Princess Daimon's Lover (page 2)


At the observation house, Matrix awakens to see AndrAIa sitting beside him. "AndrAIa," he says, "you came to see me." She smiles assent. "I used to have a dreaming of being an astronaut." he says, picturing a web shuttle. Then he moves his head slightly and continues talking, "But I had to give it up because I was too weak for such a demanding job. I think I'm getting weaker these days." The ice pixel begins glowing. He convulses in pain until the glowing fades. He reaches under his pillow for something. It is a .jpg of several astronauts together, with himself and Frisket together in the middle. "I must stay around Frisket takes off for web." AndrAIa looks at him with worry.

"Frisket turned out to be the one who achieved out dream. AndrAIa, please wish with me for her mission to be successful." She smiles a reply. "It's funny," he says, stroking her chin, "Although you're a game sprite, I feel like we understand each other perfectly." He leans back, pondering, "From the web, the view of the blue must be so beautiful. AndrAIa, I wish we could see it together." He pulls her close to him, "Come here," he says, "AndrAIa, you smell so good, it makes me feel so good." He falls asleep, cradling AndrAIa. She sits up, looking at his face.

She thinks of what Dot told her, "Bob-chan's face is so cute when he sleeps. Just like a child's."

'I too wish we could go to web together.' AndrAIa thinks to herself. She turns around to get right next to his face. She leans forward, eyes slowly closing, and kisses him passionately. Her eyes open and she blushes tremendously.

Suddenly, she is running through a beautiful field of grass, with the sun slowly rising, casting its ray over the sparkling water. She is smiling happily. She continues running.

"I saw it! I saw it!" Turbo declares to the group, who is sitting around a table on pillows, "I saw AndrAIa coming home early in the morning with a look of happiness on her face!" The others gasp.

"She must be in love," Mouse says.

"Love?" Dot asks.

"AndrAIa's in love, at last!" Mouse declares.

Ray Tracer gasps, and looks down sadly. Hex catches the look and says, "Ah, maybe you're just wishing it."

"Well, what about that yellow ribbon?" Mouse asks her.

Little Enzo jumps up, "I agree!" she says. Ray Tracer walks out of the room, looking very depressed.

"Can't you be more considerate to Ray Tracer?" Hex yells at the others.

"Sorry..." Mouse says.

Dot gets a goofy look on her face, "What?" Dot asks everyone.

"Dot-chan," Phong says, "You mean you haven't noticed all this time?"

"What?" Dot asks, looking at everyone quickly, "What, what?"

"Ray Tracer has a crush on AndrAIa, sugah." Mouse tells her.

Dot has a look of shock on her face which is replaced by a psychotic grin. "Is that true?" she asks.

"Where have you been?" Turbo asks, putting her hand on her head.

Dot leans over the table to look straight at Turbo, "I just thought they were good friends." Dot says.

"Dummy." Turbo responds, causing Dot to face fault.

Mouse leans back on her pillow, putting her hands behind her head, "Being in love, how nice it is."

"We're so busy preparing for those exams that we hardly have time for meeting boys." Phong says. The others sigh in agreement except for Dot.

"Except for me. I've got Bob!" she says, giving a peace sign.

"Stop showing him off," the others say together, turning away from her.

"But when I'm in Guardian Collective, I'll find my love first thing," Phong says dreamily.

Mouse lays back completely on the floor, "Ah, I started thinking about him again," he says.

"I wonder what my first love is doing now," Hex says, putting her head on her arms.

"Same here," Turbo says dreamily.

Little Enzo just sighs.

Outside, it is snowing. Slash, Hack, and Maxine are drinking tea at the restaurant again.

"They vanished completely," Hack says, stirring the ice in his tea with his straw.

"It's been so peaceful lately," Slash comments.

"Really?" Hack asks him.

"Hack, is something bothering you?" Slash asks.

"No..." Hack answers, "Just intuition."

"I feel the same, but I can't tell what it is," Slash states.

Maxine looks at her tea and says, "I feel like time has stopped."

Over an ocean, many viruses class 0.45 are flying around. "You foolish Sailor MF.com-Warriors, keep daydreaming," the viral woman says. Underneath the water is a small ice formation. It is slowly growing.

Outside, AndrAIa is headed toward Matrix's house when she runs into Ray Tracer, "It's been awhile.." he says.

"Yeah.." AndrAIa replies, blushing.

"AndrAIa, if there's something that's making you worried.."

