Chapter 2: When The Predator Meet The Predator
The giant game cube descended slowly on the top of the P.O.
"Now this is just great'' Bob said sarcastically. "A game is descending on us and I can't even let the user win to delete Megabyte."
"Well don't lost hope like that mate. We'll get the big ugly mean guy in that.'' The silence fell as the game fell over them. As the purple energy faded around them, they were surrounded by an Amazonian forest.
"Ray! Your icon, you won't be able to return back to Mainframe." The guardian said noticing his icon.
"Don't worry about it mate. The great Mouse had thought about it before you." Ray replied double clicking his icon to transform it into a normal PID.
"You scared me there." Bob smiled "Now on with the game. Glitch state!" He commended to his keytool.
"Something wrong mate?" Ray asked Bob, seeing the look on his face.
"We are in a savage island with dinosaurs and we have to get out of the island before the user does." He said reading the reports. "If Megabyte ever shift with one of the creatures in this game we won't have a chance against him." He added.
"Already played this game?" The surfer asked.
"Yeah, and I have bad memories about it. Someone at the academy I knew delete ate by dinosaurs." Bob answered looking down. He then turned to Matrix's body.
"Help me. We are going to hide his body somewhere. I think he deserve a peaceful death." Bob said still wanting to cry as he thought about how painful could have been his best friend's death. Bob and Ray took Matrix's body and put him behind a tree. After, they put some leaves on him. As they finished, Bob looked up the gray sky and sighed.
"It's going to be ok mate?" Ray asked.
"Yeah. Now that we are free let's find the others and catch Megabyte. ReBoot!." He shouted with a determinated look on his face. Ray did the same and rebooted as well. The two were wearing similar outfits. Bob's skin was now beige and his hair were brown. He was wearing brown shorts with a white shirt and he had a blue cap over his head. Ray's skin hadn't changed much. It was just more pale. He was wearing brown shorts like Bob with a dark green vest. His hair were blond and he was wearing black sunglasses. Both had a big gun attached to their hip.
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Megabyte watched around him. "Stupid game" He thought. He narrowed his eyes. The Mainframers were now free. He won't control where they'll go but he had a plan in his head. They would all suffer. He couldn't wait to feel and smell their energy. He had enjoyed deleting Matrix. It was just too funny to see the childish fear in his eyes.
"Go find the Mainframers" He commended to his 'zombies'. He doesn't need them really. They'll just delete in the game. "You too!" He said to his virals.
"What are you going to do Lord? They are free now. " Viral AndrAIa asked.
"I know my dear. I'll do the same, hunt them." He replied a monstrous grin on his face. "Come on Nibbles, bring the old fool with you."
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Dot stopped for a moment to calm down. It was not her to act like that but she couldn't hold herself. She hated Megabyte. More than anything. More than Matrix, she had to admit. She was trying to hold herself back because she just wanted to blow everything around her. She was Dot Matrix, she was not going to explode again in front of her best friend. She was interrupted in her thought when she heard Mouse's voice calling her name several times.
"Dot?'' The hacker asked worriedly. She was looking like she was going to go random. She had been lucky, she didn't saw the Command.com explode. She thought Dot would have killed her.
The young leader looked at Mouse. The hacker could see sadness and anger in her eyes.
"Did yah even notice that we are now in tha game sugah?" She said quietly.
"Oh..."Dot said noticing it now. In all her rage and fury, she hadn't see that game coming down on her.
"Well, let's reboot and look at what we've got. Then we'll go after Megabyte" Dot said sternly.
"Yes, sir madam "Mouse replied. They both double clicked their icon at the same time.
Mouse cast a look toward Dot first.
"Wow"
Dot was wearing a white top with black leather pants and big black war boots. Her skin was beige and her black hair were a little longer. For Mouse, she had a big green dirty T-shirt with a pair of jeans. Her skin was the same color as Dot and she had still her katanas.
"For my first game, Ah didn't got tha greatest outfit" She commented.
"Um, Mouse care to share one of your katanas? I don't have any weapons." Dot asked her. Mouse didn't answer her and gave her one.
"Now on with Megabyte."
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Matrix walked toward the black hole. When he looked in it, it start swirling and suddenly stopped to show him a clear image of Mainframe. This was a hard choice. Peace forever or go back down to this chaos. Matrix looked down at his hands, still full of his own energy. He looked back to the light. It was like the light was talking to him. Saying to him to come. He fell a hand on his shoulder, like a soft caress.
"Go to her" said the soft voice of her mother.
"But mom, it is so peaceful here and that warm light look relaxing too" He replied.
"I know it must look great to you but you are still thinking about AndrAIa" She stated.
"I...I..I love you...goodbye mom" He said now knowing his decision. He would go back down here, save his friends and he would do anything to survive.
"Goodbye my baby boy" She said smiling at him "I expect to see you in about 90 cycles."
He turned away from her and with a new hope, he jumped in the dark hole a determinated look on his face.
The nanos he jumped in it, all his life started to play in front of his eyes at an incredibly fast speed. When it finished, some sort of creatures came around him, yelling and screaming. He put his hands to his head as a strong pain started to form in all his body and he yelled. Then suddenly all became dark.
But a warm light make him open his eyes. When he does, he was surprised to found himself in a forest.
"A game" He thought. The pain in his body was still there and the marks around his neck were still red. He looked at himself. Someone has placed his body here. He clutched the tree near him and got up hardly. This was the hardest thing for him and it was the only thing he could do. With a broken leg, he couldn't do much things. He was low in energy and he knew he needed a transfusion. If anything happened to him, this time he would really leave this world. He didn't dare to reboot and walked slowly to find some people he know.
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"I think we are walking in circle mate" Ray said getting frustrated.
"I know Ray but all the trees look exactly the same. At least, I am sure the user is not really finding his way too" Bob said tying to reassure him. "Shhh, I think I heard something." The two men silenced and listened. They could hear someone walking on the ground full of leaves. They took their gun and went direct in the dense forest.
"Matrix!?" They said in unison.
"Bob! Ray! I am so glad to see you." He said.
Bob was happy at first but than he narrowed his eyes. No one could ever survive deletion. The same expression came on Ray's face.
"This would not work with me Megabyte!" He said with rage "All this masquerade is over."
"What!? Bob, it is me! Ah.... I get it now. Have another plan Megabyte. Want to delete me for real this time and make Ray believe you are really Bob." He said now sure that he was facing Megabyte again. Ray took a step back not knowing who to believe.
"Yeah right. Try to have me with this virus. It won't last long. You have played with my emotions once and you are not going to do it again. You are going to pay for what you've done to Matrix." He shouted. He ran toward the renegade and make him fell on the ground taking him by surprise. Then, he started to hit him in the chest. Matrix for his part was trying to block Bob's attack. He was like a little child that couldn't defend himself. He was so much in pain. When Bob prepared himself to hit him again , Matrix took his hand and tightened his grips making Bob's fingers crack. He yelled in rage and this time Matrix pushed him away. He got up hardly and let his 'enemy' got up too. They looked at each others and walked in circle.
"You are not going to get away from me this time Megabyte'' Matrix said.
"Don't try that virus it won't work with me. Don't try to play." Bob said.
With a yell, they lunged and took each others by their throat.
"If I am... going again...I am taking you with... me this time" The renegade managed to say.
"It is... you who are .....going Megabyte" The guardian replied with efforts.
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"Look over there my Lord. It is the Command.com and her friend." AndrAIa said.
"I see them my dear" The virus replied grinning.
As soon as Dot saw Megabyte, she took the katana and ran at a fast speed toward her worst nightmare. Mouse followed her yelling at her to stop. Before Dot could even touch the virus, she was stopped by a trident. AndrAIa stood in front of Megabyte in a fight stance.
"Get away AndrAIa" She yelled.
"Go behind me" Megabyte ordered to her.
"Dot...."Mouse started to say.
"Mouse this is my fight" She said stopping the hacker.
"Yeah let her, this is our fight " He said laughing, but he was taken aback when he felt a pain. Dot had transpierced Megabyte's leg with the katana.
"I can do more to you virus and it just starting." She said. She stared to kick Megabyte just where she had injured him and the Trojan virus was obligated to backup. Dot continued to lunge her rage at him. She punched and kicked him as hard as she could.
"Enough!" Megabyte yelled. He took Dot by the throat, threw her on the ground and kicked her with his powerful leg in the face. Dot rolled away from him and got up quickly. She ran over a tree and climbed in it. Seeing that, the virus smiled and jumped to caught her. Without fear, Dot jumped out of the tree at the same time Megabyte jumped and her feet hit his face. They both fell on the ground, energy rolling down their face. Megabyte wasn't really tired and injured but for Dot, she had a large scratch on her neck and she was really tired but she would fight to the end.
Ready for the battle again, they got up but stopped when they heard a roar. The ground started to shook violently at each nanos and it was getting worse. Suddenly they saw a big brown lizard on two 'feet' emerge from the forest near them.
"Tyrannosaur Rex. Oh great" Dot muttered. "Anyone don't move, their view are based on movements."
"Trying to save my life Mrs.Matrix?" Megabyte said not leaving the creature with his eyes that was advancing toward them roaring.
"No, it just that I want anyone alive and I don't want that thing to delete you because I had planned to do it myself"
The giant beast advanced toward them. He stopped in front of the little gang. Sensing someone was here, he bent down and sniffed the air. His massive head was at inches from Dot. The Command.com was trying to remain calm but her body was shaking slightly. Megabyte was looking at the T-Rex, eyes wide. If he could be this powerful it could be so useful for him. The virus smiled as an idea crossed his minds. He turned his head slowly and looked at Dot.
"What are you doing Megabyte?!" Dot managed to ask through clenched teeth. Only one move could be fatal for all of them. The dinosaur rise his head like he saw something and roared making the Mainframers and the Trojan virus wanting to cover their ears.
