A/N: Hey, here's chapter 7. Yeah I'm running out of ways to do my intros too… So I hope you enjoy… Kitties and puppies. *Facepalm*

Disclaimer: I only own Kim, not Cyberchase.

McKenzie

Daisyfan5534

Chapter 7


"What now?" Hacker asked Kim.

Kim, given no other choice, was giving Hacker detailed instructions on how to get into Motherboard's mainframe. It was either that or having Matt, Jackie, and Inez electrocuted. Knowing the feeling of electricity pulsing though her body, Kim couldn't let them get hurt like that.

"Now just hit '4' and you're in." Kim said.

Hacker did so and a loading screen popped up.

"What is this?" he asked.

"You have to wait until the access download is complete. In fact, you could use a little patience, Hacker." Kim said.

"Fine, as long as it's not a trick. If it is, then you know what happens." He responded as he walked out of the room.

"Kim, I can't believe you-" Jackie looked at Kim who had a small smile on her face. "Kim?"

All Kim said was, "Game, set, match."

"What are you talking about? You just told Hacker how to take down Motherboard." Matt said.

"Guys quick question: What's my favorite number?" Kim asked.

"Four, but-" Matt now realized why she was smiling. "What did you do?"

"Nothing..." Kim said sarcastically.

"You do know what Hacker's going to do if it's not Motherboard's mainframe, right?" Inez asked.

"Relax, it's just a little virus, it will freeze the control panel so you kids are safe. In the meantime we need to get out of here." Kim said as she started pulling on the ropes still around her wrists. It wasn't that tight, but her rubber band was rubbing against her skin.

"Kim, you said that you studied knots?" Matt asked.

"Yes…" she responded.

"So you can escape out of that?" Matt asked.

"Alright, fine." Kim said as she turned her back to the kids and Digit.

With in thirty seconds, Kim got out of her bounds and she let the ropes drop to the floor.

"Now that's impressive." Matt said when she was done.

"Thank you, and now let's find a way to get out of here." Kim said as she rammed her side into the glass, trying to break it.

"Kim, the earthlies tried everything. They couldn't find a way to get out." Digit told her from his cage.

Kim looked at the cyboid after ramming her side into the glass again. Figuring that it was pointless, Kim leaned back up against the glass putting her hands in her back pockets.

"Oh, duh." Kim said pulling something out of her back pocket. It was her chap stick. "I forgot that I pocketed this."

Kim pulled the cap off and twisted it to the laser. She then carved a hole in the glass and rammed her side into it again. It was stiff at the first hit, but after a couple more hits the glass fell out onto the floor, letting Kim escape.

After getting out, she used her chap stick laser to get the Matt, Jackie, and Inez out. For Digit, she used the hairpin function on the chap stick to pick the lock of the cage, letting him escape.

"Remind me to get one of those." Jackie said to Kim as she pocketed the chap stick.

"Come on, let's go." Kim said as she grabbed her bag.

The rest of the Cybersquad grabbed their belongings and left the Wreaker, managing to avoid Hacker and his henchman.

They got to the cybercoop that the kids and Digit used to get to the Northern Frontier. Kim was driving, Digit was in the passenger's seat, and Matt, Jackie, and Inez squished together in the back seat.

The coop took off into the depths of Cyberspace, on its way back to Control Central.

"Thanks, Kim." Jackie said. "You really saved us back there."

"Yeah, no problem." Kim responded. "Now, for my question: What the hell were you guys thinking?"

"We were trying to get the power supply box back from Hacker. It was sort of a thanks for taking us to R-Fair City." Jackie explained.

"Too bad we didn't get it." Matt added.

"Actually," Inez spoke up. "I kind of grabbed it while we were getting our stuff."

She pulled it out then gave it to Kim. The blonde accepted it and she held it in her hand, observing it in her lap.

"Thanks, guys." Kim said.

"So, what's it for anyway?" Inez asked.

"As far as you guys know, nothing." Kim said as she put it in her bag.

"Come on, can't you tell us?" Matt asked.

"I can't risk you guys finding out." Kim replied. "For reasons I also can't tell you."

'I could tell them about it… No, even the knowledge of it is dangerous enough. I wonder- Incoming!'

