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Chapter 4: Jammer

Yusei is reading his book about technology and how to fix certain equipment and household appliances. Tomorrow is Yusei's first day at Echo Ridge High School and he already got his supplies ready. He's excited to be going into the same school where his best friend Geo is. He's also interested on what kind of people he's going to meet so he can become their friend. Despite his excitement for his new school, he sometimes misses his old friends back in Harmony Town.

He stops reading his book and turns on the TV to see the news. When he turns onto the news, the news started to talk about his alter ego, Mega Man. Ever since his appearance from the train incident back then, the news couldn't stop talking about his EM Wave form. In fact, he keeps spending most of his time as Mega Man saving people from the EM Wave Viruses' attacks, which cause the news to keep talking about him even more. He sometimes wonders if he should get use to his alter ego's fame despite that no one knows his real identity.

Then Omega-Xis spoke, "Kid, lets EM Wave Change right now!"

Yusei puts on his Visualizer to see Omega-Xis floating beside him. "Mega, why do you want to EM Wave Change?" he asks in a blank expression. He's lucky that his sister is at work or she questions why he's talking to thin air.

"To check if the FMians are here already," he answers. "Think about it, Yusei. As the days go by, the FMians could already be here waiting to cause some mischief for the humans."

He got up from the couch and brushes his hair with his hands. "Fine, lets EM Wave Change. But first, how big of a search do you want?" Yusei pulls out a map of Echo Ridge from his Transer and shows it to Omega-Xis.

Omega-Xis looks at the map and said, "A mile radius from your house should be enough." He disappears into Yusei's Transer as Yusei pulls out the blue Battle Card.

"EM Wave Change! Yusei Light, on the air!" he shouted as he inserts the Battle Card. His belt started to glow until he transforms into Mega Man. Omega-Xis changes their EM Wave Frequency and they jump through the house's walls and onto the Wave Road outside to start their search. However, something has just occurred to Yusei. "Hey, Mega! How are we going to find the FMians?"

He answers, "By going into people's Transers!"

Yusei gasps, "What! You want me to go inside people's Transers?"

"Yeah… Why? Is that a problem?"

"A huge problem!" he exclaims while still being shock. "Going inside someone's Transer is like what a hacker would do! Also, it's like I'm invading someone's privacy if I do what you'd said! I could get arrested!"

"You've been helping people as Mega Man," Omega-Xis points it out. "Considering that you have the power to interact both the Real World and the Wave World, that power can get you arrested by the Satella Police. However, you're not arrested because the Satella Police couldn't detect the strange EM Being in your Transer."

He has a point, Yusei thought in realization. I see… If by chance the FMians went inside a human's Transer, then they won't be detected like Omega-Xis. If we go inside the Transers, we may fish out an FMian. "I understand, Mega. Let's start the search!" He started moving again with a determined look on his face.

After two hours of going though people's Transers in a one-mile radius of Yusei's house, Yusei went back to his home and turns back to his normal self. He sits back on the couch with a scowl look on his face. "Man," he spoke, "we've search at least twenty people's Transers and we still couldn't find an FMian."

"I don't understand," Omega-Xis also spoke out of disappointment. "I thought the FMians are sure to be here."

Yusei picks up a magazine and starts flipping the pages with a bored look on his face. "I'm starting to wonder if the FMians really do care about the Andromeda Key that you stole."

Then Omega-Xis asks, "Yusei, can we check one more time?"

"To widen the search?"

"No, but I think we should search something else! Hurry! Lets EM Wave Change!"

Yusei sighs and pulls out the blue Battle Card. "EM Wave Change! Yusei Light, on the air!" He swipes the Battle Card into his Transer and his belt glows until he transforms into Mega Man. He passes through the walls and jumps onto the Wave Road outside and just stands there. "So where is to search now?

"Remember the incident where we first met?" said Omega-Xis. "Try and enter some technologies nearby and see if we can fish them out."

Yusei scans around the area and wonders which technology is the enemy is hiding. He notices a yellow car parking in front of a garage in one of his neighbors' home. He remembers about the viruses hiding inside the train when he first became Mega Man a long time ago and wonders if the enemy is hiding inside a vehicle's Wave World. He jumps at the car and Omega-Xis transforms his body into a ball of light that flies inside the car's Wave World.

The car's Wave World is in a bright orange background with the solid Wave Roads. Yusei appears on the platforms as he looks around the Wave World. As he walks down the straight path, he saw a strange person standing in front of a computer with a steering wheel and shift stick. The person is tall and wears a dirty brown armor over a dirty black bodysuit. There are spikes on the shoulder pads and an antenna on his head. His face is covered by skull-like mask that is black and his eyes are glowing red.

