Flashout!

Disclaime: All characters are property of Capcom.

Once Lan had eaten dinner, he headed back to his room to jack in.

"Jack in! Megaman! Power up!"

In a flash of blue light, megaman appeared at the link to Yai's homepage, which resembled a large medieval door with many locks. Holding out the passcode, the many locks began to open and before long, the door swung open, allowing him entry.

In Yai's homepage, he saw that her wallpaper had changed to show many yellow rubber duckies. She was constantly changing her wallpaper, but they always looked better then the last.

He also saw that Glide, Roll and Gutsman were all waiting for him. He ran up to them and began to say hello. When he reached Glide, he asked, "What's with the door to your homepage? It's kinda creepy."

Glide smiled and answered " The top of the line security system. Only the best for miss Yai!"

"I also noticed that Yai has changed her wallpaper again. What was the reason for this?" asked Roll.

This time, Yai answered," I changed my wallpaper to this because I grew tired of my last one and thought this one was cute, that's all!"

"Miss Yai! Your manners!"

Changing the subject, megaman asked, "So, what was the reason for meeting at your homepage for anyway?"

"I was wondering the same thing too."

"Me too, guts"

"Miss Yai wanted to meet everyone here for a fun chat, that's all." Informed Glide. "Speaking of which, we should start about now."

(One hour later…)

Yai let out a loud yawn. "I think it's about time we head in."

"Me too. By the way Lan, did you finish the assignment for tomorrow?" asked Maylu?

"AAAH!" exclaimed Lan, suddenly remembering the assignment.

"Sorry Lan, I forgot too."

"Don't worry megaman, I'm sure this assignment will be a snap!"

Suddenly, a loud yell came from Dex.

"What's wrong?" asked Lan

"My disk! I left it at school! Oh no, oh no, oh no!"

"Well, it looks like you'll be cleaning the toilets for the next week!" Joked Lan.

"Lan, this is serious! Why don't we just go back and get it?" asked Maylu.

"At school? At night? Sounds cool! Lets go!" exclaimed Yai.

"But miss Yai, it could be dangerous!" warned Glide.

"I don't care Glide! We're going and that's that! Got it?"

"Yes miss Yai…."

"I hear the school is haunted at night. If anyone enters, then…BOO!"

Maylu screamed, Causing Roll to laugh from her little joke.

"Don't do that Roll! You know I hate ghosts!"

"G-G-G-GHOSTS!" exclaimed Dex, totally afraid.

"What's the matter Dex?" taunted Lan "Your not AFRAID are you?"

"Well I…"

"No he is not!" cut in Gitsman "Dex isn't afraid of anything! He's got Guts! Right Dex!"

"R-R-Right…."

"Ok then! Lets all meet in front of the school in 10 minutes!" exclaimed Yai, with adventure in her voice.

Once they all agreed, Dex was very reluctant, they all jacked out.

"Lets get going."

"Wait! Are you forgetting about Mom? How are we going to get past her?" asked Megaman.

"I'll be very quiet and if she does notice me, I'll just wing it."

"Oh ya, that should work.." Megaman said sarcastically.

Quietly, Lan sneaked downstairs, past his mom and had almost made it to the door when….

"Lan!"

Lan stopped dead as he heard his mom's voice. He slowly turned around and saw that she had a mad/worried look on her face. "Where do you think your going at such a late hour?"

"Well..uh.." he had to think of something fast "Dex e-mailed me and asked me to help him with his assignment, since he's having trouble with it." Lan put on his best "I'm telling the truth, honestly" smile and hoped his mom would believe it.

"Alright, since it's for school. But don't stay out too late okay?"

"Ok." Was Lan's answer as he ran out the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

"That was close."

He quickly ran to the school, which was a quick walk away from his house, and saw all his friends were already there.

"Alright, I'm here." He called to his friends, "Lets go in."

"We can't. The doors locked." Explained Maylu.

"But the lock is connected to the Internet." Said Yai in her "I know everything" voice. "Someone will have to jack in and deactivate the electric lock."

"I'll do it." Replied Lan.

"Be careful Lan. I've heard that an ultra powerful guard navi protects the lock."

"Don't worry Maylu. This will be easy!"

