"SAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!"

The fourteen-year-old girl gave an incomprehensible mumble and rolled over, pulling the blankets over her hair the color of coffee with cream.

"C'mon Sam, we wait any longer we'll never get to the crime scene before lunch!"

"All right, all right. I'm up…barely…" Sam Rebena rolled out of bed and stumbled into the shower. The blast of warm water got her to open her bright blue eyes and wake up a bit. Drying off, Sam returned to her room and pulled on a pair of white socks, blue jeans and a dark navy blue sweater. Brushing her hair out, Sam looked at her messy bed. I'll clean it later, she decided and headed to the other part of her small apartment.

Sam was an orphan who lived with her aunt and uncle, but she had a whole apartment of her own, which she shared with her Navi, Starfire.

Starfire was in the kitchen, but not physically. Sam had installed monitors into the walls of each room so Starfire could go where she went. Very handy actually.

"So, when're we gonna get going Sam?" Starfire was practically bouncing off the walls!

Downing some tea and toast, Sam began to gather her gear. "As soon as I'm ready and not a moment before Starfire! It's time you learned some patience." Sweeping some battle chips off the table into her battle chip pack, Sam pulled on her sneakers and made sure she had her PET holster. "All right, all I need now is you Star."

Squealing with delight, Star transferred to her PET in record time and soon Sam was on her way to the warehouse.

"So what do you say was stolen again?"

"It was Dimensional Area technology Sam. I heard the officials talking about it and if they perfect it, Chaud, ProtoMan, you and I will be able to cross fuse!"

Chuckling, Sam shook her head. "Someone's done their research. But you think ShadowMan stole it."

Starfire nodded, even though Sam couldn't see her. "Yeah, but I don't know why. He's a solo Navi."

Sam pondered this. "You've got a point, as much as I hate to admit it."

"Ho! The great Sam Rebena admits I'm right?"

"Don't go that far Star. Besides, we're here."

An officer met them at the entrance to the building and asked for ID. When Sam showed him her license, he led them in, explaining.

"We heard the proximity alarms go off some moments before midnight, but by the time our security Navis mobilized, the Navi had already taken control of a closed system that we couldn't get into unless we jacked in."

Starfire crossed her arms. "Sounds like your security needs work."

The officer seemed slightly flustered. "Yes, well, we tried to stop the crane, but he stole the Dimensional Area technology and made his getaway." He motioned to the warehouse that was demolished. Everywhere, smashed crates and electrical wires.

Sam surveyed the scene with a skeptical eye. Then she turned to the officer. "I need access to your system."

He nodded. "Yes miss Rebena. There's a jack in port over there."

Sam plugged Star in and then went about her investigation, pushing aside boards and examining wires. "How're you doing Star?"

Starfire kicked at the remains of a cyber control panel. "He did a number in here too Sam. How about on your end?"

Shrugging, Sam inspected a circuit panel. "Well, he knew what he was doing. The destruction isn't senseless, he took out a good number of important computers."

Nodding, Star moved some rubble and spied a file that was undamaged. "Hold the phone…Sam, I think I found something!" Opening the file, Star found herself looking at a map of Dentech City. "What the...?"

"What is it Star?" Sam asked, picking up her PET.

Shaking her head, Star studied the map. "Beats me, it just looks like a map of Dentech!"

Sam was puzzled. "But why would a Navi want that? He can't use it."

Star looked back at the map and shook her head. "I don't know Sam. I just don't know."

But somehow, Sam got the chilling feeling that the pieces of a very sinister puzzle were falling into place.