Chapter five: Turbo Power
After realizing that she'd been tricked by Wily, Kate immediately sent Astro Man back to City Hall to unlock the doors. Now, no one actually knew that Kate was the one who locked the doors, so Kate slipped by the crowd without them being suspicious. Kate looked up at Lan, who was with her while they were walking (or in Kate's case, wheeling) towards the Dentown Metroline.
"Why are you trying to take down the WWW, Lan? Is Wily planning to destroy your town?" Kate asked.
"Not quite." Lan replied. "He abducted my parents, and the only way for me to actually get to the WWW lab is to find the WWW Pass that I had found a while ago."
"That's terrible!" Kate cried. "I can't believe I actually trusted that creep!"
"I told you that it wasn't your fault." Lan reminded. "And don't worry. I'll get Wily."
With that, Lan bid farewell to Kate as he went down the stairs to the Metroline.
Lan stood in the large Metroline station, which was filled with people, waiting for the Metroline train to come along. He was in deep thought, still wondering what this mysterious purple mist was and what the so-called 'Chaos Drives' were. Lan looked at his navi.
"First Iceman, then Numberman, now you." Lan said. "I wonder what this mist is for."
"I don't know, but I have a feeling we're going to find out soon." Megaman replied. "But the one thing that REALLY puzzles me is what the WWW needs with these 'Chaos Drives'."
"Let's hope that Neon's found out something." Lan said.
Just as Lan was about to step on the Metroline train to ACDC Town, which had just arrived, he heard a loud voice coming from the center of the station.
"Nobody move!" A loud voice commanded. "This is a hold up!"
Lan spun around, and saw a tall man with shades, a short beard and a black fedora. He held what looked like a gun in his hand. By now, almost everyone in the station was on the floor, with his or her hands on their heads.
The man darted over to the ticket counter on the other side of the turnstiles with amazing speed. He held the gun up to the face of the man behind the counter, and demanded that the back door be opened.
Lan raised an eyebrow. A holdup at the Metroline station? The station didn't have any money. All the tickets were free.
"What could a robber want at the Metroline station?" Lan asked his navi.
"Do you think the Metroline could have anything important on the network?" Megaman asked.
"Maybe it's a Chaos Drive!" Lan exclaimed.
Without a moments waste, Lan rushed towards the turnstiles and towards the door where the robber had vanished into.
A couple minutes earlier, in the same Metroline station, a familiar stuntman and his two stunt coordinators were waiting for the Metroline train to the airport. Super Dave had his left arm in a sling, and both Donald and Fuji were silent.
"Well, I think that stunt went over well." Donald said, breaking the silence. Super Dave shot Donald a cold glare.
"Well? Well?!" Super Dave said. "I was SUPPOSED to do a bungee jump off the tallest building in Dentown, but SOMEONE forgot to tie the end of the bungee cord to something sturdy. What was originally a bungee jump turned into a free-fall. And to top it all off, when I hit the road, a car ran over my arm!" He was silent for a few seconds. "And here's another thing! When I told you guys to 'send down an ambulance', I didn't mean it literally!"
Just then, the Metroline train arrived. Super Dave and Fuji stepped onto the train, and Donald was about to follow when he heard a voice coming from the center of the station.
"Nobody move!" A loud voice commanded. "This is a hold up!"
Donald froze. He slowly looked over his shoulder, and saw a tall man, turning his head around constantly, keeping an eye on everyone. Donald saw that most of the civilians were already on the floor, but a small boy was still standing. Donald knew that he'd seen that boy before, but he just couldn't remember where. He was too busy trying to remember the boy that he didn't notice the robber take off towards the front of the station.
"Donald!" Super Dave called out from inside the Metroline train. "Get on this train while you still can!"
But Donald didn't hear him. Donald was too busy thinking. He saw the small boy take off after the robber. Donald could help out. He DID buy his own navi. Suddenly, Donald came to a decision. Clutching his new PET, Donald charged off after the boy as the train, containing his two friends, drove off.
Lan was now at the door that the robber had vanished into. Lan tried to open the door, and was not surprised to find it locked.
"Hey, kid!" A voice called out. Lan turned around and saw a middle-aged man jumping the turnstiles.
"Hey, you're that Donald guy that I saw outside the chip shop in ACDC Town!" Lan said.
"Oh, yeah! THAT'S where I saw you from!" Donald realized. "But anyway, I'm here to help."
