Yeah, I decided to revive this story… I rewrote some of it, and I hope it makes sense this time… I hate the first version of my stories…
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Except Maverick and Sai… they're my characters… and Khayox… which'll be explained later…
Ch. 1 – Heya!
A saber pointed at my chest, men in armor all around... I stood stubbornly against them... Sai, try using a battle chip… My arm shifted to a vulcan cannon, and I open fired before they had a chance to realize what had just happened, and I began to run again... the whole way, I couldn't help but wonder...
FLASHBACK
"Junk, junk, junk, spam, junk... hm?" I mumbled as I shifted through the e-mail, like I did every morning before Sai had to run off to school. I hated it; there was nothing to do, now that Khayox was gone... and the Officials had the Undernet under their control, so there wasn't anything to do there... Yeah, I admit it. I loved breaking the 'laws' of the net, going where other Navis feared to go, challenging others without the fear of deletion... I'm a maverick, all the way. Guess that's why my name is actually Maverick, huh? Anyways, the Epsilon family sat around the table, eating quickly. It was only Sai and her dad, but a family's a family, right? Eh, whatever. Sai's dad was a big-shot scientist, always making more than enough money for them to live happily. And that's all I cared about; my operator was happy.
"Anything interesting, Mav?"
"Eh, someone says they've found an unusual data path... an Official and someone else have been sent to check it out... they want us to help..."
"Why?"
"It's in the Undernet... They want someone that knows every twist in that place..."
"Oh, I see..."
"I really wish you two would stop getting involved in problems that aren't any of your business..." Her father interrupted, turning a page in his newspaper. Despite the fact he had his own PET, he never really used it, and liked getting mail and news the old way...
"Oh well. We'd better get to school; we're almost late!" Sai cried in surprise, slinging her bag over her shoulder, picking up the PET, and ran out the door. All day at school, I constantly thought about the offer and pestered Sai about it, until she finally agreed we could check it out. After school was out (it seemed like forever when you're trapped in a PET with nothing to do), she hurried home, jacking me into her computer before sitting down to do her homework. In the Undernet, I was sulking. The other two were late... I hate working with Officials, but still... Two Navis finally appeared, running towards me. One had red armor, silver hair, and a sword instead of one hand. The other, dressed in blue, was smaller, thinner; he looked weak... Standing up straight, I crossed my arms. When they were close enough, I sighed.
"You two the assigned Navis?"
"Yes. You must be Maverick. I'm Megaman." The blue one said with a smile.
"Protoman. Let's get going." Geez, what crawled up his ass and died? Grumbling something about 'fucking Officials', I led the way towards where the corrupt data path was.
"No one wants to get near it... last person that tried got sucked through and hasn't returned..." I said, voicing the concerns of the Undernet inhabitants.
"Let's check it out then."
"What! Are you insane! For all we know, this thing could be a cyber black-hole! We could be deleted! ... Okay, I'm in!" I said with a smirk, surprising them.
"Okay... any idea on how we'd communicate if-...!" A rumbling interrupted us, the entire Net seeming to shake, the data stream creeping forward, oh so slowly… We were thrown off balance and the darkness engulfed us…
END FLASHBACK
And I had woken up here... I hadn't seen any trace of the other two Navis... only these strange men with stranger weapons. Daylight... I ran towards the exit, slicing through anything that got in my way. The door blew open, and for the first time, I was standing in a real world; not one made up of data and programs, but physically real. Snapping out of my surprise, I made my way away from the base, only to get held up by more men, though in different armor. Automatically raising my default weapon, I took a step back.
"Lower your weapon!" One called, and I faltered for a second. It sounded like Megaman...
Lower your weapon, Mav... I think if they'd want to attack, they would have done so by now... Sai told me. We could still communicate, and it's times like this I was grateful for the thought-speech program; the PET translated my thoughts to words she could hear, and sent her voice to my mind. But I had spent too much time in the Undernet to trust someone's word, and I didn't like the way these two looked. Something moved to my side, causing a blur in the corner of my eye. A virus... how had it..?
"Lower your weapon now!" I didn't hear him; there was a virus to my right; a Swordy, to be precise...
"Move!" I yelled at them, briefly 'hearing' Sai slip in another battle chip. Between the small gap, I fired upon and destroyed the virus. They all raised their weapons, and I took a step back, only to find a saber at my neck.
"I believe my friend said to lower your weapon..., so I suggest you do it, now..." Okay sit rep: Guy behind me with saber to my neck. Guys in front of me with busters and other weapons pointed at me. There was a brief scuffle, and I recognized Protoman and Megaman being shoved out into the group.
"Hi guys!" I said with a smirk/smile on my face. They stared, and blinked, processing the same sit rep I had. My own saber was ripped out of my hand and I was shoved forward. I fell forwards, spinning, temporarily regaining my balance. But when I saw the guy that had his saber to my neck, I fell... in time for a boomerang aimed at me to hit the ground, skimming not two inches above my head. Lucky me... The guy in question was in red and white armor, and had long blond hair. What had surprised me the most were his fierce blue eyes; cold and as hard as steel. Someone took out the Boomer that had tried to shoot me as I got to my feet. The others were wearing random armor, all bearing the same symbol for one reason or another. One, the one that had told me to lower my weapon in the first place, was wearing light blue armor... he looked kinda like Megaman... "Aww, my saber..."
"Get over it Maverick, and come with us." The blond man said.
"Hey, how'd you know my name?" I asked as the group started to move.
"Your name is Maverick?"
"Yep! Maverick, or Mav, as my friends call me!"
"And what about you two?" The blue-armored guy asked. "What're your names?"
"Protoman."
"I'm Megaman." That simply caused the whole group to stop, either in anger, confusion, or insult. Probably all three.
"I'm Megaman..." The blue one said, staring at Megaman. Oh boy, two Megamans? This was gonna get confusing... I spun, stomping on a Ratty, only to get a stun to my neck.
"Oww... I felt that..." I mumbled before collapsing to the floor, the world going dark.
