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"Is he going to be ok?"

"I think so."

"Shh, not so loud, you're going to wake him up!"

"He's been asleep for a week, he needs to be woken," all of these voices around him confused Hub.

"What?" he asked as he opened his eyes. He saw Lan, Jena, Joey, Ryan, Daniel, Maylu, Dex, Tory, Yai, Chaud, and his parents all around his bed. When he tried to sit up, Dr. Hikari just pushed him back down.

"How are you feeling?" asked Jena.

"Like I got hit by a truck. What happened to me? Last thing I remember is fighting Hagio and Hagio hitting me with a super charged shot. After that it is all a blank," replied Hub.

"Well," said Lan, "Hagio had a special ability that causes a Navi to be transformed into their weakest form. You were turned into a human and had a major HBD attack. You almost died."

"Well," said Jena, "that will be time number six that you have eluded death."

"Lucky," replied Ryan with a grin on his face.

"So, where am I?" Hub asked as he looked around his room.

"I'll give you one hint, you were here when you were little for a few years," said Jena.

"Uggh, I hate the hospital," he said. Everyone laughed at this remark. "What?"

"It's just that this is very out of character for you," said Chaud.

"Hey, I was stuck in the hospital for three years, and now I am in it again. At least I don't have the same nurse," Hub commented as his door opened. A nurse that looked very old walked in carrying a tray of food. Hub sat up quickly and moved as far away from the nurse as possible.

"Hello there Hub. I haven't seen you in a long time," said the nurse as all the color drained from Hub's face. "Here is your breakfast." She said as she set the tray down and walking out.

"She's still alive? Can I please transfer hospitals?" he asked as his old nurse shut the door.

"What's so bad about that nurse?" asked Dex.

"Yeah. Guts want to know," said Gutsman from his PET.

"Let's put it this way, when I was four, she did her best to keep me in my bed at all times. She thinks that all of her patients need to be lying down and resting. I got to go to the play room once a month while the rest of the kids went once or twice a week. She is horrible," said Hub.

"I'm sorry," said Roll as Hub moved back down his bed and laid down and sighed. "I wish you could get back into the net now."

"Hmm, let me see if I can make a chip that will allow Hub to do that," said Jena as she pulled out her laptop.

"Jena," said Dr. Hikari, "he will need to become a Navi before he can go back into the net."

"How are we going to do that?" asked Lan as Jena put her Laptop up. He had been looking at the tray of food that his brother was supposed to eat, and had decided that there was nothing edible on the whole tray.

"Well, we can't use Spectrum like we did last time, so we are going to have to figure something out something else," said Dr. Hikari.

"In the meantime can Maylu, Dex, Tory, Yai, Daniel, Chaud and I go to the food court?" asked Lan.

"Sure, how much money do you think you will need?" asked Mrs. Hikari.

"Twenty Zenny just to be safe," said Lan. Mrs. Hikari gave him the money and they left.

"Where do you think that they are going to do?" asked Hub as he looked at the tray of "food". Jena went over and poked the slop on the plate with a pencil. "Jena, what are you doing?"

"I am trying to see if this is a) alive, b) slime, c) the blob from that movie that dissolves anything that it touches," said Jena as she continued to poke the "food" (A/N: it is Oatmeal that has too much water). "I deem this food inedible."

"Great, what is he going to eat now?" asked Ryan.

"I have a feeling that Lan went to go and get him some real food. I hear that there is a McDonalds in the basement," said Joey. All of the sudden Jena's PET rang.

"Email from your parents," said Zemmi as she opened the email. "They say that Ryan, Joey and Daniel need to go home ASAP. They also say that Jena can stay."

"Come on Ryan," said Joey, "time to go and get my lil' brother and take him home."

"Bye Mega, I mean Hub," said Ryan.

"See ya," said Xantho.

"Bye," said Aviato.

"Get better soon. I'll have Gig send you a proper goodbye email from him and Daniel when we are in the air," said Joey as he and Ryan left the room. Hub just sighed and let his head fall into his pillow.

"Is everything ok sweetie?" asked Mrs. Hikari.

