Chapter Five: Tracking Elyon
Author's Note:
Hey! Chapter Five: Tracking Elyon is here! And, I got a review from Flip8, asking what was so bad about skating. I agree! What's so bad about skating? Well, let's just say, it's a dream that not many people seem to honour as much as hockey here in Canada. Sure, they're both ice sports, but for figure skating, you have to be graceful. Also, there's been a bit of hidden secrets and betrayal in the story so far. What do you think Inez's mother's reaction would be if she found out? That would be harsh. Here's a little hint of the chapters to come. Inez's mother does find out that Inez told her friends that she skates. She's about to drop Inez out of the Sectionals, like it or not, until Inez rushes to her room, and enters a portal back to Cyberspace. That will be Chapter Six: Anyone But Me, featuring Christy Carlson Romano's song, "Anyone But Me" from the Z3 movie soundtrack. This chapter features Michelle Branch's "Breathe" and it mentions "If I Had It My Way" by Emma Roberts. Did you know that Emma Roberts is Julia Robert's niece? Anyway, you could probably find her as the star of "Unfabulous." Anyway, I'll make suretopost up Chapter Six: Anyone But Me a bit more quicker than the last chapters.Until then, see ya guys! Enjoy the chapter! ;-)
-CelestialTime93
"One, two, three, four, turn, hold... and, jump!"
Inez leaped into the air with a triple lutz in sync with Jackie, who had to practice a while before actually reviewing the steps with Inez.
It has been a week since the incident, and now, everything returned smoothly. The three members of the Cybersquad were now best friends again, and they had two, new, temporary members in their circle of friends. Slider and his younger cousin, Kim.
And Jackie was still coordinating Inez's recitals. Today, they were trying with the music.
The current song was "If I Had It My Way" by Emma Roberts. A high, energetic song, that was pretty hard to follow along with.
But, Inez seemed to manage it. They were just basically using similar steps to Jackie's dance recital last month.
The two moved in perfect formation. From the simple moves of the body along to the music, to the spins and jumps of the basic figure skating.
Matt was getting it all on video tape.
"Whoa, these guys are good." Matt smiled, continuing to record the girls practicing, "You're a pretty good coach, Slider."
"Thanks." Slider smiled. He turned his attention to his younger cousin, skating in the rink beside the two girls. She was having some difficulty, since Slider's Aunt Letonia was putting so much pressure on Kim. She couldn't even land a triple lutz with all that pressure.
When the girls' review was finished, they noticed Kim beside them in a seperate rink.
"Hey, Kim!" Inez called, "Wanna skate with us?"
Before Kim got a chance to reply, Letonia said, "Kim has to practice by herself! If she's going to be on your team, she might as well learn to skate as well as you."
Kim's happy smile soon faded when she heard what her mother said. "But mom-"
"I heard enough!" Letonia scolded.
"Well, Kim's the leader of our group. Might as well let her decide what to do." Inez shrugged.
"Fine." Letonia said, expecting her daughter to agree with her, "Kim, what do you want to do? Do you want to skate by yourself, or with your friends."
It didn't take long for Kim to decide. As if answering, she left the rink, and joined the Cybersquad on the other side. Letonia was shocked.
"Okay, let's just do this one for fun." Jackie said, inserting a different CD. Soon, the song "Breathe" by Michelle Branch boomed through the speakers.
I've been drivin' for an hour
Just talkin' to the rain
You said I've been drivin' you crazy
And it's keepin' you away
So just give me one good reason
Tell me why
I should stay
'Cause I don't wanna miss another moment
Saying things we never meant to say
The Cybersquad began to laugh happily as the whole circle of friends joined the girls on the rink. Inez and Kim started skating in coincedential sync. Slider was surprised to see Kim land a triple lutz for the first time.
And I---------
Take it just a little bit
I---------
Hold my breath and count to ten
I've---------
Been for waitin' for a chance to let you in
The friends joined hands, just as Digit flew in. He managed to squeeze between Inez and Jackie.
"Whoaaaaaa!" Poor Digit was off the ground while the circle of friends spun wildly, giggling and laughing with winter joy.
If I just breathe----------
Let it fill the space between
I know
Everythin' is alright
Breathe------------
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everythin' is alright
If I just
Breathe---------
Letonia watched from a distance. The last time she heard her daughter laugh was when she was at her latest birthday party. That was last year. Ever since Kim has been entered in the skating competition, there was not time for parties and celebrations. And Kim's 15th birthday was coming up next month.
