Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own Megaman in anyway, shape or form. I'd like to but I can't end of story. Anyway, I sit here looking outside from my computer and its raining, its cloudy, and I can only say to myself, "Another Fall in Oregon." It is depressing, yet at the same time, exciting. Halloween is coming up. then Thanksgiving, and then finally Christmas, and how does that not kick ass? Like I said. The weather here is depressing and its exciting all the same. Just another October, am I right? Anyway, story time!

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"Damn it, what the hell is taking so long!?

Vent punched the wall. It had been almost three days since Giro had died, and Prairie was still having trouble pinpointing the locations of the other biometals. Aile patted him on the back.

"Vent, I know you want to get out there and do what needs to be done, but getting angry isn't going to make the biometals be found any faster."

Aile's emotional state had improved over the past few days. With the Guardains and Vent behind her, she found it that much easier to accept that Giro wasn't coming back. Model X floated nearby.

"She's right, Vent. Prairie is searching based off of Maverick signals. That's rather vauge information to go off of."

"I know. I know...I just can't stand waiting here!"

Aile sighed.

"Vent, don't be so eager to go out into danger. You don't...want to end up like Boss...do you?"

"...No..."

Vent had to admit to himself that the rest he had taken had been needed. Giro had roughed up Vent very badly when they had fought. Vent heard the door open. It was Prairie.

"Vent! Aile! I have-- Oh...I'm sorry, was I interupting something?"

Vent looked around and shrugged.

"No, not really. Why?"

"No reason."

Prairie had dismissed the subject and quickly changed to a new one.

"Anyway, I've pinpointed biometal signatures!"

"Really? Alright, then. Where are they?"

"Easy. We'll talk on the command deck."

The blonde exited. Vent and Aile followed. When they reached the command deck, Prairie's game face was already on.

"Alright. We're picking up the signals from multiple areas. Furthermore, were getting some very odd intel that isn't matching up with public knowledge."

Vent frowned.

"Like what?"

"Well, remember that power plant that was shut down about three months ago after a Maverick raid? Other sources suggest that might not be case. What we don't know is why we'd be told that it was shut down, when in reality it may not be. We're also picking up a biometal signature in the area."

Vent ran it all through his head.

"So I'm to go investigate and get the biometal all in one fell swoop?"

"Exactly. The power plant is made up of the "E" Areas. You can go whenever you're ready."

Vent nodded and left the command deck. Aile went with him. Prairie watched as the two exited.

"Aile sure has been clinging to him ever since his little encounter with Serpent. She must be really worried about him. Or maybe she's..."

Prairie made a mental note to maybe talk to Aile in the near future. In the trans-server room, a yellow card key popped out of the slot in it. Vent took it assuming he'd need it. Noting his options for transervers, Vent programmed his destination for Area B-2. He hit the transfer button and he vanished.

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"Holy lightning bolts, Batman!"

Prairie had been right. The plant was still active and it was crawling with Mavericks.

"Prairie? This place is a zoo."

"Really? Well then, can you find out just what exactly this thing is doing up and running?"

"Isn't that why I'm here?"

Vent began what looked appeared to be a bad day. Every step he took he was attacked by a Galleon Hunter, one of the many electrical spiders, or any other random thing looking for blood. It got even worse on the inside. Conveyer belts and broken electrical circuits made his job no easier. After about half an hour of taking wrong turns or being zapped, Vent blasted a large green electricity shooting robot, tripped, and fell right through the wall.

"What the hell?"

Vent made his was down the hall until he came to a door. He wasn't pleased at what he met on the other side.

"Not more belts!"

More moving belts covered the room and it was crawling with Galleon Hunters. Vent must have almost fallen down unusually placed pits four times before reaching the end.

"Who the hell designs these places!?"

There was a loud humming nearby, Vent climbed down a ladder and came across what appeared to be a large light bulb with several warnings on it. One refered to it as the generator. Vent sighed in relief.

"Maybe this will turn off the damn plant."

Vent drew his Z-Saber and cut the generator in two. The loud hum stopped and when he came back up the ladder, the belts had all stopped moving.

"Oh, sweet salvation! Maybe I can get something done around here now..."

Vent hopped back across the belts, continuing the mission.

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Back at Guardian HQ, Prairie continued to monitor Vent. Eventually, she decided that he would be fine for the time being and left the command deck. She finally found Aile in the training room with a blaster in her hand. Prairie was surprised to see what a good shot she was.

"Maybe we should have you out there instead of Vent?"

Aile turned around smiled and shook her head.

"Maybe. Though I my handling of a beam saber could use some work. Have you seen Vent use that thing?"

"No, how is he with it?"

"He's scary..."

The two laughed. Prarire sighed.

"So what are you doing in here?"

"Just killing time."

"And by killing time, you mean taking your mind off of what's going on?"

Aile looked away. Part of what Prairie said was true.

"Not...completely. I just need something to do..."

"..."

"..."

"You still miss Giro, don--"

"Of course I do! Who wouldn't? I just need to move on. That's not why I'm in here!"

"Then its because you feel powerless to help Vent?"

"Wha...? I guess that may have something to do with--"

"Do you love him?"

"WHAT?!"

"Do you love him?"

Aile couldn't have been caught with her guard any lower. Her face turned bright red.

"O-of course not! You obviously haven't seen him in his down time! He's lazy, irresponsible, he's walked in on me in the shower I don't know how many times! He's--"

Prairie giggled.

"Being rather defensive aren't we?"

