Cyberchase Jealousy
Cyberchase Jealousy.
Chapter 7: Another Clue, Another Search.
After finding a clue in Hacker's small library in his vacation home in Sensible Flats, it didn't take long for Slider to put two and two together to find out which cybersite Jackie was at. He called the others, and before you knew it, they were in the Cybercoupe outside again.
Jake was kept entertained by an arcade in the basement, so after Digit pried him from one of the pinball machines, which was surprisingly difficult, they hopped into the orange Cybercoupe outside on the driveway, and took off for the cybersite of Happily Ever After.
Since it was so hot in the desert of Sensible Flats, they each grabbed an ice cream sandwich from the kitchen freezer, before taking off.
Inez took a bite of her ice cream sandwich. "Are you sure Jackie is in Happily Ever After?"
"I'm pretty sure, since the note she left was on top of a Rapunzel book, and I'm pretty sure Hacker won't read that," Slider answered, a bit irritated.
Matt looked at a gold watch on his left wrist. "Well, we better find her soon. The Radopolis Grand Prix starts in an hour and a half."
"I'm sure we'll find her," Digit said, unsure of what to say. "I hope."
Slider groaned. "Well, if a certain someone wasn't eavesdropping yesterday, we would be at the Radopolis Grand Prix, with no problems on our hands!"
"Ugh, will you quit taunting me!?" Inez cried. "I said I was sorry!"
Matt put his index finger on his left hand up. "Uh, Nezzie, you actually didn't apologize at all."
Inez scowled at Matt. "Don't call me Nezzie! Put a sock in it!"
Matt smirked. "Do you know you look really cute when you're ticked off?"
"Ugh!" Inez cried, slapping her forehead.
It wasn't long until they arrived in Happily Ever After. They finished their sweet ice cream sandwiches, before they entered through the secret entrance through the Happily Ever After sky wall and parked their orange Cybercoupe in town square.
"Okay," Jake said, hopping out of the Cybercoupe. "What do we do now?"
Slider acted fast, for the sake of the girl he loved. "Let's split up, I'll check around the tower."
Matt nodded. "I'll check the castle with Jake."
"We'll look around town," Digit said, speaking for himself and Inez.
With that, they headed in different directions. Matt and Jake sprinted for the castle, while Digit activated his propeller tail and flew into town after Inez. Slider straightened his team jersey, before walking towards one of the tallest towers on the entire Cybersite.
Slider was a bit worried that they wouldn't make it back in time for the Radopolis Grand Prix, let alone find Jackie at all. He didn't want her to think he had a bad personality now. Ad now, she was leading them all around Cyberspace on a wild goose chase.
He decided to call her on his skwak pad, hoping she would answer. That would give him some time to convince her that he wasn't the one she should be mad at, at the moment. He pulled out his skwak pad from his right shorts pocket and called her.
After several beeps, Slider knew she wouldn't answer. The only reply he got was an answering machine.
"This is Jackie," the answering machine said. "Do the message thing."
After a beep sounded, ending the voice message, Slider sighed, slipping his skwak pad back into his right shorts pocket.
He finally reached the tall tower next to a large wooden carriage of hay. He thought Jackie could be sitting at the top of the tower inside, doing anything to keep her mind off him. Slider checked the window at the top of the tower. Besides bars, there was nothing else.
As he approached the door to the tower to search inside, he noticed dust being swept out the open tower door, forming clouds of dust in the air, practically suffocating him.
He coughed, repeatedly, waving his hands in the air to disperse the clouds of dust. At the same time, he managed to make his way through the dusty clouds to the door, where he found the source of the dusty clouds themselves.
By the entrance to the tower was none other than Wicked. She was still dressed in her usual purple witch cape and matching tall purple pointy hat, but they were covered with dust as well. She was sweeping the bottom of the stairs, continuously, with her magic flying broom.