The last time Letonia ever really smiled from having fun, was almost 20 years ago, when she was her daughter's age. When she won a gold medal from skating. That was her last, and only win, before somebody framed her, and got her kicked out of the competition.
Well it's all so overrated
You're not tellin' how you feel
So you end up watchin' chances fade
And wonderin' what is real
And I---------
Give us just a little time
I----------
Wonder if you realize
I've---------
Been waiting 'til I see it in your eyes
Inez launched herself off of her toepick, as she spun in the air, higher than a triple lutz.
"Whoa!" Matt exclaimed, recording every single movement his friends did, including Inez's jump.
Surprisingly, Inez landed perfectly on the ground.
Inez's friend applauded and whooped.
Inez grabbed Slider's hands and started to skate with him. The others skated together with them.
If I just breathe------------
Let it fill the space between
I know
Everythin' is alright
Breathe----------
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everythin' is alright
If I just
Breathe---------
Breathe---------
Shall I whisper in the dark?
Hopin' you'll hear me
Do you hear me?
Unexpectadly, Slider got a hold of Inez's hips, and hurled Inez into the air, and catched her when she came down to the level Slider was prepared to catch Inez at.
"Don't scare me like that!" Inez screamed, at the same time laughing, as Slider set Inez back on the ice.
"Sorry." Slider smiled, "Couldn't help it!"
If I just breathe-----------
Let it fill the space between
I know
Everyhin' is alright
Breathe---------
Every little piece of me
You'll see
Everythin' is alright--------------------!
Yeah!
I've been drivin' for an hour
Just talkin' to the rain...
Everybody on the rink stopped skating and all applauded for each other.
Then, Coop appeared at the rink. "C'mon guys! Let's all go back to our place!"
"Somethin' troubling you, Leto?" Coop asked his sister-in-law.
"Huh?" Letonia bolted out of her worriness, "Oh, um, yeah, I'm fine. It's just, well, you know how it is every winter."
"Ah." Coop understood, "The incident 20 years ago."
"C'mon, Coop!" Letonia hissed, "You saw me there with you! I did not commit that crime!"
"I know you didn't." Coop defended, "It's just... strange. I mean, who would accuse you of killing a skater's daughter, when you were only trying to save her?"
"I can't believe they suspended me from skating of that!" Letonia hissed, "I would've rather went to jail!"
"If you went to jail, you would say you would rather have them suspend you from skating." Coop pointed out.
Letonia sighed. "True. Oh, I just hate this! That Katrina has to be stopped! She's as bad as her daughter!"
"I agree." Coop scoffed, "Having my niece's team defeated by my sister-in-law's rival's daughter is not an option. Slider did everything to help her, and still nothing."
"I guess we'll never know." Letonia sighed, "Oh, Elyon would be in so much help right now." - Letonia then gasped - "Oh! Coop! I'm so sorry! I promised not to mention her!"
"Nah, it's alright." Coop replied, "I'm used to it by now. I just... where can she be? She just said that she was going to go to the grocery store to get some milk for Slider's birthday cake, and then, she never came back. All they found was a threat from an ananoymous kidnapper, saying that I only have seven years to find Elyon and bring her back before it's too late! Slider's birthday is next month, the same day as Kim's. And the same day as Elyon's disappearance.If I don't find her soon, I'll never see her again!"
"Don't worry, we'll find her." Letonia reassured.
Then, there was a crash. The two siblings looked up to see that Inez had tripped over a dictionary that was left on the ground, and knocked several things off the table on accident. A glimmering tiara with paper attached to it tipped over.
Inez gasped. She caughed the delicate tiara and sighed of relief. Then, she noticed the paper that was attached to it.
"Hey, Slider." Inez asked.
"Yeah?" Slider replied, helping Inez up.
"You know anybody named Elyon?" Inez asked.
Coop gasped. He leaped out of his chair and rushed to where the Cybersquad was. He carefully took the tiara from Inez and read the note. "Where did you find this, Inez?"
"It tipped over the table top." Inez replied.
"Dad, is that really mom's tiara?" Slider asked.
