Chapter Three- Hide and seek
They all waited until the purple energy washed them. They found themselves inside the P.O in the main hall. Bob put Matrix down on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Bob are you ok?" Dot came running and asked worriedly.
"Yeah...I think...I am" He said back.
"Somebody work at the hospital or something?" Dot asked the crowd out loud.
"Yes me! I am nurse!" A lady binome said.
"Could you check on him?" Dot asked "My brothers need desperately help"
The blond haired binome bent down over Matrix and Enzo and checked for any sign of abnormality.
"You are sure Bob you don't need help?" She said turning to the guardian.
"No really...my back is just hurting...that's all" Bob answered her, sitting down on the ground. Dot sat down next to him and rubbed his back softly.
"You really did a good job in that game" He said quietly.
"Thanks"
"Dot I...um...I...I am sorry for everything that had just happened. It ...was just stupid and dangerous to just try and separate myself from Glitch..." Bob said to her, looking into her eyes.
"You don't have to be sorry of anything. It's me. I was basic. I...I..I almost married Megabyte when I had asked you! I am basic just basic...Everything I did in my life was wrong. I should be the on to be sorry Bob. Not you. I am the one that should said sorry....And I'm sorry Bob." Dot said finally letting out the emotions that were buried inside her.
"I forgive you Dot'' Bob said quietly turning away from her.
"I know you couldn't, you....what?! You forgive me? How can you when I just turned you down on the wedding. IcantunderstandBob, afterwhatidid.." She was cut by Bob pressing one finger on her lips.
"I don't care Dot. I don't care. It was not your fault. I'm still a little hurt by this but it was not your fault." Bob said to her. They looked at each other for a moment, trying to read their mind. Bob advanced slowly toward Dot. She did the same and closed her eyes. As their lips were about to touch, Mouse interrupted them by taping on Dot's shoulder.
"Um..Ah'm sorry to interrupt you two, but there is a war going down here." The hacker said "And Ah can use some help with this girl" She was still holding AndrAIa.
"Stop it! Let me! Where is my master!" Infected AndrAIa yelled.
"Mouse is right" Bob said. He got up and helped Dot to her feet.
"Glitch! Containment field!" Bob commanded. A golden rope encircled AndrAIa's body. "Feeling better Mouse?"
"Thanks ya sugah"
A coughing make everyone turn their heads toward the big green sprite lying on the ground.
"Enzo ?" Dot said. In response, Matrix mumbled something.
"I can't hear you sweetie" Dot said back pushing his hair out of his face.
"Maaaa...matrix...call..me.." He said, pain clearly seen in his voice.
Dot and Bob smiled at him.
"This is our Matrix" Bob said.
He smiled a little but it disappeared quickly." What did you do to AndrAIa?" He asked, trying to sit.
"Matrix, you shouldn't..." Bob started but when he saw the expression on his friend's face he helped him. Matrix sat up and winced.
"Bob just do that to calm her down" Dot answered his question.
"Does it hurt her?" He asked.
"No"
"It's her...she tried to kill me...doesn't she?" He said back his voice a little above whisper. He turned away from his friends feeling tears coming to his eyes. "You re not going to cry like a baby" He thought.
"Yes" Dot replied. "It's not her fault."
"I know"
Matrix winced again. His body flashed a little.
"This is not good" Bob said.
"Ow" Now it was Enzo's turn to wake up.
"Oh Enzo !" Dot took her little brother and hugged him tightly.
"Dot! Not in front of everybody" He said, his cheeks turning red.
"Are you alright? Did Megabyte hurt you?" Dot questioned.
"No" He lied "AndrAIa took care of me. Even if she was infected...she took care of me. I am alright, just got a little headache but I'm ok"
"Look like both of you were really lucky to not delete. "Bob said.
"BIG ME!" Enzo yelled noticing for the first time. He hugged his 'big' brother.
"Ahhh" Matrix cried out.
"Oh sorry...I know you would make it out.I knew it...Youarethecoolest,thegreatestandthestrongestever!"
"Enzo you are getting excited again" Dot commented.
"Yeah I know, my head really hurt" He said calming down.
"BOB!" Yelled two familiar voice.
"Oh not those two"
"Bob we were so worried about you!" Hack said.
"Yeah what happened?" Slash asked.
"Stop interrupting me!"
"I'm not interrupting!"
"Guys! "Bob yelled. "Don't ask me what happened when you two were too scared to stay and help us!"
"Here is Mike the TV live inside the Principal Office. Now here we have Bob and Dot and Enzo and AndrAIa and ....Matrix! My user it's a miracle he's alive! Tell me how you all feel?" Mike said suddenly appearing from nowhere and pointing his micro in Matrix's face. The big renegade just answered by pointing his gun at the camera.
"Mike this is not the time!" Bob yelled putting himself in front of the camera.
"Hey! But all Mainframe want to know. I'm beating records. They all wanna know about what is going on! Now Bob the question that everyone want to know...Where is Megabyte?" The yellow TV said looking at the camera.
"That is a really good question Mike. A really good question" Bob said looking around.
"But Mainframe want to know" Mike insisted.
"Mike! I'm telling you that I don't know where is Megabyte!" Bob said getting angry." To those who listen to this show stay in your house. I repeat stay in your house. If you are outside just find a safe place to go" He said turning to the camera then put his hand on it when he was finished.
"Hey!" Said Mike.
"Mike!"
"Bob?" came the deep voice of Matrix.
"Can you cure AndrAIa?" He asked.
"I don't know" The guardian answered. "I'll try"
Bob approached slowly the game sprite. Mouse looked at Bob and shook her head. AndrAIa looked up at him, her glowing green eyes fixing him. Bob turned his gaze away.
"What are doing guardian?" She yelled at him "Let me go! And where is my master! What did you do to him?"
"AndrAIa ,Megabyte is not your master. We are your friends." Bob said trying to approach her gently.
"Get away from me! Get your keytool away from my face! You are not my friend! Megabyte IS my master." AndrAIa yelled back at him.
"And what do you do about Matrix?" He asked looking at the renegade.
"I don't care about him! My Lord should have killed him!"
"Bob I think you should stop" Dot said quietly to him seeing the pain in her older brother's eyes.
"I am just trying to bring her back" was is only answer. "How can you say that. You love him AndrAIa. Don't you remember?"
" No I don't! And I don't love...." She stopped in the middle of her sentence. A kind of strong emotion stopped her from saying that she didn't love Matrix. She could see images of him playing in her mind. She closed her eyes for a moment. Bob smiled seeing that, thinking she was fighting the infection. Love would always win. Seeing what Bob was trying to do with his lover, Matrix tried to got up to help him out. Dot helped him out. The two walked toward her and stopped next to Bob.
"Matrix...you..." Bob started. Matrix just silenced him.
AndrAIa reopened her eyes but she was still infected. She looked at Matrix.
"What do you want?" She screamed at him.
"Don't you recognize me?" He said in a soft voice but she stayed silent.
"It's me...Enzo" He continued. Her eyes focused on him for a moment. Then shaking her head, she kicked him on the leg. Matrix forgot the pain and caressed her cheek gently.
"Don't you remember all the things we've been through. All the things we've done together...You always said that...that your home was with me, didn't you?" Matrix said back. Everyone around turned their head, looking at the renegade. They were all surprised by how he was acting: so soft and so gentle. It was not like they knew him.
"My home is not...is with you!" She replied eyes closed. It was clear that a war was going on inside her.
"I knew it. You can fight AndrAIa. I know you can, because you are my Angelfish" The renegade said. He approached her and pressed his lips gently on hers, kissing her passionately.
His kiss send like sparks toward her body. The voice of Megabyte in her head was now gone. It was like she was going back to normal again. She concentrated herself in the strong emotion building inside her and the big hand in her hair caressing her gently.
"Do you think it will work?" Little Enzo asked Bob.
"It is working Enzo" Bob said with a smile.
"I just wish they could stop. This is so disgusting." The kid said. Bob only answer was to laugh.
"What is it dad?" Dot asked looking at the null that had climbed on her shoulder after the game." You haven't said a thing since the game"
"There is just too much emotions mixed inside me to talk, daughter" Welman answered.
As Matrix broke the kiss, his body flashed in and out again. Dot immediately panicked and bent over him. AndrAIa stayed eyes closed. When she opened them, they were blue-green again.
"Enzo? " She asked in a whisper. No hate or pain were seen in her voice. It was just her husky voice again.
"This is unbelievable." Ray muttered.
"I'm free" AndrAIa whispered.
"I don't think so" Bob said looking at Glitch." You are still infected AndrAIa. You just took control of it. It's like your system is fighting it."
"I really wonder where Phong is" Welman said changing the subject." We could use some help.''
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Deep down in the Principal Office. In a little room where a wise one used to do his things, a little group of blue binomes with green viral sign waited for commands. A weird binome in a white suit was putting bandages around the body of the big blue virus.
"It is finished sir" Heir Doctor said in his little french accent. Megabyte growled in response. He was angry, really angry. The pain. He hated this feeling. That was all because of those Mainframers. They would pay. He won't play with them this time. He would just finish them up and then go to the Super Computer to take control of the entire Net.
"We are waiting for your command sir" The general of his virals' army said.
"You just stay here" The Trojan horse virus growled at them.
"What!?"
"We would just wait until they found me. While, we would prepare them a little surprise and they'll know who the master is" He replied, an evil smile forming on his face.
"And what would we do with him?" The general asked pointing toward the old sprite that he had just grabbed in the game.
"We could use him" His master answered.
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"He really needs medical care" Bob said looking worriedly at Matrix. Bob released AndrAIa and she bent down next to Dot.
