MEGAMAN
Deception
Disclaimer: I do not own Megaman. If I did, you would know.
Chapter One
Lan : So this field is supposed to allow Netnavis to enter our reality?
Technician : Yes ...
Suddenly a dark figure appears out of nowhere, grabs Lan's PET and vanishes
Lan : Hey! Get back here! Megaman!
Dr. Hikari : What's wrong?
Technician : Someone or something just stoled his PET.
Dr. Hikari : Come to my lab. I have a device that will allow us to track Megaman's signal.
They go to lab and run the machine
Dr. Hikari :He's in a storage room at the end of hallway 4 in section 7.
Lan runs out of the room and everyone else runs out behind him. When he reaches the storage room, the door is open and he can see his PET laying in the center. He dashes in and the door closes behind him.
Dr. Hikari and Maylu : LAN!
Dr. Hikari tries the keypad but the door won't open
Dr. Hikari : Someone's hacked our system (to technician) get a computer console down here now!
Technician runs off and comes back with computer, lauches an Anti - Virus Navi.
Technician : Sir, The antivirus navi has taken out all the viruses but there's a powerful Netnavi blocking its access to the room controls.
Dr. Hikari : What !
Suudenly a message window pops up on the control pannel they are using, static clears and a face appears.
Dr. Hikari : Black Thorn!
Black Thorn : That's my name don't wear it out.
Dr. Hikari : What do you want with my son?
Black Thorn : Strait to the point it is. The storage room Lan is locked in is slowely being drained of oxygen. At the current rate he will be dead in less than twelve hours. My personal Netnavi is preventing your Anti - Virus Navi from messing with the controls. Check. Your move.
Message windows vanishes
Technician : Sir, Black Thorn's Netnavi, Styx, is one of the most powerful netnavi's ever programmed. There are only three navis that's even been able to hold their own against her much less defeat her.
Dr. Hikari : Who are they?
Technician : One is a mystery Navi who occasionally pops up and stops her but nobody knows who she is, there's Protoman, who is out of town, and Megaman sir. Unfortunately, they are no net ports in that storage room. Megaman can't help us.
Dr. Hikari : There has to be someone else! Lan's running out of air.
Maylu : Dr. Hikari, maybe all four of us can take her on together. (Tory, Dex, and Yai nod)
Dr. Hikari : No, It's far too risky.
All four : But ...
Dr. Hikari : No buts (to technician) keep working, I'll send someone to try to get ahold of Chaud.
Eleven Hours Later
Technician : Sir, I can't get in, not with that Netnavi there
Maylu : Please Dr. Hikari, you have to let us try!
Dr. Hikari : It's a risk but it might be Lan's only chance
Maylu, Tory, Dex, Yai : Roll/ Iceman/ Gutsman/ Glyde Jack in, Power up!
All Netnavis enter the Scilab computer system
Gutsman : There's the controls to the storage room
Glyde : I do not see anyone.
Roll : Styx is here somewhere.
Styx : Roll, how good to see you again.
Maylu : Aquatower battle chip in, Download!
Tory : Ice Blizzard battle chip in, Download!
Dex : _ battle chip in, Download!
Yai : _ battle chip in, Download!
Roll : I can't say the feeling is mutual. Aquatower!
Iceman : Ice blizzard!
Gutsman : Some attack
Glyde : Some attack
Tory : That should at least cause some damage
Smoke clears and Styx is there apparently undamaged.
Dex : That's impossible!
Styx : My Turn. Elemental Tidal Wave!
Wave sweeps across and all four Navis log out
Maylu : She took them all out so easily.
Technician : She's a very powerful Netnavi.
Dex : It's like she's unstoppable.
Chaud (from behind them all) : Perhaps Protoman and I can help.
All : CHAUD!
Dr. Hikari : When did you get back? I thought you were in America.
Chaud : I finished my business early, I got your message that Lan was in trouble and came strait from the airport.
Tecnician : Do you think Protoman can handle Styx.
Chaud : Megaman can at least hold his own and Protoman and Megaman are pretty evenly matched
Dr. Hikari : It's too risky, you all saw how easily she took out all four of your navis.
Suddenly the message screen comes up again showing Lan leaning against a wall, they all gasp as he collapses and Megaman starts yelling
Megaman : Just let me out of here and I'll take you on any day!
Screen cuts to Black Thorn
Black Thorn : Check mate Dr. You're running out of time.
