ReBoot, Season 2

Bob:
Glitch! Uh... Anything!

Hexadecimal:
Megabyte, what a delightful mess you're making!

Megabyte:
Thank you, Hex. I thought you'd enjoy it.

Hexadecimal:
Now you wouldn't be intending to erase me, would you?

Megabyte:
Oh, come now. Would that be any way to treat family?

Phong:
You have what you need. Now use his greed....

Bob:
Okay, mister, first thing's first, release my friend, now!

Lens:
Very well.

[Codemaster Lens is destroying Mainframe bit by bit]

Dot:
We need more transport! We've gotta get everyone out of here now!

CPU trooper:
Everything that flies is in motion, Ms Matrix!

Dot:
Not quite everything. Drastic times call for drastic measures. (calls Megabyte)

Megabyte:
Ms Matrix, what a delightful...intrusion.

Dot:
This is strictly business, Megabyte.

Megabyte:
Oh really? Do tell. A partnership, perhaps?

Dot:
Hardly. I need to rent some transport, now.

Megabyte:
I do apologize, but this is not a taxi service. Especially under present circumstances.

Dot:
But-!

Megabyte:
Please, don't ask for any personal favors. Codemasters and viruses have a rather, how should I put this...unpleasant history? Good luck. (closes Dot's vidwindow) You'll need it.

Dot:
Well, I guess it's all up to Bob now....

[Bob has arranged it so the User will win the game, nullifying him and Lens]

Bob:
All that's left is to ride it out. You know, I'm gonna miss these games. And my friends.

Lens:
You would give your own life for them?

Bob:
Yeah. You know, tradition.

[Bob has stopped Lens crushing Old Man Pearson underfoot]

Lens:
Out of my way, Guardian!

Bob:
You'll have to take me first.

Dot:
Copy that.

Enzo:
And triple copy it!

Lens:
You mean this old binome is so important that you would give up your very codes for him?

Bob:
Yeah. Call it a Mainframe tradition.

Lens:
Throughout the entire net, I have never witnessed such a blatant, contemptous display of-

Enzo:
Friendship?

Lens:
Honour.

Enzo:
I knew you'd do it!

Dot:
I can't believe you're-

Bob:
Put it there, old man...

Old Man Pearson:
What are you trying to do? Make an old man sick? GO WA-WAWAWAWAWA-AWAY! (Murmuring inaudibly himself with grumpiness)

(Arguing over each other at the controls of the Leech Command)

Slash:
How do we turn this thing on?

Hack:
What are you asking me for?

Slash:
Well, because!

Hack:
I thought- I don't remember. I- I used to know.

Slash:
Is this it?

Hack:
You made me forget!

Slash:
Push the button!

Hack:
Push the butt- D'oh, push the button!

Slash:
No, you push it!

Hack:
You push it!

Slash:
Every time I push it, something bad happens!

Hack:
It doesn't matter who pushes it!

Slash:
OK, push it!

Hack:
Alright, I'll push it.

Enzo:
Hey Bob, what are games like in the supercomputer?

Bob:
Huh. Well, they're a lot faster and a lot harder. Some games are networked too.

Enzo:
You mean more than one Mainframe?

Bob:
That's right, Enzo, there are more systems out there than you can imagine.

[Bob is just rescuing Enzo before Megabyte's portal is going to be destroyed]

Megabyte:
My portal!

[Portal dropped and smashed]

Bob:
Enzo, are you alright?

Enzo:
Bob.... I saw the supercomputer!

Dot:
Uh...guys? (is in Hack and Slash's clutches)

Bob:
You owe me one, Megabyte.

Megabyte:
....Let them go.

Viral binome:
But sir-!

Megabyte:
I said let them go! [Bob, Enzo and Dot leave] Now we are even, Guardian. Now we are even...

[A game cube has landed on half of the Principal Office]

Captain Quirk:
They finally, really did it! The maniacs...they blew it up!

Bob:
Alright, Megatruck, let's get busy!

Slash:
Bob! Hack is crying!

Phong:
Principal Office airlines at your service. Please take your seats and fasten your safety belts!

Bob:
Okay, Megatruck, it's time to on load. Pulling the horn to hunk

Megabyte:
(bellowing) HEXADECIMAALLLLLL!!!

