Elektra's Season 4 Fanfic
ELEKTRA'S SEASON 4 FANFIC
Episode Four Mainframe Docks
"Hey guys, how's it coming along?" Dot asked the binomes at the dock. They were running back and forth, carrying equipment and materials towards a large object that lay covered by a tarp. Everything seemed to be going according to plan. Bob was poking around, trying to find out what was going on.

"We're doing well, ma'am. We should have it finished by tomorrow…" a One binome replied.

Dot smiled, "Great! Keep up the good work guys!!"

Bob came up behind her, "What, exactly, are you doing, Dot?" he asked.

"You'll see… !" She replied. "Now, let's head back to the Diner. I need an energy shake!"

Bob rolled his eyes, but knew better then to ask her anymore.

***
Turbo's hotel room
"Ah've got nothing new to report… Just checking in," Turbo said to the face in his communicator. "Ah think 452 is a might suspicious of me… but ah'm sure ah can work on that.."

"Keep in touch, Turbo," Paige answered. "It's very important to Daemon to know what's going on! She's trying to get her daughter to help out, but that chaotic virus is too unpredictable!"

Turbo nodded, "So ah've heard.." he replied, "Now.. ah have a meeting at the docks… Turbo out.." and he closed the link.

***
Hexidecimal's Lair
"Hexadecimal… why aren't you doing as I asked?!" The super-virus asked her daughter.

"Mother… really! You won't tell me anything.. so why should I help you?!" Hexadecimal asked.

"Because.. I AM YOUR MOTHER!!" Daemon replied.

"Yes.. and your point would be?" Hexadecimal asked.

"If you will not help me, perhaps I can find your brother!"

Hexadecimal gasped, "Megabyte?!?! NO!! Oh NO!!" she seemed afraid.

"You said he was in the web… he should not be too hard to find!" Daemon replied.

"No! Keep him away from me!! Keep him AWAY!" Hexadecimal begged the glow in her mirror.

"This no longer concerns you, child! You will not help your mother!! Therefore I dis-own you! You are no longer my daughter!"

Hexadecimal's eyes went wide, "Surely you can't MEAN that, Mother?!" she said. But the voice and the glow were gone. "MOTHER?!" Hexadecimal shouted. She blinked a few times… then smiled evilly, "Very well, Mother.. be that way. You WILL regret it!"

***
Mainframe Docks
(The next day)
"Well, Gavin.. are you ready?" Dot asked Capacitor. She had dragged him and his men (as well as Princess Bula) to the docks from Al's diner.

"What have you planned, M'lady?!" Gavin asked.

Dot simply smiled, "You'll see.." then she turned her attention to the large covered object, now in the water. "Ok boys… take it off!"

The binomes lifted the tarp off the object… and Capacitor's heart caught in his throat… "It's… it's…"

"The Saucy Mare TWO?!!" Bob said in shock.

Anchored in Mainframe's Data sea lay a twin of the original Saucy Mare. Bigger, and more beautiful then it's predecessor.

Dot handed Capacitor a bottle of Rom, and nodded towards the ship. Capacitor was all but speechless, "Oh!! What a fine lady you are, Dot Matrix!! You truly are a kind hearted sprite, and you will have my eternal gratitude!" He answered. He smiled at Dot, then walked towards the ship. He lifted the bottle of Rom, and raised his voice, "I christen thee, The Saucy Mare 2!" and crashed the bottle against his new ship. His fellow pirates cheered as only pirates could, and were soon joined by the binomes that had worked on building the Saucy Mare 2.

Dot watched the scene happily, proud of what she had done. Bob came up behind her, and put his arms around her, "You know what you've done…? Now we have the biggest software pirate surfing the 'net again," Bob said with a smile, and kissed the top of her head. Dot nodded affirmatively.

***
Turbo watched all this from a distance, and he could feel the happiness these pirates felt. A bit of his old self began to break through the viral infection… but was soon pushed back to the depths of his sub-concious. He quickly shook his head. He had a job to do for Daemon, and he would do it!

Then he noticed Bob and Dot… and was surprised! He had known the two were close, but THIS was something else! "So she's why ya never wanted to come back to the Supercomputer.." Turbo said to himself quietly. "Ah didn't know you cared for her that much! No wonder you risked deletion to save this system!" Turbo shook his head, "That's hardly Guardian protocol, boy! You're not supposed ta get involved with the people in the city you're protecting!" But a part of him was truly happy for Bob. Of course, that was the part of him the virus had tried to erase.

He noticed the happy party was making it's way to Dot's Diner, and he followed.

***
Dot's Diner
"Ah, Dot, lass… me men and I can never repay this debt!" Capacitor said as he drank an energy shake.

"It doesn't have to be repaid, Gavin! It's the least I could do for your sacrifice when we fought Megabyte.." Dot answered.

