War of the Heart
Chapter 2: Evil Plan in Action
"Woo-hoo! All right!"
"Lan, you're the person I know who puts so much energy into being so lazy," commented Megaman.
"Hey, don't tell me you aren't glad that school's been delayed due to server crash," replied Lan. "It means we have time to finish all that homework we forgot to do over break."
"True. Fine, let's get started."
Mayl sat in her room, confused about what to do after the camping trip. It had become obvious to her that Chaud is interested in her. However, she was already attracted to Lan, so this was an unusual change for her.
"What am I going to do, Roll?" she asked her Navi. "I know that I like Lan better, but I'm also interested in why Chaud has taken a liking to me."
"Well, all I can say is that this is something that you have to work out for yourself," replied Roll. "I'm not really an expert on the matter of love, myself."
"Oh, well. Thanks, anyway," said Mayl, smiling.
It was at that moment when the burglar alarm went off! Mayl grabbed her PET and rushed downstairs, only to find that there was no one there.
"Huh? There's no one here?" she said. "The burglar alarm must have a virus again."
"I'll go check it out," said Roll.
Roll entered the small electronic world of the burglar alarm. There were no immediate viruses in the vicinity, so she started to look around. However, something didn't feel right.
I guess this is what humans call being nervous, Roll thought. I've busted a thousand viruses before, but what is it that doesn't feel right?
It wasn't long before Roll found the source of the troubles. Three Mettaur viruses were hacking away at the sensor array of the alarm system with their little pickaxes. Just three little Mettaurs. Certainly not enough to do the amount of damage that Roll saw, but she still had to do her job and delete them.
Roll stood ready, waiting for Mayl to send her a Cannon or a Shotgun or anything to fight with, but nothing came. That was very strange to happen in a battle. Why wasn't anything coming?
"Hey, Mayl!" called out Roll. "Why haven't you sent any chip data?"
No reply. Roll called out again.
"Mayl, can you hear me? I need some Battle Chips!"
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that," came the male reply.
"What? Who's there?"
"You'll see, little Navi. Attack, Magicman!"
Without warning, the three Mettaurs disappeared. From them came a Navi dressed like a magician. He stared at Roll with an icy gaze.
"Greetings, I am Magicman," he said. "Prepare to fight me!"
"N-n-not fair! I don't have any Battle Chips!" exclaimed Roll.
"That's your problem," answered Magicman, who fired a magic blast from his hands.
Roll barely managed to get out of the way, but wasn't ready for the Swordy who had popped up out of nowhere and slashed her. A Cloudy virus then appeared and soaked her with its water attack while she was down. As Roll struggled to get up, Magicman fired another blast of his magic attack.
Roll fell down again, paralyzed from the previous attack. She had barely any HP left and there was no way for her to win without any chip data. Stuck, she could only watch as Magicman closed in…