Strudel leads the group into her lab and directs them toward a large dark blue machine. "This is the Digitizer 2000. It can transform anyone into data and send them into cyberspace in the blink of an eye" She then turns to the group. "Now, who would like to volunteer?"

"I'll be happy to." Lucky replies.

"And I'll go with him." Ace adds.

"Splendid!" Strudel replies. "Now, just step up on this platform and we shall begin the process." Lucky and Ace hen proceed to step up on a platform next to the machine's control panel.

"We can track their location on this battery-powered laptop." Kugel states, handing Strudel the aforementioned.

"Ah, excellent."

Strudel then pushes several buttons; a bright light engulfs Lucky and Ace who then disappear. Moments later, an image of the two appears on the laptop's screen. "Wow..." remarks Lucky, holding out his paws. "We're digital!"

"Pretty cool..." remarks Ace.

"But, that's another story," Lucky states. "We'd better hurry and ferret out that virus."

"Sure thing." Ace agrees, as they then hurry off.

Just then, they hear a small voice say, "Excuse me, are you lost?" Lucky looks down to see the owner of the voice, a small bright blue mouse, standing at his feet.

"Uhm, no," Lucky replies, trying to hide his surprise. "By the way, who might you be?"

"I'm a computer mouse(1). I help lost travelers find their destinations."

"Well, it's very nice to meet you." Lucky replies.

At that moment, Ace looks over Lucky's shoulder. "By the way, may we ask you a question, please?"

"Yah! A cat!" the mouse exclaims, hopping into the air.

"Don't be afraid, little guy, I'm not gonna hurt'cha." Ace says reassuringly.

"If we may, though, we might like to ask for some help." Lucky says.

"Sure, how may I help?" the mouse inquires.

"Well, there was a virus planted in our pound's computer system, which we're trying to find and remove. Have you seen it?"

"I'm sorry to say no, but I do know a way to track it down."

"How's that?" Ace inquires.

"Well, I don't mean to be a bother, but could you help me with something first, please?"

"Sure!" replies Lucky.

"How may we help you?" inquires Ace.

"Could you help me find a piece of digital cheese, please?"

"Absolutely!" the two reply, upon which they begin searching all around, under bushes, benches, rocks and such."Hmm," Ace muses. "Now, if I were a piece of cheese, where would I be?(On second thought, please don't answer that question.)"

Just then, Lucky sniffs the air. "Hmm...I smell cheese. It's coming from...under that crate over there!" he motions toward a large wooden crate sitting by a building. Ace quickly runs over and lifts the crate, revealing a small wedge of cheese underneath.

"Perfect!" Lucky grabs the cheese, which they then give to the mouse. "Thanks so much, you guys." he says happily, through bites of cheese. "The place you'll need to go to next is the World Wide Web; it can be found down that data path a piece."

"Thanks." Lucky says.

"We really appreciate this." Ace adds, as the two of them then head down a road marked by a sign reading, "WORLD WIDE WEB-ABOUT 5 LOGARITHMS STRAIGHT AHEAD."

(1)A slight nod to the mouse Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" meets when she first enters Wonderland.