Note: I do not know what got me the idea to write this fic. ^^;
I just....wrote it. Oo; I'm at writer's block with "Early Days". Can anyone
give me any suggestions on the next chapter?
RAVEN HEART
By DarkHououmon
Motherboard was becoming very worried. Yesterday, she assigned the kids to another mission. Hacker had broken into the Corruption Coarct, or the CC. It was a special holding vaculity for all types of viruses, mainly computer viruses. He was going there to pick up a virus that would be too strong for even Matt, Jackie, Inez, and Digit to handle. Hacker was last seen around Happily Ever After, which was only about 13 miles away from CC. The kids had to get there fast, for if they didn't....all of Cyber World was doomed! When Motherboard sent the messages out, she only got back 2 positive responses. She hadn't heard from Inez at all, so she decided to have a looksie. The image of her face popped up on Inez's monitor.
"Inez! Inez! Do you read?" She shouted. But she could see and hear nothing. Silence was roaming around in the house. It was too quiet....the sound of a squeaky door was present. She turned her 3D head from side to side a little. She was able to see a slight glint out of the corner of her eye. She slightly narrowed her eyes, confused for a minute. The shine was getting brighter, and from shedding in a tiny amount of light, a figure appeared. It was female, but it was way too dark for Motherboard to tell who it was. The figure raised up the object, and now she could tell what it was. A knife. Before Motherboard could react, the figure drove the blade right into the base of the monitor, causing sparks to shoot up everywhere. Motherboard could barely make out who it was.....and was horrified. The figure, still shaded, smirked evilly, and walked off. The blade was now tipped with wire liquid, the stuff that helps make electricity flow in and out of Cyber World. Panicking, Motherboard aborted the monitor just before it blew up. Fire and sparks shot out of Inez's computer, hitting the kitchen floor. It almost instantly died out, but she almost never made it. She came back to her own monitor, but was too heavily damaged to wake up. She saw Digit looking at her through worried eyes.
"Motherboard!"
"D-Digit....b-b-beware... (something inaudible) I-I-Inezz...." She shut down. Digit looked horrified! How could this have happened? And what did she mean "Beware Inez"? 'Well, I didn't understand what she said before that...but what could it mean?' Digit thought. The metal bird flew over to Marbles. "Hey, doc? Did you make any sense of that?" The tall man with a lightbulb for a brain scratched his chin for a few moments. He couldn't understand it either. Why would Motherboard say "Beware Inez"? Was she in trouble or what? He looked back at the bird. Shrugging his shoulders, he said that he didn't have a clue, unless she meant to be "Beware of Inez" or "Beware for Inez". The bird gaped, shaking his head in disbelief. "Beware of Inez?! Why the heck would Motherboard say anything like that?" Marbles shifted his feet uncomfortably. "It is hard to believe that Inez might have been evil the whole time...but it's not an impossibility. Motherboard may have meant something else, but just to be safe, keep an eye on Inez. Okay?" Digit nodded, though was still in a state of mild shock. 'I still can't believe it.....' He flew out of the room.
Marbles narrowed his eyes in concern. He picked up a remote, and clicked the blue button. He was calling in all 3 of the kids, including Inez. A purple portal opened up. He knew his message had been sent through. The message he typed in read:
Listen up!
We've got an emergency in Cyber World. Please come immediantly!
It didn't take long. Each kid looked surprised as they read the news.
Matt muttered something under his breath. Jackie immediantly got up to
go through the portal. Inez reacted slightly different. She looked a bit
surprised, but her facial expression led to the possibility that she knew
about this before hand. She picked up her Squack Pack and went into the
portal.
As soon as the 3 ended up in Cyber World, they were greeted by a cautious Digit and Dr. Marbles. "So," Matt began, "What's this big emergency?" Inez tapped her toes almost impatiently. Jackie caught this strange behavior. It wasn't like Inez to become impatient so quickly. But she shrugged it aside, believing that it was probably nothing. Maybe she didn't get enough sleep last night. Dr. Marbles explained how Motherboard was shut down for some reason. The 3 kids gasped! The room remained creepingly quiet for the next few minutes. No one spoke a word. None of the kids knew how to react. Matt looked at Jackie and Inez, and could have sworn he saw a glint of darkness in Inez's eyes. He rubbed his eyes, then the glint was gone. He blinked a couple of times, wondering. 'Did I just imagine that?' He shrugged. 'Oh, well, no use worrying 'bout it now.' Dr. Marbles continued, "She did try to leave a message to Digit. It said 'Beware Inez', but there was a word in the middle, as Digit said earlier to me. But the word was uknown to us."
"Whoa...." Jackie said, stunned. "You mean that....Motherboard tried to say something about Inez?" Inez adjusted her glasses. "Why would she say anything about me?" The tone of her voice noted that she was growing more impatient. Digit looked nervously towards her, saying, "The doc thinks Motherboard was trying to warn us of you!" Jackie put her hand on her face, shaking her head. "Wait, wait, wait! You mean to tell us that Inez is....?" Matt sighed. "I don't think that's what she meant...." As he said this, he quickly looked back at Inez, who just looked on. "Either way, is there anything else that has happened?" Digit folded his feather fingers to his beak.