Kim slammed on the breaks as another cybercoop zipped right past her.

"Geez." Kim muttered to herself. "You guys okay?"

"We're fine." Matt said. "Who was that?"

"Who knows." Kim responded as she continued driving back to Control Central.


Ten minutes later…

"And we're here." Kim said as she landed at Control Central.

Everyone got out of the coop wondering what to do next.

"So Kim, what are you planning to do today?" Jackie asked.

"Well, I'm almost finished fixing up my coop, so I was going to do that. Hey, when it's done, do you guys want to come with me for a test run?" Kim asked.

They kids hesitated for a second, while Digit quickly flew out of the room.

"Slider says that if we ever hear you say that, then we should say no and get out of the room as quickly as possible." Matt said, backing up a little along with the girls.

"That's cute, guys." Kim said as she backed up to her coop. "That's real cute." She said as she opened up the hood and started working on the engine.

After a minute of working on it, Kim noticed that the kids were still standing there.

"You guys need something?" Kim said as she looked at them.

"Not really, we're just waiting for some kind of trouble to happen." Matt said.

"Okay… well Hacker probably about to lose his head about a fried system, so I think Cyberspace is safe at the moment." Kim responded. "Hey, could one of you guys get the keys to my coop, they should be on my desk?"

"I'll get them." Inez said as she started walking out of the room. In fact she said it pretty quick.

"Where did I put my tools?" Kim said to herself. "Oh yeah, driver's seat."

Kim opened the door to the driver's seat and grabbed her toolbox and set it down on the floor next to the hood. Inez came back with the keys and gave them to Kim. "Thanks." She said as she put them in the ignition. "Come on…" she said as she turned the key to start up the coop. Kim heard the engine turn on then it sparked a bit before smoke started to come out of it. Her coop still needed some work.

Bummed, Kim turned on the radio and tuned it to a station.

'Mr. Saxobeat' by Alexandra Stan started playing. Kim smiled as she turned the song up. After dancing back to the engine, Kim pulled a few wires and worked around a few other things.

She pulled her head out and asked Inez to turn the key to see if it works. The nine-year old had no hesitation on doing so.

After turning it, the engine still wasn't running.


"So when did you get this coop?" Jackie asked.

"I wouldn't say that I got this coop." Kim said from inside the engine. I started building this coop with Slider when I was…"

"You can't remember?" Jackie said.

"That obvious?" Kim said. After no answer she spoke, "I have no idea why I can't remember something that should be easily be memorable. Based on what I learned from therapy, I probably started when I was at least eight or nine." Kim pulled herself out of the engine. "Okay, now try."

Matt, who was now sitting in the driver's seat, turned the key, but the engine still wasn't running. The kids were now hanging around by Kim's cybercoop taking turns turning the key to help her out.

"So when did you finish? Building this, I mean." Matt asked.

"I finished building my cybercoop a month after you guys came into Cyberspace." Kim said who stuck her head back in the engine.

"Ha! Here's the problem." Kim muttered to herself.

She stuck her arm down into the coop and made some adjustments until she thought she got it right.

"Okay," Kim said before pulling her arm out. "I think I got- Aw crap!"

"What?" Jackie asked.

"I think my arm is stuck" Kim said as she tried to pull it out, but she had no luck.

"Are you messing with us?" Jackie asked.

"No, I'm dead serious. My arm is stuck." Kim said after another failed attempt at pulling her arm out.

Kim heard her sqwak pad vibrate in her bag. Her bag was lying against her coop, out of reach of her free arm. Because of that, she used her foot to pick it up by the straps and brought it over. Using her free hand, Kim opened it and pulled out her sqwak pad.

It was a call, so she answered.

"Hello?"—"Oh, hey."—"Nothing much, just my arm is caught between a bolder and a rock wall and I've been stuck in this canyon for the past hundred twenty-seven hours*."—"What? Lots of people are referencing that movie… and I thought you liked that movie."—"What do you mean?"—"That's tonight?"—"At six?"—"Okay, I guess I'll see you then."—"Okay, bye." Kim hung up and let it drop safely to the floor.

"Who was that?" Jackie asked.

