I am what I am, I will what I will be, even if I hide what you now know. What will you think of me?

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"No Bass! Don't do it!" Anny cried as she appeared in the computer's system, without hesitation she stood in front of her uncle with her arms out startling those watching and Bass who was about to attack.

"No! Anny get out away! I don't want you getting hurt. This is between Bass and I don't get involved" Dr. Cossack said as she kept her ground. His ears started going red as panic settled in his chest at what could happen, during this time he was sure that he was going to have to log out due to the strain he was putting on his heart but refused to do so given his niece had also put herself in danger for him.

"No uncle, we all suffered enough from these ten years ago, I am not losing either of you again" Anny said with a snap as he kept her eyes on Bass, Bass meanwhile froze his attack and stared at her with bewildered eyes not believing what he was seeing. At the same time his mind started to hurt just from seeing this particular scene, something about this felt familiar and he couldn't understand how or where. It was infuriating that he could have his revenge against his creator and to have her standing before him, blocking him from getting it angered him and yet… he didn't want to hurt her- a human strangely enough.

"Anny now's not the time for heroics, Bass will attack if you don't get out of here" Dr. Cossack said sternly now trying to move her away but to his dismay she refused.

"No! Uncle I told you I am not giving up. Bass please don't do this, I promised you that I would clear both your names and I will. You just have to trust me" Anny said with pleading eyes, Bass almost twitching at how she could reduce herself to beg. How weak and pathetic!

"You think that I will allow myself to listen to a human?" Bass challenged harshly but she didn't flinch.

"I promised you I would help, have I steered you wrong? Have I lied?" Anny challenged back to his annoyance. "Bass, in a month a trial will be held. I am finalizing everything I promise you will be free-"

"Will I?" Bass yelled "what happened will never go away, I will always be remembered as the one who caused that event"

"Who cares about what they think?" Anny snapped as he gritted his teeth in anger. "Bass, all that matters is what those who care about you think and yourself. Don't sell yourself short and don't give up on humans please, not all of us are bad. I know it's a leap of faith and it's scary but if I am prepared to still trust, even after everything that has happened then in more ways than one shouldn't you at least give it one more try?" Anny asked as she took a step towards Bass. Bass' mind started to race as she got closer, part of him wanted to push her away. To tell her to leave or hurt her to prove a point and yet, just being near her caused him to feel as if his strength was failing. Not in a bad way but as if being near her brought a sense of peace, peace that he assumed had been taken from him all those years ago. To Anny's relief the Earthbreaker ball vanished in Bass' hands before she placed her hands in his.

"I promise Bass and when I promise, I see to it that it is done okay?" Anny nodded with a stern smile that left him stunned. How could she have this much affect on him? This was scaring him; this something was new and frightening. It was something he hated, the sense of weakness. How is this possible?

Seeing that he wouldn't speak she nodded at her uncle allowing him to escape.

"Thank you Bass" Anny said before pulling away, startled Bass gripped her hands tightly preventing her from escaping.

"I'll take you to Wily" Bass said surprising Anny.

"I…Okay" Anny nodded before the pair vanished to the other's shock.

"Anny!" Dr. Cossack screamed in horror now feeling the urge to chase after the pair.

"Don't you'll only get hurt" Lan said as he tried to keep the doctor in place, meanwhile Chaud was left stunned by what he had witnessed. He was felt as if his body could not move an inch and it scared him.

"But Anny! He has Anny! What do you expect me to do?" Dr. Cossack cried as he shook from sadness, anger and worry. Desperation continued to fill his entire body leaving him wanting to scream in frustration. Once again he had failed to protect his niece- the one last thing of his friend had left behind and because of his carelessness. For years he had tried to find and watch over her but was unable to due to how well she had concealed herself. At worst he assumed she was not longer alive however a part of him believed otherwise until he saw her body. Until then he would continue to hope and now he was left at a loss of what to do.