Dr. Hikari : What do you want?
Screen cuts to static.
Chaud : You have to let me try!
Dr. Hikari : Alright but be careful.
Chaud : Always. Protoman, Jack in Power up!
Styx : Ah Protoman, I thought you were still in Chicago. How'd you get here?
Protoman : Teleport, the aliens owed me a favor. (I love Andy!)
Styx : Of course your business concluded early. No doubt Chaud rushed strait to scilab from the airport.
Protoman : Lan and Megaman are friends of ours.
Styx : Friends are only barriers in my line of work
Protoman : Maybe you should get into a different line of work.
Styx : Are you a career counselor or a battle navi, cause I'd love to continue this conversation but your friend is running out of time
Protoman : Why are you trying to kill Lan anyway
Styx : Why do you think, someone is paying us a large sum of money, its nothing personal. By the way, what do you mean trying? He'll be dead in less than a half hour.
Chaud :Cyber sword battle chip in, Download!
Protoman : Not if I have anything to say about it.
The two ensue in a long evenly matched fight.
Chaud : This is taking too long, Lan is running out of time. Cyber sword, Longsword, Wide sword battle chips in, Download! Program Advance!
Styx : Oh, pulling out his secret weapon.
Black Thorn : 'Kay Styx, It's time to pull out.
Styx : You got it.
Just before Protoman can let loose the Program Advance
Computer : Styx Logging Out.
Chaud : What! She just left. Based on statistics she could have survived the Program Advance. I'm not even sure she would have taken any damage.
Technician : Controls returned, flooding storage room with oxygen and opening doors.
Dr. Hikari : She never intended to kill him and I'll figure out why tommorow.
He rushes into the storage room with the kids following him.
Megaman : You beat her?
Chaud shakes his head
Chaud : She never intended to kill him. She waited until the last second and then she just logged out.
Megaman : What! Actually, I don't really care right now, I'm just glad Lan's going to be okay, he is going to be okay isn't he?
He turns toward Dr. Hikari who is crouching over Lan's still figure.
Dr. Hikari : I think so, It will be a while before he regains consciousness though and I want to keep him in the Medical Center for observation at least through the night.
Several Hours Later...
Lan begins to stir. Everyone gathers around.
Lan : What happened?
Dr. Hikari : Don't you remember?
Megaman : He was actually out cold most of the time.
Dr. Hikari : Someone stoled your PET and you went to the storage room we'd tracked it to to get it back. As soon as you were inside, Black Thorn locked it down and started draining the oxygen. Her personal Netnavi was preventing us from opening the door.
Lan : You guys had to beat Styx to save me.
Dr. Hikari : No. right before you ran out of air, Styx just logged out allowing us to get in and save you. It's really all very odd.
Lan : Huh. Wait, is Megaman okay?
Megaman : I'm fine, why are you worried, you were the one trapped in a tiny storage room slowely running out of air.
Suddenly a communication channel opens up on the vid screen.
Black Thorn : Oh yeah, poor wittle Megaman was weally worried. He yelled at me for almost fifteen minutes strait after you passed out. If he wasn't made up of data he could have killed you by using up all of your oxygen.
Megaman : You stay away from him unless your ready to Netbattle.
Black Thorn : You tried that once, remember? It didn't work out so well for you now did it? I was even going easy on you, just like I was with Chaud earlier.
Megaman : Leave him alone.
Dr. Hikari : Why did you stop?
Black Thorn : That's for me to know and you to guess. Goodbye Lan, sweet dreams.
Megaman : You little...!
Transmission cuts out cutting him off.
Lan : Why does she hate me?
Dr. Hikari : Lan, most of her jobs come from World III because they can afford her and have no moral objection to killing people in their way. I think we can agree that you're not their favorite person.
Maylu : Why would someone as pretty as her be in the assasination business.
Chaud : Looks can be decieving, she uses hers to hang out at the scene of the crime without being arrested. The cops don't even consider that someone as pretty as her could be a killer.
Dr. Hikari : As interesting as this conversation is would you guys mind continuing it outside, Lan needs to get some rest.
Watching this conversation from her hideout Black Thorn smiles
Styx : All is going according to plan
Black Thorn : And they have no idea.
To Be Continued . . .
AN: This is the first part of a four part story that has already been written so I will be uploading a new chapter every couple of days. Hope you enjoy, please review.
