Here is your late Christmas present from me to you!

Recap

Mega saved Roll, and now she is in Houston. Lan emailed Maylu about this, and Chaud went to talk to Maylu about her safety.

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Around five in the morning, Roll woke up. "Where am I?" she thought as she looked around the room that she was in. she couldn't tell the color of the walls, but they looked bluish grey. She looked at the covers on the bed, and saw that they were blue, too. She heard some movement on the floor below her, and she looked over the edge of the bed. There, on the floor asleep, was Mega. "This must be his room. I had better go back to sleep so I don't wake him," she thought as she moved across the bed to where she was asleep before.

"Roll?" asked a groggy Mega who had woken up when he heard Roll try to get back under the covers. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I just woke up, but I am going back to sleep. You should too," said Roll as she got comfortable again.

"Nah. I need to think of a way to get Lan up today, and it might take a few hours," he said as he went and sat down in his chair. "I don't want a repeat of yesterday."

"Why, what happened yesterday that I don't know about?" asked Roll.

"Well, Lan didn't wake up, so Joey and Ryan took him and threw him in the freezing pool," said Mega. "It was actually quite funny to watch, but don't tell Lan I said that."

"Who are Joey and Ryan?" asked Roll as she got out of bed and walked over to Mega.

"They are two of the members of the Guard. Joey is Daniel's older brother and op of Aviato, Ryan is a friend of theirs, and is with Xantho. Zemmi is the leader's Navi. The leader is Jena, Daniel's older sister, and oldest of the three," said Mega as he pulled Roll onto his lap and had her rest her head on his shoulder. "Are you ok? I know that you miss Maylu, but other than that…; what I am trying to ask is are you ok now?"

"I will be. I am just so scared, and I am tired of being scared. I wish that we could just know who is doing this, and throw that person in jail," said Roll as Mega began to run his fingers through her hair. "What are you doing to my hair?" she asked jokingly.

"Messing with it, you don't mind, do you?" he responded. They sat there and talked for an hour.

"Better try and get Lan up. Let me show you this device that they invented," said Mega as he walked over to the hologram button. "Push this and it will transport you to the real world."

"Are you sure that that thing is safe?" asked Roll, who was looking at the thing like it would attack her.

"Yes, do you want to go first, or should I show you?" asked Mega.

"You go first," said Roll. Mega pushed the button and was transported from the room. "Mega, where are you?"

"Here," said Mega as a popup screen came, "Push the button." Roll did and she was transported to Lan's room. "Wow."

Mega came over to her, took her hand, and led her over to Lan's bed. "Should we wake him up now, or should we wait until eight-ish?"

"Let's wait. Is anyone else up yet?" asked Roll. She looked around Lan's room and saw that it was almost exactly like Mega's room.

"Jena should be up. Zemmi usually wakes her up around six," said Mega. "You want to go and meet her?"

"Sure," she said. "If she is anything like Zemmi, she should be nice."

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you something. We had better go back to my room so I can tell you," said Mega. "All you have to do to get back in the net is push this button."

Both of them pushed the button, Mega first and then Roll. When they got back to Mega's room, Mega took Roll over to his bed, and sat her down on it, and sat down beside her. "I don't know how to start, so I will do my best," said Mega as he began to tell Roll about him being Hub, Lan's older brother, and how he was friends with Jena then and now.

"I always knew that you were different, but that doesn't change anything between us, does it? I don't think of you any differently than before," said Roll. Mega responded by pulling Roll close and kissing her on the mouth. "What was that for?" asked Roll when Mega pulled away.

"I thought that when I told you that you would not like me anymore. I thought that you would run the other way. And I thought that you would be mad at me because I was and still am friends with Jena," said Mega, looking down.

"That's a silly thought. Why would anything change now? And I have friends that are guys that I don't love, so you have the right to have friends that are girls that you don't love," she said, and Mega just laughed a relieved laugh.

"I guess I was being silly. Hey, let's go meet Jena now. She has to be up," said Mega. And with that the two left his room.

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Chaud was dreading the moment when he had to talk to Maylu's dad again as he arrived at Maylu's neighborhood the next day (A/N: when he got the forwarded email from Maylu, he had to file a report and send the email to the Chief. This is the first chance he has gotten to talk to Maylu). "Do I really want to get her father angry again?" thought Chaud as he neared her home. "Driver, stop her and wait. I'll walk the rest of the way," said Chaud. The driver stopped and he started walking towards Maylu's home.

"Chaud is something wrong?" asked Protoman.

