While Steve and Pointer were celebrating their victory above, deep inside the computer was a colony of bytes. The queen and king were supervising the virus protection at the moment. "Now, I want you all to make sure that there is no sign of Crash," the king told all the bytes.

"Yes sir!" they replied enthusiastically. McAfee, the head virus protection byte, lead them off.

"Do you actually think he will show up today?" the queen asked anxiously.

"I'm sure of it," her husband grimly replied. "I can feel it."

At that moment, McAfee and his troops came back. "No sign of Crash, sir," McAfee reported.

"Good," the king replied. "At least he's not here right now, while Minesweeper is running. Minesweeper is the easiest game for him to hack into, especially right after it's been won. And from what I can hear, it was just won."

At that moment, Steve and Pointer clambered down the stairs into the throne room. "Put another tally in the Wins for Minesweeper column," Pointer told the king.

The king turned to McAfee and the rest. "What did I tell you? It's a good thing Crash didn't show up."

But, unknown to most, he had.