Over the course of the next few days, Decimal found herself in a lot of troubles with the citizens of Sensible Flats. She continued to steal food, invade other shops and homes, steal towels and blankets, knock stuff off of store shelves, knock people over and other mischievous things. She made her home behind the restaurant. She used an empty garbage can as shelter, blankets and towels for bedding and the restaurant as an all-you-can-eat buffet. Life was going good for the cy-dog. She ran into trouble every now and then with the sheriff, but she always found a way to slither her way out of trouble. She even earned herself a nickname: "The Bandit Varmint."
One day during one of her food runs, she darted into the restaurant to the back room. "Now!" A voice called. She was blocked in by a piece of fencing. Two boxes were used to support the fence upright. Decimal turned to be greeted by the restaurant's owner, the sheriff, the judge and a small ground of civilians who all cheered with joy.
Inez was doing some math homework. Her new teacher did something called a reverse classroom. You have to watch videos of your lesson at home and do the actual work in class. All of a sudden, her screen turned into Motherboard's. "Inez. Sensible Flats needs you. A wild animal has been tormenting the town. They have finally captured it, but they don't know what to do with it. They called for the Cybersquad to help them with their problem." Motherboard said before opening a portal into Cyberspace.
"Math homework will have to wait. Cyberspace needs me!" Inez said before jumping into the portal. There was the all familiar sensation of falling from the sky. Inez focused on her landing. Soon after, Jackie and Matt came through other portals and they landed together side by side. "Look out below, Earthlies!" called the familiar bird's voice as Digit dropped clumsily from the sky. He face planted into the ground. He got up and shook himself off. "I'm alright!" He announced proudly. The Cybersquad looked around the town. "Hey let's try there first." Matt said pointing to the restaurant. "There seems to be quite the gathering of people there."
The kids and Digit found themselves pushing through a crowd. "Cybersquad, glad to see you!" Judge Trudy told them.
"We caught us the Bandit Varmint." Sheriff Judy said to the kids. The Cybersquad hear loud growling coming from the back room. "What's back there?" Jackie asked curiously.
"Some hound that wound up here somehow." Judge Trudy explained.
"It's been causin' havoc 'round here lately. Stealin' food and knockin' things n' people over. So, we named it the Bandit Varmint." Sheriff Trudy said to the kids. The Cybersquad pushed there way to the back room. They all froze at what they saw back there. "Decimal?!" All four of them gaped.
"You know this critter?" Judge Trudy asked them.
"Y-Yeah..." Inez started, but didn't know where to go with her sentence from there.
"She's one of Hacker's. How long have you said she's been around?" Matt quizzed the two.
"'Bout a week er two." Sheriff Judy said. The Cybersquad looked at each other in confusion. "Hacker wouldn't leave her for that long would he?" Digit asked.
"Hacker didn't leave me!" Decimal piped up. "I... I ran away..."
"So you're on our side now?" Jackie asked. Decimal growled more loudly and barked. "Never! That's the last thing I want to do! I'm still convinced that you kids are even worse than Hacker! You tried to catch me. I guess you've got me again. What now?" Decimal growled at them.
"I know what..." Matt said before walking up to the fence and moving the boxes that held it. Then, he moved the fence. "What.. I don't understand..." Decimal walked out of the back room looking at Matt.
"Decimal, you have a good heart, I can tell. You've always had good intentions. Well, so do we." Matt told her.
"Yeah, whatever. I'm out of here!" Decimal called as she began to dart out of the restaurant. She turned the corner before she skidded and slid into a portal that was waiting around the corner.
The kids all shared concerning looks with each other. Was freeing Decimal the right choice for Sensible Flats? Matt couldn't know for sure, but he felt Decimal has good intentions, she was just taught by the wrong person. She could only discover the truth for herself. They couldn't push it. The Cybersquad walked out of the restaurant. "Hey, looks like Mother-B already has a portal waiting." Jackie said. The kids looked to Digit as his portal back to Control Central opened nearby. "See you later, Didge." Inez said. Everybody said their goodbyes as the Earthlings headed through their portal back to Earth.