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*With the first group.*

Fire: Wow... there's nothing here.

Elec: Huh. I expected loads of upgrades and some other useful goodies. But you're right... nothing.

Fire: Then why the hell was Stoneman gaurding the damn thing?!

Nova: Maybe the data is encrypted?

Elec: Maybe... well start searching for hidden files everyone.

Fire: What do I look like?! A search dog?

Nova: Woah! Look what I found!

*Nova flashes around a pair of skimpy female underwear.*

Fire: OOoooh! I wonder if those are Jet's.

*Both Nova and Elec give Fire funny looks.*

Fire: What?

Elec: Nevermind. I'm gonna scan this area to see if I can find something.

Fire: Well, I'm gonna go look for Shan.

Nova: I thought you lost interest in her?

Fire: Well, after seeing those panties my flame was rekindiled.

Nova: What flame? The flame on your head seems the same.

Fire: I was speaking metaphoricly.*goes off to find more underwear.*

*Elsewhere, the second group is getting their act together while Jet watches.*

Skull: Almost got the arm and the leg mixed up there for a minute...

Jet: Oh, aren't we professional today?

Number: Look at yourself. Can't even hold a grenade without it exploding.

Jet: Grrr...

Bass: Stop fighting, we need to go find Shan.

Bomb: I second this motion.

Skull: Ahem...where do we start looking now?

Jet: Maybe you should ask your operators.

Bass: HEY BLACKBELT!

*A tumbleweed rolls by.*

Bass: Eh...heh...hmm...he must not have heard me. HEY B--!

Skull: We're screwed, aren't we?

Bomb: Yup. Let's find her on our own.

Jet: Oh, we're only stranded in endless miles of rugged data and the occasional thug that would like to kill us and take our files.

Bass: So you're saying we should wait for her to come to us?

Jet: I never even implied that...

*And in the other place...you know, with the people...*

Elec: Maybe we should go wake up Stone and ask him what's so important about this room.

Nova: Wouldn't he, you know, attack us?

Elec: I think we can take him. Good thing our operators are waiting just outside ready to send us some battlechips.

*In the Pizza Place across the street*

Sky: Abandoning our navis was the smartest decision we ever made!

Dominic: Pass me some more breadsticks.

*Back in the mystery room*

Fire: Yeah, we can always rely on them. Hey! I found another door!

Elec: Where?

Fire: In the ceiling. *points towards a large hatch in the roof*

Elec: I wonder what comes out of there...

Shan: You won't get the chance to find out.

*The others spin around to notice Shan blocking the exit to the room. She's spinning her whip and laughing menacingly.*

Shan: It was a foolish thing, splitting up like that, now it just makes it easier for me to finish you one by one.

Nova: Woah...uh...it's a good thing you have no quarrel with me...*begins walking quickly to the other side of the room*

Shan: Not so fast! *With a flip of her whip, Nova is ensnared and gets pulled up against Shan's chest.*

Nova: *gulp* Well, I guess if there was any way I'd prefer to die...

Fire: Let go of him!! *Uses a Fire Tower to knock Nova away from Shan* And do that to me! *picks up the end of the whip and begins wrapping it around himself*

Shan: Ugh...you navis are strange.

*Suddenly, without warning, the ceiling hatch begins to open*

Computer generated voice: WARNING! WARNING! THE CEILING HATCH IS OPENING.

Elec: Eh?!

*a platform lowers to the floor, The Life Virus, Beastman, and Plantman are standing on it, they seem surprised that the VI is in their loading bay.*

LV: Well well well, it looks like my hunt is going to be a lot easier than I thought!

Elec: This isn't good, Shan, you'd better let us escape, I don't think we'll all get out of here alive with LV here.

Stoneman: Not so fast. Gok Gok *moves up and blocks the only exit with his massive physique.

LV: Stone, how did these intruders get in here in the first place?

Stone: Uh, I pretended to be asleep so I could lure them into this trap!...yeah...Gok...

LV: *sigh* Either way, they're trapped now, the only question is...*pulls out his Tainted Needle* which one to capture? Beast! Plant! Take care of the extras, I'll handle the dopplegangers myself!

