The Worst Time for the Best Thing
by:Andi
A/N:Hey everyone! I know it has been a long time since I've actually written anything but school has started and I have had tons of homework this year.....:-( But I would like to say that I have put the whole fic together and this is the finale at the end. If you want to read back over it go ahead but if you've read it all and know where you left off, scroll on down! Oh and by the way if you ever want to come to a really cool ReBoot chat, come here:
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Nano:second
Micro:minute
Millisecond:hour
Cycle:day
Minute:week
Hour:month
AndrAIa runs around the room looking for another shoe that matches her
outfit. She has on a short,deep blue dress and a silver show of which she can't find the
match. She spots a box that it could be in and drops to the floor to start looking. She
and Enzo were then looking for a home and what few belongings she and Enzo had
stayed in boxes and they stayed at the PO.
She and Matrix were getting ready for a party that Dot had planned
for that night. This way Dot figured everyone could reaquainted and catch others up
about what had happened during their time away from each other.
AndrAIa was so caught up in her search for her shoe that she didn't even hear
Matrix walk up behind her. He sat down and put his arm around her waist.
"Hey Andi.....what are you looking for?" he asked,kissing her lightly on the cheek.
"Oh I'm looking for my other shoe."
It was then that AndrAIa looked up to see what he was wearing.
He had on a pair of loose,black jeans and a white tank top,alot like
his black one that he usually wore. "You look nice." she managed to say before
she looked back to the box again.
"Andi? It's about time to go...." he reminded her.
"Let me find my shoe and I'll be ready."
"Alright."
Matrix then decided to look for her shoe too. Maybe this way they won't be
to late. He walked through the rest of the living room and into the hall and when he was
about to give it up,he looked in their bedroom and found it in the floor. He turned and
walked swiftly back into the living room.
"AndrAIa? Here it is..." he told her handing the shoe to her.
"Thanks Sparky." She said as she took the shoe from him.
She leaned to one side about to put the shoe on and lost her balance.
Matrix caught her and she leaned on him to put her shoe on. Matrix grabbed her hand
and walked to the door. He turned then to look at her. She looked deep into his eyes
as he leaned down to kiss her. They kissed for a few sweet minutes and broke away.
"Come on Andi,let's go to the party." he told her taking her hand and walking out the
door.
"Okay."
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Matrix and AndrAIa were the last couple to arrive. They walked through the
crowd of people and to the booth where Mouse,Ray,Bob,Dot,little Enzo and Frisket
were. AndrAIa took a seat by Dot but Matrix kept standing. Bob gave Matrix a look
as if to tell him that it were going to be okay,but Matrix couldn't say that.
Bob then decided to break the silence.
"Enzo,why aren't you with your friends?" Bob asked little Enzo."
"They'realloverthereandIdon'tknowifDotwillletmego!"he answered in the same
hyper-active voice he always had.
"Go on Enzo,if you want to. Take Frisket too." Dot told him.
"Alphanumeric!" Enzo yelled as he took off with Frisket to the other side of the
crowded room.
"Matrix and I are gonna go get some drinks....we'll be right back." Bob said getting up
and beginning to walk to the bar. Cecil took there order of 6 I/O shots and they started
walking back over to the table.
"So Matrix....are you nervous?"
"Very funny,hell yeah I'm nervous,but I have to do this,or I'll end up regretting it."
"Well now is as good a time as any." Bob implied as they got back to the table.
Bob sat down,but once again,Matrix kept standing.
AndrAIa put her arm around his waist and looked up to him as he put an
arm around her shoulder.
"Sparky? Why don't you sit down?" she said,playfully.
"AndrAIa,actually I need to see you for a minute,alone please."
"Ok,excuse us for a minute...."she told everyone as she stood up. He grabbed
her hand and walked out the front door.
"Sparky,what is it?" AndrAIa asked nervously.
"I just need to talk to you."
"Okay lover,shoot."
"AndrAIa,I love you,we've been through so much and I don't ever want you to
leave me. I don't know how lucky we'll be when we meet up with Daemon.
I'd like a chance to make our love for each other complete AndrAIa." Matrix
took a deep breath and decided it was now or never. "AndrAIa,will you marry
me?" he asked her,taking out a small box and opening it to reveal a round
diamond ring.
Tears swelled up in AndrAIa's eyes as she nodded a yes to him and
let him slip the ring on her finger. She leaned up and kissed him on the lips.
As they broke away slowly,music started to play. Matrix looked back at her
and into her beautiful eyes.
"Shall we go back in and dance?"
"Of course."
As they walked back in the room,Matrix looked over toward their table
and nodded a 'yes' to them as she led him to the middle of the floor. They both
smiled as they moved closer to each other and explained what was going on to Mouse
and Ray. After the explanation,both couples joined the other on the floor and they all
danced.
The following morning,AndrAIa woke up to find Matrix beside her,sleeping
soundly. She was so happy. It wouldn't be long till they were finally married. She smiled
happily and decided to get up. She got dressed and went into the kitchen to start
breakfast. She then felt an arm go around her waist.
"Good morning Sparky." she said calmly.
"How'd you know it was me?"
"I know you lover." she replied with a smile. "You about ready for breakfast?"
"Yeah,but I shoudn't have drank all those I/O shots last night. Do they not affect you?"
"What do you think?"
"I don't know,you never act like you have a hang-over....do you now? I do."
"Mine isn't as bad because I know when to stop." she said nudging him with her elbow.
"Very funny." Matrix told her as he went over to make some coffee. Maybe that'd help.
AndrAIa set the food on the small table as soon as Matrix's coffee was done.
They both sat down and ate rather quickly,after all,they had to get to work for when
Daemon came. It'd be soon and Matrix knew it. He hated it too. He didn't want the
risk of her popping in unexpectedly. He sighed. He thought of AndrAIa and his wedding
and how it might interfere with it. He couldn't handle that. He looked at her as she was
getting ready to put things up from breakfast. She looked so beautiful,no matter what she
was doing. He got up and put his dishes in the sink and walked over to AndrAIa.
"I think we oughta go on to work,the others will be wondering wher we are." he told her
as he took her hand.
"Oh,okay." she told him as she got up and out her things in the sink for later. She HAD to
straighten up sometime soon.
They walked out the door together hand in hand.
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They entered the Main Room of the PO to find Dot,Mouse,Bob,the Surfer,and
Phong already at work. The Surfer was the first to look up.
"Hey you two! Congrats on the wedding." he said happily.
"Thanks."AndrAIa replied.
"Sorry we're late sis." Matrix told his sister.
"Oh don't worry about it Matrix. I understand."
"So what are we working on?" AndrAIa questioned.
