Enzo knocked on the door of Matrix and AndrAIa's room. AndrAIa opened the door and looked down to see Enzo standing there,
looking at her. She smiled and motioned him in.
"What are you doing here Enzo?" AndrAIa asked him as she shut the door behind him.
"Ah nothing."
By this time,Matrix has walked out of the back bedroom and Enzo notices he's still in his shorts and a tank top. Without even looking
he asks AndrAIa.
"Who was at the door,Angelfish?" he asks through a yawn.
"Oh it's Enzo,Sparky."
"Uh is this a bad time? If it is,I'll come back later."
"Oh no Enzo,it's okay. Matrix just had a long night last night,working out plans and all." she says as they both sit down on the couch. It's
then she looks at Matrix who has taken a seat next to her and notices he still looks tired. "Matrix? You want something?"
"No," he says lying,he has a terrible headache. "yes,maybe I do."
"Well what is it?" she asks,getting up.
"Get me ah,I dunno I guess something for this headache."
"Okay. Enzo you want something too?" she asks,looking at the smaller version of her 'lover'.
"Um,no thanks AndrAIa."
"Okay." she tells him as she walks into the kitchen and taking out an aspirin for Matrix and some water.
She walks back in the living room and notices it's quiet. 'Maybe it's because Matrix doesn't feel well.' She walks over to Matrix,hands
him the pills and the water. He takes them,pops the pills in his mouth,and drinks the water.
"So Enzo,where's Dot?" AndrAIa asks him,trying to make conversation.
"She's working on the Daemon project. I came here so I wouldn't bother her."
"Ah well."
"What's the deal with Daemon anyway? I mean,what's her story?" Enzo asked curiously. He'd never really been told much about Daemon,all he
knew was that she was a Super Virus.
"Well,Enzo,we don't know much about her,so it's a bit difficult to explain."
"Well I also would like to hear more about when you game-hopped. I mean all I know really is that Matrix is my older self and that you and him
met in a Game before all of the hopping took place."
"Well,alright Enzo,if you want to hear ALL of it though it might take awhile...."AndrAIa explained.
"Yeah a long time." Matrix says as he starts recalling all the events that had occured and knowing it would take loger than he thought it would.
AndrAIa began to tell Enzo of everything,from the time that she had met Matrix to the time of the restart,Matrix telling him
some and AndrAIa telling him some. They talked well into the night about everything that had happened until the doorbell rang.
It was Dot coming to get Enzo.
"Come on Enzo.time to go,we need to leave Matrix and AndrAIa alone."
"Aw but Dot,please stay for awhile,pleasepleaseplease!!" Enzo pleaded. Dot walked in and stood by AndrAIa.
"Sorry if he's been any trouble."
"Oh no we've been telling him about us game-hopping. He was haging on every word." AndrAIa giggled on the last part of her sentence.
"Hey Dot,I may regret this in the morning,but since he doesn't have to go to school tomorrow,why don't you let him stay with us?" Matrix asked,
knowing little Enzo wouldn't budge for tonight.
"Well,only if you two don't mind." she tells them,looking skeptical.
"We don't mind Dot,honestly." AndrAIa tells her.
"Well......alright. I guess it'd give me and Bob some time together." she tells AndrAIa,walking toward the door. "Thanks."
"Good night Enzo,AndrAIa,Matrix."
"Good night Dot." rang out three voices.
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AndrAIa was the first to awaken the next morning,with the help of Frisket licking her hand,so he could be let outside. AndrAIa got
up and let him out the room,but she could still hear his whining. She sighed and went to get her robe. She threw it on and walked out the door
of her room. She walked to the door of the front of the PO,Frisket following her. She opened the front door,let him out and turned back toward
her's and Matrix's room.
As she went in,she knew that the two Enzo's wouldn't be up for awhile so she just decided she'd head back to bed herself. She walked
toward the bedroom,passing little Enzo on the couch. She reached the bedroom,took her robe off,got back into bed and scooted close to Matrix.
He stirred in sleep and instinctively pulled her closer to him. She sighed and went into a doze,that is until she heard a clatter,causing
Matrix to wake. He got up out of bed,took AndrAIa's hand and got Gun. He walked into the living room,trying not to make the slightest sound.
It was then that they both realized it........Enzo was....gone.
"Enzo?!" AndrAIa cried as she looked hoping that maybe he was up. "Matrix! Where could he be?!"
"I don't know." Matrix told her as she pulled her back into an embrace.
"Dot is going to kill us!"
"Don't worry about it AndrAIa,maybe he went out or something. Where's Frisket?"
"Oh I let him out this morning. Why?" AndrAIa asked,looking at Matrix.
"He can help." Matrix told her as he walked out the door.
It was then that AndrAIa sensed what he meant and followed him out the door.
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Matrix walked out to see Frisket barking madly. Then as the big, red, dog caught a glimpse of them,
stopped and walked over to them.
"Frisket? What is it boy?" Matrix asked him as he scratched his ear.
Frisket whined and looked up toward the still darkened sky. Matrix, figuring that it was someone
walked back in the PO with Frisket and AndrAIa following close behind.
As he walked into their room he looked back at AndrAIa. She seemed to be sad about something. He
took her hand and the three sprites entered their room.
"AndrAIa? What is it?" Matrix asked,sensing something was wrong.
"Matrix,I feel like what happened was my fault. I walked right by him micros ago and could've stayed up.
But I was to tired." she sounded so disappointed, but Matrix knew she couldn't have helped it anymore.
Who knows,if she had stayed in the room,she could've been taken too.
"AndrAIa, it wasn't your fault, that couldn't have been stopped and we both know that." he told her sternly,
taking her hand.
There was a moment of silence until AndrAIa thought of the number one question that bothered her
most.
"Enzo, how are we going to tell Dot?" she asked,looking into his eyes, desperate for an answer.
"I don't know. But I guess we'll have to. C'mon, better sooner than later." he told her and walked out the door
towards Dot's room.
He knocked on her door with AndrAIa there beside her. He heard her yell to wait a nano.
He needed a nano too, more than a nano to practice what he was about to tell her. He didn't know
at all how she was going to take it. But so much for that, Dot opened the door, looking
tired and with a long blue robe on.
"Uh Dot, can we talk to you?" AndrAIa asked, looking skeptic about that question.
"Sure, come on in." Dot told them as she stifled a yawn and stepped aside.
Matrix and AndrAIa walked in and over to the couch without a word. There was a moment of
silence, then Dot finally said something.
"What is it you two wanted to see me about?"
"Uh, sis. I don't know how to say it."
"Where's Enzo?" Dot asked,taking notice of his absence.
"He's gone." AndrAIa admitted.
"Gone?! Where?!" Dot asked,finally coming out of her sleepy like state and standing up.
"That's a good question. Unfortunately, we don't know the answer." AndrAIa told her.
"Okay," Dot sighed, trying to calm down. "what happened?"
AndrAIa quickly explained all she knew. Dot sat back down and didn't know what to do.
She had lost Matrix for about 1.1 years.
