When the dance ended both Netto and Andrew were bright red. "Th-thank Hikaru," Andrew said softly as they walked back to the side of the room. "I know you didn't want to dance."

Netto smiled, "Well, it wasn't that bad…" he tried to admit.

/You hated it/ Rockman giggled.

/Shut up, nii-san/ Netto said in a good natured way.

/You can be really nice sometimes, you know that Netto-kun/

/Don't tell anyone/ Netto said with a mental grin.

/Netto-kun…/ Rockman said in a laughing voice.

"Hikaru?" Andrew asked.

"Hm?"

Andrew blushed, "Never mind," he said. "Is that Enzan?" he asked.

Netto blinked and saw Enzan over by the refreshment table looking more then a little upset. "Oh boy," Netto sighed.

Andrew blinked, "Is he all right?"

"Andrew, I'm going to go see what Enzan is upset," Netto said.

Andrew nodded, "All right, I'll go check in with Neil to see if anything has happened yet."

Netto rolled his eyes, "One can only hope."

Andrew laughed and nodded, "I'll contact you if anything has changed."

Netto nodded and they parted. "What is up with Enzan," Netto muttered.

"Netto-kun, don't make a scene," Rockman said in a warning tone.

Netto waved his hand, "I won't, don't worry."

Rockman smiled nervously, "Right," he said, as if trying to convince himself.

Netto walked up to Enzan and tapped him on the shoulder. "What is wrong with you?"

Enzan spun around, turned bright red and gaped at Netto. "I…"

"Enzan-sama…" Blues said slowly.

Netto waved a hand in front of his face, "Hello?" he asked.

Enzan looked slightly annoyed, "Why were you dancing?"

"What?" Netto asked.

"Why were you dancing?" Enzan repeated.

"Because, he wanted to dance and…" Netto groaned, "I have no idea. Because I felt like it," he snapped.

"You hate dancing," Enzan said.

"Why do you care?" Netto yelled.

Enzan blinked and turned a bright red, "I… um… well… never mind," he hissed.

Netto gave him an odd look, "What is wrong with you, Enzan?"

Enzan sighed, "Nothing," he muttered.

Netto opened his mouth to say something else but his PET began to ring. Netto pulled it up to see Neil's face. "We've got a problem down here," he said.

"What happened?" Netto asked.

"We've found a person who isn't on the guest lists and she has a PET," Neil said.

"I'll check it out," another voice said.

"Cathy?" Netto and Neil asked.

"You kids stay out until I call you," Cathy said. "I need you to stay alert until we know something is going on for sure. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes," Netto and Neil muttered.

Cathy turned off her PET and made her way over to the woman she noticed a half hour ago. She walked over and tapped the brunette on the shoulder. "Hello, Lisa," she said.

The woman called Lisa spun around and looked at Cathy. Then she gave her a big grin and hugged her tightly, "Cathy! Oh it's been ages!"

Cathy hugged her friend back and looked at her with a big grin, "You're a sight for sore eyes. What are you doing here?"

"I'm…" Lisa looked apprehensive.

"You're about to sabotage this pageant with a virus attack, just like the door yesterday and all the other problems as of late," Cathy said with a sharp gaze.

Lisa grinned, "You were always so smart. How did you figure that out?"

"Actually, my team did. Lisa, what the hell are you doing?" Cathy hissed.

"I'm stopping the glorifying of looks among women. This has to end, pageants are nothing more then showing off good looking girls and making them base themselves off their looks," Lisa replied haughtily.

"You're going to hurt innocent people!" Cathy screeched.

"You hate these things just as much as I do," Lisa said to her friend. "And you know it."

Cathy growled, "I would never, ever think of hurting people. Also, I have an undercover agent in this thing to make sure you don't hurt anyone. What are you thinking?"

"I already told you, Cathy, come on," she pleaded. "There was a time when you would drop everything and help me."

"I'm not like that anymore," Cathy said and glanced around nervously. "And you shouldn't be either," she told her quietly. "This is wrong."

Lisa looked upset, "I had hoped you would help me. So you're going to stop me, then?" Lisa asked.

Cathy touched her PET, "I will if I have too."

Lisa grinned, "Fine then, I'll see you tomorrow, I hope you can find me."

"What?" Cathy asked.

Lisa nodded and a loud explosion sounded behind her. "That would be several electric viruses blowing up the sound stage," she said with a grin. "Will you follow me or do your job."

Cathy hissed softly then ran for the sound stage.

Lisa laughed and disappeared in the panicked crowd.

"Kids, it's the sound stage!" Cathy yelled into her PET. "Plug in now!"

Everyone plugged in, and in a matter of minutes the viruses were gone, but the night was pretty much ruined. They all managed to get out of the ball room full of crying girls and nervous parents and started to walk towards the hotel quietly.

Once they got back Netto muttered, "I'm going to my room," and disappeared down the hall.

