WHUMPH!
Before Megaman knew what hit him, he was laying flat on the ground. He rolled out of the way of the next blow just in time, but almost fell into the broken ground in the process.
"Megaman! Here!"
Without even thinking about it, Megaman used the first of the chip data Lan sent. The ground sealed up, and all the burn marks from the lava dragon disappeared. This is when Megaman finally caught a glimpse of who he was fighting.
"A Navi? A woman Navi?"
"Hurry and use the chip I sent you, Mega!"
While doing so, Megaman turned invisible. This seemed to infuriate Megaman's attacker even more.
"You monster! How could you kill them?!? They were defenseless, never even knowing any life outside of this place!"
Megaman now noticed that his opponent had flaming red hair to match her red eyes, also burning with anger as well as vibrancy in color. She had a theme about her of a scorpion, with claws and an energy bladed tail to match. Two bug like antenna sprung upwards from where her ears should have been. not that many Navis had ears anyway.
Megaman shifted into a position to fire his buster. Within seconds of his boot's sole scraping the floor, the Navi had snapped her attention toward Megaman's location. Then her tail snapped towards him too.
Caught off guard, the tail blade sliced across Megaman's chest. She wasn't pulling punches here anymore. The invisibility data was damaged as well, and Megaman returned to sight. Before the Navi could deal out more punishment, Megaman regained his balance and fired a charged shot at her.
She dodged, but only nearly. Her fizzed as the data struggled to remain together,
"Megaman! You need more power! Time for Hubstyle!"
In a flash, the darker blue boots, gloves and helmet were replaced by a lighter hue. Also, this version of Megaman seemed more intimidating somehow. Something in the eyes.
The Navi seemed slightly curious, but nowhere near intimidated or less furious at Megaman. From her throat let out a savage and guttural cry that left Lan stunned. Megaman, however, was to busy fighting for his life to be stunned. Fast and furious the Navi came; almost nothing but a blur was seen. Megaman could see enough to block a few of the beginning blows, but the ones afterwards were relentless. The Navi used her claws, clawbusters, tail, and feet to pummel Megaman. In fact, just as Megaman was about to fall to the ground from one blow, she hit him from the other side just to keep the endless beating going.
Lan didn't have the privilege of someone keeping him standing. Megaman unknowingly drew more and more power from the heart link to try to survive; circumstantially, Lan felt every piece of the beating the Navi was giving. Lan laid on the cold and sun deprived floor of the crosswalk tunnel, gritting his teeth and trying to find the next bunch chips to help Megaman. Before he could set them into his PET, a sharp pain pierced his neck.
"Why are you here?!?" The Navi roared. Megaman was on the ground with one knee and an energy blade that protruded out of one of the Navi's claws that had been, until recently, pummeling him with buster shots. The blade pressed painfully to Megaman's, and Lan's, necks.
"A. a job. request." Megaman choked out. His words were hesitant because the air needed to form them was hard to come by.
"What kind of request." She pressed harder with the blade. Data floated away like seeds from a dandelion from where the sword's edge protruded Megaman's neck.
"To get rid of the mettaur. The phones are going to be used again."
The Navi looked up in thought. Then she looked back down at Megaman, smiling.
"Ahhh, so that's what that other Navi I deleted was doing. He was much weaker than you though. A lot less complicate programming, too. You have a link to the outside world." She looked at Megaman again, deep in thought, and her eyes showed despair that Megaman had never seen before in another Navi. Then they turned cold and looked at Megaman in disgust.
"How much do you value life?" Megaman looked at the Navi completely bewildered. What in the net was she talking about?
"Do you value it enough to owe me a favor? Enough to give half the profit of this request to me, although I'll be doing all the work?"
"Do I have a choice?" The Navi smiled at Megaman's question.
"Of course you do. You could choose to die where you lay rather than give up your spoils and owe a life debt to me. And judging by the sounds that were coming here from your operator's PET, I think I have a general idea what that link to the other world in your programming does."
Megaman remained silent. He wanted to remain defiant, and not to give in to the blackmail. But it wasn't just his life on the line. And it was almost impossible to close the heart link when he needed so much power from it.
"I'll get rid of the mettaur and let you live. But you owe me. Big time."
"I'm not going to do."
"No, no. Nothing illegal. Personal things. You probably have more freedom around the internet than I do. And your operator is probably good at detective work and netbattling, judging by your custom job."
Once again Megaman remained silent. He gritted his teeth. Giving in was one thing in his programming not to do.
"Do it Megaman."
"Lan?"
"I don't want to see you."
"Alright."
"Good." The Navi said, and stood up, releasing Megaman. "Don't forget to heal yourself. It would be a waste to ask favors of a Navi with permanently damaged data." She began towards where the remaining mettaur had been hiding, huddled together.
"Oh. And the name of the Navi you owe your life to is Scorp."
After talking to the mettaur, almost like a mother would to children, Scorp used the warp to go to the next phone, and the mettaur followed. Megaman used this time to heal himself. When Lan checked the other phones, they were all absent of mettaur as well.
"Lan?" These were the first words Megaman said since he agreed to Scorp's deal.
"Yeah?"
"That was the rouge Navi."
"What?"
"She knew she was hurting you."
