Thanks to all who reviewed. You will see who the DARK FIGURE is in this chapter. This is the last chapter, and I will be writing an epilogue.
Flashback
The figure started down a hallway until he found the room. He opened the door, and pulled out an empty PET. "Nice to see you again Roll. Well, time for you to come with me." And with that, he pulled her out of the computer and locked her in the PET.
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When Roll woke up the next morning, she found herself in a cage on someone's homepage. The cage was electric, and there were thousands of viruses guarding her. She immediately began to panic. "What happened? Where am I? Oh no, what will happen to Mega and Maylu? When they find out that I am gone, they will beat themselves up about this. Help. HELP!" "HELP!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Well well well. I see you have woken up," said a figure that was hefty and was wearing a black shirt with black pants, a black hat, and a black trench coat. He reached for the computer, and Roll noticed that he had on black gloves to match. He typed in a few commands, and a small cot, a rickety chair, and a small table appeared. "Don't even think about escaping. We are no longer in Dentech city. No, we are far far away in the middle of the woods. You see, I need you for ransom. You will be kept alive, repaired, and under constant watch. And if you try to escape, I will delete you. Goodnight Roll." And with that the figure left the room and Roll, who burst into tears.
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"Lan, come on. It's time to go and get Mega and Roll. You don't want to be late do you?" yelled a hyper Maylu through Lan's bedroom door. She had decided the night before that she needed to wake him up early to get them, and so she did.
"I'm coming! Don't leave without me!" yelled Lan as he opened the door. The two said goodbye to Mrs. Hikari and they started towards Sci-labs. Lan put on his rollerblades and Maylu pulled out her scooter. They made it to Sci-labs twice as fast as they would have if they had walked. As they entered Sci-labs, they could tell something was wrong. For one thing Dr. Hikari was waiting for them at the front, when he had told them the night before to meet him in his office. And the security teams were all running around.
"Dad, what's wrong?" asked Lan, who was afraid of the answer.
"We had a break in last night. The thief knew exactly what he was looking for. He was able to hack his way through the security straight to one room," said Dr. Hikari.
"What did he take? Did he break into the cross fusion room?" asked Lan, who was getting more worried by the instant.
"No, he didn't even go close to that room. He broke into the room that Mega and Roll were in. He took…" said Dr. Hikari, who was interrupted by Maylu.
"He didn't take Roll, did he?" she asked.
"Yes, Maylu. He did take Roll, and we don't know why. There was no note, no threat, no nothing. Mega was asleep, and according to the analysis program, so was Roll."
"She didn't even know what was coming," replied Lan, who was in a state of shock. He was too busy wondering what Mega would do to himself if he found out that Roll was kidnapped while he was asleep. "Dad, where is Mega?"
"Follow me," he said. Lan put his arm around Maylu and followed his dad to his office. Mega and Roll had been in the analysis program that his dad used. When the entered his office, Lan saw Mega, who had his head buried in his knees crying.
"Mega," asked Lan, "are you ok? Do you want to talk about it?"
"Go away," he replied, his voice was muffled by his knees.
"Talking will help," said Maylu. Lan looked at her and saw that tears were streaming down her face. "If I tell you how I feel about this, will you tell me how you feel?"
"Ok, but you go first," he said, looking up at her.
"Ok. I feel like I should have taken her home last night when I had the chance. I should have had Dr. Hikari boost security around her. I should have stayed here last night and kept watch over her. Your turn," she finished.
"Fine. I should never have let anyone take her out of arms reach. I should have said that it would be better if we shared the program. I should have kept watch over her. I should have set an alarm to make sure that no one took her," he replied.
"Well I think that both of you are stupid," retorted Lan, "Maylu, you know that we left them here because we wanted to be sure that they were ok. not only that, but we are in the highest level security area in the whole building. Where would you have slept last night? And what do you think would have happened if the kidnapper saw you? He would have taken you both. Mega, she needed to be analyzed without someone looking over her shoulder. She needed her space, and the whole business about the alarm, you just came up with that now. An alarm would have seemed like overkill to us last night. It was no one's fault."
"That was a very compelling speech you just gave," said a voice.
"Who are you and where are you? Show yourself!" yelled Mega. The computer that had Roll in it the night before booted up and a video of a person wearing all black appeared.
