A/N: Hey guys, what is up? For me, the ceiling. Ha. So anyway I just posted a new poll on my profile and please check it out because you will help me with my saga. That would be cool to say. 'Yeah, I helped Daisyfan pick the title for her story.' Again, ha. So lets get to the story.

Disclaimer: I only own Kim, not Cyberchase.

McKenzie

Daisyfan5534

Chapter 2

The cybersquad was on their way to R-Fair City. Kim was driving, Jackie was in the passenger's seat, and Matt was sitting behind Kim in the backseat with Inez, who was behind Jackie. It was quiet. No one said a word. In fact, no one had spoken a word since they've left Kim's room.

'Well… This is awkward.' Kim thought. 'It's so quiet. Well, what did you expect? They hardly know you… Come on, Kim do something.'

Kim eyed the radio and turned it on.

'Well, it's something. Wait, what song is this? Oh yeah, 'Til the Casket Drops.' I love this song.'

Kim started beating the steering wheel with her thumb.

'Well, I am gonna be here until my casket drops. Wait…'

Kim felt her hand move to the review mirror and casually adjust it. 'One day, is that too much to ask? I just want one day with my friends.' she thought as she looked at the reflection. All Kim saw was the green-starry depth of Cyberspace. She shook her head.

'Dear sixth sense, no one is following us, so don't bug me!'

"Kim?"

She snapped back into reality.

"Are you okay?" Jackie said.

Kim pressed the gas pedal slightly more.

"Yeah… I'm fine." she replied.

"Is someone following us?" Matt asked.

"Nope." Kim said trying to make them feel better. Although she didn't think it worked. "Come on, you guys, you don't need to be worried. I'm serious: There's no one following." she said looking in the review mirror again. "You kids don't need to be scared of me either."

"What makes you think we're scared of you?" Matt asked.

"How long did it take you guys to come into my room?" Kim asked.

The three were silent. Kim was able to answer her own question.

"I get it." she said. "New member, you hardly know me, and you've seen me when I get defensive and hardcore." she supported. "Tell you what; you kids can ask any question about me, and I'll answer it."

"Um… Why don't you make promises?" Inez asked.

"Digit told you kids that?" Kim asked. "Well… You kids remember when I told you the story on how I got here, right?"

"Yeah." Inez replied.

"Well, Madi broke her promise on always being there for me and she broke it for Mary Beth, too. I guess after that I couldn't make another promise. Slider's an exception."

"Why is-" Jackie started, she glared over at Kim who looked like she was trying to remember something. "Kim, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, it's just-" she said snapping out of her daze. "It's just that… I think there's more to it, but-" her eyes quickly retreated to a light blue, then went back to normal. Her mind, on top of that, was a complete blank. "Just forget it."

'Yay, you made it more awkward. Well, we're almost there.'

20 minutes later…..

The four kids were having a blast at R-Fair City. Matt suggested that they go on the new roller coaster, so that's where they're headed to. Kim handed the ticket man four tickets, but he gave her back one of them.

"Wait, why are you handing back one?" she asked him.

"Because, I only need three." he replied.

"Is there a discount today or something?" Kim asked.

"No, one of you is to short." he said to her.

'I hate these types of guys.'

"Matt, Jackie, you two go ahead. We'll catch up with you." she told them. She stayed with Inez.

"Okay?" they said before going into the ride.

"Sir, I assure you that she's tall enough." Kim said.

"I don't think so." he said.

"Okay, say that she is too short, can't you let this one slide?" Kim protested.

"Look." He said pulling out a sign with an arrow that shows how tall you need to be. "This sign says you have to be this tall to ride this ride."

Kim looked over the guy's shoulder as a distraction. "What about that kid? He looks like he's too short." she said.

"What kid?" he said turning around. Kim quickly moved the arrow down to Inez's height.

"Oh sorry, he's on a different ride." she lied.

"Alright." he said as he turned back around. "Now as I was saying-" he looked at Inez and at the sign. "Ticket please."

"Sir, I recommend next time you want to judge someone, don't do it on height." she said as she handed him the ticket before walking to the ride with Inez.

"Thanks, Kim." Inez said as she climbed into the seat behind Matt and Jackie.

