Part 2 - The Game
Bob, who had now hit a box of Nitro that the gamesprite had left right in front in him, was in fifth place. Hex had just flown by him. She had put her brakes on and had turned so her side was looking at him. She cackled and pointed at him then drove on. He looked at the track in Glitch. Andraia was in first place and was only one turn from the finish line. The gamesprite was in fourth with Hex behind it firing three missles at it. This was the first time he was glad of Hex's personality.
Enzo was behind him. "Who's winning Bob?" he asked. Bob noticed that Enzo's cart was giving off a lot of gas and smoke. The side of it was scratched.
"Andraia is about to win. Enzo, what happened to your cart? It looks like you went through the web for over five cycles," Bob asked, smiling.
"Nothing, it's just that I flew off the bridge at the beginning, then a gigantic spider tried to eat me, and then I hit the wall on that really sharp turn. But besides that this game has been alphanumeric!" Enzo replied happily.
That spider wasn't trying to eat you, Enzo, it was just trying to take your points. That's what gamesprites do," Bob said, amused. Before either sprite could say another word another voice announced the beginning of Level 2. A few seconds later the sprites, with the exception of Hexadecimal, were on Level 10 with the User.
"So that big green thing is the User?" Andraia asked. Frisket was growling at the creature as the green light on the buzzer started the Level. The Level was called Oxide Station. Everything on the track was either yellow or black. The User got to start one micro before the sprites.
"Hey! No Fair!!" Matrix said, taking off after him. Hexadecimal, who had learned a lot since the first level, past Matrix and was now right behind the User. She had the spinning mask again and started it right against the User's bumper. He spent around as she sped ahead along with Matrix and Andraia.
The User had gotten right on Andraia's bumper and said, "Here's a little surprise" and threw a bomb at her knocking her out of the lead. He repeated it on Matrix and sped after Hexadecimal. Dot passed the bouncing carts of Andraia and Matrix. Dot had one missle and didn't want to waste it. She was along a long flat surface with no curves where the User was only a little ahead of her. He was trying to get right behind Hex but, thank the Net, had sense enough to keep moving from spot to spot. Dot fired the missle took a few micros to catch the User.
The User bounced backwards away from Hex. Hex looked back at her and yelled, "Thanks Dot!" and sped on. Dot made sure to keep behind the User so she could make sure he didn't get to far ahead. If she passed him he'd just hit her like he did Andraia and Matrix. As Dot continued hitting the User the system announced that the game was over as Hex passed the finish line.
The purple cube raised above their heads. "Ooh, that was so much FUN!" Hex cried excitedly. The sprites looked at her. She had her leather hands clasped beside the side of her head. A deep purr came below her as something large rubbed against her legs. "What?" she said and looked down. She smiled. It was only Scuzzy, except he was holding something silver in his mouth. She reached down and took the object from his mouth. It was a silver chain.
She gasped and wrapped the chain around her neck. The silver sparkled against her bloodred skin. "Oh, Scuzzy. Is this for me, you shouldn't have", she said adoringly. She reached down and rubbed his head. The cat-like creature purred and smiled as best he could. "Oh dear, I almost forgot that I had to go ask Phong a favor," she said, thoughtfully. "Well, must be going, it was a pleasure," she smiled at the sprites then red energy flowed from her hand to Scuzzy and they downloaded into her mask.
The mask floated into the air and headed toward the principle office.
Phong was going through a couple of files to make sure they were correct when a red flash interrupted him. He turned to see Hexadecimal standing there in his office with her pet, Scuzzy. "Phong I came to ask a favor," she said to him as calmly as possible.
He fell from his desk and rolled over to another cabinet full of papers and files to go through. "And what, pray tell, might that favor be," he said, going through a couple of blue and yellow folders.
"If it isn't too much to ask, I was wondering if you could register Scuzzy. He's perfectly harmless. I'm sure you could give him an icon," she said, her green eyes growing very bright.
"Well, I can but he'll have to go through a couple of health scans to make sure he will perfectly fine having an icon", he said, still turned away from her.
"Can we go ahead and do it now? "Hexadecimal asked.
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