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terratasha: I occasionally do such things for the people. They tend not to like me for them though. XD Anypanel, week's over and now the truth shall be revealed!

Day 5 Part 2 – Looking For A Doctor And Found A Vampire Instead

Void was upset. No, he was beyond angry. After all the trouble he had gone through in the past couple of hours, he knew that that navi had to be around here. He didn't go anywhere! No, he had found Bass in the Undernet and the Undernet is where he should be! But now, he had spent the past few hours searching for the elusive navi. His only comfort was knowing that Megaman had been placed out of commission. Why they were bothering with curing their own virus, only Dawn knew.

Speaking of which. Void paused, and turned around to check to make sure no one was there. Clearly Bass wasn't going to make himself known for a while, if at all. Maybe he was in the wrong area of the Undernet. Considering all this, Void decided that this was the best chance of looking at the file. He held out his hand as Dawn's profile came into being. As he opened the documents, his eyes went everywhere but seemed to focus more on his sentence in the nuthouse.

As he read, he began to see more and more about Dawn's current behavior. This deadline she was talking about. However, reading the secrets of the documents unnerved him. They seemed to deal a lot about technology. It made him wonder whether or not Dawn actually liked him or not.

It had started off nice enough. Dawn had graduated the top of her class from some university in Electopia, majoring in computer systems. Meaning that she had extensive knowledge in the PET systems and how they interacted with the navis, but not necessarily how to make a navi. Though at the time, such a system was more than likely still experimental since the creation of the PET and Net Navi was only about 2 years old at the time.

For the most part, things seem to go down the drain during the Alpha incident several years ago. Her husband had been a technician for the military at the time when the new tanks were being upgrade. At the facility he worked at, when Alpha took over their programing, there had been an accident. Apparently one of the bots had gone out of control and opened fire on some pipes and much of the building had been destroyed. Among the dead was Mr. Silverlight.

The following year, her navi had been deleted by own of the out of control dark navis when those transmitters had been placed all over ACDC. She had apparently been visiting her son, who later moved out of the area and was actually the one who suggestion that she get medical help. A few months later, her daughter had been injured during the whole Aquarium incident. She had been trying to stop a child from falling into the shark infested waters and had fallen victim to them herself. There hadn't been a report of any deaths during Black Beard's trial because she had died a few days after the sentencing. She apparently lived for about two weeks in a hospital before her body gave up.

He probably would have thrown up if he didn't skip over the pictures (that and besides the fact he was a navi and didn't really have much of a gag reflex in the first place). Apparently, the person who made the file was very through with understanding their patient.

After that losing her daughter and husband, the woman seemed to unravel into an insane spiral. Her son had her put into professional care after she had almost killed herself and him after he tried to stop her. She had been a straightjacket for around, two or so years before her death. But how could she be dead when she was at her computer typing away? Unless…

He pried open one more file, the autopsy report. What the...? There wasn't one! He flipped the file head once or twice more before realizing that the sheet really wasn't there to begin with! But without that sheet, no one could verify the death...certificate? Void squinted harder at the image file in front of him. He shook his head and he looked at it, kinda impress. That was one good forgery. But then who and why? And how the hell would a human survive a fall like that and be able to mark herself as dead? Seems like her insanity wasn't the only thing that was crazy about her. She was just one massive conundrum!

Void snapped the file shut as he suddenly felt like he was being watched. As he looked around, he realized there was no one in sight. So, that meant he was safe...right?

Great, and now he was both frustrated and paranoid.

"My my. Haven't you turned into a more mouthwatering desert?" Shademan said as the pink navi walked to the meeting spot.

Roll sneered, remembering the navi. Not one of her more pleasant experience. And she really didn't appreciate the look he was giving her. If he wasn't the one who had the information about Hub's possible cure, she probably would have already fired a Roll Arrow already (if not for being annoying, but for the stare he was giving her).

"Hmm, someone doesn't seem to be in a good mood. That wouldn't have anything to do with the blue brat passed out on the floor of a SciLab computer would it?" Shademan "asked". He already knew everything; he just wanted to tick off the pink one. It would serve her right being such a difficult part of his meal.

"Roll, calm down," Mayl said as her navi snarled. An angry Roll was already something of a rarity on a normal day to day basis. Then again, today hadn't been very normal. The red haired woman tried to think two steps ahead of the navi in front of her. Someone had to be watching through one of the cameras in SciLab, so no real surprise that Shademan already knew about Megaman's condition. But what was bothering her was the fact that Shademan was standing before them. Hadn't Mortis been deleted by Void?

"And so she speaks. You weren't much of a talker back in the day," Shademan commented, tilting his head as if he even cared to remember the first time he tried to make the pink navi his desert. Her NetOp was so great! Frantically trying to get back in contact with her navi. Fear was such a great appetizer.

