Streaks of white code toppled down the screens of the machinist as if were acid rain, as they kept a watchful eye on the intruder.
Over the last few weeks many agents were lost; worse than the data mining fiasco. Some attempts to locate the white wireframe man failed, and analysis in the real world, lead to no source of information on the origins of the intruder.
Existence is hectic if you are machine.
Maphreal was watching the code attentively when the small cell phone next to him started to ring. He flicked the switch and adjusted the mouthpiece on his headphones.
"Operator."
"Hey, it's AccessCode. Just to let you know we're moving to the Intruder spotting."
"Are you crazy?! I'll keep an eye out. Be very cautious."
He searched the area for hours few and zoomed in on a group of stationary characters...
"This way." Sugaree said in a vigilant tone, motioning the others to follow her as she ducked round a corner and down the megacity.
Floating white stream and water white fuzz dots dangled down from the air. The gigantic face of some altered snowmen snaked their way around buildings on the soft evening breeze of snow.
Sugaree and AccessCode led the pack, with EmeraldGoblin behind them. Over the last few weeks they had all grown closer, as if they were family, bound by the relentless push for information about this newly identified enemy of the Matrix. Along the way the new operatives of the Packetstorm had accumulated new friends, operatives with the same mindset and the desire to improve their own skills.
Illyria1, Sattakan, BlazinWolf and GQubed were the first and most frequently jacked-in that EmeraldGoblin, and AccessCode met. Eating and sleeping the Matrix, they had taken to their new lives inside the Packetstorm with purpose. Reprogrammed, AgntJeffaro and Xevov had joined the group a few weeks before. They, like so many others, needed a leader in these uncertain times. Ms. Sugaree, Ms. Illyria1, and Mr. Sattakan provided that leadership.
A low humming noise emanated from the roof above the group. Illyria1 knew the Intruder was up there. She motioned for the members to hyper-jumped the bridge that scaled the size of a small house. The others drew back to the far side of the small street and leapt upwards as one.
The flat street road cracked slightly as they landed, the others arriving a few moments later.
"Alright guys, Battle stations. Let's get these anomalies under controlled and be on our way before we miss BlaziWolf's fight." Sattakan said in a quiet but firm voice.
As they systematically attacked, gun fires, hacking and knifing the Snowman, the source of energy floated open above them. Nobody had the idea that the Intruder was behind the misbehaving of Frosty the Snowman...
"Hey! What the hell is that Floating sphere... uuuunnnghhh! What the..."
EmeraldGoblin whirled around as the huge snowman stoke against him, hurting him in mid air. His body injured and full of frost bites, snapped him to attention.
"Accelerator" EmeraldGoblin yelled, as he pulled out his lancet to destroy this newly acclaimed enemy. Sugaree, Illyria1 and AccessCode were immediately alongside him, trying to take down to the floating ball that energized the snowman.
The Collective stepped forward and raised his weapon.
"Your journey ends here."
The accelerator flicked out, empowering the snowman and sending it into attack formation off the side-street. The Collective took their stand. AccessCode took the killing shot at the anomaly. He grinned at the Agent, who regarded him for a moment with an accomplishing gawk. Grabbing AccessCode with his other hand, the machine hurled him to one side and walked toward one side, and rewarded him with an FM-1500.
"You have earned it, operative." she embezzled AccessCode, Congratulating him, and shaking his hand. Just another day in the matrix for the machinist... stopping one anomaly at the time.
