[Chapter 6: Ice Ice Baby!]
After School!
Natsu smiled as she paddled up to Dex next to Lan and Maylu.
"Hey there Dex," Lan greeted, "up for another match later on?"
"Yeah if your up to losing again," Dex agreed before looking at Maylu, "are you going to be there Maylu?"
"Sorry, got piano lessons," Maylu answered as she moved forward.
"What about you, Natsu?" Dex asked.
"Singing lessons," Natsu answered at once as she paddle forward to be next to Maylu.
It was then that out of nowhere a brown haired boy ran by Lan knocking the guy to the ground.
"Sorry!" the boy yelled over his shoulder while Natsu and Maylu stopped to look back at Lan.
"Hey, you dropped something!" Lan yelled when got up holding a card in his hand, "hey!"
"Founders, keepers, dude," Dex informed him.
"I think that was Tory from school," Maylu told them.
"Your right Maylu," Natsu agreed as she looked to where Tory had vanished.
"Tory?"
"You know, his dad works a the Water Treatment Plant," Maylu answered, "Water Works."
"This must be a Water Works access card," Lan mused as he looked it.
Natsu looked at a watch that was shaped like a phoenix which was on her left wrist that her Father had gotten her the other day to check the time.
"I have to go guys," Natsu told them, "my lessons start in 50 minutes." Natsu started to paddle away from them heading for the rich part of town. "See you guys tomorrow!"
"Later Natsu!" Maylu and Lan yelled back as they watched her leave.
Masato's residents!
Natsu let out a sigh as she got off her bike outside of the door letting Katashi take it away while she walked inside. Arata looked up from a packet of paper when she walked into the living room before smiling at her.
"Did you have a good day at school, imouto?" Arata asked.
"It was alright, Nii-Chan," the heterogeneous eye girl answered with a sigh before Arata went back to the packet making his Sister to raise an eyebrow at him in confusion. "What's that your reading?"
"My lines for a movie that I'm taking part in," the older twin answered.
Natsu rolled her eyes before she headed up the stairs to her room.
Next morning; Store!
Natsu didn't see the reason why she was there as her father made sure that they had two tanks of water in case of an emergency like this. Maylu had come over to her place, dragged her out of bed, ordered her to get dress, and then dragged to her out of the mansion. So here she was paddling next to Maylu with Dex on the other side of her with an annoyed look on her face.
"Man, I'm never going to get through this line," she heard Lan's voice.
Natsu let a smile appear on her face when the brown haired boy came into view.
"Hey, Lan!" Dex called out getting the young boy's attention.
"What are you guys doing here?" Lan asked.
"Not getting water like everyone else," Maylu answered.
"What?"
"It's really bad," Dex told him, "the while cities out of water and some people aren't taking it so good."
The three of them walked ground to the store window to see Masya freaking over there being no water which made them sigh.
"Let's go to Yai's place," Natsu suggested.
Lan and Maylu looked at each other before smiling at the heterogeneous eye girl as they nodded. The four of them left the store heading for the rich part of town where Yai lives.
Yai's Place!
"Hey guys," Yai greeted them, "you wanna go swimming?"
Natsu laughed as she stood next to the youngest member of the group after the others told her the problem to which she was happy to help with.
"I think I've found the solution to our water problem guys," Lan said as he placed his jug of water down.
"Really?" Maylu and Dex asked.
"Yeah, everyone has to get a millionaire father," Lan answered.
"Exactly," Yai agreed, "Daddy put a reserve tank in the basement that holds up to a years worth of fresh water. Don't cha know?"
"Thanks for sharing some of it with us, Yai," Dex thanked, "does your father want to adopt me?"
"Yeah, thanks Yai," Maylu agreed, "but, if they don't solve the problem soon then how will everyone else survive?"
"Hey, I have an idea," Lan said as he pulled out his PET, "Megaman, can ya check it out?"
"No can do Lan," Megaman answered, "the security in a place as important as Water Works is just way to heavy. We need a security license."
"Oh, well," Lan sighed.
