1.1.1 Chapter 7





Dot skimmed the skyline of the game.

" Kerry. This game ring any bells?" she asked.

" No, but that can be changed. Gardro, game stats," Kerry ordered. Dot turned to AndrAIa.

" AndrAIa, Matrix and I both agreed that you weren't to go into games until after your child is born. In fact, I'm thinking on changing that to until your child is Enzo's age!" Dot yelled.

" Dot, face it, The baby isn't coming yet. I still can enter games. Now, Kerry, what's the object of the game?"

" To stop the User from getting to. the Super Computer," Kerry said, looking up at Dot.

" Let's see what the game provides. Reboot!"

" Reboot!"

" Reboot!"

" Reboot!"

" Reboot!"

" Reboot!" As the flashes of light died down, the sprites looked down. Enzo hadn't changed at all, Hex was wearing her first attire, Dot was in her pink and red outfit, and AndrAIa, Mouse, and Kerry were themselves.

" What, precisely is the game providing?" Hex asked.

" Be quiet," Dot glared.

" Dot, judging by what you're wearing, I'm willing to wager that Kerry, AndrAIa, and I aren't supposed to be in this game," Mouse said. Suddenly, the sound of a zip board being flown was heard.

" Bob!" Dot said, then turned to her best friend, her sister-in-law, and her new ally,

" AndrAIa, Mouse, Kerry, I want you to make your selves scarce. I want Bob to think we're game sprites. Hex, go to the game lair. If Bob sees you in the game, his first instinct is going to be to stop you." Hex's mask shifted to her shocked expression.

" I see." Hex switched to her tear mask. " Well, then, I do want to stay processing." Her murderous mask appeared. " If I encounter the creature that has chosen to take my form, I'll delete her! Ah! Ha! Ha!" Hex disappeared.

" Alright, Enzo, go hide over there. When Bob comes down, I want you to ram him over like you used to." As Enzo disappeared behind one of the warehouses, Dot called to Bob and got him to come down.

" Hi Dot. What's up?" he asked.

" Bob!" Enzo cried, and knocked Bob over talking at 1000 miles a nanosecond.

"HeyBobyouwannagojetboardracingorgoplayagamemaybeagameofskileapmaybeaftertha ttheUserwilldownloadagameandIcanshowyouhowgoodofagameplayerIcanbewhenIreally needtomaybeI'llevenwinthenextgamecube!" Enzo cried.

" Uh, hi to you too, Enzo," Bob said.

" Uh, Bob, I kinda wanted to talk to you," Dot said.

" Sure, what about?" Bob asked, getting up. Dot only needed one word.

" Kerry." Bob now knew.

" What are you two doing in here?"

" Well, actually, Mouse, AndrAIa, Kerry and Hex are here too," Dot said.

" What do you think you're doing here, Dot?" Bob asked.

" Bob, Dot was only trying to help. Besides, Bob, Kerry told Dot that you had been acting strange during the last game," Enzo said.

" Enzo, this is between me and your big-headed sister who doesn't know enough to leave game to the Guardians!" Bob cried. Suddenly, there was a big flash and Kerry and Hex appeared.

" Hex! The User has a tear and now is trying to get Bob to open it to the Super Computer! You have to help me stop him!" Kerry cried.

" Oh, is that all? Well, that's a whole lot easier than attempting to keep my deep brother's power in check," Hex said with her smirk mask.

" Forget the smirk and help me- Ahhhhhhh!!!" Kerry was shot by one of the ABC's fire.

" Kerry!" Bob cried. He caught her and took her over to Dot.

" Big-headed?" Dot glared.

" Dot I don't have the time to-" Bob suddenly began to gasp for air.

" Bob? Bob? Bob!" Dot cried. Meanwhile, overhead, Hex was unleashing her viral power on 'Megabyte's' ABCs. Then she turned to the Tor.

" Megabyte! This is for putting me in that infernal collar!" she cried.

" She never gives that up, huh, Mouse?" AndrAIa said.

" Game Over."

" Mouse! Call a med unit for Kerry and Bob! NOW!" Dot screamed.

2 The Eye Of The Storm.

Kiyan was standing in the back of the room, not wanting to speak to anyone. He was scared now. The room was being crowded with all of the sprites and binomes. One of the sprites- One of the Guardians- walked over to him.

