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// Firewall 
// Story: Reboot: New Generation 
// by The Irish Brony 
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“Nice shot!” Sparky says high-fiving Zipp as the Gamecube lifts off the ground.
“Couldn't have done it without you Sparky,” Zipp responds, smiling down at him as the Gamecube disappears into the sky.
“Sparky! Sparky!” The binoms around them cheer.
“Thanks, everyone,” Sparky says, looking around at the binoms. Zipp’s eyes widen as the binoms run away. “What?” Sparky looks confusingly as the binoms run away. “Was there something wrong with my breath?” Sparky asks, attempting to smell his breath by using his hand to blow his breath back at him. Zipp taps Sparky on the shoulder. “What is…” Sparky stops in fear when he turns around to see Megabyte standing in front of him. Hovering behind Megabyte is a fleet of his ships. “Megabyte!” Sparky yells in anger as his face reflects his feelings.
“What do you want?” Zipp asks while Sparky gets Gitch ready.
“I want you to send a message to Phong,” Megabyte growls down at the two.
“We will do no such thing,” Sparky says, pointing Glitch up at Megabyte. Before Sparky can react, Megabyte grabs him by the beck and lifts him up to his face. Megabyte angrily stares into Sparky’s terrified eyes as Sparky tries to break Megabyte’s hold on his neck.
“You will do what I tell you delivery boy,” Megabyte growls at him.
“Let him go,” Zipp says, pulling out her katana.
“As you wish,” Megabyte says, dropping Sparky onto the ground. Sparky lands on his butt before he quickly stands up and retreats to Zipp. “You will listen carefully boy because the only reason I don’t have you and Storm deleted is because I need you to deliver a message to Phong for me,”
“Then spill it!” Zipp replies. “What is it,”
“There is no way to win this war. You may be safe, but the people of Mainframe aren’t,” Megabyte says, leaning down to face Sparky. “And their only hope is not in some guardian wannabe,” Megabyte straightens up as Sparky looks up at him in anger. “But in giving me a portal to the Supercomputer,” Zipp puts her katana away as Megabyte walks away. “And make it snappy delivery boy!” Megabyte says before lagging. Sparky grits his teeth as he clenches his fists.
“I will get you for this!” Sparky yells out in great hatred. A hatred that can not be easily described in words. One of pure and utter hate for one who had ruined their life.



“Oh dear,” Phong says, tapping his finger together. He sits at the front of a round table in a conference room. Zipp and Sparky sit on one side of Phong while Pipp sits across from the two.
“There is no way we are giving up a portal to the Supercomputer,” Pipp responds, shaking her head.
“And I’m not going to open the ports for him,” Zipp responds, crossing her arms over her chest.
“But if we don’t stop him, then he might end up taking over,” Sparky says, looking between the two.
“Young Sparky is right,” Phong chimes in. The three turn and look at him as he talks. “We need a way to win,”
“Or at least contain him long enough for us to find a way to delete him,” Pipp thinks as Zipp scratches her chin.
“We do not have much in a way of containment,” Phong replies as gears turn in Zipp's head.
“Hmm…” Zipp thinks as her eyes dart around the room.
“You got something sis?” Pipp asks.
“What if we created a firewall,” Zipp asks, looking over at Phong.
“We could make a crude firewall,” Phong replies. “But it would only keep other viruses out,”
“Not if we invert it and trap Megabyte in his sector,” Zipp responds back.
“Oh,” Phong replies with intrigue. He scratches his chin as he thinks. The three watch intently as he looks up at the ceiling. He slowly nods before looking back at the group. “That might just work!” Phong says with happiness in his voice.
“I’ll get on that,” Zipp says, standing up.
“I’ll show you to our weapons,” Phong says, sliding after Zipp as she walks to the door.
“I guess we make sure Megabyte doesn’t try anything while you work?” Sparky asks as he and Pipp stand up.
“I’ll try and be as fast as I can,” Zipp replies, looking back at the two. “Try and keep Megabyte in his sector,” Pipp and Sparky nod before Zipp follows after Phong.
“So, what do you have in mind?” Phong asks as He and Zipp walk down the hallway.
“I was thinking of taking a viral capture command and mixing it with an inverse command,” Zipp explains.
“You should add a delete command inside of a booster to make a firewall that can really keep Megabyte in,” Phong adds.
“Oh, kind of forgot about the delete part of a firewall,” Zipp responds, scratching the back of her head.



