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Disclaimer: Refer back to the prologue.

Warnings: THE ANGST QUEEN IS BACK! Sort of…

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Rebellion

"I'm bored!" one of the Trojans whined, "We haven't had anything to do in weeks!"

Many of the other Trojans in the room had to agree. The noise level of the room started to rise with heated discussions and debates about their current situation. They were questioning why there was no mission, who was to blame for their small numbers, and most especially-why their leader was currently doing nothing about the present situation.

At one time, Farel would have cast a single glare to shut the mouths of the rowdy lot, but he himself was beginning to have some of his doubts. He wondered how reliable Lance, or "Lan"-as he had now learned to call him by, would be as a leader.

The room fell silent almost immediately as their missing leader finally made his way into the room full of Net Trojans. They looked to him expectantly for answers.

"Everyone…I have an announcement."

All eyes were on Lan. No one spoke a word. Lan gripped his hold on his PET as he spoke. "I feel that it has become too dangerous for Net Trojans to continue our activities as we are. Our numbers have recently greatly diminished. I refuse to lose any more soldiers. I feel that this is the ending point for the Trojans. Our actions stop today."

No one could speak for a moment; most were shocked speechless. They didn't understand how their beloved leader could turn his back on them. In this team, they had a purpose to live. Lan was taking that purpose away by terminating them.

One of the teens angrily slammed at the wall. "Are you serious!" he sent a piercing glare of rage to Lan, who stood there unmoving, "You're just going to pick people like us off the streets, give us jobs, then take them away!"

Lan felt a slight sense of doom. He had known that this would happen to him eventually. His most loyal followers had been captured by Chaud's first wave of SRT soldiers. Since then, he had been heavily relying on Farel's loyalty. Due to his recent slips, however, things weren't looking so great for him.

The young teen stared at Lan's helpless facial expression. An evil glow started to bask on the boy's face. "You…you don't know what you're doing anymore, do you?"

Lan's eyes widened slightly. He tried to avoid scanning the room for aid that would never come. The attention of all the Trojans began to focus on this one boy. In the corner of the room, Farel gripped at his bat, debating within himself whether or not to help Lan. It was too late by that point, however. Lan's control had completely slipped. "Yeah!" another Trojan agreed, "We've had no missions lately, ever since that day we messed up trying to free our Sr. Trojans from base."

"What do you mean we screwed up?" another shouted and pointed to Lan, "He was the one that led us, remember? He screwed up!"

Lan didn't know why, but he felt a bit relieved that his power was diminishing. Though his mind screamed for him to regain order, his heart was telling him that enough was enough.

"He's no leader, he's a fake!"

"Why have we been following him anyway, he hasn't done anything for us!"

"We want a new leader!"

"Yeah! New leader! New leader!"

Before Lan could realize what was happening, he was on the run. Tears were streaming from his eyes as he ran mindlessly down the halls. From happiness, sadness, or possibly even both, Lan couldn't tell. All he knew was, in a way, he was free. He was free to get out of this hell. After running what seemed like miles, Lan had somehow made his way out of the Trojan base. It was at this moment he regretted not regaining control. It was at this moment he remembered why he had continued to stay. Lan Hikari, an ex-Trojan leader with no place to go; running takes a person only so far.

Bang. The loud crack sounded in the room, silencing all Trojans. They all froze and turned their gaze slowly towards the direction of the sound. Eyes were slightly fearful as they faced a very angry looking Farel.

Lowering the hand holding his gun, he let his arm fall almost limply to the side as he swung his bat over his shoulder with his other hand. He closed his eyes and sighed. "All right. Now…that's enough. Lance…has thrown away his position," his opened his eyes and faced everyone, his chilly gaze affecting them all and forcing them into submission, "From this day forward, Trojans…we will do this right. I will lead you from this point on."

The Trojans were speechless once more. Farel spoke before another could instigate another rebellion, "Any questions?"

The Trojans remained silent. Farel sighed again. "Fine. Rest up. We attack Blaze in the morning."

The troops filed out of the room for the day. Once the last Trojan left the room, Farel felt himself relax and lean against the wall with a dull thud, letting the gun go and trembling slightly; he was unsure whether he was trembling with anger or something else-perhaps a small excitement of his position. One thing was certain, however.

Farel slowly stared at the dim lights of the drab ceiling. "Lance…no, Lan…"

After staring at the building for a long time, Lan turned and skidded away. Where he would go, he had no idea, but he knew he'd never be able to return to the Trojans.

"Don't come back…"

"Emergency, Master Chaud! Surprise attack! Surprise attack!"

"From who?" Chaud roared over the communication system.

"It's the Trojans! They're attempting to cut through again!"

Chaud slammed his fist on his desk out of frustration. "What the hell is he thinking?" he muttered as he threw on a jacket. He put his link back on. "Tell me, is their leader with them?"

"…No. I'm afraid not, sir. But I think someone else is leading them."

"What!" Chaud was getting annoyed. He had thought he had specifically told Lan to halt all Trojan activity. This time, he wasn't going to provide much mercy.

Something was amiss, however. His officer had said Lan wasn't on the team with them. As much as he wanted to concentrate on what terrible intentions Lan probably had for this diversion, he couldn't focus. He had to find Lan and find out for himself all the details.

"Men, keep your ground, fight back, and capture who you can. I'm after the leader."

"But the leader isn't here, sir!"

"I know…I'm going on a manhunt…"

"…" a pause on the other line from all officers.

"Well? Are you all questioning me?"

"No, sir!"

"Then do as you're told!"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

Chaud threw off his headset, grabbed Protoman, and ran for the back way to start looking for Lan. "You'd better have a good reason for this, Hikari…" he muttered.

For some reason, however, Chaud couldn't stay angry, even as he knew what he had to do if he ever found Lan. For some odd reason, Chaud felt a tug of loneliness and sadness in his heart. Like it was being shred to tiny little pieces.

All right, that was a short one, but better than nothing right? Trying to upload a chock full of chapters this weekend! This winter break has been too hectic for me…a huge heartbreak, a lot of letdowns in life, and so on and so forth, but still going strong!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! LOVE YOU ALL!

-SaiKenYuu-