Sunday. 8.30 a.m. Leon just woke out of bed. "Morning! Camo!"As usual, he took a shower, brushed his teeth and dressed up. He went downstairs and was about to bid 'good morning' to his parents, but what he saw today was really shocking!
Geo, Luna, Bud, Zack and Sonia were already in his house. They were chatting with his dad, Trego, in the living room. "Good morning, Leon!", his friends greeted. "Uhh. Good morning, guys. How long have you guys been here?", he scratched his eyes in disbelief. "Half an hour ago. Your mom let us in.", Geo explained. His parents had just known about his son's friends and already got along. "Son? Why didn't you tell us-", Trego gave his son a glare, "That one of your new friends is a pop singer!?", followed by a joyful hug. "Ow! OW! Can't…...breath!", Leon choked. Trego let go of him. "Sorry, son. I'm just excited to see Sonia Strumm in our house.", he said. "Well, go ahead and chat away! I'll be at the kitchen with your mom.", Trego left to the kitchen as he said. "I guess it runs in the family.", Sonia sweatdropped.
"Ooh! My favorite show is starting!", Leon shook happily as he eagerly waited for his favourite cartoon to appear at the screen. It's the first time he gets to watch television with his friends. Everyone watched the cartoon together. "This favorite show of yours, is about a hero who can change into aliens and fight evil?", Luna was flabbergasted by that cartoon. "Just like you!", Bud looked at Leon, seeing how they have much in common. "Yeah. Actually, he's my idol.", Leon scratched the back of his head. "How so?", Zack adjusted his glasses. "You see. This hero always keeps a smile on his face and quick to mess with the villains' heads, even in the heat of a battle. That's the kind attitude I prefer.", Leon explained. "No wonder you kept smiling in a fight.", said Luna, putting her hand under her chin. "I like that attitude!", Bud bopped his fists in amazement. "I think it's cute.", Sonia clapped her hands once. "Heh! That's called showboating.", Omega-Xis huffed. "What? Jealous much?", Lyra teased. He growled. "I agree with Lyra.", Geo chuckled. "Who's side are you on, kid?". "Neither.", Geo replied nervously.
"To be honest. Aside from that, Camo and I always wished to join the big league ever since I watched the news about Mega Man in action. And now, We're finally in the big leagues!". "Wow! You really admire Mega Man, aren't you?", Luna asked, since she does have a crush on him. "Yup. Do you love him?", he asked her. Luna nodded happily. "Then that means you love Geo.", that statement made her blushed and wide-eyed, while everyone was stunned. "Wow, your partner's really tactless, Camo.", Taurus sweatdropped. Even he wouldn't point that out in front of her. Camo facepalmed, given that this isn't the first time he's seen that. "No I do not love Geo! Just Mega Man!", she shook her head in denial. "But isn't Geo Mega Man? They're both really the same pers-.", Leon was confused by her answer, but Luna interrupted, "Geo and Mega Man are not the same person!", she yelled at him, still blushing. "Wha!?", Leon scratched his head, extremely confused. Several questions marks floated around him. plicated. Perhaps it's best if you drop the subject.", Zack advised Leon. Bud smelled a warm aroma coming from the kitchen. "Speaking of that, time for breakfast!", he yelled excitedly while licking his lips. "Hey! That's my line!", Leon was annoyed that Bud borrowed his catch phrase. Indeed, Leon's mom prepared some pancakes for breakfast.
Everyone happily ate Sarah's homemade pancakes. Especially when it's topped with hot melted butter and sweet maple syrup. "Mmm mm! These pancakes are delicious!", Bud was gobbling up the pancakes like crazy. "You always call any food delicious.", Zack rolled his eyes over Bud's appetite. "No! Seriously! It's sooooo good!", Omega-Xis was happily chomping too, surprising most people, FM-ians and Wizards alike. "Since when did you like eating, Omega-Xis?", asked Vogue. "Since Camo gave me a taste of one last night.", he replied while stuffing his mouth with the food. "You should try too, Ophiuca.", Camo urged her. "O-ok." ,she was reluctant at first, but eventually grabbed a small chunk with her fork and took a bite. "You're right. It is delicious.", the snake charmer FM-ian nodded. "So, Leon. How did you meet Camo in the first place?", Geo asked Leon, which made him stopped eating and cleared his throat. "Well, it all started on my first day of summer vacation two years ago……."