"No problem, I hate people who judge others on height." Kim replied before she got in with her. "Besides, I wasn't gonna leave you alone in R-Fair City. That would probably not be the best idea."

"What about R-Fair City?" Matt said as he turned his head to look behind him.

"I'll tell you guys later." Kim said before fastening herself into the seat.

When the ride was over, Jackie suggested that they play some games to get a break from all the rides.

"Kim, what was it you said about R-Fair City?" Matt asked.

"I'm not sure if you kids want to know this." Kim said.

"You did say you'd answer any question." Matt asked.

"Any question about me, Matt." she corrected him. "But this technically does concern me." she said. "Well, ever since I was about 10, I'd help Lucky with all the kidnapping crimes in R-Fair City. Even though this is site is full of fun and games, its most common crime is kidnapping. Parents leave their kids for only a few seconds, then they're gone." she said. "Trust me, you won't believe how many creeps are on this site."

"You're joking, right." Jackie said.

"I wish, but I had to stop." Kim said.

"Why?" Inez asked.

"This is the part I didn't want to tell you. I had to stop because if I helped at all, then we would have had to let the guy go. If the cybersquad is involved in any way, then the crime becomes legal." Kim said.

"You can't be serious, can you?" Jackie said.

"It's the law. The directors from each cybersite filed a complaint, saying that we took their jobs, so a law was created saying that we don't interfere with their crimes, unless they call us in." she explained.

"So if any of us gets kidnapped, and we catch the guy, we have to let him go?" Jackie said.

"Not exactly. If we went to the cops, and they helped us, then it we'd have to let him go. If they help us or we help them then its legal." Kim added.

"That's the dumbest law I ever heard of." Matt said.

"I know. I hate that law. Besides any beating from me would probably be worse." she said. "Fortunately, if we catch the guy with no help from the cops, then we can put him in jail."

"Wow." Inez said.

"Yep… So, changing the subject, what game do you kids wanna play first?" Kim said.

They continued walking past all the games waiting for something to catch their eye. After a while Kim felt as if she was being watched.

'Great. Speak of the creeps and the creeps shall appear.' she thought.

Kim just kept her eyes forward, pretending like nothing's wrong. She didn't want to get the kids worried.

"Mirror Maze?" Inez suggested.

"You know, that's a good idea." Kim said trying not to sound like she's worried. "Let's do it!"

The four made their way into the maze with Kim going first, with the all the mirrors she could see who was following them.

"Okay, there's always some trick to this." she said as she walked down one of the paths. "I think if we go slow, then we won't be fooled by the mirrors so much and… Guys?" she turned around and realized that the kids weren't behind her. "Damn it."

Kim felt her sqwak pad vibrate in her bag. She pulled it out, and answered it and saw Jackie's face appear on the screen.

"Kim, where are you?" she asked.

"I don't know; it's a maze. I thought you guys were behind me." Kim said.

The screen divided in half and Matt's face appeared.

"Kim, Jackie you guys okay?" he asked.

"We're fine. Is Inez with you?" Jackie said.

The screen divided into thirds and Inez's face appeared.

"I guess not." Kim said as she started walking.

"Please don't tell me we all got split up." Inez said.

"I think we did." Kim said. "But maybe if we stay on communication together, we can-OW!" Kim walked into a mirror and dropped her sqwak pad. Kim rubbed her forehead as she picked it up. She lost the communication; on top of that her sqwak was busted. She put her sqwak pad back in her bag and took off the rubber band and started stretching it as she continued to walk. Then the lights went out, and she froze.

"I really hope this doesn't turn into a horror film." Kim said before she started walking again.

10 minutes later….

Kim continued to walk as she stretched her rubber band. It was all she could do since she had no contact with the rest of the team. As she turned a corner, she felt he sixth sense go up her spine for a third time today. Putting her rubber band back on her wrist, she turned around. All she saw was her reflection. Kim walked up to that mirror and just stared at herself.

'Look at yourself, you're a mess. Slider was right about the bags under your eyes. Although, they did lighten thanks to that two day nap. Wow, I still can't believe I was asleep for two days.' she thought.

