Victory?
Turbo's Log
Victory was surprisingly easy. With the help of Hexadecimal and her nulls we were able to deliver a cure to all the citizens of Mainframe whether they wanted it or not. As a result many of Megabyte's troops turned coat and what little resistance left was easily crushed. Megabyte himself was captured easily and is now file locked awaiting transfer to a research facility to the Supercomputer.
However all is not well. The Mainframe itself has been seriously damaged and many of its population have been driven mad by living in the environment of Lost Angles. Bob meanwhile has been searching through all computer files along with Mouse for Megabyte's nasty little surprise. Interrogating the virus has proved fruitless for he claims to be Enzo Matrix himself.
The young boy in question has been brutally altered by Megabyte into his own image. The poor child is severely traumatized by the whole incident and I have ordered Dr's Chandra and Apple to come over to Mainframe to treat the boy.
Turbo finished his log and looked with satisfaction at the repairs done to his houseboat. The citizens of Mainframe considered him a hero and were only too glad to help. He turned to Bob as the younger Guardian desperately searched the Principle's Office records.
"It's time to interrogate the prisoner again." Turbo said.
"I know, I know but a somehow doubt we're going to get anything. Matrix tried and he wasn't able to get anything," sighed Bob.
"Well we've got to try," said Turbo as they entered the tiny holding cell where Megabyte waited.
The guards had prepared the prisoner for them. The virus was strapped firmly to the table with the strongest energy bonds Mainframe had. Around the virus stood various lie detectors and medical equipment. Overhead a single bare light bulb hung above his face. Megabyte strained against the bonds futilely.
"It won't do any good Megabyte, not even Hexadecimal could break them," said Bob.
"Now why don't you be a good little virus and tell us what we want to know," sneered Turbo.
The virus turned his head towards them. Matrix had done a real job on him. One of the virus's eyes was swollen shut and several of his sharp teeth were missing. Megabyte whispered through his swollen lips," I'm not Megabyte, I'm Enzo please you gotta believe me. Please I don't know anything, I need a doctor, please."
"Stop lying viral pervert!" snapped Bob. "We've got your code scans they're an exact match to your source code from before you left the web. Little Enzo is undergoing code resequencing because of you. You just had to hurt him didn't you! You"
"He's telling the truth, he's not my brother," interrupted Hexadecimal.
The two Guardians whirled around. The young girl still wore the football shirt that Turbo gave her. After being covered with nulls, Dr. Chandra had seen to her bath but the clothes the virus needed were not provided for. Mainframe obviously still had not forgiven her for her past crimes.
"Hex this is a private interrogation. You shouldn't be seeing this," said Bob.
"She's right! And and I can prove it," howled Megabyte. "Bob remember that time I was infected with a class 1 virus and Dot was away on business? You sang me a lullaby, The Stairway to Heaven. And then there's the time I fed Frisket chilli-"
"You had Enzo in your clutches for seconds, virus," snapped Turbo. He thrust a wicked looking probe in Megabyte's Face. "See this filth? This is a brain wave scanner. It will enter your brain and scan for every memory you have. We will find what we are looking for even if we have to turn you into a vegetable."
"No, I know nothing, " said Megabyte desperately.
"Yes he knows nothing, please don't," pleaded Hex.
Bob held her firmly back with very little success as the girl still had her viral strength. Suddenly a vid window popped up. It was Mouse from the computer room. She looked quite frightened.
"Turbo, Bob I discovered Megabyte's surprise. Seems that Old Megs decided to dump his garbage in Lost Angles. He diverted the flow of toxic waste data for Pearson's Data dump to Lost Angles, all of it; starting the day we left Mainframe. All this time he was poisoning us. I've managed to cut off the flow but I need to purge Lost Angles of toxins, now!
"Bob, get Hexadecimal outta here and give her to Mouse. Mouse you take the girl to Lost Angles and have her reboot the system. And you behave yourself you're going to be living with these people," ordered Turbo.
Turbo sighed as he heard Hex protesting all the way down the hall and then a crash as the young virus fainted.
"You' re a very lucky virus," he said to Megabyte as he file locked the virus again.
Bob carried the girl up to the Main computer Room to where Mouse awaited. The purple skinned woman stood up angrily.
"About time you got here! Did sleeping beauty give you any trouble?" said Mouse.
Bob gently put Hex into Mouse's arms, " She tried to convince us that Megabyte wasn't Megabyte. Go easy on her. I think she realizes that without Megabyte she'll be alone. You can take my car here are the keys."
