Site 11

A portal opened and Aelita followed by Ulrich, Yumi, and Kat exited out of it.

Kat ran ahead slightly and said "Come on guys let's go. If we beat the other group, Jeremy promised I could hang out at Clip's today"

Ulrich sighed and asked, "Did he really Aelita?" as he gave her a look of someone becoming irritated

Aelita gave a small smile. "He did…" She replied.

Ulrich rolled his eyes. "Great…" He muttered in annoyance.

"He also said that we could go anywhere in Google as long as we met up at 5PM in front of Clip Arcade to confirm we completed the site." Yumi stated "Then we're free until 7:30 so we can get back to the real world"

Ulrich hummed slightly as he liked that idea. "Should be easy enough," He stated, "there are four of us"

"Make it five of us." A familiar adult male voice countered.

Agent KC walked in.

Aelita blinked and said "KC?"

KC gave a slight wave. "Hey Guys." He greeted casually.

Kat gave him a look of confusion. "What are you doing here Agent KC," She asked "Didn't XANA make a deal with your group that Agents can not patrol his sites?"

KC gave a slight nod. "that is correct," He replied "but who said I was here on a patrol?" He asked, "I'm actually here to observe you all."

Kat maintained her confused look. "Observe…" She muttered then frowned "KC, You seem pretty cool and all for a government agent, but why do you need to observe us?" She asked "We don't work for your agency."

KC gave her a look "and because of that, the Agency is quite interested in what your group is exactly capable of in XANA's sites. If we find that your capabilities are too much of a threat we may decide to withdraw your hacker license."

Yumi shifted her body in reaction to that "withdraw, but that will make it illegal for us to hack."

KC gave Yumi a grin "exactly."

Ulrich hummed "that would make things a lot more difficult."

Aelita gave a light exhale "XANA must have called the Agency and given them an earful about our last attack"

KC smirked slightly "I actually called him." He countered "but he did issue a complaint and therefore the Agency has to investigate."

Kat let out a cry of annoyance. "Just whose side are you on Agent?" She demanded, "You know XANA's the bad guy so why do you work with him?"

KC gave Kat a glare "I defend the safety and security of millions of residents within each site." He retorted, "If the activities of a hacker group threatens that safety and security, I have to do my job in making sure what happened doesn't happen again."

Kat said, "If this is all about what happened at site 09, that wasn't us."

"actually it was Kat." Aelita admitted "We were the ones hacking when the sequence was activated."

Kat whined "but it wasn't our fault." She argued, "XANA must have set a trap to destroy the site with us in it if we were to hack it."

"if that was true, then why did he give us five minutes to leave and the ability to logout once we got out of the core area?" Yumi asked

"I don't know," Kat whined "maybe he just wanted to discredit us make us look like the bad guy." She glared at KC "and then send the Agency after us."

KC sighed, "look." He said "Like it or not, I have to observe you all at least this one time. So why don't we both do ourselves a favor and just accept it and let's get it over with. It will be much easier on both of us if we just do a hack together and I'll see what exactly you did as you all are most likely going to do the exact same thing you did before."

Kat growled "okay fine Agent, you can observe us but I'm telling you we did not set off that bomb."

"and I believe you," KC replied "even though you have an attitude Kat, I'm pretty dang sure you all wouldn't want to destroy a site just because it belongs to XANA. In fact I'm interested on what happened just before the timer started."

"and what was that?" Yumi asked

KC said "The hacker which was Aelita was infected by a virus which took complete control of her body and mind for a few moments then just released her and destroyed itself removing all traces of the program."

"and that's not normal right…" Ulrich suggested

KC said "not usually. Once complete control is taken usually a virus stays within a person to take control of them again whenever it wants to…"

Aelita said "do you think something like that can happen again."

KC said "yep and since I was unable to get a code trace from the virus the first time, I couldn't have a proper anti-code created to stop the virus before it takes control again."

Aelita said "so if we do the hack, the hacker will get infected."

KC said "and since I'm not allowed to be the led hacker as that would mean the Agency is doing the hacking, I can only support you all."

Aelita said "so should we pick someone else to be the hacker for this."

KC said "no… I actually want to see what happened at site 09 and since you were the lead hacker Aelita. I have to observe you in particular."

Aelita said "alright then let's go." She pulled up a screen "group two vehicles download"

The Overbike, the Overwing, and a hoverboard appeared and their respective owners got on.

Aelita activated her wings and flapped them to fly and hover.

Kat grinned at KC then said "So where your vehicle KC or do you plan to run after us."

KC smirked "not that I don't mind a good chase, I actually have a way to navigate a site at a fast speed." He knelt down and tapped on his shoes "Accessory, Jet Shoes activate."

KC's shoes shimmered as high frequency of a jet engine was heard as he started running toward the core of the site and with a slight lean back he actually took off and started flying. Miniature exhaust ports along the bottoms of his shoes showed where the jets were inside the arch of the shoe leaving a small exhaust trail.

Kat said "whoa…"

KC then pulled a loop, flew over to the group and grinned at them "come on guys, I don't like working overtime."

"Right" The group responded and everyone took off heading for the core site