"We're trying to monitor right now how many Guardians Daemon has already deleted
and made hers. It seems that all but a few dozen are gone."
"Is there any way to tell which ones have been deleted?" Matrix asked,worried about
Turbo.
"No,I'm afraid not Enzo. Our equipment isn't that complex."
Matrix looked at Bob who was now standing next to him,looking at the
charts of how many she HAD infected. There were so many that were lost and Bob knew
that there was no hope for any of them. He sighed.
"Bob,do you think Turbo is still fighting the infection?" Enzo asked,thinking of how
Turbo helped him and AndrAIa to find out about Daemon.
"I don't know Enzo,he might be,since he was one of the last ones to get infected.
There's really no way to tell." he said thinking of all the friends he left behind.
That day in the PO seemed to go rather alowly and as lunch time came,the
guys stayed there and let the girls go get a byte to eat.
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AndrAIa enters hers and Matrix's apartment and goes straight to the kitchen
to make food. She turns around to the refridgerator and gets out the meat for their
sandwiches and then turns back around to continue preparing the food when she sees a
hand go around her neck as she turns around to see what appears to be Turbo...........
AndrAIa woke in a strange dark room. Far away from Mainframe and Matrix.
It was cold,that much she knew. As she looked around at her surroundings,she figured
out that she was back in Web. She wrapped up in herself and tried get warm,but
found the task impossible when she heard a voice call her name.
"What do you want?"
"Why would you think I want anything child?" an evil,low voice called.
"Gee,I wonder why I get that idea when you kidnapped me?!" AndrAIa answers
sarcastically.
"Well,you are very bright my dear. I want the Guardians of your system!" the voice
told her,laughingly. The evil laugh was the last thing she heard as someone hit her hard
the back and then on the head,knocking her out.
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BACK IN MAINFRAME:
Matrix stood there,a few minutes after Dot had returned with Bob's dinner.
"Isn't AndrAIa here?" Dot asked worriedly.
"No,not yet,maybe I should go on to the room and make sure she's okay." Matrix says,
worriedly getiing up.
"I'll go with you,Dot you stay here with Ray and Mouse." Bob tells her,following Matrix.
Dot nods to him as he walks out the door.
Bob and Matrix walk down the hall as Matrix stops.
"Let me go in first Bob." Matrix tells Bob,opening the door slowly. He opens it to find
'AndrAIa' standing there in the kitchen,fixing lunch,just as he expected. As he walked
to her,she turns around to look at him.
"Uh AndrAIa,let's go back to Dot's office. I'll bring lunch on." he tells her as he walks to
where she was standing to finish the meal. 'AndrAIa' backs away and stands back behind
him.
As he turns around,'AndrAIa' kisses him hard. He backs up,knowing she
had never kissed him like that. It was then he got a bad feeling about everything,that
was when he decided to ask what had kept her.
"Well I was just.....just....." she stammered,trying to find a good explanation.
"Just what?" he asked,grabbing her,just as Bob walked in.
"Matrix? What are you doing?" he asked,trying to protect 'AndrAIa'.
"That's not AndrAIa,thats someone else,a back-up of her,but that is NOT AndrAIa." he
tells Bob,releasing her and backing up.
"But the only way anyone could do a back-up of her is if they got into the
Supercomputer Enzo." he tells him,not to sure that someone didn't get into the codes
and make a back-up. "Let's get out of here!" Bob whispers to Matrix as he backs
through the kitchen to the living room and finally to the door,the copy of AndrAIa,
following them every step,nails extended.
Bob stepped out the door,followed by Matrix and slams the door,running
through the hall,back to Dot's office.
As he walks in the office,the others are gone. Matrix turns around to see
AndrAIa standing there behind him,this time with her trident. She hits
him on the head,knocking him unconcious. Bob watches as he falls to the floor and,
along with the copy of AndrAIa,disappears,leaving him to fend for himself.......
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Matrix awakens to find the real AndrAIa there beside him,eyes closed and she
didn't look as if she was breathing well. As he reached over to her,some kind of force
field burnt his hand,causing him to pull away. He rubbed his hand and looked down to
see the redness on his hand. As he wondered how he and Andi were going to get out
of this he heard a small,faint chuckle behind him.
"Who is it?" Matrix asked,putting his hand down to Gun,but noticed it wasn't there.
'What am I gonna do?' he thought to himself.
"Why Matrix, thought you would've recognized me of all people." the voice called
walking out towards him,and although it was very dark Matrix knew exactly who it was.
"Megabyte?!" he yelled,knowing it was him.....
"Correct.....now my boy,would you so generously give me the portal command codes so
I can get out of this hell?" Megabyte asked him in his same demanding tone he always
had.
"Why should I?" Matrix asked stubbornly.
"Well if you want this dear girlfriend of yours to live......I'd suggest you give it to me..."
Megabyte taunted Matrix as he looked at AndrAIa. He couldn't give up the command
codes to the Supercomputer,but he coudn't let AndrAIa be deleted either. He loved her.
Matrix was lost for words and had to do some quick thinking about this
situation. He didn't have any way to get off of the damn stasis bed though,unless he
wanted to be fried. It was Megabyte's voice that stopped his train of thought. What could
he do? Nothing.
"Well what will it be boy?" Megabyte sneered at him.
It was then that Matrix had talked himself into trying to get off the stasis bed.
He had to save AndrAIa. Just as he moved to get down and took a deep breath he heard
a voice that he was more than delighted to hear.
"So Megabyte? You think you'll get the codes from him? 'Im the only one that knows
them." Bob told him stepping out of the darkness and into what small amount of light
there was.
"Bob? I'm delighted you decided to join our little party. Why don't you come on over
here?" He asked,obviously thinking Bob was stupid.
"Try and delete my friends? I don't think so." As he looked at Matrix,the force field around
him devolved. "Come on Matrix. Let's party!" Bob called as Matrix got up. As Bob began
to attack,Matrix eyed about 5 or 10 Web Riders behind him and obviously thinks he'll
be alright.
Matrix decides to go to AndrAIa to see if she's okay. As he tries to touch her,
he notices that the force field around her is gone also...Relieved he picks her up and
crushes her into an embrace.
"AndrAIa?" he calls,lightly at first,then gets a little louder,but to no avail. He hugs again as
a tear falls from his eye,afraid that he's lost everything.
At this point,Bob has beaten Megabyte and comes back to the young couple.
He puts a hand on Matrix's massive shoulder.
"Is she alright?" Bob asked...concerned.
"I don't know Bob."
Just as Matrix was about to give up,a small moan escaped AndrAIa. Matrix
pulled her back to see her eyes flutter open and focus on his face. He then crushed
her into another embrace....thanking the User for her...........
