Onscreen, Jesse's mouth turned into a slow smile, as she looked around the area. The screen abruptly turned black, and the audience had to wonder if it was a scene change until they saw some words that read 'Harper v 1.0.43' in the corner, the center of the screen beginning to light up, a gray image fading into view.

"What's going on, Jesse?" Ivor's voice sounded tinny and distant now, even though they knew that he was standing right next to Jesse. "Is it working?"

"I'm starting to see something," Jesse spoke slowly, looking around the gray landscape that was fading into view and into color with every passing second. There were zombies... chipped ones... and a small fence around her.

"Oh, wow," and Petra narrowed her eyes at the screen. "Where is that?"

"Is that like... a reality you created? A sort of... virtual reality?" Soren questioned, narrowing his eyes at the screen himself.

Harper shook her head, but a hint of pride had crept into her voice now. "Not quite. Give it a minute."

"Is PAMA there?"

Onscreen, Jesse blinked. The screen changed to show... a zombie, with blue digital code flickering at the edges of the screen. The zombie itself was outlined in pale blue, very faint, glowing blue lines, and the eyes of the chipped zombie, rather than that dull red everyone had gotten used to, were a luminous glowing blue.

They blinked.

Everyone in the audience also blinked.

"I, uh... didn't know zombies could blink," Ellegaard murmured, blinking at the screen a bit herself.

"Neither did I," Mevia muttered.

"... I'm not in the lab," Jesse said slowly, the zombie slowly revolving on the spot and looking around itself.

"Wait- is Jesse inside the zombie?" Olivia gasped, the whole thing clicking together in her mind.

Nell gasped, her blue eyes growing round and wide. "Brah, that would be so epic to experience."

Harper nodded this time, a slow smile spreading over her face as the rest of the audience gasped a bit, duly impressed. (Hadrian, against his will, let out a low wolf-whistle at the feat.) "Yep. Found a way to hook into chipped creatures." The smile faded again a moment later, as she reached up and tapped her chin, eyes narrowing. "You'd better move quick, though, Jesse."

"Why's that?" Jesse asked, blinking at the older woman in confusion.

"Well, I'd been planning on installing a patch of software so that it wasn't detectable by PAMA..." Harper murmured, crossing her arms across her chest thoughtfully as her eyes narrowed at the screen even further, worry beginning to become more obvious in her voice.

Lukas paled in realization, picking up on what she was getting at. "But you haven't installed it yet."

"No. No I haven't. Which means that if Jesse stays in the system too long..." Harper trailed off, eyes widening as her imagination decided to run away.

Real-Jesse had turned a few shades paler at this declaration, but she swallowed nervously and turned to face the front anyway. "Well, I guess I'd better hurry then."

"I'm... at the base of a giant mesa, from the looks of it." Zombie-Jesse looked down at herself, blinking at her hands. "I think I'm also a zombie." The girl started revolving on the spot, in tiny, little steps. The screen changed to show normal-Jesse, with the helmet on, revolving on the spot as well, which looked sort of adorable. "It's like some kind of... Mob-View or something."

"What a preposterous name," Ivor said, a slight scowl on his face, before it turned into a grin and he shook his head a bit. "I love it."

The Order silently exchanged grins as Real-Ivor smirked a bit, his cheeks turning slightly pink.

Well, as far as names went, there were worse ones.

Zombie-Jesse looked around, clapping her hands together in front of her mouth and hopping up and down. (Which looked very oddly adorable, considering she was inhabiting a zombie right now.) "Oh my gosh, I wish you guys could see how cool this is."

"It does, indeed, look very cool," Axel said, his grin so big it practically split his face. Jesse beamed back, forgetting for a moment the possible imminent danger she was in.

She came to a stop a moment later, having spotted something else nearby. It appeared to be a chipped spider. Jesse had barely turned to look in its direction, when suddenly a sort of 'option' that read 'MIGRATE' in big blue letters popped up above it.

The audience blinked at that.