"This is not your fault AndrAIa. Megabyte almost deleted him" Dot stated.
"What!?" The game sprite yelled back at her.
"It's a long story" The command.com replied.
"AndrAIa?? You're back to normal" The big guy whispered.
"Yes. Not completely but I'm back" She replied smiling at him. "You saved me. Thank you"
"It wasn't really me. Bob started it all" Matrix said.
"Well it's you who kissed me" She replied her eyes now full of tears " Your kisses always had a big effect on me"
He chuckled a little but winced in pain as his big body flashed once again.
"You alright? " AndrAIa asked now getting really worried about him.
"I'll go see Bob" Dot said getting up "You check on him AndrAIa"
"So, anything new Bob?" She asked the guardian as she approached him. He was looking at his keytool, a puzzled expression on his face.
"This is bad. This is really bad" Bob said.
"I don't like it when you say that" Dot commented.
"I can't find any sign of Megabyte. I don't like this. It's too quiet." Bob declared. "I wonder where he is. Any guess Mr. Matrix?"
"No Bob. I'm sorry son" Welman said.
Bob sighed and put his two hands on his head. There was too much stress right now.
"Maybe I should call Turbo for help" Bob finally said.
"No Bob! You know what they are going to do. They would delete Megabyte. We could take this battle on our own. This is our system not Turbo's" Dot replied to him.
"I don't care if Megabyte is deleted. After all the pain, he only deserve that!" He yelled back.
"But Bob what's about your experiment that you want to do with viruses. Turning them into a sprite?" Dot questioned.
"Nobody believe me, so why try it?" The guardian said.
" Because I believe in you. Even if I hate Megabyte, this could work." Dot said gently, putting an arm around his shoulder. He looked back at her and smiled. He needed to hear that from her.
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"You all understand me?" The virus asked. The group of binomes nodded at him.
"This is a really good plan my Lord" Heir Doctor complimented his master.
"It wasn't that hard. A trap, it was as simple as that. Those Mainframers are so basic " He laughed at his last statement." We have to get rid of them, all!"
"Sir we have found the informations that you wanted!" The chief said and handed him the pad he had found. Megabyte had asked to have informations about everything that had happen during the time he wasn't in Mainframe. He took the pad violently and read on. At a moment his green and red eyes became wide.
"What is that!" He yelled angrily punching the nearest wall making his group of viral jump in fear.
"Who is this Daemon?" The Trojan horse screamed at Heir Doctor.
"She...she was a Super Virus" The binome answered trembling.
"A Super Virus! You tell me that a child has infected the whole net!" Megabyte yelled showing him a picture of Daemon he had on the pad.
Megabyte was getting more and more angry. It has always been his dream to infect the whole net and all the guardians. If a child could do it, he could do it. Megabyte's angry face turned to an evil smile as he read that his sister had sacrificed herself for those Mainframers.
"At least Hexadecimal won't be on our way" He said laughing.
So much things has happened to those Mainframers. It was surprising that they survived to all of this. "They are lucky" Megabyte thought. After all the efforts he did to get rid of them. They have all came back and beat him up. It won't happen this time. He was more powerful. He had merged with a webrider and the web changed him in good ways. Thanks to that dear hacker who send him here. Yes it had been painful but he became bigger and stronger.
"Prepare the plan B" The virus commanded to his virals.
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"Glitch scan the Principal Office" Bob commended to his keytool. Bob narrowed his eyes looking at Glitch.
"What do you read son?" Welman asked seeing the look on the guardian's face. Dot turned her gaze toward Bob.
"I read sign of virals in Phong's office and in the arsenal" He answered. "Still no signs of Megabyte"
"Do you think we should go?" Dot asked.
"No it may be a trap"
"But Bob! We are not even sure if Megabyte is still processing" Dot protested.
"We can't take chances. I don't know but I have this feeling that he is still there and only waiting to attack us." Bob said but when he saw that Dot was about to protest again he continued "Dot, listen, I know you feel really angry and you only want Megabyte to delete but we have to wait. And I'm not going to let Matrix like that."
They ,again, looked at each other deeply. Bob looked down and smiled shyly as he felt his face becoming hot. "Damn, she is beautiful" He thought. He kicked himself mentally. How could he thinks of that when they were on a war. Dot saw Bob's face becoming purple and she giggled a little.
"Come on Bob" She said. "Let check around if everyone is fine"
Before they had the time to go, they heard a yell.
"Bob!" Enzo screamed.
They ran toward him and AndrAIa. Welman was the first to arrive.
"What is happening to him?" The game sprite asked. She looked at Bob, tears starting to form in her eyes. They looked back at Matrix's body that was flickering.
"Is he going to delete Bob?" Enzo asked, sadness clear in his voice.
"I don't know Enzo. I'm afraid if he don't get real medical care soon he won't get through this." Bob said, not wanting to lie to Enzo.
"No! He can't!" AndrAIa yelled at Bob. She got up and punched Bob on the chest.
"Why don't you do something! You are a guardian!" She continued screaming. Bob stopped.
"I'm trying AndrAIa. I'm trying. Calm down" Bob said softly.
They had never seen the game sprite so agitated. She was usually so calm and in control of herself. Now she was totally acting out of herself.
"I'm tired of all this. Where is that Megajerk so I can kick his ascii for infecting me and doing this to Matrix and Enzo." Andri said out loud. "Someone got a pill here. I'm starting to feel that headache coming back again"
" There is no pills for Megabyte infection" Bob said. He bent down toward Matrix and tell Enzo to stand back.
"Glitch...um..."
"Bob!" Dot said impatiently.
"Glitch....energy" Bob said not sure of himself. A kind of blue energy circled Matrix's body and made it stop flickering. The big guy still stayed unconscious.
"I hope this will keep him long enough" The guardian told everyone. Matrix woke up again. He was getting tired of coming in and out. He opened his eyes slowly.
"Someone...please ...delete me" Matrix murmured." Once...again you saved...me Bob"
Matrix looked around, everything was like a kind of blur. Once again, he made a great effort to sit up. His powerful arms shaking, pushing him. "I so hate this" He thought. He shook his head slowly. Pain, pain, pain and pain. The only thing he could feel. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see AndrAIa near him. Looking at her ,he pushed the pain away and the burning anger rising inside him. Then, with the help of AndrAIa he started getting up on his shaky legs.
"User, user, user" He whispered.
"Sparky, you shouldn't got up or something" The game sprite said softly.
"I'm ok..." He replied "I just feel like I'm going to fall on the ground at any time" He added murmuring. AndrAIa put her arms around his waist.
"Stay with me ok?" She whispered, sounding worried.
"I don't think I'll be going anywhere soon" He said back to her and managed a smile
"I think we should leave those two for a moment" Dot said to Bob.
"Sir Madam" Hack said coming toward the group with Slash, Ray and Mouse that had been talking quietly since their arrival in the Principal Office.
"I think we found something for ya pretty lady" The surfer said.
"Yup ya're going to be really happy Sprout" Mouse said to Enzo.
They let place for Slash who put an injured red and yellow dog to the ground.
"Frisket! " Enzo yelled. He ran to Slash and hugged the big dog. "I'm so happy you're alive!" He continued. Frisket just answered him by licking him on the face with his big tongue and barked. Then he went toward Matrix and AndrAIa and barked at them them. He waved his tail as AndrAIa patted him on the head. Welman slided off Dot's shoulder and went toward Enzo. He placed himself on his hat.
"I never knew this was really your dog Enzo" Welman said to him.
"Yes it is dad!" He replied hugging Frisket.
Dot just watched happiness in front of her eyes. Matrix was in health, for now. AndrAIa was cured from her infection for a moment. Enzo was now happy. They had found Frisket. Everyone was here. They had caught the virals. They had an army. And the most important, Bob forgave her.
"Hey Bob!" Enzo said, as an idea struck him suddenly.
"Yes Enzo." He replied, sighing heavily. He was trying his best to think of a good idea to find Megabyte and those virals that were not moving in the armory and in Phong's office were worrying him.
"Now that Frisket his here, we could use him to find Megabyte. He has always detected virus with his nose" Enzo tell Bob looking up at him.
The guardian hit his head with his hand.
"How can I have been so basic!" He shouted "Enzo, you're a genius!"
He smiled proudly at his hero and tell Frisket to find Megabyte. Dot ordered the army to stay there and kept the virals.
"Matrix I think you should stay too" She added.
"No, I'm going. Don't you ever learn that Mainframers stick together? Injuries or not" The renegade replied holding himself onto AndrAIa. He made a small smile." Gun return!" He yelled to find his gun that he had lost in the P.O. When the gun flew to his hands he added " And I don't think no one could survive to a shot by my Gun" Dot shook her head at this.
"Ok then people. Let's follow Enzo!" Bob shouted. The small group of sprites followed the young boy and the dog that was sniffing the ground. Nobody saw the small evil smile on the dog's face.
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"Sir Megabyte! The Mainframers are on their way!" A blue binome with a mustache said.
"I knew it" The virus snarled.
"Sorry sir" The binome apologized with fear.
The form of the virus flashed for a moment and stabilized to normal.
"I knew they would fall for this" He said. " Tell the others to stay at their position!"
"Yes sir!" The binome answered the alias.
Megabyte only watched him go with a smile on his face. All of this was getting real interesting.
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The little group of sprite lead by a dog stopped in front of a wall.
"You are sure it is this way boy?" Enzo asked. The dog only replied by barking.
"Where is this dog leading us?" Ray whispered. Frisket growled at him.
"It is surely one of the secret passage in the P.O" Bob stated looking up and down the wall.
