Deadly Revenge

Disclaimer: Mainframe and its inhabitants belong to Mainframe Ent. This story is a work of fanfic and was written for enjoyment purposes only.

Part One

The female sprite looked around her; she knew who was in the room before she even glanced around. Turbo, Prime Guardian, stood talking to a person in the shadows.

The one he spoke with was Daemon. Her body was a shadow against the darkened room. She only liked dark, for some reason, and could not stand the room being light. For this reason not many had ever seen the virus, but she had, many times. Mercury's eye swept towards the door.

Daemon believed she had complete control over everyone in the Super Computer. She thought as she stared at the super virus. But the virus was wrong on two accountants.

She didn't control Turbo completely. Nor did she control Mercury. Nor would she ever. Turbo had never told her that he was fighting the virus. Nor had she told Turbo. Mercury could feel it. She had always had this power, ever since she had been a little sprite.

Quietly, she moved herself slightly towards the talking pair so she could hear their conversation.

"Are ya sure this is what you wish?" Turbo asked uncertain.

"Yes, watch the Web. I want that Hacker out of Mainframe. She is of great use to me." Daemon said, her voice high and mighty as if they were bugs she wished to squash.

"It will be difficult, Mouse is not one that someone catches by accident." Turbo replied, his face devoid of emotion as most of the guardians were now a days.

"She is the only one that can hack into Mainframe. I want that system! But, most of all, I want that guardian!" Daemon's voice was now forceful, filled with fury at the only guardian to escape her grasp.

"Yes, my liege." Turbo mumbled. He bowed low to the virus and silently left the room. He walked right by Mercury, not noticing the shape hidden by the shadows. Her bionic left eye followed him as he walked out the door.

She had lost her eye when Daemon had placed her under the title of 'Experiment'. As one of the first to be infected she had been experimented on, seeing if she could make a better guardian. Mercury had lost her left eye and left arm to the experiments.

Now she had bionic parts to supplement for them. Also, because of the experiments, she had gained the ability to heal and that is how she resisted complete take over by the virus. Her upper lip curled in a sneer.

She glanced at the virus sitting in the shadows. She had no intention of fighting the virus, of course. There was no reason to, Daemon had the right idea how to handle the Net.

* * *

"I really don't think you should go out alone, Mouse." Dot told her friend as Mouse suited up in the bulky armor.

"Thanks for the concern, sugah, but there’s no reason to risk innocent lives for the reason of protecting me." Mouse replied with a charming smile.

"Fine. Be careful then." Dot said as way of good bye. She and Mouse had become friends since the war with Megabyte.

"Ah will. See ya in a cycle." Mouse said as she climbed into her ship which was aptly named "Ship"

"Good bye." Dot murmured quietly as she slowly walked away from the launch pad. Dot had hung her head, which prevented her from seeing the silver clad guardian in front of her when she ran into him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Bob." Dot said as she rubbed her head.

"Its okay. Did Mouse already leave?" Bob asked as he glanced down the corridor.

"Yeah, just a nano ago." She said as she stared up at the handsome guardian. Even the ravages of the Web could not have taken away the appeal that Bob held.

"Did she take anyone else with her?" Bob asked, a concerned look crossing his face.

"No. I tried to talk her into it, but she said it was pointless. I even tried to get her to take Hack and Slash with her, but she still refused." Dot smiled as she continued with the story. "She said she'd probably end up deleting them by the time the mission was done."

"That's just like Mouse." Bob mumbled with a smile.

"Yeah, it is."

* * *

Mercury looked to her left as the vid-window appeared. "Mercury, handle that for me will you?" Daemon asked from a corner of the room.

"Of course, my liege." She replied politely as she turned to the window. "Yes?"

"We have reports of a portal opening in the Web. It matches the ID code of the Hacker's ship." The sprite answered.

"Send out our ships to capture it. Make sure you bring the Hacker back alive." Mercury said, her eye was as cold as ice.

"Yes, ma'am." The sprite replied as the window disappeared.

"Mercury?" The mocking voice of the virus called.

"Yes, my liege?" Mercury asked as she turned in the direction of the voice.

"I wish you to oversee this mission. Do not go along, wait for them here. I have a feeling our Prime Guardian is not entirely on our side." Daemon said, her voice sounding almost bored.

So she knows. Mercury thought as she stared at the virus. "Yes, my liege." Mercury spun on her booted heels and walked out of the door. * * *

Dot looked down at her organizer as a call came for her.

"Ms. Matrix, we are receiving a distress call from Ship." The binome announced.

"I'm on my way." Dot replied as she set her organizer down on the bar.

"I'm coming to." Bob said as he jumped onto his zipboard at the same moment as Dot.

They raced across Mainframe to the Principal's Office. Dot ran quickly through the halls to the War room.

"Play the message." She demanded as she sat down at her terminal.

A fuzzy message appeared. Even through the interference you could tell that it was Mouse on the other side.

"Mainframe, Ah've been attacked. Source unknown, but Ah'm losing power and Ah've been boarded. They'll be here any nano." There was background sounds of crashes and thumps as a laser was fired and everything went fuzzy.

"Is that all?" Dot demanded fiercely.

"Yes, ma'am." Replied the binome. "We've lost all trace of Mouse and Ship."

No one had seen Ray come in behind Bob. And therefore, no one saw the fierce look of anger that crossed his face or the sneer that curled his upper lip.

* * *

Mercury watched as they carried the body of the Hacker onto the ship. Her expression changed to one of disdain as they placed the body at her feet. She glanced up at Turbo.

"I thought you were not to harm the Hacker." She said crossly, kicking the body at her feet.

"She is only stunned and it was the only way. She put two of my men in stasis before we even got the door open." He paused for a moment as if considering something. "We believe she may have gotten a distress signal sent before her capture"

"It doesn't matter. Have her ship repaired and bring her to the medical rooms. Then put her in a cell under heavy guard. And be careful, I want no more harm to come to her!" She demanded as she kicked the body once more, harder this time. She then looked up at Turbo.

"Make sure she awakens soon. I need to speak with our guest."

* * *

"We need to go afta ‘er!" Ray urged, his baud in hand.

"We have no idea where she went or what attacked her." Matrix countered, even though his own face expressed the worry he felt over Mouse.

"It wasn't Web Riders." Bob said to them. His voice was low, but audible. "She would have been able to identify them and they would have just destroyed her ship, not boarded it."

"You're right about that, mate." Ray said as he sat down, leaning his baud against the wall.

"It definitely wasn't Web creatures either. The attack breeds don't live in the sector she was in."

"Maybe it was pirates." AndrAIa suggested, smiling at the fond memories she had of the crew of the former Saucy Mare.

"No." Dot said as she shook her head. "They would have never been able to out gun Ship."

"Here's a question we haven't looked at." Bob said suddenly as a thoughtful look crossed his face. "She was barely there a second before she was attacked, right?"

"Right." Dot replied, not seeing where this was leading.

"And no one could have found her that soon or out gunned Ship if they hadn't been waiting for her." Bob said as a look of understanding came over Dot's face.

"Someone planned this." Dot said to the group.

"Who would want to take her captive?"

"Well, she is only the best hacker in the known Net." Matrix answered his bionic right eye activated and began to glow red.

"Who would need that kind of hacking skills?" Bob asked the group.

"Daemon." AndrAIa supplied.

"Exactly."