Jesse blinked at that as well, before squinting at it, leaning forward a little bit-

The screen suddenly zoomed in on the spider, moving so rapidly that the screen blurred, before a spray of digital zeros and ones popped up. In the lab, the girl suddenly whipped down from an upright position into all eights, the spider hybrid looking around and adjusting her position slightly as she looked about. "Oh. Oh wow! Oh wow. This is awesome. I wish you guys could see how cool this is!" she repeated, voice rising into an excited squeal.

"Huh." Harper leaned forward, squinting at the screen. "I never was able to access spiders as Migration options. I think maybe Jesse's extra limbs allow her to move like a spider... so the Migration helmet expanded the options for her."

Mevia leaned forward as well, eyes sparkling with interest. "Hmm, maybe. It would explain why she got down into a spider position, at least."

In the lab, Ivor carefully approached, crouching down and examining the spider hybrid, who was looking around. "How remarkable. How is this possible? I mean, I've always heard tales of what the Old Builders were capable of, but..."

Jesse revolved on the spot, Ivor having to scoot out of the way so she didn't run into him. "I'm pretty sure Harper would have to explain it specifically, but... I think the headset lets me control things that are hooked into PAMA."

Harper gave a little golf-clap, looking pleased. "Right in one. You're really quite smart, Jesse."

"Not really, I think I just used the context..."

Harper gave Ivor a flat look, which went unnoticed by Jesse.

Ivor leaned over and whispered into the woman's ear. "It's Jesse. She'd deny she was proficient at being alive if someone praised her on it."

"I see your point."

Onscreen, Spider-Jesse (the actual spider, not just the spider hybrid) looked around, as Cassie's voice (which came through as rather tinny) asked, "You said it. Is being a spider comfortable?"

There was a short hesitation in which the audience was fairly certain Jesse was thinking about how to put it, before she said, thoughtfully, "Actually, I like it better than being a zombie. I think my lower arms were being suppressed, somehow. At least all of my arms are working as a spider." And she shifted said limbs a bit.

"I guess I see her point," Aiden said thoughtfully. "I mean, imagine suddenly not being able to use one of your hands or your leg. It'd probably feel really uncomfortable."

"Except in Jesse's case, it's four of her arms," Maya joked slightly, making a small rumble of amusement go through the audience.

"I have so many questions I want to ask Harper!" Ivor exclaimed, before huffing a bit. "... too bad she was captured. That spider- no offense, Jesse," he added hastily.

The spider-hybrid shrugged, screen switching to show the movement being somewhat replicated by the actual spider. (It was really, really weird to see a spider shrugging.) "None taken. I'm only half." The spider kept looking around, shifting about and staring around in interest. "Holy crap, this is seriously awesome," she added.

Half of the audience may or may not have snorted a little at that. Lovely grasp of your priorities you've got there, Jesse.

"That spider had to haul Harper all the way back to town," Ivor finished his statement, growling slightly in irritation.

"Don't forget about Lukas, too, I gotta try to save them both," Jesse added, creeping forward a bit experimentally.

There was a short pause, where Ivor, Petra, and Cassie were all sharing a look. "... that's a great plan, but... I just hope they're not too far from where you are right now," Petra said, slowly.

"Yeah, that would... throw a pretty big wrench into the plan," Jace mumbled, wincing at the thought.

The spider hybrid pressed her lips together, making a thoughtful sound. "... hm, Harper must be where they're putting on those redstone... mind-control chips, so I should go take a look there first- at least I can almost certainly find one of them there."

"Yeah, if we know PAMA at all by now, it'd be wasting no time in trying to chip Harper," Hadrian said, bluntly.

Otto elbowed him in the ribs, making Hadrian wince sharply and rub that area briefly- it was starting to bruise.

"That sounds like a solid plan. I'm sure you can do it," Cassie said, giving the spider hybrid an encouraging smile that she couldn't see.

Jesse grinned and glanced back in their direction- probably was judging by the voice. "Aw, thanks, Rose."

The spider crawled over to the wall of the mesa, before rearing up on the back legs and starting to climb up the mesa rapidly, legs propelling her up the side of the mesa-

Right as the spider reached the top, everything suddenly went black, flickered, and then came back on.