"Trust us to bring her back" Lan said in an assuring voice trying to be brave for her uncle, looking at him Dr. Cossack broke down while placing a hand to his face.

"It's been ten years, I missed out on so much… I caused her such pain and I couldn't even tell her about her mother" Dr. Cossack's voice shook as he spoke not seeing the torn looks on the teens' faces.

"Tell her when we leave the island" Lan said while mentally worrying about Anny. She had to be okay, there was no way she would willingly allow herself to get hurt or die.

"To think… she was suppose to inherit Bass when she reached the age of eighteen, what's the point if I lose her because of all this?" Dr. Cossack asked with a bitter smile as he looked down. Lan, Tora and Chaud shot him a shocked look.

"What do you mean was suppose to inherit Bass?" Chaud asked before he could stop himself.

"It is what I mean" Dr. Cossack said softly "Bass had a creator who went missing years ago, I assisted in his creation and kept Bass safe after he was sent to me. But Anny… this was never meant to happen, I was suppose to keep her safe. Away from danger and give her the life her parents would have wanted for her. Her father despite the fact I worried about him before his disappearance had done things… things that even I was horrified to find out after I saw Anny when she was six. Regardless I focused on the good memories and did the best I could to protect the children, but it wasn't enough… Bass hates humans and now will not hesitate to kill them"

"But he hasn't killed Anny, he hesitated" Megaman called out surprising Dr. Cossack.

"I don't understand why he doesn't recognize her, nor how he got that mark. All I know is that things happened when I was arrested. Anny was sent to hospital and I couldn't be there for her no matter how many times I pleaded to go to the officers" Dr. Cossack said softly as he looked at the floor.

"We won't know anything until we find them, for now let's keep moving" Chaud said, his mind despite trying to remain calm was in turmoil. Worry about her wellbeing filled his mind and left him wanting to also go and find her but knew that it was safer in numbers, that and she would no doubt tell him off once it was over for being reckless.

"Wily" Anny greeted tersely as she stared at one of her father's guardians.

"Anny Rune, we finally meet face to face at last" Wily greeted in a polite tone despite the fact they were in the network after Bass had brought her over to the scientist. "Do you know who I am I assume?" Anny as she looked at him remained composed and stood with her eyes focused on his face.

"Dr. Wily leader of WWW, a terrorist if I remember correctly" Anny replied bluntly her eyes noticed his jaw tense up at her cold response before sighing, turning his back to her he gripped his cane.

"I would naturally assume he never told you about who I was to you" Wily commented as he stared at the guardian program.

"Who my father? I heard of you from his journal or at least what is left of it since people kept stealing his work. He grew paranoid to the point that he refused to have his inventions leave the house" Anny said while Bass stared at the pair with blank look, inside however he was left confused as to why the pair were acting like they were strangers and yet acquaintances at the same time. Did they meet before?

Wily meanwhile gripped his cane tightly.

"Yes… a mere inconvenience I'm sure, although I have heard enough to make me question him. Tell me are you unwell?" Wily asked never changing his tone of voice.

"I don't see how that's any of your concern!" Anny said sharply while folding her arms, a wry smile formed on his face.

"Then explain to me why James gained schematics for a pair of headphones that cancel out noise from the inside?" Wily said before turning to look at Anny who now twitched, he noticed her swallow confirming something was going on.

"That doesn't make me ill, I just had sensitive ears and it gave me headaches" Anny replied now wanting to avoid him, her eyes caught Bass assessing her so she gave him a semi assuring look that lasted for a brief moment.

"Then explain to me as to why Dr. Light told me that James infused the headphone wires to your eardrums? Does that not pose a cause for concern?" Wily asked making Anny feel angry.