"And how are we gonna open that stuff?" Mouse asked.
"I don't know" Bob said " There is surely a password....Dot?"
" I don't have it Bob. The passwords in there are not that hard" Dot said to them.
"Yeah right Dot." Matrix said out loud in a bored tone "Like this wall is going to open saying something as stupid as yadayada" Just as Matrix said the last word, the floor shook beneath their feet and the wall opened.
"Good one Matrix" Bob said with a smile at the renegade.
They all entered in the alley and the walls closed behind them. Suddenly all the lights went out
. They all stopped walking immediately.
"Glitch" They all heard Bob call. "Stat" A beeping noise was heard before Bob started to talk again.
"Just like I thought. Virals in the control room. "The guardian said. "Everybody is ok? Dot?" He asked to be sure everyone was there.
"Next to you"
"Mouse?"
"Right over there sugah!"
"Ray?"
"Still here mate"
"Matrix?"
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"Matrix???" Bob asked louder.
"He's right next to me" AndrAIa answered.
"You alright?"
"Yeah" The renegade replied. Bob calmed down when he saw a red spot in the dark.
"Stop asking questions Bob. Why don't you just call on Glitch for some light in there so we could see where we are going" Matrix grumbled.
"Glitch light" Bob said in an annoyed tone. A soft yellow light surrounded them. He was getting really tired. Everyone was like that too.
"Let's get going Enzo"
"So?" Dot asked Bob quietly. "What is up with all that?"
"I don't like it" He said to her. "When I checked the status of the P.O, the virals are making a kind of triangle"
"What do you mean?" The young Command.com asked.
"The place where the virals' troops are. It's like they are forming a triangle. We are heading right in the middle of it. It's like they're creating a trap" He answered.
"Looks like one to me" Dot said before continuing. " Do you think we should go or."
"I don't know but I don't like it. With Matrix's health and AndrAIa's infection that could grow at any nanos...I don't really know" Bob said sighing.
"I think we should go for it and finish it off once and for all" Said Welman from Dot's shoulder.
"I agree with you dad. Bob?" Dot asked.
"I don't know." Was all he could say to her.
Just behind them Mouse and Ray were talking together about their life.
"You know Ah could take yah outta here if ya want" The hacker said.
"Nah, I think I found my place in here. I know there are a lot of dangers right now but those people are really good and they need all the help I could give them" The surfer said to her.
"That is really sweet sugah. You know Ah've got tha same problem. When you come here, you are like sticked to those people." She said with a laugh. It was good to laugh a little during this thigh atmosphere. It's was the first time during this war that the two of them could talk peacefully.
"You know pretty lady. It's all my fault if all of that happened to them" Ray said sadly.
" Aww. No it's not" She said back.
"Yes it is. I brought him in there..." Ray started to say but Mouse cut him.
"Everybody got tricked by tha ugly monster" She said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Ya ,you are right" The surfer replied." What do you say about a trip in the web with me after all of that?"
Mouse took his face with her two hands and gave him a quick kiss.
"Does that answer your question?" The hacker said.
Ray only smiled. His life has never been so exciting. He wouldn't call a war exciting but he liked been with Mouse. She was the woman he needed. As adventurous as him.
A little far behind them Matrix and AndrAIa had stopped a little.
"I don't like it Sparky" AndrAIa said worriedly.
"Do you think I like it?!" He said brutally. AndrAIa looked down.
"I'm...I'm sorry. Didn't mean to be so brute" He said back. She looked back at him tears in her eyes.
"Hey .Don't cry Andi..." He said softly.
"Didn't you hear Bob? He said anything could make you lose it totally" The gamesprite stated.
"May I remind you that it's the same for you" Matrix replied. "I'm really worried about you Angelfish"
"So am I" She said wiping the tears away from her eyes.
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"Enzo? " She asked after a long pause.
"Mmm"
"You...you won't leave" AndrAIa said.
Matrix smiled at her. So many times in the games he had asked her this same question, afraid that one day she'll leave him for someone else. He was nothing without her. She had always answered the same thing "I'll never ever leave you Enzo Matrix".
"I'll never ever leave you AndrAIa. Not even deletion would take me away from you" He answered. AndrAIa smiled at him and Matrix squeezed one of her hand.
"Everything would turn out alright. You'll see" Matrix said.
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"My Lord! The Mainframers are stopping." The chief said.
"Grrr....The hidden command file doesn't work. This keytool could get everything" Megabyte snarled looking at the big vidwindow in front of him. He couldn't clearly see.
"At least they didn't found me" The virus said. He turned and looked at the injured dog next to Phong. He started laughing cruelly and Heir Doctor did the same to follow his master.
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"Ok Mike we're on in 3,2,1!" A crew binome said.
"Here I am ladies and gentlemen live from the Principal Office where our heroes just left to fight Megabyte and get rid of him. You have seen earlier the renegade Enzo Matrix. Yes, I am not joking. It wasn't a trick, he is still alive ladies and gentlemen! Boy, that man would never delete. As for most of the men in Mainframe that are wondering how is our dear game sprite...hehehe...she is great....just infected. But again Bob saved the day and gave energy to Matrix and cured a bit AndrAIa's infection." Mike posed for a moment taking his breath before starting to talk again.
"Now let's get to business. A group of binome have formed earlier an army. The leader is no one but Cyrus. We learned that they captured Megabyte's army. Let's take a look at this." The camera went toward the group of binomes and the tied virals. Some waved at a camera and one binome had a sign written 'I love you Mom' on it. Cyrus was talking to a zero binome about how he saved the whole net by killing Daemon with his hands. At a moment everyone turned to look at a little penguin crossing the room. The penguin stopped and looked at the camera before running away. Then the camera returned back to Mike.
"Fantastic? Let's talk to the leader." Mike said. He walked toward the group and stopped in front of Cyrus.
"General Cyrus, first tell us about you." The yellow TV asked.
"Well, I am Cyrus and I was in Megabyte's army before but he was bad with me so I decided to took revenge. I formed this army because well you know" Cyrus stopped to pass a hand in his hair and smile at the camera while Mike looked at him weirdly. "...Bob, Dot and Enzo are now good friends of mine and I wanted to help them." He explained.
"Great....Now would you stop looking at the camera like that!" Mike yelled. Cyrus was smiling like a fool and jumped in surprise when the TV said it.
"Umm...Sorry. Now Cyrus tell us how you captured the virals" Mike questioned.
"Well, we took the virals." Cyrus answered.
"You heard that people! It was magic! I knew some Mainframers had power!" He yelled. Cyrus was about to say something but Mike pushed him out of the way.
"That's all for now. Stay tuned for another interview in 'Horror in Mainframe'!" The TV said his screen turning black as he said the three last words.
"We got it!" The same crew binome said.
"That was horrible!" Mike yelled turning to Cyrus while his crew did the same. Cyrus only waved and smiled shyly at them. They all glared at him and Cyrus started running away.
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"Matrix! Stop! " Bob yelled. The guardian decided to stop when he saw that his younger friend was having problem following the group. As for the renegade, he didn't want to hear anything. He didn't care much that he was in a bad shape.
"Son. Stop." Even Welman was yelling at him. Little Enzo was staying there, looking at his older self barely walking. He took Matrix arm.
"Please stop it Matrix" The younger Enzo said pleading. "We all need some rest"
"Let me go kid!" He said glaring at him.
"Please...bro" Enzo said. As he pronounced the last word Matrix looked at him. It was the first time he was calling him brother. Yes they were the same sprite but in a way, they were like brother. They looked at each other for a moment. Little Enzo smiled at his older self and Matrix forced a smile for him.
"Now you better stop renegade or I'll kick your ascii in the name of Lord Megabyte!" AndrAIa screamed at him.
Everyone turned in surprise and looked at the game sprite. She was looking menacing. Trident in hands.
"Whoa there!" Ray whispered.
"You! Why didn't you cure her!" Matrix shouted taking Bob by the collar.
"Matrix..this is not the time" Dot said pushing her brother.
AndrAIa was about to go toward them when she put her hands on her temples.
"Go away!" She yelled. "No! I don't need you Megabyte! I don't care about you!"
While the group could do nothing more than look at AndrAIa fight with her infection, they didn't notice the big dog fixing her with glowing red and green eyes.
Megabyte was talking to her inside her head. He was trying to make the infection grow.
"You are mine! Stop fighting and I won't hurt Matrix." The voice said.
"No! I don't believe you! You only want me to delete Matrix! I will never do that!" AndrAIa yelled to him.
Matrix wanted to approach her but Bob stopped him.
"Let her deal with it for the moment. It could be dangerous." Bob stated.
"No! No! I won't be your queen! I don't care!" The game sprite said out loud. She fought her best. Sometime the infection took over her and she would just punch herself on the head. This time she won't go easily.
"Frisket? What's the matter with you Boy?" Enzo said to his dog noticing the weird look on his face. Frisket's eyes stopped glowing and he looked up at the little sprite and barked. Enzo only patted him on the head.
"If you are worried about her, she'll be fine." Enzo said.
The pain in AndrAIa's skull stopped. "Soon..." The voice said before disappearing totally from her head. AndrAIa let her trident fall from her hands. She lost her balance a little.
Dot was the first next to her. She made the game sprite sat on the ground.
"I won." She said in a whisper.
"Yes, you won" Dot said smiling. "You are really courageous"
"Not as brave as you" AndrAIa said back.
"Now everyone. We are stopping a little" Bob said with an annoyed look. He glared at Matrix. The renegade did nothing this time. With the help of Ray, he went toward his lover and sat down next to her. Mouse and Ray sat nearly.
