Boy, I have had a really stressful month, but I got my computer back, I have all of my summer reading done, and band camp is over, and also my comp got re-imaged, so nothing is on there. Now all that's left is to update. ). Oh, and the rating went to T because there is gonna b some butt kickin this chappie.

Blues-lover- I think that the reason that I balance everything is the fact that how I'm feeling influences my writing. And sometimes I will walk away from the story (or dragged kicking and screaming), and when I come back, I have a different perspective.

Shadowkeeper113- The reason that I had Empress act OOC was because I was having Roll fighting back some. Roll is conscious inside of her mind, and is trying to stop her dark-side. I'll try to show you what I mean later on in this chapter.

Terratasha- Don't worry. None of the main characters die in my stories (disregarding Hagio in my second story). Well, none of Capcom's die anysway. Also, technically Megaman/Hub is 16 years old, and being a navi, he has had to help his mom (look at the anime. I think that it's in axess when his mom takes him and Lan goes to confront Chaud.) I just think that he should cook. I mean, what else would he do at five, or six, or whenever I said he woke up, in the morning?

LemmingRebel- don't worry about the main charries, they won't die.

Begin chapter

"Drop, should we give Empress another dose of that stuff? I mean, she's acting odd, almost like that thing isn't having an effect," Susan asked the morning of d-day. She and Drop had been the butt of some mean 'jokes' made by Empress, and they were currently in Susan's cushy room.

"I just say we lock her up. She gave me a black eye this morning!" Drop pouted.

"So that really isn't working then," Todd commented as he walked into the room and sat down on her bed. "I knew that that person was lying to me, but dad believed him. And what dad says goes. –sigh- we're going to have to restrain her. Put her in a cage, or something. And if she doesn't comply, act like she is the enemy."

"She's worse than Roll," Drop growled.

"You mean I'm stronger than Roll," Empress sneered as she logged into the room. "Todd, I'd like to see you try." Right after she said that, an electrical shock broke through the net, knocking both girls out.

"Drop!" King said as he logged into the area and grabbed his girlfriend. "Todd, why didn't you get her out!"

"Because Empress would have left too," Susan replied. "Drop'll be fine." King sighed as he logged himself and Drop out.

"I'll send John to seal-up Empress," Todd said as he left the room. "I need to check and make sure everything is ready in the arena."

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"Everyone ready?" asked Jena as they loaded up the two cars they were taking.

"Yeah," Axl replied. "What did you need me to do again?"

"I need you to copy my appearance and make it look like I'm at the cage helping free everyone. I'm going to find Lan's PET so that I can change Hub to a navi if things go wrong," she said as she set the rest of her stuff in the trunk as Hub walked into the garage wearing a black t-shirt with a neon blue and black striped long-sleeved undershirt, a pair of black cargo-pants, and black army boots. He was wearing a black headband like his brother wore his.

"What on earth are you wearing?" asked Cody. Hub looked down and smiled

"Well, I might as well fight in style. Everything is light-weight, and looks cool. And, thanks to Jena, virtually bullet proof," he replied.

"Looks cool? You look gothic," Sam sighed. "Are you trying to give your parent's a heart attack?"

"No, just Todd," he smiled. "If he questioned anyone that he took, they'd say that I was 'perfect'."

"Not my parents," Cody said. "In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they were behind this." Jena raised her eyebrows and opened transformed her car.

"Well, we still have to get them before we can question them," she said. "Everyone who wants to ride with me hop in. Don't forget, the other alternative is Hub, and he's crazy."

"Look who's talking," he replied as he jumped into Joey's car, with Howie and Daniel in the back. "She's the one who starts everything."

"I bet she wishes that she could be the one to beat Todd instead of you," Daniel said. "So, how are we entering the warehouse?"

"Breaking through the walls," Hub said as he followed Jena out onto the street.

"Why aren't we flying?" asked Howie.

"We'd draw attention to ourselves," Hub replied as they drove to the freeway. "As if two racecars on a public highway wouldn't draw any at all."