Hack, Slash:
Oh...ah...uh, boss...

Hexadecimal:
You called?

Megabyte:
You destroyed my Tor! I *will* get you for this!

Hexadecimal:
(teary face) Oh, but your sector was looking sooooo dreary, (open mouth smiley face) so I simply cheered it up a little bit. (angry face) There's no need to make such a long face about it! (stretches Megabyte's face)

Megabyte:
Hexade--(gets a smile painted on his face) (muffled scream)

Hack:
Holy...

Slash:
...moly!

Mike the TV:
Next time on True Stories of Mainframe!

Captain Capacitor actor:
Arrrrg, how do you know that then?

Bob actor:
I'm a Gardener! I know everything!

Crew member:
Psst! That's Guardian! Guardian!

[Bob storms into Dot's Diner with a pair of binomes]

Bob:
You nearly got us nullified! I can't believe you did that!

Enzo:
Bob!

[Enzo goes to jump on Bob, but Bob unknowingly dodges him and Enzo crashes into a table]

Dot:
Hey, Bob. Problems?

Bob:
You could say that. These two booted into the game and tried to win it by setting off an explosion capable of destroying a planet!

Dot:
Bad idea.

Bob:
Yes. Especially when you're INSIDE THE PLANET! Why'd you do it?

Captain Quirk:
I had to, mister!

Bob:
And all he did was keep saying "Make it so!"

Jean-Luc:
And "engage!" I said "engage" more times than "make it so," actually.

[Discussing Enzo's loneliness]

Dot:
We're both too busy running businesses or saving Mainframe to have time for him.

Bob:
He hasn't got any friends because there aren't many small sprites left in Mainframe since the twin city was destroyed.

{Dot suddenly becomes unhappy):

Bob:
Oh! I'm sorry, Dot, I didn't mean to-

Dot:
No, I'm OK. It's just that talk of the other city reminds me of my father.

Bob:
It wasn't his fault, Dot, the experiment just got out of control.

Dot:
I know, I know, I- I just wish he were here now, I miss him....

Bob:
C'mon, let's see if we can help Enzo.

Enzo:
Everyone's having a better time than me! I've got no one to play with and it's all Dad's fault! If he hadn't deleted most of the other sprites, I'd have some friends!

Bob:
Wow, Dot looks amazing! What a babe!

Dot:
I heard that.

Bob:
What? Did I say that or just think it?

Dot:
You thought it. We're telepathic, it's part of our game character.

Bob:
Ah, sorry. I'd better be more careful about what I say- uhh, think.

Dot:
That'll be a first.

AndrAIa:
I like you, Enzo.

Enzo:
Uhh.... I like you too, AndrAIa.

Bob:
It's a Game Sprite, outside of a game! I don't believe it! ...Hey, what does she mean by 'Guardian'?

(after a signal that makes the nulls go crazy)

Phong:
Very strange...the signal is being emitted from Lost Angles!

Bob:
Megabyte!

Enzo:
Hexadecimal, Bob.

Bob:
What? Right, Hexadecimal. Did I say Megabyte?

Hack:
What a good boy. Look, now he's going for a walk.

Slash:
Uh, what phase number is walking Nibbles?

Hack:
Uhhh....There is no number for walking Nibbles.

Slash:
Well, that means he just ran away.

Hack:
Yup, that is right. He ran away, alright.

Slash:
He's gone.

Hack:
He is. Look at him go.

(pause)

Hack & Slash:
Ahhh!!

(after the nulls all cover Hexadecimal)

Mike the TV:
It's coming! It's coming I tell ya! Backspace for your lives. Run, run, RUN! And when you're finished, run some more!

Hack:
(searching for Megabyte's pet null Nibbles) Ahem. We're looking for a null.

Slash:
That's right, uh, have you seen one?

Mike the TV:
Have I seen one? HAVE I SEEN ONE?! ...that's a joke, right?

Hack:
Hey, whaddaya mean "joke"?

Slash:
Joke. Noun. Something said or done to cause laughter, something not in earnest, or ridiculous.

Hack and Mike:
(look at him with surprise)

Mike the TV:
Hack, Slash, it's your lucky day. You were looking for a single null. Well, what about two million? It's Nullzilla!

Bob:
You're prepared for a monster made entirely out of nulls stomping around Mainframe?