Bob shook his head looking at them.
"Where ever you are Megabyte, I promise that you won't hurt my friends again." Bob said in a low tone. He looked up knowing that Megabyte was watching.
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Megabyte just laughed in the face of the guardian on the vidwindow.
"And who do you think you are to tell me this!?" said the virus in a low voice to himself. "You haven't found me yet and I think that won't happen soon''
He walked in the little office. Looking at all the viwindow and watching carefully the gang of binomes that had captured some of his virals. He stopped walking as an idea struck him.
General Burck!" The alias called.
"Yes sir!" The binome answered.
"Put plan C right on their way. We are going to show Mrs. Matrix a little surprise." He added smiling. General Burck smiled evilly also and headed back toward his army to do plan C.
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" Don't you touch me!" AndrAIa yelled at her lover.
"But Andy " He said back.
"If you make one move, you are going to hurt yourself again!" AndrAIa yelled.
"Guys!" This time it was Bob who yelled." Would you stop yelling. You are not the only here to be in a bad shape!" Everyone went silent for a moment. The guardian put his hands over his head trying to make the headache go away.
"Sorry Bob...." Matrix said but stopped as his body flashed again. It was starting again.
"Sorry Bob" AndrAIa said before turning to her lover.
Bob just shook his head and everyone started talking quietly again. Enzo was playing with Frisket and talking with his dad next to him. The guardian was on the verge of his nerves.
At this moment he was asking himself why he so wanted to change Megabyte. His codes was to get rid of virus and all his life the only things that virus caused in his life was pain. Some memories of the past now came back to him.
Sixteen cycles before
The Super Computer
A young and beautiful woman was washing the dishes in her kitchen. Her life has been nothing but wonderful. She had long shiny and silver hair. She had a purple skin and pale brown eyes. She was wearing a white skirt, blue pants and black boots. She was good looking: tall, slim and charming. She was a doctor and was very famous in the Super Computer. Even if she was young, she was know as the best doctor.
Sighing, she put down the dishes and looked at her husband that just closed a vidwindow. He had been talking to Turbo, a friend of his. He was handsome. Women really liked him. He was tall and well shaped. He had a light blue skin, deep brown eyes and short black hair. He was wearing a guardian uniform. He was also famous. Everyone in the guardian academy knew him. He had saved the lives of poor people so many times. He was so good that he had been chose in all the guardians to be one of the ten defenders of the Super Computer.
"Where are you going again Robert?" The woman asked him.
" Virus in sector 51. I gotta go Jackie." Robert said. Her wife only sighed at it. She was getting used to this.
"Come on honey. Don't make me that face" He said to her in a low voice.
"I hate it when you talk to me like this Robert." Jackie answered smiling a little.
" I can't help it" He said kissing her.
"YUCK" came a yell from behind them. They stopped kissing and turned to look at their ten years old son. The young blue and silver haired boy looked at them with hands on his hips.
"Hey Bobby!" Robert said going toward his son and ruffling his hairs.
"Aww stop it with that name!" Bob yelled and crossing his arms. "Hey, where you going daddy?" He asked.
"Virus." His father only answered.
"Oh cool. Can I came with you dad. Come on you said that one day you'll bring me." Bob said.
"No Bob. This is a viru,s this could be very dangerous" Robert stated." No Bobby. I don't have time to talk" He said before he had the time to argue. Robert kissed his wife and ruffled his son's hairs.
"Be nice with your mom Bob." He said before going.
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A while later ten guardians stood in front of a virus. The virus was looking like a big blue insect. It was a class 3.
"Look like we've got you." Turbo said.
The virus only laughed and suddenl broke all the ropes around his body and roared at them. He extended his big claws and took one guardian. He throw him on two other guardians. He turned around and grabbed Turbo.
" Copeland...." The prime guardian was cut off by the virus putting his hands around his mouth.
"Now guardians, put down your weapons or I delete your chief." He said.
" Never!" Robert yelled. " It's you who are going to be delete if you do anything to Turbo!"
"Ah yeah"
" Face it. You're a deleted virus. Put him down now!" The blue sprite yelled getting angry.
"Warning Incoming a game! Warning Incoming a game!" a voice said. The sky turned dark purple.
"Oh great." Robert said.
The cube was descending right on them. While watching the cube, the virus took Robert off guard and planted his claws right on his stomach. The virus smiled at him. Turbo quickly murmured something and Copeland fired a blast of light that made everyone close their eyes. The virus yelled in pain and dropped Turbo and Robert. The virus gots deleted instantly.
"DAD NO!!!!!!!!!!"
Bob, that had followed his father, screamed. He cried but he stayed there behind a building where he was hiding. Before the young boy had the time to do something the cube fell down on the guardians.
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"Game over!"
As soon as he heard the word, Bob ran toward Turbo. All the guardians were around a man on the ground.
"Dad!"
"Bob what are you doing here?" Turbo asked, surprised.
Bob paid him no attention and bent down.
"Bobby...." Robert managed to said. His chest was all opened, but Bob was looking in his father's eyes. Tears didn't stop to fall down.
"Be..nice with...*cough* your...mom.....Love....ya" He only had the time to say those words before slowly closing his eyes.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bob started to cry on his father's chest. All the guardians looked down sadly and Turbo recited something before his body disappeared.
Bob got up and dried off his eyes.
"I think... he stayed here, in that game, just to talk to you before going, son" Turbo commented putting a hand on Bob shoulder.
"One day, I'll be a guardian." Bob whispered. " Dad would be proud of me."
"Dad would be proud of me" Bob whispered.
"Bob? Bob?" Dot asked looking at the guardian passing a hand in front of him while he murmured.
He turned and looked at Dot breaking out of his thoughts.
"I'm sorry you were saying?" He asked her.
"Nothing. Just asking you if you were alright" The Command.com answered. They looked at each other for a moment again. It was obvious that the two were still uncomfortable with the past events.
"I...I was thinking about my family if you wanna know" The blue man said looking down." When it would be over, I'll visit my mom"
"That is good" Dot said. "You must be thinking about your father..."
Dot was knowing Bob's life. After all they were friends and they had told each other everything about their past.
"Yeah"
"You know I think about my mother too sometimes" Dot said trying to make Bob feel better. "I don't have to be sad because I know she is there with us, watching over me and Enzo...Your dad is surely here too. Chatting and laughing with my mom right now"
Bob laughed slightly at that. Seeing that, Dot continued. "You better watch your dad Bob, because my mom is still in love with my dad and she may kick his ascii if he goes too far"
This time Bob laughed out loud and everyone turned toward him. It was not this funny but it was good to laugh and it was good for everyone else to hear it. Dot also laughed a little. The atmosphere was getting less bitter.
Not far from them was Matrix and AndrAIa. The game sprite was on her lover, making sure that he was alright at every nanos. She was gently wiping the energy off his face with a piece of tissue. Matrix was looking real down.
"It's good that they are laughing" He said in a whisper.
"Shhh, don't talk. You are wasting your energy" AndrAIa said putting a finger over his lips. "I still don't get why you didn't stay in the hall with Cyrus and everyone else"
He was going to argue with her but she put her fingers over his lips again. Then AndrAIa felt him kissing it slightly. She looked in Matrix's real eye and smiled at him. Then Matrix body flashed and the renegade closed his eyes tightly trying to make the pain go away. The gamesprite immediately took her hand away from him. Tears coming back again in her eyes.
" Mate. Mate!" Ray called as he saw Matrix's body flash again.
"I'm not deaf Ray" Matrix murmured.
"Sorry mate just thought you lost it again" The surfer said back.
"I know that is what you want but sorry I'll be there all of your life" The renegade whispered.
Ray laughed a little. The two of them had time to know each other during the time after the restart and had become good friend. After their little personal war on the Saucy Mare was over, they had talked. Now Ray was always teasing Matrix and Matrix was doing the same. Each time they were seeing , they would look at each other like they were two enemy when they weren't. Sometimes it was pretty funny to see them.
"Don't ya want me to bring you back to the hall sugah?" Mouse asked.
"No"
"Are you going to stop talking mister" AndrAIa said to her lover in a strict tone.
"Sorry there sugah" Mouse said to the game sprite winking.
"Hey Andy!" Little Enzo said coming toward her." Do you have any tissue left? I want some for Frisket"
"Yes, take this" She said handing him a piece.
"Thanks" Enzo went back to his place next to Bob and Dot and sat down.
"Let me help you son" Welman said climbing up on Frisket's back. The dog barked furiously taking the null in his big jaw.
"Frisket stop!" Enzo yelled, but the dog didn't stop. When Enzo yelled it for the fourth time, Frisket freed Welman.
"Boy, what was taking you!" Welman yelled. Frisket had always been like his dog too. It was him that found Frisket when he was a little puppy with Enzo.
Enzo suddenly got up as his eyes got wide. He froze in horror for a moment looking at his dog.
" Dad would you come over here please" Enzo said still looking at Frisket. His father came toward him and climbed on his shoulder.
"What is it son?"
"Stay with me dad"
Enzo turned around and shook Bob's shoulder. "Bob, we gotta get out of here" The young sprite whispered in Bob's ear.
"What?"
"Not that loud he is going to hear us. " Enzo whispered back looking toward Frisket. Bob followed his gaze and then looked back at Enzo, confused.
"You know... MB in a disguise" He said nervously.
Bob froze too. It was like time had been stopped. He looked around as his heart started to beat rapidly and got up.
"Everyone get up! We are going to continue." The guardian said out loud.
"And where do you think you're going. Think I did not hear you guardian" Megabyte's voice came out of Frisket's mouth.
