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"So Hub did you like the movie?" asked Maylu as they exited the theater.
"Yeah, but I think I ate too much popcorn," said Hub.
"Well, you did eat a whole bucket by yourself," said Jena as they got to the limo.
"So, now where?" asked Lan as they climbed in.
"Why don't we go ice skating?" asked Chaud.
"Sure, but I can do that in the net," said Hub.
"Not really. You see humans get colder faster, and if you fall on your bottom, you will feel the cold," said Lan as his PET rang. "Hello."
"Lan," came Dr. Hikari's voice from the PET, "You, Hub and Jena need to get to Sci Labs now. No buts about it."
"Ok," replied Lan as he ended the call.
"Driver," said Chaud, "can you please take us back to Sci-Labs?"
"Yes sir," said the driver as he turned the car towards the Labs.
"Well, let's hope that he has found out what went wrong earlier today," said Maylu. Hub nodded his head in agreement.
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Dr. Hikari was waiting for the group to arrive at Sci-Labs out front. When they arrived in Chaud's limo, he went over to the door and opened the door for them. "I think that I found out why the chip didn't work earlier," he said as they exited the limo.
"What was wrong? Were my calculations correct?" asked Jena as she got out of the limo and Dr. Hikari closed the door since she was the last one out.
"No, your calculations were correct, if he still had the same DNA from when he was five," said Dr. Hikari as he led them to his office.
"What?" asked Hub. Dr. Hikari pulled up two pictured of Hub's double helix, one of now, the other of when he was five.
"Well, you don't have HBD anymore. As you can see here," said Dr. Hikari as he highlighted a part of the two strands. The strand from when he was five looked deformed, and the present one was fine, "your DNA has corrected itself over the years that you have been a Navi."
"Wow, I didn't think that that was possible," said Jena as she looked at the strands closer. "Well that will explain why the chip didn't work. I designed it to work with the deformation in the strand, but now it is ok. Do I need to redo the chip completely?"
"Well, I tried to change the chip, but you need to look at it to make sure that I did it correctly," said Dr. Hikari as he handed the chip to Jena. She took out her laptop and entered the chip into a slot in it, and pulled up the command lines.
"So, am I going back to the net or not?" asked Hub as he looked over Jena's shoulder. "That is a very complex command sequence."
"Well, I am changing a human to a Navi and putting him in the net, so it kinda has to be complex," she said as she changed a few things on it before deeming the chip usable.
"Are you sure this time?" asked Lan.
"Lan, she fixed the problem," said Chaud.
"Yeah, well, ok," said Lan.
"Hub," said Maylu as she gave him a hug, "this was a lot of fun hanging out with you."
"See ya," said Jena as she handed the chip to Lan. Hub went over and gave her a hug.
"Thank you so much, Jena," he said as he let her go. "I'll miss you."
"Just get going before this becomes a sappy scene," said Jena with a half smile. Hub gave her a smile back and went over to his dad and gave him a hug before going over to Lan.
"I'm ready," he said before Lan ran over and gave him a big hug.
"I'll miss having you out here with me being able to do every thing that I am doing," said Lan as he and everyone else stood back. "Data chip, slot in!" Hub got the tingling sensation as the white light surrounded him again. His vision began to blur as he felt his legs go numb, and he passed out as the numbness crept up his body.
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"Mega, you ok?" asked Lan when Mega appeared in the net.
"Uggh, I think that I have lost all feeling in my body," Mega said as he tried to sit up.
"Well, you were just transferred into the net while the second after you were changed to data. No wonder," said Jena from a popup screen that had appeared in front of Mega. He managed to sit up before he heard a shrill scream.
"MEGA!" yelled Roll as she tackled him. "You're ok. I was so worried."
"Roll? I'm ok, it's ok, it's over," he said as he tried to get up, but Roll didn't look like she was about to let him go anytime soon.
"Need some help?" asked Protoman as he entered the net.
"Yeah, I kinda want to stand up," said Mega as he and Protoman tried to pries Roll off of Mega, but to no avail.
"Like the two of you are going to be able to get me off!" she asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot that you are ticklish," said Mega as he began to tickle her. She let go and tried to get away.
"Ok, ok, I give, I give," she said as Mega stopped tickling her. "I really missed you."
"Me too," Mega said as he pulled her into a tight hug.
"AWWWWWWWW!" said Maylu and Jena together. Lan and Chaud were snickering. Dr. Hikari wasn't in sight.
"What? I missed her," said Mega as he held on to her tightly.