"I'm sorry," she says, "but I'm in a hurry." She runs off by Ray Tracer, leaving him behind to stare at her. 'I'm sorry Raysie,' she says to herself as she runs. Dot spots her running and tails her.

AndrAIa arrives at the observation house followed by Dot. She opens the sliding glass door and Dot stays outside, watching and listening. She sees AndrAIa on the bed with a man as he rubs her neck. 'So that's the man AndrAIa loves?' she says to herself. She ducks out of sight as she hears the door open. Frisket walks in.

"Matrix, I'm leaving this afternoon," Frisket informs him.

"I see," he answers, "The big moment had arrived. I wish you success."

"Thank you," she says, timidly, "Matrix.. when I get back from web, I'll return right away and talk care of.."

"Don't bother," Matrix returns, "You and I are now living in totally different worlds. You see the Supercomputer as a satellite revolving around Mainframe. That's not how I see it." She is shocked silent by his words. "I'm sure you'll find someone more suitable for you."

Her hands are shaking as she replies, "Oh, I see. If that's how you feel about me, I understand. I know there is nothing left between us now. Is there?" Matrix is gripping the sheets covering him tightly, unable to answer. "You're right. I don't believe in any mysterious beings on the Supercomputer but.."

He covers his ears and yells, "Enough!" Frisket runs out of the room in a flood of tears. AndrAIa is shocked by the whole ordeal, unable to do anything about it. When she is gone, Matrix gets his picture of them together out and looks at it as the tears begin to fall.

"Matrix really loves her.." AndrAIa thinks to herself.

AndrAIa leaves the house and walks down the stairs to find Dot waiting for her, "Dot-chan," she says weakly.

"AndrAIa," Dot manages to whisper back, "Is he the man you.." AndrAIa nods.

"Matrix-san is a fool, he shouldn't hide his illness from Frisket-san. He loves her so much," AndrAIa says with tears in her eyes, "Dot-chan, to tell you the truth, this even more foolish game sprite thought maybe there was something between us. But there could never be..." Dot gets teary-eyed, too. AndrAIa begins crying, "I wish I were a real sprite. If I were, I would be able to be with him and I'd be able to tell him my feelings so at least I wouldn't suffer like this." AndrAIa cries without stopping now. Dot bends down and hugs her as they cry together.

They are interrupted as a virus class 0.45 flies to the glass door and peeks in. It looks in for a few seconds and flies off. "Matrix-san..." AndrAIa says worriedly and she and Dot rush to the door.

Inside the observation house, the pixel again glows, causing him pain. It begins snowing inside the room as the viral woman appears. "I found it!" she says, reaching for the pixel. Dot and AndrAIa arrive at the door to find it frozen shut and they cannot force it open. The viral woman breaks the container holding the pixel and takes it, laughing. "It looks like the pixel has absorbed your energy and become more powerful." she says to Matrix.

"So that CD was.. Princess Daimon was..." he demands.

"Princess Daimon, what a wonderful name," she says, "Yes, my ship is approaching Mainframe. And as the whole system freezes, you will also be a part of my beautiful collection." She laughs and disappears, causing the snow in the room to leave, too.

"So they haven't given up on Mainframe," Dot states from outside the house, "I must inform everyone!"

"The cause of Matrix-san's illness was a piece of pixel from that CD," AndrAIa says.

"He'll be okay then," Dot adds.

"No," AndrAIa says, causing Dot to look in through the door. Matrix is still suffering.

"Why..." Dot pleads.

"The pixel is already linked to him and will keep taking his energy." AndrAIa explains.

Back at the ocean, the viral woman returns, "Now it is time to make this system an eternal glacier!" she commands to her viruses class 0.45, holding up the pixel. She throws in into the water where it touches the still growing chunk of ice below the surface. The ice suddenly grows at a tremendous pace, causing Matrix even more pain.

"I remember now!" Ray Tracer declares to the other 4 Inner MF.com-Warriors, "I've read about this in an old story. An evil CD appeared long ago. It spread web pixels and they covered the Mainframe, turning it into a dark system of stillness. However, the power of the defragment button, Silver Finger Power, melted the ice and saved the Mainframe. It's happening again!"

"An evil CD? It sounds like the CD AndrAIa was talking about." Turbo says.

"I wonder how Silver Finger Power stopped it before?" Hex asks.

"It seems clear now that the evil CD is back after a long absence, trying to take over Mainframe again." Phong states.

"We won't allow it!" Mouse says, slamming her fist onto the table.