Kim turned back around and leaned against the mirror. Thinking about all the times she helped save the kidnapped kids with Lucky. All 243 of them. It made her smile. She desperately wished she didn't have to stop.

Kim shook her head, she could worry about that problem later. Right now she had to find the others and get out of this maze. Kim started walking again, her sixth sense was still bugging her. She kept herself relaxed, using the mirror in front of her, so she could see who was behind her. But she would always see herself. She rubbed her eyes, even after a two day nap she was tired. Kim was hardly able to open her eyes before she felt someone's arm wrap around her body, pinning her arms down, and a damp cloth over her mouth.

Thinking quickly, Kim shoved her heel into the guy's foot and elbowed him in the chest, causing him to loosen his grip on her and drop the cloth. She was able to turn around and shove her foot into the guy's stomach, sending him backwards into the mirror behind him, breaking it. Kim turned around to runaway, but she ran into a mirror. She quickly turned left. The cloth was only over her nose and mouth for about half a second, but she was a bit dizzy. Turning right, she pressed her hands against the two mirror walls to steady herself. Kim looked down the hall and watched it turn sideways. She tried to run down the hall, but it sort of turned into stumbling and she ended up running into another mirror. Kim stopped for a second, praying the chloroform would wear off soon. She heard footsteps not far from where she was. Kim tried to run right, but she ran into a mirror, so she turned around and ran… well, stumble. She'd run into a mirror every now and then, but she didn't care, she just kept stumbling through the maze, even though she was lost. The chloroform wore off after a couple more hits with the mirror, so Kim was more cautious with all the mirrors, although she run into a few of them.

When she thought she was far enough from the creep, she pressed her back up against the mirror, facing the direction she just came from and slid down it to take a seat on the metal floor. Breathing deeply, trying to catch her breath, Kim replayed the mugging in her head. It all happened so she wasn't able to get a good look at the guy. Her head started throbbing. Looking at the mirror that was a few feet in front of her; she saw forehead started to turn red.

'Geez, how many times did I run into a mirror? 10- no… 11. 11 times.'

Kim heard footsteps, she turned her head left to the source. She stood up and took her bag off and started swinging it around in a circle. It was her only weapon. She started walking down the hall getting closer and closer to the footsteps. Kim wasn't taking any chances. At the end of the hall, you could only go left or right, the sound was coming from the left side. Kim waited for her prey at the corner. When she thought the guy was close enough she jumped around the corner and swung.

She heard an "ow" and a thud. Kim was able to see her victim. It wasn't the creep who came after her, but it was Matt.

"Sorry, Matt." she apologized. "I didn't know it was you." It was the second time she hit him today. "Here, let me help you." she said as she stuck out her hand.

"Dang, Kim." he said as he accepted it. "The first time was an accident. So why did you hit me, again?" he asked as Kim helped him up.

"Uh… the mirrors." she said quickly. "The… reflections of myself are making me think I'm being watched. Plus the lights are out, so I'm a little bit paranoid. And I'm a bit tired." she supported.

'I really hope he bought that.'

"Yeah, what's up with that? The lights, I mean." Matt said.

"I honestly, don't know." Kim said. She couldn't believe he bought her lie. "Let's just find the girls and get out of here."

"I couldn't agree with you more." Matt said as he started to walk. Kim followed closely.

"Hey, I didn't hit you too hard, did I?" Kim asked as she put her bag back on.

"It hurt more then the pillow, but not by that much." Matt responded.

"Again, I'm really sorry." Kim said.

"It's cool." he said. "Let's just get out of here before you punch a mirror."

"Very funny." Kim said sarcastically.

The two kept walking through the maze, with Matt walking into a mirror a couple times. Kim would look behind her every now and then when Matt wasn't noticing, just to check if anything was out of the ordinary. Although, Kim couldn't help but notice that Matt seemed to limp every now and then, but it was hardly noticeable.

"Hey Matt, are you okay?" Kim asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Matt said. Kim was having trouble believing him.

"You positive?" she said.

"Positive." he replied.

Silence.

"Matt, is your sqwak pad working? Mine is busted." Kim asked.

"Yeah, it works." Matt replied.