She didn't want to face that again, it had hurt her too badly.
"I'm so sorry Dot. I should've stayed up when I let Frisket out, but I was to tired!" AndrAIa told her.
"No AndrAIa, you couldn't have helped what happened." Matrix gave AndrAIa a look that clearly said
'I told you!'
"What do we do sis?" Matrix asked, hopeful she'd know.
"Well....I don't know. Maybe Bob would." Dot said as she let everything that had happened hit her.
"Where is he?" AndrAIa asked.
"Oh he's at home.....where'd you think he was?" Dot asked looking at her innocently. Why was she joking?
Her little brother was gone.
"I just...uh well....never mind. Can you Vid him?" AndrAIa finally managed to ask.
"Sure." Dot popped up a VidWindow and told Bob to hurry up and get his bitmap over there.
Micros of silence passed when finally they all heard a knocking on the door. Frisket got up growling
and walked to the door. Dot was close behind him and opened the door to see Bob. He looked down at
Frisket and knew he wouldn't go anywhere with him stading there. Matrix got the clue and called him off.
Frisket walked back over by the couch and layed down.
Bob shook his head. 'Some things never change.' he thought to himself. He then saw the serious
look on everyone's face and knew he wasn't called here for a humorous matter.
"Hey why the gloomy faces?" he asked taking a seat by Dot and looking at the other couple on the couch.
"Bob? Little Enzo is gone."
"Gone? Where?" he asked alarmed.
Dot told him what AndrAIa had told her and he just sat there, in shock. As she finished, she sat there,
looking for an answer. He didn't know what to say,much less what to do. It was then that an idea hit him.
"Mouse can help. She can tell you any other sprite or vir--." That was it. The answer hit him. "Megabyte!"
"Megabyte? I thought maybe he was gone for good." Dot said, curiously.
"No when Matrix had his little fight with him,Mouse shot him into the Web. He wasn't deleted." Bob told her.
"Oh. But he would've had to have a tear for a portal."
"But the codes to the Supercomputer were already locked in when he did get shot into the Web and there are a
lot of tears out there." Matrix told Dot, remembering that place he had stayed in what seemed like forever.
Dot sighed. Mouse could help and they could easily get into the Sumpercomputer. But....there were
so many questions that she asked herself...........
"Ah don't worry....we'll get him." Mouse told a worried Dot, trying to cnvince her.
"But how Mouse? It isn't going to be easy." Dot told her, sighing, as Mouse looked back at her History report
on previous sprites that had entered Mainframe.
"I didn't say it'd be easy honey, I said we'd get him."
Dot stopped at that statement.....Mouse was right. It still didn't stop her from worrying though. She had
lost Matrix when he was young. Him and Bob. 'Bob. At least he's still here.' she thought as she passed him a
glance. It was then she caught a glimpse of Matrix and AndrAIa, who still had a look of blame on her face. Dot
felt sorry for her, it wasn't her fault.
That day passed quickly and as the nihgt part of the cycle came around, they all began to get tired,
although the thought of losing little Enzo was painful and kept them going.
"My children? I think you should all return to your rooms. We can begin this hunt tomorrow." said Phong,
looking up from files even he had been finding in the Core.
"Maybe your right Phong." Dot said as she nodded her thanks to him. "Alright everyone, we can report
back here as early as we can next cycle."
At that everyone was dismissed and walked to their rooms. All except Mouse and Ray who went to
'Ship' to stay.
Matrix and AndrAIa entered their room, Frisket close behind. AndrAIa went straight for the couch and
sat down. She then looked at the small clock on the table. '0100?' she thought. 'It's late!' She still didn't feel
right about the whole thing and felt like she could've prevented what happened.
"AndrAIa?" Matrix said to her quietly.
"What is it lover?" she asked him tiredly.
"You know it isn't your fault....don't you?" Matrix told her taking a seat by her and taking her hand.
"I can't help but think it was Enzo, I was in the room not two nanos earlier. If I had only stayed up I could've....."
she stopped as tears neared.
Matrix took her into his arms as she started to cry. He put his chin on her head as the tears turned into
soft sobs. Matrix put a finger under her chin and lifted her face up to his. They shared a sweet, passionate kiss.
AndrAIa pulled away slowly and put her head back on his chest.
"Let's go to bed lover." she told him as she got up and tapped her icon once, changing her to an over-sized shirt.
Matrix nodded and tapped his icon changing him to a pair of black boxers. He walked into the
bedroom behind her as Frisket followed close behind.
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AndrAIa awoke the next morning, enveloped in Matrix's arms. She sighed as her arm hung off the
bed. Frisket came up a nano later and whined, wagging his tail. She knew he had to go outside, so she got up,
put on her robe and her and the big red dog walked out the door.
As she let him out she started back inside, knowing he'd be okay alone. But when she started back
in the door, Frisket followed her. She tried to make him stay, but to no avail. She sighed giving up and walked
back inside, Frisket right behind her.
She entered hers and Matrix's room and looked at the clock. '0700. May I should go wake up Matrix
so we can get back to work on getting Little Enzo back.' she thought to herself.
She walked into their bedroom to find Matrix still asleep. She tapped her icon once, changing her
from the over size t-shirt to her normal format. She walked over to the bed and gently shook Matrix. Finally,
after micros of trying to wake him, she succeeded.
"Matrix? I think we should go on to work for today." she told him as he sat up.
"Ok, let me get ready." he told her as he stood up. He tapped his icon once changing from his black boxers to
his everyday format.
He walked to the living room grabbing Gun on the way and he, AndrAIa, anf Frisket all set out for the
Main Office.
As they got there, they both began working on files immediately. They worked on trying to get the
command codes to anyone that had been there. It was only a couple of milliseconds after they got there that
Mouse and Ray came strolling in.
"Hey sugah!" Mouse called to both of them who were to deep in work to even look up, so they just waved.
"Where's Phong?" Mose asked as she and Ray found some reports to go through.
"Oh I figured he had gone to bed since he stayed up all night last night looking through files while we were
asleep. He's sleeps while we work and vise-versa." AndrAIa told her, still searching.
"What about Bob and Dot?" Mouse asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we should go check on them. Dot is usually here before any of us are." AndrAIa told her
as she began to really ponder on the subject.
"Yeah, let's go." Matrix told her, walking over to her. Frisket got up and followed Matrix and AndrAIa to the door
but Matrix turned around and told him to stay. Though he protested with it, he did finally go back over beside
where Matrix had been and laid down.
"We'll be back in a nano." Matrix told them, walking out the door.
He and AndrAIa went down the hall and arrived at Dot's door. Matrix knocked, but to no avail.
'Maybe she's still asleep.' he thought but then realized that Dot never stayed in bed really late. It was then he
took the only available, he busted the door open. As he raced through her room, he found the one thing that
had terrified him most. Viral scortch marks........
"Enzo what is it?" AndrAIa asked him as she walked into the room with him.
He hadn't been the only one searching for a clue as to where she was.
Matrix stepped back to show her what he had found. AndrAIa looked at him
uncertainly, but then saw what he was looking at.