"Bye bye Mrs.Matrix" The virus said grinning.
Dot eyes grew wide as she realized what was Megabyte plan. The virus just pushed her forward. The creature roared again and tried to catch Dot with his mouth. The young woman yelled, trying to get away from it.
Enzo looked with horror as his sister was trying to get free. He looked around, panicked. Everyone was like frozen. Only Megabyte was watching with a stupid smile on his ugly face. In the corner of his eyes, Enzo got a glimpse of Mouse. The hacker shook her head and took her katana. She ran toward Dot and pitched her sword at the big lizard who caught it in his mouth.
"Dot are yah ok?" Mouse asked shaking Dot.
"..um...yeah..thanks again" She said still shaking. They both looked up at the dinosaurs that was busy with Mouse's katana but he was soon finished with it and he looked ready to eat the two women on the ground.
"Hey you! Wanna have some good food? Come over here" Enzo yelled.
"Enzo! No!"
"Good job son. At least we would have been able to save Dot" Welman spoke for the first time since Matrix's death. Enzo gulped and closed his eyes tight. "Goodbye Dot, Goodbye Daddy.....I'm coming big me" He whispered. The T-Rex ran to them, took Welman in his mouth and tried to chew his metallic body. Luckily, he dropped Enzo and the little sprite fell hard on the ground, unconscious
Seeing this, Megabyte yelled in rage.
"ENZO!" Dot yelled again, her vision now blurred with hot tears. Megabyte took the little sprite limp body and AndrAIa in his arms and he ran away . While chewing Professor Matrix, the glass containing Welman's null broke and the null fell on the ground. The Tyrannosaur cried out in rage and pain. He turned around and roared one last time before going back into the forest to search something else to eat.
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Matrix was starting to go. His grip on Bob's throat was becoming less tight. With the little energy that was left inside him, he couldn't really kill him. Trying hard to won this battle, his hands finally fell down to his sides. For the guardian part, everything was mixed inside him. The 'delete the virus' part of him was taking over the 'we could transform him in a sprite' part. After all the pain this damn virus caused to him, to Dot and to everyone. There were like a fight inside his head.
When the renegade's hands fell, he took the opportunity and pushed him on the ground then put his feet to his neck.
"You would never won this fight virus. You can kill me again but someone else gonna get you. I wish you didn't do something to Bob 'cause he's going to get your ascii for that.'' He said "All those times having fun, talking and fixing his damn car. I hope he is ok." He added whispering to himself.
Bob eyes went wide and took his feet off.
"M..Matrix is it really you?" He asked not sure of himself.
"Just shut the FAQ up virus and finish it" Matrix yelled.
"It me Bob..I...I couldn't be Megbayte I was with Ray and we saw Megabyte together" Bob said still not believing.
"Yeah right.." The renegade replied.
"Yes to prove it I can tell you that after the restart you showed me a ring and you were scare AndrAIa wouldn't like it"..
"How do you...." Matrix started to say. He got up and looked at Bob. The two men stared at each others trying to see inside.
"Bob?.." He finally said. The guardian nodded slowly and approached his friends to give him a friendly hug but Matrix pushed him.
"How in the net did you think that I was Megabyte!?" He yelled.
"What!? Me! Does I have to remind you that YOU thought that I was Megabyte too!" Bob shouted after him.
"Ah so you are blaming me now! And who jumped on me first?! A ghost!"
" Yeah a ghost and I think that is what you are! How in the net could I have knew it was you when just a nanosecond ago I saw you deleted. Tell me how could have I knew this?"
"Guys, guys.." Ray said now sure of himself that the two men in front of him were not Megabyte.
"Now that we know that no one is Megabyte here, yah should stop fighting and be happy that you are back together" Ray added.
They glared at each others for a moment.
''I...I am sorry Bob..I'm really low on energy so my brain imagine some sort of things" Matrix said scratching his head and looking down.
"I'm sorry too Matrix. I just saw red 'cause I thought my great friend was delete" Bob said.
"A great friend?" The renegade asked, blushing.
"Yeah...You know that you make me freak out and that I was going to cry like a baby when I saw you on the ground" He said putting a hand on Matrix's shoulder. The two started to walk and talk together.
"Kids" Ray said following them and shaking his head.
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"Dad..." Dot said sobbing taking her father in her hands. The null squirmed in her hands a little.
"Dad...are you ok? You don't have anything?"
"No, I don't have anything...I'm great" Welman said a little shook.
Dot stood up with the help of Mouse and put her father on her shoulder. She had Megabyte. She was going to win, but now the virus was gone with her little brother.
"...Enzo is gone...and I don't even know if he's alive...I had Megabyte, I should have ripped his head instead of anything else." She said.
"Whoa there sugah, you are starting to talk like your 'big' brother" Mouse said realizing she shouldn't have say that.
"Enzo....that was what he would have did. Delete Megabyte....He have suffered so much in his life.." Dot replied tears starting to form in her eyes.
"I am sorry sugah"
"At least he is at peace sweetie" came Dot's father's voice.
"I wonder how AndrAIa would react." She said.
She was suddenly feeling guilt about this. She knew if they ever found how to get rid of Megabyte's infection, AndrAIa would be devastated. Dot had to admit that Matrix and AndrAIa had always been close to each others. Nothing would have separated them. " Only deletion" She thought.
"Don't make a move!" a voice shouted behind them. The trio turned around to found a group of viral binomes pointing their guns at them. They make up a circle to avoid them from escaping.
"Surrender now Mainframers" the binome said.
"Ah'm tired of all this" Mouse said rolling her eyes.
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Megabyte growled. He hated this. How could he have let Dot Matrix beat him up. He should have moved or deleted her but he didn't want to do it now. He wanted to follow his list. Matrix had been the first and the second was Bob but he hadn't found where the guardian was. He looked down at his legs.
"What are you waiting!" Megabyte yelled.
AndrAIa quickly took the cloth Mouse had on her arm early and put it on Megabyte injury. "That fish-girl would do anything" Megabyte thought with a grin.
"That is better"
"Anything for you my Lord" AndrAIa said bending down.
Even if little Enzo was still unconscious his mind was awake. He was only hearing the voice around him.
"What are you going to do my Lord" a husky female voice asked.
"Stop asking questions, I'm the one who commend here" the voice of his enemy said back.
So he wasn't with his dad anymore only with Megabyte and AndrAIa. If he could just wake up.
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"Arrrg!"
"Matrix!" Bob and Ray took the big renegade by the arms as they saw him collapse slowly on the floor.
"I think we should stop" Bob stated making Matrix sat.
"No...we have to go on there is still the girls, Enzo, Dad and Megabyte. I'm alright I just had a little down..that all" Matrix said.
"No WE are stopping a little. We would found Megabyte sooner or later" The guardian replied looking around him.
"Well, go on I will stay here"
"I won't let you here with all those monsters around here"
"Listen to me Bob. You are a guardian, you have to save everyone. It is better losing one life." Matrix yelled.
"Ok there mates we are not going to fight again" Ray said.
"Now don't yell at me like that Enzo Matrix. I know what I am doing. You don't have to command me!" Bob replied ignoring Ray.
"Guys...'' The surfer started again.
"And you don't have to commend me too. I am not a baby anymore!"
"Guys!" Ray yelled loudly getting the attention of the two. "You should stop yelling at each others. We are in a game. Nobody is Megabyte here, so don't start fighting again. It is not right" He continued.
"Sorry Ray" Bob said. When Matrix didn't say anything he elbowed him.
"Sorry Surf" The big man replied gruffly.
They all turned around when they heard a sound. Bob and Ray took their guns ready for any attack. Suddenly, three little creatures with one big claws in the middle of their foot appeared around them. They all roared at the men. It was like the dinosaurs were talking to each others. Their jaws were still full of red blood.
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''Hey Buddy?" A red bot said quietly.
"What!?" The other bot replied.
"I think we should have stayed with the girls"
"It's you who got the idea to get away when AndrAIa turned viral"
"Me?! You were so scared that I think you could have pissed in your pants if you were a sprite''
"What?! It was your fault!''
"No yours"
"Ah whatever... it's scary in there and at least we were protected with the girls"
" Protected? Dot had yelled at us all the time...but I agree with you it's really scary. I don't like that place"
"If I ever delete I want to tell you that I love you Hack"
"I love ya too Slash" The two bots hold each others for a moment when they heard a gun shot.
"What was that?" Slash asked.
"A gun shot!" Hack replied sarcastically.
"I know but could it be Matrix?"
"Matrix has been deleted"
"Oh, maybe...maybe it's Bob!"
"Well then let go"
"No what if it's not him...maybe the user" Slash replied taking his arms.
" For one day Slash let's be courageous Buddy" They nodded and went toward the direction they heard the gun shot.
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"Bang!" A shot hit one of the three raptors around the men.
"I got him" Bob said.
"Good one mate, but I think the others are really mad at us now" Ray noted.
"Oh user. Matrix stay behind us, I don't want you to be more injured that you are now" Bob said to the big man.
"Bob I'm..'' He stopped and got behind them as he saw Bob's expression.
The two raptors jumped to were lay the other one. They sniffed it and looked back at the three sprites, looking more dangerous than ever. They roared in unison. They were about to jump on them when a blue robot-like hand took one raptors by the neck and another red hand took the other.
"Hack! Slash!" Bob yelled.
"You two are not going to hurt Bob!" Hack said.
"No, because this is bad" Slash said back.
"Very bad"
"Bye bye" The two said as they threw the dinosaurs as far as they can.
"Thanks guys" Bob said to them.
"Acckk it's Megabyte! He's right behind you!" Slash yelled pointing at Matrix.
