Took a week off after the first arc was finished, just to recharge my batteries. I have finished the second arc and I'm excited to release them over the coming weeks. Thanks for all the reviews, it's actually really surreal seeing writers of stories I loved review mine. Plus recurring reviewers are nice, as are new guys coming in. To be honest this fic grew a lot faster than I thought it would, so that's really nice. This chapter is dealing with the aftermath of the first arc, and a little setup for future arcs as well. Plus a little more GeoxSonia stuff so that's fun. Now to respond to reviews.
cosmicblader12: Thanks for the kind words! I don't really know if I'll continue after Starforce one. I mean, I want to finish this fic for sure but just that seems like a really challenging task. For now I think I will try to do it, but don't count on it. If I were to finish Starforce 3 I think that would be it, I'm not good with creating original plot lines, I'm not that creative lol.
RedBurningDragon: Thanks for reviewing again! Yeah the fight was really tough and fun to write, I am pretty proud of how it turned out. Geo is stubborn, but the story will slowly make him open up, as you could see from the ending he is already having a little bit of doubt on his introverted view on society.
StarforceGeo: Thanks for giving me your honest thoughts! It's nice to see you reviewing again! Anyway, I understand that view. To me it made sense because when you think about it, this was the first time elements were involved. In Geo's mind, elemental weaknesses were only a thing in video games. FMians never had weaknesses based on their elements, so this was new to Mega as well. The fire being all around Taurus didn't mean he had a weakness to water. It was just a wild theory he had in the moment, and he was lucky it worked out. Thanks for the review and don't be afraid to give more of your honest thoughts!
Qaint: Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you reviewed, I was a big fan of your Starforce fic! I was kinda rushing at first, because I kinda knew we would get to see more of the world as the story went on, and I didn't want to give tons of exposition in a large chunk, that's just not fun to read. Plus most readers know the Starforce story, so I don't have to give so much exposition on the smaller things in the world. Hope you review more!
Once again thanks for reviewing! Don't be shy to review if you haven't, and enjoy the story.
It had been a few hours since the incident at the school, and Geo had spent that time to go home, assure his mother that he was okay, and then being admitted to the hospital anyway by his worrying mother.
Not surprisingly there were many students at the hospital, but Geo still managed to get checked up by the doctor almost immediately. Turns out he had a fractured rib and had an army of bruises from the fight. The injuries would heal in about a day for Geo, since recovery cards were a thing. Geo told his mother and the doctor he was hurt from falling debris and he never actually saw the alien. Either way Geo would have to stay a day at the hospital.
Thankfully he had a private room with a window on the second floor, so he was quite comfortable. Hope, Geo's mother, had gone out for her job after assuring Geo had every need and want he could ever ask for, and still calling Mr. Boreal to come over to look after Geo.
Boreal was out on some work so Geo had about an hour or two to himself, so he decided to explore the hospital, only because Mega was forcing him to.
'Come on! I want to see human hospitals!" He said eagerly, Geo going around the hospital reluctantly. While going around, the brunette noticed many injured students and staff, some with burns, and some with injured body parts from debris. He did notice in the all the student's rooms there were a boatload of balloons, all signed by a certain pink haired singer.
'Seems Pinky was here' Mega commented, to which Geo agreed, feeling relieved that she was not there during the battle. Last he saw of her was Sonia going off to deal with her annoying manager.
Geo went around the hospital until he finally found Bud's room. He didn't know what he was going to say, just that he needed to apologize for his actions. Geo had indirectly caused all the pain and suffering that Taurus Fire had caused by starting a fight with the large boy, and Geo knew that Bud would be blaming himself.
'Ugh, I knew this would happen if I went to school' Geo sighed, recognizing he was starting to care about people other than himself. Geo knocked on the door and went inside. Bud turned and blinked in surprise, not expecting to see the loner visit him.