“Almost all of Megabyte’s forces are in his sector now,” Sparky says to Pipp projected onto a vid window in front of him. Sparky hoovers on his zip board just outside of Megabyte’s sector with a fleet of CPUs backing him up.
“Good,” Pipp replies, looking down at the giant map in front of her. “Keep them there as long as you can,” Pipp says, looking back up at Sparky.
“I think Megabyte thinks we are giving up,” Sparky responds.
“What makes you say that?” Pipp asks.
“Because here comes dum and dummer,” Sparky says as he watches Hack and Slash flying over to him on their jet backs strapped to their backs.
“Hey,” Hack says before being interrupted by Slash.
“We want out!”
“Sssshhhh!” Hack responds, covering Slash’s mouth. “Megabyte might be listening!‘
“Oh, sorry,” Slash responds after Hack had removed his hand from his mouth.
“What do you want?” Sparky asks, crossing his arms over his chest. The vid window flips so Pipp can see Hack and Slash.
“Megabyte has sent us to talk about a deal,” Hack says, a little louder than what a normal voice level would be,
“We need help,” Slash whispers to Sparky as Hack continues in a louder-than-normal voice. “We want to defect,”
“Really?” Sparky asks. Slash and Hack node before Sparky sighs. “All right,” Sparky turns to the vid window. “Let them in,” Pipp nods before the vid window closes.
“Thank you,” Hack says before the two fly off toward the Principal Office.



“So you want to help us?” Phong asks for clarification. He and Pipp stand at the map table with Hack and Slash across from them.
“Yes,” Slash says.
“We’ll do anything!” Hack yells in distress
“What changed your mind?” Pipp asks, crossing her hands over her chest.
“Megabyte has been making us do evil things!” Hack yells.
“Very evil things,” Slash adds as he nods.
“But that’s why he hired you, right?” Pipp asks with a great deal of confusion in her voice.
“Yes,” Hack says. “But normally Hitch stops us before we can do anything bad,”
“But no offense to the kid, but Sparky is no Hitch,” Slash chimes in.
“They're not wrong,” Pipp mumbles under her voice. “As long as you don’t backstab us, we have a deal,” Pipp says, extending her hand out.
“Of course!” Hack responds.
“We would never backstab!” Slash yells with offense in his voice as Hack shakes Pipp’s hand.
“Do you think that was wise?” Phong whispers to Pipp as Hack and Slash celebrate.
“Yes and no,” Pipp responds. “Once Zipp is done, get her to keep an eye on them,” Phong nods before rolling away.
“How did it go?” Sparky asks as a vid window pops up in front of Pipp.
“Hach and Slash are now with us,” Pipp responds, turning to the vid window.
“Can we trust them?” Sparky asks, tilting his head to the side.
“Not completely,” Pipp admits. “But I’ll have Zipp keep an eye on them,” Right when the words left her mouth, the sky turns purple. Sparky looks up at the sky as a Gamecube starts to drop. The announcer booms out incoming game.
“I’ve got a game to win,” Sparky says, looking back at Pipp. “See you after,” Sparky says, closing the vid window before flying off towards the Gamecube. “Glitch,” Sparky says, looking down at Glitch. “Where is the game going to land?” Glitch beeps at him before Sparky sighs. “That’s way too close,” Sparky says as he makes it under the game as it lands on the line between Megabyte’s sector and Mainframe’s.
“That’s festive,” Sparky says, looking around the area. He stands up on top of a big snowy hill. The area is lined with pine trees decorated with Christmas lights. He flinches as loud sound booms out. He turns to look at a factor-looking building behind him. The doors open to reveal the user as a big man dressed in red and white with a Santa hat.
“Ho ho ho,” The user chuckles, taunting Sparky with the presents in his hands. Sparky smiles and squints his eyes at the user.
“Let’s tango,” Sparky says. The user lays down a sled before pushing off of it and down the hill. “Reboot!” Sparky yells, double-tapping his icon as he jumps up and over the edge of the hill. He lands on a sled as he slides down the hill after the user. Sparky is now also dressed in white and red with a Santa hat.
“Ho ho…” The user starts slowly laughing as he turns around to face Sparky behind him. “Ho!” The user yells, pulling out a giant snowball bigger than his body. Sparky’s eyes widen as his jaw drops.
“What the!” Sparky can’t finish his thought before the user throws the giant snowball at him. Sparky turns the sled and dodges the snowball. Sparky looks back to see the snowball slowing down before rolling back down the hill after them. “Crap!” Sparky says as the snowball follows him. Sparky swerves back and forth, but it’s like a tracker was placed on Sparky. The snowball kept on him as it grows in size.
“Ho ho ho,” The user movies Sparky. Sparky grits his teeth before an idea comes to his head. A big smile forms on Sparky’s face as the idea grows in his head like the snowball rolling after him. Sparky turns and slides up behind the user, who looks back at him in confusion.
“Glitch,” Sparky says with a smile. “File Corrupt,” Glitch beeps before Sparky turns a bit transparent. His body flickers a bit as the snowball rolls right threw him. Sparky solidifies as the user’s eyes widen. The snowball runs over the user, flattening him into nothing.
“Take that user!” Sparky yells as he stops the sled. The user’s body disappears as a ghost in the shape of the user floats up. Glitch beeps, getting Sparky’s attention. “Three lives!?” Sparky asks in confusion. Glitch beeps back before Sparky sighs. “Of Course, it couldn’t be that easy,”
“Ho ho ho!” Sparky looks up the hill to see the user on a bigger sled. The sled blasts past Sparky. He lifts his arm over his eyes to cover his face from the snow that got kicked up into the air. Sparky grits his teeth as he points Glitch at the user’s new sled.
“Glitch!” Sparky yells. “Grapple!” The end of Glitch shoots off with a rope attached to it. The end of the grapple grabs onto the back of the sled. Sparky turns his sled pointed to the user’s sled before the grapple pulls him toward it. Sparky slams against the back of the sled, causing his to break apart. Sparky grabs onto the edge. The user looks down at him as Sparky dangles over the edge.
“Ho ho ho,” The user holds up an ice knife before bringing it down. Sparky moves his hands, causing the ice knife to get embedded into the wooden sled. Sparky smiles as Glitch returns to normal. Sparky swings his body and jumps up onto the sled, landing feet first on the ground. The user pulls the knife out before turning to look at him. Sparky pulls out an ice knife from his coat as the two stares each other down.
“Glitch!” Sparky says as he doges down. The user swings over his head as Sparky rolls behind him. “Energy Pulse!” Sparky says as the user attempts another swing. Sparky blocks it with his arm. Glitch beeps before letting out a big explosion of energy. The user goes flying back into the sky. Sparky smiles before throwing the knife up at the user. The knife slices clean threw the user’s body. The user lands on the ground and collapses into a pile of snow.
“That’s what I call being too chill,” Sparky says, crossing his arms over his chest. Glitch beeps as he looks down at him. “What?” Sparky says, looking down the hill. His eyes widen as he realizes the sled was on a collision course with a tree. Sparky jumps out of the sled right before it collides with the tree. He rolls a bit before standing up. “All right then,” Sparky whispers before turning to look up the hill.