Lost Angles Principle's Office
Mouse, however was not easy on her. As soon as they reached the Principle's Office and Hex's Lair Mouse roughly shook Hex awake. It was a very bad idea, for as soon as she did Hexadecimal aliases swarmed over her, clawing and screaming. Mouse swung her sword desperately around and nearly crashed the car.
"Sisters stop and disperse, reappear on my orders," commanded the girl.
The aliases dispersed like a cloud of dust. Then the girl turned to Mouse; " I suggest you be nice to me here. The entire city is designed for my protection. Now why have you brought me here?"
As soon as they landed Mouse told her the whole story. Hex merely nodded and stepped confidently out. She motioned Mouse to follow as they entered the Principle's office and into her Lair. Finally after passing what seemed like miles of dark and twisting tunnels, they came to the virus's throne room. Hex sat down regally on her throne and faced her mirror.
The girl seemed much more confidant and lucid here more than anywhere else. Which was to be expected, after all this was her home.
"Sisters activate program springtime," said Hex imperiously. Three aliases reappeared in front of them. "Authorization code Kit's sector."
A small trapdoor opened right in front of Hex's throne and a small waist high consol slid up until it reached waist height. Then the virus leaned forward and began her work. As she typed in commands Mouse could she from Hex's mirror all that was happening in Lost Angles. The aliases, there were hundreds of them, guided a cleansing energy wave throughout the city. It restored buildings and cleaned up rubble, making them look like the second they were built. Everywhere the wave touched it renewed the land, the blighted orchard with its poisoned fruit disappeared and was replaced by an ordinary park, all of Hex's artwork including the Arc of Chaos disappeared and was replaced by more ordinary, more acceptable landmarks and buildings.
People as well were affected: they were on the last stages of toxin poisoning. As soon as a wave hit them they stopped whatever demented activity they were doing, rubbed their eyes and stood up. It was like they had woken up from a bad dream. As soon as wave had done its job the aliases dispersed leaving several confused but healthy people milling about. The Twin City was back.
Mouse taking control of the situation pushed the girl out of her chair. Stabbing at the controls she opened up several vid windows around the restored city.
"All right People you're probably wondering what's happening. Well I'll tell you this; Megabyte poisoned this city, his special little surprise. As a result we all went a little loco but with Turbo's help we defeated the Son of a Bat and arranged for this little scrub down so come on back home. I'll be coming outside to take you all back to Mainframe."
Interlude The Supercomputer
The young yellow skinned teenaged boy lay down on Dr. Spock's funky couch. He liked it here. The place looked cool with its ultra modern furniture. He was almost glad that his Mom forced him to see a psychologist.
An extremely thin old purple dude, Dr. Spock spoke "So tell me about these dreams you've been having?"
"Like you know it was really bogus at first. There was this purple chick speaking to me. I couldn't here what she was saying because there was this monster screaming. And then the monster ices her right in front of me.
"But now the dreams are much better there's still the purple chick she tries to tell me to whack my family but there's no monster this time. Just this white skinned girl who wraps up the purple chick in duct tape so she can't speak any more. It's really funny. You were saying in some way my dreams are real?"
Dr. Spock could see where this was going, "Why yes the purple chick is Daemon and the white skinned girl is the counter virus who's trying to help you."
The boy asked the question every teenaged boy asked, "Do you think there's any way I could ask the white girl out?"
Mainframe The Principle's Office Infirmary
Rom Apple practically strutted into the waiting room where the Matrix family and Frisket waited with great impatience. The room was sparsely furnished with cheap furniture and tacky magazines.
"The operation was a success, Enzo say hello to your family," said Dr. Apple proudly.
The boy stepped out from the doorway. He looked perfect. Not one trace of viral features remained. He looked exactly the same as before the nightmare with Megabyte started. His family rushed to greet him except for Frisket. The dog snarled and barked at the boy. AndraIa had to hold him back.
"Well obviously I couldn't get rid of all the viral properties," laughed Rom sheepishly. "Otherwise he wouldn't heal so - Hex how did you get in here?"
The girl merely pointed at Enzo let an almost viral scream. The boy started to cry and clung to Dot.
"No, no! Don't let Hexadecimal get me, please Dot!" begged the boy.
Just then Bob rushed in and took the girl's hand.
"There you are Dr. Chandra has been looking all over for you. I'm really sorry about this guys," said Bob as he took Hex away.
"You always were," said Rom.
Behind Dot's back Enzo sneered.
When he took her to Chandra in her luxury hotel room the doctor was not happy.
"Hex, you missed meditation lessons, what were you doing?" said Chandra.