" You're Kiyan, right?" she asked. Kiyan nodded.

" I'm Vixen. Your sister over there is parading around with the fact that she is the daughter of the Assistant Prime Guardian. Is that right?" Kiyan nodded again.

" Silent, aren't you? So, you're Kerry's kid?" Kiyan shook his head.

" Well, then, who are your parents?" she asked.

" Dot Matrix and Bob," Kiyan said, finding his voice, only to lose it again. Vixen's eyes widened.

" Bob? Bob is the Assistant Prime Guardian? Well then, he's certainly changed since the days where I was training him," Vixen smiled, " Then again, I should have realized that your eyes and face definitely his. Look, from what I can tell, the rest of us are gonna try and get us back to our own times. Like me- I need to go home and train your dad so he can become the Assistant Prime Guardian. And Backup and Tweek need to go back to their home and protect it from games because from what Matrix told me, the Guardians have had trouble getting to some systems. Now, come on. Smile," Vixen smiled. Kiyan also smiled.

Matrix and Terrin watched Kiyan and Vixen smiling and they smiled also.

" Well, that's one problem solved, eh, Matriarch?" Terrin asked.

" You're never gonna let me live that one down, are you?" Matrix asked, looking Terrin in the eyes.

" Hmmmm, let me think. Nope," Terrin chuckled, patted Matrix on the back and walked away. Enzo, however, wasn't enjoying himself. His ear was pressed against the door.

" Guys! She's coming!" he cried. Everyone went to their beds and had closed their eyes just as Malestorm entered. She placed Cat and Ani on two empty beds. Suddenly, a vid-window opened.

" Evilclon. What do you think you are doing?" Malestorm asked the creature in the vid-window.

" I think I am preparing to take your job. Our leader insists that if you are just going to capture people from the Net, then he'll will recapture the viral in you," Evilclon smirked. Enzo barely opened one of his eyes and looked at Evilclon. He was a floating brown head with four tentacles of his own. His eyes were pure red and had a red half diamond with curved edges one it. He had eight visible teeth, four on top of his mouth, four on the bottom- all of them pointed.

" He can't pull me out! I've gathered more than what our master wanted!" Malestorm cried.

" Be that as it may, The Viral Imperium cannot wait for you to get the sprites he wanted. Already I have awaken my sleeper infection in some Guardians. Our master is sending the end program for you to one of the Guardians. I have to prepare your ship to be replaced by mine," Evilclon snickered, then pressed a button as he closed the vid-window. Enzo felt a shimmering feeling all over his body then looked around again. He was in a new lab- with Evilclon at the edge of the lab. Enzo realized that he was in more trouble now.

3 Mainframe.

Dot was pacing outside of the hospital with Mouse, AndrAIa, Wellmen, Hex, and Enzo waiting with her.

" Dot, please stop, sugar. You're making me nervous," Mouse said, having switched out of her battle garb due to hospital regulations about armor inside. It seemed to frighten the patients.

" I'm sorry, Mouse, but I can't help it. I'm worried about Bob and Kerry. Especially Bob. He started yelling and insulting me in that game, then it seemed like he couldn't breath. Kerry should be alright. I mean, remember when you got zapped during the First Viral War by an army of ABCs? We had less advanced medical systems, and you survived."

" Yeah, sugar, but those hits barely missed my core-com. Kerry had a damaged core-com, and we are certainly lucky we got her here while she was still processing," Mouse said. Dot sighed then sat down. Wellmen put his hand on Dot while Enzo grabbed a hold of her legs. Dot smiled at her father and patted Enzo on the head. She laid her head down on the cold metal of the robotic body that housed her father. She must have been very tired, as she fell asleep right there. A few microseconds, Mouse's hand was shaking her shoulder.

" Dot, the doctor just came out of the surgery room," she said. Dot sat bolt upright and looked at the doctor.

" What's the prognosis?" she asked.

" Well, we've been able to replace Kerry's core-com with an artificial one. With a few seconds rest, she'll be back to normal. If it wasn't for Hexadecimal teleporting all of you here the instant the game ended, she probably would have fragmented during the operation."

" And Bob?"

" Bob is. Bob has vanished."