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Netto opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings. He was still tied up, but everything looked different.
"What the-"
"Ah. You're awake, boy. For a while we were afraid the pulse in would kill you." Shademan smiled evilly at Netto.
"You, of all darkloids, should have been deleted and never return."
Shademan chuckled at the statement. "How nice. I didn't know I was the most detested Darkloid in your eyes."
Shademan turned and faced Netto. "Ah…" He exhaled excitedly. "Alpha…one of the strongest beings in the internet. Finally, he would be complete and would devour the whole of the net, then the world."
"You do realise, that if the net is absorbed, you guys will be gone as well?"
"Ah boy." Shademan laughed out loud. His laughter echoed around the place. "Do you still not know what is going on? All of us have become Alpha's warriors. Hence we are able to regenerate as much as we want to, as fast as we want to. When Alpha is released, we will definitely be by Alpha's side, watching the destruction of human and navis."
Netto smirked. "Aw. It's not like you to serve a master. Much less a master that is not exactly humane looking."
Shademan took that as an insult and walked towards Netto, giving him a slap on his face. "You are merely a tool. So shut up." He then turned away from Netto. "First of all, that piece of Alpha inside you…We need to get it out."
"How are you gonna do that?"
"Extracting it, of course…"
...
Back at SciLab, Cossack slammed his laptop down and buried his head in his hands.
"Dr. Cossack…" Rockman said softly, but it was clear that the blue navi was troubled by the fact that his operator was captured, even with Forte around.
"This seriously spells trouble, Rockman." Cossack said with his head still buried under. "Alpha cannot be released."
"Is there anything I can do?" Rockman asked hopefully. Dr Cossack looked up.
"You have to defeat Alpha then. It's true that Alpha is strong. But when it's merging back with his final piece, that will be the only time when he will be unable to fight back, or do anything, perfect time to destroy it."
...
Netto screamed loudly. The pain was too much for him to handle. Who knew extraction was this painful? It was as though something was being pulled out of him. Hiding the tears that almost flowed out, Netto gritted his teeth and looked at Shademan, who was happily fingering his newly acquired prize, the final piece of Alpha.
"At long last…" Shademan cackled. "Alpha will be complete!"
Turning back to Netto, Shademan smirked and summoned Plantman. "Destroy him." Was all he said as he left the place with the Alpha piece.
Plantman walked closer to Netto, his hand becoming a leaf blade. Netto looked at him and then dropped his head, eyes closed. Then, a shout was heard and followed by the sound of particles after deletion. Netto opened his eyes. Standing before him, was Forte.
"What are you doing? It's not like you to give up." He commented coldly.
Netto closed his eyes again. "It's no good. I'm drained. They extracted Alpha out of me by force. I feel like my body's going to collapse any moment, especially when I'm still pulsed in like this…"
Forte went closer to Netto and removed the vines around him. Netto flopped onto his arms like a lifeless body. Forte held him close.
"Ne, Forte?" Netto muttered.
"What is it?"
"I'm really glad you're alive. As Bass I mean."
Forte became silent as he stared at the tired boy. He was looking pale, yet his words were cheerful, bright and it brought Forte slight happiness. It was the second time he felt this way. Forte picked Netto up slowly.
"I'm going to bring you to the SciLab. You, don't talk and don't make any actions. Rest yourself until then." Forte said tonelessly, despite how he was feeling.
Netto managed a slight nod. "Thank you Bass. Really. Thank you."
...
Over at Alpha Chamber, Rockman and Blues were fighting with all their might against all the Darkloids that gathered there. Just then, Shademan appeared, holding the last Alpha piece.
"Oh no…Please don't tell me that's the piece in Netto-kun's body…" Rockman stared, his eyes widening in horror.
"Yes Rockman." Shademan answered proudly. "It is the final piece we've extracted from your operator. He should have been dead by now though."
Upon hearing that Rockman fell onto his knees. Blues ran to his side and tried to pull him up. "Rockman! Be strong! I'm sure Netto-san is okay!"