"I'll tell what she was doing, causing trouble. Claims Megabyte still is free, she was a chaos virus before Apple fixed her up," said Bob.
Dr. Chandra gave the virus a withering look as she closed the door. "I'm very disappointed in you, Hexadecimal. There's going to be a celebration this night cycle and I want you to stay inside. Don't worry I'll make sure you get proper care for the night cycle. Do you have anything to say to Turbo and Bob to give to them?"
"Yes one question. Was Bob's source code a perfect match after his time in the web? This is serious ask them."
"Well it seems your cognitive facilities are coming along nicely. We'll start working on your social skills in the morning."
With that she closed the door leaving the girl alone. Hex screamed in frustration, grabbed a vase and smashed it on the richly carpeted floor. The suite was nicely furnished with nice cream and gold tones but it gave the girl no comfort as she sat down on the desk and started to draw her picture. It was always the same picture it just got better as time went by.
"I have got to convince them before its too late. I wish I still had my powers," she said to no one in particular.
Mainframe Baudway Town Square
Music blared on as the fireworks exploded in the sky. Not exactly appropriate considering all they've been through. Under the multicoloured party lanterns the citizens of Mainframe ate hastily prepared treats. While Matrix and AndraIa danced wildly with the hundereds of couples on the dance floor as the rest of the sprites watched from their tables.
"Dr. Chandra, as you can see we in Mainframe have been through a lot. We could really use your help," said Dot.
On the dance floor Matrix kicked aside a couple of dancing binomes to make way for him. But that was not all, there seemed to be people dressed as pirates at the party.
"I see your point," said Chandra.
"Why don't you help some people who really need it," said Dot.
"Hex does need help but I might be able to spare time," she replied.
"Excuse me Dr. Dumplings," said Mouse as she butted in. "But I need to talk to Dot, alone."
"I'll go see Turbo, Dr. Chandra do you want to come?" said Bob as he took her hand.
"Good idea Hex has a question for him," said Chandra as they walked away.
Dot frowned as she watched the pair leave. Then she turned to Mouse.
"You go to Enzo," said Mouse. "Dot it's about Hex. Turbo's been planning to leave her here."
Enzo watched from a distance and smirked to himself. They were complete and utter fools. It's a wonder why he couldn't conquer them sooner. His eyes flashed green as he walked away from the party to where the docks where the Saucy Mare sat newly moored.
Turbo's Log
Victory was surprisingly easy. With the help of Hexadecimal and her nulls we were able to deliver a cure to all the citizens of Mainframe whether they wanted it or not. As a result many of Megabyte's troops turned coat and what little resistance left was easily crushed. Megabyte himself was captured easily and is now file locked awaiting transfer to a research facility to the Supercomputer.
However all is not well. The Mainframe itself has been seriously damaged and many of its population have been driven mad by living in the environment of Lost Angles. Bob meanwhile has been searching through all computer files along with Mouse for Megabyte's nasty little surprise. Interrogating the virus has proved fruitless for he claims to be Enzo Matrix himself.
The young boy in question has been brutally altered by Megabyte into his own image. The poor child is severely traumatized by the whole incident and I have ordered Dr's Chandra and Apple to come over to Mainframe to treat the boy.
Turbo finished his log and looked with satisfaction at the repairs done to his houseboat. The citizens of Mainframe considered him a hero and were only too glad to help. He turned to Bob as the younger Guardian desperately searched the Principle's Office records.
"It's time to interrogate the prisoner again." Turbo said.
"I know, I know but a somehow doubt we're going to get anything. Matrix tried and he wasn't able to get anything," sighed Bob.
"Well we've got to try," said Turbo as they entered the tiny holding cell where Megabyte waited.
The guards had prepared the prisoner for them. The virus was strapped firmly to the table with the strongest energy bonds Mainframe had. Around the virus stood various lie detectors and medical equipment. Overhead a single bare light bulb hung above his face. Megabyte strained against the bonds futilely.
"It won't do any good Megabyte, not even Hexadecimal could break them," said Bob.
"Now why don't you be a good little virus and tell us what we want to know," sneered Turbo.
The virus turned his head towards them. Matrix had done a real job on him. One of the virus's eyes was swollen shut and several of his sharp teeth were missing. Megabyte whispered through his swollen lips," I'm not Megabyte, I'm Enzo please you gotta believe me. Please I don't know anything, I need a doctor, please."
"Stop lying viral pervert!" snapped Bob. "We've got your code scans they're an exact match to your source code from before you left the web. Little Enzo is undergoing code resequencing because of you. You just had to hurt him didn't you! You"
"He's telling the truth, he's not my brother," interrupted Hexadecimal.