A portal opened into Mainframe,3 sprites coming out of it. Bob,Matrix and
AndrAIa in his arms. AndrAIa was still weak from the whole thing.
They all decided to go straight to the PO at this time.
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Bob was the first to walk in and over to Dot. He tapped her lightly on the
shoulder causing her to jump. She turned around seeing him standing there and hugged
him,thankful he was alright.
"Where are Matrix and AndrAIa?" she asked,looking into his eyes.
"They're right here. Although AndrAIa needs a med-tech as soon as possible."
"Alright."
Matrix came in slowly,holding AndrAIa in his big strong arms.
"Your back shugah! Oh Dre,you don't look like you feel to good." Mouse told them,
being the first to say anything to them.
"I don't." she managed to muster weakly.
"Don't talk,I'm sorry about that honey."
AndrAIa nodded,laying her head back against Matrix's chest. He looked down at
her,his heart filled with rage at Megabyte for doing this. She closes her eyes as Dot breaks
Matrix from his worry for her.
"Matrix,you wanna carry her down the hall to the med-wing? It'd help..."
"Sure." he nodded,walking down the long hall.
As he walked in the binmoes brought out a stretcher immediately. He grabbed
her hand as she was taken off into a back room. Matrix walked to the desk as the head
binome looked up.
"How long do you think it'll take them to find out what's wrong?" he asked,planning to
wait on her.
"Oh it won't be that long Mr. Matrix,I promise you that."
"Okay."
An hour passed by as Matrix waited and waited and waited. It was about that
time that a binome walked out and over to him.
"Matrix?" he asked.
"Yes,what is it?" Matrix asked,sitting down worriedly.
"AndrAIa will be okay,that much I can say,but the Web isn't a place for Game sprites.
Now she has to take medicine for a while and she needs to go home and rest for
a bit." the binmoe told him as it handed him the medicine and walked off.
It wasn't a nano later that AndrAIa came out of the back of the hospital
in a wheel chair.
Matrix got up and walked over to her,and leaned down beside her.
"You ready to go home and rest?" he asked her.
"Yes." was all she could reply.
Matrix picked her up and walked out the door.
He walked into their room and sat her down on the bed. She clicked her icon,
changing into an oversize t-shirt and she drifted off to sleep almost immediately.
Matrix smiled,at least she was okay. He decided that while
she was asleep he'd go take a shower.
He stepped out and dried off,clicking his icon to change to his boxers and
t-shirt he wore to bed. He walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom to see
AndrAIa still sleeping soundly. He walked over to the bed and laid down beside her.
As he laid down and settled into the bed,AndrAIa scooted closer to him and
put her hand on his chest. He put his arms around her and sighed....drifting off to sleep.
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AndrAIa awoke the next morning. She felt better than she had. She looked at
Matrix who had his arms around her and sighed. It was so nice to think that in a few
days,they'd be married. She got up carefully trying not to wake him. She walked into the
kitchen and started breakfast. While it was cooking,she walked back in a decided to start
straightening up the place. She finally got everything out of boxes and into a place. It was
a few nanos later that Matrix walked into the room. Sleepily ruffling his hair and yawning.
"Morning Andi."
"Morning Lover. You about ready for something to eat?"
"Sounds good to me. Oh and by the way,they gave me some medicine for you to take."
Matrix told her,handing her the small bottle of pills.
"Thanks." she told him,taking the pills away from him and taking one.
Just as Matrix was about to walk into the kitchen ,the door bell rang. As he
walked to it and opened it,he saw Enzo and Frisket standing there.
"Matrix?" the kid said..
"Yeah,come on in kid. What is it?" he said as he walked to the couch.
"Well I've been thinking. I know you haven't had Frisket much since everything has
been goin on and all and I was wondering if maybe you wanted him for awhile?"
"Oh yeah,sure. I'll take him. You wanna stay for breakfast?"
"Umm,I guess so,if Andi doesn't mind."
"Hang on lemme run in here and ask her." Matrix told him as he went into the kitchen.
"AndrAIa?"
"Yeah?" she asked,concentrating on the food.
"Do you mind if little Enzo stays for breakfast?" he says,putting his hand on her back.
"No I don't mind. Was that him at the door?"
"Yeah, he brought Frisket for a while."
"Ok, no I don't mind." she said,looking up at him.
"Thanks." he tells her as he leans down,looking into her eyes and kisses her.
He pulls away and looks into her eyes and she clears her throat and looks
back at the food. Matrix takes a moment more to look at her and then walks back out
to the living room.
"She doesn't mind. So....."
"Is AndrAIa okay now?" he asked.....getting into the subject of the fight and war with
Megabyte.
"Yeah. She's fine."
"What did Bob do to beat Megabyte?"
"Oh well he let the Web Riders take care of him mostly,the caused him to degrade."
"Alphanumeric! Hey Matrix? What are Web Riders?" Enzo asks looking at him curiously.
"Well they're degrated sprites...."
"Cool, what do they look like?"
"Well they have scales instead of skin."
"Oh you mean like the ones Andi has on her back?!"
"No,scales much bigger and thicker,they have to protect them from the Web."
"Cool!"
"Breakfast is ready you two!" AndrAIa called from the kitchen,remembering Enzo was
coming and the way she was dressed. 'Ooops' she thought to herself.
The two walked into the room and sat down at the table. Matrix took notice of
what AndrAIa was wearing. 'This can't look right to the kid.' he thought. 'Oh well.' It was
then that AndrAIa decided to go put some more clothes on.
"Can you two excuse me for a minute?" she said,slightly blushing.
"Of course!" little Enzo told her as she walked out the door of the kitchen.
AndrAIa walked into the bedroom and quickly threw on some of her shorts,
she then turned and walked back to the kitchen.
As she took a seat next to Matrix she thought about Dot for a minute and if
she knew little Enzo was here.
"Enzo? Does Dot know you were gonna stay longer than a few minutes?"
"Huh? Oh yeah." he answers,looking up from his food.
"Ok,just making sure." AndrAIa then begins to eat.
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After breakfast has been eaten AndrAIa puts all the dishes back in the sink and
looks at the two Enzo's.
"Well,don't you think we oughta be getting back to help Dot?" AndrAIa asks.
"Yeah,you go on and change and then I will." Matrix told AndrAIa as she started walking
back into their bedroom. As sje got back there,she clicked her icon and went from a
t-shirt and a pair of shorts she went to her original skin-tight outfit. She walked back out
and saw both Enzo's on the couch watching TV. 'Thank the User we don't have Mike'
AndrAIa thought and laughed a little. She walked over to the couch and sat down beside
little Enzo and Matrix.
