Chapter 1: A Hero is Revealed
Year 22XX Location: America
Jack Martin looked out the window of the Wave Liner Express as he and his classmates rode on a train created entirely out of electromagnetic waves and sighed. He was eighteen, slightly taller than average height, with long white hair that was always dyed black, hair that refused to stay combed, ice blue eyes, and carried himself with a sense of determination. Jack sat alone, but that was fine with him, he had no real friends and preferred to be alone. The only person that he felt close to was Jango Martin, his martial arts sensei, and the man who had raised him. Jack was an orphan, he didn't even know if "Jack" was his real first name. Jango had found him on his doorstep one night and had taken the abandoned kid in. Jack was a martial arts protégée thanks to Jango's long and hard lessons. He was also a computer wiz and when he wasn't training or studying for school, Jack was always in the garage tinkering with some machine or computer. In fact, thanks to Jack's tinkering, the martial arts dojo had become a serious training ground for those with the real drive to become martial artists. He had built traps with motion sensors from scrap and even installed an automated defense robot that was programmed so well that it could take on about two dozen opponents at a time with ease. Jango had been impressed with his young protégée's skill and had given him the newest model of personal communication at the time: an electronic cell phone, which doubled as a computer designed to be worn on the wrist, called a Transer. These days the latest model of personal communication was a hand held device that had all the functions of the Transer and had a few new features as well, called the Star Carrier. The Star Carrier had an application that allowed it to create things out of Electro-Magnetic Waves. But Jack had decided not to give up his Transer; instead he had modified his Transer to have the same functions as a Star Carrier.
Jack checked the time on his Transer, then looked out the window and sighed again. Today he and his class were going to visit a research lab as a school field trip. The lab they were visiting researched new ways to manipulate Electro-Magnetic (EM) Waves to help humans. Jack was eager to visit but his training allowed him to completely mask his emotions. Soon they reached the lab. As he disembarked from the train, a tall thin man wearing a white lab coat led him and his class to the lab's entrance. Soon the tour commenced. Jack soon grew bored and fell to the back of the group. The guide was talking about stuff that he already knew. As the tour ended the guide started asking them questions about EM Waves, naturally Jack answered all of them correctly and fired a few questions of his own at the man, who was caught off guard by the complicated questions that a mere twelfth grader was asking him. He gave answers that didn't satisfy Jack's curiosity though which prompted more questions. Unknown to Jack however, two people were watching the whole scene that was being recorded on security cameras.
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"That boy is remarkable." The man said to the woman, "He might be a suitable test subject. What do you think?"
"He is indeed remarkable." The woman replied, "He will make an excellent test subject for our project. Tell that fool Skyler to go get that boy, tell him anything. That boy must not leave, tell them that he has been selected to stay here for a day, anything but he must not leave, even if it means resorting to cruder methods."
"Sure Doc. He'll be on that table in an hour." The man said as he walked out of the room to talk to Skyler, leaving the woman to stare hungrily at the view screen image of Jack.
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As he was just about to board the EM wave train, Jack's martial arts training sensed that someone was coming up behind him. He turned around to see a medium height man who was slightly over weight in a white lab coat, walking towards him with two men in guard uniforms. Jacks attention was mainly focused on the guards because they looked like they were waiting for any excuse to attack. One of the guards was tall and looked like he worked out every chance he got, the other guard was short but stocky, and both were glaring at Jack with looks that plainly said you'd better watch yourself. Slowly and casually, Jack dropped into a very subtle, but prepared Martial Arts stance, one that would only be obvious to a trained expert.
The scientist himself was of average height, had brown eyes, wore square-framed glasses, and had dark brown hair. His skin was paler than norm but not unnaturally so. His walk was not that of a trained martial artist and therefore was not deemed much of a threat. On the contrary, the man looked as if he spent more time indoors at a lab station than anything else. Jack's observations took less than a minute but it was enough time for the man in the lab coat to have stopped directly in front of Jack with a friendly smile on his face.
"Jack Martin?" the man inquired. When Jack nodded the man said, "I am Dr. Skyler and I have a question for you."
"What is it?" asked Jack in a guarded tone, keeping one eye on the guards and one on the man calling himself Dr. Skyler.
"One of my colleagues overheard your conversation with the tour guide and noticed that you appeared dissatisfied with his responses. We feel that you deserve to have your questions answered. If you will come with me, all your questions will be answered. What do you say?" The man asked.
"Well I'd like to but my class has to leave now." Jack replied.
"Oh that's no problem, we will arrange for you to be taken home afterwards," Dr. Skyler quickly stepped aboard the train and whispered something to Jack's teacher who nodded. Dr. Skyler stepped off the train, which moved away. "If you'll follow me you can see the answers to your questions with you own eyes." Jack nodded and walked with Dr. Skyler back into the lab building and followed him into an elevator. The doctor placed his hand onto a hand scanner and spoke in a clear voice, "Dr. Skyler and guest requesting permission to Laboratory EM-1."
A mechanical voice answered, "Voice pattern confirmed. Access approved." With a small jolt the elevator began to rapidly descend.
"Where are we going Doc?" inquired Jack.
"Dr. Skyler smiled, "To the personal laboratory of myself and my colleague, who will meet us at the lab." With a small bump the elevator stopped. A bell chimed and the doors slid open. As the two disembarked Dr. Skyler announced, "Welcome to my laboratory!"
Jack gasped in amazement; the laboratory was enormous filled with machines of all sizes and shapes. As he stood looking around the lab in amazement Jack noticed that a tall woman in a lab coat was walking towards them, she had long brown hair and brown eyes, but what caught Jack's attention were the two rough looking guards flanking her. Something wasn't right. Again, Jack started to casually drop into his subtle Martial Arts stance. The woman and the guards stopped in front of Jack and Dr. Skyler.
Skyler smiled, "Jack, this is my colleague Dr. Jade. She is the one responsible for all of the experiments that you see around here."
Dr. Jade smiled a smile that Jack didn't trust for an instant, "You give me too much credit Skyler. So, Jack I understand that you are interested in Electromagnetic Wave interaction."
Jack nodded, "Not to brag but I'm considered the class expert on that particular subject."
"Well, currently we are working on an experiment or two in that area, would you like to see it?" Dr. Jade asked.
Jack grinned, "I sure would."