*Beast begins attacking Shan as Plant begins assaulting Nova. The Life Virus eyes his prey. Fire and Elec are standing dead still.*

Fire: What do you suppose that syringe does?

Elec: I don't wanna find out. HAGH! *glows bright yellow and zaps LV with a blast of lightning, it bounces off his aura*

LV: Mwah hah hah! *drops his shield and fires the Dream Beam, Elec is knocked into the wall*

Elec: Sky!! I could use some help here!!...Sky?

*Back in the restaurant*

Sky: Ahhh...that slice was sooo good, I wish I was eating it riiiight now...

Ryan: Well, you're in luck Sky, we have 3 more plates of them.

Sky: Joy! Hey...do you here a beeping?

Dominic: 's probably just the restaurant cash register. *munches on a piece of pizza*

Ryan: Or our navis calling for help.

Sky: I like the first one. *stuffs a few more pieces into his mouth*

*Back in the loading bay, both Fire and Elec have taken a severe beating*

LV: Bah, both of you are so pathetic, you're not worth my control.

*Beastman suddenly flies past LV's face and Shan leaps after him, she begins whipping him repeatedly as he begs for mercy.*

LV: Hello...who's your friend, boys?

Fire: *dazed from the pummeling* ThE prEttY laDy? Uh...I thInK shE's a BaD pErsOn...

Beast: Owoo!! My face!! My beautiful face!

Shan: I'll tear you a new one you pansy! Hah! *kick, slash, punch, skewer*

LV: Indeed...HEY! Sweetcheeks!

Shan: *freezes in mid-punishment* What...did you...just SAY!?!

*Shan spins around like lightning and leaps snarling towards LV. Surprised, LV yelps and holds the Needle in front of him. Before Shan can react, her leap impales her chest through the end of the syringe. She lets out a gasp and LV ventures to open his eyes*

LV: Hah! Injection mode! *activates the Tainted Needle, a green fluid flows through the large tip and into Shan's heart, she lets out a scream as she begins to glow a bright green. After a few seconds, she stops glowing, slides off the end of the Needle and lands feet first on the ground.*

Shan:....what...is your command...My Lord?

*In their failing consciousness, Fire and Elec's eyes go wide, with Shan a WWW slave, all hope seemed lost.*

Fire: Aw...damn...*energy runs out and goes offline*

Elec: *gasp, I gotta get outta here...*initiates emergency Jackout, is transmitted back to Sky's PET.*¹

LV: What is your name, my dear?

Shan: I am Shan, master.

LV: Shan, pick up that corpse and store it in an archive file. If we try to delete him here, he'll just transfer back to his PET. We'll take care of him later. Now, as for you...*turns to Nova and Plantman, Plantman is unconscious and Nova is nowhere to be seen.* What the...

Nova: Up here sucker!

*everyone else looks up toward the open hatch, where Nova is waving, he then makes a break towards an alternate exit*

Nova: Gotta warn the others about Shan!

*Outside the warehouse*

Ami: What the hell happened to Shan? *The PET screen is static, she hits it a few times* Aw man, my employers are gonna have my head if I lose her!

*In the restaurant*

Sky: Hey, it looks like Elec jacked out for some reason. What's the matter you coward? Couldn't take the heat?

*Elec's stats are all at zero, his consciousness is offline*

Sky: Uhhh...maybe I'll let it slide just this once...

Fandango: What's wrong with him?

Sky: Looks like he was defeated!

Ryan: *examine's his own PET* Skully's fine...

Dominic: *Also checking his PET* Uh oh, Fire's dead, but he can't jack out for some reason!

Sky: They're in trouble! We have to go help them!

Ryan! YES! Right after dessert!

Fandango, Sky, and Dominic: Agreed.

*they sit back down and wait for the waiter.*

Ding-a-Ling!

Cam: Ooh! Cool...

*Cam goes in and out the door several times. The bell rings repeatedly. Several people turn to stare at him.*

Cam: The door, it's like...it...um...[Blush]...nevermind.

Pharaoh: [Sigh.]

Cam: So, where's the food?

Pharaoh: We went over this already. You wait here, next to the sign that says "Wait Here." Somebody will come and ask you "Smoking or Non," "Booth or Table," and things such as that.