"You don't understand. You'll need a PET to get into the network so we can unlock the door." Lan explained.
"Exactly." Donald smiled as he pulled his PET from his pocket and showed it to Lan.
"Hey! You DO have a navi!" Lan said.
"You got it." Donald said. "Now are we just gonna stand around or are we gonna take on this robber?"
"Let's do it!" Lan said.
"I'm Donald Glanz." Donald said.
"And I'm Lan Hikari." Lan said.
Lan and Donald rushed over to the nearest jack-in port. Lan approached it first.
"Okay, Megaman! Let's unlock this door!" Lan said as he jacked Megaman into the network. Donald approached the port.
"Okay, Search Man. It's time for me to test you in action." Donald said as he jacked his navi into the port.
Megaman materialized inside the station network with Donald's navi beside him. Megaman looked at the new navi. This guy was BIG. He was bigger than Gutsman, but not as big as Woodman. He had gray armour, but strangely enough, this navi was also wearing clothes: camouflage pants and a camouflage vest. There were sticks on the top of his hat, and his face was marked with camouflage paint. In his right hand, he held a long shotgun. Megaman's eyes widened when he saw that he also had two heads. Lan shook his head, trying to remember that this navi was on his side.
"You ready?" Megaman asked the large navi.
"Let's go!" Both heads said at the same time, which made it sound like two different navis were talking.
Megaman raised an eyebrow in amusement. Well, at least he wouldn't have any trouble hearing Search Man talk.
Both navis tore through the pathways, trying to find the lock program to open the door.
The duo searched for two minutes, taking out any Longswords, Bodyburns, Ironbodys and Mine2s they encountered. Eventually, the duo came to the platform where the lock program was supposed to be, but it wasn't there.
"What? Where'd it go?" Both heads asked. Megaman figured that whenever Search Man talked, both heads talked at the same time.
"I don't know." Megaman said.
Both navis looked around the platform and out over the rest of the network, but they still didn't find the lock program.
"Where the heck is it?!" Search Man shouted, getting frustrated.
Megaman looked up, and his eyes widened. The lock program was high above the platform, being carried by a Bodyburn.
"There it is!" Megaman said as he started firing his buster at the Bodyburn. Unfortunately, none of the shots hit the target. "Crud! That Bodyburn's flying too high!"
"Stand aside, Megaman." Search Man said.
Search Man pulled out his long shotgun, aimed it at the Bodyburn and fired. The first shot hit the target and the Bodyburn fell to the ground in a twitching heap. It had also dropped the lock program. Megaman opened fire on the lock program and destroyed it. Suddenly, a walkway appeared in front of the duo, allowing them to go further. Megaman looked at his video screen, which showed Lan's face on it.
"Lan! The door's unlocked, but don't jack us out! A new path has opened!" Megaman said.
Back in the real world, Lan and Donald had heard what Megaman had said.
"Come on, Donald! We might still be able to get to this guy before he sends the Chaos Drive to the WWW!" Lan stated.
"'Chaos Drive'? 'WWW'?" Donald asked.
"I'll explain later! Let's go!" Lan said as he opened the door and the duo rushed into the room.
Inside the room, there was many computers. This room was obviously the room that controlled the Metroline trains. The robber was swiftly moving between computers with amazing speed, checking each computer as he did so.
"Hey, you!" Lan shouted, causing the robber to turn in their direction.
"H-How did you get through the door?!" The robber demanded. "My navi had a Bodyburn fly high out of your firing range!"
"My navi carries a shotgun with amazing accuracy." Donald explained, folding his arms. "Now who are you, and why did you invade the station?"
"The name's Speedy. I'm the quickest lackey in the WWW." The robber replied. "One of these computers holds a Chaos Drive, which I assume you found out."
Suddenly, the three males in the room heard a beeping noise coming from Speedy's PET. The WWW lackey grinned.
"You're too late, anyway! My navi found the Chaos Drive, and has already sent it to Wily!" Speedy laughed. "We only need one more Chaos Drive for our new machine to be complete! And your two navis are now on their way towards MY navi! Straight into a trap!"
"Who's your navi?" Lan asked. "Quickman?"
"HAH! You wish!" Speedy laughed.
