ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS
Story by DarkHououmon
"HACKER'S BACK!" Digit shouted in horror.
The kids, on the raft, were not only battling to keep control of the wooden platform, their only protection against the cosmic rapids, but also trying to keep out of Hacker's reach. The giant ship, Grim Wreaker, was right above them. One of the claws exited out of the front, and headed straight towards them. Hacker pulled the lever upon which controlled it. He acted like it was one of those toy machine games, where you have to use a claw to get something inside. For Hacker that would be a simple task, yet he knew that he's dealing with moving, breathing targets now. He'd have to be even more accurate than before. Buzz and Delete were standing beside the control panel, watching their boss with darkness in their eyes. Both wore a dark smile. They stared at the screen as they watched the Grim Wreaker's claw lowering down even more. The claw then widened open large enough to snare the children.
Matt, Inez, and Jackie dove downwards. Digit didn't have to do anything. From where Hacker was, even if he tried, he wouldn't be able to move the claw backwards enough to get him. "Earthlies! Stay down!" He yelled in alarm as the claw closed down. The kids had their eyes closed tightly, hoping that they had dove down in the nick of time. Looking around with their hands over their heads, they saw that the claw had missed them. 'It missed us!' Matt thought with happiness.
Hacker snapped his fingers in frustration. "I may have lost Dr. Marbles, but I WILL get those kids! Motherboard will pay DEARLY to get them back!" He moved his hand around again, bringing the claw forward and downward more than before. Jackie's eyes widened in terror. "He's coming back again!" She moved towards the front of the raft, which wasn't very far. Less than a centimeter to be precise. "Why didn't I make the raft bigger?" "Not now, Digit! Just propel us farther away." Inez shouted, and then saw the Grim Wreaker's claw lowering towards them again. Screaming, she began to use her arm as an oar, paddling upwards to assist Digit, who was using as much strength as he could to push the kids as far away from Hacker as possible. He didn't seem to make it go much faster, and Grim Wreaker's claw was catching up fast! Digit could barely hear the Hacker's voice saying, "TRY AS YOU MIGHT, YOU WON'T ESCAPE!" With that, he brought the claw down lower to once again try and snare the small children.
All three of them ducked as low as they could go. They could feel the claws shutting behind them, making all three of them shudder in fright. Being this close to that claw was making them nervous. They slowly opened up their eyes again, looking ahead. "The portal!" Matt pointed towards what looking like a purple whirlpool in front of them. They slowly got up, but Inez felt it was harder to do that before. Someone...or something was keeping her down. As she fell backwards from struggling, she hit something hard, cold, and metallic. Her face paled, and, gulping, turned around. To her horror, the Grim Wreaker's claw had closed down on the back of her shirt! She immediantly dug her nails into the logs that she was laying on. She let out a distress scream, startling Jackie and Matt. "Inez! No!" Jackie shouted as she saw the Grim Wreaker's claw starting to pull back, holding onto Inez. Inez was trying as hard as she could to hang on, but it was useless.
From inside the ship, Hacker laughed evilly. "HAHAHAHA! YEEEEESSS! I got one!" Delete and Buzz applauded. "Way to go boss!" Buzz said darkly, yet with respect for the being in front of him. Delete nodded. "Yeah! You got her!" Hacker's face turned towards them. Anger was written all over it. The two androids backed off, knowing what was going to happen. They braced themselves. "Of course I know I got the girl!" He yelled angrily. "Don't make me loose concentration!" He turned back at the screen. Delete scratched the metal of his head, cocking his head to the side a little. "You know?" The shorter robot looked up at the taller robot. "Yes?" Delete's confusion was replaced with a smile. "You think that girl likes disco?" "UHHMF!" Buzz slapped his own face at Delete's stupidity. Just as soon as he opened up his eyes, he could see the other robot dancing disco. Buzz's mouth dropped open, then he closed his eyes again, shaking his head. "I don't even want to know."
Inez held on desperately as the claw tugged harder at her. Digit, unable to let go of the raft, told her, "Hang on, Inez! Don't let go!" Jackie and Matt took positions beside the younger girl, each one grabbing a forearm and holding down as hard as they could. The smaller girl's face was writtled in fear. Fear of what was going to happen to her if Hacker had caught her, brought her up. What would happen? Looking at her new friends, she cried in vain, "Don't let me go!" Matt hung on tighter. "Don't worry, Nezzie. We won't let you go!" Inez was too frightened to worry about being called 'Nezzie'. She just wanted to go home badly. Jackie and Matt suddenly felt the Grim Wreaker pulling harder than before. Inez was suddenly in the air! "Ahhh!" She shouted in surprise as she was no longer on the ground. Jackie held onto Inez's hands as Matt held onto Jackie, both tugging backwards to try and lower the frightened little girl back to the ground.
Inez tried not to think about the giant claw behind her. She was busy trying to be sure that she could get back on the ground again. But as the pull backwards got stronger and the grip on her hands got weaker, she knew. She wouldn't make it...
Jackie held on tighter to the other girl's hands. "I got you!" She braced her feet to try and keep her from moving forward. But it was a large claw, so even with Matt's help as he, too, used his feet as brakes, they couldn't hold on for much longer. Inez's hands were slipping out of Jackie's hand. "Oh no...no..." She said desperately. Finally, she couldn't hold on much longer. The hispanic girl's hand slipping right out of the african american girl's hand. Matt and Jackie fell to the ground from the force. They looked up, and they and Digit looked on in horror as Inez was flung up into the air towards the giant green ship. "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" She screamed in sheer terror as she felt herself being lifted higher, knowing where she was going. Jackie, Matt, and Digit felt their eyes open wide in horror, and they screamed out, "INEZ!" The small girl headed for a shaft that opened up right were the claw extended from. The claw dragged her through it, and it shut, barely missing her shoe.