"This is not Megabyte. It's Matrix" Bob replied rolling his eyes.
"But..but he is.." a trembling Hack said.
"It's a really long story. But we can assure you mate that this is not Megabyte" Ray said laughing.
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Dot and Mouse looked around them. They were surrounded, trapped.
"Surrender now!" The viral chief repeated.
"How could we surrender when Megabyte isn't there" Dot said having an idea. Mouse looked at her weirdly but she just smiled.
"We will bring you to him" The binome replied. "Now stop talking and surrender!"
"How would you find Megabyte in a big forest like that?" Dot asked raising an eyebrow.
"We...we...could...He would find us!" The Chief replied again with authority.
"Ah yeah, and what would you do to us if we don't want to surrender" She continued.
"Deletion" He said grinning.
"Deletion? I don't think that Megabyte would like it if you delete us because he always wanted to do it himself" The Command.com said crossing her arms.
"Umm....I..." The Chief was now all mixed up as well as the other binomes around. They did not know if she was right or not. Mouse was about to take that chance to attack when Dot stopped her and pointed on the distance. Mouse could see binomes running toward them.
"Well, I don't know but if you don't surrender we WILL delete you" The Chief finally said.
"Too late" Dot said smiling.
The group of virals turned around to see a bunch of binomes leaded by Cyrus coming.
"Come on virals! Guns down!" Cyrus shouted. All the binomes behind him pointed their weapons. The virals gulped and threw their guns on the ground.
"Nice. Guys take their guns and tie those up" Cyrus said to a little group of binomes behind him. They nodded to him, took the weapons and gave them to some binomes that had lose theirs. Another brown haired binome with a rope approached and tied all the virals together.
"Nice job Cyrus! What about the others virals you were fighting outside?" Dot asked.
"Too scared. Got away of the game cube path" He replied. "Your plan was ingenious M'dam"
"Thanks"
"How in tha net?" Mouse said.
"I send a signal to Cyrus with my organizer that is in my pocket. He have one that is connected to me. As for the idea with the virals, I always knew how to stop Megabyte troops because they were always dumb." Dot replied proudly.
"Bright girl" The hacker said ruffling her hair.
"That is my daughter" Welman added.
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Megabyte was tired. He wasn't allowing himself to stop, a virus have dignity. The injure on his leg was now less painfull, but the virus growled. "You'll pay Dot Matrix" He thought.
Now it had been several nanos that they were walking. Megabyte could saw some bright light in front of them. He advanced forward and passed in front of AndrAIa. He pushed away a bush and was surprised at what he saw.
He narrowed his eyes at the sight. They were now facing a vast meadow. The grass was of a pale green, the sky was blue and the sun was burning. It was so hot in there that they could feel the sun's warm over their body. The dense forest that they had just left was continuing far away in front of them. To anyone, the sight would have been beautiful but to Megabyte it was disgusting. He hated that. He even hated the light.
"Which way?" He asked the game sprite. The virus was counting on her to win the game and get back to Mainframe for his vengeance. When AndrAIa didn't answer he turned and looked at her menacingly.
AndrAIa had heard Megabyte. But she was a little disturbed. Her mind was screaming. There was like a fight inside her head. Some parts of herself told her to don't listen to Megabyte. She shook her head and looked at her master.
"You were saying my Lord?" She asked.
"Which way are we going now!?" Megabyte yelled angrily.
She looked around for a moment and pointed to the other side of the meadow. " This way" She answered now placing the young boy over her shoulder that was not awake yet.
They had barely the time to walk a little when they heard a shot behind them. They turned around to see the User. He was wearing a brown suit with a cowboy hat. He had black hair and green eyes. He held out his gun and pointed it at them.
"Let me get this for you my Lord" Viral AndrAIa said retracting her trident.
"No!" Megabyte shouted taking her arm.
When the User saw Megabyte approaching, he started shooting straight at his chest. All the bullets were bouncing off his powerful metallic chest and that only make Megabyte smile. The User's gun was not powerful. His eyes widened as no bullets were left in his gun and as Megabyte was at inches from him.
"Uh oh" He said.
Megabyte took his gun and crushed it with one hand. He was about to take the User when this one fainted in front of him. Rolling his eyes, the virus decided to kick him in the head so he'll be out cold longer. He returned back to AndrAIa and they walked until they were in the middle of the meadow when the ground started to shook violently.
"What is it again?" Megabyte yelled. Numerous dinosaurs were running in their direction. AndrAIa was already running toward the forest. For the virus it was too late, he started running in the middle of this dangerous crowd trying to avoid all the dinosaurs that tried to bite him. He yelled as one of them caught him by the arms and brought him powerfully in his run.
Hearing her master yell, AndrAIa ran back toward the chaos forgetting her fear. She got suddenly hit and fell to the ground. Enzo was laying a few centimeters from her. She wanted to leave him there but a part of herself didn't want to. After a moment AndrAIa growled and quickly took him.
Megabyte was tired of debating himself, he shot all his tentacles at the creature that fell instantly to the ground. His body became gray and white. The virus crouched behind the limp body and waited for the dinosaurs to be gone. He didn't wait long and got up as he saw none of those beasts randomly running around.
"Lord!" He heard the husky voice of the game sprite calling. She put the little boy to the ground and ran to him to see if he was injured. Megabyte looked at her, fire in his eyes.
"Why in the net did you ran away!" He yelled taking her by the neck tightly.
"I am...sorry....my Lord...I thought...you were..strong ..enough...to handle...it" AndrAIa said with efforts.
He laughed and release her. "Charming fishy girl. If only the Matrix boy was here to see that" He thought.
"Let see that creature" The virus said. As he approached, the dinosaur jumped back on his feet and froze on place. Megabyte extended his claws one by one and plunged them into the beast's back. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A blue energy encircled the two and AndrAIa had to shield her eyes. The two forms in front of her merged to from one.
When the energy faded, a big tall dark blue dinosaur on two 'feet' stood in front of the young lady. He was about 4 meters tall ,his chest was big and powerful and his claws were long and yellow. The red viral sign on it and the injury over the leg was making it clear that the creature was Megabyte. His head was all red and his eyes were still green with a red pupil.
Megabyte liked his new power. He was feeling all the strength and he liked being bigger. He was like a murder that needed blood. Megabyte was imagining himself deleting Bob with his new body. He liked the way he was seeing that. His sight was not great but he didn't care because his body was muscled. He sniffed the air a little. It was like he could smell each life in this game. He liked that.
"Lor..rrd?" AndrAIa asked.
Megabyte nodded and grinned evilly showing his long sharp teeth.
"I think the predator is really ready now"
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He was walking in the forest, looking around for any signs of anything. The heat was rushing inside him. He was so scared. He had always been scared of games. If he could have a heart he was sure it would have been pounding over his chest. His little yellow legs were trembling making a soft noise. Behind him three binomes were following. He looked back at them nervously.
"Come on Mike. Stop acting basic. In 3 were are live. 1, 2, 3 action!" A little round female binome with blond hair said.
Mike stopped shaking a little and started his show.
"This is Mike the TV live inside the game. Let me just remind you that it been about 6 nanos that our heroes are trying to survive this hunt. Before even talking about it, we had to announce you with great sadness that the renegade Enzo Matrix has been deleted. Yes this is really sad. Pray the User for him! Anyway let talk about something else. Like I told you we are live in the game cube. In a dense forest. What hide beneath those trees? We don't know?"
His screen became suddenly dark and he continued " Maybe some dark creatures with sharp teeth just waiting to jump on you and rip you apart and..." He stopped as he saw his own team shaking.
"That was all for now but stay with us for the next part of 'Horror in Mainframe' "
"Cut!" The camerawoman shouted.
"Does the camera really make me look fat?" Mike asked.
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"...Yeah but I was the one to think about it.." Hack said.
"But I was the first to save Bob" Slash replied back.
"Argg guys would you shut up!" Bob yelled.
"Easy mate. Remember they save our life" Ray commented.
"It's not a reason for yelling" The big guy behind them replied gruffly.
"Yeah but admit Bob that I was the first to save you?" Slash added looking behind to have an answer. Bob only rolled his eyes. While they were not looking, someone bumped on the two bots.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" They both yelled. "It's Megabyte!!!!!!" They added before hiding behind the three sprites.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" The green face in front of them yelled too.
"Hack! Slash! Ray!...Bob!" Dot shouted. She rushed to them and hugged them tightly.
"Hey there sugah." Mouse said taking Ray in her arms.
"Hello to you too lovely lady" Ray replied before getting kissed passionately by the orange haired hacker.
Bob and Dot just looked at each other for a moment. Then Dot looked down.
"I am glad you are safe." The guardian said softly.
"Me..me too Bob" Dot replied looking at him.
Bob doesn't take time. He took Dot in his arms, hugged her and caressed her back gently. Dot only snuggled in his neck, glad that he was back. When they realized that they were hugging, they got away and looked at each others again.
"Dot..I..I just wanted to say that I..I.." Bob started to say but was cut by Dot.
"Enzo!!?" The Command.com yelled for the first time noticing her brother.
"How..how could that be possible..Megabyte said.." She started.
"Forget what Megabyte said. I got nearly deleted and I am tired, so please don't ask questions." Matrix said to his sister avoiding her gaze.
"Are you sure he is not Megabyte?" Dot whispered to Bob looking weirdly at Matrix.
"I am really sure" Bob answered her.
"It's really you Enzo!" Her eyes filled with tears again as she ran toward him and hugged him.
"Oh Enzo! What are you doing to come back from death all the time? This time I really thought I had lost you forever little bro" Dot said.
"I..I don't know how I came back ,but let me just tell you that I got some help from someone. Anyway I am here sis and I won't go away" The renegade answered his big sister giving her a hug of his own too.
"..and Dot?"