Cam: Should I have written this down?

Pharaoh: .....Do you have to make everything so difficult?

*Cam smirks.*

Cam: Yes.

*Before Pharaoh can reply, there's a sharp whistle off to the side.*

Dominic: YO! Cam!

*Cam smiles and waves back.*

Cam:...This is their top secret mission?

Fandango, Ryan, and Sky: Heya Cam.

Cam: *With a cheesy smile* Hey...

Ryan: Come.. share with us the beauty that is dessert.

*A waiter comes with a 4 foot tall bowl of icecream of various flavors*

Waiter: One frozen death.

Ryan: Frozen Death?

Waiter: Did I say Frozen death? I meant... *runs*

Cam: ...

Dominic: *looking at a spoon.* This will not do. *Digs his head into a section of the ice cream mountain.*

*In a matter of minutes the whole moutain is devoured by the four.*

Cam: Sweet Jeebus!

Fandango: Deliciamundo.

Ryan, Sky: AHHHhhhHH! Ice cream headache!

Dominic: Huh? I don't have one of those..

Cam: I thought you guys were at an abandonded warehouse?

Ryan: We were, but we got hungry.

Sky: and here we are.

Cam: well what about your mission?

Dominic: Ahhhhh! ice cream headache!!!!!! *Passes out*

*All look at Dominic.*

Cam: Boy you're slow... anyways.

Ryan: Last time we checked they were ok.

Sky: Well, the last time YOU checked Skull was ok.. my elec was offline.. and fire was off doing something.

Ryan: Oh yeah.. well we should really get back and do something.

Sky: Ok, Coming Cam?

Cam: Uh.... I guess so.

Ryan: Well someone pick up Dominic and lets go.

Dominic: Ugghhh.

*Skull, Bomb, Bass, Number, and Jet are headed back towards the warehouse network.*

Bass: So...how's life in the WWW?

Jet: Eh, it has its kicks.

Bomb: WE have a mansion. How about you?

Jet: *anger rising* We DID have one before a missile landed on it.

Bomb: Ah, that's right. Good times, good times.

Jet: Will you stop saying that?

Number: Let's end this conversation before this temporary alliance ends prematurely, shall we? Now I see something running at us from the distance.

Bomb: Is it Shan?

Skull: Don't think so, not the right colours. I think it's that Novaman guy.

*Novaman comes running up*

Nova: Guys! We're all in big trouble! I was just with Fire and Elec and they got clobbered by the Life Virus! And that's not the worst part! LV threw some big needle at Shan and she turned into some kinda WWW slave! And-...hey...who's this guy?

*The VI-ians are all paralyzed with fear, while Jet is sporting the biggest, evilest grin they've ever seen*

Jet: Weeeeeellll, well well well. It seems the hunt for Shan is over. Congratulations everybody. Oh wait, I guess I'M the only one who needs congratulations 'cause Shan's now OUR ally! I guess there's no need for this alliance any more. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a love-slave waiting for me back at home.

Bomb: W-w-wha? Lov-wha-slav...Nova!? You gotta be kidding me! At least tell me she's just a slave and not a love slave!

Nova: Uh...I don't know...she seemed pretty brainwashed...I don't know how far her obedience goes...

Jet: Well, I think I'm going to have a lot of fun finding out. See ya! *starts flying away*

Bass: Hey! Come back here! *shoots after him*

Jet: *dodges* Heh, just give it up guys, you're not gonna get to Shan any more. Why don't you all just go back home and leave us in peace? *Goes into dash mode and zips away out of sight*

Bass: This isn't over!! We won't leave until we've...hey...whay ARE we here anyway?

Skull: We just came to annoy the WWW, I say we give it up and go home like he said, we've annoyed them enough, now we should get out with our lives.

Bomb: No! We have to rescue Shan!

Number: She's fine. Now she's with one of the other organizations that wants us dead. If the WWW could just team up with ANSA, Microsoft, and those 45 states we're not allowed in any more, we'd have all our mortal enemies in packaged deal.

Bass: Enough sarcasm, we really should do something while we're here.

Skull: Right, she's strong. If she stays with the WWW, that's a lot more trouble for us.

