Matt jolted away as Inez cried in his shoulder. He heard violent gun shots, and two bodies drop; but he didn't know who it was. All he knew was that Hacker was out there, and so were his friends.
"Come on out, Matthew." He snarled. "It's just me here now."
Matt shut his eyes tightly, before he felt a wave of Max flush over him. His eyes flew open as hate fill his lungs. He stood up, holding Inez's hand tightly as they walked out the door. He glanced down and wanted to break down and cry when he saw his two best friends lying dead beside each other.
"Oh god no!" As Inez fell on her knees, her face buried in her hands. Matt focused a hard glare at the villain that took everything him him.
Hacker.
He created this mess. He wanted to ruin our worlds and our lives. He wanted more than just revenge; he wanted to taste the bittersweet of killing the ones you love to hate. He was a sadistic villain that sickened Matt. His fists curled into tight fists as his knuckles whitened. He glanced at Digit; who was bleeding out from a bullet wound as he cough.
Hacker stood at 6'5 with sickly green skin, sharp dandelion-yellow teeth, and vicious black eyes and angry brows. His chin protruded out with a large scar across his lip from a possible fight from something. His upper body was indeed very built and rested a black and green cape over his shoulder and down his black and green suit. His lower body was less muscle but with slightly longer legs as his black metallic boots trimmed wit neon-green complimented his megalomaniac outfit.
"You are so fuckin' dead right now." Matt threatened as he pointed a gun at Hacker head. He did not flinch as his eyes narrowed more at Matt.
"I don't think so, you pathetic little piece of crap." Hacker snarled as his pupils narrowed as Matt's muscles weakened from his hand and dropped his gun. He groaned as he felt his arm move on its own and eventually delivered a hard punch to his gut. Matt stumbled. Hacker smirked.
"Tele...kenises..." Matt coughed. He couldn't believe it. It was either Hacker actually sucked up so much intelligence he has the minimum IQ of a baby Dr. Marbles or his hibernation sent him to some twisted form of nirvana and he came back with three more senses.
"Four years it took for me to get here." Hacker levitated himself. "I have three people to thank for getting me here. Marbles, Alvin, and of course, your father."
He snarled as he targeted Inez, her back arching against his will as he twisted and threatened to break her muscles. Matt lunged for him.
"DON'T FUCKIN' TOUCH HER!" Matt snarled as he reached for Slyder's rifle and shot at him. Hacker deflected the bullet as it ricochet back and caught Matt in the thigh. He coughed as he stumble and fell back against a pole. He couldn't believe it.
He could not believe it.
Hacker was unstoppable. It was all just a joke for them until now. They underestimated him still even though they thought he couldn't get anymore powerful. He chuckled as he stepped by Matt and pressed against his wounded thigh. He gritted his teeth; his hip trembling and his arms shaking as he bit the urge to scream.
"You should've obeyed me. Your little friends wouldn't missed you if you had just drove them away. If you had cooperated." Hacker snarled. "Seven goddamn years you took to ruin my reputation. And it only took me four to regain it back. And now." He drove his heel directly to his wound as he choked. "Look where I am. I have won!" As he cackled.
"How does it feel? To have to weight of two worlds on your shoulders? To lose everything you loved around you? Your friends, your family, your home." Hacker grabbed Matt by the collar as they stood off in a staring contest as Matt's eyes were slightly teary from the pain of his bullet wound. Hacker threw him aside.
"How does it feel to fail all life around you?" He grinned wickedly.
"Go!" As he heard a voice from above him. Levitating above them were two white drones.
"What the-" As one tackled Hacker. The other had Matt at gunpoint.
"Remember me, boss?" The drone snarled. Hacker stared wide-eyed at the massive white drone.
"Delete..." He growled.
Then there was a loud explosion. Matt turned his head and saw a bright blue light from the corner of his eye.
"Embrox." Said the other drone.
"There goes 1/4th of cyberspace, and one-third of Earth." Dr. Alvin landed using his jetpack. "Hello Felix."
"To the Bin with you Alvin!" Hacker snarled. "How dare you take my assistants and use them as your pawns!"
