Living a Double Life

Summary: Matt, Inez and Jackie are high school students on Earth. In Cyberspace, they manage their Cyber careers, while battling Hacker on a daily basis. How long can they keep their double lives a secret before their parents find out?

Couples: Slider/Jackie and Matt/Inez

Disclaimer: TeenQueen661 does not own Cyberchase and its characters. She does, however, own the story.

Chapter 1: Introduction

In a studio on the beautiful cybersite of Gollywood, an African-American girl ran her fingers through the many gold and silver bead necklaces that hung from her neck, as flashes of light brightened the room every few seconds.

"Pretty!" a photographer commented, as he took several more pictures. "Beautiful, gorgeous!"

Jackie's hands moved from her necklaces; one ran through her shoulder-length, curly hair, while the other ran down the side of her body over the midnight-blue cocktail dress she was wearing.

"Tilt your chin up," the photographer said, snapping more pictures as soon as Jackie did what she was told. "Excellent!"

Jackie parted her red lips, giving the photographer a wicked eye.

"That's good, I love it!" the photographer exclaimed, snapping a few more photos.

When Jackie wasn't making plans to thrawt Hacker's evil schemes, she was in Gollywood, working as a successful model. She got discovered by one of Gollywood's top modelling agencies while she was shopping in Gollywood. She had appeared on the covers of fashion magazines such as Cyber Vogue and Golly Runway numerous times.

Just as Jackie looked towards the camera, with a seductive look on her face, a shrill ringing was heard nearby.

"Would you like me to get that, miss?" a female stylist nearby asked.

"No, I'll get it," Jackie replied, hurrying off of the set. "It's probably important."

While the photographer was going through the photos he had taken so far, Jackie made it to a table where her skwak pad was still ringing. She grabbed it and answered it.

"Hello?" she said, followed by someone's frantic voice on the other line. "Okay, pick me up out front."

With that said, Jackie hung up and hurried back towards the photographer.

"Hack-Attack," she informed the photographer, who nodded, understanding.

"Okay, hurry then," he said, gesturing towards the door. "We'll finish the shoot later in the afternoon."

Jackie nodded, bolting for her dressing room, for a quick wardrobe change.


Sitting behind a stand in downtown R-Fair City, a brunette Latin-American girl signed a neat signature on the inside cover of a thick book.

"I have all of your books so far!" a female Cyboid, who was standing in front of the girl, gushed.

"You're a true fanatic," Inez said, smiling, as she handed her the book that she signed.

"My favourite book so far is Poddleville Pattern Problems," the Cyboid said, grinning. "Did Jackie really fit into that poddle egg costume?"

"She sure did," Inez answered, laughing. "That was very uncomfortable for her, but she did what she had to do."

Inez didn't spend all of her time using logic to help defeat Hacker. In her free time, she was a famous author in Cyberspace. She wrote novels, documenting every single adventure that she and the rest of the Cybersquad went on. Many Cyber citizens purchased her books and even showed up at her book signings.

"Which novel are you working on now?" the Cyboid asked, curiously.

"I'm currently working on Tesellating Troubles," Inez replied. "I'm sure you'll like it."

"I'll be sure to buy it when it appears in stores," the Cyboid said, leaving. "Thank you for the autograph."

"You're very welcome," Inez replied, waving. "Thank you for coming."

The next borg in line placed his book in front of Inez, who was about to sign it, when her shorts pocket started vibrating.

She dropped her pen onto the table, whipped out her skwak pad and answered it.

"Yes?" she greeted, knowing who was calling. "I had a feeling that was what you were going to...yeah, meet me outside Pure Chance."

Inez hung up and gave the borg in front of her an apolegetic look.

"I'm sorry, Hack-Attack in progress," she said. "I'll be back as soon as possible."

The borg nodded as he, and every other person in line for the book signing, watched Inez sprint off towards R-Fair City's most popular game.


On a red, yellow and blue slugball field in Tikiville, a red-headed guy was facing the robotic pitcher, with his knees bent and his bat held high.