"Whoa, what was that?" Stacy asked, eyes narrowing.

"That was a bit nerve-wracking, imagine if Jesse had fallen from that height," Stampy shuddered.

Sparklez also shuddered a bit. "I don't really want to think about that..."

Em winced a bit as well, but she didn't actually say anything.

Onscreen, Spider-Jesse scrabbled at the edge of the mesa, hastily pulling herself back onto solid ground. The screen switched back to show the spider hybrid, a sound that was remarkably like a faint heartbeat starting to thud away in their ears, her breathing quickening a bit. "Whoa! T-the signal just... um, b-blooped out there, for a second," Jesse said, slightly shakily.

"Interference detected."

Harper's eyes widened, and her hand went to her mouth. "No... PAMA shouldn't have been able to detect Jesse so quickly... unless-" Her eyes widened again, and she snapped her fingers, muttering something foul under her breath as realization hit her like a sledgehammer. "Oh, of course, I should've taken that into account! That was stupid..."

"What was stupid? What happened?" Mevia asked, immediately.

"Since PAMA didn't get Jesse earlier... it must've upped the defenses of everything to ensure that she couldn't get too close," Harper replied, staring at the screen but not actually seeing it. "Firewalls, spyware or malware detection programs... cyber sensitivity... of course, if it upped everything, the cyber sensitivity must've gotten higher-"

"You mean that it can sense things that aren't part of its system?" Ellegaard immediately asked, face paling as she realized what that meant.

Harper nodded, everyone's face turning pale as they processed what that meant. "I think the only reason it didn't notice Jesse right away is because she's using the transmigrational headset, which has a very similar digital coding system to what PAMA has. Now that it has noticed her, though... she's going to either have to take the headset off and let PAMA lose the signal and try again later, or she's going to have to move very fast."

"I'm not going to leave Lukas again," Jesse grumbled, in reply. "I refuse."

Lukas's arms tightened around her again.

"Drone sequencing initiated. Trace subroutine activated," PAMA continued, before pausing for a moment. "Is that you, Jesse?"

The spider tensed up at the sound of her name, glancing down. The lines that had been blue earlier were now glowing red and orange, pulsating dangerously. "PAMA?"

"PAMA...?" Ivor asked, eyes widening as he took a step back in the lab, the spider hybrid starting to tremble dangerously as she looked about, breathing beginning to pick up into a pace that could've been called 'hyperventilating'. "No..."

"Just what do you think you are doing, Jesse? This is a rather silly thing to do, don't you think?" PAMA continued, as the spider began to look around rapidly. Skeletons, zombies, and a few spiders were starting to approach the spider, who backed away a few steps. The spider hybrid looked around frantically, PAMA still droning on in the background, but Jesse's heartbeat was eclipsing its voice, speeding up, getting faster and faster and louder and louder, before the spider glanced up. Behind the approaching mob, there was a skeleton walking stiffly along in the background.

"Oh god- migrate! Use the migrate option!" Petra shouted, voice rising into a higher octave.

"I-I don't know how to activate it!" Jesse cried, biting her lip anxiously.

"Just look at a mob for longer than a few seconds! The system will take that as you wanting to migrate to a different one!" Harper shouted, forgetting Jesse couldn't hear her.

However, in this one moment, almost as if the spider hybrid could hear Harper through the screen, the spider looked over at the skeleton for a moment, the 'Migrate' option popping up. Jesse immediately leaned forward a bit, right as a zombie's fist came down at her-

"Oh no!" Olivia squeaked, face hidden in her hands once again.

Another rushing zoom, a spray of digital code exploding off of the skeleton, the lines on the skeleton a pale blue color once again. The screen switched to show Jesse abruptly whipping back into an upright position, her lower arms dropping limply to her sides.

The entire audience let out a collective sigh of relief. Even Hadrian.

"... alright, well, I'm- I'm not dead- oh Notch, I've got to hurry." Jesse straightened up as much as she could, before beginning to walk away, stiffly, the soft clanking of bones on bones going on in the background as the spider hybrid tried to walk as much as a skeleton like she could (which was working, I should mention). "Technology is so awesome," she added.