"But Enzo, it couldn't be.Could it?" she said as if almost reading his mind.
Megabyte had been there first guess. But hadn't he been done away with when the
war had taken place? No he was still lurking around somewhere....and that somewhere
appeared to be here.
"I don't know Andi, it might be. We'll have to talk to Mouse about that." Matrix
told her as he turned and sadly walked out of the room.
AndrAIa watched after him as he walked out. She knew that losing his sister had
hurt him bad. Since he was finally able to talk to his sister again and Enzo, things had
gotten better, but now they were both gone. She looked back at the empty room and walked
out beside Matrix.
There was silence as they walked slowly back to the Main Office together.
"Hey you two, where's Dot?" asked Bob who had obviously arrived while they were
gone to search for her.
AndrAIa looked at Matrix questioningly. Neither of them wanted to tell him she was
gone and that was for sure. Bob cleared his throat to rod them on but neither of them spoke,
they just stood there, not saying anything.
It was then that Bob's smile that he always had worn dropped to a worried
expression. Where was she he wondered to himself. AndAIa finally broke the silence.
"Bob? She's uh....she's gone." she told him, looking up for a moment then looking
back down at her hands.
"Gone? Where?!" he asked raising his voice.
"We don't know." It was then that AndrAIa told him everything that had happened.
Evreything from how they were suspicious about her not being there to the scortch marks they
had found. Bob, terrified, started to sit down slowly, letting everything hit him at once.
'She's gone?' he thought to himself. 'No, I'll get her back. Her and Enzo.' Bob closed his eyes,
fighting his emotions for right now. He stood up and with a determined look on his face, went
to work looking at files of History for anyone who might have visited them in the last cycle.
1200. Lunch time, but none of the sprites were hungry. They had to continue their
work. It was then they heard a shout of triumph from behind.
"Mouse what is it?" Bob asked, hopefully, getting up and walking over to her.
"I found it! I got the codes of who it was." she told everyone as they walked to where
she was.
"Well who?!" Bob asked impatiently.
"Well just a nano honey. Let me decode this." she told them, looking back at the
History files.
As she finished she then read over them to make sure there were no mistakes then
looked to see who the sprite was that had taken off with the two Matrix's.
As she compared codes, it revealed.....Megabyte.....just who she had thought, but
there had also been a new code of a viral, a more complex viral at that.
"Well?" Matrix asked. "Who is it?"
"Well it's who we suspected, Megabyte."
"Aw I knew it." Matrix said as he turned around to face Bob.
"But......we have a problem sugah."
"What is it?" he asked turning back to her.
"There's another code on here that I don't recognize, and it's not a registered one
either."
"Is it viral or just a sprite?"
"As far as I can tell it's viral. But it's a bit more complex than Megabyte."
"Daemon." sounded three voices in the room at the same time.
"Daemon? Who's Daemon?" Mouse asked looking at the three sprites.
"A Super virus. She's infected the entire Guardian Collective except for me and
Bob." Matrix told her. "We were both lost during that time."
"Well then I guess that's all I need to know." she told them as she went back to
looking through her small organizer for anything that might help them to defeat Daemon...
The day of the cycle passed fast. Night-fall came but since there wasn't a little Enzo
around to have to go to bed around, or a Dot to tell them to go home and rest, they all decided
to stay over night, giving Phong a good chance to rest. Although he had argued, he had decided
to help them get ready for what appeared to be a battle in the next few cycles. He worked
on the technical details while Mouse and Ray did tracking to see where they could locate Daemon
and Megabyte. Matrix, AndrAIa, and Bob all did work on the fighting and weapons they'd need.
It was then that an idea had struck Bob, one that hadn't in a few days.
"Hey guys?" he asked as everyone looked up and gave him their attention. "Maybe
I'm the only one that's noticed this but we haven't played any Games lately. Do you think maybe
there's a connection to this and MB, and Daemon?" he asked curiously.
"Nah," Mouse told him as she took this into consideration.
"I think that it's probably just since the restart that this has happened, because we had the
restart and there really haven't ben any Games. It's really a good thing to, we've
had many things to happen, like a wedding, Enzo disappearing, and now the Command.com of
this system." she told him, explaining.
"Heh, not like I was complaining, I was just curious." he told her, smiling the first
real smile he had done.
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Two more cycles passed as the defenders of Mainframe had spread the word to the
citizens and gotten ready. That night would be the first night of sleep they'd had. They decided
that even the night wouldn't be enough so they all decided to sleep until 1200 then leave.
Mouse and Ray went to stay in 'Ship' who was just outside the PO. Matrix and
AndrAIa went to their room, while Bob stayed behind in the Main Office.
Phong rolled (that is rolling he does isn't it?) in behind him and stood there beside him.
"What is it my son?" Phong asked as he looked at him, with a cup of cocoa in his
hands.
"Phong, I can't sleep, not while Dot is lost out in the Academy. Especially since she's
with two virals." Bob felt a bit awkward saying this but he did love her. He just hadn't ever said
it to anyone except her.
"Maybe you should talk with someone about Megabyte and how to deal with him."
Phong suggested.
"That's it, I can talk to Hex about him." he told Phong as he got up and walked out the
door, grabbing a zip-board.
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Bob arrived at Hex's who let him in willingly.
"Bob? Not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing here in Lost Angels?" Hex asked as she sat down.
"Well I wanted to talk to you about Megabyte...." he told her, taking a seat across from her. It was then that Scuzzy rolled in beside Hex.
"Oh my brother." she told him cringing at Megabyte's name.
"Yes."
"What about him?"
"Well I'm not really sure how to defeat him. I mean it can't be easy. And now he's with a virus that is a lot more complex than he is, so with two of them, what can I do?" he said, looking down at the floor.
"Who's the other virus?" Hex asked, thinking.
"Well it's the SuperVirus Daemon. Why?" He asked looking at her.
"Daemon?! I know her! She's going to be very tough to beat! If she's a SuperVirus then that means she was a Guardian before, therefore she'll know everything there is to know about the Supercomputer. All the passages and everything, so then with Megabyte there with her, they'll destroy the place!"
They talked way into the night and arrived at one conclusion, Hex would have to go into battle with them because she was the only virus that could defeat either of the two virals.
1200 the next day came quickly to everyone but Bob, who hadn't slept, but worried about Dot all night. Hex had gotten a little sleep and revitalized her viral energy which she would need the next day.
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Mouse woke up first in 'Ship' and decided to get dressed and prepared to leave. She couildn't eat because she was a little to nervous to go into the battle so she didn't figure she should eat. As she got all the weapons she would need, she woke up the Surfer who got ready as well.
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AndrAIa awakened, and got ready, she did eat because she knew she'd need all her energy, she woke Matrix up to get him to eat as well. After a few minutes of mumbling he got up and walked into the kitchen to see Andi getting things ready to go. She had her clothes on she would wear, and her most deadly weapons.