"Your turn." she told him as he walked into the back room.
She looked at little Enzo causing him to fidget.
"Hey Andi." he said,a little nervous to be around her.
"Hey....so are you gonna help us today?"
"Yeah I guess so. I dunno if Dot'll let me though,will you please ask her?"
"Yeah...sure." she told him laughing a little and then turning her attention
back to the TV but Enzo kept looking at her in a daze,causing her to laugh a little.
Matrix walked back out in his original outfit and walked over to turn the TV
off. Enzo and AndrAIa got up from the couch and the four walked out the door and
down the hall to Dot's office.
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As they entered,everyone was at work at usual when Mouse started laughing.
"What is it Mouse? Did you find it? Did ya?" Bob asked anxiously.
"You bet shugah!! I sure did!!!"
Dot looked up to see Matrix,AndrAIa,Frisket,and little Enzo standing in the
door.
"What'd she find sis?" Matrix asked.
"Oh well it was kind of a surprise for you,but Mouse has found a way to re-route
Daemon so she can't get into Mainframe! This way,no one has to face her until they
absoulutely have to."
"Really?!"
"Really. Ahem,uh when is the wedding set for?"
"Oh uh just a couple a cycles." AndrAIa answers. "And I want you two ladies in my
wedding."
"Really?! What am I?" Dot asks.
"Well your the Maid-of-Honor I guess....Mouse you can be a bridesmaid though."
"Thanks Dre!" Mouse tells her,enthused about just being in a wedding.
"Oh and Bob I guess you can be my Best Man."
"Thanks Enzo!"
Surfer then turns away feeling a bit neglected from the whole thing,then to top
it off they ask Enzo to be Ring Bear.
"Hey Surfer?" AndrAIa calls to him.
"Yeah?" he asks as she walks over to him.
"You've got the most important job of all.....you have to give me away....."
As he heard her say this,he smiled....the biggest smile ever.
As everyone begins to stop talking about the wedding they begin to talk
about what had happened in the past few days.
Matrix and AndrAIa seated themself on a couch in the room,and Matrix had
his arm around her,Enzo was seated in the floor with Frisket sleeping by him,Mouse
and Ray had found their seat on top of a table along with Bob and Dot.
"Hey Bob?" Matrix said.
"Yeah?"
"I thought you said that someone had to get a copy of your codes to have made a
back-up of someone. Those are only in the Supercomputer. How could he have
made the copy of AndrAIa?"
"And Turbo?"
"Thats a good question and I honestly don't know the answer. I guess we have one
mystery in Mainframe that won't be solved until we meet up with Daemon."
Matrix walked around his and AndrAIa's apartment. He was nervous because
by the end of that cycle,he'd be married. He was already dressed and read to go but
he was so nervous. He couldn't help but wonder about AndrAIa. Was she nervous? He
knew she probably was but then he thought of what this day meant. He knew she
would've helped him feel better about it,but he wasn't allowed to see her. Another
disadvantage of this. Bob walked out of the bedroom ready as well.
AndrAIa had stayed at Dot's that last night cycle,so Mouse decided she'd stay
just to help out. Leaving little Enzo,Bob,Matrix,Frisket,and Ray out of this. They all
decided to crash with Matrix. AndrAIa was tring her best to get ready quickly. She
was ready for this day. She was nervous,but ready to say her vows to Matrix. She
wanted to be with him for the rest of their life. Dot and Mouse walked out of the
bedrooom,dressed and ready for the wedding. Dot looked up to see AndrAIa standing
there,half way ready and yet,half way not. She smiled and walked over to AndrAIa.
She knew she must be nervous,it was a big day for her.
"Nervous Dre?" Mouse asked,noticing clearly that she was.
"What do you think Mouse? Of course I'm nervous!" AndrAIa answered,looking down
at her dress and looking back up. "What if a Game comes,what if Daemon decided to
come into Mainframe,what if...." Dot put her hand over AndrAIa's mouth,making her
stop.
"AndrAIa,Mouse has fixed the deal about Daemon and even if a Game does come,Bob
can leave and take care of it. Don't worry. Everythings going to be fine! I promise!
Now are you about ready? The wedding is only a millisecond (an hour) away."
"I might as well be ready." AndrAIa answered,fixing her veil.
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A MILLISECOND (hour) LATER
The organ began to play "The Wedding March" as Matrix looked back to
see AndrAIa. She walked out,accompanied by Ray, in her beautiful white wedding dress.
She was beautiful. Even though the veil covered her face and made it harder to see
her,he stared into her eyes. She walked towards him,not breaking eye contact.
(Hmm.....why do I think of "Runaway Bride" here? LOL)
Ray let go of her and took a seat. AndrAIa walked up the steps,still looking
at him as Dot came up behind her and took her boquet from her and stepped back
in place. Matrix took AndrAIa's hand. Even though they were both nervous about
their vows,they passed quickly,when finally they heard Phong say,"I now pronounce
you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Matrix took AndrAIa in his arms and kissed her passionately.
As the ceremony was over and as it got dark,they were all ready to go home.
AndrAIa decided that it was time for her to throw the boquet. She turened backwards
as Dot,Mouse,Bula,and a few other Binomes got ready to catch it. She threw it and
as she turned around she saw Mouse catch it. Mouse squealed with victory as she
turned to look at Ray,who blushed slightly.
It was time then for the new couple to share a dance together. Matrix led
her to the center as they danced........Even though the worst thing had happened
in the past few cycles,the best finally came.
It was a beautiful cycle. Everything was as it should've been in Mainframe. Everything except the fact that the defenders of the
system were still hard at work even AFTER the restart. They all had to work out what they'd do when Daemon did attack Mainframe.
"Hey Dot! What's processin?" asked Enzo as he walked in and plopped down on a chair,Frisket following close behind.
"Nothing Enzo. Would you please try not to bother me and Bob tonight,we still have to figure out what to do about this!" Dot claimed,
pointing towards the plans they had already made.
"Sure no problem." there was a small pause in the room,just as Enzo thought of what he could do. "Hey Dot?"
"Yeah?" she asked,looking up from her work and at Enzo.
"Can I go see Matrix and AndrAIa?" he asked and hoping she'd say yes.
"I don't know Enzo,you might be bothering them." Dot stopped as she looked at the expression on his face. "But I guess you can go."
Enzo didn't need another word. He hopped up out of the seat and ran out the door,down the hall with Frisket following him.