"Then please follow me." Dr. Jade turned and walked to a large computer. She typed something on the keyboard and the display screen suddenly showed lots of graphs and data files. Dr. Jade opened a file that was titled EM-0WB: Electromagnetic Wave Being. The screen displayed an incredibly large amount of data in the form of charts and other kinds of information. "I am nearly finished with this project." Dr. Jade explained, "I'm attempting to create an artificial Electro-Magnetic Wave life form. I should be finished within three months. Now this next project should be particularly interesting to you." She selected one that was titled EM-1T: Electromagnetic Wave Transforming. The screen showed more data, most of it was in waves of numbers. "I'm currently working on a way for humans to enter the EM spectrum at will." Jade said with pride, "But I've hit a snag."
"What kind of snag?" Jack inquired as he looked at the data, failing to notice that one of the guards had taken out a small device and was aiming it at Jack's body.
Jade smiled an evil smile behind Jack's back, "One that is about to be overcome."
Suddenly Jack had a bad feeling, "What do you-" Just then the guard fired a small dart that struck Jack and rendered him unconscious before he had a chance to react.
"Well done." Dr. Jade said to the guards, "Now put him in the chamber and we can begin."
"What are you doing Jade?!" Skyler demanded, "Kidnapping and illegal experiments were NOT part of our agreement!"
"Shut up unless you want to join him!" Jade snapped, "I'm altering the deal. Now come on we need to begin Phase One." Skyler reluctantly gave in and followed her
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Unfortunately for the scientists, Jack's training had made his body more resistant to all forms of unknown substances. Slowly he regained consciousness, "What happened?" He wondered aloud and tried to move only to discover that he was strapped down to some sort of operating table inside a white room with only one window set high up on the wall in front of him. "What the heck is going on?"
"You awakened ahead of my predictions." Dr. Jade's voice stated over a loudspeaker, "That is unfortunate but it makes no difference."
Jack looked through the window and saw her and Skyler, "Dr. Jade, I don't understand, what the hell's going on?"
Jade laughed, "Remember what I said about a snag in the experiment? The snag was that I had no test subject."
"What about the guards? Or the other scientists?" Jack asked.
"Why diminish security or put assistants in danger? But I guess you have a right to know. This project is being funded by a very powerful organization that feels an army on EM humans is the best way to get their demands met." Jade answered with a shrug, "This project is of the utmost secret, not even the other scientists or company president know of this project, so it would be unwise for us to use anyone who is known around this place. You however are not known here and you are expendable." Jade laughed.
"Enough talk," Jade snapped, "It's time to begin. Start the scan."
Skyler reluctantly started to type on the keyboard muttering, "I'm sorry kid." A red wave of light went up and down Jack. In the control room Skyler suddenly frowned, "Jade, you might want to have a look at this."
Jade stepped over and looked at his screen and frowned as well, "What is this?" On the display the scan of Jack showed an abnormality, a dark purple light surrounded his image. A message appeared on the screen: "SUBJECT IS CAPABLE OF PREFORMING EM WAVE CHANGE ON ITS OWN" "Skyler try to pinpoint the source of this," Jade said, "I'm going to try and transform him."
"I've got a bad feeling about this," replied Skyler already typing on the keyboard. His thoughts however were different, 'Come on kid! Get out of there!'
Jade punched a few keys and inside the experiment room, yellow rays shot out and pierced Jack's body. Jack screamed in pain. Something was happening to his body; it felt like something was being wrenched up from the core of his body to the surface. Suddenly, he lost consciousness.
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Jack woke up to a strange voice, "Wake up Solo, wake up Solo."
Jack stood up and looked around for the source of the voice. He was standing in a place that was white, but with a purple tinge. "Where am I?" he asked.
"That isn't important, Solo. What is important is that I have awakened." The strange Voice said.
"Where are you?" Jack asked looking around for the source of the voice, "And why are you calling me, Solo?"
"I am right behind you Solo." The Voice answered, Jack spun around to see a being of sorts that was deep violet in color, with no shape. "I call you Solo, because that is your real name."
Jack was fascinated, "Who are you?"
"I am your power." The Voice replied, "The ability that all descendants of Mu have."
Jack was confused, "Are you talking about the lost civilization?"
"Yes."
"And I'm a descendant of it?"
"Yes, but you are the last living Murian."
"This must be a dream," Jack thought, "This is crazy"
"THIS IS NO DREAM," The Being thundered, "YOU ARE THE LAST LIVING DESCENDENT OF THE MU CIVILIZATION! I HAVE BEEN ASLEEP IN YOU, WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO AWAKEN!"
Jack involuntarily stepped back, "I'm sorry! It's just so hard to believe. I meant no disrespect."
The Being appeared to calm down, "I understand. You are scared. You never knew your parents and have always been alone so your reaction is natural. But you are the only human who has this power. I think that now is the time for you to use your power to escape, Solo. I will tell you how and help you until you have mastered it."
Jack was relieved, "But how do I activate this power of mine?"
The Being rumbled with laughter, "Solo, it is time to let go of you fear and your unwillingness to accept your true name. To activate your abilities, yell out this phrase for now: "EM WAVE CHANGE SOLO ON AIR" Eventually you will only need to say "WAVE CHANGE" to transform. It is time to return Solo. And time to escape!"
"WAIT!" Jack yelled as the Being started to fade away. "HOW DO I ESCAPE!?"
"I will tell you what to do, Solo." The Being answered, "Be ready."
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Jack's eyes snapped open and saw two huge men standing over him, "He's awake, Doctor." one said.
"Good," said Jade's voice over the loudspeaker, "So, Jack how do you feel?"
Jack snarled and snapped at her, "I'll get you for this!"
"It is time Solo, yell out the phrase I told you." The Being's voice said.
Jack yelled, "EM WAVE CHANGE! SOLO ON AIR!" A column of purple-white light surrounded Jack causing Dr. Jade and Dr. Skyler to jump and cover their eyes. The two guards however were thrown back against the walls. The purple light vanished. Blinking Jade and Skyler looked at where Jack was strapped down, or where he was previously strapped down, for he was now standing on top of the table and he looked very different; his whole body, aside from his head, was encased in black, his right hand was covered in purple white flames with a grey wristband on his wrist, a red symbol that looked like two stylized "F's" facing each other with a small box between the top prongs was on his chest, his legs from the knees down were encased in black armor, His shoulders had red armor plates on them, on his head was a kind of half-helmet; it was open at the back where white hair stuck out, the front part was black except for two symmetrical red lines, his eyes were covered by a see through light blue material in the shape of an X. The two guards shakily got to their feet, staring at Jack.
