The First Quality Time

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A week passed off since the St. Clarance Elementary and Middle School incident. The school is going to stay closed for two months until the whole building is repaired and it's server got reinstalled. May Cyclone failed his actual task thanks to Elecman and Inkman but his chaos left much destruction, so the students are continouing their studies online. The previous pricipal, Mr Redmane was fired from his position, all of his educational licenses are removed and above all, he was arrested for endangering students and misusing money for substandard security (what he thought it's helping to save more for the school financy). At least, expect for one NetNavi, nobody, and the Chaoslord attack was not necessarily his fault, the court sentnenced him only for five years of house. Same fate like Count Zap had.

Speaking of which. A day after the incident, the kinglandian Ministry of Justice heard about the incident throught the regional authorities who mentioned Count Zap tricking his house arrest by using a screened bot to help the firefighters and save the students. With verdict and blessing signature of the Queen herself, Count Zap was aprdoned. After long years of house arrest, with agreement of not returning to his old ways, the ankle monitor was removed and he was finally free.

The old man celebrated his freedom with his wife and granddaugther at home, but then he was thinking about what to do at first outside? He thought about visit Mr Match and Maddy in Dentech City but then he had to abadon the plan; after he called his frieds to tell them the good news and he was thinking of visit them, Mr Match told him the timing is not the best for that because he had some job to do and also their restaurant accidentally caught fire thanks to Torchman... again.

Then he looked at Norie, who was talking with Elecman about something. Count Zap was sure about Elecman explains the girl about how she could use chips in better ways because Norie picked and checked on some of those freshly upgraded chips. Ann in the meanwhile was prepared some cookies for the teatime, she smiled proudly. Count Zap felt his wife in this way, he was also proud... but surprised too. It's been a week since he passed Elecman's custody to Norie, and in that moment his granddaugther and the NetNavi have changed in positive way. He didn't recognize them. While Elecman turned to be more balanced, Norie was finally came out from her shell and threw away her lack of confidence. Looks like Elecman was MORE helpful than those therapies back in time when the girl was still traumatized after what she went throught.

Norie was around 5-6 years old when her grandparents had her custody after the parents' death. It's been five years. If we think throught, Count Zap was still sentencing his house arrest when Norie moved in with Ann and him. He never went out with Norie somewhere, expect for the allowed time, when they attempted his daugthers' and son-in-law's funeral... but that was not counted...

Then Count Zap had an idea. He decided to take Norie and Elecman out for a grandpa-granddaugther-NetNavi getaway to Feniceland's park. He will take his old guitar... because why not! He was not sure about he could do that by his fat and lumbago but he wanted to do a rock'n'roll show off, metaphorically announce his return to the world.

"Norie!" Count Zap called the girl.

"Yes?" Norie looked at her grandpa, Elecman was also looking up with curious gaze.

"Now that I'm finally free, what about we have our first quality time in the park like a normal grandpa and granddaugther? Elecman included and we take my guitar too~"

"When have you been normal grandpa, Jack?" Mocky words slipped out from Elecman's lips.

Count Zap ignored the comment out of excitement but the NetNavi didn't mind it as long as he saw his former NetOp being happy for his first day of freedom.

"Do you want play on your guitar in the park with me?" Norie wondered. "Grandpa, you never let me touch your guitar before."

"You are ten years old, almost eleven" Count Zap started explaining his reason. "Now that I've seen you growing up and being more confident and responsible since you had Elecman's custody, I think, the time has came for this old man teaches you play on his guitar."

"Really?"

"Really! And anyways... now that you are operating Elecman now, it would be logic if I let you use the guitar sometimes. You know, the guitar is connected to few of Elecman's programs when needed. And I didn't tell you yet about what much secrets it has inside... and few what I don't know about expect for the case of the solved legacy of my mother... never mind. You'll need it anytime soon!"

"Sounds good, grandpa!"

"Are you really planning do rock'n'roll in the park?" Elecman chimed in again. "Are you sure? It's been a while when you did it and... sorry for say it but you have troubles with your lumbago and you gained much weight in your house arrest."

"I'm not that old yet! I'm not even seventy years old yet for looking like Uncle Ab!"

"The Count-Lord Abraham?"

"Yeah!"

"Then it means you will be by my side for more decades yet, grandpa!" Norie smiled. "He's already an ancient dinosaur but he's still the powerful Zap patriarch! You'll be fine too!"

"Thank you, girl~" The old man smiles proudly, but this time to himself. "May I got some fat and lost some hair on top of my head but I'm still young and energetic inside!"

Elecman has doubts but he didn't say anything anymore out of respect for his humans being positive about they could living further like his kind.

Ann stepped into the living room, carrying teapot, three cups and bowl of cookies on tray. The delicious aroma of tea immediately filled the room.

