Chapter Two

Now you can see

Cory: How really dumb Ariel is.
Ariel: *hurt* Hey!

Spring become autumn,

Ariel: Do they have seasons in Mainframe?
Cory: I'm not talking to you.

leaves become gold

Ariel: Wow! Midas is visting Mainframe.

falling from view.

Cory: WEEEEE!

Ever and always.
Always and ever.
No-one can promise a dream come true,

Ariel: So, you say. So, you say.

Time gave both darkness and dreams to you .

Once You Had Gold - Enya

Ariel: Okay I have a feeling there's going to be one of these every chapter.
Cory: *silence*
Ariel: Oh, come on! I'm sorry.

Morgan arose with first light. Time to get working.

Both: *giggles*

"Conversion:

Cory: (Morgan) Whore. Wait a minute...

Gargoyle.
Command:

Cory:(Morgan) Screw me blind!
Ariel: Oh my god! I'm going to get sued.

Invisibility."

Ariel: Methinks, this character resembles Jo without the smiling.
Cory: It took you this long to figure that out?

Morgan winced at the pain that came with her commands.

Cory: Morgan got bitch slapped by her commands!
Ariel: How...odd.

They always had hurt, but now she was used to the pain.

Ariel: Methinks this Mary Sue ain't that smart if she stills does this crap.

She almost relished it.

Cory: Psycho Mary Sue!

Taking a flying leap,

Cory: she fell and landed face first on the side walk.
Ariel: *splat* (Passing Binome) Ewwww!

she soared up into the sky.

Cory: Keep flying, girl, and never come back.

Now, where to?

Ariel: You're asking us?

Gliding silently toward Buadway,

Ariel: Or Baudway, like the actual show says.
Cory: Oh, you heard that rumor too?

Morgan spotted a busy diner.

Ariel: I hope she goes to Al's.

Dot’s Diner.

Ariel: Figures.

Ah! Perhaps I can obtain some information here. Looks like a busy place.

Cory: I hope Cecil kicks her ass.
Ariel: That would be funny.

She landed lightly

Ariel: *thump*
Cory: (Morgan) Shit!

on the roof of Dot’s diner, careful not to make a sound, as not to alert the binomes and sprites gathered inside. It seemed to be an immensely popular place.
Ariel: Dot's Diner, because the author's are to boring to think of an original place for us to go.

She spoke softly. "Command Pending: Transparency; Radius: 3 feet."

Cory: Is there nothing this bitch can't do?
Ariel: No.

Morgan tapped

Ariel: out Morse code on the roof.
Cory: (Cecil, translating) Get up here and fu- hey!
Ariel: I cannot imagine Cecil saying that.
Cory: (Normal) I had to think fast, I'm sorry.

a point on the roof. A hole appeared,

Ariel: sucked her in and ate her. The End.

visible only to her. Pulling a stethoscope

Cory: When did she become a fucking doctor?
Ariel: Did we miss a chapter? (pause) and watch your language, I'm editting this before I post it.
Cory: Stupid fucking slumbitch.
Ariel: You're going to pay for that. Cory: I apologize, Ariel. I should never have insulted such a sexy, beautiful, smart goddess as yourself. Please forgive me and allow me to kiss your feet while I beg for your forgivness. And, YES, you can borrow my AndrAIa lipstick.
(Note from Ariel: Haha! Take that! I have the power!)

out of storage, Morgan put it on and begin to listen in on the various conversations, looking for one in particular...

Cory: (Clinton) OH GOD! JUST...LIKE-
Ariel: Cory!

"Moooom!,"

Ariel: Where did the cow come from?
Cory: *snicker*

Kyle whined.

Ariel: Would you like some cheese with that wine?
Cory: Weak, feeble, pathetic.

"Can’t I go into a game with Dad?

Cory: (Kyle) So I can do stupid things and get us all nullified and stuff?
Ariel: What an Enzo ripoff.

