should come back..? You think that HELL should be brought

back?! All that world did was bring upon us suffering and you WANT IT BACK?!

SOME SICK SENSE OF NOSTALGIA YOU HAVE!” Infected would shout before

jumping at the new version of BUTTERFLY only to be smacked slamming

straight into the roof of the orb.

Without another word William would begin delivering several much stronger

slashes at Infected as he fell. However the latter would summon bones which

he’d jump off dodging them as they sliced through the very space they traveled

past. Once it was clear the slashes had failed he sent hundreds of small

butterflies now somewhat resembling the design of the wings on his back toward

Infected at insane speeds. Once Infected caught onto this he stopped

summoning bones, using the last one to boost toward 404, bobbing and weaving

through the butterflies. However once he got around half through them, they all

turned toward him, proceeding to crash into him and explode, sending him flying

into the ground which had also been protected by the orb resulting in a very

rough fall.

“He really does pack quite a punch now. If I don’t make this quick I’m dead.

Infected would say as he did the best he could to run toward 404 dodging the

tons of slashes, butterflies, dark blasters, and just about any other attack 404

could chuck out.

“ALRIGHT WILLIAM, LET'S END THIS THE SAME WAY IT ALWAYS ENDS!”

Infected shouted as he jumped up in the air, coming down prepared to use what

was left of his axe to slice him clean in half. However just before landing the hit

he’d be frozen in place. Blue mastery.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me!”

Infected would then be slammed into the ground, 404 just looking down as tons

of butterflies began coming from his body, all swarming in the air above them.

After a couple minutes they’d form a massive butterfly which glowed so bright it

could even be seen in other realities. It’d then be sent toward Infected as 404

began to fly away, making an opening in the orb to escape.

“I’m not gonna go out without at least a fight. Time to use my last move.”

“SUICIDE BOMB!!!” Infected would shout as tons of wisps appeared in front him,

Infected exploding them causing a massive explosion which completely shattered

the orb and even damaged one of 404’s wings heavily, causing him to fall down

to the ground.

Infected would jump out of the smoke, injured heavily, seemingly only being

powered by adrenaline at this point.

“GAME OVER!” Infected would shout as he came down trying to land a strike on

404 using any strength he could, however 404 would roll to the side to dodge,

before he began trying to do the same butterfly tactic he just did.

“YOU’RE NOT GONNA GET A CHANCE TO PULL THAT ONE ON ME

AGAIN!!!” screamed Infected before summoning more wisps all around and

exploding them, causing another large explosion, and finally killing him off.

William would wake up, finding himself in a dark void. All that was there was an

asian man.

“Seems like you lost. I’m not sure where Infected is but it’s clear you died at the

very least.” said the person

“Tao..?” 404 would ask

“Bingo.”

“So why am I here?” he’d question.

“To test you.”

“You’re being really cryptic. Can you just get to the point already?” 404 would say

getting annoyed.

“Fine.” Tao would say, mumbling “Just thought it’d sound cool.”

“What was tha-”

“Nothing. Anyway, I’ll make this simple. You win, you keep the weapon and I help

you unlock its true potential. You lose, and the weapon disappears, never to be

used again. Got it?” Tao would explain, 404 simply nodding in agreement.

“Great. Now, let’s get started.” he’d say before summoning his version of the

blade, 404 summoning his own.

Meanwhile somewhere else in the Alphaverse, a strange person was taking over

AUs

“I need more power..enough to overthrow all who call themselves strong.” said

the person as they destroyed another universe, absorbing all its code and other

things that make it up into the white eye in their hand.

“With enough strength, I’ll be able to make sure whoever found that blade isn’t a

problem anymore.”