"G-Geo?" He said in his bed, Zack asleep in a chair next to him. Bud had a few bandages but his injuries weren't that bad, but the hospital insisted to take care of him until he was fully recovered, as they did with all the injured students. It was a nation wide story what had happened to them, so they wanted to make sure everyone got out 100% okay.
"Hey Bud. I just, um, wanted to apologize for what happened. I didn't mean to punch you, it sort of just happened" Geo said sincerely, guilty of all the suffering that happened afterwards because of that stupid act.
"It's okay, it's not just your fault, it's mine as well. If I wasn't such an ass and so overprotective of Prez, I wouldn't have lost my cool on you" he said, frowning. Geo could tell Bud was not really invested in the conversation, still being torn up about the officers Taurus Fire had burned.
"Hey… if you are worried about those officers that the monster 'killed' apparently they are still alive, just have a few scars, burns, and broken bones." Geo said, making sure Bud knew the officers were still alive. It was miraculous how they survived, but when Megaman had distracted Taurus the surviving officer pulled the burnt men out. No one knew about Bud being Taurus Fire, so Geo was careful not to mention that he knew.
The look on Bud's face was one of pure relief, he almost teared up. Causing damage and some injuries was one thing, but killing people was another. If those people were truly murdered by Bud, the muscular boy wouldn't be able to live with the guilt.
"W-Wow that's a relief!" Bud said, trying to hold it together, not wanting to show any clue that he was the one who injured them.
"Yeah, get well soon" Geo said, nodding his head towards Bud and leaving the room, soon running into Luna in the hallway.
"Geo? Didn't expect to see you here, didn't you leave the school before the attack?" Luna questioned immediately.
"I did, then I came back to apologize to Bud, but was hit by some debris when the attack happened." Geo explained, not feeling like doing the 'blank stare' routine anymore.
Luna nodded "Get well soon" she said, handing Geo a piece of paper.
Geo looked at it and saw a calendar with a date circled
"School will be closed for a while, so that is the day it will reopen. Don't think just because the school literally exploded means you can skip school again! So come on time!" Luna scolded before walking to Bud's room, handing more calendars to people on her way to it.
The brunette sighed, Luna was still as strict as ever. Some things never change
Geo returned to his room and waited for Mr. Boreal to come over. Once Boreal did show up, Geo was surprised to find another AMAKEN scientist with him.
The man was deathly pale, had large bags under his eyes which made him look like he hadn't slept for months, and wore the same AMAKEN jacket Boreal wore. The pale man was dangerously skinny and had horrible posture, looking slouched over all the time.
"Hey Geo! This is Tom Dubius! He's one of my employees at AMAKEN!" Boreal introduced Mr. Dubius with a large smile. Dubius waved, a frown on his face as he did so.
'This dude is a ray of sunshine' Mega commented, to which Geo agreed to.
"Hello, you didn't have to look after me Mr. Boreal, and you certainly didn't have to bring your colleague here to help" Geo said.
Boreal laughed "It's okay Geo! We're also here to do research for the Satella Police! The students were showered with EM waves, so we are here to see if there are any negative health effects of it so far. AMAKEN doesn't just do astronomy you know!" He said.
"Oh, well that's cool. I haven't had any testing for EM waves" Geo commented, thankful for that, because if he did then they might notice he emitted much more than the average person because of his time as Megaman.
"Yeah, the doctors only want to test kids who were actually in the building, so since you didn't see the monster you don't have to take them." Boreal explained. EM testings were very expensive procedures unless you had the top of the line scanners, which only high ranking Satella Police officers had.
"Alright, well thanks again for helping my mom out with this whole situation" Geo said,
"No problem! Anyway, Tom can you start looking at the test results from the EM scanners?" Boreal asked, to which the quiet man nodded, going out of the room.
"He's a quiet one, though I'm not one to judge" Geo said to Boreal once Dubius left the room.
