Here is the sequel to The Guard! Yeah. This one will be written during school, so I will update as frequently as possible. And you have to have read The Guard Epilogue to understand what this is about. Thanks to LemmingRebel for beta reading! Bye!
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"Chaud, have you finished the memo to your father yet?" asked Protoman as he watched Chaud type furiously on his computer.
"Yes," Chaud replied. "I don't think that the old man will warm up to the idea right away, so I have to have a backup strategy. And that strategy is what I am typing now."
"What?" asked Protoman as he looked at the screen. "You are writing a memo to Yai?"
"Well, we decided that we should contact each other to discuss the specs before we contacted our fathers," said Chaud as he finished the memo and compressed it in a file. "Could you take this to Glyde for me while I go and give this one to my old man?"
"Yes sir," said Protoman as he went opened a link to Net City.
"Bye, oh, and just come back to my office when you are done. The old man wouldn't like you to intrude on this conversation, or something like that."
"Will do," said Protoman as he left for Net City.
"And now to print this, put it in the manila folder, and take this to the top story," said Chaud. He opened his father's memo, printed it, and stuck it in his legal sized manila folder. "I can't believe that I am going to try and pitch this to my father. I must be out of my mind. I don't think that Yai and I should have taken Jena seriously when she said that our companies should merge. Then again, I did have enough reasons for a seven page memo," he thought as he boarded the elevator and it began its ascension.
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"May I come in? It's Protoman," asked Protoman through the link to Yai's homepage.
"Sure, may I ask what the occasion is?" asked Glyde as he opened the link.
"Chaud wanted me to bring this to Yai. It is a memo that he wanted to send about the possible business deal," said Protoman as he showed Glyde the document that he carried.
"Right this way," said Glyde as he stepped through another link. "Here is Miss Yai right now."
"Glyde, who is it?" asked Yai.
"It is Protoman, and he has a document from Chaud," he replied as Protoman stepped forward.
"It is a memo that he wrote about the business deal," said Protoman as he showed the document to Yai. "Shall I open it for you, or would you rather have me give it to Glyde now?"
"Just give it to Glyde," said Yai. "Thank you for bringing it."
"You're welcome," said Protoman as he made his way out of Yai's computer and into Net City. He had started the walk back to IPC (That is Chaud's company) when he heard a scream come from one of the alley ways.
"NO! That isn't your Zenny! Leave Mary's money alone, or I will hurt you!" came a female voice from the alleyway. Protoman went over to see a tall female Navi who was wearing an orange and yellow jumpsuit with blue shoulder guards, blue cuffs on her arm, and blue flares on the bottom of her pants. She had on pink gloves and pink boots. Her helmet was yellow, orange, blue and round with a ring on the top. Her hair was done in ringed ponytails. She was cornered by three dark grey Navi's who were sporting a Blaster, a sword, and a sniper rifle.
"Give us the money or we'll delete you!" said the thug with the sword.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Protoman as he entered the alley, sword drawn.
"Oh yeah," said the sniper who shot at Protoman. He dodged and attacked the sniper. Meanwhile, the female Navi was trying to take on the two others at once.
"Ring Rang!" yelled the girl as she sent her bottom rings on each side of her head at the unsuspecting Navi's in front of her. The blaster one took a ring right to the chest, and it began to crack the symbol on his chest. He was forced to log out doe to the amount of damage that he had received. The second one had dodged the ring, and was rearing back to attack her again.
"Oh no you don't," said Protoman as he sliced through the Navi from behind. He had logged out the Sniper and had just deleted the swordsman. "Are you ok?" he asked the female Navi.
"Um, yeah, I guess. Thank you for helping me. My name is Ring," she said as she held out a hand for Protoman to shake, which he did.
"My name is Protoman. You need to be more careful, Net City is a dangerous place. There are many Navis who will delete you as quick as look at you," said Protoman. He had to give that speech about ten times every time he went to net city.
"Well, if there were just one of them I would have been fine. I was almost home anyways," said Ring. "So, thanks for the help. My Operator is a girl named Mary. And yours is Chaud Blaze, correct?"
"Yes, you are right. If you would excuse me, I need to get back to him now," said Protoman as he left the alleyway.
"Bye!" said Ring as she started out in the opposite direction.
"Bye," said Protoman as he walked back to IPC's site to wait for Chaud in his office.
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"Mr. Blaze, your Vice President is here to see you," said the secretary for Mr. Blaze.
"Yes, send him in," he said as the secretary left the room to go and get Chaud. "I wonder what he wants. I didn't send for him, and he didn't make an appointment. I hope it is not another hair brained explanation for the hundreds of missing Navis."
"Sir," said Chaud as he walked in and stood in front of his father's desk.
"Yes, what is it now? Did you finish that contract with the computer chip supplier?" Mr. Blaze asked his son.
"Yes sir, and they agreed to help with the new PET. There is another reason why I am here though," said Chaud as he handed his father the manila folder.