"Oh yeah? Well why didn't you stop him?!" Anny snapped causing Wily to raise his head a bit "I told him it was giving me a bigger headache! My ears felt like they were bleeding every single minute of every day and my mind felt like it was going to blow, but oh no! Who cares? She's just making a scene and when I tried to take them off he fused them to my ears! I don't even remember how the left one broke off but this-!" Anny showed a now stunned Wily her right ear that contained the damaged but still viable headphone piece that remained on her ear without support.

"I was a lab rat Wily! My mother had no idea of what he was doing! Taking blood here and there, I was a child Wily and my uncles didn't know what to do because they were half aware of what was going on. I asked uncle Yuichiro to help but he couldn't do anything so enlighten me Wily, why are you hashing out my old wounds? What's to gain for talking about them?" Anny screamed as she glared at him hatefully, not caring that ice was appearing below her feet. Bass took a step back as he felt the harsh cold touch his skin and avoided it. Wily however gritted his teeth before sighing with his eyes closed. He opened his free hand and a file appeared leaving the pair confused.

"Forgive me, I had to be sure what I heard was correct. This is what you were seeking I am sure, as for how I found the schematics it was merely sheer luck" Wily spoke while handing the file in her now stunned hands.

"I-You're not joking around? This is the schematics he made?" Anny asked while looking at the file only to see it was genuine to her shock. Wily huffed before smiling.

"I may have gone into hiding during that time but I was aware of what was going on… including that plane that went down years ago. The one your aunt and a certain boy's parents were on" Anny tensed up from the crooning voice that entered her ears. "Oh yes, claiming responsibility for something I didn't do. At first I was curious as to why I was being blamed and now I would like to ask the one responsible as to why you did it" Wily asked causing her to look at him still feeling tense and uneasy. Bass meanwhile kept his guard up in case anything happened.

"I don't know who killed the people, by the time I got there it was a massacre. A few monsters were attacking half dead people and I only could get my aunt who was dying at the time out the plane" Anny replied while looking away.

"Monsters? While blowing up the plane? I can only imagine you did it to destroy them"

"Yes, they didn't seem animalistic or if they were it- they were not normal… they were not right" Anny said before looking at Wily with a spooked expression, seeing this he sighed.

"Regardless, that was a very bad move on your part because whoever did this would have gotten away with it" Wily said calmly despite the scolding parts in his words.

"What was I suppose to do? Whoever did it was unlikely willing to leave evidence. What kind of idiot would do that?"

"A not very bright one I suppose, I am surprised you brought her here Bass. My natural reaction would be that you would have ended her and yet here she is. In my grasp" Wily said with a smirk as Anny frowned at Wily, Bass meanwhile clenched his hands inside his poncho.

"Leave him out of this, I asked him not to hurt my uncle" Anny said surprising the pair.

"Ah and I also hear you're planning a case to prove his innocence? How very noble of you-"

"It's the right thing to do! I want this nightmare to end and I'm sure Bass agrees that it has to end" Anny interrupted with a sharp look. "For ten years people have suffered while those responsible refused to admit their wrong doings. Apologies may not suffice but doing the right thing and exposing it so it would never happen again would be something. I can't even go near my father's old lab because of them and if I do they'll make sure I'll disappear" Anny added causing Bass to stare at her with mixed emotions.

"I see… then how about you join me to show them how it feels to be powerless"

"Sorry Wily but no, there's no way I would stoop to that level" Anny shook her head "revenge does nothing but breed hatred and I am not going to sink like that thanks to a bunch of jerks" Anny added earning her a laugh from Wily.

"You're so much like your mother young lady, it amazes me how much you're like them. Your father's smarts, your mother's sense of justice. Even after everything you went through you still continue to move forward, regardless of what is being thrown at you. It's most impressive but such bravo will only carry you so far before you falter" Wily said as he tapped his cane of the floor.

