Okay, first off, I'd like to say I'm sorry for the delay. My laptop broke, and I have just gotten it fixed. I had this chapter typed already, but couldn't update. Thanks again to all you people out there that read and review, and I hope that I can respond to as many as I can. Once again, phrases in (( )) are put there by me, the author as clarification.

It was Friday, and Sean knew it. Everyone was in a good mood, and Sean had just aced a literature test on Tartuffe. He had just gotten back a test in calculus, and he was okay in that as well. As he walked up to his friends ((It's activities, I really need you guys to know Sean's schedule)), he noticed Nick and Holly standing a distance from the group, in what seemed to be a heated discussion.

"What's up with Nick and Holly?"

"I don't know, go ask them," replied Emerson sarcastically. He always seemed to be in a bad mood, except when he drank, and that wasn't frequently since he wasn't legally allowed to.

"Holly just walked up and said that she had to ask Nick something private and they walked over. I heard her mention your name, and then they moved farther away and started doing that," Liz informed Sean. She was the gossip of the group, always knowing who was dating who, what someone did, and who was in trouble. As she finished, Nick threw up his arms, and walked over to Sean.

"What are you doing tonight?" he asked.

"Um… Nothing. Hi, by the way."

"Cool. Holly wants to know if you want to go on a date with her."

Sean looked over Nick's shoulder at Holly. She smiled widely, and waved energetically he thought about it, and replied, "Sure."

"Sweet. I'm going to go get food. He said yes, Holly." Said Nick, slightly irritated.

"What's you're probl-ack!!" asked Sean as he was nearly tackled by Holly.

"I'm soooooo glad you said yes!" She said, "I'm really surprised Nick gave in so easily."

"Gave…in?"

"Don't you know he bisexual?" Liz interjected.

"Uh… Not until now." Sean said uncomfortably.

"Really? I thought it was easy to tell," said Holly

"Yeah, he has this… quality," Marco said, walking up. He was the flyboy. His dad collected and restored old warplanes, so Marco gleaned knowledge off of him, as well as the ability to fly them.

"Yeah," the rest of the group agreed.

"Well, I did not notice this, and even if he is, I don't think he likes me."

"Did he cook for you?" asked Julie.

"Yeah, he did, on the first day of school."

"That confirms it. Nick likes, or liked, you," said Holly. "Now, though, we need to plan our date!"

Wow, she really has a one-track mind Sean thought to himself.

They decided to go to a small pizza parlor that was down the road from Greene, after going to the Greene football ((American football)) game. Holly was going to drive, since Sean didn't have a car or a legal Electopian license yet. After they were finished planning, Sean left for Biology. Nick didn't even say a word to him during class.

"Gosh, what's his problem? A straight guy won't go out with him. The horror!" Axl said sarcastically.

"Axl, stop being insensitive. Yes, he's attracted to me. That doesn't mean that you should make fun of him."

"Oh, great, now you're turning too."

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Halfway through lunch, Sean got an email from Chaud. It said to call him immediately, and it was concerning Nick. Sean finished his lunch (a pulled pork sandwich) and walked out of the cafeteria. As soon as Sean was out of sight, he ran up to the roof, using the same route he had last time.

"What's up?"

"Sean, you need to get away from Nick, and fast!" Chaud said in a very serious voice. Sean had put him on the speakerphone so that he wouldn't have to hold his PET to his ear (Axl always took photos of his ear just to annoy him).

"Because, I finally found him in a database. It's in the ex- Net Savior files."

"Ex-Net Savior? That would mean that he's-"

"Dead?" someone said. Sean turned around, almost falling off the roof. Nick was leaning against the threshold of the stairwell.

"Sean! Get out of there!"

"Chaud, stop it. It's me. I didn't die. I just… Disappeared."

"Yeah, right. Nobody got out of that explosion alive except Wily."

"I did."

"How?"

"Uh, could someone fill me in right now?" Sean said impatiently.

"Nick and I were assigned to look for suspicious activity before the Cybeast incident. Nick actually had gotten into the Expo site awhile before, and was working of sabotaging the copybots that Wily had built. Unfortunately, he was captured by Wily, and that's all I know."

