A/N: I must thank the people who reviewed. Thank you. And one thing I forgot to mention, masteralchemist helped me with the second chapter. He's a friend of mine, so, thanks.

Anime Master ZERO: I knew that Shademan comes back in BN5 as a Darkloid, I have the game. The note was just for people who only played BN 4 and were wondering how Shademan was still alive. Though, I didn't know he appeared in Boktai 2, I'll have to get the game. Thanks for the info.

IndependentGirl: Well, i wouldn't say fiant, though she will take it hard. Anyway, what do you think they'll do to Lan? Heh heh.

Everyone Else: Thank you all for the reviews, here's Chapter 3.

Oh, and C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only , I could care less on what you think. You don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple.

Disclaimer: Now, let me see. If I owned Megaman Battle Network, would I really be writing this?

Chapter 3

Roll failed to suppress a shudder at the mention of Shademan's name. Ever since the vampire-Navi captured her she'd been scared to death of bats, taking comfort only in the fact that Megaman had deleted him. Twice. Megaman had told Roll about his adventure with Django, the Solar Boy, and how they deleted Shademan for good. Apparently it wasn't so. She tried to heal Megaman again, having a little more success. Her skills would keep him alive for now, but he needed to get back into his PET to be fully healed. So why wasn't Lan helping Megaman? Roll looked up at Mayl through the small screen in Cyberspace, worry written across her face. It was obvious from the look of worry on her Op's face that she had heard Megaman.

"Mayl..."

"I...Roll, we can't fend off Shademan if he comes after Megaman. You have to jack out."

"But...what about Megaman?"

"I--"

"I'll be taking him, he-he-he-he!"

Shademan stepped off of the the web-link. He had destroyed Mayl's pathetic excuse for a security cube. Like something as simple as that could stop the Dark Chips? He crossed his arms and floated forward, licking his fangs in anticipation. He had lost Roll to Megaman oh those so many months ago. Now she was defenseless.

"My, my, my...You look absolutely delicious tonight Roll...I bet your data will be delicious as your looks, he-he-he-he-he!"

Shademan started to float towards Roll, believing that Megaman was done for. When he was about to lunge for her several charged Buster shots knocked him back. Shademan landed on his back and slid, ending up back by the web-link. Megaman stepped in front of Roll, his left arm clutching his stomach, his MegaBuster smoking from the rapid charge attacks.

"You...stay away...from her..."

Shademan picked himself off of the ground, smirking as he floated back into the air. The attacks didn't hurt, but the power behind them from such a weakened Navi caught him off guard. Shademan just smiled to Megaman's comment and licked his fangs again. So he had to finish the job first, that would just make Roll that much more delicious.

"Aww, the blue boy is protecting his girlfriend. No matter, I'll finish you off then eat you friend."

Mayl watched the scene, feeling helpless. What could she do? Her Chip Folder didn't have strong enough to hurt Shademan, she wouldn't be able to help Roll at all. She had to log her Navi out, but she couldn't leave Megaman in there alone. If only she new Megaman's download code, then she could jack both of the Navis out. What was she to do?

Megaman jumped to the left, avoiding a cyber-bat shot by Shademan. Roll screamed as the bat flew past her, making Shademan smirk. But whatever he was going to say was cut off by several more charged shots hitting him. It was annoying, thanks to his dark power the shots were absorbed by a wall of darkness, though it stopped him from attacking the two Navis. No worries though, they would tire eventually. Warping all around the web-page, he dodged all of Megaman's attacks, warping somewhere else before the blue Navi could hit him. Then he saw it, Megaman slipped up. Shademan dashed forward, grabbing Megaman by the throat. Lifting the Navi into the air, he sent wave of dark electricity throughout the Navi's body. The screams of pain brought a smile to Shademan's face, making his hunger grow.

"Yes, scream. Scream! It only adds to my appetite."

He spun around a threw Megaman to the ground. The Navi bounced back into the air, and Shademan dashed forward and slashed Megaman's chest. He watched as his target fell to the ground and stopped moving. here was still live data in the body, though he wasn't going o be bothering them anymore. He turned to Roll, his fangs growing as he moved towards her.

"He-he-he-he...so much for your protector. Now...for my feast..."

Roll backed away, until she was at the edge of the cyber-platform. If she backed up any further she fall into nothingness, gone forever. Though it couldn't be worse than a world without Megaman.

"Nooo...Mega..."

"Yes, your "Mega" is gone. Now, feel free to scream all you want, this WILL hurt."

"No chance."

There was a whooshing sounds as two sword-wielding Navis appeared, a red one between Shademan and Roll and a military one behind Shademan. They both lunged forward, one slashing as he past, the other stabbing Shademan through the stomach. The vampire screeched and warped away from the new-comers, angry that his meal had been interrupted. But his mission was completed, Roll could wait for another day.

"Bah...Officials...Another time my sweet, he-he-he-he!"

He logged out, and the two Navis turned towards Roll. She recognized both of them, Protoman and Colonel. Those two Navis had formed a team and liberated the Net from Nebula's control, and with Megaman they rescued her, Gutsman, and Glide before Regal could have decided to do something to them like they did to Megaman. Mayl looked at her computer monitor, if Protoman was here, that meant...

"Chaud!"

His face appeared in a corner of her screen, along with another person, one she didn't recognize. Colonel's operator? It had to be. Protoman walked over to Roll, trying to get her to calm down while Colonel checked on Megaman. He was extremely wounded, he needed immediate assistance.

"Roll, calm down. tell me everything that happened."

"It..it...Megaman warped in here looking beat up...Then Shademan...Oh Mega..."

Colonel looked up, waving Protoman over.

"We have to get him to SciLab now."

