The series revolves around three teenagers Ryan Steele, Kaitlin Star and JB Reese, in the fictional town of Cross World City. The three are teachers in the "Tao's Dojo", a karate studio. Ryan is a veteran fighter, JB a computer expert and Kaitlin the photographer for a local newspaper called the Underground Voice Daily. One day, Ryan and his friends find a strange lab while searching for Ryan's missing father. In the lab, a digital image of Professor Hart, a friend of Ryan's father, tells the truth about his life's work. He has secretly developed a highly advanced virtual reality technology known by the acronym VR. "VR" is now a dimension that coexists with ours. However, this dimension is filled with mutants and monsters that want to conquer both worlds. They are led by a being called the Grimlord, who unknowingly also has a human identity: the billionaire Karl Ziktor.