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They all waited until the purple energy washed them. They found themselves inside the P.O in the main hall. Bob put Matrix down on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Bob are you ok?" Dot came running and asked worriedly.
"Yeah...I think...I am" He said back.
"Somebody work at the hospital or something?" Dot asked the crowd out loud.
"Yes me! I am nurse!" A lady binome said.
"Could you check on him?" Dot asked "My brothers need desperately help"
The blond haired binome bent down over Matrix and Enzo and checked for any sign of abnormality.
"You are sure Bob you don't need help?" She said turning to the guardian.
"No really...my back is just hurting...that's all" Bob answered her, sitting down on the ground. Dot sat down next to him and rubbed his back softly.
"You really did a good job in that game" He said quietly.
"Thanks"
"Dot I...um...I...I am sorry for everything that had just happened. It ...was just stupid and dangerous to just try and separate myself from Glitch..." Bob said to her, looking into her eyes.
"You don't have to be sorry of anything. It's me. I was basic. I...I..I almost married Megabyte when I had asked you! I am basic just basic...Everything I did in my life was wrong. I should be the on to be sorry Bob. Not you. I am the one that should said sorry....And I'm sorry Bob." Dot said finally letting out the emotions that were buried inside her.
"I forgive you Dot'' Bob said quietly turning away from her.
"I know you couldn't, you....what?! You forgive me? How can you when I just turned you down on the wedding. IcantunderstandBob, afterwhatidid.." She was cut by Bob pressing one finger on her lips.
"I don't care Dot. I don't care. It was not your fault. I'm still a little hurt by this but it was not your fault." Bob said to her. They looked at each other for a moment, trying to read their mind. Bob advanced slowly toward Dot. She did the same and closed her eyes. As their lips were about to touch, Mouse interrupted them by taping on Dot's shoulder.
"Um..Ah'm sorry to interrupt you two, but there is a war going down here." The hacker said "And Ah can use some help with this girl" She was still holding AndrAIa.
"Stop it! Let me! Where is my master!" Infected AndrAIa yelled.
"Mouse is right" Bob said. He got up and helped Dot to her feet.
"Glitch! Containment field!" Bob commanded. A golden rope encircled AndrAIa's body. "Feeling better Mouse?"
"Thanks ya sugah"
A coughing make everyone turn their heads toward the big green sprite lying on the ground.
"Enzo ?" Dot said. In response, Matrix mumbled something.
"I can't hear you sweetie" Dot said back pushing his hair out of his face.
"Maaaa...matrix...call..me.." He said, pain clearly seen in his voice.
Dot and Bob smiled at him.
"This is our Matrix" Bob said.
He smiled a little but it disappeared quickly." What did you do to AndrAIa?" He asked, trying to sit.
"Matrix, you shouldn't..." Bob started but when he saw the expression on his friend's face he helped him. Matrix sat up and winced.
"Bob just do that to calm her down" Dot answered his question.
"Does it hurt her?" He asked.
"No"
"It's her...she tried to kill me...doesn't she?" He said back his voice a little above whisper. He turned away from his friends feeling tears coming to his eyes. "You re not going to cry like a baby" He thought.
"Yes" Dot replied. "It's not her fault."
"I know"
Matrix winced again. His body flashed a little.
"This is not good" Bob said.
"Ow" Now it was Enzo's turn to wake up.
"Oh Enzo !" Dot took her little brother and hugged him tightly.
"Dot! Not in front of everybody" He said, his cheeks turning red.
"Are you alright? Did Megabyte hurt you?" Dot questioned.
"No" He lied "AndrAIa took care of me. Even if she was infected...she took care of me. I am alright, just got a little headache but I'm ok"
"Look like both of you were really lucky to not delete. "Bob said.
"BIG ME!" Enzo yelled noticing for the first time. He hugged his 'big' brother.
"Ahhh" Matrix cried out.
"Oh sorry...I know you would make it out.I knew it...Youarethecoolest,thegreatestandthestrongestever!"
"Enzo you are getting excited again" Dot commented.
"Yeah I know, my head really hurt" He said calming down.
"BOB!" Yelled two familiar voice.
"Oh not those two"
"Bob we were so worried about you!" Hack said.
"Yeah what happened?" Slash asked.
"Stop interrupting me!"
"I'm not interrupting!"
"Guys! "Bob yelled. "Don't ask me what happened when you two were too scared to stay and help us!"
"Here is Mike the TV live inside the Principal Office. Now here we have Bob and Dot and Enzo and AndrAIa and ....Matrix! My user it's a miracle he's alive! Tell me how you all feel?" Mike said suddenly appearing from nowhere and pointing his micro in Matrix's face. The big renegade just answered by pointing his gun at the camera.
"Mike this is not the time!" Bob yelled putting himself in front of the camera.
"Hey! But all Mainframe want to know. I'm beating records. They all wanna know about what is going on! Now Bob the question that everyone want to know...Where is Megabyte?" The yellow TV said looking at the camera.
"That is a really good question Mike. A really good question" Bob said looking around.
"But Mainframe want to know" Mike insisted.
"Mike! I'm telling you that I don't know where is Megabyte!" Bob said getting angry." To those who listen to this show stay in your house. I repeat stay in your house. If you are outside just find a safe place to go" He said turning to the camera then put his hand on it when he was finished.
"Hey!" Said Mike.
"Mike!"
"Bob?" came the deep voice of Matrix.
"Can you cure AndrAIa?" He asked.
"I don't know" The guardian answered. "I'll try"
Bob approached slowly the game sprite. Mouse looked at Bob and shook her head. AndrAIa looked up at him, her glowing green eyes fixing him. Bob turned his gaze away.
"What are doing guardian?" She yelled at him "Let me go! And where is my master! What did you do to him?"
"AndrAIa ,Megabyte is not your master. We are your friends." Bob said trying to approach her gently.
"Get away from me! Get your keytool away from my face! You are not my friend! Megabyte IS my master." AndrAIa yelled back at him.
"And what do you do about Matrix?" He asked looking at the renegade.
"I don't care about him! My Lord should have killed him!"
"Bob I think you should stop" Dot said quietly to him seeing the pain in her older brother's eyes.
"I am just trying to bring her back" was is only answer. "How can you say that. You love him AndrAIa. Don't you remember?"
" No I don't! And I don't love...." She stopped in the middle of her sentence. A kind of strong emotion stopped her from saying that she didn't love Matrix. She could see images of him playing in her mind. She closed her eyes for a moment. Bob smiled seeing that, thinking she was fighting the infection. Love would always win. Seeing what Bob was trying to do with his lover, Matrix tried to got up to help him out. Dot helped him out. The two walked toward her and stopped next to Bob.
"Matrix...you..." Bob started. Matrix just silenced him.
AndrAIa reopened her eyes but she was still infected. She looked at Matrix.
"What do you want?" She screamed at him.
"Don't you recognize me?" He said in a soft voice but she stayed silent.
"It's me...Enzo" He continued. Her eyes focused on him for a moment. Then shaking her head, she kicked him on the leg. Matrix forgot the pain and caressed her cheek gently.
"Don't you remember all the things we've been through. All the things we've done together...You always said that...that your home was with me, didn't you?" Matrix said back. Everyone around turned their head, looking at the renegade. They were all surprised by how he was acting: so soft and so gentle. It was not like they knew him.
"My home is not...is with you!" She replied eyes closed. It was clear that a war was going on inside her.
"I knew it. You can fight AndrAIa. I know you can, because you are my Angelfish" The renegade said. He approached her and pressed his lips gently on hers, kissing her passionately.
His kiss send like sparks toward her body. The voice of Megabyte in her head was now gone. It was like she was going back to normal again. She concentrated herself in the strong emotion building inside her and the big hand in her hair caressing her gently.
"Do you think it will work?" Little Enzo asked Bob.
"It is working Enzo" Bob said with a smile.
"I just wish they could stop. This is so disgusting." The kid said. Bob only answer was to laugh.
"What is it dad?" Dot asked looking at the null that had climbed on her shoulder after the game." You haven't said a thing since the game"
"There is just too much emotions mixed inside me to talk, daughter" Welman answered.
As Matrix broke the kiss, his body flashed in and out again. Dot immediately panicked and bent over him. AndrAIa stayed eyes closed. When she opened them, they were blue-green again.
"Enzo? " She asked in a whisper. No hate or pain were seen in her voice. It was just her husky voice again.
"This is unbelievable." Ray muttered.
"I'm free" AndrAIa whispered.
"I don't think so" Bob said looking at Glitch." You are still infected AndrAIa. You just took control of it. It's like your system is fighting it."
"I really wonder where Phong is" Welman said changing the subject." We could use some help.''
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Deep down in the Principal Office. In a little room where a wise one used to do his things, a little group of blue binomes with green viral sign waited for commands. A weird binome in a white suit was putting bandages around the body of the big blue virus.
"It is finished sir" Heir Doctor said in his little french accent. Megabyte growled in response. He was angry, really angry. The pain. He hated this feeling. That was all because of those Mainframers. They would pay. He won't play with them this time. He would just finish them up and then go to the Super Computer to take control of the entire Net.
"We are waiting for your command sir" The general of his virals' army said.
"You just stay here" The Trojan horse virus growled at them.
"What!?"
"We would just wait until they found me. While, we would prepare them a little surprise and they'll know who the master is" He replied, an evil smile forming on his face.
"And what would we do with him?" The general asked pointing toward the old sprite that he had just grabbed in the game.
"We could use him" His master answered.
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"He really needs medical care" Bob said looking worriedly at Matrix. Bob released AndrAIa and she bent down next to Dot.
