A/N: Can it be? The last chapter of Insanity? Yes, it is. This chapter is a teeny bit dark and a little bit horrific, but I don't think it's too bad. But if you become squeamish easily, don't eat while reading this chapter. Also, this chapter shows to NEVER play with guns. You'll see why.

I'd like to give a very special thankies to Elena McVoy, who helped me with the ending. She's becoming quite the queen of suspense!

Well, on with the show and I hope you'll return for the fourth installment in the Things Unknown Saga, Tales of Infinity! Review please!

Insanity

Kawaii Stella

Chapter Five

Confrontations

Together, Chazz and Marbles took the two seat Cyber-Coupe to the notoriously known spears of fears. The Cybersquad had stayed behind, wisely letting the two brothers figure this out by themselves. It didn't take long for the two to find where Hacker had landed. Marbles and Chazz hid in the brush, taking in their surroundings before they went any further.

Marbles was too preoccupied looking for Dove to notice what Chazz noticed. Chazz saw a small, almost invisible projector protruding from the side of the Grim Wreaker. Chazz mentally followed the line of projection and, sure enough, at the end of the line, was a little version of his twin sister in a cage. Chazz was appalled by the cruelness of it all.

Chazz hated Hacker almost as much as his brother. Especially after what Hacker had done to Dove. It was his twin sister Hacker had hurt in attempt to murder their brother. Chazz knew all about the attempt to take over Cyberspace not so long ago, then trying to kill his father, his brother and his probably soon-to-be sister in law, and the Cybersquad. Chazz didn't understand why Marbles didn't shut Hacker down when he had the chance.

Out of all his siblings, Chazz knew it was Marbles he looked up to the most. Marbles had taught Chazz a lot and had always been there for him. Now it was Chazz's turn to be there for Marbles. Chazz wasn't about to let Hacker drive Marbles to his end.

"I'm going to go check things out." Chazz told Marbles.

"Great idea, Chazz; I'm going to keep an eye on Dove." Marbles said. His tone had an almost hysterical edge to it.

That hysterical tone scared Chazz to death. He had never seen Marbles like this before. Sure, Chazz had seen his brother's temper flare. (Actually, all Shovat's had a bit of stubbornness and a temper buried in them.) But NEVER had Chazz seen his brother so messed up. Chazz knew now just how much Hacker's attack on Dove still haunted Marbles. Chazz had to stop this once and for all.

Chazz snuck away to the Grim Wreaker to shut off that projector. Unbeknownst to Chazz, Hacker saw Chazz sneak towards his ship but Hacker didn't care. Hacker took this as his chance to take down his mentally weakened creator. Hacker called Marbles via video conversation.

"What do you want now Hacker?" Marbles snapped upon answering the call.

"The same thing as always, my dear Dr. Marbles: I want complete and utter control of Cyberspace."

"Never!"

"Oh, I don't believe you have a choice in this matter. See?" Hacker said as he moved the camera to show Dove in her cage. The little thing appeared terrified beyond her wit.

"Marbles, please! Please help me! Get me outta here! I wanna go home!" The little girl cried.

"Give me control of Cyberspace and she will remain unharmed." Hacker bargained.

Marbles growled and furiously disconnected the communication line. He grudgingly made his way to Hacker's location. He didn't want to give up Cyberspace, but Dove was his priority. Marbles heard a loud crash and immediately his thoughts jumped to that Dove had been hurt or she was in deeper in danger. Marbles took off at a sprint and quickly made it to the clearing where Hacker waited. There was a light fog over the ground; this, of course was the creepiest place in Cyberspace after all.

It was a standoff for several minutes. Neither one talked; they stared at each other with intense disgust of the other. However, Hacker's facial expression was the slightest bit smug; he knew he had the upper hand here. The silence was eventually broken by a slew of cursing from Chazz, who had been caught by Buzz and Delete.

"Stupid robots! Let me go now!" Chazz commanded as he was escorted up next to Hacker.

"Shut it wills ya?" Buzz barked.

"Now, will you give me what I want now?" Hacker asked again.

Marbles stood silent.

"You really don't have a choice; I have both the twins." Hacker gloated.

"Don't do it, bro! That's not Dove and you know it! Dove's sixteen, not five and she's not been here since you," Chazz sneered at Hacker. "Almost killed her!"

"Don't be foolish child," Hacker smirked. "Don't you know your own twin sister when you see her?"

