A/N: I apologize for the three month wait but I have been suffering from writers block among other things. But I have returned and hopefully I'll won't be gone for months.

Chapter 3- Something Wicked Comes This Way.

"uh Boss?," asked Buzz as the Grim Wreaker shot off towards Happily-Ever-After. "What is it Buzz?" asked Hacker calmly as he read a Wigs Weekly magazine, "i was just wondering why we're going to see Wicked, I thought you hated her" wondered Buzz in confusion. "Oh I do" Hacker confirmed as he turned a page, "but I need her help with a project of mine".

"Is it another plan to take over Cyberspace?" asked Delete excitedly, as he looked forward to it.

"Yes" said Hacker simply.

"So what is your newest scheme Boss?" asked Buzz, just as excited as Delete.

"I'm not telling you" said Hacker with a note of finality in his voice, this made Buzz and Delete about to protest but a glare Hacker sent them over the top of his magazine stopped them. The next several minutes were spent in relative silence, broken only by the angry grumbling from Buzz and Delete from under their breath. They were upset that Hacker didn't trust them enough to be told his plan, and yet he was planning on involving Wicked in on the secret.

Beep..Beep..Beep

"Boss incoming call from Wicked" said Delete after checking a console for a few minutes, "Put her on screen" commanded Hacker as he stood up throwing his magazine on the chair. A second later his window like screen was replaced with a woman with green skin and a long pointed nose, it was the Wicked Witch of Happily-Ever-after. "Well Hackie to what do I owe this surprise visit" cooed Wicked sweetly, clearly she still believed Hacker to be her perfect boyfriend.

"I need your help to finally take down Motherboard!" said Hacker with steely determination, Wicked couldn't keep her surprise from showing on her face. "y-you want my help?" asked Wicked a little stunned, clearly that wasn't what she expected to hear. "Yes but I need to speak about it in private" said Hacker giving Buzz and Delete a sideways glance, making his intent crystal clear.

Wicked agreed rather quickly after that and told Hacker she would be waiting at her Tower, after Wicked left Hacker gave Buzz instructions to head for Wicked's Tower. Hacker left the room shortly after giving the order, and headed to his workshop and gathered his notes and research material. If he was to get Wicked's help he would need every ounce of data he managed to acquire, hopefully it would be enough Hacker thought to himself silently.

-Happily-Ever-After-

With a heavy thud the Grim Wreaker landed on Happily-Ever-After, as the ramp lowered the sounds of an argument could be heard. "But Boss we're your minions let us help!" said Buzz after Hacker told them to stay on board, "I said no!" replied Hacker angrily. And with that Hacker stalked down the ramp leaving his minions on board, "Oh! Hackie-poo" Wicked sang as she ran towards the villain.

Hacker had to use all of his mental capabilities to suppress the shudder that ran down his spine, instead he only gulped as she neared him.

"So Hacker what can little ol' me do for you?" asked Wicked stopping a few feet from the cyborg, "I have need of your unique talents" said Hacker curtly walking past her without a glance. "I got that but what I want know is just what your planning" said Wicked as she walked along side Hacker, "I'll tell you when we're alone" said Hacker glancing around suspiciously. Wicked pouted at having to wait for his plan to be revealed, but realized that it wasn't wise to talk out in the open.

And so they walked in silenced passing by many Fairy Tale citizens who gulped fearfully, seeing 'The' Hacker walking alongside Wicked. "So Hacker this plan of yours, will it work?" asked Wicked curiously. "We will see" said Hacker mysteriously, send a shiver of pleasure to run down Wicked spine. She always did love a man with a plan or a strong chin, and Hacker did have both!.

A short while later Hacker and Wicked arrived at her Tower, where Wicked waved her wand and dispelled the security shield. After entering the Tower and getting comfortable on a couple chairs, Hacker placed a briefcase on the coffee table and opened it. "So Hacker are you gonna tell me what the plan is or not?" asked Wicked impatiently, "Wicked who is always the ones to foil our plans" asked Hacker ignoring her question.

"The Earth Brats" said Wicked with a scowl.

"Correct now can you tell me where Earth is?" asked Hacker, leafing through sheets of paper.

Wicked opened her mouth to say that she did but shut it after a second, once she realized that she didn't know. "I don't know" said Wicked in a small voice, Hacker placed a pile of papers in front of her. "Read these and then tell me what you think" said Hacker before leaning back in his chair, Wicked gave him a weird look but she complied with his request. The next several minutes passed by in relative silence, broken only by Wicked's occasional questions and Hacker's explanations.

Finally Wicked lowered the paper she was reading and looked seriously at Hacker, "Well, what do you think?" prompted Hacker eagerly. "Hacker this plan of yours will take a lot of time and energy to create, much less maintain it" said Wicked with a frown, "But it is doable right?" asked Hacker to which Wicked nodded. "Then let's get started" said Hacker with a mile wide grin on his face, "but Hacker how do you know the human will obey you?" asked Wicked curiously.

"I'll think of something".

-Earth-

"Bye mom I'll see you after school" said Inez walking out of her house, "Bye honey, have fun at school" said Inez's mother before she shut the door. Since Inez lived in the city she would normally walk to school, except on rainy days where her mom would give her a ride. As she walked down the sidewalk Inez noticed a familiar red haired boy ahead of her, "Hey Dylan" Inez called to the redhead.

