A/n: Sorry for taking so long to update! I was away for a week. But I did finish writing the story & now I have an update for you! Enjoy! & Thanks for your reviews!

There was a chorus of "What?"

"Her shadow's gone from behind the desk."

Mark ran behind the desk. Sparx was gone.

"Oh, great!" He moaned. "She's lost her memory, & now we've lost her!"

As the others started hunting, Random left for the carnival. The sooner they worked out how to clear up this mess, the better!

Pulling up outside the Carnival, Random tried to work out how to find Lady Illusion without attracting attention. He soon thought of a way. Wheeling his way to under the nearest loudspeaker & using his mind he switched on the microphones scattered around the carnival, channelling all the sound to his speaker. First switching on the one in the haunted house, he heard Lord Fear playing the organ. Quickly switching that one off, he turned his attention to Duff's office & heard what he was after.

Back at the Thunder Tower, Mark & Ace were searching for Sparx while Chuck worked at his computer.

"I can't find her, Mark."

"Just keep looking. It's not like she's gonna fly off. And look on the bright side, at least she's not off getting into trouble somewhere!"

As soon as the words had left his mouth, Sparx's screams filled the air.

Oops. Spoke too soon! Thought Mark.

All three looked up as Lord Fear, riding the Doom Wagon, reached down, pulled Sparx from her hiding place, & took off.

"Leave her alone, Fear!"

Ace prepared to go after him, but Anvil, Pig Face & Rotgut burst through the door. Rotgut headed straight for Chuck.

"Howdy, Pardner!"

"Oh, man!"

Mark grabbed the Lightning Lance & tossed it to Chuck before donning his wrist cannon & blasting Pig Face. Ace prepared to take on Anvil, while yelling up at the open roof,

"You'll regret this, Fear!"

"You did well today, Lady Illusion,"

Random heard Kilobite say.

"If all goes to plan I will see that you are rewarded."

"What plan is that, Kilobite?"

"Time will tell."

Leaving Kilobite to his scheming, Lady left the office & began walking towards the Haunted House. Random Virus, watching from the shadows, grabbed her arm from behind with his claw. Putting his hand over her mouth, he pulled her into a dark corner.

"What did you do to Sparx?" He demanded, "What was in that bomb?"

"I'm not telling you that!"

"Why?"

"Why? I want her to suffer, just like I do because of her!"

"How does Sparx make you suffer? & What did you do to her?!"

"Why do you care so much?

If that's how you want to play it! Thought Random.

"It's not me I'm worried for. Poor Ace is so cut up about Sparx that he refused to come & see you!" Well it's sort of true.

"You're lying!" Lady pulled herself out of his grip & backed away. "You must be!"

Surprised at how much this had affected her, Random continued,

"Oh, yes. Sure. It's just not like Ace to care about Sparx! If it were, you'd have a reason to worry. But he clearly doesn't!"

Angered, Lady threw a bomb at Random. He deflected it with his claw & continued, slowly rolling towards her as he spoke.

"Hey, he only spends nearly every second with her & barely any time with you. Which must mean he doesn't like her!"

"No! Ace loves me!" Yelled Lady, throwing another bomb. Random, tossing it aside, lost his patience. Grabbing her around the waist with his claw, he held her in the air.

Now tell me, what did you put in that bomb?"

"I'll never tell you!"

With that, Lady morphed into a snake. Slipping out of his claw she lunged at him. Random could see the venom dripping from her fangs.

"Here Kilobite, Take her. She won't stop screaming."

Lord Fear dropped Sparx at Kilobite's feet before retreating into the organ room, rubbing his temples.

"Whatcha' gonna do with her, boss?"

Dirty Rat hovered close to the ceiling. He had learnt that getting near Kilobite was a bad idea. Kilobite let his cold gaze fall on Sparx.

"I'm going to reprogram her, rodent."

Sitting in the tiny, dark, room at the back of his computer store, Rick, a.k.a. the master Programmer, was busy at his keyboard.

"Reprogram her barely covers it! Ha ha ha!"