Matrix narrowed his eyes as he scanned the surrounding netscape*, and he felt Andraia clutching his arm tightly. Matrix felt his anger rising as he remembered when Megabyte had betrayed them, trapping Bob and shooting him into the net, leaving Enzo and Andraia to fend for the system.
"Would ya look at that…" Ray said softly, his voice a mixture of horror and amazement. Surrounding the tower were fragments of a system, old buildings and parkways that floated listlessly in the netspace around the tower, rotating in a slow orbit around the center fold tower.
Despite the fact that the remains of a system should not by any means be in the net, what shocked them was the systems resemblance to Mainframe as it had been right before the restart, partially twisted into Megabyte's image.
"By the net, its Andolon…I don't know how he did it, but Megabyte managed to pull most of the system into the net…" Andraia's voice trailed off, and she glanced sympathetically at Bob, who's arm was wrapped tightly around Dot's shoulder. Captain Capaciter came out onto the deck behind them, took one look at the grim look on their faces and scooted quietly back to his position in front of the helm without so much as uttering a word. Mouse, who had been scanning their surroundings suspiciously without comment, suddenly took a step forward in front of the goup.
"Well, we're here ta help, no matta who we're up against. We're gonna go help Bob's sista and free that system from that two timing virus once and for all." She said enthusiastically, brandishing her sword for emphasis. Although the grim looks didn't vanish completely, the small assembled group couldn't help but to chuckle and smile a little at her enthusiasm.
"Well, it looks like there's only one thing to do…" Bob said, then turned and walked over to the Captain. They spoke quietly for a few moments, all the while Capaciter's eyes were widening to a point where it looked as if they might fall out of his head, until he nodded and grinned.
"Man your positions mates! We're headin over to Andolon. Looks like we might be doin a little bit o fightin today.. raise the sails!" The crew cheered lightly at the prospect of fighting, and scrambled into place. Seconds later the sails were raised and there was a slight rocking as the ship lurched into flight, heading towards the rambled system.
While Mouse and Ray left the deck to help the crew get their gear ready for a possible fight, Bob and Dot stood quietly on the front of the deck, staring ahead at the broken system they were approaching.
"Megabyte…. This time I am going to destroy him, like he has destroyed my home. He isn't going to be let off so lightly this time." Bob said softly. Dot gasped at the sudden angry edge to his tone and his words, and realized how serious the situation had suddenly become. On agreeing to come with him to help Andolon system she had expected some sort of fight with a virus or an infected guardian, but nothing like this. Sure they had defeated Megabyte before, but now he had become powerful enough to draw a system into the net, and suddenly the issue between him and Bob had become personal…
"Would ya look at that…" Ray said softly, his voice a mixture of horror and amazement. Surrounding the tower were fragments of a system, old buildings and parkways that floated listlessly in the netspace around the tower, rotating in a slow orbit around the center fold tower.
Despite the fact that the remains of a system should not by any means be in the net, what shocked them was the systems resemblance to Mainframe as it had been right before the restart, partially twisted into Megabyte's image.
"By the net, its Andolon…I don't know how he did it, but Megabyte managed to pull most of the system into the net…" Andraia's voice trailed off, and she glanced sympathetically at Bob, who's arm was wrapped tightly around Dot's shoulder. Captain Capaciter came out onto the deck behind them, took one look at the grim look on their faces and scooted quietly back to his position in front of the helm without so much as uttering a word. Mouse, who had been scanning their surroundings suspiciously without comment, suddenly took a step forward in front of the goup.
"Well, we're here ta help, no matta who we're up against. We're gonna go help Bob's sista and free that system from that two timing virus once and for all." She said enthusiastically, brandishing her sword for emphasis. Although the grim looks didn't vanish completely, the small assembled group couldn't help but to chuckle and smile a little at her enthusiasm.
"Well, it looks like there's only one thing to do…" Bob said, then turned and walked over to the Captain. They spoke quietly for a few moments, all the while Capaciter's eyes were widening to a point where it looked as if they might fall out of his head, until he nodded and grinned.
"Man your positions mates! We're headin over to Andolon. Looks like we might be doin a little bit o fightin today.. raise the sails!" The crew cheered lightly at the prospect of fighting, and scrambled into place. Seconds later the sails were raised and there was a slight rocking as the ship lurched into flight, heading towards the rambled system.
While Mouse and Ray left the deck to help the crew get their gear ready for a possible fight, Bob and Dot stood quietly on the front of the deck, staring ahead at the broken system they were approaching.
"Megabyte…. This time I am going to destroy him, like he has destroyed my home. He isn't going to be let off so lightly this time." Bob said softly. Dot gasped at the sudden angry edge to his tone and his words, and realized how serious the situation had suddenly become. On agreeing to come with him to help Andolon system she had expected some sort of fight with a virus or an infected guardian, but nothing like this. Sure they had defeated Megabyte before, but now he had become powerful enough to draw a system into the net, and suddenly the issue between him and Bob had become personal…