"Ah.. but you're too kind, M'lady!!" Capacitor replied.

"If ah may interrupt the mutual admiration society here…" a loud voice interrupted.

Dot looked up to see Mouse and Ray, "Hey you two! We haven't seen you around here for seconds!"

"Mouse here has been showing me around Mainframe…" Ray replied.

"Really? How do you like it?" Dot asked.

"It's a nice little system," Ray replied, "Kind people. If I was the type that could stay in one place, it would be here.."

"Now, you know ah always have room at my apartment, Sugah!" Mouse answered with a wink.

Ray seemed a little embarrassed, but smiled, "Yes.. of course.. heh.. well, mates.. we actually came here to tell you that I'm going to be taking Mouse on a little trip through the web.."

Dot looked concerned for a moment, "How long will you two be gone?"

"Not more then a few minutes, honey… he's got some favourite systems he wants to show me.. isn't that right, sugah?"

Ray nodded, "Yeah.. and I'm a search engine, so you'll always be able to find us should you need us.."

"Besides, ah don't think any viruses are gonna try to be takin' over the principle office anytime soon, Dot, honey…"

Turbo coughed involuntarily from his seat at the bar. Dot afforded him a quick glance, then turned back to Mouse, "Well.. that's true… I doubt Hexadecimal would try something like that.." she replied.

"Naw.. Hex is happy where she is…" Mouse answered. "But… should you need me, " she nodded towards Ray, "It shouldn't be a problem.."

Dot nodded, and smiled, "Have fun, Mouse…!"

"We will… if the Guardians don't try to arrest us again…" Ray muttered, and glanced at Turbo quickly.

Dot sighed, "I hope you guys don't run into them…" she shook her head, "Something's got to be done about Daemon!"

"Yes.. well.. before you run off trying to save the whole 'net, relax a bit! After heading a successful rebellion, you're entitled!" Mouse replied with a smirk.

Dot smiled. More good-byes were said, and Ray and Mouse headed on their way.

Suddenly, a Vid Window popped open in front of Dot, "Commander Matrix.. we have an internet communication for Bob… it's marked 'important' ".

"What??" Dot looked at Bob, who shrugged.

"Uh.. I'll take it in the back room, I guess.." he answered. Dot nodded. Bob headed on his way.

"What in the 'net could that be??" Dot asked herself.

***
Dot's Diner - Back room
Bob shook his head, "This is BAD!" he commented to the older sprite in the Vid Window.

"You're telling me! You have to do something …! You're the only one who can!" the silver-haired sprite replied. "I'll help in anyway possible. I have connections… but you know I'm old and injured… and I won't be much use to you if it comes down to a physical battle…"

Bob nodded, "That's ok..." he said kindly. He looked at the image in the Vid Window. Soft brown eyes.. so much like his own… looked back at him, "Are you sure the Shadow system has been corrupted?"

The sprite nodded, "I was there myself not more then a few seconds ago. It's bad, VERY bad!" The sprite paused for a moment, and took a deep breath, "Son, you might have to leave Mainframe…"

***
Dot's Diner - Main dining area
Dot noticed the look on Bob's face when he returned to the table.

"What's wrong?" she asked him softly, unheard by the party-goers.

Bob shook his head, "I'll tell you later.. when we're alone.." he replied.

Dot nodded, and decided not to ask him anything more.

***
Dot's Apartment
"Your FATHER?!" Dot said in surprise.

"Yeah.. he said that the Shadow system was corrupted. This isn't good, Dot.. if Daemon is getting to individual systems, how long will it be before she gets here?? Or takes over the known 'net?!"

"I didn't even know you had a father…" Dot said. Bob looked at her with confusion, "Well.. I mean.. I KNOW you had one.. but.. you never talked about him.."

Bob shrugged, "Nothing much to talk about. He's my dad. He was a Guardian like me, then he got injured trying to arrest a hacker, and he took early retirement,"

"Oh.. that's too bad.." Dot said sympathetically.

Bob nodded, "Yeah.. we could've really used him with this Daemon thing! But, he's going to round up some of his friends, and see what he can do about trying to stop her!" Bob looked serious for a moment, and Dot noticed.

"What's wrong?" She asked, concerned.

He shook his head. He knew he had to tell her, so he might as well just say it. "My father… he said something about leaving Mainframe.."

"WHAT?!" Dot gasped.

"I… I might have to leave Mainframe.. to fight Daemon.. it might take a while…"

Dot's eyes went wide, "NO!!" she said, "You promised me you'd never leave me again!!!"

"Dot.. I'm sorry.. I…" Upon seeing Dot's face, he was at a loss for words.

She shook her head, "I know you have to go.. but… I just got you BACK!"

"I know!! But I have to find the web-riders… and hope they can help me! Then my dad is going to contact some of his friends… and we're going to put together some sort've rebellion and head to the Supercomputer..!"

