The WWF Visits Mainframe

By:Elektra

CHAPTER ONE

Dot Matrix walked outside the warehouse that now served as a makeshift principle office. She looked up to the darkened skies, and shivered in the cold breeze, "This isn't the Mainframe I know..." she said softly.

"Sir.. er.. .Ma'am!!" a one binome shouted as he ran out of the warehouse.

Dot turned to him, "What is it, Specks?"

"Sensors picked up a strange energy nearby...like a portal..."

Dot furrowed her brow, "Portal? But all the ports to the net are closed!"

"It's some strange power surge, ma'am.. I.. can't explain it..."

"Let me have a look.." Dot replied, and headed into the warehouse quickly.

* * *

A strange, disturbed wrestler by the name of Al Snow wandered around, still unsure of what to do, "How do I approach Vince? How do I get him to re-hire me?!?! Right now I'm just doing the odd match here and there.. but... I don't have an official contract!!" he looked at the mannequin head he carried, "Do you have any ideas??" He asked it. The mannequin head was silent. "Well, say something, Damn it! It's your fault we're in this mess! Now I don't have a steady job... because I listened to YOU!!" the mannequin head was still silent. Al muttered angrily to himself.

A tall, pale, red-haired man walked up to him when he saw this, "What are you doing, Al?" he asked, his deep voice unemotional - as it always was.

"I'm trying to get Head to talk to me. They're mad for some reason...!" Al replied.

The pale man looked at Al, "Somehow, I don't think it's the HEAD that's mad..." he muttered. He sighed, "I'm going into the lounge. Come with me. Speak to PEOPLE instead of that... thing..!"

"Head is NOT a THING!!" Al replied.

The red-headed man just nodded, "Ok, Al... whatever you say..." and headed into the lounge. Al followed.

They entered the lounge and saw a young, blond-haired man with dark sunglasses and a long, black trench coat. He acknowledged them, then turned back to the show he was watching on the lounge's small TV.

Al went up to him. "Ooooh... what is that?!?!" he asked as he noticed the TV show. The blond-haired man didn't answer. But then, he was never one for speaking much. Al turned to the mannequin head, "Does Edge hate me?? He never talks to me..!" he paused, as if waiting for a response, "Well, I KNOW he doesn't talk to ANYONE.. but... still...there's respect and all..."

"Al, Adam is watching a TV show called REBOOT. Sit down and shut up," the pale man replied flatly.

Al looked at Head, "See.. even The Undertaker doesn't respect me!" he muttered, "What do you MEAN I don't deserve respect!??!" Al asked Head angrily, "Well.. if THAT'S the way you feel, then I'm not talking to you!" he then turned back to the TV and watched the show.

* * *

Dot couldn't find the source of the strange power surge that Specks had pointed out, "Are you SURE there was something there?!" she asked as she looked at the screen.

Specks nodded, "Yes sir.. um.. ma'am... there WAS!!"

Dot sighed, "It's this equipment. Maybe Megabyte got to it. Maybe he infected it somehow."

"I don't know, ma'am..."

Suddenly, a vid window appeared in front of Dot, "What the..." Dot began, then noticed what was in the vid window. Three men. Three men sitting and staring right at her. BIG men. "USERS!!" Dot gasped. Specks was staring as well.

"How in the NET did users get access to a VID WINDOW?!" Mouse spoke up from the back of the room. "Ah can't believe it!!"

* * *

Al watched the show with interest, "Oooh!! Wow.. that woman is GREEN!!" he said to the mannequin Head, quickly forgetting his promise not to talk to it. "And look.. that other woman is PURPLE!"

"What the hell are you doing??" another voice interrupted. Al looked up to see a loud, annoyed, bald-headed man, "What's the matter with you, son?? What the hell are you doing talkin' to a damn plastic head?!"

"Speak about Head with more respect, Steve!!" Al started.

"Austin..." The Undertaker started. Steve looked at him. The Undertaker simply shook his head, "Leave it be..."

Steve sat down on a nearby chair and noticed the television show, "What the hell is THIS crap...?" he asked.

"Adam is a ReBoot fan, " Undertaker answered.

"What's ReBoot?? Some kiddy cartoon?!!" Steve asked.

"It's not a cartoon..." the blond man finally spoke.

Al looked at Head, "Oh.. sure.. Edge will talk to STEVE, but he won't talk to ME!"

Edge simply looked at Al, then turned back to Steve, "It's a Computer Animated show..."

"This ain't another one of those damn Japanese cartoons that you're always watching, is it??" Steve asked.

"No.. it's Canadian," Edge replied, with a hint of pride. He turned back to the TV...to see the characters looking right at him.

* * *

"Oh.. that blond one is kind've cute, sugah..." Mouse said, and smiled. The blond man looked confused.

"What.. how..?? HOW DID USERS GET ACCESS TO A VID WINDOW?!!" Dot asked loudly, repeating Mouse's earlier question.

"Beats me, Sugah...do you think they're dangerous?" Mouse asked.

The blond one brought his face right up to the Vid Window, and banged on the side of it. He furrowed his brow, and said something to his buddies. They looked equally confused.

The pale, scary looking one went up to the Vid Window and put his hand against the screen. Slowly, his fingers began to go through. He quickly pulled his hand back.

"Oh user help us!!" Dot gasped, eyes wide with fear, "If they can transport through the Vid Window..." Dot let the sentence trail.

"It will be bad... VERY bad..." Mouse finished.

* * *

The Undertaker's eyes went wide, "My hand... it went right through!!"

Steve looked at him, "What's the matter, Mark, you scared of the TV or something? You're supposed to be the big, bad, dead man!!"

The Undertaker looked at Steve, "Ok, Austin... how about if YOU come here and try to figure out what's going on?!"

"Ahhh... get your ass outta my way..." Steve said, and went up to the television. He looked at it, and did what the Undertaker had done earlier, "Well, I'll be damned!" he said, "This is messed up!"

"So you noticed..." The Undertaker replied dryly.

"Shut up before I beat your ass!" Steve answered.

The Undertaker towered over Steve, "Are you threatening me, Austin?!?" he asked.

Al looked at them, "Hey.. guys... Head says don't fight..."

The Undertaker and Steve Austin looked at Al Snow, "You're one messed up S.O.B, ain't ya, Al?" Steve asked. Al didn't reply.

"I wonder if they can hear us..." Edge said, still staring at the TV.

"Ahhh.. to hell with this!! It's just a damn TV show!! You're being paranoid if you think they can SEE us. It's TV, son!! It don't work that way!" Austin snapped.

"What about your hand?? It went through the screen..." Edge replied.

"Ahh.. it was probably our eyes playing tricks on us from being so close to the damn television...!" Steve said, and shoved Edge out of the way, "Let me prove it to ya!!" He looked at the characters on the TV, "HEY! Can you hear us?!" he asked.

Even the Undertaker jumped when they answered.