Yusei points his Mega Buster at the person's back and asks, "Who are you? Are you an FMian?"

The person turns around. "Who are you? Are you a car thief like me?"

"Car thief?" Yusei gasps. "You're stealing a car!"

"Kid!" Omega-Xis yells in Yusei's Transer. "That's a Jammer, a grunt that works for the FMians!"

The Jammer starts cackling. "I'm the first one who steals this car! I won't let you take it!"

Before Yusei can ask Omega-Xis about the Jammer, that said person immediately punches him in the face, which sends him flying. Yusei quickly uses his reflexes to land on his feet instead on his back. He fires off a few shots from his Mega Buster at the Jammer; however, his shots aren't even affecting him. The Jammer summons an arm cannon from his left arm and fires back, but Yusei dodges the attack.

"Battle Card! Sword!" Yusei swipes the Battle Card into his Transer and his left hand transforms into a sword.

He charges at the Jammer and attacks him with one slash, which left a scar on his chest. The Jammer turns around and fires at Yusei, but he jumps up in the air to dodge the bullets. Then Yusei dives down at the Jammer for another attack, which hits the Jammer's left arm and leaving a scar. The Jammer screams in pain and tries to punch Yusei. However, Yusei reacted and quickly dodge rolls to avoid the punch.

"Battle Card! Cannon Plus!" Yusei's sword transforms into a yellow arm cannon. He points his arm cannon at the Jammer and fires a shot at the Jammer's face.

The Jammer screams, "My face! I'm blind! I'm blind!"

Yusei smirks when he heard the Jammer screaming like a little girl. "Battle Card! Tail Burner!" Yusei's left arm transforms back to normal as a whip made of fire is in the palms of his hand.

With a single flick of his wrist, Yusei uses the fire whip to wrap up the Jammer's waist. The Jammer screams in pain from the burning pain of the fire whip. Yusei pulls the fire whip that sends the Jammer up in the air and slams him down at the ground. He does that again and later spins into a mini tornado that got the Jammer dizzy and keep telling Yusei to stop. Yusei answers the Jammer's request by letting go of the whip and sends the Jammer flying across the Wave Road.

"Time to finish this battle!" Yusei pulls out a gold Battle Card from his deck box and inserts it into his Transer.

The belt glows and the voice from the belt shouted, "Finisher! Mega Kick!" The belt sends sparks to his right leg.

Yusei jumps and dives straight at the Jammer who is trying to get up. "Take this!" he shouted, "Mega Kick!" He dives kick at the Jammer, which completely finishes him off in an explosion.

"Great job!" Omega-Xis said to praise Yusei for his victory. "Seems like you're in the same level to beat a Jammer at least."

"Mega, what's a Jammer?" Yusei asks out of concern.

Omega-Xis coughs as if he's getting ready to explain. "A Jammer is a grunt that works for the FMians. The Jammers are humans that EM Wave Change with the EM Viruses."

"I see… They're humans that EM Wave Change with viruses…" A few seconds later, his mind clicks and gasps in realization. "That Jammer was a human! Oh no! I hope I didn't hurt him too badly!"

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Yusei yells out of anger. "I just go all out against a human! You didn't tell me that there's going to be this sort of danger!"

"That's true," said Omega-Xis in a calm manner. "The human that you fought is going to be fine because he's an unwilling host. If the host is unwilling to EM Wave Change or is force into an EM Wave Change, then the heavy damage the host received after defeat would only be minimum and they won't remember a thing that transpired during the fusion."

Yusei looks down at his feet with his hands trembling in fear for the unforeseen future that he may face someone with an EM Wave Change. "Even though you told me that… Mega, I just don't know if I'm up to face someone like that Jammer."

"Didn't you say that you want to protect the people you cherish?"

He gasps when Omega-Xis ask him that. "Yeah, but—"

"But nothing! Do you want unwilling humans to hurt the people on Earth without their knowing? Do you want to lose all your cherish people from the FMians? Well!"

Yusei didn't have an answer. He knows the risk when the FMians get their hands on the Andromeda Key, but he didn't want to fight innocent humans who are caught in the middle of the fight. He remembers that his parents made him watch superhero shows when he was young and they told him to follow their examples of morals and justice. Since Yusei keeps watching shows of various kinds of superheroes, he follows their examples of doing what's right and helps those in need of help just as long as it is within his power. In other words, Yusei doesn't have the guts to do the impossible if it comes to him fighting against a human who can fuse with an EM Wave Being.

"I understand," Yusei mutters. "I will stop the FMians! But in my own way!"

Omega-Xis wonders what he means by his own way. But he decided not to pry open whatever Yusei has in his head as he activates the Pulse-Out to get out of the car's Wave World.