"A friend. Now can you guys help me?" Kim said.

"What do you need us to do?" Matt asked.

"One: Don't turn that key." Kim said. "Two: I need someone to push the one of the pedals."

"The brake or the accelerator?" Matt asked.

"Uh… I can't remember, just try one." Kim said.

Matt stepped on the accelerator and Kim felt everything quickly tighten around her arm.

"Not that one! Not that one!" she yelled.

Matt removed his foot from the pedal and stepped on the brake. Everything loosened around her arm and she was able to pull it out.

"Kim, are you okay?" Jackie asked her.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just try to start it now."

Matt got out of the driver's seat and let Jackie sit down and she tried to start the coop.

"You hear that?" Kim said when she heard the engine run smoothly. "It's working." She said as she shut the hood.

Jackie took the key out of the ignition and gave it to Kim.

"Thank you guys for helping out."

"What are friends for?" Jackie said.

Digit walked into the room.

"Kim, we got a problem with the portals." He said.

"What kind of problem?" Kim said.

"I don't know; I need you to see it." The cyboid said as he went back into the control room.

The four kids rushed into the room to see a white portal enlarging and shrinking very quickly.

"What the hell?" Kim said.

"It just appeared and then it started doing that." Digit explained.

Kim ran over to the control panel and started typing.

"Motherboard do you know what's happening?" she asked.

"I believe the portals are malfunctioning." She said. "Kim, send the kids home."

"Already on it." Kim said as she continued to type. "Matt, Jackie, Inez, when I say 'now', I need you guys to jump through that portal."

"Jump in there? Are you crazy?" Jackie yelled.

"Guys, I don't know how long I can keep this portal from the worst. I need you guys to trust me!" Kim yelled back as she continued typing. "Get ready!"

The kids hesitated before approaching the portal.

"Now! Jump now!" Kim yelled.

Putting their trust in their friend, the three jumped though the portal. It was a few seconds after they did when the white portal started flipping like crazy as it got smaller and smaller.

"DIGIT!" Kim grabbed the cyboid as she turned her back to the portal as Motherboard's screen turned to static.

BOOM!


Motherboard came back online and looked around the room. She found Kim on her knees, back to the explosion. Digit was in her arms.

"Kim, Digit, are you two alright?"

"I'm fine." Digit said prying himself from Kim's grip. "Kim, you okay?" he asked when he escaped her hold on him.

For his answer Kim leaned to the side and hit the ground hard. The blast knocked her unconscious.

"Come on, Kim wake up." the cyboid said shaking her slightly.

The twelve-year old twitched before waking up a few seconds later. When she did she clutched her head.

"Kim, you okay?" Digit asked.

"I'm fine." She croaked. Digit helped her get to her feet.

"Guys?" Matt said as he, Jackie, and Inez appeared on screen. "What happened? Is everyone okay?"

"The portal exploded." Digit said. "Other then Kim getting knocked unconscious, we're all fine."

"Is she okay?" Jackie asked.

"My head hurts, but I'm good." Kim said her hand still on her head. "What about you guys, are you all okay?"

"We're shaken, but we're all okay." Inez said.

"Good." Kim said. "Look, I don't know what's up with the portals, but I will work on them. In the meantime, it's probably best if you guys don't come into Cyberspace until I find the problem."

"Okay, just call us when they're fixed." Inez said.

"Got it, see you guys." Kim said before she ended the call.

She started walking out of the room until Digit stopped her.

"Where are you going?" he asked her.

"I'm going to leave in about five minutes to Memoryville." Kim responded as she tried to walk past the cyboid, but he wouldn't let her.

"Kim, you just went through an explosion. I'm not sure if you should be going anywhere." Digit protested.

"Come on, Dige. You know me." Kim said. "I'll be fine."

Digit let her walk out of the room. He knew he couldn't win the argument.


Twenty minutes later….

Kim arrived to Memoryville in the community center parking lot. She got out with her bag and walked inside.

The community center was originally built for the slugball players, but because it was so big, and slugball players only meets once a week, Memoryville started letting clubs take place there.

Kim looked at the directory to find where she needed to go.