"Sure I will falter" Anny said while folding her arms as a smirk formed on her face "but I'll just get right back up, that's what it means to have willpower- the courage to drive forward when everything is against you. The conviction that there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel, no matter the obstacle it's still an obstacle. I can either go through it, over it or around it it's just that simple" Anny shrugged smiling at Bass who was left speechless once more at how she carried herself. How was she so sure of herself? How and where did she get such strength despite the fact she showed weakness? Friends? Loved ones it meant nothing to him and yet she continued to fight on. Almost looking down he felt his chest grow heavy, ever since the incident he had felt incomplete- lost and unable to know what to do. What was right? He had to find his own strength and gained powers of other Navis and viruses, yet Serenade a Navi and Anny a human showed that regardless of who they were continued to fight. Showing one key skill in common– Mercy and yet Anny also compassion which should be considered weak minded things. How did they do it?

"Sorry Wily but I refuse to give in to tyranny, people need me and I refuse to let them down" Anny said sternly as Wily remained composed and void of emotions.

"Very well, then you shall witness Alpha as he is released into the net"

"So you're going to release the very thing that ruined our lives the first time? That thing almost killed me when Bass went to get help, why are you so desperate to repeat the same mistakes years ago? Wily you can't control it that's why it was locked away" Anny watched Wily with concerned eyes that made him almost raise a brow; he remained silent before a hum left his lips.

"Bass release the guardian program, once then you will gain the power you seek" Wily said to their shock, Bass felt anger seep into his veins at how Wily would so willingly allow him to be sacrificed despite warnings Anny had given him about Alpha.

"You don't deserve to be saved" Bass clenched his teeth in anger while noticing her pleading look from the corner of his eye, conflicted emotions continued to fill him even as he levitated towards the program.

"Bass… please" Anny's voice echoed in his ears, turning to look at her from the corner of his eye he soon narrows his eyes before releasing the program just as Megaman shows up.

"Stop! Don't do it!" Megaman yells as he runs towards them.

"Hub! Lan!" Anny cried before being blocked by Wily.

"You're too late Hikari, Bass is now releasing the seal on Alpha and there's nothing you can do to stop it" Wily said with a smirk while Anny stares at him from the corner of her eye.

"Anny are you okay?" Lan asks as he notices her concerned look.

"I'm fine but we need to stop Alpha" Anny said before turning to look at Bass who is now releasing the seal on Alpha. To their horror the seal vanishes causing air to leave their lungs, seconds trickle by and nothing happened to their confusion.

"Bass get away from there" Anny said now rushing towards Bass who then looks at her.

"Get away from me" Bass said before seeing a ripple in the floor in front of him.

"I am not leaving you to get eaten, back away from it-BASS!" Anny screams as she pulls Bass backwards sharply causing him to fly backwards. Screaming Anny feels the ground beneath her shoot up and swallow her whole.

"Anny!" Megaman and Lan scream in horror before rushing towards her, Wily meanwhile went pale at how quickly she was at saving Bass despite what had happened. Anny meanwhile groaned and whimpered as she felt Alpha trying to consume and eat at her data form, her arms started to burn leaving blister like markings to appear on her skin.

"I… I am not giving up! Grandpa Light asked me to end this and I am not giving up!" Anny tried to push the pain and negative thoughts out of her mind, imagining the elastic band like hold Alpha had over her was being pushed away she took deep breaths in between and felt the suffocating hold Alpha had over slowly slip away. A dim light appeared on the palm of her right hand which then intensified to the point that Alpha started screaming in agony before relinquishing it's hold over Anny, who during that time then gasped and shuddered from the pain as she landed on the floor.

"How are we going to get her out?!" Lan cried as he stared at the large mass in horror.

"I don't know but we have to do something, maybe a mega buster might work?" Megaman suggested.

"If you do that you'll hurt her" Bass said sternly before a sudden pulse of energy caught his attention.

"Did you feel that?" Megaman asked as he soon caught the sudden energy spike which was coming from Alpha. Cracks of light soon started forming from parts of Alpha stunning the group.