FLASHBACK
The school bell rang, indicating that school's over. Every student ran out of the building with joyful looks on their faces, since today is the last day of school before the summer vacation began. One of the students was a blonde boy dressed in a green short sleeved T-shirt with a white stripe lining along the front, right side, blue shorts and green sneakers, "Whoo-boy! I can't wait to spend my long awaited summer!", the blonde boy, Leon spoke excitedly. "Huh?", Leon saw a young kid his age being grabbed in the collar by a taller kid with a shorter one standing next to him. Leon, immediately recognized them, walked towards the duo at the other side of the road."JOE! GREG! WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?", he yelled at the two bullies. The taller one, named Joe, had a muscular build. He wore a black short sleeved T-shirt with a skull and crossbones printed on the front and wore light brown shorts and red sneakers. The shorter one, Greg was his sidekick. He wore a red T-shirt with blue stripes, and grey shorts."Well look who it is, is the 'Green Little Dork' himself.", Joe said haughtily, he and Greg gave Leon such nickname because he liked to wear green. "Nothing, really. We're just asking for money from this guy, but he refused.", Greg spoke casually . "So you resorted to forcing him to give you money?", Leon raised his eyebrow at Greg's lie. "So what are you gonna do about it? Beg for me to let him go?", Joe mocked. Leon clenched his fist as the duo laughed.That really hit Leon hard. Nobody calls him a crybaby! Too bad it's true. He was just an average frail boy to everyone else. But the one thing other than video games that always cheers him up is watching the news about Mega Man in action. The Legendary Blue Bomber was a kid, just like him. Which inspired him to be brave and strong. So Leon tackled Joe, knocking him down and released his grip of his prey. "Run!", Leon yelled at the boy to run away, and he did. "Why you little!", Joe cursed while Greg got him up. Leon knew he was powerless against them, but with no chance of running, he tried to fight back."Oh. So you had a heroic drive because you watched Mega Man? Amazing!", Luna complimented. Sparkles surrounded her as she delved into her Mega Man fantasy. 'Oh, my hero. You've done it again!'. Everyone stared at her awkwardly untilLeon resumed. "Yeah. But when you don'thave the power, you know that wouldn't end so well.", Leon frowned.
FLASHBACK RESUMED
Leon was knocked down. "Agh!", he groaned in pain. He was covered in bruises from Joe's punches. "I'll just have to get money from you instead. But first.", Joe grabbed Leon by the neck, and ready to punch him in the face. Leon was too weak to even struggle, so he braced for impact. Fortunately, a miracle happened. A large grey campervan parked next to the sidewalk, right behind Leon. Then, a door opened, revealing an elderly but fairly fit man. He had grey hair and black irises. He was dressed in a blue tropical shirt and light brown pants. He casually walked towards them."Why don't you kids run along now before I call the cops.", he said casually. But the sentence was threatening enough to scare the two bullies. "WE'RE OUTTA HERE!", the bullies dropped Leon and ran away in fear. Leon sighed in relief. "Thanks, Grandpa.", Leon thanked him. His grandfather, Paul, was a fun guy to hang out with. In fact, he promised Leon's parents he would babysit him for the entire summer. Paul pulled him up. "I didn't expect you to start a summer vacation like this.", he sighed. "Yeah. Sorry, grandpa.", Leon rubbed the back of his head, then winced in pain. "That's alright. Get in and we'll treat those wounds for you.", Paul's sentence surprised Leon. Did he just said 'we'?. Who else is in the camper?When Leon got inside, he saw a teenage girl standing near the dining table, looking worried. She had red hair tied in a ponytail and had green eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless vermilion shirt with and dark blue jeans. The shirt had a dark red bird printed on the front. She also wore red shoes. Leon immediately recognized her as his cousin."Leon! What's wrong?", the redhead asked worriedly. "It's nothing, Pyra. Just a bunch of bullies ruining my day, as usual.", Leon tried to sound calm. "*sigh* I'm glad you're alright, cousin. Just try not to force yourself to do dangerous stuff like, facing bullies.", Pyra pouted as she reached for a first-aid kit at the kitchen area. She then proceeded to treat his wounds. "It's just that, I'm tired of being pushed around or watching people messing up the weak. I know I'm powerless bu-OWW! Not so tight! Pyra!", Leon winced when Pyra wrapped his arm with a bandage, rather tightly. "Well if you hadn't gotten yourself into this mess, I wouldn't need to treat your wounds at all!", she scowled. Leon sighed."Grandpa. Why didn't you tell me Pyra's travelling with us?", he asked. "Surprise!", he waved his hands. "I'd figured having TWO grandnephews would make this camping trip more fun.", he explained. "Why? Don't like your cousin around?", Pyra pouted. "Of course I do! I'm just…….surprised. That's all.", Leon grinned sheepishly.Night fell, Paul parked his camper van. Paul and Pyra were setting up a campfire outside the vehicle while Leon stayed inside, lying on his bed, since he was still healing from the injuries. '*sigh* If only I wasn't covered in bruises in the first place. I would've get to watch the meteor shower outside with them.', Leon thought. 