Room 5- Poetry Club

After finding where she needed to go, Kim walked down the hall on her left. She found the double doors to room 5 and she opened the right side as she walked in.

Kim never told anyone she went to poetry club, non-the less she never told anyone she was actually into poetry. The club had twelve members, including herself. They were all girls and most of them are older than her, only a few girls were the same age as her.

"Kim, were so glad that you're here. We have a new member that we'd like you to meet." said the president of poetry club, Kylah.

"Who is- Martha?" Kim said as she saw her co-worker stand up. The rest of the club laughed at Kim's reaction when she saw Martha.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Kim asked as she walked over to her.

"Surprise! I know it's a little late to celebrate this but happy birthday." Martha said.

"We've been planning this for a while." Kylah said. "A poetry party just for you."

"Then why am I standing? Lets party!" Kim said.


"Last poem of the night. Kim, it's all yours." Kylah said.

Kim, with her blue poetry journal in her hands, started reading.

"He follows me around
Nothing but a disgrace
He wants me to believe
The loneliness
Once mine
He's mad
He's broken
I'll give him to the dogs
I am strong
I have power
He's nothing but a shadow
I hate him
I don't want him
No one else does
I steady myself
Bat in hand
I'll smash the mirror
Destroy the memory
The one who haunts me."*

An applause came from the other members as Kim closed her notebook.

"Well, that's all for tonight. Until next time, ladies." Kylah said as everyone started packing up.

"Martha, wait up!" Kim said as she saw her friend about to leave the room. "What made you want to join poetry club?" Kim asked once she caught up.

"I did poetry with my old friends when I was younger, until they grew out of it and started making fun of me because I still liked it. Besides, I had to do something for your birthday." Martha said as she and Kim walked out together.

"You planned the party, didn't you? But how did you find out that I went to poetry club?" Kim asked.

"I saw you write in that journal of yours and what you said about a beautiful moment was a bit poetic." Martha told her.

"What can I say, I like poetry." Kim said as the two walked outside. "See you later, Martha." Kim said as she walked to her cybercoop.

When she got there she noticed a rose on top of a white card on the hood. Kim picked up the card and read the front.

For the beautiful.

The inside of the card was empty.

Kim never believed anyone that called her beautiful. Even when Slider says it, she won't listen.

Kim picked up the rose and twirled the stem. She wasn't a fan of roses either, Kim thought they were too perfect. Especially red ones, like the one she was holding.

But Kim smiled at the sweet gesture and she smelled the flower. She felt dizzy afterwards and she felt someone catch her as she blacked out.


Kim woke up in her coop. She looked at her surroundings expecting to still be in Memoryville, but she wasn't. Kim was in Discardia. Furthermore she was in the passenger's seat, someone drove her there.

Kim looked at the driver's seat and found the white card taped to the wheel. She ripped it off and looked at it.

For the bitch.

The word 'beautiful' was scribbled out. Kim bit her lip before opening the card.

You like poems Kim? Well here's one for you.

Roses are red,
Violets aren't blue,
And if you threaten me again,
Then next time I'll kill you.

Kim felt her heart drop. The guy kidnapped her and took her for a little joy ride. She realized how easy it was for her follower to get ahold of her, and that scared her. Someone's just messing with her for now, but Kim wasn't stupid. She was on someone's death list, and there was a chance that she could lose.

Kim got out of her coop after throwing the card on the floor of the coop.

"Is that all you got you son of a bitch?!" she yelled through the deserted site.

Kim opened the door to the driver's seat and got in. After taking a few breaths to calm herself down, she started the cybercoop and headed back to Control Central.


After arriving home she felt a bit uneasy. She thought it was because how fast she was flying through Cyberspace just to get home, after the little surprise she got, she didn't want to risk being followed. Kim just stayed inside the cybercoop to relax a little bit before getting out.

Kim grabbed her bag and opened the coop door. She got out and she quickly walked to her room, because her bag was heaver before she was kidnapped.

Once she got to her room she closed the door and she ripped open her bag, reaching her arm inside to search for what was missing.

"Shit." Kim muttered. Not only was she abducted; Kim was robbed. The power supply box that the kids got for her was gone and replaced with a sticky note.