"Yes"
"Could you just stop hugging me , you are a little hurting me"
"Oh sorry bro" Dot said letting him go.
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Running. That was all he could do now. He sniffed the air, smelling his enemies energy. Everything he was seeing in front of him was in black and white. The image were passing in front of his eyes at a fast speed. His powerful legs make the ground almost shook under him at every fast step. All dinosaurs on his way ran quickly away from him. They had wanted to attack him and now they were all running away. He grinned evilly at that. Jumping, turning, he was getting closer and closer to his enemies. He stopped suddenly making his two passenger on his back almost fall. He turned his big red head from side to side.
"We are getting closer Lord. Closer to the Mainframers and closer to the sea." The young green haired woman said.
"I know dear. The kid still asleep?" The virus-dinosaur asked.
"Yes Lord"
"We should get rid of him" He replied.
"No!..no..I mean, he would be useful to us" AndrAIa answered panicked.
"Maybe your right" Megabyte said thinking about it. "Now get off my back. I got to see about my new abilities"
Megabyte looked in the direction of a baby Triceraptor who had seem to lost his mother. With an high roar Megabyte ran at fast speed toward him. The Triceraptor ran away yelling but he wasn't fast enough. The virus jumped on him and put him hardly on the ground with his big yellow claws. He opened his massif jaw and closed it on the dinosaur's neck. He torn some part of his little body. AndrAIa had to look away from the scene. Even if she was infected she was finding that disgusting.
"The taste wasn't too bad" Megabyte said with a grin as he finished him. His mouth was full of blood. AndrAIa only shuddered in disgust at him.
"What you don't like that" He said approaching her. "I am a predator and as any predator my dinosaur 's part was hungry"
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"So you said Cyrus make up an army and in the game you send a signal to him?" Bob asked.
"That exactly what she said Mr. Bob" Cyrus answered proudly. The big gang of binomes were following them still with the virals.
"That is just alphanumeric" Matrix retorted.
"And were is Phong?" Bob suddenly asked worriedly.
"Phong...I don't know" Dot answered looking down.
"I know what happened to him" Welman said from now Matrix's shoulder. He had been so happy to see his son back that he had jumped on him and the two had talked a little." He was with us but at a moment Megabyte told me to drop him on the ground and let him delete alone"
There was a long silence before Matrix spoke.
"..And AndrAIa? Where is she?" He asked.
Dot looked at Mouse for a moment before answering.
"Enzo listen...AndrAIa is..." She couldn't even continue her sentence. She couldn't do that to her brother.
"No!" He yelled. " Don't tell me she is.."
"No sugah she is not deleted. Ah am sorry but Megabyte infected her" Mouse said at Dot's place.
"No! How could that.that bas**** touched her. He'll pay for that. He'll pay!" The renegade shouted.
"And Enzo ? He is with Megabyte too?" Bob asked putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. Dot nodded to him.
"Well, well look like our great team is all together now" A deep voice said behind them.
Just as they all turned around, Megabyte roared loudly. Everyone looked surprised at the big dark blue dinosaur.
"Surprise, surprise!" He said laughing evilly.
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"What the heck is happening" The little sprite in AndrAIa's arms thought. His body still refused to move. He could only listen. So many things had happened. But he had no idea what was really going on.
Matrix. He heard Matrix's voice. Was it his imagination? Dot. Dot is here too. And Bob was there too. A lot of people seem to be there.
"Ha ha take that Megajerk. They all gonna beat ya." Enzo thought. "Come on damn body. I know I can wake up" The little boy concentrated himself. He wanted to wake up, to help them even if his head was hurting.
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"Ack!!!!It's Megabyte!!!" Hack and Slash said in the same time. They bounced on each others before going in different direction.
"You!" Matrix yelled.
"You!" Megabyte said back. His eyes glowed red. "How could you have survived!"
"I'm stronger than you thought." Matrix said, rage taking over his body when he looked at viral AndrAIa.
Dot was feeling the same. She was just boiling. She just wanted to jump in Megabyte's face again. His dinosaur's form was scaring her a little but the young Command.com was ready to give her life only to delete that monster.
Feeling Dot becoming a little aggressive, Bob put his arm around her shoulder and whispered to her to calm down.
"Well, well guardian you don't seem to be disturbed after what I did to Dot" He said smiling in the guardian's face. Bob shot him back a dark glare. He too was angry but he was keeping it inside him. He was still thinking about his project of turning virus into good sprite. That was keeping him from going to the dark side.
"You ugly face! You better get that infection off AndrAIa!" Matrix yelled advancing without fear toward the virus.
"At your pleasure boy" Megabyte said glancing toward AndrAIa. "Come on dear, finish him"
Viral AndrAIa glanced dangerously at him and retracted her trident. Immediately, all binomes over Dot's side took their own weapons.
"Anyone who shot her is a deleted sprite!" Matrix shouted. Cyrus looked surprised and turned to Dot. The Command.com nodded and they all put it down.
" And so you are renegade!" AndrAIa said coming in front of him. Everyone watched in silence, even Megabyte, that wanted so much to see his enemy getting deleted by his love.
"AndrAIa what are you doing? It's not you. You have to fight the infection." Matrix said to her, his voice now soft and gentle.
"Yeah yeah fight that infection. I'll make you fight now stop talking" AndrAIa replied her eyes glowing. "Don't touch him, you know you love him" a voice said in AndrAIa's mind. "No! You have to listen to your master" Another one said. She had this same feeling with little Enzo that she just left behind with Megabyte, only stronger.
"No! AndrAIa please listen to yourself and to me. You are a strong woman and I know you can fight. You and me are gonna get rid of this infection, together...I love you" The renegade said. He slowly approached her and caressed her cheek with his hand. AndrAIa froze for a nano, letting him touch her. For a moment she wanted to take his hand.
She suddenly shook her head, took her trident and lunged it at him. She hit him on the chest. Matrix had the time to took a step back and only got scratched.
Dot, Bob, Mouse and Ray rushed to him. Dot and Mouse took the game sprite by the arms to hold her and stop her from deleting Matrix.
"Face it Megabyte. You think you would win like that? Look at us with all the weapons" Dot said to him.
"Well Mrs. Matrix before just take a look at my new body don't it scare you?" The Trojan virus said smiled evilly. His sharp teeth glowing with fresh blood. Dot grimaced.
"Shoot him guys." Dot said a determinated look on her face. She heard Bob yelling but she didn't care. She backspaced with Mouse and AndrAIa and let her little army be in front.
"At my command!" Cyrus yelled. All took their weapons, ready. ''Fire!"
They all fire on the virus. But it wasn't enough to delete him. Megabyte went toward them. He roared and catch some binomes in his mouth. When he opened back his mouth only PIDs felt to the ground. And Megabyte started it again. He took binomes back, not afraid of anything. Finally, he arrived in front of Cyrus.
"Cyrus! My old friend" Megabyte said.
"This time you are not winning over me" The new chief of the army replied.
"Oh yes you are!" Megabyte took him aggressively in his mouth but the brave binome debated himself and miraculously got free from him.
"I've got no time for games again" The virus said." After all the taste was bad. Let try some guardian."
Megabyte ran toward Bob. The guardian turned just in time.
"Glitch! Energy shield!" He commended pointing his keytool toward the virus. A big ball of energy suddenly encircled him and everyone else.
Megabyte stopped deep in his track and just laughed out.
"You think you could get away from me with this." The Trojan virus said evilly. " I'll find my food elsewhere"
Everyone followed his gaze to were lay a little green sprite on the ground.
"No!!!!Bob you have to do something!" Dot yelled.
Bob looked back again at the virus and then at Enzo." Do something Bob, do something!" He thought to himself. He was about to run to reach Enzo when they all heard a big roar and the ground started to shook suddenly.
"Can't a virus do his job without getting disturbed" Megabyte said annoyed.
The giant T-Rex emerged from the trees again roaring at the little group. Megabyte roared back, not anymore afraid of that beast.
"This is between me and them." The virus muttered. He started running rapidly around the big creature. Megabyte was afraid of nothing. He was the strongest virus in all the net and he wasn't going to let a game ruin all this. But even if he was fast, the Tyrannosaur caught him in his mouth and Megabyte yelled in pain as he felt his giant teeth trying to pierce his abdomen.
Bob watched at that in horror. His guardian code wanted him to go there and save that virus. He had no time for this.
"Everyone! Follow me!" Bob yelled through all the noise. "Glitch! Release shield"
"Mouse keep AndrAIa. Dot you'll grab Enzo. Ray, we'll help Matrix. No Matrix do not argue, we have no time. Everyone else keep the virals in control" The guardian continued.
Bob and Ray took Matrix's arms and supported his weight over their shoulder. Dot ran first behind the T-Rex and took Enzo in her arms. Then she followed Bob and Ray that was now at the head of the group.
"No!!! My Lord!!!" AndrAIa yelled trying to debate herself.
"Slow down there sugah." Mouse said holding her tightly.
Feeling some movements behind him. The T-Rex drop Megabyte on the ground and turned around looking menacingly at everyone.
"Follow me! Run!" Bob yelled. It was hard to run and holding Matrix but Bob pushed harder with his legs. He ran straight in front of them, not thinking of the pain he was feeling. He could now hear the sea. They were now near. The T-Rex was still behind them running. He was trying to catch them but Bob won't let him do that. The trees around them soon disappear. They were briefly blinded by the sun and the bright blue sky. The sea was just in front of them.
"Come on just a few feet and we are there" Bob said .
"Dot! I won't be fast enough. You have to run and go in the water to win the game before the T-Rex come and eat us all" Bob yelled to the command.com. "I know you are strong. You can do that Dottie" He smiled at her.
They looked at each others for a moment then Dot nodded and sprinted until her feet touched the water.
