Scene: A system very different from Mainframe, a game-cube begins to drop.
Voice-over: Warning! Incoming game!... Warning! Incoming game!... Warning! Incoming game!... Warning! Incoming game!
Scene: Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket ascending a tower in an elevator.
AndrAIa: The game has almost landed!
Matrix: (discouraged) I`ve had enough of this.
AndrAIa: Not again! We have to go into this game. It`s the only way out of here!
Matrix: Is it? This is the fifth game we`ve played in this system. It doesn`t matter if we download into this game, it`s up to the user where we go! We`re not in control here.
AndrAIa: I`ve got a real good feeling about it. This could be the one that gets us to a new system!
Matrix: Yeah, this one and hundreds before it! We never even found a system with ports to the `Net.
AndrAIa: Don`t lose heart now! We`ll find Mainframe! All we need is a little luck!
Matrix: (very discouraged) I give up.
AndrAIa: Too late, lover! (they exit elevator as game-cube engulfs them)
Scene: Inside game; blue sky, white clouds, floating land islands withwhat looks like sand-traps.
Matrix: (exasperated) Oh, great! Another golf game. Glitch. Stats. (doesn`t work) Glitch! Stats! It... doesn`t work!
AndrAIa: Uhh... Enzo!
Matrix: (as he turns to AndrAIa) I`ve told you not to call me Enzo, call me... (low-voiced shock) Mainframe?
Scene: Pans over Matrix,AndrAIa, and Frisket, who appear to be in Floating-Point Park, towards Princepal Office of Mainframe!
AndrAIa: But it can`t be... we`re inside a game! How can Mainframe be here?
Matrix: I don`t care... I`m home!
AndrAIa: But we`re in a game-cube! It can`t be the real Mainframe!
Matrix: But it is Mainframe! Look! M...maybe it`s the program copy or system back-up!... It could be! It has to be!
AndrAIa: But it`s not! I`m sorry.
Matrix: I know... you`re right! It just looks like the place I knew. There are none of my friends, family, no... (interrupted by:...)
Dot: Bob! (both Dot and Bob fly on zip-boards overhead, apparently chasing Hack and Slash)
Bob: We`ll never catch them!
Dot: (winks with right eye) Oh, Bob!(using exaggerated tone of voice) I have never seen you so angry! Please, don`t hurt Hack and Slash when you catch them!
Hack and Slash: (stopping) UH-OH!
Hack: (to Slash) Oh! Now you`ve done it! You got Bob mad at us!
Slash: Me? Why is it always me?? He`s mad at you too, y`know!
Hack: No, he is not! He is madder at you!
Bob: (as he pulls up behind them) Hi, guys!
Hack and Slash: (very nervous laughter) !!
Bob: Actually, I`m not mad at either one of you!
Hack: You`re not?
Slash: Oh, I`m feeling better already!
Bob: Good! Glitch! Energy driver!(Glitch complies, becoming a golf-club... a driver!; To Hack and Slash...) Assume the position!
Hack and Slash: Awww!(and bend forward away from Bob, who tees-off with them as golf-balls; they go wailing towards Silicon Tor, rolling around roof opening before falling in)
Bob: (holding hand to face, with thumb and fore-finger forming a circle over right eye) Be seeing ya!(as Dot pulls up) Hey, look Dot! A hole in one!
Dot: Are you happy now?
Bob: Actually, ...yes!(Phong contacts him through Glitch)
Phong: Bob! Dot! Return to the Princepal Office immediately! We have a problem!
Bob: We`re on our way, Phong! (flies off with Dot towards Princepal Office; scene switches back to Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket)
AndrAIa: Is it possible they found a way to convert the entire city yo game-sprite mode?
Matrix: Uh... it`s possible(not very convincing)... no, it`s not. The city is firmware, and that wouldn`t explain Bob! Or a functioning Glitch!
AndrAIa: Why didn`t you call to them?
Matrix: I wanted to... but I couldn`t!
AndrAIa: So, is this a game... or not? Let`s reboot and see what happens!
Matrix: No!
AndrAIa: What`s the matter?
Matrix: Uh... I can`t! I might reboot as 'little' Enzo!
AndrAIa: Little or large, size doesn`t matter... I will always love you!
Matrix: (defensive) I worked hard to become what I am! I put that weak little boy behind me! There`s nothing left of him in me now!
AndrAIa: Well... there`s only one way to find out!
Matrix: (sighs in resignation) Okay... let`s do it!(reaches down for Frisket`s icon)
Matrix and AndrAIa: REBOOT! (to their shock, they reboot as Megabyte, Hexadecimal, and Scuzzy!)