But Rockman couldn't concentrate. He was too caught up in his own thoughts. Part of him believed that Netto was still alive, but the other half had already lost hope.
"Damn it…" Blues stared at Shademan. "You're not getting any closer to Alpha!"
"Oh, am I not?" Shademan made his evil laughter again. "There is no way you can stop me, AND the other darkloids that are here, alone."
"Of course he can!" came a voice.
Blues turned around and saw Enzan, running to him.
"Enzan-sama! What are you doing here?"
"I pulsed in. Come on Blues." Enzan said as he eyed his opponents.
"Understood."
"FULL SYNCHRO"
Shademan mused at this. "So you think by using Full Synchro you can defeat us?"
"At least we can push you away from Alpha." Enzan smirked.
Shademan laughed. "Push us away from Alpha? I don't think so." With that, he threw the piece of Alpha into the air and the piece entered the Alpha chambers by itself.
"OH NO!" Enzan and Blues both cried out at the same time as they ran to the doors of the chamber and opened it. Inside, they saw Alpha trying to fix his final piece back to himself. Behind him, the darkloids were all laughing and cheering.
"Dr Cossack said that when Alpha is merging back with his final piece, that will be the only time when he will be unable to fight back, or do anything, hence, it would be the perfect time to destroy it." Rockman said softly, when standing up. "Even if Netto-kun is unable to protect everyone, I will protect them all!"
You idiot! Who said I couldn't protect them?
Rockman's eyes widened at the mental message he received from his brother. Soon enough, Forte arrived, with Netto in his arms. Tiredly, Netto staggered to Rockman's said and hugged him.
"You have no idea what they put me through, man." He panted, smiling.
Rockman was so shaken up by everything that he was unable to speak. Netto, noticing this, smirked.
"Come on Rockman. Let's show Alpha how well we preserved his final part."
At this moment, Forte went forward and pulled Netto away. "You idiot. You are not in the condition to fight anyone."
Netto shrugged and smiled at Forte. "Everything will be fine. Rockman and I faced Alpha before, and an Alpha that cant fight back will be easy fry."
After saying that, he shook of Forte's hand and ran to Rockman. "Ready?"
"Anytime, Netto-kun."
"FULL SYNCHRO"
Shademan was suddenly furious. "GET THEM!"
All the Darkloids jumped at Blues and Forte while Netto and Rockman focused on Alpha. Rockman got ready his charged shot.
Last Routine set…Netto told himself mentally. Smiling, Rockman completed the sentence:
"Execute."
Right after saying that, the charged shot was fired. It hit Alpha directly in the orb and Alpha, unable to retaliate, fell limp. Seeing this, Rockman charged a few more shots and aimed them at Alpha. The Darkloids were feeling the side effects of Alpha weakening as they realise they were unable to regenerate anymore. Blues loaded a program advance while Forte prepared his Darkness Overload.
"Alright. This is it, Rockman! Sword! Wide Sword! Long Sword!" Netto exclaimed triumphantly.
Rockman, sensing his operator's excitement, prepared the Beta sword and closed his eyes happily. It was finally going to be over.
That final slash was all it took before Alpha was finally erased from the face of the internet.
Following suit, all the Darkloids that were previously regenerated all vanished. Leaving Blues, Forte and Rockman alone in the Alpha Chamber.
"Alright! We did it!" Netto cheered.
As he turned to find Forte, the cloaked navi was already nowhere to be seen.
...
A few days after the Alpha incident, Netto returned to his usual life. Preparing for school, having Netbattles and of course, his Net Savior work. Everything resumed as per normal and the Alpha chamber was being reconstructed to contain the core of the computer programmes.
Deep in the Undernet, Forte also returned to his usual life of roaming around and deleting useless navis along the way. But adding a new hobby, he would sometimes transport himself to somewhere Netto was and observe him from there.
Forte fingered the headband on his hand, the headband that he took from Netto from the very first day when he realised Netto was in fact, Lan.
"Netto..." He told himself. "One day, you will definitely be mine, just like when you were young."
He clutched the headband tightly.
"I'll make sure of it."
END