Sorry for the delay; had a busy weekend. I might delay the next three as well. I might submit them earlier than usual just in case. Thanks for waiting and sorry again.
The squad and Max remain silent in the ship; creating a dead aura that merely drove Jackie insane.
"UGGGHHHHH" Jackie groaned, leaning back in the seat, "IM BORED!"
Slyder grinned, "We'll how about a game?"
"Are you serious Sly'?" Jackie raised a brow.
"Yeah, like 'I Spy?'" He shrugged. Jackie groaned again.
"This should be fun." Inez looked out the window as Max side-glanced at the bored Earthling.
"You first." Slyder said. Jackie shrugged as she sat up and looked outside.
"Alright...I spy with my little eye...something...yellow." Jackie's eye caught something floating around.
Slyder looked around and pointed, "That? I think that's a wrecked school bus."
"You're close enough. Your turn." Jackie folded her arms.
"Alright..." Slyder looked around. He couldn't find anything appealing that Jackie might've noticed, but his eye caught something orange. He grinned wickedly.
"I got it...I spy...with my little eye...something orange." Slyder stared straight at it. Jackie followed his gaze and saw what he was talking about.
"Is it...mean and sarcastic?"
"Warmer..." Slyder lead on.
"Also, cranky and know-it-all?" Jackie said slowly.
"Hot...you are getting hot." Slyder grinned as Inez looked back at the mischievous couple.
"I think I have an idea...he's driving this ship right?" Jackie smiled.
Max pushed a button and he stopped the ship. Inez froze. What if he got mad over Slyder's and Jack's teasing? He could do a numerous amount of things such as: fry them with a single zap of his arm cannon, dump them in open space, or turn us into Hacker. Max didn't have to help them. He held them in the palm of his hand.
But he got up, not looking at anyone. He turned off the lights and started pressing a few buttons.
"What's going on?" Inez asked.
"My ship's radar is picking up some of Hacker's minions. I'm switching to camouflage." Max dove down and continued flying.
"So Hacker is after you too?" Slyder asked. Max shrugged.
"Gee, I don't know... I mean, I do look like your friend Matt." Max replied with sarcasm. "Maybe he'll be nice and say 'Okay you can go Matt's evil twin"! Or blow my damn ship up." He ended it with a snarl.
"Okay okay." Jackie rolled her eyes. "Don't get your undies in a bunch."
Max stopped the ship and watched the windshield, watching five of Hacker's ship go past; green, red and black with Hacker's emblem etched on the side of them all. They displayed a shape of Hacker's head with swords crossed. Max's eyes narrowed when they finally went past. He continued to fly the ship, shutting off the camouflage.
"The bin is not much farther; seeing the crew is dropping off their daily trash." Max said as he drove the ship faster. Inez grimaced as she glanced at the captain once more. She couldn't help but to wonder what did he think about? About...
What is his purpose?
/
As noon past, Matt was stuck in his room staring at the ceiling with boredom, wasting away through the day. He turned on his Zapbook and proceeded on going through his email and looking at the files Slyder sent him. He remembered that he fixed the floppy disk that was one broken and within a matter of days he got it to work. He would find that the floppy contained short clips of the events that occurred in Cyberspace a few years ago before the squad was exiled.
Matt sat as he clicked the clip named clip001.
The video was recorded with a single camera; shaky and sometimes out of focus. It was Dr. Marbles at the Bin, carrying something in his arms.
"I'm sorry for doing this Digit. But I hope you last long enough so the Earthlings will know to look for you. It's not safe." Dr. Marbles said as he dropped the two foot robot in the giant bin. Then Dr. Marbles turn and saw the camera man.
"What are you doing here? Are you a spy?!" Dr. Marbles darted to the camera man as it cut off.
Matt sat in his chair, contemplating on Dr. Marbles and what he saw. Did he really dropped Digit in the Bin? No...it was for a reason. But why there of all places? He continued to go through the clips. He clicked on clip003.
Dr. Marbles stood in front of Dr. Terabyte, alongside Hacker and Dr. Alvin. The video seem to skip and crackle. It was probably really old because Dr. Marbles didn't have a mustache, but Dr. Terabyte's face remain hidden from camera view. Hacker seem more humane and alike to Dr. Alvin but with slick black hair and a less built body. Dr. Alvin had bright blue eyes with whites, and he had peach fuzz. They were all younger. They were in the old control center working on Motherboard. She appeared pixellated on a small computer monitor.
"Well done men." Dr. Terabyte smiled. The men all shook hands as they separated to their own work spaces Hacker worked to the side sorting papers. Dr. Marbles stepped over. He appeared stressed out.
"What is wrong Felix?" Dr. Marbles asked Hacker.
"Nothing at all." Felix/Hacker ran a hand through his hair. "Maybe if I recharge a bit..."
"Here." Dr. Marbles handed Hacker an energy pack with two D batteries. Felix/Hacker thanked Dr. Marbles and opened a small hatch in his neck and inserted the two batteries. He sighed in small relief.
"I know it's been a lot of work, but the hard part is over. We can resume to the old-fashion way." Dr. Marbles encouraged. James scowled.
"I don't...think I can be here." Felix slouched over the table. The video cracked as it shifted to scene where James stood in front of Dr. Terabyte. James punched Dr. Terabyte and he stumbled back. The camera shook and shifted on the side; so all you can see was their feet and hear them swear at one another.
"You TRAITOR!" Dr. Terabyte insulted James. "All I've done to you; I MADE YOU!."
"You arrogant, bastard Earthling! You might help maintain my body but you did NOT build me. I should've known than you were a foolish human." Felix swore. "This isn't over. I will get my revenge. Marbles, are you coming or not?"
Dr. Marbles grimaced, unable to answer Felix/Hacker for a while, "I'm sorry James..."
Leaving a pained Felix, came a moment that changed his life forever. The screen shifted as the control center left Dr. Terabyte and Alvin alone.
"What shall we do sir?" Dr. Alvin asked. Dr. Terabyte got up as he packed his suitcase.
"It's not safe here...not for me. I must move my works elsewhere. Finish my projects." He muttered. He whirled to look at Dr. Alvin, "No one can know I still exist. I must fake my death."
"Is it really that crucial, sir?" Dr. Alvin asked.
Dr. Marbles stood in the entrance staring at Dr. Terabyte and Dr. Alvin. "Not you two..."
Dr. Terabyte walked up to Dr. Marbles. "I can't stay here Timothy; you know this. Take care of Motherboard...please."
Dr. Marbles sighed, the video shifting as it showed Dr. Terabyte and Dr. Alvin leaving. The door closed and the lights shut off. The video cut off.
/
Matt made many conclusions from the videos. First of all, Dr. Marbles knew a lot about the three men; and there's a reason why he dumped Digit in the Bin. Second, Dr. Terabyte is the reason all the other scientists dispersed and left it to Dr. Marbles to take care of Motherboard. Dr. Terabyte, for some reason, pissed off and contributed to the up rise of Hacker; or Felix. There was something that the two didn't agree on, and K. Terabyte decide to leave on his own while Hacker plotted his revenge and left Dr. Marbles choosing sides. It was also Dr. Marbles who contributed to James's reign as Hacker; as his small betrayal as a friend.
Matt made a final conclusion; Dr. K. Terabyte was a human, who was the first to open the entrance between Earth and Cyberspace, and is mostly likely still hiding in the dark corners of Cyberspace. He also has a son. The only person who will know his whereabouts is his mass creation, Max.