"Chaud, permission to jack out?"

Chaud nodded and Protoman ran over to Megaman. Helping Colonel, the two Navis disappeared in a beam, heading for SciLab. Colonel's operator's box disappeared, he must already be in SciLab. Chaud looked at Mayl through his PET, time for him to get to work.

"Mayl, can you tell me what happened? I received reports of a rouge Navi in ACDC Area, I glad I got here in time."

"Y-yes..."

"So?"

"Oh. Uhh, well, I got home from school and jacked Roll in. I had an argument with Lan and was angry...Then Roll screamed and Megaman appeared. Shademan followed and they fought..."

"Why wasn't Lan helping Megaman?"

"I...I don't know. Will Megaman be okay?"

"We'll see. I'll stay in touch."

Chaud's face disappeared, and Mayl jacked Roll out. She sat down in a chair, confused with everything that had happened. Why was Megaman fighting alone? Why hadn't Lan called or show he even cared about the fight? Something wasn't right. She was snapped out of her thoughts by a scream, this one in the real world.

"Mayl, that came from Lan's house!"

Mayl nodded, Roll was right. She grabbed her PET and ran out of her house. She ran next door to Lan's house, and see the door wide open, she stopped running and peeked inside. The house was a mess, it looked like there was a fight. In truth the messenger just wrecked the place, making it look like a robbery-turned-fight. She saw Mrs. Hikari in the kitchen on her knees, crying. She walked up to Lan's mom, being careful where she stepped so she didn't break something.

"Mrs. Hikari, what's wrong? What happened in here?"

"I...It's Lan...he...he..."

Mayl started to get worried, but she had to know what happened.

"What happened to Lan?"

"They took him! WWW and Nebula took him!"

Mayl felt something in her snap and shatter, and she fond herself on her knees as well.

Baryl walked into Dr. Yuichiro Hikari's office. It was supposed to be his day off, but it seemed that SciLab's definition of a day off was really around a few hours. He was at work on his super-computer, what he was doing only the top levels of SciLab new. Naturally, Baryl knew what. He was working on a new Navi program, one that would allow Navis to take the next step, became humans almost, except for the fact that they were still data. Baryl cleared his throat, and Dr. Hikari turned to his boss.

"Yes?"

"We have a problem."

Yuichiro ran into his house, shocked by the mess it was in. Looking around, he saw his wife and Mayl on the couch, apparently Mayl was trying to comfort Haruka. Haruka looked up when she heard someone come in, and seeing her husband she got up and ran into his arms, crying into his shoulder. He just wrapped his arms around her, letting her get all of her crying out. He looked over at Mayl, and saw that her eyes were red too. He frowned, it had been obvious she liked Lan, but he heard that they had stopped talking to each other for some reason. It must hurt finding out that the person that you just yelled at was kidnapped. After several minutes, Haruka calmed down enough to talk, and she looked up at her husband.

"Well?"

"The Officials are putting all of their power into the investigation. Chaud is leading the investigation, he'll find Lan and whoever did this."

Haruka sniffled and nodded. Mayl wiped her eyes from her spot on the couch. If Chaud was on it Lan would surely be found. He wasn't the best Official for nothing. But Roll was still worried. She was worried about Lan, but she also was worried about Megaman. He had almost been deleted protecting her, she felt responsible. She couldn't help but speak up.

"What about Megaman?"

Dr. Hikari couldn't help but let out a small smile. The love between Navis, most would think that it was impossible. Data couldn't fall in love. Well, thanks to his advancements they could. He pulled out a PET, holding it out to Mayl for Roll.

"He'll been alright. Can I trust you to watch over him for us?"

Mayl looked up at Dr. Hikari, confused. Why was he trusting her with Megaman? Why not a professional NetBattler like Chaud, or whoever Colonel's operator was. Yuichiro saw this and continued.

"I think Lan would have wanted you to watch over Megaman."

"Th-thank you.'

Mayl took the PET and pulled a cord out of it. It was model for safe transport, so it didn't have all of the features a normal PET did. She linked the cord up with her PET and transfered Megaman into her PET. Roll watched as he appeared in the middle of the Cyberspace with different programs attached to him. She walked over to him and sat down by him, feeling guilty about his predicament. She should have tried harder to heal him, then maybe he wouldn't be off so bad. Mayl looked back up at Dr. Hikari and nodded, thanking him. But he went on still.

"I'll be over later to fix your computer too. I don't want another Navi to try and finish Shademan's job."

Mayl nodded again and left, leaving the Hikari's alone. They needed it. She walked back to her house and looked at Roll watching Megaman. It was obvious now that her Navi had strong feeling for Megaman. She just hoped that she would have a chance to tell him. Unlike her with Lan. She set her PET down by her bed and laid down, feeling extremely tired. In seconds she was asleep, her dreams filled with Lan being tortured at the hands of WWW.

Lan groaned as he started to wake up. He didn't feel good, the chemicals used to knock him out must of had an after effect. Looking around, he soon found he couldn't move at all. He struggled against the bonds, though his attempts were futile. There was no way he way going to break the metal bands. He started to panic, why was here here? He remembered going to school to talk to Ms. Mari, then nothing. He groaned and closed his eyes again, trying to ease his headache. After what seemed like hours, he heard a door open. He opened his eyes and saw a person, male or female he couldn't tell, wearing a black cloak. The person walked up to him and pulled out a small tool with prongs at the end. He pressed a button, and a clear volt of electricity shot between the prongs. Soon the person spoke, using a device to hide their voice.

"It's good that you are awake Lan. We're going to have some fun, hehehehe."

Lan started struggling as the person stepped closer, and soon screams rang throughout the underground base, only to be hard by the people that were waiting for them.

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