Byte slammed Max against the wall with a playful grin on her face. She laughed as she placed one of her hands back on the back of his head and kissed him deeply.
"Oh now you're gonna get it, Byte," Max growled as he placed his hands right below her and lifted her up.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, not once breaking their kiss. He was just about to walk back to the bed until KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! The two stared at each other, wide eyed. He put her down and led her back to his bathroom, leaving the door slightly ajar. "Quick, in here," he said as he helped her into the bathtub. He got in as well and started up the shower. Luckily the water was warm.
"Max!" Byte whispered but he placed his hand over her mouth after he heard someone enter the room.
"Max! You haven't seen Byte have you?" he heard a voice call out. It was a male's voice. He couldn't place the voice to the person so he poked his head out.
"No," he said but his eyes widened as he saw that it was Mega.
"You sure about that?" Mega asked.
"Yes," he replied calmly now.
Mega smirked then nodded to him, "See ya around." Obviously he knew something was up. He watched Max stick his head back into the shower then walked casually over to the toilet and simply pressed down on the flusher.
A rush of cold water hit Byte and Max, causing the both of them to scream out. Mega heard the two voices, walked over and whipped the shower curtain back.
The two of them stared at Mega in surprise then Max cleared his throat, "I found her…" he said, his voice trailing off with a guilty smile.
Mega glared at Max then shot a look back to Byte. "Outside, both of you," he said firmly.
Max got out first then helped Byte out. He grabbed two black towels from the rack nearby and handed her one of them.
Byte smiled slightly and wrapped the towel around her. She followed Mega out and took a seat in one of the chairs. Max as well took a seat and Mega stood in front of them.
Mega tried to gather his thoughts together but he couldn't handle the frustration he was about to express. "Byte, what the hell were you doing over here? Wait, I know what you were doin here and Max lied to me. What the hell am I gonna do with you two?" Mega sighed deeply then rubbed his forehead slightly. "Man, Byte you disappointed me and you Max…you're in for a long talk. Leave us, little sis, I want to have a talk with this guy."
Byte finally got out of Max's room. The lecture from Mega seemed like an eternity to her but she was excused early. Too bad for Max, he had to stay with him. [i]"God I hope he doesn't break."[/i]
Once she reached the outside of his room, she got rid of the black towel since it was now soaked enough to the point where it served no purpose. She however was still sopping wet. She walked down the hallway as quietly as she could in an effort to not attract any attention to herself. But to see a wet Techno was like seeing a three legged dog, it didn't happen often. She turned a corner only to find a woman coming out of Jay's room. She knew who it was instantly by the purple and black braids. She walked toward her quietly and stopped behind her. She crossed her arms. "What were you doin in there?" she asked, her voice slightly commanding.
Java jumped after hearing Byte's voice. She could have sworn she had a mild stroke because of the sudden questioning. She was still a bit flustered because of the recent events that just occurred between her and Jay. Clearly her appearance expressed what had just happened. Her face was flushed, her top was half zipped and slightly wrinkled, her phaser was on the wrong arm, her belt was unbuckled, and her boots weren't even tied. Obviously she was in some sort of rush to get out of Jay's room. She turned around slowly as she tried to think of something to say to the girl. But after seeing Byte's appearance she knew exactly what to say. "Why are you all wet?" she asked.
"I asked you first," Byte insisted.
Java crossed her arms and tried to keep her cool. She searched for a good enough lie to tell Byte but nothing was coming up. Due to the time delay, Byte finally confronted her.
"You had sex!" Byte hissed.
"Why don't you say it so the world can hear?" Java sharply replied. She took Byte by the arm and led her to a corner where the cameras couldn't catch then.
"Jay huh? I never would've thought he had it in him," Byte added.
"Must you be so vulgar, Noelle?" Java asked. "Besides it's called 'making love'."
She looked at her in the eye then chuckled, "Okay whatever, mother, you two totally did it."
Okay, the kid was right…and boy did she not regret it. She smirked slightly then stared at her daughter. "Now it's your turn," she smirked. "You certainly don't smell like chlorine…so the pool's out of the picture. Also I don't think you're stupid enough to take a shower with your clothes on. So what happened to you?"
Byte couldn't speak, like her mother she was trapped. A lie, think of a lie…oh hell. There wasn't a lie she could tell that could pass through Java since she was a damn good liar herself. Her mannerisms would give such a lie away. Quivering voice and fidgety body…yeah she thought Java would see right through it. She tried thinking once more and due to the time delay it was too late to lie about it now.
