THE LOVE AND LIFE OF THE UNEXPECTED

Chapter 10:Here Comes Trouble

I do NOT own Megaman nor any other characters or items used throughout the story.

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Before you read the fic: This story takes place during the Axess series. A few things I've changed for the sake of this story is the fact the Megaman is Lan's twin brother Hub (wasn't in the anime) and that Dex and Yai are staying in DenTech.

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ON WITH THE FIC!

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-At the Hospital-

Lan fell back to sleep a little while ago, while Maylu stayed at his bedside, talking quietly with Roll and Megaman. Hope would come and go, checking on Lan, basically making sure he was okay; that everything was normal.

"So wait, you and Roll can't crossfuse?" Megaman asked, completely bewildered.

"No, we can't," Maylu said reluctantly.

"We've been told that we aren't eligible candidates for it," Roll added.

"That's not right," Megaman blurted. "You two are almost as strong as Lan and me."

"Keyword: Almost."

"Maylu, don't put yourself down. We both know that you and Roll have it in you to Crossfuse, you just haven't been given the chance."

Maylu realized that Megaman was right. They never got the chance to even TRY; Lan was always too afraid to let them do it.

"Mega…" Roll gasped. "You're absolutely right. We have to try it as soon as possible, to see if we can help you and Lan!"

"That's very thoughtful of you, Roll," he said, kissing her on the forehead. They both smiled and blushed. "I'm sure you'll do just fine."

Suddenly, the door of the room opened. They all thought it was Hope, coming to check on Lan, but as soon as the figure stepped into the room, they all gasped.

"Dex?"

"Yes, it's me. Is Lan awake?" he said with a frown, trying not to make to much eye contact with anyone.

It wasn't the fact that Dex is visiting Lan after what happened that surprised them, but it was the fact that Dex looked horrible. It looked as if he hadn't slept in days; he had black bags underneath his eyes, and his skin was slightly paler than normal.

"No, he's still asleep," Maylu stated, still shocked at what she was seeing.

Hope now stepped into the room with a smile.

"Excuse me, you have a visitor- Oh, it looks like you've made it here by yourself," she said sweetly. Dex nodded.

"Is it okay if I wake up Lan?" he asked in a serious tone.

"I don't see why not, it's time for his medication, anyways."

Dex cringed, wincing slightly.

"Oh great. What I did to him is long term; he needs medication for it," he thought to himself in a sarcastic manner (if possible).

She walked over to his bed and slowly shook him awake.

"Lan, Lan, time for your medication," she called out in a motherly tone.

Lan sat up and stretched, not even opening his eyes. He blindly grabbed the glass and the cup of pills, downed them quickly, the lay back down. He slowly and softly muttered: "Thank you."

"Oh, and Lan, you have a visitor."

Lan opened his eyes and sat up once again. His eyes widened as he sprang back in fear.

"DEX?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Lan panicked.

"Can you all leave the room?" Dex asked surprising everyone once again. "I need to talk to him alone."

Everyone reluctantly left the room, Maylu taking Megaman with her when she went. She gave Lan a worried look, before sighing, and closing the door behind herself.

Dex sat at the edge of his bed and sighed, staring at the floor.

"So what, Dex?" Lan said, his voice shaking and his eyes tearing up slightly. "You came to finish me off? Huh? I won't go down without a fight!"

Dex sighed loudly and closed his eyes.

"Lan," he said in a sad, serious tone. "You must be wondering why I did what I did the other day."

"You were jealous-"

"Let me finish, please. You see, Lan, you know how I always seem to do stupid things, or just plain act like an idiot sometimes? Well, this was one of those times, but I went way overboard. What I did was mean, selfish, unreasonable, and really stupid. It's inexcusable. It all happened out of jealously, and anger, not out of hate. You're my friend, Lan. I wouldn't do that to you unless something was extremely wrong."

"So me and Maylu being together is wrong?"

"That's not what I'm saying. What you're doing is right in your heart. What I did was wrong. Lan, I'm sorry for what I did, okay?"

"So… you're not here to finish me off?"

"Lan, all I want is for you and Maylu to be happy, and by me killing, that won't happen."

"Dex, it's okay. I forgive you."

"Thanks, Lan. I have to go now, but I owe you a netbattle when you get out, okay?" Dex remarked with a smile.

"You bet."

With that, Dex left the room with a smile, looking better; back to his normal self. Maylu and Hope returned to the room with Megaman and Roll with them.

"What was that all about?" Maylu asked, confused.

"That was just Dex," Lan replied with a smile.

They all fell over at his stupidity, except for Maylu, who just rolled her eyes.

"We've already established that, Lan," she said, frowning. "I mean, what did he want?"

"He just wanted to make amends."

Maylu, Roll and Megaman gasped, Hope didn't because she didn't know Dex and how out-of-character it was for him to apologize, let alone feel bad about something he did.

-On The Ground Floor-

"Guts, you ready to go?" Gutsman asked from his PET.

"Yep, I've done all I need to here. Let's go to the arcade, Gutsman," he replied.

"Guts wants to fight! Good choice!"

Just as Dex reached the door back on to Beach Street, the earth under them trembled violently, causing Dex to lose his balance, falling to floor.

-Back on Lan's Floor-

"Lan, are you okay!?" Hope asked frantically.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just the machine that's malfunctioning," he replied calmly.

His heart-rate monitor was flat-lining, saying Lan was dead, but he was perfectly fine.

"That's strange…"

Without warning, the floor beneath them started to shake.

"Is it an earthquake?" Maylu asked, frightened as ever.

"No, it's a Dimensional Area generator!" Megaman yelled from the PET.

"WHAT?!" Lan gasped.

A doctor came running from the hallway. He started yelling about how a virus was taking over the hospital's systems, life-support systems were failing, heart-rate monitors were malfunction, everything electrical was being sabotaged from the net. Hope covered her and fell to the floor before she burst into tears at the thought of so many innocent people dying.

Lan frowned with anger.

"It's a darkloid attack," he stated coldly.

"How sure are you?" the doctor asked him.

"I'm positive, they always do things like this, and they seem to hold a grudge against Chaud and me."

All of the sudden, as if things weren't strange enough, Chaud and Tory burst into the room, followed by Dex a few moments later.

"What are you guys doing here?" Lan asked, slightly surprised.

"We felt an earthquake, and we heard talk of malfunctioning hospital equipment, so we came here," Chaud informed. " I came earlier because there was a threat of a Darkloid attack."

"And I'm here because my aunt gave birth last night, so I wanted to see the baby," Tory added.

"Aren't you forgetting me?" came a voice from the door way.

Everyone focussed their gaze at where the voice came from, and they were surprised to see Isabella standing there.

"Isabella?"

"Tory!"

They met in a quick hug, before releasing each other and composing themselves.

"Did you feel the earthquake just now?" she asked everyone.

"It wasn't an earthquake, it was a-" Lan was cut off by the familiar sound of a Dimensional Area materializing.

"A Dimensional Area?!" They all gasped in worry, surprise, and anger.

--END CHAPTER--

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Next chapter real soon... Okay, I guess I lied when I said this chapter would be the beginning of the action, but I felt I had to introduce the situation more, address some other problems (what was wrong with Dex), and so on. Next chapter will be all action! Please review!

Thanks a bunch,

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