At the sound of the scream, doctors came rushing in, including Lan's father, Dr Hikari. Dr Hikari's eyes widened as he took in the state of his son, writhing in agony on the bed. Once glance at the monitor where Dark Protoman was still under the influence of the dark aura explained everything.

"Oh no!" Dr Hikari ran over to his son and tried to pin him down. "Lan! Listen to me! Fight it off!" Lan didn't seem to hear him, or if he did, he gave no sign. Lan let out another scream and then went completely limp. Dark Protoman let out a laugh from the inside of the computer.

"Try all you want, humans! But the boy is mine now." With another evil laugh, Dark Protoman logged out. Megaman stood there shivering slightly.

"Dr Hikari, I-I'm sorry...I couldn't fire at him...or else I would have hit the system control and that may have killed him..." Megaman said softly. Dr Hikari looked up at the monitor.

"It's alright, Megaman. I understand. If Lan is indeed corrupted..." Dr Hikari paused for a moment. "It should fade off with time." Megaman nodded, a sense of hope running through him. It was then that Lan opened his eyes.

"Lan!" Dr Hikari exclaimed. "Are you alright?" Lan sat up and looked around, seemingly confused.

"Yea...I'm fine..." Dr Hikari became a bit suspicious. From what Misaki had told him, being under the effects of a dark chip could cause memory loss and a feeling of disorientation. But so far, Lan didn't seem to be showing any of those symptoms. Maybe it was because he never really fell under the dark chip's control.

"Do you have any memory loss or anything like that?" Dr Hikari asked.

"Maaayyybbee..." A wave of dread seemed to flow through Dr Hikari as his eyes widened.

"Lan..." The brunette seemed to have a certain glint in his eyes as he spoke.

"Actually, you know...I feel better than ever! But now...I'm bored..." Megaman felt his own eyes widening as he stared at his friend.

"No..." This couldn't be Lan. This couldn't be the same Lan that he had been with for years now. No, that Lan was kind. But this Lan...he had a dark look in his entire body language. In his eyes, there was a maniacle and evil glint that promised pain to anyone who even disagreed with him.

Suddenly, Megaman felt a presence behind him and he spun around only to get hit by a powerful attack. Megaman felt himself crash into a wall and he winced. He opened his eyes to see Dark Protoman. Dark Protoman smirked at Megaman's shocked look.

"Hehe, did you really think I would leave after I took all that time to infect a human? Not a chance." Dark Protoman then turned toward the monitor where he could see Dr Hikari looking horrified and Lan looking amused.

"Hey kid, you said you were bored?" Lan looked over at the monitor at Dark Protoman curiously.

"Yes, why? You know a way to get out without getting caught by all those idiots who call themselves doctors?" Dark Protoman smirked and nodded.

"Yes, actually I do. Just leave, don't worry they won't bother you." Lan looked at Dark Protoman like he was crazy and then just shrugged.

"Heh, if you say so!" Lan was about to jump out of bed, when he was stopped by a slightly irate looking Dr Hikari.

"You're not going anywhere, Lan." Lan raised an eyebrow at his father.

"Oh? Just get out of my way, old man." Lan said simply, with a warning underneath the tone of his voice. Dr Hikari placed his hand on Lan's shoulder, stopping him from going anywhere.

"No. Stay here Lan, and we can figure out a way to get you back to normal." Dr Hikari both seemed to offer and demand. Lan rolled his eyes.

"And what if I don't want to? I mean, I'm quite happy as I am." Dr Hikari stood firm, in front of Lan.

"I'm afraid that wasn't a choice." Dr Hikari said. Lan simply raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Well, then…." Lan smirked even more. "I'll just have to MAKE it an option!" Lan shoved Dr Hikari, with much more force than a normal 11 year old boy could muster. Dr Hikari hit the wall with a sickening crack and passed out. Megaman's eyes widened in shock.

"Lan! Please stop it!" Lan glanced at Megaman and Megaman found himself quivering from the sheer power and darkness that simply radiated from Lan's brown-red eyes.

"No." Lan answered simply and Megaman found he was unable to do anything except gape as Lan left the room as well as the lives of the people left behind in the hospital room.

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I'm sorry about how short and crappy this chapter is. I just really wanted to get something posted since it's been forever since I've updated. So, if you have any ideas you think would be good for this story, please include it in a review or a PM! I would love to hear them and if I like them, I'll try to use them!

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Aki Kochou