Chapter 1: Legends

In a land covered by endless water… People are forced to eke out a living on the small patches of land that remain above the sea. The people of this world rely on ancient technology driven by quantum refractors, a powerful energy source. These refractors lie in ancient ruins underground and in the sea and are sought out by explorers called "Diggers". These brave explorers are the sole source of refractor energy which has become a cornerstone of the emerging civilizations.

Originally this was the Diggers' only purpose; to find refractors so that civilizations would endure. However over the years the story of an incredible treasure, the legendary "Mother Lode", began to be whispered among the Diggers.

The Mother Lode… a treasure so great that if it were discovered, it would provide so much power that the world need never fear of running out of energy.

In search of this Mother Lode, Diggers travel from one island to another in their flying machines ever hoping they'll find what they seek just over the horizon…

Hope…

Despair…

Charity…

Greed…

Duty…

Power…

Who can say what truly motivates the Diggers?

Deep inside a ruin in the middle of the vast sea, a young 14 year old Digger named Megaman Volnutt tapped a small communication device on his signature blue armor. A familiar female voice slowly came through some heavy static. The voice belonged to his Spotter and best friend he had ever known; Roll Caskett, much like himself, she too was 14 years old. "Megaman? Megaman, can you hear me?" Roll's voice said, she sounded like she had been trying to contact him for a while now.

"Yeah, just barely. The transmission isn't too clear." He spoke back.

"I got worried when the transmission stopped working." She continued.

"I'm OK." Megaman responded. "I've finally made it to the last door." He continued as he examined the area around the door, he quickly found a switch which he quickly pressed. The door opened with a jerk and slowly rose until it was about two feet off the ground. Great. It's jammed. Megaman thought as he bent down took a firm grasp on the end of the door; he then pulled on the door, trying to push it up. He got it to a point where he could squeeze underneath, he then did so and then utilizing his personal strength with the extra power of his suit which gave his body muscles needed he pushed the door upward till he was on his toes, the door was nearly half-open. Megaman stepped out of the door-way and glanced at the short dead-end hall way. The hallway's design was unlike the rest of the ruin. The hallway had a different design but it was still similar, however the hallway's walls were oddly clean and were silver which was in contrast to the brownish color of the previous path-ways.

At the end of the end of the hallway floating a few inches above a small pedestal was a large blue gem that gave a faint glow of the same color along with even from his distance an aura of pure energy. "What's in there, Megaman?" Roll asked curiously, but showing a slight bit of eagerness in her voice.

"It's a refractor, Roll. And a big one too!" he responded happily as he casually walked down the hallway.

"Great! Now maybe we can get some money!" she responded, but showed the slight shame of having very little money most of the time. When she finished speaking Megaman had just approached the large gem, he curiously touched the crystal with a finger, the gem glowed almost heavenly for that moment the small bits of electricity ran wild in the spot he touched. Oh wow… Megaman thought as he slowly reached delicately for the gem.

Almost in a style similar to Indiana Jones, Megaman took the jewel from its resting place. He sighed deeply and slowly turned and stepped off the pedestal. Suddenly the pedestal began to shake violently, then the hallway itself. The hexagon designs on the wall which all had the familiar red jewel eye of a Reaverbot then shot out of the wall. Megaman fell to the floor, but still holding onto the refractor for dear life, he quickly stood back up and instinctively began to dash back to the opened doorway. Suddenly parts of the ceiling of the hallway began to shut; thankfully he was too fast and ran by the obstacles before they could shut him in. Within seconds he was almost at the door, but then the door itself began to shut; the door was almost fully shut, desperately Megaman leaped forward and slid along the floor, still holding onto the refractor, narrowly he slid past the door before it slammed shut. That was way too close! Megaman thought as he examined his body to see if he was unharmed. "Megaman, are you all right?!" Roll yelled over the intercom.

"Yeah, everything is all right here." He responded as he got up, dusting off himself and the refractor.

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch. I'm detecting a large Reaverbot near-by. Better get out of there, come on." She instructed.

"Right, if you see anything, let me know!" he spoke back as he changed the function on his left arm from normal to his trusty buster-gun and ran back the way he initially came hauling the refractor under his right arm.

Meanwhile somewhere over the vast ocean Teasel Bonne flipped one of the many switches on one the many consoles of the bridge of his "family's" overly large air ship the Gesellschaft. "Testing," he said into the microphone. "One, two, three, testing." he then cleared his throat and spoke in his trained 'leader voice'. "Alright drop everything and give me your undivided attention." The some-odd 40 servbots that Tron had created stopped what each of them were doing and listened to the PA's speakers as their leader spoke. "In a few hours we'll arriving at our destination; 'Kattelox Island'. Double-check your equipment and make sure everything is in working order. I want another flawless operation – same as the last one." At that moment, Teasel's younger sister – Tron -and 'baby' brother – Bon – stepped onto the bridge and stood beside him. A smile grew on his face. "I swear the legendary treasure will be ours or my name's not Bonne." On that cue, one of the servbots that sat on the bridge hit a switch and the large ship's extra boosters activated launching it forward. "Now… Let's DO IT!" Teasel boasted into the microphone as he then began his annoyingly - but signature - evil laugh.