The morning air of DenTex City was nice and cool. It could make anyone who wasn't dressed warmly make a slight shiver. Beads of dew clung onto the blades of grass among the many lawns, making it look like many strings of pearls sticking onto the front yard of everybody's houses. One such house was a one story green house with a finely manicured lawn up the front of it. This was the home of the Solaris family.
Decorated sensibly by an interior designer mother, the inside of the house looked quite beautiful and very well cleaned though not enough to make it look like snobs lived here or that it was a museum. It was just a very homey and comfortable atmosphere that gave anyone who came here the sense of family.
A low moan came out from under the sheets of a bed that sat situated in one of the rooms. Set in the corner of the house, this room was the bedroom of one named Seth Solaris. The only son of Jonah and Ivy Solaris, he lay with his body completely covered by the blankets on his bed. His form was barely visible underneath them. The only sign that he was there was the slow rise and fall of his chest with every single breath that he took.
Sitting on the small table next to the bed was a blue P.E.T. with a silver lining around it. It was neatly plugged in so it could recharge for the day. Its black screen, which was flipped up, slowly blinked as it came to life. The form of a wild looking Navi peeked out, his brown fur slicked back. He glanced to the clock in the corner before roaring out loud.
"Seth! SETH!" he yelled out in his grumbling and thunderous voice. "Time to wake up!"
"WHOA!" came a cry from the sheets that enveloped him. Seth tumbled off the bed and landed with a hard thud on the floor beneath him. He groaned as he slowly struggled to a sitting up position. Running his fingers through his black and scruffy looking hair he turned to his P.E.T., rubbing his eyes. "KodiakMan? What're you doing? Trying to give me a heart attack?"
"Hey, you were the one that set the alarm for me." KodiakMan said with a little chuckle as he watched in amusement. "Besides, its time to get up. Remember? You're supposed to meet Amber at the library."
"Oh wow! You're right! Thanks KodiakMan!" Seth said as he ran into the bathroom in only a tanktop and boxer shorts.
Seth got through his morning routines in what seemed to be like a blink of an eye since he knew that if he didn't, he was going to be late. And if there was one thing that everybody knew about Amber was that she hated it when (either herself or someone she was supposed to meet) was late. So after taking a shower it what seemed to be record time and pulling on his clothes he was already beginning to run out the house with his P.E.T. in hand.
"Seth! Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" KodiakMan asked as he watched the world shake through Seth's hand.
"No! If I do, I'll be late. And I already got chewed out once by Amber for being late." he muttered as he ran outside and stuffed his P.E.T. into its carrying case at his side. Grabbing his skateboard from the porch he tossed it down on the concrete and immediately kicked off to head down the sidewalk. "And I really don't want another lecture about being punctual."
"Well you do have a point there." KodiakMan said as he began to go through Seth's morning e-mail to make sure if he had anything important or not. "SabreMan gave me the same lecture."
Seth laughed as he pulled on his helmet and continued riding down the sidewalk until he got to the crossing light. "Like Operator, like Navi I guess."
Both shared another laugh as they light to cross the street lit up and they continued on their trek to get to the Library where they were supposed to meet a good friend named Amber Vegan and her own navi named SabreMan.exe. Amber was actually an Official, following in the steps of her parents who were both strong virus busters as well. The two became friends strictly by accident when Seth met her at the local chip shop.
He was looking for some rare chips he could use with KodiakMan and he literally bumped into her as she was looking for the same thing. After a quick conversation, the two of them quickly became friends and started to hang out and just plain train with each other in net battles and lessons in busting those pesky viruses that seem to travel all over the Net.
Stopping in front of the library, Seth picked up his skateboard and checked the clock on his P.E.T. with a deep sigh. "Ah man, three minutes late. She's going to be all over me."
"Hah, well you can just jack me in out here. I'll wait for you to finish u-" KodiakMan tried to quickly say but was cut off when Seth pulled up his P.E.T. and looked him in the face.
"OH no you don't!" Seth said with a grin as he walked boldly into the library. "If I have to suffer then so do you."
Walking into the building, Seth looked about and heard absolutely nothing except for the occasional cough that would come from one of the many patrons who were around. Even that would catch a nasty glare from the librarian who sat behind the desk who made little more than a squeak when she spoke. She tended to take her job very seriously it seemed.
