A/N: I'm so sorry this was so late; I was having a bigt of writer's block and just never got around to writing this. I hope to churn out future chapters at a faster rate. Anyways, this chapter takes place during and some time after episode 1 of MegaMan Axess. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!

Chapter One: Power Lost. Power Gained

Roll yawned as she held her head in her hand, being only dimly aware of the events of the last hour…

Flashback

Roll and MegaMan had just jacked into the SciLab mainframe to delete the viruses that were causing the air to ventilate out of the room that Lan and Maylu were in. They gasped at seeing the wall of viruses that surrounded them on all sides. "There's so many; no wonder the system is acting up. We have to start right now if we're gonna get rid of them all before the air runs out in the lab!"

The duo got straight to work, deleting a few viruses with their Mega Buster and Roll Blast combination. MegaMan smirked and shouted over his shoulder "Hey Roll, I've got an idea. Whoever deletes more viruses has to do the other's homework!"

"Hah, you're on Mega!" She then turned back around and used her Aqua Tower as MegaMan used his Aqua Sword. Only Mega could turn trying to save our NetOps into a game…

As Roll jumped out of the way of an oncoming virus, she gasped as a red dragon virus stared her in the face. Paralyzed with fear, Roll stood there as it breathed a stream of flames at her, forcing her to log out as she heard MegaMan's cry. Reappearing in her PET, she murmured "I'm sorry."

End Flashback

"Roll? Are you alright?"

Roll looked up to see Maylu's eyes looking down at her in concern. Realizing how she looked, she let go of her helmet before nodding. "I'm fine, Maylu. Can someone tell me what happened; my memory's kind of fuzzy after I jacked out."

Maylu explained how MegaMan defeated the Navi responsible, SavageMan, before a dimensional area somehow appeared around SciLab and made viruses appear in the real world along with SavageMan and a strange Vampire Navi. She then went on to explain to Roll's amazement how Lan crossfused and defeated SavageMan with only a charged buster.

Wow; I sure missed a lot… Roll thought dryly as a realization came to her. "Hey wait; where's MegaMan? And where's Lan?" Panic overtaking her, she asked "Are they okay? Did they get hurt?"

"Roll, calm down!" Maylu soothed. "Lan passed out after the cross-fusion ended and MegaMan's just fine. He's being scanned by Dr. Hikari now."

Roll let out a sigh of relief she didn't even know she had. She looked out of the screen and surveyed the damage from SavageMan's attack. "Wow; that's some damage. I'm surprised there's still a machine to scan NetNavis with in this building."

"Well, the damage was heavy, but luckily the room that scans and repairs NetNavis was left intact enough to still be used. Speaking of which, we should probably have you fixed up; you took a lot of damage from that virus."

With all the hoopla i'm not surprised that I forgot that part… Roll smiled and nodded. "Sure, but only if MegaMan's all done."

Maylu nodded and walked through the crushed halls of SciLab to the remains of the room that contained Dr. Hikari's lab. Both stopped as they saw Dr. Hikari clutch his forehead, exclaiming "No, you can't see him. Yes, he's fine, just asleep. When he wakes up, his mother will call and I'm sure he'll skate on over."

Dr. Hikari sighed and rested his head against the table. Maylu looked at the young researcher, concerned at his behavior. Is he talking to himself or is he communicating with a Navi? Smiling, she stepped forward and asked "Is everything alright, Dr. Hikari?"

Startled, Dr. Hikari fell out of his chair, rubbing his head in pain as he sat up. For a split second, Maylu could have sworn she saw Lan in his place. His cheeks red from her giggling, Dr. Hikari gave an embarrassed smile and stood up, assuring "I'm alright, Maylu. Just having some issues with a stubborn Navi..." A lightbulb went off in his head and he smiled, causing Maylu to sweatdrop. "Actually, do you mind if I ask the two of you for a favor?"

Intrigued, Maylu asked "What is it, Dr. Hikari?"

Sighing, he explained "After Lan got sent home, I've been trying to get MegaMan to let me scan him to see if there were any side effects from the Cross Fusion, but he's refusing to get in the scan chamber. He's worried about Lan, even though I told him Lan was fine. He wants to see him, and refuses to let me do a diagnostic until he sees that Lan is okay. Roll, do you think you could enter the SciLab mainframe and talk some sense into him?"

Typical Mega… Roll nodded eagerly and chirped from the PET "Send me in, Maylu!"

"Alright..." Maylu aimed her PET at the computer. "JACK IN, Roll, POWER-UP!"

Roll formed in the middle of an empty room with what looked like a sci-fi hibernation chamber in the middle, and the Blue Bomber pacing around it. He looked up and his eyes shined at her appearance as he walked over to her. "Roll! You're here! Let's jack out; we can hide in your PET..."

The young Navi was silenced as Roll interrupted him by putting a finger to his lips. "Don't even think about it, Mega. Lan's fine; he's snoozing away in bed just like he always does. We're more worried about you; we need to scan you so that we can be sure that the Cross Fusion didn't impact you in any way."

Steeling his expression, MegaMan grabbed her hand and moved it away from his mouth. "I need to see it with my own eyes, Roll. Lan comes first; I'm not getting scanned until I see with my own eyes that he's physically okay."