'Oh well. Might as well have some fun another way.', Leon picked up his Transer, which was green to indicate that it was connected to the Dragon terminal. He then started playing video games. A few minutes later, a yellow shooting star fell by. Leon stopped to gaze at it for a few seconds until he decided to make a wish. "I wish I have the power to become a hero like Mega Man", he prayed.Suddenly, the star changed course and flew right towards him. "GYAAAAAAAH!", Leon yelled as he braced for impact. Ending his life is not his best way to start a summer vacation.Bright light flashed around him. When the light subsided, Leon opened his eyes. Nothing happened. The CV was still intact. He was still intact. He swore that star just hit him, but it did nothing. 'Phew. Guess I'm dreaming.', he thought. "Leon! Is everything alright!?", Paul and Pyra rushed into the vehicle, apparently they noticed the flash too. "I'm fine. I think.", Leon tried to assure them, though he himself was also confused."WHOO-WEE! This is one comfy space you got there!", a mysteriously high-pitched voice filled the vehicle, much to everyone's shock.They looked around for the source, but to no avail. "*ahem* I'm right here!", the voice spoke again, this time, adding clicking noises from the Transfers foldable screen. Leon realised that it came from his Transer. Leon opened his Transer to find, a green chameleon-like energy being inside the screen. "Hey there!", the being popped out of the screen and greeted casually. "WHAA!?", he yelled. "Whoa whoa! Calm down! I'm not gonna hurt ya.", the being gestured his hands trying to sound friendly. "Wha-wh, who are you?" Leon was still confused. "The name's Camo. I'm an FM-ian from Planet FM!", the being, called Camo, introduced himself proudly. "What's your name?", he asked. "Oh! I'm Leonard Ampere. But you can call me Leon.", Leon calmed down and introduced himself, then he pointed at his family members, "And this is my cousin, Pyra, and my grandpa, Paul.". "Wow! You guys got silly names!", Camo laughed so hard that he shook the Transer. "Says the alien who calls himself Camo.", Pyra rolled her eyes at the FM-ian's comment. "Well you guys looked alien to me.", Camo pointed out. No doubt you would call anything unfamiliar an 'alien'. Leon just shrugged, "Anyway, why did you come here?", he asked. "Well, for starters, Planet FM is SOOOOOO BOOOOORING! So I thought, how about I go explore a different planet. And then BAM! Here I am! On Planet Earth.", Camo was a really bombastic FM-ian. "Well you're in luck. Summer vacation has just begun, so Leon, Pyra and I decided to travel around America. It's not the whole planet, but we promise. You'll have a fun ride.", said Paul. "Well. It better be. My systems are sparking with eagerness.", Camo started charging electricity in his body. "Just……...don't damage my Transer with those charges.", Leon sweatdropped. "But right now. We need to sleep. It's getting late.", Pyra yawned. Everyone got onto their beds while Paul turned off the lights. "Good night".The next morning, Paul parked his CV near the bank. "You kids stay here. I'll be back in a jiffy.", he then left the vehicle. "What's a bank?", Camo asked. Being an FM-ian, it's natural he would be this curious. "It's a place where we keep money. Everyone's money.", Pyra answered. "I don't know much about banks but, it does exactly what she said.", Leon explained. "Well WE FM-ians usually keep our money in our homes. We don't have banks because our King has……..trust issues.", Camo paused. "Harsh. Your King needs he-", Leon was interrupted by a bell ringing, from the bank. "OH CRAP! ROBBERS!", he shouted. "GRANDPA'S IN THERE!". Before Leon could run towards the door, Pyra pulled him by the collar. "Oh no, Leon. I'm worried too. But there's no way you can stop those robbers yourself. Leave it to the cops.", Pyra warned him. Leon gritted his teeth, knowing that he's useless."Then how about you fuse with me?", Camo chided. "Whoozawhatnow?", Leon paused. "Just hold your Transer in the air and say, EM Wave Change! Your full name! On air!", Camo instructed. "How does that help matters?", Pyra was dumbfounded by his idea. "Well, you wanna save your Grandpa, right?", Camo urged. Leon stared at his Transer, thinking about Camo's question. "Wait. You seriously going to trust