The group took the elevator back up to the sixty-sixth floor of the tower. Kane's office, the head of the entire Dark Aero world was here. The computer at his desk contained all of the information needed to set a time and intensity of the laser fire. Soon the laser would fire, hours before schedule, all because Kane was afraid that Lan would stop it.

As Kane had fled from the room Dr. Hikari had heard him yell to a guard to prep the laser for fire. He wanted to make sure that the world would learn its lesson, for the star to fall, and for Lan to lose. But all that had been for naught, because Lan was in the office, mere feet away from the computer.

The group waited as the doors slowly opened a smile of pure joy on their faces. They had done it! They had beaten Dark Aero!

Then as the doors opened Dr. Hikari yelled and threw himself down on Maylu and Lan, knocking them to the floor. Ambika was standing in the office, a gun in her hand; she had fired at the doctor.

Chaud and Zack burst into action; being Officials they had experience with gun wielding idiots. They both squeezed against the walls of the elevator, just outside the door.

"Ambika! What are you doing!?" Cried Lucia, who had fell to the floor along with Tyrell and Mei.

"What am I doing!? What are YOU doing!? How can you join them!?"

"How can you work for a madman!?" Lucia cried.

"SHUT UP!" Ambika yelled, pointing the gun at Lucia.

Tyrell stood, shielding Lucia and Mei.

"Stop! You can't!"

"Get out of my way Tyrell. I will shoot you!"

Chaud and Zack cringed, Ambika was just crazy enough to do it.

Lan and Maylu still lay on the floor, Dr. Hikari had stood and was moving toward Lucia and Mei.

"Lucia. Mei. Get behind me, I've got an idea." He whispered. The girls followed his orders and hid behind him.

"Get out of my WAY!" Ambika screamed, her voice breaking, clearly under the anxiety of what was happening. All of Dark Aero was gone, bar her and Kane. Everyone had joined Lan, aside from Reaino and Abbadon who had been killed.

It was over. She was alone…just like she always had been.

"Ambika…just put the gun down." Tyrell said in a kind tone. He was slowly moving toward her.

Dr. Hikari was shifting his weight from one leg to the other, his hand slipping into his pocket where his gun was. The gun was empty, but Ambika didn't know that. He slowly moved the gun, with Ambika's attention on Tyrell, and tossed it over to Zack.

Zack already knew the plan.

Tyrell had moved forward only a few inches when Ambika shook the gun at him.

"S-Stop! I-I will shoot!"

Tyrell smiled. "Do it…I dare you…"

Ambika grinned. "This is for Abbadon."

Suddenly Zack, Dr. Hikari, and Chaud burst into action.

Zack ran forward, pointing the gun at Ambika. Ambika screamed and fired the gun at Tyrell, who was knocked to the ground by Dr. Hikari. Chaud ran forward and tackled Ambika. The two fought over the gun, Zack still pointing his empty gun at Ambika.

The struggle went on with Ambika clawing at Chaud's eyes with her long nails. Chaud and Ambika raised from the floor, both trying to keep moving toward the gun in her hand. Just as Chaud was about to grab the gun Ambika hit him with her knee in the gut. Chaud coughed and doubled over, this was Zack's chance. He dived forward, Ambika totally unaware of him, and knocked her to the floor.

As she hit the floor the gun spun away, toward where Lucia and Mei were.

Lucia looked down at the gun, a simple revolver. Slowly she bent down and picked up the gun.

Everyone was watching the two on the floor, unaware that Lucia had the gun.

Lucia moved forward, Zack pinned Ambika to the floor who was screaming at the top of her lungs.

"NO! LET ME GO!"

Ambika struggled, and finally rested on the floor. Zack grabbed her arms and slowly hauled her off the floor and pinned her against the wall.

Lucia walked over to them, Zack could see the tears in Lucia's eyes. He slowly moved out of her way as she moved over to Ambika.

Lan laughed. "You've lost! Kane may get away, but now that we're here in his office we can shut down the laser!"

Ambika burst into a wail of laughter.

"You idiot! You really think you can stop us!? It's no use! If you are going to shut down the laser you'd better do it quick!"

"Why?" Zack asked in a sigh.

"Because. Kane had the firing time moved. The laser will be firing soon, and even if you do try and stop us it's no use! There's no way you can beat Mallory, who's inside the Central Tower Network, and beat Iblis in time to stop the laser fire!"

Lan and Chaud both cursed at the same time. "Damn! I forgot about Iblis!"

"When Abbadon went to fight you all he gave his PET to Kane. Now that Kane is making his escape you'll never stop him!"

"But what will firing the laser early accomplish?" asked Maylu.

"…If it's fired right..It could send the star into a spinning crash course with the planet. If it hits the planet not only will it destroy most of it, but it very well may shut down the Net, maybe even ALL functions of the planet!" Dr. Hikari said, in anger.

Lan cursed, and without another second wasted, skated over to the computer at the desk and pulled out his PET.

"Megaman! We have to stop them!"

Megaman smiled. "Ready when you are Lan!"

Lan removed the cord from his PET and plugged it into the computer.

Chaud and Zack ran over to the elevator, Dr. Hikari and Maylu close behind.

"Chaud and I will go after Kane!" Zack said.

"And we're going to try and see if we can't find a way to slow down the charge of the laser!" said Maylu.

Tyrell and Mei moved over to Lucia and Ambika.

"Come on…let's go…" Tyrell said.

"…Ambika…why…how could you…you're my sister! How could you do this!?" Lucia asked.

Ambika grinned. "Simple. I want to be on the winning team, and I am. And who cares about family anyway, when you can have all the power in the world! You're just weak Lucia! You always have been!"

Lucia shook her head. "No…You're weak… You're weak enough to fall for Kane's lies. You're through Ambika. Once the police get you, you'll never see the light of day again."

Ambika simply shrugged.

"Ambika…You're my sister…I've always loved you, and looked up to you…how could you do something like this?"

Ambika spit at Lucia. "You're sister died many years ago!"

And so it began. Mallory and Iblis were waiting, the Crystals were losing power. The laser was almost charged, and far above the planet the star was moving.

It was almost time, mere hours until the laser would fire.

The end had begun.