Hmm...nothing much to say. I think I may go on hiatus soon to continue another story of mine, or finish school work, or maybe do some concept artwork, or maybe something else. but I guess it all depends on how busy I'll be and how much of a mental block I'll be getting these past next weeks. I kinda like how this chapter ends. It's a bit quick, but I'm happy with it.

Shooting Star Rockman Celestia: 2nd Wave
Chapter 9: Changing destiny

"NO! THEY'RE AIMING FOR THE CRYSTALS!" Aurora yelled in despair as she and Rogue tried in vain to intercept; however, it was much too late for them to be able to do anything to stop a load of manikins from attacking. All at once, they opened fire at the shimmering targets...

Fortunately though, a large flaming wave human had arrived just in time. Driving his large fists into the ground, he created large walls made of steaming hot lava that seemed to flow from an unknown source. Thanks to that quick effort, the numerous attacks of the manikins were instantly melted into the molten magma.

"Heh, looks like I got here in time! You should thank Ace later for sniffing you out" The large teen said, revealing himself to be Bud Bison in his Taurus Fire form. Not far from the group, another manikin planned an attack, but was thwarted in its tracks by a creeping shockwave that sped as fast as lightning. Looking over to where the shockwave had originated from, their eyes caught sight of an odd mettaur-shaped creature that looked rather human at the same time. With a big smile on his face, the small boy waved his free hand over to the group.

"Hi, Hi! Mettie wants to play!" He said, all perky as he waved his pickaxe round and round with joy. As much as Rogue and Aurora had thought their eyes were deceiving them, they apparently weren't; and not by a long shot.

"Is that...a mettaur?" the priestess asked, confused and distracted just as Rogue was. But for now, they would have to save the explanations for later, for the whole area was still filled with those yellow hostile blobs. Surprisingly though, you could almost tell they were acting strangely around the crystals. It was almost as if they were trying to stay away from them; Either that or destroy them anyway.

Noticing this, Rogue immediately decided to take a chance on a sudden hunch that had popped up in his head like a sudden light bulb flashing. Unsheathing his black sword, he dashed and sliced, hoping the attack would connect, and thankfully it actually worked. Upon contact, the manikin's arm was chopped right off like a clean cut vegetable and landed on the solid ground.

"I-It worked?" Aurora said in surprise. "But how did you know?"

Rogue silently replied, "...Lucky guess"

"Are you serious...?" But in any case, it'd worked, and now they actually had a good chance against the formerly invincible enemies.

"RAAARGGGHH! Volcano rush!" Taurus Fire exclaimed, engulfing his two hands with great flames. With one straight jab at his enemy, he'd sent it into a blazing inferno that swallowed the manikin up whole. Behind him, another foe fancied a punch, but the blob's fist was caught by Taurus' own. Releasing a wide grin, he squeezed the fist until it exploded and grabbed its neck with his other hand.

"See ya!" And in a loud bang of flaming amber, the manikin was no more. But before he could rest, he first had to deal with one more enemy which unfortunately he'd missed out. When the manikin was close enough to attack, it took that chance, but was thankfully interrupted by a sudden shockwave that rose from the ground like a tower, destroying half of the yellow lump of wave matter and leaving Taurus Fire to crisp of whatever was left of it.

"Phew, I didn't see that one coming. Thanks for the help, Mettie. I owe ya' one" The large teen thanked.

"Tee-hee, no problem, 'metto!" The former virus happily chirped. Apparently, he was more than capable of holding his own in a fight, despite being born from a lowly digger virus.

In another area, arrows were flying everywhere and the sounds of scraping metal could be heard. Rogue raised his sword to protect himself from an incoming blast, soon before he'd countered with a violet blast of his own via his special arm, stunning the manikin long enough to give Aurora a good second for a clear head-shot. Still on her toes, she quickly leaped backward to dodge an incoming fist which also lead to Rogue stabbing the manikin from behind.

Without even looking back, Rogue suddenly ducked his body, allowing Aurora to shoot five arrows straight at the yellow glob that was apparently behind him. Quickly standing up again, the Murian sliced the glob into several pieces with just a mere second.

Looking around them, they noticed that they'd seen the last of those grotesque beings for now.

"I think that's all of them" Aurora said, raising up her hand and closing her eyes to chant a short phrase. As she begun her spell, the littered bodies of the manikins had suddenly lit up like stars, giving off a glow as they broke off into tiny bits that quietly floated away with the breeze. And when it was done, she opened her blue eyes and returned her hand to her side.