"W-what happened?" Skyler stammered, unable to believe his eyes.
Jade was stunned, "Amazing, he transformed into an EM being on his own," she whispered, "This is unprecedented, we must experiment further." To the guards she barked out an order, "GET HIM!"
The guards approached warily and suddenly jumped at Solo. As they jumped, the strange voice said, "Now for your training Solo. Jump over them." Solo obeyed and leaped over the heads of the guards and landed six feet behind them. "Now for your attacks, stay where you are, focus energy into your right hand, and punch the ground. This attack is called Shock Wave." Solo complied and to everyone's surprise; purple shock waves appeared on the floor and slammed into the guards, sending them flying into the wall and knocking them out cold. "In this form you can change your EM frequency at will, this will allow you to travel on the Wave Road and walk through solid objects like walls. Simply will the change and it will happen." Solo changed frequencies and walked through the walls into the control room.
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"Where did he go?" Jade demanded as she furiously looked for the boy, "He was there a second ago."
"Try looking right behind you," Solo's voice came from behind them.
Both scientists wheeled around to find the person they thought was Jack Martin standing behind them. Jade started to speak, "Now Jack I know that you must feel angry but please understand that…"
"Save it!" Solo snapped, "I'm not interested in your excuses. I told you that I'd get you." Suddenly Solo sprang into action. He leaped at Skyler and delivered a right and left hook, a right side upper cut and back-flipped in place while kicking Skyler in the face.
As Skyler crumpled to the floor, Jade pressed a secret alarm button and a silent alarm sounded. Solo whirled around and knocked Jade aside with a backhand that had the demented woman seeing stars and began to destroy the computer as Jade stared in horror. "What are you doing?" she screamed.
Solo changed frequency, but only enough to put his right arm through the computer. Still visible, he tore out the main computer chip and crushed it. "I have destroyed your data. You won't be performing any more "experiments" for a long time, Dr. Jade," He said as mechanical guards poured into the room.
Jade pointed at him and screamed, "STOP HIM! HE'S BECOME A ROGUE EXPERIMENT!"
"The Shockwave attack won't take all of them out." The voice said, "This attack will take care of them. It is called Flying Knuckle. To execute it simply focus your energy into your right hand and punch in front of yourself with your right fist." Solo punched and multiple versions of his right fist flew out and slammed into all the guards causing them to explode. "Well done, Solo!" The voice said, "Now it is time to leave." Solo changed frequency and vanished from the visible spectrum. As he traveled on the wave road the voice said, "You also have a sword, to draw it out, simply think about it, hold your left hand out in front of you and the hilt will appear in the center of your palm, grasp it with your right hand and draw it out but now is not the time. You will also be able to see the EM world in your human form now that your powers have been unlocked. The rest of your abilities, you must discover on your own, for I have nothing left to teach you. Farewell Solo, Last of the Murians." The voice faded and vanished.
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Solo soon reached home; Jango Martin's dojo, which was at the base of a mountain, set away from the rest of the town. He reverted back to his human self and was about to walk inside when he noticed that the dojo's symbol was the same one that was on his chest in his EM form! He walked inside; "Jango, I'm home!" he called out.
Jango walked in, "You're late. Did something happen?" he asked. Jango was of medium height, short black hair, a kind but hard face and, brown eyes that looked as if they could stare right through you.
Solo nodded, "Yes, but before I tell you about it, can I ask you something?"
Jango looked quizzical but nodded. "What do you want to know?"
"What does the symbol of the dojo mean? You never told me." Solo asked.
Jango sighed, "Well I guess it's time you knew. Come on into the kitchen and I'll tell you everything." Solo followed his teacher into the kitchen and sat down opposite Jango, "The symbol of our dojo is an ancient symbol, and it is the family crest of the Murian royalty. Now many people don't believe in the lost continent of Mu, but it exists, or did exist a long time ago."
"What do you mean? What happened?" Solo asked.
"About a millennia or two ago, something happened that caused Mu to vanish completely. Nobody knows exactly what happened. But what ever it was, it was enough to cause the whole continent to disappear. Anyway, some members of the royal family managed to escape along with some of their most loyal protectors. They were able to escape and mix with modern society. The Royal family managed to survive and pass on their legacy to their descendents. I am very distantly related to a descendant of the royal family protectors. In fact most of the Martial Arts I teach come directly from the techniques of the protectors." Jango explained, "Now what I have to tell you next may be a shock."
Solo cracked a smile. "I think I can handle it."
Jango sighed. "I hope so. You remember how I found you, just a small child on my doorstep. Well that's not entirely accurate. You parents were great friends of mine. The night you were entrusted to me, they were being hunted by an organization that was and maybe still is determined to find the lost continent of Mu and use its power to rule the planet. Your parents were the last descendants of the Royal family of Mu. You are the heir to their power. You must think I'm crazy, but your parents knew that they were being hunted and entrusted me to look after their only son, who they named Solo. I always called you Jack to protect you. Your parents tried to escape, but were killed. I watched it. They were ruthlessly interrogated about Mu's whereabouts but refused to give in and were killed. I moved out here, where no one knew your parents or me, to hide you from the murderers. But I always kept the symbol and something for you that your parents left for you to have when you were old enough. Here it is." Jango took out a small data chip and handed it to Solo. "This chip contains the Murian battle cards they used to fight in their battles against EM viruses. That is a one of a kind collection. They are the only thing left of them. Download it into your Transer." As Solo did so Jango said, "All of the Murians had a unique ability; they could enter the EM world. I'm not sure how to perform it, but your parents called it the EM Wave Change."
Solo slowly said. "You're not crazy, Jango. I've done an EM Wave Change."
Jango suddenly sat up very straight. "What? When did you do that?"