Matrix went and got dressed as well after he ate a little. He grabbed Gun and decided to Upgrade it to make it able to help him evenmore than it did. This time it had programming on it that even changed the apperance of his eye. It went from a yellow/gold like color to a more silver color. He approved of the Gun and then walked out to see AndrAIa.
"Ready?" he asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be Lover." she told him, complimenting him on his eye as they walked out the door to the ship they would be using.
The "Saucy Mare II". Same crew and everything, even a few web-riders had come to help. They were the first to arrive and they got aboard, out their things up, then waited for all the med supplies to be loaded, just in case something had happened to Dot or Enzo. Mouse and Ray were the next two to arrive.
They boarded the ship as well, but not without Frisket who had been left at the PO on accident. Matrix looked at him and then at Mouse and Ray.
"Did you want him here sugah?" Mouse asked.
"Yeah, thanks, I can't beleive I left him there, I guess I just have a lot on my mind." he told them as he looked at the time. 1215. Where could Bob be? he thought to himself.
It was then that his question was answered as Bob and Hex were seen on their Zipboards heading toward the ship.
Bob was the first to get to them. He hopped off his Zipboard, followed by Hex.
"Oh hello everyone!" Hex said, walking around to see them all.
"Hello." everyone told her.
"Gavin?" Bob said. "Hex is going to be coming with us."
"Ok, fine with me, she just might have to be in a bunk with someone." he told them as everyone exchanged glances.
A few micros of silence went by and then finally AndrAIa volunteered, but not without a look from Matrix that clearly stated NO. AndrAIa clearly gave him one back as well that said Have to do this.
"Well Mr. Christopher, are we ready for take-off?"
"Yes sir." he told Gavin as he gave the crew the okay to leave port.
The cycle went by a bit slowly because they had to wait forever to finally get to the Web and into a safe area to open a tear big enough for the ship to get through. Bob didn't make a portal simply because he knew it would drain him of his energy which he needed it to help in the battle.
As they approaced a safe area, Surfer went out and opened a tear to get through. He then came back in the ship, leaving Bob to open the portal to the Supercomputer. He sighed and got up to go outside. He knew exactly where he was in the Web, he had spent enough time here to know every thing about it. He went out and then got up close to the tear, he hated it out here and wanted to get done as soon as he possibly could.
He successfully made the portal and made it back in the ship, shuddering as he got back in and then sighed of relief.
Matrix knew it bothered Bob to be here but left it unsaid. He didn't want to bother him more. Hell it even bothered him to be here and he had been here only for a few cycles. AndrAIa sat next to him and he pulled his wife closer to him.
As they arrived at the front of the gates at the Supercomputer, they noticed that everything had been destroyed, the gates had been rammed through and viral scortch marks were everywhere. They all had prepared themselves for the worst and went in quietly. The crew of the Saucy Mare (even Gavin and Mr. Christopher) didn't come in, they all stayed to prepare for Dot and Enzo to be brought back in.
The heroes of Mainframe then decided to split up, that way they could all cover more ground. Matrix, AndrAIa and Frisket went together, Mouse and Ray went together, and Hex and Bob went together.
Matrix and AndrAIa walked around trying to find them but failed, then they thought of something they should've done in the first place.
"Frisket, find Enzo boy." Matrix whispered, trying not to be too obvious. Frisket then began to find the trail and looked at Matrix and AndrAIa as though telling them to follow. Matrix walked closely behind with AndrAIa. As thy came to a door that was almost torn down, they heard Megabyte and Daemon coversing about something, but they were talking so low that they couldn't hear them. Silence came, then AndrAIa looked at Matrix as he turned around.
Matrix looked back into the room, but saw Megabyte standing right in front of him. Matrix tried to get Gun but couldn't without MB noticing, so what could he do. AndrAIa slowly reached down and got Gun, Matrix felt it come out of the holster and knew AndrAIa had gotten it out. As he reached down behind him, she put Gun in his hand and he turned facing Megabyte who had extended his long viral claws and was ready to attack.
Matrix motioned AndrAIa and Frisket to move back. They did so, reluctantly, but they did so. It was then that MB charged at Matrix, who's eye began to glow red. Gun went off right at MB who went to a green transparent state, then disappeared.
"Heh, whoa. I didn't know that upgrade would do that." Matrix told AndrAIa as she laughed a little.
"Enzo? What about Daemon? She was in there wasn't she?" AndrAIa asked, looking around.
"Yeah but I figure she used a portal to get out of here. She knew the person that did her bidding was deleted."
"May--...." AndrAIa was cut-off by Hex yelling. Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket took no time. They took off running and found Hex and Daemon up above them, fighting and Bob watching them.
"What happened?" Bob asked them.
"We deleted MB but what happened here?!" Matrix told him, screaming to be heard over the war.
"When we ran into Daemon, she and Hex knew each other so they just went at each other, no words or anything!" he told them, yelling as well.
It was then that Mouse ran up to them to see the two fighting. She watched them as Hex got hit with a beam of energy. Hex, getting more and more mad, let out a shower of nulls, that caused Daemon to slow down some, but not enough. While she was in her slow state, Hex shot another beam at her and she fell to the ground and disappeared. (for all of you who haven't seen "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before", this means she's deleted, off-line, dead, whatever you wanna call it!)
Mouse thn turned to look at them and remembered what she came here to tell them.
"Well that's done." Bob told them as Hex came back down with them and stood there, weak. "But what about Dot and Enzo?"
"That was what I came here to tell you, we found them!" she told them happily.
"Show us!" Bob told her as she began to run back to where she was.
When they all got back to the room, Bob was the first to run in, followed by Matrix, AndrAIa, Frisket, and Mouse.
Bob went over to Dot who was drained of energy and in her night-clothes. He sat down beside her on the ground and put her head in his lap. She stirred a little but closed her eyes again. AndrAIa had sat down beside little Enzo and picked him up, holding him in her arms. She looked at Matrix who was walking toward her. He looked at her and knew she was thankful he was okay. She never would've forgiven herself if he wasn't. Bob picked Dot up and they all went back to the ship. Frisket, Matrix, AndrAIa, Bob, Dot, Little Enzo, Mouse, and Ray all went to the med wing. As they walked into the rooms that had been made for Enzo and Dot, they sat them on the beds.
The Web-Riders came in with the same machines that Matrix had used to transport energy to AndrAIa when she had been bitten by that creature. They sat them down beside Enzo and Dot and took a seat beside them. They locked the cuffs on their arms and the energy flowed into Dot and Enzo, bringing them out of their sleep-like state. Bob sat down beside Dot as she sat up slowly. She hugged him happily as she realized it was him.
When Enzo opened his eyes, Frisket was the first thing he saw, he started licking his face happily, then after a few nanos he stopped. Matrix and AndrAIa walked over to him and AndrAIa hugged him.
As the night cycle went by and they neared home, they were all happy that Daemon was now gone, but the question still remained about Turbo and the other Guardians of systems. Matrix thought of the people he and AndrAIa had met game-hopping, he wondered if they were all okay, and he wondered if he'd ever see them again.
~Finished
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looking at her. She smiled and motioned him in.