"I am not!!!"

"Relax. I just asked."

It wasn't like she hadn't been asked this before however. Ususally, she was asking that question to herself, and whenever she did, she got herself all worked up and would finally abandon the matter.

"Aile, regardless, don't worry. I'm sure he's fine!"

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"Holy shit, this thing is going to kill me!!!"

Vent desperately kicked his way up a wall and barely avoided being smashed by a massive mechaniloid and it's spiked trash compresser. Why the hell it had been altered with a massive beam cannon was beyond Vent's reasoning. It did however make a nice target. The problem was that when ever the thing rammed the wall, Vent would get knocked off of said wall. Vent couldn't get close enough to the thing to slash it without risking being mowed down. Vent whipped out his blaster and began plugging charge shot after charge shot into the thing. Soon the cannon collapsed on itself. Vent made a note of that incase he ever ran into any more.

"I hate this thing..."

Several plasma bursts later, the behemoth exploded and allowed Vent to continue on. As he made his was further in, he was met with quite the sight. A massive room filled with floating balls of light. It was beautiful, yet somehow, eerie at the same time.

"Prairie? What are these things?"

"Let me...what!? Cyber-Elves! I don't believe this!"

"Cyber...elves?"

"Computer data in the shape of elves! Not only that, but they're sentient beings too! Vent, shut this operation down or I will personally--"

"You have a soft spot for cyber-elves I see...alright leave it to me."

With the power off in the plant, Vent made his way through the remaining area rather easily. When he came out, he was in a area scattered with rubble. As he continued forward, he got the feeling he was being watched. His feeling was confirmed by a voice that was not his own.

"Oh dear. It seems that someone has found my skeleton in the closet. What a pity."

Vent had heard rumors around HQ about Slither Inc. creating replois through biometals: Pseudoroids. Vent could only assume...

"You! Let me guess: You're a Maverick under Serpent's control?"

"You get an A for doing your homework. I am Hivolt the Raptoroid!"

"Shut this place down and let the cyber-elves go!"

Hivolt looked like a humanoid, only with wings instead of arms. Hivolt scoffed.

"And if I say no?"

Vent activated his Z-Saber.

"Then blood will be spilled."

"Very well! If you wish for you blood to cover my wings, then so be it!

Hivolt sped to ground level and rushed Vent, slamming into him Vent managed to pull himself off of the green robot before he would have slammed him into the wall. Vent recieved great satisfation out of seeing Hivolt bash his own head into the wall.

"Jeez, you suck at fighting!"

"Up yours!"

Vent whipped out his blaster as Hivolt ascended. Wanting to avoid another collision, he decided it best to fight from a distance. Vent charged the gun, jumped, and fired. The shot caught Hivolt in the legs.

"Yipes! Watch it! You almost hit me in the--"

"And I'm going to keep shooting until I do!"

"Then I'm gonna sit this out!"

Hivolt's legs detached and began circling around him. Much to Vent's surprise, they began to fire lasers. They were easy to dodge, but turned out to be a distraction when Hivolt charged again. Vent had to time it really well, but he managed to dash under the green psycho. When Hivolt reappeared, he immediately dived as his leg detached before hooking around and letting the other detach. They began firing lasers again. Vent sighed.

"You're easier than the area you live in!"

Vent had eventually shot Hivolt in the legs so much that they were almost falling off. Vent drew his Z-Saber.

"Time to end this!"

"Damn you to hell!"

Hivolt charged one last time, and was met with the hum of a beam saber. Hivolt was cut down the middle. Even as his fusion core began to overload, he laughed.

"You're too late. You may have stopped the operation, but Lord Serpent already has the energy he'll need to awaken Model W...Model Zx Mega Man...you have failed!"

"Maybe, maybe not. Time will only tell!"

Vent slashed again. Hivolt was now in four pieces, and yet he still laughed as he blew up. As the dust cleared, a green and white piece of metal hung before Vent.

"Thank you for saving me, hero. I am Model H. The model of the wind."

"Model H, I request you help...I have to stop Serpent from awakening Model W."

"And you think that will end it?"

"Why wouldn't it?"

"Even if you stop Serpent, there will still be madmen in the world. Who's to stop one of them from rising up like Sepent"

"I don't know, nor do I care at the moment. Right now, Serpent is the problem. Let's focus on him before we take on the rest of the world."

"Hmph...humans...they've been lulled into a false sense of security with the empty promise of peace. Still...our battles hundreds of years ago...they still had meaning. Very well. My power is yours."

Model H joined Models Z and X. Vent noticed a trans-server nearby. He headed toward it to report in.

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Another chapter in the bag. Y'know, whenever I write, I always worry that I don't do a good job of writting out the stages and the boss sequences. I certainly got creative with the metal snake (I think that is my shinning moment battle-wise), but I just can't seem to think of anything I can use to mix up the stages or bosses which forces me to cut out portions of the stage, cut to a different scene, or something else completely, and it worries me that I can't seem to find anything special in my writting that doesn't make the story a retelling of the game.

Anyway, yeah. This chapter is mediocre at best. I've already said I wish I was a better writter, and I've been told I'm good, but I just can't seem to nail the stages and bosses. The only real flare in this chapter was the scene with Prairie and Aile. I suppose all writters worry about this at some point or another. I guess its reasons like this I ask for reviews. So I know what people like and don't like about my writting.

All my worries aside, I guess I got this chapter out on time. I did this one a bit early so I could have about a week between chapters. Expect the next one Friday the 27th.