Notes:

V. Once again, we're falling back on the show, during the first N-1 Grand Prix, Maylu and Yai ran into Maddy at the gift shop. Maddy, being Maddy, started annoying Maylu because she was her next opponent, calling her a weak Netbattler and mere child, this proved too much for our redhead, who immediately responded by insulting Maddy's age –rolls eyes, no pun-. This of course sparked a rivalry between them that existed all the way to the final episodes of 'NT Warrior'. So in other words, CAT FIGHT!

P. Sorry, that Sean doesn't show up. And apology accepted, actually, the more I think about it; the more I'm starting to like the idea of a Roll/BeastMan, –gasp- I think I'm getting addicted...

S. Rain, I'm not 100 percent sure what you mean by that, but of course we know each other, have for the past three years.

Yes, there will be a Mega-Man vs. Roll match relatively soon, please note that 'relatively' is a subjective term, plus, we're counting down to the next Unison!

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"And today its Maddy versus Maylu, in the next round of the Battle Expo!"

"Stay sharp, Roll." I jacked her into the Network, "I trust Maddy about as far as I can see her."

"In other words, not at all." My Navi quipped, "I'm in, and so is old Wacko-Breath."

"I heard that!" The clown shrieked.

"And now, Battle Start!"

"Aqua Tower!" I slid the chip home.

"Right!" I heard my pink friend reply, just before a geyser erupted, and the sounds of a tower racing across the field came to me.

"Fight fire with fire." Maddy snapped, "Fire Tower, Download!"

"With the help of a Little Wacko." The clown cried out, "I'll fry you!"

Now, I could hear two towers on the field, both of which had to be heading towards each other.

"Let's use this to our advantage." I grabbed another chip and slid it home, "Ready?"

"I was programmed ready." Roll replied, "This'll do nicely!"

Finally, I listened to the two towers collide, and explode into a cloud of steam.

"It's foggier in here than in a steam room." Our opponent muttered, "Now where'd that pink pest go?"

"Right here!" I heard Roll slash her newly gained Cyber Sword through space.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Wacko-Man screamed, "Watch it! Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to play with knives?"

"Come back here, you turkey!" My Navi's voice and footsteps told me that she was chasing the clown around the arena.

"I'm not turkey!" The ball bottomed Navi gasped, "I'm chicken! Buck, Buck, Buck- YEOW! "

"Got you!" Roll cried out.

"Wacko-Man stop fooling around!" My competition hollered, "Blow her sky high!"

"Right! I'll just create two more, Little Wacko." The clown replied, "Ha! Now it's three against one."

"You just never learn," I could hear the amusement in Roll's voice, "Roll Control!"

"Uh oh."

I listened as two small 'pings' beeped from the computer, Roll now had nailed the two clowns. Now, they were under her control.

"What do you want us to do?" They said in monotone.

"Pound that psychotic clown into the dirt!" My Navi shouted.

"Yes, Roll, WACKO BALL!" The two continued in monotone.

"MADDY!" I listened as two loud thuds came from the computer; Wacko-Man had been beamed. "Ouch."

"Now, let's wrap this up!" I raised another chip, "Fire Tower Battle-"

"Maylu!" Roll shouted, "Something's happening to the Network!"

"What?" I gasped. "This must be Maddy's doing!"

"I'm not doing this!" The agent shot back, "the entire Network's disintegrating!"

"Ladies and Gentleman." Ribbita announced, "The Battle Expo server is malfunctioning, all battlers are to jack out immediately with no penalty. Any Navi who remain in the Network are running the risk of deletion, please remain calm, and we'll have the problem fixed as soon as possible."

"Roll, get out of there!" I grabbed my wire.

"I don't think so." A familiar deep voice came across my P-E-T. "I'm getting my revenge! Say good-bye Roll!"

"Maylu! Jack me out!" My Navi cried, "There's a link of some kind that's activated, and it's trying to pull everything into it!"

"I've got you!" I yanked the plug out of its socket. "Roll! Talk to me!"

"I'm still in the Network!" Her voice came from the computer and not my Terminal. "I can't hold out much longer!"

"ROLL!"

"MADDY!" Wacko-Man shrieked, "HELP!" "Hang on!" Lan's voice cut through the confusion, "We're coming!"

"Quick, Lan, jack me in!" Mega-Man shouted, "I'll try to rescue them."

"Power up!"

"Mega-Man!" Roll screamed; "Stay back. This vortex will pull you in!"

"Hold on! I'm coming!" The Bomber yelled.

"ROLL!" I connected the terminal and removed it again; the results were no different. "Hang on!"

"Maylu!" She cried out.

"MADDY!" Wacko-Man screeched.

"NO!" Mega-Man's voice topped them all. Then, it all stopped.

Silence reigned in the stadium.

"Roll?" I frantically called into my terminal, "Roll! Are you there?"

"Not found." The P-E-T's speakers said in monotone. "404 Error."

"Lan, what's going on?" I asked.

"I don't know," The Op admitted, "Roll and Wacko-Man got pulled through the vortex, and then the entire system rebooted. I don't know where they are."

"I have an announcement." Ribbita spoke again. "The rest of today's matches have been cancelled so that the Network may be examined for bugs, the Battle Expo will resume in two days, so we'll see you then!"

"Lan, we've got to find her." I said. Roll couldn't be gone, I needed her too much, and who knew where she was? For all I knew, she could be stranded in a remote Network. There was a lot of Cyberspace out there, and I wasn't sure if we could find her or not.

"Tsk tsk tsk," Maddy sneered at us, "What kind of operator are you? Letting your own Navi get stranded in cyber-space."

"I can't believe her." I muttered; here Roll and Wacko-Man were missing, and all she could think about was annoying me.

"Fer cryin' out loud, get a grip on yerself!" Match's voice blared out. "Maddy, ya've got to admit that we might have more luck if we join forces with them."

"Why should I?"

"Fer one thing, Wacko-Man's out there in the Net with no Operator." The Scot continued, "until we find him, he's running the risk a being deleted. And ya've got to admit that these two are good."

"I'll think about it." Maddy's footsteps stormed off, "But I'm not promising anything."

"The weasel." Match muttered, just before he addressed us. "But I'm with ya, so let's git to work."

"Right," Lan replied, "Don't worry Maylu, we'll find them."

"I know we will." I admitted, "But I hope that we find them in time."

"Jack in, Torch-Man power up!" Match bellowed.

"So, Torch-Man, it looks like we're partners." Mega-Man's voice drifted out of the Network. "Lan, what now?"

"First off, we need to reopen that link, and find out where it took them." The Op instructed. "Then we'll try to track them down."

"Sounds good to me." The Navi replied, "I think I can find it, the problem will be getting it open again... O.K., I've got it. Now, I've got to unlock the seal... and it's not going to be easy."

"Leave it to me." Torch-Man's voice replied. "Fire Arm!"

"HEY!"

An explosion sounded. "Next time don't cut it so close O.K.?" The Bomber snapped, "I've grown attached to my right arm."

"Next time don't get in my way." The fire Navi retorted. "Or you'll get burned."

"Jist knock 't off." Match barked, "and jump through the link!"

"Right." The hothead mumbled.

I sighed, the way this rescue was going; we'd be lucky if either one of them survived TO rescue anyone. With friends like this, who needs enemies? I just hoped that we could find Roll, and that she'd be alive when we did.

End Chapter.

Next: Beauty and the BeastMa- I MEAN BASS! BASS! Look what they did to me! AAHHH!! Beauty and the BASS!

Next Update: Friday.

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Laura.