Well, I'm back. I've been absent for… how many months has it been? 6? Well, it was a long enough break to get me back into the writing mood (I'm sorry to all those who were left hanging at the end of Chapter5, I just didn't have much inspiration left and MMBN2 was coming out… Speaking of MMBN2, I've decided not to add too much of that game in (since many major changes were made.) Also, I've finally come to the idea of changing this entire thing from one story to a Chronicle of stories, and I WILL change the name of this story from 'The New MMBN Saga' to 'The MMBN Chronicles.' Also, during my absence I've come up with new ideas that will snowball from one chronicle to another (hence, one huge story) and eventually, I will change this story so it can comply with MMBN2. But first thing's first: Chapter 6…
I only own Calculus. I own Dana and Tyro for now… How so? You'll just have to wait…
Chapter 6: Kidnapped!
Weeks had passed since Lan overheard the two mysterious people talking in Dana's house, and quite a bit had happened since then. Lan had nothing better to do in his spare time, and no crimes were happening, so he decided to go full-time DataStrand searcher, and had searched the net (He swore he had done it more then 10 times now, Undernet included) and had found every DataStrand… every DataStrand but 5…
"Well, Lan, we just can't do it." Mega Man told him. They were on their way to the ACDC Town Elementary school (and Lan was on time for once!) "We just can't find those last 5 DataStrands Dana needs. We're gonna have to tell her that we've done all we can."
"For once, I agree with you. It's just impossible to find something that's not there. I'll tell her after class. It's too bad. I've been really eager to see what this 'Project: Genesis' is all about."
"Yeah, me too." Agreed Mega Man, "But since you're on time today, how 'bout you tell her before class starts so that she doesn't have time to tell you to do another crazy errand."
"Sounds like an even better plan. I've been her messenger for these past two weeks. Makes me wonder if she's actually doing anything!" Lan walked into the classroom. Dana wasn't there, and Mayl had always told Lan that she was always early. She just wasn't there. Lan even asked around a bit to see if she hadn't gone to the washroom.
"Haven't seen her all morning.""Nope, couldn't tell yah."
"Sorry, can't help you Lan."
"What is this?" Wondered Lan out loud with a shocking amazement, "She's not here! Not at all! Can it be possible that she was kidnapped by those two people?"
"Calm down Lan," Mega Man tried to re-assure him, though his own voice sounded worried, "Maybe… maybe she's just… just late. Maybe that's it. How about we wait till after class to start worrying? And class hasn't even started-"
BING BONG! BING BONG!
"Yet…"-*~*~*-
After Class"Ok, Lan." Mega Man said worriedly, "NOW we can start worrying. Maybe we should go check out her house, see if she's there? Maybe she was just sick…"
"By now I'm thinking you're saying maybe way too much, Mega Man, though her house would be a good place to start looking for clues to where she went" Lan said, as they left the school, Lan strapped on his roller blades and dashed down the street, screeching to a halt at Dana's house. He walked up to it and rang the doorbell. A 'Ding Dong!' echoed through the house, and Lan waited. No one came. He tried again. Still, no one came. He knocked on the door, and like before, the door swung inwards a crack. Lan tested his chances, and walked into the house, closing the door behind him. Nobody.
"It's almost like nothing has changed since we were last here, Mega Man. She still leaves the door unlocked…" He looked around the corner into the room that once had the boxes on the main floor. They were still there, and more of the robot toys were lying on the floor than before, some were even leaning against a few of the boxes, "And she still loves those toys." Lan slowly trod upstairs. That computer was still on. Lan walked over to it and looked at the dim screen. The 'Project: Genesis' screen was open, and even more programming had been put into it. After looking over the hardware again, Lan realised that the Jack-In port that he had seen before was specially made to stop others from Jacking-In, like his dad's computer at work. He had never noticed this here before. Suddenly, a new window popped up on the screen:
*…
*Server scan intact…
*Data scan completed…
*Requesting chat window, accept? (Lan clicked the mouse on the 'Yes' button)
*Receiving reply…
*…Hello? Anyone home? Dana? U there?
Lan looked at this for a minute. He thought maybe he could imitate Dana into getting some info, but it may be hard since he had no Idea what Dana was like. But before Lan could type anything into the keyboard, a message from his end appeared.
*M3str2ss D1n1 3s n4t h2r2 n4w. S4m2th3ng h1pp2n2d 3n th2 r21l w4rld, 3 d4… n4t kn4w wh1t.
*What's that supposed to mean? Is this some incomplete program?
*Y3s. B5t th1t d42s n4t c4nc2rn y45.
"Mega Man, I'm not getting anything out of this! The program on our side is using a letter-number combo in speech."
"Are there any numbers in common?"
"Yeah. It's using 1 through 5."
"Ok, I think I get it. Try replacing different numbers with vowels. Try this code: A=1 E=2 I=3 O=4 and U=5"
"Alright, let's see here now… Yeah! It works! Looks like something happened out here… but I don't see any signs of struggle or anything like that." More typing appeared in the chat window.
*I c… Well, could you tell me anything about it? I think I've figured your speech out.
*V2rr6 w2ll. 1s 3 c1n t2ll, 3'm f13rl6 s5r2 th1t 3t m16 h1v2 s4m2th3ng t4 d4 w3th 4n2 4f th2 5n4cc5p32d h45s2s 3n 1CDC T4wn. N4t th2 4n2 3'm 3n, m3nd y45.
*I c… Well, then. I'll go check it out.
"Now it's using the number 6." Lan reported
"The only vowel left would have to be Y, so use Y=6"
"It still works. It seems that there's something going on in one of the unoccupied houses in this town!"
"Well," Mega Man Replied, "The only unoccupied house right now would be that one house behind Mayl's…"
"Let's go check it out then!" Lan said, and dashed out of the house.
End of Chapter 6!
So, give me some feedback on what you think about my idea for the MMBN chronicles instead of a Saga. But I may never touch down on the X series, since I'm not so sure how I'm going to link theses together. Until then, stay cool!
~Drago