While everyone was resting at Netto's house Obsidian decided she had other plans. "Time to see what we can really do," she smiled and looked up at the rather large stone tablet in front of her. It was written in a long dead language but the person who she was stealing it for knew exactly how to read it.

She took it to where the agreed drop off point was and put it into a cushioned box. "Well done, dear," said a cool voice behind her.

Obsidian turned around to see Nova walking with prestige towards her. Her normally cold features broke into a warm grin. "My love, how nice it is to see you again."

Nova nodded, his own features warming up as well. "I agree this mission keeps us from each other too long."

Obsidian played with the white cape that dangled from his white armor. She always thought he looked like an angel, but few did know the danger that lay beneath the handsome mask. "Shall we take this elsewhere?" she purred.

Nova shook his head, "As much as it pains me to say this, we must finish what we started. I'm sure the net saviors will be at the museum any minute now."

Obsidian chuckled, "And I have that all covered, dear. I'll go back when I'm needed which won't be for awhile yet."

Nova raised an eyebrow, "Is that so?" He scooped her up as an old fashioned couple would. "Now what were you saying earlier?"

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Netto and Maki were in a heated battle of Candyland when his PET rang. "Yes, what is it?" Netto asked a little crossly. "You know it's my day off don't you?"

"Netto-kun, Laika-kun, Enzan-kun the Densan Museum was just robbed," Mejin said in a tight voice. "You need to get down there now."

Netto's knuckles went white as he gripped the PET. "Damnit," he hissed.

Madoi put her hand on his shoulder, "This sounds like your work, kid. We can watch your cousin."

Netto looked at her, "You can?"

Mejin nodded, "Good, okay you three get down there as quickly as possible. There's something about what they stole that makes me uneasy," and before anyone could ask what he meant, the PET screen went blank.

"Nothing like giving a little detail," said Enzan sarcastically.

"No kidding," Hinoken said.

Netto knelt down to Maki's level and Maki threw her arms around him. "You can't go, you promised!" she said.

Netto pulled her arms off of him and held her hands in his own. "I know, and I'm really sorry but we can't stay. Maki-chan, you need to stay here and be a good girl, okay?"

Maki sniffled and nodded, "Okay."

"Don't worry, we'll be back in a few hours," Rockman said.

Maki nodded again but didn't say anything.

Netto stood up and followed Laika and Enzan out the door. "Bye!" he waved and shut the door.

"Bye, Netto-chan," Maki sniffled.

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"Oh man, mom is so gonna kill me if I'm not back before she is," Netto said.

"Don't worry, we'll wrap this up in a few hours and be back before dinner," Enzan said.

"You better be right or I'll be grounded till the end of the week," he said.

"At least we'll know where you are," Laika attempted a joke.

"Ha ha, very funny," Netto said dryly.

They continued to run towards the Museum which wasn't far away from Netto's house. "So, what do you think they stole?" asked Laika.

"Some kind of ancient artifact? It is a museum you know," Netto pointed out.

Enzan and Laika shrugged, "Why don't we worry about that after we get to the museum," said Blues.

"I agree with Blues," said Rockman. "We need to see what happened first, then we can try and guess what the enemy is doing."

"What enemy is it?" asked Enzan. "This doesn't have the same kind of feel that a Neo WWW crime does. Could it be that Obsidian person?"

They all pondered this in silence as they ran to the museum.

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Back at Netto's place, the members of WWW were desperately trying to cheer Maki up. "It's okay, they'll be back in a few hours at the most," said Madoi.

"But Netto-chan promised me that today would be just us!" Maki said. "Why did you guys have to come?"

The four adults and their navi's were taken aback.

"Netto-chan used to just play with me when I came over to visit, but now he has a bunch of other people come over every day and we don't get to play alone anymore. It's not fair!" Maki huffed and crossed her arms.

"Ah, well. Netto just has new responsibilities right now," said Mahajorama, always the diplomat.

"So? I was his responsibility today, mama said so!" Maki said.

"Can't argue with that." Elec Hakushaku shrugged.

Madoi elbowed him in the stomach and said, "Hush."

"Why won't Netto-chan just stay with me?" Maki asked.

"I don't think he has much choice in the matter," said Hinoken. "He does things that are important and needed, especially because they're important."

"Like being a super hero?" Maki asked.

Everyone blinked and Madoi tried desperately not to burst out laughing. "I never thought about it like that," she said, suppressing her laughter.

Mahajorama did not laugh but instead nodded, "Yes, just like that."

Maki gave him a broad grin and ran upstairs. "What are you doing?" Madoi called.

"I'm gonna see if I can try and help Netto-chan," she said and ran into Netto's room slamming the door behind her.

Madoi made to follow her but Mahajorama placed his hand on her shoulder. "Let her go, she probably is going to play with the computer or something."

Madoi sighed, "If you say so," she said doubtfully.

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Netto, Enzan and Laika all went into the museum. To their very great surprise no one came out to greet them or show them to the site of the crime. In fact, no one was there at all.

"Hello?" Netto called out.

"This smells like a trap," said Enzan.

"Smells like? You need some new lines," Netto laughed.

