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Geo, Solo, and Sonia were leaving the house to go to the bus station. Contrary to their expectations, the trio was already waiting for them at the bus stop.
"Huh being early Bud that's new" Geo said
"Luna said we had to because we are not taking the bus"
"Anyways boys since we can't wave change, we will be taking the bus. It will arrive in 5 minutes and it will take us 2 hours to get there." Luna said
"However for you 4 you can take the wave road so you most likely will arrive first." Zack added on
"Ok ok we get it" Solo said
"What are we going to do there?" Sonia asked
"Well while you guys can check out the areas around the mall. We will be just walking around and maybe checking out some towns in the area. Also since this is a trip it has to be for multiple days right! So i got some house rented out easily." Luna said
"Wait I need to tell my mom and dad then." Geo said
"I already got their permission" Luna said
"Looks like we are going to be dealing with lots of viruses huh Taurus and Lyra."
"Finally a good warm up mrghhhh."
"This will be interesting." Lyra said
"..." Laplace was silent as always
"Welp the bus is here meet us in 2 hours at the bus stop there!" Luna said as she and Zack got on
"Yesss..."
The bus then drove off and the 4 people left went behind somewhere and wave changed.
"Transcode!"
They all transformed into their EM Forms.
"Ok so I am going to be honest how do we get their by wave road?" Geo asked sheepishly
Solo sighed and Sonia faced palmed softly.
"I have never been there before but you can ask a Mr. Hertz to give you directions since they travel often." Rogue said
"Well then its settled lets split up and find the Hertz, first one to get directions wins!" Sonia said as she dashed off
"Always rushing into things" Geo shaked his head and also dashed off
"So uhhh... aren't we too menacing to ask the Hertz." Bud asked
"I have other ways of getting what I want" Solo said as he brandished Laplace with a grin and dashed off.
"Uhhh... Taurus are we good in speed?"
"No"
"So uhhh... am i just gonna sit here?"
"Yes"
"..."
Bud idled as Taurus Fire near where they started for 10 minutes.
"Found it!" Sonia exclaimed as she messaged everyone to meet back up.
The group met back up together and the two teenagers were slightly dissatisfied.
"Its because you got a headstart" Geo said
"...terrorizing Hertzs is time inefficient" Solo said
Geo was more used to this more savage Solo, it seems old habits do die hard.
"Anyways we have to use the new Rail Waves!"
"Rail waves?" Bud asked
Geo spoke up
"Basically since SkyWave was so infested with viruses(SF2 Encounter Rate oh God) they decided to streamline Hertz travel even more. However it only reaches certain places that have lots of Hertz transfers."
"Fortunately for us DenCity has a Rail Wave" Sonia said
"Unfortunately to use it we have to get passes to those areas." She added
"Ughhhh..." Geo said
"However don't we know some people that handle cyber things very well?"
"Satella!" Geo said
"Mhm!" Sonia said
"Let me give them a call"
*ring ring
A face appears on the transer screen.
"Yo Geo! You don't call to catch up so what can I do for you?" Ace asked
"You see we need to go somewhere and we want to be able to use Rail Wave"
"Done... however you can only go to certain areas with this since if i gave you full access you would basically have the same authority as us."
"We just need DenCity!"
"Ok its done. Lets meet soon!" Ace said
"Yup thanks bye!" Geo replied and turned off the call
"So this is the power of bonds" Solo jokingly said
"Lets just go to the Rail Wave Station."
The group travelled up a wave road to a big platform that had Hertz's running in and out of.
"H A L T. N" A security hertz asked.
"Yup! DenCity!" Geo said
" S"
The group got on the Rail Wave and were then sent off in the direction of DenCity.
As they were floating in their very fast rail car they had some time to talk
"What are we going to do while we wait?" Geo asked
"Well I want to check out the stores" Sonia said
"I want to check out the food"
"I want to see if theres any traces of Mu here."
"Ok well Bud, Sonia, don't do that in the main city/mall area because we have to do that with Luna. Solo you have to come back by the time shes here or we will never hear the end of it."
"Ok" The trio responded
"Stopping in ACDC Town in 5-4-3-2-1"
The rail car stopped and let them out.
"Huh this is a surprisingly old place"
ACDC Town looks almost identical to how it did in BN. Probably because of it being a very close to nature town. It was a different type of scene for the people of Echo Ridge.
"Lets detransform and check the place out while we wait then" Solo said
The group headed down from the wave roads and untransformed.
"The original Higsby's" Bud read out loud looking at the simple store
"So this would be Higsby corps first establishment huh?" Sonia said
"Yes Higsby was a teacher who had chip trading as a side business. He grew his business rapidly and also never forgot his roots as he invested his profits into the improvement of schools and education." Geo said
"Didn't he hand down the business to a kid who did a similar business to him?" Sonia asked
"Yeah his name was (kid from BN6 that ran the shop I completely forgot his name)" Geo said
"You think they sell any good battle cards?" Bud asked
"You can check for yourself, cards aren't everything Bud" Geo said
"OK!" Bud said as he walked in
"Hmmm..." Solo was pretty quiet
"What is it?"