"...These manikins...I feel a little sorry for them, but this is all I can do" She mumbled as she watched the specks of light fade away. For a moment, that little display had caught Rogue's attention. He became curious as to what that power was. Perhaps it was the reason why Celestia required her help.

"Thank you for your assistance, Solo" She continued, distracting the boy from his chain of thought. "And...I'm sorry for trying to persuade you by force. I know it was very selfish of me" And without even giving Rogue a moment to respond, she'd disappeared in a flash of light.

"Hmph...I didn't do that for your sake" he solemnly spoke to himself, reverting to his original state and looking into the night sky through a cracked hole of the cave. Somehow, the view seemed to match well with the green crystals whose shimmering only added to the night's beauty. This was something even Solo couldn't resist to look at even for just a short while.

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At Echo Ridge Hospital, Sonia and Mega continued to watch over their sleeping friend. As much as Hope had wanted to keep both her and her son company, she also had important things to take care of as a person and a mother, but trusted Sonia well enough to watch over in her steed.

Their mood, however, was quite the opposite of what they'd been feeling earlier. Right now, a rush of anxiety coursed through Sonia's veins and Mega's as well, if he had veins. The reason: Sonia had received a message from Ace a few minutes before that he'd found a way to finally awaken Geo from his long slumber. As she sat next to the boy, only positive thoughts entered her now hopeful mind.

"Geo...we'll finally be able to wake you up. Just hold on a little while longer, okay?" She smiled as if she was actually conversing with him.

And then, that awaited knock on the door had finally sounded. Quickly standing from her seat, she opened the door to see Ace, Luna, and Pat, all excited and Anxious just as she was.

"Alright, people!" Ace began. "let's get started on operation: Wake Geo up from his seemingly non-stop coffee-less sleep!" The name itself sounded bad, but everyone was just to concentrated to even realize that obvious fact.

"First things first, you installed the program I sent you, right Sonia?" The officer asked, gaining a quick nod as a response.

"Good. That program will allow me to brief you guys in while you travel Geo's neuro-waves. Just like I told you in the message, Geo's current state's really messing up his mind; even up to the point of literally opening it up to foreign contact. To any other human, this would normally be impossible, but Geo's got a special wave pattern that makes him almost a whole different entity: the enigma waves"

Ending the explanation, both Sonia and Pat had merged into Harpnote and Alpha Duo respectively. Mega wouldn't quite be as useful as either of them, but he was still determined to join in anyway. Once again, Luna had to skip out because of the sole fact that she couldn't merge with her partner. Noticing this, the green rabbit-like EM-ian apologized.

"...I'm sorry, Luna. I really wish I could do something"

"No, it's not your fault, Vogue..." The blond teen replied with a small reassuring smile, but her true feelings dwelt deep inside her heart.

Ace had instructed the two wave humans to first volume down their frequency in order to safely enter Geo's neuro-waves deep inside his mind. This way, they could move freely without risking any mental damage to him, since entering a mind was a pretty difficult thing; let alone already impossible to do with any other person.

"Okay, please let this work" Harpnote said, closing her eyes in deep concentration and resting her hand inches away from Geo's forehead. On the opposite edge of the bed, Alpha Duo did the same, and after a couple of seconds had passed, both their bodies glowed a solemn and soothing light...

Opening her eyes once again, Harpnote's green round orbs swayed through what seemed to be the inside of Geo's mind...or at least, that's what it was said to be. Strangely though, it didn't really seem how she or Alpha Duo had pictured it.

"Are we...where I think we are?" The girl asked, blinking twice in succession just to make sure she wasn't hallucinating.

"Yeah, I think we pretty much are" Mega replied from the MP-Hunter on Harpnote's arm, confirming with his brain and his eyes that they were, without a doubt, floating in deep space. Judging by the sight of all the shining stars, the fog-like formations known as galaxies that floated all around, and the wide array of colors that painted everything within, it was space in every angle and view.

"I'm not really getting all this, 'buku..." Cancer muttered.

"No kidding, I'm just as clueless as you are" Lyra added.

Just then, both teens heard a familiar voice through the devices attached on their arms. It was Ace. "Great, it's working. Alright, the area you're in right now is only the outer shell of Geo's mind. What you need to do is to make your way to the inner areas...fighting through some 'security' while you're at it"

Harpnote said in surprise, "Security?! You could've at least told us that earlie-"

Speaking of security, it'd seemed that they had finally shown themselves, and they weren't numbered in the tens, but the hundreds, almost filling up a huge amount of the space they were in. Their shape took on the form of Geo himself although their bodies were so luminous that you couldn't even see their bodies nor their faces; just the shape of his body and his hair

Seeing the bad situation that had suddenly sprung up from nowhere, Alpha Duo mumbled, "This can't be good..."