Missing something, Kim.

The blonde threw her bag down by her desk as she turned on the radio, which was on the desk. Once it was on, Kim walked to the fridge and got a bottle of water out of it. She opened it as she carefully drank to avoid sprouting a tail.

After drinking at least half the bottle, Kim put the cap back on and put it on the dinning room table.

'Calm down, Kim, just calm down. He can only get to you let him. Maybe fixing the portals will take my mind off things.'

Kim had no hesitation on sitting down in her computer chair and start typing on the keyboard searching on the problem. She found the source a lot sooner than expected.

Apparently a virus got into Motherboard's control system and was able to hack the portals, but the firewall that Kim put up (after Hacker sent his virus to try and rid Motherboard) was extremely complex and difficult to get around. Dr. Marbles even tested Kim's firewall and he was impressed about how it took him over a day just to get in Motherboard's trash bin, but then he ran into Kim's defense system.

Long story short, Kim accidently destroyed his laptop.

The virus that was sent was able to get through Kim's system undetected, and strike once it got in.

Kim knew what type of bug it was. "The-" Kim hesitated on finishing her sentence; she remembered what happened before she was taken. "Red Rose Virus."

Kim remembered that she got a red rose along with the card. Her mind started racing as she thought about the explosion.

Kim started typing again, trying to get rid of the virus as quickly as she can. Upon doing so, she came across a message that was sent with the virus.

Have you lost your mind yet, Kim? I'm waiting.


Ten minutes ago….

"Hey, Kim." Digit said walked out onto the balcony. "Kim?" the cyboid said when his friend ignored him as she quickly walked out of the room.

Digit saw that the door of Kim's cybercoop was wide open, plus she left the keys in the ignition. The cyboid flew over to the coop and pulled the keys out and shut the door. Within the three years Digit's known Kim, he knows that she would never be irresponsible enough to leave her cybercoop door wide open and the keys in the ignition. With a question on his mind he flew back into the Control Room.

"Motherboard, do you think Kim's been acting weird lately?" he asked.

"What do you mean, Digit?" Motherboard asked.

"Well, Kim just left her cybercoop exposed with the keys in the ignition and the door open. I mean she would never do that, even if it was here." Digit explained.

"She has acting a bit strange after she and the kids went to R-Fair City. I know you're worried for her, Digit. We all are." Motherboard said.

"So what should we do about her?" Digit asked.

"I want you to go check on her and make sure she's alright." Motherboard told him.

The cyboid agreed as he left the room to go see Kim. Once he got to her door, he knocked a few times as he called her name. After no response he entered.

"Kim? KIM!"

Digit flew over to the girl who was on her knees, clutching her head, as she was hyperventilating.

"Kim, calm down! It's okay; everything is fine!" The cyboid said as he rubbed her back, trying his best to get Kim to relax.

"I'm not going insane! I can't go insane! I'm not going insane!" Kim yelled.

"Kim, look at me!" the cyboid said trying to get her to open her eyes. "You're not going insane! Just relax, okay." Digit said. The blonde opened her eyes. "See, Kim, everything is fine. Just. Relax."

Although Kim was able to open her eyes- which Digit saw as a small success- she was still hyperventilating, but she was doing her best to calm herself down, until she fainted.

Digit caught Kim before her head hit the floor, but he felt sorry for her. The cyboid was able to lift Kim on to the couch before covering her with a blanket and reporting back to Motherboard, along with sending a few messages.


Meanwhile…. On Earth…

"So, why are you dragging me to the library?" Matt asked Inez as they walked along side each other.

"I need you to help me with the microfilm." She responded.

"Why do you want me to help you?" Matt asked.

"You're the one who wants to find out if Kim lived here or not ever since Jackie brought it up." Inez said.

"Oh… So what is a microfilm anyway?"

"It's a machine that people use for research. The one at the library lets you read old newspapers."

"You think Kim's gonna be in the paper?"

"Not likely, but I think an orphanage being torn down will be."

"Matt! Inez! Wait up!"

The two kids turned around to find their friend Jackie running towards them.

"Hey, Jacks." Matt greeted.

"What's up?" Inez asked.