"Game Over!"
The giant game cube descended slowly on the top of the P.O.
"Now this is just great'' Bob said sarcastically. "A game is descending on us and I can't even let the user win to delete Megabyte."
"Well don't lost hope like that mate. We'll get the big ugly mean guy in that.'' The silence fell as the game fell over them. As the purple energy faded around them, they were surrounded by an Amazonian forest.
"Ray! Your icon, you won't be able to return back to Mainframe." The guardian said noticing his icon.
"Don't worry about it mate. The great Mouse had thought about it before you." Ray replied double clicking his icon to transform it into a normal PID.
"You scared me there." Bob smiled "Now on with the game. Glitch state!" He commended to his keytool.
"Something wrong mate?" Ray asked Bob, seeing the look on his face.
"We are in a savage island with dinosaurs and we have to get out of the island before the user does." He said reading the reports. "If Megabyte ever shift with one of the creatures in this game we won't have a chance against him." He added.
"Already played this game?" The surfer asked.
"Yeah, and I have bad memories about it. Someone at the academy I knew delete ate by dinosaurs." Bob answered looking down. He then turned to Matrix's body.
"Help me. We are going to hide his body somewhere. I think he deserve a peaceful death." Bob said still wanting to cry as he thought about how painful could have been his best friend's death. Bob and Ray took Matrix's body and put him behind a tree. After, they put some leaves on him. As they finished, Bob looked up the gray sky and sighed.
"It's going to be ok mate?" Ray asked.
"Yeah. Now that we are free let's find the others and catch Megabyte. ReBoot!." He shouted with a determinated look on his face. Ray did the same and rebooted as well. The two were wearing similar outfits. Bob's skin was now beige and his hair were brown. He was wearing brown shorts with a white shirt and he had a blue cap over his head. Ray's skin hadn't changed much. It was just more pale. He was wearing brown shorts like Bob with a dark green vest. His hair were blond and he was wearing black sunglasses. Both had a big gun attached to their hip.
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Megabyte watched around him. "Stupid game" He thought. He narrowed his eyes. The Mainframers were now free. He won't control where they'll go but he had a plan in his head. They would all suffer. He couldn't wait to feel and smell their energy. He had enjoyed deleting Matrix. It was just too funny to see the childish fear in his eyes.
"Go find the Mainframers" He commended to his 'zombies'. He doesn't need them really. They'll just delete in the game. "You too!" He said to his virals.
"What are you going to do Lord? They are free now. " Viral AndrAIa asked.
"I know my dear. I'll do the same, hunt them." He replied a monstrous grin on his face. "Come on Nibbles, bring the old fool with you."
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Dot stopped for a moment to calm down. It was not her to act like that but she couldn't hold herself. She hated Megabyte. More than anything. More than Matrix, she had to admit. She was trying to hold herself back because she just wanted to blow everything around her. She was Dot Matrix, she was not going to explode again in front of her best friend. She was interrupted in her thought when she heard Mouse's voice calling her name several times.
"Dot?'' The hacker asked worriedly. She was looking like she was going to go random. She had been lucky, she didn't saw the Command.com explode. She thought Dot would have killed her.
The young leader looked at Mouse. The hacker could see sadness and anger in her eyes.
"Did yah even notice that we are now in tha game sugah?" She said quietly.
"Oh..."Dot said noticing it now. In all her rage and fury, she hadn't see that game coming down on her.
"Well, let's reboot and look at what we've got. Then we'll go after Megabyte" Dot said sternly.
"Yes, sir madam "Mouse replied. They both double clicked their icon at the same time.
Mouse cast a look toward Dot first.
"Wow"
Dot was wearing a white top with black leather pants and big black war boots. Her skin was beige and her black hair were a little longer. For Mouse, she had a big green dirty T-shirt with a pair of jeans. Her skin was the same color as Dot and she had still her katanas.
"For my first game, Ah didn't got tha greatest outfit" She commented.
"Um, Mouse care to share one of your katanas? I don't have any weapons." Dot asked her. Mouse didn't answer her and gave her one.
"Now on with Megabyte."
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Matrix walked toward the black hole. When he looked in it, it start swirling and suddenly stopped to show him a clear image of Mainframe. This was a hard choice. Peace forever or go back down to this chaos. Matrix looked down at his hands, still full of his own energy. He looked back to the light. It was like the light was talking to him. Saying to him to come. He fell a hand on his shoulder, like a soft caress.
"Go to her" said the soft voice of her mother.
"But mom, it is so peaceful here and that warm light look relaxing too" He replied.
"I know it must look great to you but you are still thinking about AndrAIa" She stated.
"I...I..I love you...goodbye mom" He said now knowing his decision. He would go back down here, save his friends and he would do anything to survive.
"Goodbye my baby boy" She said smiling at him "I expect to see you in about 90 cycles."
He turned away from her and with a new hope, he jumped in the dark hole a determinated look on his face.
The nanos he jumped in it, all his life started to play in front of his eyes at an incredibly fast speed. When it finished, some sort of creatures came around him, yelling and screaming. He put his hands to his head as a strong pain started to form in all his body and he yelled. Then suddenly all became dark.
But a warm light make him open his eyes. When he does, he was surprised to found himself in a forest.
"A game" He thought. The pain in his body was still there and the marks around his neck were still red. He looked at himself. Someone has placed his body here. He clutched the tree near him and got up hardly. This was the hardest thing for him and it was the only thing he could do. With a broken leg, he couldn't do much things. He was low in energy and he knew he needed a transfusion. If anything happened to him, this time he would really leave this world. He didn't dare to reboot and walked slowly to find some people he know.
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"I think we are walking in circle mate" Ray said getting frustrated.
"I know Ray but all the trees look exactly the same. At least, I am sure the user is not really finding his way too" Bob said tying to reassure him. "Shhh, I think I heard something." The two men silenced and listened. They could hear someone walking on the ground full of leaves. They took their gun and went direct in the dense forest.
"Matrix!?" They said in unison.
"Bob! Ray! I am so glad to see you." He said.
Bob was happy at first but than he narrowed his eyes. No one could ever survive deletion. The same expression came on Ray's face.
"This would not work with me Megabyte!" He said with rage "All this masquerade is over."
"What!? Bob, it is me! Ah.... I get it now. Have another plan Megabyte. Want to delete me for real this time and make Ray believe you are really Bob." He said now sure that he was facing Megabyte again. Ray took a step back not knowing who to believe.
"Yeah right. Try to have me with this virus. It won't last long. You have played with my emotions once and you are not going to do it again. You are going to pay for what you've done to Matrix." He shouted. He ran toward the renegade and make him fell on the ground taking him by surprise. Then, he started to hit him in the chest. Matrix for his part was trying to block Bob's attack. He was like a little child that couldn't defend himself. He was so much in pain. When Bob prepared himself to hit him again , Matrix took his hand and tightened his grips making Bob's fingers crack. He yelled in rage and this time Matrix pushed him away. He got up hardly and let his 'enemy' got up too. They looked at each others and walked in circle.
"You are not going to get away from me this time Megabyte'' Matrix said.
"Don't try that virus it won't work with me. Don't try to play." Bob said.
With a yell, they lunged and took each others by their throat.
"If I am... going again...I am taking you with... me this time" The renegade managed to say.
"It is... you who are .....going Megabyte" The guardian replied with efforts.
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"Look over there my Lord. It is the Command.com and her friend." AndrAIa said.
"I see them my dear" The virus replied grinning.
As soon as Dot saw Megabyte, she took the katana and ran at a fast speed toward her worst nightmare. Mouse followed her yelling at her to stop. Before Dot could even touch the virus, she was stopped by a trident. AndrAIa stood in front of Megabyte in a fight stance.
"Get away AndrAIa" She yelled.
"Go behind me" Megabyte ordered to her.
"Dot...."Mouse started to say.
"Mouse this is my fight" She said stopping the hacker.
"Yeah let her, this is our fight " He said laughing, but he was taken aback when he felt a pain. Dot had transpierced Megabyte's leg with the katana.
"I can do more to you virus and it just starting." She said. She stared to kick Megabyte just where she had injured him and the Trojan virus was obligated to backup. Dot continued to lunge her rage at him. She punched and kicked him as hard as she could.
"Enough!" Megabyte yelled. He took Dot by the throat, threw her on the ground and kicked her with his powerful leg in the face. Dot rolled away from him and got up quickly. She ran over a tree and climbed in it. Seeing that, the virus smiled and jumped to caught her. Without fear, Dot jumped out of the tree at the same time Megabyte jumped and her feet hit his face. They both fell on the ground, energy rolling down their face. Megabyte wasn't really tired and injured but for Dot, she had a large scratch on her neck and she was really tired but she would fight to the end.
Ready for the battle again, they got up but stopped when they heard a roar. The ground started to shook violently at each nanos and it was getting worse. Suddenly they saw a big brown lizard on two 'feet' emerge from the forest near them.
"Tyrannosaur Rex. Oh great" Dot muttered. "Anyone don't move, their view are based on movements."
"Trying to save my life Mrs.Matrix?" Megabyte said not leaving the creature with his eyes that was advancing toward them roaring.
"No, it just that I want anyone alive and I don't want that thing to delete you because I had planned to do it myself"
The giant beast advanced toward them. He stopped in front of the little gang. Sensing someone was here, he bent down and sniffed the air. His massive head was at inches from Dot. The Command.com was trying to remain calm but her body was shaking slightly. Megabyte was looking at the T-Rex, eyes wide. If he could be this powerful it could be so useful for him. The virus smiled as an idea crossed his minds. He turned his head slowly and looked at Dot.
"What are you doing Megabyte?!" Dot managed to ask through clenched teeth. Only one move could be fatal for all of them. The dinosaur rise his head like he saw something and roared making the Mainframers and the Trojan virus wanting to cover their ears.