"You could have taken the suburban, you know," Jena's voice popped up over the radio. "But noooooo, you wanted to have a 'heavily armored car' so that we wouldn't get in trouble for miniscule body damage to the car." Hub bumped her car with his as they entered the freeway.

"Tag, you're it," he said as he sped up to eighty mph.

"You're going down," she replied as she took off after him.

"You know, I don't really like this radio station, let's change it to some good music," Howie said as Hub changed it to a rock station and continued his dangerous game of tag.

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"A high sped chase has just broken out in north Houston. It appears that two of the members of the Guard have been notified, and are racing towards the pursuit. Here's Linda Smithery with the details," a Dentech reported said. Yai, Tory, Dex, Chaud, and Mary all looked at each other, and then back to the screen.

"Thank you Bob. What at first appeared to be an out of control chase now has new hope of ending. Two members of the Guard are taking on the responsibility of lead pursuing officers. According to the Police Chief, there was no call to the two eldest siblings, Jena and Joey, but they must have found out about it. We can see here that they are speeding towards the white Camero at speeds well over ninety. Oh, and it looks like Jena has taken the lead, and oh, she has just hit the white Camero into her brother's car. Joey has just slammed the Camero into the concrete divider! It appears that this chase is over. But why are the two of them still speeding away? Oh well, it appears that the cops are now apprehending the two suspects. Another chase ended by the members of the Guard," the reporter sighed.

"Something's going down in Houston. We should go and see if they need any help," Yai said.

"No, I think that Jena can handle it," Chaud replied as he finished his ice-cream.

"What do you know that we don't?" asked Tory. "Ryuu, come on bud, what's wrong in Houston?" Chaud opened his mouth as his PET rang.

"Chaud, it's your father, he needs you at the office. He needs those documents that I told you to give to him before we left," Proto sighed.

"I'm sorry, but we need to go," Chaud said as he and Mary stood up. Chaud laid down the money for their ice cream, and left. As they walked back to Blaze Quest, Mary sighed.

"Proto, you shouldn't have lied like that," she reprimanded as Proto sweatdropped.

"Well, at least he didn't choke, and they bought it," Ring defended. "So, why do you think that they went to that chase?"

"I think that they just happened to be at the right place at the right time," Chaud said as they made it to his office. "Oh, and Proto wasn't lying, I did forget to give him a document." He picked up the folder and walked back to the elevator. "I'm going to give this to him, you can stay here if you want."

"I'll do that," she smiled as she sat down in his chair as he went up to the top floor. "Boy, they were really booking it."

"But Joey wasn't driving," Ring replied. "Was that Megaman?"

"Probably. Remember that Jena, his friend, made that chip that allows him to go into the real world," she said. "I guess it's time for them to go and get everyone back."

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Todd was pacing in his arena, waiting for his victims. "Where are they? They should have been here by now," he thought as a low rumbling started. "What in the-". BOOM. Two cars were stopped right in front of him. Two people got out of one of the cars and into the other, and that car drove off. The driver of the first car got out, and stared down Todd.

"That's a look I like to see, anger and confusion. That's sort of how I felt the other day, except I wasn't all that confused," Hub said as he started to advance on Todd. "You wanted to fight, let's fight."

"Hold on, I just wanted to show you something first," he sneered as he turned on a screen. "Empress, look who's here."

"Mega," she said as the look in her eyes changed for an instant. "So you did come."

"Yes, and I'm going to find a way to turn you back," he said as he turned back to Todd. "Let's fight, then you can give me my family, girlfriend, and my brother's girlfriend back."

"Only if you win," Todd growled.

"Oh, don't worry, my fighting skills have gotten better since we last fought."

"Bring it." Hub smirked and launched himself at his enemy. Todd fell down, and Hub started to pummel him with his fists. Todd writhed and landed a punch in Hub's stomach. This slowed him down for a second, which was all Todd needed to get off of the floor and on top. "Son of a- Owww!" Hub had got him in the sweet spot with his foot. Todd fell and started to breath heavily.

