A/N: Words with number in brackets has a definition at the end of the chapter.

Don't own Cyberchase.

Insanity

Kawaii Stella

Chapter Two

Freak Out

~The Northern Frontier~

Hacker, after feeling such satisfaction from the completion of his sinister device, had slept in until 9:30 a.m. He woke up refreshed, knowing that his plan was already in action and all he had to do was sit at his control monitor and tell his device what to do. When he got up, Hacker was very eager to see if his little weapon had done any significant damage yet. So, with his breakfast in hand Hacker sat in his recharger chair and hacked his way into Control Central's security system.

No, Hacker wasn't trying to shut Motherboard down. Not today at least. Today Hacker was more interested in watching this morning's footage. He wanted to watch Marbles freak out after he saw little baby Dove. Hacker rewound the footage until he saw Marbles go into the kitchen. Hacker was delighted at how disturbed Marbles had become. It simply made his morning. The footage advanced to show the hallway outside of Marbles' bedroom after Marbles had dressed. Hacker knew exactly what Marbles had seen; Hacker had programmed it! To Hacker, it was wonderful that something so little had caused his creator and nemesis so much pain.

As Hacker took a bite of his muffin he remembered the first time he met Dove Shovat. It had been just a few days after Hacker had been brought online.

*Flashback*

Hacker, just days old but with the appearance of a teenager, was finishing helping his creator rewire a part of Motherboard's circuitry. It was late in the evening, perhaps around seven thirty to eight o'clock. Earlier Dr. Marbles had left Hacker to work on the wiring himself while the Doctor went to take care of something in his housing sector. Hacker had had no difficulty with the task and Marbles hadn't been gone long. As the two finished their project the large door to the Control Room opened and a small figure entered the room. It was a small girl with shoulder length silvery white hair and large blue eyes. She was dressed in a pink nightgown and held a tattered stuffed Squirtle[1].

"Golly gee, who's that?" the young Hacker asked.

"Dove! Why are you out of bed?" Marbles asked his little sister who had walked over to him.

"I can't sleep," Dove said as her big brother picked her up into his arms. "It's too quiet without Chazz." She informed her brother then noticed Hacker. "Who are you?"

"Oh! I forgot that I've not introduced you yet," Marbles said. "Dove, this is my new assistant Hacker. Hacker, this is my baby sister Dove."

'Baby sister?' Hacker thought to himself. 'That's not possible is it? The girl is obviously human while her "brother" is a cyborg. Dr. Marbles is a cyborg, isn't he?'

"Uh, hello there," Hacker told the little girl. The girl furrowed her brow at Hacker. Hacker could tell that the little girl didn't quite know what to think of him.

"Hi," Dove said to Hacker then yawned.

"It's way past your bedtime," Marbles told his little sister. "Hacker, we're done for the day, why don't you go back to your quarters and get some rest?" Marbles said then addressed his sister again. "Come on, Dove, let's get you back to bed. We're just going to have to find a way for you to get to sleep without your twin in the room now aren't we?"

Dr. Marbles took his baby sister back to their housing sector where he put her back to bed. As Hacker went to his own quarters he knew he had to find out some information on his creator. The main question was if Marbles was cyborg or human. He certainly looked like a cyborg but was his appearance nothing but a disguise? For days Hacker debated whether to go through Marbles' files, ask Motherboard, or just ask Dr. Marbles himself. After much debate Hacker decided to just go through Marbles' records.

However, it turned out he wouldn't have to go through the records. Hacker was asked to watch Dove and her twin Chazz for twenty minutes until Marbles' older brother arrived to take the two home. Marbles' brother was running late and Dr. Marbles had a date with his girlfriend Ada. When Hacker arrived at Marbles' housing sector he found that Dr. Marbles appeared human! No part of a cyborg could be found in the man's appearance, although Dr. Marbles appeared to be no more than seventeen. Dove also appeared very different! Her hair was now jet black like her twin's. When Marbles left the children with Hacker, he started to ask them questions.

Through his questioning Hacker found out that Dr. Marbles was not a cyborg at all, rather he was a vampire; as was most of his family. Also, Hacker had learned that Dr. Marbles was seventeen years old. That was just about all Hacker learned from the two five year olds.

