Keep in mind:

Milli-nano = second

Nano = minute

Second = hour

Minute/cycle = day

Hour = month

Day = year

A/N: Alright, here is an update for Mainframe. This is where it gets hard to keep track of what the heck is happening in the time-frame. If it doesn't make sense, I will explain at the bottom. Don't worry, there will be more for Mainframe and for Enzo and AndrAIa. I had this one done awhile ago, and felt that it was time for the readers to see how Mainframe was handling things... Enjoy!

It was the longest day and a half* anyone could remember. So many sectors were damaged if not completely destroyed. They had most of the citizens in the Principal Office, which had been turned into a temporary hospital. A lot of the other hospitals located in the city had been destroyed much earlier on in the fighting. Many were hurt, traumatized, homeless or a combination of the three. It was hard to keep moral high when you could do nothing as the viruses destroyed your home around you. That didn't stop the Principal Office Staff from trying to keep everyone calm though.

Hexadecimal was controlling the nulls and used them to fight Megabyte. When they weren't in direct contact with Hexadecimal, the nulls were eating away at the near-by buildings, causing more binomes to be homeless. Megabyte sent wave after wave of ABCs to combat the crazed virus, and while they didn't do a very good job of destroying her, their shear numbers kept Hex at bay. Production of ABCs and new virals were going at top speed to keep up with the demand.

With the viruses running amok the city, no one could get into the games to defeat the User all that much anymore. They did try in the beginning.

Since Dot had to run the system, Mouse went into the games. The first game she went into alone had Dot spending most of the time worrying, afraid that the icon wouldn't work and take Mouse away from her as well. But soon enough the game had ended and Mouse was reassuring Dot that she wouldn't willingly leave in this dark hour. It was the last time Dot had a breakdown that anyone saw, being reassured that she wouldn't be left in this mess by herself was greatly appreciated.

After that, they tried to fight the games as the viruses waged war against each other. After awhile though, Megabyte noticed that the games were being beaten, and soon had his armies try to delete the victors after the games left, which was usually Mouse and a small band of binomes to support her in the games. The band of defenders had to use the old ways to avoid the viruses, sneaking in and out and using the lower levels to travel unseen.

Phong knew that what they were doing wouldn't last for long and started to take precautions. He had a special task force to pick up the pieces of two rather harmless beings. Hack and Slash weren't in the greatest shape once they were back online but still grateful for their return. Since they felt a big debt was owed to Phong, they took to following him around and trying to do everything they could for him. They was helpful (in their own way) to set things up for when Megabyte finally came to the Principal Office. Whether luckily or not, neither Hack nor Slash could understand the entire plan of Phong's, like setting up a couple of bases in Mainframe with the basic equipment for a command center, or making sure the secret passage ways were fully functional.

For almost a whole day they were able to defend the system from the games, but soon Megabyte had so many ABCs and virals going for the survivors of the games that they had to stop playing them.

This made everything worse, and if there wasn't so much destruction, there would have been panic in the streets. More binomes sought the safety of the Principal Office. The Principal Office Staff were beginning to think the worse when it was apparent that Hexadecimal was NOT getting bored of the fighting and the balance of power between the viruses stayed the same.

But then, of course, it did take a turn for the worse. Hex blasted over half of Megabyte's army and disappeared in the flash of destruction with a cackle. Then there was nothing to stop Megabyte from turning his attention to Mainframe.

While most of the Inner-System Defenses was destroyed in the fighting, some were still functional and were put to the use, but nothing stopped Megabyte for long. The CPUs fought valiantly but soon were all destroyed as well. Once the CPUs lost the fight, most of the citizens were lead out of the Principal Office via the secret passages so that they wouldn't get caught in the cross-fire.

Binomes were stationed at the guns that lined the Principal Office, and while the shield did hold up for a nano or two, soon it came crashing down. The gunners tried to hold off the attackers for as long as they could, but it was no use.

Once all forms of defiance was taken out, Megabyte took his sweet time finishing off the Principal Office. He would have offered them a chance to surrender, but his virals do so love their work.

Dot tried to stop Megabyte from making it all the way through the Principal Office but it didn't work for long. She had the first half of the staff evacuate the building with most of the Archives that they couldn't risk being lost to the virus but that may be helpful to the defenders of the system. Then she deleted the rest of the Archives. Mouse gave Dot a sympathetic nod and smile as Dot bent over her station for a nano at the lost of so much information and programs before straightening and checking all incoming information of the invasion.

Soon Megabyte was practically at the doors to the command center and Phong had to almost order Dot to evacuate the rest of the staff. Dot had almost never felt more useless than at that moment... there were two other events that topped the current situation... but she didn't want to go there...

Hack and Slash dragged Dot away, one on each of her arms. She wasn't that responsive, trying to think about the next phase that they had to do. Luckily, Dot did know of the secrete bases Phong had set up before hand and how afterwards Phong had transferred sole memory of it to Dot so that Megabyte couldn't try to pry the information out of Phong's mind. Dot gave a shake of her head as she tried to steer clear of those kinds of thoughts.

Mouse followed behind Dot and her two new bodyguards making sure that they weren't being followed yet. She was a little concerned about how Dot was going to take this new development... She'll just have to make sure nothing gets to her best friend and hope for the best. At least, the best that they could hope for in this case. Mouse and Dot could practically hear Megabyte as he laughed deep and long while settling into the Principal Office...

A/N: Alright first off, *day and a half = year and a half. Yes, it's a jump in time, but things are continuous for Mainframe in that it's just horrible there for a YEAR. This chapter is so the reader can see how very bad it's getting while Enzo and AndrAIa try to 'level up' essentially and taking a while to find their way home. So much for them thinking that things couldn't be that bad for Mainframe eh? And I think I will write about what happens to Bob, though his side will be shorter as well, since once everything settles routine takes over, you know? Hope you guys like the story so far, please let me know of grammar, OOC or just any helpful tips so that I can be a better writer. See you guys next time!