Laika raised an eyebrow and Enzan merely left without a word at all.

"Cathy, are you all right?" Andrew asked.

Cathy sighed heavily, "I'm just tired. Oh, and I have a tip, keep your eye out for tomorrow," she said.

Andrew and Neil nodded then retreated to their own rooms. "What a night," Cathy sighed.

"Who was that woman you were talking to?" Laika asked her.

Cathy looked at Laika, startled, then she grinned. "You don't miss much, do you?" she asked.

Laika shook his head, "I saw you."

Cathy nodded, "She's an old… acquaintance. I know her from college, and trust me, she will be brought down tomorrow."

Laika nodded, feeling the answer was good enough and left for his own room.

"Lisa…" Cathy sighed.

Netto took off his dress and threw it in a corner. He sighed and pulled on a pair of shorts and a loose t-shirt. "Rockman?" he asked.

"Yes, Netto-kun?"

"Should I go talk to Enzan?"

Rockman thought for a minute, "Yeah. He seemed pretty upset," Rockman replied.

Netto sighed and put on a pair of shoes. "All right, I'll be back soon," he said.

"Okay," Rockman replied with a grin.

Netto walked out of his room and maneuvered his way to Enzan's. When he got there he knocked on the door. When Enzan opened the door he said, "We need to talk."

Enzan blinked, "About what?"

Netto crossed his arms, "About you being upset tonight for no reason. What is up?" Netto snapped.

Enzan opened his mouth a turned a bright red. "N-nothing," he said slowly.

Netto sighed, "Yes there is. Enzan, something is bothering you, and I couldn't really call myself a friend if I didn't notice that you were acting like a jerk tonight!"

"Gee, thanks," Enzan said dryly.

Netto smiled sweetly, "Well it's true."

Enzan sighed, "Netto, I have no idea why I'm in such a bad mood," Enzan lied.

Netto glared at him, "Oh please. Come on Enzan, what's wrong?"

Enzan blushed, "I… don't know," he said again.

Netto shook his head, "Well when you decide to tell me what's wrong, I'll be in my room. Good night," he said.

"Night," Enzan replied. Then he went back into his room.

"Enzan-sama, if I may, you're a horrible liar," Blues said.

Enzan sighed, "Yeah, I know."

Lisa looked around the corner where Netto was currently explaining a few things to Cathy before he turned in for the night. "So that's the undercover agent," she said. "Hm…"

The next day was nothing short of hell for any one of them, especially Netto. Cathy's emotions were in turmoil, and Netto was upset, making Rockman upset. Everyone else noticed their moods meanwhile Enzan was trying to ignore what Laika told him but he found that he couldn't. In short it made for an interesting morning.

After that Netto and Cathy went into the dressing rooms while Laika, Enzan, Andrew and Neil went to hide in various places to get ready to take down the hacker.

Netto groaned and bit his lip, "Well?" he asked.

Cathy smiled and patted him on the head, "I expect the hacker to attack rather early on. So, what I want you to do is just pull through the opening and we'll take it from there," she said.

Netto nodded and sighed. "So… what do I have to do?"

"Eveningwear," Cathy said. "You can wear the same dress you wore last night, no one will care."

Netto groaned, "Is that really what it is?" he asked.

"Be thankful it's not swimwear," Cathy said with a small smile.

Netto went from red to white rather quickly. "Yeah," he said.

/Heh… almost makes you grateful/ Rockman said.

/Yeah… almost/ Netto muttered.

Cathy sighed, "Can you get ready on your own?" she asked suddenly.

"I guess," Netto said slowly. "Why?"

"Because, I have something I need to do," Cathy said simply. "Don't worry, you can handle it."

"Um…" Netto said as she walked out of the room.

"Don't worry," she said with a wink and left.

"You can handle it," Rockman said.

Netto looked at the dress, "Yeah but I don't know how to zip that up on my own," he said.

"Oh," Rockman said slowly.

"All right, I'm in position," Laika said into his ear piece.

"See anything yet?" Neil asked.

"Not yet," Laika replied. "I haven't seen anything suspicious."

Neil groaned, "So, we're going to sit here possibly for this whole thing?" he asked.

"At least you're not up there," Andrew said softly before anyone else could say anything.

"True, true," Neil said. "But I'm also stuck in the vents. Remind me to never draw straws again."

"You told me to tell you that last time," Andrew said with a faint grin. "I told you last night, but you didn't believe me."

"Next time, get it in writing!" Neil replied.

Laika and Enzan both resisted the urge to roll their eyes but let the two friends have their conversation.

"It's starting," Enzan said quietly.

Everything went quiet and there was a hiss as the dry ice machines were started.

"Lisa!" Cathy hissed. "What are you doing?"

Lisa turned around and smiled weakly. "I'm sorry," she said. "I have to do this."