"Digit, messaged me." She told them.

"Well, what did he say?" Matt asked.

"It's Kim." Jackie said.

"Yeah, what about her?" Inez asked.

"She had a panic attack." Jackie said.

"Whoa, you serious?" Matt asked her.

"Yeah, Digit saw her acting weird when she came back to Control Central, then he saw her having one when he went to go check on her." Jackie explained.

"Does he know why she had one?" Inez asked.

"No, she fainted before he could ask." Jackie told them.

"Well, we're on our way to the library right now, maybe we can find a book on panic attacks," Inez said. "And figure out why she had one."

"Might as well." Jackie said as the three started walking. "So, why are you guys going to the library?"

"Nezzie's dragging me to the library to help her find a newspaper article on an orphanage getting shut down. Chances are that if there was one, it could be the one Kim lived in." Matt said as they started walking up the steps to the library.

"Don't call me Nezzie!" Inez said before looking ahead. "Oh no!"

"What?" Jackie asked.

"I just remembered I have a book that's due tomorrow." Inez replied.

"So, turn it in tomorrow." Matt said.

"I didn't finish it." Inez said before running off.

"Did she run off a bit fast to you?" Jackie asked Matt.

"I didn't even know she could run that fast." Matt responded.

"Hey, Matt, isn't that your brother's truck?" Jackie asked looking at the old, red pick-up truck parked in front of the library.

"Yeah, it is." Matt said with annoyance.

"What, all of a sudden you hate your brother, now?" Jackie asked.

"I don't hate my brother, it's his girlfriend I have a problem with." Matt said. "And if my brother's here, than she probably is too."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She's cheating on him."

"So, go tell him."

"I tried…" Matt said as he started rubbing his arm.

"And what did he-"

"I better get home. See you tomorrow, Jacks." Matt said, cutting her off before running away with a slight limp.

After watching him leave, Jackie entered the library and headed towards the computers. She knew that they were only to be used for research, but she couldn't help checking. Jackie sighed as she scrolled down the social media page.


Meanwhile…. In Cyberspace….

Kim deleted the message as she got up from her chair. She clutched her head, trying to process everything.

Earlier today, when she was driving back from Hacker's with the kids and Digit; when someone almost hit her- it was him. In Memoryville, when he abducted and stole from her. And now, finding out that he could have killed her with a portal- but he didn't, it was a warning not to mess with him. It was all a warning.

Kim grabbed a pillow from the couch as she sat down in it. Shoving it in front of her face, she screamed as the pillow muffled it. She needed to let something out.

'I'm not losing my mind.' She thought. 'I'm not; he'll get me if I do. What if I do? What if he actually does kill me one day? What if I'm not his only target? What if he needs to get me out of the way?'

With each thought, Kim started breathing faster and faster. She stood up from the couch to get more water- hoping to calm herself down, but she felt dizzy once she did. Kim put her hand on the armrest to steady herself incase she fell. Still breathing rapidly, Kim noticed that her free hand was twitching. Soon after noticing, her head started to hurt. Kim fell to her knees as she used both of her hands to clutch her head, praying the pain would go away.

"I'm not going insane!" She said to herself. "I'm not going insane!"

It was at least a minute before she heard her door knock.

"Kim?" she heard someone say before they yelled her name.


"Kim, Kim please wake up."

The blonde girl twitched her eyes before opening them to a cyboid who was hovering in front of her.

"Whew, I thought you were dead."*

Kim looked around the room, she found herself on the couch with a blanket over her. She started to sit up, but Digit pushed her shoulder slightly back down.

"I'm not letting you get up, Kim." Digit said.

"Digit, I'm fine."

"No, you're not. You just had a panic attack; Motherboard told me to make sure you don't go walking around saying you're fine. She wanted me to give you medicine, and make sure you get to sleep." Digit told her before he left around the corner to the kitchen.

"Top shelf." Kim yelled to the cyboid who was probably looking for the medicine.

Digit soon came out with a small cup and a bottle of Nyquil. He poured it into the cup and gave it to Kim who drank it easily.

"Do you want some water?" Digit asked taking the cup from her.

"No. I'm good." Kim responded.