With that, he pulled out his PET and pointed it at the jack in sensor.

"Jack in! Megaman! Power-up!"

Once Megaman was in the system, he headed for the lock program. What he saw was a giant key shaped data, surrounded by a glowing ring. Standing next to it was a green normal navi with a pair of swords on its back.

"Megaman, be careful! He's suppose to be extremely tough!"

"Right!" He hid behind a stream of data to observe the navi. After s few moments, he noticed something.

No way..he can't be….

Slowly, Megaman stepped out from behind the data and walked towards the navi.

"Megaman! What are you doing!?!"

Megaman was soon standing infront of the navi. He then brought his hand up and…poked the navi in the forehead.

"Lan..I think he's…sleeping."

"………Your….joking right?" Lan was in disbelief.

"Nope. I can hear him breathing. Listen."

Just as Megaman said, Lan could hear "Zzzzzzzzzz" coming from the navi.

"Huh. Some ultimate navi he is. Let's unlock and get out of here."

"Got ya."

Megaman stepped up to the giant key and pressed several buttons on the panel infront of it. Once he was done, the key began to rotate clockwise. Once it had finished rotating, it made a loud "CLANG ,CLUNK!" noise.

"Zzzzzz…Huh what….Hey!"

Lan and Megaman both froze as the loud noise woke the guard navi.

"Who's….there?….huh….Zzzzzzzz."

They both breathed a sigh of relief as the navi went back to sleep.

"Man! That was scary! Lan! Is the door unlocked?"

"Ya. Time to jack out."

"Ok."

Megaman Jacking out

Lan turns around to everyone heading in without him.

"Hey guys! Wait for me!"

"Well, we made into the school. Now what?" asked Lan.

"The last place I remember having my disk was in our home room."

"Then lets go!" Yai had begun to head on without them.

Once they caught up, they all headed to their homeroom, which was, surprisingly, unlocked.

"I thought they locked all the doors before leaving." wondered Maylu.

"I guess not."

"Ahh! I can't find it!" yelled Dex.

"Did you check your desk?" asked Lan.

"Of course I did! It's not there!"

"Wait a minute, weren't you fooling around near the lockers earlier today?" suggested Maylu.

"..And doodling on the blackboard?"

"..And hanging around the animal cages?" added Lan.

"Flashbacks"

Dex is seen opening and closing the lockers, looking for something. Not finding it, he unlocks his own locker and begins to rummage through it. Again, not finding what he wanted, he closes and locks his locker again before walking off.

Dex is busy doodling an image of Gutsman. He has filled the whole bottom of the board with doodles and has almost used up all the chalk. He hears footsteps, so he quickly erases the board, and puts the chalk back.

Dex opens up the fishtank and drops in a few flakes of fish food, which the fish quickly eat. He then checks the hamsters water, then makes sure the turtle has enough food before closing the cages and fishtank before leaving.

"End of flashbacks"

"ARRRG! It could be any where!" Dex had worry in his voice.

"Ok...why don't we split up and look everywhere we know it could be?" suggested Maylu.

"Good idea Maylu! I'll look near the lockers."

"I'll look near the animal cages."

"Guess I'll look at the blackboard. Don't worry Dex, we'll find it!"

With that, Yai headed to the lockers, Maylu went to search near the blackboard and Lan began to look around the animal cages. Dex waited at his desk while they all searched.

Lan first checked in the hamster cage. he dug under the dirt and didn't find anything. He then looked in the turtle cage and again didn't find it. He lastly looked around the fish tank. He was about to give up, when he saw something sticking out from the tank. He was able to get it out from under the tank and saw that it was...Dex's data disk!

"It's not near the lockers."

"It's not near the blackboard. Any luck Lan?"

"You mean this?" Lan handed the disk to Dex.

"My disk! You found it! Thanks you guys!"

"Alright, lets go home now." Yai said, rather impatiently.

click

"Huh? Did you guys hear that?"

"Hear what Yai?" asked Maylu.

"Hey, you guys coming or what!?!" Lan and Dex had already reached the door and were about to leave without them.

"We're coming Lan!"

All four of them then made their way down the stairs and headed straight for the doors. They were almost there when…

Click, clang!

"There's that noise again! I knew I wasn't imagining it!"

