The next day, Decimal awoke with a yawn. Nope, still stuck in the same room. A sounds of something sliding against the floor was heard. She turned towards the noise to see a bowl of those brown pellets sliding near her. She had seen Digit at the door and they made eye contact. Both of them turned away from each other. Decimal was the one to turn back first. She looked at Digit then at the bowl of food. She slowly crept near it. She sniffed it, then looked up from it. "Why? Why feed me? I'm a prisoner. I don't deserve it." Decimal hissed. Digit turned back to face her. "We don't want you to starve, none of us do. We're the good guys." Digit responded.
"If you're so good, then why don't you let me out?" Decimal made a snarky response. Digit was speechless for a few moments. "Because you work for the Hacker." Digit told her.
"Right, Hacker's the good guy." Decimal said. "He's going to be back for me. But hey, since I'm in here, it does get a little lonely." Decimal walked up to the gate. She laid down by it. "I can't hurt you, you can't hurt me. Why not talk for a while?" Decimal asked Digit.
"You want to talk to me?" Digit asked.
"Want? Not really. Do I have anything better to do? No. So, why not?" Decimal reasoned.
"Ok that's fair enough." Digit said and he sat down next to the gate.
"So, why'd you leave Hacker? These guys are fooling you." Decimal looked down at her paws.
"Well, I joined these guys because I found out that Hacker's motives are bad. So, naturally, I joined the force that was against him." Digit explained.
"So, what happened after that?" Decimal asked looking back to Digit.
"I became Marbles's apprentice and got to help him come up with an antivirus for Motherboard. That is until it went missing." Digit looked at her. Decimal immediately turned away from him. "Hmm... I wonder where it went." She asked looking around.
"Yeah, you wonder." Digit said sarcastically.
"Digit! Digit!" Dr. Marbles was calling from another room.
"Be right there, Doc." Digit called back. He looked to Decimal. "Well, I got to go." Digit told her as he stood up. He began to walk away. "Hey, Digit?" Decimal said. Digit looked back at her. "Thank you." She said before turning tail and walking back to her bed. Digit went to go see what Dr. Marbles needed. Decimal almost tripped over something on the way back. She looked at the object that had almost tripped her, the bowl of food. She sniffed eat again before chowing down on the crunchy pellets.
The day went by and well into the later hours of the day, the kids were around Control Central getting ready for Hacker to come back to get Decimal. Decimal could do nothing but watch helplessly as the traps were set up. She could make out them talking something about degrees. She didn't really care to pay any attention to them. Math and equations were going to help her get out of this mess. She couldn't understand how math could work at all. Decimal curled herself up tighter in her bed. All she could do for herself now was wait until Hacker arrived to bust her out of here.
It was now darker. The kids, Digit, and Dr. Marbles all hid to make Hacker think that the kids weren't there and the other two were asleep. Motherboard's screen was blank and empty, but not off. Decimal heard the faint noise of a ship just outside of Control Central. Hacker must be here. Soon enough, Decimal saw Hacker, Buzz, and Delete walking around the main room. "Psst! Over here!" Decimal said.
"Decimal!" Delete shouted and began to run to her.
"Careful! The whole place is rigged with-" Decimal couldn't even finish her sentence before a rope tighten around Delete's leg and hauled him up into the air. "Boobytraps..." Decimal finished with a sigh. Of course the bad guys wouldn't make her escape easy. Buzz hop-scotched across the floor. He was careful to not trigger anything. He made it to Decimal, followed shortly by Hacker. Decimal padded up to the gate with her tail wagging happily. "Did you bring the saw?" Hacker asked Buzz. Buzz pulled out a long saw from what seemed to be nowhere. "Right here, Boss." Buzz said handing it to him. Hacker began to saw away at the gate. Soon, Decimal bounded of from the laboratory. "Let's go get Delete!" She said pushing past Hacker. Except, she met a fabric bag that was slipped over her head. Decimal growled as she pulled back and shook it off. With it she shook the holder to the ground. Dr. Marbles. Decimal raced towards Delete as Hacker and Buzz began to work their way back to the Grim Wreaker. Decimal set off serval traps, but was moving to fast for any of the to catch her. She jumped up towards Delete and snagged one of his arms, pulling him back down with her. Her quickly began working on the rope around his leg as the Cybersquad began to circle the two. Finally, she bit through the ropes and helped shove Delete to his feet. "Run! Don't stop!" Decimal ordered.
The two made it back to the Grim Wreaker. The door shut behind them and the ship took off. "We almost had them! That could have been our chance to take Hacker to jail." Jackie said.
"Guys, I just thought of something." Matt piped up.
"What is it?" Inez asked.
"Yeah, spit it out." Digit told him.
"How do you think Decimal perceived that? We're trying to capture who she thinks are the good guys by using traps. We just made ourselves seem more like the bad guys!" Matt told the group.
"And just when you think you're starting to get through to het, too." Digit added.
"We made a big mistake, guys." Matt said. "At this rate, Decimal will never believe that we're the ones telling the truth."
Decimal breathed heavily as she plopped down on the floor. Finally, she was free. She knew Hacker would come back for her. He just had to. "If they're the good guys like they claim to be, why did they try to catch us?" Decimal asked.
"Because those Earthworms and their leader aren't good at all." Hacker responded. It had to be true. They wouldn't try to capture her again. Hacker's the good guy. Only bad guys capture good guys. Good to see that she held on strong and didn't let the evil doers persuade her. She looked to Hacker. "I got to talking to that purple turkey. He says that he's Dr. Marbles's assistant. He helped make that antivirus I stole for you. He got smarts in the bird brain of his." Decimal told her.
"Decimal, you're a genius. The next target is that cyber turkey. And not only will I make him make me more gadgets to use against Motherboard, I will have... a thorough talk with him for leaving us." Hacker said with a small evil smirk.