AN: Ugh, school is effing me so hard. If only school is as quick and easy like in stories. I only work on this about 30 minutes to an hour a day which is approximately 4 paragraphs. Expect update times to be about 1-3 weeks depending on how much homework I get. Also meal time and game time are sacred and I shall be cast into the deepest circle of hell for working during those times.

Chapter 3: The Sting

A week passed after the incident at WAZA. It is early in the morning as Geo wakes up and prepares for school.

"You look tired Geo." Omega-xis materialize in Geo's room. "Well, I got a lot of homework over the week." Geo dully responds.

"Where's Model Z?" asked Geo.

"Oh I played around with that magic rock while you were asleep." replied Omega-xis.

"You didn't do anything weird did you?" Geo said as he checks his homework files one more time.

They leave the house.

At the bus stop, Geo got an alert: You have 4 New Messages.

"Well, I got time to kill." Geo starts reading the first message.

From Bud Bison: Dude! I heard about what happened on the news. You alright? I wish I was there to help.

"Well I don't think we would need his help anyways." said Omega-xis.

"It's the thought that counts." Geo continues reading.

From Zack Temple: Geo, I heard about what happened. Are you injured? Sorry that we haven't been able to contact each other much, but I was busy. Btw can you get me Sonia's autograph again?

Omega-xis grumbles, "Tell him to get it himself."

From Luna Platz: Geo, I am currently studying abroad in Electopia. It's a nice place, I wish you were here with me. I heard about what happened at WAZA. Please stay safe.

"My, news sure goes around fast." Geo commented.

Omega-xis nods in agreement, "You've got to fear the internet."

From Sonia Strumm: Geo! Why didn't you invite me over? I wanted a part of the action. It's so boring without you to spice things up. Next time call me if anything happens. Take care.

"They get so worked up over something so trivial." Geo exits to his homepage.

"That just means they care for you." said Model Z.

Geo take the biometal out of his pocket, "Oh hey."

Omega-xis gave an awkward stare, "I'm pretty sure that only you can hear what that rock is saying." He points to Model Z, "He is my partner. I was here first so don't get any ideas."

Afterwards Omega-xis returned inside the bio terminal without saying much afterwards.

"Is he always like this?" asked Model Z.

Geo sighed, "Only on Wednesdays and Fridays."

At the front lobby, there is a bulletin board with all the latest news around and outside the school.

Geo sees a red haired student watching the board. Geo reads the bulletin board to see the headline: Mysterious Red Warrior Saves WAZA.

"He's so awesome!" shouted the student. The student turns towards Geo, "You wouldn't happen to know him do you? I mean you're Mega Man, you must know other people that can wave change. Sorry I haven't introduced myself, I'm Hino Yamamoto. I'm your classmate remember?"

Hino does all this while pressing towards Geo. His pushy attitude was just one of the things that made people drop the subject when things get hot around him.

Thoughts raced in Geo's mind, "He really doesn't know? Ok, be cool. Let's not draw any more attention."

"Sorry, I do not know who he is." Geo's reply seemed off, but Hino nodded with a satisfied look. "Ok, I believe you. I doubt you're a good liar anyways." Hino waves off and goes to bother other people.

"I wonder how the hell you got him to buy that." Omega-xis said astonishingly.

"You shouldn't tell lies to others Geo. He honestly believed you and if he finds out the truth then your credibility and his belief towards you will drop." Model Z lectured Geo about the importance of telling the truth.

Class begins with Ms. Artina telling the class to submit their assignments.

During class, when the lecture was starting, Geo began to look through the instructions regarding the new Brotherband System.

"There's so much to read." Geo thought. The amount of text was enough to write two textbooks with so the bare minimum was cut and summarized.

"Psst." Hino tries to discreetly get Geo's attention. Geo notices it and asks, "What's up?"

Hino gestures towards the front of the room. Ms. Artina was slightly bent over writing notes of the board. "Check out dat fine ***." Hino said with a perverted look.

Geo's male instincts made his eyes focus on the posterior region. "Isn't she older than us?" Geo whispered.

"She's 25, single, and pure as can be." Hino replied as he continues staring, not at the board though. "How do you know all this?" Geo tries not to give in to his instincts.

"Ways and means my friend." Hino suddenly started taking pictures. Now this has gone too far as Geo ignores the lech and goes back to reading the explanation of the new Brotherband.

The New Brotherband

The Brotherband is the proof of your bonds with others. The strength of that bond is represented through link power. Higher link power means that you are closer to that person.

Before this update, link power was only used as a measuring device. Now link power can be used for wave battling such as increasing battle card power and an improved brother card system.

Brother cards normally generate random cards from your Brother, but now you can select any card from your Brother's battle card folder and use it. However the strength of the card is based on your link power with that person so even if you select a powerful card, it will be weaker than normal if your link power is low.

There are things that no one can do alone remember that.

-Kelvin Stellar

The lunch bell rings.