Yusei returns home and he transforms back into his human self. As he is about to grab his laptop to do watch some videos online, he heard the doorbell ringing with a male voice saying, "Excuse me! I have a package for someone named Yusei Light!"

When he heard that, Yusei answers the door to see a deliveryman holding a box with both of his hands. "I'm Yusei Light," he said, "but I don't recall ordering a package."

The deliveryman chuckles and gently places the box down in front of Yusei's feet. "Well, I guess you can say that someone is sending this package to you. Please sign here." The deliveryman hands Yusei a small clipboard with a paper and a pen. After he signs the signature on the bottom, the deliveryman thanks him and leaves via his truck.

Yusei picks up the box and looks at its label. He is surprise to see his uncle's name on the sender's address. He wonders why would his uncle send him package after he settles down on his new home. So he brings the package into the house and rips off the brown wrapping to see a blue jewelry box. He opens the box to see a paper covering the contents of the box. He picks up the paper and reads the following:

Dear Yusei,

I seem to have forgotten to give this box to you before you and sister left to go back to Echo Ridge. This box belongs to your father before he gave it to me when I last visited your parents before you were even born. This box contains your father's good luck charm that makes sure that the wearer is safe from bad spirits. Or so I believe.

The reason why I give you your father's good luck charm now is because I believe the time is right. This charm would prove to be helpful in the future, so be sure to wear it at all times.

Your Uncle,

Theodore Light

After reading the letter, he looks the inside of the box. Inside the box is a necklace that is attach to a small, blue star-shape pendant. He recognizes that this pendant is a Wayfinder; it's an item that represents an unbreakable connection, so as long as there are people who wear the same kind of pendants, nothing can drive them apart. Yusei hardly believes that this pendant is his father's good luck charm, but then again, he did have some friends who have some weird good luck charms than the Wayfinder. He puts on the pendant and just smiles when he looks at it.

In an abandoned factory that is outside of Echo Ridge City, two ghostly figures are floating in a huge briefing room. One of the ghosts is orange and wears red armor that makes him look like a bull and the other is light blue and wears white-blue armor that makes him look like a swan. The ghosts seem to be arguing with each other.

"Cygnus," said the bull, "I still say that we should fight this Mega Man so we can get our hands on the Andromeda Key."

"Taurus," the blue swan, Cygnus, glares at the bull. "How many times do I have to say it? We can't attack him blindly! We need to analyze his abilities so we have absolute victory!"

The two ghosts are actually EM Wave beings from the Planet FM. Taurus and Cygnus are both generals working for the FMian King; however, they're different when it comes to their job. Taurus is more reckless and focuses more on power, while Cygnus is more tactful. These two are always at each other throats because they hate each other's way of doing their jobs, but they have no choice when the King orders them to chase after Omega-Xis and get back the Andromeda Key. Despite they're under the King's orders, they still butt heads against each other.

"While you're wasting time by sending some pawns so you can have your analysis, the King would send in the reinforcements! This is just one guy and we can take him down!" Taurus grabs Cygnus by his long neck, but Cygnus manages to slip out of his grip.

In a comedic fashion, Cygnus pecks the bull at his forehead, which actually hurts him. "Have you forgotten how Omega-Xis single-handedly stole the key in the first place? He took down over a hundred of the castle guards and two generals, while the humans in that space station distracted us! We can't underestimate him and his human host!"

While the two FMians are arguing with each other, a small bird made out of EM Waves flies through the walls. The bird is black and looks a bit like Cygnus, but smaller. The FMians saw the bird as Cygnus chuckles to see it.

"Seems like my scout have returned," he said as he absorbs the bird into his body.

Taurus looks at him with a confused look on his face. "Scout?"

Cygnus sighs at how slow the EM Wave bull is. "Remember when I send out a virus so it can fused with a human to become a Jammer. I also send a scout to observe the battle between Mega Man and the Jammer. And in case if you're wondering how that battle went out, the Jammer lost."

"Sending that Jammer is pointless then…"

"Not necessarily," said Cygnus with a smirk. "Apparently, my scout eavesdrop the conversation between the traitor Omega-Xis and his host. It seems like Omega-Xis didn't tell him about the Jammer use to be human and his host is having some doubts about his work as Mega Man. Which means that is his weakness; fighting humans."

Taurus smirks as if he understands what Cygnus is saying. "So all we have to do is to find a host to take over and use them to our advantage, right?" Cygnus nods his head, as he is surprise to notice that the dumb bull understands what he's talking about. "Well, I'm going to find me a human right now!"

Cygnus stops him from leaving as he tries to reason with the bull. "You always do this, Taurus. You always do these reckless things without a single plan or a backup plan! At least try and work with me here!"

