Sorry for the delay! I've unfortunetly had a lot of things going on in my personal life so I had no time to post this chapter. I actually had finished it a while ago, but for some reason I couldn't find the time to actually post it. But thanks for your patience, now for the reviews.
3697014 - Yes! I did update the story! Guess what? I updated it... AGAIN! WHOOAAAAA! (Thanks for the concern though!)
cosmicblader12 - Yeah, Sonia being Geo's neighbor was something I decided early on! I mean, we never did see Sonia's home, and the house next to Geo's in the game was always empty, so I just put Sonia in there! Plus it's an excuse to put more Sonia in the story... so yay.
RedBurningDragon - Thanks for being patient with me, I know I suck at updating fast lol!
Saren leFae - Uhh, sorry for disappearing again lol! I have been writing a bunch, but I just haven't posted it lol! I'm sorry if some chapters are short, I just simply don't have the time to write long chapters, I wish I could though! Thanks for waiting though!
Starforcegeo - Thanks for the kind words! I hope the battle against Cygnus doesn't disappoint
LoveGlutton - Thanks for all your criticizm, it's very constructive and helpful! I did try to make Tom not immedietly fall into darkness, but you have to remember his emotions are being altered by Cygnus, promoting his feelings of hate and revenge. I hope you can forgive me for the long wait.
Jonas - I'm definetly not qutting on this story, not anytime soon! Sonia coming into the series earlier isn't the only change I did, there will be others later on.
Alright, I also want to do a little PSA. If you guys really love Megaman Starforce, or Battle Network, or any Megaman game, it is VITAL that you need to support Megaman 11. I know it's not like Starforce at all, but if it's sales do well it will make CAPCOM want to do more Megaman games, which could mean another Starforce game! It's an extremely long shot, but it's the only shot the series has for another game. It may not happen, but we can hope!
Also, just so you guys know I might not be able to update as frequently as I was at first, so a chapter may only come out every few weeks or once a month. Sorry about the change, but I have no time for stuff I wanna do, which kinda sucks. But I WILL finish this story, I already have the start of the Harp Note arc done, and it's going pretty well! Once again, I hope you all can forgive my slow updates!
The day finally came for Geo and the others to go to AMAKEN's new museum. Geo had informed Boreal of his coming beforehand, forgetting to mention his classmates joining him.
The day they were going to leave Sonia barged into Geo's room, the boy still sleeping in his bed, thankfully wearing pajamas. Omega-Xis was floating around the room, snickering when he saw Sonia come in, seeing no point in hiding since Sonia couldn't see him anyway.
"Geo! Wake up! Your mom let me in to get you up! Come on we gotta go!" Sonia said urgently, sitting by his bedside and lightly shaking his sleeping form.
"Ughhhhhh tomorrow…" Geo groaned in bed, not feeling like getting up. He simply turned his back on Sonia and continued to sleep. The girl puffed her cheeks out and shook him some more.
"Come on! Don't make me get Luna here to yell at you, or make you do push-ups, or whatever she does." Sonia threatened. Everyone knew how frightening Luna was, Geo didn't particularly care much, but Luna's yelling would be too annoying to sleep through so he sighed and sat up in bed.
"Fine… wait why did mom let you get into my room?" Geo asked in confusion, rubbing his eyes. Of course he heard Sonia say she let her in so she could wake him, but he knew his mother better than that. There was no way that was why she let an extremely pretty girl into the boy's room.
"Because Hope totally ships you two love birds" Omega-Xis teased, hovering above Geo. He wasn't wrong, Hope was a horrible romantic. Geo just rolled his eyes, not noticing Sonia's cheeks getting a little extra pink.
"Hope said she was too busy cleaning up the house to wake you, she told me to tell you to get ready to come to AMAKEN." Sonia said, getting up and heading to the door. "Well, when you're ready I'll be waiting outside! Luna and the others will be waiting at the bus stop!" She said walking out the room quickly.
Geo shrugged and got ready, remembering Bud was now fully healed after a week's rest. The brunette changed into his regular attire and went outside his house and met the cheerful girl. Over the last two weeks Geo had now stopped despising social contact, not really going out of his way to interact with others, but he wouldn't give them the cold shoulder like he used to, even to Luna. Together the two walked to the bus stop, where Luna was steaming mad.