"There's more where that came from," Hub smirked as he took a fighting stance. Todd stood back up with a look of pure hatred.

"Now you die," Todd growled in a slightly higher octave as he pushed a button. Hub looked up, and saw the gun turrets.

"Oh shit."

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"Jena!" Joey exclaimed as he saw his sister enter the room with a look of concentration. Slowly, Cody, Daniel, Howie and Sam entered about the same time that Hub started his attack.

"Shhh," Sam said as she placed a cherry bomb in the lock and lit it. She backed away as the lock blew off.

"Lan, do you know where're they're keeping the PETs?" asked Daniel as he helped the injured boy up.

"In Todd's office room type thing," he replied as he got into the car, which had been driven into the room. 'Jena' got on her PET and called someone.

"Thanks," Howie said as he looked around. "Anyone else hurt?"

"No. Where is my son?" asked Mrs. Hikari as Maylu, Daniel W., Joey and Ryan got into the car.

"Fighting Todd," Cody replied as he tried to pries himself away from his mother and father.

"Where is my daughter?" asked Mrs. Walker. 'Jena' looked up and smiled.

"I'm here mom," she smiled. Mrs. Walker made eye contact and smiled.

"I'm sorry. I must be a little dazed from lack of sleep," she smiled back. Axl breathed a sigh of relief.

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"Office, office, office," Jena thought as she snuck through the upper level. "There it is." She made it into the room, and grabbed the PETs. She ran out of the room and climbed up to the rafters. She watched as Hub kneed Todd in the groin. "Ouch, that has to hurt." She started the procedure to change him back, and looked around the upper level, and saw some gun turrets. "Crap," she thought as she hurried up the coding. She sent the code as Todd pulled the guns out.

"Oh shit," Hub said as he started to try and dodge the guns. "Wait, why am I so fast all of the sudden? Jena." He started to gain some bravery back, and he started to dodge closer and closer to Todd. "My my my, how the tables have turned?" Todd growled and pulled out a handgun.

"You're going down," he snarled as he shot at Hub. As soon as the hammer was pulled, Jena slotted in an Area Steal chip. "What the hell!"

"Well, you should have known, I'm a navi," Hub sneered from his spot on top of a barrel. "King should have told you."

"So, we have a gothic, navi-ghost who wants to kill me," Todd laughed. "How funny."

"Hey, this is an awesome outfit."

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Inside of the net, Empress was watching the fight. "Why isn't he going all out?" she thought.

"Because he cares about me," Roll yelled at her evil alter-ego. Inside of her mind, she was locked in a cage, and was trying hard to break out. "LET ME GO!"

"Why would I do that?" she asked. "I'm having so much fun trying to get out of this cage that I'M trapped in." Roll sighed as she found a hairpin and started to pick the lock. After working for five minutes, she unlocked it. She snuck out and attacked Empress. "Why you little. You're going down." Empress and Roll fell to the ground, and started to kick, bite, and claw.

"As soon as I regain control, I'll get Me out of here, and I'll go and help my boyfriend," she growled as she got kicked in the gut.

"I don't know how you got out earlier, but you're going back, just like last time," Empress spat, literally. Outside of her mind, Hub had finished with Todd.

"Let that be a lesson to you, don't leave weapons laying around," he sneered at the bloody body in front of him. Todd had foolishly left a pipe on top of a box, and Hub beat him until he looked like his brother. When he was done, Jena slid down and pulled the pipe out of his hands.

"Where are they?" she asked.

"Who?"

"Everyone else?" They looked around the warehouse, and saw the screen.

"I'm getting my girlfriend," he said in a tone that left no room for argument.

"So you two are going to go out after this, right?"

"Yeah," he smiled as he logged into the room. He noticed that Roll, no Empress was acting strange, er, stranger. She was thrashing around the cage holding her head. "Empress, Roll? Are you ok?" Empress continued to throw herself around. Hub ran over to her and held her still, as best as he could. She was squirming worse than a little kid.