"If you stop shining yourself, sit down and get your tea." the old woman put the tray onto the coffee table. "Nobody leave until the pot and the bowl is filled."

Nobody dared challange Ann, so Count Zap and Norie took their seats. The old man made himself comforatble on his favourite spot of the coach while Norie sat down on at the coffee table on the carpet. Five minutes later, when Count Zap realized this, he picked his granddaugther by scruff of her shirt and sat her on the coach by his side.

Later on, after the last sips of the tea is devoured, Count Zap, Norie and Elecman went to the park. They got the old, thunder shaped red guitar with themselves. The electric music instrument with it's special data carriers was still working but unfortunately it got old and staretd running out of date.

"Hmmm, I think the guitar needs upgrades as soon as possible" Count Zap rubbed his chin. "And some redesign needed too... but you know how it was important to me in past. The guitar is even older than Elecman."

"Just because it's going to be changed, the guitar is going to be still the same, grandpa" Norie sat down on the fountain rim. "You changed too but you are still the Count Zap."

Elecman's miniatured holoform approached and took his seat by Norie's side.

"Good thought, Norie!" Count Zap smirked and plucked two strings on the guitar.

"You told me this a while ago!"

"Oh, that's true..."

"Go on, Jack, show the rock'n'roll of yours!" Elecman called out.

Some passersby blinked at the ex-WWW in surprise. From their view, no wonder about their reaction when they are just walking in the park having some air and see some old man with a strange hairstyle with an electric guitar, companied by ten years old girl with shunter shaped bang and an encouraging NetNavi.

Count Zap plucked the strings again.

"Check your old man, Norie! Showtime!"

The park's air filled with echoing sounds of the guitar. Count Zap started playing one of his favourite rock with happy cheer on his face. Out of habit, he did some movements, despite of his age.

Norie clapped in her cheer, even Elecman nodded with crossing arms. Some people stopped by to watch Count Zap's rock performance.

"See? It's exciting!" Count Zap said loud so the girl could hear him in middle of his music. "I told you I can still rocking it off! Count Zap is here again, better than before!"

He started hopping around.

"Be careful!" Elecman warned him. "Your back!"

The audience, recognizing Count Zap's talent, applaud.

"It's okay, I'm still fine!" Count Zap comfirmed. "Now the triple jump spin!"

"No, wait~!"

Too late. Count Zap jumped up to make a triple spin, but when he was about landing on the ground on half-kneeling position, in that moment a big crack interrupted the play...

Count Zap's scream made all the birds fly up in all the park, all the little children in the playground burst in cry, dogs started barking, the cars in the parking spot activated their alarming sound.

A bit later, Norie spent her time to pull Count Zap's arms and pushes his back by her feet until her grandpa's lumbago got better.

"Ahh! Thank you, Norie~" Count Zap dropped himself on the fountain rim after Norie let his arms go.

"Are you okay?" Norie looked at Count Zap worried.

"I'll be fine, but I need some rest for now."

"I told you so!" Elecman chimed in, his holoform now approached at Norie's shoulder. "You never listen to me!"

"Hey, stop being rude, Elecman! But you got a point. Looks like the triple jump spinning is not my style anymore."

"Then you will stay still or sit when playing next time." Norie suggested.

Count Zap took some breaths, then he picks the guitar by it's fretboard. The music instrumental was leaning aganist the fountain's edge in the whole time. The oldman now held it over Norie.

"Now your turn."

"Are you sure?" Norie blinked.

"Totally shockingly sure, we are here to play, aren't we?"

"Yes, but I know the basics only and I've learnt it by using that tiny lant what Mr Match sent me for my 8th birthday."

"I'm sure you can do it better on my guitar." Coutn Zap smiled. "It's nothing much different from that stupid lant. Same shape, sane strings, same building, it's just electric, bigger and louder."

"I don't know... the only what I can play is Greensleeves."

"You know, it was also my first what I've played ever on this guitar. Now go on and play. I tell you can learn play on it fast as you get to know it better by the experience."

"Just don't jump around like Jack did." Elecman told Norie.

Norie nodded at Elecman's suggest and take the guitar from Count Zap. It's true that the red guitar was heavier and sounded way different than the little lant, but she encouraged herself with what her grandfather told her: it's not that much different.

When the Greensleeves' electric guitar version sounded, the audience returned but this time it was Norie who was performing.

At the first few lines. Norie's fingers danced uncertainly on the strings but at the music's second refrain her play easied and turned more confident. Finally, Norie felt like she was used this guitar for long espite of it's only Greensleeves what she could play yet.

When the music finished, the bypassers applaused in awe and started to distribute. Some of them talked about Norie and her performance.

"Did you see how this little girl played on that old guitar?"

"Yeah, she was so cute with that guitar!"

Norie heard it. She puffed cheeks as she sat down by side of Count Zap.