"He's late! Late late late laaaaaaate!" Prez yelled, jumping up and down in rage. Zack was hiding behind the bus stop, knowing this happened often.
"Luna? What's up? Who's late?" Sonia asked, not noticing the missing member of Prez's posse. Luna practically radiated a red aura of rage that intimidated everyone, minus Sonia for some reason.
"It's Bud! He's always getting late because he stays up all night playing video games! Ooooh I can't stand tardiness!" Prez ranted, Sonia laughing sheepishly, due to the silliness of Prez's rage being quite entertaining for her.
Bud comically ran out of his nearby house and got down on his knees and begged for forgiveness from the class president. He was fully recovered and back to his normal self again, pleading for mercy from the Prez.
"I'm sorry Prez! I overslept!" Bud cried, looking like he had just woken up. His hair and clothing were all a mess as well. He had bags under his eyes and just looked unprepared for the day.
"You spent all night playing Burger Quest didn't you!" Prez accused, pointing a finger at him. The large boy yelped in surprise, Prez being exactly correct.
"Ack! H-How did you know!" He asked in awe and terror as he trembled in fear.
"Bud… this is the third time this week you've been late because you overslept for Burger Quest!" Zack sighed, coming out of his hiding spot. "It'd be stupid if she didn't know it was that."
"Yes! Now I'm going to send your mother a report requesting stricter punishments for staying up late!" Luna announced, pointing a finger at Bud. "That should make you think twice about playing Burger Quest past your bedtime!"
"Noooooo!" Bud cried in agony. Sonia was openly laughing, holding her stomach as she did so. Even Geo was chuckling, the situation was too ridiculous and lighthearted so he couldn't help it. After some more scolding from Luna, and laughing from Sonia, the group went on the floating bus and drove to AMAKEN.
All throughout the drive Geo kept chuckling at the ridiculousness of his associates as they argued about the tightness of their seatbelts, thinking maybe this wouldn't be a bad trip after all.
Admittedly, Geo was nervous, no, more like terrified to go to his dad's old workplace. He was afraid he might have a total breakdown, but having Sonia and the others next to him made him feel more reassured about himself. Before they got off the bus Sonia turned and directed her heart-melting smile towards Geo, encouraging him to come along.
Once they got off the bus Geo was immediately met by Mr. Boreal. The chubby man was extremely happy to see Geo here, he was ecstatic actually. As they stood outside of the facility Geo could already see the giant tower and building above the wall that surrounded the land.
"Hey Geo! Wow I didn't know you would bring friends! And so many of them! I remember you guys from the school! Well I hope you enjoy AMAKEN! I'll be giving you a personal tour!" Boreal said to the group, Geo nodding in response. The group all seemed happy to see the chubby man again, liking him from when he taught a lesson in their school one day.
They all went towards a large open area, where the biggest tower Geo had ever seen was there, along with an army of giant satellite dishes around it. The group continued towards the main building of AMAKEN, but Boreal hung back by Geo and stopped him by the tower. His expression changed from over the top and happy, to more serious and sad. The brunette was instantly cognizant of the change and examined the scientist more closely.
The chubby man stared at the large tower with a sad expression on his face. It seemed so alien to Geo to see Boreal without his big goofy smile, in fact Geo wasn't sure if he ever had seen Boreal this serious. Maybe when talking about Tom's backstory, but even then he didn't look so grounded. Geo felt like for a second he was seeing Boreal's true face, not just the positive exterior he put on for the tourists and kids. Whatever he was going to tell Geo, it seemed it would be very personal to him, so Geo listened closely to what he had to say.
"You know… I built this tower. I built it to search for Kelvin." Boreal said quietly so only Geo could hear. Geo was shocked to hear that, too shocked to respond. He couldn't believe someone other than himself still believed his father was still alive.
"Everyone at NAZA said he was dead and stopped looking for him after a piece of the space station crashed on Earth, but I never stopped looking. It's part of the reason I quit NAZA and devoted my full time and attention to AMAKEN, where before it was just a side project Kelvin and I worked on. I know he's still out there, I can feel it in my bones Geo. I will never give up on searching for my friend, I promise you that." Boreal said, patting Geo on the shoulder before continuing with the tour, regaining his over-the-top expression. Geo stood by the giant tower a little longer.