"I'll take up the story from there. I was captured by Wily. I don't really remember exactly what happened to me, but I remember I was setting up the Cybeast copybots to not be able to function when I was knocked out. When I woke up, I was in a room. I was kept there for a while, only getting fed by one of the guys. He wore a really red jumpsuit. I was able to get out in time to see that brown haired kid-"

"Lan"

"Jack into the copybot. I knew that no matter what happened, the best idea was to get out of there. I managed to escape as the building was exploding, with some help from someone. I couldn't really remember a lot, so I didn't remember my Net Savior status. I managed to get to a local hospital, where I was diagnosed with a slight case of amnesia. I decided to go back to the one place I remembered the most about, which was Greene."

"But didn't Modman-" interjected Sean.

"I built him afterwards."

"Oh."

"Wow, I had no idea." Said Chaud.

"Yeah. Chaud, I need a favor."

"Anything for a Net Savior."

"I need you to not disclose the fact that I'm alive to anyone, including the Officials. I would like you to re-instate my rank of Net Savior, but try to do it covertly. Also, I would really like two cross fusion chips."

"Two?"

"One to use, one to…work on."

"Okay. I'll get right on it."

"Thanks." Nick then turned and walked down the stairs.

"Why didn't you tell me that you knew him?" Sean said, focusing on Chaud.

"Because I didn't really believe that he was alive, and it was just someone using his name. Also, it was the only time that I was on assignment that I didn't completely succeed"

"You still could've told me."

"Why tell a convict something that he doesn't need to know?"

"Why!" Sean shouted, but Chaud had already hung up.

"You know, I think that Nick wasn't telling you the entire story.

After Sean finished classes, He ran up to his dorm to change for his date. When he got there, he found Nick sitting at his desk typing.

"Hey." Sean said. Nick didn't respond

"You there? Earth to Nick?"

"I'm here."

"Are you still pissed because I went out with Holy instead of you?"

"What?" Nick turned in his seat, and looked at Sean, utterly surprised.

"Well… Aren't you bi?"

"What! Who told you that?"

"Why are you so pissed at me?

"Because…"

"Because what?"

"Because I love Holly!" Nick shouted, "Now leave me alone!" he picked up his PET and stormed out.

"Wow… I had no idea…" Sean said.

"Neither did I." Axl agreed.

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Sean decided to go on his date with Holly anyway. He pulled on a pair of jeans and a red polo. He walked outside, heading towards the school stadium. The Greene school had many… wealthy alumni, so the school had recently gotten enough money through donations to built a new stadium. I was very high tech, with a retractable dome so that it could be opened in good weather and closed in bad conditions. Although it was half the size of a normal football stadium ((the field is still 100 yards, there's just less seating)) it was protected by on of the best security systems. All six exits ((three for home, three for visitors)) were linked to a computer that could shut and seal them. When sealed, the doors could apparently stand up to a tank blast, so the stadium (at some times) served as a local shelter. Sean really didn't understand why there had to be so much security, but it still made the stadium sound really neat. He walked over to the first home entrance gate, and waited for Holly.

"Hey… Sean, right?" said Marco, walking up with Julie. Sean had found out that they had been dating for a while, and were really in love with each other. Julie, though, was very protective of Marco, and was easily angered when another girl would flirt with him.

"Where's Holly?" asked Julie.

Sean glanced at his PET screen 7:34 "She should be here any moment…"

"SEAN!!!" someone yelled. Marco, Julie and Sean all turned and looked. It was Holly, wearing jeans and a blouse. She had her hair down, but slightly curled at the end, in a way that made her seem like a goddess.

"H-hi." Sean stuttered. He always got nervous around beautiful girls, and was trying to get past this difficulty.

"I'm sooo glad you're here! Lets go and get our seats!"

"Okay." Sean followed the rest of the group. The seats, which he learned that the group always sat at, were actually private box seats, at the highest left point on the home side. "How did we get these?" he said, astonished.

"Technically, they're here for the seniors to use, but I managed to talk Nick into changing the locks so only we could get in," said Holly, "He a really great friend"

"Yeah. Hey, what's that?" said Sean, pointing to a small, stand in the middle of the room ((the box is arranged like this: there is a room, about ten by ten feet, with another connected area with about ten seats situated at the front of the room, looking out onto the field)) anxious to change the subject.

