A/N: Hey guys! Here's chapter four. Only one chapter left to go and I'm almost done with it! I'd like to say thank you for all of the support given for this story along with the support for my other Cyberchase fanfictions. You guys rock! Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer! Read, Review, and Enjoy! ~Kawaii
Insanity
Kawaii Stella
Chapter Four
Intervention
Out of his room Marbles ran like a crazed animal that had just been released from its cage for the first time in ages. He ran from room to room, trying to catch the source of the giggling that haunted his ears. With his feet only clad in cotton socks Marbles slipped and slid across the floors. He bumped and ran into end tables and shelves, knocking things to the ground. The glass picture frames shattered as they crashed to the floor. Marbles, so set on trying to catch his disappearing sister, had no idea that his escapade was being heard from outside by Digit.
Digit heard glass shatter into tiny shards and distant shouts from inside Marbles' housing sector as he walked past. Digit hadn't been able to sleep well because he couldn't stop thinking about how freaked out Dr. Marbles had been that afternoon. Digit was going to check on Marbles to see if he was doing any better. Now Digit knew Marbles was far from fine. He needed an intervention. Soon.
Flying back to his own quarters Digit thought about who he should call. Rather, who would Marbles listen to? Digit knew where Marbles kept his spare address book with all of his family members' phone numbers. It was in the top left hand drawer of the desk in the workshop. Digit had gotten the book as he went back to his quarters. Now he flipped through the pages, trying to determine which one Marbles would listen to.
Should Marbles' father, Sartorius, be brought in? Sartorius was a voice of reason; maybe Marbles would listen to him. However, Marbles claimed to be seeing Dove, so perhaps he would listen to her twin brother. That seemed like a plan. Digit flipped to Chazz's phone number. He dialed it, and waited for Chazz to answer.
"Hello?"
"Chazz! I'm so glad you picked up!"
"Digit? What do you want? It's late and I'm kind of in the middle of something."
Digit could hear the sounds of a video game in the background.
"Your brother, he's gone off the deep end!" Digit exclaimed.
"Yeah, so; what else is new?"
"No, I'm serious! He keeps saying that he's seeing Dove!"
"Wait, what? For real?"
"Yeah, and now he's running around like a maniac trying to catch her."
"Is she really there?" Chazz asked, doubting the possibility himself.
"I don't think so because he said something about a little girl. Can you come out tomorrow and talk some sense into him?"
"Yeah, I'll be there first thing," Chazz promised before hanging up.
As promised, Chazz showed up early the next morning. The Cybersquad arrived early too, as Digit had also called them incase Chazz needed extra help. The Cybersquad couldn't help but look at the handsome teenager. Not just because of his looks, but because of how familiar he looked.
"Guys, this is Chazz," Digit said to the Cybersquad. "Chazz, this is the Cybersquad."
"It's nice to meet you. My brother speaks highly of you." Chazz said.
Chazz, sixteen, looked remarkably like his brother today. Black hair framed his face where his grey eyes assessed the three kids. Chazz stood at five feet seven and was rather slender. He wore dark wash jeans and black shoes along with a dark navy button up with the top buttons undone; the sleeves of the black suit jacket were rolled up to his elbows, showing that he was well built. Chazz, like his sister, was a metamorphagus. Even with his appearance as such he still somehow undoubtedly looked just like his twin. Perhaps that was why Chazz looked so unknowingly familiar to Matt.
Chazz was very smart and knew Control Central almost as well as his brother or father. The place hadn't changed much at all since Chazz had been a child, although he knew it was amazingly different from when his father was young.
"I don't know what's really going on with my brother, but I'm going to get to the bottom of this." Chazz told the others.
"What's going on exactly?" Jackie asked.
"Well, according to Digit, Marbles is claiming that he's seeing Dove around here." Chazz said, running a hand through his hair.
"Who's Dove?" Matt asked.
"My twin sister."
"Why didn't she come here with you if Dr. Marbles says that he's seeing her?" asked Inez confusedly.
"Sis doesn't remember us and she doesn't live in Aldenmor with us. None of us except Mom and Dad have seen her over the past decade. It's rough; it's not an easy thing for twins to be separated." Chazz said sadly.
Chazz's sadness over the matter left the other four silent. They wanted to know more, but couldn't bring themselves to ask their questions.
"Well, I should go check on the maniac." Chazz said before leaving the main room to go into his brother's quarters.
Inside the sector where his brother resided, Chazz found everything rather in order. Digit had told Chazz that he had heard the sounds of glass shattering near the door last night. Now Chazz saw no glass. A reasonable part of Marbles' brain must have surfaced again and convinced him to clean up his mess. Despite the tidiness of the sector Chazz still expected Marbles to be in an awful state, so when he finally found his brother, Chazz was rather shocked.
Chazz found his brother sitting at the kitchen table in full order, calmly drinking his morning coffee.
"Ah, good morning, Chazz; I didn't expect to see you here." Marbles said normally, like nothing was wrong. "Why don't you have a seat, I'd like to talk to you." Marbles motioned to the chair across from him. Chazz sat, wary of the coming speech.
"So, uh, what's up?" Chazz asked.
"Chazz this sounds crazy, but she's here."
Chazz already knew whom Marbles spoke of, but went along anyway. "Who's here?" Chazz asked.
"Dove! She showed up yesterday morning. She was running around all last night; she's probably found somewhere to curl up and rest by now. The little dickens just doesn't want to be caught! She's still as sneaky as ever; she hides in the little nooks and crannies I'm too big to reach. Do you remember the little nook behind the library downstairs where you two used to hide? She gotten back there no less than three times."
"Listen bro, you have to calm down. Dove's sixteen, same as me. There's no way she could've gotten back there. How could she have gotten back there?"
"Because somehow she's five again!"
"What? That's not possible Marbles, you know it. She was taken away."
"But I saw her Chazz; I did." Marbles' tone was sad and pleading. He believed his words.
"I don't doubt you did see her, but she's not really here."
"Then why am I seeing her Chazz?"
"I don't know, but you can't go on like this. Digit called me last night saying that is sounded like a wild animal got loose up here."
"I did go a little crazy last night… trying to catch her."
"Maybe you should take some time off. You've not been home in a long time and Mom would love to see you. Go somewhere, relax for a while."
"Maybe I should; but first I need to know why I'm seeing her."
"I'll help you," Chazz agreed before the too familiar Hacker Alert went off.
Chazz and Marbles rushed into the Control Room to be greeted by a transmission from, you guessed it, the Hacker. Hacker was in the Spheres of Fears, and behind him, in a cage, to Chazz's surprise, was little five year old Dove. Now Chazz knew what was going on. The only thing was: he didn't think that Marbles realized that it was Hacker behind this whole thing.
Chazz was correct in his suspicion. Marbles immediately set out to stop Hacker and save Dove himself. Now it was up to Chazz to convince his brother that the little Dove he kept seeing was not real before Marbles did anything extremely rash, which almost seemed inevitable.