At the Web Science Authority, Frisket is talking to fellow astronauts. They are wishing her luck. She turns to leave the building and Dot is standing in front of the door with AndrAIa. "Oh, it's you, game-chan!" she says, smiling at AndrAIa, "Is she your game player?" she asks, looking up at Dot.

"Frisket-san, please delay the Supercomputer Frontier Project!" Dot demands.

"What are you saying?" Frisket asks, shocked.

"A dangerous CD is coming, "Dot explains to her, "and there is an evil viral woman who will..."

Frisket smiles at her, "I don't understand what you're talking about at all."

"It may seem unbelievable, but she's trying to freeze the system." Frisket ignores that and walks out of the building and gets into a car as Dot follows, "It's too dangerous to go into the web now."

"That's ridiculous! I've had enough of these fairy tales." Frisket says as the driver takes off. Dot and AndrAIa can only watch her go.

Back at the observation house, Dot and AndrAIa are looking in the back door to check on Matrix. "Maybe," AndrAIa says, "if he saw Princess Daimon, his lifelong dream, he might be able to regain strength and overpower the curse of the pixel."

"Princess Daimon?" Dot asks.

"If I were sprite, I could be his Princess Daimon..." AndrAIa says sadly.

"AndrAIa, even if you could become sprite, you wouldn't be able to..."

"I don't care what happens to me," AndrAIa states, "I just want to save Matrix-san. I know I may sound foolish talking like this, but I know what I'm saying. Princess Daimon is our only hope of saving him!" Dot is shocked to see so much emotion from AndrAIa, "But I'm only a basic game sprite, after all," AndrAIa concludes.

On the big screen on the 205.34 Offices building, there are huge chunks of ice covering the ground and snow is still falling. "The cold weather is reaching around the system. Even here in Infoseek an unprecedented snowstorm has fallen for nanoseconds..." the newscaster announces. Dot and AndrAIa are watching.

"This is..." Dot says.

"This is all her doing!" AndrAIa concludes.

Dot's communicator begins beeping. She takes it out and Phong begins talking, "Dot-chan, we've figured out the invader's plan!"

Over the ocean, a huge chunk of ice rises out of the water. The viral woman laughs as she stands on the still-growing block of ice. A sheet of ice radiates from the chunk of ice and blankets the water. The viruses class 0.45 fly from there and begin freezing everything in sight, including the POffice. The viral woman stares at Mainframe from her chunk of ice, "Everything will be mine!" she says maniacally. Suddenly, rose petals fly in the air around her, catching her attention. On the ground by the chunk of ice are the Outer MF.com-Warriors.

"Wherever trouble is, Sailor Yahoo!.com is there to clean it up."

"So am I, Sailor Light Wave 3D, here to deliver victory to the sprites."

"Preserving peace for all time, Sailor ICQ. We won't allow you to accomplish the evil you are plotting!"

"There you are, Sailor MF.com-Warriors. But it's too late!" the viral woman says, sending the viruses class 0.45 at them, who throw ice at the MF.com-Warriors. They all jump out of the way.

"Closed File Submerge!" The attack wipes out a small handful of viruses class 0.45. The viral woman laughs and holds out her arms. The ice pixel flashes and several more viruses class 0.45 are formed. Once again, they attack with ice. Yahoo!.com flips athletically a few times to avoid the attacks.

"System Shaking!" Several more die.

"Dead Chat!" Even more die.

"Quit using these cheap little tricks," the viral woman taunts. She holds up her arms and, using the ice crystal's energy, summons countless more viruses class 0.45. The Outer MF.com-Warriors cannot move from disbelief.

"Viruses class 0.45, don't freeze them too quickly. Make them suffer!" the viral woman commands. They begin to swarm towards the Outer MF.com-Warriors.

"Burning Any Key!" This successfully eliminates some of the many viruses class 0.45 as Wordperfect, Photoshop, Netscape, and MP3 arrive on the scene.

"No matter how many of you there are, it won't help!" the viral woman says. The viruses class 0.45 fly towards the MF.com-Warriors.

"Hacked Aqua.com Illusion!" "Photoshop Love Me Chain!" "Cablemodem-connecting Wide Pressure!" No matter how many viruses class 0.45 they kill, there are always more coming at them. They are almost on top of the MF.com-Warriors now.

AndrAIa enters the observation house and discovers that Matrix is gone. She runs down to the front door and finds it open. "He can't be walking around in that." she says and runs out into the blizzard.

Ray Tracer spots her and watches her run off. "AndrAIa," he says.