When they looked like they were finally about to strike, they didn't, confusing the two teens on why they hadn't done so. Not only that, but it also looked like they were forming a path as they started looking towards one united direction. And that direction...was focused towards a certain round planet sprayed with blue and green colors. Upon further observation, it was obviously planet Earth that they were directing at.

However, it was still confusing why they didn't attack in the first place, but Ace had a sort of idea. "I'm guessing Geo still has control of this part of his mind. I don't think that'll be the same with the inner areas, so be careful when you get there"

Heeding their superior's instructions, the two continued forward towards the home planet. As they entered the atmosphere though, the surroundings had suddenly changed into something a lot different than the former black space. Now, they were standing on flat concrete filled with tall buildings, intertwining wave roads, and virtual screens everywhere, one of which advertised Sonia and Belle's new duo group: Pink and Purple.

Alpha Duo said, "I'm thinking we're in Echo Ridge right now. How bout' you?"

"Yup, my thoughts exactly" Harpnote replied, "But geez...I never expected something like this in Geo's mind"

"So...what were you thinking then?"

"Hmm...actually what we saw awhile ago would've been fine. I mean, all he usually does in his free time is stargaze anyway. In school, inside his house, outside his house, and even-"

Mega interrupted, "Yeah, yeah, we get the point. Now are you just gonna stand there or have you already realized that our 'hosts' are coming to greet us?"

Hearing that, she finally looked away from the virtual monitor to see those same 'shadows' shaped in Geo's image. This time, however, it didn't really seem like they were about to let them pass...and judging by their long bladed arms, they didn't plan to have a friendly sparring match either.

"Hey, Pat..."

"Yeah, I don't think they'll let us off the hook this time" The green haired teen smiled, pulling out his twin barrels and spinning them into aim.

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Meanwhile, deep in the inner chambers of Geo's thoughts, the boy himself was currently tied up with yellow rings of chains that seemed to sprout out from anywhere. In front of him, a familiar figure stood tall as he looked at the brunette's sleeping form. And that figure, was none other than Geo himself. It was him, but yet it wasn't. It was rather easy to spot the difference since that factor lied in his bright yellow eyes.

"Those people...they'll be here soon" He mumbled, still gazing upon his counterpart. "I wonder though...how all of this will turn out..."

At the 'city' of Echo Ridge, Harpnote and Alpha Duo fended off the seemingly endless amount of copies as they headed towards a defined direction, or rather, a big hunch by Mega saying he'd sensed a large amount of wave energy from that area.

"You still okay there, Sonia?" The gunner asked just before quickly shooting six targets at random directions and reloading.

She quickly replied, "You don't have to worry about me" and wrapped a copy with strings that shred her enemy into pieces. "I'm more than capable of taking care of myself"

"If you say so, ma'am" Pat concluded and the two proceeded towards the target point, fighting off whatever came at them. As they ran along, the path seemed to become more familiar to their eyes. If the world they were in truly reflected the true Echo Ridge, then the place they were headed at was none other than...

"Vista Point..." Harpnote stopped just as she'd stepped foot on the wide rectangular space that Geo would usually visit when he had the time. Taking a closer look for good measure, it really was an exact copy of Geo's favorite spot. From top to bottom, everything seemed the same.

Lyra muttered, "Wow, it really is Vista Point. But...where's Ge-"

"...The one you seek is right here" A voice suddenly echoed, right before Vista Point and everything else around them had started to distort into a misshaped image. Slowly, it all began to twist and turn until everything was either upside down or inside out. After that, the chained form of Geo appeared before them, along with the other look-alike who had yellow eyes instead of Geo's original color.

"Are you the ones this boy calls 'friends?'" The yellow-eyed Geo questioned, causing Harpnote to grip her guitar even tighter than before. Finally, she'd found the root cause of the problem, and she wasn't about to allow that problem to continue any longer.

"Darn right we're his friends! And we're taking him back whether you like it or not!"

Hearing this, the mystery man's eyes narrowed in slight anger as a black fog began to develop around his body. It seemed unnerving and ominous in every way possible. "I see...so you're here to retrieve him. Unfortunately though, I can't let you do that" The black smog had now enveloped around his entire body, and when it'd cleared, it only added to the list of familiar things they've already encountered during this little exploration.

