A note from the bunny: Hey everybody again! Well this is going to take a lot longer than I thought to write out the story if I keep writing such short chappies, so I'm going to try and make them longer from now on. Like twice as big as the last one I put up. Meaning updates will be a lot farther apart because I'm still hiding this from friends, family, etc. I hate having to hide my hobbies --. But since this is Thanksgiving weekend, expect an update everyday or so. I'm not promising anything though. Well on with the (somewhat) longer chapter:
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Netto grinned as he punched in a few more numbers. "Hey Rockman! I think I finally got that formula right!"
Rockman jumped. "Really? That means that. . ."
"That's right! We're ready for a test run!"
Rockman smiled. After several years of researching, their project was finally coming together. He just hoped that Netto wouldn't get any silly ideas. "Netto-kun. You still have to finish building the teleport mechanism."
"Aw Rockman. Don't be so negative all the time. Besides, the others are working on it right now. They just need the last calculations and this project will be finished in no time."
"Hikari-hakase!"
Netto frowned as he turned around. Hikari-hakase sounded too much like his retired father. "Yes?"
The other scientist could hardly keep hold of his delight. "The teleportation device is coming along much faster than we thought it would. If you have that last formula finished, we can finish this and be ready for a test run tomorrow!"
Netto nodded and handed the paper with the formula over to his assistant. "Then get this project finished and go home. We all deserve a vacation after all these years."
Rockman covered his mouth so the scientist wouldn't hear him groan. Netto-kun still looked for every opportunity to take a break.
As the other scientist walked out of the office, Netto looked down into his PET again. "Rockman, you know how hard everybody has been working lately. And I'm hungry anyway. Let's go home."
"Right, Netto-kun."
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Meiru glanced up from the stove as Netto entered through the door. "Netto-kun? You're home early for a change."
Netto sighed as he sat on the couch. "The project is coming along so much faster than we expected, so everybody got off early. We're going to do a test run tomorrow."
Meiru smiled. "Well in that case, go play with Raito. He's been so excited about that new virtual game that he's been bugging me. I can't finish dinner with him bouncing around."
"Sounds like Netto-kun," Rockman said innocently, forming a hologram on Netto's shoulder. "Raito must've learned his immaturity from the best around."
Meiru giggled as Netto growled. "Shut up, Rockman."
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Later that night, after Meiru and Netto had gone to bed, Rockman was still awake, pacing around in the home computer.
"Rockman?"
Rockman spun around only to find Roll standing there. "Oh Roll-chan, it's just you."
Roll stared at Rockman, her green eyes searching through his. "You're worried about something."
Rockman sighed and looked down at the floor. "I think. . .I think that something is going to happen during that experiment. Something bad."
"You don't know that. It might work for all we know so far."
Rockman looked back up. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Go back to sleep, Roll-chan." Roll smiled and logged out, but it was a long time before Rockman did the same.
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"Come on Rockman! It's the big day!" Netto grabbed the PET from its charger, jerking Rockman from his sleep.
"Netto-kun? You're up early for once," Rockman said, yawning.
Netto grinned and rushed out the door, saying goodbye to a very groggy Meiru. "How can you sleep today, Rockman? We finally get to see our experiment in action!" He got another yawn in reply.
As Netto drove, swerving dangerously down the streets, Rockman went over the calculations again. Even though he had gone through them yesterday, he still felt that something, something wasn't right about it. But they pulled up to SciLabs, Rockman still failing to find anything wrong with the notes. Netto grabbed his PET and dashed through the doors, running to the experiment room.
The scientists there had already set up the teleportation module and were putting in the coordinates. "Hikari-hakase! We are almost ready for our first test run!"
Netto grinned, despite his dislike of them naming him like his father. "Great! Then Rockman and I can try it out!"
"I don't think you should test it on yourself first, Netto." Netto spun around, only to find Enzan right behind him. "It would almost be a suicide attempt," Enzan said, staring down Netto.
"But. . ." Netto began protesting.
"Enzan is right, Netto-kun," Rockman pointed out. "We should try a test run first."
Netto, annoyed at being outnumbered, growled. "Fine. We'll do a test run, and if it works, Rockman and I are trying it next." At this, he went over to the computer to check on the formulas.
Enzan sighed and looked into his PET. "Like I said Blues, he might blow up SciLabs one day. Or at least himself."
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Within minutes, everything was checked and ready for the test run. All of the scientists moved into the control center where they could watch the experiment safely. "Power up the transport machine," Netto ordered. The other scientists pushed several buttons, sending energy into the machine until it clicked. "Check the beginning and end coordinates."
Enzan was impressed, despite himself. Apparently Netto wasn't as scatterbrained as he had thought.
Netto watched the others carefully, making sure they made no mistakes. After making sure the machine was powered up and ready, he cried, "Begin teleportation!"
The apple that was inside the machine dispersed into atoms and. . .
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Hmm. . . lemme think about what to make happen next :P. Yes! A cliffhanger, although not a very big one because you know something happens eventually. sooooo yeah. :D i'm done for now. yayyyyy.