"So? I missed you for ten years, and I didn't tackle you, or hug you, now did I?" asked Jena.
"Oh, yeah," said Mega as he let go of Roll and looked down. "Sorry."
"I was just joking, go and love on your girlfriend. I'm sure that she really missed you," said Jena.
"So," said Dr. Hikari as he reentered the room, "are you ok Hub, I mean Mega?"
"Yeah, I feel ok I guess," he replied.
"Well, I am going to put you into an analysis program now," said Dr. Hikari as he opened to program for Mega to enter.
"I don't really have a choice, do I?" asked Mega.
"No, you don't," said Protoman as he pushed Mega into the program. In the real world, Maylu had gone over to Lan to ask him a question.
"I am never going to have a dull year with you as my friend, am I?" she asked.
"Well, I guess the answer is no," said Lan.
"You know what the answer to this problem is," said Jena. "You need to stop hanging out with Lan."
"That would do it," said Chaud.
"Hey," said Jena, "who wants to go and get pizza?"
"We just ate at the movie theater," said Maylu.
"I know, so does anyone want pizza?" Jena asked again. Maylu, Chaud, and Lan all just rolled their eyes. "I take that as a no then." Lan walked over to her and smacked her upside the head. Jena replied by pulling him into a headlock.
"Some things never really change," said Dr. Hikari. "I remember when Hub was four, and they would play fight, you could tell when it was over because he would end up in a head lock just like Lan is." Everyone just laughed as Jena let Lan go.
"What?" asked Jena. "I won, didn't I?" Everyone just laughed harder.
"So Lan, are you going to go back to Houston with me?" asked Jena.
"Well, I don't know. Dad, can I go back?" he asked.
"I guess that you can go for a week, but after that I want you to come home," said Dr. Hikari.
"Well, can I go back too?" asked Maylu.
"You will have to ask your parents," said Dr. Hikari. Roll laughed at the Ops as they tried to work this out.
"And what is so funny?" asked Jena as she gave Roll glare.
"Well, she is going to have to go back to get her things anyway," said Roll.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that," said Maylu. "Roll, can you send an email to my parents and tell them that I need to go back to Houston? Tell them that Lan will come back in a week and that I can just go back with him."
"Can do," said Roll as she started the email. She told Maylu's parents that everything was ok, and that she needed to go back to Houston for a week to get all of her things together, and that she would come back with Lan. When she was done, she and Protoman logged out.
"When is the program going to finish analyzing Mega?" asked Lan as he went over to watch the program work.
"Well, I would say in an hour or so. This program will fix any problems that come up from the transfer," said Dr. Hikari.
"So what are we going to do for an hour?" asked Chaud.
"Hey, Lan and I can have a sky race!" said Jena.
"How will that be fun for us?" asked Maylu.
"You can ride with us!" said Lan. "Let's go!" He went over and took Maylu by the wrist and ran out of the room. Jena and Chaud followed them out the door.
"Where did you park?" asked Chaud.
"We are at my house," said Lan.
"So why did you run?" asked Chaud, annoyed with the younger Net Saver.
"So my dad wouldn't get mad at me or stop me," said Lan. Chaud called his limo, which came over and picked them up to take them to Lan's home. When they arrived, they saw Mrs. Hikari and Mrs. Sakurai chatting in front of the two houses.
"Hello," said Mrs. Hikari. "Did Hub get back into the computer? I see that he is not with you."
"Yes, he is in analysis program," said Lan as he made his way to the cars.
"And where do you think that you are going?" asked Mrs. Sakurai.
"We were going to show Chaud and Maylu how beautiful the city is from the sky," said Jena as she helped Maylu into her car and Chaud climbed into Lan's car.
"Well," said Mrs. Hikari, "No wild flying."
"Ok mom," said Lan as he started his car and turned on the radio. "Jena, how do we work that hover feature that you told me about yesterday?"
"Push the blue-green button. It will send you up when you push on the gas. Push the yellow button when you are in the air and up to altitude, and then push the blue-green button again," said Jena as he car began to rise. Lan did what he was told, and soon they were flying over the city. "Where do you think that we should race to and back? We have a full tank of gas each, and we can hit 180 before we start to run down the gas levels fast."
"Let's race to the beach, and stay there for an hour or so, and then race back," said Lan. He and Jena used the highway as a starting line for the race. "Three, two, one, GO!" yelled Lan as he and Jena floored it.
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"Finally," said Mega as he exited the program. "Dad, where is everyone?"
"They said that they were going to the beach. Do you want me to send you to Lan?" asked Dr. Hikari.