"Well, if her dad sees me come in the limo he might think that I am here to question Maylu again. I don't want a confrontation with him because he nearly attacked me when I questioned him last time," said Chaud.

"So we are just going there to do what?" asked Protoman.

"I got a letter from Lan that he wanted me to deliver to Maylu in person, remember," said Chaud as he knocked on the door.

"Yes, what do you want now?" asked Mr. Sakurai. He was still in a bad mood from the previous day.

"I have a letter from Lan here that he asked me to deliver to Maylu in person," said Chaud as he pulled out a letter that he had received from Lan a month ago. It had held Chaud's passkey that Famous gave Lan to give to Chaud.

"It says that it is addressed to you," said Mr. Sakurai.

"Well, Lan told me in the letter that he wanted me to give this to her. Now please step aside," said Chaud. Mr. Sakurai didn't move.

"Tell me the real reason that you are here," said Maylu's father.

"I see that there is no fooling you. I am here to talk with Maylu about her safety. Roll was attacked yesterday, and she is in Houston. We may need to get Lan to come over and get Maylu. Now let me in before I get the police to do it for me," said Chaud as he pushed his way past Mr. Sakurai, who appeared to be in a state of "what the hell?" Chaud walked up to Maylu's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in," said Maylu as Chaud opened the door. "Hi Chaud, do you need me to do anything? Roll is in Houston."

"I know. The Net Savers here are worried about your safety right now. We still don't know who Hagio, the Navi who attacked Roll, is associated with. Chief is worried that you might be a target. We need to decide what you are going to do," said Chaud.

"Well, I haven't really thought about it. So I guess that staying in Dentech is a no then, right?" asked Maylu as she started to rack her brain for a place where someone she knew was.

"Right, you can't stay here. What about Houston? I could email Lan and see if it is ok for you to stay there with Roll," said Chaud. Maylu nodded her head as he wrote the email.

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Around ten o'clock am in Houston, Lan was up and eating breakfast. Mega had a much easier time of waking Lan up that day because Roll went over and told Lan that Maylu was coming over and that if her made her late to school again, that she was going to beat him. That worked, and it was only after Lan had gotten out of bed did he remember that he was in Houston, and that there was no school. "I still don't think that that was funny," said Lan.

"Hey, it was nicer than what Joey and Ryan did to you yesterday," commented Gig. He, Mega, and Roll had been sitting at the kitchen table talking while Lan and Daniel chatted and ate breakfast.

"That was fun, though," said Ryan as he entered the kitchen with Joey. "And this must be Roll. Hi. I am Ryan, and this is Joey."

"Hi," said Joey as he grabbed a bowl of cereal. "Daniel, where is our lovely sister?"

"I am right here," said Jena as she came in the kitchen, "and flattery won't get you out of paying me those ten bucks you owe me. Cough it up." Joey pulled out his wallet and handed her a ten.

"Why did Joey owe Jena ten bucks?" whispered Roll to Mega.

"He lost a bet. That's all I know," said Mega back.

"Hey, why don't we show Roll our cars? I don't think that she was paying attention yesterday when we got her," said Gig, who was getting up from the table.

"Sure, come on. We did some major work on mine, and I don't think that you have seen Gig's," said Mega as he helped Roll up (A/N: what a gentleman). They went back into the net, and climbed the stairs to get to their rooms. They decided to see Gig's first. When they entered his room, he went and took his car out of the attic storage. It was a formula one racer, like all of the cars in The Guard, but his was black with purple lightning bolts running down the sides of the car.

"That is cool. I like the contrast between the black and purple. Does yours fly too?" asked Roll. Gig nodded his head.

"All of The Guard's car's fly. That is what makes them so special. What is Maylu going to do while you are here? Is she coming here too?" asked Gig.

"I don't know, maybe," said Roll. She too had been wondering if she would be able to see Maylu here in person in Houston. "I want her to come here, but she needs to be safe first."

"She'll be safe here, if she comes," said Mega. "Let's go and inspect my car." Mega led them across the hall to his room and pushed the button that summoned his car. The first thing that Roll noticed was its new paint job. When she got a closer look, she saw that it had two rows of seats (A/N: there are two separate seats in the front, and a bench with two seats in the back), and when Mega pushed the buttons to extend the wings, Roll saw that the back seat stayed intact and wasn't the wings.

"Wow, I thought that the wings were the backseat," said Roll, "But they couldn't be because Mega and I were in the back seat yesterday as we flew here. Sorry, that was a stupid comment."