In the network, Megaman and Search Man were still running along the pathway. Soon, they had come to an open area with several network computers. In the middle, was a strange new navi. This new navi was strange. He was tall, yet he was hunching over. He wore shades, and had what looked like a race helmet on. His body looked like a racecar, and there was jets of fire coming from his feet, making him hover above the ground. His symbol was a black and white checkered print inside a circle.
"Turbo Man! Take them out!" Speedy ordered.
"Yessir!" Turbo Man replied. Megaman turned to Search Man.
"I'll take him on." Megaman said. "If any other viruses try to interrupt, delete them."
"Sure thing." Search Man said as Megaman and Turbo Man vanished.
Megaman materialized, and Turbo Man appeared immediately appeared after him.
Turbo Man started zipping around the arena. Megaman tried to unload his buster at the WWW navi, but Turbo Man was so quick that all the shots missed.
"What?! He's too quick!" Megaman cried.
When Turbo Man lined up with Megaman, he stopped. Megaman took this opportunity to fire as many shots as he could, which wasn't very many considering the fact that Turbo Man tore across the battlefield, straight at Megaman. This action took Megaman by surprise, so the blue navi didn't have time to dodge. A hefty 100 HP was taken from Megaman's health bar.
"Man! If he keeps this up, I'm toast!" Megaman said. He thought for a second, then came up with an idea. "It's time for some chip merging!"
Megaman pulled out a Metguard G, a Dash G and a Gutsman 3. All three chips merged to form one, the Gutstoss.
Megaman waited for Turbo Man to line up with him, and as soon as the WWW navi stopped, Megaman used the Gutstoss. Turbo Man froze in place. Gutsman appeared on the field, picked up his small, blue friend and hurled him across the field at Turbo Man. The attack took away a whopping 500 HP from Turbo Man's 900 HP.
Megaman grinned as Gutsman vanished. This was working.
"What the heck?! Is that even legal?!" Turbo Man cried.
"What do YOU care about legal things?" Megaman asked. "You're a WWW navi."
Turbo Man growled and lashed out his arm. A tire came screeching past Turbo Man and homed in on Megaman.
Megaman's eyes widened as he tore around his side of the arena, trying desperately to avoid the tire, while unloading his buster at Turbo Man, whom was standing still while this was happening. Eventually, the tire came to a halt. Megaman unloaded his buster onto the tire until it exploded.
Megaman decided to plan ahead. He grabbed two Skull Man 3 chips.
Turbo Man started zipping around the arena again. Megaman waited for Turbo Man to line up with him, and once Turbo Man stopped, Megaman used one of the Skull Man 3 chips. Skull Man appeared, dropped a huge skull on top of Turbo Man and vanished. This dropped Turbo Man's HP to a mere 200. One more Skull Man 3 chip would be enough to wipe the WWW navi out.
Turbo Man was furious now. This time, the WWW navi lashed out BOTH arms, causing TWO tire to tear across the arena at Megaman.
Knowing that he wouldn't be able to avoid two tires, Megaman used his final Skull Man 3 chip. After Skull Man attacked, Turbo Man was defeated, and just in time too, as the two tires were dangerously close to Megaman's side of the arena.
Megaman appeared back in the network, with Turbo Man standing in front of him, looking exhausted.
"H-How?!" Turbo Man said. "I'm WAY faster than Quickman! How'd you beat me?!"
"I've got a folder of battle chips." Megaman explained.
"Well, you're too late, anyway!" Turbo Man laughed. "I sent the Chaos Drive to the WWW LONG before we fought! Once the WWW gets the final Chaos Drive, your operator's parents are in for it!"
"Oh, shut up!" Search Man's voice said as a shot rang out.
Turbo Man was struck by something that was sailing through the air, and almost immediately, exploded. Megaman turned around to see search Man with a smoking shotgun. There were loads of viruses lying on the ground all over.
"Impressive, Search Man." Megaman said as he stuck up his thumb.
Suddenly, Megaman noticed something zoom past him and fly straight at Search Man. Megaman saw that it was the strange, purple mist. It merged with Search Man, who didn't seem to scared to see it coming at him. When it was finished, Megaman called to Lan.
"Lan! Jack me out!" Megaman said. "And tell Donald to jack out Search Man."
In the real world, Lan had heard Megaman and jacked him out. Donald did the same with Search Man. Speedy stared at the duo with wide eyes.
"Y-You deleted Turbo Man?! But he's the fastest navi the WWW has!" Speedy said.
"There is NOTHING Megaman and I can't overcome!" Lan stated.