Dot smiled and chuckled a little. He needed this time with Matrix and she knew it,but she was a bit afraid of what Matrix would do if
Enzo walked in at a bad time.
by:Andi
A/N:Hey everyone! I know it has been a long time since I've actually written anything but school has started and I have had tons of homework this year.....:-( But I would like to say that I have put the whole fic together and this is the finale at the end. If you want to read back over it go ahead but if you've read it all and know where you left off, scroll on down! Oh and by the way if you ever want to come to a really cool ReBoot chat, come here:
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I'm on every time I come on and I'm logged in as Andi, AndiZ, or Andi453, it's fun and I'd love to see you there!
Nano:second
Micro:minute
Millisecond:hour
Cycle:day
Minute:week
Hour:month
AndrAIa runs around the room looking for another shoe that matches her
outfit. She has on a short,deep blue dress and a silver show of which she can't find the
match. She spots a box that it could be in and drops to the floor to start looking. She
and Enzo were then looking for a home and what few belongings she and Enzo had
stayed in boxes and they stayed at the PO.
She and Matrix were getting ready for a party that Dot had planned
for that night. This way Dot figured everyone could reaquainted and catch others up
about what had happened during their time away from each other.
AndrAIa was so caught up in her search for her shoe that she didn't even hear
Matrix walk up behind her. He sat down and put his arm around her waist.
"Hey Andi.....what are you looking for?" he asked,kissing her lightly on the cheek.
"Oh I'm looking for my other shoe."
It was then that AndrAIa looked up to see what he was wearing.
He had on a pair of loose,black jeans and a white tank top,alot like
his black one that he usually wore. "You look nice." she managed to say before
she looked back to the box again.
"Andi? It's about time to go...." he reminded her.
"Let me find my shoe and I'll be ready."
"Alright."
Matrix then decided to look for her shoe too. Maybe this way they won't be
to late. He walked through the rest of the living room and into the hall and when he was
about to give it up,he looked in their bedroom and found it in the floor. He turned and
walked swiftly back into the living room.
"AndrAIa? Here it is..." he told her handing the shoe to her.
"Thanks Sparky." She said as she took the shoe from him.
She leaned to one side about to put the shoe on and lost her balance.
Matrix caught her and she leaned on him to put her shoe on. Matrix grabbed her hand
and walked to the door. He turned then to look at her. She looked deep into his eyes
as he leaned down to kiss her. They kissed for a few sweet minutes and broke away.
"Come on Andi,let's go to the party." he told her taking her hand and walking out the
door.
"Okay."
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Matrix and AndrAIa were the last couple to arrive. They walked through the
crowd of people and to the booth where Mouse,Ray,Bob,Dot,little Enzo and Frisket
were. AndrAIa took a seat by Dot but Matrix kept standing. Bob gave Matrix a look
as if to tell him that it were going to be okay,but Matrix couldn't say that.
Bob then decided to break the silence.
"Enzo,why aren't you with your friends?" Bob asked little Enzo."
"They'realloverthereandIdon'tknowifDotwillletmego!"he answered in the same
hyper-active voice he always had.
"Go on Enzo,if you want to. Take Frisket too." Dot told him.
"Alphanumeric!" Enzo yelled as he took off with Frisket to the other side of the
crowded room.
"Matrix and I are gonna go get some drinks....we'll be right back." Bob said getting up
and beginning to walk to the bar. Cecil took there order of 6 I/O shots and they started
walking back over to the table.
"So Matrix....are you nervous?"
"Very funny,hell yeah I'm nervous,but I have to do this,or I'll end up regretting it."
"Well now is as good a time as any." Bob implied as they got back to the table.
Bob sat down,but once again,Matrix kept standing.
AndrAIa put her arm around his waist and looked up to him as he put an
arm around her shoulder.
"Sparky? Why don't you sit down?" she said,playfully.
"AndrAIa,actually I need to see you for a minute,alone please."
"Ok,excuse us for a minute...."she told everyone as she stood up. He grabbed
her hand and walked out the front door.
"Sparky,what is it?" AndrAIa asked nervously.
"I just need to talk to you."
"Okay lover,shoot."
"AndrAIa,I love you,we've been through so much and I don't ever want you to
leave me. I don't know how lucky we'll be when we meet up with Daemon.
I'd like a chance to make our love for each other complete AndrAIa." Matrix
took a deep breath and decided it was now or never. "AndrAIa,will you marry
me?" he asked her,taking out a small box and opening it to reveal a round
diamond ring.
Tears swelled up in AndrAIa's eyes as she nodded a yes to him and
let him slip the ring on her finger. She leaned up and kissed him on the lips.
As they broke away slowly,music started to play. Matrix looked back at her
and into her beautiful eyes.
"Shall we go back in and dance?"
"Of course."
As they walked back in the room,Matrix looked over toward their table
and nodded a 'yes' to them as she led him to the middle of the floor. They both
smiled as they moved closer to each other and explained what was going on to Mouse
and Ray. After the explanation,both couples joined the other on the floor and they all
danced.
The following morning,AndrAIa woke up to find Matrix beside her,sleeping
soundly. She was so happy. It wouldn't be long till they were finally married. She smiled
happily and decided to get up. She got dressed and went into the kitchen to start
breakfast. She then felt an arm go around her waist.
"Good morning Sparky." she said calmly.
"How'd you know it was me?"
"I know you lover." she replied with a smile. "You about ready for breakfast?"
"Yeah,but I shoudn't have drank all those I/O shots last night. Do they not affect you?"
"What do you think?"
"I don't know,you never act like you have a hang-over....do you now? I do."
"Mine isn't as bad because I know when to stop." she said nudging him with her elbow.
"Very funny." Matrix told her as he went over to make some coffee. Maybe that'd help.
AndrAIa set the food on the small table as soon as Matrix's coffee was done.
They both sat down and ate rather quickly,after all,they had to get to work for when
Daemon came. It'd be soon and Matrix knew it. He hated it too. He didn't want the
risk of her popping in unexpectedly. He sighed. He thought of AndrAIa and his wedding
and how it might interfere with it. He couldn't handle that. He looked at her as she was
getting ready to put things up from breakfast. She looked so beautiful,no matter what she
was doing. He got up and put his dishes in the sink and walked over to AndrAIa.
"I think we oughta go on to work,the others will be wondering wher we are." he told her
as he took her hand.
"Oh,okay." she told him as she got up and out her things in the sink for later. She HAD to
straighten up sometime soon.
They walked out the door together hand in hand.
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They entered the Main Room of the PO to find Dot,Mouse,Bob,the Surfer,and
Phong already at work. The Surfer was the first to look up.
"Hey you two! Congrats on the wedding." he said happily.
"Thanks."AndrAIa replied.
"Sorry we're late sis." Matrix told his sister.
"Oh don't worry about it Matrix. I understand."