"MEGAMAN!" Roll's screech startled MegaMan out of his steeled expression. The young Navi could count on one hand the number of times she called him by his full name in private, and with exception to their first meeting, all of them were when she was angry with him. And there were very few things that could make him quake in his boots, but an angry Roll was one of them. Roll sighed and pinched her forehead, turning her next sentence down a few decibels. "Mega, you should trust me when I tell you that Lan's fine. You trust me with everything else, why not with this?"

"BECAUSE IT'S MY FAULT!"

This time it was Roll's turn to be shellshocked. MegaMan may have been the more reckless, but she was always the more hotheaded of the two. To hear him lose his temper was completely shocking. "Your fault? Mega that's ridiculous how could it be your fault?"

"It just is, okay?" MegaMan fell to his knees, his arms keeping him from lying on the ground. Panting, he continued "You saw what happened to to the guy they were testing Cross-Fusion on; he was sent to the hospital. I knew that, and I still didn't stop Lan from using the chip on himself. It's because of Cross-Fusing with me that Lan's unconscious, and as long as I'm cooped up in here, I can't do anything about it."

Roll looked at him with a pitiful frown. I should have expected this; he's always put the guilt on himself whenever something went wrong… She moved to remove his helmet, his blue hair popping out. "Come here..." she grasped the back of his head and buried his face against her neck, leaning down to gently kiss his forehead. Stroking his cheeks with her thumbs, she soothed the silent Navi. "Mega, it's not your fault. You didn't have a choice; if you hadn't Cross-Fused, then SavageMan would have killed everyone inside the dimensional area. Lan knew that, and accepted the risks. So stop saying that you're to blame, because there was nothing you could have done. But you can make sure to not give Lan a reason to worry about you like you're freaking out about him, okay?"

Roll loosened her grip on his head, and MegaMan lifted himself off of her and angled his head to face her, smiling for the first time, and nodded. Roll smiled and asked "Now would you please let Dr. Hikari scan you?"

"...Okay" MegaMan acquiesced, leaving her presence and staggering over to the diagnostic chamber, crawling into it as though he were crawling to bed. Smiling, Roll yelled "He's in, Dr. Hikari. You can begin the diagnostic now."

Watching the machine boot up, Roll sat cross-legged, waiting for MegaMan to finish his diagnostic scan.

An hour later

Roll sat with her blue companion, rubbing her thumb over MegaMan's hand in comfort. Dr. Hikari had just finished the scan on MegaMan's data and was analyzing the content now. Roll found it somewhat humorous that after MegaMan had been so stubborn about receiving a diagnostic, that he was now stressing over it like it was life or death. Leaning closer to him, she murmured "You're gonna be just fine. This is just a routine scan, so relax Mega."

MegaMan shook his head, his eyes still glowing with concern. "But what if something is wrong with me? That could mean something is wrong with Lan, and"

"And you'd never forgive yourself, I know." Roll rolled her eyes; she had heard some variation of this speech numerous times over the weeks of knowing the blue Navi sitting next to her. "But this isn't Lan's scan; it's yours. And I told you, everything's going to turn out fine. It always does."

MegaMan looked up at her with gratitude, if not completely convinced. If it was possible, Roll both smiled and frowned at him. She was happy that he looked up to her and never failed to show gratitude for their friendship, but she could still see that he wasn't completely cheered up. What do do, what to do… A thought came to her, a distant memory, not long after the Grand Prix, that brought a smirk to her face.

MegaMan sweatdropped, seeing her devious gran on her face. "Roll, what are you?" Before he could continue, he felt Roll's fingers scribbling at his side. Unable to keep his composure, the Blue Bomber burst into laughter as he fell to one side. "Roll, hahaha! You...hahaha...know I'm...haha...ticklish!"

Grinning, Roll replied proudly "Yes, I do. And I also remember promising that I wouldn't do it again unless you were being stubbornly down in the dumps. And this, my good Navi, qualifies!"

Before MegaMan could attempt to reply, a cough resonated through the virtual chamber. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything..." the disembodied voice of Dr. Hikari started as his projection appeared before the two Navis.

Both Navis blushed as they separated from each other, embarrassed at being caught in their little childish game. "Not at all, Dr. Hikari. So what did the scan reveal?"

Both Navis listened intently as Dr. Hikari explained. "Well there seems to be no major effects on MegaMan's core programming. However, it seems that the processing for the Cross Fusion has overwritten the code for Style Change. I couldn't find it anywhere in the scan."

"So I can't use Style Change anymore?" Roll could tell this was bittersweet for MegaMan; the Style Changes provided helpful power when they were needed, but she also knew that MegaMan was traumatized from his experiences with the AquaCustom and Bug Styles, and was adamant about doing anything to get rid of the latter.

"No. I realize this is a lot to take in, but I do have some good news; Lan's mother just called and he's on his way over right now. I'll transfer you to the PET once Maylu and Roll head home."

The screen vanished, leaving the two Navis alone for the time being. MegaMan sighed and murmured "At least one good thing came out of this..."

Roll laid a hand on his shoulder in understanding and gave a sad smile. "You should be ready for when Lan comes to see you. I'll be with Maylu if you need me."

MegaMan shot a grateful smile towards his companion and thanked her with a brief hug. Roll jacked out, leaving MegaMan to wait for Dr. Hikari to transfer him to Lan's PET.