"This is Stats Playback!" the commentator announced to the cheering crowd. "The game is tied. The Tikiville Titans need one more hit and they will be heading to the finals!"

The crowd cheered, including the Big Kahuna of Tikiville, Creech, who was cheering from her spot near the players' bench.

"Go Matt!" she cheered, excitedly.

"Matt is up at bat, can he send his team to the finals?" Stats Playback asked. "Or will the Tumbleweed League stop him?"

The robotic pitcher threw a green ball towards Matt, who narrowed his eyes. He took a deep breath and whacked the ball as hard as he could.

Matt worked hard when it came to thrawting Hacker's evil schemes with the other Cybersquad members, but in his free time, he was a major Cyberspace slugball player. Inez and Jackie decided that they didn't want to play slugball anymore, so Matt left the Earthlie All-Stars and joined the Tikiville Titans. He was one of the most valuable players in the league.

"It's a long one to right field!" Stats Playback announced, as the crowd got to their feet, watching the ball fly towards El Slambino, who was catching for the Tumbleweed League.

El Slambino, who was in center field, noticed the ball heading towards right field. He ran as fast as he could, his gloved hand held high, hoping to catch the ball.

However, he was too late. The ball landed on the ground with a thud and rolled until it came to a complete stop.

"Game over!" Stats Playback yelled, happily. "Thanks to Matt, the Tikiville Titans will be heading to the finals in two weeks in Mount Olympus!"

Matt hurried back towards his team mates, as the crowd cheered for him. Creech was the first to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Matt!" Creech exclaimed, hugging him. "That was amazing!"

"Thanks," Matt replied, grinning, as his team mates were high-fiving each other, happily.

"This is an incredible moment for you," Creech said. "I'm pretty sure the paparazzi will be waiting for you once you leave the stadium."

"Oh, and the fangirls," Matt added, rolling his eyes. "Don't forget the fangirls."

"Yeah, but you're already taken," Creech reminded him, laughing. "Everyone knows that you're dating Cyberspace's most famous author."

"I never was into girly-girls whose screams are so high-pitched," Matt said, laughing. "I love bookworms."

Just then, the coach of the Tikiville Titans hurried over to them, adjusting his headset.

"Good job, Matt!" he commented, slapping him on the back.

"Thanks, man," Matt replied, gratefully.

"Oh, and there's someone on the line for you," the coach added. "Something about a Hack-Attack and..."

"I'll sneak you out the back," Creech offered, taking Matt's hand and leading him away from the front of the stadium, as well as the paparazzi waiting out front.


On the cybersite of Radopolis, an attractive, brunette skater borg was leaving a racetrack, when he was suddenly swarmed by a mob of girls.

"You were awesome!" one of the girls squealed, happily.

"You are so hot!" another girl commented, batting her eyelashes, flirtatiously.

"Can I have your autograph, Slider?" a female Cyboid asked, thrusting a notebook and pen into his hands.

"Of course," Slider answered, scribbling his signature onto the notebook.

Slider was an important member of the Cybersquad when it came to defeating Hacker, but he was also a successful Cyber coupe racing champion. He was known around Cyberspace for his many Radopolis Grand Prix titles, as well as his boyish good looks.

"Here you go," Slider said, handing the Cyboid her signed notebook back.

"Thanks so much!" the Cyboid chirped, hugging the notebook close to her chest.

"So, are you seeing anyone, Slider?" one of the girls asked, smiling girlishly. "If you're not, I'm free tonight if..."

"Sorry, ladies," Slider replied, chuckling. "I'm happily in a relationship with a Gollywood model."

"Shoot," the girl muttered, frowning, as she turned to the other girls. "I bet it's that Jackie girl. She is such a..."

Just as the girl was about to say something about Jackie that would make Slider want to throw the pottymouth into a black hole, his skwak pad rang.

"Hello?" he said, answering the call. A frantic voice was heard on the other end. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"

The girls stepped aside, allowing Slider to run off down the street, with his skwak pad still in his hand.