"Bye bye Mrs.Matrix" The virus said grinning.
Dot eyes grew wide as she realized what was Megabyte plan. The virus just pushed her forward. The creature roared again and tried to catch Dot with his mouth. The young woman yelled, trying to get away from it.
Enzo looked with horror as his sister was trying to get free. He looked around, panicked. Everyone was like frozen. Only Megabyte was watching with a stupid smile on his ugly face. In the corner of his eyes, Enzo got a glimpse of Mouse. The hacker shook her head and took her katana. She ran toward Dot and pitched her sword at the big lizard who caught it in his mouth.
"Dot are yah ok?" Mouse asked shaking Dot.
"..um...yeah..thanks again" She said still shaking. They both looked up at the dinosaurs that was busy with Mouse's katana but he was soon finished with it and he looked ready to eat the two women on the ground.
"Hey you! Wanna have some good food? Come over here" Enzo yelled.
"Enzo! No!"
"Good job son. At least we would have been able to save Dot" Welman spoke for the first time since Matrix's death. Enzo gulped and closed his eyes tight. "Goodbye Dot, Goodbye Daddy.....I'm coming big me" He whispered. The T-Rex ran to them, took Welman in his mouth and tried to chew his metallic body. Luckily, he dropped Enzo and the little sprite fell hard on the ground, unconscious
Seeing this, Megabyte yelled in rage.
"ENZO!" Dot yelled again, her vision now blurred with hot tears. Megabyte took the little sprite limp body and AndrAIa in his arms and he ran away . While chewing Professor Matrix, the glass containing Welman's null broke and the null fell on the ground. The Tyrannosaur cried out in rage and pain. He turned around and roared one last time before going back into the forest to search something else to eat.
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Matrix was starting to go. His grip on Bob's throat was becoming less tight. With the little energy that was left inside him, he couldn't really kill him. Trying hard to won this battle, his hands finally fell down to his sides. For the guardian part, everything was mixed inside him. The 'delete the virus' part of him was taking over the 'we could transform him in a sprite' part. After all the pain this damn virus caused to him, to Dot and to everyone. There were like a fight inside his head.
When the renegade's hands fell, he took the opportunity and pushed him on the ground then put his feet to his neck.
"You would never won this fight virus. You can kill me again but someone else gonna get you. I wish you didn't do something to Bob 'cause he's going to get your ascii for that.'' He said "All those times having fun, talking and fixing his damn car. I hope he is ok." He added whispering to himself.
Bob eyes went wide and took his feet off.
"M..Matrix is it really you?" He asked not sure of himself.
"Just shut the FAQ up virus and finish it" Matrix yelled.
"It me Bob..I...I couldn't be Megbayte I was with Ray and we saw Megabyte together" Bob said still not believing.
"Yeah right.." The renegade replied.
"Yes to prove it I can tell you that after the restart you showed me a ring and you were scare AndrAIa wouldn't like it"..
"How do you...." Matrix started to say. He got up and looked at Bob. The two men stared at each others trying to see inside.
"Bob?.." He finally said. The guardian nodded slowly and approached his friends to give him a friendly hug but Matrix pushed him.
"How in the net did you think that I was Megabyte!?" He yelled.
"What!? Me! Does I have to remind you that YOU thought that I was Megabyte too!" Bob shouted after him.
"Ah so you are blaming me now! And who jumped on me first?! A ghost!"
" Yeah a ghost and I think that is what you are! How in the net could I have knew it was you when just a nanosecond ago I saw you deleted. Tell me how could have I knew this?"
"Guys, guys.." Ray said now sure of himself that the two men in front of him were not Megabyte.
"Now that we know that no one is Megabyte here, yah should stop fighting and be happy that you are back together" Ray added.
They glared at each others for a moment.
''I...I am sorry Bob..I'm really low on energy so my brain imagine some sort of things" Matrix said scratching his head and looking down.
"I'm sorry too Matrix. I just saw red 'cause I thought my great friend was delete" Bob said.
"A great friend?" The renegade asked, blushing.
"Yeah...You know that you make me freak out and that I was going to cry like a baby when I saw you on the ground" He said putting a hand on Matrix's shoulder. The two started to walk and talk together.
"Kids" Ray said following them and shaking his head.
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"Dad..." Dot said sobbing taking her father in her hands. The null squirmed in her hands a little.
"Dad...are you ok? You don't have anything?"
"No, I don't have anything...I'm great" Welman said a little shook.
Dot stood up with the help of Mouse and put her father on her shoulder. She had Megabyte. She was going to win, but now the virus was gone with her little brother.
"...Enzo is gone...and I don't even know if he's alive...I had Megabyte, I should have ripped his head instead of anything else." She said.
"Whoa there sugah, you are starting to talk like your 'big' brother" Mouse said realizing she shouldn't have say that.
"Enzo....that was what he would have did. Delete Megabyte....He have suffered so much in his life.." Dot replied tears starting to form in her eyes.
"I am sorry sugah"
"At least he is at peace sweetie" came Dot's father's voice.
"I wonder how AndrAIa would react." She said.
She was suddenly feeling guilt about this. She knew if they ever found how to get rid of Megabyte's infection, AndrAIa would be devastated. Dot had to admit that Matrix and AndrAIa had always been close to each others. Nothing would have separated them. " Only deletion" She thought.
"Don't make a move!" a voice shouted behind them. The trio turned around to found a group of viral binomes pointing their guns at them. They make up a circle to avoid them from escaping.
"Surrender now Mainframers" the binome said.
"Ah'm tired of all this" Mouse said rolling her eyes.
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Megabyte growled. He hated this. How could he have let Dot Matrix beat him up. He should have moved or deleted her but he didn't want to do it now. He wanted to follow his list. Matrix had been the first and the second was Bob but he hadn't found where the guardian was. He looked down at his legs.
"What are you waiting!" Megabyte yelled.
AndrAIa quickly took the cloth Mouse had on her arm early and put it on Megabyte injury. "That fish-girl would do anything" Megabyte thought with a grin.
"That is better"
"Anything for you my Lord" AndrAIa said bending down.
Even if little Enzo was still unconscious his mind was awake. He was only hearing the voice around him.
"What are you going to do my Lord" a husky female voice asked.
"Stop asking questions, I'm the one who commend here" the voice of his enemy said back.
So he wasn't with his dad anymore only with Megabyte and AndrAIa. If he could just wake up.
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"Arrrg!"
"Matrix!" Bob and Ray took the big renegade by the arms as they saw him collapse slowly on the floor.
"I think we should stop" Bob stated making Matrix sat.
"No...we have to go on there is still the girls, Enzo, Dad and Megabyte. I'm alright I just had a little down..that all" Matrix said.
"No WE are stopping a little. We would found Megabyte sooner or later" The guardian replied looking around him.
"Well, go on I will stay here"
"I won't let you here with all those monsters around here"
"Listen to me Bob. You are a guardian, you have to save everyone. It is better losing one life." Matrix yelled.
"Ok there mates we are not going to fight again" Ray said.
"Now don't yell at me like that Enzo Matrix. I know what I am doing. You don't have to command me!" Bob replied ignoring Ray.
"Guys...'' The surfer started again.
"And you don't have to commend me too. I am not a baby anymore!"
"Guys!" Ray yelled loudly getting the attention of the two. "You should stop yelling at each others. We are in a game. Nobody is Megabyte here, so don't start fighting again. It is not right" He continued.
"Sorry Ray" Bob said. When Matrix didn't say anything he elbowed him.
"Sorry Surf" The big man replied gruffly.
They all turned around when they heard a sound. Bob and Ray took their guns ready for any attack. Suddenly, three little creatures with one big claws in the middle of their foot appeared around them. They all roared at the men. It was like the dinosaurs were talking to each others. Their jaws were still full of red blood.
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''Hey Buddy?" A red bot said quietly.
"What!?" The other bot replied.
"I think we should have stayed with the girls"
"It's you who got the idea to get away when AndrAIa turned viral"
"Me?! You were so scared that I think you could have pissed in your pants if you were a sprite''
"What?! It was your fault!''
"No yours"
"Ah whatever... it's scary in there and at least we were protected with the girls"
" Protected? Dot had yelled at us all the time...but I agree with you it's really scary. I don't like that place"
"If I ever delete I want to tell you that I love you Hack"
"I love ya too Slash" The two bots hold each others for a moment when they heard a gun shot.
"What was that?" Slash asked.
"A gun shot!" Hack replied sarcastically.
"I know but could it be Matrix?"
"Matrix has been deleted"
"Oh, maybe...maybe it's Bob!"
"Well then let go"
"No what if it's not him...maybe the user" Slash replied taking his arms.
" For one day Slash let's be courageous Buddy" They nodded and went toward the direction they heard the gun shot.
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"Bang!" A shot hit one of the three raptors around the men.
"I got him" Bob said.
"Good one mate, but I think the others are really mad at us now" Ray noted.
"Oh user. Matrix stay behind us, I don't want you to be more injured that you are now" Bob said to the big man.
"Bob I'm..'' He stopped and got behind them as he saw Bob's expression.
The two raptors jumped to were lay the other one. They sniffed it and looked back at the three sprites, looking more dangerous than ever. They roared in unison. They were about to jump on them when a blue robot-like hand took one raptors by the neck and another red hand took the other.
"Hack! Slash!" Bob yelled.
"You two are not going to hurt Bob!" Hack said.
"No, because this is bad" Slash said back.
"Very bad"
"Bye bye" The two said as they threw the dinosaurs as far as they can.
"Thanks guys" Bob said to them.
"Acckk it's Megabyte! He's right behind you!" Slash yelled pointing at Matrix.
"This is not Megabyte. It's Matrix" Bob replied rolling his eyes.