"Guess what else my Daddy brought for me?" Yai asked before she lead them out of the mansion.
Secret Hideout!
"A level seven security license for Glyde," Yai finished once they got into the tree house.
"Seriously, adopt me?" Dex asked making Natsu to roll her eyes.
"Miss Yai," Glyde spoke up as he appeared on a 3D screen, "I have just arrived as the Water Works fire wall. I should be through momentarily."
"Good job," Yai praised.
Glyde vanished for a while before reappearing.
"Something must unusual is going on here," he told them, "the entire system board is frozen solid."
"Frozen solid?" Lan asked.
"Huh?"
All their eyes widen when Glyde yelled in surprise before the picture went out.
"Glyde this isn't funny!" Yai yelled, "come back!"
"He sounded like he was in trouble," Maylu pointed out.
"We better get to the Water Works and fast!"
"Your right," Yai agreed with Lan as she walked over to a sofa, "there's no time to waste!" Yai sat down on the sofa. "Quick sit down on the coach!" Lan, Maylu, and Dex looked over at the coach confused. "Natsu set next to me."
"Huh?"
"Now!" Yai yelled as them.
Natsu moved over to Yai and sat down next to her.
"Well, it is a nice coach," Dex said as he, Lan, and Maylu sat on the coach.
"Gate way three open up!" Yai said as she pushed in some buttons on a pad before set-belts appeared around them.
The sofa and coach fall through the floor making Lan, Maylu, and Dex yell in shock and fear. Once they all where lowered and brought up into a limo did Yai speak once the roof was closed.
"To the Water Works," she told the driver, "and make it snappy."
"Snappy it is Miss Yai," Driver said.
Everyone, but Yai and Natsu groaned as the car took off at a fast speed before hitting the road.
"Wow, Yai, your furniture rocks."
"Security won't be anywhere near as strong if Ying and I jack-in from inside the Water Works," Megaman explained to Lan.
"Then hopefully we can fix this thing," Lan sighed.
'Hang in there Glyde.'
Water Works!
The group of 5 ran behind the group of people yelling as the front desk workers to the elevator leading to the basement.
"We're going to the basement?" Dex asked.
"The storage tanks and the computer that controls them are down there," Maylu explained, "I saw them on the field trip last year."
When the elevator came to a stop and the doors open up they saw a robot standing in front of them making all 5 shout in shock.
"It's a security droid," Yai yelled in shock and fear.
"We can't fight it so what do we do?" Maylu asked.
"WE RUN!" Dex yelled.
"Hang on a second?" Lan asked as he walked forward.
"Lan, I don't think that's a good idea," Natsu spoke up since they got there.
"Are you crazy?" Dex asked as Lan just stopped in the front of the robot, "I can't watch."
"It isn't even working," Lan told them after he had waved his hand in front of the robot, "maybe because the central computers are down, but I guess you can still run if you want to Dex."
Dex walked up to Lan and the robot to get a closer look at it.
"This is for scaring us, rust-bucket," Dex growled as he came to a stop next to the robot before hitting it.
Natsu groaned before glaring at Dex with the others when his hit cause it to come back on.
"OH, GREAT MOVE!" all four of them yelled at Dex before they took off running.
The four of them ran as Dex was stuck on it's back after the robot had took off after them. Lan and Natsu gasped as they where picked up from behind by the droid.
"Let us go!" Lan yelled at it, "let us go, I said!"
To the heterogeneous eye girl surprise the droid dropped her on the ground while it throw Lan who hit a door at the end of the hall. Looking back she saw that Dex had Gutsman stop it before walking up to the down Hikari.
"Are you alright Lan?" she asked.
"I'm fine," he answered as he sat up.
Both Lan and Natsu looked over at the other side of the door to see two jack-in lets for PETs before they pulled their own.
"Jack-in Megaman!"
"Jack-in Ying!"
"Power up!"
Computer System!
When both Netnavis appeared in Water Works' computer system, the two of them looked around.
"Creepy," Megaman sighed.