"This is not your fault AndrAIa. Megabyte almost deleted him" Dot stated.
"What!?" The game sprite yelled back at her.
"It's a long story" The command.com replied.
"AndrAIa?? You're back to normal" The big guy whispered.
"Yes. Not completely but I'm back" She replied smiling at him. "You saved me. Thank you"
"It wasn't really me. Bob started it all" Matrix said.
"Well it's you who kissed me" She replied her eyes now full of tears " Your kisses always had a big effect on me"
He chuckled a little but winced in pain as his big body flashed once again.
"You alright? " AndrAIa asked now getting really worried about him.
"I'll go see Bob" Dot said getting up "You check on him AndrAIa"
"So, anything new Bob?" She asked the guardian as she approached him. He was looking at his keytool, a puzzled expression on his face.
"This is bad. This is really bad" Bob said.
"I don't like it when you say that" Dot commented.
"I can't find any sign of Megabyte. I don't like this. It's too quiet." Bob declared. "I wonder where he is. Any guess Mr. Matrix?"
"No Bob. I'm sorry son" Welman said.
Bob sighed and put his two hands on his head. There was too much stress right now.
"Maybe I should call Turbo for help" Bob finally said.
"No Bob! You know what they are going to do. They would delete Megabyte. We could take this battle on our own. This is our system not Turbo's" Dot replied to him.
"I don't care if Megabyte is deleted. After all the pain, he only deserve that!" He yelled back.
"But Bob what's about your experiment that you want to do with viruses. Turning them into a sprite?" Dot questioned.
"Nobody believe me, so why try it?" The guardian said.
" Because I believe in you. Even if I hate Megabyte, this could work." Dot said gently, putting an arm around his shoulder. He looked back at her and smiled. He needed to hear that from her.
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"You all understand me?" The virus asked. The group of binomes nodded at him.
"This is a really good plan my Lord" Heir Doctor complimented his master.
"It wasn't that hard. A trap, it was as simple as that. Those Mainframers are so basic " He laughed at his last statement." We have to get rid of them, all!"
"Sir we have found the informations that you wanted!" The chief said and handed him the pad he had found. Megabyte had asked to have informations about everything that had happen during the time he wasn't in Mainframe. He took the pad violently and read on. At a moment his green and red eyes became wide.
"What is that!" He yelled angrily punching the nearest wall making his group of viral jump in fear.
"Who is this Daemon?" The Trojan horse screamed at Heir Doctor.
"She...she was a Super Virus" The binome answered trembling.
"A Super Virus! You tell me that a child has infected the whole net!" Megabyte yelled showing him a picture of Daemon he had on the pad.
Megabyte was getting more and more angry. It has always been his dream to infect the whole net and all the guardians. If a child could do it, he could do it. Megabyte's angry face turned to an evil smile as he read that his sister had sacrificed herself for those Mainframers.
"At least Hexadecimal won't be on our way" He said laughing.
So much things has happened to those Mainframers. It was surprising that they survived to all of this. "They are lucky" Megabyte thought. After all the efforts he did to get rid of them. They have all came back and beat him up. It won't happen this time. He was more powerful. He had merged with a webrider and the web changed him in good ways. Thanks to that dear hacker who send him here. Yes it had been painful but he became bigger and stronger.
"Prepare the plan B" The virus commanded to his virals.
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"Glitch scan the Principal Office" Bob commended to his keytool. Bob narrowed his eyes looking at Glitch.
"What do you read son?" Welman asked seeing the look on the guardian's face. Dot turned her gaze toward Bob.
"I read sign of virals in Phong's office and in the arsenal" He answered. "Still no signs of Megabyte"
"Do you think we should go?" Dot asked.
"No it may be a trap"
"But Bob! We are not even sure if Megabyte is still processing" Dot protested.
"We can't take chances. I don't know but I have this feeling that he is still there and only waiting to attack us." Bob said but when he saw that Dot was about to protest again he continued "Dot, listen, I know you feel really angry and you only want Megabyte to delete but we have to wait. And I'm not going to let Matrix like that."
They ,again, looked at each other deeply. Bob looked down and smiled shyly as he felt his face becoming hot. "Damn, she is beautiful" He thought. He kicked himself mentally. How could he thinks of that when they were on a war. Dot saw Bob's face becoming purple and she giggled a little.
"Come on Bob" She said. "Let check around if everyone is fine"
Before they had the time to go, they heard a yell.
"Bob!" Enzo screamed.
They ran toward him and AndrAIa. Welman was the first to arrive.
"What is happening to him?" The game sprite asked. She looked at Bob, tears starting to form in her eyes. They looked back at Matrix's body that was flickering.
"Is he going to delete Bob?" Enzo asked, sadness clear in his voice.
"I don't know Enzo. I'm afraid if he don't get real medical care soon he won't get through this." Bob said, not wanting to lie to Enzo.
"No! He can't!" AndrAIa yelled at Bob. She got up and punched Bob on the chest.
"Why don't you do something! You are a guardian!" She continued screaming. Bob stopped.
"I'm trying AndrAIa. I'm trying. Calm down" Bob said softly.
They had never seen the game sprite so agitated. She was usually so calm and in control of herself. Now she was totally acting out of herself.
"I'm tired of all this. Where is that Megajerk so I can kick his ascii for infecting me and doing this to Matrix and Enzo." Andri said out loud. "Someone got a pill here. I'm starting to feel that headache coming back again"
" There is no pills for Megabyte infection" Bob said. He bent down toward Matrix and tell Enzo to stand back.
"Glitch...um..."
"Bob!" Dot said impatiently.
"Glitch....energy" Bob said not sure of himself. A kind of blue energy circled Matrix's body and made it stop flickering. The big guy still stayed unconscious.
"I hope this will keep him long enough" The guardian told everyone. Matrix woke up again. He was getting tired of coming in and out. He opened his eyes slowly.
"Someone...please ...delete me" Matrix murmured." Once...again you saved...me Bob"
Matrix looked around, everything was like a kind of blur. Once again, he made a great effort to sit up. His powerful arms shaking, pushing him. "I so hate this" He thought. He shook his head slowly. Pain, pain, pain and pain. The only thing he could feel. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see AndrAIa near him. Looking at her ,he pushed the pain away and the burning anger rising inside him. Then, with the help of AndrAIa he started getting up on his shaky legs.
"User, user, user" He whispered.
"Sparky, you shouldn't got up or something" The game sprite said softly.
"I'm ok..." He replied "I just feel like I'm going to fall on the ground at any time" He added murmuring. AndrAIa put her arms around his waist.
"Stay with me ok?" She whispered, sounding worried.
"I don't think I'll be going anywhere soon" He said back to her and managed a smile
"I think we should leave those two for a moment" Dot said to Bob.
"Sir Madam" Hack said coming toward the group with Slash, Ray and Mouse that had been talking quietly since their arrival in the Principal Office.
"I think we found something for ya pretty lady" The surfer said.
"Yup ya're going to be really happy Sprout" Mouse said to Enzo.
They let place for Slash who put an injured red and yellow dog to the ground.
"Frisket! " Enzo yelled. He ran to Slash and hugged the big dog. "I'm so happy you're alive!" He continued. Frisket just answered him by licking him on the face with his big tongue and barked. Then he went toward Matrix and AndrAIa and barked at them them. He waved his tail as AndrAIa patted him on the head. Welman slided off Dot's shoulder and went toward Enzo. He placed himself on his hat.
"I never knew this was really your dog Enzo" Welman said to him.
"Yes it is dad!" He replied hugging Frisket.
Dot just watched happiness in front of her eyes. Matrix was in health, for now. AndrAIa was cured from her infection for a moment. Enzo was now happy. They had found Frisket. Everyone was here. They had caught the virals. They had an army. And the most important, Bob forgave her.
"Hey Bob!" Enzo said, as an idea struck him suddenly.
"Yes Enzo." He replied, sighing heavily. He was trying his best to think of a good idea to find Megabyte and those virals that were not moving in the armory and in Phong's office were worrying him.
"Now that Frisket his here, we could use him to find Megabyte. He has always detected virus with his nose" Enzo tell Bob looking up at him.
The guardian hit his head with his hand.
"How can I have been so basic!" He shouted "Enzo, you're a genius!"
He smiled proudly at his hero and tell Frisket to find Megabyte. Dot ordered the army to stay there and kept the virals.
"Matrix I think you should stay too" She added.
"No, I'm going. Don't you ever learn that Mainframers stick together? Injuries or not" The renegade replied holding himself onto AndrAIa. He made a small smile." Gun return!" He yelled to find his gun that he had lost in the P.O. When the gun flew to his hands he added " And I don't think no one could survive to a shot by my Gun" Dot shook her head at this.
"Ok then people. Let's follow Enzo!" Bob shouted. The small group of sprites followed the young boy and the dog that was sniffing the ground. Nobody saw the small evil smile on the dog's face.
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"Sir Megabyte! The Mainframers are on their way!" A blue binome with a mustache said.
"I knew it" The virus snarled.
"Sorry sir" The binome apologized with fear.
The form of the virus flashed for a moment and stabilized to normal.
"I knew they would fall for this" He said. " Tell the others to stay at their position!"
"Yes sir!" The binome answered the alias.
Megabyte only watched him go with a smile on his face. All of this was getting real interesting.
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The little group of sprite lead by a dog stopped in front of a wall.
"You are sure it is this way boy?" Enzo asked. The dog only replied by barking.
"Where is this dog leading us?" Ray whispered. Frisket growled at him.
"It is surely one of the secret passage in the P.O" Bob stated looking up and down the wall.
