Chapter Two: Captured
Matrix continued running down the long hall on level nine. He wanted to check the cellblock on this level before he left to check the other three. He opened fire, but the troops had shielding to block his attacks.
He rounded the corner and found the door that he was searching for. "Gun, command line," he charged the gun. "Electric pulse blast." He shocked the door lock and it opened just enough to where he would get in.
Matrix got back to his feet and relocked the door. He didn't want any of the troopers getting in while he checked the cellblock.
He looked around and saw a glowing red light at the end of the room. "Who's there?" he asked.
"Matrix," a soft, tired voice asked. "Is that you?"
His eye shifted and it brought the darkness to life. It was AndrAIa and she was chained to the wall.
"AndrAIa," he said and raced over to her. He blasted the controls for the bars and entered the cell. "AndrAIa, are you OK?"
"I'm not feeling so good," she replied. "Please get me out of here."
He started working to take care of the bars. "Who else has been captured?" he asked.
"Just me," she replied. "No one else. I'm such a klutz to get caught like this."
"Don't talk like that," he said and got one of her arms free. "We're going to get out here, find Dot, and lead a battalion in here and delete Megabyte once and for all."
Matrix looked over as he was working and saw Ray Tracer's surfboard secured to the wall. The darkness concealed it, but his eye could see it.
"Hey, where's Tracer?" Matrix asked her. "There's his surfboard."
She began to chuckle loudly.
AndrAIa suddenly grabbed him around the throat and was able to lift him off the ground. Her other hand shattered the cuff that was obviously a fake.
This wasn't AndrAIa.
"Sorry lover," AndrAIa's voice switched to that of Megabyte. She copied his code and he passed out.
She dropped him to the ground and sauntered out of the cell. The lock was not broken and he resealed the cell.
Megabyte became himself again, then he transformed into Matrix.
"Time for me to play my charade," he said and laughed, leaving the three of them there.
MainFrame Central Core
Bob made his way to the gateway command in the Core Room. He thought that his room was going to be the most guarded, but without Wellman Matrix in his past state, the gateway couldn't be used.
He thought that hiding in here would be the best and if not, he could and would be able to create a portal and get to the Supercomputer. He had to get help.
Turbo would know what to do. She would have known what to do.
He looked down at Glitch and felt himself pulled back into dreams. Dreams of his past.
Supercomputer—Ten megacycles ago
The Guardian Academy was awaiting the new arrival of freshmen cadets to the school. They were all arriving by a metro rail train.
Stepping off the train and entering the school, Cadet Robert Serrano stood there with a couple new cadets that he had met in his cabin. They were all excited to be going to the Supercomputer Guardian Academy in their guardian issued uniforms.
"Come on Bob," a girl, Trixa Mayan said, grabbing his arm.
As they were walking up the steps, Bob took a glance of young lady at the top of the stairs. Her skin was a perfect tan hue with her rose pink hair and guardian red suit.
Trixa, Cardin, and several others jerked him along and he passed the girl.
They arrived at the grand chamber where the Prime Guardian, Turbo was waiting for them.
Bob saw on the stage where those that were newly graduated and became Guardians this cycle were. He saw the girl…wait it wasn't the same girl from the station. She was a fourth year student prefect. Her hair was cut shorter and she was much more hardened.
Who were these two?
Well, through his guardian training he ended up becoming the partner to Dixon Green, the cropped pink hair guardian and they were together when he found out who the other one was.
"What's up Dix?" the girl said when she entered the shooting gallery.
"How are you Paige?" Dixon said, almost wondering why she was still there.
"Fine, flying around, causing mischief. Having fun," Paige replied as she stood against the counter. "How about you Miss Guardian?"
"I have my first cadet," the sister told her. "Paige, meet Cadet Robert Serrano. Bob, my twin sister Paige Dyson."
"Nice to meet you," he said to her. "Are you in the academy?"
"Web no!" Paige replied. "I'm a loose cannon Guardian drop-out. I cause mischief with my friends and have fun doing it."
"Amongst other things," Dixon mumbled as she was reattaching Glitch to her forearm. "What are you doing here Paige?"
"Dad's back in the system," Paige said. "He wants to share a meal with us. Tonight if you're available."
"What's the occasion?" Dixon asked. "What does Maximillion Dyson want to meet with his two twin daughters for?"
"Why do you have to question why dad wants to meet with us?" Paige asked. "I'm sorry that mom always liked you and dad always liked me, but even you have to give up a feud when it gets old."
"Don't start Paige," Dixon said. They were staring at each other. Teal eyes to teal eyes, short pink hair to long pink hair, golden hued flesh to golden hued flesh. They were mirror resemblances of each other."
"Fine sis," Paige said. "Don't come, but when you're cut out the family after dad is deleted or destroyed, don't come crying to me when you need a loan."
Paige marched out and Bob stood stolid, waiting for Dixon to say something to him.
"Let's go Cadet," Dixon said to him. "You have other studies to get to." He followed his mentor out.
Later that night, Bob was exiting the showers when he observed a student heading out. It was some kid named Blade from a far off system. He had long, spiky black hair and was kind of a daredevil. He didn't take authority well, but would so that he could go back and defend his system.
But once the building monitors were out, there was no leaving them for the night cycle. Where was he going off to?
Bob watched as Blade escaped from the floor without the hall monitors catching him.
Curiosity got the better of him and he followed in the same way.
Bob followed Blade Drake on his zipboard to an abandoned dump on the outside rim of the Supercomputer. He flew in and he lost sight of the wayward guardian.
"Where did he go?" Bob asked himself and suddenly felt his neck hit with a large blunt object of some kind.
He looked around and saw several people staring over his head.
"I knew that someone was following me," Blade said to the people.
"What should we do with him?" a deep burly voice asked. "He's a guardian and a threat to all of us."
"Not this one," a voice replied. "He's going to be of some use to us, aren't you Robert Serrano?"
Bob looked up and saw Paige Dyson looking over his head. She took a long knife that was arched and held it by his neck. "Yeah," he replied. "I'll help out."
Current time
Bob returned from his reverie. Paige had gotten him into so much trouble, but it was Dixon who saved his career as a guardian. She told them that Paige was a negative influence and if she had gone to dinner with their father, then may-be Bob wouldn't have met Paige and nothing would have went wrong.
He remembered watching Paige and four friends as they were tossed into the back of prison transport. They were going to jail for their misdeeds and Bob was given to Dixon as his first partner assignment.
In someway, Bob felt sorry for Paige, but her ingenious hacking and lack for authority would be the ticket to stopping Megabyte and his plan to hunt them all down.
"Paige…Dixon," he said, "I really could use one of you right now."
Perhaps Bob could use a friend after all. Please review