Bomb: Yeah! We have to save her!

Skull: For crying out loud, Bomb. She's wants to kill us no matter what side she's on.

Bomb: Maybe if we rescue her, she'll fall in love with me.

Bass: How do you figure THAT?

Bomb: Hey, at least I have things to hope for!

Skull: Whatever. Anyway, where's Fire and Elec, Nova?

Nova: Elec managed to emergency Jack-out, but Fire's offline and I don't know what they're doing with him.

Skull: Great, we'll probably need backup...

*Beep*

Ryan: Hey guys, what's up?

Skull: Where've you been?

Ryan: We got hungry, so we disconnected and hoped you would all be okay.

Skull: Well, I'm sure you've noticed by now, two of us are NOT.

Ryan: Yeah, Sky's already repairing Elec. So what happened?

Skull:*recaps*

Ryan: Oops, sorry about not being here.

Skull: Meh, I'm still alive. I'm not complaining.

Ryan: Anywho, we've got backup for you...

*a faint whistle of a dropping bomb is heard overhead, a few seconds later, a heavy stone sarcophagus crashes into the ground and knocks everyone else off their feet*

Pharaoh: Greetings, friends. What is our situation?

Skull: *sigh* It goes like this...

Pharaoh: I'm just kidding, I heard it all, now let's go kick some WWW ass, shall we?

*Pharaoh begins levitating and the six allies begin heading towards the WWW inner sanctum.*

Skull: So Nova... why exactly are you trying to help us again?

Nova: Hmm? well, I just thought you guys needed help.

Bomb: I don't trust you.

Skull: You don't trust him... but you trust someone trying to kill us?

Bomb: If she looks that good... yes.

Skull: ... you need help.

Pharaoh: Can we get back to the matter at hand?

Skull: Nova, can you show us were this WWW lock is?

Nova: It's just up yonder.

Pharaoh: Ok, what exactly is our mission again?

Number: At the moment. Save Fireman.exe...

Bomb: AND SHAN!!!

Number: *glares at Bomb* and possibly get the warehouse gate opened.

Phaoroh: Ah, ok.

Skull: Bass, you've been pretty quiet so far.. whats up?

Bass: I dunno. I feel as if we're walking into a trap.

Skull: We probably are.

*As the group travels further into the heart of the corupted datastream they find several disturbing remains of former programs....* Skull: Did we all do this?

Bomb: Eh, they all deserved it!

Number: I fail to recognize your logic as to how they deserved it...

Bomb: Well it goes like this..... yea.

Skull: .... yea what?

Bomb: just yea...

Skull: *eyebrow twitching* Let's just drop this, before I have to kick someone's ass!

Bass: Just calm down both of you... Now nova. Are we near the site? Nova?

Number: Where is Novaman?

*All of them stop walking and begin looking for Novaman.exe*

Bass: Somethings not right.....

*Purple Smoke floods the platform as three dark figures emerge. It's the Life Virus, Shan, and the WWW Stoneman EXE*

LV: I'm surprised to see you all heading in our direction, I would have thought you would be running away by now. Well, I'm glad we can take this oppurtunity to finish the rest of you off once and for all. Now just to make sure you don't get any thoughts about escaping...Stoneman?

*Stoneman's eyes glow brightly for a moment, and suddenly everyone is surrounded by a wall of stonecubes. The VI warriors begin showing signs of fear.*

Pharaoh: I'm not worried, in case you did not notice, we outnumber you.

LV: Hah! But either Shan or myself could take on all five of you and win!

Stone: uh...boss? What about me?

LV: �_�...Anyway, I think you in particular should be especially familiar with my power, Pharaohman, or are you not the same Pharaoh who I "briefly" met back in Genjibo?

Pharaoh:...yes...that was me...

Cam: What's he talking about?

Pharaoh: The LifeVirus killed me in quite a humiliating fashion the last time we met...but it will never happen again.

LV: Heh, care to test that theory? How do you feel about fighting me alone?

Pharaoh: Give me a chance for revenge? Definitely.

Skull: What?! Pharaoh, he's actually STRONGER than when he killed you with one shot, you may want to reconsider this chance at revenge.