"And how are we gonna open that stuff?" Mouse asked.
"I don't know" Bob said " There is surely a password....Dot?"
" I don't have it Bob. The passwords in there are not that hard" Dot said to them.
"Yeah right Dot." Matrix said out loud in a bored tone "Like this wall is going to open saying something as stupid as yadayada" Just as Matrix said the last word, the floor shook beneath their feet and the wall opened.
"Good one Matrix" Bob said with a smile at the renegade.
They all entered in the alley and the walls closed behind them. Suddenly all the lights went out
. They all stopped walking immediately.
"Glitch" They all heard Bob call. "Stat" A beeping noise was heard before Bob started to talk again.
"Just like I thought. Virals in the control room. "The guardian said. "Everybody is ok? Dot?" He asked to be sure everyone was there.
"Next to you"
"Mouse?"
"Right over there sugah!"
"Ray?"
"Still here mate"
"Matrix?"
...
"Matrix???" Bob asked louder.
"He's right next to me" AndrAIa answered.
"You alright?"
"Yeah" The renegade replied. Bob calmed down when he saw a red spot in the dark.
"Stop asking questions Bob. Why don't you just call on Glitch for some light in there so we could see where we are going" Matrix grumbled.
"Glitch light" Bob said in an annoyed tone. A soft yellow light surrounded them. He was getting really tired. Everyone was like that too.
"Let's get going Enzo"
"So?" Dot asked Bob quietly. "What is up with all that?"
"I don't like it" He said to her. "When I checked the status of the P.O, the virals are making a kind of triangle"
"What do you mean?" The young Command.com asked.
"The place where the virals' troops are. It's like they are forming a triangle. We are heading right in the middle of it. It's like they're creating a trap" He answered.
"Looks like one to me" Dot said before continuing. " Do you think we should go or."
"I don't know but I don't like it. With Matrix's health and AndrAIa's infection that could grow at any nanos...I don't really know" Bob said sighing.
"I think we should go for it and finish it off once and for all" Said Welman from Dot's shoulder.
"I agree with you dad. Bob?" Dot asked.
"I don't know." Was all he could say to her.
Just behind them Mouse and Ray were talking together about their life.
"You know Ah could take yah outta here if ya want" The hacker said.
"Nah, I think I found my place in here. I know there are a lot of dangers right now but those people are really good and they need all the help I could give them" The surfer said to her.
"That is really sweet sugah. You know Ah've got tha same problem. When you come here, you are like sticked to those people." She said with a laugh. It was good to laugh a little during this thigh atmosphere. It's was the first time during this war that the two of them could talk peacefully.
"You know pretty lady. It's all my fault if all of that happened to them" Ray said sadly.
" Aww. No it's not" She said back.
"Yes it is. I brought him in there..." Ray started to say but Mouse cut him.
"Everybody got tricked by tha ugly monster" She said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Ya ,you are right" The surfer replied." What do you say about a trip in the web with me after all of that?"
Mouse took his face with her two hands and gave him a quick kiss.
"Does that answer your question?" The hacker said.
Ray only smiled. His life has never been so exciting. He wouldn't call a war exciting but he liked been with Mouse. She was the woman he needed. As adventurous as him.
A little far behind them Matrix and AndrAIa had stopped a little.
"I don't like it Sparky" AndrAIa said worriedly.
"Do you think I like it?!" He said brutally. AndrAIa looked down.
"I'm...I'm sorry. Didn't mean to be so brute" He said back. She looked back at him tears in her eyes.
"Hey .Don't cry Andi..." He said softly.
"Didn't you hear Bob? He said anything could make you lose it totally" The gamesprite stated.
"May I remind you that it's the same for you" Matrix replied. "I'm really worried about you Angelfish"
"So am I" She said wiping the tears away from her eyes.
...
"Enzo? " She asked after a long pause.
"Mmm"
"You...you won't leave" AndrAIa said.
Matrix smiled at her. So many times in the games he had asked her this same question, afraid that one day she'll leave him for someone else. He was nothing without her. She had always answered the same thing "I'll never ever leave you Enzo Matrix".
"I'll never ever leave you AndrAIa. Not even deletion would take me away from you" He answered. AndrAIa smiled at him and Matrix squeezed one of her hand.
"Everything would turn out alright. You'll see" Matrix said.
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"My Lord! The Mainframers are stopping." The chief said.
"Grrr....The hidden command file doesn't work. This keytool could get everything" Megabyte snarled looking at the big vidwindow in front of him. He couldn't clearly see.
"At least they didn't found me" The virus said. He turned and looked at the injured dog next to Phong. He started laughing cruelly and Heir Doctor did the same to follow his master.
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"Ok Mike we're on in 3,2,1!" A crew binome said.
"Here I am ladies and gentlemen live from the Principal Office where our heroes just left to fight Megabyte and get rid of him. You have seen earlier the renegade Enzo Matrix. Yes, I am not joking. It wasn't a trick, he is still alive ladies and gentlemen! Boy, that man would never delete. As for most of the men in Mainframe that are wondering how is our dear game sprite...hehehe...she is great....just infected. But again Bob saved the day and gave energy to Matrix and cured a bit AndrAIa's infection." Mike posed for a moment taking his breath before starting to talk again.
"Now let's get to business. A group of binome have formed earlier an army. The leader is no one but Cyrus. We learned that they captured Megabyte's army. Let's take a look at this." The camera went toward the group of binomes and the tied virals. Some waved at a camera and one binome had a sign written 'I love you Mom' on it. Cyrus was talking to a zero binome about how he saved the whole net by killing Daemon with his hands. At a moment everyone turned to look at a little penguin crossing the room. The penguin stopped and looked at the camera before running away. Then the camera returned back to Mike.
"Fantastic? Let's talk to the leader." Mike said. He walked toward the group and stopped in front of Cyrus.
"General Cyrus, first tell us about you." The yellow TV asked.
"Well, I am Cyrus and I was in Megabyte's army before but he was bad with me so I decided to took revenge. I formed this army because well you know" Cyrus stopped to pass a hand in his hair and smile at the camera while Mike looked at him weirdly. "...Bob, Dot and Enzo are now good friends of mine and I wanted to help them." He explained.
"Great....Now would you stop looking at the camera like that!" Mike yelled. Cyrus was smiling like a fool and jumped in surprise when the TV said it.
"Umm...Sorry. Now Cyrus tell us how you captured the virals" Mike questioned.
"Well, we took the virals." Cyrus answered.
"You heard that people! It was magic! I knew some Mainframers had power!" He yelled. Cyrus was about to say something but Mike pushed him out of the way.
"That's all for now. Stay tuned for another interview in 'Horror in Mainframe'!" The TV said his screen turning black as he said the three last words.
"We got it!" The same crew binome said.
"That was horrible!" Mike yelled turning to Cyrus while his crew did the same. Cyrus only waved and smiled shyly at them. They all glared at him and Cyrus started running away.
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"Matrix! Stop! " Bob yelled. The guardian decided to stop when he saw that his younger friend was having problem following the group. As for the renegade, he didn't want to hear anything. He didn't care much that he was in a bad shape.
"Son. Stop." Even Welman was yelling at him. Little Enzo was staying there, looking at his older self barely walking. He took Matrix arm.
"Please stop it Matrix" The younger Enzo said pleading. "We all need some rest"
"Let me go kid!" He said glaring at him.
"Please...bro" Enzo said. As he pronounced the last word Matrix looked at him. It was the first time he was calling him brother. Yes they were the same sprite but in a way, they were like brother. They looked at each other for a moment. Little Enzo smiled at his older self and Matrix forced a smile for him.
"Now you better stop renegade or I'll kick your ascii in the name of Lord Megabyte!" AndrAIa screamed at him.
Everyone turned in surprise and looked at the game sprite. She was looking menacing. Trident in hands.
"Whoa there!" Ray whispered.
"You! Why didn't you cure her!" Matrix shouted taking Bob by the collar.
"Matrix..this is not the time" Dot said pushing her brother.
AndrAIa was about to go toward them when she put her hands on her temples.
"Go away!" She yelled. "No! I don't need you Megabyte! I don't care about you!"
While the group could do nothing more than look at AndrAIa fight with her infection, they didn't notice the big dog fixing her with glowing red and green eyes.
Megabyte was talking to her inside her head. He was trying to make the infection grow.
"You are mine! Stop fighting and I won't hurt Matrix." The voice said.
"No! I don't believe you! You only want me to delete Matrix! I will never do that!" AndrAIa yelled to him.
Matrix wanted to approach her but Bob stopped him.
"Let her deal with it for the moment. It could be dangerous." Bob stated.
"No! No! I won't be your queen! I don't care!" The game sprite said out loud. She fought her best. Sometime the infection took over her and she would just punch herself on the head. This time she won't go easily.
"Frisket? What's the matter with you Boy?" Enzo said to his dog noticing the weird look on his face. Frisket's eyes stopped glowing and he looked up at the little sprite and barked. Enzo only patted him on the head.
"If you are worried about her, she'll be fine." Enzo said.
The pain in AndrAIa's skull stopped. "Soon..." The voice said before disappearing totally from her head. AndrAIa let her trident fall from her hands. She lost her balance a little.
Dot was the first next to her. She made the game sprite sat on the ground.
"I won." She said in a whisper.
"Yes, you won" Dot said smiling. "You are really courageous"
"Not as brave as you" AndrAIa said back.
"Now everyone. We are stopping a little" Bob said with an annoyed look. He glared at Matrix. The renegade did nothing this time. With the help of Ray, he went toward his lover and sat down next to her. Mouse and Ray sat nearly.
