My god another chapter I'm on a roll here, Enjoy.

Timeline

Nanosecond- Second

Second- Day

Hour- Year

Happy endings part 3

Once again it was hungry, it was always hungry. Slowly it made its way through Lost Angles, the nulls had sustained it for the past few seconds but now it needed much more. Its red eyes flashed for a moment before it made its way round the twisted bridge and into Mainframe.

Dot was once again surrounded by vidwindows she had now decided to conduct most of her business away from the Principle Office. Being in the comfortable surroundings of her own diner helped to alleviate stress but there was also more distractions, and one had just walked in through the door.

"Hi Dot." Bob sat himself across from her. Dot decided to ignore him. "Cecil, could I have an energy shake please?"

Cecil eyed him for a moment before floating over to him "That's Cescil." He then promptly floated off completely blanking him. Dot looked round one of her vidwindows to see Bob put his face in his hands before sighing loudly. A small smile made its way up her face, just then the doors clattered open and Matrix walked in closely followed by AndrAIa. He walked straight past Bob muttering a small hello to his Sis before sitting down on the seats behind them.

"You ever get the feeling that everyone is ignoring you" he asked Dot.

"What, sorry Bob I wasn't listening." Bob glared at her. "I'm sorry Bob I'm just teasing, I'm nearly finished here anyway, I'll get you an energy shake as soon as I'm done." She looked around the dinner "Hey where's Enzo."

"Behind you" Bob smiled.

"Oh, very funny" Dot glared back at him, but just as she said that Enzo came skidding into the dinner. He spotted Bob then Matrix; his over excited mind didn't know who to bowl over first.

"Here it comes..." Bob cringed awaiting the flying sprite known as Enzo to come crashing into him but nothing happened. He turned to catch a green blur zoom past his face and attach itself to Matrix's back. Matrix stood up letting Enzo hang from his neck for a moment before he lost his grip and fell to the ground. He then sat down as though nothing happened. Enzo shook his head for a moment before turning his attention over to Bob.

"See what I mean even Enzo..." Bob never even got to finish his sentence before Enzo collided with him sending him rolling under the table.

"You where saying Bob" Dot leaned down under the table smiling at the very uncomfortable position the guardian was in.

"Nevermind..." Bob strained out before working his way from under the table and sitting next to Enzo.

"That wasn't very nice Sparky you should have at least acknowledged him" AndrAIa said while leaning over towards the huge sprite. "And here I thought you where warming up to him."

"I am its just that he can be a nuisance at times." He replied gruffly.

"Reminds me of a sprite I once knew" She knew that was still a soft spot for the renegade, she watched as his brow furrowed as though he was deep in thought for once. She took his hand. "Something the matter."

He sighed before turning and looking at the small sprite who was now bouncing on the seat. "He's like a second chance, I could give him everything I didn't have, make sure he doesn't go through what I did..." he trailed off subconsciously fingering the deep scar running down his brow, over the hard metal that was once his eye.

"Hey." AndrAIa cooed softly squeezing his hand lovingly. "Lets not dwell in the past anymore, lets think about the future..." He turned to her taking her hand in his own. "About us..." she finished. Matrix narrowed his eyes for a nano.

"What exactly are you getting at AndrAIa?" She was looking now at his hand rubbing his wedding finger. Matrix's eyes shot open as he suddenly knew what she meant, what she had been hinting at the past few seconds. His mind was spinning, the thought of marriage had entered his mind countless times but he was always too scared to do anything. He brought her hands up to his lips kissing them softly.

"AndrAIa I, I..." Matrix didn't get to finish as Enzo had once again leapt onto him, only this time he was trying to climb up his head. Matrix was not happy. He growled in anger grabbing the small boy off his head and holding him out at arms length, his eye was spinning wildly glowing that familiar red. Seeing the look of fright on the poor boy he calmed down settling him on the floor. He bent down whispering in his ear. "Next time you feel the need to do that, Bob is sitting over there." He then sat back down on the bench.

AndrAIa let out the uneasy breath she had been holding in before taking his hand again. "I'm proud of you Sparky" they smiled at each other before a large vidwindow opened up in front of Dot taking her by surprise.

"Phong, what's wrong?" She asked.

"I'm sorry to disturb you my child but there is something strange going on I need you to look at." That grabbed everybody's attention especially Enzo's.

It was still light but that did not deter the creature from getting it's meal. It knew it was getting bigger, stronger, capable of bringing down much larger prey. It stretched out marvelling it's own claws, it flexed them dragging them along the ground making visible gorges. It's hard exoskeleton shimmering in the light giving it a beautiful yet deadly glow. Its eyes picking up every movement every detail when suddenly it stopped. It had picked out one, one lone Binome out on his daily route completely oblivious to anything. In a swift movement it leapt onto the wall its long claws now serving as small grappling hooks. It followed silently, waiting for the right moment to strike. The Binome was on his way home after having an energy shake from Dot's diner; he paused at the door to his apartment. He had that weird feeling that something wasn't right, that something was following you. He shrugged it off and turned to his door. There was a small thud behind him, turning his eyes widened in unspeakable terror as a chocked scream echoed through the street before it suddenly turned silent.

"Nulls?" she asked puzzled.

"Yes, there numbers in and around Lost Angles have decreased dramatically, also the reports of nulls in Mainframe have skyrocketed" he adjusted his glasses thoughtfully. "It's as though they where being driven out."

"What could scare the nulls so badly" Bob asked.

"Perhaps it was the Games" Matrix added turning round becoming more curious by the nano.

"I don't think so, there has been no increase in Game activity in Lost Angles" Phong answered.

"Then what do you suppose it is?" Bob asked again

"The solution to that still alludes me my son."

"Maybe its a new virus" Enzo said rather excitedly "Or it could be a monster like that web creature you where telling me about or a huge..." He was cut off by Dot placing her hand over his mouth.

"Ok little brother that's enough, we get the point" She turned to Phong. "You think it could be a virus?" She asked fearfully knowing all to well what happened to them the last time they had to deal with a virus.

"Its not a virus Dot" Bob placed a reassuring arm around her shoulders. "Glitch would have alerted me if one did enter the system." Glitch whirled and clicked trying to reassure her also.

"Even though could you and Matrix have a look around Lost Angles just in case." Phong asked.

"Sure Phong, you ready Matrix." Matrix got up and followed Bob out the Diner. AndrAIa got up also but took a seat next to Dot.

"I'm sure it's nothing Dot, try not to worry." AndrAIa said smiling.

"Yeah, you're probably right, Enzo..." Dot turned but Enzo was nowhere to be found.

"Uh oh." AndrAIa muttered.

"You don't think?" Dot asked while AndrAIa nodded in reply standing up.

"Hey, want to go with them, beats sitting in here all day."

Dot smiled before standing up also "Sure, why not what's the worst that could happen?"

The creature was hiding in a small street when it sensed a large amount of energy above it. Scampering out it looked up to see two large sprites pass overhead. The blue one in particular caught its attention; it had an abnormally large amount of energy surrounding it. Its eyes glowed joyfully, with that amount of energy it could be able to grow and spread throughout the system. Its mandibles clashed together as it raced out in pursuit of its next victim.

Well I'm not sure if this is a cliffhanger or not (shrugs). Stay tuned to find out who gets eaten next Muwahahahahaha.