With a nod from him, Seth eased past her and moved into the rows of books in search for his friend Amber. He was supposed to meet her in the Astronomy section of the bookshelves but he was actually a bit lost right now. He didn't always have that great of a sense of direction even though he had been here plenty of times. Shaking his head he began to sneak through the shelves, trying to find Amber before he got himself further lost. Being in a place this quiet seemed to always unnerve him since there could be anything lurking around.
A sudden hand clamped down on his shoulder and Seth leapt up and yelled out in his startled state, as well as KodiakMan from his P.E.T. When he turned around, he held his hand to his chest as he looked at his attacker.
"Amber! You trying to kill me?" he asked in a forced whisper and breathing heavily.
Amber Vegan, young Official for DenTex city stood before him and holding her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing too loudly. She was a young girl of about nineteen with startling red hair that was tied back into a ponytail and dressed casually in black jeans, a green army tanktop and a denim jacket. She was indeed a pretty gal but still she seemed never to have a beau latched onto her arm protectively. Most would wonder at this but that would be rude.
"Sorry Seth, but you just make it way too easy." she said with a smirk and looked down to her P.E.T. when she heard speaking. "What is it SabreMan?"
Holding up her purple with black lining P.E.T., she glanced in through the screen at her Net Navi named SabreMan who was standing there holding an e-mail open. He was indeed a strong looking Navi who had bested KodiakMan in many a battle. But he was trained to do such things.
"Amber, there's an announcement to all Officials. The Livewires have struck again." he said as he glanced to Seth and waved a hello to him.
Seth was silent as he listened to SabreMan talk about the Livewires. He had heard news reports about them and that was indeed disturbing. They were a crime syndicate that was located somewhere in DenTex City but nobody could ever seem to catch them. Shaking his head he sighed as he looked down to KodiakMan.
"I wonder what they're up to now." he muttered and listened to SabreMan at the same time.
* * * *
The internet for the power planet of DenTex City indeed looked like one would imagine it to be. It matched its environment perfectly with several programs running around, all trying to keep things running smoothly. Throughout the entire grid for the power plant's internet, there are several ground running sections specially sectioned off from the public navies because surges of electricity continuously flowed through there.
Programs were especially shielded from these electric charges so they could continue running their commands of maintenance and upkeep so everything ran perfectly for the citizens of this fair city. Even the smallest glitch could cause surges or even citywide blackouts. Some of which can prove to be dangerous.
One program slowly followed the electric charges that flowed through its designated channel, taking readings to make sure everything was constant. As it slowly continued to follow, it didn't notice the pair of bright red eyes that were following it from the darkness. As the program stopped again to take another reading, a white and clawed hand slowly reached out and tapped the program on the shoulder, causing it to turn around.
"Ye-...Just one moment. You are not authorized to be here. Please leave. You could get deleted or damage something." the program tried so say with as much authority as it could muster.
The darkness in front of him slowly began to swirl as the pair of glow red eyes only grinned wide as they watched him endlessly. Hovering out of the darkness the form of a truly sinister looking Net Navi grinned, showing off a pair of fangs that were inside his mouth, gleaming from the glare of the electric charges that continued to surge below him. The cape that he wore around his neck slowly began to move before suddenly splitting open and expanding wide behind his back.
"You're right. Someone could get deleted." the Navi laughed as he suddenly lunged at the program and bit down into its neck.
The program struggled to get away but felt his energy being sapped from his body. Slowly the program stopped moving before suddenly becoming limp in the navies' arms. The Net Navi laughed loudly and looked down at the electric charge that always ran so smoothly. Suddenly holding the program up, he hurled it down so that it crashed into the channel, disrupting the flow.
Grinning wide, the Navi turned to screen that suddenly appeared in front of him. A young man with many piercings over his face stood there looking at his Net Navi as he began to report to him.
"I'm in the power plant's grid." the navi said with a maniacal smile.
"Good work BloodMan." the young operator said with a nod of approval. "Continue with the chaos. My orders are to have the entire grid down before noon."
"Do not worry." BloodMan.exe replied with a nod. "It will be done with ease. The security programs will easily fall before my power."
After the screen in front of him closed, BloodMan grinned as he moved back into the shadows and headed further into the internet grid. There were many programs and other navies around that would indeed make very tasty morsels.