"I feel a power calling out to me but its so very small. Its not Murian but it feels similar, however it is much more sinister."
"Why don't you go investigate that hunch?" Sonia asked but the way she said it made it sound like an order
Realizing what was going on Solo simply said, Good Luck, and left.
Now it was just Sonia and Geo standing near the store.
"So its just us two" she said as she got closer to Geo
"Yeah... haha..." Geo said nervously
"Well lets check out the tow r" she said
"Sure"
"This is gonna be fun" Mega whispered to Lyra
First thing they did was check out the park on the otherside of town. (It exists in MMBN 1-3 but gets cut off the map from 4-6)
"Huh this park is surprisingly well maintained." Geo said observing the children playing on the not rusty equipment.
"Supposedly the mayor from 200 years ago Dex, said that keeping these parks maintained would help kids play safe and develop socially." Sonia replied
"Hmm, he probably isn't wrong."
They then moved next onto the school.
"Seems a lot smaller than my school" Geo said
"Your school stacks vertically, this is wide horizontally."
"Hmph.."
"Huh whats this fancy house?" Geo asked as he saw the literal mansion near them
"I... uh... dont. Know..."
Shocked and impressed by the sight they moved on.
"This is what they call a subway right?" Sonia asked
"Yeah it runs on power directly and doesn't levitate. Apparently the tunnels are still open but no one uses them."
"I see"
Finally they looped back to where they started.
"Hmm whats this statue?" Sonia asked
"Well its a squirrel obviously but whats this port here?" Geo asked
"Its a port to the internet, or was at least" ? Said
Geo and Sonia turned to look at the voice who answered their question.
A teenager about Geo's height was standing there. He had brown hair and was wearing a black jacket.
"Hmm.. What's the internet" Sonia asked
"It was what people used before the wave roads, the connections of it still exist however they are not powered or used."
"That pretty cool! So uh whats your name?" Geo asked
"Kazuma Hikari" the guy said
"Well my name is Geo Stelar" Geo shook hands with Kazuma
"And she is?" Kazuma asked
"My name is uh..." Sonia was in disguise so she obviously couldn't just say Sonia Strumm
"She is my cousin, Sonia Stelar" Geo said realizing Sonia did not have an alias. He said cousin because Sonia was wearing clothes and wig of similar style to Geo's.
"Hah that's interesting so I have never seen you two around so I am guessing you're visiting?"
"Yeah we are just going on a summer trip with our friends to check out the area." Geo responded
"Thats interesting where are your friends?"
"Oh they are still waiting to get here" Sonia said
"Well enjoy your visit to ACDC Town and the areas. I just wanted to talk to the two new people my age."
"Hmm well its nice meeting you, maybe we will see you again" Geo said
"Yeah maybe..." Kazuma waved as he walked away
"He seemed pretty nice" Sonia said
"Yeah..." Geo said
"Yooo!" Bud and Solo were running up to Geo and Sonia
"Hmm?" Geo wondered why they looked like they were rushing
"GEO CHECK THE TIME!"
"Uhhh its 2:15 OH GOD" Geo realized that Luna and Zack probably already arrived.
"LETS GET TO THE MALL QUICK!" Bud shouted as the group EM Wave Changed and rushed over to where they thought the mall was.
The group got there in 5 minutes which meant they kept Luna waiting for 20 minutes.
"So... uh Bud do you want to greet her first?" Geo asked
"Nope... you go first"
"Solo?"
"Hmph..."
"Dont worry Geo Ill go with you" Sonia said
"Thanks"
Geo and Sonia walked up to Luna.
" LATE! LATE!"
"Sorry haha" Geo said
"HOW CAN YOU GUYS GET HERE EARLIER BUT STILL BE LATE?"
"hahahahaha" Geo nervously chuckled
"Whatever, ughh, lets first move my stuff to the place we are going to be staying in."
"Where is that?"
"We are staying in ACDC Town"
"Huh we were just there" Geo said
"Its a bit off to the side of the city but the house we rented was pretty fair."
(Rich parents man) Geo said
"...wait since we didn't know it was a multiple stay trip, we didn't pack!" Sonia realized
"..." Geo completely forgot about other trip necesities
"Well later today we can just have the wave changers run errands for us right?"
"We cant digitize the luggage."
"Oh well easy fix, we are going to be at the mall anyways so might as well get some clothes for spares." Luna said
"Yeah I guess that isn't a problem" Geo said
"Well let's go We have some time to kill anyway." Luna stated
And then the group departed off to ACDC town but this time with everyone.
"Wonder if we'll see Kazuma again?" Geo wondered, Geo did not realize this would be one of the many encounters he would have with him.