present
"and that's pretty much what happened to us during the five months we were gone...what happened the day we were captured?"
"the Dark Cosmos revealed themselves the day after they had taken you three captive, they also took responsibility for colonel Baryl's 'death'"
"I see, how did you guys find us?"
Dark Shadow walks in after having gotten food for everyone
"that was not easy, first everyone had to clear their heads at learning who was to blame for the loss of Colonel and Baryl, after that we had to search several different locations to find you...and that was after getting a would be spy almost killed"
"so how did you guys find our location?"
"you know how I mentioned a would be spy almost killed? They succeeded in slipping in just long enough to discover your location and transmit it to us, that's how they were busted actually"
"how did the would be spy escape death?"
"net police in the area tracked his distress signal and found him in the nick of time"
"where is he now?"
"last I knew still in the hospital"
"that severely injured?"
"doesn't help he's currently in a coma"
"that would do it"
"indeed it would"
well they soon received word that they were an hour away from port, which at that point would have the two net agents transferred to a real hospital for the night and Baryl would be taken to a military hospital so that he could be taken care of as well. Once alone Black Rose asked about the newest PET
"so how's the newest PET so far?"
"pretty good, this is a custom PET due to the fact that I can actually have two netnavis, but it essentially works the same"
"does the company know that about you?"
"nope, all they know is that I special ordered it to have two battle chip slots in case of an emergency"
"have you tested the standard PET?"
"yep, by testing this one I've tested the standard because of the fact that the standard one is much simpler"
"so it meets your approval?"
"yes it does...once one minor bug is corrected"
"what was the problem?"
"it might have been the computers I was in but Darkman experienced a delay in getting the chips I sent him"
"that is a problem...will you tell them once you give your report?"
"yes, and I'll have them check mine and run tests on it so that they can fix the problem a lot easier"
finally the reached port and everyone went their separate ways. Three hours later Dark Shadow was still at SciLabs waiting for the results on her PET
"Dark Shadow what are you doing here?"
"hey Lan...I was asked to test the newest PET and it seemed to have a few problems so I brought it here to be tested by your father, the company has direct access to his reports so they'll know instantly if they have to fix anything"
suddenly Dr. Hikari walked out with a frown on his face
"dad?"
"Dark Shadow just how new is this PET?"
"I just got it a day before the mission...what's wrong?"
"they messed up the program somehow, it might be due to your customization or it might be with every PET, but for some reason the PET doesn't recognize that a chip has been inserted for several seconds...which could be deadly depending on what the navi is facing"
well the company called right at that moment and explained that they has miscalibrated something when making the PET so they needed a few more weeks for another final trial run
"but you said before the field test things were fine"
"yes...however we forgot to take into account that some net battlers are fast with their chips, either because they're in a life or death situation or they're just net battling for fun"
"I get it, let me know when the calibrations are done so I can do another field test"
"will do Dark Shadow"
(yawns) "well it's time I headed home"
"you've had a long day haven't you Dark Shadow?"
"you don't know the half of it, thank goodness tomorrow is the start of the weekend, I don't know if I would last the entire day tomorrow"
"what do you do when you're not a net agent?"
"none of your business Lan"
"yes dad"
and so everyone goes home. Once home Dark Shadow disappeared and the civilian Cassie appears once more