Well, Here goes nothing
Chapter: Seven
Mengist hated this part of his job. Being the barer of bad news when the Mistress was already in a foul mood could be dangerous. At least it was better then from before the Mistress came, then the barer of bad news would be eaten. Mengist quietly went into the Mistress's private study.
" My Lady, are you here?" Mengist called.
" Over here Mengist." The Mistress called from the balcony. Mengist went out onto the balcony to find The Mistress sitting in one of her favourite chairs, a bowl of grapes and a glass of wine sat on the table beside her, both of which had not been touch in some time.
" More bad new Mengist." It was a statement, not question.
" Yes my lady, " Mengist said, becoming beside the chair, " The record on Alka's porter indicates that he and Galke were recently at a system called," Mengist took a moment to look at his files, " Mainframe."
The Mistress sighed as she got up from her chair and walked over to balcony railing, " Sometimes Mengist, wonder why I even bother."
" My Lady, my kind has become far greater from when you first came because of you. Before we were a bunch of war torn clans, fighting for supremacy, you either knew how to fight, build machines of war or perform magic, and if you could not do any of those, you were killed. The old and sick were killed in awful ways. Many of us are in your debt for our lives. Now we don't have to fight to put food in our mouths and our families' mouths."
The Mistress turned towards Mengist and smiled, " What would I do without you Mengist? When I'm feeling like giving up you, Talon, Hetka or Yatek always make me feel better."
" It's what we're here for My Lady."
" I really wish you wouldn't call me that. But anyway, I'm up for some good news. How are Yatek and Hetka doing?"
" Yatek is doing fine, the healer says that she might to ready to lay her egg in two minutes. And Hetka is getting nervous, he's buying mostly toys for a young boy, and Talon used one of your sayings.. I believe it goes ' Don't count your eggs before they hatch.'"
The Mistress chuckled, " And Talon?"
" The arthritis in his tail doesn't bother him so much any more, and he has vowed to see Hetak's and Yatek's egg hatched…and for you to have children of your own."
The Mistress laughed outright to this, " He won't let up about the whole heir thing will he? Oh well, dinner should be ready soon, care to join me Mengist?"
" Gladly My Lady." Mengis said, offering his arm for The Mistress to take.
***
" We want to thank you guys for taking care of Taylor for us." Chad said. Currently, Aqua, Chad and the Mainframers were sitting around Bob and Dot's kitchen table. Hawkeye, Chris and Enzo were off playing somewhere with Frisket and Tasha and Taylor was sitting on Chad's lap.
" It wasn't a problem, Taylor's a great kid." Dot said.
" Yeah a real sweet hart." Mouse added.
" We've been so worried, if I had only gotten to those Listars sooner." Aqua said, guilt in her voice.
" It wasn't your fault hon, you had no idea they had a portal creating machine." Chad said.
" Those Listars, are they dangerous?" Bob asked
" Not really, they're just pissed at us because we stopped them doing something that I get a feeling that their Command.COM or ' Mistress' wouldn't be to pleased about, so they're just trying to get rid of witnesses." Aqua said, " but I wouldn't put it past them to try to come here again, they're very determined."
" Simply alphanumeric…" Matrix muttered.
" Mom!" Hawkeye said, coming sliding into the kitchen, " Did you know you can make pizza at home!"
" Yeah, you can make a lot of food at home, and most of it doesn't even come in a box!" Chris said excited.
Aqua blushed and looked a little shamed face, " I can't cook anything that isn't already pre made or come in a box, can or package…. And Chad burns nearly everything he tries to cook."
" Well then, why doesn't everyone stay here and I'll make a homemade dinner." Dot suggested.
Everyone seemed to agree on that and Dot headed for the kitchen.
***
" Thank you Dot, dinner was great." Aqua said as she helped clean the dishes. Dot smiled at the younger woman, " It wasn't a problem, you have a really great family Aqua."
