(We don't start with the little title music and the big Rebot sign. Instead, we open to a figure in shadows)
Shadow: Ha! It was a simple plan. Send a bug to Mainframe that would make everything go silent, then take those stpid sprites one by one. Ha ha, yes. Anyway, I would then put the entire system in darkness forever. And no one could stop me! Oh, what a grand idea!
(Suddenly, a flashlight is pointed at the figure, revealing it is Megabyte!)
Megabyte: What? Oh, I know there's a powerout! This luruking in the shadows makes me look more evil!
(We hear modem talk)
Megabyte: Oh, you wanted cheesecake? Well, you didn't have ot point the light at me! It's in the fridge!
(More modem talk, then footsteps)
Megabyte: Why couldn't they be smarter?
(Meanwhile, in Mainframe)
Mike: Well, then I got onto the giant zipboad, which really wasn't a zipboard, but then the guy said "HEY YOU!" and I said "What?" and then he said "YOU KNOW" and then I said "No..." and then he said......
(Okay, this is boring. Unfortunately, that's the only thing the Mianframers can listen to. Sad, isn't it. But what Megabyte doesn't know is that System Epson wasn't affected by the bug! Ha ha! In your face!)
Binome: Ah. This is good. Having a new sector makes the system bigger, and now we're floating higher above the sea!
Binome: Good ya.
CPU Binome: Sir! I have been scouting around the perimeter, and I have found our counterpart system, Mainframe, has been hit by a bug!
Binome: Oh no!
CPU Binome: Oh yes! The bug has disabled everyone's speech processors!
Binome: Ouch. Now they can't talk.
CPU Binome: Worse yet, Mike the TV hasn't been affected!
Binome: The annoying TV? This is not good.
CPU Binome: So, should we go after this bug?
Binome: Yes! Put out a full system alert!
(Okay, so that happens.)
SCRAMBLE. SCRAMBLE.
CPU Binome: Okay guys, in the cars! Come on! And be careful! This bug is dangerous!
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
(Meanwhile, in Theta's lair)
Theta: Oh lookie! The CPUs are off to fight some User-forsaken disaster! I hope it isn't me.... nope! They're going the other way!
Infected Binome: My queen! They are going off to fight a bug in Mainframe!
Theta: Oh really? Well, I guess I'll just have to coax the bug to my side!
Infected Binome: Um, ma'am, the bug infected a Class 2 virus. And it was made by a Class 3!
Theta: Oh that stinks. well, then, ready your vehicles, we're going to catch it!
(But just then, something that had never happened before happened)
WARNING: INCOMING GAME.
Theta: What? Hold the vehicles. It's time to use this Game to my advantage.... Terry!
Terrabyte: ROAR!
Theta: We're going to use that Game to infect a bunch of binomes. Okay?
Terrabyte: Purrr.....
Theta: Um, okay.
(The Game is going to cover 3 whole sectors! You can tell Epson is small, huh? It's also going to cover some of the P.O.)
Theta: Okay, minions! Get the equipment! I want to see everything goes smoothly in the Game!
(In the Principle Office)
Binome: Okay! Try to evacuate some of the binomes from the sectors! Get them inside! You!
Binome: Huh?
Binome: Where's the Game going to land?
Binome: it'll cover all of Inkjet, Eta, and Cartridge. It will also cover small parts of No Name and Laser, and a little of the P.O.
Binome: Will it take the Core energy?
Binome: Well, no-
Binome: Thank the User! If it did, we'd all be goners! Phew.
Binome: Anyway, that's where it's going to land. And it's going to land in 10 nanos.
Binome: Get ready!
1010, 1001, 1000
Theta: Good! The guns are ready!
111, 110, 101
Kid Binome: Wow! that's cool!
Kid Binome: I wonder what it's like in it!
100, 11
CPU Binome: Good. 2 of our troops are in there. I hope we win. For our system>
10
(Just a scene of panic and chaos)
1
(More panic and chaos)
0.
THUMP
(The Game is... well, nothing at all. it's just a large, featureless plain)