"I bet you look real silly in the lab," Slab grinned, suddenly.

The screen switched to show Jesse walking as she'd been doing as a skeleton, Ivor rolling his eyes playfully at her in the background. "And you look so awesome while using it, I assure you," he teased her.

Real-Jesse got a tiny fit of the giggles at that.

Onscreen-Jesse stuck her tongue out at him very maturely, continuing on- and then she froze as the lines around her started turning red and orange again. "Interference remains," PAMA blared, calmly.

"Can you NOT be so omniscient you talking piece of scrap metal!?" Jesse snapped at it, and she broke into a furious run, the skeleton's bones clacking together as she bolted over several lumps of ground.

"Wow. Jesse insulted PAMA. She must really hate it," Axel said weakly, in an attempt to cheer the mood up. It flopped dismally, but Jesse appreciated the attempt.

She skidded to a halt a moment later, monsters beginning to surround her again, marching towards her in a spooky sync.

Olivia, who'd started to re-emerge from her hands, let out a brief little shriek and buried her head back in her hands hastily.

"Drone sequencing re-initiated," PAMA intoned, calmly, "trace subroutine re-initiated."

Magnus sighed, flopping over onto Ellegaard (she grunted a bit as she got squashed into the couch arm). "Notch darn it all, why isn't anything ever easy for Jesse? It seems like everywhere she turns she just runs into problems and obstacles."

"I think we'd all like to know that, and I don't think there's any good answer," Ivor mumbled, rubbing the bridge of his nose as if he had a headache.

No one had to say anything to show that they all agreed with both statements.


A/N: Oohhhh boy Jesse you'd better hurry and get outta there.

FOUR MORE DAYS UNTIL EPISODE 2 COMES OUT OH BOY THE HYPE! xD

Seriously, though, the trailer is AMAZING. I love it. x3 And I'm excited to see the characters that'll show up in this episode, and I'm excited to write out the thing in Composite, and-

Oh, wow, I really love MCSM. I don't know how that happened. I really don't, and I also don't care how it happened. x3

RQTC: How many people have noticed something weird with Stella in Composite? (and no, her being nice isn't weird. I'm talking something else.)

Also, happy birthday to LegoGirl794! :3 Have a chapter as the present, I don't have anything else xD

Responses to reviewers!

LunarTheMooncake: Wow, I usually get more reviewers in this period of time. Welp, less reviews for me to have to write out! x3 / Ahahaha, did it really?! Well, I'm glad you feel blessed (pats) / Lololol, at least you like it. xD / (laughs) / YEEEEEEEAAAAAA

Toni42: I'm glad, too x3 / YAS!

RapidSammi: Yes indeed :3 ... or are they? ... nah jk they're great now

KaosRuin: Yeah, she was pretty lonely...

AquaK13: (laughs) Glad to see you're happy about that. / Yeah, since Lukas didn't notice, he thought he'd better point it out. x3 / Yes, Protective Brother Jace is great. Protective Sister Jesse is also great. xD / Yeeeaaaah! / (falls over) xD

CamronXTheXGamer: You CAN submit a different character if you'd prefer, but it just has to be original x3 / Ahahahahaha xD

NoItsBecky: Well, some of them were from the A/N chapter, so

LittleAngelbun: Ding ding ding, you are correct! / (grins)

andie: Ehehehehe x3

LegoGirl794: I'm happy that I actually posted this chapter today and not a week late- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Rabbits rule: I have no idea what the matrix is, so I wouldn't know. xD

Guest: Yep! / Oh, that's good. / Oh- um, thank you!

Jack: Yeperdoodles :3 / Ahahah, the HTC Vive is pretty cool. x3 / Lolololol xD / Yes, yes I have. And, um, do you have to ask? I LOVED IT! So much hype in a single person is probably not healthy, now that I think of it. xD / YES! Glad to hear that!

Welp, I think that's all for this time. See ya, sayonara, and g'bye!

x.X. A.L. X.x.