"This… that cannot be happening" Wily said in disbelief as the cracks started to get bigger allowing light to leave, Alpha started to shudder and groan loudly in pain before the large mass started to open and sink back into the safety of the ground in order to recover.

"Am I seeing things?" Lan asked as he stared in awe, there before them shone a light that started to blind them as it intensified until a small thump caught their ears.

"Anny!" Megaman yelled as he ran towards Anny and picked up her weakened form "oh Anny…" Megaman sighed as he saw burns on her skin.

"Alpha did this?" Lan cried as he felt her weakened form.

"It was trying to absorb her" Bass said while walking towards them.

"She somehow fought it off" Megaman said before hearing her stir.

"Grandpa Light… told me… to stop… Alpha… I… he showed me a program… I had to use it… but I wasn't… able to. Don't know… how I… did that" Anny said with a dazed look, staring at her Megaman and Lan felt a sense of powerlessness at how she could allow herself get into such danger.

"Can you look after her until we take care of Alpha?" Megaman asked Bass to Lan, Bass and Wily's shock.

"What?" Lan cried.

"Are you insane?" Wily yelled before seeing a ripple on the floor once more.

"She trusts you, besides you were suppose to be her care but things came up. Dr. Cossack told me about what happened and I know she would fight to keep you alive" Megaman said before lifting Anny's weakened form, Bass stared at them with guarded eyes before accepting Anny who passed out in his arms.

"What will you do?" Bass asked as Megaman now faced the ripple.

"I have to finish what we started, we have to get rid of Alpha" Megaman said with a determined look.

"Anny placed a virus in Alpha, it should be weak enough to kill" Bass said shocking Wily, Lan and Megaman.

"She what?! How?" Wily yelled while a ghost smile formed on Megaman's face.

"Typical, I told them she was on our side… I'll be back for the trial. See you then" Megaman said cheerfully. Bass narrowed his eyes before looking at Wily, moving towards the now startled old man he grabbed his arm.

"You're coming with me" Bass said coldly before the trio vanished. Now alone Megaman and Lan stared at Alpha who now appeared before them.

"This is it, we can do this" Lan said while Megaman nodded in agreement.

"Let's do this" Megaman said before charging at the large creature.

"Your honour! I claim my client is not guilty, the evidence I have proves without a doubt that there is a cover up" Anny said sharply as she stared at the judge with such conviction that it started most of the jurors, Dr. Cossack sat in the defendant's seat while watching the scene unfold. Amazement and surprise filled the man at how hard Anny was fighting to clear both his and Bass' names that it left him overwhelmed.

"Your honour regardless of what she is claiming there is no evidence to prove of a cover up" the prosecutor a man wearing reading glasses said while facing the judge.

"Sci Lab covered up a series of thefts caused by Mr. Shukiza, he stole my father's work and no one gave a hoot. My uncle had to even help conceal the works and that got stolen too" Anny replied angrily causing a few people to murmur, Lan meanwhile watched along side his parents with worry in his eyes. He hoped that it would go well and justice would be served.

"Should we even trust the words of someone who is bias?" the prosecutor asked coldly stunning Anny and Flora.

"And what does that mean?" Flora challenged as she slammed her hands on the table.

"Oh?" the prosecutor chuckled as he placed his glasses up slightly. "Did she not tell you? Her father used her as a lab rat. He experimented on her for over a year while doing a series of tests which also involved taking blood from her time and again" Anny tensed up as images of what transpired during the time she was four entered her mind. Murmurs now grew from the comment that it left her now shaken at how he could have known.

"Surprised that I know Miss Rune?" The prosecutor asked slyly "well it had been brought to my attention thanks to Sci Lab's reports left behind by your father"

"That's a lie! Father never left anything like that in the labs" Anny snapped not caring if it revealed the truth.

"Oh is that so? Then ask Yuichiro Hikari his father had a file on you that was given to him by let's see James Rune" The prosecutor said while chuckling at her pale expression. Lan immediately looked at his father who now turned pale from the prosecutor's words.

