Disclaimers: I do not own Megaman or anything associated with it. Story's mine though, don't nick it.

NB: GAH! I have lost my memory stick to my geography teacher, so I have to memorise the chapters from my computer, to put it on my mums, because mine has no internet connection anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 4

Dreams

"Is it done yet?" Protoman asked, bouncing up and down like a small child

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Dr Hikari yelled "please stop asking me!"

"Sorry…" Protoman replied, chastened

"Why don't you go home? You can use the hyperlink." Dr Hikari suggested "That arm of yours still hasn't healed properly, so you should be resting it."

"Alright, but I'll be back soon" Protoman said as he used the hyperlink to warp out of Dr Hikari's PC

"God forbid" Dr Hikari muttered

Down in the Undernet

"PLEASE NO! HAVE MERCY!" a green, unmodified navi pleaded, on his knees. Bass lowered his buster, and the navi breathed a sigh of relief

"Thank you…" the navi said

"EARTHBREAKER!"

The Navi scrambled to his feet, and legged it, but the blast was faster, and the navi was incinerated. Bass watched as pieces of ash rained from the sky, a smile on his lips.

"If only Protoman were here, then I could have some fun…" He thought to himself "…Or that other navi…Roll wasn't it…" then "wait, why am I thinking about her?" Bass rubbed the side of hs head ruefully; all this thinking was giving him a headache

In the mainframe of the public library

"BLOODY HELL!" Megaman shouted, blasting three Mettaurs to deletion "where did all these viruses come from?"

"I don't know! Let's just delete them!" Roll shouted back. She was watching Megaman as he deleted viruses left, right and centre, he didn't move with the grace or confidence that Bass did when he was fighting them, she shocked herself by thinking these thoughts and, in her brief state of shock, she didn't notice a Mettaur launch a shockwave at her.

"ROLL MOVE!" a voice shouted

"Protoman?" she yelled, moving quickly out of the way of the incoming attack

"Just passing through!" Protoman yelled back, slicing the Mettaur in two, then running off.

"Okay…" Roll said slowly

Chaud's PET

"Hey Chaud" Protoman greeted

"Hello Protoman" Chaud replied distractedly

"Mind if I have a nap?" Protoman asked

"Sure, sure, go ahead" Chaud replied, then said to himself, "I HATE paperwork…"

Protoman found a rest program and booted it up; soon a bed appeared in the PET, which Protoman climbed into.

"Ahhh" He whispered, relaxing totally, and soon fell asleep

Protoman was running through the sterilised walls of Sci-lab, which was strange to say the least, because these walls were in the real world. Protoman looked behind him, and soon wished he hadn't, because Bass was behind him, with his twin swords ready, and a cold smile, like a predator who knows his prey can't go much further. Protoman gulped, fear convulsing in his throat, this was his worst nightmare! His legs felt like they had been encased in concrete, but he forced himself to keep running. But however far he ran, Bass was always just behind him, that same smile on his face. Protoman tripped over something, it was soft and warm, he looked down, to see Roll's dead body, her blood staining the floor. Bass laughed, and plunged his swords into Protoman's horrified body.

Protoman woke up screaming.