"So, try to contact Jackie and Inez. Maybe we can find them." She said.

"Oh, yeah." He said pulling out.

Kim could have sworn she saw yellow down the hallway on her right.

"Matt, stay here. I'm gonna check something." Kim said as she slowly walked down the hall.

She made her way to the end of the hall. As she was about to turn a left corner, she ran into someone. It was Jackie.

"Boy, am I glad that I found you, Jackie." Kim said to her.

"No kidding. This place got creepy with all the lights out." Jackie said. "Uh, Kim… is it me, or are your eyes a different color?"

"My eyes… do that. They turn pale if I'm in pain, and dark when I'm mad. You know, the time we were all in the sewers, my eyes were probably darker than usual." Kim said.

"Now, I remember… So, why are you in pain?" Jackie asked.

'My eyes are still light blue?' Kim thought.

"I ran into a mirror a while ago and it still hurts." she lied. Although, her head was hurting not long ago.

Jackie sounded a bit glum.

"Hey Jackie, are you okay? You sound upset." Kim said.

"I'm fine." Jackie responded. Just like Matt, she hardly believed it.

"Okay… but if you need to talk, I'm right here."

"Hey, there you guys are." Matt said as he came down the hall.

"Yeah, I found Jackie." Kim said.

"I tried Inez, but I didn't get anything." Matt said.

"I tried a while ago, twice actually." Jackie said.

"Wait, was Inez not answering or did you guys not get a signal?" Kim asked. "Can I borrow that?" She said pointing at Matt's sqwak pad that was in his hand. He gave it to her and Kim went through the contacts.

"Why aren't you using your sqwak pad?" Jackie asked.

"I ran into a mirror when I was communicating with you guys earlier. I dropped it and it sorta broke." Kim explained.

Kim found Jackie's name in the contacts and tried to call her. It didn't work.

"Huh… That's weird." Kim said as she tried again.

"What's weird?" Matt asked.

"We have no signal. I tried calling Jackie's sqwak, and even though you are right next to me, there is nothing." Kim said.

"Okay, so we have no contact and hardly any light, other then the outside light that's coming in." Jackie said.

"Yep, pretty much." Kim said as he handed Matt back his sqwak and started walking.

"Where are you going?" Matt said.

"Well, we can't find Inez if we just stand here, so you guys coming?" Kim said.

Matt and Jackie followed closely behind Kim to prevent getting lost again.

"Wait, if we can't contact Inez, then why don't we just yell for her? Maybe she's close." Matt asked.

"Guys, right now, Inez is alone –" 'I hope.' "– and probably lost, not to mention that the lights are out, and with no communication with the rest of us; she might freak out if she hears her name echo in a place like this." Kim explained.

"Point taken." Matt said.

"Maybe she already made it out." Jackie suggested.

"Or maybe some creep took her." Matt said.

"Matt!" Kim said. "Don't give me a bad image!"

"Okay, sorry." Matt said.

Kim was on edge now. 'Calm down, Kim, just calm down. Whoever that creep was, seemed like he was only after you. But why me? I didn't do anything. Other than steal rare items from idiots. But they wouldn't find me, heck they don't even remember me.'

Kim cut her thoughts. She heard something. Kim stopped walking, and so did Matt and Jackie.

"Kim… Are you okay?" Jackie asked.

"Shhh…" Kim responded. It was faint, but it sounded like footsteps. "Do you guys hear that?"

"Hear what?" Matt asked.

Kim started walking again.

"I think she's lost it." Matt said to Jackie.

Kim started to walk faster as she turned the corner and before she knew it she was running. Kim was tired of running away from the creep. She was gonna catch him. Kim avoided the mirrors as she ran through the halls. She slowed down and could hear the footsteps. They were close; in fact they were just down the hall and around the left corner. Kim walked slowly, to prevent from being heard. She waited at the corner for the footsteps to get close enough, then she'd jump out and catch the creep.

'Okay, let's do it on 3. 1… 2…'

She jumped around the corner. "Ha!"

"Yikes!" Kim found Inez.

'And once again, I'm paranoid. I should start keeping track.' Kim thought.

"Sorry, Inez." she said.