"Frisket.. don't go," Matrix says so he walks through the snow. He is ghastly pale. "The princess is trying to freeze Mainframe. Someone please let her know." He passes out in the snow.

"Closed File..." "Fire..." Light Wave 3D and Netscape are knocked to the ground by the viruses class 0.45 before they can successfully attack.

"Panasonic..." "System..." Photoshop and Yahoo!.com are picked up and thrown violently into a chunk of ice.

The viruses class 0.45 are knocking Wordperfect around. MP3 punches one in anger and destroys it, but is beat by several others.

ICQ hits at several with her staff, but two viruses class 0.45 grab the staff at either end as a third strikes her, knocking her to the ground, her staff landing at her side.

"Sailor MF.com-Warriors, there is nothing left for you to do!" the viral woman says, gathering ice balls in her hands, "Here comes the final blow!"

"Stop right there!"

"Who is it?" the viral woman asks, dropping her arms, causing the ice balls to fade.

"Sailor Supercomputer!" the MF.com-Warriors shout from the ground as Supercomputer arrives.

"Another Sailor MF.com-Warriors?" the viral woman asks sarcastically. She laughs and continues, "So, what do you think? This Mainframe is about to become an ice system and join my collection."

"Collection?" Supercomputer asks, "We're not gonna be part of your basic collection!"

Meanwhile, AndrAIa is running as fast as she can, trying to find Matrix.

"You will have eternal sleep in the glaciers," the viral woman says, "You will enjoy peace and tranquility without feelings of sadness or fear. Won't it be wonderful?"

"Who wants that?" Supercomputer replies, "I'd rather be able to fall in love and be hurt."

AndrAIa finally finds Matrix and rushes to his side. "Frisket..." he manages to say.

"Matrix-san..." AndrAIa says.

"Sometimes I can't sleep because I love someone so much." Supercomputer continues, remembering AndrAIa crying over Matrix. "And there is always sadness in our lives. But that sad feeling keeps us going!" The viral woman looks on blankly. The MF.com-Warriors all look at Supercomputer with understanding. "If we can overcome sadness, we can hope for happiness in the future!"

"Enough of the sentimental crap!" the viral woman commands, "You will soon become ice statues!" She shoots ice balls at Supercomputer, who jumps out of the way. "The whole universe is mine!"

"It's sad that a selfish virus like you will never know how wonderful being in love is." Supercomputer says.

[Flashback]

"I don't care what happens to me, I just want to save Matrix-san..." AndrAIa says sadly.

[End Flashback]

Supercomputer finishes talking, her emotions too high. The viral woman prepares to throw more ice balls at her.

"Technical Support, Make Up!"

"What?" the viral woman asks as Supercomputer transforms into Super Sailor Supercomputer.

Super Sailor Supercomputer remembers AndrAIa saying, "If I were a real sprite, I could be his Princess Daimon." She looks up at the viral woman, who balks at first and finally prepares to throw ice balls.

"Rainbow Supercomputer Head Ache!" The attack and the ice balls collide. The balls tear through Super Sailor Supercomputer's attack and slam her into the ground. The other MF.com-Warriors become extremely worried.

"This will be the end of you!" the viral woman says.

Super Sailor Supercomputer forces herself up, "Your beautiful icy system will be a dark land of death."

"You are in pain, let me remove it!" the viral woman declares, gathering tremendous energy.

Super Sailor Supercomputer stands up. "How could a system without life be beautiful?" she asks. She reaches for her locket, bringing out her icon.

"Super Sailor Supercomputer!" Photoshop says, standing up, "You'll be deleted if you use the Power-Plug Icon!"

Yahoo!.com also stands up, "We won't let her be deleted!"

The other MF.com-Warriors stand up. "Everyone, help her!" Netscape says.

The energy that the viral woman is making grows larger and larger as Super Sailor Supercomputer holds up the Power-Plug Icon. The other MF.com-Warriors begin walking toward her. Some viruses class 0.45 fly toward the MF.com-Warriors. They are destroyed by Tuxedo Guardian, who has just arrived with Chibi Supercomputer, "Sailor Chibi Supercomputer, join the others to protect Sailor Supercomputer."

"Right!" he says, joining the others. They form a ring around Super Sailor Supercomputer as Tuxedo Guardian knocks away the viruses class 0.45.

"Everyone..." Super Sailor Supercomputer says. The MF.com-Warriors around her lock hands. "Everyone, for the sake of this system full of like..." She holds up the glowing Power-Plug.