“Ok, now it should work,” Zipp says, emphasizing now as she backs away from the little setup she had put together. She and Pipp stand behind a plastic shield. In front of them are four cylinder-shaped devices with domed lights on the top.
“I’ve got the fire extinguisher,” Pipp says, holding the fire extinguisher with her finger in the pin ready to pull.
“Trust me, it will not catch on fire this time,” Zipp says, pointing the button in her hand at Pipp.
“You said that last time,” Pipp responds. Zipp rolls her eyes at Pipp before pushing the button with her thumb. The domes of the machines light up a fiery red before fire spurts out of them. They go up a bit before converging together, creating a firewall box.
“See,” Zipp responds, gesturing to the working firewall as Phong slides up to them.
“Are the inverted firewalls ready?” Phong asks with a little hast in his voice.
“Ya?” Zipp says with a bit of question in her voice as Pipp puts down the fire extinguisher.
“Good, because Megabyte is getting suspicious,” Phong replies, tapping his fingers together. “He threatens to delete Sparky once the game lifts up,”
“Then we better get them laid down fast,” Zipp says before turning to Pipp. “Can you get me a fleet to protect me as he lay them out along the sector?”
“You didn’t even need to ask,” Pipp responds before the two run out of the testing room.



“Ho ho ho!” The user says as his sled slides up a ramp and over the cliff. Sparky uses Glitch’s grapple to pull back a pine tree with a big ice spike on it. The user pulls out a parachute to slow down his descent.
“Ho ho this!” Sparky yells before Glitch detaches from the tree, sending the ice spike flying toward the user. The spike rams threw the user’s body, causing him to burst into snow. The game lifts off the ground as the announcer says game over.
Sparky’s eyes widen as Megabyte glares at him from the other end of the game. Megabyte stomps over to him as Sparky backpedals. Megabyte looks down at Sparky with anger in his eyes. “Maybe I didn’t make myself clear,” Megabyte growls as he grabs Sparky by the neck. “I want that portal!”
“Glitch,” Sparky crocks out. “Energy pauls,” Glitch beeps before sending an energy pulse into Megabyte. He is pushed back a bit as Sparky flies backward. Sparky lands on his feet as Megabyte looks at him with anger.
“Don’t toy with me boy,” Megabyte says, going to walk over to him, but is interrupted when a gray cylinder device falls in front of him. Sparky looks up to see Zipp’s ship flying overhead with a fleet of CPUs. Glitch beeps before Sparky looks down at the screen. The screen on Glitch turns into Pipp in the command room.
“The firewall is ready on your command guardian,” Pipp says. Sparky nods before looking over at Megabyte.
“Asta la vesta Megabreath!” Sparky says as he pushes a button on Glitch. Glitch beeps in response before the cylindrical device lights up fire red. It then spurts out fire up into the sky. The rest around the sector erupts like the one before it. They meet in the sky, forming a lid on the firewall.
Megabyte growls at Sparky as he walks away from him. “I will get out of this rudimentary firewall!” Megabyte yells as Sparky jumps on his zip board. Sparky looks back at Megabyte before calmly flipping Megabyte off and flying away. Megabyte grits his teeth before turning around and walking back to his ship.