A/N: The moment of truth. This is what you have been waiting for! I think you can guess what the winner was for the poll, but if you can't, it was Phase Two.

So here's Phase One.

Disclaimer: I no own Cyberspace, I own Kim.

Phase One

Daisyfan5534

Chapter 1

"Maybe we should split up." Slider suggested.

"Says the guys who didn't want to do this," Kim teased. "Got your SQWAK?"

"Yeah."

"Great, call if you find anything!" Kim said before running off.

Five minutes later…

Kim was observant of everything, it was pretty easy since it seemed like she was seeing the same tree every ten seconds. Therefore she was getting bored. After a while she got the feeling that she was being watched. Kim downloaded 'Slender' on her laptop and played it a few days ago. She only got to six pages before she quit out of fear.

Kim shook her head after glancing behind her. It was probably the game getting on her nerves. She remembered the last time she didn't listen to her sixth sense, when she almost got mugged in the mirror maze. Oh-no!

SNAP!

Kim gasped as she looked behind her. Not taking any chances, she started running.

'Not today, anything but today.' she thought. After thinking she was far enough away from... whatever, Kim put her hand on a nearby tree to steady herself so she could catch her breath. Her side hurt like hell from running. She checked behind her to see if anyone was there, because her sixth sense was going off like crazy. Now becoming paranoid she started looking at everything around her. Kim wanted to go back; back to when she felt safe in Slider's arms. Why did she let him go?

Next thing she knew, Kim felt a hand clamp over her mouth, and something get injected in her arm, like a shot. She soon felt very weak and tired. Kim knew who it was and he has the advantage now. He shoved her to the ground, Kim's brain trying to process what was now happening before she felt something hit the back of her head, rendering her unconscious.

Kim woke up, head spinning like a top. She saw… nothing, it was all black. She tried to move her hands to check what was wrong with her eyes, but found them tied behind her back. She felt her ankles bound together as well. Trying to get the ropes off her feet she could hear something get dragged along with it. The only thing she could think of is her bag, since it wasn't on her back. Why was it strapped to her ankles? Kim felt the energy in her body drain as she struggled to get free. She was drugged, bound, blindfolded, and completely terrified on what might happen to her.

She heard footsteps come to her and felt someone yank her up by her jacket collar, only to be dragged upward. Eventually, she was standing, someone holding her steady. Even drugged, Kim could stand on her own. There was some slack with the bounds on her ankles, so it wasn't like she was going to fall down.

She heard a smirk from the person holding her steady, before she heard footsteps walking away from her, leaving her there. Kim was literally scared half to death; she had no clue what would happen to her. All she knew was that whoever was following her was going to win. This is it.

No! There was still a chance. She remembered pocketing her SQWAK Pad after running off from Slider. Even though it felt like she was draining her strength, Kim pulled the device out. Familiarizing herself with the buttons as she pulled it in front of her as best she could, she called the one who was going to save her.

"Kim did you-"

"Slider…" she exhaled.

"Kim where are you?" Slider asked.

"I- I don't- know…" she said.

"Kim, I need something helpful. Do you feel anything, hear-"

"Waves." She exhaled. "Cliff… I'm- on a cliff." She quickly said.

"You sure?" Slider asked.

"Uh-huh."

"Kim, don't worry, I'll come get you!"

"Slider…"

"What?"

"Hurry!"

The call ended and Kim tried to put her SQWAK back in her pocket, but she missed and heard a splash from below her. How far up was she? What if Slider didn't get here in time? What did this guy want from her?

Kim knew she couldn't scream for help, she was too weak to do so. Even if she could, it would likely be the last thing that comes out of her mouth. It was hopeless for her. She didn't want to die. There was so much she wanted to do, so much she wanted to admit. One thing is for sure: she would go down fighting.

After standing for a while longer, she heard someone come up behind her and spun her around to face him. "Slider?" she said with hope. Could she actually be saved? Kim got no response. She felt a hand move to the back of her head and pull her closer, next thing she knew someone's mouth was up against hers.

This wasn't some romantic movie, Kim was standing on an edge of a cliff, and Slider's kissing her. No! Kim remembered when Slider kissed her. It was just a simple, sweet kiss, but not this one. Who ever this was, kissed her over and over again. Unless Slider lost his mind, then she was in real trouble.

Kim managed to speak once he finally pulled away. "You're not Slider."

"Got that right, sweetheart." He said. As far as Kim knew, there was only one person who referred to her as 'sweetheart'. It was him He sounded sort of familiar actually. "I hope you enjoyed your first kiss, because it's going to be your last."