" Yep, and I thank the User everyday that I have them. Do you and Bob want to have kids, Dot?"
Dot sighed, " Eventually, but things have been so busy that we haven't had time to even try."
" Try me Dot, they hit ya when you're not even trying." Aqua said with a chuckle.
Dot laughed, " So what do you and Chad plan to do now that you're here?"
" Well Matrix offered Chad a job at the docks, I'm still looking for a job. I guess we'll just stay at a hotel until we can afford something else."
" Well, I need a new assistant, Phong has his hands full with other work, and there are some things I can't get to, how are you with secretary duties?"
" I'm okay at them, while game hopping I mostly did secretary stuff in systems that didn't need Chad and my help. Dot, you don't have to give me a job, I owe you enough as it is."
" Just consider tomorrow a trial run, if I like your work, I'll keep you on. Deal?"
" Deal."
***
" So why you call usssss here, Galke?" Toran asked. Galke looked at his fellow Listars.
" We all agree that we don't like The Missstressss'sss ' don't attack unless attacked first' plan, right?" Galke asked the assembly
The entire assembly roared with agreement. " Well I found a loop hole. Recently I wasss hunting one the winged children with Alka, when I wasss about to make the kill, I wasss attacked. Sssso I clearly sssee thisss asss an invitation for usss to attack and conquer their sssysstem called Mainframe!" Galke said, adding fury to the gather Listar's.
" What'sss the plan, Galke?" Hor asked.
" Gather round and listen well." Galke said, in a chilling voice.
End of Chapter Seven.
Author's note: So what did everyone think? I forgot to add this in the last chapter, but I used things from a game called Everquest, which completely belongs to them. Anyway, I have a favour to ask, I'm planning on writing an X-men Evolution fic, and unfortunately I don't get the WB network, so if you guys could give me any info (i.e. location of episode scripts or whatever they're called from season two), that'd be great. Oh and does anyone know if Kurt and Rogue are actually blood related? And if so how? And finally, I don't own ReBoot, ReBoot owns me.
Chapter: Seven
Mengist hated this part of his job. Being the barer of bad news when the Mistress was already in a foul mood could be dangerous. At least it was better then from before the Mistress came, then the barer of bad news would be eaten. Mengist quietly went into the Mistress's private study.
" My Lady, are you here?" Mengist called.
" Over here Mengist." The Mistress called from the balcony. Mengist went out onto the balcony to find The Mistress sitting in one of her favourite chairs, a bowl of grapes and a glass of wine sat on the table beside her, both of which had not been touch in some time.
" More bad new Mengist." It was a statement, not question.
" Yes my lady, " Mengist said, becoming beside the chair, " The record on Alka's porter indicates that he and Galke were recently at a system called," Mengist took a moment to look at his files, " Mainframe."
The Mistress sighed as she got up from her chair and walked over to balcony railing, " Sometimes Mengist, wonder why I even bother."
" My Lady, my kind has become far greater from when you first came because of you. Before we were a bunch of war torn clans, fighting for supremacy, you either knew how to fight, build machines of war or perform magic, and if you could not do any of those, you were killed. The old and sick were killed in awful ways. Many of us are in your debt for our lives. Now we don't have to fight to put food in our mouths and our families' mouths."
The Mistress turned towards Mengist and smiled, " What would I do without you Mengist? When I'm feeling like giving up you, Talon, Hetka or Yatek always make me feel better."
" It's what we're here for My Lady."
" I really wish you wouldn't call me that. But anyway, I'm up for some good news. How are Yatek and Hetka doing?"
" Yatek is doing fine, the healer says that she might to ready to lay her egg in two minutes. And Hetka is getting nervous, he's buying mostly toys for a young boy, and Talon used one of your sayings.. I believe it goes ' Don't count your eggs before they hatch.'"
The Mistress chuckled, " And Talon?"
" The arthritis in his tail doesn't bother him so much any more, and he has vowed to see Hetak's and Yatek's egg hatched…and for you to have children of your own."