"It's coming from the Teachers lounge!"

"What if it's a burglar?"

"What could they possibly hope to steal from a school?" pointed out Lan at Dex's question.

"Let's check it out!"

"But, miss Yai.." But Yai wasn't listening to him.

With Yai in front, they all headed down the hall towards the teacher's lounge. Once they had reached the door and could hear the sound of someone talking. They were, unable though, to hear what the burglar was saying.

"Alright! Lets go!"

"Wait! I'll go in. you guys stay here."

"But Lan…"

'If we run into any trouble, Megaman and me can handle it. I don't want you guys to be pulled into this."

Although they all wanted to help, they knew that he was right. With that, Lan opened the door and stepped in. He gasped at what he saw. The teachers lounge had everything! T.vs, computers, vending machines and many other luxuries. The only thing that wasn't in It..was a criminal.

"Where is he?"

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the other end of the room. It sounded like victory.

"Lan! He's in the principals office!"

Lan ran to the door and was about to enter, when Dex, Yai and Maylu ran past him into the office. Surprised, he quickly ran in after them.

"Hold it right there!"

Hearing Dex's out burst, he turns around. He looked like a man who studied some kind of martial arts. His hair was tied into a braid, he wore a long sleeved shirt and a pair of pants normally only seen on martial arts masters. He also had a hardened, unemotional look on his face.

"Kids?!? They saw me!?! No one must see me!!"

It was at this point that Lan came in.

"Guys! What are you doing? I told you guys to wait outside!"

"Don't worry Lan! We can handle this!" Maylu assured him.

"Lan!?!" The criminal's face seemed to light up at the mention of the name. "The Lan? Oh, this is my lucky day!"

"Why is that?" asked Lan.

'Your name is at the top of my organization's blacklist. If I kill you and your navi, my boss will give me a huge raise!"

Maylu was shocked at this. "Ki….kill Lan!?!. We won't let you! Come on guys, let's stop him!"

"You're in my way! Flashman! Deal with them!"

Suddenly, the computer screen lit up and a flash of white light shot out, hitting Dex, Yai and Maylu.

"Guys!"

"Uuugg….I'm a train!" Dex suddenly ran out of the room, chugging like a train.

"I'm a swan!" Yai began to twirl like a ballerina, saying "Pretty, pretty" over and over again, following Dex out the door.

"Lan..run….uggg.." Maylu lurched forward like a zombie and left the room.

"What did you do to them!?!"

"I just hit them with Flashman's hypno flash. As long as he exists, they will remain hypnotized! Now, You're next!"

"Run Lan!!"

Lan ran from the room, just as the hypno flash, shot from the screen.

"He got away. No problem. I got the tetracode and he will surely return to help his friends. Flashman! Stay here and destroy Lan and Megaman!"

Meanwhile, Lan had run from the room and went to find everyone. Halfway down the hall, his PET began to beep.

"Lan! It's Roll!

"Roll??" Lan quickly grabbed his PET and saw that it was, indeed, Roll.

"Oh Lan! You're ok!"

"Roll, where is everyone? Are they ok?"

"Apart from being hypnotized, their fine. They all wondered into one of the homerooms. Dex's running around in circles, Yai is spinning like a top and Maylu's just walking around like a sleep walker."

"Good. I'm glad they're safe. Now we need to go back and defeat that guy's navi. Come on Megaman!"

"Wait!"

"What is it roll?"

"Take this with you." Chip data suddenly appeared on the screen. Pulling out a blank chip, Lan slotted it in and downloaded the chip data. It was a Roll mega chip.

"Thanks Roll."

"Don't mention it. Just please, help Maylu and the others!" With that said, she ended the call.

"You heard her Megaman! Lets go and beat this guy and save our friends!"

"There has to be something in this school that'll help us!"

Lan had spent the last 20 minutes looking for something that could block the hypno flash attack. He had looked in almost every room in the school and still not find anything. He was currently looking in the room next to his.

"There has to be some...AHHH!"

"Lan! What's wrong?"

"Ow...nothing. I just tripped on this..unbrella? What's an unbrella doing here anyway?"

"Someone must of left it her...that's it!!"

"What's it?"