"Okay, I'm about a Cybermile away from the statue of King Stoke downtown," Slider told the person who called him. "Meet me there."


"You said there was a Hack Attack," Jackie said, sounding confused.

"There is," Digit replied, his eyes widening.

"So, who is being attacked?" Matt asked, perplexed. "Vampires in Castleblanca? Dragons in Shangri-La? Poddles in Poddleville?"

"Us, in here!" Digit yelled, turning the steering wheel in front of him to the left, swiftly.

Zooming through Cyberspace at a high speed in their new hi-tech Cybercoupe, while avoiding random objects in their path were the members of the Cybersquad. Not too far behind them was the Grim Wreaker, driven by their arch-nemesis, Hacker.

According to Digit, Hacker tried to prevent Digit from delivering a new shipment of cryoxide to Motherboard, who was running low on it. Digit managed to get to the Cyber coupe with the cryoxide and fly off, but Hacker continued to follow him, shooting random objects at him. Digit panicked and called the others for help.

"Hacker is crazy!" Digit yelled, turning the steering wheel to the left, swiftly.

"Hacker passed 'crazy' a long time ago, Didge," Inez said, looking towards the back from her seat at the first set of controls.

"She's right," Jackie said, from her seat at the second set of controls on the other side of the coupe. "We have to shake him off, so we can this large shipment of cryoxide to Motherboard."

"We have to hurry," Inez urged the others. "If Motherboard's cryoxide level decreases past the minimum level, she will overheat again."

"I really don't want a repeat of that incident," Matt said, from his seat next to Digit. "Maybe one of these many weapons that Dr. Marbles installed may help us."

"I'll see if I can find one that would help," Slider said, from his seat near the back of the coupe.

"Well, make it snappy because my wings are getting tired from all this jerking and turning with the steering wheel," Digit replied, sounding exhausted.

Slider turned to the coupe's computer and began searching the database for a useful weapon that was not a work in progress. He came across a hi-tech ray gun and quickly skimmed through the information provided, just as a shrill ringing was heard.

"Incoming call," Jackie said, typing on the keyboard at her controls. Her eyes widened. "It's my mom."

"Bad time to call!" Matt yelled, as they dodged a laser beam sent by Hackier.

"I have to take it, just act casual," Jackie said, pressing a button on the headset she was wearing. "Hi, mom...I'm at Inez's place...you see...science project, mom...it's a volcano..."

"Wow, she's good at lying," Matt said, impressed by Jackie's ability to come up with realistic lies.

"Her mom has always questioned her whereabouts ever since we arrived in Cyberspace for the first time," Inez explained. "She's used to lying."

"Look out!" Matt yelled.

Alarmed, Digit steered, causing the coupe to swerve to the right. The fireball sent by Hacker hit a nearby flying piece of debris, missing them by several yards, and exploded.

"That was close!" Inez cried, breathing a sigh of relief.

"No, mom, that was Matt," Jackie explained to her mother. "He's in our group, too...the explosion was...it was just the volcano, mom...yeah, it seems to work...sounds like an A plus to me..."

Jackie looked to Inez, who swiped her hand across her neck quickly, telling her silently to end the call before her mother got suspicious.

"I have to go, mom, we got a mess to clean up," Jackie said. "Don't worry, we're all fine...yes I'll pick up some takeout on the way home...not sure...I'll surprise you...okay, love you too."

"This ray sounds cool," Slider called, as Jackie ended the call. "The Heat Skyrocketer."

"It does sound cool," Matt said. "What does it do?"

"It fries things," Slider explained. "Maybe it can fry the Grim Wreaker."

"Among other things, probably," Matt said, imagining what Hacker, Buzz, and Delete would look like after they were zapped. "Let's use it."

"I'm on it," Slider said, typing feverishly on his keyboard.

"Like all weapons, a certain code is required to activate it," Inez said, remembering what Dr. Marbles told them about the new updates to the coupe. "What's the code? I need to input it."