that alien you just met?", Pyra asked him. Leon knew he had no other choice, so he held up his Transer."EM WAVE CHANGE!""LEON AMPERE!""ON AIR!"Bright light flashed, and Leon was covered in a chameleon themed armor. "Whoa! What the heck?", Leon was surprised. Pyra even jawdropped at the sight. "That's right! You're an EM Human now! When a human fuses with an FM-ian, they become one powerful being.", said Camo, his eyes on his helmet looked at him. "You're lucky those robbers have no FM-ians with them. Compared to criminals back at MY planet, they're powerless. Even FM-ians like me are powerless ourselves since we're just EM Waves on other planets. So basically, I can't touch anything that's not made of EM Waves unless I fuse with a host. But just to be sure, I'll need to possess your body for now. You okay with that?", Camo asked for his permission. Leon was still confused, he was wearing an alien who turned into his armor. "*ahem* Earth to Leon!", Camo snapped him back to reality. "Oh, right. Okay.", since this is his first time being part alien, he nodded. Then suddenly his legs started moving by themselves as he walked out through the door, keyword THROUGH, he just phased through the door. Pyra was still shocked by her cousin's transformation, 'What just happened?', she thought. "Whoozawhatnow?", Leon expressed shock after exiting the CV. "Yup. I just changed your EM Wave frequency to match the Wave World, in this state, you're invisible and intangible to anything in the Real World.", Camo explained. "So I'm like…. a ghost?", Leon smirked at Camo's eyes. "What's a ghost?", Camo raised an eyelid. "Never mind. Let's just bust some robbers.", he sighed. His legs moved by themselves again as he phased through the bank doors, indicating that Camo is still possessing him.When Leon was inside, he found three robbers. Two were collecting money, while one of them was holding people, including his grandpa, hostage. They're still unaware of the EM Human's presence since he's in the Wave World. "Remember, I'll only control you just this once, so watch and learn. Give me some pointers if you need to.", said Camo. "Alright, don't let them hurt a single hostage.", said Leon. "Gotcha.", Camo raised his partner's thumb. Camo was about to run towards the robbers until Leon spotted something. "Psst. Camo, can you short circuit that power box? I got an idea.", Camo moved Leon towards the power box. "Elecro Stinger!", Camo briefly rematerialised him to stab the box with his tail blade. The electrical charges caused the lights to burn out and explode, covering the bank in darkness."What the @#$%!?", one robber cursed in shock. "Did someone forgot to pay the electric bill or something?", asked a short robber. "Maybe it's a g-g-ghost?", the fat robber murmured nervously, which is ironic for the biggest of the trio. '*Pffft* Ghosts.',Leon quietly chuckled. "Nonsense. Someone must be playing a prank on us.", the fair one grumbled. "No way. We caught everyone in this bank.", the short one explained. "Well something happened here! You two, find the source! NOW!", the fair one yelled, making both his lackeys and the hostages flinched. His lackeys did ran off. "Time to play a little prank.Hehehehe.", Leon rubbed his hands, grinned evilly.His first target was the short one. "Come out come out, wherever you are.", the short one mumbled while pointing his gun, unaware that the EM Human was crawling on the ceiling, right above him. He landed behind him, "Electro Stinger….", Camo quietly spoke, while swinging his tail blade at the robber's back, zapping him unconscious. The robber's scream alerted the fat one. He got terrified when he saw the electrical discharge not far from here. "A gh-ghost!?", the fat one murmured nervously as he walked towards the source. All he found was the short robber lying on the ground, twitching from the shock. "Huh?", while the fat robber tried to ask what happened, Camo started shaking several objects and making spooky noises around the robber. "OoooOOOOOoooo!", those noises scared the robber. "G-ghosts don't s-scare me!", the fat one aimed his gun, trying to deny showing fear, prompting Camo to make the noises louder and the shaking intensified. "Nope. S-still not sc-s-scary!". The louder the noises get, the more afraid the robber became. He started breathing heavily, his heart throbbing quickly. Eventually, he passed out, having used up all of his courage."Too easy.", Leon spoke smugly as Camo made his body tied up the two unconscious lackeys. "Now for the last one.", said Camo.At the front area of the bank, the fair robber was still guarding the hostages. "What's taking those two so long?", the robber grumbled in frustration. "Because they're KO'ed. You're all alone now.", Camo's voice echoed all over the place, alerting the lead robber. "Who are you!? Show yourself!", the robber growled while pointing his gun, trying to find the EM