"Mmm…" Shade moaned. "Huh?" .His eyes were barely in focus as he only saw a blur. Where was he? How did he get there? Who's voice is that? Shade tried to get up, but felt a hand push him back down onto the table.
"Don't get up so soon." The red net navi said. "We have to make sure you're functioning properly." Functioning properly? What did he mean by that? Was something wrong with him? Were they gonna hurt him? What? The net navi removed the electrode spikes from Shade's chest & sealed the wounds. Shade did feel pain, so it didn't surprise him that much. He felt the cold table he was on, & squinted at the light that was shining down at him. So much so, that he covered his eyes with his hand. He wanted to ask where he was, but he was too busy shielding his eyes from the bright light. The net navi inserted a wire from the IV unit into Shade's hand, causing Shade to squirm from the pain. "I know it hurts." The red net navi said. "But this'll help us check to see if you're functioning properly. The results will be displayed on this IV unit, which will let us know how healthy you are." They were that concerned for him? Using human methods to check how healthy he was? These net navi things certainly were friendly, but what about that net navi that took him from his grave? He looked over at the unit & saw a zigzagging line on a black square. The red net navi appeared to be happy. "Good." He said. "Everything seems to be working properly. I'd say you're healthy as a horse virus." Horse virus? What's a horse virus? It sounded like a disease. But the red net navi seemed to describe it as an animal.
"What's a horse virus?" Shade asked.
"You'll find out in due time, my friend." The red net navi said. His friend? Shade barely knew him & already they were friends? Maybe he was just saying that. Just then, several other net navis, along with the orange & pink net navis, poured into the room. Shade sat up, then realized what his hand looked like. He looked down at his new body & got a little frightened.
"W-what happened to me?" Shade asked in distress.
"Calm down, we'll explain everything to you." The red net navi said, holding his hands up as if to defend himself. Shade angrily grabbed the net navi by his neck & made eye contact with him, freaking him out a little.
"You'd better!" Shade shouted.
"Talk to the others." The net navi said. "They may know something." Shade grudgingly got up from the table & looked around the room he was in. He saw several other net navis in miscellaneous places throughout the room. He counted about 10, including the red net navi next to him that he let go of.
"Well, if I want answers, I'd better ask around." Shade said to himself. He looked & saw he didn't have to fly, that all the net navis are in walking distance. It seemed a lot easier than having to fly several wingbeats. He simply walked up to an orange net navi like the net navi that played a part in his resurrection, except the lower half of his head was human. It looks over at him & smiled.
"Hi." The net navi said. "I'm pleased to meet you." Shade was confused. The being appears to be speaking the humans wired language, & he understood every word of it.
":I-I understand you." Shade said, bewildered.
"Of course you can." The net navi said. "We installed a translator into you while we were fixing your body up." Shade cocked his head over to 1 side. This word was completely new & foreign to him. It was like a completely new word to him.
"Trans-la-tor?" Shade asked, sounding the word out. The net navi looked at Shade for a while, then started laughing upon realizing what Shade meant.
"Ha ha!" The orange net navi said. "Oh, I get it now. You don't speak my language. Okay, a translator is a human machine or program that allows humans to understand what animals are saying & vice-versa." Shade slowly nods in understanding, satisfied at learning this new word.
"Okay." He said. "That sounds useful." Shade nodded his head in understanding. The translator sure sounded interesting. The thought of being able to understand a human's words as if they were an animal's would surely bridge a gap between humans & birds & beasts. However, why would they want to talk to birds & beasts? The acts of the humans sure can be weird & hard to interpret, like how they banded the bats.
"You bet it is." The orange net navi suggested. "Why not talk to the other the other net navis. They have more to say than me."
"Okay." Shade said, he looked around the area. There certainly were a LOT of these net navi things around. He walked up to a green net navi.
"I'm a net navi." He said. Shade scoffed, feeling kind of insulted at being told something he already knew.
"Yeah, I kinda got that." Shade said.
"Well, anyway." The net navi said. "As a net navi, I work here on the net." Shade looked around the ceiling-less & wall-less room he was in.
"Is this the Cyberworld?" He asked.
"Just 1 area in it." The green net navi said. "The Cyberworld is a big place. Like the real world." Shade's eyes went wide at that. Could the Cyberworld really be that expansive? All Shade could see was the square floor. The only way he could be sure those words could be true would be to look around. He walked over to an orange net navi that looks exactly like the orange net navi he talked to earlier. He walked up to it, it looked at him & smiles.
"Hi." The orange net navi said.
"Why do you look like that guy over there?" Shade asked, pointing to the last orange net navi he talked to. The orange net navi he was talking to at that time laughed a bit.
"Well, I'm an older model net navi." The net navi said. "Us older models all look alike." Shade looks confused. The older models were probably unoriginal, since they were so identical. Shade walked over to a purple net navi with shoulder pads, indicating importance. He got the net navi's attention as it looked at him. Something about the net navi's stare made Shade feel uneasy. Maybe it was the shoulder pads, or maybe it was how close he was to Shade. Either way, the net navi was making Shade feel uncomfortable. The net navi put a fist up to its mouth area & cleared its throat, or at least sounded like it was.
"Greetings, Shade." The net navi said in a deep male voice. Shade nearly jumped high up. The net navi knew his name, HE knew HIS name. Despite how the 2 have never met before, the net navi knew his name. Shade stood in front of the net navi wide-eyed.
"H-how do you know my name?" Shade stammered in shock. The net navi put its hand up & extended its index finger upwards. It then curled & uncurled the finger repeatedly as if to say "come here".
"Come with me, Shade." The net navi said. "I'll explain everything."