Welcome to Mainframe by SpelCastrMax
Author's Note: Four test scores and eight months ago, I was bored and thus I wrote this piece of grammatically incorrect writing. I would just like to thank Alison for her help with this story when it was in its first draft. I would like to say I'm sorry to all of those people I frightened on November 2, 2001 when I repeatedly wrote the word "reboot" in my journal. I would also like to apologize to my readers who probably know the names of the sword-like weapons that first appeared in THE CRIMSON BINOME. I haven't seen that episode in almost a year so I will just call that weapon a sword. If I'm wrong, feel free to jog my memory.
LAST WEEK ON REBOOT: Bob has been sent back to Mainframe where he encounters Hexadecimal and...well, that basically sums it up. Hmm, I don't have anything else to say. Dang.
Chapter 3: Second Visit (In Which A Bunch of Stuff Happens)
Bob flew over Mainframe and landed on the main business street. He turned to see a diner in the process of being built. At least, it would have been if several viral binomes weren't destroying everything. A large red robot emerged from the rubble followed by a blue twin.
"Halt," called out the blue guy, "In the name of Megabyte."
"Yeah," called out the red guy, "And because we said so."
Bob tried not to laugh. "And you are?"
"I am Hack," said the red one.
"And I am Slash," the blue one replied.
"And he is Slash," Hack added.
"Didn't I just say that?" Slash questioned with annoyance.
At the almost same time they told Bob, "We're subservient."
"Do you think we're doing a good enough diversion while Megabyte is at the Principal Office?" Slash asked his partner.
Hack smacked him and yelled, "You weren't supposed to tell him that!"
Slash slapped him back. "It was an accident. Hey, where did he go?"
Bob had already jumped on a zipboard (Author's question: where do they carry those things? It's the classic cartoon mysterious back pocket!) and was flying towards the Principal Office. A crowd of binomes were cornered outside by a small army of virals. Megabyte stood before them holding Dot Matrix by the arm.
"You see, Ms. Matrix. All you have to do is give me the access code and all these people can go free," the virus told her in a smooth tone.
"Let go of my sister, Megabreath!" Enzo shouted from the crowd. His puppy, Frisket, hopped back and forth yipping at blue tin creature.
Bob came as near as he could without being seen by hiding behind a stack of crates. "This is bad," he muttered taking another look only to see Dot struggling in MB's grip. "Very bad," he added. The cadet leaned against a box and almost lost his balance. Reading the label, a wicked smile formed on his face.
"For the last time," Megabyte growled, "What is the access code to the Mainframe achieves!" Suddenly, he noticed something soaring towards them with a sword in his hand.
It was Bob, dashing overhead as he slapped each viral binome with the baton and smiled as they froze in a block of energy.
He hovered for a moment with a large grin on his face. "Nobody told me there'd be a street party today." Bob glanced at the huddled binomes who remained motionless. With sigh, he added, "Enzo, get them out of here."
"Sure thing, Bob," the little boy yelled and led the charge out of the shadow of the Principal Office.
With a roar, Megabyte unsheathed his yellow claws and shouted, "I suggest you stay where you are unless you want Ms. Matrix to meet an all too soon deletion."
The binomes gasped as he held Dot out in front of him, her legs kicking to show her stuggle. Just then, Bob shot by, grabbing Dot and smacking the virus upside the head with the sword. The weapon snapped in half. Bob frowned and released a whimper. He flew the zipboard out of harm's way before the row of claws swiped past him. The two passengers rounded a corner and hid in a doorway underneath the Principal Office.
Dot checked herself over for bruises and dusted off her clothes as if she felt dirty after being touched by Megabyte. "Are you okay, Ms. Matrix?" Bob asked with concern.
"I'm fine," she replied offering him a smile, "And please, call me Dot. That was a great plan, Bob. What's next?"
"Plan?" Bob inquired.
Her eyebrows rose. "You didn't plan that?"
"I'm not really the planning kind of sprite," he admitted arrogantly.
