Chapter 2: Transported
'Inez has been sucked into a black hole and Matt and Jackie have been thrown out of the portal themselves. Where did they all end up?'
Control Central
The portal opens up and spits Matt and Jackie out with Jackie landing next to Matt. Matt quickly gets to his feet and dusts himself off. He, then, begins looking around control central, noticing that Jackie is the only one that followed him back there.
"Inez never made it out of the portal!" Matt says, going into a panic. "We have to go back in and get her!"
"Matt, we can't go back in." Jackie calmly replies as she gets to her feet. "She was sucked into a black hole and could be anywhere in time and space right now. If we go back in the portal, the same thing could happen to us."
"But we have to!" Matt continues ranting, completely ignoring Jackie's reasoning. "We have to find Inez!"
Motherboard now appears on the main screen, noticing that Matt and Jackie are back at control central.
"Welcome back Cyber mates." Motherboard greets to the two kids, getting their attention. "Did you recover the missing piece to Lady Lovelace's time machine?"
"We did, but we lost Inez in the process." Matt answers, still in a panic. "She was sucked into a black hole in the portal on the way back here. We have to go back in and find her."
"Oh dear." Motherboard sighs. "Matt, as much as I would like to open a portal for you to search for Inez, I'm afraid I can't do that. It's too risky and I can't afford to lose you too. Besides, we don't know where she is in time and space. A black hole is a gateway to anywhere in time, and she could be anywhere. Who knows where that black hole transported her to."
"But Mother B, we have to!" Matt persists. "We have to go back in the portal and search for Inez. We have to find her!"
Motherboard notices the impatience in Matt's voice and is doing her best to remain calm, even if he isn't.
"Matt, I absolutely refuse to open a portal for you to go looking for Inez, especially since her whereabouts are unknown to us." Motherboard firmly says to the persistent boy. "That would be putting your safety at large risk and I refuse to do it."
"Motherboard is right Matt." Jackie agrees. "What if you went through the portal and couldn't make it back yourself? Then that would be you and Inez missing and we simply can't chance it."
Having said that, Jackie begins to hyperventilate with the thought of her being the only cybersquad member.
"If that happened, then I would be the only Cybersquad member." Jackie begins panicking. "Then that would mean I would have to face Hacker alone and have to defend cyberspace all by myself! I can't bear the thought!"
"Please calm down Jackie." Motherboard calmly speaks to her. "You won't have to worry about that because it won't happen."
Jackie begins to calm herself as she breathes a sigh of relief.
"Losing one of you is bad enough and I refuse to lose another." Motherboard continues. "I'm sorry Matt, but until we know Inez's whereabouts, I won't risk your safety."
As much as Matt hated to admit it, Motherboard and Jackie made a lot of sense. As much as jumping into a portal to search for Inez was a good idea currently, he knew that his own safety would be at risk in the process. He sometimes hated it when Jackie and Motherboard were right about his careless acts, even though, he never seem to mind when Inez brings it to his attention. (Of course)
"When a plan of action has been put together to search for Inez, you two will be contacted immediately." Motherboard informs the two. "Until then, I will be sending you home."
A purple portal now appears.
"It is unfortunate that Inez is missing, but rest assured, we will find her by any means necessary." Motherboard greets. "Good bye until we meet again cyber mates."
"See ya later Mother B." Jackie greets back.
Matt and Jackie step through the portal with it closing behind them. Dr. Marbles now enters the room with a laptop computer in his hands along with Widget sitting on his left shoulder.
"Dr. Marbles, we've lost Inez." Motherboard informs the doc. "On the way back here, she was pulled into a black hole, Jackie and Matt have reported to me."
"Is she ok?" Widget asks as he flies from Dr. Marbles' shoulder and to the floor.
"I'm not certain Widget, but let's hope so." Motherboard answers Digit's smaller half with a weak smile. "What are we going to do Dr?"
"That's a tricky one." Dr. Marbles answers. "No doubt Hacker is behind what happened to Inez. Where are Jackie and Matt?"
"I sent them home." Motherboard answers.
"Alright." Dr. Marbles begins thinking. "This is going to require a lot of thinking and careful planning down to the tiniest detail. Give me until the end of the day and I should have a good percent of the plan worked out."
Motherboard nods as Dr. Marbles now leaves the room, leaving behind Widget in the main room with her.
"Do you think Inez will ever come back?" The tiny cybird inquires, his voice full of curiosity.
"I hope so Widget." Motherboard answers with a sigh. "I most certainly hope so."
Somewhere in Time and Space
On a red dusty plane, much like the surface of mars, a black hole opens and spits Inez out with her landing on her back. The black hole now closes and winks out of existence. Sitting up, Inez begins looking around at her surroundings.
"Where am I?" Inez questions.
Getting to her feet, Inez dusts herself off and continues looking around. The plane where she landed closely resembles the surface of mars with the sun sitting off the distance on the horizon, giving the area its red glow. There are hardly any trees and a large scarcity of civilization in the entire area.
"Where did I land?" Inez questions once more. "Well, wherever I am, I can't be that far from control central and should be able to contact Matt and Jackie."