"No you don't!" Cathy yelled. "I have an agent who is due to go out there in 5 minutes!"

"Don't worry, it's only a statement. No one will get hurt," Lisa said.

"But, it's wrong!" Cathy cried.

"This whole thing is wrong!" Lisa yelled.

"I know that," Cathy replied. "But this isn't the way to deal with it."

Lisa held her PET behind her and let her navi into the dry ice machine. "It's my way," she said.

"Someone shoot me now," Netto growled.

Rockman smiled, "Come on Netto-kun," he said.

Netto sighed and put his PET inside a small pocket in his dress. "All right, let's just get this over with," he muttered.

Netto walked out into the hall and made sure he was at the end of the line just in case anything happened. "Well," he breathed. "This is it."

Extremely cheesy music was started that forced Netto to roll his eyes and he was very grateful no one could see him. Before the line got halfway through however there were screams and panicked yells. Netto grinned and headed out/Ha, I didn't even have to show myself/ he cheered.

/Thank god for little miracles/ Rockman asked.

/Exactly/ Netto said and ran out into the panicked crowd. Billows of fake fog were filling up the room and no one could see past a certain point.

"Netto-kun, level's of carbon dioxide are in the red zone," Rockman said. "If there are people too far in, they can't breathe."

"It's that bad?" Netto asked.

"It's that bad," Rockman replied. "Be careful," he said quietly.

Netto nodded, "Where's the origin?" he asked.

"Ten meters straight ahead, make sure not to take too many breaths, this is dangerous."

"All right," Netto said and walked into the fake cloud cover.

"Okay, I'm hearing screams," Neil said.

"The dry ice machine malfunctioned," Enzan said.

"So a huge machine is now pumping out massive amounts of CO2 into a confined area?" Andrew asked.

"I'm already at the scene," Laika said. "We need to evacuate before anything else happens."

"Keep contact open, I'm at the scene too but I can't see anyone," Neil said.

"I'm almost there," Andrew said.

"I'm there," Enzan replied. "Where's Netto."

"Netto?" Neil and Andrew asked.

Enzan almost slapped himself in the forehead, "The third member of our usual team is Netto, I meant Hikaru," he said.

"Oh," Andrew said. "I don't know, I can't contact her."

"Perfect," Enzan muttered.

"She can take care of herself," Laika said pointedly. "Stick to your mission."

"Don't worry," Enzan replied. "I am."

"Keep the link open," Neil reminded everyone then headed onto the stage.

In the background Cathy heard screams. "What did you do!" she snapped.

"I merely caused a disturbance," Lisa said. "Just to make a statement."

Cathy growled, "Lisa, I know we're friends, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to place you under arrest."

Lisa's eyes narrowed, "I'm sorry too," she said then she turned around and ran.

Cathy sighed exasperatedly, "Perfect," she hissed and took off after her old friend.

"Netto-kun?" Rockman asked.

"The origin is right ahead!" Netto said.

"Plug me in, quickly," Rockman said.

Netto held up his PET, "Plug in, Rockman.EXE, transmission!"

Rockman appeared in the net where a generic navi stood messing with the controls, opening vents and keeping the machine running far past what it was supposed to be run at. "Hey!" he yelled.

The navi turned around and summoned a cannon. "Stop!" it said.

Rockman held up his hands, "Please, don't! I don't want to hurt you."

It fired off several shots trying to make Rockman back off.

"Netto-kun?"

Netto coughed, "Sorry, we need to stop this," he said. "Rockman, just make it log out."

Rockman nodded, "Sorry," he said and held up his own buster.

The generic navi fired several times but Rockman merely jumped over to the other side and fired off two volley shots that forced it to log out. "Rockman, can you fix it?" Netto asked.

Rockman felt a wave of dizziness wash over him and he knew something was wrong with Netto. "Are you all right?" he asked.

"Turn it off and I'll get out of here," he said in a breathless voice.

Rockman nodded and placed his hands on the files, making sure to shut down the entire machine, since it was beyond help. "Okay, Netto-kun."

Netto turned around and looked to see where he should go, "I can't see anything," he muttered.

"Just go straight behind you," Rockman said.

Netto managed to take several steps before collapsing. He heard Rockman's yells before he blacked out.

"Got you!" Cathy hissed and grabbed Lisa. She led the protesting woman to the police and left them with instructions to place her under arrest.

"You'll regret this, Cathy!" Lisa said.

Cathy sighed, "Yeah, I know," she muttered.

"Cathy," Sky said softly.

Cathy shook her head and returned to her team, "Is everyone evacuated?" she asked.

They nodded, "We got the last person out two minutes ago."

"And Hikaru?" she asked.

Everyone stopped, they had forgotten about Netto because of all the panic. Enzan managed to keep his cool and he put Blues into the system. "Find Rockman," he instructed.

Blues nodded and disappeared. "I'll get her," Enzan said and went into the foggy room.