Solo sighed. "You know that today, my class went on a field trip to an EM research laboratory. Well after the tour, a man approached me and invited me to take a look at his personal lab. He squared it with my teacher and took me to a secret lab that only he and his colleague knew about. As they were showing me their latest project, one of their guards, knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I was in some kind of testing room, they scanned me but just as the experiment began, something happened, I was suddenly in a different place where some kind of being told me my real name and how to perform an EM Wave Change. I did it and escaped the lab after destroying their main computer."
Jango looked curious. "Show me, Solo."
Solo nodded and stood up and shouted. "EM WAVE CHANGE! SOLO ON AIR!"
There was a flash of purple light. When it cleared, Jango gasped. Solo stood before him in his EM form. "Incredible!" Jango whispered. Then he said. "Well Solo, I think the only thing to do for now is continue to live as before. It would look too suspicious, if we did anything else." Jango explained. "But we should make preparations for any… uninvited guests. I have the time because nobody is showing up for class these days. I heard that a Virus Busting Tournament is going on later this week, why don't you enter? It'll give you a chance to tryout your new Battle Cards."
Solo smiled, "Sure, I won't even use them until the tournament."
Jango also smiled, "Well then, we start tomorrow! Go get some sleep."
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The next day when Solo arrived at school wearing a hood to conceal his white hair, a kid from his grade approached him, "Hey Jack, What happened to you yesterday?"
"Nothing really." Solo shrugged nonchalantly.
"Well whatever, so what did that scientist want with you?" the boy asked as they walked into the school.
"Nothing much, he just wanted to give me a tour of his personal lab." Solo replied.
"So are you entering the tournament?" asked the kid.
Solo shrugged again. "I might."
The kid laughed. "Well good luck. I've heard that a big shot virus-buster from the Satella Police is entering the tournament." Just then the bell rang.
"See you later!" Solo said as he dashed into class.
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At the end of the day, Solo didn't get onto the bus; he slipped behind some bushes and went into his EM form. Hopping on the wave road, he sped towards the dojo. He walked through the walls and reverted back to human form. "Hi Jango!" he called out.
Jango grinned. "Getting used to your new ability, huh? Well whatever, let's get started." For the rest of the days leading up to the tournament, Jango and Solo installed new security systems and put in more traps in the dojo, They even outfitted an old model combat droid named HK-47 to serve as a sparring partner for Solo and also serve as a security droid for when the house was empty.
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Finally, the day of the tournament arrived. "Let's go Solo, the tournament awaits." Jango called.
"I'm coming!" Solo yelled back as he finished putting on his disguise which consisted of a black tunic and a face concealing ninja mask. "I can't wait to try out my new Battle Cards!"
They went to the tournament and as Solo signed up, Jango went to the stands. Just as he finished signing up, a tall thin man walked up to the register and said, "I'm here to enter the tournament."
The automatic registration asked. "State your name please."
"Detective Bob Copper of the Satella Police." The man replied. Solo gasped and the man turned, "Entered in the tournament as well?" Copper asked.
Solo nodded as he looked at Copper, he had brown hair, a thin face, and was wearing a long light brown trench coat. "Yes I'm Murian." He said, "I heard a rumor that an officer of the police would enter but I didn't believe it."
Copper laughed, "Well, I wish you good luck today." They walked into the waiting room where a small group of people was gathered. Solo looked at the match ups and saw that everyone was going to take on three viruses called Mettennas. They were viruses that looked like little black balls with eyes; yellow feet, wearing a yellow hard had, and carried a pickaxe that they used to send out small shock waves. They looked harmless, but you had to take them seriously, because they could do serious damage. Solo also noted that each contestant would battle them, alone at separate times, one after the other. There were eight contestants in the tournament and Solo noticed that he was last in line.
A loudspeaker called the first contestant and she walked through a large door onto the field. Solo sat down and opened up his transer. He looked at his arsenal. "Wow," he whispered as he looked at the cards, "These cards are amazing!" His Battle Cards were unlike any he'd ever seen before, the Battle cards were thirty in total, the same as the set limit, but they were powerful. The list was this:
1. Radar Missile X (Launch homing missiles at enemies)
2. Mad Vulcan X (Shoot Vulcan gun at enemies)
3. Jet Attack X (Piercing attack that goes right through enemies)
4. Buzz Saw X (Throw Buzz Saw at enemy)
5. Impact Cannon (Canon attack that knock enemies back)
6. Windy Attack X (Use a giant fan to blow enemies away)
7. Piranha Kiss X (Piranha's attack enemies from all directions)
8. Bushido X (Use sword to slice enemies)
9. Black Ink (Shoot ink into enemy eyes to blind and damage them)
10. Hurricane Dance (Spin rapidly and damage enemies around you)
11. Sword Fighter X (Rapid sword attacks that slice and dice enemies)
12. Breaker Saber X (Sword that can break through any barrier)
13. Mechanical Flame X (Use flamethrower to torch enemies)
14. Beast Slap X (Use claws to shred enemies)
15. Flame Axe (Use flame covered axe to slay enemies)
16. Freeze Knuckle (Punch that freezes whatever it hits)
17. Electric Slash (Will paralyze hit enemies for a short time)
18. Life Aura (Absorbs damage up to a certain amount)
19. Drill Arm X (Arm drill that pierces enemies)
20. Shuriken X (Throw 3 shuriken at enemies)
21. Ice Grenade (Lobe grenade that freezes all in blast area)
22. Muramasa (Sword damage: as much as you are hurt)
23. Flash strike X (Electric attack that temporarily blinds foe)
24. Stealth Laser X (Launch mini stealth plane to shoot enemies)
25. Thunder Head X (Dragon head that launches lightning at foes)
26. Skull Arrow X (Shoot enemies with bow and arrows)
27. Wide Wave X (Launch a wide wave of water at enemies)
28. Spin Blade X (Throw a sword at enemies)
29. Black Hole X (Sucks weak enemies in and destroys them)
30. Mu Tech X (Cube that launches strange beam at enemies)
As Solo looked he also found an equip ability that was labeled "For EM Battles only" the ability was called "Mu Barrier". The description of the ability said that an impregnable shield was generated around the user and was regenerated each time the person used an attack of any kind. Solo was so absorbed by his new Cards that he almost didn't hear the loudspeaker say: "And now for our final contestant today, a mysterious boy with unknown skill! Let's hear it for MURIAN!" (Solo and Jango had decided to use a code name for safety's sake.) There were loud cheers from the stands.