The figure stepped forward and revealed his armored form. To everyone's surprise, it was Rockman, but the blue bomber sported the same eyes as his former human self had. Those bright yellow orbs stared into the shocked faces of the people in front of him. If that wasn't bad enough, the seraph-like White Ace form was about to make everything even worse.

"If you really wish to take him back...then fight me with everything you have!" His mighty roar quaked through the ground itself, and his very presence had made even Alpha Duo feel a drop of sweat drip down his cheek. If this was their opponent, then their chances were pretty much dimmed out like darkness itself. Deep inside her core, Harpnote was shaking in fear, but she knew pretty well that this was their only option. Kicking out that useless emotion, she gripped her guitar tightly once again with determined eyes.

"Like I said before: We're taking him back whether you like it or not!"

Behind the impostor, Alpha Duo was already on the offensive. He swung one of his guns but was stopped when Rockman grabbed his wrist. With his other weapon he struck again only to end up the same. With both arms out, he decided to use his legs, giving Rockman a swift summersault before meneuvering in mid-air and shooting at his opponent, knocking him off-balance. At this, both he and Harpnote brought out cannons and immediately fired until a cloud of dust ensued. To finish off the combo, Alpha Duo summoned a red grenade in his hands and flung it right at Rockman, giving off a fiery explosion.

If their opponent was anything but normal then that would've worked, but unfortunately, that attack was more or less a tickle to the mighty 'Ace' form. "Is that all?" Rockman grunted. In a moment, his arm had changed into that large rifle-like form whose destructive ability leveled beyond comprehension. After charging it in a mere couple of seconds, he let out a colossal white beam with yellow sparks encircling it. Thankfully they had managed to slip away from the attack, but when they looked at the damage it'd done they could only flinch. It literally took out a whole building which had about a hundred floors now buried beneath the earth.

"This...isn't going well" Pat muttered with a cautious smile. He thought that a move of that magnitude would take some time to use again, but he was terribly mistaken. Looking back at their enemy, both teens bet on their reflexes to once again dodge two beams this time that were directly aimed at each. Alpha used his leg thrusters to his advantage and quickly dashed to the left with a boost. Harpnote on the other hand was left to avoid without any support. She managed to dodge it, but not completely since her right arm had a slight burn mark courtesy of the heat produced by the laser.

"Ouch...that one hurt..." the red-clad girl muttered as she held her scathed arm. From that display, it seemed that the energy created from the laser was so intense that it would even rip through the fortified cloth that EM humans wore for enhanced protection.

At the corner of his eye Rockman had sensed Alpha Duo sneaking up once again, this time gliding from above and firing a barrage of bullets that rained down on a solid barrier created by Rockman to defend himself. After doing so he used his six wings to appear right behind the floating Pat in a flash.

"What the?!" But before he could act, a strong kick had sent Alpha Duo crashing back down to the ground, following another beam blast that was sure to hit if it weren't for Harpnote who quickly pushed him aside, leaving her to take the full pressure of the blast.

"Sonia, 'buku!" Cancer called out urgently after hearing the loud tremor from the attack. With that kind of force, she would be just about dissolved right now.

But she wasn't, and although she was barely standing on her two feet, she was at least still among the living. "...That was pretty close..."

Upon observation, blocks of thick but broken ice could be seen surrounding the girl. Strangely it was shaped as a dome. Gathering those two facts in his mind, Alpha Duo came up with a sound conclusion. "I get it...since that beam's made of concentrated pulse and heat, she used a barrier and froze it with another battle card. I'd think it was freeze knuckle since that one has the widest range..."

But whatever the case was at least she'd cheated death; however, that defense of hers had only blocked out the vaporizing effects and not the magnitude of the beam itself. That was the reason why she could barely even keep her balance. Noticing this, Rockman quickly took that to his advantage.

"Pitiful thing...you can't even stand straight anymore" And aiming once again at Harpnote, he planned to finish the job this time. "This is checkmate for you. Farewell"

"Don't get full of yourself!" A deep voice suddenly yelled, following the swift entrance of a boy with pure white hair and pitch black armor. In his hands he carried a large blade which he'd used to collide with Rockman's buster and change its direction completely.

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"Hmph...now another one shows itself. You people just don't know when to give up" The yellow eyed blue bomber said, irritated by the newcomer in front of him that decided to drop in on the show. As Rogue stared back, the look on his face showed a similar irritation. But then again, he usually did look irritated by one thing or another.

