SoulReaver
UnderNet Square
Megaman painfully lifted himself off the ground. Protoman stood in front of him, looking at him, knowing what had to come next.
"Protoman… you…" started Megaman.
"I'm sorry, Megaman…" Protoman dashed forward and swung his mighty sword at Megaman one final time.
SciLab Area 51 (a few hours earlier)
An explosion. Through the darkness of the area, a wall could be seen bursting open as a mysterious Navi came rushing through. After another dozen broken walls, it came to a halt in front of a gloomy object on top of a small pillar. The object gave a dark glow, changing from blood red, to petal pink, to red-trimmed black every second. The culprit reached for the object but his hand was forced to a halt as a bubble-like barrier became visible around the top of the pillar. The alarm sounded and the area was filled with constant red flashes, on and off, on and off.
"Dammit, I was careless…" said the Navi.
"Really, shouldn't it have sounded off after you broke through the first few walls?" aimlessly asked Chaud. His Navi, Protoman, appeared at the opposite side of the pillar.
"You really think you could steal the SoulReaver program so easily?" asked Protoman, his black visor flashing from black to red, black to red every other second. It was who Megaman looked into that visor, and watched as the red light flashed past the visor from left to right again and again like passing trees.
"Megaman?" shouted Chaud as he looked down into his PET. Megaman looked down as if in disappointment while another flash passed by. Through this gesture, Protoman assumed Megaman was ready to give in justly and without a fight. But as the next flash passed by, Megaman was gone.
"Damn! Protoman, go after him!" ordered Chaud.
"He's disappeared…" said Protoman weakly.
"Well go after him!"
"There's no left-over data, he just disappeared."
"…Jack-out, we're going to Lan's house."
ACDC Town
Chaud was running towards the street leading to Lan's house, when he finally reached the corner.
"Lan….!" Lan's house was burning in the smokeless night, sticking out perfectly like a candle in a dark room, almost with a factor of beauty to it.
"He… Lan…" started Chaud, but his stumbling words were interrupted by Protoman's voice.
"Chaud, it's an e-mail from Megaman," said Protoman, as if nothing strange was happening.
"Megaman…? What does it say?" asked Chaud.
"It says 'UnderNet 5, alone.'"
"Right… lets go!" said Chaud, not even once thinking about the complete absense of firefighters at the scene. There was no flickering to the flames burning away into the night. In this house, the Hikaris died silently.
UnderNet 5
"Do you see him Protoman?" asked Chaud.
"No, there isn't anybody anywhere..!" responded Protoman.
"Weird, the UnderNet's never empty this late at night… keep your senses sharp, something's obviously not right." A figure moved above Protoman.
"You took too long… Protoman."
"Where are you, Megaman? What happened to Lan? Why…?"
"Chaud, I still don't see him!" quickly said Protoman, getting nervous.
"…." Megaman kept quiet.
"You're going to pay!" said Chaud.
"It's time to pay!" said Protoman in sequence.
"I….." started Megaman.
Netbattle- Protoman.EXE vs. Megaman.EXE
Megaman fell from above Protoman with a HeroSword at hand. Protoman could hear the air above him spread around and quickly used his saber to block Megaman's attack. Megaman's blade hit Protoman's and Megaman landed on the flat side of Protoman's sword, flipping off of it not even a moment later to land a few feet in front of Protoman. Protoman darted ahead and swung at Megaman's face. Megaman ducked and sliced at Protoman's stomach. Protoman grabbed at his pierced stomach and Megaman uppercut him back into his original position, right back to where the battle started. Megaman then began stepping back slowly.
"I didn't do it… Lan is…" he said and then teleported away. The PET rang.
"Chaud, Megaman's been spotted on the UnderNet Square, since Protoman is the only one that can match up to him, it's your job to exterminate him. Beware though, he carries a HeroSword that appears to be stolen," said an Officer Official.
"Yeah… yeah, I know, I'm on it. Protoman, head to UnderNet Square immediately!"
UnderNet Square
Protoman reached UnderNet Square to be greeted by decapitated Navis scattered around the floor, walls and even ceiling. At the other side of the entrance was Megaman, as if all of the bodies were a bunch of signs leading Protoman to his destination. He was staring at the statue that first appeared in MMBN3, and then turned around to look at Protoman with clouded eyes; depressed, no doubt.
"Protoman… I'm sorry," He ran down the stairs towards Protoman. Protoman then dashed forward and uppercut Megaman with his saber into the air. He then jumped up after him and continuously slashed him over and over again in midair. When he was done, he kicked Megaman down and a cloud of smoke and dust shot up from where he landed. Megaman then slowly got up.
"I'm sorry, Megaman," Protoman said.
"…Yeah," said Megaman and he took another look at the statue, as if expecting something. Protoman then dashed forward again to un-shoulder Megaman's head from his already dead body.
-Megaman.EXE Deleted-
"Hahahahaa!" laughed a voice.
"Who's there?" said Chaud timidly.
"Come into the statue to see the world's fate, Chaud and Protoman!"
"Protoman, go!" yelled Chaud. Protoman then sliced a vertical hole at the statue to open a hidden portal and jumped through.
To be Continued...