A/N: At this point, 5 or 6 episodes have passed. *SPOILER ALERT (for the show, if you haven't finished watching it)* The web creature came and went, as did Bob. Enzo is a young guardian and trying to protect the system. This chapter will have clips of the episodes in it so you know where it is in the time frame. If you have any questions about any of the characters or descriptions or just confused, message me and I'll explain. I don't like extra explanations since I have a hard time getting it properly explained without filling the story with too make descriptions. But I'm willing to do so out of the story. Enjoy and remember to rate, review and other things!
Remember:
(-) means that the character is thinking.
Time-frame:
millinano = second
nano = minute
second = hour
minute/cycle = day
hour = year
Enzo and AndrAIa just finished playing Rocky the Rabid Raccon and saw Dot's plan with CPU cutouts go without a hitch. They were amused and thrilled the entire way back to the Principal Office.
"I can't believe it! Dot, you fooled them again with the same plan!" Enzo said as he entered the Principal Office Command Center.
Dot chuckled. "I'm not sure if we can use the same plan again for the next game. It's going to take another few cycles before we have any kind of attack or even a recovery team... I don't know what we'll do in the mean time." Dot said with a sigh as she over looked the Command Center.
Mouse was leaning on the wall behind Dot, having made herself Dot's personal bodyguard. While she would jump up and help with coding when needed, Mouse felt that protecting and helping Dot came first, considering everything the poor dear had to go through. But Mouse was out of ideas and shrugged when the two small sprites looked her way for any idea about getting into the games.
"Dot, why don't AndrAIa and I use the lower levels to sneak to and from the next couple of games? That way, we won't risk Megabyte finding us or figuring out the trick." Enzo said as he stood next to Dot and pointed to the display of Mainframe's lower levels.
"I don't know, lots of things could go wrong with that idea..." Dot said as she checked a display of information of viral activity.
"It will be easy, and I can listen for anyone who might find us. I know we will be able to go unnoticed." AndrAIa said as she stepped up next to Enzo. They nodded to each other once before looking at Dot. Dot merely watched them and thought it over.
"It sounds like a plan, not like we got much of a choice sugah." Mouse said as she walked up to Dot's other side and put a hand on her should. "We could have diversions going on at the same time, just in case. Besides, we don't have too many options at the moment and no better plans."
Dot gave another sigh and nodded. "Alright, but if it looks like you've been found out, abort immediately. Meanwhile, we'll double production of the CPUs. Let's get going people!" Dot said as she clapped her hands to waken everyone else and get them started on their tasks.
Enzo and AdrAIa merely smiled at each other and gave a high five. Luckily, the rest of the cycle went by pretty quietly.
(*time passes by*)
And so, Enzo and AdnrAIa sneaked their way in the games, the traversing taking on a game-like experience on it's own. Avoiding virals and beating the game cube to it's location became just as much fun as the games themselves. After another 4 games, the CPU forces were up to par and Dot had a drop off and recovery team working with Enzo and AdrAIa, making it safer for the two sprites. While it meant it was less like a game to reach the game cube in time, neither sprite minded much. For with each passing game, Megabyte was getting more annoyed and sent out more virals to try and stop the two sprites. With the escort, the sprites didn't have to worry as much about the extra virals on the streets of Mainframe, the CPUs took care of them. As an extra help, Mouse managed to rig up some of the sensors to be extra strong, in hopes of detecting and finding the coordinates of game cubes faster than Megabyte could set up sky-blocks.
And so it came to pass that after a particularly funny game with a big fat User in a red suite that it all came crashing down.
"Wait, where is the recovery team? We should have been picked up by now." Enzo asked as he searched the skies. AndrAIa began to look and noticed a little too late as Megabyte stood between the sprites.
"They have been... delayed." Megabyte smugly stated.
As the young sprites sat in the Principal Office meeting room with Dot, Mouse and Phong, AndrAIa couldn't help but conteplate what happened. That was the scariest thing to have happened to the game sprite. (I could have lost Enzo. I couldn't do anything. I have to make it up to him!) AndrAIa thought as she watched Enzo push away his sister's attempt at support.
"Enzo, Megabyte could have deleted us, but he didn't. This is worse. I now understand what prop-per—prop-por—propaganda is. You can't give up, you must fight!" AndrAIa said as she raised Enzo's chin so he would look at her.
Things were finally looking up for the young guardian. Megabyte was trapped, Hexadecimal was out of the picture and the citizens of Mainframe were starting to look to him with respect and friendliness. It got to the point that when Phong suggested to make Enzo a beacon of light again, he didn't think it was such a crazy idea. So they went and found Bob's car and had CPUs flank it with the two sprites in it when the next game cube came down. The thought behind using Bob's car was a mixing of the old and new guardians, to show that Enzo was following in Bob's footsteps.
Soon it began to feel like a parade, with binomes cheering and waving from the sides. Enzo and AndrAIa waved back and when they weren't riding into the games, they tried to interact with the citizens. The staff at the Principal Office were still suspicious of viral activity, and so they kept up the production of CPUs and inner city defense systems. The citizens of Mainframe were nervous due to these activities but once Enzo and AndrAIa spoke with them, all their fears were laid to rest.
A good test and example of the new defenses came when Megabyte used Hexadecimal to force open the firewall. Due to swift action, all the virals that came out were deleted and the city rejoiced. Dot, after celebrating with her staff, had the tech boys start looking at ways to get Bob back.
(*some time later*)
"The new long range sensors Mouse fitting into the defense grid are registering a massive energy build above the city." Specky stated.
"Can you tell what it is yet?" Dot asked as she looked at Specky.
"Confirmed! It's a game, scanning for landing coordinates." Specky replied and typed away at the keys in front of him.
Dot knelt down to speak with Enzo, trying to make sure he knew how important his safety was to her. Soon enough he was on his way with AndrAIa and Frisket, as well as the now usual escort.
Mouse could tell that her friend was still anxious and tried to set her mind at ease. She didn't know if it worked or not, but she figured she would try again after the game. Both Mainframe and Mouse needed Dot to be strong so they could make it through these dark times.
"Game Over... User Wins..."
"Enzo, no... Noooooooooooooooooo!"
A/N: AAANNDDD DONE! This is the end of the Old Stories from Mainframe. I know, I know, this is nowhere near the actual ending of the series or anything close (yes, it's the middle of a season), but to me this is the end of part of the story of Mainframe. Of when things were simple, sprites were small, and good always came out on top with little damage to anything. I will be working on the rest of the story in another story setting, New Stories from Mainframe (unless someone has a better idea for a name for what happens between "game over" and "my two bobs"). Anything written after the 4th season will have a different place/story and name for it, haven't finished thinking about it. I would like more people to review or message me about the story, I need to know if there is any kind of errors so I can become a better writer and stay true to the show.
However, not sure how long it would take me to write the next story, I've been obsessing with a new show and I get side-tracked pretty easily. If I get enough popular demand, I'll try even harder to put out the next reboot story. I will keep writing, just not sure if I'll post it chapter by chapter or all at once. Again, feedback is welcomed. Also, let me know if you noticed any grammar issues. I have a hard time telling the difference sometimes. Thanks for reading and keep checking back for more stories!