Una.exe – Vengeance

Chapter 6 – Warning

Sarah worked on the project for most of the night. Dr. Hikari arrived home to see Sarah slumped over his computer asleep. He smiled then gently moved her into her old room before emailing Chaud to say she was safe.

The next night Hub and Una were at home trying to do the maths homework Sarah had set the class.

"Remind me why I thought having an aunt who's a teacher would make things easier," said Hub.

"Don't ask me," said Una puzzling over the calculations, "I can't make heads or tails of algebra.  I mean how do you do if x plus y equals 45 and x divided by y equals z then what are x,y and z?"

"How on earth did I get lumbered with the only link to the teacher who refuses to help me with my homework?" said Hub, "I mean I understand she has to look after Sam and all but..." He gave a little shiver at the image of his 5 year old cousin.

"Her left arm freaks you out too?" said Una.

"Yeah," said Hub, "I mean, how does she put up with it anyway?"

"It may be best if you don't think too much about it," said Una, she thought for a moment before going, "What about Blu?"

"What about her?" said Hub.

"Can't she help you?" said Una.

Hub stared at the computer screen for a few moments before saying, "How long do you think it would take you to get there?"

"Faster than our parents can catch that I'm on the net," replied Una with a wink.

"Go," said Hub as Una left for Blu's Homepage.

Una arrived at Blu's usually tidy Homepage quicker than she thought.

"Did you take a wrong turn?" said Hub.

"No," said Una looking around, "This is her Homepage."

"No it's not," said Hub, "If Blu knew her Homepage looked like this she'd go berserk."

"Talk about understatements," said Una.

The Homepage was a mess, even Hub was shocked and Blu always moaned about his Homepage. Pieces of data lay strewn all over the place and the floor was cracked in several places. Suddenly one of the larger piles of data moved and Una rushed to see if anyone was underneath.

"Una," said Prota as Una pulled her out of the mess, "I am so glad to see you."

Prota was obviously weak from the attack but Una's orders to stay silent to conserve energy weren't having any effect.

"The navi who attacked," said Prota, "He had a message for your family."

"A message?" said Una.

"I think that's why I'm still alive," said Prota, "Because he wanted me to give you this message. It was really strange because he gave it to me then crashed that lot on top of me and..."

"Prota," said Una calmly, "Listen to me for a moment please," she paused before yelling, "IN THE NAME OF THE NETWORK, WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?"

"There's no need to shout Una," said Prota, "I think it was, 'Hikari's, you're next.'"

"Come on," said Una, "I'll get you into my PET and Hub can call Blu to come and get you."

"Wait," said Prota, "There's more, the navi, it looked like your Dad."

"No," screamed Una, "It wasn't my Dad, I know it wasn't!"

"I know," said Prota, "This navi had this strange high pitched cackle like voice, there's no way your Dad would threaten your family anyway."

"I'm sorry," said Una slowly calming down, "I just overreacted, that's all."

"It's ok," said Prota.

"Let's go," said Una as the pair went to Hub's PET.