"You weren't out doin the same thing I was…were you?" Java's voice rang through her ears as she heard what she said.
"What? N…no," Byte defensively replied.
Java crossed her arms and gave Byte that "look". You know the look that she gave everybody with the intimidating glare, the crossed arms and the ever so famous smirk. "Well?" she asked.
"I…uh…well you see…Mega walked…let me explain." Byte sighed, only to receive a questioning look from Java. She tried to articulate herself but her thoughts were interrupted suddenly when she heard loud footsteps from behind her. She saw Java chuckle at the sight, so she decided to take a look as well. "Oh dear god," she muttered. It was Max being chased by Mega. [i]"He broke."[/i]
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU, MAX!" Mega yelled angrily. He chased after the boy through the halls, not caring about the others around him.
Java didn't know what to make of the situation. She didn't know whether to laugh or become angry for whatever Max did. She watched with amusement though as Mega jumped and took the boy to the ground. She actually winced for him since it looked like it actually hurt even on a somewhat carpeted floor. "Hm what's going on here?" she muttered to Byte, only to receive an innocent shrug. A smirk came upon her face while watching Max's attempts at getting Mega off him. He was successful at one point but the older of the two proved to be stronger. "I can't believe you and my sister! You're gonna pay for this, Cadet!" she heard him yell. Immediately, she shot a look at Noelle, who ducked back into a corner. Finally Mega got the boy pinned against a wall then she moved over and grabbed him by his dark blonde locks, "You care to explain?"
Max caught his breath and yelped as Java grabbed him by the hair. "Hold on…just let me…" he huffed.
Mega crossed his arms then looked at the two youngsters. "I can tell you what's going on here." He took Byte by the arm and led her toward Java as if he was feeding her to an angry lion. "I caught Max and Noelle…your little Noelle…in Max's shower. I heard a ruckus coming from his room just moments before. Who knows what had been going on beforehand…"
This only added to Java's anger. She gave Noelle the death glare before letting go of Max. Maybe she was giving him a head start. She turned to Max, "Max! Explain yourself."
He rubbed his jaw for a moment before answering. He couldn't think of what to say until he finally gave in. "Well…I mean…we were both clothed-"
Byte immediately stepped in. "That's factual but what he means to say-"
"I'm getting to you, Noelle!" Java barked. "I want to hear what Max has to say."
"I really don't have anything else to say, Java."
"I don't trust him, Mega," Java said sharply. "If you don't have anything else to explain then I'll give you something to explain to me. What's this I hear about you seeing some virt?"
Byte stared at Max with interest. She too wanted to know what he'd been up to but since Java asked him, it relieved the load a bit.
"What do you mean?" Max asked.
"You're seeing her aren't you? God, I knew I couldn't trust you." Java looked to Byte then to Max, awaiting a defensive argument from him. The kid was speechless. Only after a minute did he respond.
"No…wait. Let me explain…" he pleaded.
Byte furrowed her eyebrows out of frustration. "Leave us," she said to him flatly. She was hurt by the fact that he didn't deny his recent actions and therefore could have possibly cheated on her. After a couple seconds, she watched him leave. She sighed deeply as she began to walk off.
She passed between Java and Mega and suddenly she shook her head, angry at herself for being so oblivious. She returned to her room where she changed into a dry uniform and let her hair dry naturally to obtain that wavy lion mane of hers.
About an hour passed and Byte was back to her normal look. She decided to tie up her hair into the usual pony tail because she deemed it unpractical to have her hair all over the place. She walked out of her room hastily and reported to the computer room.
"Well if it isn't my new commander. Boy do I have a surprise for you," Ram said with a grin on his face.
"Yeah? What is it?" Byte asked.
He wheeled his way next to her and opened up his laptop. "You're going to be in a new game…actually a show in reality space. The goal in the show is to capture this man." He clicked on a picture of a man with brown hair, a slightly angular face with deep set blue eyes. "The both of you are after the key to the city but the thing is he's gonna abuse his power and turn the city bad. Long story short, you gotta get the key before he does as well as capture him in the process…just for safety reasons."
Byte smirked after seeing the picture. She grew slightly apprehensive after Ram told her to capture him for safety reasons. This man was probably one of the virts they captured and, like the dirty virt, Amber, was planning to make a break for it. She nodded in agreement then looked to Java, who just stood at Ram's side idly. "When can I get started?"
