Chapter 3

A figure walks across the cold, hard tile of what appears to be a server room. He approaches a door and looks to the side of it to see a card reader. He slides the card only to be asked by a drone computer voice to enter a pass key. He complies and enters a key, now only to be met with the drone asking him to say a phrase. Looking frustrated, he again complies. Now the voice is asking him to please connect to the nearby terminal if he is a reploid or if he is a human to please press his hand on the nearby scanner. He thrusts his hand down on the scanner, raising a fist with his other.

I was just supposed to fix something… Not get a physical!

Lastly, it demanded a retinal scan. Forcing himself to do the last protocol, the door opened, allowing him to walk in and sit down at the main terminal. He was greeted by a less irritating feminine voice, but it was still going to bug him.

Good day. How may I be of service?

"Just shut up and let me work."

Affirmative.

After a sigh of relief, he set to looking into the mainframe logs, which kept track of any and all activities the computer sets out to do.

Strange that the logs are not were they normally are… probably due to the hacker. So let's see where he hid them…

A phone started ringing in a cluttered office. A very annoyed man pulled away from his computer to pick up the phone.

"Whoever this is, it better be… What?"

"I can't make it! I'm sorry, but I won't be able to fix the mainframe today."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I JUST RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT YOU WERE THERE!"

"I have no idea how that is possible, but the soonest I'll be able to get over there won't be until late tonight… if I'm lucky, that is. You'd best call up Soku Fuji, Dr. Monroe, and tell them that they have an…"

The phone clicked down on the base and picked it back up just as fast.

"You two! Get down to Soku Fuji headquarters NOW! You'll both get a chance to fight InuLink X. But…"

The line had hung up on the other end and Monroe gave a small chuckle.

He won't get away with betrayal, that bastard…

A/N: Sorry for such a short chapter. I fell behind in my writings and am currently on chapter four at the moment. Originally, I posted this story on MySpace, and only one person commented out of them all, so my motivation to write this was little-to-none. I hope that posting this here will fix my lack of readers. - Don't let me down! I'd say that I'm about one-third of the way done with it, so read and review if you want the next one! Or else, help me improve where I have "sucked." Ha ha. Until next time…

Yours Truly,

InuLink X