"What's wrong?" asked Mega. Roll had seemed jittery and less composed than usual. He thought that he knew why, but he asked just to be nice.

"Even though I try so hard not to be scared, I am. I feel like a frightened child with no place to run and hide. I'm scared about that Navi attacking me, I am scared for Maylu because she is alone, and I am scared for Yai because I don't know if Glyde is better yet," said Roll as she almost broke into tears. Mega walked over to her and pulled her close.

"Roll, it will be ok. Chaud is making sure that Maylu is ok, I'm sure that Glyde is fine by now, and I'd like to see that Navi try and attack you here. There are four other Navi's here who will protect you, and if the fight gets into the physical world like the last one did, there are five people who have plasma cannons on their cars," as he started to tell Roll this, she started crying, "everyone will be ok, you'll see."

"I know. I'm probably just being silly," said Roll as she tired to laugh it off, but failed miserably. Mega wiped her tears away, and pulled her into a hug again.

"Yeah Roll, Maylu will be fine. Let me go and ask Jena if we can go and get her soon, I'm sure she won't mind," said Gig as he left the room.

"I don't know why I am always so tired and sad. I'm usually happy and peppy," said Roll as Mega lead her over to his bed. He sat down and cradled Roll in his arms.

"You have had a hard past few days, but everything will get better, you'll see," said Mega as he started to rock Roll a bit. This seemed to calm her down because she stopped crying. Just then there was a knock on Mega's door. "Come in."

"Hey, Roll are you ok?" asked Zemmi as she and Xantho entered the room.

"Yeah, I'm just worried, did you need something?" asked Roll as she looked at the two Navi's.

"Yes, Chaud just emailed and asked if Maylu could come and stay here. Jena said yes and they went to go and get her. Since there will be another person here, We decided that they needed their own room, so we came to show Roll to her room," said Zemmi. Roll and Mega got up and followed Xantho and Zemmi.

"We decided that her room shouldn't be to far away from Mega's" said Xantho as Zemmi muttered "or else he might get separation anxiety," under her breath. Xantho gave her a look before continuing, "So we gave her the room right next door. It is probably the only room up here that isn't a garage. I hope you don't mind that it is small."

"It's fine," said Roll as she walked into her room. The walls were pink, and when she pulled out the bed, she saw that the covers were pink. "It looks almost like my room at home, except smaller."

"I hope you like it," said Zemmi. "This will be great. Finally, another girl Navi and another girl here. Jena doesn't like to admit it, but having only guys for company does get boring sometimes."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," said Roll smiling as she looked around her room again and saw a door. "Where does that door lead?"

"Mega's room, just in case something happens you don't have to go into the hallway to get to his room. It's a safety measure," said Xantho. Roll thanked them, and the two Guard Navi's left. Roll and Mega went to the door, and opened it. It had a small hallway that lead to Mega's room.

"Well, I guess you don't have to sleep on the floor tonight," said Roll.

"Yeah," said Mega as he looked at Roll, "but before you go, I need to tell you something that is difficult to put into words." With that said he pulled Roll into a tight hug and kissed her. Roll got over her shock quickly, and put her arms around the blue Navi. As she felt his strong arms around her holding her tightly, she felt safe for the first time in days.

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"Hagio, are the repairs complete?" asked the mysterious woman. She was at her office and had just turned the computer with Hagio on.

"Yes ma'am," said Hagio.

"According to my other Navi, Roll is in Houston, and Mega is barely letting her out of his sight. Maylu is being relocated to Houston, so who is left here in Dentech for us to torment?" asked the mysterious woman.

"Mistress, what about Yai?" asked Hagio. He still wanted to destroy the young Ayano and her Navi.

"Yes, but I will need you to kidnap her Navi as I go and get her tonight," said the woman as she got back to work.

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Maylu was packing for her trip to Houston. Lan was coming and he would be there in a few minutes. Chaud had emailed him around eight and got a response right back saying that Maylu could come. Chaud told Maylu and she started packing for a short trip. She didn't know how long she was going to be there, and so she decided to pack for a few days. "I'm positive that they have a mall in Houston, so I won't bring so many clothes," thought Maylu.

"Are you almost done?" asked Chaud through the door. "They are going to be here soon."

"Yes," said Maylu as she opened the door. "I'm done. I only have two small suitcases."

"Here, I'll get them," said Chaud as he rolled the two down the hall and the stairs to the front. "Do you have something to do on the way to Houston?"

