Byte looked out her window with a slight smirk on her face. She sighed slightly as she grew bored of what she saw: the blue skies filled with the white smoke from the fighter planes. After a moment or two, she headed over to her radio. It was a silver, black and red radio…compliments of the Technos. She smiled slightly as she turned it on and the CD began to play.

"Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games," the stereo yelled. She took a seat on her bed and flipped through a magazine fairly quickly. She sighed slightly, growing bored of whatever she was looking at. The pictures were all the same and the articles were nothing but a bunch of words that simply turned into noise once read. Suddenly, she heard a faint knock. "What," she called out with a sigh.

"It's Siva."

Byte opened the door for her and smirked. "What is it?" she asked. After Siva walked in, she closed the door behind her. "Come to talk?"

"Yes." Siva looked at her apprehensively and sat down next to her, "You have to promise not to tell anyone."

Byte shook her head. "I'll only promise if we have a deal. You tell me whatever it is that's on your mind, but then you do something for me. Is that fair enough?"

"Sure, but it better not be anything stupid."

Byte smirked as a chuckle escaped from her lips. "No it won't be. I can make sure of that."

"Fine, what I wanted to tell you is that," she paused for a moment, somewhat reluctant to tell Byte. "I'm seeing a virt…well Lex."

She glanced at Siva. She wasn't surprised at all due to the fact that Siva didn't hide it very well. Headaches and illness could only last the girl so long until someone caught on. Although she was disappointed, she couldn't deny that she was scared for Siva. If Ram found out…God knows what he'd do to her. She looked at her blankly and smirked. "I know," she finally muttered.

Siva was taken aback. "How did Byte know? Was I really that obvious?" she thought. "How'd you know? Please tell me no one else knows," she finally said.

"Siv, it's only obvious. Every time you fake something, I can see right through it. Remember, I've known you for quite a while and Java has too. You need to be careful about it. I can tell you right here right now that people are growing suspicious, especially your sister. Good news is Ram's clueless."

She nodded then sighed. "Alright, now what can I do for you?"

Byte shrugged then laughed. "I was just joking, Siv. Just be careful out there; you never know about these virts…and Ram."

"I'll be careful, don't worry. Besides, shouldn't I be telling you that? You are like my little sister after all."

"Okay, now get out of my room." Byte sighed softly as she opened the door for her. She smiled slightly then shook her head, "See you later, big sis."

Flashback

"Leave Robert! Go ahead and leave, I don't care for you anymore! Get out of my house!" Byte's mother, Jane, yelled. Her fiery red colored hair now reflected the anger she emitted. She glared at the small girl in the corner of the kitchen then threw a plate at Robert.

"Go ahead and take that adopted little bitch with you!" Jane screamed. She grabbed Byte by the wrist and glared at her, her face twisted with anger. "I don't want you anymore. I didn't even want you in the first place. I was supposed to have a real baby of my own! And you took that away from me! Go on, leave. See if your real mother will take you back!"

Byte stared up at Jane, trying to absorb the information. For a five year old, that was a lot of info. Her soft grey eyes began to well up with tears and she began to cry. She tore away from Jane and ran out of the house to catch up with Robert, who was already in his black Jeep. She climbed up the bumper and tried to hang on as he started the car. She watched him come out of the car and finally he pried her away from the car. He knelt down and held the small girl. "You have to stay here…she needs you…" she heard him say. She refused to believe him though. Once he tore away from her she was left alone on the driveway.

"Daddy come back! I promise I'll be a good girl, just take me with you! I promise daddy, I promise!" she yelled. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she watched the black Jeep make its way down the street. She wanted to run after him but she knew he'd take her right back to her so-called mother. "Daddy!" she wailed, begging for him to return. She collapsed on the hard concrete of the driveway and cried. She glanced at her surroundings and found the front door shut. She hugged her knees as she continued to cry.

From afar, Siva witnessed the whole thing. She heard what Jane said to the small girl and watched that father just leave her. She looked over to her and found that the girl reminded her of someone close to her. Therefore, she didn't hesitate to walk up to the kid. Besides she figured that Jane wouldn't be coming out any time soon to take the girl back. She bravely walked over and sat down next to the girl. "You alright, kiddo?" she asked.

Byte looked up at Siva, sniffling as her eyes were red and puffy from the crying. "No one wants me."

Siva sighed and pulled Byte on to her lap. "No…don't say that. I'm sure things will get better."

"My real mommy didn't want me…this one doesn't want me either," she said quietly. "Was I bad?" she asked as she looked up at Siva.

"No…I think your real mommy just wanted a better life for you that's all. You're a good kid, Byte." She looked down at the kid and sighed softly. The way these people treated this girl just made her angry. Byte didn't deserve what these people did to her; she didn't deserve to be yelled at or left to fend for herself. She looked up at Byte's house and found Jane staring at her with a lit cigarette in her hand. Jane whipped the curtains shut and walked out of the room. This was her queue to finally say something to Jane. "Just remember, Byte, there are good people in the world that will take care of you."

End of Flashback

Byte got up from her bed after a few moments and walked out into the hall way. She spotted Max standing at the end of the hall. He had thick, wavy, light brown hair that was styled in such a way so that some of it came over his eyes while the rest layered over each other. He looked to be about her age, maybe a year or two older. He peered over at her with deep set green eyes just as a smile grew over his face with a dimple at the corner of his mouth creasing.

But just as he was about to walk over, Java stepped right out in front of him. "Byte! Ram wants to see you, kid." she called out then moved in front of her. She paused for a moment and caught Byte staring at the guy behind her. "You, Cadet, get outta here." Java said to him and he left.

"Java…" Byte whined.

"Sorry kid, work before play." She laughed as she guided Byte down the halls, sneaking a glare at the guy as they passed.

"So what did Ram-" Byte looked around for a moment and figured that this was yet another ploy from Java just to get her alone.

Java took a seat on one of the random chairs out in the hallway and sighed. "Okay, kid. I have to come right out and ask you something."

"No Java, I'm not gonna marry you." Byte replied sarcastically.

She glared at Byte then smiled slightly, surprisingly finding her little joke funny. "I just wanted to ask you if you knew something about Siva."

"What do you mean?"

"Well for one, she's nowhere to be found and if we ever see her, she's distracted with something else. Do you know what's up? I mean…do you know what she's been doing?"

Byte sat down next to Java and smirked. "Yeah, I do. I can tell you who she's been doing actually. You have to keep it discreet though. She doesn't want anyone knowing."

Java raised a brow then folded her hands in her lap, "Alright fine. Who is she seeing?"

"Sheriff boy Lex."

"And how do you know this, miss?"

Byte smiled and shrugged. "I have my own ways of snooping."