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Solo walked out onto the field and took up a ready stance as the announcer yelled out. "Let the battle BEGIN!" The crowd cheered and yelled.
Three mettenas appeared on the field. Solo sprung into action using his new Battle Card: Back Hole X. Before the mettenas could move, a small black hole appeared beneath each of them and sucked them in, deleting them instantly.
Everyone was stunned. None of the other contestants had deleted the mettenas this fast. Then the announcer said over the loudspeaker, "Well look at that! Our last contestant is the quickest to finish off the viruses. What else does this mystery contestant have in store for us?" The crowd began to cheer as Solo walked back into the waiting room.
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There were only three other contestants left besides him and one of them was Detective Copper. "So kid you, survived round one. Well we'll see just how good you are in the next round." The loudspeaker called out Detective Copper and he went out onto the field. He came back in about five minutes later with a grin on his face. The loudspeaker called one of the other contestants who didn't return and then the other who also did not return. The losers of the tournament left by a different route. The loudspeaker called Solo's fake name and he went out onto the field. As he took his stance, three more viruses appeared. This time the viruses were Booms. They looked like muscular fighters with flaming fists that moved around by jumping. This time, Solo used his Wide Wave X card. Once again all three viruses were deleted before they could move.
The announcer said, "Amazing! This truly is a sight to see folks. And now for the final event: A duel between Detective Bob Copper of the Satella Police and the mysterious boy, Murian!"
The crowd cheered wildly as Solo walked to the other side of the field and waited as Copper walked to his side. On the screen above the field, their life points were shown, each started out with 1000 health points. The crowd was silent, holding their breath as the announcer yelled, "Let the duel BEGIN!"
As the announcer was yelling this, Solo and Copper attacked, Solo used his Mad Vulcan X which hit Copper, square in the chest, before he could move out of the way. On the overhead screen, Copper's life points dropped to 850. Copper countered with a Heavy Cannon Battle Card. Unfortunately for Copper, the shot missed. Solo had already moved out of the way and had activated another card, this time it was the Flame Axe. A giant battle-axe appeared in Solo's hands. The axe was covered in flames but it emitted no heat. Copper played another card. An energy sword appeared on the top of his wrist. With a loud battle cry he charged. Solo also let out a yell as he charged. Solo and Copper struck each other at the same time. Solo's life points dropped to 920, Copper's life points dropped down to 600. As Copper turned, Solo was already using his Wide Wave X card. Before Copper could react, he was struck by a wave of water dropping his life points down to 510.
Copper grinned, he hadn't had this much fun in years, "You're good kid," he admitted out loud, "But this fight is just getting start… OOF!" he said as Solo used his Impact Cannon, sending Copper flying back and dropping his life points down to 370. Solo said nothing as he activated another Battle Card. This time he once again used his Mad Vulcan X and struck Copper full in the chest, dropping his life points yet again down to 220. Before Solo could activate another card, Copper again used his Heavy Cannon which struck Solo in the leg, bringing Solo's life points down to 770 and knocking him to the ground. As Solo started to stand up, Copper activated another Battle Card. A Wide Wave 3, the blast hit Solo and knocked him down again, as well as decreasing his life points to 610. Copper laughed, "This is almost too easy! Not so cocky now, are you?"
Solo jumped up and activated his Black Hole X card. A black hole opened under Copper and drained his life points down to 0. Copper dropped to his knees, stunned; almost nobody had ever defeated him in a battle before. Even those who had bested him had never done it so quickly. The crowd went wild with cheers as the announcer declared the results. Solo walked over to Copper and extended his hand. Copper smiled took it, and rose to his feet. Copper bowed to Solo as the announcer came out onto the field carrying the prize of $10,000. He handed the prize to Solo, turned to face the crowd, and asked, "Murian, do you have anything you want to say to the crowd?" but there was now answer except a small bang. The announcer turned to find a cloud of smoke where "Murian" had been standing. The smoke cleared and the mysterious boy was gone, in his place was a log!
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Solo was in his room when Jango arrived. Jango glanced at the zenny's on the table and sighed. He walked up to Solo's room and found him on the computer, totally immersed in his work that he didn't seem to hear Jango come in. "And just what are you doing?" Jango asked.
Solo jumped and turned to face him with a sheepish look on his face, "Nothing much." But the stern look on Jango's face didn't waiver. "Alright, I just finished changing my name on the school records."
Jango was not impressed. "And why would you do that?"
Solo shrugged, "I'm no longer "Jack Martin". I am Solo!" he declared.
Jango's face softened, "Your parents would be proud of you, Solo. You won a tournament with close to no experience in battling and you've accepted your real name." Solo smiled with pride. "But you did hack into the school network, so to make up for that breach of conduct, I want you to cut and stack all of the firewood outside." Solo groaned as he heard this. Jango smirked, "Go on. Get going."
About five hours and many sore muscles later, Solo staggered inside. "I'm done Jango!" He called as he walked into the kitchen. Jango was sitting at the counter.
"Sit down, Solo." Jango said and as Solo complied, Jango suddenly started to hack and cough.
"Are you alright?" Solo inquired as he quickly moved to Jango's side.
Jango shook his head wearily. "No, I guess I should tell you."
Solo was confused. "Tell me what?"
"I'm dying." Jango replied.
"What! You can't die Jango!" Solo exclaimed.
"We all die at some point." Jango shrugged, "When I do die, you are going to inherit my dojo and what money I have. So take care of yourself after I'm gone." Jango started to hack and cough again.
Solo sprang to his feet. "I'm taking you to a hospital!" he said and half pulled, half dragged Jango outside where Solo shouted, "MATERIALIZE, CAR!" And suddenly a red car appeared. Solo pushed Jango into the passenger seat and hopped into the driver seat. He secured his father figure before turning to the controls. "Take us to the nearest hospital!" He demanded. The car beeped once and turned on and automatically drove to the hospital by itself.
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At the hospital, sometime later, a doctor came up to Solo. There was a grim expression on his face. "It's not good, son."
Solo stiffened. "What do you mean?"
The doctor sighed and his shoulders slumped. "I've never seen anything like it. What ever it is that he's got, it's slowly shutting down his entire respiratory system and it's also slowly paralyzing his body. Now we might be able to save him, but there are no guarantees."