"But..but he is.." a trembling Hack said.
"It's a really long story. But we can assure you mate that this is not Megabyte" Ray said laughing.
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Dot and Mouse looked around them. They were surrounded, trapped.
"Surrender now!" The viral chief repeated.
"How could we surrender when Megabyte isn't there" Dot said having an idea. Mouse looked at her weirdly but she just smiled.
"We will bring you to him" The binome replied. "Now stop talking and surrender!"
"How would you find Megabyte in a big forest like that?" Dot asked raising an eyebrow.
"We...we...could...He would find us!" The Chief replied again with authority.
"Ah yeah, and what would you do to us if we don't want to surrender" She continued.
"Deletion" He said grinning.
"Deletion? I don't think that Megabyte would like it if you delete us because he always wanted to do it himself" The Command.com said crossing her arms.
"Umm....I..." The Chief was now all mixed up as well as the other binomes around. They did not know if she was right or not. Mouse was about to take that chance to attack when Dot stopped her and pointed on the distance. Mouse could see binomes running toward them.
"Well, I don't know but if you don't surrender we WILL delete you" The Chief finally said.
"Too late" Dot said smiling.
The group of virals turned around to see a bunch of binomes leaded by Cyrus coming.
"Come on virals! Guns down!" Cyrus shouted. All the binomes behind him pointed their weapons. The virals gulped and threw their guns on the ground.
"Nice. Guys take their guns and tie those up" Cyrus said to a little group of binomes behind him. They nodded to him, took the weapons and gave them to some binomes that had lose theirs. Another brown haired binome with a rope approached and tied all the virals together.
"Nice job Cyrus! What about the others virals you were fighting outside?" Dot asked.
"Too scared. Got away of the game cube path" He replied. "Your plan was ingenious M'dam"
"Thanks"
"How in tha net?" Mouse said.
"I send a signal to Cyrus with my organizer that is in my pocket. He have one that is connected to me. As for the idea with the virals, I always knew how to stop Megabyte troops because they were always dumb." Dot replied proudly.
"Bright girl" The hacker said ruffling her hair.
"That is my daughter" Welman added.
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Megabyte was tired. He wasn't allowing himself to stop, a virus have dignity. The injure on his leg was now less painfull, but the virus growled. "You'll pay Dot Matrix" He thought.
Now it had been several nanos that they were walking. Megabyte could saw some bright light in front of them. He advanced forward and passed in front of AndrAIa. He pushed away a bush and was surprised at what he saw.
He narrowed his eyes at the sight. They were now facing a vast meadow. The grass was of a pale green, the sky was blue and the sun was burning. It was so hot in there that they could feel the sun's warm over their body. The dense forest that they had just left was continuing far away in front of them. To anyone, the sight would have been beautiful but to Megabyte it was disgusting. He hated that. He even hated the light.
"Which way?" He asked the game sprite. The virus was counting on her to win the game and get back to Mainframe for his vengeance. When AndrAIa didn't answer he turned and looked at her menacingly.
AndrAIa had heard Megabyte. But she was a little disturbed. Her mind was screaming. There was like a fight inside her head. Some parts of herself told her to don't listen to Megabyte. She shook her head and looked at her master.
"You were saying my Lord?" She asked.
"Which way are we going now!?" Megabyte yelled angrily.
She looked around for a moment and pointed to the other side of the meadow. " This way" She answered now placing the young boy over her shoulder that was not awake yet.
They had barely the time to walk a little when they heard a shot behind them. They turned around to see the User. He was wearing a brown suit with a cowboy hat. He had black hair and green eyes. He held out his gun and pointed it at them.
"Let me get this for you my Lord" Viral AndrAIa said retracting her trident.
"No!" Megabyte shouted taking her arm.
When the User saw Megabyte approaching, he started shooting straight at his chest. All the bullets were bouncing off his powerful metallic chest and that only make Megabyte smile. The User's gun was not powerful. His eyes widened as no bullets were left in his gun and as Megabyte was at inches from him.
"Uh oh" He said.
Megabyte took his gun and crushed it with one hand. He was about to take the User when this one fainted in front of him. Rolling his eyes, the virus decided to kick him in the head so he'll be out cold longer. He returned back to AndrAIa and they walked until they were in the middle of the meadow when the ground started to shook violently.
"What is it again?" Megabyte yelled. Numerous dinosaurs were running in their direction. AndrAIa was already running toward the forest. For the virus it was too late, he started running in the middle of this dangerous crowd trying to avoid all the dinosaurs that tried to bite him. He yelled as one of them caught him by the arms and brought him powerfully in his run.
Hearing her master yell, AndrAIa ran back toward the chaos forgetting her fear. She got suddenly hit and fell to the ground. Enzo was laying a few centimeters from her. She wanted to leave him there but a part of herself didn't want to. After a moment AndrAIa growled and quickly took him.
Megabyte was tired of debating himself, he shot all his tentacles at the creature that fell instantly to the ground. His body became gray and white. The virus crouched behind the limp body and waited for the dinosaurs to be gone. He didn't wait long and got up as he saw none of those beasts randomly running around.
"Lord!" He heard the husky voice of the game sprite calling. She put the little boy to the ground and ran to him to see if he was injured. Megabyte looked at her, fire in his eyes.
"Why in the net did you ran away!" He yelled taking her by the neck tightly.
"I am...sorry....my Lord...I thought...you were..strong ..enough...to handle...it" AndrAIa said with efforts.
He laughed and release her. "Charming fishy girl. If only the Matrix boy was here to see that" He thought.
"Let see that creature" The virus said. As he approached, the dinosaur jumped back on his feet and froze on place. Megabyte extended his claws one by one and plunged them into the beast's back. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A blue energy encircled the two and AndrAIa had to shield her eyes. The two forms in front of her merged to from one.
When the energy faded, a big tall dark blue dinosaur on two 'feet' stood in front of the young lady. He was about 4 meters tall ,his chest was big and powerful and his claws were long and yellow. The red viral sign on it and the injury over the leg was making it clear that the creature was Megabyte. His head was all red and his eyes were still green with a red pupil.
Megabyte liked his new power. He was feeling all the strength and he liked being bigger. He was like a murder that needed blood. Megabyte was imagining himself deleting Bob with his new body. He liked the way he was seeing that. His sight was not great but he didn't care because his body was muscled. He sniffed the air a little. It was like he could smell each life in this game. He liked that.
"Lor..rrd?" AndrAIa asked.
Megabyte nodded and grinned evilly showing his long sharp teeth.
"I think the predator is really ready now"
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He was walking in the forest, looking around for any signs of anything. The heat was rushing inside him. He was so scared. He had always been scared of games. If he could have a heart he was sure it would have been pounding over his chest. His little yellow legs were trembling making a soft noise. Behind him three binomes were following. He looked back at them nervously.
"Come on Mike. Stop acting basic. In 3 were are live. 1, 2, 3 action!" A little round female binome with blond hair said.
Mike stopped shaking a little and started his show.
"This is Mike the TV live inside the game. Let me just remind you that it been about 6 nanos that our heroes are trying to survive this hunt. Before even talking about it, we had to announce you with great sadness that the renegade Enzo Matrix has been deleted. Yes this is really sad. Pray the User for him! Anyway let talk about something else. Like I told you we are live in the game cube. In a dense forest. What hide beneath those trees? We don't know?"
His screen became suddenly dark and he continued " Maybe some dark creatures with sharp teeth just waiting to jump on you and rip you apart and..." He stopped as he saw his own team shaking.
"That was all for now but stay with us for the next part of 'Horror in Mainframe' "
"Cut!" The camerawoman shouted.
"Does the camera really make me look fat?" Mike asked.
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"...Yeah but I was the one to think about it.." Hack said.
"But I was the first to save Bob" Slash replied back.
"Argg guys would you shut up!" Bob yelled.
"Easy mate. Remember they save our life" Ray commented.
"It's not a reason for yelling" The big guy behind them replied gruffly.
"Yeah but admit Bob that I was the first to save you?" Slash added looking behind to have an answer. Bob only rolled his eyes. While they were not looking, someone bumped on the two bots.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" They both yelled. "It's Megabyte!!!!!!" They added before hiding behind the three sprites.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" The green face in front of them yelled too.
"Hack! Slash! Ray!...Bob!" Dot shouted. She rushed to them and hugged them tightly.
"Hey there sugah." Mouse said taking Ray in her arms.
"Hello to you too lovely lady" Ray replied before getting kissed passionately by the orange haired hacker.
Bob and Dot just looked at each other for a moment. Then Dot looked down.
"I am glad you are safe." The guardian said softly.
"Me..me too Bob" Dot replied looking at him.
Bob doesn't take time. He took Dot in his arms, hugged her and caressed her back gently. Dot only snuggled in his neck, glad that he was back. When they realized that they were hugging, they got away and looked at each others again.
"Dot..I..I just wanted to say that I..I.." Bob started to say but was cut by Dot.
"Enzo!!?" The Command.com yelled for the first time noticing her brother.
"How..how could that be possible..Megabyte said.." She started.
"Forget what Megabyte said. I got nearly deleted and I am tired, so please don't ask questions." Matrix said to his sister avoiding her gaze.
"Are you sure he is not Megabyte?" Dot whispered to Bob looking weirdly at Matrix.
"I am really sure" Bob answered her.
"It's really you Enzo!" Her eyes filled with tears again as she ran toward him and hugged him.
"Oh Enzo! What are you doing to come back from death all the time? This time I really thought I had lost you forever little bro" Dot said.
"I..I don't know how I came back ,but let me just tell you that I got some help from someone. Anyway I am here sis and I won't go away" The renegade answered his big sister giving her a hug of his own too.
"..and Dot?"