"Yeah, he's had a tough past. The last place he worked in didn't end well for him, after that he just stop trusting people all together. Add that with his social anxiety and, well you saw how he is" Boreal frowned, obviously upset with what happened to Dubius. "I've been trying to open him up for months, but we're getting progress!" He smiled once again.
"What happened at his old work place?" Geo asked curiously, Mega seeming interested as well.
"That… is a rough story. You see Tom is a brilliant engineer, better than anyone I have on my team. He loves inventing things, and one day he started inventing something great. His old boss at the time saw what he was doing and encouraged him, becoming his close friend. They even became Brothers! However when Tom finished his device, his boss took all the credit, firing him from the company and releasing the item to the public, where it changed society." Boreal said.
"Really? What was the item?" Geo asked, invested into the story.
Boreal looked at him "Geo… it's the transer. Tom invented the first transer." He said sadly.
Geo's eyes widened in surprise. He knew little about the origin of the famous transer, so this came as a huge surprise to him. He never thought that the origin of the society changing device was so… sad.
"That… I don't even know how to respond to that." Geo blinked.
"Yeah, he never really shares what he works now. I know what he does, because I kinda have been peeking at his notes and discreetly encouraging him, but I can't directly help him which is killing me." Boreal sighed, before deciding to change the topic. "So anyway how is school! I mean, you've only had two days of it before it exploded, but have you made any friends?"
Geo shrugged "Not really I think" He said
"You think? Well you should make some! Your father was a huge supporter of friendships and brother bands! I'm sure your mother will be so relieved when you get some friends." Boreal said "She was practically jumping up and down in excitement when she told me you were going to school again."
"Huh, I didn't know that" Geo admitted. He never thought about his mother being worried for him. All these years he was worried for her, being a single mother. Maybe going to school wasn't such a horrible idea.
"Yep, anyway you are always welcome at AMAKEN! We are opening a museum next week and it'd be great if you came! We also have a newly developed space simulator! You'll love that" Boreal said enthusiastically.
"Maybe I'll go sometime" Geo said in a unenthusiastic tone. That's what he always said to Boreal, though he never went. He was afraid of going to his father's old workplace, he wasn't sure if he could handle it.
Boreal nodded "Well get some rest!" He said, to which Geo nodded and fell asleep.
The next morning Geo was sent home, which was great. Geo went to Vista Point immediately, ready to spend a good hour or two staring at the sky. He was excited.
Mega was complaining about how boring staring at the sky in Vista Point was when Geo reached there
'I mean, you're just looking up there! It's so boring!' Mega complained
"I think it's fun, you can see all the clouds, and at night you can see the stars." Geo responded as they walked up the stairs to the platform. However they could hear some music as they approached the area, Geo frowning in confusion. Usually there was nobody there, which was half the fun of Vista Point! When he approached he saw it was Sonia playing some tunes on her guitar. The music wasn't bad, it was really good actually, but Geo was a little annoyed at his 'spot' being taken up to notice.
Sonia didn't notice Geo at first, continuing to hum and strum chords on her odd yellow guitar. Once she noticed Geo she stopped and stood up.
"Oh hey Geo! Oh were you planning on using this space? Sorry I saw how nice it was yesterday when I found you here and thought it would be perfect for practicing!" She chuckled, slinging her guitar to her back.
"It's fine, I don't mind" Geo shrugged, his annoyance melting away as he talked with the cheerful Sonia.
"Cool! Though I'm not sure where to practice now…" she thought aloud.
"You can still practice here, I don't need this entire space" Geo said, surprising Sonia, and himself to an extent.
"Really? Wow thanks! Um, what are you using this space for anyway?" She asked curiously.
"I'm just stargazing" he said simply.
"In the middle of the day?" She tilted her head
"Yeah, why is there anything wrong with that?" Geo frowned
"No, it's just there aren't any stars out during the day." She said
"Well, then I'm cloud watching." Geo shrugged, like the difference didn't matter to him. He then laid on his back, staring at the sky wearing his Visualizer. Sonia shrugged and sat down cross legged next to him. She started playing and figuring out a melody. Geo found her presence not at all disturbing, which surprised him.
