Chapter 3: It's A Long Shot, But It Just Might Work
'Dr. Marbles is thinking of a plan to save Inez while Matt is becoming more worried about her by the minute. How soon will the remaining team mates hear from Motherboard and Dr. Marbles?'
Grim Wreaker
Sitting in his recharger chair in front of the main screen, the Hacker is quite pleased with himself. He managed to split up the cybersquad successfully and couldn't be happier with his for-once successful action.
"I did it!" Hacker shouts with joy. "I finally managed to separate those mangy earth brats! Buzz! Delete! Get in here!"
The two robots now enter the room, panting heavily as if they ran a distance to get there.
"You called boss?" Delete asks through his heavy panting.
"Congratulate me boys." Hacker replies. "I have finally done what I thought was impossible. I have separated those earth brats, sending one of them to a distance place that only I know of and Motherboard will never figure out. I have made the impossible possible. So go on congratulate me."
Both robots exchange glances and then turn their vision back to hacker.
"Well?!" Hacker says gritting his teeth.
Buzz and Delete begin cheering for Hacker, even though their applaud is forced.
"Ok that's enough." Hacker says to the two, abruptly stopping their applauds. "Now to call Wicked and tell her the good news."
Dialing out to Happily Ever After, an image of Wicked Witch now appears on the screen.
"Wicked Witch speaking." Wicked Greets. "I grant wishes as well as destroy dreams. How may I help you?"
"Hello Wicked, it's me the Hacker." Hacker greets to her.
Wicked's expression immediately turns sour at seeing who has called her.
"What do you want Hacker?" Wicked asks, her sour mood evident.
"I am a genius if I do say so myself." Hacker gloats. "I managed to separate those mangy earth kids, leaving one stranded somewhere in cyberspace that only I know of and where Motherboard would never figure out. The remaining earth brats are aimlessly searching for their friend with no clue as to where she is. So go on, tell me that I am a genius."
"Yeah, like I haven't heard this "I am a genius" speech before." Wicked says, sounding extremely bored. "Are you the ruler of Cyberspace yet?"
"No, but I'm still working on it." Hacker answers. "Us geniuses have to be careful when planning our next move."
"Well genius, call me back when you've made a real accomplishment!" Wicked snaps, now ending the transmission.
The main screen switches back to the scenes of the Northern Frontier as a tumbled weed now blows by.
"There is no pleasing that woman." Hacker says, being disgraced by Wicked's response. "One day she likes it when I'm down right evil and then the next day, she completely blows me off. I wish she would make up her mind already! Well, I do know of one somebody that will be more then interested in hearing what I have to say."
Dialing out to Control Central, Motherboard now appears on the screen.
"Hello Motherboard!" Hacker greets in his usual venomous tone.
"What do you want Hacker?" Motherboard answers.
"In case you haven't noticed, you're one earth brat short." Hacker reveals. "I have sent her some place where you will never find her!"
"So it is you that is responsible for what has happened to Inez!" Motherboard firmly replies, her growing anger evident. "Dr. Marbles was right all along!"
"Yes, yes, it was I." Hacker says, being very pleased with himself. "Now that we got that out of the way, I will be waiting for you to hand over the guardianship to the Cyberspace at any moment."
"You will get nothing Hacker and like it!" Motherboard snaps.
"Then you will never find your precious earth brat!" Hacker yells, now ending the transmission between the wreaker and control central.
The main screen has been switched back to the scenes of the Northern Frontier.
"So what are you going to do now boss?" Buzz questions.
"What am I going to do? What am I going to do?" Hacker answers the stubby robot. "I'll tell you what I am going to do. I'm going to come up with a plan that will split up those remaining earth brats and let's see Motherboard try to stop me from ruling Cyberspace when there isn't anyone around to protect her from me. Now leave me, I have work to do."
The two robots obey and leave the room, leaving hacker to map out his plan.
Control Central
Hacker's announcement has sent a wave of shock through the station. Dr. Marbles, Digit, and Widget have all heard the conversation that took place between Motherboard and Hacker. Motherboard is in a state of disgust, not believing that Hacker would stoop this low just to take over Cyberspace, but sometimes she forgets, this is Hacker after all. Should there be any real surprises as to how low he will really go?
"So what are we going to do now doc?" Digit asks. "We at least know now who is responsible for what happened to Inez, but no real location as to where he sent her."
