4.02 Crossnodes script
typed by :glitch007
last modified:Oct 30/2001

Daemon's throne room @super computer
Church choir singing "hear the word"
Mike sings about how he is 'born again' in disco style w/the lights and everything
Mike(singing): I was standing at the cross nodes, a huge celebrity...
I was standing at the cross nodes, ??Zoom room?? came for me
I said Daemon have mercy, so she infected me..
I tried to run, tried to run.  Tell my friend, Bob, I've seen Daemon rising, she's-a comin'
ohh, I tried to run, but the infection it got me

...and it goes on, I don't see the point of this stupid opening scene

**Daemon claps and gets up, disco music stops**
**'Choir' forms rank, they hold out an purplpish egg object which are the seeds** 
**Daemon touches it and it spins then changes green (symbolizing infection I guess)**

Second in Command:My Lady, bad news I'm afraid

The net
Andraia and Matrix fly by on the bikes, they shoot something and a firewall appears

Control Room
Bob:The first firewall is online **picturs of a digram turn from green to blue**
Phong:It is working Bob.
Bob:Close the major port and all the pathways beyond are protected, 1 down 3 to go
Mouse:But why is Daemon controlling only the pathways? Why isn't she infecting systems?
It doesn't make sense!
Phong(worried voice):Infect the entire net? Oh, could she have such power?
Bob:Look, you're forgetting how MB worked, all he ever wanted was power
Mouse:And Daemon's already infected the supercomputer
Bob:The largest power base on the net, and w/control of the pathways, she can move anywhere
System gives here trouble **gestures a smush action**, Daemon moves in 
Mouse:No trouble
Ph:It is brilliant, she effectively controls the entire net w/o spreading herself too ????
**Dot analyses Hex's wireframe**
Bob:Dot? You ok?
Dot:Oh Bob, sorry **closes window** what were you saying?
Mouse:Well, there's one thing bugging me, we've just closed the door on guardians, now how did we do that? Guardians don't need doors.
Bob:(agreeing)I know , they're not using portals, worries me too
Dot:Look, do we really care? It's a weakness and we've got to exploit it
**Guard binome opens up on vid window**
Guard:Commander Sir Ma'am, it's the cocoon, it's freaking out
Dot:I'm on my way, where's Enzo?
Ph:He's in the read only room
Dot:Keep hime there, I don't want him seeing this, come on Bob.
**Bob fades, meaning that he's exhausted**

Outside somewhere (in the Supercomputer i think)
**enemy ship crashes slightly on the ground**
the infected sprite from the ship carries an egg and makes a run for it
while Matrix tries shooting, sprite trips, loses helmet and runs for some building

In mainframe
**CPUs are shooting the pile of nulls**
Dot:Stop! You're hurting him! Back off! Get outta here!
**turns to pile of nulls**
Dad? It's me, it's Dot.

**Dot flashes back to her teenage years where her dad was still around
At the principle office
Welman practices his speech about opening a portal to other systems
Dot is on the ground while her father is behind a lecturn on the stage

Welman:And, by creating a link between 2 systems, we can open a door!.. or a gateway that allows us to pass through, but first we have to find another system.  Now I, I know I have my critics--that some sprites say there are no other systems, but just stop a cycle and process that statement. Can you really beleive we are alone? That mainframe is the only system in cyberspace?  I think not.  My machine will detect new systems and link to them.  It will prove that cyberspace is not an empty void, but a, a wonderful place filled w/inhabitant systems & peoples & friends, we are not alone! 
(to Dot)How was that?

Dot:mmm, not bad, drop the main light two points, and raise the fill a half. Mmm.. I think you need to spend more time on how we detect other systems
Welman:By casting a network of signals or, or pings into the void
**presses red button** 
**beep beep**
These signals lock onto energy bursts, once we have a lock, we can open a gateway to the source of that energy
Dot:Dad, I know that, but no one else in the audience does
Welman:Oh right, I see
Dot:Wanna try some questions?
Welman:Ok, I'm ready for anything
Dot:Ahem, professor matrix, if you've proven the existence of other systems, why do we physically have to visit them?
W:Good question, Good question, uhhmm excellent question there, Uhh well..uh because
Dot:For proof!  That's why the gateway command has two functions, search AND link
W:That right! good answer...Dot? You will be here for me won't you? By my side just in case?
Dot:Of course Dad.