"What are you doing here Enzo?" AndrAIa asked him as she shut the door behind him.
"Ah nothing."
By this time,Matrix has walked out of the back bedroom and Enzo notices he's still in his shorts and a tank top. Without even looking
he asks AndrAIa.
"Who was at the door,Angelfish?" he asks through a yawn.
"Oh it's Enzo,Sparky."
"Uh is this a bad time? If it is,I'll come back later."
"Oh no Enzo,it's okay. Matrix just had a long night last night,working out plans and all." she says as they both sit down on the couch. It's
then she looks at Matrix who has taken a seat next to her and notices he still looks tired. "Matrix? You want something?"
"No," he says lying,he has a terrible headache. "yes,maybe I do."
"Well what is it?" she asks,getting up.
"Get me ah,I dunno I guess something for this headache."
"Okay. Enzo you want something too?" she asks,looking at the smaller version of her 'lover'.
"Um,no thanks AndrAIa."
"Okay." she tells him as she walks into the kitchen and taking out an aspirin for Matrix and some water.
She walks back in the living room and notices it's quiet. 'Maybe it's because Matrix doesn't feel well.' She walks over to Matrix,hands
him the pills and the water. He takes them,pops the pills in his mouth,and drinks the water.
"So Enzo,where's Dot?" AndrAIa asks him,trying to make conversation.
"She's working on the Daemon project. I came here so I wouldn't bother her."
"Ah well."
"What's the deal with Daemon anyway? I mean,what's her story?" Enzo asked curiously. He'd never really been told much about Daemon,all he
knew was that she was a Super Virus.
"Well,Enzo,we don't know much about her,so it's a bit difficult to explain."
"Well I also would like to hear more about when you game-hopped. I mean all I know really is that Matrix is my older self and that you and him
met in a Game before all of the hopping took place."
"Well,alright Enzo,if you want to hear ALL of it though it might take awhile...."AndrAIa explained.
"Yeah a long time." Matrix says as he starts recalling all the events that had occured and knowing it would take loger than he thought it would.
AndrAIa began to tell Enzo of everything,from the time that she had met Matrix to the time of the restart,Matrix telling him
some and AndrAIa telling him some. They talked well into the night about everything that had happened until the doorbell rang.
It was Dot coming to get Enzo.
"Come on Enzo.time to go,we need to leave Matrix and AndrAIa alone."
"Aw but Dot,please stay for awhile,pleasepleaseplease!!" Enzo pleaded. Dot walked in and stood by AndrAIa.
"Sorry if he's been any trouble."
"Oh no we've been telling him about us game-hopping. He was haging on every word." AndrAIa giggled on the last part of her sentence.
"Hey Dot,I may regret this in the morning,but since he doesn't have to go to school tomorrow,why don't you let him stay with us?" Matrix asked,
knowing little Enzo wouldn't budge for tonight.
"Well,only if you two don't mind." she tells them,looking skeptical.
"We don't mind Dot,honestly." AndrAIa tells her.
"Well......alright. I guess it'd give me and Bob some time together." she tells AndrAIa,walking toward the door. "Thanks."
"Good night Enzo,AndrAIa,Matrix."
"Good night Dot." rang out three voices.
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AndrAIa was the first to awaken the next morning,with the help of Frisket licking her hand,so he could be let outside. AndrAIa got
up and let him out the room,but she could still hear his whining. She sighed and went to get her robe. She threw it on and walked out the door
of her room. She walked to the door of the front of the PO,Frisket following her. She opened the front door,let him out and turned back toward
her's and Matrix's room.
As she went in,she knew that the two Enzo's wouldn't be up for awhile so she just decided she'd head back to bed herself. She walked
toward the bedroom,passing little Enzo on the couch. She reached the bedroom,took her robe off,got back into bed and scooted close to Matrix.
He stirred in sleep and instinctively pulled her closer to him. She sighed and went into a doze,that is until she heard a clatter,causing
Matrix to wake. He got up out of bed,took AndrAIa's hand and got Gun. He walked into the living room,trying not to make the slightest sound.
It was then that they both realized it........Enzo was....gone.
"Enzo?!" AndrAIa cried as she looked hoping that maybe he was up. "Matrix! Where could he be?!"
"I don't know." Matrix told her as she pulled her back into an embrace.
"Dot is going to kill us!"
"Don't worry about it AndrAIa,maybe he went out or something. Where's Frisket?"
"Oh I let him out this morning. Why?" AndrAIa asked,looking at Matrix.
"He can help." Matrix told her as he walked out the door.
It was then that AndrAIa sensed what he meant and followed him out the door.
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Matrix walked out to see Frisket barking madly. Then as the big, red, dog caught a glimpse of them,
stopped and walked over to them.
"Frisket? What is it boy?" Matrix asked him as he scratched his ear.
Frisket whined and looked up toward the still darkened sky. Matrix, figuring that it was someone
walked back in the PO with Frisket and AndrAIa following close behind.
As he walked into their room he looked back at AndrAIa. She seemed to be sad about something. He
took her hand and the three sprites entered their room.
"AndrAIa? What is it?" Matrix asked,sensing something was wrong.
"Matrix,I feel like what happened was my fault. I walked right by him micros ago and could've stayed up.
But I was to tired." she sounded so disappointed, but Matrix knew she couldn't have helped it anymore.
Who knows,if she had stayed in the room,she could've been taken too.
"AndrAIa, it wasn't your fault, that couldn't have been stopped and we both know that." he told her sternly,
taking her hand.
There was a moment of silence until AndrAIa thought of the number one question that bothered her
most.
"Enzo, how are we going to tell Dot?" she asked,looking into his eyes, desperate for an answer.
"I don't know. But I guess we'll have to. C'mon, better sooner than later." he told her and walked out the door
towards Dot's room.
He knocked on her door with AndrAIa there beside her. He heard her yell to wait a nano.
He needed a nano too, more than a nano to practice what he was about to tell her. He didn't know
at all how she was going to take it. But so much for that, Dot opened the door, looking
tired and with a long blue robe on.
"Uh Dot, can we talk to you?" AndrAIa asked, looking skeptic about that question.
"Sure, come on in." Dot told them as she stifled a yawn and stepped aside.
Matrix and AndrAIa walked in and over to the couch without a word. There was a moment of
silence, then Dot finally said something.
"What is it you two wanted to see me about?"
"Uh, sis. I don't know how to say it."
"Where's Enzo?" Dot asked,taking notice of his absence.
"He's gone." AndrAIa admitted.
"Gone?! Where?!" Dot asked,finally coming out of her sleepy like state and standing up.
"That's a good question. Unfortunately, we don't know the answer." AndrAIa told her.
"Okay," Dot sighed, trying to calm down. "what happened?"
AndrAIa quickly explained all she knew. Dot sat back down and didn't know what to do.
She had lost Matrix for about 1.1 years.
She didn't want to face that again, it had hurt her too badly.
"I'm so sorry Dot. I should've stayed up when I let Frisket out, but I was to tired!" AndrAIa told her.
