The Power of Z
Chapter 1: The New Threat
Megaman, Glide, Gutsman, and Roll were all hanging out together in the net.
"So what do you guys want to do today?" Megaman asked his friends.
"I don't know." Roll answered.
"Me neither." Gutsman responded.
"I too am at a lost." Glide said.
"None of us have any homework, so there's no reason to jack out. But the net seems pretty slow today." Megaman said disappointed.
"Yeah," Gutsman said, "I wish something would happen." Just as Gutsman finished his thought, Lan received an e-mail.
"Lan, e-mail." Megaman said happy that something broke the boredom.
"Thanks Megaman." Lan said opening his PET's e-mail menu, "Oh, it's just a thing from Higsby."
"Well what does it say?" Megaman said afraid that the dullness would return.
"Let's see, some sale is happening to commemorate his grand opening." Lan said reading the e-mail.
"Maybe we should check it out Mayl." Roll said to her operator.
"Sounds fun." Mayl said in her house.
"Let's go to Dex!" Gutsman said excitedly.
"That does sound fun." Dex said thinking.
"Well let's check it out." Lan said, "Megaman, jack out."
"Roger, see you guys their." Megaman said jacking out. The others soon followed Megaman in jacking out and all their operators soon met inside of Higsby's.
"See any good chips you guys?" Yai asked.
"Nope." Lan said checking out Higsby's normal shelves.
"Lan, why don't you check out the rare chip shelves?" Dex asked.
"Nah, a little bit out of my price range." Lan said.
"Actually Lan," Higsby said coming out of the store room, "Everything is 75% off."
"Really?" Mayl asked.
"How come it's so cheap?" Lan asked.
"My current supplier gave me a few extra chips and this is the only way I could get rid of them all." Higsby answered. Lan soon after received another e-mail.
"Another e-mail? I wonder who it's from." Lan said opening his e-mail.
"Well, who's it from Lan?" Megaman asked.
"It's from the Officials. It says that a mysterious navi is out there and he is deleting navis like crazy." Lan answered.
"That's weird." Mayl said, "I got an e-mail saying the same thing."
"Me too." Said Dex.
"Same here." Yai said.
"Even I got one." Higsby said taking out his PET.
"He must be one powerful navi to get this kind of response." Megaman said.
"Well I want to take him on!" Gutsman said.
"Careful, this guy's not to take lightly." The group turned around to see Chaud standing by the door, "Even Protoman had trouble with him."
"So you've fought him?" Yai asked.
"Yes," Chaud answered, "He's as fast as Protoman, and as physically strong as Gutsman."
"That does make him sound pretty tough." Dex said, "I'm not so sure I can beat him anymore."
"Sure we can!" Gutsman said.
"Trust me, you don't want to." Chaud said. "He also has a wide variety of basic weapons."
"Well I'm not seeing any chips I want. See ya later." Mayl said leaving.
"Yeah I should leave to, it's almost supper time." Yai said, "Goodbye."
"I'm getting a little bored looking at chips to, see ya Lan." Dex said leaving.
"I guess I should leave to. Bye Higsby. Bye Chaud." Lan said leaving.
"Just stay off of the net until this guy, and his operator, are taken care of." Chaud said just before Lan left.
"I will." Lan said.
Time passed. It was the middle of the night when Lan's PET began to beep uncontrollable.
"Hugh. Five more minutes." Lan said still half asleep.
"Lan, it's an e-mail from Baryl." Megaman said. "It seems pretty important."
"Alright." Lan said getting out of bed and opening his PET's e-mail menu. The e-mail is as follows:
Lan, report to mission central ASAP. Nebula has started up again. An e-mail similar to this will be sent to each member. Don't let us down Lan.
"Nebula again?" Lan asked, "I thought we took care of them."
"Guess not." Megaman said.
"Well I guess we better get moving." Lan said getting dressed. Soon Lan snuck out of the house and made his way to Science Lab. Lan, however, was the last member of Team Colonel to reach mission central.
"Lan, you're late, huh." Higsby said.
"Yes Lan, what took you?" Princess Pride asked.
"Well unlike the rest of you, I have to keep beginning part of Team Colonel a secret." Lan said, "By the way Baryl, what's with the 1 A.M. wake-up call?"
"Sorry for disturbing your sleep Lan, but justice can not wait." Baryl apologized.
"It's okay." Lan said.
"Enough small talk, what are me and Tomahawk man going to sharpen his tomahawk on?" Dingo asked.
"Yes of course," Baryl said, "A new threat, which might be linked to Nebula, has surfaced."
"And who might that be?" Ribitta asked.
"A navi known as Z." Baryl responded.