Enzan gave him a withering look but didn't retort.

"Over here," said Laika motioning then towards a room. Enzan and Netto went over and followed their friend inside.

"What is it?" asked Netto.

Laika pointed towards the rather obvious smashed case and glass on the floor. "Not very observant are you Netto-kun," Rockman said.

"Sh-shut up," said Netto going red.

Enzan and Laika both got a grin out of that but before they could add their own comments they heard a crash from the hall way. They ran out of the room without a word and looked for whatever caused the loud noise. "Who's there?" said Netto.

A small girl that looked no older then Maki stood there. She had large white pupil-less eyes and was dressed in a pale grey battle suit. Her hair stuck out in a short pony tail from hinder her helmet. But it wasn't her appearance or her age that seemed the most odd about her, it was the fact that they could see right through her.

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Madoi looked at the closed door. "She's too quiet. Something is wrong," Madoi said.

"Relax, you're just being paranoid," said Elecman.

"I agree," Elec Hakushaku said.

Madoi cast another uneasy glance at the door. "I'm not so sure." She got up and walked upstairs, then knocked on the door. "Hey, Maki-chan are you in there?" she asked.

There was no reply and Madoi knocked again. "Hello?" she called.

When there was no reply a second time she opened the door and went inside. The other Neo WWW members looked at the empty hallway getting a little nervous. A minute later Madoi came running back out, "She ran away!" she yelled.

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Maki remembered where the museum was. Her mom took her there a long time ago but she had lots of pictures from the time. A lamp post here and a tourist shop there, they were all in the snapshots that she always looked at. She slowly walked down the third block being very careful to look both ways. Then right in front of her loomed a giant marble building with the words, 'Densan History Museum' on it. Maki grinned and ran towards the big building and ignored the caution tape placed in front of the doors.

She was going to find Netto-chan!

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The three Net Saviors looked at the ghostly like navi. "Um, hi? Did you make that noise?" asked Netto, unsure of what to say.

The girl nodded, not saying a word.

"Are you okay?" he asked again.

This time the girl shook her head.

Netto frowned, "Well, what's wrong?" he asked.

He lips trembled, "I'm…" she whispered. "I'm alone."

"Netto-kun, she's not a normal navi," Rockman warned.

"I think I guessed that," said Netto.

"I…" she started to speak again, and all attention was brought back to her. "I don't want to be alone."

/What do I say/ Netto thought desperately.

/I don't know, how about we figure out what she is first/ said Rockman.

The girl looked straight at Netto and Rockman as they exchanged thoughts. "You… talked?" she asked, her expression not changing one bit.

"Uhhh," Neither Netto nor Rockman had any good reply to that question.

"You what?" asked Enzan.

"Don't ask," said Netto.

The girl kept on looking at them, and the room started to gather a haze. The misty swirls traveled on the floor and started to fill to room. Meanwhile the girl's appearance started to become more and more solid.

The white tendrils were by no means solid but they seemed to almost anchor them in place.

"I don't want to be alone," the girl repeated.

Netto started to feel very sleepy and couldn't figure out what was going on. "What is she doing?" he asked while trying to stay awake.

"I… don't know," said Enzan who sounded like he was having the same problems as Netto.

"Don't lave me alone," the girl said.

Netto wanted to reply but whatever was making him sleepy finally won and he collapsed into the mist.

"I'm scared," said the girl, and that was the last thing Netto heard before he lost consciousness.

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Maki ran into the main hall and started to call out, "Netto-chan!" but only her voice greeted her in return.

Maki ran down the hall and peeked into the empty rooms, "Netto-chan?" she asked to the air.

WWW was not far behind her and ran into the building only minutes after she did. "Where is she?" Madoi asked, almost in a panic.

"Where is anyone?" asked Hinoken, puzzled by the absence of the obvious things like guards and a curator.

"We don't have time to worry about that, we need to find the girl before she gets into trouble," said Madoi.

"NETTO-CHAN!" they heard a voice scream from the far left of the main room.

"Damn it!" said Madoi and took off after the voice at a sprint.

They ran into the room where they heard Maki's voice come from and stopped dead. Maki was shaking Netto's unmoving body and sobbing. "Netto-chan won't wake up," she said.

Madoi quickly knelt beside her and places her fingers on the side of Netto's neck. She found a strong pulse and breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay, he's just unconscious."

Mahajorama knelt by Enzan's body and felt for his pulse too. "They all are, but there are no signs of a fight. What happened?" he asked.

Hinoken noticed something else odd, "Their PET's don't have their navi's in them. What's going on here?"

Before anyone could answer a pearly mist started to flood the room again. "I'm alone," a voice said.

They all looked to where the voice came from and saw the same ghostly navi that Netto, Laika and Enzan had.

"W-who's that…" Maki asked in a quivery voice.

"I don't want to be alone," the girl said and the mist flooded the room.

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So creepy. Ugh, I got shivers writing this. Bwahahaha! Fear the cliffhanger, fear it I say! Also review and I'll update faster. Hope you enjoyed this chapter of Maki short but so very creepy.

Yay! I can actually write something besides humor! Woot! Go me! Okay I'm done bragging already.