"I hope you liked the back-up i sent you!" Ace happily spoke from an invisible device planted on Harpnote's sense of hearing. "Bud's here too, but it'll be too much stress on Geo's mind if too many people are there all at once so I sent Solo instead. I've figured out a way to forcefully get Geo outta there. See those yellow chains around him? Those're the things stopping him from coming back to reality. What you guys need to do is break those chains"

And without a moment to waste, the trio immediately got started on that plan. Alpha Duo and Rogue stood tall in front of Rockman, ready to fight another round. Meanwhile Harpnote sprinted straight at where Geo slept surrounded by chains with the idea of snapping them loose. Quickly, Rockman shot at her, but the laser failed to connect when Rogue used the impenetrable barrier of Mu to stop it. Rogue grunted when he noticed that the attack managed to create a very large crack on the shield's surface.

"...You're fighting us" He muttered, signalling his companion to attack. At once, the ponytailed teen brought forth a barrage of fire by rapidly pulling both triggers. As a result, Rockman used the large buster to shield himself before using the weapon's small attached blades to effortlessly block a series of slices and dices by Rogue's sword. At the last clash, Rockman grabbed the sword using just one hand and used as little energy as possible to blast Rogue a few ways away with a weak buster shot. He then moved to attack Alpha Duo by firing a fully charged flare. Just as he'd expected, Alpha used his thrusters to move out of the way.

"It's useless" Rockman said, firing a weaker but quicker second shot right where Alpha Duo had stopped. This time the strike connected and hit him rather hard seeing that he was now kneeling on one knee. "Come on, Sonia...I'm not sure how long we can last..."

Some distance away from the battle Harpnote smashed on the chains repeatedly with a widesword. The thing was that she wasn't really getting any work done on the enchanted strings of steel. With every slash her whole body seemed to tire out more, up to the point where she'd already dropped to her knees due to the invisible burden known as exhaustion.

"Not yet...I'm not...done yet..." With great determination she attempted to regain her balance, desperately trying to ignore her limits and the burning mark on her arm that continued to sting like a needle. Finally, Mega's impatience had finally exploded and the AM-ian transed out from the MP-Hunter like a bat outta hell, releasing his frustration on the chains in front of him.

"Wake up, kid! You've been sleeping too damn long! WAAAKE UUUUP!" Along with that vigorous roar, Mega wrapped his claws in green flaring energy that raged on with his fuming anger. He sliced at the chains with his enhanced talons and never seemed to slow down. Actually he just seemed to speed up with every scrape as he called out Geo's name.

Beside him, Harpnote had finally resumed her position and rapidly smashed on the locks as well. With both of their strengths combined, the chains finally began to show signs of damage. Without even stopping to notice, the two continued to strike down on the rings.

And finally, with one last harmonized attack...the chains had broke.

Rockman was just about finished with his opponents when he'd suddenly realized that he was too late. When he slowly turned his head his eyes widened at his counterpart who had now broken free of the impostor's control and had fully awakened in front of him. "Damn...was I too late?"

The true Geo, now in the form of 'Ace' Rockman as well, stood before him with his buster aimed. The other planned to reciprocate, but a weakened Rogue had suddenly grabbed his arms from behind and stopped any movement whatsoever. "Shoot, now!" the Murian yelled as he used the last of his strength to hold the impostor down.

With a nod of confirmation, Rockman fired at his mirror image. Before the laser had struck its target, Alpha Duo used his boosters one last time to push himself and Rogue out of harm's way, leaving only the other White Ace to feel the beam's wrath.

And then...it was all over.

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"Why did you take control over my mind?" Geo asked the yellow eyed impostor who now lay down flat on his back. He felt defeated and ashamed as if he'd failed an important mission. At first he didn't respond, making the brunette ask again. This time, the mysterious boy answered back.

"Not long from now a tragedy will befall everything and everyone on this planet. If you still don't know, I am one of the many beings you people set free when you destroyed that meteor not very long ago. A few handful of us have resided in each of your bodies. The ones who failed to find a host; however...have become the 'manikins' that you people face now"

"...So that's why I heard a voice that time," Solo interrupted. "I heard a voice saying 'save me'. I guess that's one of you?"

