The Pain Of Loss
~~Sidenote people, I don't own Megaman or any of it's characters, it's all to Capcom. I do own this story though. ^.^~~
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Flashback
Megaman and Lan had dealt the final blow to Alpha, the last threat to the web after the deaths of Wily and Bass.exe. From Alpha's remains rose a door into the past. Lan and Megaman spoke to one another of the matter, and finally decided to proceed through into the unknown. Upon reaching the original Scilab and meeting with their Grandfather, the original Dr. Hikari, they obtained the heavily encrypted note addressed to Lan's father. On their way to the escape of the Pulse Transmission System, Alpha struck one last time. As Megaman's last act to save Lan, he overloaded and launched Lan's Pulse Body to safety.
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The Present
It's been a month since Megaman's deletion. Everyone was cut deep by the loss of the Blue Bomber, the one who, by Lan's side, had seemed to tie everything together. Everyone had managed to find their own ground to stand upon. All except for Roll.exe, that is.
Roll had been unable to even perform basic functions for that entire month, as the sorrow, guilt, and anger upon her emotional systems had grown so great. Mayl had tried everything to bring her out of it, but not even she, her best friend and operator, could alter Roll's feelings on the matter. For the longest time, Mayl couldn't figure out what was wrong, until one day, it hit her. Just as she had always secretly pined for Lan, Roll had felt the exact same for his deleted Navi, Megaman.
One day after school, Mayl had finally decided to confront Roll upon this matter. The instant she had reached her house, she removed her shoes at the front, dropped her backpack just by them, and dashed upstairs to her room. She picked up her PET and took it out of sleep mode. Roll's eyes fluttered open, gazing sadly to her operator. Mayl then immediately knew her assumption was correct by that gaze, having seen it in her own reflection many times after she and Lan had spent time alone. "Roll... you don't need to hide it from me anymore..." Roll looked sighed and looked away, shutting her eyes, forcing back tears. "What am I hiding, Mayl...?" As she said this, one of the few words she'd spoken in this past month, Mayl felt a tug on her heart strings at the pain in her voice. Having had to hear this from one she would have considered as a sister if she were real was like watching her real mother or father suffer in some way or another. She held the PET close to her face, speaking gently so as not to upset Roll any further. "Roll... I know that you loved Megaman..." Roll's eyes shot wide, immediately turning a deep shade of crimson in her cheeks. She looked to Mayl, speechless.
Mayl closed her eyes, cradling the PET in her arms, as if she were trying to hold Roll close. "It's okay, Roll.. I know it hurts.." Roll shut her eyes, unable to restrain her tears any longer. She started to sob like never in her life, every ounce of hurt she had felt these past 4 weeks revealing itself. "M... Mayl, I,.. I never had the chance to tell him how I felt.,. He.,. and the others left for Wily's base and then... H... He was just... gone..." Mayl nodded softly, tears coming to her eyes, holding her PET closer. At that moment, Roll could have sworn she had felt Mayl's embrace about her. In return, just as if she were there, she had embraced the air that would be Mayl's form. Mayl relaxed as she felt this, unsure of how, but somewhere in her heart, she could feel that her sisterly bond with Roll had grown during this time.
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Me: Hey, this wasn't too bad for my first story!!!
Lan: Considering you wrote this chapter right after you beat the game...
Me: Hey, you're not complaining, are you?
Zero: *looms over Lan with Z-Saber ready*
Lan: Ehhh... n... not at all!!!
Me: Good, that's what I thought. Now if only I could get the danged Italics thing to work... well, hopefully someone will leave me the basic instructions in a review.
Chaud: Fat chance...
Me: *Pulls a rope and watches Gaea Armor X fall onto Chaud* Anyhow, hope you'll like the next chapter!!! And by then, maybe I'll be able to update the Flashback in this one to Italics!!! ^.^
~~Sidenote people, I don't own Megaman or any of it's characters, it's all to Capcom. I do own this story though. ^.^~~
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Flashback
Megaman and Lan had dealt the final blow to Alpha, the last threat to the web after the deaths of Wily and Bass.exe. From Alpha's remains rose a door into the past. Lan and Megaman spoke to one another of the matter, and finally decided to proceed through into the unknown. Upon reaching the original Scilab and meeting with their Grandfather, the original Dr. Hikari, they obtained the heavily encrypted note addressed to Lan's father. On their way to the escape of the Pulse Transmission System, Alpha struck one last time. As Megaman's last act to save Lan, he overloaded and launched Lan's Pulse Body to safety.
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The Present
It's been a month since Megaman's deletion. Everyone was cut deep by the loss of the Blue Bomber, the one who, by Lan's side, had seemed to tie everything together. Everyone had managed to find their own ground to stand upon. All except for Roll.exe, that is.
Roll had been unable to even perform basic functions for that entire month, as the sorrow, guilt, and anger upon her emotional systems had grown so great. Mayl had tried everything to bring her out of it, but not even she, her best friend and operator, could alter Roll's feelings on the matter. For the longest time, Mayl couldn't figure out what was wrong, until one day, it hit her. Just as she had always secretly pined for Lan, Roll had felt the exact same for his deleted Navi, Megaman.
One day after school, Mayl had finally decided to confront Roll upon this matter. The instant she had reached her house, she removed her shoes at the front, dropped her backpack just by them, and dashed upstairs to her room. She picked up her PET and took it out of sleep mode. Roll's eyes fluttered open, gazing sadly to her operator. Mayl then immediately knew her assumption was correct by that gaze, having seen it in her own reflection many times after she and Lan had spent time alone. "Roll... you don't need to hide it from me anymore..." Roll looked sighed and looked away, shutting her eyes, forcing back tears. "What am I hiding, Mayl...?" As she said this, one of the few words she'd spoken in this past month, Mayl felt a tug on her heart strings at the pain in her voice. Having had to hear this from one she would have considered as a sister if she were real was like watching her real mother or father suffer in some way or another. She held the PET close to her face, speaking gently so as not to upset Roll any further. "Roll... I know that you loved Megaman..." Roll's eyes shot wide, immediately turning a deep shade of crimson in her cheeks. She looked to Mayl, speechless.
Mayl closed her eyes, cradling the PET in her arms, as if she were trying to hold Roll close. "It's okay, Roll.. I know it hurts.." Roll shut her eyes, unable to restrain her tears any longer. She started to sob like never in her life, every ounce of hurt she had felt these past 4 weeks revealing itself. "M... Mayl, I,.. I never had the chance to tell him how I felt.,. He.,. and the others left for Wily's base and then... H... He was just... gone..." Mayl nodded softly, tears coming to her eyes, holding her PET closer. At that moment, Roll could have sworn she had felt Mayl's embrace about her. In return, just as if she were there, she had embraced the air that would be Mayl's form. Mayl relaxed as she felt this, unsure of how, but somewhere in her heart, she could feel that her sisterly bond with Roll had grown during this time.
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Me: Hey, this wasn't too bad for my first story!!!
Lan: Considering you wrote this chapter right after you beat the game...
Me: Hey, you're not complaining, are you?
Zero: *looms over Lan with Z-Saber ready*
Lan: Ehhh... n... not at all!!!
Me: Good, that's what I thought. Now if only I could get the danged Italics thing to work... well, hopefully someone will leave me the basic instructions in a review.
Chaud: Fat chance...
Me: *Pulls a rope and watches Gaea Armor X fall onto Chaud* Anyhow, hope you'll like the next chapter!!! And by then, maybe I'll be able to update the Flashback in this one to Italics!!! ^.^