Back in real time
Dot:I wasn't with you, Dad. But you were right, there are other systems and peoples, but they're not all friendly. Oh dad! I need you **cries in Bob's arm, Bob fades again**

Read-only room
**Enzo, Hack and Slash watch a movie it is the mainframe strolling players' reenactment of season 3**
Vid window:Game over, user wins...  Noooo!!
**Hack bursts out crying like a baby**
**Frisket feels sad also**
Slash:Ahh, now you got me going ** he cries too**
The little fellow is stuck in the gaaaaame! Oh the humanity, give me back my hanky
**Hack mumbles something while he cries**
Enzo:Yeah, but everything turned out ok, I turned into Matrix remember?
Hack and Slash:Hey, **stops crying** that's right..and say he even got rid of MB
Hack freaks out and grabs Slash:Hey shhhh! Don't mention that name!
Slash:Who Mega **Hack covers Slash's mouth and he mumbles the rest**
Hack:What, What did I, What did I say?
**Slash mumbles 'Don't mention Megabye'**
Hack:That's right, SO DON'T! **let's go of Slash**
Slash:Your hand smelled.
**Phong walks into the room**
Ph:Ahh, young Enzo, hard at work I see.
**Enzo kicks back yin yang vid window**
Enzo:(mocking Phong) Young Enzo, Young Enzo, everybody says,'Young Enzo this, little Enzo that'...Well it's gonna stop
Ph:My child, what is the problem?
Enzo:I've just watched all the things I've done, I'm a guardian now, and I'm big.  W/a cool gun and a babe for a girlfriend.  No one's gonna call me little Enzo ever again!
Ph:Oh dear!
Enzo changes clothes w/icon:No! From now on...you can call me..."little Matrix"
**you can now see that he's wearing Matrix's clothes**

Supercomputer
**the infected sprite with the egg from a previous scene runs over the catwalk...it's the end of the path**
An(trying to be friendly):Hi, just relax, we won't hurt you.
Matrix:Speak for yourself
Girl (infected sprite):You can't hurt me, the word is with me..always!
**Matrix chuckles, spins gun**
M:Suite yourself
An:Matrix, that's not helping.  I'm Andraia, tell me about 'the word'
Girl:The word? My lady Daemon?
An:Yes, Daemon. What's she like?
Girl:Daemon.
**Andraia and Matrix approach the girl**
Girl:Wait, stay where you are!  **Falls backward towards a light**
**she gets deleted, but the egg remains**

Daemon's throne room
SiC:The mainframers are stronger than we thought, they are actually fighting back.  They have protected another hub.
Daemon:Time is against them, they do not realize that it is already too late
SiC:But my lady, they closed systems that have not yet been seeded 
D:Show me.
**window shows the diagram of the firewalls**
SiC:It is now impossible to gain access of these systems w/o a portal
D:Only my messenger can help us now.
SiC:Then mainframe...must fall.
D:We need information, bring me out two net surfing friends. It is time for Matrix and Andraia to hear "The Word"

Kit's Sector
**Bob goes into his apartment to get rest**
Guard:Are you sure you're alright sir?
Bob:Yeah, just need to access some energy, I'll be fine thanks.
**Door closes**
**Bob looks at his blue car, he fades and falls**
**Red thing beeps**

Supercomputer
**there is a tear open**
Matrix:Just like the last two, open system, trash port.
Andraia:the guardian's calling card
Matrix:I'll plant the senders first, we're running outta time, where's the portal going to open?
Andraia:Down there, loading bay 2  **the place is on fire**
**Andraia and Matrix get ready fot the port to open**
Matrix:What is it, what have you heard?
Andraia:A power build-up...coming from the control tower **she realizes something**
Sparky, it's still functioning, it's a trap!
M:Let's get outta here!
**something shoots a hole at the top of the dome (leading to the net) and seals it**
**Matrix and Andraia can't escape the SuperComputer now**
**ships head toward them**

