Later that night Saito and Netto had both gone to bed and Rockman was in sleep mode inside his PET. Netto's Crystal was still around his neck as he wasn't quite sure what to do with it and he had put Saito's in a small container Meiru had given him for his last birthday.
At about 2 in the morning there was a small shiver that went through the house. The Dark One known as Laina materialized in the hallway and looked around. "Well, well, well, the little Angel has finally had his wings clipped." She smirked, "Perfect." She lifted her head slightly and hissed, "There's another guardian here," she said to herself. "But they're weak… oh that old lady has finally slipped up," she cackled and went into Saito's room.
Saito was sleeping peacefully in his bed, not necessarily needing the rest but appreciating it none the less. "Hello there," Laina cooed.
Saito groaned and turned over in his sleep, pulling the covers more closely about him.
Laina grinned and put her hand over Saito's mouth, jerking the boy out of his sleep and making sure he couldn't yell out. "You didn't think I forgot about you, did you?" she asked him in a small, child like voice.
Saito gazed back at her with terror in his eyes. He made a muffled sound that she couldn't identify and her grin widened. "You're powerless, just like I was told," she gave a cold laugh. "Well in that case I think I may have a little fun before I kill you."
Inside Netto's room Rockman woke from his dream cycle to the silent alarm in the security system going off. "Who?" he asked sleepily and pulled up a few monitors to make sure Netto hadn't tripped it on the way to the bathroom or something. When he pulled up the monitor showing Saito's room his eyes widened. "Netto-kun!" he hissed.
"Wha…" Netto babbled sleepily.
"Netto-kun, Saito-kun is in trouble, get up," Rockman said tersely.
"What kind of trouble?" Netto asked, still half asleep.
"Like, his life is in danger and he needs your help now trouble," Rockman snapped.
Netto pushed himself out of bed, "Damn it," he hissed and ran out of his room.
Rockman looked around then linked into the monitor ready to call for help if anything got out of hand.
"Leave Saito-nii-san alone!" Netto yelled as he ran into his twin's room.
Saito gave Netto a horrified look as Laina slowly turned around. "So the Guardian finally… who the hell are you?" she snapped.
"I'm Saito's twin," Netto said, "Let him go."
Laina laughed out loud, "Oh my god, Saito-chan has a twin?" she asked. "This is too good. I never knew you had family," she said to Saito with a horrid grin on her face.
Netto took a step back, "Let him go," he said.
"Or you'll what?" she asked him.
Netto blinked, he hadn't really thought that far ahead. "I…"
"You have no idea how to use the powers of the crystal, do you?" she asked him slowly.
"No, I mean yes…" Netto stumbled over his words while Saito got more and more distressed.
Laina grinned, "Oh this is too perfect. All this time here was me thinking that Saito-chan here didn't care about anyone but himself, but here you are. I never could find who he was supposed to be guarding, they hid that from me. No wonder…"
Netto growled, "Let him go," he said again.
Laina smiled and let Saito go and vanished. Netto blinked and rushed over to his twin, "Netto-kun, don't, it's a trap!" Saito yelled quickly but not fast enough. The shadows of the room seemed to come alive and wriggle about.
"The hell!" Netto yelled out.
One shadow reached out and grabbed Saito, pinning him in place. "Get out of here!" Saito yelled.
"Yeah right!" Netto yelled back and jumped away from the tendril that came his way.
"You're going to get hurt!" Saito said.
"So?" Netto snapped. "Tell me how to use this thing and we can hopefully avoid that!"
"I can't tell you!" Saito said desperately. "It's something everyone has to learn on their own."
"Netto-kun!" Rockman yelled out.
"Rockman!" Netto gasped. "Rockman, call for help!"
"Who?" Rockman asked.
Netto was trying to pull the shadow wrapped around Saito but his efforts were in vain. "I don't know, Enzan, Laika, anyone!" he yelled desperately.
Rockman gulped and started to make out the e-mails pleading for some kind of assistance.
"Awww, that is so sweet," Laina cooed. "I can't believe that this is what the old bat sent to protect her little pet."
"What?" Netto hissed.
Laina held out her hand and small tendrils of darkness flew about the room, "You are hardly a threat to me, child. Therefore, since you're alive, I bid the goodbye," she said as the tendrils came in at all angles towards Netto.
"NETTO-KUN!" Rockman and Saito both yelled out.
Netto shut his eyes and took in a deep breath as his crystal began to glow. The small globe of light did little to make Laina back completely off but it did end up saving his life.
Laina held up a hand to shield her eyes from the light, "Tch, little brat," she muttered.
Netto ran over to Saito to try and free him but Laina was too quick. She grabbed the terrified child and dove out the window into the black night. "Ah!" Netto yelled.
Rockman shivered, "Netto, get my PET," he said.
Netto ran to his room and turned on the PET. It revealed Laina's location in small power outages that dotted along a path. "She doesn't like light," Netto noted.
Rockman nodded, "But there's no way to catch up with her now," he said mournfully.
"I won't give up," Netto hissed, "Not yet."
Rockman thought… "Saito-kun… he could fly couldn't he," he mused.
"What?" Netto asked.
"Think about it, that's how they get around isn't it? How they disappear so fast," Rockman said.
"So you're saying this thing…" Netto said pointing to the crystal.
"It's possible," Rockman said.
Netto blinked, "And how in the hell am I supposed to figure out how to use it, this very second?" he asked.
"I was just saying," Rockman said.
Netto changed his clothed and picked up his PET. "How far away are they?" he asked while tying back his hair.
"They've stopped, the best I can say is about four miles from here," Rockman said.
"Of course… and I can't drive," Netto hissed. "What am I supposed to do, just ask the damn stone nicely if I can fly or something?"
"Netto-kun…" Rockman said softly.
Netto ran outside and looked around the dark empty streets. "Okay, if something is going to happen, I'd really like it to happen now," he said.
Rockman frowned in his PET while Netto tried to reason with the crystal around his neck. "How is this supposed to work?" he snapped.
"I have no idea," Rockman said.
Netto shut his eyes tightly, "I just want to help Saito…" he said softly.
The crystal began to glow slowly and an odd energy signature was picked up in Rockman's PET. When it faded Rockman saw that Netto had large white wings. "Angel wings," he breathed.
Netto coughed uncomfortably, "This is weird," he muttered and tried to take off into the air with mixed success. On one hand he was airborne, on the other he wasn't very good at flying.
Rockman merely took to closing his eyes tightly throughout the whole trip hoping against hope that they would somehow make it there in enough time and in one piece in order to save Saito.