"Are you sure, Kim? You drank that like it was nothing." Digit said.

"I guess the taste doesn't bug me." Kim said before lying down.

Digit cleaned out the cup in the sink before putting it and the bottle back in the cupboard. He flew out of the kitchen to check on Kim again.

Her eyes were half open, about to shut. The cyboid flew over to her.

"Get some rest, Kim." he said as he patted her shoulder.

"Thanks, Dige." She yawned.

The cyboid was about to leave Kim's room, until he almost forgot about the question he wanted to ask her.

"Hey, Kim, What-" Kim was sound asleep and Digit didn't want to wake her up. So, he just flew out of the room and he went to report to Motherboard.

"Well, Kim's asleep." Digit said once he entered the Control Room.

"I'm glad she was able to get to sleep. Did you ask about what caused her panic attack?" Motherboard asked.

"She was asleep before I could ask her." Digit said. "But if anything, I'd say it was her nightmares."

"It's likely that, Digit. But I'm not positive." Motherboard said.

"I'll ask her in the morning." Digit said. "Good night, Motherboard."

"Good night, Digit." She responded.


The next morning…..

Kim woke up at 5:38 AM because the Nyquil had worn off. She stood up to stretch and walked into the bathroom. After last night, she felt disgusting.

After about thirty minutes of being annoyed by her mermaid tail and washing herself, Kim changed into a tank top and sweats and headed to the kitchen for some breakfast. Her radio was still on from last night and it was ironically playing 'The Lazy Song' by Bruno Mars. As much as she would love the day off, Kim was busy today… But she couldn't help but sing along as she made eggs for breakfast.

After eating and having a satisfied stomach, Kim started to work on getting rid of the virus and fixing the portals from her monitors.


"Well," Kim said as she stood up from her computer chair. "The portals are fixed."

The red rose virus that was sent to Motherboard was gone and Kim could relax now, but she couldn't. She was still processing what happened last night. Kim made her way over to her bedroom and she let herself fall onto her bed.

'This stalker thing is getting out of hand. I don't know how long I can keep this up.'

After her stalker almost rammed her with his coop, sent a virus to try and-at worst-kill her (his second attempt, the almost hit and run being the first), get drugged and kidnaped, robbed, and all leading up to a panic attack. That was a lot in one day.

Kim sighed, unless she had some clue on who this guy is, it probably won't end well for her.

'What am I doing? This guy is going to drive me insane; I mean I've already lost my mind. Heck, I might as well drop my face off the edge of Cyberspace like I did on Earth.'

Kim sat up. 'Well at least it'd better than my friends attending my funeral and him spitting on my grave.'

Kim shuttered at the thought, shaking her head to get it out.

'And speaking of Earth, I should probably tell Matt, Jackie, and Inez that the portals are fixed.'

With that thought, Kim reached over to her nightstand for her SQWAK Pad.

'Or maybe I can use this to my advantage.' Kim thought before calling the Cybersquad. 'It's not like I promised that I'd call them when they were fixed.'

Kim turned her head to the shelf with the box on top. Putting her SQWAK down, Kim stood up from her bed and took the box down and opened it.

Kim carried it out of her room and into the bathroom.


Thirty minutes later...

"Kim!"

Digit flew into Kim's room.

"Yes, Digit?" Kim said as she came out of the bathroom.

"Kim is that you?" The cyboid asked. "What's with the outfit?"

Kim was wearing a lavender dress with black flowers on it, black flip flops with a small heel, along with red velvet wig pulled into a side braid with bangs, green contacts in her a eyes, and she had freckles under her eyes.

"I'm going out." Kim said as she picked up her ukulele case.

"Oh, no you're not." Digit accused. "Kim, I've known you for three years, and I've seen you leave Control Central in at least five different disguises. This is not one of them."

"So what?" Kim asked as she put the case on her desk and opened it up.

"So, it means that you're gonna do something that you're not supposed to do." Digit said. "And to prove it, you're leaving during the day, and you always leave at night."

He caught her there, and Kim didn't really have a response. It was true: Kim always went out during the night.

"You've been through a lot lately, Kim." Digit said after a few moments of silence. "And everyone is worried for you."