Binome: What kind of Game is this?
Theta: Oh shoot. Now they'll all see my plans!
(Suddenly, large words appear in the sky)
LOADING ELEVATION: 29%
(When it reaches 100%, large mountains pop up in certain places)
LOADING LANDSCAPE: 38%
(Once again, when it reaches 100%, trees and water pop up)
LOADING MENUS: 10%
Theta: So, my technological binomes, what kind of Game is this?
Infected Binome: This is a strategy game! The User's objective is to make a city of 500,000 residents.
Theta: And how do we stop him?
Infected Binome: Well, the User loses if his funds go down to 0. Right now they are at 20,000. We can stop him by starting fires, floods, tornados, earthquakes, revolting, and other things.
Theta: Ooh.... so, if we're happy, more people come in?
Infected Binome: Yes, my queen.
Theta: All right, I think I'll start some fires!
(The city has loaded, it's kinda big. Not too big. Just big)
Theta: Eat this, User! ZZAAAAPPPPPPP!
(A big fireball goes screaming towards the Mayor's House. It explodes on contact)
Theta: That was fun. Fire your guns!
ZAP BOOM POW KABLOOIE
(Meanwhile....)
User: Okay, I think I'll... what the? I said no disasters! AAAAA! They've destroyed the arrangement of trees that looks like Darth Vader! I shall put out the fires!
(Back in the Game)
(Out of the Fire Dpt. come fire trucks which go to put out the fire)
Theta: Hey! That's no fun! Destroy the large red buildings!
(To the CPUs)
CPU Binome: Well, it looks like they're putting out the fires. Let's go in at 10 o' clock and swing up.
CPU Binome: Roger that, the firewall is on fire and the stapler is jammed.
CPU Binome: What?
CPU Binome: Nothing.
Binome: Wow! Theta's actually helping! Yay!
Theta: Okay, I think we've crippled the User enough for now. It's time to infect! Fire at the binomes!
(The infected binomes begin to fire at the large crowd of binomes by where the P.O. was)
Binome: Oh no! She's evil again! Take cover inside the P.O.!
(In Mainframe)
Mike: So then he said "IT'S YOU!" and then I said "Look, I still don't understnad what you're saying." and then he said "YOU! YOU!"
(Still boring. Let's go to Meggy.)
Megabyte: Shine my legs shinier! SHINIER I SAID!
(Modem talk that sounds like grumbling)
(Okay, back to the Game)
Theta: Ah, good. The entire city is on fire, I have new minions, and the User's funds are down to 100. Ha! What perfectness!
(The User's funds slowly drop, from overpriced taxes. Ha! Anyway, they go down to 0.)
GAME OVER.
(The Game lifts, with everything the same as it was)
Theta: Ha! Now I have more min- Wait, I don't! Oh no! The Game must have messed with our guns! Now they only follow my orders when that certain Game drops! ARG!
(Meanwhile, above Mainframe)
CPU Binome: I've got the bug targeted. It's coming towards us!
CPU Binome: Fire the containment field!
(A large gun comes out of a CPU, and a large bubbleish type thing goes towards the bug. the bug can't avoid it, and it is trapped. Thppt!)
CPU Binome: Come on, you guys. Let's take it back to Epson so we can study it.
(They zoom off)

AND SO, THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THE SECOND ARC. IN THE NEXT EPISODE, THE SNATCHINGS WILL REALLY START. WE MEAN IT. AND, THE EPSON PEOPLE WILL FIND AN ANTIDOTE FOR THE BUG. BUT NOT BEFORE SOMEONE IS... SNATCHED! ANYWAY, THAT'S NEXT TIME ON REBOT!

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Rebot belongs to me. Story copyright 2000 by A_Einome. You can reproduce this in any stinking way you feel like it, as long as you don't make money. I wrote it, it's not yours. Give me credit. Mike the TV and the system of Mainframe belong to Mainframe Ent. Megabyte does too. Epson and Theta belong to me. The whole idea of making a virtual city is Maxis' idea. Cool guys. Get their products. They rock. Thank you.

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