"That's right. You humans have escaped the first trial of the meteor, but there will be another in the form of a black hole which will most likely swallow your planet. I am the holder of 'White Ace' that enables you to use my power at certain times. The reason I took control of you was because you would prove useless against the black hole when the time came. You see...the power you hold right now is not even half of what my own can do, and in order to use that power again I had to take full control of your body. But...you were just too strong. I couldn't even materialize enough to show my true form..."

The group paused for awhile to let everything sink in their heads. They were finally able to gather some important information, but there were still a lot of things they didn't know.

"Just who are you guys, anyway?" Pat asked. "That's one question I've been asking myself since I got the power of 'Spade',"

"In due time, I will tell you. But for now...answer me this, Geo Stellar: When the time comes that you must face the coming tragedy...will you do everything you can to stop it? Even if it means throwing everything away?"

That question shot like an arrow through Geo's surprised face. Throwing everything away? Just what did he mean by that? Would the only means of stopping this so called 'tragedy' be to 'throw everything away' like he'd said? He thought about it and realized, there's always more than one way of doing things.

"No...I won't throw everything away...because I'll just find another way. Even if you say I won't be strong enough when the time came, doesn't mean things will go exactly as you say. Something doesn't happen just because someone said so, but it'll happen if the people let it happen"

Geo felt pretty sure about his words. He'd learned so many things through the years, fighting against all kinds of problems and tragedies. So what if destiny said that the world was going to end? It doesn't mean it'll actually happen, and Geo had already put a stop to a couple of them anyway.

And with envy towards the human race the being known as White Ace spoke, "I see...you people are really something else. You speak words of hope and change but I pray that you'll be able to justify those words with actions. For now I will simply watch..." The impostor soon faded away after ending his speech to rest. Along with him, the environment soon started to fade away as well.

"Good work, all of you" Ace applauded, "I was kinda worried for a sec but you guys pulled through in the end. Since Geo's gained control over his mind this space is soon gonna kick the bucket. You don't really have to do anything else; Just wait and enjoy the ride" Soon after he'd said that, Pat faded away, followed by the descendant of Mu. All that was left now was Sonia and the owner of the mind himself. For a second they just stared at each other, but then Geo finally opened his mouth.

"Thank you...Sonia" he smiled, making the pink haired teen idol smile as well.

"No problem, it's what friends are for. Oh, and Geo?"

"Yeah?"

At that second Geo felt a pair of warm arms suddenly wrap themselves around his body, as well as a soft forehead that rested itself on his red jacket. She embraced him tightly as she blushed and whispered, "Geo, I'm glad...you're back. I really am..." Geo blushed just like she did, not knowing how to react at first, but soon he wrapped his own arms gently around her as everything around them slowly turned into fragments of crystals that floated away in graceful spirals.

And they stayed like that, close to each other until they faded away as well with all that was left.

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Sonia: And now's it's time for the STR: Celestia post-show! Sorry, we're still thinking of a good name for it ahaha...

Geo: it's hard to believe that we still don't have a good name for it.

Sonia: Well you can blame the producers for that. They're the ones taking so long deciding on a name. Oh, by the way folks, it seems my broadcast partner's finally back! Please give him a warm welcome!

*Applauding sounds*

Sonia: So, what exactly happened to you anyway?

Geo: I'd...rather not talk about it-

Mega: He fell right off the roof when he was stargazing again! You 'shoulda seen it!

Sonia: Wh-What?! But I thought you called in sick!

Geo: Well...technically I 'was' sick...in a way.

Sonia: Geez, you really should fill us in with complete details next time!

Geo: Yeah, sorry about that.

Sonia: Oh well, no harm done I guess. Anyway, here's the words of the week!

Filename: Impulse Burner
'White Ace' Rockman's signature attack. This beam condenses the intense heat created inside the buster and releases the energy in a massive laser attack that disintegrates even the toughest of metals. Normally, the buster would explode before even releasing it, but the endless supply of wave energy that the 'card' forms possess is able to distribute the enormous amount of heat as well.

Filename: Mettie
Formerly a mettaur virus, this one was fused with the energy gained from a captured manikin. Just like his predecessor, he carries a large pickaxe (Which is arguably almost the same size as him) and is able to wield it normally despite his own size. He seems to have also gained human intelligence and emotions which greatly differs from that of a virus. He has a cheerful personality which resembles his child-like nature.

Geo: And now, here's the clue words for next week's chapter.

The words turn out to be 'spica', 'date', and 'mettie'

Geo: Date? That's new.

Sonia: I'm kinda curious already, but we're gonna have to save that for another time coz' it's just about time for us to end this week's show.

Geo: See you next time.