"Freeze!" A voice from the door ordered. Lan and Donald turned around and saw two police officers with their guns pointing at Speedy. "You're under arrest!"
"WONDERFUL timing." Lan said, rolling his eyes.
"Thanks." One of the officers said.
The two officers grabbed Speedy and started pulling him away. Speedy looked over his shoulder at Lan.
"Say hello to Dr. Grimsby for me." Lan laughed.
"This ain't over, kid!" Speedy said. "The WWW only has one more Chaos Drive to find! And once they find it, your parents are as good as dead!"
Meanwhile...
Dr. Hikari paced back and forth in the cell, while his wife sat against the wall, looking at him. The doctor had been pacing for a while, as it had been quite a few moments since they heard of their son's progress.
"Honey, please stop pacing." Mrs. Hikari said. "You're making me nervous."
Dr. Hikari stopped pacing and looked at his wife. "Sorry dear, but I'm just worried about Lan. I hope we'll hear about his progress soon."
"WHAT?!" Dr. Wily's voice came from the other side of the door. Dr. Hikari immediately turned to face it, a sly grin on his face.
"That's my cue." Dr. Hikari said as he rushed over to the door and placed his ear to it.
"Tell me that again. SLOWLY." Dr. Wily said.
"Lan has...(gulp)...Defeated and arrested Speedy, sir." The henchman replied. "The good news is that we got the Chaos Drive."
"Do you have any idea where the last Chaos Drive is?" Dr. Wily asked.
"No, sir." The henchman replied. "We'll have to send more decoys."
"Very well." Dr. Wily said. "Send the clown."
Dr. Hikari walked away from the door and back over to his wife.
"How's he doing, dear?" Mrs. Hikari asked.
"He's managed to get another WWW lackey arrested." Dr. Hikari explained. "But they're sending another lackey out to stop him."
"Do you think Lan can pull through and save us?" Mrs. Hikari asked.
Dr. Hikari was silent. All he could think about was his son, and what he must be going through to find them. He turned back to his wife.
"I know he can, dear."
To be continued...
Author's notes: MAN! Sorry if this fic is taking me so long to finish, but you'll understand when I say this. I'm only halfway done and already this has become my longest story! Please read and review. I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as possible.
After realizing that she'd been tricked by Wily, Kate immediately sent Astro Man back to City Hall to unlock the doors. Now, no one actually knew that Kate was the one who locked the doors, so Kate slipped by the crowd without them being suspicious. Kate looked up at Lan, who was with her while they were walking (or in Kate's case, wheeling) towards the Dentown Metroline.
"Why are you trying to take down the WWW, Lan? Is Wily planning to destroy your town?" Kate asked.
"Not quite." Lan replied. "He abducted my parents, and the only way for me to actually get to the WWW lab is to find the WWW Pass that I had found a while ago."
"That's terrible!" Kate cried. "I can't believe I actually trusted that creep!"
"I told you that it wasn't your fault." Lan reminded. "And don't worry. I'll get Wily."
With that, Lan bid farewell to Kate as he went down the stairs to the Metroline.
Lan stood in the large Metroline station, which was filled with people, waiting for the Metroline train to come along. He was in deep thought, still wondering what this mysterious purple mist was and what the so-called 'Chaos Drives' were. Lan looked at his navi.
"First Iceman, then Numberman, now you." Lan said. "I wonder what this mist is for."
"I don't know, but I have a feeling we're going to find out soon." Megaman replied. "But the one thing that REALLY puzzles me is what the WWW needs with these 'Chaos Drives'."
"Let's hope that Neon's found out something." Lan said.
Just as Lan was about to step on the Metroline train to ACDC Town, which had just arrived, he heard a loud voice coming from the center of the station.
"Nobody move!" A loud voice commanded. "This is a hold up!"
Lan spun around, and saw a tall man with shades, a short beard and a black fedora. He held what looked like a gun in his hand. By now, almost everyone in the station was on the floor, with his or her hands on their heads.
The man darted over to the ticket counter on the other side of the turnstiles with amazing speed. He held the gun up to the face of the man behind the counter, and demanded that the back door be opened.
Lan raised an eyebrow. A holdup at the Metroline station? The station didn't have any money. All the tickets were free.
"What could a robber want at the Metroline station?" Lan asked his navi.
"Do you think the Metroline could have anything important on the network?" Megaman asked.
"Maybe it's a Chaos Drive!" Lan exclaimed.