"I am right here, and you need to watch your tongue or else I might hurt your little friend," he said as a video of Roll crying on the cot popped up. She was surrounded by a sea of viruses; a few of them were dragon. When one of them came to close to the cage, she screamed and fell off the cot. She looked like she had been crying for hours and was scared.
"ROLL! If you hurt her I swear I will murder you!" said Mega, barely keeping control of his mouth (he knows a few cuss words in a few languages as a part of his translator program). He didn't know what the figure would do to her if he did.
"Tisk, tisk. Lan, I thought that you would have thought that your Navi would have more manners. Well, now is the perfect time to show you what I will do if you don't agree to the terms that I am about to lay out," said the figure. He showed the group a control with two buttons on it. He pushed one and surge of electricity ran through the cage, electrocuting Roll.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled Roll. She collapsed to the floor and stopped moving. When Mega saw that, a mixture of fury and sadness came over him. "I should have kept her by my side. I shouldn't have let her go by herself last night."
"Now, here are the terms. They aren't many, and if you don't agree to them, Roll will be deleted. All I ask for is one thing. Maylu. She is to go to the edge of the forest by the Dead Man's Turn and wait for me to collect her. I will leave her Navi in a PET that will be laying on one of the guard rails," said the figure matter of factly. Maylu was as pale as snow. Lan looked ticked off, and Dr. Hikari looked like he was trying to find a way to get everyone out of there alive. Mega looked like he wanted a Dimensional Area so he could murder that man.
"THAT'S IT! A dimensional area. Lan and I can crossfuse, and we can trap that guy and save Maylu and Roll at the same time," he thought as a small smug grim crossed his face.
"And what are you smiling about? Do you think that I won't do it?" asked the figure.
"No, no. I was just thinking about what Roll would do to you when she finds out that you took her Op," he lied.
"Well, are you saying that I can?" he pried. Lan looked like he was going to murder that guy. "Is that a yes?"
"Yes, I'll go," said Maylu, "but if you hurt Roll, the deal is off." Lan looked at her like she was crazy. Mega seemed torn between joy for Roll and sadness about Maylu's decision. Dr. Hikari was in a state of shock.
"Well, you need to come over to Dead Man's Turn tonight at ten o'clock. Your friend Lan can come to retrieve your Navi, but no one else. Do you understand?" he asked.
"Yes, I understand. I'll see you tonight," she said with a sigh. The figure left the screen, and Maylu broke down into tears. Lan rushed over to her and pulled her into a hug.
"It will be ok. Mega and I won't let anything happen to you or Roll. You'll both be fine. I promise," said Lan as he was comforting Maylu.
"Lan, I have an idea on how we can get Roll and Maylu back at the same time," said Mega, "We could create a dimensional area around the drop-off place. Then we could contain that guy, get Roll back, and keep Maylu out of danger all at the same time!"
"That is a very good idea Megaman," said Dr. Hikari, "When did you think of this?"
"When I was thinking of how I could murder that... um...," "no cuss words" he thought, "man."
"I think that we will do just that. Not the murder, but the dimensional area," said Dr. Hikari.
"Yeah, and then we could scare the poo out of him!" said Lan. He was thinking of chasing the guy down while cross fused, firing at his feet, intentionally missing. And then, he saw himself "accidentally" hit the guy, and bring justice.
"We will do that only if you leave the syncro chip here," said Lan's dad.
"But what if there is an attack, and we can't fight?" said Mega. He knew that he was right. There were still asteroid Navi's out there and they could attack at any moment. "What if that guy has an asteroid Navi, and we all get killed?"
"Fine, you can take it. But call Yai, Tory, Dex, Chaud, and Jasmine for help. And if you can, call the former WWW members. They may know this person. Good Luck. You'll need it," he finished. And with that, the three started the calls.
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"There there Gutsman. I'm sure that Dex didn't mean it," said Medi. She had been trying to comfort the big Navi for the past hour. He had arrived at her homepage a mess.
Flashback
Ding-Dong
"Coming!" said Medi as she walked to the entrance to her homepage. She opened the link and a very distraught Gutsman came walking in.
"Dex doesn't like Guts anymo-o-o-ore," he cried. Medi took him to a couch she had in the middle of the room. "Dex wants a new Navi. Dex thinks Guts is stupid."
"Are you sure that Dex said that?" she asked. The ape-like Navi shook his head and broke down into tears again.