The two Guardians whirled around. The young girl still wore the football shirt that Turbo gave her. After being covered with nulls, Dr. Chandra had seen to her bath but the clothes the virus needed were not provided for. Mainframe obviously still had not forgiven her for her past crimes.
"Hex this is a private interrogation. You shouldn't be seeing this," said Bob.
"She's right! And and I can prove it," howled Megabyte. "Bob remember that time I was infected with a class 1 virus and Dot was away on business? You sang me a lullaby, The Stairway to Heaven. And then there's the time I fed Frisket chilli-"
"You had Enzo in your clutches for seconds, virus," snapped Turbo. He thrust a wicked looking probe in Megabyte's Face. "See this filth? This is a brain wave scanner. It will enter your brain and scan for every memory you have. We will find what we are looking for even if we have to turn you into a vegetable."
"No, I know nothing, " said Megabyte desperately.
"Yes he knows nothing, please don't," pleaded Hex.
Bob held her firmly back with very little success as the girl still had her viral strength. Suddenly a vid window popped up. It was Mouse from the computer room. She looked quite frightened.
"Turbo, Bob I discovered Megabyte's surprise. Seems that Old Megs decided to dump his garbage in Lost Angles. He diverted the flow of toxic waste data for Pearson's Data dump to Lost Angles, all of it; starting the day we left Mainframe. All this time he was poisoning us. I've managed to cut off the flow but I need to purge Lost Angles of toxins, now!
"Bob, get Hexadecimal outta here and give her to Mouse. Mouse you take the girl to Lost Angles and have her reboot the system. And you behave yourself you're going to be living with these people," ordered Turbo.
Turbo sighed as he heard Hex protesting all the way down the hall and then a crash as the young virus fainted.
"You' re a very lucky virus," he said to Megabyte as he file locked the virus again.
Bob carried the girl up to the Main computer Room to where Mouse awaited. The purple skinned woman stood up angrily.
"About time you got here! Did sleeping beauty give you any trouble?" said Mouse.
Bob gently put Hex into Mouse's arms, " She tried to convince us that Megabyte wasn't Megabyte. Go easy on her. I think she realizes that without Megabyte she'll be alone. You can take my car here are the keys."
Lost Angles Principle's Office
Mouse, however was not easy on her. As soon as they reached the Principle's Office and Hex's Lair Mouse roughly shook Hex awake. It was a very bad idea, for as soon as she did Hexadecimal aliases swarmed over her, clawing and screaming. Mouse swung her sword desperately around and nearly crashed the car.
"Sisters stop and disperse, reappear on my orders," commanded the girl.
The aliases dispersed like a cloud of dust. Then the girl turned to Mouse; " I suggest you be nice to me here. The entire city is designed for my protection. Now why have you brought me here?"
As soon as they landed Mouse told her the whole story. Hex merely nodded and stepped confidently out. She motioned Mouse to follow as they entered the Principle's office and into her Lair. Finally after passing what seemed like miles of dark and twisting tunnels, they came to the virus's throne room. Hex sat down regally on her throne and faced her mirror.
The girl seemed much more confidant and lucid here more than anywhere else. Which was to be expected, after all this was her home.
"Sisters activate program springtime," said Hex imperiously. Three aliases reappeared in front of them. "Authorization code Kit's sector."
A small trapdoor opened right in front of Hex's throne and a small waist high consol slid up until it reached waist height. Then the virus leaned forward and began her work. As she typed in commands Mouse could she from Hex's mirror all that was happening in Lost Angles. The aliases, there were hundreds of them, guided a cleansing energy wave throughout the city. It restored buildings and cleaned up rubble, making them look like the second they were built. Everywhere the wave touched it renewed the land, the blighted orchard with its poisoned fruit disappeared and was replaced by an ordinary park, all of Hex's artwork including the Arc of Chaos disappeared and was replaced by more ordinary, more acceptable landmarks and buildings.
People as well were affected: they were on the last stages of toxin poisoning. As soon as a wave hit them they stopped whatever demented activity they were doing, rubbed their eyes and stood up. It was like they had woken up from a bad dream. As soon as wave had done its job the aliases dispersed leaving several confused but healthy people milling about. The Twin City was back.
Mouse taking control of the situation pushed the girl out of her chair. Stabbing at the controls she opened up several vid windows around the restored city.
"All right People you're probably wondering what's happening. Well I'll tell you this; Megabyte poisoned this city, his special little surprise. As a result we all went a little loco but with Turbo's help we defeated the Son of a Bat and arranged for this little scrub down so come on back home. I'll be coming outside to take you all back to Mainframe."