"The unbrella is the solution to our problem!" Megaman informed him "We can use it to block the hypno flash!"

"Great idea!"

With the unbrella in hand, Lan ran down the stairs to the teachers lounge. With the intent of saving his friends, Lan ran into the principal's office. The moment he entered, the computer screen began to glow.

"Lan! Now!"

Lan quickly opened the unbrella and put it out infront of him. The unbrella blocked the hypno flash completely, allowing Lan to jack into the computer.

"Jack in! Megaman! Powerup!"

In seconds, Megaman entered the system. The moment he did, he got hit in the back with an electric shock. Turning around, he saw bunny, hornet, killereye and elecball viruses surrounded him.

"This place is crawling with elec viruses!"

"I have just the thing to take them out. Lance battlechip in! Download!"

Spikes of bamboo suddenly shot out of the ground, taking out most of the viruses. The remaining viruses retaliated with zaprings and thunderballs.

"Barrier!" A barrier surrounded Megaman as Lan slotted in the chip, protecting him from the viruses' attack.

"Tornado, Flamesword, download!" a fiery sword appeared on megaman's arm as he began to spin around, creating a tornado that headed straight for the viruses. The combo was able to delete the rest of the viruses.

"That's all of them. Now lets find that guys navi!"

"Flash bulb!" Before either of them could react, four generators appeared and began to electrocute Megaman.

"What was that!"

"You were looking for me?" Suddenly, a navi appeared behind Megaman. He had blue boots and blue armor. There was a yellow bulb on each of his shoulders and on the top of his head. His body suit resembled what his operator had been wearing and instead of an icon, he just had a large dent in the center of his armor, like it had been torn out.

By now, the generators had shut down and had disappeared. "Who are you!"

"My name is Flashman. I have orders to destroy you and your navi." He spoke in a hollow, unemotional tone.

"Release my friends from your hypnosis!" order Lan.

"That, I cannot do. The only way to free them is to delete me. If you wish to free your friends, then you must fight me."

"Looks like we don't have a choice Lan. We have to beat this guy to free everyone!"

"Beat me? Don't make me laugh. Neon light!"

A yellow orb appeared in Flashman's hand, which he presses to the ground, causing many more glowing orbs to appear and head straight for Megaman.

"Airshoes! Download!" Jets appeared on Megaman's boots, allowing him to jump over the orbs. The orbs continue to travel until they crash into a wall, exploding on contact.

"Whoa. Better watch out for those. Bamboosword! Areasteal! Download!"

A green hilt appears on megaman's arm and a glowing green blade shoots out. Using the Areasteal, he teleports till he is infront of Flashman and brings his sword down. Suddenly, a blade shoots out Flashman's glove, blocking the bamboo sword.

"You thought you would beat me by using my weakness. You are sadly mistaken."

Grabbing on to the sword, he squeezed the sword until it snapped in two. Using his neon light, he blows megaman back, causing noticeable damage.

"Megaman! Are you ok?"

"Ya…I think so…"

"Hahaha. "This" is the legendary Megaman! Don't make me laugh."

"This guys tough! Try this! Boomer, Download!"

The chip creates a boomerang in his hand. Bringing his arm back, he sends it flying towards Flashman. The moment the boomerang is about to hit, he suddenly disappeared!

"Where'd he go?" He didn't have to wait long for the answer, as a blur suddenly appeared behind him.

"Behind you!"

"Huh?" Before he even has time to turn around, he is struck from behind by another neon light attack. The force of the attack blows him back.

"I had enough fooling around. It's time to end this." Another ball of energy appears in Flashman's hand but this time, it isn't solid like the neon light.

"Spark arm!!" Bringing the ball down, he slams it into the ground, causing blasts of electricity to travel through the floor towards Megaman.

Quickly, Lan slotted in an areasteal, teleporting megaman away from the blast, just as they collided.

"Phew. That was close." However, one of the streams continued to travel, until it slammed into megaman, blowing him back and paralyzing him from the spark..

"So you dodge my spark palm. Now I guess I'll have to defeat you the old fashion way." The blade shoots out of his gauntlet as he begins to make his way towards megaman.

Lan began to search through his folder, franticly looking for something that could help Megaman. He looks over every chip, until his eyes fall upon one unparticular.