"No, should I go and get something?" asked Maylu. Chaud nodded his head yes and Maylu went back to her room. "What can I do that won't annoy Lan, that will fit in the car, and will keep me occupied for two hours?" thought Maylu as she went and picked up a small duffel bag and set it on her bed. "Roll's PET! I almost forgot that! That would have been bad. Let me think," she thought as she went to her desk, "some CD's that I made, I'll take those; a book, make that two books, and my camera. That should be enough things." She went over to her bed and put the four items (A/N: the CD's are in a case) in her bag and went back downstairs. When she arrived, the door bell rang, and it was Dr. Hikari and Mrs. Hikari.

"We wanted to see Lan's car, so we came over," said Dr. Hikari.

"Ok, he should be here any minute," said Chaud. Right after he said that, what sounded like a race came into the neighborhood. The sound came closer until it stopped right outside of Maylu's home. "Right on cue," Chaud commented as the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" said Mrs. Sakurai as she walked to the door and opened it. "Hello Lan, and who is your friend?"

"Hi, I'm Jena, nice to meet you," said Jena as she and Lan were led into the living room. "Dr. Hikari and Mrs. Hikari, hi. I bet you don't recognize me."

"Hello Jena dear," said Mrs. Hikari as she went over and gave the teenage girl a hug. "You look so grown up. Last time I saw you was when you were in the office because you set off the stink bombs."

"Yes, I remember that, and I remember that I got in so much trouble that I wasn't allowed outside for a month," said Jena. "Hi, you must be Maylu and Chaud."

"Yes," said Maylu. Chaud just shook his head yes.

"Here, let me help you get your bags," said Lan as he took the rolling bags. "Do you wanna see my car now, Dad?"

"Sure, let's go," replied Dr. Hikari as he followed his son and Jena outside. When they got out to the front, a surprising sight met their eyes. There were five formula one racecars, but that wasn't the surprising part. The surprising part was the fact that Joey and Ryan had gotten into a fistfight and were now wrestling on the ground While Daniel sat on top of one of the cars holding two sets of keys, two wallets, and some other miscellaneous items that the two boys had in their pockets that they had emptied before the fight.

"HEY! BREAK IT UP BEFORE I BREAK BOTH OF YOUR NECKS!" yelled Jena as she walked over to the two and pulled them apart. She gave them both dirty looks before addressing the group behind her. When she turned around, she saw Lan and Chaud, who looked like he was trying hard not to laugh, Maylu, who looked like she couldn't believe her eyes, and Dr. Hikari and his wife who looked shocked at Jena's reaction. "Sorry, the two of them got in a fight over the radio when we were flying over here, and they decided to settle this outside."

"Hi Maylu," said Daniel, who had just redistributed the items to the two boys and was now walking over to the group. "Lan, do you want some help with her bags?"

"Here," said Lan as he gave one of the rolling bags to Daniel. "Let's go and see my car." Lan lead them to the car that was parked in front of his house.

"Wow, did all of you build this?" asked Chaud as he took a good look at it.

"Yes," said Jena, "but I did the paint job."

"I like how you did the symbol," said Dr. Hikari as Lan and Daniel packed the bags in the back seat.

"Thanks, well, time to go. Everyone, get to your cars," said Jena as she, Ryan, Daniel, and Joey got into their cars.

"Here you go," said Lan as he opened the door for Maylu and closed to when she sat down. "Bye mom, bye dad," he said as he walked over to the driver's side and sat down.

"Gentlemen," said Jena over the radio, "Start you engines!" Everyone started their engines at the same time. "Bye!" she yelled out of her window as they took off towards the highway.

"Remember Lan," said Ryan as they sped off down the highway, "When you hit 90, hit the green button."

"I know," said Lan as he watched the speedometer, 80, 85, 90. Lan hit the green button, the wings came out, and Lan followed the rest of the Guard into the sky.

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"That's a cool little trick Lan," said the Mysterious woman. "But it won't help you save your friends. Too bad you can't keep track of all of them at the same time." She was in a black van, and in the back were Tory, Dex, and Yai, all of them were knocked out and chained together back to back.

"Mistress, shall I send the ransom note now, or should I wait until tonight?" asked Hagio, who was in the car's system.

"Wait until tonight," said the woman, "And send him a picture of them now." Hagio took the picture and started to work on the email.

"We will get our revenge Hagio, we will," said the woman as she drove to her home.

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I started this on Christmas, but I had to go and do so much to get ready for dinner (and I was making sprite things on my computer), that I couldn't finish it until now. Enjoy!

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