RCOKMAN EXE: Prophecy
"Okay, I guess I understand WHY we have to work together," Rockman whined, "but why do we have to WALK? Seriously? Couldn't we just hit a link or something? You guys are supposed to be all powerful incarnations of Light and Dark, for crying out loud!"
This particular rant of Rockman's had been going on for about an hour. He was walking through the Net with Saito and Megaman, a little behind the pair that were side by side. They merely looked at each other.
"I'm going to kill him if he says it," Megaman growled.
Rockman sighed, having completely missed what Megaman had said. "Are we there yet?" he continued to complain.
"THAT DOES IT!" Megaman screamed, wheeling about to face his blue counterpart. He was just about to leap when Saito hit him in the back of the head with a Zeus Hammer. Megaman went down hard from the unexpected attack, and got up whining more than Rockman was. "What'd you do THAT for?"
"Mostly to keep you in line," Saito sighed, continuing through the Net, "but also because it was funny."
Rockman, however, continued on as if nothing had happened. "Seriously, though, how are we going to FIND these guardians? Forte was too bonkers to give us clear directions, and the Prophecy itself never mentioned anything about location."
Saito sighed once more. "Look, we told you before, we have an innate sense of direction for this whole prophecy thing. Megaman and I know the way, so if you'll just, you know, shut up, so that we can concentrate, then we'll get there that much faster. Okay?"
"Fine," Rockman grumbled, pouting like a small child. Megaman rolled his eyes.
"Why the hell am I part of this mess?" he groaned.
Blues and Forte had been shadowing the three Navis for some time now. It had been easy to go unnoticed, since Megaman, Saito and Rockman were constantly bickering about SOMETHING or another. Blues looked at Forte.
"You realize that this is the third time we've been down this particular path, right?" he asked the black Navi beside him.
"Yes," Forte nodded.
"And that they're LOST, right?" Blues continued.
"Yeah, pretty much," Forte nodded again.
"And that the fate of existence rests on their shoulders, right?" Blues went on.
"Are you getting at something?" Forte asked.
"YES!" Blues cried. "How the hell are they supposed to save the world if they can't even find their way out of the Den Town Net?"
Forte turned to Blues. "Look, what do you want me to do about it, huh?" he growled. "I can't just give them straight directions, I have to be all cryptic and stuff. Don't blame ME, I'm just doing my job."
"Fine," Blues sighed. They continued following the three not-so-coordinated heroes for a while.
"We're all going to die, aren't we?" Blues asked calmly.
"More or less," Forte shrugged.
"Okay. Just wanted to know. You know, so I'm not surprised by it, when it happens."
"Okay."
They continued on, the three Navis ahead of them arguing once more.
"I'm telling you, we have to go left," Saito said.
"No! We have to go RIGHT!" Megaman shouted.
"We went right LAST time," Saito told him.
"Yeah, and we went left the three times before that," Megaman growled.
"Er . . ." Rockman mumbled, looking at his companions. "I though you guys had a direction sense, thingy . . ."
"NO, I just told you that to shut you up," Saito sighed, rolling his eyes.
Megaman laughed. "And you're supposed to be the Light side."
"Shut up."
Blues looked at Forte. "Hey, I just remembered that I have something I have to do, so I'm going to go away now . . ."
"Fine. Do what you want," Forte said.
"Okay," Blues said. "Er . . . bye!"
In a flash of light, Blues was gone. Forte grinned to himself. "Well," he sighed, "if the world is going to end, I might as well take care of something. Watching the three stooges isn't going to help matters any. It's in their hands now."
Without another word, Forte, too, vanished.
Two hours later . . .
"FINALLY," Megaman cried as they stepped into the murk of the Undernet. "I thought we'd NEVER get here!"
"Shut up. I told you we should go right," Saito said.
"But you said—"
"Shut up Rockman."
Rockman crossed his arms. Between his insane, green glowing dark side Megaman, and his high and mighty light side Saito, it was becoming very difficult to get ANYTHING at all done.
"So, if Forte's directions were correct, we just have to find the four shrines, all of which were connected to the Undernet," Saito said thoughtfully.