Interlude The Supercomputer
The young yellow skinned teenaged boy lay down on Dr. Spock's funky couch. He liked it here. The place looked cool with its ultra modern furniture. He was almost glad that his Mom forced him to see a psychologist.
An extremely thin old purple dude, Dr. Spock spoke "So tell me about these dreams you've been having?"
"Like you know it was really bogus at first. There was this purple chick speaking to me. I couldn't here what she was saying because there was this monster screaming. And then the monster ices her right in front of me.
"But now the dreams are much better there's still the purple chick she tries to tell me to whack my family but there's no monster this time. Just this white skinned girl who wraps up the purple chick in duct tape so she can't speak any more. It's really funny. You were saying in some way my dreams are real?"
Dr. Spock could see where this was going, "Why yes the purple chick is Daemon and the white skinned girl is the counter virus who's trying to help you."
The boy asked the question every teenaged boy asked, "Do you think there's any way I could ask the white girl out?"
Mainframe The Principle's Office Infirmary
Rom Apple practically strutted into the waiting room where the Matrix family and Frisket waited with great impatience. The room was sparsely furnished with cheap furniture and tacky magazines.
"The operation was a success, Enzo say hello to your family," said Dr. Apple proudly.
The boy stepped out from the doorway. He looked perfect. Not one trace of viral features remained. He looked exactly the same as before the nightmare with Megabyte started. His family rushed to greet him except for Frisket. The dog snarled and barked at the boy. AndraIa had to hold him back.
"Well obviously I couldn't get rid of all the viral properties," laughed Rom sheepishly. "Otherwise he wouldn't heal so - Hex how did you get in here?"
The girl merely pointed at Enzo let an almost viral scream. The boy started to cry and clung to Dot.
"No, no! Don't let Hexadecimal get me, please Dot!" begged the boy.
Just then Bob rushed in and took the girl's hand.
"There you are Dr. Chandra has been looking all over for you. I'm really sorry about this guys," said Bob as he took Hex away.
"You always were," said Rom.
Behind Dot's back Enzo sneered.
When he took her to Chandra in her luxury hotel room the doctor was not happy.
"Hex, you missed meditation lessons, what were you doing?" said Chandra.
"I'll tell what she was doing, causing trouble. Claims Megabyte still is free, she was a chaos virus before Apple fixed her up," said Bob.
Dr. Chandra gave the virus a withering look as she closed the door. "I'm very disappointed in you, Hexadecimal. There's going to be a celebration this night cycle and I want you to stay inside. Don't worry I'll make sure you get proper care for the night cycle. Do you have anything to say to Turbo and Bob to give to them?"
"Yes one question. Was Bob's source code a perfect match after his time in the web? This is serious ask them."
"Well it seems your cognitive facilities are coming along nicely. We'll start working on your social skills in the morning."
With that she closed the door leaving the girl alone. Hex screamed in frustration, grabbed a vase and smashed it on the richly carpeted floor. The suite was nicely furnished with nice cream and gold tones but it gave the girl no comfort as she sat down on the desk and started to draw her picture. It was always the same picture it just got better as time went by.
"I have got to convince them before its too late. I wish I still had my powers," she said to no one in particular.
Mainframe Baudway Town Square
Music blared on as the fireworks exploded in the sky. Not exactly appropriate considering all they've been through. Under the multicoloured party lanterns the citizens of Mainframe ate hastily prepared treats. While Matrix and AndraIa danced wildly with the hundereds of couples on the dance floor as the rest of the sprites watched from their tables.
"Dr. Chandra, as you can see we in Mainframe have been through a lot. We could really use your help," said Dot.
On the dance floor Matrix kicked aside a couple of dancing binomes to make way for him. But that was not all, there seemed to be people dressed as pirates at the party.
"I see your point," said Chandra.
"Why don't you help some people who really need it," said Dot.
"Hex does need help but I might be able to spare time," she replied.
"Excuse me Dr. Dumplings," said Mouse as she butted in. "But I need to talk to Dot, alone."
"I'll go see Turbo, Dr. Chandra do you want to come?" said Bob as he took her hand.
"Good idea Hex has a question for him," said Chandra as they walked away.
Dot frowned as she watched the pair leave. Then she turned to Mouse.
"You go to Enzo," said Mouse. "Dot it's about Hex. Turbo's been planning to leave her here."
Enzo watched from a distance and smirked to himself. They were complete and utter fools. It's a wonder why he couldn't conquer them sooner. His eyes flashed green as he walked away from the party to where the docks where the Saucy Mare sat newly moored.