"Whoa, Wicked, what's with the cleaning?" Slider asked, coughing in between words.
Wicked sighed, still sweeping. "Well, brat, there was a time when I almost broke Happily Ever After's glass sky wall, with my high-pitched singing. It almost broke, so as punishment, I have to clean this tower for life."
"Well, you deserve it," Slider thought, smirking. "Do you mind if I look inside the tower?"
Wicked raised a red eyebrow. "Why?"
Slider sighed, hating to tell an evil witch about your personal life. "To make a long story short Wicked, Jackie ran away because of someone's fault and I have to find her."
"Oh, your girlfriend!" Wicked spat, spitting out the word, as if it was poison. She couldn't find Mr. Perfect for her social life, and creating one didn't turn out so well either. "Well don't let me stand in your way!"
She moved aside; still scowling at him, as he made my way into the tower. He felt her glaring at him, as if her eyes were like daggers stabbing him in the back. Hey, it's not his fault she doesn't have someone special that loves her.
Slider climbed up the stone spiral staircase, getting a bit dizzy every time he went around. He eventually made it to the top, panting hard. Climbing a tall tower by a spiral staircase was no walk in the park.
At the top of the tower was a small room. There was a bed in the corner, next to the window with the bars, with dirty white pillows and a patched pink blanket. The window's ledge was covered with curly blonde strands of hair – possibly Rapunzel's hair. Across the room from the bed was a small wooden table, with a wooden stool in front of it.
Slider sighed. "I guess she's not here. I don't get it, the Rapunzel book was a clue. She should be here."
It was then he noticed another folded up piece of paper on the wooden table. He walked over to grab it, unfold it, and read it.
I'm not here, I left already
As you can really see
I've ran away to another cybersite
To see Mary Pat and Britney
Slider thought for a moment, about the second clue Jackie left behind. She went to another Cybersite, to see Mary Pat and Britney, two famous twin celebrities. It didn't take long to figure out which cybersite in Cyberspace was home to many celebrities.
Just then, the sound of a loud door slamming shut echoed throughout the tower. Slider had a feeling what had happened. Now, he had two reasons to call Digit, Jake, Matt, and Inez.
He looked out the window, clutching the bars with his hands. Wicked was walking away from the tower outside, dragging her broom with her, looking satisfied that her work in the tower was done, for now.
Reaching into his right shorts pocket again, he pulled out his skwak pad and called the others.
Meanwhile, Digit and Inez met up with Jake and Matt in town square again, where they parked their orange Cybercoupe. With the depressed looks on their faces, they probably didn't find Jackie, or any clues leading to her.
"I can't believe we didn't find her," Inez said, leaning against the hood of the Cybercoupe.
Jake was looking at the watch on his left wrist. "Well, we better hurry, the Radopolis Grand Prix starts in an hour."
Just as they were losing hope, someone rang inside of Matt's right jeans pocket. Hoping Slider found Jackie or a clue used to find her, Matt reached into his right jeans pocket and pulled out his skwak pad to answer it.
"Hello?" he greeted, politely. "Oh, hey, Slider, did you find Jackie?"
"No, but I found a clue to where she is now," he answered.
Upon hearing the news, Jake high-fived Digit. "Yes!"
Inez's face brightened "Way to go, Slider! Let's go get her!"
"Duh, we better get going!" Slider replied. "But first things first."
Matt raised a red eyebrow. "What's that?" There was a reply. "Look at the tower?"
Along with Digit, Jake, and Inez, Matt turned towards the right from where they were standing. In the direction they were looking in were a tall stone tower, and a locked up Slider inside.
Inez immediately took charge and led everyone towards the tower. "Hang on, Slider, we're coming!"
Meanwhile, in Gollywood, home of Cyberspace's most famous celebrities, Jackie was walking down a street, her head hung low. But she lifted her head up when a tour bus carrying tourists passed by. Along the side of the tour bus was an advertisement for the Radopolis Grand Prix, featuring Slider – captain of the Radopolis Racing Radsters.