"Nope, not that I know of." Inez folded her arms. "Well, if that's all, what're we waitin' for? Let's see if anyone here as seen anything suspicious." The boy scratched his head, still thinking about that message. If 'Beware Inez' wasn't the full message, what would could have fit in between them to make sense? The only thing that came to mind was 'Beware of Inez', but he laughed mentally at that. Inez was his friend! She wouldn't do anything to harm the Cyber World. But then again, he didn't really know her close enough. They've only known eachother for about 4-5 months. That isn't very long, is it? He walked up to Jackie. "You think we should investigate?" "Of course!" The metal bird flew ahead, saying that the first place he suspected the culprit would be is in Corruption Coarct. Dr. Marbles nodded, and opened up a portal for the four. "Good luck!" He yelled as the 4 jumped in. As soon as it closed, he narrowed his eyes in suspicioun. "Perhaps Hacker isn't behind this...."
The purple portal opened up at a base. The base was large and white. A huge dorm lay over top of it. Around it was a large plain with some large trees to keep the area oxygenated. Inez nodded, looking left to right. "Hacker could be anywhere." She said, "I suggest we split up to look for him." Digit shuddered at that idea. He doesn't usually enjoy splitting up. The one time he did, he almost gotten eaten by a 3-headed dog. "Well, okay, but how do we know it's Hacker?" Jackie hit her face in annoyance. Lifting his hands, Matt noted, "Who else could it be?" Digit said nothing. He only looked at Inez through worried eyes, but made sure that Jackie and Matt didn't see him. He nodded once, saying that Motherboard did leave one other message that he could only hear because of the way it was brought out. "Oh yeah? What was it?" The male human asked. "It showed that Motherboard was attacked in the Real World, so if that's the case then...." "...then Hacker isn't responsible!" Inez rolled her eyes. "Unless he found a way into the Real World." Jackie shook her head. "I doubt it. I mean, if he could do that, then why didn't he come through a portal after us when we escape to the Real World?" The girl with the glasses frowned thoughtfully. "Hmm...you do have a point....well let's just split up and see what we can find."
The four nodded, and went off their separate ways. Digit went south, Inez went north, Matt went west, and Jackie went east. Jackie shook slightly, also trying to figure out the situation. Motherboard was down, so she couldn't call for help, unless Dr. Marbles was still there. She pulled out her Squack Pack, hoping that the message that Motherboard had sent would come up. When it didn't, she sat down on a rock, stopping her journey, and pressed the buttons a few times. "There's gotta be a connection! In the Real World......Real World...." She started to sweat in frustration. Finally, the message came up again. This time it was the complete sentence. Jackie's eyes widened in surprise, and she gave out a gasp. "What?! This can't be!" A dark shadow casted over her. A chill went up the black girl's spine. "Ohhh....but it can." The dark figure spoke coldly. Jackie turned around and saw the person face-to-face. Too scared to move, she stammered, "I-I still d-d-don't believe i-it...." The figure smiled darkly. "Well, you should....." With that, the figure lifted up something. The pointed end comfirmed what it was. A blade....the same one used on Motherboard. Not changing the dark expression on its face, the figure swung downward, slicing into Jackie's chest. She gave out a loud scream as the blood poured down and stained the grass. She gasped for breath, then fell to the ground.
The others heard the terrifying scream even though they've walked for miles. They rushed in the direction of the scream, which looked to be in an intersection of the building and a large boulder, ground covered with green and red grass. Wait....red? Digit observed closer. "This isn't natural color...." Matt paled slightly. "It's blood." He visibly shook in fright, looking ahead of him to see where the trail led to. He saw that Inez had gotten there before they did, who was holding a figure in her arms. A few tears seem to be appearing in her eyes. "What happened?!" Digit stammered, "I-I-It's....Jackie!" Indeed it was. Laying there still as stone was a lifeless Jackie. Her eyes were now closed, and her chest was caked with dark red blood, still pouring out. Inez's hands were also covered in blood, possibly from trying to stop the bleeding. "She was still alive when I came in...but I was too late. I wasn't fast enough." Inez choked.
Matt knelt down, and picked up Jackie's body. "Well....." He said, trying not to break down in tears, "We have to take her back to Dr. Marbles. Perhaps he can do something about it..." Digit smiled, though it was grim. "Good idea! Though I doubt he can do anything for her....." "Don't be so negative, Digit! Let's at least try!" The bird nodded, and he and the 2 remaining kids took off towards the purple portal, which was still there, swirling brightly. It was as if Dr. Marbles was expecting them back.
As they ran, Inez looked at the dead Jackie and the worried Digit and
Matt. Her eyes widened a little, then narrowed in determination. She smiled,
knowing how everything would turn out in the end......
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This will only have 2 chapters. Hopefully......anyway since I didn't find an idea for the next chapter of "Early Days", I decided to write a short Cyberchase fic. There will be more blood in the second chapter, but I'll probably keep it at PG-13. I might raise it to R, but it isn't confirmed just yet. Anyway.......I hope this story was pretty good. My first try. Heh....^^; Can you tell who the killer is?