"So what are we working on?" AndrAIa questioned.
"We're trying to monitor right now how many Guardians Daemon has already deleted
and made hers. It seems that all but a few dozen are gone."
"Is there any way to tell which ones have been deleted?" Matrix asked,worried about
Turbo.
"No,I'm afraid not Enzo. Our equipment isn't that complex."
Matrix looked at Bob who was now standing next to him,looking at the
charts of how many she HAD infected. There were so many that were lost and Bob knew
that there was no hope for any of them. He sighed.
"Bob,do you think Turbo is still fighting the infection?" Enzo asked,thinking of how
Turbo helped him and AndrAIa to find out about Daemon.
"I don't know Enzo,he might be,since he was one of the last ones to get infected.
There's really no way to tell." he said thinking of all the friends he left behind.
That day in the PO seemed to go rather alowly and as lunch time came,the
guys stayed there and let the girls go get a byte to eat.
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AndrAIa enters hers and Matrix's apartment and goes straight to the kitchen
to make food. She turns around to the refridgerator and gets out the meat for their
sandwiches and then turns back around to continue preparing the food when she sees a
hand go around her neck as she turns around to see what appears to be Turbo...........
AndrAIa woke in a strange dark room. Far away from Mainframe and Matrix.
It was cold,that much she knew. As she looked around at her surroundings,she figured
out that she was back in Web. She wrapped up in herself and tried get warm,but
found the task impossible when she heard a voice call her name.
"What do you want?"
"Why would you think I want anything child?" an evil,low voice called.
"Gee,I wonder why I get that idea when you kidnapped me?!" AndrAIa answers
sarcastically.
"Well,you are very bright my dear. I want the Guardians of your system!" the voice
told her,laughingly. The evil laugh was the last thing she heard as someone hit her hard
the back and then on the head,knocking her out.
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BACK IN MAINFRAME:
Matrix stood there,a few minutes after Dot had returned with Bob's dinner.
"Isn't AndrAIa here?" Dot asked worriedly.
"No,not yet,maybe I should go on to the room and make sure she's okay." Matrix says,
worriedly getiing up.
"I'll go with you,Dot you stay here with Ray and Mouse." Bob tells her,following Matrix.
Dot nods to him as he walks out the door.
Bob and Matrix walk down the hall as Matrix stops.
"Let me go in first Bob." Matrix tells Bob,opening the door slowly. He opens it to find
'AndrAIa' standing there in the kitchen,fixing lunch,just as he expected. As he walked
to her,she turns around to look at him.
"Uh AndrAIa,let's go back to Dot's office. I'll bring lunch on." he tells her as he walks to
where she was standing to finish the meal. 'AndrAIa' backs away and stands back behind
him.
As he turns around,'AndrAIa' kisses him hard. He backs up,knowing she
had never kissed him like that. It was then he got a bad feeling about everything,that
was when he decided to ask what had kept her.
"Well I was just.....just....." she stammered,trying to find a good explanation.
"Just what?" he asked,grabbing her,just as Bob walked in.
"Matrix? What are you doing?" he asked,trying to protect 'AndrAIa'.
"That's not AndrAIa,thats someone else,a back-up of her,but that is NOT AndrAIa." he
tells Bob,releasing her and backing up.
"But the only way anyone could do a back-up of her is if they got into the
Supercomputer Enzo." he tells him,not to sure that someone didn't get into the codes
and make a back-up. "Let's get out of here!" Bob whispers to Matrix as he backs
through the kitchen to the living room and finally to the door,the copy of AndrAIa,
following them every step,nails extended.
Bob stepped out the door,followed by Matrix and slams the door,running
through the hall,back to Dot's office.
As he walks in the office,the others are gone. Matrix turns around to see
AndrAIa standing there behind him,this time with her trident. She hits
him on the head,knocking him unconcious. Bob watches as he falls to the floor and,
along with the copy of AndrAIa,disappears,leaving him to fend for himself.......
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Matrix awakens to find the real AndrAIa there beside him,eyes closed and she
didn't look as if she was breathing well. As he reached over to her,some kind of force
field burnt his hand,causing him to pull away. He rubbed his hand and looked down to
see the redness on his hand. As he wondered how he and Andi were going to get out
of this he heard a small,faint chuckle behind him.
"Who is it?" Matrix asked,putting his hand down to Gun,but noticed it wasn't there.
'What am I gonna do?' he thought to himself.
"Why Matrix, thought you would've recognized me of all people." the voice called
walking out towards him,and although it was very dark Matrix knew exactly who it was.
"Megabyte?!" he yelled,knowing it was him.....
"Correct.....now my boy,would you so generously give me the portal command codes so
I can get out of this hell?" Megabyte asked him in his same demanding tone he always
had.
"Why should I?" Matrix asked stubbornly.
"Well if you want this dear girlfriend of yours to live......I'd suggest you give it to me..."
Megabyte taunted Matrix as he looked at AndrAIa. He couldn't give up the command
codes to the Supercomputer,but he coudn't let AndrAIa be deleted either. He loved her.
Matrix was lost for words and had to do some quick thinking about this
situation. He didn't have any way to get off of the damn stasis bed though,unless he
wanted to be fried. It was Megabyte's voice that stopped his train of thought. What could
he do? Nothing.
"Well what will it be boy?" Megabyte sneered at him.
It was then that Matrix had talked himself into trying to get off the stasis bed.
He had to save AndrAIa. Just as he moved to get down and took a deep breath he heard
a voice that he was more than delighted to hear.
"So Megabyte? You think you'll get the codes from him? 'Im the only one that knows
them." Bob told him stepping out of the darkness and into what small amount of light
there was.
"Bob? I'm delighted you decided to join our little party. Why don't you come on over
here?" He asked,obviously thinking Bob was stupid.
"Try and delete my friends? I don't think so." As he looked at Matrix,the force field around
him devolved. "Come on Matrix. Let's party!" Bob called as Matrix got up. As Bob began
to attack,Matrix eyed about 5 or 10 Web Riders behind him and obviously thinks he'll
be alright.
Matrix decides to go to AndrAIa to see if she's okay. As he tries to touch her,
he notices that the force field around her is gone also...Relieved he picks her up and
crushes her into an embrace.
"AndrAIa?" he calls,lightly at first,then gets a little louder,but to no avail. He hugs again as
a tear falls from his eye,afraid that he's lost everything.
At this point,Bob has beaten Megabyte and comes back to the young couple.
He puts a hand on Matrix's massive shoulder.
"Is she alright?" Bob asked...concerned.
"I don't know Bob."