Phong:
That is correct!

Bob:
....How do you plan for that?

Phong:
Uh... Lucky guess?

(Summoning attack vehicles to battle Nullzilla)

Bob:
OK, let's do it. Black Beetle Turbo-Pincer Force.

Dot:
Ladybird Accelerator Spotted-Carapace Force!

Enzo:
Grasshopper Sync-Pulse Hopping Force!

Frisket:
(barks and growls, summoning a wasp vehicle)

Mike the TV:
....Gnat Slightly Annoyed High-Pitched Buzzing Force.

Bob:
Any sign of what attacked her?

Phong:
No, my son. Whatever came out of her mirror has either gone or cannot be detected by my sensors.

Bob:
Phong, this creature attacked Hexadecimal first. Maybe it preys on viruses.

Phong:
Which could mean...

Hexadecimal:
Megabyte....!

Bob:
That's right.... I believe it may-

Hexadecimal:
No! Megabyte! [pointing to a black and grey, totally feral Megabyte]

Bob:
You'd better start talking, Hex. You and Megabyte started to merge back there!

Hexadecimal:
Yes, Bob. We are from the same viral strain.

Bob:
The same family?

Hexadecimal:
Oh, much worse than that, Guardian. He's my BROTHER! HA HA HA HA HAAA!

Bob:
But... But you're always trying to destroy each other!

Hexadecimal:
Oh, that's just sibling rivalry.

Bob:
What will happen if you two join?

Hexadecimal:
The next generation! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Bob:
Why don't I like the sound of that?

(After the web creature/Megabyte and Hexadecimal have merged)

Bob:
Phong, I'm gonna try and talk to him. Maybe the transformation has created a benign virus.

Enzo:
What? Benign? Sure. You can tell that just by looking at him.

AndrAIa:
You can?

Phong:
AndrAIa, Enzo was trying to be funny...

Bob:
I am Guardian four five two. State your name and function.

Gigabyte:
I am become Gigabyte, destroyer of Systems!

Bob:
Not this System, bub.

Bob:
It's working, Phong. In a few more nanos, he'll be too far from the city to get back, and there's nowhere left for him to get energy from-

Hack:
[screams and gibbers as Gigabyte bleeds him dry]

Bob:
Apart from us!!

Slash:
Hack! Oh, Hack, speak to me! Wake up!...Drain my friend of energy?! I DON'T THINK SO! [uppercuts Gigabyte, knocking him back to Mainframe]

Bob:
You IDIOT! Look what you've done!

Slash:
What? He hurt my friend...

Bob:
Phong? ...Cancel everything I just said. Gigabyte's back in town. I'm on my way. Slash!! C'mere!

Gigabyte:
This is your last line of defence? Two small sprites?

Enzo:
Two small sprites! That's right! A girl...

AndrAIa:
A boy...

Enzo:
And his dog!

AndrAIa:
Get him, Frisket!

Al:
(repeated and only line) WHAT?!

Modem:
When I was just a little node, I saw my sister taken by a strange creature. It had fangs...just like Mouse.

Bob:
Excuse me, but is your partner completely random?

Nully:
Not completely...

Bob:
OK, why didn't it take you too then?

Modem:
I don't know... I was reading comic bytes in bed. When I peeked out from under the covers I saw something hovering over my sister. And I pointed my flashlight at it and a moment later, it...and my sister...were gone. I'll never forget the noise it made.

Bob:
I don't want to seem insensitive, but next you'll be telling me you've seen the User.

Modem:
There is no User. That's just induced mass psychosis engineered by the Guardians.

Bob:
What? But what about the games?

Modem:
Sent by the Guardians to promote the User myth.

Nully:
Another conspiracy theory, Modem?

Modem:
One of many.

Bob:
So let me get this straight... There's a web creature, posing as Mouse, loose in Mainframe, abducting sprites, for what purpose?

Modem:
I haven't worked that out yet.

Bob:
OK. And Guardians are control freaks willing to sacrifice the very people they're sworn to protect by dropping games on them?

Modem:
That's correct.

Bob:
Tell me, did Phong interview you personally for this job? Didn't think so.

Turbo:
We're all agreed, then. Releasing codes, now. [Presses the trackball button to release]

Turbo:
I'd like to be alone for this one. Bob and I go back a long way.

