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ReBoot: The Paige Dyson Chronicles

05.01.03

Chapter One: Someone's here

Mainframe - Kits Sector

The Eight Ball Apartments tower was standing tall as the sun began to shine over Mainframe. The system was starting up for an all new day of functioning.

Bob was still in his bed, but he was sleeping, complete slumber would not release him no matter what.

He reached over to touch Paige who slept with him all through the nighttime cycle, but awoke when all he touched was the pillow.

He sat up, clutching the blanket around him, looking around for her. "Paige," he called for his former girlfriend.

Bob stood up and slipped on the bottom of his uniform. He wanted to look and see if Paige was in the kitchen or out in the common room.

Paige was in neither room. Her surfboard was gone too.

Had she left while he was still sleeping? Or had last night all been a dream?

A VidWindow opened and Matrix appeared. "Bob," he shouted.

"Matrix, what's wrong?" he asked.

"You need to get down to the Principle Office right now," Matrix shouted. "Someone is here and he's arresting Paige."

Bob's eyes widened and turned to dread. Paige was in trouble.

Principle Office

Bob glided in on his zip-board as fast as it would go. There was someone there and Paige was resisting the soldier that was trying to arrest her.

Ray Tracer was trying to get close, but the soldier was able to keep him at bay with a sterilizer.

Paige flung her head back to chuck the soldier and nearly got away, but her cuffs kept her in stasis to keep her from escaping.

"You escaped once Dyson," the solider said. "You're going back and will never escape again."

"What is going on here?" Bob asked.

"Bob," Paige begged for him.

"I'm Guardian 1099, Agent Blackheart," the soldier said. "Special operations."

"I know of you Agent Blackheart," Bob said. "What is this enforcement?"

Paige was still struggling in the cuffs.

"Miss Dyson here is still a wanted fugitive," Blackheart said as he yanked her upward so that they were so close, Paige wasn't going anywhere. "And wanted fugitives always are captured when they least expect it."

"It took your guys ten cycles find me," Paige grumbled. "I must have caused you guys a real problem being on the run so long."

"Why aren't you arresting the others?" Ray Tracer asked. "I escaped that night too you know."

"I received only a tip that Dyson was the only one here," Blackheart replied. "Consider this as warning to get the web out of this system because I will come back and search for you and the other four. Oh yes and that other group that got away with you as well."

Blackheart dragged her into the armored tank as Paige was struggling out to get free.

"No," Bob whispered and lunged for Blackheart, but Matrix kept him at bay.

Paige was secured to the tank with her cuffs and she tried kicking at him with her free feet. Then she looked out as the tank was powering up. "Bob," she shouted, "you have to come for me. I'm going to get deleted if you don't! Come to the Supercomputer, please! The Surfer Aca…" And the door slammed shut.

The tank carrier was lifted off the ground and headed away.

Bob watched the carrier enter a portal and head off into the Supercomputer. He knew exactly where Blackheart was taking Paige.

Matrix finally released him and Bob marched away.

"Don't tell me you're planning on going after her?" Matrix said to his friend as he was walking away.

"Why wouldn't I Matrix?" he said. "Paige is my friend, in the past she was more. And now more than ever, she needs my help."

"Matrix is right Bob," AndrAIa said. "Doesn't it bother you somewhat that Blackheart came after Paige and not the rest of them?"

Bob stopped and thought.

"He didn't even take me mate," Ray also added in. "Think about it."

He did and drew to a conclusion. "I know who gave Blackheart his tip," Bob said in a low and angry tone as he turned to face G-Prime.

"Megabyte," Mouse said.

G-Prime

Megabyte was chuckling to himself as he watched the tank carrier carry the young Paige Dyson away. "It's a good thing that I keep up to date with all the wanted fugitives. How pleased I was to see your name my dear, scroll across that list. You and your little friends."

He laughed again.

"It was a brilliant plan my grossenbiter," Herr Dockor said to him. "What is your next move?"

"To resume recapturing Mainframe," Megabyte said, staring out the open roof of his palace. "With Paige Dyson and her rag-tag militia out of the way, nothing will stop me this time."

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