"Reload!" they say in unison. Their clothing glows dazzlingly as they spin around in a circle. Super Sailor Supercomputer flies above the ground and the icon's Power between them all forms a pyramid of light. The viruses class 0.45 who touch the pyramid and are instantly deleted.

"Enough!" the viral woman says, releasing her energy at the MF.com-Warriors. It collides with a beam from the Power-Plug.

"That light!" the viral woman says, remembering, "It's the same light..." Her power rises and slowly envelops the Power-Plug.

Super Sailor Supercomputer closes her eyes. She pictures various forms of life on Mainframe. "Every system in the computer in filled with energy of many vibrant lives. Listen, you can hear them, too. We were born on this small system of Mainframe. Each of us may just be a tiny powerless life force, but we want to enjoy our small lives as much as possible."

The Power-Plug's energy begins to overpower the viral woman's force and envelops her, utterly destroying her. All of the viruses class 0.45 die, also. The icon continues into web and destroys the ice CD. "Please, for tonight only.. turn AndrAIa.. turn AndrAIa into a sprite." Super Sailor Supercomputer asks the icon, "Grant her wish!"

The darkness in the sky parts and AndrAIa and Matrix are basked in light. AndrAIa begins sparkling. AndrAIa transforms into a real sprite; her icon is white and black. Her clothes change from her usual sports outfit to a yellow ancient-times dress, although the ribbon around her neck remains. Her hair becomes longer and almost touches her heels. Her lipstick changes from pink to deep bronze.

Matrix arises from the snow to see a beautiful woman flying above him. "Who are you?" Matrix asks in awe.

"I am Princess Daimon," the sprite AndrAIa answers.

"Princess Daimon..." he stammers.

In the blink of an eye, they are flying high in web. "Can it be? Are we in web?" he asks her. He looks down to see Mainframe below him. The sun is barely visible behind the Mainframe. "Amazing! What a beautiful sunrise!" he says elatedly, "I never thought I would see this view." He sees the yellow ribbon around her neck. "You're..."

Not far away in web, Frisket is working on a web shuttle. She looks at Mainframe, "Matrix, I made it. The beautiful Mainframe, the beautiful sunrise." She sees a flash go by. "What? Could that be the Supercomputer Princess? Matrix, was that what you saw?"

"You have to keep going," AndrAIa tells Matrix, "And you have to be there when your Princess returns. You have to be there for the one who truly loves you."

He nods. Her eyes get teary. "You made my dream come true," he says to her, "Thank you, An..."

She covers his mouth with her hand. "I can't stay here with you much longer." She kisses him deeply, "I have to go back to the Supercomputer..."

He finds himself again face down in the snow. He gets up and looks around.

Back at the ocean, Super Sailor Supercomputer falls to the ground.

"Dot!" "Dot-chan!" Everyone screams for her. Tuxedo Guardian catches her. "AndrAIa..." she whispers.

Everything begins thawing. The sprites once again return to their usual activities.

Later, Frisket returns to Mainframe. At the airport, she is greeted by reporters, "Ms. F Dog-san, how was the flight? Did you enjoy it? How did the Supercomputer look?"

"On the Supercomputer, I saw Princess Daimon." she answers.

"What? That was a good joke." a reporter says and the reporters begin laughing. "What will you do now?"

She sees Matrix waiting for her with flowers. He smiles at her. "Matrix!" she yells and pushes past the reporters. They hug.

"Frisket..." he says as the reporters snap .JPGs. From above, AndrAIa looks on.

"He did it." AndrAIa says.

"AndrAIa, are you okay?" Dot asks her from behind.

"Of course, I'm a strong sprite."

Below, Frisket catches something from above. "What's this?" she asks. She opens it. "Star candies?" she asks, puzzled. Matrix just smiles.

AndrAIa is walking out when she runs into Ray Tracer. She looks down. "Welcome back, AndrAIa!" he says cheerfully, causing her to look up.

She blushes slightly, "Ray Tracer.. why are you..."

"I've always been by your side, mate!" he answers.

She begins crying, "Ray!" she says and runs to him. Dot looks on, pleased, from behind. Someone puts his arm on her shoulder.

"Bob," she says, looking up at him. They both watch and hold hands as AndrAIa and Ray Tracer snuggle.

Dot and Bob are sitting together on one side of a bench and AndrAIa and Ray Tracer are sitting together on the other side. They are watching the sunset over the ocean. AndrAIa and Ray wisper something to eachother and kiss. Then they hug eachother and Dot and Bob snuggle even closer together.

THE END