The Mistress laughed outright to this, " He won't let up about the whole heir thing will he? Oh well, dinner should be ready soon, care to join me Mengist?"
" Gladly My Lady." Mengis said, offering his arm for The Mistress to take.
***
" We want to thank you guys for taking care of Taylor for us." Chad said. Currently, Aqua, Chad and the Mainframers were sitting around Bob and Dot's kitchen table. Hawkeye, Chris and Enzo were off playing somewhere with Frisket and Tasha and Taylor was sitting on Chad's lap.
" It wasn't a problem, Taylor's a great kid." Dot said.
" Yeah a real sweet hart." Mouse added.
" We've been so worried, if I had only gotten to those Listars sooner." Aqua said, guilt in her voice.
" It wasn't your fault hon, you had no idea they had a portal creating machine." Chad said.
" Those Listars, are they dangerous?" Bob asked
" Not really, they're just pissed at us because we stopped them doing something that I get a feeling that their Command.COM or ' Mistress' wouldn't be to pleased about, so they're just trying to get rid of witnesses." Aqua said, " but I wouldn't put it past them to try to come here again, they're very determined."
" Simply alphanumeric…" Matrix muttered.
" Mom!" Hawkeye said, coming sliding into the kitchen, " Did you know you can make pizza at home!"
" Yeah, you can make a lot of food at home, and most of it doesn't even come in a box!" Chris said excited.
Aqua blushed and looked a little shamed face, " I can't cook anything that isn't already pre made or come in a box, can or package…. And Chad burns nearly everything he tries to cook."
" Well then, why doesn't everyone stay here and I'll make a homemade dinner." Dot suggested.
Everyone seemed to agree on that and Dot headed for the kitchen.
***
" Thank you Dot, dinner was great." Aqua said as she helped clean the dishes. Dot smiled at the younger woman, " It wasn't a problem, you have a really great family Aqua."
" Yep, and I thank the User everyday that I have them. Do you and Bob want to have kids, Dot?"
Dot sighed, " Eventually, but things have been so busy that we haven't had time to even try."
" Try me Dot, they hit ya when you're not even trying." Aqua said with a chuckle.
Dot laughed, " So what do you and Chad plan to do now that you're here?"
" Well Matrix offered Chad a job at the docks, I'm still looking for a job. I guess we'll just stay at a hotel until we can afford something else."
" Well, I need a new assistant, Phong has his hands full with other work, and there are some things I can't get to, how are you with secretary duties?"
" I'm okay at them, while game hopping I mostly did secretary stuff in systems that didn't need Chad and my help. Dot, you don't have to give me a job, I owe you enough as it is."
" Just consider tomorrow a trial run, if I like your work, I'll keep you on. Deal?"
" Deal."
***
" So why you call usssss here, Galke?" Toran asked. Galke looked at his fellow Listars.
" We all agree that we don't like The Missstressss'sss ' don't attack unless attacked first' plan, right?" Galke asked the assembly
The entire assembly roared with agreement. " Well I found a loop hole. Recently I wasss hunting one the winged children with Alka, when I wasss about to make the kill, I wasss attacked. Sssso I clearly sssee thisss asss an invitation for usss to attack and conquer their sssysstem called Mainframe!" Galke said, adding fury to the gather Listar's.
" What'sss the plan, Galke?" Hor asked.
" Gather round and listen well." Galke said, in a chilling voice.
End of Chapter Seven.
Author's note: So what did everyone think? I forgot to add this in the last chapter, but I used things from a game called Everquest, which completely belongs to them. Anyway, I have a favour to ask, I'm planning on writing an X-men Evolution fic, and unfortunately I don't get the WB network, so if you guys could give me any info (i.e. location of episode scripts or whatever they're called from season two), that'd be great. Oh and does anyone know if Kurt and Rogue are actually blood related? And if so how? And finally, I don't own ReBoot, ReBoot owns me.