"No joke," Ying agreed as she walked over to what looked an ice pillar, "I wonder what this is." The pink haired Navi looked closer at the pillar before letting out a gasp. "Megaman, it's Glyde!"
Megaman looked over at Ying before walking over to her to see that she was right.
"This does not look good Lan," Megaman spoke up as he looked at the frozen Glyde, "it looks like Antarctica in here. Some one froze all the circuits and that's why all the water supply has been cut off." Megaman placed a hand on the ice pillar that contained Glyde with worried green eyes. "Don't worry Glyde. I'll find who ever did this and stop them." Just then he noticed something in the ice, wrapped his arm around Ying's waist, and then jump out of the way just as cold hit the area where they where standing. "You're the one behind all of this?" Ying looked over to see a small Netnavi wearing eskimo suite with brown eyes glaring at them. "Why would you want to take the whole town's water?"
"Chill out," the little Navi answered before he slammed his hand on the ground which made ice pillars appeared and surrounded Megaman and Ying.
Megaman, however, created his blaster and managed to break through and by that time the little Navi had created a sword and was jumping at him. Megaman grabbed a hold of the blade held it in front of him for some time before he throw the Navi over into an ice pillar and walking over.
"That's enough," Megaman said, "now unfroze everything."
"Huh?"
"Come on,"
"Oh, Megaman!" they heard a male voice call out to the blue Navi.
Both Ying and Megaman turned around to see the same clown that they had face before.
"Wackoman!" they yelled in surprise.
"I have a little proposition for you," Wackoman said as he pointed at Glyde, "keep talking and I'll delete your friend." Ying growled as Wackoman laughed as the fact that they where helpless. "Iceman!"
Ying's eyes widen as Iceman blow cold air towards Megaman and without thinking she pushed him out of the way before it hit her and froze her the same way as Glyde.
"No Ying!" Megaman yelled from where he was pushed. Getting up quickly Megaman rushed over to the frozen Ying before looking into her hot pink eyes with worry. Even though she was frozen, Ying managed a small smile for Megaman before he had to jump away and hide from Iceman's attack. "Lan, Ying's been frozen like Glyde!"
Real world!
"Got it Megaman," Lan said before looking over at Natsu who was looking at her PET with worry. "What if she gets deleted?"
"LAN!" Yai yelled when she saw Natsu's heterogeneous eyes darken at the question.
"So she's been frozen?" Maylu asked.
"Yeah," Lan answered, "and Megaman can't do anything without risking both Glyde and Ying getting deleted by Wackoman."
"Don't worry, Lan, Natsu," Dex spoke up, "I'll take care of it." The bigger boy looked at his PET. "Alright Gutsman, I'm sending you in."
"Leave it to me," Gutsman told him.
Natsu's head snapped up just as Dex pulled the cord for his PET out of the droid and she narrowed her eyes at him.
"DEX!" the 4 of 5 yelled as they started running away again.
Computer System!
Wackoman laughed as he stood in front of the frozen Ying while Iceman looked down next to him while Megaman remained hidden worried for the girl and Glyde.
"Lan, come on," Megaman mumbled, "I could really use your help. Where are you?"
"We kinda of a security droid after us, Megaman," Lan answered.
The blue Navi let out a sigh as he figured that he better come with something and fast.
Real world!
The 5 of them kept running and it was Lan who noticed a pile of metal bars against the wall.
"Of course," he said before he put on speed till he was on the other side waiting for the others. "Hurry up!" The others all ran past him allowing him to knock the bars down on the ground making the security droid stop when it couldn't get over them. "Come on!" Lan turned around and smacked his butt. "Come and get me?" This, however, made the droid made so it started to kick the bars out of the way as it moved. "Uh-oh."
Lan took off running again and turned the corner to see the others at another door trying to get it open.
"It's no use," Dex told them, "the doors lock!"
"Lan," Natsu said as she pushed Dex out of the way to look at the brown haired boy, "where that card key?"
