Chapter 12

Return of the Darkness.

"Lan, what is wrong with you?" Chaud asked as they stepped out of a large castle.

"Nothing, nothing at all it is just well. Shademan is back, and causing trouble, so what happens to the Electopian Net Savers that can actually fight him? I'll tell you what happens, they get sent to Electopia for a meeting!" Lan shouted at Chaud.

"What do you mean Shademan is back? I thought he was deleted already?" Chaud asked in a puzzled tone.

"So you think it is just a copy of him that I fought? Like the copies of navis we have already deleted like Drillman, and Vineman?" Lan asked a bit calmer this time. "He knew too much about me Chaud. It is the original no doubt about it!" Lan added.

"Me and Lan fought him before the copy navis started to show up." Megaman said from Lan's PET.

Lan and Chaud continued to talk about the Demon Navi's but Lan tried his best not to use that title for them. As they walked and talked Lan walked right into Ms. Millions. "If it isn't the little Hikari kid, I need your help." She said quietly.

"Huh? Ms. Millions why do you need my help?" Lan asked

"Someone stole Snakeman just now!" She shouted.

"Lan, there you are some one snuck up on me and stole Thunderman!" Raoul said as he ran up behind Lan and Chaud.

"I doubt it was just anyone! Ms. Millions has a strong bodyguard, and Raoul you are no weakling your self. I wonder who it was?" Chaud said.

"Chaud I have a feeling that it wasn't someone but something. As in a Demon Navi!" Lan said rather bluntly.

"A what?" Ms. Millions and Raoul said in unison.

"Demon Navi's are Shademan's newest servants. Some how they can materialize anywhere without a Dimensional Area!" Lan said.

The four of them split up and started to search for the missing PETs. Lan was sure that it was a Demon Navi who stole the PETs, especially after what Chaud said. After about half an hour Lan ran into non other than Snakeman himself. "S...Sna...Snakeman! But how?" Lan said as he stared at the navi before him.

"Sssnake shot!" Snakeman shouted as he fired several blasts from his mouth all of which came close to hitting Lan.

"That's it! Duo Blue!" Lan shouted after sliding in some chips and twisting his wrist.

"Ssssearch Sssnakesss!" He shouted as several snakes appeared out of nowhere and shot at Lan.

"Mega Yo-Yo!" Lan shouted summoning his weapon he flung it out destroying the majority of the snakes. "He is definitely being controlled but how do I snap him out of it?" Lan said scanning through his different abilities in his helmet.

"Mega Yo-Yo, Split!" Lan shouted as he flung out his Yo-Yo again, this time it split apart and took out even more snakes before slamming into Snakeman's sides.

"Snake Bite!" Snakeman shouted as he withdrew into his jar then lunched at Lan, mouth open.

"Sanctuary! Holy Dream!" Lan shouted as the area he was standing on turned white, he formed his Duo Buster which instantly turned into a teal buster with a hexagonal design on the side. Lan fired it right into Snakemans mouth. This caused the Dark Energy to be forced out and, Lan flung his Yo-Yo in front of a blast and then up to the dark energy vaporizing it.

Suddenly Snakeman vanished and his PET sat on the ground. Lan demorphed and grabbed it.

"What happened?" Snakeman asked when he noticed Lan was holding his PET.

"Uhh, some one stole you. And I rescued you that is what happened." Lan said before setting off to find Ms. Millions.

"Thunderman please calm down, I don't want to fight you!" CF Protoman said as he stared at Thunderman who was busy firing thunder bolts at him.

"Master Chaud I don't think he wants to reason, it looks like he is being controlled." Protoman said.

"That is what I was afraid of, so I guess we have to strike him down while doing as little damage as possible." Chaud said taking the fighting stance.

"Program Advance, Step Sword, Triple download! Zeta Step 1!" CF Protoman shouted as he launched forward blade ready and struck Thunderman down forcing the dark energy out in a single hit. Then he jumped up and started to unleash the attack on the dark energy destroying it as well.

The Dimensional Area faded and Chaud picked up the PET and handed it to Raoul who had just arrived. Ms. Millions was right behind him with Lan.

"Thanks you, two!" Raoul and Ms. Millions said again in unison.

"No problem, I mean it is our job right, to stop Net Navi's from causing to much destruction!" Lan said calmly.

"Plus it looks as if Shademan is the cause of it, he probably inserted his dark energy into them, or some new type of dark chip, so they would behave like that. It isn't their fault our yours. Only Shademan is to blame!" Chaud said as he smiled at Lan.

"Chaud, if Shademan is making new dark chips he will probably try to have them so they don't hurt his minions right?" Lan asked.

"Probably Lan, so you think that Snakeman and Thunderman should get checked out at SciLab? I feel the same way, I'll call for a immediate flight there, Raoul and Ms. Millions will need to come with us, so they can have their navi's back as soon as the check out is complete." Chaud said before turning his gaze to the netops next to him.

"Sure" Raoul said.

"It better not cost me anything!" Ms. Millions said stubbornly