Before Megaman knew what hit him, he was laying flat on the ground. He rolled out of the way of the next blow just in time, but almost fell into the broken ground in the process.
"Megaman! Here!"
Without even thinking about it, Megaman used the first of the chip data Lan sent. The ground sealed up, and all the burn marks from the lava dragon disappeared. This is when Megaman finally caught a glimpse of who he was fighting.
"A Navi? A woman Navi?"
"Hurry and use the chip I sent you, Mega!"
While doing so, Megaman turned invisible. This seemed to infuriate Megaman's attacker even more.
"You monster! How could you kill them?!? They were defenseless, never even knowing any life outside of this place!"
Megaman now noticed that his opponent had flaming red hair to match her red eyes, also burning with anger as well as vibrancy in color. She had a theme about her of a scorpion, with claws and an energy bladed tail to match. Two bug like antenna sprung upwards from where her ears should have been. not that many Navis had ears anyway.
Megaman shifted into a position to fire his buster. Within seconds of his boot's sole scraping the floor, the Navi had snapped her attention toward Megaman's location. Then her tail snapped towards him too.
Caught off guard, the tail blade sliced across Megaman's chest. She wasn't pulling punches here anymore. The invisibility data was damaged as well, and Megaman returned to sight. Before the Navi could deal out more punishment, Megaman regained his balance and fired a charged shot at her.
She dodged, but only nearly. Her fizzed as the data struggled to remain together,
"Megaman! You need more power! Time for Hubstyle!"
In a flash, the darker blue boots, gloves and helmet were replaced by a lighter hue. Also, this version of Megaman seemed more intimidating somehow. Something in the eyes.
The Navi seemed slightly curious, but nowhere near intimidated or less furious at Megaman. From her throat let out a savage and guttural cry that left Lan stunned. Megaman, however, was to busy fighting for his life to be stunned. Fast and furious the Navi came; almost nothing but a blur was seen. Megaman could see enough to block a few of the beginning blows, but the ones afterwards were relentless. The Navi used her claws, clawbusters, tail, and feet to pummel Megaman. In fact, just as Megaman was about to fall to the ground from one blow, she hit him from the other side just to keep the endless beating going.
Lan didn't have the privilege of someone keeping him standing. Megaman unknowingly drew more and more power from the heart link to try to survive; circumstantially, Lan felt every piece of the beating the Navi was giving. Lan laid on the cold and sun deprived floor of the crosswalk tunnel, gritting his teeth and trying to find the next bunch chips to help Megaman. Before he could set them into his PET, a sharp pain pierced his neck.
"Why are you here?!?" The Navi roared. Megaman was on the ground with one knee and an energy blade that protruded out of one of the Navi's claws that had been, until recently, pummeling him with buster shots. The blade pressed painfully to Megaman's, and Lan's, necks.
"A. a job. request." Megaman choked out. His words were hesitant because the air needed to form them was hard to come by.
"What kind of request." She pressed harder with the blade. Data floated away like seeds from a dandelion from where the sword's edge protruded Megaman's neck.
"To get rid of the mettaur. The phones are going to be used again."
The Navi looked up in thought. Then she looked back down at Megaman, smiling.
"Ahhh, so that's what that other Navi I deleted was doing. He was much weaker than you though. A lot less complicate programming, too. You have a link to the outside world." She looked at Megaman again, deep in thought, and her eyes showed despair that Megaman had never seen before in another Navi. Then they turned cold and looked at Megaman in disgust.
"How much do you value life?" Megaman looked at the Navi completely bewildered. What in the net was she talking about?
"Do you value it enough to owe me a favor? Enough to give half the profit of this request to me, although I'll be doing all the work?"
"Do I have a choice?" The Navi smiled at Megaman's question.
"Of course you do. You could choose to die where you lay rather than give up your spoils and owe a life debt to me. And judging by the sounds that were coming here from your operator's PET, I think I have a general idea what that link to the other world in your programming does."
Megaman remained silent. He wanted to remain defiant, and not to give in to the blackmail. But it wasn't just his life on the line. And it was almost impossible to close the heart link when he needed so much power from it.
"I'll get rid of the mettaur and let you live. But you owe me. Big time."
"I'm not going to do."
"No, no. Nothing illegal. Personal things. You probably have more freedom around the internet than I do. And your operator is probably good at detective work and netbattling, judging by your custom job."
Once again Megaman remained silent. He gritted his teeth. Giving in was one thing in his programming not to do.
"Do it Megaman."
"Lan?"
"I don't want to see you."
"Alright."
"Good." The Navi said, and stood up, releasing Megaman. "Don't forget to heal yourself. It would be a waste to ask favors of a Navi with permanently damaged data." She began towards where the remaining mettaur had been hiding, huddled together.
"Oh. And the name of the Navi you owe your life to is Scorp."
After talking to the mettaur, almost like a mother would to children, Scorp used the warp to go to the next phone, and the mettaur followed. Megaman used this time to heal himself. When Lan checked the other phones, they were all absent of mettaur as well.
"Lan?" These were the first words Megaman said since he agreed to Scorp's deal.
"Yeah?"
"That was the rouge Navi."
"What?"
"She knew she was hurting you."