"No AndrAIa, you couldn't have helped what happened." Matrix gave AndrAIa a look that clearly said
'I told you!'
"What do we do sis?" Matrix asked, hopeful she'd know.
"Well....I don't know. Maybe Bob would." Dot said as she let everything that had happened hit her.
"Where is he?" AndrAIa asked.
"Oh he's at home.....where'd you think he was?" Dot asked looking at her innocently. Why was she joking?
Her little brother was gone.
"I just...uh well....never mind. Can you Vid him?" AndrAIa finally managed to ask.
"Sure." Dot popped up a VidWindow and told Bob to hurry up and get his bitmap over there.
Micros of silence passed when finally they all heard a knocking on the door. Frisket got up growling
and walked to the door. Dot was close behind him and opened the door to see Bob. He looked down at
Frisket and knew he wouldn't go anywhere with him stading there. Matrix got the clue and called him off.
Frisket walked back over by the couch and layed down.
Bob shook his head. 'Some things never change.' he thought to himself. He then saw the serious
look on everyone's face and knew he wasn't called here for a humorous matter.
"Hey why the gloomy faces?" he asked taking a seat by Dot and looking at the other couple on the couch.
"Bob? Little Enzo is gone."
"Gone? Where?" he asked alarmed.
Dot told him what AndrAIa had told her and he just sat there, in shock. As she finished, she sat there,
looking for an answer. He didn't know what to say,much less what to do. It was then that an idea hit him.
"Mouse can help. She can tell you any other sprite or vir--." That was it. The answer hit him. "Megabyte!"
"Megabyte? I thought maybe he was gone for good." Dot said, curiously.
"No when Matrix had his little fight with him,Mouse shot him into the Web. He wasn't deleted." Bob told her.
"Oh. But he would've had to have a tear for a portal."
"But the codes to the Supercomputer were already locked in when he did get shot into the Web and there are a
lot of tears out there." Matrix told Dot, remembering that place he had stayed in what seemed like forever.
Dot sighed. Mouse could help and they could easily get into the Sumpercomputer. But....there were
so many questions that she asked herself...........
"Ah don't worry....we'll get him." Mouse told a worried Dot, trying to cnvince her.
"But how Mouse? It isn't going to be easy." Dot told her, sighing, as Mouse looked back at her History report
on previous sprites that had entered Mainframe.
"I didn't say it'd be easy honey, I said we'd get him."
Dot stopped at that statement.....Mouse was right. It still didn't stop her from worrying though. She had
lost Matrix when he was young. Him and Bob. 'Bob. At least he's still here.' she thought as she passed him a
glance. It was then she caught a glimpse of Matrix and AndrAIa, who still had a look of blame on her face. Dot
felt sorry for her, it wasn't her fault.
That day passed quickly and as the nihgt part of the cycle came around, they all began to get tired,
although the thought of losing little Enzo was painful and kept them going.
"My children? I think you should all return to your rooms. We can begin this hunt tomorrow." said Phong,
looking up from files even he had been finding in the Core.
"Maybe your right Phong." Dot said as she nodded her thanks to him. "Alright everyone, we can report
back here as early as we can next cycle."
At that everyone was dismissed and walked to their rooms. All except Mouse and Ray who went to
'Ship' to stay.
Matrix and AndrAIa entered their room, Frisket close behind. AndrAIa went straight for the couch and
sat down. She then looked at the small clock on the table. '0100?' she thought. 'It's late!' She still didn't feel
right about the whole thing and felt like she could've prevented what happened.
"AndrAIa?" Matrix said to her quietly.
"What is it lover?" she asked him tiredly.
"You know it isn't your fault....don't you?" Matrix told her taking a seat by her and taking her hand.
"I can't help but think it was Enzo, I was in the room not two nanos earlier. If I had only stayed up I could've....."
she stopped as tears neared.
Matrix took her into his arms as she started to cry. He put his chin on her head as the tears turned into
soft sobs. Matrix put a finger under her chin and lifted her face up to his. They shared a sweet, passionate kiss.
AndrAIa pulled away slowly and put her head back on his chest.
"Let's go to bed lover." she told him as she got up and tapped her icon once, changing her to an over-sized shirt.
Matrix nodded and tapped his icon changing him to a pair of black boxers. He walked into the
bedroom behind her as Frisket followed close behind.
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AndrAIa awoke the next morning, enveloped in Matrix's arms. She sighed as her arm hung off the
bed. Frisket came up a nano later and whined, wagging his tail. She knew he had to go outside, so she got up,
put on her robe and her and the big red dog walked out the door.
As she let him out she started back inside, knowing he'd be okay alone. But when she started back
in the door, Frisket followed her. She tried to make him stay, but to no avail. She sighed giving up and walked
back inside, Frisket right behind her.
She entered hers and Matrix's room and looked at the clock. '0700. May I should go wake up Matrix
so we can get back to work on getting Little Enzo back.' she thought to herself.
She walked into their bedroom to find Matrix still asleep. She tapped her icon once, changing her
from the over size t-shirt to her normal format. She walked over to the bed and gently shook Matrix. Finally,
after micros of trying to wake him, she succeeded.
"Matrix? I think we should go on to work for today." she told him as he sat up.
"Ok, let me get ready." he told her as he stood up. He tapped his icon once changing from his black boxers to
his everyday format.
He walked to the living room grabbing Gun on the way and he, AndrAIa, anf Frisket all set out for the
Main Office.
As they got there, they both began working on files immediately. They worked on trying to get the
command codes to anyone that had been there. It was only a couple of milliseconds after they got there that
Mouse and Ray came strolling in.
"Hey sugah!" Mouse called to both of them who were to deep in work to even look up, so they just waved.
"Where's Phong?" Mose asked as she and Ray found some reports to go through.
"Oh I figured he had gone to bed since he stayed up all night last night looking through files while we were
asleep. He's sleeps while we work and vise-versa." AndrAIa told her, still searching.
"What about Bob and Dot?" Mouse asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we should go check on them. Dot is usually here before any of us are." AndrAIa told her
as she began to really ponder on the subject.
"Yeah, let's go." Matrix told her, walking over to her. Frisket got up and followed Matrix and AndrAIa to the door
but Matrix turned around and told him to stay. Though he protested with it, he did finally go back over beside
where Matrix had been and laid down.
"We'll be back in a nano." Matrix told them, walking out the door.
He and AndrAIa went down the hall and arrived at Dot's door. Matrix knocked, but to no avail.
'Maybe she's still asleep.' he thought but then realized that Dot never stayed in bed really late. It was then he
took the only available, he busted the door open. As he raced through her room, he found the one thing that
had terrified him most. Viral scortch marks........
"Enzo what is it?" AndrAIa asked him as she walked into the room with him.
He hadn't been the only one searching for a clue as to where she was.
Matrix stepped back to show her what he had found. AndrAIa looked at him
uncertainly, but then saw what he was looking at.
"But Enzo, it couldn't be.Could it?" she said as if almost reading his mind.
Megabyte had been there first guess. But hadn't he been done away with when the
war had taken place? No he was still lurking around somewhere....and that somewhere
appeared to be here.