"Well, after some careful thinking, planning, and now having heard Hacker's announcement, I know what must happen." Dr. Marbles answers the cybird. "It's a long shot and the only option left at the moment."
"Well what is it doc?" Digit begins panicking. "Tell me something, anything!"
"Matt and Jackie have to obtain the UVO from Penguia." Dr. Marbles begins. "Once they have obtained that, then I will explain the rest and take it from there."
"Then let's give it a shot." Digit replies in agreement.
"Good work doctor." Motherboard agrees. "I will inform them right away."
The Strange Plane
Inez is still following behind the plane's creature with the replicas following behind her. To Inez, it feels like they have been walking across the deserted red plane for what seems like hours. Turning her attention to the horizon, Inez notices that the sun is still sitting on the horizon unmoving.
"I wonder when the sun sets here." Inez mentally asks herself.
Continuing to walk across the plane, Inez now notices that they are approaching what appears to be a castle. Continuing to walk towards the castle, she and the creatures now stop short a distance from it.
"He can help you." The creatures all say in unison to Inez.
Nodding, Inez walks past the creatures and up to the castle's doors with the creatures watching her closely. Knocking two times, the doors of the castle now opens, revealing a young man that is Inez's height, Matt's skin tone and who has blonde hair that is parted down the middle. The creatures quickly scatter from the area, having seen the young man. That just leaves Inez to talk to him.
"Hi, my name is Inez." Inez politely greets to the young guy. "I'm a member of the Cybersquad that is an affiliate to Motherboard. I was told you can help me?"
"Hello Inez." The young man greets back. "What do you need?"
"I was transported here by a black hole on the way back to Control Central." Inez begins. "A cyborg named Hacker might be responsible….."
"Hacker?" The young man speaks up, cutting off Inez's current thought. "I know of him. He is the meanest cyborg in all of Cyberspace! You must be devastated beyond belief. My name is Sam and I am the prince over this entire land. Please come in and tell me everything."
"No, I couldn't possibly impose." Inez detests.
"But you must." Sam insists. "I very well can't leave you out here. Please come in."
"Sure alright." Inez agrees with a smile.
Sam steps aside as Inez enters the castle.
Earth
After their conversation, Matt and Jackie have turned in for the night, well just Jackie anyway. Matt is lying in bed looking at the ceiling as his dog lies across him.
"If I only could hear your voice Inez, I would rest easy knowing that you are ok." Matt says with a sigh.
Continuing to wonder about Inez, Matt's SKWAK pad begins beeping, knocking the boy out of his current thought. Matt quickly sits up and grabs his SKWAK pad, hoping it is Inez contacting him. Looking on the screen, he notices that he has a new transmission.
"Please let this be you Inez." Matt prays.
Hitting the answer button, Jackie pops up on the screen.
"Matt, are you awake?" Jackie questions.
"Hey Jax." Matt answers. "Yep and have been all night. I just can't stop thinking about Inez."
"Well, our worries end here." Jackie replies. "Motherboard just contacted me and said that Dr. Marbles have come up with a plan to rescue Inez. Plus, she said that Hacker is responsible for what happened to her."
"I had a feeling that Hacker was responsible somehow." Matt replies. "So what's the plan?"
"We have to retrieve the UVO from Penguia." Jackie answers. "After that, we are to head to Control Central and Dr. Marbles will do the rest."
"So when do we get started?" Matt asks.
"Motherboard is sending a portal as we speak." Jackie answers.
"Great, I'll see you in Cyberspace." Matt says, ending the SKWAK communication.
A wide smile now finds its way onto Matt's face, happy that one of his prayers has been answered. Despite hearing that Hacker is responsible for what happened to Inez, Matt is still pleased that Dr. Marbles and Motherboard spared no time in coming up with a plan to rescues her.
Getting out from under Obe-wan Kadoggie, Matt grabs his back pack from his desk chair. The portal now appears, getting both Matt and his dog's attention.
"I'll see ya later boy." Matt greets to his dog.
Matt now enters the portal with it immediately closing behind him.
Obewan Kadoggie sniffs the air for a second and then sprawls out on Matt's bed, loving that he has it all to himself.
A/N: Ok end of chapter 3 and I hope you all liked it. From here, the action packed thrill ride begins, you have my word. As usual, please no flames and chapter 4 will be out next week, if everything goes according to plan and because it normally does, then you know it will be. 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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