Dot nodded slowly. She understood.. she truly did. But that didn't help how she felt. Suddenly an idea formed in her mind, and her face brightened up, "We can plan everything from here!! So far, Mainframe is safe, right?! And with everything back online… it should be the perfect place to…"

"Yes…" he interrupted her gently, "We could do that.. but… when we DO head to the Supercomputer, you're going to have to stay here! You're going to have to protect Mainframe from Daemon!" Bob replied.

"You're going into a war against the whole Guardian Collective!" Dot said quietly. "You may be deleted…!"

"I hope not! That would be bad…!" Bob replied.

Dot smiled slightly, fighting back tears, "VERY bad…" she finished. Dot quickly vowed to hold back her tears for Bob's sake. He needed her to be strong now.

Bob looked at her for a moment, and then quickly took her up in a tight hug. Unfortunately for Dot, no matter how hard she tried to hide her feelings, Bob could see right though her.

***
Mainframe Docks
Matrix and AndrAIa met Bob and Dot at the docks, "I'm ready anytime you are, Bob," Matrix said as they gathered in front of the Saucy Mare 2. They were both wearing their web outfits.

Turbo watched from a few feet away.

Bob nodded. He was about to place his protective mask on his face when Little Enzo came out of nowhere and quickly bowled him over, "Wow, where are ya going, Bob?!!" He said in his hyper-active way.

"Uh.. I'm.. going into the web, Enzo…" Bob replied.

"Ooooh!! Way cool!! Can I come?!!" Little Enzo asked.

"No.. it's dangerous, Enzo.." Dot said.

"Awww.. c'mon!! I wanna wear a cool web costume like that too!!" Little Enzo said to Bob – whom he was still sitting on.

"Let Bob go, Enzo…" Dot said sternly.

Little Enzo looked disappointed, but got off his hero, "It's no fair.. adults get to have all the fun!!" he muttered.

Matrix looked at his younger self, "Believe me… this ISN'T fun! Remember… I was YOU once! Except it was the GAMES that I wanted to be a part of then… and you know how THAT turned out!" AndrAIa put a hand on Matrix's shoulder.

"Yeah.. well.. that's 'cuz you grew up and got all boring…" Little Enzo muttered to Matrix. He shook his head, "Geez.. I hope that's not how I'll end up!"

Matrix sighed, "I understand how you feel, kid. I'm probably the only one who does…! And I wouldn't lie to you."

"C'mon me mateys!!" A voice interrupted. Everyone turned to see Captain Capacitor. "We needn't be wasting more time here!!"

"Aye, aye, Captain," Bob replied, and saluted him.

Matrix turned to AndrAIa, "I'll see you when I get back. Take good care of Dot.." AndrAIa nodded, and Matrix kissed her.

Dot smiled as she watched this. Soon, she felt Bob's hand on her shoulder. She turned to him with a small, but sad, smile, "Come back to me.." she said quietly. She would have liked to go with him, but her duties as command.com prevented that.

He nodded, and smiled at Dot, "Of course.. I have no where else to go.." he replied lightheartedly. He then followed Matrix's lead, and kissed her.

"By GAR!! C'mon, lads!! 'tis enough to give me cavities!!" Gavin interrupted.

Bob and Matrix pulled away from their girlfriends, and turned towards Capacitor, "Coming, sir!" Matrix replied as he put on his web mask. He gave AndrAIa a quick hug, and headed towards the ship.

"See you in a few seconds!" Bob said to Dot, and waved to her as he headed towards the ship as well. He quickly put his web mask on, and jumped aboard.

***
Turbo spoke carefully into his communicator, so as not to be seen by the others, "They're headin' into the web, Paige… ah heard them mention something about web-riders.."

"Web-riders?!" Paige asked, somewhat confused, "How do they know the web-riders?!"

Turbo shrugged, "Ah don't know but.." then he stopped. Something caught his attention.

A tear was opened in front of the Saucy Mare 2… and Bob's hands emitted a golden glow, headed straight for the tear.

"Well, ah'll be nullified…!" Turbo gasped. He watched the tear form into a web portal. "Ah was wondering where his keytool had gone to!"

"Turbo.. what is it?? REPORT!" Paige shouted into the communicator.

"He merged with GLITCH!" Turbo answered, watching the scene before him. "Ah can't believe it!"

"He merged with his keytool?!!" Paige replied, astounded. "That… causes problems for us!" She sighed. "Nonetheless… Daemon now knows his whereabouts… and going into the web was not the smartest thing to do,"

"But.. if he's getting re-inforcements…" Turbo began.

"Remember.. the web is Daemon's domain!! And Daemon DOES have quite a few connections there…"

"Such as?" Turbo asked.

Paige simply smiled, "Her SON!"

End of Episode #4

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