"Dad…"
Soon the group had reached the main building, the rooms having a blue space theme in it for obvious reasons. The crowds weren't that bad due to the large amounts of space in the facility. To the right of the entrance gate was the entrance to the museum, and to the left was the entrance to the labs and work areas. Boreal guided them towards the museum, stopping to get passes for all of them. Sonia poked Geo on the shoulder, the brunette turning and facing her.
"Hey, what's with the long face? You feeling okay?" She asked, noticing Geo was deep in thought since he learned about the tower.
"Yeah I'm fine, just focusing." He said vaguely, Sonia knew he wouldn't give any more of a specific answer so she dropped the subject. However every so often she would glance at Geo with a worried expression. Soon they were in the museum and were exploring the many exhibits. Geo stopped when he saw a model of a space station.
The station was called PEACE, and it was a small model, only a bit bigger than Geo's torso. The station had multiple compartments that were visible from the outside, perhaps being different sets of rooms. Geo found himself unable to look away from the space station
Luna looked over and saw Geo looking at it, walking up to him and observing the model of it as well.
"It's a shame what happened to PEACE." Luna said, her voice uncharacteristically soft, knowing what the space station meant to Geo. It was clear she was trying to comfort Geo in her own way, which was unlike the blonde. If Geo wasn't so focused on the model of the space station, he would've noticed both Sonia and Luna were looking at the brunette with extremely concerned expressions on their faces.
"Yeah it is" Geo said, his gaze not leaving the space station for a second. PEACE was the station where Geo's father went missing, along with the rest of his crew. The station mysteriously vanished, NAZA, the organization who sent it, gave up on trying to find it soon after. However Boreal and AMAKEN still hadn't quit. There was no doubt in Geo's mind this was the main reason Boreal brought Geo here.
Soon after everyone had seen all the exhibits Boreal allowed them special access to their Research and Development floors, and to Boreal's office. In the man's office there were tons of gadgets and blueprints everywhere, a large unfinished rocket was across the room, covering some lockers and the entrance to the roof. In the room was two desks, one belonging to Boreal and the other one was frequently used by Dubius for his private projects.
"Here is my office! There are a lot of experimental devices laying around, so please be careful!" Boreal said, the students looking all around the lab, Geo and Zack were fascinated by what they saw, Bud looked completely confused by everything, and Sonia and Luna trying to act like they were interested.
Hiding near the locker, Dubius was listening in. He could hear a little of what was going on, but he had to make sure Boreal didn't claim any of Tom's devices as his own. Tom's Flap Pack was hanging on the wall in that room. Cygnus was in his transer, but Tom still hadn't allowed the FMian to enter into his heart. Dubius wanted to make sure it was the right decision before he did it. He heard Zack ask something to Boreal.
"Hey, what's that on the wall?" Zack asked, Dubius barely hearing Boreal's response.
"It's...Pack. I created it" was all Tom heard. His eyes widened in shock, taking a minute to comprehend what he heard. Aaron… he took credit of his invention! Tom snuck out to the roof before anyone saw him so he could comprehend what had happened.
"He stole it, he really stole it! He's taking credit for my Flap Pack! It's happening again!" Tom cried in frustration and sorrow on the roof. It wasn't like Tom to jump to conclusions usually, but with his past history with betrayal combined with his earlier conversation with Cygnus had Tom in a more fragile mood. Cygnus appeared out from his transer, going in front of Tom.
"Yes, you see what I was saying is true. Even the best of humanity will always betray each other, just as Boreal has done with you." Cygnus said, Tom, too defeated and emotional to think clearly, just simply accepted everything Cygnus said.
"Y-You're right! I'm done being betrayed! I'm done with everyone here! Cygnus, please, help me!" Tom said, a fierce desire of revenge filling him. Cygnus chuckled, clearly pleased with Tom's decision.
"As you wish, we will get revenge!" Cygnus said, fusing with Tom, a bright blue light shining as they became one.
EM Wave Change!
Meanwhile in the lab with Boreal and the students.
"Ah, so it's a new rocket and booster pack for space shuttles! That's so cool!" Zack said, admiring the blueprint of the rocket pack on the wall next to the Flap Pack.
"What's that thingy with wings?" Bud asked, the wings being the only thing that intrigued the dull boy in the room.