Before she left with Marbles' older brother, Dove told Hacker straight out, "I don't like you. You are an evil, evil man with a black heart."

'So, that's how she feels about me," young Hacker thought to himself. 'She's right, but I don't think her brother will suspect a thing.'

*END FLASHBACK*

"And he never did suspect a thing," Hacker told himself and laughed evilly. "The truth had hit him in the face like a, well a sledgehammer!" That sent Hacker into another frenzy of laughter.

Buzz and Delete, who had entered the room, had no idea what was going on.

"Why is a sledgehammer so funny boss?" Buzz asked.

"Does it have to do with that little girl?" Delete asked.

"Yes boys, it does have to do with that little girl. A sledgehammer has to do with the reason why Dr. Marbles hates me so much. I'll explain later. Now I do believe I'll send Dr. Marbles another surprise at work."

Hacker typed input into his computer and sent the first of a new series of holographic Doves to mess with Dr. Marbles' mind. He decided to mess with his mind even more and made the holographic- Doves even more realistic by changing her hair and eye colors just as the little metamorphagus[2] had done all those years ago. Hacker sent the first Dove of this series into Control Central. He kept the security footage on screen so he could kick back, relax, and watch Marbles lose it piece by piece.

~CONTROL CENTRAL~

It was now noon in Cyberspace and Dr. Marbles was on edge already. It seemed like everywhere he went he either heard or saw a shadow of Dove. He ate his lunch in peace; focusing on the tasks ahead of him this afternoon. In actuality, he only had one large task left for the day. He, along with Digit, had to go underground to fix the wiring, pipes, and circuits that controlled Motherboard's cooling tank. At twelve thirty Dr. Marbles descended the ladder underground where he met Digit. The two walked to the tank where the pipes and things needed to be fixed.

Marbles started by fixing and replacing wires as needed, Digit assisting as needed. Secondly he checked the circuits, noting which ones were faulty or broken so they could be replaced once the pipes were mended. Marbles crawled under the pipes so he could mend them. So many of the cooling pipes were leaky and rusted, it left Marbles no choice but to shut off the cooling system temporarily. Shutting off the cooling system would be very dangerous to Motherboard's system if it was left off very long. Marbles had to work fast to fix all of the pipes that needed to be fixed before Motherboard's system would be harmed beyond repair.

Within an hour's time Marbles had all the pipes repaired and he had Digit turn on the system once again. For a few minutes Marbles stayed under the pipes to make sure that none busted. When all the pipes worked fine, Marbles slid out from beneath the piping. He then got up on his feet to repair the circuits. Marbles went to pry off the first circuit when Dove, with blonde hair this time, popped up from behind the circuit board monitor yelling, "Peek-a-boo!"

"Ahhhhh!" Marbles screamed, falling on his rear in fright.

"Doc, what's wrong?" Digit asked, coming to Marbles' side.

"I-it was Dove! She was right there! Didn't you hear her too?"

"What are you talking about, doc? There's no one else here but you and me."

Marbles looked back to see that indeed there was no one else there. He couldn't believe it. She was there, she yelled peek-a-boo; just like she used to when she wanted to surprise him when he was working. Was this all a dream? No, Marbles assured himself that he was indeed in the present by pinching himself. Despite his utter confusion as to why he kept seeing his baby sister, Marbles still had a job to do.

"Must've been a trick of the light," Marbles said to Digit. "Soldering Pen, please Digit."

Digit gave the pen to Dr. Marbles and as he did Digit realized just how much Dr. Marbles was freaking out over this. It seemed like it wasn't the first time the doc had "seen" Dove today. Digit had never seen Dr. Marbles this freaked out and skittish. Digit accidentally dropped a screwdriver and Marbles jumped a foot into the air. It worried the cyboid deeply. If the Doc wasn't out of this funk by tomorrow, Digit was going to call the Cybersquad for help.

Terms:

[1]: If you have never watched Pokémon before, Squirtle is the water type starter Pokémon from Kanto which looks like a little blue turtle.

[2]: Metamorphagus: A term I think I picked up from reading Harry Potter. A metamorphagus is a person who can change their appearance at will.