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Secrets Revealed
Chapter 2: A Hidden Past
"And another netcrime incident has struck the net." A TV news reporter stated. "This time, the Electown mall was attacked by a netnavi and a wave of viruses. The exits were all sealed and the temperature was increased to dangerous levels. Luckily, Official Ejuin Chaud was shopping at the mall and was able to jack-in and stop the netnavi. He and his navi Protoman defeated the navi, and the mall's systems returned to normal. After a message from our sponsors, we will have an interview with one of the higher ranked Officials, Mr. Famous himself."
Drew got up off the couch and walked over to the fridge in the adjacent kitchen. He returned shortly after with a coke can in his hands.
"You know, Legato, that's the third attack in the past two weeks. I wonder if something is up," he said to his navi in the PET on his belt. Legato was an average sized navi. His body was covered in a navy blue body suit with purple armor on his chest. His gloves and feet were a matching blue, with light blue tips on his fingers and on the top of his hand and upper boot. He wore a purple and navy blue helmet which left his green eyes and the rest of his face exposed. His icon - the earth split in half, one half the normal blue and green, the other half a metallic silver and grey - laid on his chest and ears.
"Possibly. Do you think we could help the officials out at all? After all, we do owe them," Legato responded from the blue PET.
"Maybe. We'll just have to wait and see."
"And now back to KDAF News at 5:00," the television announcer declared.
"Now we bring you Mr. Famous for his information on the subject," the same news announcer said. "Mr. Famous, what do you think about this whole situation?"
"Well, research has indicated another group of organized netcrime to be growing. The netnavi responsible for the attack on the mall was discovered to be Quickman, an ex-Gospel worker. We have not been able to find out his operator's location yet. We do not know the details about their group, but I can assure you, we have staff working round-the-clock to find more information on them. We will not rest until they are brought down," Mr. Famous stated.
"Speaking of Scilab, why don't we go and see Dr. Hikari? It's been awhile, and we both know how hard he works down there," Legato asked.
"Hmm, it is Friday, so he should still be there. Sounds like a good idea. Let's go," Drew responded.
Drew picked up the remote and shut off the TV. He gulped the last bit of coke in the can and threw it away as he walked out of his house towards the metro line. He walked to the ticket booth and bought a ticket to Scilab. He patiently waited for the train to arrive and boarded it after the command from the automated voice. He walked past a few rows of chairs and sat in the first open two-seater available. He watched as the doors closed and the train sped off to the next stop. By the time the train stopped, Drew was hardly paying attention to the train as he was deep in thought about Lan and his friends.
Ugh, I hope they don't think something's up because of me running off like that. My excuse was hardly acceptable, especially in the way I said it. They just caught me by surprise, I've never been exposed to being, well, exposed, this quickly before. Hopefully Dr. Hikari can help, and maybe he'll know what to say to his son.
"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit here?" a voice asked, bringing Drew back to reality. The man was dressed in complete black: black pants, black shirt, black coat, black sunglasses.
"Sure," Drew replied.
"Thank you." The man sat down, and after a few moments of silence, said, "What's your name?"
"Drew."
"I've heard a few things about you, Drew."
"What would that be?"
"Well, one thing is that you have a secret that you keep. And I just so happen to know what it is."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, man." The man reached into his coat and pulled out a small black chip. "I've seen that before." Drew's eyes widened as the realization stuck him. "That's a portable dimensional area generator!"
"Yes, it is. Now, Drew, I can either be a friend or an enemy, and I would prefer the former. However, we can have it either way."
"What are you talking about?"
"I know about your little experiment, and I want to know more about it. If you side with me, I could make you something you couldn't even dream of becoming. I could enhance your abilities, and give you the world."
"You don't get it, do you? All I have ever searched for is a normal life. If you had done your research, you would have known that." The train came to a stop. "You can take your offer and shove it."
"Think about it. I know you will."
Drew stood up and walked off the train.
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Dr. Hikari stood over his desk, looking at his computer monitor's flowing information.
"If these aren't netnavi's, then what are they?" he thought out loud.
"Dr. Hikari, you have a visitor," his assistant said from over a speaker.
"Let him in."
Drew walked through the double doors into Dr. Hikari's office. "Hello, Dr. Hikari. It's been awhile, hasn't it?" he said.
Dr. Hikari looked up from his monitor and nearly fell over in shock. "Drew!" he shouted. "How have you been?"
"Okay I guess. I don't know if you've had a chance to talk to your son yet, but I was admitted into his school today."
"Wait...that would mean you moved here. Why did you move?" a look of sadness etched on his face.
"I'm sure you already know the answer to that. We had talked before I left Yumland, and, if you remember, I told you that my fellow students were growing suspicious."
"Yes, I remember. Here, have a seat," he said, gesturing to a nearby chair.
Drew nodded and sat down. "Well, we decided it was time to move again, and we had heard that he also lives here. So, we decided it would be best to kill two birds with one stone. However, one thing does concern me."
"What is that?"
"I talked to your son, Lan, during school and he invited me to have a netbattle tournament after school."
"No!"
"I take it you guessed it then. You could always predict me."
"Did anyone see you?"
"No, but I left in such a bad way they had to know something is up."
"Knowing Lan, he will without a doubt try to find out anything he can. I'll see if I can find a way for you to keep yourself camouflaged, but I'm not sure how much progress I can make with this new netcrime organization running around. You know, there is something weird about this new organization."
"What is that?"
"They seem to be using older netnavis, mainly the ones used by Gospel's operators. But the weird thing is, that the code that they leave in the system when they enter and leave is not the same as netnavis."
"So, they could be copies or something?" Drew asked, intrigued.
"Maybe, we don't have enough information yet to make a conclusion. About Lan, you shouldn't worry about him or his friends. They've dealt with things similar to this before. And remember, they did befriend him, and he was anything but an average kid."
Drew stood up and started to walk to the door. "Thanks, Dr. Hikari. Talking to you always cheers me up."
"I hope that I'll see more of you now that you live in ACDC," Dr. Hikari called after him.
"You will." he responded as he left the room. He had decided to leave out the part in the train. Dr. Hikari didn't need another thing to worry about, and if anything important happened, he could always tell him later.
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Drew walked back through the doors to his house and went over to the couch. He turned on the TV and started to search channels when his PET beeped.
"Drew, you have mail," Legato called.
"Play it for me," he answered.
"It says 'You are the final piece of the puzzle. We will contact you again soon. Either join Neo Gospel or we will be forced to destroy you, Drew Obihiro.'"
D;\\
This chapter ended up being mostly dialog and story development, so it didn't turn out as long as I had hoped, but hopefully it answered 'some' of your questions from the last chapter. And, hopefully it also left more questions. I appreciate any reviews given, they really inspire me to write.