"Oh great," Dot muttered, shaking her head. She watched from their hiding spot as Megabyte reached for Enzo. "I've got an idea," she said.
Bob let out a "whoa" as Dot dragged him over to another area of the Principal Office. A square door with a lark lock coldly stared at them. "The achieves?" he questioned.
"Yeah." She walked up and said in a clear voice, "Enter."
A vid window came up. "State name," a woman's voice requested.
Instead of her name, Dot said, "Defense Security Backup."
The window changed into a red button. Satisfied, Dot told the cadet, "C'mon. Just follow my lead."
She ran in front of Megabyte who was chasing after each panicking binome. He saw her and grabbed a screaming one, announcing, "Now, you have two choices, Ms. Matri..."
"Alright Megabyte, I give up," she said with defeat, "I'll take you to the achieves."
"Dot! What are you doing?!" Bob nearly snatched her arm to stop her from leading the virus.
"We don't have a choice," she replied, "We can't fight him."
The virus smiled gleefully. "Smart girl."
The sprite took Megabyte to the achieves door and explained with depression, "Press the red button. It'll ask for a password. Tell it..."
"No Dot!" Bob tried to put a hand over her mouth, but MB pushed him aside like an old toy.
Dot went on, the same sadness in her downcast eyes as in her tone. "The password is I. E."
The virus's hands twitched with anticipation. "Very good." Dot stepped back as the blue finger went to the red button. He pressed it and waited. A clicking noise started from beneath the virus. He looked down at his feet in confusion. A second later, a platform sprung up underneath him and the beast was flung into the air. All of Mainframe could hear him yell out in surprise, "Eye-eeeeee!"
"Well, he got the password right," Bob pointed out, laughing as he picked himself up, "Alright, nice job."
"Thanks," Dot replied with pride, "C'mon. We should check on the others."
Bob glanced at his feet nervously. He knew that he should go back to the Super Computer, only he didn't want to. In the end, he released a sigh of defeat, "No, I...I should go home. The crisis is over and..."
"Okay, we'll call you next time you're needed," Dot told him casually.
"No!" Bob almost shouted, then regained his cool, "Uh...no, you better not. I was just doing this as a favor for Zero. He needed the study time."
"Oh." She tried not to reveal her disappointment at the thought of Zero coming back. Then, Dot went back to her usual nonchalant attitude, "Enzo will be sorry to hear that."
"I'll keep writing to him," Bob responded truthfully, "And...and you could, I mean if you wanted, you and I could write too."
Before Dot could answer, Carden flew in as if out of nowhere on his zipboard. "Bob, c'mon. What are you doing here? I can't believe you listened to Zero. We have to get back before Turbo knows you're gone."
"Turbo already knows," a deep Southern voice retorted. Turbo stood over them with a scowl.
"Oh boy," Bob muttered under his breath.
"What's going on here?" Dot demanded to know.
Turbo addressed her. "Sorry for the inconvenience, miss. I assure you these cadets won't be bothering you again?"
She argued, "But they weren't...Cadets?"
Now Bob wasn't sure who would be worse to face, the strict Prime Guardian or the fearless and stubborn Dot Matrix. He shook Dot's hand and hurriedly told her, "Nice to see you again, Ms. Matrix. Tell your brother bye for me." Then he threw down his zipboard and dashed away, followed by Carden, who had a portal awaiting them.
Turbo also shook Dot's hand and added, "I'll make sure our normal cadet will return. He should be earning his Guardian protocol soon and we'll work on assigning him permanently, so problems like this will not happen again."
"Wait, but we don't want..." Dot started to protest, however Turbo has already stepped back through his own portal and disappeared.
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HEY, THAT CHAPTER TURNED OUT FAIRLY SHORT IN COMPARISON TO THE REST OF THIS FIC. GOOD FOR ME. OKAY, FOLKS, JUST HANG IN THERE. THE STORY IS ALMOST FINISHED.
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THIS FIC WILL INFLATE TO MAKE A DANDY FLOTATION DEVICE...OKAY, THAT'S A LIE.
