Lan's POV

I led Mega Man to a nice shaded corner of the lab, bright under the white spotlights. "We'll start by turning off all the power," I said, warming to my plan.

"Quick! Hide!" I cried suddenly, crushing my Navi against a wall as a scientist hurried past, swinging his briefcase.

"What was that for?" Mega said irritably, rubbing his head where he'd bumped it against the wall.

"Scientists," I explained as I pushed him against the wall again.

"You have this light in your eyes. That's a danger sign," he replied. "Now how are we going to let your dad know without anyone seeing?"

"Simple," I answered, leaning down and swivelling a computer screen toward me.

Mega groaned.

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I had hacked into the DenTech Lab system with the codes Yai had given us, so now the codes on the locks in the room where Dad worked were all disabled. I yawned, dragging my Navi/human over to the open doorway.

"You know, I'm almost used to all these crazy adventures now," he told me as we walked, jerking his hand away. "But be careful. You don't know what could happen."

"Dad'll know what to do," I assured him, but I wasn't as sure as I sounded. What if something went wrong and I didn't have my Navi, human or otherwise? "He invented the Navi."

We were in a small room, lined with a bunch of steel-coloured consoles and a bunch of scientists, clicking rapidly as they scoured the Internet in search of a new Navi upgrade.

Just then, I saw a tall woman scientist walking toward us, and I could tell by her expression that she was going to tell us to get out, that it was a restricted section.

"Watch and learn, little humanized Navi, watch and learn," I whispered to Mega Man as she came near.

"Excuse me, but children aren't allowed in here without permission," said the scientist, tapping my shoulder. "And unless you have something to do, you should leave, if you don't mind my asking."

I made this totally cute face, with these giant puppy-dog eyes and a winning puckered mouth that made her relent in about a second. "We're he'e to see me pap," I said, like a tiny little beggar, sniffling. "We ha'ent seen him in a lon' time," I sniffed, giving her the cute face.

"Aw," remarked the scientist appreciatively. "All right, you can go."

"Why'd you have to do that?" Mega Man complained as I walked over to the door on the far end of the dark room. "We could have just, well, done something else."

"What else could we have done?" I challenged, smirking as I lifted up the sheet Yai had given us. "See, even the great Mega Man, human Navi, doesn't know."

He rolled his eyes and muttered something about that not being the point. I grinned to myself as I read Yai's tiny, neat cursive.

"Yai thought of everything, didn't she?" I marveled. " 'Your dad works in a special place at the back of the lab, I think it's because he's so important. You guys have to turn right after typing the code in and then left at the next turn, then type in another code and the door will open. Your father's in there.' " I stared over the top of the sheet at Mega. "Do you really think he'll be able to help us?"

He looked up, giving me a small, but definite nod. "Yeah. Let's do this." And just like that, we went in.