Geo got his lunch today and goes to the courtyard behind the school to see Sonia practice. "Hey." Geo greeted and sat down on the bench.

Sonia pouts, "I wish I was there when it happened. So boring these days without a foe to face."

"Well nothing important happened really. That red warrior appeared out of nowhere and saved us." Geo tried to conceal Model Z's presence as long as possible.

"That's a cool story. Now why don't you show us that thing you've been hiding in your pocket?" said Lyra.

"What? We don't have any magic rock that can induce wave change!" Omega-xis was riled up today. "There is nothing going on and nothing special happened at WAZA." he covered his mouth as soon as those words escaped his lips.

A playful smile flashed upon Sonia's face as she grabs Geo's arm and goes for his pocket.

"Hmm? There's nothing here." Sonia look puzzled and Geo yanked his arm free. Geo and Omega-xis looked just as puzzled as she was. Where could Model Z be?

Above the school

A sinister presence watches over our heroes. "What a nuisance. Here I thought I could wrap this up in a week."

"My plans have been set in motion; there is nothing you can do. Scorpio, come forth!" the figure called.

"Yes my lord. The plan is progressing smoothly." a scorpion EM body appears.

"Excellent, all is going according to plan. These things called battle cards… are the only way the pitiful people of this planet can battle. Infecting them will devastate them. Muahahhahhahhah!" the leader laughs maniacally.

"Also, eliminate the boy over there." It points at Geo. "Make it fast. We have to finish this before my brother catches on."

"Yes my lord." Scorpio leaves. Scorpio devises his plan of attack.

Scorpio thought, "I should find a host." he notices a person walking near the school. "This will have to do." he mumbled. Scorpio lunged towards the unsuspecting person and initiated an EM wave change.

"Ahhhh!" the person screamed.

Sonia crossed her arms, "Geez Lyra, you shouldn't lie to me like that."

Lyra said casually, "Really? I could have sworn I felt another presence."

"Your senses were correct." Omega-xis growled. There was a low rumbling sound nearby. The rumbling drew closer and closer.

"Geo, look out!" Omega-xis grabs Geo by the collar and pulls him back. Geo choked from the sudden pull, but he saw a large glowing purple spike emerge from the ground where he was standing.

A voice mumbled maliciously, "Oh? I missed?"

Something rose from the ground, breaking the concrete pavement of the courtyard. It was humanoid in shape, but had large scissor claws attached to its forearms, a dark armored helm which showed only two eerie yellow eyes with 4 other eyes on the helmet itself.

The most distinguishing feature was its long menacing tail. It was segmented but at the end there was the large bladed spike which almost impaled Geo.

"What the.. who are you?" Geo shouted.

The figure muttered, "There is no need for a dead man to know." It thrusts its tail at Geo.

"Geo! Wave change now!" Omega-xis shouts.

Transcode! Mega Man!

"Sonia, we can't let the boys have all the fun can we?" Lyra seems excited.

Transcode! Harp Note!

In a flash they wave change. The energy from the wave change deflected the tail and it retracted back to the enemy.

"Who is this guy Mega?" Geo asks Omega-xis.

Omega-xis responds, "Never thought I'd see his ugly mug. The guy's Scorpio. He's an assassin hired by nobles of Planet FM. Be careful this guy means business."

"Why would an assassin go after me?" Geo said in a worried voice.

"Think about that after we get out of this alive." replied Omega-xis.

"Mega buster!" Mega Man fires his buster in rapid succession. The beams bounce harmlessly off Scorpio's exoskeleton.

"Hey, you might want to end this quick. Scorpio's wave change is kind of special. His wave changes with whatever he can find." Omega-xis explained.

Lyra continued, "Of course it is very difficult to wave change with beings that possess a far different frequency that your own, but Scorpio can adapt his frequency. However this has a very bad effect for the host as Scorpio drains their energy for the wave change."

"That's horrible!" Sonia as Harp Note shouted.

Scorpio runs towards Mega Man and swipes with his claw. The pincers grazed Mega Man as he leans back to narrowly avoid it. It caught a nearby tree and snapped it from the trunk. The tree cracked and fell to the ground with splinters flying in several directions.

"Let's take it to the skies." Mega Man leaped on to the wave roads above and kept ascending along roads above him.

"Fool." Scorpio follows.

Harp Note said in an annoyed tone, "Ugh, he always leaves us behind." she chases after them.

"This should be far enough from the school." said Mega Man.

Mega Man felt an intense wave of malice. Instinctively he quickly tumbled forward and avoided another impaling spike from below. The attack left a hole in the wave road. Scorpio has hanging under the wave road using the legs on his hips 4 in total.

"Well he is a scorpion after all." Omega-xis commented.

"What kind of scorpion can hang upside down? That's a spider." Geo retorted.

Scorpio flipped over to the same level as Mega Man. He dashed to Mega Man with claws open. Mega Man quickly loaded battle cards.