Back in Mainframe
Dot:We've already started working on a cure for nulls, we just need time, we'll get you back dad, I promise! Just stay calm
Comp:Warning, Incoming game! Warning, Incoming game!
Dot:Not here, not now! Clear this sector, I want everyone outta the game's path
**Dot runs into Bob's apartment to get him**

Dot's Diner
**Mouse throws an apple into the air and slices it w/her sword**
**binomes clap**
Comp:Warning, Incoming game!
**mouse sees Enzo(little Matrix), Hack & Slash head towards the game**
Mouse:Cecil, check please, sugar.
Cecil:What? Am I your dog? To come when you call?
**mouse draws sword and slices of his bow**
Cecil:Check, coming right up!
Mouse:Put it on my tab!
**Slices a hole in the window and jumps out to retrieve Enzo**
Cecil:I will add that to the bill as well!

Kit's Sector

Comp:Warning, Incoming game!
**Dot gets into Bob's apartment and sees Bob on the ground**
Dot:Bob!
Bob:Uhh, oh Hi Dot!  I don't feel so good
Dot:We've got to get you out of here. (to her watch)Phong? Bob's sick
**Game cube descends on Kit's sector**

Inside the game
**The scene is some Egyptian tomb**
**Bob tries to get up**
Bob:Let's do it
Dot:Yeah right, you're in no shape to boot.  Look can you download the game stats?
Bob:I'll try.  The user is raiding this tomb, that's one level below, he wins by reading the 
scroll of life, it's just up ahead.
Dot:Ok, sounds easy enough. ReBoot!
**reboots into something that resembles a bird, pat's her hips**
Bob:What's up?
Dot:Well.. I was hoping for a pair of .45 s
Bob:ReBoot. Ahhh! **Bob can't reboot since he's really weak, he falls**
Dot:Bob!

Supercomputer
**Matrix and andraia are being chased**
Matrix:I'm outta ammo, how long have we got?
An:5 cycles then the portal opens to mainframe (Andraia doesn't know about Bob's condition)
M:We hit the portal as it opens, Bob should have enough time to close it b4 we're followed
An:Well, sparky timing's everything!


Inside the game
**dot closes a mummy case and bullets appear**
User is shooting at Dot, she runs, user is out of ammo
Dot walks up to him with a staff

Dot:My turn!
**user draws sword and tries to slash dot's legs, she jumps**
**Dot stabs a symbol on the ground, 8ball rolls from wall**
Dot:8ball, center pocket **user evades the attack**

Control room
Mouse is holding Enzo with the back of his shirt and enter control room
Hack and Slash follow behind
Enzo:Put me down, this is no way to treat a renegade!
Mouse:Phong, we got a problem.
Ph:Just one?
**Mouse holds Enzo up higher**
Ph:Oh I know about that
**Mouse drops Enzo on the ground, he falls flat**
Mouse:So what's happenin'?
Ph:Bob and Dot are caught in the game!
Mouse:Don't sweat it, they'll be fine.
Ph:but Bob is unwell
Mouse:then Dot'll take the user out.
Ph:and the countdown is near zero, we need Bob to open a portal or Matrix and Andraia will be trapped in the net!
Mouse:Now, you got me there.

Supercomputer
Enemy ships chase Matrix and Andraia
Andraia:NOW! (thinks that a portal will open, but it doesn't)
**she jumps off her bike and swings like a gymnist on a horizontal pole**
Matrix:Andraia!
**Andraia grunts, she runs into some room and shut the door so the ships can't follow**
**ships land**

In the game
Dot is looking for booby traps as she approaches the book of scrolls.
Door swings open and the user is seen, he draws his sword and fights Dot
Dot kicks his back, picks him up and does some wierd thing stuff goes from her mouth to the user's
User pulls out a special pin and sticks it on Dot's forehead
Dot turns wrinkly and eyeballs are gone, she is slammed into the wall