Kim could feel him shove her, but she tried to fight against it. Draining her strength even more. "Please, don't do this." she pleaded to her follower.

"I have no choice, you'd ruin the surprise." He began pushing her again.

"No. Slider! SLIDER! SLI-" Kim's scream cut off her calling for her friend when she was shoved off the cliff, her bag pulling her down.

Kim hit the water hard. Her blindfold slipped off her head. As she was getting pulled down, Kim's legs disappeared leaving a tail. Even though she was getting weaker by the minute, Kim managed to use her tail to swim to the surface. Hiding behind a rock in the water, Kim looked at the cliff she was shoved off of. She saw someone walk down to the little tide pool area under the cliff. It was him. It was the guy who Hackerized Sensible Flats. It was Ledge. He wasn't on her suspect list because Kim hardly knew him.

The blindfold that fell off Kim's head was slowly being carried by the waves to Ledge. Smirking when he picked it up, "Well, phase one complete."

Did Kim hear him right? Did he say 'phase one'? Was she only a minor detail in his plan?

"Only question now is when the body will turn up," Ledge smirked before throwing the blindfold back into the water. "Then I can continue." He ran away.

Kim felt the drug weaken her more as she thought about what she just heard.

"KIM!"

Snapping out of her thoughts, Kim saw Slider at the top of the cliff, desperately looking for her. Kim practically hugged the rock to prevent Slider from seeing her. She didn't know why she was hiding; she can tell him that she's okay. What about Ledge, though? After everything he did to her, what else was he capable of? Kim didn't want to find out.

The blonde watched her friend run down to the tide pools under the cliff before he called her name again.

Kim felt something wet slide down her cheek, believing that it's ocean water, before the drug started to kick in.

The water started submerging her as her bag pulled her down to the ocean floor. Fighting to stay awake, she felt something rub against the ropes on her wrists.

Before she could turn her head to see what it was, her wrists were free and the something swam around in front of her.

It was a small, pale fish with a shell in its mouth. Spitting it out, the fish swam away and Kim followed. With her strength fading away she was hoping that the fish was leading her someplace safe. She eventually came to orange-brown colored rocks scattered along the ocean floor. Something was ringing a bell.

The fish swam into a hole formed between the rocks. Kim managed to push the rocks out of the way and discovered a cave. Hopefully this could lead to a place where she can rest.

With the moving the rocks to find the cave and moving it back taking away most of her remaining strength, Kim swam through the cave. Finally she reached the surface and found a sandy area where she can rest. It was enclosed so no one would be able to find her.

Kim used the last of her strength to pull herself out of the water and lay there on the sand. Taking a few breaths before the drug went into full affect and she passed out.

Kim felt the insane pounding in her head as her eyes became exposed to the light in the cave. Waking up from the memory, she sat up applying her hand to her head hoping to relieve the pain. Her tail was gone, so she started untying her bag that was still loosely tied to her ankles before looking inside it to see what she had.

The first thing she pulled out was her radio. Being stressed out all the time from being stalked by… Ledge, she would play music to calm her down.

Ledge… He tried to kill her. What he said about, "ruining the surprise" and "phase one complete" was running through her head. Along with everything he did to her.

Kim quickly turned on the radio, hoping to calm down. It was currently playing 'One More Night' by Maroon 5. Dumping everything out on the sand, Kim looked to see what she had: A granola bar, a pencil, her poetry journal, and her photo album. Picking up the album, she leaned up against the rock wall and started flipping through it, looking at the memories.

The pictures of her and her friends. Digit, Dr. Marbles, Motherboard, Martha, the Cybersquad, and Slider. A lot of Slider.

Her favorite photo of the two of them was when she was eight and Slider was nine, their arms around each other. She couldn't remember the day when the picture was taken, but she loved it still. Why couldn't she remember? She looked happy, not having a care in the world. What happened? Kim's happy when she's around her friends, but not happy like that. She wanted to remember. What's holding her back?

Kim pulled the photo out, something was off. After all this time from looking at it on her desk she never noticed the arm on the other side of her shoulder where Slider's wasn't. It was cut off.

Thinking there would be something on the back, the turned the photo over and saw the rest of the picture folded to the back. Her heart pounded faster as she unfolded the part so she could see the full picture. The arm that wasn't Slider's, belonged to the person on the other side of her. It belonged to the one who tried to kill her.

Ledge.

Kim's eyes went wide as remembered something.

"We're half-way done, Kim." Slider said throwing another photo in the box.

Sitting on the floor in Kim's room was the two of them, getting rid of any evidence that he ever existed in their lives. That he would have never existed in Kim's life. Everyone agreed that it was best for her. Motherboard on the other hand thought that it would be best if she reported it. Kim didn't want to because she thought it was a waste of time for Lucky. Slider knew that there was more of a deeper reasoning for her choice, but he just wanted her to smile again.