Without a moments waste, Lan rushed towards the turnstiles and towards the door where the robber had vanished into.
A couple minutes earlier, in the same Metroline station, a familiar stuntman and his two stunt coordinators were waiting for the Metroline train to the airport. Super Dave had his left arm in a sling, and both Donald and Fuji were silent.
"Well, I think that stunt went over well." Donald said, breaking the silence. Super Dave shot Donald a cold glare.
"Well? Well?!" Super Dave said. "I was SUPPOSED to do a bungee jump off the tallest building in Dentown, but SOMEONE forgot to tie the end of the bungee cord to something sturdy. What was originally a bungee jump turned into a free-fall. And to top it all off, when I hit the road, a car ran over my arm!" He was silent for a few seconds. "And here's another thing! When I told you guys to 'send down an ambulance', I didn't mean it literally!"
Just then, the Metroline train arrived. Super Dave and Fuji stepped onto the train, and Donald was about to follow when he heard a voice coming from the center of the station.
"Nobody move!" A loud voice commanded. "This is a hold up!"
Donald froze. He slowly looked over his shoulder, and saw a tall man, turning his head around constantly, keeping an eye on everyone. Donald saw that most of the civilians were already on the floor, but a small boy was still standing. Donald knew that he'd seen that boy before, but he just couldn't remember where. He was too busy trying to remember the boy that he didn't notice the robber take off towards the front of the station.
"Donald!" Super Dave called out from inside the Metroline train. "Get on this train while you still can!"
But Donald didn't hear him. Donald was too busy thinking. He saw the small boy take off after the robber. Donald could help out. He DID buy his own navi. Suddenly, Donald came to a decision. Clutching his new PET, Donald charged off after the boy as the train, containing his two friends, drove off.
Lan was now at the door that the robber had vanished into. Lan tried to open the door, and was not surprised to find it locked.
"Hey, kid!" A voice called out. Lan turned around and saw a middle-aged man jumping the turnstiles.
"Hey, you're that Donald guy that I saw outside the chip shop in ACDC Town!" Lan said.
"Oh, yeah! THAT'S where I saw you from!" Donald realized. "But anyway, I'm here to help."
"You don't understand. You'll need a PET to get into the network so we can unlock the door." Lan explained.
"Exactly." Donald smiled as he pulled his PET from his pocket and showed it to Lan.
"Hey! You DO have a navi!" Lan said.
"You got it." Donald said. "Now are we just gonna stand around or are we gonna take on this robber?"
"Let's do it!" Lan said.
"I'm Donald Glanz." Donald said.
"And I'm Lan Hikari." Lan said.
Lan and Donald rushed over to the nearest jack-in port. Lan approached it first.
"Okay, Megaman! Let's unlock this door!" Lan said as he jacked Megaman into the network. Donald approached the port.
"Okay, Search Man. It's time for me to test you in action." Donald said as he jacked his navi into the port.
Megaman materialized inside the station network with Donald's navi beside him. Megaman looked at the new navi. This guy was BIG. He was bigger than Gutsman, but not as big as Woodman. He had gray armour, but strangely enough, this navi was also wearing clothes: camouflage pants and a camouflage vest. There were sticks on the top of his hat, and his face was marked with camouflage paint. In his right hand, he held a long shotgun. Megaman's eyes widened when he saw that he also had two heads. Lan shook his head, trying to remember that this navi was on his side.
"You ready?" Megaman asked the large navi.
"Let's go!" Both heads said at the same time, which made it sound like two different navis were talking.
Megaman raised an eyebrow in amusement. Well, at least he wouldn't have any trouble hearing Search Man talk.
Both navis tore through the pathways, trying to find the lock program to open the door.
The duo searched for two minutes, taking out any Longswords, Bodyburns, Ironbodys and Mine2s they encountered. Eventually, the duo came to the platform where the lock program was supposed to be, but it wasn't there.
"What? Where'd it go?" Both heads asked. Megaman figured that whenever Search Man talked, both heads talked at the same time.
"I don't know." Megaman said.
Both navis looked around the platform and out over the rest of the network, but they still didn't find the lock program.
"Where the heck is it?!" Search Man shouted, getting frustrated.
Megaman looked up, and his eyes widened. The lock program was high above the platform, being carried by a Bodyburn.