Inez calmed down. "Geez, Kim, you almost gave me a heart attack." she said.

"Again, sorry." Kim said.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Inez replied.

And again, Kim didn't believe it. For a second, it seemed like Inez was almost scared of Kim.

"Are you sure?" Kim asked.

"Kim, I'm fine." Inez reassured. "So, why did you hang up on us?"

"Huh?" Kim said.

"When we were all talking to each other, when we realized we were all lost." Inez added.

"Oh. Well, I ran into a mirror and I dropped my sqwak and it broke. I couldn't call you guys." Kim said. "Now, I've got a question. Were you able to contact the others a while ago?"

"Come to think of it… No, well, I tried, but I got no response. In fact, after your sqwak broke, it was a while before it seemed like the connection was cut. Right before we hung up on each other, actually. It just seemed like they hung up, but it was just so quick." Inez explained.

"Kim!" yelled a feminine voice down the hall. Jackie and Matt came running towards them.

"Kim, did you find Inez?" Matt asked once he and Jackie got to her.

"Matt, I'm right here." Inez said.

"Okay, now that all four of us are together, can we get out of here?" Jackie asked.

"Yeah, let's get out of this haunted house." Kim said before she started walking down the hall with the other three close behind.

After about five minutes of walking through the maze, the cybersquad was able to find their way out. A maintenance man was opening the breaker box that was on the wall of the building they just came out of.

"What's the problem?" Kim asked the guy.

"The lights, apparently blew a fuse." the guy explained.

"Can I take a look?" Kim said as she walked over.

The maintenance man stepped aside to let Kim look. She saw a few breakers. One of them is to the lights of the maze. The others are to near by lights. It looked like there was nothing wrong, so she opened the breaker panel to the wires.

"Do you have electrical tape?" Kim asked.

The maintenance man gave her the black tape and she tore a piece off. Kim put the edge of the tape on the panel and found a red wire and a green wire. She pealed the wire jacket off, and took the two ends of the wire, and twisted them together. The lights of the building turned on. She placed the new wire on the breaker it goes to and put the tape on it. Kim did some further looking into the wires and found a chip with in them. The chip was small about the size of a dime; she hid it in her fist. She wasn't certain, but Kim had a feeling that it didn't belong there. Kim closed the panel and tested the breaker. It worked.

"There you go." Kim said.

"Thank you." the man said.

Kim nodded before heading back to her team.

"Wow, Kim, I didn't know you were good with that kind of stuff." Matt said.

"Oh yeah, I'm good with machinery, computers, stuff like that. And I'm a bit shocked; you didn't know I was good with tech stuff, yet you caught me with my head stuck in Motherboard's control system." Kim said.

"Right." Matt said.

"When did you learn that stuff?" Jackie asked.

"Well, Dr. Marbles taught me when I was younger. I can't remember when, but he said I was 7. Coop and Slider also taught me a few things, but the rest I learned on my own." Kim said slipping the chip in her back pocket. "So what do you guys want to do now?"

30 minutes later…

The four kids climbed in to Kim's cybercoop, they were on their way back to Control Central. They all had fun, and Kim was glad; a good memory she had with the kids. Minus the mirror maze incident. She didn't want the kids to worry, so she kept it to herself. Kim was good at lying, but she only lied to protect others. Which was a good thing, if she told anyone about her secret little project she was working on, someone was going to get hurt.

Although she had a good day, she felt that Matt, Jackie, and Inez were all hiding something.

Kim would catch Matt limping every now and then, hardly noticeable to the naked eye, unless paid close attention to. At first Kim thought it was because she hit him to hard, but it seemed like there was more.

Jackie kept to herself most of the day. Not only that, she avoided anything that showed a reflection. She seemed upset about something, which was odd considering she was usually happy about everything.

And Inez hardly said anything. Other than answering questions with a yes or no, she didn't really talk much, just a couple sentences. Inez also kept her distance from Kim. Almost, as if she was scared of her.

Kim just kept to herself as she took off.

A/N: Hey, this chapter is long. That should keep you entertained for a while. So I am sorry about the long update, I'm working really hard. Anyway, new poll on my profile so check it out. Please and thank you.