"H-H-He said that Guts was s-s-stupid b-b-because Guts d-d-disqualified G-G-Gu-u-u-uts," he said in between sobs. Medi looked on the poor Navi with utter disbelief in her eyes. "Would Dex say those things" she thought.
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Ding-Dong
"Coming, Gutsman, stay here. Coming!" said Medi as she went to the door. She opened the door and found Mega there. "Mega! How are you? Where's Roll?" She could tell that she had made a mistake mentioning the pink-clad Navi. Mega's face fell, and Medi srated to get worried. "What happened? She made it through the night, didn't she? What's wrong?"
"She was kidnapped last night. The kidnapper just contacted us, and said that if we want her back, we need to give him Maylu. And if we don't he will kill Roll," he said.
"What will we do?" asked Medi.
"We decided to trap the guy in a dimensional area. We need your help, though," he said.
"First Dex, now this. This day just gets stranger and stranger," said Medi.
"Dex? Wait, what happened to Dex?" asked Mega. He took a look around the room and saw Gutsman.
"Dex abandoned Gutsman because he disqualified himself," she said.
"Oh my," he said. He went over to where his friend was sitting and sat down by him. "Are you ok?"
"G-G-Guts will be," he answered, "Roll needs Guts help, and Guts can't be sad about Dex."
"That's the spirit," said Medi, "Let me just tell Jasmine." She opened a window and Jasmine's room came into view and Medi called Jasmine, and she filled Jasmine in.
"Sure, come on, let's go and save our friends. Gutsman, you can come with me. Bye Mega!" said Jasmine.
Mega logged out and went back to Sci-labs.
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"Well, Maylu contacted Yai, Tory, and Chaud. Mega, you got Gutsman, Medi, and Jasmine, right?" asked Lan.
"Yes," He replied
"Ok, and the WWW members said that they would help us. Hey, where is Dex?" asked Lan.
"According to Medi, Dex abandoned Gutsman because he disqualified himself from the race. Dex is probably still mad and locked himself in his room again," said Mega, "but we need to go and get Roll now."
The three left Sci-labs, and saw a black limo drive up. "I hope you don't mind if we come in this," said Chaud, "We will be hidden from view, and we will be in range of the dimensional area. The area needs to cover both sides of the road."
"Ok, let me tell Mr. Famous," said Lan as he pulled out his PET. "Mr. Famous, we need the dimensional area to cover both sides of the road."
"Ok, and Lan, it just Famous," replied the scientist.
"Let's go," said Lan. And with that, Lan and Maylu got into Dr. Hikari's car and they rode off.
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"Well, let's see how much your 'friends' care about you, little Navi," said the shadowy figure.
"They care about me a lot," said a weak Roll. The guy had barely given her enough energy to survive, and she was very weak.
"We'll see. They will probably be trying to figure out how to get both you and Maylu out of here. But, you see, I am one step ahead of them. I have a car waiting for me at the bottom of the hill. I can make a quick escape with my Maylu," he said, sounding very smug.
"Your Maylu? It can't be! You're..."
"SHUT UP! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM!" he yelled.
"If that is who I think that is, Lan will have a harder time rescuing both of us," she thought.
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Ten o'clock came, and Maylu and Lan were in position. He and Maylu were right by the guard rail. Chaud, and the rest of the group were behind a row of bushes right across the street, watching and waiting to give the signal to Famous to send the dimensional area. Mega was searching for a signal from a PET.
"Lan, the PET is at the far end of this guard rail. I can tell that Roll is in it," he said.
"Ok," said Lan. He heard a rustle in the bushes, and saw Mr. Match in a running outfit start to go the direction that Mega had said. "Nice plan Chaud. Now we don't have to worry about Roll. And it doesn't really matter if he makes it back before the dimensional area appears. I hope he doesn't come back too soon, he might blow the cover," thought Lan.
"Well, well, well. You came. I was expecting you to not show. Now, HAND OVER MY MAYLU!" he yelled. As he started to yell, Mr. Match came running back. He "accidentally" tripped and dropped the PET that he was carrying into the bush that the others were hiding in. He started to look in the bushes, and crawled into them, disappearing from sight.
"Good, this way he can't run back and grab Roll," thought Lan.
"HAND HER OVER NOW OR ELSE I WILL KILL ROLL!" yelled the figure.