Pleeaase?"

Cory: *laughing* I thought this was supposed to be a serious fic.
Ariel: *laughing* I thought it was.

Kyle was a child

Cory: Really?

of about 6 hours. His skin was a greenish-blue, his eyes violet, and hair a green so dark it was almost black.

Ariel: What is up with that?

Cory: People, some advice for you. It is possible for a young sprite to not have a mixture of skin colors. Trust me.
Ariel: I mean, who really thinks Dot and Enzo's parents either looked identical or one was blue and the other yellow? Give me a break.

He had just recently to begin to develop unique abilities inherited from his father.

Cory: I bet his dad is Phong. That would be cool.
Ariel: Please, Phong is cool. I hope he gets spared the evil wrath of this story.

"Kyle!" Dot frowned down at her son.

Cory: I get it now! He's Meggy's kiddy.
Ariel: I cannot imagine Meggy with a kid.
Cory: (Meggy, threatening) Do you want to know what happens when little viruses don't do their homework?

"You’re just too young and inexperienced. You’re just not ready yet." She looked expectantly to her husband.

Ariel: (Dot, pleading) Back me up here, please. If you don't, no nookie!

Kyle gazed at his father pleadingly.

Cory: (Kyle, threatening) I know where you hide your porn mags, dad.

"Uhhhhh... Welll..." Bob looked across the booth to his son, then to the woman sitting beside him.

Ariel: Bob's stuttering because he's wondering how to tell his son not to tell Dot about his date.

Dot cleared her throat.

Ariel: You tell him Dot!

"Kyle, she’s right. You need to go through more training programs before you can enter a real game."

Cory: (sarcastically) I'd want my son in dangerous games.

Standing up, the young sprite glared icily

Ariel: *shivers* I felt that.

at his parents before stomping out of the diner, followed by his dog, Disk.

Cory: What a rip off of little Enzo. By the way, where IS little Enzo?
Ariel: I don't know.

"Kyle Sinclair!," Dot called after him, standing up.

Cory: Sinclair? Ohh-kay. Sure.
Ariel: Cory, just live with it.

"You get back here right now!" She was ignored, of course, as the sprite zipped away, his faithful dog at his heels.

Cory:Okay, if he zipped away then he used a zip board, but how did 'Disk' stay at his heels?
Ariel: Don't question, just mock.

Dot sat down and sighed, resting her head in her hand. "He’s so... so..."

Ariel: Stupid.

"Hard-headed?," Bob put in.

Cory: Not just hard-headed, he's probably hard di-
Ariel: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

"Yeah," Dot agreed. "It must come from your side the family," the Guardian quipped.

Ariel: (Bob) Because we all know how responsible I am.
Cory: (Bob) Indeed.

Dot playfully punched him in the shoulder. "Maybe he got it from you!"

Cory: Herpes?
Ariel: Was that neccessary?

Bob took her chin in his hand and kissed Dot softly. "Maybe it’s for the better."

Ariel: (Bob) That way the author doesn't have to think of any original ideas for Kyle, she just had to ripoff little Enzo.

Dot kissed him back. "I just hope he doesn’t run off and try to get into a game, User protect him."

Ariel: 'Cause we all know how nice those User are.
Cory: (User) What's this button do?

"I’m sure he’ll be all right." Bob slipped a warm, comforting arm around Dot’s waist.. "Look, I’ll go and talk to him, okay?"

Ariel: Don't let him do it, Dot, don't let him!

"Thanks, Bob," Dot said as he got up from the table. He bent down and kissed her again.

Cory: (Dot) COOTIES! Don't kiss me, you have cooties!

"See you later."

Ariel: *yawn*

"Bye." Dot held on onto Bob’s hand for a moment longer.

Cory: This is getting annoying and quite sappy. Who's fucking idea was this?
Ariel: *whistles innocently*

Then he was gone.

Cursors! This is going to be harder than I thought.