Solo nodded. "Please, do what you can."
The doctor smiled. "I will. I'm not about to let one of my patients die if I can help it."
Solo cracked a smile. "Please keep me informed about what's going on."
The doctor nodded. "Of course."
Solo turned and left the hospital. Instead of materializing an EM car, solo decided to walk home. Solo was passing through a back alley when he saw four tough looking boys walking towards him. A quick glance over his shoulder told him that three other thugs were closing in from behind. 'Well, well, it looks like things are about to get interesting.' He thought, grinning to himself but keeping his face expressionless.
The four ahead stopped about ten feet in front of him while the other three stopped at about the same distance behind him. One of the four stepped forward, "You're a bit out o' yer home turf ain't ya?" He said with a sneer. "Ye're either real brave or real stupid ta trespass on da Purple Dragon's home turf."
Solo replied, "Oh, this is rich. Even the slum boys are trying to shake people down now."
The thug leader snarled, "Tha' remark's gonna cost ya kid. In da next five minutes, if ya ain't the sorriest piece of shit, you'll definitely be the bloodiest."
Solo smiled, "We'll see about that. Whenever you're ready." He dropped down into a ready position.
The thug leader snarled as pulled out a knife and charged, "GET 'IM BOYS!" All of the other thugs pulled out knives as they ran at the seemingly defenseless boy. In a flurry of hands and feet, it was over.
All seven lay on the ground moaning in pain, the leader however managed to stagger to his feet as Solo dusted himself off. Although his right arm was causing him considerable pain, he managed to pick up one of the fallen knifes and point it at Solo, who walked over and in a swift, fluid motion, plucked the knife out of the thug's hand.
"Had enough?" Solo asked quietly looking down at his helpless foe. The other boy nodded, "Now listen carefully. If you stop acting like common thieves and leave people alone, this goes no farther. However, if anything like this happens again, I'm sure the police would be very interested in your activities. Do we understand one another?" The boy nodded clutching at his right arm. "Good, now come with me and let's get you guys patched up." He extended his hand.
Not believing what he was hearing, the boy grasped Solo's hand asking, "What are ya doing?"
Solo smirked. "I'm trying to help you."
"Why?"
"Do I need a reason to help other people?"
"But why're ya helpin' people dat jus' attacked ya?"
"I might need your help as an underground group later on, but for now let's get you guys to my house." said Solo as he led the bruised and battered kids back to the dojo. Soon he led the ragtag group inside where he patched them up. "By the way, I never got your names." he said as he finished putting the leader's arm in an improvised sling.
"Name's Geo." The kid replied, then turned to the rest of the gang, "Well, tell 'im yer names."
One of the gang who had a small cut on his arm spoke up, "I'm Jed."
A second kid who was holding a tissue to his nose said, "Name's Terry."
"Tony," spoke up the youngest boy who was walking with a limp.
"Jack." said a boy with a black eye.
"I'm Sid," said a young looking boy who was rubbing his shoulder.
"Name's Fred." said the last boy who had bruises on his right arm.
"Nice to meet you. Now Geo, keep that arm in that sling for a few days and it should heal fine." Solo said as he put away the Medkit.
"What's your name then mister?" asked Tony.
"My name's Solo." Solo replied. "Tell me something, why were you trying to rob me? What would your parents think?"
"We ain't got any parents." Sid said, "We're all orphans."
Dan spoke up, "Yeah, ah found all of em an' took care of em, but livin' on da street's tough for kids."
"Oh, I see," Solo said slowly, "Where do you live now?"
Terry spoke up. "An abandoned building or at least we used to."
"Used to?" Solo inquired.
"It got torn down 'bout two days ago." Fred replied. "Say, where're yer folks Solo?"
"Dead, I live with the sensei of this dojo, Jango Martin," Solo said as he leaned against the wall.
Geo's head snapped up. "Yer kiddin'!" he exclaimed.
Solo shook his head. "Nope, not kidding, why?"
"Ah've heard that he used ta be the leader of an ol' gang a long time ago." Geo said. "He disappeared 'bout seventeen years ago. Word on da street was dat he was dead."
"What do you mean?" Solo demanded.
"His gang was some sort of vigilante gang." Geo replied. "His gang would take out th' other gangs an' vanish before the cops showed up. But somethin' happened that made 'im vanish."
"What happened?" Solo asked.
"No one know fa sure, but way ah heard it was that some new gang moved in and wiped em out. Rumor was tha they had some kinda new weapon or somethin'. Beyond that, ah can't say." Geo concluded.
"Hmm." Solo mused, "So what are you going to do now?"
Geo sighed heavily. "Ah don't know. Ah jus' don't."
Solo thought for a moment, "I've got an idea."
Geo looked at him. "Ya do?"
Solo nodded. "Why don't all of you stay here for a bit?"
Geo shook his head. "Tha' wouldn' be right. Ah don' like th' idea of takin' charity."
Solo smirked. "Who said anything about it being free?"
Geo stared with a curious and slightly fearful expression on his face. "Whaddya mean?"
Solo gestured around the dojo, "I need some help to run this place. If you stay, you'd have to help me with stuff like cutting wood, cleaning the dojo and stuff like that. In return, you all would have a place to stay, food to eat, and a chance to start over. At least until you decide to move on. How about it?"
Tony piped up, "I'm staying!"
Sid nodded, "Me too."
"Count me in!" exclaimed Terry.
Fred shrugged, "Why not? I'm in."
Jed said, "Sounds good ta me!"
Jack also nodded, "I'm stayin' too."
Geo looked around at his friends and sighed grinning, "Ah, what the hell, Ah'll stay too."
Solo nodded, pleased. "Good, now your work begins tomorrow, so get some sleep."
Tony looked around the dojo and asked, "But mister, where are we going to sleep?"
"Just call me Solo. As to your question, I have some extra mats and blankets for those of you who are older. Tony, you and Sid will share my room. But before any one goes to sleep, you're all taking showers!" Solo declared, "If you're gonna live here, you will at least be clean every day." Groans of protest greeted this statement, but Solo managed to get all of the ruffians to get themselves cleaned up in the end. Afterwards they were all dressed in some of Solo's old clothes. Remarkably, everyone managed to find something that fit. With Fred and Terry's help, Solo set out five mats and blankets for the five older boys to sleep on. After this task was completed, Solo managed to cook dinner while his guests cleaned the dojo floor. After dinner, which was eaten by Geo's gang like a pack of starving wolves, the doorbell rang.