"Sorry I couldn't visit you while in the hospital, I only could go there once and you weren't there then. After that I had to go to the TV studio and film all day." Sonia sighed
"It's fine" Geo said simply, continuing to stare at the sky
Sonia looked at Geo's face "Hey, what are those glasses you have on? You never really wear them, just rest them on top of your head usually."
Geo glanced at her before responding "It's called a Visualizer. It helps me see EM waves." He said, not bothering to mention it was created by his father before he went missing. It fell to earth and was recovered by Mr. Boreal, then given to Geo.
"That's cool, seeing EM waves must be nice" She said, looking to the sky as well. Geo could see all the wave roads and everything he could see as Megaman with the Visualizer.
"So how are you? Did you get any major injuries from the school exploding?" Sonia remembered to ask.
"I only had to stay at the hospital for a day, so no I was fine" Geo said
"Okay, have any plans for today? I'm moving into a new place that's closer to school and after that I have the week off!" Sonia said excitedly.
"Not really, I am just going to relax all day." Geo said, to which Sonia nodded.
"That's fun, I was thinking of going to AMAKEN to see Mr. Boreal! He seemed nice in class, and they have a new museum opening next week!" Sonia said.
"Yeah I know Mr. Boreal told me about it." Geo slipped out, not realizing what he unleashed.
"Really? We should go together! Oh and call in Bud and Zack! Luna too! They are all recovered too right? Well at least they should by the end of the week. Let's all go together! It'll be fun!" Sonia said excitedly, clearly this was not negotiable.
"But I… ugh fine" Geo sighed, Sonia squealing in excitement, rarely getting to go out doing something non-work related. Geo couldn't bring himself to be upset about the situation, he just couldn't. He felt, excited for some reason.
They sat around for a while having random conversations, they were at the point where Geo talked openly with Sonia, and her alone. It made both of them happy. After a while Sonia checked the time on her transer-guitar and gasped
"Oh shoot, I have to start moving out now! I'll see you later Geo!" Sonia got up and walked off.
"Well that was something. Are we done cloud watching or whatever?" Mega asked impatiently
"Fine, whatever let's go practice" Geo said
EM Wave Change!
Megaman flew through the wave road, busting viruses with his Mega Buster as he did so. He traveled all across the country, just practicing fighting and other combat related training.
"Kid, I just noticed something" Omega-Xis said on Geo's left hand.
"What is it?" Geo said, stopping.
"Your battle cards, there's an extra one there."
"An extra?" Geo took out his battle cards and looked through them, seeing one that was covered in pixels and other data. Geo frowned and cleaned off all the EM noise from the card and nearly fell in shock.
The card was blue, very different from the rest of his battle cards. The thing that shocked Megaman was the picture of the card showed the FMian Taurus Fire.
"What the hell? Taurus Fire? Mega what is this?" Megaman asked in surprise
"Hmm, I think when we deleted Taurus part of his data fused with a blank battle card you had. It's a new type of battle card, like a… Mega Card!" Omega-Xis named the new type of battle card.
"Mega card? Really? And you say I give stuff bad names" Geo grumbled
"Just use the damn card on some viruses already! I'm curious on what it does!" Mega yelled
"Alright alright!" Geo sighed, going back to Echo Ridge and finding a ton of viruses invading a data center.
"Mega Card! Predation! Taurus!" Geo yelled, Omega-Xis eating the blue battle card. Geo felt himself get taller and stronger, projecting a hologram of Taurus Fire. The hologram used one of Taurus's attacks, his Taurus Flame, melting dozens, hundreds of viruses. Once they were all torched the hologram disappeared, Megaman going back to normal.
"Whoa, that was cool" Geo commented.