Human, who was still invisible. "How about we play a game? It's called 'Dance of Doom'!", Leon, who was still possessed by Camo, still on the ceiling, grabbed an SMG that just materialised on his hand "Camo Akimbo!", and started shooting around the robber's feet. The robber moved his feet frantically to dodge the energy bullets, almost to the point that it looked like he's tap dancing. "That's right! Dance till ya drop!", Camo cackled madly as his partner kept shooting. The hostages almost laughed at the commotion. "Stop laughing, you bas-AAUGH!", he tried to curse the hostages, but a stray shot knocked his gun off his hand, he flinched. "Why you little brat! Come here and fight like a man!", he cursed. "*sigh*Fine.", Camo stopped shooting and landed quietly behind him and materialised. The robber bumped into him and turned around, only to get his face met with the EM Human's fist, knocking him out.Cut to the next scene, police sirens filled the silence in front of the bank. The bank robbers have been arrested. "We interrupt this program to bring breaking news! The three robbers, who were robbing a bank, have been successfully arrested by a mysterious guy in some sort of green, lizard-like armor. Thankfully no one was hurt.", said a female reporter, who proceeded to interview the EM Human. "So, Mr. Lizard Guy. How did you stop those robbers all by yourself?", she asked Leon, still in EM Wave Form. "Well, I didn't actually fight alone. My armor did most of the fighting.", he replied, making Camo blushed inside out. "Besides, it's not Mr. Lizard Guy. It's-"
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FLASHBACK ENDED
"-CAMO LEON!", he stood up and shouted, while pointing upwards, startling everyone at the dining hall, except Camo, who facepalmed in embarrassment. Leon realized it and blushed, while clearing his throat. "*ahem* And that's how we met each other.", he said. "Wow. You're backstory…….isn't so different from mine. I mean the part where you become a hero.", Geo commented. "Still, why did you chose the name Camo Leon? It had your name on it.", Zack asked bluntly, earning a smack from Luna. "Show some respect! Zack!", she scowled. "Well. For starters, (1), it's a pun on the word 'chameleon'. (2), there are many people with the name Leon, so no way they'll recognize me. And (3), it represents us, me and Camo, working together, in one body.", Leon explained while counting them with each finger. "Huh. That code name reminds me of someone.", said Sonia. "Hold on a second. You don't know about the Andromeda Key, Camo?", Omega-Xis asked. "Don't know. Don't care. I just wanna explore this planet, full stop.", Camo crossed his arms. "Besides, our hands were already full dealing with our own villains back in America.", Leon groaned.
"Villains?", Bud tilted his head. "Not necessarily like your villains. Most want to kidnap Camo because, well, America wasn't as technologically advanced as Japan.", Leon explained. "Well guess what? NOBODY TREATS MY PARTNER LIKE A LAB RAT!", he slammed the table angrily, startling the gang, again. "I'm so sorry. I just …..hated when people treat aliens like that. I mean, aliens, like FM-ians are people like us.", he looked down in remorse. Camo had to tap his shoulder gently to calm him down. "That was really kind of you, Leon. I guess maybe that should be a good sign that maybe humans and FM-ians can co-exist.", Geo was touched by his declaration of protection. "Seriously. You even LET a complete stranger possess you just to avert a crime.", said Zack tactlessly, earning him another smack from Luna.
The clock chimed, showing it was 11.00 a.m.. "Oh dear! It's getting late. We should've resume the tour about an hour ago!", Luna alerted. "Then what are we waiting for? Onward!", Leon dashed out of the house.
"Umm. Leon, you forgot your Hunter.", Geo reminded him, sweatdropped. His device was on the dining table next to his now empty plate. Leon walked back in, his face was red with embarrassment. "I guess we should leave, together?", he said shyly as he picked up his Hunter. Everyone nodded.
Battle Card Recap:
Geo: Here's today's card of the day.
Geo pulled out a card
[Ice Grenade]Element: AquaRank: StandardDamage: 100Description: Grenade that turns 9 panels into ice.
Geo and Omega-Xis went to the back yard.
"Transcode 003!"
"Mega Man!"
Mega Man: Today, I'll be demonstrating the Battle Card.
"Battle Card!"
"Ice Grenade!"
Mega Man threw the grenade at a target. Freezing it solid.
Mega Man: Alright, Mega. Slash that block of ice!
Omega-Xis slashed the block of ice into pieces. Mega Man grabbed a small chunk and changed back to Geo.
Geo: That's all for today's Battle Card of the Day! Bye! Mom! I got some ice! Now we can make some ice-cream!
Hey there readers. Now that you know about my OC, maybe you'll start to like him even more because, he's based on a character you're familiar with. Anyway, stay tuned for Chapter 5