"As soon as we finish some minor tweaks," He paused, "you look a bit nervous. Don't be…it's perfectly painless." His voice was so smooth yet so malevolent. "In the mean time, we're gonna do a few promotional shots just to get the virts excited. Follow me."
Byte did as she was told and followed Ram out to the black room.. She took a seat next to her then slipped on the reality space visor. "I'm ready to go," she muttered.
She found herself in a forest in the middle of winter. She could feel the coldness against her skin which caused the hairs on her arms to rise. She examined herself and soon became bewildered at what she saw. The outfit consisted of tight fitting black leather pants, shiny black knee length boots, and a very revealing top. It was as thick as the average push-up bra but covered a little bit more. It too was leather. "Boy do I look like a whore." Only Ram would come up with such an outfit. After staring at herself for quite some time she found other things attached to her. A carbon black cylinder hung against her back and it contained purple and black arrows. Arrows? Well what would she need arrows for? She'd need them for her crossbow.
Purple and black, well that was a new color for her after noticing the new tribal markings all over her body. On her right bicep was an inch thick purple band and inside this band was an intricate swirl of black. On her left hand, extending from her knuckles to the middle of her forearm was a very complex and tribal marking that altogether took on the shape of an S. Then there was her Techno symbol with the red circles replaced with purple circles.
An arrow suddenly shot past her and landed only inches from her legs. She ducked down quickly then peered over some bushes only to find a strange looking man shooting at her. She grabbed the crossbow quickly and retaliated. "I thought this was a promo shoot!" she yelled. She shot a few arrows back to the man. She peered out from behind the bushes and found that he'd disappeared…but not for long. Then the man appeared next to her with a rapier in his hand. He switched weapons on the poor girl.
Then he came at her but Byte moved too quickly for him. She scaled up a tree faster than a cat would and now she also had a rapier. She hopped down and the two ensued in a sword fight. Parry after parry, neither of them could get a hit in. The man was just as good as she was and it frustrated her. They fought quickly and found themselves on a log. Stealthily, Byte managed to balance herself on the log while the man didn't have as much luck as she did. His foot slipped and Byte used it as an opportunity to give him a nice slice. What was weird enough is that she actually drew blood from the man's hand. She saw him freeze then look at her with his blue eyes.
"I knew you'd do that," he muttered softly and within seconds he disappeared.
"Okay, shoot's over," she heard Ram say. Soon enough the reality space world went black and Byte found herself sitting in front of Ram and Java. She stood up quickly with a slight smirk on her face. Ram gave her a smirk then wheeled away with Java. "You're free for the day," she heard him say. She then walked out behind them and moved toward the hall way. As soon as she was out the door, Max was already behind her.
"Byte wait," Max called out. The girl was walking hastily and he tried to catch up to her without having to run. Instead, he jogged up to her. "C'mon…talk to me." He grabbed her by the hand gently.
She shook her hand free from his grip though. She ignored him, not to be rude but to keep her temper at a minimum. Obviously when she was angry, she'd say things she didn't necessarily mean.
"You didn't even hear me out. The least you could do is giving me two seconds of your time," he commanded loudly.
Okay, so Max finally put the match to the gasoline. Byte was mad. She turned around angrily and shook her head. "Has this been fun for you? Yeah, I bet. Getting two girls at once must be a hoot."
"What? I'm not seeing that virt. Don't you trust me? I mean after two years, I'd like to think you would."
"Trust you? Max, it took you forever to even get a word out after a simple question was asked. What…were you thinking of some long lie to tell to Java?" Byte asked.
"No! You know Java's just playing with your mind! Now you're being a suspicious bitch," Max exclaimed. At that instant he regretted what he said.
Byte glared at him and turned around. She began to walk hastily back to her room.
"No, no, no. Goddamn Max, you idiot," he muttered to himself as he went after her. "Okay look, I'm sorry for what I said two seconds ago," he said. He grabbed her hand once again and held it tightly. "Will you just go with me somewhere?"
"Why would I go somewhere with you right now? Look at us, we're already fighting." Byte rambled as he began leading her outside on a runway.
Outside, the sun was about to set. The sky had just turned a soft orange and the air was just right. There wasn't a breeze…it was just perfect outside. He looked down at her and smirked as they walked over to an aluminum covered shed, also known as the airplane hangar. The doors were already open so the two of them just waltzed in. housed inside the hanger was a silver, single passenger plane. Off to the side was an area clouded with silver, black and white parachutes that either hung from the ceiling or remained on the floor. He let go of her hand and climbed up the side of the plane. There he stood on the edge of the wing, bent over, and offered his hand to her. "Trust me?"