Pulling out her SKWAK pad, Inez tries to contact Matt, but the connection fails with a message popping up on her screen: Out Of Range.
"Out of range?" Inez asks in confusion. "That can't be right. Let me try this again."
Inez tries contacting Matt again with the connection failing again as the Out Of Range message appears on her screen once more.
"Something isn't right." Inez says. "Let me try contacting Jackie. Maybe I'll have better luck."
Inez, then, tries to radio Jackie and gets the same message.
"Out of range again?" Inez says in disbelief. "I can't be that far from Control Central. Maybe my SKWAK's programming got a little mixed in the black hole. Let me try contacting Motherboard. She'll know what do and hopefully tell me where I am."
Just as Inez is about to radio motherboard, she suddenly hears a rustling sound to her right. Turning in the direction of the sound, Inez begins looking for the source of what could have caused the noise. Not seeing or hearing anything else, Inez proceeds to try and contact Motherboard. The sound occurs again, this time sending a chill up her spine and causing her to grip her SWKAK pad.
"Who's there?" Inez asks with fear entering her voice.
Not getting a response, Inez begins calming herself. The sound occurs again, which instantly sends Inez back into her fear frenzy.
"Who's there?" Inez asks once more. "Whoever you are, I have a SKWAK pad and am not afraid to use it!"
The rustling sound continues and Inez now notices that the bushes are slightly swaying back and forth. Having noticed this, Inez slowly begins making her way over to the bushes, being cautious of what could be hiding in them. Reaching them, Inez parts the bushes and spots a pair of medium sized eyes staring at her.
"Oh hello." Inez says, breathing a sigh of relief. "It was you all along that was making that sound. You scared me."
The pair of eyes now come into full view, revealing it to be a creature with a small body, tiny limbs, and medium sized pointy ears. The creature shrinks away a bit, appearing to be afraid of Inez. Inez notices the fear in the creature's eyes.
"Don't worry little fella, I won't hurt you." Inez speaks with sincerity to the creature. "You're a cute little guy."
Hearing the sincerity in her tone, the creature comes out of the bushes and sniffs Inez's left boot. She finds that to be adorable.
"My name is Inez and I was transported here by a black hole." Inez says to the creature. "Do you know where I am?"
The creature looks Inez in the face and blinks twice, giving her a lost stare. Noticing the lost look in the creature's eyes, Inez figures that it can't understand her.
"I'm talking as if it could understand me." Inez says with a sigh. "Of course it can't tell me where I am."
"I know someone who can help you." The creature speaks in a child like voice, surprising Inez.
"Um, alright." Inez says, surprised to hear that the creature can talk. "Who can help me?"
The creature doesn't reply as three more of the same creature now comes out of the bushes, with their eyes all fixed on Inez. Inez takes notice the replicas.
"I will take you to him." The creature answers. "Please follow me."
"Sure, alright." Inez says, unsure of what to really say.
The creature begins walking ahead of Inez with her walking behind it. The replicas of the creature follow behind Inez, following the trail of who can help Inez answer her question.
Earth
On earth, night has fallen and the sky's stars are out in their full twinkle. Matt and Jackie are talking to each other through SKWAK communication about the unfortunate event that has befallen Inez.
"I know Matt, but like motherboard said, it was too risky for you to go back into the portal to search for Inez." Jackie continues. "You would have ended up lost as well."
"I know, but it's just not fair." Matt sighs. "That should have been me instead my Inez, I mean Inez."
Having heard Matt's slip, Jackie decides against commenting on it.
"Even if it were you Jax, it would still be unfair." Matt continues. "I would rather it be me then any one of you girls."
"I understand." Jackie replies. "Dr. Marbles and Motherboard are going to come up with a plan to look for Inez, but until they do, let's just hope that wherever she is, she is ok."
"I know, but I just wish I knew that Inez was alright." Matt says. "I want to be able to see that for myself."
"Me too Matt." Jackie replies. "Even though we don't know her condition at current, we have to think and stay positive, for Inez."
"You're right Jackie." Matt agrees.
"Listen, let's just get some rest and wait until we get word from motherboard about what our next move is going to be." Jackie suggests. "You look as if you could drop any minute now."
"Alright." Matt says. "I'll get back to you tomorrow, night."
"Night." Jackie greets.
Both kids now close the SKWAK communication. Having hung up with Jackie, Matt decides to try and link to Inez's SKWAK pad again, having tried several times before. The connection fails once more with the words 'Out Of Range' appearing on his screen. Turning his SKWAK pad off, Matt turns his attention to his bedroom window, to the night sky.
"If I knew where you were Inez, I'd come save you in a heartbeat." Matt says to himself.
Obewan Ka-doggie now enters Matt's room and jumps on his bed, immediately cuddling up next to him. Matt takes notice of the Labrador/golden retriever and begins rubbing him. The dog begins whimpering, noticing his master's current mood.
"I know boy." Matt sadly says to the dog. "I miss her too."
A/N: Ok end of chapter 2 and I hope you all liked it. As usual, please no flames and as the story goes on, it will get better. You have my word. Chapter 3 will be out the next moment I get and if anything is confusing or doesn't make sense, please let me know and I'll fix it in the editing. If nothing else, please review.
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