"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

--Albert Einstein

The not-too-distant future…

Spectre' sighed to himself. This conversation was beginning to annoy him, "Zett, I don't see why you are worried about this, I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"

Zett looked down, 'Famous last words' he thought. "All I'm saying is, that as administrators, we have the ability, the duty, to prevent this."

"But why? I mean, it's only a program, what can happen?" Spectre' had the cocky look on his face.

Unlike Spectre', Zett was being serious, "Don't you remember what happened six years ago? People were hurt because of arrogance like yours."

"Is that what this is about? So what? Some hacker made a program for us, its not like people are going to get killed because of it."

Zett looked down again, shaking his head slowly, "I honestly don't think this program is the work of a hacker."

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, doesn't this seem kind of conspicuous? I mean, a program to combine all of the areas in 'The World.' I don't think a hacker could make something like that? Not even The Angel could pull that off."

Spectre' finally got serious, "Hold on, are you suggesting that the system is infected again, and this is a side effect?"

"We shouldn't discount it as a possibility."

"Come on Zett, if anything happens, I'll take full responsibility."

He sighed, "Are you really?"

.hack/DELETION

A FanFiction Based on the .hack Universe.

Story by Tim Meier and Matt Burrell

Character Designs by Katy Robles

Edited by Matt Burrell

Written by Tim Meier