"Yes"
"Could you just stop hugging me , you are a little hurting me"
"Oh sorry bro" Dot said letting him go.
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Running. That was all he could do now. He sniffed the air, smelling his enemies energy. Everything he was seeing in front of him was in black and white. The image were passing in front of his eyes at a fast speed. His powerful legs make the ground almost shook under him at every fast step. All dinosaurs on his way ran quickly away from him. They had wanted to attack him and now they were all running away. He grinned evilly at that. Jumping, turning, he was getting closer and closer to his enemies. He stopped suddenly making his two passenger on his back almost fall. He turned his big red head from side to side.
"We are getting closer Lord. Closer to the Mainframers and closer to the sea." The young green haired woman said.
"I know dear. The kid still asleep?" The virus-dinosaur asked.
"Yes Lord"
"We should get rid of him" He replied.
"No!..no..I mean, he would be useful to us" AndrAIa answered panicked.
"Maybe your right" Megabyte said thinking about it. "Now get off my back. I got to see about my new abilities"
Megabyte looked in the direction of a baby Triceraptor who had seem to lost his mother. With an high roar Megabyte ran at fast speed toward him. The Triceraptor ran away yelling but he wasn't fast enough. The virus jumped on him and put him hardly on the ground with his big yellow claws. He opened his massif jaw and closed it on the dinosaur's neck. He torn some part of his little body. AndrAIa had to look away from the scene. Even if she was infected she was finding that disgusting.
"The taste wasn't too bad" Megabyte said with a grin as he finished him. His mouth was full of blood. AndrAIa only shuddered in disgust at him.
"What you don't like that" He said approaching her. "I am a predator and as any predator my dinosaur 's part was hungry"
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"So you said Cyrus make up an army and in the game you send a signal to him?" Bob asked.
"That exactly what she said Mr. Bob" Cyrus answered proudly. The big gang of binomes were following them still with the virals.
"That is just alphanumeric" Matrix retorted.
"And were is Phong?" Bob suddenly asked worriedly.
"Phong...I don't know" Dot answered looking down.
"I know what happened to him" Welman said from now Matrix's shoulder. He had been so happy to see his son back that he had jumped on him and the two had talked a little." He was with us but at a moment Megabyte told me to drop him on the ground and let him delete alone"
There was a long silence before Matrix spoke.
"..And AndrAIa? Where is she?" He asked.
Dot looked at Mouse for a moment before answering.
"Enzo listen...AndrAIa is..." She couldn't even continue her sentence. She couldn't do that to her brother.
"No!" He yelled. " Don't tell me she is.."
"No sugah she is not deleted. Ah am sorry but Megabyte infected her" Mouse said at Dot's place.
"No! How could that.that bas**** touched her. He'll pay for that. He'll pay!" The renegade shouted.
"And Enzo ? He is with Megabyte too?" Bob asked putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. Dot nodded to him.
"Well, well look like our great team is all together now" A deep voice said behind them.
Just as they all turned around, Megabyte roared loudly. Everyone looked surprised at the big dark blue dinosaur.
"Surprise, surprise!" He said laughing evilly.
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"What the heck is happening" The little sprite in AndrAIa's arms thought. His body still refused to move. He could only listen. So many things had happened. But he had no idea what was really going on.
Matrix. He heard Matrix's voice. Was it his imagination? Dot. Dot is here too. And Bob was there too. A lot of people seem to be there.
"Ha ha take that Megajerk. They all gonna beat ya." Enzo thought. "Come on damn body. I know I can wake up" The little boy concentrated himself. He wanted to wake up, to help them even if his head was hurting.
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"Ack!!!!It's Megabyte!!!" Hack and Slash said in the same time. They bounced on each others before going in different direction.
"You!" Matrix yelled.
"You!" Megabyte said back. His eyes glowed red. "How could you have survived!"
"I'm stronger than you thought." Matrix said, rage taking over his body when he looked at viral AndrAIa.
Dot was feeling the same. She was just boiling. She just wanted to jump in Megabyte's face again. His dinosaur's form was scaring her a little but the young Command.com was ready to give her life only to delete that monster.
Feeling Dot becoming a little aggressive, Bob put his arm around her shoulder and whispered to her to calm down.
"Well, well guardian you don't seem to be disturbed after what I did to Dot" He said smiling in the guardian's face. Bob shot him back a dark glare. He too was angry but he was keeping it inside him. He was still thinking about his project of turning virus into good sprite. That was keeping him from going to the dark side.
"You ugly face! You better get that infection off AndrAIa!" Matrix yelled advancing without fear toward the virus.
"At your pleasure boy" Megabyte said glancing toward AndrAIa. "Come on dear, finish him"
Viral AndrAIa glanced dangerously at him and retracted her trident. Immediately, all binomes over Dot's side took their own weapons.
"Anyone who shot her is a deleted sprite!" Matrix shouted. Cyrus looked surprised and turned to Dot. The Command.com nodded and they all put it down.
" And so you are renegade!" AndrAIa said coming in front of him. Everyone watched in silence, even Megabyte, that wanted so much to see his enemy getting deleted by his love.
"AndrAIa what are you doing? It's not you. You have to fight the infection." Matrix said to her, his voice now soft and gentle.
"Yeah yeah fight that infection. I'll make you fight now stop talking" AndrAIa replied her eyes glowing. "Don't touch him, you know you love him" a voice said in AndrAIa's mind. "No! You have to listen to your master" Another one said. She had this same feeling with little Enzo that she just left behind with Megabyte, only stronger.
"No! AndrAIa please listen to yourself and to me. You are a strong woman and I know you can fight. You and me are gonna get rid of this infection, together...I love you" The renegade said. He slowly approached her and caressed her cheek with his hand. AndrAIa froze for a nano, letting him touch her. For a moment she wanted to take his hand.
She suddenly shook her head, took her trident and lunged it at him. She hit him on the chest. Matrix had the time to took a step back and only got scratched.
Dot, Bob, Mouse and Ray rushed to him. Dot and Mouse took the game sprite by the arms to hold her and stop her from deleting Matrix.
"Face it Megabyte. You think you would win like that? Look at us with all the weapons" Dot said to him.
"Well Mrs. Matrix before just take a look at my new body don't it scare you?" The Trojan virus said smiled evilly. His sharp teeth glowing with fresh blood. Dot grimaced.
"Shoot him guys." Dot said a determinated look on her face. She heard Bob yelling but she didn't care. She backspaced with Mouse and AndrAIa and let her little army be in front.
"At my command!" Cyrus yelled. All took their weapons, ready. ''Fire!"
They all fire on the virus. But it wasn't enough to delete him. Megabyte went toward them. He roared and catch some binomes in his mouth. When he opened back his mouth only PIDs felt to the ground. And Megabyte started it again. He took binomes back, not afraid of anything. Finally, he arrived in front of Cyrus.
"Cyrus! My old friend" Megabyte said.
"This time you are not winning over me" The new chief of the army replied.
"Oh yes you are!" Megabyte took him aggressively in his mouth but the brave binome debated himself and miraculously got free from him.
"I've got no time for games again" The virus said." After all the taste was bad. Let try some guardian."
Megabyte ran toward Bob. The guardian turned just in time.
"Glitch! Energy shield!" He commended pointing his keytool toward the virus. A big ball of energy suddenly encircled him and everyone else.
Megabyte stopped deep in his track and just laughed out.
"You think you could get away from me with this." The Trojan virus said evilly. " I'll find my food elsewhere"
Everyone followed his gaze to were lay a little green sprite on the ground.
"No!!!!Bob you have to do something!" Dot yelled.
Bob looked back again at the virus and then at Enzo." Do something Bob, do something!" He thought to himself. He was about to run to reach Enzo when they all heard a big roar and the ground started to shook suddenly.
"Can't a virus do his job without getting disturbed" Megabyte said annoyed.
The giant T-Rex emerged from the trees again roaring at the little group. Megabyte roared back, not anymore afraid of that beast.
"This is between me and them." The virus muttered. He started running rapidly around the big creature. Megabyte was afraid of nothing. He was the strongest virus in all the net and he wasn't going to let a game ruin all this. But even if he was fast, the Tyrannosaur caught him in his mouth and Megabyte yelled in pain as he felt his giant teeth trying to pierce his abdomen.
Bob watched at that in horror. His guardian code wanted him to go there and save that virus. He had no time for this.
"Everyone! Follow me!" Bob yelled through all the noise. "Glitch! Release shield"
"Mouse keep AndrAIa. Dot you'll grab Enzo. Ray, we'll help Matrix. No Matrix do not argue, we have no time. Everyone else keep the virals in control" The guardian continued.
Bob and Ray took Matrix's arms and supported his weight over their shoulder. Dot ran first behind the T-Rex and took Enzo in her arms. Then she followed Bob and Ray that was now at the head of the group.
"No!!! My Lord!!!" AndrAIa yelled trying to debate herself.
"Slow down there sugah." Mouse said holding her tightly.
Feeling some movements behind him. The T-Rex drop Megabyte on the ground and turned around looking menacingly at everyone.
"Follow me! Run!" Bob yelled. It was hard to run and holding Matrix but Bob pushed harder with his legs. He ran straight in front of them, not thinking of the pain he was feeling. He could now hear the sea. They were now near. The T-Rex was still behind them running. He was trying to catch them but Bob won't let him do that. The trees around them soon disappear. They were briefly blinded by the sun and the bright blue sky. The sea was just in front of them.
"Come on just a few feet and we are there" Bob said .
"Dot! I won't be fast enough. You have to run and go in the water to win the game before the T-Rex come and eat us all" Bob yelled to the command.com. "I know you are strong. You can do that Dottie" He smiled at her.
They looked at each others for a moment then Dot nodded and sprinted until her feet touched the water.
"Game Over!"