Byte looked around and shot a look back to him. "Do you know how much trouble we'd be in right now?" she whispered.
"You didn't say that when we were in the shower," Max smiled. "Come on now…do you trust me?"
"Hey! Who's in there?" Byte heard somebody yell. She looked up at him and finally took his hand then he helped her up into the plane.
He sat down and handed her a brown leather bomber jacket that was in the seat of the plane. After Byte took a seat in his lap, he slid the acrylic dome over their heads and started the plane up. "Hide behind this," he said quietly into her ear. He then placed his arms around her and began controlling the plane. He drove it down the run way and finally reached the end of it. He flipped some switches and sped the plane up. Faster and faster it went until they lifted off the ground. "You know we could both get deleted for this?" Byte said.
"You could. But not me, I'm actually allowed to fly one of these things," he smirked. "Don't worry so much, Byte." He then chuckled then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"What's been going on with Byte?" Mega asked as he approached Siva. "She's being so difficult and her behavior…she's turned wild."
She was actually sitting down on a chair and watching the sunset. She saw both Byte and Max run off to the hangers but didn't stop them. She figured that if she scolded Byte now then she wouldn't help her with sneaking out. Also, it was only a bit of fun. "Oh Mega. She's just being a teenager. The wild side just runs in the family." she noticed something that she didn't really notice before. It was whenever Byte was with Max, there was a smile on her face. It wasn't just any ordinary run-of-the-mill smile; it was a genuine indicator of happiness. That was all she wanted for her niece.
The plane flew smoothly amongst the skies, only to be swallowed occasionally by a few clouds. The sky then grew orange and pink. "Please don't be mad at me," Max whispered against the soft skin of Byte's neck. He then brought his arms around her before planting a kiss upon her.
Byte said nothing as she watched Max reach into his pocket.
He brought out a small black box and held it in front of her. "That virt you saw me with, she and I made a deal. In exchange for three bottles of champagne," he opened the box, "she'd give me this." Inside the box was a white gold ring with a round cut diamond in the middle and around the band itself was smaller diamonds scattered throughout. "I'd have gotten you a necklace but I know that you already have one that means a lot to you," he said.
His hands shook slightly as he held her hands. "Noelle, I'm doing this because I love you. I can't see myself with anyone else and when I go off to that invasion, I hope you will still be mine. Now I….I just…I don't want to wonder what it'll be like spending the rest of my life with you. I want to know. I'm not looking to get married just yet, I'll wait until we're both ready. But in the mean time I'm wondering…will you still be mine?"
She was shocked. For a few moments she thought her heart stopped beating. She then looked at him and nodded. "Yes," she finally said.
Max grinned from ear to ear as he held her tightly and kissed her. He then closed the box, "Good, so you don't need this just yet." After receiving a slight sense of disappointment from Byte, he kissed her once more, "I'm only joking." He took the ring and slipped it on to her ring finger.
She rested against him a bit more and waited for him to land the plane. By this time the sun had set and now it was just dark out on the base. He landed the plane gently and backed it up into the hanger. He turned everything off and slid the acrylic dome back. After Byte got out, he heard a ruckus coming from the main office in front of the hanger.
"What's going on in there?" he heard a few men yell. He turned to Byte. "Go hide in the parachute hanger," he whispered and watched her run. He then pulled out a flashlight from a top shelf and pretended to be looking around. "Hey boys!" he greeted with a grin on his face. "You hear that ruckus earlier?"
"Yeah, Max. What the hell was that?" one of the masked soldiers asked.
Max shrugged slightly and lowered the flashlight, "Must be a mouse, whatever it is I'll handle it. Go ahead and get back to work." He nodded to them then turned around to enter the hanger once again. He jogged towards the back and searched for Byte. He grinned slightly after seeing a slender figure wrapped around in a lengthy silver parachute.
"The coast is clear," he chuckled and joined her. He embraced her tightly as she let go of the cloth. Soon, only their silhouettes were visible from behind the cloth. He leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips. "You still mad at me?" he asked as he pulled away.
"Not as much," Byte replied. She continued kissing him on the lips then the neck just as he continued to undress her.
He held on to her tightly as his left hand swiftly unzipped her top. Holding her close, he tried to move a bit but stumbled. Literally, he stumbled and Byte landed on her back and he landed on top of her. He didn't land on her hard since he put his arms out in front of him along the way. He stared down at her for a moment but before he could do anything more, she pulled him gently by the collar and kissed him deeply.