"Card key?" Lan asked before he realized what she was asking, "right the card key. Got it." Lan pulled out the card as he walked up to them where he slid the card though the panel by the door. "It worked.
The group of 5 turned around when they heard the security droid by them.
"It's here!" Dex said before they all screamed and ran inside the room.
Once inside the room they quickly closed door behind them and Lan locked the door before they let out a sigh, but jumped when the droid started to bang on the door only for it start just 4 second after it started. The group quickly moved away from the door and hide behind some boxes where they could catch their breath.
"Whose there?" a male voice asked from inside.
"Whose there?" Dex asked as he stood up looking to where the voice came from.
"I'm Dr Floid, the chief engineer," the male said as the others where able to see him a bit.
"Dark Floid?" Lan asked confused.
"No way!" Maylu yelled in surprise, "hey, do you happen to know a kid name Tory?" It was then that man walked into the light making her eyes widen. "Your tied up."
"Of course, I know him," Dr Floid answered, "I'm his Father and he's in big trouble. We have to help him." The others all looked at each other surprised. "Could you untie me now?" Natsu stood up and walked over to him where she worked on getting the robe off of him before they moved outside once it was off. "Ok, this guy won't bother you no that your registered.
Dr Floid stood behind the droid while the 5 kids stood in front of it watching him.
"Thanks," Dex thanked him, "we'll be toast without your help."
"To bad I could help my son," Dr Floid said, "I refused to do what World Three wanted so they tied me up and forced Tory to use Iceman to freeze the water supply. This is all my fault. If it weren't for me then Tory wouldn't be in danger."
"Come on," Maylu said as she looked over at Lan, "we have to help him save Tory from the evil clutches of World Three."
"What is it now?" Yai asked when they heard some of beep.
Dr Floid looked down at his watch worried.
"It's even more bad news, I'm sad to say," Dr Floid answered Yai, "it's been 24 hours since the system's been shut down which means that the bacteria are starting to die."
"Bacteria?"
"Don't you ever pay attention in class?" Yai asked Dex, "the point is that the bacteria is used to purified the water."
"I kinda knew that."
"The plant uses the good bacteria to eat the bad bacteria in the water," Maylu stated in a simpler term, "it get's rid of the bad stuff that makes you sick."
"If the bacteria dies then we'll have to shut down the plant for weeks," Dr Floid said, "and, the city won't have away of getting water at all."
"Just tell us what to do?" Lan asked him.
"I have an idea, but I need your help," Dr Floid answered, "we have to get water into the tanks."
"Sure could have brought my swim trunks."
"Dex!"
"We'll go with him and you look for Tori," Lan told Natsu who nodded her head.
Lan and Dex went with Dr Floid while Natsu, Yai, and Maylu ran towards the control room to see if Tori was there.
Control Room!
"Hey, Tori!" Maylu greeted when they saw that Tori was in fact in the control room.
"Remember us from school?" Yai asked, "we're here to save you."
"The rest of us are helping your Father," Natsu informed him.
"My Father?"
Cyber World!
"Try you luck," Wackoman said after he had made copies of himself, "everyone's a winner."
Iceman glared at him before slamming his hand on the ground and making towers of ice appear which destroyed the copies of Wackoman.
"Hey, look out!" Ying yelled from the ice cub she was frozen when she noticed Wackoman's ball coming at Iceman. Iceman looked behind him in surprise and was hit by the ball. "Wackoman! No!"
"Yeeeees!"
'Megaman, come on,' thought Ying as she looked off to the side, 'you have to help Iceman.'
Control Room!
"You can do it Iceman!" Tori yelled, "your stronger then this clown!" Natsu flinched when Iceman was sent flying. "Come on Iceman!"
Cyber World!
"How about a quick game of Deletion?" Wackoman asked as Iceman looked over at Ying who was still frozen and his eyes widen.
"Hey!" a voice called making him look over to see Megaman, "did you forget about me?"
