Decimal looked around at the new surrounds on the other side of the portal. Through it was green grass and blue skies. There were houses the lined a wide black path. Ships with wheels were parked alongside these houses one or two at each one. "Where am I?" She asked herself. Decimal heard voices starting to come through the portal. She quickly darted next to a house and ducked down. The kids came through. Decimal looked confused. "Am I on Earth?" Decimal asked lowly to herself. "I can't be... Earth is a whole other dimension than Cyberspace!" Decimal exclaimed. The portal closed behind them. "That was my way back to Cyberspace!" Decimal said to herself. She watched as Jackie and Inez walk to their homes, but Matt walked to a bus stop to go to his family's farmhouse. Matt slipped off his bookbag and put it on the ground next to him. He opened his, pulling out his yo-yo. Decimal sneaked over near the bus stop. She was careful to not let Matt see her. She came behind the bench and laid under it. Matt was playing with his yo-yo. Decimal felt a rumble as the bus came nearer. She quickly looked around before spotting Matt's bookbag. She realized for the first time that she was smaller here than she was in Cyberchase. She squirmed into Matt's bookbag. Without looking, Matt put his yo-yo back in his bag and zipped it shut. He picked it up struggling. "I didn't realize I had this much homework to do." Matt exclaimed.
Matt got to his house out on the farm. He walked by his pig's pen. "Hello, Sherman!" Matt smiled at the pig as he walked by. The pig oinked in response. Matt walked into the farmhouse and set his bookbag on the table. He unzipped into to see a german shepherd puppy jump out of it.
( 10195260604204… there is a reason for this. I'll sort of explain later, then get more in depth in a future chapter.)
"Woah, a puppy! Good thing Obi Won Kadoggie's outside." Matt exclaimed. He went to pick the puppy up, but it backed up and growled at him. Decimal couldn't understand why Matt didn't recognize her. She looked at herself to find that she was a big fluffball. She started flipping out that she fell off of the table. Matt caught her before she hit the floor. "Woah! I got you!" Matt smiled at her. Decimal hopped down from his hands and shook herself off. She barked at him again. "You good for nothing! You lured me here, didn't you! You were trying to trick me to come here! I demand the nearest portal out of this dump this instant!" Decimal commanded. All Matt heard was the puppy barking its head off. "Hmmm... I wonder if you have a home..." Matt said wondering aloud.
"A home? Are you crazy? You are the stupidest people I've ever met! That's saying something coming from the Northern Frontier myself! WHERE'S THE PORTAL?!" Decimal barked. Matt looked at her. "I see no collar. I should ask my family to take you to the vet to she if you've been microchipped. Microchipping is a way for owners to track their dogs." Matt explained without being asked too. "I should come up with a name for you. I can't just call you, 'puppy.' Can I?"
"The name's Decimal! Have you forgotten?" Decimal barked at matt. Suddenly, the realization hit her like a freight train. "Wait a second... You can't understand me, can you?" Decimal asked.
"You sure do bark a lot for such a young puppy." Matt told her. Decimal smiled as a plan was forming in her head. If the ginger couldn't understand her, perhaps the others couldn't either. There's something interesting. If she was going to be stuck on Earth, she might as well make the best out of it. She'll adopt herself into one of the kids' families, and get to touch in on all of their secrets. Then with her newly acquired information, she can take down the Cybersquad and because she'll know all of the kids' secrets and weak points, no one could stop her. This was genius! Then after the Cybersquad, was Hacker. There's no way this plan could fail! Suddenly, she was grabbed by the scruff by Matt. She tried batting at his hands with her paws to make him drop her, but she couldn't reach him. Matt's family had agreed to take Decimal to the vet and if there wasn't any sign of her belonging to somebody else, they would get in touch with Jackie or Inez's families to see if they want her, seeing Matt already has a dog.
They had arrived at the vet's office, and Decimal was not a happy puppy. The vet took her from Matt and his family to examine her for anything they could find. Things specifically were rabies, other disease, microchips or infections. Nothing was found in the puppy. As soon as Matt's family got back from the family, Matt called Jackie on the Squawkpad. "Hey Jax. I found a stray puppy." Matt said putting the screen on Decimal. "We just got back from the vet to check her for disease or microchips. Nothing's wrong with her and she doesn't belong to anybody. I was wondering if you wanted to take care of her." Matt told her.
"I'd love to, but I'd have to talk to my parents first." Jackie responded. "I'll call you back within an hour, Matt."
"Alright, talk to you later, Jax." Matt responded as he hung up. He looked down to the small German Shepherd puppy sitting on his floor. "I'd like to keep you, but I already have a dog. My friends are both great people. If Jackie can't take you, I'll call Inez. Both of them will have great homes for you." Matt told the young pup. She blankly looked back at him. He called Jackie, wasn't that the dark skinned girl that had her hair in a bun that Decimal kidnapped? That was going to be interesting.
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