Sorry for not updating in two years. I had so much happen while I was away and my muse had ran way for a while. I haven't forgot about this story nor am I going to quit without a real good reason. Anyway, I hope you enjoy...

Episode One: A Second Chance Part 2

Unknown Cybernet Location - 12:52 A.M.

Rockman was starting to wake up in an old looking cybernet room that didn't look to be in good shape. What was more was that some voices was cussing about some scanner that couldn't get a reading on an odd computer chip with an unknown energy reading.

"None of those voices sound like Netto-kun." Rockman muttered as he sat up to look around. The place looked old alright. A dome shield was around him with something odd in the ceiling of the room trying to scan for something.

"Is that a scanner? Then the voices might be talking about me." The blue bomber hushed when he heard one of the voices talk again.

"Boss, the chip seems to have an odd firewall. I can't hack it."

The navi looked at the dome shield at the mention of firewall. ~"Maybe this thing is the firewall they are talking about? If so, then why am I here and not with Netto-kun?"~

"You try again, yah? Soon make progress, yes?"

"Yes sir, Tornado Tonion. We'll keep at it."

Rockman didn't like the sound of things so far. He was in an unknown place, in a scanner, being scanned by who knows what this Torando Tonion guy is. The blue navi was in a fix for sure, and Netto wasn't here to bail him out. He was on his own for a change. He took a look up again at the scanner above him.

"I don't know what's going on 100%, but they don't sound like allies to me. I'll have to stop this scan and hope for the best." Rockman sated as he charged his buster, taking aim above him. ~"Please find me, Netto-kun."~

"Rock Buster!" Yelled Rockman as he blasted the fully charged shot at the scanner.

To the bots in the room, the scanner overloaded before blowing up into many pieces. The chip that held Rockman's data fell to the floor, unstrached, in an almost taunting manner. The navi's symbol was plain as day on the small object.

"What the heck?! Where did that power come from?" Voiced one of the grunts.

"I don't know, but it was weird. Almost like it knew it was being scanned." replied another grunt in a meek voice.

An onion based reploid walked over and picked up the computer chip lying on the floor.

"The Professor would be pleased, yah. More power then we thought."

"What about the kid we captured today? What are we going to do with him?"

"Make boy comfortable for now. Big plans I have for him, yes."

Unknown location - Inside truck - 1:46 A.M.

It's been almost an hour since the boy lost the Hunters, but Netto was still dumbfounded beyond words. He couldn't explain it but he felt like he did the most impossible thing in the world that he knew of... He had teleported into the truck.

"Just how in the world did I do that? It almost felt like using Area Steal when crossfused with Rockman..." Netto said as he changed into some spare clothes. The memory started to replay.

He had jumped off the bridge, aiming to land on the truck only to realize too late that the truck was faster than he thought. He was going to miss and crash into the road.

~Shoot! I wish I could just Area Steal into the truck!~ Netto thought as he closed his eyes waiting for the impact. The impact came but it wasn't a crash. It was a thud when he landed on his rear.

"Ouch..." Netto muttered when he opened his eyes. "What the-?"

He was inside the truck.

"That's right. I wanted to Area Steal into the truck and that's what seems to have happened." Netto said softly to himself as he took off his bandana and put it into his backpack. "I don't think I'm going to get that same luck twice in a row too soon. I just want to find what I need to and go home with Rockman."

He was now wearing a plan yellow, long sleeve shirt with fully black shorts. He looked down at his mostly orange shoes for a minute before putting his slip-on roller-blades into the backpack and zipping it shut, deciding that having these shoes was a better idea.

Netto looked at his right hand, staring at the black and white mark of his navi twin. "I will find you, Rockman. We're brothers after all."

The truck stopped moving, telling Netto that it was time to leave. He got up and listen for voices and was answered.

"Man, what a drive. I guess I'll get a snack, then unload this thing." An unknown male said as his boots sounded like the driver was walking away from the truck.

"That's my cue to leave alright." Netto softly said as he got the back door of the truck undone and got out. He ran for the nearest alley and got away from the place.

"Where should I go? I don't want those guys chasing me again, so I can't risk letting anyone take me in for the night. They may just report my whereabouts to them..."

It was then that something happened. Netto was starting to cross a street when a car horn beeped at him, making him jump back to the sidewalk. The car in question stopped by him and one of the people who the boy thought that he would never see again walked out.

~It can't be... Is this a dream?~ Netto thought to himself as he stared at the man who looked like his father. He snapped out of the trace when the man spoke up.

"Young man, you shouldn't be out here this late. Where are you supposed to be? Your folks must be worried." This made the boy look down at his feet before he answered.

"I have nowhere to go. My folks are lost to me because I don't know where they are." Netto fibbed. He did knew where they are. He just wasn't going to tell this look-alike of his father where he came from.

"No where to go, huh? I guess you can come home with me, then. I think you can help my wife a little since she's worried."

"Worried? What happen?" Netto asked as he got into the car. The man started the car and headed home as he explained with a downcast look on his face.

"You see, our son was kidnapped roughly seven hours ago by a couple of reploids. The Maverick Hunters and the police have been trying to find him, so the city is in lock down. So far, no luck on what the rouge reploids are planning. Going out of their way to take a human hostage that is not at the scene of attack is really rare."

"I see. That blows, sir."

"Yes, it does. What's your name kid? I'm Yuichiro Light."

~"Light? But his first name is the same as my dad. Could I be in an alternate world?"~ Netto thought before taking a risk. "I don't remember my real name but my friends call me Netto."