"No Hacker, YOU are the fool, not I. There is no way in the world that Dove could be five again. If you wanted to trick everyone, you should've been smart and gotten her age correct. Oh wait, it's not possible for you be smart; you don't have a brain."

"Quiet! You will not talk to The Hacker that way!" Hacker barked. "Besides, neither of you could ever prove she's a fake."

"Oh yeah?" Chazz then quickly back kicked Buzz and Delete's legs out from beneath them. They fell to the ground in a heap and even neither Hacker nor Marbles expected what Chazz did next.

Chazz, from inside his coat, pulled out a pistol. With excellent marksmanship he took out the projector in one shot. With the projector gone, the little blue eyed girl vanished into the thin air. Finally, Marbles' head cleared substantially.

"You fail again, Hacker." Marbles said. "I can't believe how foolish I was to fall for your trap. However, I am no longer at the mercy of you cruel tricks." Chazz now stood at Marbles' side.

"Think again." Hacker said. He clicked a small remote and a new projection was created. It showed security footage from the end of May, a decade ago.

The footage had been copied from Control Central's database, although Marbles didn't know how. This specific segment of footage had been taken from the records. The only known copies were in the hands of Marbles and Chazz's father. Sartorius was also the only one who had watched it; he hadn't let any of his children see this disturbing footage.

The footage was of that fateful day. It showed as Hacker waited in the dim hallway in Marbles' sector. Then a shadow began to grow from the other direction. Hacker had hidden to where, as Dove came around the corner, she couldn't see him. The strike had been meant for Marbles; Hacker had planned to sadistically beat Marbles to death but everything went wrong. The footage seemed to go in slow motion now. The sledgehammer swinging with the force that should have sent Marbles to the floor; instead it sent the poor little girl flying after the steel collided with her left shoulder. She flew into the old fashioned radiator which inflicted many gashes and a slight concussion. Ever so slowly, Dove fell onto her stomach as her blood pooled around her as Hacker ran away and Marbles came to her aid in a panic. Marbles frantically tried to stop the flow of blood which coated his hands, pants, and shirt. Soon after, Sartorius appeared, appalled at the sight before him will desperately trying to save his daughter.

That was how it happened. Chazz and Marbles faces had paled to a ghastly white at what they had just seen. Their emotions went from shock, to sadness to anger in a matter of seconds. They didn't want to accept the reality of what they had just seen, but they knew it had happened. The brothers wanted revenge and Hacker was outnumbered. His henchmen had fainted during the video. Chazz readied his gun again as to his surprise, Marbles brought out his own.

"Give it up, Hacker. It's over." Marbles said.

"I will never give up!" Hacker defied as he threw a weighed rope like a boomerang, catching Chazz around the legs.

Chazz couldn't keep balance and fell against his brother, causing an unforeseen chain of reactions. As Chazz fell onto Marbles, Marbles lost his own stance and stumbled. That caused him to accidentally pull the trigger of his gun. The bullet did not hit Hacker, but instead it the electric box a foot and a half behind him. The arcs of electricity that flew from the box enveloped Hacker and quickly fried his hard drive, thus deactivating him for good.

Marbles and Chazz were stunned yet relieved at the outcome of this chain reaction. Marbles freed his little brother and left the Cybersite for Control Central, leaving Buzz and Delete to take care of the mess. By law, the Grim Wreaker fell into their hands anyway.

The news of Hacker's demise was welcomed with glee. Although Motherboard's virus still needed to be cured, celebrations erupted. Every cybersite known, minus one nearly uninhabited one, celebrated their freedom from Hacker's havoc. For the first time in a long time, the citizens of Cyberspace could live in peace without fear. Things grew increasingly better for everyone. Marbles' attitude increased tenfold. He took a two week vacation and celebrated his twenty seventh birthday with his family in Aldenmor. Afterwards he went back to work, eager to find a cure for Motherboard's virus.

As happiness consumed Cyberspace, little did Marbles, or anyone for that matter, realize what was happening in the recesses of Cyberspace. Buzz and Delete, the normally dim-witted minions of the late Hacker, were hatching a scheme some would call evil beyond their capabilities. They were putting something together. Something evil and ready for revenge, even on the most innocent of people.

THE END.

A/N: I hope you liked it! I hope to have the first chapter of Tales of Infinity up by the end of the coming week.