"I'm not cute!" she pouted. "I'm not that little girl anymore!"

"To be honest, it really seemed cute when you played on the guitar." Elecman smirked. "Mostly at the first lines."

"No!" Norie crossed her arms.

"Now now" Count Zap chuckled and pats Norie's shoulder. "It was so good at the first, and you'll be better time by time. What about I teach you two more easier music for now and later we can try more challanging ones?"

"I agree with you this time" Elecman nodded. "Better if she learns nicer ones until the guitar gets some upgrades. I would be worried more for the guitar gets damaged by the same "rockings" what you did before. I suggest some slow foreign ones."

"Hungarian romantic music?" Norie asked with innocent eyes.

Count Zap gsped, paled and shocked.

"No!" he objected. "I forbide you from play those horrific squealing! Even after my death!"

He shivered and put his hands onto his chest like he almost got a heart-attack.

"Sorry, sorry!" she holds her hands up with sweating face. "I promise I will not even mention them anymore!"

"You made him almost a self-destruction" Elecman shook his head.

"Forget that nosense and let's learn some countries!" Count Zap picked a notebook. "Some of them arre slow but cheerful ones."

Later on, when the sun started going down to hide in the western horizont, Count Zap, Norie and Elecman were on their ways back to home. The old man has taught Norie two cheerful country musics and she practiced them better and better as long as she started understanding and getting to know her grandfather's guitar. On way to home, Norie was still plucking the strings.

"You were right, grandpa, it was easy to learn how to play on your guitar" She confessed. "It really was in my blood. When should we buy my own guitar?"

Count Zap smirked and put his hand on Norie's shoulder.

"No need to buy another." He told Norie. "Like I said, you will need it. More than I."

"Wait, you mean~"

"The guitar is yours."

Norie looked at Count Zap with her double bright colored eyes.

"But... but this guitar is important to you! I understand that you passed Elecman to me but your guitar!"

"Yes, it's important for me but I'm not getting younger, I have problems with my lumbago and thundering god knows what should be happening to me. More important to me is letting my legacy in my only grandchild's hand. When I've learnt about what you and Elecman went throught in the school to face that bully brat and that crazed Solo Navi, I realized how much you started growing up and what you put in first before anything. I remember what I told you when you were smaller... you treat Elecman more as person than as just a talking program following your commands. If I were treat him in the same way... but look at him, I've never seen him like this before."

By being the topic subject, Elecman's miniature holoform approached and sat on top of Norie's head.

"Please continue."

"You think something changed in Elecman? I've thought he was like this." Norie rubbed her face.

"No, he has never been like this." Count Zap explained. "Things started changing mostly in our household when your... when you moved in with us, Norie. Eecman may was fiercely loyal but arrogant, nothing more, expect for he loved your mom as the only family who has ever cared for his wellbeings. You do the same, you respect him as living being and the veteran who's advices matter for you. I know you two will take good care of each other, so I can trust you to have my guitar too."

Elecman elbowed on one knee of his crossed legs.

"D'aww, this is the first time when you make me blush, Jack. You are a changed man too."

Norie looked at her grandfather then she smiled widely.

"If I'm going to play on the guitar like you before, grandpa, I will write some good ode for you!"

"Awww, you're sweetspark, Norie!" Count Zap wrap an arm around Norie's shoulder, in awe of impression. "And how this ode will be like?"

"Like, uhm, spinning-jumpie-rocky one!" Norie said in base of sudden idea. "But may I will consider write something about your romance with grandma!"

"And we will sell the rights to the hungarians for rework so they will have something better than their craps~"

Count Zap looked at Elecman in shock. The NetNavi's holoformic presence smirked evily back at him from Norie's head. The girl chuckled.

"Elec's right, grandpa! Hungarians should learn real culture from us!"

The old man rolled his eyes, but he spread a half-smirk on his face.

"You two... What would I do without you."

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Awww, I think this was a nice first getaway for Count Zap after long time of house arrest. He has never went somewhere with Norie because of his sentence, now it was about the time for a grandpa-granddaugter+NetNavi hangout!

Lessons have learnt, all three of them faced positive changes, including the custody of the guitar what was very important stuff for our Count. Thats true that he would never give his guitar to someone else but he knew inside: one day his legacies must be passed on for good and he has to prepare Norie for the future. He experienced everything and he will yet going throught hard times, this is his responsibility to be mentor for Norie alongside Elec. And he's right: Cyclone's presence in the school was the beginning, more Chaoslords, the Gauss family and more evil beings are waiting for their moment and if they come in, the little Zap family must be prepared for them and fight them back for a better and peaceful future.

May it was nothing about but their hangout and teaching Norie to play on Count Zap's guitar for joy and tradition, yet another point taken: Norie will need for teh guitar more than Count Zap. Who knows what will awaiting for them in future.

Enjoy! <3

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