"I am really bored. I haven't even been awake for a whole ten minutes, and I am about to be bored out of my mind," Hub replied.

"I'll figure out what you can do while you are in here. In fact I will go and see how much longer you have to be in here," said Jena as she left.

"It's going to be ok Hub. We will find a way to put you back into the net," said Dr. Hikari. "That is what you want, correct?"

"Yes. I have the majority of my friends there. I miss them so much," said Hub.

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"What do you think that Hub would like?" asked Lan as he and the rest of the group entered the McDonalds.

"Lan, do you really think that he is allowed to eat this food?" asked Maylu.

"Well, I can tell you something. He will not eat that slop that the nurse left in his room. If we are lucky, it will end up in the trash can instead of in a water balloon that he will throw out the window," said Lan as he looked on the menu. "I think that he would like some chicken nuggets."

"Ok, well, I think that I will have a burger," said Chaud. The group went to the counter and placed their orders. They got their food and were about to leave when Joey and Ryan entered the restaurant.

"Daniel, mom and dad just emailed and said that we need to go home ASAP," said Joey.

"Fine, bye guys," said Joey as he followed his brother and his friend out the door and to the garage.

"Let's get Hub his food," said Lan as they went back to his room. When they arrived on his floor, they had the bad luck of running into Hub's nurse.

"Who is all of that food for? I count six of you and seven drinks," she said.

"This other drink is for my dad," said Lan, "so can you please move so I can get to my brother's room?"

"Fine, go ahead," she said as she moved out of the way so they could pass.

"I see why Hub doesn't like her," said Yai as they got to his room.

"Hub, food!" said Lan as he threw Hub's bag to him, and handed his cup to him.

"Thanks, you are a lifesaver. I would rather starve than eat that stuff that they serve here," he said as he took out his chicken and fries.

"Lan seems to think that the oatmeal will be thrown out the window if you get bored," said Chaud.

"That's not a bad idea. Does anyone have a water balloon?" asked Hub.

"Mega!" said Roll from her PET, "I can't believe you!"

"What, I was only joking!" he replied.

"Well, we should go. I think that visiting hours are over," said Dr. Hikari as he shooed the group out of the room. "Goodbye Hub."

"Bye dad," he said as he started on his food. When his father left, the nurse came in and saw him eating his food.

"What on earth are you eating!" she exclaimed as she snatched the food away from him and threw it in the trash.

"HEY, I was eating that!" he exclaimed as he tried to get out of bed to get his food.

"You had better lie back down, Mr. Hikari," she said threatenly to Hub. "Or else you might not get anything edible for a while."

Hub just glared at her while she left his room.

"I wish that I had a PET or a phone or something so I could contact someone," thought Hub. He lied back down and sighed. "I wish that Jena was here. She would be all over that nurse's back for saying that to me in that tone." He closed his eyes and drifted off into a light slumber.

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Jena, the Hikari family, and Lan's friends were about to leave when Jena stopped abruptly. "What is it Jena?" asked Dr. Hikari.

"I forgot something in Hub's room. I know where you live, so you don't need to wait for me," said Jena as she turned heel and ran back the way they had come.

"Can you believe it," came Hub's nurse's voice through a door, "I thought that I had him out of my hair when he died ten years ago!" Jena entered the room and cleared her throat. "I also thought that I was through with you too."

"Well you aren't and if I hear of you tormenting him, you will pay," said Jena.

"Fine, now get out of my room. Last time you were in here, a huge bag of stink bombs went off in my bed," she said as Jena left the room.

"You can't prove anything!" said Jena as she shut the door and walked over to Hub's room. She opened the door and found him asleep in his bed. "Hub," she whispered as she shook him slightly, "I need to tell you something. Wake up."

"Huh?" he asked as he looked at her.

"Here is a cell phone. It has my cell number in it, and you can call any time you need help," said Jena as she left his room. "Bye."

"Bye," Hub said, smiling as he went back to sleep.

Jena went back downstairs to find the whole group waiting for her. "What did you forget?" asked Lan.

"I forgot," began Jena before she was cut off by Chaud.