Bob shook his head looking at them.
"Where ever you are Megabyte, I promise that you won't hurt my friends again." Bob said in a low tone. He looked up knowing that Megabyte was watching.
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Megabyte just laughed in the face of the guardian on the vidwindow.
"And who do you think you are to tell me this!?" said the virus in a low voice to himself. "You haven't found me yet and I think that won't happen soon''
He walked in the little office. Looking at all the viwindow and watching carefully the gang of binomes that had captured some of his virals. He stopped walking as an idea struck him.
General Burck!" The alias called.
"Yes sir!" The binome answered.
"Put plan C right on their way. We are going to show Mrs. Matrix a little surprise." He added smiling. General Burck smiled evilly also and headed back toward his army to do plan C.
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" Don't you touch me!" AndrAIa yelled at her lover.
"But Andy " He said back.
"If you make one move, you are going to hurt yourself again!" AndrAIa yelled.
"Guys!" This time it was Bob who yelled." Would you stop yelling. You are not the only here to be in a bad shape!" Everyone went silent for a moment. The guardian put his hands over his head trying to make the headache go away.
"Sorry Bob...." Matrix said but stopped as his body flashed again. It was starting again.
"Sorry Bob" AndrAIa said before turning to her lover.
Bob just shook his head and everyone started talking quietly again. Enzo was playing with Frisket and talking with his dad next to him. The guardian was on the verge of his nerves.
At this moment he was asking himself why he so wanted to change Megabyte. His codes was to get rid of virus and all his life the only things that virus caused in his life was pain. Some memories of the past now came back to him.
Sixteen cycles before
The Super Computer
A young and beautiful woman was washing the dishes in her kitchen. Her life has been nothing but wonderful. She had long shiny and silver hair. She had a purple skin and pale brown eyes. She was wearing a white skirt, blue pants and black boots. She was good looking: tall, slim and charming. She was a doctor and was very famous in the Super Computer. Even if she was young, she was know as the best doctor.
Sighing, she put down the dishes and looked at her husband that just closed a vidwindow. He had been talking to Turbo, a friend of his. He was handsome. Women really liked him. He was tall and well shaped. He had a light blue skin, deep brown eyes and short black hair. He was wearing a guardian uniform. He was also famous. Everyone in the guardian academy knew him. He had saved the lives of poor people so many times. He was so good that he had been chose in all the guardians to be one of the ten defenders of the Super Computer.
"Where are you going again Robert?" The woman asked him.
" Virus in sector 51. I gotta go Jackie." Robert said. Her wife only sighed at it. She was getting used to this.
"Come on honey. Don't make me that face" He said to her in a low voice.
"I hate it when you talk to me like this Robert." Jackie answered smiling a little.
" I can't help it" He said kissing her.
"YUCK" came a yell from behind them. They stopped kissing and turned to look at their ten years old son. The young blue and silver haired boy looked at them with hands on his hips.
"Hey Bobby!" Robert said going toward his son and ruffling his hairs.
"Aww stop it with that name!" Bob yelled and crossing his arms. "Hey, where you going daddy?" He asked.
"Virus." His father only answered.
"Oh cool. Can I came with you dad. Come on you said that one day you'll bring me." Bob said.
"No Bob. This is a viru,s this could be very dangerous" Robert stated." No Bobby. I don't have time to talk" He said before he had the time to argue. Robert kissed his wife and ruffled his son's hairs.
"Be nice with your mom Bob." He said before going.
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A while later ten guardians stood in front of a virus. The virus was looking like a big blue insect. It was a class 3.
"Look like we've got you." Turbo said.
The virus only laughed and suddenl broke all the ropes around his body and roared at them. He extended his big claws and took one guardian. He throw him on two other guardians. He turned around and grabbed Turbo.
" Copeland...." The prime guardian was cut off by the virus putting his hands around his mouth.
"Now guardians, put down your weapons or I delete your chief." He said.
" Never!" Robert yelled. " It's you who are going to be delete if you do anything to Turbo!"
"Ah yeah"
" Face it. You're a deleted virus. Put him down now!" The blue sprite yelled getting angry.
"Warning Incoming a game! Warning Incoming a game!" a voice said. The sky turned dark purple.
"Oh great." Robert said.
The cube was descending right on them. While watching the cube, the virus took Robert off guard and planted his claws right on his stomach. The virus smiled at him. Turbo quickly murmured something and Copeland fired a blast of light that made everyone close their eyes. The virus yelled in pain and dropped Turbo and Robert. The virus gots deleted instantly.
"DAD NO!!!!!!!!!!"
Bob, that had followed his father, screamed. He cried but he stayed there behind a building where he was hiding. Before the young boy had the time to do something the cube fell down on the guardians.
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"Game over!"
As soon as he heard the word, Bob ran toward Turbo. All the guardians were around a man on the ground.
"Dad!"
"Bob what are you doing here?" Turbo asked, surprised.
Bob paid him no attention and bent down.
"Bobby...." Robert managed to said. His chest was all opened, but Bob was looking in his father's eyes. Tears didn't stop to fall down.
"Be..nice with...*cough* your...mom.....Love....ya" He only had the time to say those words before slowly closing his eyes.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bob started to cry on his father's chest. All the guardians looked down sadly and Turbo recited something before his body disappeared.
Bob got up and dried off his eyes.
"I think... he stayed here, in that game, just to talk to you before going, son" Turbo commented putting a hand on Bob shoulder.
"One day, I'll be a guardian." Bob whispered. " Dad would be proud of me."
"Dad would be proud of me" Bob whispered.
"Bob? Bob?" Dot asked looking at the guardian passing a hand in front of him while he murmured.
He turned and looked at Dot breaking out of his thoughts.
"I'm sorry you were saying?" He asked her.
"Nothing. Just asking you if you were alright" The Command.com answered. They looked at each other for a moment again. It was obvious that the two were still uncomfortable with the past events.
"I...I was thinking about my family if you wanna know" The blue man said looking down." When it would be over, I'll visit my mom"
"That is good" Dot said. "You must be thinking about your father..."
Dot was knowing Bob's life. After all they were friends and they had told each other everything about their past.
"Yeah"
"You know I think about my mother too sometimes" Dot said trying to make Bob feel better. "I don't have to be sad because I know she is there with us, watching over me and Enzo...Your dad is surely here too. Chatting and laughing with my mom right now"
Bob laughed slightly at that. Seeing that, Dot continued. "You better watch your dad Bob, because my mom is still in love with my dad and she may kick his ascii if he goes too far"
This time Bob laughed out loud and everyone turned toward him. It was not this funny but it was good to laugh and it was good for everyone else to hear it. Dot also laughed a little. The atmosphere was getting less bitter.
Not far from them was Matrix and AndrAIa. The game sprite was on her lover, making sure that he was alright at every nanos. She was gently wiping the energy off his face with a piece of tissue. Matrix was looking real down.
"It's good that they are laughing" He said in a whisper.
"Shhh, don't talk. You are wasting your energy" AndrAIa said putting a finger over his lips. "I still don't get why you didn't stay in the hall with Cyrus and everyone else"
He was going to argue with her but she put her fingers over his lips again. Then AndrAIa felt him kissing it slightly. She looked in Matrix's real eye and smiled at him. Then Matrix body flashed and the renegade closed his eyes tightly trying to make the pain go away. The gamesprite immediately took her hand away from him. Tears coming back again in her eyes.
" Mate. Mate!" Ray called as he saw Matrix's body flash again.
"I'm not deaf Ray" Matrix murmured.
"Sorry mate just thought you lost it again" The surfer said back.
"I know that is what you want but sorry I'll be there all of your life" The renegade whispered.
Ray laughed a little. The two of them had time to know each other during the time after the restart and had become good friend. After their little personal war on the Saucy Mare was over, they had talked. Now Ray was always teasing Matrix and Matrix was doing the same. Each time they were seeing , they would look at each other like they were two enemy when they weren't. Sometimes it was pretty funny to see them.
"Don't ya want me to bring you back to the hall sugah?" Mouse asked.
"No"
"Are you going to stop talking mister" AndrAIa said to her lover in a strict tone.
"Sorry there sugah" Mouse said to the game sprite winking.
"Hey Andy!" Little Enzo said coming toward her." Do you have any tissue left? I want some for Frisket"
"Yes, take this" She said handing him a piece.
"Thanks" Enzo went back to his place next to Bob and Dot and sat down.
"Let me help you son" Welman said climbing up on Frisket's back. The dog barked furiously taking the null in his big jaw.
"Frisket stop!" Enzo yelled, but the dog didn't stop. When Enzo yelled it for the fourth time, Frisket freed Welman.
"Boy, what was taking you!" Welman yelled. Frisket had always been like his dog too. It was him that found Frisket when he was a little puppy with Enzo.
Enzo suddenly got up as his eyes got wide. He froze in horror for a moment looking at his dog.
" Dad would you come over here please" Enzo said still looking at Frisket. His father came toward him and climbed on his shoulder.
"What is it son?"
"Stay with me dad"
Enzo turned around and shook Bob's shoulder. "Bob, we gotta get out of here" The young sprite whispered in Bob's ear.
"What?"
"Not that loud he is going to hear us. " Enzo whispered back looking toward Frisket. Bob followed his gaze and then looked back at Enzo, confused.
"You know... MB in a disguise" He said nervously.
Bob froze too. It was like time had been stopped. He looked around as his heart started to beat rapidly and got up.
"Everyone get up! We are going to continue." The guardian said out loud.
"And where do you think you're going. Think I did not hear you guardian" Megabyte's voice came out of Frisket's mouth.
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