Cory: *snickers loudly*
Ariel: You are sick, Cory. Do you hear me, sick.

Morgan didn’t particularly like hurting, emotionally or physically, others than her intended target.

Cory: So she doesn't like hurting people, but she's an assasin?
Ariel: (Morgan) Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit. Maybe a lot, but not a bit.

Lately, she had been feeling more sympathetic for her victims

Ariel: Yeah, sure. I'm believing this shit.
Cory: (Morgan) I'm so sorry I have to kill you, but otherwise I wouldn't be able to be a fucked up little whore.
Ariel: Hey...

and their family and friends. It affected her even more so because she didn’t even know who her family was.

Ariel: So she's an idiot with amnesia?
Cory: The traumatic history just keeps poring in.

She had been adopted into the Guild of Assassins at an early age,

Cory: She 17 and she was adopted in at an early age?
Ariel: How old? 2?

but had no recollection of the first several hours

Ariel: Okay, the time schedule has been officially blown to Hell.
Cory: And back.

of her life. Morgan had never probed her superiors in the matter.

Cory: Because why would one want to know who they belonged to?
Ariel: (Morgan) Family? Why would I need a fucking family?!

What would be the use of knowing? Her parents were long deleted; that’s all she knew and cared to know.

Cory: I'm glad my parents are dead too.
Ariel: But they aren't.
Cory: Shhh! I'm wishing.

At least she thought so.

Ariel: That's reassuring.

She terminated her transparency command and put away the stethoscope,

Cory: There goes the doctor thing again.
Ariel: Where does she put all this shit?

then followed Bob as he zipped away, looking for Kyle.

"It’s not fair!"

Cory: Rule #1 of Life: Life's not fair. Live with it.

Kyle kicked at a crumpled take-out carton as he moped around Old Man Pearson’s dump.

Ariel: This kid is such an Enzo ripoff.

Disk whined,

Ariel: And Disk is who again?
Cory: I believe the dog.
Ariel: Right...and you are?

and the boy absently patted the red and yellow dog

Cory: I think I need to call my shrink.
Ariel: Oh, come on. Just because the author has no imagination...

on his head as the two of them walked. "Everybody gets go into games.

Cory: And some of them don't come out alive. Ever think of that?

Dad, Uncle Matrix,

Ariel: I'm going to file that under: "Titles that some people don't need."
Cory: I think Matrix would be CUTE as an uncle.
Ariel: You think Matrix would be cute as a reptile.

Enzo... why can’t I?!"

"Because we don’t want you getting hurt."

Cory: Said Matrix as he pulled out Gun and shot Kyle in the middle of his forhead.
Ariel: (Matrix) I never WANTED to be an uncle, dammit!

The young sprite and his dog turned around as Bob hopped off his zipboard.

Ariel: Enter Bob and child healing moment. How cute.
Cory: Liar.
Ariel: I know.

"Go away! I don’t want to talk to you! Or Mom!"

Cory: Of Dot was even there.

Kyle turned to stomp off again, but Bob’s hand on his shoulder stopped Enzo.

Cory: Wait a nano, where did Enzo come in?
Ariel: Kyle is such an Enzo rip off that even Lady Sita can't tell the difference.

He turned around to face his father a second time.

Cory: Bob is Enzo's father. That mean him and Dot are...
Ariel: Incest is the best and all that.

"Dad, it’s just not fair! I want to play the games. I could help you...

Ariel: (Kyle) ...you get deleted.

I bet I’d be pretty good. Look at what I can do so far!" Eager to impress his father, Kyle began to form a small ball of energy between his hands.

Cory: Hold on, only Bob can do that! That's Bob patented!

"Kyle!" His concentration broken, the energy dissipated. "You know you’re not supposed to practice that just to show off," Bob chided his son. Kyle glare at the ground as they walked along.

Ariel: (Kyle) Bad ground! Bad ground! Bad! Bad! Bad Ground!