"I don't really think that she needs to answer that. Lan, you, me and Dr. Hikari need to get to Sci-Labs right now," said Chaud. Lan nodded his head yes and followed Chaud outside.

"Do you want me to drive one of us there?" he asked.

"Um, sure," said Chaud as he followed Lan to his car. When they got to the cars, Dr. Hikari looked at Lan nervously.

"Are you sure that this is safe?" he asked.

"Sure," said Jena, "Lan learned quickly. He is a good driver. Lan, remember that you have to obey the traffic laws here. You don't have a free license here."

"Whatever, come on. Get in!" said Lan as he got into the driver's seat and Chaud got into the passenger's seat.

"You two drive safely," said Mrs. Hikari. Lan started up the car and drove down the ramp.

"Who wants to ride with me?" said Jena.

"I will," replied Yai. She got into Jena's car and Jena took off towards her home.

"Well, everyone else, let's get down to my car and I'll take the rest of you home," said Dr. Hikari as he got to his car. Maylu, Dex, and Tory all crawled into the back and helped his wife into the passenger's seat. "Here we go." He turned the key and took off for the Water works building to drop Tory off.

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That night Hub had a dream.

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Hub was walking down a long dark corridor. "Where am I?" he thought. He looked around when he heard Roll scream. "ROLL!" he yelled as he took off running towards the sound of the cry.

"Help me!" she yelled as Hub entered the room. She was in a computer fighting a legion of Swordies. "Mega help me!"

"Roll!" he cried as he tried to find a way to send her chips. When he found her PET, it vanished into thin air. "Where did it go?" he asked.

"Mega, please, help! I can't do this on my own! I need help!" she said desperately.

"How? I can't get into the computer! NO!" he yelled as he watched a Swordy slice her leg. She fell to the ground and the rest attacked. Right before she was about to be deleted Hub woke up.

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"ROLL!" he yelled as he sat up quickly.

"Hub, what's wrong?" asked Maylu. She, Lan, Jena, and Mrs. Hikari were looking at him with a worried look in their eyes.

"Nothing, just a bad dream," he said as he tried to roll onto his side and started to shake in fear.

"Hub, what was your dream about?" asked Jena. "What happened in your dream?"

Hub calmed down enough to answer. "I was walking down a corridor when I heard Roll scream. I ran into the room where she was, and she was in a computer being attacked by a whole bunch of Swordies. I tried to find her PET, and when I did, it disappeared. I tried to find another way to help, but before I was able to, she was deleted," he said as he wiped the sweat away from his forehead.

"It's ok, it was only a dream," said Mrs. Hikari as she hugged her son.

"Yes, but I still need to get back to the net. Hey wait, Lan, aren't you supposed to be helping at Sci-Labs?" Hub asked.

"No, dad seems to think that you are well enough to be released from the hospital, so we came to get you," said Lan as he tried to pull his brother out of bed.

"Lan, you seem to have forgotten that I am in Hospital clothes, and the only other clothes that I have is my jumpsuit, which was ripped to shreds last time I checked," said Hub.

"I brought some of my clothes for you to use. I don't wear these anyways," said Lan as he pulled out a blue t-shirt and a pair of blue Jeans. "Here are some tennis shoes that I hope will fit you."

Mrs. Hikari took the girls and Lan and led them out of the room while Hub changed into the clothes that Lan brought. When he was done he walked out of the room and to where the group was. "I'm ready."

"Ok, let's get you signed out," said Mrs. Hikari as she led the kids towards the front. She signed the paperwork and led them out to her car. Jena, Maylu, and Hub sat in the back while Lan got into the front.

"Where are we going?" asked Hub as they drove off.

"We are going to Sci-Labs to see if we can find a way to put you back into the net," said Jena. Hub shook nodded his head in understanding, and sat in silence for ten minutes.

"Mega?" asked Roll from her PET, "Are you ok?"

"I just really miss you, and I really want to get back. That dream that I had showed me just how helpless I am out here," said Hub as he held her PET.

"Hey," said Lan as he turned around in he seat, "How do you think that I feel when you are in trouble in the net, huh?"