"M-mega?" she asked after she started to calm down some. "Y-you hav-ve to help m-me. She's t-trying t-t-to keep contr-rol."

"Roll, what do I need to do? What do you want me to do?" he questioned frantically.

"Hub, she's being attacked inside of her mind," said Jena as she popped up in a screen. "There's nothing you really can do except be there for her." Hub sighed and looked into her eyes.

"Roll, I'll be here as long as you need me to be. You can do this, you can beat her, this time for good," he said in a reassuring tone. She nodded before going limp. "Roll? Roll!"

"She's using all of her programming to attack Empress. If she attacks and destroys Empress this time, we'll never see her ugly face again." Suddenly, a loud honk came from the hallway, and Jena's car flew off of the upper landing, and fell to the floor. "WHO TOLD RYAN HE COULD DRIVE?"

"Sorry, my bad," Cody replied as he sweatdropped and stepped out of the driver's seat. Jena gave him a look that could kill, can went back to looking at the screen. "What's on TV?"

"Nothing," she said as she turned the screen off. "Touch the power button and die. Someone should call some paramedics. Todd has defiantly seen some better days."

"He didn't hold back," Lan smiled from his seat in the back of the car. Joey called the paramedics.

"Nope. He even made his own weapon out of a piece of pipe."

"Where is he?" asked Mrs. Hikari.

"Um, I can't tell you that at the moment," Jena sweatdropped. "I'm going to die, aren't I?"

"WHERE IS MY SON?" Jena handed her the PET in response. "You changed him back to navi? Why?"

"Well, Todd had gun turrets, and we had the fact that he can be changed easily from navi to human as a trump."

"So we just have to wait for him to get back," Maylu asked. "Will Roll be with him?"

"I think so. I believe that he went to get her," she replied.

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Inside of her head, Roll and Empress were still going at it. Roll felt revitalized after her talk with Mega, and she attacked with new strength. All of the sudden, Empress pulled out her trusted sword, and started to slice at Roll. Roll ran and looked for a weapon. She found a laser-sword on a table that appeared out of the ground. She smirked and lunged at Empress. "Where did you find that toy?" Empress sneered as Roll cut her hair off. "So you want to play?"

"Bring it," she growled back. Both started their attack as Mega's voice started to resound throughout the area.

"It's going to be ok Roll. You can beat her, I know you can," he said as Roll smiled and attacked. Empress was put on the defensive, and she started to get desperate. Next thing that both girls knew, Stop was there.

"Roll, you know that fighting with yourself is one of the first signs of insanity," she smiled as she pulled out her buster and started to fire on Empress.

"How did you get in here?" she asked.

"It's a secret. Aren't you happy to see me?"

"Well, I was getting a little tired, and no one else could come in here. Is this a new thing?" Stop stopped her barrage on Empress to think.

"Not really, ever since you left our happy family, I've had it," she said as Empress stopped moving. "Your turn. You have to finish her off, or she'll come back. No mercy." Roll sighed and looked at her evil side. "Just think about what she's put you through." Roll eyed her sister nervously, changed the sword to her bow, and shot Empress. The arrow deleted her.

"So, why are you here? What makes you care? What do you want?"

"Come on, can't sisters help each other? But you're right, I do need something. And I've already got it, so I decided to come here and help you. I had to catch the four navis that have been messing with my work."

"Drop and her boyfriend and others? They deserve anything, I think that you should give the two big boys to Forte to play with. Just let them loose in the Undernet." Both had a laugh and Stop started to disappear.

"See you around," she said as she left. Roll sighed and closed her eyes. When she opened them, she was back in the net.

"Mega?" she asked in a weak voice. She watched as relief flooded over his face. He pulled her closer and smiled.

"You really need to stop worrying me like this," he laughed. "Jena, could you log us out?"

"Sure" came her voice as they dematerialized and made it back to Mega's PET.

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