"Dad, I have a question," said Mega.
"Yes, what is it Mega?" asked Dr. Hikari.
"Do you think that everything would be very different if I had lived?" asked Mega.
"Yes, I do. Do you regret becoming a Navi?" asked Dr. Hikari.
"No, I don't. I think that even if I had a doubt about where to stay, in the real world or net, Jena would have made me go to the Net no matter what. She would make me go back no matter what, and she will say that it is where I belong now. Do you believe that this is where I belong?" he asked.
"You have done a lot of thinking about this. Yes, I do think that you belong there. You and Lan are a team in fighting Net crime. Removing you from the net would have horrible consequences, like a rise in net crime. You are stronger in there than you could ever be in the real world. So yes, I believe without a doubt that you belong there," said Dr Hikari.
"Ok," said Mega, who looked a little happier, "I think that I am ready to go and see everyone now."
"Here is a link to your PET. Oh, and it is around five o'clock in the afternoon now," said Dr. Hikari as he opened a link in the computer.
"Thanks dad," said Mega as he entered the link. When he arrived at his PET, he saw that it was propped up in its car holder. Lan was flying quickly, and Chaud was in the passenger's seat. "Hey Lan, where are we going?"
"Well, Jena and I are racing to the Beach, and I think that I am winning," said Lan as he pushed the car faster. "Dang it!"
"What?" asked Protoman.
"Jena just passed us. Oh well, time for the nitro mix that Daniel created!" said Lan as he pushed a button on the dashboard. The car began to gain speed rapidly, and Lan looked like he was having fun. "YES! It works, and we have a preferable head start. There goes the rest of it. And there is the beach. Time to slow down and start the descent."
Lan slowed the car down to 70 as he landed on the highway. Jena landed right behind him. "Nice nitro mix," came Jena's voice over the radio. "Too bad you used it all then. If I recall correctly, that was Daniel's mix."
"So what if it is? Let's get to the beach," said Lan as he pulled into a parking space, followed by Jena. They all exited the car, jacked their Navi's into the net, and ran to the sand.
"Mega," asked Roll as she, Mega, Protoman, and Zemmi went over to the shore, "How was being a human?"
"It was ok, but I really missed all of you," said Mega as he sat down on the sand. Roll went over and sat next to him while Zemmi and Protoman used the design chip to change into their swimsuits and went into the water.
"I really missed you too," said Roll as she put her head on his shoulder. Mega pulled her into a half hug.
"I missed you the most," he said as he watched the digital sun set. "You want to get into the water now?"
"Sure, Maylu sent me a swimsuit chip before we came. I think that everyone got one," said Roll as she opened the program and her outfit transformed into a two piece that looked like the one that Maylu was wearing. It had a halter top with surf short bottoms, and was pink while Maylu's was yellow. Mega opened his chip, and was put into some blue swim trunks. Mega took Roll's hand and lead her to the water.
"Why is there a pier there?" he asked as he looked at a random pier. He walked onto it, and was pushed into the water by Zemmi who had snuck up on him.
"That is why the pier is there," Zemmi said as he resurfaced, "To push people in." With that said, she jumped into the water after Mega. Roll walked over to the pier and jumped in and swam over to Mega.
"I thought that you were going to hear her," said Roll when she reached him.
"Well, I didn't. Oh well. Look how far down we can see here," said Mega as he looked into the water below them. They could see all the way to the bottom, and could see the school's of fish, coral, and the scuba divers. They swam over to the shore and spent the rest of the daylight swimming and dunking each other, just like their Op's.
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The next morning, Roll, Mega, Zemmi, Maylu, Lan, and Jena were getting ready to leave Dentech for the flight to Houston. They had all of their things packed, and were saying their goodbyes. "Bye mom and dad," said Lan, "See you in a week."
"Bye sweetie," said Mrs. Hikari, and hugged her son.
"Bye," said Maylu as she got into the passenger's seat as Lan got out of his mother's grasp and into the driver's seat.
"Now, no more adventures until after you get back," said Chaud with a half smile as Jena got into her car.
"Ok, bye!" said Jena as she and Lan started their cars and drove off.
"They will be ok, won't they?" asked Mrs. Sakurai.
"Yeah, most bad guys won't attack until after they are back at least," said Chaud.
"I hope so," said Dr. Hikari as he watched his son fly off into the sunrise. "You're right, they will be fine."
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Happy New Year. Sorry if it is a short chapter, but I need to get this finished before we go to a party. Well, this is the end of the story, but I will have an epilogue up tomorrow I hope.
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