Hacker laughed darkly. "I got her!" He turned around to wear the claw rentered the ship. It settled down in front of him. The inside was large enough to contain the shut claw. When it opened he would need to bring it outside. Struggling to get loose from the claw was the girl he had snared. But no matter how hard she tried, she could not get loose. "I wouldn't try doing that." Hacker said, folding his hands. Inez shot her head up in attention and alert. She looked up at Hacker with fear in her eyes. "Wha-what are you going to do with me?" She whimpered, visibly shaking. Delete and Buzz stood beside their green boss, both laughing darkly. This wasn't good news. Hacker walked up to the youngest of the 4. "Well, girl, it's simple. I'm using you...as bait!"
Inez's eyes snapped open in shock. 'Me? Bait?' "No way!" She shouted bravely. "You can't use me as bait, you overgrown leech-sucking, green faced ogr...AAAHHHH!" The cyborg backslapped her on the cheek, knocking her head towards her right roughly and harshly. She turned her head back towards him. Her eyes shifted to a look of pure terror. She cringed back further as Hacker came closer. "Shut up, you brat! Or I won't be so easy on you next time!" Inez, shaking, slowly moved her hand to her swollen cheek. She could see no blood, but her cheek was sore from the slap. Hacker ignored the girl and walked over towards the control panel. He selected a button, one that was not only broadcasted to Motherboard, but also to Topsy Turvy Island. "Attention Motherboard! Kids! Digit!" Hacker's dark voice sounded out.
Dr. Marbles, who almost begun to try and fix the problem with Motherboard, jolted up at Hacker's voice. "Oh my...where is it coming from?" Motherboard scanned the location, and confirmed, "Topsy Turvy Island." "The kids are still there!" The green cyborg continued, "I've caught one of your little recruitments, Motherboard. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask your little friend here?" With that, he sent a digital clip. Motherboard's face registered in shock and Dr. Marbles put a hand over his mouth in shock.
Digit, although overcome with anger and despair, continued to push the humans towars the portal. "But Digit! We can't leave her behind!" Matt cried desperately, sad about what happened to Inez. "You've got no choice, kid. You'll die if you stay here!" Jackie's face turned towards him, revealing tears that had shed across her cheek. It was now damp and red. She sniffled. "You-You mean we have t-to-to go now?" Digit nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, I'll try and save her. You kids just go. Now!" He gave them one final push, and they fell right into the portal. As he watched the humans swirl towards the Real World, a dark shadow loomed over him. "Hacker!" He said in shock, and then flew backwards a few feet, facing forwards. Hacker's voice continued, "If you want to see this girl leave...alive...surrender to me, Motherboard!" 'This is not good...' Digit said to himself as he looked up at the ship, which now held Inez hostage...
Inside the ship, Inez was now inside a cage. She bagged against the metal bars, but knew that it was useless. She wasn't strong enough to bust them, and never will be. She looked fearfully at Hacker walking towards her cell again. "I'd shut up if I were you, girlie." He said simply, raising his hand towards a red button. The girl cringed backwards, not sure what to expect when he pressed it. Hacker punched the button a single second, enough to send some voltage through the girl's small body. "Maybe this will keep you quiet." The electricity wasn't intense enough to make her scream, but a few tears of pain shed from her eyes, and she fell to the ground, slightly bloodied and charred from the assault. She was knocked out cold. Hacker's evil smile stunned Delete for some reason. 'I knew he was cold, but I didn't know he was this cold...' He stared at Inez's prone form, which was shivering from the voltage. "Delete!" "Y-Yes?" He responed shakily. "Watch the girl. Buzz and I have an appointment to back with Motherboard."
Inside the library, the 2 remaining kids shot through, collapsing on the ground. No triumph was on their faces. They may have saved Dr. Marbles, but they were unable to save Inez. "Poor kid..." Jackie whimpered, a few tears forming. "We couldn't...we couldn't save her." She closed her eyes. Matt knew how she felt. He felt the same way, too. Though he barely knew Jackie, he couldn't just let her suffer. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a tight, reassuring hug. "Don't worry," he whispered, "We'll find a way...we'll find a way."
That instant, the map of the library lit up again. Motherboard's face appeared on it. The kids smiled a little, but it somehow didn't feel right without Inez beside them. "I know losing a friend is harsh." The computer said. "You saved Dr. Marbles, and I thank you for that. But in other news..." Digit suddenly appeared on the screen, crying out in desperation, "Hacker's going to kill Inez unless we surrender!" The 2 other kids had a look of shock on their faces. Hacker was going to actually murder someone? Inez was too young to die. She didn't deserve this! "We have to get her back!" Motherboard nodded, "Yes I know. But I do not know where Hacker has taken her." Digit smiled, though it was grim. "Keep waiting, kids. We'll tell you when we've figured out a plan to get your friend back." The screen went blank.
The room was empty, and quiet, except for the kids who had entered Cyberspace. Only one was missing. Matt looked at Jackie. "Come back here tomorrow?" Jackie, though a look of defeat was on her face, nodded slowly. "Sure..." With that, they left the library doors, leaving behind a room of silence. Silence of a missing friend...
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Not sure if I'll continue this or not. It all depends on how well it does. Not many people here seem to like reviewing Cyberchase fanfics, eh? I'm one of the few bold enough to even write one. Hehehe...I feel special. ; Yes this was my idea of what might have happened had Inez been caught in the first episode of Cyberchase. I didn't know where I got this idea from. It just...came to me one day. But I might make a couple more chapters to continue this. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas for "The Abomination 2"? I'm stumped on all my stories lately. Oo