AndrAIa as Hex.: Oh... my!
Matrix as Meg.: What have we done? (shocked)
AndrAIa as Hex.: We`ve gone viral! I guess this rules out the family reunion!
Matrix as Meg.: (sighs) Could it get any worse? (suddenly...)
Hack and Slash: (alternating words) Hack... and Slash... reporting for duty... boss!
Matrix as Meg.: (brings hand to head, rolls eyes) Alpha-numeric!
Scene: Interior of Princepal Office; Bob, Dot, and Phong.
Phong: Surveillance reports Hexadecimal and Megabyte have teamed-up!
Bob: Teamed-up?
Phong: Yes. They are in the Tor!
Dot: If those two are working together, we`re all in trouble!
Bob: But usually when they join forces, Hex`s insanity or Megabyte`s greed stops them every time!
Phong: (as seen through Frisket/Scuzzy`s dome) But they are acting out of character!
Bob: (also through dome) They must never find out about number one!
AndrAIa/Hex.: [Stop replay, Scuzzy!](Frisket growls and snaps in outrage) I`m sorry. Frisket. Number one must be the objective of this game!
NOTE: To eliminate unnecessary typing on my part, whenever Matrix or AndrAIa speak in Megabyte`s or Hexadecimal`s voice, angled brackets will be used! -- Your Humble Scribe
Matrix/Meg.: (testing out Megabyte`s throne) This feels weird!(slightly nauseated)
AndrAIa/Hex.: (smacks Matrix`s chest)[Listen! Num]ber one must be the objective of this game!
Matrix/Meg.: If it`s a game! I thought it was... but now I`m not sure! To be honest, I`m not sure about anything anymore!
Hack: If he`s not sure, imagine how I feel!
Slash: Yeah double, that goes double for me!(holds up two hands)
Hack: Yeah, well triple for me!(holds up three hands... where the third one comes from is a mystery!)
Slash: You bet! Well, I`m sensative...
Matrix/Meg.: [Will you two imbeciles be quiet!]
Hack and Slash: (gulping and flustered with fear) Okay boss, you bet!, sorry boss! (together) Be seein` ya!(leave fast!)
AndrAIa/Hex.: Niiice touch!
Matrix/Meg.: What d`ya mean?
AndrAIa/Hex.: Megabyte`s voice! You wanted them frightened, and it certainly did the trick!
Matrix/Meg.: I didn`t want them frightened, I just wanted them quiet!
AndrAIa/Hex.: But that voice was so strong and commanding... definately not a little boy`s!
Matrix/Meg.: No, something worse! It represents everything I hate!
AndrAIa/Hex.: Is that everything you hate... or everything you`re [afraid of becoming?]
Matrix/Meg.: (nauseated voice) This is getting too weird! I gotta find number one. Maybe then this`ll all make sense! (looks over from throne to where legs are) Uhm... could you... pass me my legs?
Scene: Interior of Princepal Office; Bob, Dot, and Phong.
Bob: I don`t like this. I... it`s quiet!
Dot: Yeah... too quiet!
Phong: Perhaps Megabyte has done an about-face!
Bob: Changing face is more Hexadecimal`s style than Megabyte`s!
Phong: True... but something is different. Megabyte is not behaving... normally! (vid-window opens)
C.P.U.Binome: Sir! Looks like there`s a bogie heading towards the Princepal Office!
Other Binome in V.-W.: Uhhh... Bob, sir? I think it might be a birdie!
Bob: Well, what is it? A birdie or a bogie?
Dot: Definately a bogie! A bogie named Megabyte!
Bob: Well, Phong... looks like the same Megabyte to me!
Scene: The sky above the city, Matrix/Megabyte flying towards Princepal Office on bike; then Matrix/Megabyte marching into Princepal Office unresisted, heading towards Bob, Dot, and Phong.
Matrix/Meg.: Bob! We need to talk... now!
Bob: No way, Megabyte! I don`t know how you got in... but I`m showing you out! (leaps toward Matrix/Megabyte)
Matrix/Meg.: (grabs Bob out of air, holds him off ground) Bob! If this was a game, I could end it... right now! ...but I won`t. (placing Bob gently down) I need you to [trust me.]
Dot: Why should we trust you, Megabyte?
Matrix/Meg.: No! Not Megabyte! ...Sis, It`s me... I`m... Enzo!
Bob: He`s crazier than Hexadecimal!
Dot: You`re not my brother! You`re not Enzo!
Matrix/Meg.: Y`have to believe me! Maybe if I find Number One, he can help me!
Bob: I knew it! This was all a trick to get Number One! Glitch! Particle beam!
