Author's Notes: I do not own.

Hey, can we keep the review boards on topic? I think we're scaring away the readers...

P. So you're V's co-author, nice to meet you, and welcome aboard!

B. D. Yugi, yeah, it should be interesting, assuming of course that they don't kill each other first...

??Rain, In response to your question, yes, Laura and me do know each other in real life. We got partnered together in chemistry class a few years ago because she's trying to learn ASL, and I'm 'Hearing Impaired'. Since I respected her for who she is, and she didn't treat me like an idiot, we got along pretty well.

This chapter is written from the third person view.

BEGIN CHAPTER!

"Where are we?" Roll glanced around the Network in confusion; the entire section of the Internet looked dark and depressing, and gave her an attack of the nerves.

"Beats me." Wacko-Man studied the Network.

"But then most Navi do." The pink Navi couldn't resist the joke.

"Hey, that wasn't too bad." The clown didn't seem that offended by the remark. "There's hope for you yet. Wait, shouldn't I be fighting you? I should!"

"Now hold on!" Roll held up her hands, "Let's face it, we don't have a clue were we are, and until we get back to our P-E-T's we're going to run the risk of deletion. So it might be safer if we work together, at least until we get back to our operators."

"No thanks, there's no way I'm ever teaming up with you." The clown turned to roll away, "I'll get back to Maddy, by myself!"

"Wacko-Man, wait!"

"Are you scared to be out here by yourself?" The ball bottomed Navi taunted over his shoulder as he moved on. "Do you need Mega-Man to hold your hand? HA! That was a good-"

The Navi cut himself off as he bumped into to something tall and solid.

"Oh, sorry, my fault." The clown turned to look at what he'd hit. And then wished that he had paid more attention to what he was doing; he stared up in horror at the Navi towering over him.

The Navi was purple, with golden boots, and crest that had a slash of corrupted data running down it. Swept fins ran out of his helmet, and ran back past the back of his head, and the Navi didn't look thrilled to see him, in fact, he looked downright angry.

"Uh oh, do you see what I see?" The clown wheezed.

"I wish I didn't." Roll's eyes went wide. "That's BASS!"

"RUN!" The clown's circular mode of transportation began doing ninety, and he tore away.

"You don't have to tell me!" Roll was right on the Navi's heels.

"You." Bass stared after the retreating Navi, and began to drift after them in pursuit. "I know you..."

"Not me!" Wacko-Man shrieked, "I've got a universal face, you know, I look like everyone else. I've never seen you before!"

"Just zip it and run!" The pink Navi snapped, Wacko-Man was a terrible liar, and if they didn't loose Bass fast, he might not live to lie again.

"I don't run!" The clown's ball increased its rotation speed. "I roll!"

"I'm going to ignore that." The pink Navi glanced over he shoulder, Bass was gaining on them. There had to be a way out of this mess.

"I WANT MY MADDY!" The clown screamed as he continued to run, unfortunately, he paid too much attention on his heart-wrenching plea, and not enough on his mad dash for freedom. As a result, he somehow managed to trip over his own two feet in some unknown way, and crashed heavily to the ground.

Bass took the advantage and closed in.

"AAAHHHH!" Wacko-Man stared at the Net Navi bearing down on him. "AAAHHH!"

"Roll Blast!" Roll spun around, her bow peppering the sky with its arrows. Sure, Wacko-Man could be the second-place world class jerk at times, but she wouldn't wish that kind of fate on everyone. "Stay back you!"

Bass wasn't at all fazed by Roll's shots but the purple Navi did stop moving as her arrows bounced off of him, giving the clown a few seconds to right himself.

"Hurry up!" Roll kept firing, but wasn't making a dent in the Solo Net Navi.

"I'm way ahead of you!" The ball-bottomed Navi took off running.

Roll dropped her blaster and took to her escape.

"Mega Buster!" The Blue Bomber fired his cannon, and logged out his opponent.

"Fire Arm!" The hotheaded Netbattler fired off streams of flame, which stopped two of his attackers in their tracks. "Ha! I got two at once, let's see you do better!"

"Fine!" Mega-Man formed a Hi-Cannon on his wrist and sent his shot through the air, beating four Navi. "I hope this isn't where Roll and Wacko-Man ended up!"

When Torch-Man and his ally had reached the end of the link, and found themselves in the Under-Net, they had been assaulted by gangs of rogue Navis almost instantly; getting them involved in a gang war. The battle was impending the Navi's progress towards finding Roll, and really annoying Mega Man.

"Lan, I can't take it any more." The Bomber fired at a few more Navi. "Let's end this now!"

"Right."

"HAHAHA!" Torch-Man interrupted the duo, "I nailed seven, beat that!"

"With pleasure." A grin spread across Mega-Man's face, "Let's do it!"

"Cannon, Hi-Cannon, Mega-Cannon, Download!"

"Program Advance to Giga-Cannon now!" The Blue Navi watched the weapons combine into one huge gun, "HIIAAA!"

A blast of energy ripped through the air, taking out a fourth of their attackers.

"Torch-Man, duck!" The Navi swiveled his weapon around and fired again.

"WHOA!" The hotheaded Navi dropped to the floor, just before the Advance would have nailed him. "Watch it!"

"MEGA BLAST!" The Bomber ignored his ally as he kept pumping the trigger, in four swift shots he had cleared out the Network. "I believe that's at least forty-seven."

"No estimating." Torch-Man rumbled as he picked himself off of the floor.

"O.K." Mega-Man watched as his cannon disappeared, "Let's keep looking, they have to be around here somewhere."

"He's gaining on us!" Wacko-Man shrieked, "This guy doesn't know when to quit, and I'm getting tired!"

"It's either run, or get absorbed into his system." Roll replied as she kept going, "Take your pick."

"I'll run!"

"I thought you'd say that." The pink Navi glanced over her shoulder, and gasped, "DOWN!"

"What?" The clown threw himself to the floor, and a massive laser ripped over his head.

Roll looked backward, to see Bass closing in on them, his ominous Gospel/Grave Cannon smoking. The renegade raised his hands, and a massive wall appeared around the temporary allies, leaving only one way out, through Bass. "Come to me." The solo Navi raised his huge cannon.

"Forget it, cobra head." Wacko-Man snapped. "That cannon's got bad breath!"

A blast ripped through space.

"On second thought..." The clown coughed as he tried to brush the ash off of his clothes.

"Here's my answer!" Roll barked, "Roll Arrow!"

Bass just stood there as the arrows pinged off of his armor. In reply, he pointed his buster at the pink Navi, and the mouth began to glow ominously.

The pink Navi watched as the attack tore at her.

"ROLL!" Wacko-Man screeched.

"Wacko-Man!" The Navi stared in horror as the clown threw himself in front of her, and the wave of energy poured over him. "Are you alright?"

"Oh yeah." The clown tried to dust himself off again; "I just love getting barbecued, but don't get used to me saving you. I just owed you for the last time."

"Enough." Bass' cannon glowed with power as he prepared to fire...

END CHAPTER!

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