"I know." Kim said without turning around to the cyboid.

"And another thing is that- wait, what did you just say?" Digit asked. It was rare that Kim would ever agree with Digit, even the smallest arguments she'd always stand by her side.

"You, Slider, Motherboard. Everyone. I know that you're all worried for me." Kim turned to look at the cyboid. "And no matter how many times I say that I'm fine, you guys keep on trying to help me. You all know that I can fight my way out of any kind of trouble. Then you all check on me afterwards because you all worry about me. Even if I get myself into trouble and get out without a scratch, you still check on me."

"Well, with everything that you've been through, Kim, we-"

"And I thank you for that." Kim interrupted. "No matter how many times you yell my name, get into fights, and go behind my back a couple of times..." She pulled Digit into a hug. "I still love you."

"You do?" He asked.

"Who doesn't?" Kim replied. "Thanks for taking care of me last night."

"You're welcome." Digit said as Kim released him. "I guess I should leave now. Bye, Kim."

"See ya, Dige." Kim said as he started to leave.

"Well, that was weird." he said after leaving the room.

The cyboid was pleased that Kim was feeling better, but he never seen her act like that before. She was open and a bit apologetic, plus he'd never heard her say that about him. He thought Kim was a bit sick from last night and she's recovering. Digit thought it was the reason she was acting different this morning, so he decided to leave her alone for a while.


Kim's Room...

The twelve year old sighed once Digit left the room. She wanted to tell him about what caused her panic attack, but she figured that he'd think that it was her nightmares. Her shadow caused her panic attack, she was afraid that he was coming after her. It was that fear that sent her into overdrive.

Getting her mind back on track, Kim turned to her ukulele case and picked up the instrument. She turned it upside down and shook it, then pulled the crumpled up balls of green paper out of the hole. Before Kim first came into Cyberspace when she was six, she had some Earth currency stashed away in her pocket. She saved it in case she ever wanted to go back, she wouldn't go back broke. Kim had a couple five dollar bills and three one dollar bills.

After unfolding the money she packed them in a black tote bag along with her poetry journal, a pencil, sunglasses, the map of the town, and her SQWAK Pad- which she turned off in case Matt, Jackie, or Inez called her and she was near them; blowing her cover.

Kim looked at the time on her SQWAK before turning it off: 6:57. "Crap."

Before she left Earth yesterday, Kim saw the open and close times at the library. The library opened at eight in the morning and closed at eight at night, so Kim had to wait until then.

"I should have planned this out more."


Two hours later…

Kim was sitting at a table in the library; she thought it'd be a good idea to brush up on Earth related things for two reasons.

One: Kim didn't want to make a fool of herself if she said the wrong thing, or blow her cover if she was by the kids.

Two: She didn't think anyone was walking around the streets at nine in the morning.

So there she was, surrounded by books on geography, sports, history, and magazines on celebrities so people wouldn't think that she lived under a rock- or in another world.

After an hour of studying, Kim left the library and pulled out her map to study it more. It was still early, so she decided to take a walk to pass the time.


"How did I come from here?" Kim asked herself.

The disguised blonde was standing across the street from her first home. She was still trying to process that she lived there.

"How long have I been standing here?" Kim brought herself back into reality.

She couldn't help but go back, hoping to recover any memory of her past. Other then the picture in her locket, Kim had no idea on what her parents looked like. She didn't know why she thought that she could remember something here, but she hoped that something would appear in her mind that would make her smile.

Shaking her head in defeat, Kim turned to walk away, but she bumped into a group of girls.

"Sorry." Kim said.

"You better be."

Kim looked at the girl she bumped into and she froze. Speechless because, she felt like she was looking in a mirror.


A/N: Hey, welcome to the end of the chapter. So for the questions you may have:

Why are Matt, Jackie, and Inez acting out?

Who did Kim run into?

Will Kim's cover be blown?

What else is Kim hiding?

Will Kim find out who her stalker is, before he gets her?

Please Review and Stay tuned to find out.

*-127 hours... if it wasn't obvious.

*-A friend's poem that I changed a bit. All the credit goes to her. (No, I won't list any names for privacy reasons.)

*-UP (Russell's line)