Author's Note: Four test scores and eight months ago, I was bored and thus I wrote this piece of grammatically incorrect writing. I would just like to thank Alison for her help with this story when it was in its first draft. I would like to say I'm sorry to all of those people I frightened on November 2, 2001 when I repeatedly wrote the word "reboot" in my journal. I would also like to apologize to my readers who probably know the names of the sword-like weapons that first appeared in THE CRIMSON BINOME. I haven't seen that episode in almost a year so I will just call that weapon a sword. If I'm wrong, feel free to jog my memory.
LAST WEEK ON REBOOT: Bob has been sent back to Mainframe where he encounters Hexadecimal and...well, that basically sums it up. Hmm, I don't have anything else to say. Dang.
Chapter 3: Second Visit (In Which A Bunch of Stuff Happens)
Bob flew over Mainframe and landed on the main business street. He turned to see a diner in the process of being built. At least, it would have been if several viral binomes weren't destroying everything. A large red robot emerged from the rubble followed by a blue twin.
"Halt," called out the blue guy, "In the name of Megabyte."
"Yeah," called out the red guy, "And because we said so."
Bob tried not to laugh. "And you are?"
"I am Hack," said the red one.
"And I am Slash," the blue one replied.
"And he is Slash," Hack added.
"Didn't I just say that?" Slash questioned with annoyance.
At the almost same time they told Bob, "We're subservient."
"Do you think we're doing a good enough diversion while Megabyte is at the Principal Office?" Slash asked his partner.
Hack smacked him and yelled, "You weren't supposed to tell him that!"
Slash slapped him back. "It was an accident. Hey, where did he go?"
Bob had already jumped on a zipboard (Author's question: where do they carry those things? It's the classic cartoon mysterious back pocket!) and was flying towards the Principal Office. A crowd of binomes were cornered outside by a small army of virals. Megabyte stood before them holding Dot Matrix by the arm.
"You see, Ms. Matrix. All you have to do is give me the access code and all these people can go free," the virus told her in a smooth tone.
"Let go of my sister, Megabreath!" Enzo shouted from the crowd. His puppy, Frisket, hopped back and forth yipping at blue tin creature.
Bob came as near as he could without being seen by hiding behind a stack of crates. "This is bad," he muttered taking another look only to see Dot struggling in MB's grip. "Very bad," he added. The cadet leaned against a box and almost lost his balance. Reading the label, a wicked smile formed on his face.
"For the last time," Megabyte growled, "What is the access code to the Mainframe achieves!" Suddenly, he noticed something soaring towards them with a sword in his hand.
It was Bob, dashing overhead as he slapped each viral binome with the baton and smiled as they froze in a block of energy.
He hovered for a moment with a large grin on his face. "Nobody told me there'd be a street party today." Bob glanced at the huddled binomes who remained motionless. With sigh, he added, "Enzo, get them out of here."
"Sure thing, Bob," the little boy yelled and led the charge out of the shadow of the Principal Office.
With a roar, Megabyte unsheathed his yellow claws and shouted, "I suggest you stay where you are unless you want Ms. Matrix to meet an all too soon deletion."
The binomes gasped as he held Dot out in front of him, her legs kicking to show her stuggle. Just then, Bob shot by, grabbing Dot and smacking the virus upside the head with the sword. The weapon snapped in half. Bob frowned and released a whimper. He flew the zipboard out of harm's way before the row of claws swiped past him. The two passengers rounded a corner and hid in a doorway underneath the Principal Office.
Dot checked herself over for bruises and dusted off her clothes as if she felt dirty after being touched by Megabyte. "Are you okay, Ms. Matrix?" Bob asked with concern.
"I'm fine," she replied offering him a smile, "And please, call me Dot. That was a great plan, Bob. What's next?"
"Plan?" Bob inquired.
Her eyebrows rose. "You didn't plan that?"
"I'm not really the planning kind of sprite," he admitted arrogantly.
