Dr. Opelle drove down the night street of Netopia, the street lamps illuminating the inside of the car every so often. Shade however, just grumbled in the P.E.T. he was in. He was furious, how could the humans do that to him? They brought him back for the sole purpose of making him work for them. There was nowhere for him to escape either, so he was pretty much stuck this way. All he could do was sit around in the P.E.T. & wait for the Dr. to put him with his net op.
"How much longer until we reach my master?" Shade asked, sounding like his teeth were gritted. Dr. Opelle looked down at his side pocket.
"Not much longer now." He said in a kind tone. Shade didn't like his tone of voice. Why was he talking like that? He practically made Shade into a slave to humans, & he was acting like he wanted to be friends with him. Shade didn't want any part of that matter, all he wanted was to be dead again. Dead, like he should've been, before the humans turned him into a servant. "Well, we're here, Shade." Dr. Opelle said. He stopped the car & pushed the door open. Shade heard the click, & the slam as Dr. Opelle closed the car door behind him. "We're at my home now, Shade." Dr. Opelle said. "I can't wait until my son sees you. He turned 11 human years old last week. He's officially old enough for his very own net navi."
"& let me guess." Shade said. "I'm his net navi?"
"Precisely right." Dr. Opelle responded to the bat turned net navi in his pocket. "I know this has come as a really big shock to you, but once you get over it, I'm sure you'll come to accept him as a friend." Shade felt really mad. Friends with a human? Why would Shade want to befriend a human? He absolutely hated them after he found out what they did to countless bats in the southern jungle, tying bombs to them, sending them to a horrid fate. He would never forgive the humans for that. So what made Dr. Opelle think Shade would wanna be friends with his son? He just sat in the P.E.T. grumbling as Dr. Opelle walked up the path leading to his house. Dr. Opelle opened the door & walked inside his house. He walked through the house & up the stairs, then down a hallway to the left. He quietly opened a door & sneaked inside.
"Why are you sneaking?" Shade asked. Dr. Opelle felt a chill go up his spine, then looked down at Shade, putting a finger to his lips.
"Sssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." He shushed. "You'll wake him." He whispered. Shade was confused.
"Who will I wake?" Shade asked, very silently.
"My son." Dr. Opelle whispered back. He pulled Shade out of his pocket & then pointed to a silhouette in the back right corner of where they were. Shade couldn't quite make it out, & he figured sound couldn't penetrate to the real world from the cyber world. "That's him." He whispered. "Once he wakes up, I know he'll wanna be friends with you." Shade hmphed in his head, he found that very hard to believe. Why would a human want to have him as a friend? He was gonna be the kid's slave for as long as he functioned. Dr. Opelle snuck over to a computer near the kid & plugged Shade into a cord connected to the computer. "There you go, Shade." He whispered. He then pulled the front off the P.E.T. & revealed buttons under the front. "Now I'll just initiate sleep mode, & you'll be put to sleep." He said. He pushed a black button on the front & instantly, Shade's world went black. Dr. Opelle looked at the sleeping net navi & smiled. "Goodnight, Shade." He said, then he walked out the door & closed it silently.