"It depends on the fry levels," Slider said, reading his computer screen. "Frizzball, Sizzling, or Burnt Toast?"

"Burnt toast," Matt answered, without hesitation. "Definitely Burnt Toast."

"Good choice," Slider said, chuckling. "Inez, input code AN-4572."

"I'm on it," Inez replied, inputting the required code.


Meanwhile, inside the Grim Wreaker, Hacker was at the controls, his face displaying a look of pure hatred.

"Say goodbye kiddies," he said, chuckling. "Once I activate my ultra powerful laser, nothing can save you from being zapped into pieces of debris."

Buzz and Delete, Hacker's useless sidekicks, stood behind him, awaiting orders.

"Buzz, Delete, press the button on the controls at the back of the ship!" Hacker ordered.

"We're on it, boss!" the two robots answered, simultaneously.

Buzz and Delete hurried to the back of the ship, where the second control pad was located and were surprised to find not one, not two, but dozens of buttons, all of different colours.

"Which one, boss?" Buzz asked.

"The puce button, you duncebuckets!" Hacker yelled, irritated. "Do I have to go back there and do it myself?

"Uh, boss," Delete said, timidly. "You might want to look at that."

Hacker turned to where Delete was pointing and noticed a top hatch to the Cybercoupe open. A large red and yellow laser emerged from inside and pointed directly at the Grim Wreaker.

"Found the button, boss!" Buzz called, pressing a red button.

The Grim Wreaker suddenly came to a halt and the engines shut down. Hacker clenched his fists, as he gritted his teeth and his nostrils flared.

"You mental meatheads!" Hacker shouted, angrily.

Before Hacker could get any angrier, the Grim Wreaker was zapped with a high voltage of electricity.


Motherboard was in for a surprise when the doors to the main room of Control Central slid open and all five members of the Cybersquad entered the room, laughing like hyenas.

"Hello, Cybermates," Motherboard greeted. "I take it your mission was successful."

"It was the best mission ever, Mother B," Matt said, in between laughs.

"Do you have the cryoxide?" Motherboard asked.

"Yes, I will pour it into your tank as soon as I can stop laughing," Slider said, leaning against the large container for support as he chuckled.

"Here, let me do it," Jackie said, taking the container from Slider, giggling.

"Will you tell me what has caused you all to have laughing fits?" Motherboard asked, amused.

"Well, we were delivering your cryoxide when we were ambushed by Hacker," Jackie explained, as she poured the cryoxide into Motherboard's storage tank.

"So, we were trying to decide how to get rid of him and that's when Slider suggested we used one of the new weapons that Dr. Marbles installed in the coupe," Matt explained, recovering from his laughing fit.

"Which one?" Motherboard asked.

"The Heat Skyrocketer," Slider replied, grinning. "Inez inputted the code for the level of Burnt Toast, and well, you should see what Hacker looks like now."

"You fried his wig!" Inez said, laughing. "Hacker now resembles something between a fuzzball and an unsheared sheep."

"Well, since everything is okay here, I should get going," Jackie said. "I have an important photoshoot to finish."

"I should return to my book signing," Inez said. "I don't want to keep the fans waiting."

"I better get back to Tikiville," Matt added. "Creech invited the team and I for a celebratory lunch at her palace, for making it to the finals."

"Congratulations, Matt," Slider said. "I better get back to Radopolis and give my coupe a tune-up before the Radopolis Grand Prix."

"Four portals coming right up," Digit said, typing in a few codes on Motherboard's keyboard.

Just then, four purple portals opened in front of them. Slider, Matt, Inez and Jackie bid Digit and Motherboard goodbye, before hopping into the portals.

Chapter 1 up! Questions? Comments? Should I continue?

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Next chapter: Digit brings up some important news regarding Hacker. The team not only begins another mission, but discusses the possibility of revealing their secret to Matt's, Inez's and Jackie's parents.

-TeenQueen661