Just as Matrix was about to give up,a small moan escaped AndrAIa. Matrix
pulled her back to see her eyes flutter open and focus on his face. He then crushed
her into another embrace....thanking the User for her...........
A portal opened into Mainframe,3 sprites coming out of it. Bob,Matrix and
AndrAIa in his arms. AndrAIa was still weak from the whole thing.
They all decided to go straight to the PO at this time.
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Bob was the first to walk in and over to Dot. He tapped her lightly on the
shoulder causing her to jump. She turned around seeing him standing there and hugged
him,thankful he was alright.
"Where are Matrix and AndrAIa?" she asked,looking into his eyes.
"They're right here. Although AndrAIa needs a med-tech as soon as possible."
"Alright."
Matrix came in slowly,holding AndrAIa in his big strong arms.
"Your back shugah! Oh Dre,you don't look like you feel to good." Mouse told them,
being the first to say anything to them.
"I don't." she managed to muster weakly.
"Don't talk,I'm sorry about that honey."
AndrAIa nodded,laying her head back against Matrix's chest. He looked down at
her,his heart filled with rage at Megabyte for doing this. She closes her eyes as Dot breaks
Matrix from his worry for her.
"Matrix,you wanna carry her down the hall to the med-wing? It'd help..."
"Sure." he nodded,walking down the long hall.
As he walked in the binmoes brought out a stretcher immediately. He grabbed
her hand as she was taken off into a back room. Matrix walked to the desk as the head
binome looked up.
"How long do you think it'll take them to find out what's wrong?" he asked,planning to
wait on her.
"Oh it won't be that long Mr. Matrix,I promise you that."
"Okay."
An hour passed by as Matrix waited and waited and waited. It was about that
time that a binome walked out and over to him.
"Matrix?" he asked.
"Yes,what is it?" Matrix asked,sitting down worriedly.
"AndrAIa will be okay,that much I can say,but the Web isn't a place for Game sprites.
Now she has to take medicine for a while and she needs to go home and rest for
a bit." the binmoe told him as it handed him the medicine and walked off.
It wasn't a nano later that AndrAIa came out of the back of the hospital
in a wheel chair.
Matrix got up and walked over to her,and leaned down beside her.
"You ready to go home and rest?" he asked her.
"Yes." was all she could reply.
Matrix picked her up and walked out the door.
He walked into their room and sat her down on the bed. She clicked her icon,
changing into an oversize t-shirt and she drifted off to sleep almost immediately.
Matrix smiled,at least she was okay. He decided that while
she was asleep he'd go take a shower.
He stepped out and dried off,clicking his icon to change to his boxers and
t-shirt he wore to bed. He walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom to see
AndrAIa still sleeping soundly. He walked over to the bed and laid down beside her.
As he laid down and settled into the bed,AndrAIa scooted closer to him and
put her hand on his chest. He put his arms around her and sighed....drifting off to sleep.
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AndrAIa awoke the next morning. She felt better than she had. She looked at
Matrix who had his arms around her and sighed. It was so nice to think that in a few
days,they'd be married. She got up carefully trying not to wake him. She walked into the
kitchen and started breakfast. While it was cooking,she walked back in a decided to start
straightening up the place. She finally got everything out of boxes and into a place. It was
a few nanos later that Matrix walked into the room. Sleepily ruffling his hair and yawning.
"Morning Andi."
"Morning Lover. You about ready for something to eat?"
"Sounds good to me. Oh and by the way,they gave me some medicine for you to take."
Matrix told her,handing her the small bottle of pills.
"Thanks." she told him,taking the pills away from him and taking one.
Just as Matrix was about to walk into the kitchen ,the door bell rang. As he
walked to it and opened it,he saw Enzo and Frisket standing there.
"Matrix?" the kid said..
"Yeah,come on in kid. What is it?" he said as he walked to the couch.
"Well I've been thinking. I know you haven't had Frisket much since everything has
been goin on and all and I was wondering if maybe you wanted him for awhile?"
"Oh yeah,sure. I'll take him. You wanna stay for breakfast?"
"Umm,I guess so,if Andi doesn't mind."
"Hang on lemme run in here and ask her." Matrix told him as he went into the kitchen.
"AndrAIa?"
"Yeah?" she asked,concentrating on the food.
"Do you mind if little Enzo stays for breakfast?" he says,putting his hand on her back.
"No I don't mind. Was that him at the door?"
"Yeah, he brought Frisket for a while."
"Ok, no I don't mind." she said,looking up at him.
"Thanks." he tells her as he leans down,looking into her eyes and kisses her.
He pulls away and looks into her eyes and she clears her throat and looks
back at the food. Matrix takes a moment more to look at her and then walks back out
to the living room.
"She doesn't mind. So....."
"Is AndrAIa okay now?" he asked.....getting into the subject of the fight and war with
Megabyte.
"Yeah. She's fine."
"What did Bob do to beat Megabyte?"
"Oh well he let the Web Riders take care of him mostly,the caused him to degrade."
"Alphanumeric! Hey Matrix? What are Web Riders?" Enzo asks looking at him curiously.
"Well they're degrated sprites...."
"Cool, what do they look like?"
"Well they have scales instead of skin."
"Oh you mean like the ones Andi has on her back?!"
"No,scales much bigger and thicker,they have to protect them from the Web."
"Cool!"
"Breakfast is ready you two!" AndrAIa called from the kitchen,remembering Enzo was
coming and the way she was dressed. 'Ooops' she thought to herself.
The two walked into the room and sat down at the table. Matrix took notice of
what AndrAIa was wearing. 'This can't look right to the kid.' he thought. 'Oh well.' It was
then that AndrAIa decided to go put some more clothes on.
"Can you two excuse me for a minute?" she said,slightly blushing.
"Of course!" little Enzo told her as she walked out the door of the kitchen.
AndrAIa walked into the bedroom and quickly threw on some of her shorts,
she then turned and walked back to the kitchen.
As she took a seat next to Matrix she thought about Dot for a minute and if
she knew little Enzo was here.
"Enzo? Does Dot know you were gonna stay longer than a few minutes?"
"Huh? Oh yeah." he answers,looking up from his food.
"Ok,just making sure." AndrAIa then begins to eat.
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After breakfast has been eaten AndrAIa puts all the dishes back in the sink and
looks at the two Enzo's.
"Well,don't you think we oughta be getting back to help Dot?" AndrAIa asks.
"Yeah,you go on and change and then I will." Matrix told AndrAIa as she started walking
back into their bedroom. As sje got back there,she clicked her icon and went from a
t-shirt and a pair of shorts she went to her original skin-tight outfit. She walked back out
and saw both Enzo's on the couch watching TV. 'Thank the User we don't have Mike'
AndrAIa thought and laughed a little. She walked over to the couch and sat down beside
little Enzo and Matrix.