"Hello Inez" said Dylan warmly as she caught up to him and they walked together, "So you got to school here?" asked Inez curiously. Dylan gave affirming nod, "Yeah and I can't wait to get started" said Dylan with excitement. "So what's your favorite class, mine's Math"said Inez, to which Dylan thought about it for a moment. "History" said Dylan finally, making Inez beam in response, "I love History" she gushed happily.

For the rest of the walk they discussed various topis ranging from classes to other students, in which Dylan asked many questions about what the school was like. Inez answered all of his questions accurately and even threw in her own advise, Dylan listened with rapt attention. How ever their conversation was brought to a close when a familiar voice called out to them, "Inez!" turning to the right they saw Jackie and Matt exit a bus and run towards them.

Inez gave both a them a big hug that was returned with equal force, "hey your Dylan right?" asked Jackie as she remembered him from yesterday. Dylan nodded at her "and your Jackie and Matt right?" asked Dylan as he pointed to each of them respectively. "Yeah that's us alright" said Matt holding his hand out to shake, Dylan stared at the hand for a moment before gripping it tightly.

Matt grabbed Dylan's hand and squeezed it hard as he could, making Dylan grunt a little from the pain. Both boys stared into each others eyes giving a silent challenge, before their testosterone induced fight could continue the school bell rang."I'll see you later Dylan" said Inez as she ran into the building, followed by Matt and Jackie though at a slower pace. Dylan stared at Matt's back giving a inaudible growl, his yellow eyes flashed black for a mere second.

But that quickly passed and Dylan's face adopted a blank look, and that was gone has soon as it came. Dylan looked at his surroundings as if just noticing them, "What the hell just happened?" wondered Dylan aloud. The last thing he remembered was watching Inez hug her friends and then nothing, it was like he blacked out for a couple minutes. Dylan shook off his remaining confusion and headed inside the school, never noticing a dark chuckle in the back of his mind.

"So Matt what was up with you back there?" asked Jackie having noticed the stand-off, "There is something off about Dylan" replied Matt as he opened his locker. "Oh is that all or was it because your jealous" teased Jackie, laughing as Matt's face got progressively redder. "W-why would I be jealous?" asked Matt stuttering slightly, "Because you have a crush on Inez and now you have competition" said Jackie with a grin.

"I do not have a crush on Inez" denied Matt, but it was ruined by the large blush on his face. "Who doesn't have a crush on me?" asked Inez appearing from behind Jackie, Matt didn't say anything just blushed and stuck his head in a book. Inez looked to Jackie who had a small smile on her face, "I'm not telling" said Jackie making a zipping motion her lips. Inez would have pressed the matter, but they would be late to class.

And that was something Inez was never going to let happen, as her spot less attendance record would show.

"Okay class settle down," said Mr Lewis their Math Teacher to the class, which quiet down almost immediately. Once he saw everyone was paying attention Mr Lewis gestured to the closed door, "We have a new student joining us today so lets all give him a warm welcome". At this point the door opened and Dylan stepped through and stood next to Mr. Lewis, "Hey I'm Dylan and I hope we get along" said Dylan happily.

Dylan was assigned a seat in the front row coincidentally right next to Inez, who threw him a warm smile which he happily returned. After that the lesson began and soon everyone was busy writing in notebooks, until the bell rang when all the student's shoved books into backpacks and hurried to their next class. "So I hope you won't find Math too boring" said Inez to Dylan who rolled his eyes, "Ha Ha" said Dylan dryly before he turned down a hallway.

A couple classes later found the Cybersquad sitting in the library in front of computer, where Motherboard's face could be seen. "Cyber Alert. Hacker has stolen several jewels from a store at the CyberMall" said Motherboard, "I knew he couldn't be trusted" said Jackie before the three were sucked into a portal. However their departure was noticed by Dylan who stared wide eyed at the spot they disappeared, "what the hell was that?" asked Dylan to no one in particular.

-Cyberspace-

The portal opened up to drop the three Earth kids just outside of Hacker's home, they were soon met by their cyborg bird friend Digit. "Earth-lies I'm glad your here" said Digit once he landed next to them, "So where are the jewels?" asked Matt to which Digit handed them each a binoculars. "See for your self" instructed Digit as he pointed to the ridge of rocks they were hiding behind, they climbed to the top and peers through the binoculars to see Hacker lying in a hammock with a drawstring back on his chest while he slept.

"So all we have to do sneak down there and grab the bag before he wakes up" concluded Inez, though Matt and Jackie had thoughtful frowns on their faces. "This is too easy" said Jackie with Matt nodding in agreement, it was decided that one of them would grab the bag in case it was a trap. After a quick bout of rock-paper-scissors Matt was selected for the task, he sneak closer to Hacker by taking small steps. Finally Matt got close enough to grab the bag and left a rock in it's place, Hacker gave a sleepy grunt before returning to sleep.

Matt managed to get back to where his friends and Digit were waiting and handed Digit the bag, "Good job Matt I'll see these safely returned to the CyberMall" said Digit taking off into the sky. Moments later a portal opened up and they jumped inside sending them back home, Hacker opened his eyes one they left and had a triumphant grin on his face.

"They fell for it".

A/N: Well that concludes the third chapter of TFC, I apologize for the long wait. Also if you haven't been to my profile I have a poll on there about different story ideas I have. So if you have time please vote on the poll, I will be closing it on Halloween. I'd really appreciate some feed back on my ideas.

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