"Kim?" He saw her back to him. Well, her blanket to him. She's always been cold lately, so she's always in a jacket or a blanket when he sees her. Though they also hold a dual purpose.

Dealing with the pain in his legs from sitting criss-cross when he stood up, he walked over to Kim and sat down in front of her.

Her head hung low, staring at the picture in her hand.

Slider said her name again before reaching out to her shoulder. Kim recoiled at the touch, causing her blanket to slip off her shoulders revealing the cuts and bruises on her arms. She quickly released the picture from her hands to pull the blanket back up.

"I know this is hard for you to do, Kim." Slider said.

"I like this one." Kim said blankly as she handed Slider the picture.

Taking the photo from her hand, he looked at it. To be honest, he liked that one too. The three of them: Kim, Ledge, and himself. The boys sandwiching Kim in the middle. Arms around each other. He didn't want to make Kim even more depressed than she already is. So he folded the half with Ledge to the other side and gave the picture back to Kim.

"You need to let go, Kim." Slider said as Kim looked at the newly formed photo in her hands. "It's the only way for you to move on."

"I know, but it hurts."

The photo slipped out of Kim's hands and fell to the sand. "No, no, no, no, no!" she panicked as she backed away from the photo, though her back was already to the wall to begin with. "That couldn't have happened! That's not true!" She yelled in denial.

Kim raised her hand to grip her locket, but it wasn't there. Going into more of a panic she looked down trying to find it.

Letting out an exhausted sigh, Kim calmed herself down letting herself take in on what she remembered.

It wasn't just that memory, it was everything. When she and Ledge met a month after coming into Cyberspace. How the three of them became friends. How he gave her nightmares. How he pushed her off a cliff.

"Maroon 5- 'One More Night', the number one hit song this week." Kim turned her attention to the radio. "We'll be right back with a new playlist after this message." The DJ said.

"Erica Ram here, with an update on the terrible tragedy that happened recently. As you know, newest Cybersquad member, Kim drowned on Solaria after being pushed off a cliff three days ago."

"What?!"

"Everyone close to her is trying desperately hard to move on from her horrible death. Kim's body has yet to be found. We would ask if her killer would please step forward and confess. If you know anything, please contact Motherboard at Control Central. This is Erica Ram reporting."

The announcement ended before another came on, so Kim could process what she just heard. She was dead? No, she couldn't be, she didn't see her body in the cave, and ghosts don't dream. She was alive, but no one knew that. The drug put her in a coma for three days. Now, everyone thinks she's dead. If she shows her face in public again Ledge will come back for her.

Kim just realized what Evelyn's poem ment:

"When determined and alone, you will find yourself back at home."
When she wanted to know what was wrong with Matt, Jackie, and Inez; she went back to Earth.

"You find some things that will amaze you, and then a friend will help pull yourself out of a shocking blue."
Slider came to comfort her when she found out about her parents.

"To add to that, you help heroes for their own good, while you are still hiding secrets under your hood."
She let the Cybersquad move into Cyberspace while Ledge was stalking her. Wait!

"A ledge is where you'll stand between heaven and hell, until you cheat with no one to tell."
She cheated death and she can't tell anyone, or she'll actually die.

"Welcome back! This next song is by the beautiful Ke$ha." said the DJ before playing the song.

"Here we go
Welcome to my funeral
Without you
I don't even have a pulse
All alone, it's dark and cold
With every move I die,"

Kim was alone. Something she never wanted to be. She could feel something slide down her cheek. Kim knew she was stronger than that so she wiped it away, she doesn't cry, she hasn't since she was eight. Why should she now? She's just alone in some cave, her friends think she's dead, and would get killed if she showed her face in public…

"Here I go
This is my confessional
A lost cause
Nobody can save my sole
I am so delusional
With every move I die

I have destroyed our love its gone
Payback is sick its all my fault"

Kim couldn't hold it in any longer. She curled up into a ball and started balling her eyes out.

"I'm dancing with tears in my eyes
Just fighting to get through the night
I'm losing it…
With every move I die
I'm faded I'm broken inside
I've wasted the love of my life
I'm losing it…
With every move I die"*

She just sat there in the sand, crying. Listening to her weeping echo in the cave.

A/N: Didn't expect this, did you? Maybe you did. Either way, Kim is alive, everyone thinks shes dead, and Ledge is here. Any thoughts on what will happen? Hope you enjoyed!

*- 'Dancing With Tears In My Eyes' by Ke$ha.