"Yeah, interesting, though it seems it drains us much faster than regular battle cards, we shouldn't use these Mega cards when we don't need them." Mega said, breathing heavily.
"Yeah, let's take a break." Geo said, pulsing out. They sat on top of a mountain during sunset, they had been busting viruses for a while.
They sat around doing nothing for a good ten minutes before they saw a man on top of another higher cliff.
"Is that… Mr. Dubius?" Geo frowned, seeing the socially awkward man standing over the cliff, wearing a large trench coat.
"What is he doing?" Geo thought aloud, watching as the man approached closer to the edge of the cliff.
"Geo! He's gonna jump!" Mega warned, but by that time it was too late, Dubius leaped off the edge before Geo could comprehend what was happening.
However, before Geo could scream, Dubius's trench coat flew off, revealing a set of mechanical wings he had under them. The brunette watched in wonder as the scientist flew with his new invention, screaming in joy.
"I've done it! I've done it! The Flap Pack is complete!" Dubius yelled in joy, flying around in his odd flying pack. Suddenly he started to descend slowly, landing in a few trees. He ran out of fuel.
Geo blinked and went to check on him, seeing if he was okay. The scientist was fine, just dissatisfied with how little he could fly with his new pack.
"Need to increase fuel capacity, maybe decreasing the propulsion will help save some fuel, but then again…" Dubius ranted to himself as he observed the pack. Geo approached him, thinking maybe he should leave him be, but he knew Boreal and Sonia would help him out, so Geo decided to check on him.
"Um… hey Mr. Dubius? Are you okay?" Geo asked, the shy man yelped in surprise and hugged his pack instinctively. Once he realized it was Geo and he wasn't going to steal his invention Dubius calmed down.
"O-Oh hey… you're Boreal's friend. S-Sorry I was just testing my invention" Dubius stuttered
"It's fine, I didn't mean to intrude I just happened to be here when you fell. That's a pretty cool invention you have" Geo commented, Dubius hugging the Flap Pack tighter
"Y-Yeah, just don't tell anyone you saw it! I mean it!" He said, suspicious of Geo.
"It's fine, I won't tell anyone." Geo said, hearing Dubius's stomach rumble. "Hey are you hungry? So am I, here, we can split this." Geo said, taking out a candy bar and splitting it in half, giving one to Tom. The man was hesitant to accept it from Geo, but he eventually caved and took it, eating his half chocolate bar happily.
"Thanks… I have to go now. Do you need a ride home Geo?" Tom asked, going into his car that was nearby.
"No, I'm fine." He said, the scientist nodded and drove off. Geo turned into Megaman and went on the wave road.
"Hey Geo, something's bothering me. Why did you give that man food? You were hungry so why didn't you just eat it by yourself?" Mega asked, unfamiliar with human customs.
"I don't know Mega, it's just the right thing to do. Usually I wouldn't bother but, I guess Boreal is rubbing off on me. There wasn't a scheme or a complex reason why I did it, I just did it to help him out." Geo said, the sunset shifting to the night.
"Humans are weird"
When Geo finally reached home Mega stopped him
"Kid I sense an FMian nearby" he warned, Geo frowning and checking the area quietly. He noticed a figure sitting on the wave road above Vista Point, strumming a familiar melody on her blue guitar.
"Hey!" Megaman yelled, pointing his Mega Buster at the figure "Are you an FMian? If so leave this planet!" He said
The woman turned in surprise. She wore a pink dress with a black skin tight suit underneath. Her pink helmet had a blue visor, reflecting moonlight from it so Megaman couldn't see her eyes. The FMian disappeared as soon after, Geo frowning and lowering his buster.
"Weird, that WAS an FMian fused with a human, but she didn't attack us" Mega said
"Looks like more FMians have reached earth already, we'll have to be extra careful." Geo frowned, pulsing out, wondering whether the girl in pink was a friend, or a future enemy.
I wonder who the mystery girl is... who am I kidding everyone knows who it is. Thanks for reading.