"I don't think so. Roll is safe, and now we don't need to give Maylu to you!" said Lan. He pushed Maylu behind himself, shielding her from view. She turned and gave Yai the signal.
"Ten seconds," she whispered to Lan.
"What are you two whispering about?" said the figure.
"Three," she whispered, "two, one, zero." As soon as she finished, a dimensional area appeared around them.
"Oh no you don't. you seem to have forgotten about that electrical shock. As long as Roll is still in that PET, she will get shocked. So say goodbye to Roll," he said as he turned the voltage up to max and pushed the shock button, and they heard Roll scream in pain.
"No," said Maylu.
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When Mr. Match dropped the PET into the bushes, Yai and Chaud immediately started to take Roll out of the PET. He came into view and told them about what the guy looked like.
"He was about a foot taller than Lan, and much stockier. He looks like he is the same age as Lan and Maylu," he said as they got Roll out of the PET and into Yai's PET. Yai saw Maylu give the sign.
"Chaud," Yai whispered.
"Famous, now" whispered Chaud
"Sending," Came Famous' voice.
"Oh no you don't. You seem to have forgotten about the electrical shock," they heard the figure say. As the dimensional area came up around them.
"Roll, I need you to pretend to be in agony," whispered Chaud, "If you don't he will know something is wrong." The guy pushed the button. "Now!"
Roll faked a scream, and Maylu froze. "Tricked ya!" yelled Roll as the group came out from behind the bushes. The figure looked like he was about to run, but Lan and Chaud had already slotted-in the Syncro chips and cross fused. The two of them approached the dark figure, who immediately broke off into a run. The two net savers ran after him and tackled the boy.
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST MAYLU AND ROLL?" yelled Lan, who was about to kill this guy.
"Lan, please don't kill me," he said. Lan's eyes widened in shock as the figure took off his hat and trench coat.
"DEX!" said Lan. He stood up and walked away from his "friend". "Why did you do this?" he asked with anger in his voice. Mega's rage was starting to overflow his half of the cross fusion. It was all Lan could do to keep control. Chaud saw this and picked the boy up and thrust him against a tree.
"If I keep him here, Mega should calm down enough for Lan to be able to keep control," thought Chaud, "I just hope that Lan can keep control of himself."
"I was mad at Mega and Roll because they made Gutsman disqualify himself. And I was mad at you Lan because you took MY MAYLU!" he yelled, and tried to get out of Chaud's grip and hurt Lan. Lan just shifted his weight into a battle stance.
"Well, you want to try and take me?" said Lan, with a cocky tone in his voice, "Bring it. Oh, that's right," he said as he stood up straight again, "you can't because you are probably going to be grounded until the next century, and if you are lucky you will be going to Juvie until you are 18 for kidnapping." And with that, he came out of cross fusion and walked back to where the rest of the group was.
"Lan!" yelled Maylu as she ran and gave the boy a hug. He wrapped his arms around her. She broke down into tears, crying on his shoulder.
"It's ok, just let it all out," he said. He knew that she had had a hard week since he had the same one.
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After the cops came and collected Dex, everyone got back into Chaud's limo. Maylu fell asleep next to Lan with her head on his shoulder, and he had his head leaning on hers. No one wanted to disturb them, so they started their own conversations.
Jasmine looked like she was about to break down into tears also. She had liked Dex a little bit, but she was more worried about what was going to happen to Gutsman. The cops had allowed her to keep him, but he was depressed. Medi was talking to him, and then laid down beside him, and he picked her up and held her much like he did the first night of the race.
Mega had Roll sitting in his lap, he was playing with her hair. She had her normal clothes on, minus her helmet. Mega had taken hers and his off. He told her that she looked much better with it off, and had been playing with her hair for the past thirty minutes.
They arrived outside of Lan and Maylu's homes. Mega and Roll went to their homepages, and had the first good night's sleep they had had in four days. Lan and Maylu went to sleep that night without having to worry about their Navis. It was a good night everyone. Everyone with the exception of Dex.
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Dex was sitting in a cell in Juvie. His parents said that he needed to be there for at least a week so that he would learn his lesson. "Man," he said, "this really sucks."
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YEAH! It's over! I will write an epilogue tomorrow. Thanks to all who reviewed. THANK YOU MEGAOLIX SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP THROUGH ALL OF THIS! And forthat email attachment.
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