"Father tell me that's not true" Lan pleaded as Yuichiro almost reacted despite the calm demeanor he tried to hold.

"Mr. Shukiza even pointed it out after seeing the files himself, in fact if he was a thief which wasn't even proven due to the lack of evidence how did he come across schematics for a pair of headphones that cancel out noise from the inside. Almost as if it's designed for someone who has sensitive ears?" the prosecutor asked slyly.

"You go too far!" Flora said sharply as she saw Anny almost shake in terror "Why must you drag this up? And another thing I do have evidence that he is a thief at the same time I can prove he's done this more than once. Thanks to this list of people he's sold the tech to" Flora added showing a large file containing the names.

"The truth is ugly I'm afraid Miss Scarlet" the prosecutor said with a mock look to her disgust "no large amounts of covering up will change what he's done, as you can see on her right ear the evidence will be there for anyone to see but she covers it up. He used her and treated her as an experiment for his own gain, makes me wonder what he tested the blood on if he needed more from her. How many times I wonder did she try to say no to his experiments? Did she even know what was going on? I doubt it, a child at that age should never be near such a monster-"

"Shut your mouth!" Dr. Cossack yelled now standing up and slamming the wood in front of him. The bailiffs grabbed him before he shrugged them off "I've known James for a long time to know he would never do this to hurt her. He loves his daughter and I doubt you even knew about how his other children were slaughtered from under his nose" Dr. Cossack yelled shocking the Prosecutor along with other people in the room.

"I doubt it Prosecutor…" Dr. Cossack shook his head "Anny was only three when it happened, her aunt and uncle were taking care of them before someone broke in to the house. She was the only survivor by sheer luck and the killer was no where to be seen, just like what happened to James when he was younger. I believe in him, he wanted to help her even if it meant breaking the code of ethics. He was even experimented on himself to see if he could help her get better" Dr. Cossack said causing Anny to go pale as he saw her unsettled look, guilt formed knowing that this was hurting her more than she would let on.

"Get better?" The judge asked now looking at him with guarded eyes.

"Yes… Anny has a weak body, it's genetic and as a result only started to get worse when she was seven just after she was injured" Dr. Cossack replied earning a round of confused murmurs.

"Order! Order in the court" the Judge bellowed while banging the gravel.

"It's true that she has been in and out of hospital for years" the prosecutor agreed tersely "cases of relapse and breathing problems when she overworked her body. Something that should have been avoided and yet it kept happening, makes me wonder who was looking after her and why they kept allowing this to happen"

"It shouldn't have happened though, we were sure she was going to not be one of the cases but it happened. Whatever James had planned vanished along with him" Dr. Cossack added.

"I see… so what does this have to do with the case Prosecutor?" the judge asked.

"It proves that Dr. Cossack was in cahoots, if he knew that James was experimenting on his daughter then why had he not done anything to stop it?"

"Because I didn't know that he was doing this to her!" Dr. Cossack replied "If I had-"

"Then what? You'd turn him over to the police?" The prosecutor smirked "what he did is an abuse of power, some genius progeny he turned out to be"

"That's enough!" Flora snapped "I know what's going on and it's very petty of you prosecutor, painting a desperate father in a bad light. How shameful must you be? Did Sci Lab tell you to drag them through the mud? Last time I checked we were talking about the Alpha Revolt not past cases" Flora added while holding Anny's hand under the table.

"Exactly Prosecutor Raiden, if I must admit I am disappointed in you" the judge said before sighing, the prosecutor froze in shock.