Scene: Particle beam hits Matrix/Megabyte in the chest, pushing him back until he roars in frustration.
Dot: Stop! You could never be my brother! Enzo would never be so vicious!
Matrix/Meg.: (still stuggling against particle beam) Please, Dot! I... I`ve changed... but I`m still... Enzo!
Bob: It`s not going to work, Megabyte! Your cycles are numbered! (a vid-window opens behind Phong, showing a picture of Megabyte that gets crossed out with X`s)
Phong: He must be filed and indexed!
Dot: (to Matrix/Megabyte, circling thumb and fore-finger over right eye) Be seeing ya!
Scene: Particle beam stops, staggering Matrix/Megabyte forward as a large clamp grabs him, lifting him up and over to an open file storage compartment.
Matrix/Meg.: (struggling against clamp) No! I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, briefed, de-briefed, or numbered! My life is my own! YOU WON`T HOLD ME!! (grabs and infects clamp, making it release him before it reaches compartment)
Scene: Interior of Silicon Tor; AndrAIa/Hexadecimal sits before mirror.
AndrAIa/Hex.: Happy... sad. Happy!(sounding happy) Sad!(sounding sad) Happy... sad... [intrigued! I`ve never been so in touch with my emotions!] (top of Tor opens and Matrix/Megabyte descends on bike and lands) That`s a niiice bike!
Matrix/Meg.: What is it with you and bikes? (she shrugs innocently) They didn`t believe me. Why should they? To them, I`m Megabyte! I did nothin` to prove otherwise!
AndrAIa/Hex.: [What`s wrong with being Megabyte?]
Matrix/Meg.: How can you say that? Everything about Megabyte is wrong!
AndrAIa/Hex: [Is it really? The strength, the control, the power? Isn`t that everything you wanted?]
Matrix/Meg.: Yeah... that is what I wanted. But not like this! And not at the expense of Bob and the others. I gotta make them see that I`m sincere! I have to prove that I`m Enzo... [even if I have to delete them all to do it!](extends claws to the sound of Hexadecimal`s laughter)
Scene: Princepal Office; Bob and Dot, as Phong enters.
Bob: Well, Phong?
Phong: I`ve decided you should meet with Number One!
Dot: You must have given it a lot of thought!
Phong: No, I... I called and asked him!
Dot: Oh. I... is the rendezvous point still the same?
Phong: Yes, my child.
Bob: Good! We`re on our way!
Phong: (as cup of cocoa is handed to him) Oh! Thank you. (takes sip) How`s your back, Nine? (Nine shrugs and hold back)
Scene: A lower level of Mainframe, Bob and Dot fly from one alley down another; as they go down the second alley, a garage door opens and Matrix/Megabyte and AndrAIa/Hexadecimal come flying out on Megabyte`s motorbike; Next we see Bob and Dot fly into diner.
AndrAIa/Hex.: Looks like they`re hiding Number One in Dot`s Diner. Predictable... [yet unexpected!]
Matrix/Meg.: Well, if this is a game, I say we find Number One and end it now!
AndrAIa/Hex.: [Spoken like a true virus!]
Matrix/Meg.: AndrAIa! You`re taking your role a little too seriously!
AndrAIa/Hex.: [I`m just playing (swats him)... lighten up, Megabyte!]
Matrix/Meg.: That`s Matrix! This insanity stops now! (revs bike up to greater speed and heads straight towards the doors of the Diner)
Scene: Matrix/Megabyte and AndrAIa/Hexadecimal on bike crash through Diner`s doors, but instead of landing inside of Diner, Matrix/Megabyte finds himself crashing through a different set of doors... alone! As he looks around, we see Mike! the TV and Cecil on either end of a teeter-totter aiming cameras at each other, a jurybox with twelve binomes wearing half black/half white masks, a computer block which resembles a large binome - sans arms and legs, and Dot standing on one side of a platform.
Matrix/Meg.: Where is Number One?
The Jury: (chanting and swaying in time) Here come da judge!... here come da judge! Everybody knows and here come da judge! ...Here come da judge!... here come da judge! Everybody knows and here come da judge! (as they repeat, the judge rises up behind the podium... Bob is the judge!)
Bob: (slamming the gavel down hard) Silence in court! The prosecution will read the charges!
Dot: M`lord! The defendant is charged with believing that the ends justify the means... and of becoming everything he claims to hate!
Matrix/Meg.: (confused and flustered) Well, your Honour...
Bob: (interupts) Jury? How do you find the defendant?
Jury: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
Matrix/Meg.: Your Honour... (jury still chants 'Guilty') Your Honour! This is no trial! Where`s my defence?