"I don't know Andi, it might be. We'll have to talk to Mouse about that." Matrix
told her as he turned and sadly walked out of the room.
AndrAIa watched after him as he walked out. She knew that losing his sister had
hurt him bad. Since he was finally able to talk to his sister again and Enzo, things had
gotten better, but now they were both gone. She looked back at the empty room and walked
out beside Matrix.
There was silence as they walked slowly back to the Main Office together.
"Hey you two, where's Dot?" asked Bob who had obviously arrived while they were
gone to search for her.
AndrAIa looked at Matrix questioningly. Neither of them wanted to tell him she was
gone and that was for sure. Bob cleared his throat to rod them on but neither of them spoke,
they just stood there, not saying anything.
It was then that Bob's smile that he always had worn dropped to a worried
expression. Where was she he wondered to himself. AndAIa finally broke the silence.
"Bob? She's uh....she's gone." she told him, looking up for a moment then looking
back down at her hands.
"Gone? Where?!" he asked raising his voice.
"We don't know." It was then that AndrAIa told him everything that had happened.
Evreything from how they were suspicious about her not being there to the scortch marks they
had found. Bob, terrified, started to sit down slowly, letting everything hit him at once.
'She's gone?' he thought to himself. 'No, I'll get her back. Her and Enzo.' Bob closed his eyes,
fighting his emotions for right now. He stood up and with a determined look on his face, went
to work looking at files of History for anyone who might have visited them in the last cycle.
1200. Lunch time, but none of the sprites were hungry. They had to continue their
work. It was then they heard a shout of triumph from behind.
"Mouse what is it?" Bob asked, hopefully, getting up and walking over to her.
"I found it! I got the codes of who it was." she told everyone as they walked to where
she was.
"Well who?!" Bob asked impatiently.
"Well just a nano honey. Let me decode this." she told them, looking back at the
History files.
As she finished she then read over them to make sure there were no mistakes then
looked to see who the sprite was that had taken off with the two Matrix's.
As she compared codes, it revealed.....Megabyte.....just who she had thought, but
there had also been a new code of a viral, a more complex viral at that.
"Well?" Matrix asked. "Who is it?"
"Well it's who we suspected, Megabyte."
"Aw I knew it." Matrix said as he turned around to face Bob.
"But......we have a problem sugah."
"What is it?" he asked turning back to her.
"There's another code on here that I don't recognize, and it's not a registered one
either."
"Is it viral or just a sprite?"
"As far as I can tell it's viral. But it's a bit more complex than Megabyte."
"Daemon." sounded three voices in the room at the same time.
"Daemon? Who's Daemon?" Mouse asked looking at the three sprites.
"A Super virus. She's infected the entire Guardian Collective except for me and
Bob." Matrix told her. "We were both lost during that time."
"Well then I guess that's all I need to know." she told them as she went back to
looking through her small organizer for anything that might help them to defeat Daemon...
The day of the cycle passed fast. Night-fall came but since there wasn't a little Enzo
around to have to go to bed around, or a Dot to tell them to go home and rest, they all decided
to stay over night, giving Phong a good chance to rest. Although he had argued, he had decided
to help them get ready for what appeared to be a battle in the next few cycles. He worked
on the technical details while Mouse and Ray did tracking to see where they could locate Daemon
and Megabyte. Matrix, AndrAIa, and Bob all did work on the fighting and weapons they'd need.
It was then that an idea had struck Bob, one that hadn't in a few days.
"Hey guys?" he asked as everyone looked up and gave him their attention. "Maybe
I'm the only one that's noticed this but we haven't played any Games lately. Do you think maybe
there's a connection to this and MB, and Daemon?" he asked curiously.
"Nah," Mouse told him as she took this into consideration.
"I think that it's probably just since the restart that this has happened, because we had the
restart and there really haven't ben any Games. It's really a good thing to, we've
had many things to happen, like a wedding, Enzo disappearing, and now the Command.com of
this system." she told him, explaining.
"Heh, not like I was complaining, I was just curious." he told her, smiling the first
real smile he had done.
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Two more cycles passed as the defenders of Mainframe had spread the word to the
citizens and gotten ready. That night would be the first night of sleep they'd had. They decided
that even the night wouldn't be enough so they all decided to sleep until 1200 then leave.
Mouse and Ray went to stay in 'Ship' who was just outside the PO. Matrix and
AndrAIa went to their room, while Bob stayed behind in the Main Office.
Phong rolled (that is rolling he does isn't it?) in behind him and stood there beside him.
"What is it my son?" Phong asked as he looked at him, with a cup of cocoa in his
hands.
"Phong, I can't sleep, not while Dot is lost out in the Academy. Especially since she's
with two virals." Bob felt a bit awkward saying this but he did love her. He just hadn't ever said
it to anyone except her.
"Maybe you should talk with someone about Megabyte and how to deal with him."
Phong suggested.
"That's it, I can talk to Hex about him." he told Phong as he got up and walked out the
door, grabbing a zip-board.
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Bob arrived at Hex's who let him in willingly.
"Bob? Not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing here in Lost Angels?" Hex asked as she sat down.
"Well I wanted to talk to you about Megabyte...." he told her, taking a seat across from her. It was then that Scuzzy rolled in beside Hex.
"Oh my brother." she told him cringing at Megabyte's name.
"Yes."
"What about him?"
"Well I'm not really sure how to defeat him. I mean it can't be easy. And now he's with a virus that is a lot more complex than he is, so with two of them, what can I do?" he said, looking down at the floor.
"Who's the other virus?" Hex asked, thinking.
"Well it's the SuperVirus Daemon. Why?" He asked looking at her.
"Daemon?! I know her! She's going to be very tough to beat! If she's a SuperVirus then that means she was a Guardian before, therefore she'll know everything there is to know about the Supercomputer. All the passages and everything, so then with Megabyte there with her, they'll destroy the place!"
They talked way into the night and arrived at one conclusion, Hex would have to go into battle with them because she was the only virus that could defeat either of the two virals.
1200 the next day came quickly to everyone but Bob, who hadn't slept, but worried about Dot all night. Hex had gotten a little sleep and revitalized her viral energy which she would need the next day.
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Mouse woke up first in 'Ship' and decided to get dressed and prepared to leave. She couildn't eat because she was a little to nervous to go into the battle so she didn't figure she should eat. As she got all the weapons she would need, she woke up the Surfer who got ready as well.
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AndrAIa awakened, and got ready, she did eat because she knew she'd need all her energy, she woke Matrix up to get him to eat as well. After a few minutes of mumbling he got up and walked into the kitchen to see Andi getting things ready to go. She had her clothes on she would wear, and her most deadly weapons.
Matrix went and got dressed as well after he ate a little. He grabbed Gun and decided to Upgrade it to make it able to help him evenmore than it did. This time it had programming on it that even changed the apperance of his eye. It went from a yellow/gold like color to a more silver color. He approved of the Gun and then walked out to see AndrAIa.