"Oh great," Dot muttered, shaking her head. She watched from their hiding spot as Megabyte reached for Enzo. "I've got an idea," she said.
Bob let out a "whoa" as Dot dragged him over to another area of the Principal Office. A square door with a lark lock coldly stared at them. "The achieves?" he questioned.
"Yeah." She walked up and said in a clear voice, "Enter."
A vid window came up. "State name," a woman's voice requested.
Instead of her name, Dot said, "Defense Security Backup."
The window changed into a red button. Satisfied, Dot told the cadet, "C'mon. Just follow my lead."
She ran in front of Megabyte who was chasing after each panicking binome. He saw her and grabbed a screaming one, announcing, "Now, you have two choices, Ms. Matri..."
"Alright Megabyte, I give up," she said with defeat, "I'll take you to the achieves."
"Dot! What are you doing?!" Bob nearly snatched her arm to stop her from leading the virus.
"We don't have a choice," she replied, "We can't fight him."
The virus smiled gleefully. "Smart girl."
The sprite took Megabyte to the achieves door and explained with depression, "Press the red button. It'll ask for a password. Tell it..."
"No Dot!" Bob tried to put a hand over her mouth, but MB pushed him aside like an old toy.
Dot went on, the same sadness in her downcast eyes as in her tone. "The password is I. E."
The virus's hands twitched with anticipation. "Very good." Dot stepped back as the blue finger went to the red button. He pressed it and waited. A clicking noise started from beneath the virus. He looked down at his feet in confusion. A second later, a platform sprung up underneath him and the beast was flung into the air. All of Mainframe could hear him yell out in surprise, "Eye-eeeeee!"
"Well, he got the password right," Bob pointed out, laughing as he picked himself up, "Alright, nice job."
"Thanks," Dot replied with pride, "C'mon. We should check on the others."
Bob glanced at his feet nervously. He knew that he should go back to the Super Computer, only he didn't want to. In the end, he released a sigh of defeat, "No, I...I should go home. The crisis is over and..."
"Okay, we'll call you next time you're needed," Dot told him casually.
"No!" Bob almost shouted, then regained his cool, "Uh...no, you better not. I was just doing this as a favor for Zero. He needed the study time."
"Oh." She tried not to reveal her disappointment at the thought of Zero coming back. Then, Dot went back to her usual nonchalant attitude, "Enzo will be sorry to hear that."
"I'll keep writing to him," Bob responded truthfully, "And...and you could, I mean if you wanted, you and I could write too."
Before Dot could answer, Carden flew in as if out of nowhere on his zipboard. "Bob, c'mon. What are you doing here? I can't believe you listened to Zero. We have to get back before Turbo knows you're gone."
"Turbo already knows," a deep Southern voice retorted. Turbo stood over them with a scowl.
"Oh boy," Bob muttered under his breath.
"What's going on here?" Dot demanded to know.
Turbo addressed her. "Sorry for the inconvenience, miss. I assure you these cadets won't be bothering you again?"
She argued, "But they weren't...Cadets?"
Now Bob wasn't sure who would be worse to face, the strict Prime Guardian or the fearless and stubborn Dot Matrix. He shook Dot's hand and hurriedly told her, "Nice to see you again, Ms. Matrix. Tell your brother bye for me." Then he threw down his zipboard and dashed away, followed by Carden, who had a portal awaiting them.
Turbo also shook Dot's hand and added, "I'll make sure our normal cadet will return. He should be earning his Guardian protocol soon and we'll work on assigning him permanently, so problems like this will not happen again."
"Wait, but we don't want..." Dot started to protest, however Turbo has already stepped back through his own portal and disappeared.
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HEY, THAT CHAPTER TURNED OUT FAIRLY SHORT IN COMPARISON TO THE REST OF THIS FIC. GOOD FOR ME. OKAY, FOLKS, JUST HANG IN THERE. THE STORY IS ALMOST FINISHED.
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THIS FIC WILL INFLATE TO MAKE A DANDY FLOTATION DEVICE...OKAY, THAT'S A LIE.
