This was just a flash of inspiration that came to me, and I had to write it out. Right now, it's just a one-shot, but if you guys want, I can add more to this. Like a series of one-shots. Never done that before.

This kind of takes place in the Classic Rockman universe, but with Rockman EXE characters.

I don't own Rockman EXE.

City Strike

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Forte asked Netto for what must be the fourth time as they walked down the street. He was currently out in civilian clothes, a black jacket over a white shirt, long black pants, and grey sneakers. His blond hair, never having been brushed, stuck out in all directions.

Netto only laughed and rolled her eyes, shifting the large box filled with E-cans in her arms. "Absolutely sure. Besides, you need your hands free in case…" She glanced around at the humans and robots that walked around, and switched to the private channel she shared with Forte. '…In case Wily sent someone here to try to get me.' She wore a blue baseball cap to cover her brown hair, as well as a light purple jacket, black pants, and blue sneakers.

Forte nodded, already scanning the area for possible threats. Netto smiled, but it was soon replaced by a frown. They had to hide as humans for a reason. It wouldn't do if they were outed as robots, and creations of the greatest scientists alive, at that. That would be like firing up a signal and screaming for someone, like Wily, to find them.

Netto couldn't help but sigh, receiving a pat on the shoulder from Forte in the process. She was well aware that she was the reason they had to hide. It wasn't her fault that she was built to be the world's largest database! But of course, that made her valuable, and a target for Wily.

And he succeeded in kidnapping her, sending Forte, his strongest robot, to do it. Fortunately for Netto, she had the time to set up dozens of firewalls preventing anyone, even herself, from accessing the database, and managed to wipe away many of her memory files as well.

Great.

Forte, who absolutely hated his creator by this point, had decided to do the one thing he knew would anger Wily the most.

He ran away and took Netto with him just as Wily had torn down the last firewall she set in place. Amazing how that all happened in a year.

Now, several months later, they decided to settle in the outskirts of a small town and fake certificates to get jobs. The citizens there hardly ask questions, which made it even better.

A flash of a television on display caught Netto's attention and she excitedly nudged Forte towards it. Like she had hoped, it showed the heroic robot duo, Rockman and Blues, defeating Wily yet again. The scientist flew off in a rage as his metal giant collapsed into a heap of scrap metal.

"That was surprisingly quick." Forte murmured, resting his head on Netto's shoulder. She clicked her tongue in annoyance but didn't try to shrug him off. He'll just do it again anyways. One of the many habits they've both picked up from reading up on human behaviors.

"Maybe's because a certain someone's not there to help him." She offered up with a grin.

Forte chuckled. "And where do you suppose that certain someone is?"

Netto shrugged with her free shoulder and looked up at the sky. "He's probably…what's that?" She picked up faint noise in the distance. Sounded like screaming.

Forte raised his head up, trying listen to whatever Netto heard. Instead, he saw thin trails of smoke. There was another. And another. They were growing closer to their location. And now Forte could hear the explosions. And the screaming.

Netto immediately dashed towards the explosions, leaving Forte behind. He cursed to himself, not quite able to understand why she would go to a place that practically screamed "Wily is attacking!" Must be because she was programmed by a Hikari, can't resist the need to protect humans. He followed after her anyways, because he has no intention of letting that idiot robot get captured and taken to Skull Fortress again.

Not on his watch.

Netto didn't really know what to do as she came face to face with two of Wily's robots, Fireman and Elecman. She was still carrying the box of E-cans, which she didn't think to put down beforehand, so she couldn't use her buster. Which was one of the only ways she could protect herself.

Good job, Netto.

If only she was a combat robot instead of a database. If only she had a copy ability like Forte, or be able to charge her shots like Rockman, or be able to call out a sword like Blues. But noooo, her creator had to just give her a simple buster and all of the information available in the world and think "Yeah, this is fine."

Yay. And now Fireman and Elecman are coming after her and oh man she needs to run like right now.

She held the box of precious E-cans closer to herself and sprinted on out. The chase went on for several more blocks. Unlike the town where she lived with Forte, the city roads were unfamiliar and Netto really didn't have time to pull up a map of the area since that would mean that she would need to slow down. Not the best option right now.

If she was a human, she would have been exhausted right now. If she was a human, she wouldn't have gotten into this situation in the first place.

Now's not the time for weird thoughts, she reminded herself as she rounded a corner and-

Oh no.

Ohhh noooooo.

A dead end.

Where was Forte? Better question, where's Rockman and Blues? Surely they would have arrived by now, right? At least she was the only one being targeted right now.

