Slider and Matt hid behind the counter, which Hacker was unable to see.." You think he'll find us?" Whispered Matt. Slider shrugged. " I sure hope not..he'll take the Crystal. We can't let him get it.." Slider said, tucking it deeper into his own backpack, and sitting back down on the floor. " Well, one of us have to watch and make sure Hacker doesn't notice us," Matt pointed out. Slider nodded. " Yeah, I'll watch," He peeked out of the hiding spot to see that Hacker was standing right over them! Matt gasped. " O.O Uh oh..." He said. Hacker smirked. " I'll tell you again, give me that Crystal!" He said. Slider and Matt took off down the hall. Matt took out his Squak Pad. " Nezzie, Jax, Didge, Hacker found us! He's chasing us right now! What now?" He asked, speeding up. Jackie, who was on the other side of the store, smirked into her Squak Pad. " We already have something set up at the end of the corner. But, be sure to move away from Hacker. Go to the right. " Jackie said. The boys nodded. " Alright," They said, as Matt put the Squak Pad away, and sped up more rapidly. Of course, Hacker wasn't running that fast, but then he sped up himself. When they reached the end of the corner, both boys jumped to the right side, and left Hacker going straight for whatever he was about to run into. " Ready, Didge?" Chuckled Jackie. " Yep," Digit said. Digit threw an orange at Hacker. Hacker turned torward him. Then, another hit his head, followed by two more, and this kept up for a minute or two, until Hacker started throwing it back at them. He found a Television Set and when he threw it, almost killed Slider, literally. " Woah! RUNNN!" Slider screamed and without another plan, the kids ran off to the basement.
" Ok, let's close 'er down!" The owners said to eachother, locking all exits and turning off all the lights, chaining the store up, and leaving it for the two days they were off, having no idea how they would find it 48 hours from now...
" We gotta get the Crystal back to Mother B before-Hey, what happened to the lights?" Panicked Jackie. " A power outage? By any chance?" Gulped Matt. Inez sighed. " If only we had a few flashlights," She groaned. Digit smiled. " Never fear, the Didge is here, and..6 flashlights at your service," He flipped all six on, and handed each of them one, including Widget. " What time is it?" Yawned Jackie. Matt checked his watch, gasping. " It's Midnight! Woah!" He yelped. " Oh My God..We stayed here too long..doesn't this place close at this time?" Inez asked, panick in her voice. " Now how are we gonna get it to Motherboard..?" Asked Matt. " That's the thing:..You're not!" Hacker was standing there as well. " How long have you been there?" Asked Inez, crossing her arms. Hacker smirked. " Long enough to hear that you had the Crystal, now give it back so I can leave," He said. Matt coughed. " I hate to inform you Hacker, but you're not getting out of here...none of us are.." He sighed. Hacker's smirk went upside down. " What are you talking about? We can't possibly be locked in here! All of us can't have been here that long.." He said. Matt shook his head. " Well, somehow, we all did. It's midnight," He said, groaning. Hacker smacked his forehead. " Oh great! Now how do we all get out of here? Surely there has to be an Emergency escape somewhere," He said. Inez nodded. " For once, I agree with Hacker. There has to be a way out, like an Emergency escape. They do keep those things here, you know. Let's look around and try to find one," She said nodding to everyone in the room. For the first time since he was with Hacker, Delete finally spoke. " And..if there isn't?" He questioned. Jackie sighed. " We'll have to think about that when the time comes, Delete. Right now, we've got to see if we can get out of here," She said. Matt nodded also. " Okay, Every last one of us will meet back in the lobby to see if anyone found a way out of here, agreed?" He looked at Hacker. Hacker after a moment, nodded. " Fine," He walked off with Buzz and Delete, and The Cybersquad walked off together.
After 30 minutes of searching, all met back at the lobby. " Well? Did anyone find anything?" Asked Digit. Hacker shook his head. " Nothing," He said. Matt nodded. " Same here, Didge. We're obviously locked in here, for who knows how long," He said, sitting down on the ground. Everyone else decided to rest as well. After awhile, everyone began doing their own thing, Matt playing with his yo-yo, Jackie and Inez talking, Digit and Widget playing cards, Hacker was filing his nails, and Buzz and Delete were drawing. " Ugh! I can't take this! I can't stand being stuck in here with HACKER!" Matt said, throwing his yo-yo down to the floor. Hacker glared at him. " I can assure you, It's not a picnic for me, either. I should be out there taking over Cyberspace, but instead I'm locked in here with a bunch of meddling children," He said, standing up, and walking around to stretch out. Inez sighed. " Wuh oh..I didn't think about this..but..what are we going to do for food?" She gasped. Everyone looked at eachother. " We're sunk," Said Matt.
That's all for chapter 4, lol. R&R.