"That's something of Nick's design. It's a holographic projector, so we can jack in our navis so that they can watch the game, and socialize."

"That's cool." Said Sean, jacking in Axl.

"That's your navi? He's really cute!" said Holly, leaning closer to Axl.

"Gee, uh, thanks?" said Axl.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have a navi to introduce you to…"

"Wait, you don't have a navi?" Sean said incredulously.

"Yeah, I don't have one. I'm not very technologically savvy, and I never have enough time to actually research what type of navi to buy."

"That's cool. The game's starting."

The game was between Green and their rival school, Rook. They were good, and, according to Holly, had a history of being sore losers. Last year, they had snuck into the stadium, and had written "Green Sucks" across the field. Then, in retaliation, Greene had ransacked the Rook home locker room. This year, their team was pretty good. The score was just about even most of the way through the game.

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Nick was in his lab. Well, if you could call it a lab. It was an old underground bomb shelter from when the school was a military shelter. Nick had refitted it with new flooring and a table that was filled with computers. He was working on improving the nano-assembler. He was just about to put the final wire in place when an alarm went off.

"What is it, Mod?"

"Someone has gotten into the stadium security system."

"Do you think it's Rook just being asses again?"

"I don't think so, because there weren't any signs of an attack from the outside."

"Marco's there. He's smart enough to handle it."

"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" shouted Marco, running around the room. Greene had just scored a touchdown when all six exits had shut and locked themselves, as well as all the doors to the box seating, effectively trapping everyone.

"On second thought, never mind."

"Calm down everyone!" shouted Sean. He was trying to get everyone calm in the box, which was just Marco, Julie, Holly, and him (Liz and Emerson had disappeared…), but was having trouble moving around due to the fact that Holly was clinging to him.

"Sean, I'm scared" she whined

"I know. I'll try to figure something out. Julie, do you know if this is a senior prank?"

"No… not unless it was planned today."

"Okay. Is there any way onto the net?"

"Not in the box that I know of."

"Damn." Sean said, just as his PET started ringing. "Hello?"

"Sean, it's me, Nick. You can jack into the holoprojector to get into the net, through the firewall. After that, I can help guide you to the security system."

"How do I get through?"

"Get Marco to help you too."

"Ok, thanks." Said Sean, jacking in. "MARCO, get your ass over here and help!"

Marco walked over shakily, and jacked his navi in.

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Axl was working on breaking down the wall with a drillarm3. Another navi walked up to him. The navi was slightly taller than him. He was dressed in what seemed to be an old flight suit, complete with the leather helmet and goggles, with an airplane propeller attached to his left arm. He also had a small pistol clipped to his belt.

"Yo, Aeroman at your service."

"Sweet. Help me break down this firewall."

"Just step back and watch me work." Said Aeroman, stepping back. "Aero chip, P51" he said as Marco slotted in a chip and a digital P51 Mustang fighter plane landed. He and Axl got in, and took off. He flew close to the ground, firing the machineguns on the plane, to no effect.

"Does this thing have any more power!" shouted Axl. He was sitting in the rear seat, just along for the ride.

"Yeah, but first you'll have to get out." Aeroman replied, landing the plane. Axl got out, and Aeroman took off again. This time, though, he flew very high up, and dived to gain speed. He was heading straight the firewall.

"He's going to crash!" Axl said to himself, just as Aeroman jumped out of the plane, sending it straight into the firewall, crushing a massive hole through it.

"Let's go!" said Aeroman, picking himself up and running through the hole. Nick guided Axl and Aeroman through the stadium's net, getting them to the security system link.

"This should be the link to the security system." Said Axl, reading his weapons. He and Aeroman had gotten through the system with little trouble, which was putting Sean on edge.

"Get ready for anything," he said.

"Ok!" Let's go!" Sean said, stepping through the link. What was one the other side, though, he was not prepared for.

"Whoa! It's a desert in here!" said Aeroman, stepping up behind Axl. The entire security net was covered in sand, making it seem like a desert.

"Sean, I need a sword." Said Axl, eying the sandworms that were slowly approaching. Sean slotted in an aquasword just as one jumped up in front of Axl. He sliced the virus in two, and looked around. "Uh… Sean, I'm going to need something more powerful…" as soon as the virus had hit the sand, about fifty of them had surfaced.