"Netto? Then I hope you get a good nights sleep. You're free to stay as long as you need." Yuichiro said as he pulled into the driveway of his home.

"Mr, Light, Can you not tell anyone I'm here?" Netto asked before Yuichiro could open the door. "Some guys chased me tonight and I don't want it to happen again."

"Can you tell me the whole thing? I might be able to help."

With that cue, Netto told what happen, along with what he could remember of the bots but kept the unknown energy reading, the Area Steal teleport, and his home world out of the story. Yuichiro stayed quiet until the boy finished his tale.

"Sounds like one of the Maverick Hunter teams that are helping with the search. They might lay off if you get registered to the system we have here."

"Registered to the system?" Netto asked with confusion.

"Yes, the DNA Identification Registry System, known as DIRS for short. It's the human version of the ICRS for reploids that lets us know who should be in the city. We had a rogue reploid who was made to look 100% like a human on the outside but was still fully machine inside, get in the city and spied on the hunters. That was such a mess until a young man took a anti-reploid rifle and snipe the Maverick down. The DIRS was started after that to try to keep that from happening again." Yuichiro explained to Netto.

"Good reason, I guess. It also sounds like a drag to have your DNA on record for life."

"Well, we might get an idea of who you are if you get registered due to the DNA reading. Your parents may be in the system already so we'll just have to trace you to them."

"Ok, I'll get registered as soon as I can, then." Netto said before a yawn escaped him.

"Then let's go inside and I'll show you where you can sleep." Yuichiro replied as he took the sleepy boy inside for the night.

Morning at the Light Home - 10:07 a.m

Netto woke up to the well-known sound of an alarm clock. normally, the boy hated the thing and whoever came up with the idea, but for once it was welcomed. He pushed the button to turn off the sound as he got up.

"Man, I never thought I would miss hearing the blasted thing, but it still doesn't feel right without Rockman yelling at me to get up." Netto muttered as he started to change back into the clothes he was found in. Ms. Light was very nice with letting him barrow a set of pjs. He was tempted to get back into his favorite set but thought better about it. No telling if those hunters are still looking for him so it was better to look different for a bit.

As the young net op thought about it, the more he realized that it may be a bad idea to get registered to the DIRS. If he was traced back to these alternate parents, it may make a big misunderstanding. He didn't felt right staying in this house either. This wasn't his world. These are not his real parents. He needed to find a way to zip off again and not get registered.

Looking around the room he was in almost reminded him of his own room back home. Whoever was the son here was tidy and well behaved since the room was cleaner than his room ever was. A feminine voice calling from downstairs got the boy's attention.

"Breakfast is ready, dear. Come down and eat before it gets cold."

"Coming Ms. Light!" Netto called back as he checked his backpack and saw that he had everything. "I'll be right down!"

As he headed down the stairs to get his breakfast, he made up his mind to help find the missing son. It was something he could do for these alternate parents that did felt right.

DIRS buliding - 11:12 a.m

Yuichiro and Netto got out of the car and walked up to the main building.

"Well, here we are Netto. This is the System Registry building."

"That's great, Mr. Light." Netto said as a sense of unease came over him. The boy knew he needed to find a way to not get registered but so far, no way to do it without making a ruckus. Last thing he needed was to get the Hunters called in about a run away who wasn't in the system.

Once inside, the boy couldn't help but look around. The lobby of the place had a few big flat screen TVs and the 20 or so desks lined across the wall opposite of the door. The chairs in the waiting area at least had cushions.

"This place is huge! What else do they do here?" Netto said in awe.

"They do everything that has to do with the System Registry. It can be from adding people and reploids to the system to changing different types of information for someone. Humans must get their records updated yearly to be able to use their IDs." Yuichiro explained to the boy.

Suddenly a voice from one of the many people was heard. "What in the world?!"

This got Netto and Yuichiro to look in the direction the voice came from and saw that the TVs were acting up as a high-pitched, clownish voice started laughing. The screen came into focus with a fat, onion like reploid in view.

"Gahahahah! Welcome to my show! I have request, yah? We looking for info on this..."

Netto's eyes went wide as he saw what was in the hijackers hand. It was a chip that reminded him of a battle chip with Rockman's emblem.

~"Is that Rockman? Or a clue to find him?"~ Was some of the questions crossing the young boy's mind as Yuichiro spoke up.

"Who in their right mind would revive deceased Maverick Reploids? That's illegal!" Yuichiro said with disgust.

Netto looked to his alternate father. "You know who he is?"

"Yes. He's Tornado Tonion. He has hijacked the Radio Tower before and was stopped by the Maverick Hunters." Yuichiro answered. Netto turned back to one of the TVs as the Maverick moved the chip out of sight.

"You all got good look at chip, yes? One with info come to Radio Tower without Hunters in two hours. Hunters come here, then this boy will be no more, yah." Tonion moved to the side to reveal a bounded boy who looked a lot like Netto but something was different. He reminded the net op of someone else. Someone he knows but couldn't put his finger on it.

"Hub! That my son!" Yuichiro said in dismay.

That was when Netto had his answer. Tonion had his alternate twin that meant he was going have to stay out of the system. Saito died when he was a baby, and from what Netto has seen in the Light's home, he had a strong feeling deep down that his own alternate was the one who didn't live. He was pulled out of his line of thought by one thing: He needed a plan and he needed one fast.

Ep 1 end

If anyone wishes to critique this, feel free for I'm not going to be a jerk unless it's a no good reason flame. By the way, next ep is going to have action and fighting! Stay tuned!