[After the other Guardians leave, Turbo resets the countdown]

Turbo:
That's the best I can do. Good luck, Bob. I'm so sorry, Mouse...

[A massive portal to the web has opened over Mainframe]

Modem:
You see, Nully, the web is out there.

Nully:
No, Modem, it's here.

Bob:
This is it, Phong. Prepare for war.

[Dot's new armour has an enormous cannon strapped onto it]

Dot:
What do you think? Does it make me look too butch?

Mouse:
Nah. Listen, while I'm workin' on the codes with Megabyte....well....you'll watch my back, won't ya?

Dot:
What do you think this is for?

Bob:
Cadet Matrix!

Enzo:
Bob?

Bob:
Why aren't you in uniform? You know how serious things are. It's time you got suited up.

Enzo:
What?!

Bob:
(whispering) Just follow me on this one. *ahem* Due to the current crisis we're all facing, I am invoking emergency code 95-1-0. Enzo, give me your icon.

Enzo:
Okay...

Bob:
(downloads code from his own icon to Enzo's) Command line - icon. Download Guardian protocol to version 1.0. Enzo Matrix, there is a huge responsibility in taking the Guardian badge of office. Do you accept?

Enzo:
Yes sir!

Bob:
By the power vested in me, I give you a field commission as Guardian, first level.

Enzo:
(taps his icon, changing his clothes to a Guardian uniform) Thanks, Bob!

Bob:
No, Enzo. You've really earned this. You'll be transferred to the super computer to attend the academy and become a full-fledged Guardian like me. I know you'll make me proud.

Dot:
(via communicator) Bob, we're at the Tor. Megabyte, Mouse, Hexadecimal and I are ready to go. ...I can't believe I just said that!

Bob:
OK, let's do it. Guardian Enzo?

Enzo:
Yes sir?

Bob:
This is it. Should anything happen to me, I am charging you with defence of this system. (to AndrAIa) And look after him, will you? (flies off the Principal Office with the zip board)

AndrAIa:
You look cool, Enzo!

Enzo:
Awe... Thanks, AndrAIa. (to Bob) And thanks, Bob.

Megabyte:
Mouse....

Mouse:
I'm workin' as fast as I can! Just tell the witch to be ready.

Hexadecimal:
I heard that! What a sweet thing to say! (charges the hardware up)

Bob:
We've gotta do this now! What's taking so long?

Mouse:
That's it! I've broken their code!

Hexadecimal:
The hardware is fully charged!

Megabyte:
Excellent. Now it's my turn.... (surreptitiously extends his claws)

Bob:
Okay, everyone, get ready! We're going to shut the portal!

Megabyte:
(Suddenly destroys Dot's cannon for his betrayal) Not just yet, Guardian.

Bob:
Gli-! (Megabyte gagged Bob, takes Glitch and crushes Glitch)

Megabyte:
Now! (Herr Doctor presses the button to initiate the missile and Megabyte flings Bob into the missile)

Bob:
Megabyte, you won't get away with this!

Megabyte:
No time to talk now, Bob. (To Herr Doctor) Launch!

[Mouse stops Herr Doctor and flung him away]

Mouse:
(draws her katana at Megabyte) One more step and I'll subdivide you. (to Hexadecimal) (Hexadecimal knocks her out of the way) What?!

[Megabyte grins evilly at Bob, Bob fears and then presses the launch button]

Bob:
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Dot:
BOB!!!!

Phong:
Bob... Bob, come in!

Dot:
He can't hear you, Phong.

Phong:
Dot, Mouse, where is Bob? What is happened?!

Dot:
It's bad, Phong, very bad. (give Glitch to Enzo) I'm sorry.

Enzo:
No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (crying)

Megabyte:
Phong. Drop all defences on the Principal Office, and welcome to Megaframe...

Hexadecimal:
I love it when he talks like that.

Phong:
We will fight you to the last, Megabyte!

Megabyte:
You have no defences, you fools! Your Guardian is lost! Nothing can stand in our way. Mainframe is ours.

AndrAIa:
WRONG! We do have a Guardian! Guardian, your keytool. Remember what Bob said.

Enzo:
[attaches Glitch to arm] I am Guardian Matrix, charged with defending this system. Two viruses take over my home? I don't think so!