Great thought to have when she's backed up against a brick wall.

"It would be easier on all of us if you agreed to come with us, Database." Elecman spoke, lightning crackling at his fingertips. Netto cringed. Was that really what Wily called her? That was so general! There were plenty of other databases in the world!

None that were given a mobile form like her, though.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Netto denied. Her eyes darted to the street behind the two, then up to the sky, hoping for some sign that help was coming.

Fireman scoffed. Or did he? It was hard to tell since he didn't have a mouth. "You know exactly what we're talking about. We belong to Dr. Wily, after all."

Netto resisted the urge to groan. Of course the scientist would install some kind of recognition program just so he has a better chance of finding her.

…Wait, is that Rockman going up for a sneak attack?

Their eyes met and he raised his finger to his lips, the universal sign to be quiet. Netto looked away and back to Elecman. He didn't seem to have noticed Rockman yet. Fireman didn't either. Time for her to provide a distraction.

"Well, tell that old man that I have no intention of going back there. I like my freedom, thank you very much." To her surprise, both Fireman and Elecman laughed.

"Really, you think you're free with him?" Fireman's tone was mocking. "As if. He'll only-" His next words were cut off as he was struck by a charged plasma shot in the back. Moments after he fell forward, Elecman had a sword through his chest, thankfully in a nonfatal spot.

"Are you alright, miss?" Blues asked after he dismissed his sword. Netto nodded dumbly, forgetting how to breathe for a minute. Her idols, the world's idols, Rockman and Blues, just saved her and talked to her?!

Not that she needed to breathe, but it always helped having a little cold air cool her systems down some.

She was escorted out of the alley by Blues, and Rockman came to join them.

"U-um…" Netto's voice was quiet, and she hope she wasn't overheating. "Have you seen my friend? We got separated a while back. He's about my height, blond hair, red eyes?"

"Might that be him behind you?" Rockman asked with a small smile.

Netto turned to look, and felt a fist come down lightly on her head.

"You idiot." Forte chided. "Don't just run off by yourself like that."

Netto pouted. "I'm fine, so it's alright! And besides, the E-cans aren't damaged!" She held up the box, which Forte then took from her.

"Don't you have some people to thank?" He nodded at Rockman and Blues. "The sooner you do that, the sooner we can go home."

Oh, right. They used to be enemies. Good thing that Forte hadn't switched to his armor form yet.

Netto turned to the other two and bowed. "Thank you very much for saving me."

"It's no problem." Rockman laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm Rockman and that one over there is Blues. It's nice to meet you." He held out a hand.

Netto laughed as well, clasping Rockman's hand. "I'm-" Her sentence was cut off into a gasp as unfamiliar images flooded her head. She wrenched her hand away and stumbled back, stopping only when she bumped into Forte. The same thing happened to Rockman, who had to be held steady by Blues.

'Netto, what's wrong?' Forte asked her, followed by a flash of worry. Netto only groaned, completely disoriented by the cluster of images. She shoved them away into a spare folder, where they'll stay until she had the time to sort through them.

"…Netto?" Netto flinched, then looked at Rockman. How did he know her name? "You're Netto, aren't you? It's me, Saito! Me and Papa and Enzan and the others, we were looking everywhere for you!"

Saito. Papa. Enzan.

Those words were unlocking parts of her memory that she didn't even know existed. Apparently her memory files were just password-protected, not deleted like Wily had thought. It wasn't a good time for that though, because she felt like she was going to overload from all of the information she's gaining in the span of a few seconds.

And Netto was supposed to be an ever-expanding database. Ha.

Something was passed to her. The box of E-cans? Netto felt herself being picked up by Forte, and the thump of his feet as he ran. There were cries of surprise from behind them, probably from Rockman or Blues.

"Are you able to teleport us?" Forte asked her hurriedly.

Netto squeezed her eyes shut, shoving away the currently unwanted memories and nodded. "Yeah, just give me a moment." Soon, they vanished in a burst of blue light.

However, since Forte was still running, they almost crashed into a tree.

"What do you want to do when we get home?" Forte asked, walking along the familiar path that they took every day.

Netto make a noise, then responded. "Wanna sleep. Drink from an E-can. Are you gonna put me down?"

"No."

Really, this was kind of bugging me and I couldn't find a way to start the next chapter of PTT, so yeah.

This is actually PTT main plot twisted and made to fit in a universe similar to Classic universe.

I'll just keep this up or something. If you guys want something that would happen in this universe, just leave it in the reviews or PM me.