"You may think you’re ready," Bob told his son as they began walking back out of the dump. "But like Dot said, you’re just not ready yet."

Cory: For Trojan condoms!
Ariel: Oh, please. Not now. Cory, hold on to your sanity for just a little while longer.

"Matrix wasn’t ready!"

*Both start snickering at lingering sexual innduendos.*

"Kyle, you *know*

Ariel: (Bob) You see I'm saying know with axtericks! (Normal voice) How do you express axtericks?

Cory: *Just* *like* *this* *!*

he had to take up that responsibility. He had no choice since there was no guardian. And look what happened."

Cory: He got a hot chick and one big ass gun.

"So, you’re saying the same thing will happen to me? That I’ll lose a game, just like him!? That I’m a screw-up?!"

Ariel: (Kyle) I can read deep into your pysche!

Bob stopped in mid-stride and looked down at the figure sulking along beside him. "No! That’s no what I meant! Maybe if En- Matrix had had enough experience, he might have been able to win the game.

Cory: (Bob) I must stress the importance of expierence!

We don’t want you to get caught in the same situation."

"Maybe... Hey, I got it! You can make me a cadet! Like you did the big guy! Or send me to the Super Computer. Like Matrix sent Ezno

Ariel: Who's Ezno?
Cory: All these new characters are making my head spin!

to the academy!"

"Look, with Matrix I did that as a precaution;

there was the chance I wouldn’t make it out alive." Bob knelt down so he was face to face with Kyle. "And Enzo... he wanted to be one, and he’s already had plenty of experience."

Ariel: (Bob) Expierence, people, experience!

"Come on, Dad! You can do that, right? Since you’re still a Guardian, anyway."

From her perch on a nearby building, Morgan let out a gasp.

Cory: (Morgan) I smeared my eyeshadow!

She quickly covered her mouth, fearful that they had heard her.

Ariel: Can't you feel the suspence?
Cory: No. *yawn*

The dog’s ears perked up,

Ariel: Bacon!
Cory: That was a stupid commercial.

and Morgan could have sworn he looked right at her, even though she was still using the invisibility command.

Ariel: Because everyone realizes this dog is pyschic.
Cory: More like psycho.

A guardian! What will happen if I delete a guardian? This system could be defenseless! Ooohhh User, this keeps getting more complicated.

Cory: So she cares for the system, too? This is one humanitary assasin.
Ariel: I think that's an oxymoron.
Cory: I believe so.

The two sprites appeared not to have heard her little outburst

Ariel: What an outburst!
Cory: (Strict catholic school nun) You shall be beaten for that!

and they continued talking, though the dog laid its ears back and kept glancing in her direction.

"Can you talk about it with Mom? Pleeeaaassse?,"

Cory: Two problems at this point. One, what's with the multiple letters, two what's with the funky punctuation?

Kyle pleaded.

Bob knew he would never win an argument with his son. He sighed. "Oh, all right. I’ll have a little talk with Dot."

Cory: I can see the end!
Ariel: No, all you can see is a promise of the end.
Cory: Fuck you, Ariel.

The boy’s face practically lit up as he ecstatically hugged Bob . "Pixelacious!"

Ariel: Ripoff.

He excitedly jumped up and down. "Thanks a bunch, Dad!"

"You're welcome," Bob said as he tried to calm the smaller sprite down. "Now, lets get back to the diner. Mom’s probably worried sick."

Cory: (Bob) We've been gone almost an hour! Dot'll be worried sick!
Ariel: Isn't an hour like a year for them?

"Okay! Race you there!"

Ariel: How immature.

The two hopped on their zipboards and sped off in back to the diner, laughing out loud as they raced each other, unaware of the unknown figure stalking them.

Ariel: Well, that's done. Only about twelve chapters to go.
Cory: I'm going to kill you, do you here me? Kill you.
*Sounds of a scuffle ensue*