Mayl frowned. That was another thing. The raised deleted navis never spoke. So why was he, "I grew up. So about this program to save Megaman." They weren't going to get anyway if they kept up this pointless banter all day.

"Oh yes, the sick child. Well, here's the thing. Void isn't willing to give up to program until you do something for us first. Wheee." Shademan said, liking that for the first time he had the upper hand.

"And what is it?" Roll seethed.

"Oh nothing. Just that we just so happen to be looking for the Navi Project files and couldn't find them at SciLab. We could find the main office pretty easily, but why us have to do the grunge work. The heads' base is off the Oran Island. Which island is up to you to find. Break in and give us the files. Then we give you your brat's precious little shut down sequence."

"But that's as good as giving you Megaman himself!" Lan yelled.

"Whee…that's the point. You win and we win. It wouldn't make much sense for us to storm in there and lose soldiers. And it doesn't make sense for you to lose Megaman. Whee." Shademan smirked.

"But we have more to lose." Roll clarified. Breaking into SciLab was definitely a crime. And if the Navi Project files were so sensitive, who knew how far SciLab would go to make sure that the files were never found or released.

"So? You want your blue brat back or not?" Shademan said.

The room paused for a moment. "How long do we have?" Mayl asked. Void was putting them in a corner. They're only hope out of this mess would probably be Roll and her going into SciLab themselves. But they would more than likely be caught somehow and then who knew what would happen to them after that.

"Void's a nice guy. He'll give you three weeks. Although, if it we're me. I wouldn't even give you this option. After all, blue boy deserves to squirm after deleting me for the what is it, third time now. I wonder how he's doing now. Coughing up data? Oh right! He can't even breathe right!"

A second after uttering the comment, Shademan almost missed an arrow by a hair. Roll was well over her limit now. Even her eyes had started to darken, which only made Shademan happier, "Oh someone's got themselves a dark soul, don't they? Whee…things really have changed."

"Shut it, bug frag," Roll growled, though whether or not it was her or Dark Roll talking was debatable. The two were in a similar mindset at the moment.

"Well, someone's trying to be sour," Shademan said and snapped his fingers. Instantly, Roll was blasted by several meteors that fell towards the ground. Someone else was here, "Now, before I leave you my dear, just remember. You only have three weeks to make your decision. If we see you're not making progress, we'll come to look for you and remind you about your only concern. After all, blue boy is counting on you for once. Don't screw it up." The navi said before disappearing in the form of bats and fluttering out on the Net.

Roll shook her head, at least the blast had seemed to cancel out Dark Roll's temporary hold on her. Though the dark soul was grumbling quite a bit now. It would be a while before she went back to sleep. As Roll got up, she noticed the attack had been star shaped meteors.

"Starman, has to be." Lan grumbled as Dr. Hikari got up.

"I work on trying to appeal to the board. Breaking into SciLab is a very unwise thing to do, for both of you." Dr. Hikari said hurriedly before leaving.

"Jack out, Roll. We're done for today," Mayl sighed before looking back at Lan, "Odds of your father actually being able to convince those guys of doing anything?"

Lan shook his head, "Not good. But let's give him some time. Stranger miracles have happened. I'm going to go check up on my dad; can you and Roll watch Hub?" He asked.

Mayl gave him a soft bump, "Do you even have to ask? Go, we'll make sure nothing happens."

Lan chuckled and gave her a soft kiss on her cheek before he walked off. As the red haired girl turned to her navi, she could feel the weight of the situation hit hard. They were going to be counting on her and Roll to save Hub. Although they had done so the summer before their freshman year, this situation felt…different. Maybe it was because of the resurrection of the HBD. Maybe it was just the fact that now, they were the ones dealing with the enemy.

"Mayl." The voice jolted Mayl out of her thoughts and she turned to see Roll sitting a few feet away from Megaman, still unsure about how close she could get, "You don't have to go with me. I mean, only one of us needs to get in trouble. Just download a couple of chips."

Mayl shook her head, "We're a team Roll. That means, if you get in trouble, I get in trouble. But like Lan said, give Dr. Hikari some time to try and figure things out."

Roll sighed, "Yeah…" All of this secrecy, just to save the life of a dying child. Roll closed her eyes. She didn't want Mayl to go with her. She had the most to lose out of all this. She was the one who could go to jail and lose her life. Roll closed her eyes, she loved Mayl. She really did. But sometimes she wished that perhaps she was the same old navi before a few years ago. Maybe then, all this would have never happened. Granted, she hadn't had too much to do with the events of today, but it was still a thought.

"Hey, you would do the same for me if it was Lan in Megaman's place right?" Mayl asked.

Roll paused for a moment. Not because of the answer she knew she would give, but because of the realization, "Of…course." The red haired woman smirked as she saw her navi put the pieces together, "You're the best, you know that?" The pink navi asked.