"Ready?" he asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be Lover." she told him, complimenting him on his eye as they walked out the door to the ship they would be using.
The "Saucy Mare II". Same crew and everything, even a few web-riders had come to help. They were the first to arrive and they got aboard, out their things up, then waited for all the med supplies to be loaded, just in case something had happened to Dot or Enzo. Mouse and Ray were the next two to arrive.
They boarded the ship as well, but not without Frisket who had been left at the PO on accident. Matrix looked at him and then at Mouse and Ray.
"Did you want him here sugah?" Mouse asked.
"Yeah, thanks, I can't beleive I left him there, I guess I just have a lot on my mind." he told them as he looked at the time. 1215. Where could Bob be? he thought to himself.
It was then that his question was answered as Bob and Hex were seen on their Zipboards heading toward the ship.
Bob was the first to get to them. He hopped off his Zipboard, followed by Hex.
"Oh hello everyone!" Hex said, walking around to see them all.
"Hello." everyone told her.
"Gavin?" Bob said. "Hex is going to be coming with us."
"Ok, fine with me, she just might have to be in a bunk with someone." he told them as everyone exchanged glances.
A few micros of silence went by and then finally AndrAIa volunteered, but not without a look from Matrix that clearly stated NO. AndrAIa clearly gave him one back as well that said Have to do this.
"Well Mr. Christopher, are we ready for take-off?"
"Yes sir." he told Gavin as he gave the crew the okay to leave port.
The cycle went by a bit slowly because they had to wait forever to finally get to the Web and into a safe area to open a tear big enough for the ship to get through. Bob didn't make a portal simply because he knew it would drain him of his energy which he needed it to help in the battle.
As they approaced a safe area, Surfer went out and opened a tear to get through. He then came back in the ship, leaving Bob to open the portal to the Supercomputer. He sighed and got up to go outside. He knew exactly where he was in the Web, he had spent enough time here to know every thing about it. He went out and then got up close to the tear, he hated it out here and wanted to get done as soon as he possibly could.
He successfully made the portal and made it back in the ship, shuddering as he got back in and then sighed of relief.
Matrix knew it bothered Bob to be here but left it unsaid. He didn't want to bother him more. Hell it even bothered him to be here and he had been here only for a few cycles. AndrAIa sat next to him and he pulled his wife closer to him.
As they arrived at the front of the gates at the Supercomputer, they noticed that everything had been destroyed, the gates had been rammed through and viral scortch marks were everywhere. They all had prepared themselves for the worst and went in quietly. The crew of the Saucy Mare (even Gavin and Mr. Christopher) didn't come in, they all stayed to prepare for Dot and Enzo to be brought back in.
The heroes of Mainframe then decided to split up, that way they could all cover more ground. Matrix, AndrAIa and Frisket went together, Mouse and Ray went together, and Hex and Bob went together.
Matrix and AndrAIa walked around trying to find them but failed, then they thought of something they should've done in the first place.
"Frisket, find Enzo boy." Matrix whispered, trying not to be too obvious. Frisket then began to find the trail and looked at Matrix and AndrAIa as though telling them to follow. Matrix walked closely behind with AndrAIa. As thy came to a door that was almost torn down, they heard Megabyte and Daemon coversing about something, but they were talking so low that they couldn't hear them. Silence came, then AndrAIa looked at Matrix as he turned around.
Matrix looked back into the room, but saw Megabyte standing right in front of him. Matrix tried to get Gun but couldn't without MB noticing, so what could he do. AndrAIa slowly reached down and got Gun, Matrix felt it come out of the holster and knew AndrAIa had gotten it out. As he reached down behind him, she put Gun in his hand and he turned facing Megabyte who had extended his long viral claws and was ready to attack.
Matrix motioned AndrAIa and Frisket to move back. They did so, reluctantly, but they did so. It was then that MB charged at Matrix, who's eye began to glow red. Gun went off right at MB who went to a green transparent state, then disappeared.
"Heh, whoa. I didn't know that upgrade would do that." Matrix told AndrAIa as she laughed a little.
"Enzo? What about Daemon? She was in there wasn't she?" AndrAIa asked, looking around.
"Yeah but I figure she used a portal to get out of here. She knew the person that did her bidding was deleted."
"May--...." AndrAIa was cut-off by Hex yelling. Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket took no time. They took off running and found Hex and Daemon up above them, fighting and Bob watching them.
"What happened?" Bob asked them.
"We deleted MB but what happened here?!" Matrix told him, screaming to be heard over the war.
"When we ran into Daemon, she and Hex knew each other so they just went at each other, no words or anything!" he told them, yelling as well.
It was then that Mouse ran up to them to see the two fighting. She watched them as Hex got hit with a beam of energy. Hex, getting more and more mad, let out a shower of nulls, that caused Daemon to slow down some, but not enough. While she was in her slow state, Hex shot another beam at her and she fell to the ground and disappeared. (for all of you who haven't seen "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before", this means she's deleted, off-line, dead, whatever you wanna call it!)
Mouse thn turned to look at them and remembered what she came here to tell them.
"Well that's done." Bob told them as Hex came back down with them and stood there, weak. "But what about Dot and Enzo?"
"That was what I came here to tell you, we found them!" she told them happily.
"Show us!" Bob told her as she began to run back to where she was.
When they all got back to the room, Bob was the first to run in, followed by Matrix, AndrAIa, Frisket, and Mouse.
Bob went over to Dot who was drained of energy and in her night-clothes. He sat down beside her on the ground and put her head in his lap. She stirred a little but closed her eyes again. AndrAIa had sat down beside little Enzo and picked him up, holding him in her arms. She looked at Matrix who was walking toward her. He looked at her and knew she was thankful he was okay. She never would've forgiven herself if he wasn't. Bob picked Dot up and they all went back to the ship. Frisket, Matrix, AndrAIa, Bob, Dot, Little Enzo, Mouse, and Ray all went to the med wing. As they walked into the rooms that had been made for Enzo and Dot, they sat them on the beds.
The Web-Riders came in with the same machines that Matrix had used to transport energy to AndrAIa when she had been bitten by that creature. They sat them down beside Enzo and Dot and took a seat beside them. They locked the cuffs on their arms and the energy flowed into Dot and Enzo, bringing them out of their sleep-like state. Bob sat down beside Dot as she sat up slowly. She hugged him happily as she realized it was him.
When Enzo opened his eyes, Frisket was the first thing he saw, he started licking his face happily, then after a few nanos he stopped. Matrix and AndrAIa walked over to him and AndrAIa hugged him.
As the night cycle went by and they neared home, they were all happy that Daemon was now gone, but the question still remained about Turbo and the other Guardians of systems. Matrix thought of the people he and AndrAIa had met game-hopping, he wondered if they were all okay, and he wondered if he'd ever see them again.
~Finished
Okay, I'm finally done here! I plan on doing another sequel to this when I can and I hope you have all enjoyed this. I know it has been fun to wite this and I want a lot of emails from it! LOL!
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I know I switched emails again, but this one I check more often. It's a lot easier to check!