The room in the supercomputer

An:What took you? 
M:Traffic's murder out there!
An:No the traffic isn't murder, the guardians aren't trying to delete us, none of the tanks have fired a shot.
M:They're not on a search and destroy mission
An:It's search and retrieve.
M:Huh well **draws his gun** they can try.
An:Put gun away, those are unarmed guardians, not users or viruses.  Remember what Bob said, there are better ways.
M:Bob! Where's Bob and the portal now?
An:Well I don't believe that Bob's abandoned us do you?
**Matrix thinks about it**
So the portal's just late, it will still arrive.
M:Yeah, but out there and we're in here!
An:So we have to go out there, take out the guardians hand to hand and be ready to jump in the portal when it arrives, there's only 78 of them, I've been counting
M:78 to two and you don't want to use gun? You know something I don't?
An:Look what I'm sitting on.
**Moves her feet out of the way, box says "exo"**

Game
User smiles as he just defeated Dot, he walks towards the scroll, Dot struggles to do something, but is too frail
Stranger comes out of a mummy case and attacks the user, grabs him by the neck and does that mouth thing.  User's wig falls off and has lost.

Comp:Game over!

**Game cube ascends**
the stranger is wearing white.
Dot:Hex? What in the net?
Hex:Oh my goodness.
Dot:What happened to my father? the null cocoon.
Hex:What null cocoon?
**Bob staggers towards Dot as he fades**
Bob:The portal
Dot:Hex, I need your help.
Hex:You need my help?
Dot:Just take Bob to the portal generator, I've got to get to the war room
**Hex seems to be hesitating**
Dot:Please Hex, I know we've got our differences, but I need you to do this
Hex:But, but I just tried and we're still here and I can't fly. Dot? I've lost my powers
how do I get in there?

Supercomputer
**door opens, all the infected guardians stand ready, 2 exoskeletons emerge from the dark room**
**Andraia's chest is now covered up**
An:Hello boys.
Matrix:If anyone wants to surrender, nows the time.
**a guardian takes off his helmet, it appears to be turbo, but he looks mad (as in mental asylum mad)  Turbo smiles**
Matrix:Turbo??!

At the pinnicle
Pinnicle opens and the tear generator is seen
Hex is driving Bob to the scene, but she's a lousy driver and sways the car
Hex:Oops
Bob:Uhh, hex, just stop, this is fine
Hex:Ok, now what?
**Bob fades and falls**
Hex:Not good, this is not good.

Supercomputer
Turbo:Give it up son, you can't take us all
Matrix:I wouldn't bet on that  **yells and grabs Turbo**
Guardians jump on the exo's but are flug away
Matrix:Traitor!You were supposed to help us!
Turbo:But I am, son, It's time to stop fighting, you've been fighting all your life, let the word brign the peace you so rightly deserve. Trust me.
**the infection is seen on Turbo's temple**

Daemon's throne room
Daemon:lock onto Turbo's icon, send a ??Zoom room?? before someone is deleted

Outside that room
Users try to jump onto the exo's again, but are flung away effortlessly by Andraia
An:Matrix! I can use some help here!
**The teleportation beam descends on Matrix, Andraia sees it and pushes him back into the portal that had just opened by Bob**
**The teleportation beam gets Andraia, Matrix is back in Mainframe w/Turbo**

Matrix:Andraia! NOO! ANDRAIA!!!

Andraia is in Daemon's throne room
D:Andraia, welcome.
An:Ahhhh!  **she tries to smash Daemon with the claw of the exo
**Daemon stops it with one finger and infects Andraia**
**Andraia falls off the exo**
An:My lady
D:You arrived just in time
**Daemon charges up and a green light spreads throughout the net and into the systems that were thought to be impossible to infect w/o Bob**

Control Center at mainframe
Matrix:No Andraia!
**enzo leans on Dot and cries
Mouse:Dot? You better see this, I'm putting it on the main screen
**Diagram of the web being infected with green lights taking over the blue
Dot:How is she doing this? She can't! It's impossible!
Ph:This just cannot be!
Mouse:It gets worse, some of the systems we've just sealed have gone viral
Dot:What?!? But how?
Ph:She must've had the power to do this all along! Why [did she] wait?
Mouse:Net 92% infected **the vid window with the stats show 92.18%
Ph:92%?
Mouse:It's over (referring to the sprawl of green lights).  She didn't get it all, there are still small pockets of closed systems that are clean!
Ph(panicing): Dot, what are we going to do? Dot? **she is shocked and doesn't respond** Dot? DOT!!!
--end--