"Of course I haven't," Wackoman answered before laughing, "I was just going to finish up with Iceman
and then after deleting your friends, you were going to be next." Just then the ground in the cyber world started to shaking making Megaman and Wackoman look around. "What? What was that?" It was then that it dawned on him. "Oh no! It could be?" Iceman sat up and fired off some kind of golden blast at the frozen Ying surprising Wackoman. "What? Oh no!"
Iceman gasped before both Ying and Megaman appeared in front of him.
"Nice try Wackoman," Ying stated as she had her hands on her hips.
"What!?" Wackoman yelled in shock upon seeing her, "your not frozen!"
Control Room!
Maylu, Yai, Natsu, and Tori watched as all the red areas on the computer screen returned to blue before facing another smaller computer.
"Alright!" Maylu yelled, "they filled the tanks!"
Natsu walked up to the computer and jacked-in once again.
Cyber World!
"You think you won?" Wackoman asked as the snow and ice vanished before he summoned two other wackos, "guess again." One wacko fired off a stream of fire that Megaman and Ying dodged though the blue Navi grabbed Iceman to get him out of the way. "Hey!" The two of them dodged a stream of water this time. "Quite that!"
"Glade to have you back Ying," Natsu's voice said.
"Thanks."
"Megaman!" Lan's voice yelled, "Blaster!"
"Aqua Tower!"
"Battle Chips in! Download!"
"Good choice Lan."
"This should do, Natsu."
"Uh-oh!"
Megaman fired off a blast as the wackos while Ying felt a power surge through her arm before she slammed her hand on the ground.
"AQUA TOWER!"
A tower of water knocked into Wackoman as his wackos were hit by the blast from Megaman's blaster.
"Time to finish this," Megaman stated before he looked up, "pick a good one."
"Well, here goes nothing," Lan said, "ElectroSword!"
"Can't let you have all the fun," Natsu stated with a smile, "YangSword!"
"Battle Chips in! Download!"
Megaman's right arm turned into a sword that has electricity running through the blade, however, the Navis and humans all got a shock when Ying's left arm turned into a sword with a black blade. Megaman shook off his shock before both he and Ying shot forward with their swords.
"ElectroSword!"
Both Megaman and Ying sliced through Wackoman's ball making him jump off as it was destroyed.
"I'll be baaaack!"
Wackoman, Logging Out!
Both Megaman and Ying turned around once Wackoman logged out before running over to the down navi.
"Iceman, are you ok?" Megaman asked.
"I am now," he answered with a smile.
Iceman, Logging Out!
Ying smiled as she looked over at Megaman who returned the smile with one of his own before they logged out as well.
Control Room!
"Thanks Megaman, Ying," Tori spoke up, "I owe you one."
"Tori," Dr Floid called as he walked into the room.
"Dad?" Tori asked as he looked over, but he ended up looking away from him.
"It's ok, Tori," Dr Floid told him as he placed a hand onto Tori's head, "you did what you had, too."
"Your hurt."
"Your worth it Tori."
Tears started to fill Tori's Violet eyes before he hugged his Father.
"I'm sorry!" he cried, "I didn't want to do it, but they had you captured and..."
"It's not your fault Tori," his father told him as he hugged the boy back, "it's not your fault.
"He's right," Maylu said softly, "your not the one to blame."
"Yeah," Lan agreed, "point the finger at World 3, not at yourself."
"Someday, those guys are going to pay."
"Hey, listen," Dex spoke up, "are we going to finally get something to eat or what?"
"DEX!"
Outside Water Works!
"Thanks you guys," Tori thanked as Lan placed a hand on his shoulders.
Navi Hang Out!
"From now on, your on our side," Megaman told Iceman as they shock hands once the little Navi appeared, "if that's ok with you, I mean."
"It's more then ok with me," Iceman told him with a smile, "I owe you guys a million."
Before School; A Day Later!
Natsu walked next to Lan and Maylu as they headed for school when Tori ran up tot hem.
"What's up, guys?"
"Hey, Tori." "Hello." "How are you doing?"
"You guys what to come play at the Water Works later?" Tori asked.
"Nah-uh," all three answered at once.