"Sorry, but I am just used to being able to engage myself in the battle," he shot back. Lan rolled his eyes and turned around. They arrived at Sci-Labs to find Chaud waiting for them in the front.

"I see you got him," he said as Lan, Maylu, Jena, and Hub got out of the car.

"Yeah, and we didn't have to do anything other than paperwork to do it, an I was really hoping that I could use my authority as a Guard member," said Jena. Chaud rolled his eyes and led the way to where Dr. Hikari was waiting for them.

"Good morning everyone," he said as he looked at the five kids as they entered his office. "Hub, I think that we may have found a way to put you back."

"How?" he asked.

"Well," said Jena, "I thought about doing something like this last night. I made a chip that is like the opposite of the Gateway chip. This chip is specifically designed to work on you only. I had Dr. Hikari give me the sequence of your DNA from when you were little, and designed the chip to turn you back to data. In other words, this is the opposite of Hagio chip."

"Do you think it will work?" Hub asked.

"There's only one way to find out," said Lan as he took the chip from Jena. "Data chip slot in."

When Lan slotted the chip in, a white light appeared around Hub. He felt a tingling sensation, and his vision began to blur. He lost consciousness as he felt his body try to change into data.

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"Did it work?"

"I hope so."

"Roll, go and see if you can find him."

Mega began to regain consciousness and sit up when he heard a scream. "MEGA!" he heard someone scream and saw a flash of pink before he was knocked back onto the ground. "You're ok. I was so worried. Don't you ever do that to me again!" said Roll as she hugged him tightly.

"Roll, it's ok. I'm fine," he replied as he hugged her back.

"You need some help there?" asked Protoman, who had just entered the computer.

"Nah, I'm good," he said as he got Roll off him and got up.

"Don't ever scare me like that again!" said Roll as she hugged him again.

"Roll, I'm ok. Everything is going to be ok," said Mega.

"MEGA!" came Lan's voice from a pop-up screen. "Thank god! I thought that something went wrong!"

"No, I'm ok. Jena, thank you so much!" said Mega.

"No prob. What are friends for?" she said smiling. "I'm just glad that the chip worked."

"Me too," said Mega. Roll finally let him go, but still held on to his arm.

"You aren't going to let him go, are you?" asked Protoman.

"Not until he makes me, and I know that he is too nice to do that," said Roll as Mega rolled his eyes.

"I'm just glad that everything turned out ok in the end," said Maylu.

"HUB!" came a voice from Mega's head. Hub, you need to wake up. Please wake up." Hub began to get a headache from the voice yelling in his head.

"Mega, what's wrong?" asked Roll.

"Hub, please. You need to wake up. YOU CAN'T LEAVE US!" came the voice.

"I think that I am still in the real world," he said as he began to look around himself.

"What would ever give you that idea?" asked Dr. Hikari.

"Hub, I will never forgive you if you don't wake up!" came Roll's voice in his head.

"I am still in the real world. How do I get out of here," said Mega as he started to look around himself frantically. "I think that I am unconscious."

"Well, if you were asleep, all you would have to do is close your eyes," said Jena. Mega closed his eyes, and felt the world spin around him.

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"HUB!" Lan yelled as he shook his brother's unconscious form. "WAKE UP!"

"Lan?" asked Hub as he opened his eyes and tried to sit up. "You don't have to yell so loudly."

"You're ok," said Lan as he tackled his brother.

"Yeah, ok…… ok that's enough, get off," Hub said as he pushed his brother off him. "What happened to me?"

"Something happened to your data form. I think that part of it rewrote itself since you were first activated. We need to find a way to change your present DNA into data," said Dr. Hikari. "But not today. You all need to get home and rest, especially you Hub."

"Ok," said Jena as she helped Hub to his feet.

"Here," said Chaud, "I can get you all a ride to your homes."

"Thanks," said Jena as they got to the foyer of Sci-Labs. A black limo arrived one minute later, and they all piled in. "Hey, I have an idea."

"What?" asked Hub.

"Why don't we do all the things that you can't do in the Net?" asked Jena.

"That is actually a good idea," said Chaud. "Should we go and tell your parents in person, or just send them an email?"

