Ok, here's the next chapter. I know, this one's a little weird, just, bear with me a while. Thanks

Mouse ran in, after hearing Bob yell. She had been waiting outside for a response, not so close as to eavesdrop, but close enough to hear the general conversational tones. She nearly screamed herself at the sight, but stopped herself just in time. Bob was looking around frantically as if help would appear out of nowhere. Dot was slumped forwards in Bob's arms; Mouse could see trickles of energy falling from her arm. Dot also started fading, slowly at first, then, with in a few micros, she was flickering badly.

"Bob, what happened?" She asked, keeping carefully controlled, someone had to be, and it didn't look like Bob or Dot was going to be.

"I..I'm not totally sure." Bob said, looking at Mouse with a helpless look.

"Well then, let's get Dot ta the infirmary; it looks like she might need some help!" Bob nodded, and portalled to the infirmary, leaving Mouse confused. She then turned and started running towards the infirmary to meet back up with him.

At the infirmary, all the binomes stopped working when Bob seemingly appeared out of thin air with the COMMAND.COM lying, almost lifeless in his arms. This was not a normal occurrence. The doctors soon snapped out of it, and a nano later, they had ushered Bob to a bed, and were cleaning and binding Dot's arm. One took Bob aside to ask him what happened. Bob answered the best he could, but he was still a little in shock from the whole event.

"Don't worry, Guardian, Ms. Matrix will most likely be fine. All she needs is some rest and an energy transfer." He said reassuringly

"It's not her physical health I'm worried about" Bob replied grimly. The doctor had no reply for this. No one knew what had really been going through Dot's mind to make her do such a thing. Just then, mouse rushed in breathless.

"Now," she said, pulling out her katana "Why doesn't somebody explain ta me what happened?"

"Mouse!" Bob cried "It's all right, put your sword away"

"Fine, but, ya'd better explain what the heck is goin' on!" She put her katana down, and went to stand in front of Bob "Now!" bob sighed and rubbed his head, he really couldn't deal with this at the moment. Mouse seemed to notice and soften. Finally, the doctor repeated what Bob had said to him. Bob sat by Dot's bed, holding hand while doctors and nurses scurried by to check on various things. Finally, after what seemed like milis, one of the nurses announced to Bob and mouse that they had been able to get Dot stabilized. She was no longer flickering but, she looked very pale.

"But," she said "We need an energy transfer" Both Bob and Mouse agreed immediately. The machine was attached to Bob first. He flinched as it started, but, said nothing, a look of determination on his face. After a few micros, Dot's skin started to return to green. Bob's skin, however, turned a paler blue. The doctor turned the device off, sterilized it and attached it to Mouse. When they were done, Dot's skin looked much better, now a healthier green. The doctor sighed

"There is little more we can do. The rest is up to Dot and her body to fix. There is only so much we can help with.." Mouse nodded

"We understand. We know she'll get the best of care. Now, if ya don't mind, ah think we should inform the others of this 'change in plans'". The doctor nodded. Mouse nearly dragged Bob out of the room. "Come on Bob, we have ta tell Phong and Matrix at least. They care about her too." Bob sighed

"I know, I know.it's just, she scares me at times..I still don't know what drove to such.extreme actions. I wish she'd just let others help.I should have done something, anything! I should have known something was wrong, I should have..."

"Shugah, there are things we all shoulda done, but, we didn't. Now, we have ta work with what we have now, and do all we can to help Dot. The first thing is ta inform Phong so he can take over the duties of the COMMAND.COM and second is ta tell Matrix, so she can at least have one brother with her. We should wait until Enzo gets outta school until we tell him." She noticed bob staring at her "What?"

"You just seem so.so controlled."

"Ah'm better at hidin' ma feelin's then many people. So sue me. Now, we gotta get movin'. The sooner we do this, the sooner we can get back." They moved towards Phong's office. Not looking forward top being the bearers of such news.
'Where am I? Am I deleted?' She looked around, it was so dark, but, it wasn't cold, in fact, it was almost too warm. Suddenly, light burst out, causing her to be nearly blinded. When she'd blinked away the afterimages of the light, she saw in front of her three pathways. Ok, now this is getting weird. Three figures were standing, presumably one for each pathway. One by one, they became clearer. At the pathway to the left was Bob, the middle one was Hex and the far right one was Megabyte. She shook her head, how was this possible? One of these sprites was alive, one deleted and the other fragmented! Bob spoke first

"I am the path to both light and dark, joy and sorrow, to pleasure and pain, I am life. Though its road is not always easy, it is a challenge and rewards are at the end." Hex was next

"My path is away from those you love, you will not meet up with them. But, it is a pleasant walk. You need not face pain or sorrow again. I am deletion. Its road is easy, but, lonely if it is not your time. Your time is far away still." Then Megabyte smiled

"I am the path you will always take. Because you have failed to do anything. You failed to be there for your loved ones. You've failed to recognize love, you've even failed o truly delete your enemy. You will pay mistakes this time. You will come down this path, because, you don't want to return to pain, nor do you want to leave your family. If you come with me, you can wait for them. It will, however will be a long one. We have to.speed it up shall we say?" he smirked at Dot, seeing the revulsion on her face.

'How am I supposed to choose? I want to see Bob and Enzo again, but, I don't want to go back to pain and sorrow, and I don't want to pass the time waiting with Megabyte. But, I don't want to be a cause for grief..What do I do???' Finally, the green skinned sat down and cried the tears she had been holding in, but, this time, there was no one there to comfort her.
"She WHAT????" Matrix was not a happy sprite. Mouse and Bob had already delivered the news to Phong, who had hung his head, and thanked them for telling him, and that he would once more take over Dot's duties as COMMAND.COM. Matrix was not taking it that well.

"Please, Sparky, calm down, you can't help her if you yell like that!' AndrAIa pleaded with him, tears in her eyes threatening to spill over. Finally, Matrix stopped shouting and waving Gun around. Instead, he sat down, trying not to cry, "Why?" he whispered "Why did this have to happen?" No one had an answer to that question. At that point, everyone seemed to loose composure and crumple into their own worlds for a few micros. Until.

WARNING, INCOMING GAME. WARNING, INCOMING GAME

Bob gasped "It's coming down, right over the infirmary!" They all rushed over, only to see the nurses desperately getting the patients out. But, as the doctor had explained earlier to Bob and Mouse, they didn't want to move Dot, no matter what. "This is bad, very bad!" Bob muttered as the game cube slammed down. With it, only five sprites were left to defend the systems and themselves. One of those five was coming nearer to deletion every nano.