"Now who could that be at this hour?" Solo wondered aloud as he walked to the door and opened it. Two men in Satella-Police uniforms were standing outside.
"Hello," said one of the officers. "Can we speak to the head of this establishment, please?"
"He's unavailable at the moment; I speak for him in his absence." Solo replied, "Now what can I help you with?"
The two men glanced at each other then the officer who'd spoken before explained their reason for knocking on the door. "We received a tip that this was a gang hideout, can you think of any reason why this charge was filed?"
Solo laughed. "Gang hideout? This is a simple martial arts dojo. Anybody who claims it to be otherwise must be crazy."
The officers didn't look amused. "Our tipper was very specific. The tipper said that someone smuggled in seven rough looking kids into this place about two hours ago."
"There are eight boys here, sir but none of them are gang members. Any way, do you have any proof that these so-called gang members were involved in any illegal activity? Because if you don't, then don't waste your time and mine." Solo snapped.
Startled, the two officers exchanged another glance. "Well, our tipper claims that the gang was dressed in ragged clothes, carried knives and threatened the tipper just as they entered this establishment." The second officer said uneasily.
"Then your so-called tipper lied. None of the people here carried knives here or threatened anyone." Solo said, who was getting annoyed by this time. "I suggest you go find out who your tipper is. Good night!" Solo closed the door. Worried he rejoined the group who was just finishing cleaning up the pots and pans.
"Who was dat, Solo?" Geo asked.
"The police." Solo replied.
Silence fell over the group, finally Geo spoke up. "What are we gonna do now, if we stay it'll be trouble. But if we leave, we'll be picked up by da cops."
Solo sighed. "I don't know, the police said that someone tipped them off."
"We was watched!" Jed exclaimed. "We gotta make tracks, now!"
"You're right, but only six of us be leavin'." Geo said.
"What do you mean, Geo?" Tony asked.
"Ah mean dat yer stayin' here Tony." Geo replied. "Life on da streets ain't fer ya. Solo can ya look af'er Tony fer a while?"
Solo nodded. "Yeah, but what about the rest of you?"
Geo smiled. "Ah got another place to stay until we figure out how to make some Zennys."
Solo sighed. "You'd better leave now before anyone else comes callin'"
Geo nodded and turned to Tony. "We'll check up on ya every now an' then, Solo'll look out fer ya until we get a foot hold on life."
Tony shook his head. "NO! I'm going with you, I ain't gonna be separated from the group!"
Geo sighed knowing that Tony was the most stubborn boy he knew. "Alright Tony, Yer with us. We'll drop by once in a while, Solo."
Solo nodded. "Do me a favor, and keep your eyes out for anything suspicious in the underworld and in the upper world. Notify me at once if anyone is asking about me or Jango."
Geo saluted, "Will do Boss. Dragons, we're headin' out!" And with that all of the seven went out the back door.
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3 Months Later:
Solo woke up early and was finishing up cleaning the dojo when the doorbell rang. "I'm coming, I'm coming." He called.
Opening the door, he saw a girl about his own age standing there. She was tall, had blue eyes, long blond hair, and was wearing a medium length blue skirt with long stockings and expensive shoes. "Solo Martin?" she asked.
"Yes, that's me." Solo answered, "And who are you?"
"I'm Luna Springfield, grade 12 class president of Echo Ridge High School and College." She replied.
Solo sighed. "What do you want?"
"You haven't been to school in three months." Luna replied.
"So what!?" Solo demanded heatedly. "My dad's in the hospital and needs me to look after the place, and…"
Luna cut him off, grabbing his arm, started to drag him down the street, "That's no excuse!" She stated. "You need to go to school, and that's final." Her tone booked no arguments but Solo wasn't giving up. He stopped struggling when he noticed Geo and the gang following.
Right inside the school gate, Solo decided that he had had enough and used the Body-Switching technique to switch with a nearby branch and escape her steel-like grip. "I'm not going to school!" He exclaimed.
"What's going on Luna?" A small kid with black hair and glasses asked.
"Oh hi Zack!" Luna replied. "This is Solo."
Zack's eyes brightened, "Ah so this is the boy who hasn't been to school in three months due to his foster father's sudden illness, putting him in the hospital." As he said this, Zack was circling Solo.
Solo was beginning to get annoyed. "Why do you even care if I go to school or not?" He demanded.
"If Luna can get all of grade 12 to go to school, it will make her look more responsible, therefore impressing the teachers, and she'll be sure to become student body president!" Zack explained.
Solo was more than a little appalled and angry. "I'm nobody's political pawn! Leave me alone!" Solo backed up, right into another person. Solo spun around to find himself face to face with a boy who looked like he ate a lot, and appeared to be very strong.
"Hi Luna, hey Zack, what's up?" the boy asked.
"Bud! You're just in time. This one is trying to skip school and is trying to disobey an order," Luna said.
"Oh really?" Bud asked as he looked back at Solo. "No one ever disobeys your orders and they ain't gonna start now." He grabbed Solo's arms, "Listen kid, you'd better come to school, now or there'll be trouble."
Solo smirked. "I don't think so."
"Oh, yeah? No one ever disobeys an order from Luna and nobody's gonna help you escape." Bud sneered.
Solo's grin intensified as Geo moved into position. "Oh I don't know about that."
Geo tapped Bud on the shoulder. "Ah suggest dat ya leave 'im alone now."
Bud spun around. "Who are you?"
Geo didn't answer the question. "Hey, Solo, you aright?"
"Fine now that the cavalry has arrived." Solo replied.
Geo nodded and ordered. "Let go o' my frien' now!"
"Who's gonna make me?" demanded Bud.
Geo's only response was to snap his fingers and out of nowhere, the rest of the gang materialized seemingly out of nowhere, all looking like they were itching for a fight, "We are." Geo said simply, "We have ya out numbered and da gang don' like it when peopl' try an' manhandle our frien'."
"Word to the wise, don't make them angry." Solo said, "Now please let me go."
"Let him go Bud." Luna said before she turned to Solo, "I'll get you to go to school if it's the last thing I do!"