"Aunt Elyon's tiara?" Kim wondered out loud, studying the crystal tiara, "But, the last time we saw this was-"
"Seven years ago." Coop replied, "On Slider's 13th birthday. She had that tiara with her. I wonder how it got here."
"On my way here, I saw a police officer bring the tiara in." Digit explained, "I overheard him telling another officer that the tiara was found in one of the bushes at the scene of the crime. Whatever that - uh-oh. The only one sly enough to hide such treasure for seven years is..."
"Hacker!"
"It was Hacker all along!" Slider exclaimed, "But, why didn't I see her while we were at the Northern Frontier seven years ago?"
"Hacker probably has her hidden." Digit replied, "Who knows where he held her captive!"
"A bit of direction is all we need." Matt replied, finishing a grid on a map of Cyberspace on his Skwak Pad, "We'll just gather information, and we'll see if the puzzle pieces fit."
"Okay, what do we know?" Matt asked his friends, after collecting information from the officers.
"One thing's for sure, Elyon isn't at the Northern Frontier." Jackie explained, "She's not even in the secret compartments that Didge was talking about."
"We also know that Aunt Elyon is nowhere near the Northern Frontier, nor the Southern Frontier." Kim added, "Thank goodness."
"And we know that Elyon can't be anywhere near Control Central, a black hole, or on either the Western and Eastern Frontiers." Inez added.
"She's not at the Trash Can either." Slider explained, "Even though my mom can survive through tough situations, nobody, not even Hacker, would put her in the Trash Can."
"She's nowhere in Radopolis, or anywhere 50 cybermeters away from here." Letonia added.
"That means she's in Cyberia somewhere!" Coop explained, his eyes flickering with panic, "Elyon might have been one of the greatest skaters, but she can't survive in the clothes that she was kidnapped in! Slider's birthday was in the winter, sure, but she only wears the suitable clothing for Radopolis' Winters. Not Cyberia's."
"Then, we'd better hurry." Matt cried. He was about to rush to the door, until Jackie stopped Matt and cried, "Hold it, Matt! We still don't know where in Cyberia she is!"
"She's in an ice cave, that's for sure!" Inez exclaimed, after doing some analyzing on Matt's Skwak Pad map. The location of Cyberia zoomed in."
"Slider, do you still have that Locator that I made for you to find me?" Coop asked.
Slider sighed. "It broke when we tried to find Motherboard's Encryptor Chip seven years ago."
"I think we can update a section on the Skwak Pad into a Locator." Letonia suggested.
"Good idea." Coop said. He searched a small, wooden box, and pulled out a small chip of some kind.
"Matt, can I have your Skwak Pad for a few seconds?" Coop asked.
Matt took the Skwak Pad from Inez's hand and handed it to Coop.
Coop inserted the chip in a Memory Card Slot. The screen had a loading sign on it, then showed the choice screen. A new section was made. Locator.
"Here." Coop explained, handing the Skwak Pad back to Matt, "I added a new section on the Skwak Pad. It's called a Locator. If you press in a code, you can locate any person, or anything. There's a Locator List that's also in the same file as the Locator. It will tell you a person's Locator Code. I only managed to upload the codes of the people at Control Central, Radopolis, and you guys. If you meet anyone, you can ask them for their Locator Code. Everybody has one, and they'll gladly give it to you. Now, why don't you test it out trying to pinpoint where Elyon is?"
Matt opened the Locator File, found Elyon's Locator Code, pressed in the Code numbers, then, a searcher beacon pinpointed a Cybersite nearby.
"Cyberia!" Matt exclaimed, "She really is there!"
"Zoom in to classify exactly where she is, Matt." Coop instructed.
Matt pressed the Zoom In button and managed to get satelite video scenes. But the pinpoint beacon was still there. But nobody was there.
"Zoom in more, Matt!" Jackie exclaimed.
Matt did so. He zoomed into an ice cave.
"An ice cave?" Matt wondered out loud, continuing to zoom in, "Why would Hacker trap Elyon in an ice cave?"
Finally, the pinpoint beacon bleeped red. And it showed a woman, about Letonia's age, and looking much alike to both Kim and Slider. She was wearing thin winter garments. Very similar to the thin winter garments as the Cybersquad while they were skating.
It didn't take long for Inez to realize that they were actually a skating outfit. She wore worn out skates, and crystal dewdrops circled her.
Letonia gasped. "She's my twin sister... Elyon."