"There it is!" Megaman said as he started firing his buster at the Bodyburn. Unfortunately, none of the shots hit the target. "Crud! That Bodyburn's flying too high!"
"Stand aside, Megaman." Search Man said.
Search Man pulled out his long shotgun, aimed it at the Bodyburn and fired. The first shot hit the target and the Bodyburn fell to the ground in a twitching heap. It had also dropped the lock program. Megaman opened fire on the lock program and destroyed it. Suddenly, a walkway appeared in front of the duo, allowing them to go further. Megaman looked at his video screen, which showed Lan's face on it.
"Lan! The door's unlocked, but don't jack us out! A new path has opened!" Megaman said.
Back in the real world, Lan and Donald had heard what Megaman had said.
"Come on, Donald! We might still be able to get to this guy before he sends the Chaos Drive to the WWW!" Lan stated.
"'Chaos Drive'? 'WWW'?" Donald asked.
"I'll explain later! Let's go!" Lan said as he opened the door and the duo rushed into the room.
Inside the room, there was many computers. This room was obviously the room that controlled the Metroline trains. The robber was swiftly moving between computers with amazing speed, checking each computer as he did so.
"Hey, you!" Lan shouted, causing the robber to turn in their direction.
"H-How did you get through the door?!" The robber demanded. "My navi had a Bodyburn fly high out of your firing range!"
"My navi carries a shotgun with amazing accuracy." Donald explained, folding his arms. "Now who are you, and why did you invade the station?"
"The name's Speedy. I'm the quickest lackey in the WWW." The robber replied. "One of these computers holds a Chaos Drive, which I assume you found out."
Suddenly, the three males in the room heard a beeping noise coming from Speedy's PET. The WWW lackey grinned.
"You're too late, anyway! My navi found the Chaos Drive, and has already sent it to Wily!" Speedy laughed. "We only need one more Chaos Drive for our new machine to be complete! And your two navis are now on their way towards MY navi! Straight into a trap!"
"Who's your navi?" Lan asked. "Quickman?"
"HAH! You wish!" Speedy laughed.
In the network, Megaman and Search Man were still running along the pathway. Soon, they had come to an open area with several network computers. In the middle, was a strange new navi. This new navi was strange. He was tall, yet he was hunching over. He wore shades, and had what looked like a race helmet on. His body looked like a racecar, and there was jets of fire coming from his feet, making him hover above the ground. His symbol was a black and white checkered print inside a circle.
"Turbo Man! Take them out!" Speedy ordered.
"Yessir!" Turbo Man replied. Megaman turned to Search Man.
"I'll take him on." Megaman said. "If any other viruses try to interrupt, delete them."
"Sure thing." Search Man said as Megaman and Turbo Man vanished.
Megaman materialized, and Turbo Man appeared immediately appeared after him.
Turbo Man started zipping around the arena. Megaman tried to unload his buster at the WWW navi, but Turbo Man was so quick that all the shots missed.
"What?! He's too quick!" Megaman cried.
When Turbo Man lined up with Megaman, he stopped. Megaman took this opportunity to fire as many shots as he could, which wasn't very many considering the fact that Turbo Man tore across the battlefield, straight at Megaman. This action took Megaman by surprise, so the blue navi didn't have time to dodge. A hefty 100 HP was taken from Megaman's health bar.
"Man! If he keeps this up, I'm toast!" Megaman said. He thought for a second, then came up with an idea. "It's time for some chip merging!"
Megaman pulled out a Metguard G, a Dash G and a Gutsman 3. All three chips merged to form one, the Gutstoss.
Megaman waited for Turbo Man to line up with him, and as soon as the WWW navi stopped, Megaman used the Gutstoss. Turbo Man froze in place. Gutsman appeared on the field, picked up his small, blue friend and hurled him across the field at Turbo Man. The attack took away a whopping 500 HP from Turbo Man's 900 HP.
Megaman grinned as Gutsman vanished. This was working.
"What the heck?! Is that even legal?!" Turbo Man cried.
"What do YOU care about legal things?" Megaman asked. "You're a WWW navi."
Turbo Man growled and lashed out his arm. A tire came screeching past Turbo Man and homed in on Megaman.
Megaman's eyes widened as he tore around his side of the arena, trying desperately to avoid the tire, while unloading his buster at Turbo Man, whom was standing still while this was happening. Eventually, the tire came to a halt. Megaman unloaded his buster onto the tire until it exploded.