"Yeah, I know." Mayl smiled back. No matter what, Hub was going to get better.

Dr. Hikari had been standing outside, trying to breathe in some of the fresh night air. Unfortunately, each breath only felt like swallowing sharp glass. He wanted to start on his letter to the board, but his mind was too clouded to even focus on a sentence. He hadn't even told Haruka yet about Hub. What would she say about this news? Would she even be able to say anything at all?

"Dad?" Dr. Hikari turned to see Lan standing a few feet behind him.

"Lan, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. You alright?" He asked.

His son took in a breath, "Why didn't you tell us? Does mom even know about this?"

Dr. Hikari dropped his head. This conversation had been the one thing he had been dreading for years, "No, mom doesn't know. No one knew about the grafted piece of DNA until today. She suspected it had something to do with the Navi Project when I told her about the suspension, but I always told her it was top secret work. I didn't think anyone would ever know and I would be able to tell you all on my own time. I guess fate just has a way of dealing with things."

"That doesn't answer my question. Did Hub even know?" Lan questioned further. He was frustrated. He was tired of all the secrecy behind his brother's extended life. He wanted answers and he was going to get them.

"No. No one knew. If I told anyone, they would only worry."

"Yeah, because extending the lifespan of a person behind everyone's back doesn't make people worry either."

"Look! I was not losing anyone to that thing!" Dr. Hikari yelled. Lan was taken aback. His father rarely ever yelled, "I'm sorry. It's just that I couldn't lose anyone again to that damn disease. Your grandfather on your mother's side passed the same way that Hub did. He was one of the finest men I ever knew. And to sit there and watch him die as painfully as he did was about the worst thing I could have ever seen in my life. I couldn't allow one of my own sons to go through the same.

"I had the means and resources and I took it, not thinking of the consequences. Through the suspension and even through all the ridicule. It took forever to build back up the Hikari name after what I did. The board almost fired me, saved by one vote. However, the reality only set in once you left to stop the Life Virus. It seemed to all be like all some kind of bad dream until the moment I called to tell you about Hub. But by then, I wasn't able to stop it.

"So I decided to delay and delay until the danger was over and you were old enough. Though I still have no plan about how I'm going to tell your mother," the doctor spoke. He wasn't the man the world forecasted him to be. He was weak and irrational. Everything inside him had told him to say the full truth, but yet the stalling was all that ever came out.

"And how old was going to be old enough?" Lan asked, not wanting to know the answer.

"A little after college. Just old enough, so that when you started hating me, I could have at least seen the man would become. The man who would surpass me." Yuichiro said.

The two stood in silence as his words seemed to echo in their ears. Lan wasn't sure he heard correctly. His father thought that he would hate him. The brunette looked at his father. Uncertainty filled his head. He didn't hate him and he trusted him with about 80% of his being, damaged by the new turn of events. But his father had tried to be there for him in the only way he knew. Plus, carrying around all this baggage had to take its toll on anyone. He had held up for 21 years before finally telling it all. At least Lan hoped that was all.

"So that's everything?" he asked, hoping to believe the answer he was given.

Dr. Hikari sighed, "Yes. If there is anymore, then someone else must know something I don't. I'm sorry, Lan. This is all my fault."

"It is," Lan started, "But maybe that's a good thing. If it wasn't for Hub, then maybe Wily would be ruling the world by now. In the very least, I probably wouldn't have gotten the chance to go out with Mayl. So, while I don't like how you handled the after effects, I don't hate you. I guess I can understand why you tried to hide it. But enough with the secrets. We've got enough problems without 'em." The brunette smirked before his father showed a face of disbelief.

"I…thank you, Lan." He said as his son allowed him to hug him.

Lan looked up to his dad, "The first way you make it up to me is telling mom. Then, we work on that letter to the board."

Dr. Hikari laughed, "Yes, I suppose so. I wonder if your mother may put me in the dog house for this one."

"Maybe. I'll bring out a pillow if she does." The two men laughed with each other as they walked back into SciLab. The truth had finally been out. Now, it was just time to put the pieces back together.

Update: Wednesday

Ghost: And there you have it folks, a little bit of Hikari family-ness. Hmm, I think that was the first serious interaction between Dr. Hikari and Lan that I've done so far. Wow...and it took 3.5 installments to do. Interesting...that was not planned and it means nothing, I was just pointing something out. XD Anyway, that's it for this week. And Day 6 is only one part so the update is Wed. But...you all have this to read on Monday!

Megaman Double Network Epilogue: Soul Awakening coming out November 14th, 2014!

Oh, and I opened an profile! So I'll be answering questions there, I reserve the right to not ask your question but just as it's not too personal odds are that I will. ask . fm / MCGhost501