"Your turn." she told him as he walked into the back room.
She looked at little Enzo causing him to fidget.
"Hey Andi." he said,a little nervous to be around her.
"Hey....so are you gonna help us today?"
"Yeah I guess so. I dunno if Dot'll let me though,will you please ask her?"
"Yeah...sure." she told him laughing a little and then turning her attention
back to the TV but Enzo kept looking at her in a daze,causing her to laugh a little.
Matrix walked back out in his original outfit and walked over to turn the TV
off. Enzo and AndrAIa got up from the couch and the four walked out the door and
down the hall to Dot's office.
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As they entered,everyone was at work at usual when Mouse started laughing.
"What is it Mouse? Did you find it? Did ya?" Bob asked anxiously.
"You bet shugah!! I sure did!!!"
Dot looked up to see Matrix,AndrAIa,Frisket,and little Enzo standing in the
door.
"What'd she find sis?" Matrix asked.
"Oh well it was kind of a surprise for you,but Mouse has found a way to re-route
Daemon so she can't get into Mainframe! This way,no one has to face her until they
absoulutely have to."
"Really?!"
"Really. Ahem,uh when is the wedding set for?"
"Oh uh just a couple a cycles." AndrAIa answers. "And I want you two ladies in my
wedding."
"Really?! What am I?" Dot asks.
"Well your the Maid-of-Honor I guess....Mouse you can be a bridesmaid though."
"Thanks Dre!" Mouse tells her,enthused about just being in a wedding.
"Oh and Bob I guess you can be my Best Man."
"Thanks Enzo!"
Surfer then turns away feeling a bit neglected from the whole thing,then to top
it off they ask Enzo to be Ring Bear.
"Hey Surfer?" AndrAIa calls to him.
"Yeah?" he asks as she walks over to him.
"You've got the most important job of all.....you have to give me away....."
As he heard her say this,he smiled....the biggest smile ever.
As everyone begins to stop talking about the wedding they begin to talk
about what had happened in the past few days.
Matrix and AndrAIa seated themself on a couch in the room,and Matrix had
his arm around her,Enzo was seated in the floor with Frisket sleeping by him,Mouse
and Ray had found their seat on top of a table along with Bob and Dot.
"Hey Bob?" Matrix said.
"Yeah?"
"I thought you said that someone had to get a copy of your codes to have made a
back-up of someone. Those are only in the Supercomputer. How could he have
made the copy of AndrAIa?"
"And Turbo?"
"Thats a good question and I honestly don't know the answer. I guess we have one
mystery in Mainframe that won't be solved until we meet up with Daemon."
Matrix walked around his and AndrAIa's apartment. He was nervous because
by the end of that cycle,he'd be married. He was already dressed and read to go but
he was so nervous. He couldn't help but wonder about AndrAIa. Was she nervous? He
knew she probably was but then he thought of what this day meant. He knew she
would've helped him feel better about it,but he wasn't allowed to see her. Another
disadvantage of this. Bob walked out of the bedroom ready as well.
AndrAIa had stayed at Dot's that last night cycle,so Mouse decided she'd stay
just to help out. Leaving little Enzo,Bob,Matrix,Frisket,and Ray out of this. They all
decided to crash with Matrix. AndrAIa was tring her best to get ready quickly. She
was ready for this day. She was nervous,but ready to say her vows to Matrix. She
wanted to be with him for the rest of their life. Dot and Mouse walked out of the
bedrooom,dressed and ready for the wedding. Dot looked up to see AndrAIa standing
there,half way ready and yet,half way not. She smiled and walked over to AndrAIa.
She knew she must be nervous,it was a big day for her.
"Nervous Dre?" Mouse asked,noticing clearly that she was.
"What do you think Mouse? Of course I'm nervous!" AndrAIa answered,looking down
at her dress and looking back up. "What if a Game comes,what if Daemon decided to
come into Mainframe,what if...." Dot put her hand over AndrAIa's mouth,making her
stop.
"AndrAIa,Mouse has fixed the deal about Daemon and even if a Game does come,Bob
can leave and take care of it. Don't worry. Everythings going to be fine! I promise!
Now are you about ready? The wedding is only a millisecond (an hour) away."
"I might as well be ready." AndrAIa answered,fixing her veil.
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A MILLISECOND (hour) LATER
The organ began to play "The Wedding March" as Matrix looked back to
see AndrAIa. She walked out,accompanied by Ray, in her beautiful white wedding dress.
She was beautiful. Even though the veil covered her face and made it harder to see
her,he stared into her eyes. She walked towards him,not breaking eye contact.
(Hmm.....why do I think of "Runaway Bride" here? LOL)
Ray let go of her and took a seat. AndrAIa walked up the steps,still looking
at him as Dot came up behind her and took her boquet from her and stepped back
in place. Matrix took AndrAIa's hand. Even though they were both nervous about
their vows,they passed quickly,when finally they heard Phong say,"I now pronounce
you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Matrix took AndrAIa in his arms and kissed her passionately.
As the ceremony was over and as it got dark,they were all ready to go home.
AndrAIa decided that it was time for her to throw the boquet. She turened backwards
as Dot,Mouse,Bula,and a few other Binomes got ready to catch it. She threw it and
as she turned around she saw Mouse catch it. Mouse squealed with victory as she
turned to look at Ray,who blushed slightly.
It was time then for the new couple to share a dance together. Matrix led
her to the center as they danced........Even though the worst thing had happened
in the past few cycles,the best finally came.
It was a beautiful cycle. Everything was as it should've been in Mainframe. Everything except the fact that the defenders of the
system were still hard at work even AFTER the restart. They all had to work out what they'd do when Daemon did attack Mainframe.
"Hey Dot! What's processin?" asked Enzo as he walked in and plopped down on a chair,Frisket following close behind.
"Nothing Enzo. Would you please try not to bother me and Bob tonight,we still have to figure out what to do about this!" Dot claimed,
pointing towards the plans they had already made.
"Sure no problem." there was a small pause in the room,just as Enzo thought of what he could do. "Hey Dot?"
"Yeah?" she asked,looking up from her work and at Enzo.
"Can I go see Matrix and AndrAIa?" he asked and hoping she'd say yes.
"I don't know Enzo,you might be bothering them." Dot stopped as she looked at the expression on his face. "But I guess you can go."
Enzo didn't need another word. He hopped up out of the seat and ran out the door,down the hall with Frisket following him.
Dot smiled and chuckled a little. He needed this time with Matrix and she knew it,but she was a bit afraid of what Matrix would do if
Enzo walked in at a bad time.