"Email, or else they might keep us at home," said Lan.

"Ok, Protoman, can you send an email to the Hikari's and the Sakurai's and tell them that I am taking them to my office to show them something?" asked Chaud.

"Sure," he said as he began the emails.

"Driver, please take us to the theater," said Chaud.

"Yes sir," said the driver as he took off towards the movie theater.

"Um Chaud, I think that he can see a movie in the net," said Lan.

"Yes, but he can't have popcorn, Coke, hotdogs, and all that good stuff," said Jena (A/N: any soft drink in Texas is called coke, even if it is Dr. Pepper). "What should we see?"

"We will figure it out when we get there," said Chaud.

"Let's see the new Harry Potter movie in Imax!" said Maylu.

"Ok," said Lan as they arrived at the movie theater. "But I'm not buying tickets."

"Jena, here's some money, you go buy them," said Chaud as he handed her twenty bucks.

"Fine," she said as she went to go and stand in line to buy the tickets.

"So I have to get popcorn and all of that stuff, right?" asked Hub.

"No, you have to get Jumbo-sized popcorn, a box of skittles, a large Coke a Cola, a hotdog, and a pretzel," said Lan as Jena came back with the tickets.

"I hope that he is going to share," said Maylu.

"Yeah, I don't want him to throw up, and he still needs to save room for lunch," said Jena.

"Um, I don't really want all of that," said Hub.

"Well, we are going to help you eat that," said Lan as they got to the counter.

"How may I help you?" asked the woman at the counter.

"We would like a Jumbo popcorn, a box of skittles, two large Cokes, a large Dr. Pepper, a Large Sprite, a Large Root Beer, a hotdog, and a pretzel," said Chaud.

"That will be twenty dollars," said the woman as she handed them their drinks and skittles, and went to get the popcorn, pretzel, and the hotdog. Chaud handed her the money and she put all of the food on a cardboard tray.

"Come on, we need to get good seats," said Jena as she lead the way to the IMAX room. They found good seats and sat down before they passed out the food. Hub and Jena got a Coke each and the popcorn, Maylu got her Sprite and took the hotdog, Chaud took the Root Beer and the pretzel, and Lan took the Dr. Pepper and the skittles. "We might need to get a refill on the popcorn in the middle of the movie."

"But we got the biggest bucket that they had!" said Maylu as she set her PET up so that Roll could see.

"I know, but I forgot how much he likes popcorn," said Jena as Hub rolled his eyes before taking another large handful.

"Here Hub," said Lan, handing him a handful of skittles, "see if you like these." Hub ate an orange one and shook his head yes.

"These are pretty good by themselves," he said as he shoved the rest in his mouth, "but they are really good when you have more than one color in your mouth at once."

"Shhh, it's starting," said Roll as the lights dimmed and the movie started.

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"Dr. Hikari, your sons are in the movie theater," said Famous as he tracked Mega's PET.

"Oh well, I knew that they were going to try to let Hub experience as much in the real world as he can before he goes back," said Dr. Hikari as he continued to study Hub's DNA. He stood up suddenly and gasped.

"What is it?" asked Famous.

"Hub's DNA has transformed since he was born. I don't know if it has to do with him being a Navi, but according to this, Hub doesn't have HBD anymore," he said as he read over his current DNA and his DNA from when he was five.

"How can that be possible?" asked Famous.

"It must be because he was a Navi and didn't have HBD in the net. There is no other explanation," he replied. "No wonder the transfer didn't work. The DNA that I gave to Jena to use is no longer valid."

"This is amazing. So do you think that becoming a Navi can cure diseases?" asked Famous.

"I don't know, but what I want to know is this: Why did Hub have an HBD attack if he doesn't have the disease anymore?" asked Dr. Hikari.

"It probably has something to do with Hagio. Lan said that Tesla told him that Hagio had the ability to turn a Navi into his/her weakest form," said Famous.

"Well, we had better try to change the program that Jena created to work with this," said Dr. Hikari as he and Famous got to work.

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And this story is almost over! I hope to have it done by the end of the year here. Happy New Year!

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