Bob: (considers it, then...) Good point! Bring in the character witnesses!
Hack and Slash: (as they rise from two pits in floor, chanting...) Dem bones dem bones dem dry bones! Dem bones dem bones dem dry bones! (Slash) Dem bones...!
Bob: And what d`you have to say on the defendant`s behalf?
Hack: He is a very bad man!
Slash: Oh, yeah. And mean!
Hack: Yeah! Oh, I forgot mean. And mean!
Bob: How does the jury find the defendant?
Jury: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!... (Hack and Slash sink below floor, chanting together)
Hack and Slash: Dem bones dem bones dem dry bones! Dem bones dem bones dem dry bones! Dem bones dem bones dem dry bones! (Slash) Dem bones dem bones...
Matrix/Meg.: But I`m Enzo! I`m your brother! You must believe Me!!
Dot: (upset) Stop saying you`re my brother! (walks to Matrix/Megabyte and pounds fists on his chest)
Matrix/Meg.: (suprised) Sis! (grabs her shoulders to hold her back, but at his touch, she de-rezzes into nothingness)(low-voiced shock) What have I done?
Bob: Actions speak louder than words! You betrayed the memory of your sister! (lightly) How does the jury find the defendant?
Jury: Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! (Bob then walks towards Matrix/Megabyte, stopping only inches away)
Bob: Have you anything to say before I execute you? (no pause) Sorry! Pass sentence.
Matrix/Meg.: Bob, please! Help me! I have to end this! I have to know: who is Number One?
Bob: (low-voiced, rising with each word) Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty...(jury joins in here and they and Bob begin to repeat it insanely)
Matrix/Meg.: NOOOO! (swings arms, causing everything around him to de-rez to nothingness, leaving him in the dark until a bright spotlight shines down on him from above)
Hexadecimal: So... you killed everyone... Good! Haven`t you figured it out yet? (slyly) I know I have! (disappears, replaced by all of hexadecimal`s masks) We all have! We all have! We all have!
Matrix/Meg.: (angry) TELL ME!! WHO... IS NUMBER ONE?!? (masks all rise, replaced with a vid-window mirroring his Megabyte image)
Megabyte: I am Number One! I am the driving force in your life! I am hatred! I drive you on and consume you!
Matrix/Meg.: NOOO! (smashes fist through vid-window, shattering it; He reverts to Matrix and another vid-window appears, reflecting this change)
Mirror-Matrix: I am Number One! I care for no one!
Matrix: That`s not true! I love AndrAIa!
Mirror-Matrix: No you don`t. You love yourself! Just looking out for number one! (in anger, Matrix targets the vid-window and shoots it... destroying it completely)
Matrix: (seeing a small sprite approaching him)No! (low-voiced) Not you!?
'Little' Enzo: I am Number One. The original! Do you think this is a game? Do you?
Matrix: (stunned) But how? you`re me!
Enzo: But you hate me. You must! Look at what you become!
Matrix: You`re wrong! I had to become bigger, tougher! I had to be ready for Megabyte, to survive the games!
Enzo: Did you like the games more than Mainframe? More than your family?
Matrix: No! No I didn`t! I was trapped in the games!
Enzo: Games... games... games. It was only a game... you killed my family!
Matrix: My family!
Enzo: You`ve forgotten your family! You let yourself become a prisoner of the games! What would Bob think of you now?
Matrix: (low-voiced) Bob!
Enzo: There can be only one! (holds small, white ball in front of right eye) Be seeing you! (throws ball at Matrix, it expands and covers Matrix, outlining his features in white ans seems to be smothering him; he struggles, and then...)
Scene: Matrix on ground, head resting on golf-bag as he struggles awake.
AndrAIa: (laughs) Are you okay?
Matrix: Yeah... I guess. What happened?
AndrAIa: (laughs once more) The 'Mighty' Matrix was knocked for a loop by an errant golf-ball!
Matrix: (feeling lump on fore-head, looks around, seeing three characters in golfing attire as one tees off) Where are we? What happened to Mainframe?
AndrAIa: What do you mean? You must have been dreaming! We`re on the final hole of 'Fairway Frolics'. Why don`t you wait here while I finish this hole and win the game!
Matrix: I`m tired of waiting for things to happen! And I`m tired of these stupid games! We`ve been livin` like viruses - infecting games and systems! This has to end! We`re taking control! The search for Mainframe... and Bob, begins now!
AndrAIa: (kisses Matrix) Welcome back!
Matrix: Now... who hti that golf-ball? Gun! Command Line:Targeting! (the three other golf characters look at each other and then take off in different directions; Matrix`s eye goes to target mode...) Be seein` ya!