"What is this?" asked his father as he opened the folder and read the title of the memo. "AYANO TECH! YOU WANT US TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH AYANO TECH! WHO GAVE YOU THAT CRAZY IDEA? THEY ARE OUR COMPETITION!"
"Sir, please don't yell. I have all of my reasons sated clearly in the memo. The main reason is that we make PET's with a few chips, while they make many chips with a few PET's. If we combined, we would have one less competitor, and so would they," explained Chaud as he watched his father go from civil to ticked off with each word he said.
"Get out," his father said under his breath.
"Sir?" asked Chaud, unsure of what his father said.
"I SAID GET OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU WORTHESS….. SCUM! YOU DON'T DESERVE THE FAMILY NAME! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL BLAZES IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY ME!" his father yelled. "YOU DISGRACED THE COMPANY BY EVEN SUGGESTING THIS "PARTNERSHIP"! GET OUT!" When Mr. Blaze was done with his rant, he picked up his paper weight, as well as other things on his desk, such as a ruler and a pen, and threw them at Chaud. He tried to duck, but was a second to late. The paper weight, which was aimed poorly due to his rage, hit Chaud in the head, and hard. So hard that he was knocked out. Mr. Blaze watched as his son fell to the ground. "GET UP, I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET! GET UP I SAY, GET UP!"
"Sir," said the secretary through the door, "Is everything ok?"
"Yes Miriam, Chaud and I are just having a little heart to heart," said Mr. Blaze as he went over to his son. "We'll be done soon." When he reached Chaud, he pushed him over with his foot, and saw that his son was unconscious. "Oh no. What have I done? What will happen when the secretary sees this? I need to hide him until he wakes up." Mr. Blaze looked around his room for a place to hide his son, when he spotted the couch. "There, that will be the perfect place. It will look like he just fell asleep," he thought as he picked up his son's limp body and placed him on the couch.
"Sir, is everything ok?" said the secretary as she entered the room to see Mr. Blaze putting a blanket over his son.
"Shh, he fell asleep while he was standing by my desk, and fell over, so I moved him here to the couch," lied Mr. Blaze. "We need to be quiet or we will wake him up."
"Yes sir," said the secretary as she looked at the young boy. "Odd, I don't remember him having a bump on his head when he came in. I guess he got it when he passed out," she thought as she examined the boy before she left.
"That was a little too close for comfort. I hope that she won't become suspicious," thought Mr. Blaze as he went back over to his desk to have the Navi's that were working on his computer's memories erased.
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Protoman had been waiting in the computer for over an hour, and no word from Chaud. "Is he ok? If he is, why didn't he contact me? He should have been here an hour ago. Where is he?" Protoman thought as he watched for the door to open. All of the sudden, one of Mr. Blaze's private standard Navi's came rushing into the computer.
"Hide me! Hide me! Mr. Blaze is trying to wipe my memory, and I need to tell you something. Hide me!" it said as it bowed to Protoman's feet.
"Ok, ok. Follow me," said Protoman as he went to a hidden folder on the computer. "Hide in here. When Mr. Blaze comes, I will tell him that one came here, but I threw him out of the computer."
"Thank you," the standard Navi said as he was shut into the file.
"What was all that about? Does it have to do with Chaud?" but before he could think about it any longer, Mr. Blaze came into the office.
"Hello. Have you seen a standard Navi around here? I need him to do something for me, and I can't seem to find him," said Mr. Blaze as he walked over to the desk with the computer that Protoman was in.
"Yes, but I sent him out of this computer like you told me to if any of your Navi's came here," said Protoman.
"Thank you," said Mr. Blaze as he walked to the door and opened it. "Oh, and Chaud passed out from exhaustion, and he is asleep on my couch right now, so you don't need to worry about him."
"Goodbye Sir," said Protoman as Mr. Blaze shut the door. "Now, what do you want?" He went over and opened the file and let the Navi out.
"Well, I know why Mr. Blaze wants me. He is trying to cover-up what he just did," said the Navi.
"What exactly did he just do?" asked Protoman, who was suddenly worried about his Op's well being.
"He got mad at Young Blaze, and threw a paperweight and other things at him. You know the paperweight that weighs about five pounds. Anyways, Chaud tried to duck, but the paperweight caught him in the head. Last I saw, Mr. Blaze was taking him over to the couch, and laying him there like he was asleep. He wants to wipe my memory so I can't incriminate him," said the poor Navi, who had almost broken into tears.
"There there, I know a place that you will be safe. Take this link and tell Glyde that I sent you. If he doesn't believe you, have him email me, ok?" asked Protoman to the little Navi.
"Y-Yes sir," he said as he took the link to safety.
"Chaud, what have you gotten yourself into this time? I knew this might have been too much for your father to handle in one sitting," Protoman thought as he waited for his Op to arrive.
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