Pharaoh: I know what I'm doing...I am also much stronger than how he left me. Besides, I am immortal, this Virus is not, as I will soon prove.

LV: This, I want to see. Okay, Stoneman, you just strengthen the wall, I don't want anyone leaving this battleground alive except us. Shan? You, my dear, can take care of the other three nuisances. Pharaohman is all mine.

Shan: Your wish is my command. *cracks her whip*

Bass: She doesn't look so tough...

Bomb: Shan! You can't possibly be serious! Your mind is too powerful to be controlled!

LV: Yes, keep trying to tell her that as she tears you limb from limb. Now enough talk, prepare to meet your doom!

Pharaoh: You're the only one that's going to meet their doom! In this battle anyway...I hope...arg, that's not so dramatic now, is it?

Life: Haha. *raises a forcefield and begins charging*

Shan: *flings whip at Bass, tearing a small gash in his poncho*

Bass: Aiieee! My poncho! My beautiful poncho!

Bomb: No, Shan! Come to your senses for Heaven's sake!

Skull: *pulls off one arm and uses it to block Shan's next strike, which was headed towards Bomb, and reattaches it*

Pharaoh: *sends a snake slithering towards Life, but it's incinerated on the forcefield*

Life: Weak as ever! *lowers forcefield and sends an energy beam straight at Pharaoh, who barely manages to hover above it*

Pharaoh: Miy-oh, mi-ah, mok, KAH! *Strange floating hieroglyphics come from his mouth and a button rises near one of Life's legs*

Life: *Sneering* Oh, that worked well.

Number: Alright Stone, it's you and me. Have at thee! *throws a barrage of Number Balls. Stoneman absorbs the damage without flinching.* Alright, this could take a while.

Bomb: Even I don't want to be killed by you! *conjures a bomb*

Shan: *flicks her whip at Bomb, who holds up the bomb, wrapping the whip around it* Oh crap.

*The whip returns with the lit bomb on it, and Shan throws it to the ground just in time before the bomb explodes*

Bass: *shoots the whip out of reaching distance as Shan lunges towards it*

Skull: *sends both arms into a spinning blur of blades at Shan, knocking her onto her back in pain*

Shan: Gah!

*A Scutz pops from the ground, landing right on the button that Pharaoh previously deployed, and a coffin appears in front of Pharaoh. At the same time Life lowers his forcefield to send a laser again, but instead a giant green beam shoots from the coffin, causing alot of damage and makes him fall over*

Pharaoh: Yes! *Takes advantage of the situation and drops an enormous steel block onto Life, holding him down*

Life: Ugh...*Is still dazed from the pain, which is worsened by the steel block from the sky*

Pharaoh: And now the finishing blow! *floats up into the air and a meteor slams straight into Life's face*

Life: It's not...over...ye--*collapses*

Pharaoh: Magnificent! *turns to the others*

Shan: My whip! *stands and looks around frantically for it*

Bass: NOW!

*All three of them tackle Shan, and Pharaoh uses telepathy to make the whip go to them.*

Skull: *grabs the whip and begins to tie Shan's hands together with it*

Stone: Not so fast! *a column rises and fires a beam through Numberman and into the others, sending them on their backs*

Shan: *gets the whip off and thrashes them in rage*

*They scramble to their feet and back up against a stone wall*

*A soft rumbling sound is heard and a hole appears in the wall behind them*

Nova: *peers through the hole* Need some help?

Bomb: We need to get the hell out of here!

*Stone is exaushted from the last attack and can't fill the gap, so everyone climbs through the hole, and Pharaoh levitates himself through it, as Shan tries in vain to hit them with the whip*

*After they've ran a safe distance*

Nova: What happened? I saw Life unconcious on the ground.

Pharaoh: *beaming* That was my handiwork.

Bass: It's just too bad we couldn't do anything about Shan...

Skull: We'll meet her again, no doubt.

Bomb: I think all in all it was a job well done. I mean, we got to jump on Shan!

Bass: Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. What do we do now?

1 - I suppose it doesn't make much sense that Elecman could transfer to his PET when it wasn't even hooked up to the net...but...uh...yeah.

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