That made Jackie even more upset. She needed something to drink. She needed someone to talk to. And she knew where in Gollywood she would be able to take care of both of her needs.
She went around the street corner, approaching a drink bar. The building was surrounded by paparazzi, with flashing cameras and microphones. And you couldn't blame them; the cybersite of Gollywood is full with celebrities out in public.
Jackie pushed through the large crowd to the entrance to the drink bar. "Excuse me, Jackie coming through!"
She made it to the entrance and entered the restaurant. Since it wasn't so busy there, she ordered a mango smoothie, and paced around the restaurant, sipping as she went.
"Hey, Jackie!" a female voice called.
Jackie turned around to look at who called her. It was Mary Pat and Britney, the teenage twin celebrities of Cyberspace. They were sitting at a table near the back of the restaurant, away from the windows, where the paparazzi were trying to take pictures of them.
Britney was sipping a strawberry milkshake, drinking what looked like an orange smoothie. She was dressed in an orange sleeveless knee-high sundress, and matching orange high espadrilles. Her wavy green hair flowed down to her mid back. She waved at Jackie with her right hand.
Her twin sister Mary Pat was sitting across from her, drinking what looked like a strawberry milkshake. She was wearing a pink spaghetti-strap midriff, blue jean miniskirt, and matching pink high heel sandals. Her long green hair flowed down to her mid back. She moved over, so Jackie could sit down.
Jackie sat down next to Mary Pat, smiling. "Hey, Mary Pat, what's up Britney?"
"Like, what's up with you and your totally hot boyfriend?" Britney asked. "You're, like, the luckiest girl in Cyberspace!"
Jackie sighed. "You mean ex-boyfriend."
Mary Pat raised a green eyebrow. "Like, what are you talking about girl?"
"He was going to dump me after the Radopolis Grand Prix," Jackie explained, as the green-haired twins listened attentively. "My best friend Inez told me she overheard Slider telling Matt the whole thing."
Britney's smile turned upside down. "Oh, your poor thing."
Jackie waved her right hand in the air as if it didn't bother her. "It's alright. I dumped Slider ahead of time and ran away. Oh, and I gave him back the Cyberdiamond ring he gave me. It means nothing to me anymore."
"But what about the Radopolis Grand Prix?" Mary Pat asked, looking at her manicured French tips. "Britney and I were going to go to that stupid race just to see you and Slider. Doesn't the team need you?"
Jackie nodded. "The team does. Slider doesn't."
"Where are they now anyway?" Britney asked, curiously.
Jackie rolled her eyes. "They're probably out looking for me. And if I'm right, they've found my clues and are heading here now as we speak."
"Why'd you leave behind clues if you don't want them to, like, find you?" Mary Pat asked.
"If Slider still cares about me, and he probably doesn't'," Jackie began to explain. "He shouldn't be at the Radopolis Grand Prix. I want to see if he still cares."
Britney sipped her orange smoothie. "And what if he totally doesn't?"
Jackie put down her empty smoothie glass on the table. She reached into her right red miniskirt pocket and pulled out a folded up piece of paper. "Oh, well, let's just wait and see."
Mary Pat took the folded piece of paper from Jackie. "Like, what's this for?"
Jackie stood up and prepared to leave. "It's just in case they show up. You know what to do." She wiggled her fingers on her right hand at the twins. "Later, girls."
The twins watched her exit the restaurant, pulling out her skwak pad out of her right red miniskirt pocket.
After a quick call to Motherboard, she darted into the alley next to the juice bar, where an oval purple portal opened, glowing brightly. She glanced at a Radopolis Grand Prix poster on the side wall of the juice bar, featuring Slider next to his orange Cybercoupe.
Jackie sighed. "He's not coming after me. I knew it."
With that, she hopped into the portal, as it closed behind her.
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