Dr. Alvin, that stood over Hacker with his white labcoat, piercing cobalt eyes, and reddish-brown hair with a wicked grin. "Pawns? Like you? No, never. They are the best things that ever happened to me." He side-glanced at Matt.
"Earthling." He snarled. Matt snorted.
"I told you that I will get my revenge. And now to end this silly invasion you called...The Black Scare? My plan to create a fourth dimension was way better." Dr. Alvin said as he snapped his fingers.
Hacker did not submit to the crushing by Delete as he roared, throwing him off with his telekenises. He slammed him into Buzz, that immediately rolled over and left Dr. Alvin vulnerable. He glared at Hacker as he held his pistol up.
Matt watched in horror as Hacker drew closer and made the scientist squeal and groan under him.
"Think again, freak." Hacker cackled. Dr. Alvin yanked him under as his arms were more bloated and blue as he clawed Hacker. Matt fell under unconsciousness as he felt his body grow cold.
/
I can't do this alone. I'm losing everyone around me.
I feel like I've been torn like a piece of paper.
I'm sorry...everyone.
"What the hell are you doing?" His eyes flew open as he saw someone wearing all white stare at him. He recognized the voice, and soon his face. His icy blue stare complimented his scowl as he lifted Matt by the collar.
"Max?" Matt groaned. Max sighed as he lightly tapped the cheek of his human clone.
"Yes yes it's me. What are you doing here? Are you dead?" Max raised a brow. Then he glanced down and saw blood dripping from his leg, "You're bleeding out. Goddammit. What about the rest?"
Matt was soulless, he lost all faith; his girlfriend was most likely dead as will as the rest of the gang.
"I don't want to do this anymore." He said with his eyes shut tightly.
"You have to. You're the only one who can stop this." Max grimaced as he reached into his white jacket and offered him the key. Matt hesitantly took it.
"Where? Where does it go?" Matt moaned.
"You'll know when you get on Hacker's ship. Don't worry...backup is coming." As Max stared at him one last time and flicked his forehead.
/
Matt eyes flew open as he threw Buzz off of him, as he was still entangled with Delete. Hacker threw Dr. Alvin into a pole as he steadied on his small feet as he snarled. Before Matt could see his pupils narrow and capture him in a trance, he closed his eyes. He felt the key rested on his utility belt.
And once again he saw everything. But less vividly, it was more of a motion sensor replaced his third-eye blueprint vision. He only saw the dots that outlines the objects around him, and the ones that moved created a trail. Matt exhaled as he charged for Hacker. He could see him slowly backing up as Matt tackled him and stepped on and over him.
The road before him was more narrow as the dots became aligned closer and closer, but he lifted his head up as if he knew the entrance on Hacker's ship was right there. As he jumped.
He jumped three feet, catching the ledge. Opening his eyes, he reached for the steel rope hanging casually on the side as he pulled himself up. He closed his eyes when he sensed Hacker behind him. With one swift movement, he back-kicked him in the chin as he caught the ledge of where the bridge ended. Matt hauled himself on the ship; his thigh nearly dead as he was unable to stand on his own. He grabbed a steel pipe that seems to support a bit as a cane as he looked left and right of the large ship. He closed his eyes as he saw the breadcrumb trail before him as he followed.
No one was on the ship anymore.
But he was coming back. He would be able to catch up to him in no time.
Matt limped as he worked his way up to the control room, where the microchip would destroy CYRUS and reset everything.
I'm going to set things right guys.
/
Max and Atreides tunnel their way up to the rooftop where they disregarded the dead bodies around them.
Until he opened the door and saw the three earthlings sprawled on the ground with blood around him. Hacker and Dr. Alvin were in standoff, unaware of the two cyborgs behind them. Max immediately saw the two other drones in a tangled mess as they steadily got up and took no time to blow them up with his cannon; creating an explosion. He stood perfectly still; unaffected.
Atreides howled as he launched into the air and slashes Hacker's face as he stumbled backward in astonishment. Dr. Alvin was knocked off his feet as Max yanked him by the hair.
"How...? Atreides? What...are you doing." Hacker felt the anger creep on him. He realized that the Matt that stood before him with a struggling Dr. Alvin was not Matt. But the rumored clone Max.