"Sword, wide sword!" Mega Man's arms transform into bluish green blades. He parried the attack and the two were locked in a contest of strength. Scorpio was larger than Mega Man and he pressed his weight forwards, pushing Geo back.

Geo was struggling, "He's…. strong."

"Come on kid! Keep it together!" Omega-xis tries to encourage Geo.

There was a sudden glint in Scorpio's eerie yellow eyes, "Weak." he muttered as the claws snapped together and shattered the swords. The tail loomed over Mega Man as it goes for the fatal strike.

"Shock Note!" musical notes struck Scorpio from the sides exploding, giving Mega Man time to back step away.

Mega Man sighed in relief, "Thanks Harp Note."

"This is what happens when you leave me behind." Harp Note smiled.

"We were doing just fine." Omega-xis grumbled.

"Oh? It looked like you were in a bind a few moments ago?" mocked Lyra. "Maybe I should've just let you get hit by Scorpio's tail. You know what happens to those hit right?"

Omega-xis remarked, "I've been in the FM army long enough to see this guy in action. Geo avoid that tail at all costs. That thing has powerful venom in it."

"This guy isn't a big deal when there are two of us." Harp Note said confidently.

Mega Man followed up, "We can take him together!"

Scorpio rushes in for another attack. Mega Man uses a long sword card to stop one of the pincers. Just as the second arm closes in on his neck, Harp Note ties it shut with guitar string.

Mega Man changes his free hand with a Mad Vulcan battle card. He presses the multi-barreled firearm to Scorpio's chest and fired with no hesitation. A heavy smoke rises from the blasts.

Harp Note can still feel the strings attached to Scorpio's arm and as the smoke cleared she saw the results of the attack.

"Is that all?" Scorpio gives a piercing glare followed with the tail. Mega Man barely managed to block in time, but was knocked back.

Mega Man was barely injured but he couldn't get up. "What's wrong with my body?" he groaned.

"It's the poison. I guess we didn't get out of that unscathed." said Omega-xis. "We're sitting ducks here until we can recover."

"I'll hold him off. Find a way to recover." Harp Note stands between Scorpio and Mega Man. She fires strings from her guitar which wrap around Scorpio. Harp Note jumps off from the wave road to another one away from Mega Man dragging Scorpio along for the ride.

"Hey Mega, how long before we can recover?" Geo says weakly.

Omega-xis gave a grave response, "It'll take a while to get rid of this because I haven't got any antidotes on hand and I'm not really the healing type. So you know of any battle cards that can heal us?"

"Well I've got recovery cards, but they only restore our health." said Geo.

"Better use them every now and then to keep our health up. This will buy us some time for me to get rid of the venom." Omega-xis said. Geo could feel Omega-xis work hard on removing the abnormal effects. It was quite painful as all he could do was kneel and wait.

Harp Note was busy fending off Scorpio by herself. Every time Scorpio engages at close range she would fight back with her guitar despite it not being suited for melee. Harp Note creates amplifiers around Scorpio which fired shock notes in rhythm. The bolts of energized sound strike their target without rest.

All to no avail, Scorpio dashes from the opening between the interval and landed a solid claw swipe against Harp Note.

"Ah!" Harp Note flinched from the strike.

"Sonia, we're not going to last long at this rate." said Lyra.

Sonia was breathing heavily, "I know but I can't leave Geo there. We have to buy time."

"Your breathing is getting heavy. He must have some poison on those things." said Lyra. "Let's keep our distance, but also keep him engaged."

Harp Note resumes firing shock notes and restraining Scorpio with machine gun strings.

"So the physical world and cyberspace are cohesively united. I've got all the data I need. Now to adjust the systems and update everything."

Percent complete: 80…..90…98…99..100%

"Guess I'll head back. Wait, I sense several energy sources above."

The sounds of clashing ring below as Mega Man is still helplessly waiting for recovery. "Damn it! I can't believe we're stuck here while Sonia fights." he screamed.

There was a beeping coming from the terminal on his left arm. A display screen sudden popped up. It showed the map of the nearby wave roads and Mega Man's current position.

"What could this be?" Geo asks.

"I don't know but the map tells us to go down." replied Omega-xis. "Well it's not like we have any other choice but to stay here or listen to the map."

"It's better than staying here being useless." said Geo.

"Oh good I've already removed enough poison for us to lean over and fall off the road." said Omega-xis.

With nothing to lose Mega Man's left arm pulled itself over the edge dragging him with it.

Chapter 3: End

AN: Fun facts because I'm bored and I like clarifying.

Scorpio(wave changed)

Race: FM

Title: Deathstalker

Height: 6ft 4in or 193cm

Weight: Unknown

Weapon: Dual Pincer Claws/Bladed Tail

Background: Revealed later

Description: Tall, dark and powerful he intimidates foes easily with his tail. Tough exoskeleton armor prevents injuries from anything that doesn't pierce armor. Not understood why Scorpio like purple for his armor though.