The Roll chip.

Meanwhile, Flashman had made his way to Megaman, who was still paralyzed by the spark palm. "Time to put you out of your misery."

"Helps on the way! Roll megachip! Download!"

Suddenly, a pink orb flew forward, knocking Flashman back. The orb began to take form, until it had transformed into Roll.

"Ugh..What trickery is this?"

He didn't have time to wonder that, as the Roll suddenly teleported infront of him, and began to whip him with her antennae. After she had whipped him about 20 or so times, she once again transformed into a glowing orb and flew towards Megaman. Once the orb reached him, it disappeared and he was surrounded by a pink aura. Suddenly, his HP suddenly shot up, the orb healing him.

"Thanks Lan."

"You should really thank Roll."

Flashman had recovered from the sudden whipping, and was preparing a neon light attack. "You may have caught me off guard, but your only delaying the inevitable! Neon light!"

"This time we're ready! Guard, Download!" A circular shield appeared infront of him, absorbing the attack and sending a shockwave flying back. Flashman quickly disappeared, just as Megaman was armed with a widesword. The moment Flashman appeared behind him, he spun around, slashing Flashman across the chest. Before Flashman had time to react, Megaman brought up his buster and began to at close range.

"Keep at it!" Flashman continued to be blasted, before the barrel of the gun began to glow brightly.

"Charge shot!" The shot was fired so close, that Flashman was sent flying, causing noticeable damage on his armor. The shot was so powerful, that he was sent back very far and when he did hit the ground, he skidded another few feet.

"That's it. Now I'm mad!"

Angered, he formed a spark ball in both hands.

"Ultimate spark palm!!!"

Slamming both orbs into the ground, a huge shockwave of lightning shot forward at an incredible pace.

"Uh..Lan!!"

"Don't worry! Use this! Prism, Download!"

A tiny diamond appeared in his hand. He then threw it as hard as he could. The moment the diamond left his hand, it increased in size, meeting the spark palm head on. The prism absorbed the attack, and redirected it towards Flashman. Flashman was so enraged, he didn't notice the blast until it struck him in the chest.

"ARRRG!!!!" The force of the blast caused a cloud of smoke to cover the area. Soon, the smoke began to clear, and what saw made them gasp in disbelief.

Flashman was damaged, but still standing. The blast had shot completely through his armor, creating an enormous hole. Cracks ran up the rest of his armor, his bulbs had been cracked, including the one on his head. His arms in legs were covered in wounds, all leaking data.

"Impossible! He got hit with his most powerful attack! How can he still be standing!"

Suddenly, a window opened up and the face of Flashman's operator appeared .

"It appears you have lost. You know the rules of the organization."

Flashman began to gasp as he tried to speak. "Yes…sir.. Rule #56: Do not be deleted, even when deleted in battle!"

Using all his strength, he stood up. He formed two glowing orbs in his hands and raised them above his head.

"Hehehe…I may of lost…but you will not leave here!"

"Megaman! Brace yourself!"

"SHINING BROWSER CRUSHER!"

Like an atomic bomb, Flashman exploded, sending a huge blast of light through the entire system. The blast struck Megaman with such force, pain shot through his entire body, forcing him on one knee. Moments later, the blast subsided.

"Hahaha! That flash is the beacon of disaster!" With that, the line was cut.

"Megaman! Are you okay?"

"I ….think so…"

"Whatever that blast was suppose to do, it didn't."

"I guess. Wait, what about everyone else!"

"Oh yeah! Jack out! We need to see if everyone's okay!"

The moment he jacked out, Lan ran to his homeroom as fast he could to see if they were okay. He ran into the room just as everyone was coming out of a daze.

"Uhhh…what's going on?"

"Your all okay! The hypnotism wore off after all!"

"We were hypnotized?" asked Yai in disbelief.

"Thanks for saving us Lan."

"I should actually be thanking you Maylu."

"Huh?"

"Hey! We got Dex's disk, so lets go home." Yai sounded rather impatient.

"Yeah. Let's go home. I'm tired!"

"Hey Lan, what do you think that guy meant about a "Beacon of disaster"?"

"It's probably nothing. Lets get going!"

"Right…."

End of chapter