"But your honour-"

"The evidence the defense has given has proven motive and facts that show the innocence of not only Dr. Cossack but this AI Solo Navi Bass. As heard before Bass was merely trying to improve security, it was the fear of something being too strong and potentially going out control. Jealousy if I am also to understand was a force behind this unfortunate event. As a result I must overturn the sentencing for Dr. Cossack and this Navi, we cannot allow such injustice to spread. As a result those involved in plotting their downfalls will be held in contempt until sentencing has been announced. The ones responsible for the planned attacks on Miss Rune will be sentenced to life in prison for attempted manslaughter. For Mr. Shukiza we all know your sentencing will be life in prison while recovering all the stolen items you have sold. You will provide the names of those you sold items to, failure to do so will increase your time until you confess. If you do give out all the names and the items you sold the sentencing will be reduced, by how much will be debatable. I now pronounce Dr. Cossack and Bass- Not Guilty!" The judge banged the gravel loudly resulting in a loud echo in the room. Anny meanwhile remained still and lifeless as she looked at the table, barely registering what was going on as her mind now filled itself with many questions. Tears almost fought to break free as she remained still, only when Flora moved her hand did she slowly register what was going on.

"Anny wait" Flora called as Anny ran out the court room to get some fresh air, the air was now stifling and filled with no doubt negative emotions thanks to what the prosecutor had revealed.

Anny immediately left the court house and sped down the steps with a pained look on her face, this had to be a joke! How did he find out and why did he even bring it up? Surely he should have known that it would hurt her.

Large amounts of air left her lungs as tears now formed in her eyes as she kept going down the stairs.

"Anny, Anny wait!" Lan called out as Anny clenched her eyes shut for a second, not turning back she turned towards a part in the city that led away from her uncle Maeda's office and located a library she could hide in. Once inside she locked herself in the bathroom and stare at herself in the mirror while gripping the ends of the sink, her face was filled with grief and agony to her disgust. Her eyes were swollen from tears even after she wiped her eyes rapidly with her sleeves. This had to be a sick nightmare! This was the last thing she wanted anyone to know, she didn't want them to know about her ear either. It made her feel like a freak. Now he knew it pained her deeply to know what he would say about this.

"If anything it would be better if I go somewhere and lay low" Anny muttered before the Undernet came to mind. Swallowing she clenched her inner cheeks with her teeth and opened the door, steeling her resolve she went to find a computer and sat down. Taking deep breaths to steady herself she placed her hand on the screen and allowed herself to be pulled inside. Feeling the strange sensation once more she began to hover for a bit and looked around to see she was in Cyberspace once more. Her eyes now becoming cold as she traveled to the Undernet's secret area to hide until things settled.

"Have you seen her?" Lan asked his father who entered his line of vision, to his dismay Yuichiro and his wife shook their heads in dismay.

"Where could she have gone?" Lan's mother Haruka asked looking close to tears.

"That prosecutor… I cannot believe he went that far, this wasn't suppose to be this way. The nightmare was suppose to end and now I doubt Anny would want to show up thanks to this" Yuichiro said feeling worry and guilt for Anny.

"We can't just give up, we need to keep looking" Lan said.

"Lan did you find her?" Maylu asked as she ran towards him with Dex who was still troubled by what happened.

"No, but I'm not giving up" Lan replied as he looked round.

"I haven't seen her either" Chaud said while approaching them.

"She has to be somewhere that no one would be able to find her" Protoman said causing Lan to blink.

"You don't think?" Lan looked at Megaman who now appeared troubled as he gained the same conclusion as his twin.

"If she is there then it would be dangerous for us to go there" Megaman said "but we have no other option, we need to find her"

"I'll look for a jack in port, let's head over to Maeda's office" Lan said now about to run until Yuichiro grabbed his arm.

"Lan Hikari where are you going?" Yuichiro asked sternly.

"I need to get to Maeda's work place, there's an entrance that Anny takes and if she is where we think she is then it's going to be dangerous" Lan said.

"What do you mean dangerous?" Chaud asked before realization filled his face "you don't mean that place?" to his dismay Lan nodded.

"What place?" Yuichiro asked.

"The Undernet" Lan replied meekly.

"The where?" Dr. Cossack cried as he approached them, his face now pale from what he heard.