Megaman decided to plan ahead. He grabbed two Skull Man 3 chips.
Turbo Man started zipping around the arena again. Megaman waited for Turbo Man to line up with him, and once Turbo Man stopped, Megaman used one of the Skull Man 3 chips. Skull Man appeared, dropped a huge skull on top of Turbo Man and vanished. This dropped Turbo Man's HP to a mere 200. One more Skull Man 3 chip would be enough to wipe the WWW navi out.
Turbo Man was furious now. This time, the WWW navi lashed out BOTH arms, causing TWO tire to tear across the arena at Megaman.
Knowing that he wouldn't be able to avoid two tires, Megaman used his final Skull Man 3 chip. After Skull Man attacked, Turbo Man was defeated, and just in time too, as the two tires were dangerously close to Megaman's side of the arena.
Megaman appeared back in the network, with Turbo Man standing in front of him, looking exhausted.
"H-How?!" Turbo Man said. "I'm WAY faster than Quickman! How'd you beat me?!"
"I've got a folder of battle chips." Megaman explained.
"Well, you're too late, anyway!" Turbo Man laughed. "I sent the Chaos Drive to the WWW LONG before we fought! Once the WWW gets the final Chaos Drive, your operator's parents are in for it!"
"Oh, shut up!" Search Man's voice said as a shot rang out.
Turbo Man was struck by something that was sailing through the air, and almost immediately, exploded. Megaman turned around to see search Man with a smoking shotgun. There were loads of viruses lying on the ground all over.
"Impressive, Search Man." Megaman said as he stuck up his thumb.
Suddenly, Megaman noticed something zoom past him and fly straight at Search Man. Megaman saw that it was the strange, purple mist. It merged with Search Man, who didn't seem to scared to see it coming at him. When it was finished, Megaman called to Lan.
"Lan! Jack me out!" Megaman said. "And tell Donald to jack out Search Man."
In the real world, Lan had heard Megaman and jacked him out. Donald did the same with Search Man. Speedy stared at the duo with wide eyes.
"Y-You deleted Turbo Man?! But he's the fastest navi the WWW has!" Speedy said.
"There is NOTHING Megaman and I can't overcome!" Lan stated.
"Freeze!" A voice from the door ordered. Lan and Donald turned around and saw two police officers with their guns pointing at Speedy. "You're under arrest!"
"WONDERFUL timing." Lan said, rolling his eyes.
"Thanks." One of the officers said.
The two officers grabbed Speedy and started pulling him away. Speedy looked over his shoulder at Lan.
"Say hello to Dr. Grimsby for me." Lan laughed.
"This ain't over, kid!" Speedy said. "The WWW only has one more Chaos Drive to find! And once they find it, your parents are as good as dead!"
Meanwhile...
Dr. Hikari paced back and forth in the cell, while his wife sat against the wall, looking at him. The doctor had been pacing for a while, as it had been quite a few moments since they heard of their son's progress.
"Honey, please stop pacing." Mrs. Hikari said. "You're making me nervous."
Dr. Hikari stopped pacing and looked at his wife. "Sorry dear, but I'm just worried about Lan. I hope we'll hear about his progress soon."
"WHAT?!" Dr. Wily's voice came from the other side of the door. Dr. Hikari immediately turned to face it, a sly grin on his face.
"That's my cue." Dr. Hikari said as he rushed over to the door and placed his ear to it.
"Tell me that again. SLOWLY." Dr. Wily said.
"Lan has...(gulp)...Defeated and arrested Speedy, sir." The henchman replied. "The good news is that we got the Chaos Drive."
"Do you have any idea where the last Chaos Drive is?" Dr. Wily asked.
"No, sir." The henchman replied. "We'll have to send more decoys."
"Very well." Dr. Wily said. "Send the clown."
Dr. Hikari walked away from the door and back over to his wife.
"How's he doing, dear?" Mrs. Hikari asked.
"He's managed to get another WWW lackey arrested." Dr. Hikari explained. "But they're sending another lackey out to stop him."
"Do you think Lan can pull through and save us?" Mrs. Hikari asked.
Dr. Hikari was silent. All he could think about was his son, and what he must be going through to find them. He turned back to his wife.
"I know he can, dear."
To be continued...
Author's notes: MAN! Sorry if this fic is taking me so long to finish, but you'll understand when I say this. I'm only halfway done and already this has become my longest story! Please read and review. I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as possible.