RANMA'S TRIP TO MAINFRAME
RANMA'S TRIP TO MAINFRAME Written by Elektra Chapter Three
Akane looked at her surroundings. It was a city of some sort, and they were standing in front of a broken down warehouse. "Where the heck are we?!" she asked herself. Then she looked at Ranma, who was standing beside her. "Oooooooh!! This is all YOUR fault, Ranma!!"

"Hey!" Ranma snapped, "I'M not the one with the mallet space here!!!"

"Now now, Children," an old voice began. Both Ranma and Akane looked at the source.

"Cologne?!" Akane asked, "What are YOU doing here?!"

Cologne looked at Akane, "I was pulled through your mallet space, child..."

Suddenly, the warehouse door opened, and a green-skinned, yet beautiful, woman stepped out. She looked up at the sky, and took a deep breath, muttering one word, "Bob..."

"Pardon us..." Cologne began, interrupting the woman's private moment, "But.. where are we??"

The green-skinned woman was startled as she noticed the strangers, "Oh, hello... who are you?" she asked.

Cologne looked at the woman, "I am Cologne, this is Ranma Saotome, and this is Akane Tendo," she said, pointing to the teenagers.

"You three should get to a shelter..." the woman began, "Mainframe isn't a safe place to walk around anymore..."

"Mainframe?!" Akane began, "What the heck is Mainframe?!"

The woman looked at her, confused, "What do you mean? THIS is Mainframe.." the woman replied, gesturing with her hands at the surroundings, "Have you gone completely random?"

"If 'random' means CRAZY, then yeah.. she sure IS crazy!" Ranma muttered. Akane glared at him, and fumed.

The green-skinned woman seemed amused, "Well... you three better come inside. It's too dangerous out here." She said, and motioned for them to follow her into the building. They were met by a purple skinned woman.

"Hey, Dot, sugah... who are our visitors," the woman asked.

"This is Ranma, Akane, and Cologne," the woman known as Dot replied. "I found them outside, Mouse... I don't think they're from around here.."

The woman called Mouse looked at the trio, "Hmm... very odd. All the portals to the Net are closed... ah don't see how visitors could come from OUTSIDE our system..."

Dot shrugged, "Maybe something happened when you closed the portals,"

"Ah beg your pardon?!" The woman replied. "Ah'll have ya' know ah did a VERY thorough job closin' those portals, Dot honey! There ain't NO WAY anyone can get through 'em!"

"I'm not saying you didn't, Mouse. I'm just saying that something might have gone wrong.." Dot replied politely.

Mouse scratched her head, "Well... could be.. but... ah don't know WHAT could have gone wrong..."

"It was Akane's mallet space that sucked us in here!" Ranma piped up.

"Shut UP, Ranma!!" Akane snapped.

"Mallet space? What in the Net is THAT?" Mouse asked.

"It's this weird sub-space pocket Akane pulls her mallets out of when she gets mad." Ranma explained.

Mouse, and Dot took a moment to think, "Could her mallet space have created a tear or portal?" Dot asked.

"It's possible, sugah... very possible..." Mouse replied.

Dot's face suddenly brightened up, "Well... If she can create a portal into Mainframe, maybe we can create a portal into the web... Maybe we can find BOB!!"

"Woah, woah... Dot honey... Calm down!" Mouse began.

"My my..." Cologne began, looking at Dot. "You remind me of myself when I was your age! I was always excitable... but, of course.. I grew up with the Amazons... That's another story, though..."

Mouse looked at Dot, and whispered, "I just hope you don't end up having such an old, dried up voice like hers when you get older!"

Dot was surprised at Mouse's rather rude comment. Cologne looked confused as she spoke up, "Did I miss something?"

Dot and Mouse smiled, and shook their heads, "No no.. nothing at all.."

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