"I no longer obey you. You are a cruel evil man. Must be stopped." Atreides snarled, a bit of drool dripped from the side of his dark lips.
"I created you. How dare you!" Hacker snarled as Max smirked wickedly.
"Deja vu?" As Hacker realized what he said. He gritted as he balled his fists.
"I DON'T NEED TO HEAR IT FROM YOU LOWLIFE IMBECILES! I CAN DESTROY YOU BOTH IN MY HANDS." Hacker snarled as electric energy formed in both palms of his hands.
"For once I agree with him." Dr. Alvin sneered. "You barbarians don't even play fair.
"HE USES TELEKINESIS." Max snarled. Atreides howled.
"Even without I would still crush you." Hacker growled growled.
"Be careful Felix." Max bit back as he braced himself, "Don't make promises you can't keep."
Hacker growled as he looked up. He saw a war going on above his head. His men were falling. Civilians that he had prisoned were fighting back. But there was also Alvin's army creating havoc of their own. In the distance, he saw Wicked flying, her wand swung wildly as she aided her civilian allies. Hacker scowled.
"It's a three-way war. Not to mention Earth right now is in WWIII. Now, we can both tear you both to shreds or you can just rollover and play dead." Max threatened. Hacker cackled.
"Do you think I CARE? I HAVE OTHER IMPORTANT GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH!" He swung his arm as a bolt of blue lightning hit Max in the chest. He winced as he stumble and fell. Atreides howled as he pounced on top of his old master. He nodded to Max and he cued him in.
Max coughed, grinning "Get 'em boy." as he yanked Dr. Alvin's head off and tossed it off the roof of the tower as well as his remaining body. He did not look back.
As Max quickly got up and activated his turbo boosters and tunneled on Hacker's ship.
/
Matt glanced back to see Max speeding towards him as he reached out and grabbed his collar.
"What the hell is goin' on!?" Matt winced. Max didn't respond as he blasted the roof; carrying Matt with him.
"Alvin is dead, and Hacker's planned failed. It's just a war with the pawns." Max grinned. "Not half-bad earthling."
Matt grimaced, "Are they really dead? The rest of the guys?"
Max said as he sprinted down the halls turning corners and blasting through doors. "Barely."
Sirens blared as CYRUS activated the security system and began to shut all the doors.
"CYRUS is gaining control of the ship." Max growled. "On my back."
Matt struggled as he crawled on the clone's back as he launched himself through the ship, blasting through metal doors and blockades. Then from the sides he saw metallic arms reach out and tried to grab him. He yanked away as he watched his energy percentage. 40%
"Up here." As Matt pointed up through the metal fans as Max aimed his arm cannon upwards. Destroying the metal fans and causing a fire on the way, he wasted no time to skyrocket upwards through to the control room. Down below he saw a thousand more metallic arms chase after them; mere inches away from snatching them.
"I guess this is the final chase for me." As they landed in the control room. Around them was red, screens filled with the malfunctioning motherboard CYRUS. Max threw Matt off of him as the tentacle arms grabbed him by the leg. He struggled as he gripped the metallic edge, his turbo boosters stuttering
"Sir, the ship has taken a hit. There's nowhere to land." As he heard Lyros fading.
"I know." As Max whispered, hearing as his systems read AI Lyros has disconnected.
"MAX!" As Matt called out. Max glared at his identical twin as he struggled to escape.
"Do it now! Right now!" He groaned as more arms wrapped around his limbs yanking him. Matt gritted his teeth as he turned his back on the ally that saved his life.
Max stared back with a less bitter but peaceful expression as the tentacle arms pulled him down tearing him apart. He exploded as at the last second of his part-mortal life he pressed the self-destruct button.
Matt heard the explosion as he crawled towards where the slot was, reaching up with the glowing white microship as he struggled to insert the chip in.
"I AM CYRUS. I have taken over your mortal world and nearly Cyberspace. Even if the ship goes down, I will still live on as...God." CYRUS told Matt. "Tell me Earthling, why do you fight against me?"
"Because, you don't deserve to be a god." Matt snarled.
With a harsh shove and pain tearing through his thigh, he roared as the chip slid in the slot and the room exploded with white, making Matt pass out.