Bud let go of Solo extremely quickly. Solo nodded at Geo, who then gestured and he as well as the rest of the Purple Dragons turned and left the school grounds. Solo then backed up and turned to Luna.
"Sorry, but the odds are in my favor today, Luna." Solo smirked, "I wish you lots of luck" So saying, he turned and walked out the school gate.
"Of all the nerve!" Luna exclaimed indignantly, "I'll get him to school or my name isn't Luna Springfield!" So saying she turned and stalked into the school building leaving Bud and Zack looking at each other with concern.
"I don't know about you Bud." Zack said. "But I hope for his sake that he doesn't make her any angrier than she already is."
"I know what you mean." Bud replied. "Luna is downright scary when she's angry. I just hope that…"
BOOOOOM! Both of them looked at the school to see that one of the school buildings was on fire!
"What's going on!?" Zack exclaimed in fear.
"THE SCHOOL'S ON FIRE!" Bud yelled.
Then it dawned on them. Luna was inside the burning building!
"LUNA!" They both screamed. By this time a crowd was beginning to form. All watched in horror as the flames greedily ate at the walls. The few students and teachers who were inside managed to get out. Franticly, Bud and Zack searched for Luna.
"Where's Luna?" Zack whimpered as a crash came from within the burning structure.
"Oh no. She's still inside!" Bud exclaimed. As he spoke, a piece of debris came crashing down and blocked the doorway, cutting off access to the burning building.
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None of the crowd noticed a small glimmer of light behind a gate. Solo had crept behind a bush, once out of sight he yelled, "EM WAVE CHANGE! SOLO ON AIR!" There was a flash of light and Solo was in his EM Wave form. He jumped onto the Wave Road and charged into the building. Once inside, he changed frequencies to the visible spectrum. "HELLO! IS ANYONE IN HERE?" He yelled as he ran through the building.
A female voice answered him. "HELP ME!" The voice cried out from one of the rooms. Solo jumped through the wall to find Luna huddled in a corner.
As Solo approached her, she shrunk away. "What's the matter? I'm here to help you."
Luna only pointed and screamed, "LOOK OUT!"
Solo didn't turn around; he dove to one side just as a blade whistled through the air, right where Solo had been standing a second ago. Solo spun around to find himself face to face with a Musashi, a Virus that looked very much like a samurai; it wielded a single blade, and was among the most dangerous of Viruses due to its speed. Solo didn't wait for it to attack again, he held his left hand out in front of him and a sword hilt appeared in its center, grasping it he pulled out a sword. As he held it in the ready position, Solo glanced at his blade; it looked like a slim but lethal katana. The Musashi didn't wait any longer, it charged at Solo raising its sword to cut him down.
Meanwhile, Luna watched the two duelers with a mixture of horror and fascination. She was terrified by the Virus, but also fascinated by the appearance of a boy dressed in black who was amazingly driving off the virus. 'Who is this boy?' She wondered. Just then there was a loud crack from above her, she looked up to see that a section of the ceiling, weakened by the fire, fall down, and she was under it! Luna screamed, shut her eyes tightly, and waited for the end.
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At the same instant that he heard the crack, Solo slashed through the Musashi and cut it in two. He turned around and saw what was happening, and didn't stop to think; he ran and dove at Luna.
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Luna felt arms wrap around her, then a strange sensation all over her body, then a voice said, "You alright?" She opened her eyes to find herself looking right into the face of the boy who had fought with the Virus. Blinking she looked around; she was outside of the school in the arms of her mysterious rescuer. "You know, you can let go of me now," The boy said, voice tinged with slight amusement.
Luna let go and blushed as she asked, "So you single handedly saved my life?" The boy nodded and held out his hand in front of his face. 'What is he doing?' Luna wondered. As if to answer her unspoken question, the boy suddenly held up his sword and before Luna could do anything to stop him; he put the sword through his hand! Only it vanished instead of coming out of his hand.
"LUNA!" Both of them turned to see Bud and Zack running right at her. Both Zack and Bud stopped in front of her, weeping with happiness. "Luna, we were so worried about you!" Zack cried.
"I'm fine you two," Luna said. "So stop crying."
Bud and Zack stopped crying at once, Solo idly wondered just how they were able to do that, then Bud asked, "But how did you get out?"
"Well, this boy here saved me," Luna turned to her rescuer, only to be shoved down by him. "HEY what did you do that for?!" She exclaimed.
The boy only jumped to one side, just as a fireball crashed into the place where she had been standing. All of them looked to see a giant Koma; a Virus that looked like a Chinese dog statue, and spat fireballs. The boy punched with his right hand and yelled, "FLYING KNUCKLE!" To Luna's, Bud's, and Zack's amazement, multiple fists shot out and slammed into the Virus. The Koma uttered a scream of pain, but before it could move, the boy punched the ground with enough force that the ground cracked and shouted, "SHOCKWAVE!" A purple wave slammed into the Koma, deleting it instantly. The boy turned to Luna and held out his left hand. "You OK?" He asked. Luna nodded and accepted the offered hand. As he pulled her to his feet, the boy said, perhaps a bit gruffly, "You're lucky I was here, otherwise you wouldn't be alive." As he said this, Luna saw a Satella-Police officer running towards them.
"I'm Detective Bob Copper of the Satella-Police, and you're the source of all these crazy EM Waves!" He was pointing an accusing finger at the boy.
"Perhaps, but I'm not what caused the fire. Chalk that one up to the viruses." The boy said. "I merely saved this girl. If that's a crime, then I'm guilty of only that."
"What's your name?" Copper demanded heatedly.
Solo thought to himself, 'Well, I can't use my real name, but I am a rogue experiment, at least to Dr. Jade. Why not?' Out loud he said, "I'm Rogue."
"Rogue huh? Well you're coming downtown with me, Rogue." Copper said.
Rogue smirked, "Sorry, not interested." He turned to Luna and said, "Try and stay out of trouble, Luna. Now if you'll excuse me, I really must be going." Copper jumped at Rogue, or at least where Rogue had been. As soon as Copper had jumped, Rogue had back flipped over him and vanished, to the astonishment of Luna, Bud, and Zack.
Luna murmured the mysterious male's name. "Rogue." She gazed at the spot where Rogue had vanished, with a dreamy look in her eyes.