Taurus pushes Cygnus aside and replies, "While we wait for a plan, the King's reinforcements would soon be here! If they show up, then everyone in Planet FM and the King would start looking down on us! You can stay here to think of a plan, but I'm going to get the key back!"

With that being said, Taurus disappears through the wall, leaving Cygnus to his lonesome. However, he's not sad, he's glad that Taurus left. He knows that Taurus would just rush into battle as soon as he is given an enemy's weakness so he can overpower them. He thinks to himself that if Mega Man kills Taurus, then he gets more information on his abilities, which makes it easier for him to get the key. Cygnus doesn't care what happens to his ally, all he cares about is getting the credit for taking back the Andromeda Key.

In Echo Ridge City's Wave World, Taurus is roaming around the city to find a suitable host for him to take over. Taurus prefers to look for a host that is all about brute strength, so he is a little disappointed that the section of the city that he's roaming around is full of scrawny weaklings. As he wanders around the city, he comes across a public park. It is there that he finally found someone to be his host to fight Mega Man. That someone is Bud Bison and he is sitting on a park bench with a melancholic expression on his face.

Taurus decided to approach the boy as he changes his EM Wave Frequency to make himself visible to him. "What's wrong there, boy?" he asks.

Bud looks up and is surprise to Taurus floating in front of him. He asks, "Are you the Grim Reaper to take my soul away?"

"Um, no…" Taurus is confused why Bud asks him that question. "I just happened to see you looking sad and I got curious. Can you tell me why you're sad?"

Bud tells Taurus of what happened about at least four hours ago. It was during lunchtime and Bud was eating lunch with his friends: Luna, Geo, and Zack. They were enjoying their lunch, until an incident happened that made Bud to lose his mind.

As he and his friends were having fun talking about Mega Man, a male student from a different class was rushing to bring food to his football friends. That student accidentally bumps Luna, which made her spill her drink on her clothes. Luna screams in reaction and everyone, including the one who bumped her, turn to look at her.

The male student panics and quickly does an apologetic bow to her. He said, "I'm sorry! I wasn't looking!"

When Bud looks at that student making a goofy face at Luna, he immediately snaps and quickly grabs that boy by the collar. He made a face that scared the living daylight out of the student. "Look at what you did!" he angrily shouted.

Everyone gasps at what they were about to see. "Bud!" Luna yells. "Stop it!" Of course her words weren't getting through to him.

Bud punches the student in the face, which caused a few female students scream in horror. The student fell on the ground and Bud prepares to give him a good pummeling. However, Luna steps in, which Bud became surprise. He wonders why she was standing in front of him. That is until he had realized of his actions.

Luna clenched both her hands into fists and yelled, "Bud! Stop this now or I terminate our Brother-Band!" Everybody gasped at what she had shouted and it caused Bud to be shock. "You always do this! You quickly overreact and scared people with your big body! Do you know how much it worries me that you are threatening others for my sake! If you don't stop at what you're doing, we're through!"

After telling Taurus the story, Bud becomes sadder than ever. Taurus decided to use Bud's emotions to his advantage. If the FMian can sweet-talk this boy to EM Wave Change with him, then he has the power to beat Mega Man down to a pulp and retrieve the Andromeda Key. However, the chance that Bud would agree to do an EM Wave Change is slim because he knows that humans are hard to understand. This is odd for him to be using his head just to control one human. But he decided to take a chance and seize the opportunity.

"Hey, boy!" he calls for Bud's attention. "Do you want power?"

"P-power?" he stutters as he is confused on what he's talking about.

Taurus nods his head. "Yes, power! You must use that power to get back at that girl!"

Bud gasps in shock to hear that. "No way! I don't want power to get back at Luna! Luna is my friend and I won't hurt her!"

Taurus scoffs at Bud's response. "Didn't she just threaten you that she would cut off your Brother-Band? You try to use your power to make sure that no one messes with her and she makes that threat! I don't think that's how she should treat her friends like that!"

Listening to the FMian's reasoning, he's right. If Luna is truly Bud's friend, then she should have never threatened him before. In fact, she would have come and try to find him so she can apologize to him; however, she didn't find him. Bud has now drawn to the conclusion that Luna doesn't see him as a friend anymore and she may have cut off their Brother-Band. He feels angry as he allows his mind to be succumbed to his rage.

"What's your name?" Bud asks the FMian, which the FMian tells him his name. "Taurus, please give me the power. I'm going to show Luna that she should have never threatened me!"

Taurus smirks at what he just did. He actually convinces a human to take revenge against the person who wrongs him. With this, now he can retrieve the key and destroy both Omega-Xis and Mega Man for good. He went inside Bud's Transer as Bud's body is engulfed by a fiery orange aura. Bud later leaves the park via EM Wave World, thanks to the FMian.