"I've got it!" shouted Aeroman, stepping up. He angled his left arm in front of him, and started spinning his prop. It blew up a cloud of sand. The sandworms, whose visions were impaired, leaped forward into the prop, destroying them instantly.

"I think that's all of them." Aeroman, shutting off his prop and stepping forward.

"Yeah, I think so." Axl coughed. "I think that's the control for the security. Who's that?"

A common green navi stepped forward. "Thank you so much! I thought I was done f-" that was as far as he got, because Aeroman shot him with his pistol.

"Why the hell did you do that!" yelled Axl.

"Because, that's not a normal navi." As Aeroman said this, the navi seemed to dissolve into sand.

"Where did he go?"

"Uh… Axl… Turn around."

Axl turned around. There was a massive pile of sand, with a gaping maw and eyes, with what seemed to be a crown on the top of it.

"Very clever to of you to see through my disguise. I am not I normal navi I am Desertman"

"But Megaman completely owned you!" Axl said in a state of disbelief.

"That was awhile ago. I am back, and so is my operator. And now, you will die. DESERT MIRAGE!" Axl managed to get a copyshot of Desertman, but was hit in the face with a bunch of sand.

"Aeroman, I'm out. I can't see anything."

Sean pulled a chip out of his pocket and handed it to Marco "Use this if you need to."

"But this is-"

"A Gospel chip. I know. You may need it."

"Cool. Aeroman, get ready to fly."

"Thanks Marco." Aeroman stepped back as his trademark P51 appeared. Marco slotted in a bubbler chip and the machineguns changed to launchers for that.

"You can't be serious about flying blind." Desertman said

"You bet! Pilots have to be able to fly be instruments alone." Aeroman flew his plane, and lined it up with Desertman and nailed it with two direct hits.

"Ah!" cried Desertman. He created a pillar of rock, and picked it up and threw it at the plane, rather sluggishly. Marco slotted in a geyser chip and Aeroman flew directly overhead and bombed Desertman with it.

"As long as there is sand, I will survive! SANDSTORM!" Desertman was surrounded in a cloud of sand, and started moving towards the link out of the security area."

"We can't let him get out! Activate ejector seat!" Aeroman was blasted out of the cockpit of the plane and toward Desertman. "AQUA GOSPEL" as the familiar head of the gospel beast formed around his arm, Aeroman used the prop on his left arm to keep him aloft like a helicopter. He let loose the blast, directly hitting Desertman and soaking about half of the security area.

"Desertman, log out!" said his operator.

"Yes master. He was not here, anyway." Desertman said as he jacked out.

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"Master… I am sorry… I have failed you." Sunyama said as he kneeled in front of his leader

"Rise, Sunyama. You did not fail. You merely did not have good timing. We will find him, though, and I will personally destroy him."

"But sir, if what you say is true, then he is to strong for even you-"

"Silence. Meet your new master, Josh. I have found him very… useful. He will guide you and the others."

"But… how will we destroy him?"

"I have an idea. If it succeeds, then will destroy the net forever!"

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Sean was on his way back to the dorm from his date with Holly. She had dropped him out in front of the campus. As he was walking, he heard a bluesy tune being played on a piano.

"Hey, Axl, do you hear that?"

"Yeah. Whoever's playing it is really good." Sean walked over to the auditorium, and tried the door. It was open, so he went in. Nick was sitting in front of a grand piano, playing. He had his eyes closed, so he didn't see Sean as he walked in. he finished the song, and opened his eyes. He looked up and saw Sean.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Well, the door was unlocked, and I heard the music…"

"Oh. Do you play any instruments?"

"I'm okay at the guitar, and I do play the keyboard mediocre."

"That's cool. Look, I really like to play in private, so do you think that you could possibly leave me alone?"

"Sure." Sean turned to go.

"Wait. So you're Sean, head of Gospel?"

"Yes." Sean sighed. "Do you think that you could keep it quiet?"

"Of course. I'm sorry about earlier, by the way."

"Don't worry about it. If you want, I can not go on another date with her if-"

"No, Don't worry about it." Nick started playing again, and Sean took this as his queue to leave.

So, you like? I really am sorry about the delay, again, and from now on I'm saving my fic on a flash drive that I just bought. R&R, Nick