"It's the Flap Pack, by Tom Dubius." Geo said, remembering seeing it in action earlier in the week. The wings seemed like they were upgraded from when Geo saw them, the brunette remembering that Dubius was muttering improvement ideas when Geo had checked to see he was okay. Clearly Tom had implemented some of them already.
"Oh? Tom showed you this? He only told me about it yesterday!" Boreal laughed. The chubby man seemed genuinely pleased that Tom had shared his private invention to someone. "Yes, this is a device that is supposed to use EM waves to allow you to fly." He said, making the all the students, minus Geo, gasp in surprise.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Sonia said in awe. "Mr. Dubius must be a genius to figure out how to fly!"
"Yeah he is the best engineer we have!" Boreal said proudly as the Zack went closer to examine the machine..
"I wonder if even Bud would be able to fly with that on." Zack thought aloud, to which Bud frowned at.
"What do you mean? Why wouldn't I be able to fly like everyone else?" Bud asked, to which Zack snickered at.
"Because you're probably too fat to be lifted by it!" Zack shot, laughing as soon as he did.
"Why you-!" Bud growled, starting to chase the tiny boy around the room. "I'm gonna kick your butt for that!" Bud yelled.
"Eeek! I'm sorry! It was just a joke! Let me go!" Zack pleaded as Bud caught him, lifting him by his collar. Before Bud could beat him up, Luna stepped up to them and started scolding them.
"Bud! Let him down! And Zack! That joke was too mean! I expect a apology from both of you, in writing, explaining why good behavior is a necessity in museums like this!" Luna commanded, to which the two lackies accepted without question, following her every command. Boreal laughed sheepishly at the whole situation, deciding to change the subject.
"Why don't we head to the newly developed Space Simulator!" He said, Geo looking interested in the simulator. Sonia noticed this and smiled.
"Yeah lets go!" She said, grabbing Geo's arm and dragging him out of the room, the brunette too excited by the idea to explore the Space Sim to protest.
The space simulator, or Space Sim, as the tourists referred to it as, was massive. Everyone had to wear space suits because the conditions in the Space Sim were identical to actual space, including no oxygen or gravity. Taking off your helmet would kill you, but that was half the fun of the simulator. To even get in there were an army of forms and legal documents you had to sign just in case a tourist decided to do something stupid and try to hold it against AMAKEN.
In the simulator there were miniature models of each of the planets, not to scale of course. The only thing that even signaled the place wasn't real was a large spherical structure with screens on the bottom which was running the whole simulation. Geo was fascinated by everything, the stars, the planets, even the space suits they wore. They came in any color you wanted, Geo getting an orange one.
Sonia floated by in her pink suit, the helmet covering her face but Geo could tell she was loving the simulator almost as much as he was.
"It's so pretty…" she said, floating around. Luna, Bud, and Zack were following behind, wearing blue, red, and green suits respectively. Bud was having trouble floating, constantly being upside down and having to be helped by Zack. Luna did her best to be unimpressed with everything, but even she was taken by the beauty of the area.
Geo floated towards some shooting stars, admiring their beauty. He could even feel Omega-Xis was impressed by the simulator.
'They really nailed it. This is exactly what space is like. Feels like home.' Mega said as Geo moved to admire some constellations. He recognized each and everyone he saw, having studied them for years. He also noticed Sonia admiring the beauty of the Lyra constellation.
"Wow, this is amazing" Sonia said, floating next to Geo. The brunette agreed, continuing to explore the area with Sonia next to him.
Pretty soon after exploring the simulator a bit, Boreal and an AMAKEN employee gathered all the tourists together near the core of the simulator, about to start their presentation.
"This is the space sim! We hope you've enjoyed your free time around Now it's time-" the announcer started before a screeching sound cut her off. When it stopped they all noticed a figure standing on top of the core of the simulator.
The figure had white wings and his head was in the shape of a swan with an area open for his cold, blue face. His scowl was so full of hate, it brought down the temperature of the room. His body was covered in a blue, black, and white body suit that did nothing to hide his thin, yet intimidating body. His feet were replaced with talons that looked sharper than most knives. It was clear that this was a man fused with an FMian. Omega-Xis growled in Geo's transer, recognizing this FMian immediately. The FMian smiled, the expression being even more terrifying than his scowl.
"Now it's time for my revenge." growled Cygnus Wing.
Next time is the big battle! Remember to review!