"But I've never even heard of the shrines let alone seen them," Rockman said. "Where could they be that we haven't been?"
"Perhaps they appeared as soon as the prophecy was set in motion," Saito said, looking around. "If we just search a bit for them . . ."
"You guys do that," Megaman said, "I'm going to catch a nap."
Rockman and Saito rolled their eyes.
Serenade opened his eyes and turned in the air.
"I knew you'd return someday," he stated.
"Yeah. Funny how that happens," Forte returned.
Serenade lowered himself to the ground from his pillar of meditation. "I already know why you are here. You wish to finish what we started so long ago."
"Of course. The world is coming to an end. I might as well have this off my mind," Forte shrugged.
"I don't get it," Serenade said, looking at the black Navi. "I thought you had lost all of your memory after being absorbed by Alpha. I thought I might never see you again."
Forte barked a laugh. "I did lose my memory for a short time, but during the Battle Chip Grand Prix, I encountered someone who stirred up my memory a bit, and I remembered you."
"That odd Navi, Ring, correct?" Serenade asked.
"Bingo," Forte grinned. "Something about the girly way she attacked me reminded me so much of you. After that, I knew what I was and what I had to do, and that all of this was going to happen soon, but I couldn't do anything about it. So I acted insane. It was really the only way people would take me seriously, if you'll believe it," Forte sighed. "Being the Dark Messiah is tough."
Serenade chuckled. "Well, whatever the reason, I'm almost glad you're here."
"Really?" Forte asked skeptically.
"Well, yes," Serenade said. Then he sighed and cast his gaze over the secret server where he dwelled. "It'll give me a sense of having finished everything before it all goes to hell."
"We both know they'll never make it. Even if they beat the four guardians, you're brother is simply too smart to be killed off before time runs out. And without defeating him, everything will end."
"Yes," Serenade said. "I'll be free of this accursed form at last. After being stuck in this plane as a Navi, I can finally go home. I can finally see my mother and father again."
Forte and Serenade stood there in a sort of awkward silence.
"Your . . . parents?" Forte asked, eventually.
Serenade chuckled again. "It's a very long story, but I have all the time in the world to tell it. Do you wish to know something . . . secret, Forte?"
The very air around the two Navis rippled and Forte's gaze spun wildly about the area. Then he calmed down as he realized it was an illusion. A flashback.
As images of the real world came into focus, Forte's features went pale. This entire thing was a whole lot deeper than he'd originally thought.
"Okay, I guess I understand WHY we have to work together," Rockman whined, "but why do we have to WALK? Seriously? Couldn't we just hit a link or something? You guys are supposed to be all powerful incarnations of Light and Dark, for crying out loud!"
This particular rant of Rockman's had been going on for about an hour. He was walking through the Net with Saito and Megaman, a little behind the pair that were side by side. They merely looked at each other.
"I'm going to kill him if he says it," Megaman growled.
Rockman sighed, having completely missed what Megaman had said. "Are we there yet?" he continued to complain.
"THAT DOES IT!" Megaman screamed, wheeling about to face his blue counterpart. He was just about to leap when Saito hit him in the back of the head with a Zeus Hammer. Megaman went down hard from the unexpected attack, and got up whining more than Rockman was. "What'd you do THAT for?"
"Mostly to keep you in line," Saito sighed, continuing through the Net, "but also because it was funny."
Rockman, however, continued on as if nothing had happened. "Seriously, though, how are we going to FIND these guardians? Forte was too bonkers to give us clear directions, and the Prophecy itself never mentioned anything about location."
Saito sighed once more. "Look, we told you before, we have an innate sense of direction for this whole prophecy thing. Megaman and I know the way, so if you'll just, you know, shut up, so that we can concentrate, then we'll get there that much faster. Okay?"
"Fine," Rockman grumbled, pouting like a small child. Megaman rolled his eyes.
"Why the hell am I part of this mess?" he groaned.
Blues and Forte had been shadowing the three Navis for some time now. It had been easy to go unnoticed, since Megaman, Saito and Rockman were constantly bickering about SOMETHING or another. Blues looked at Forte.
"You realize that this is the third time we've been down this particular path, right?" he asked the black Navi beside him.
"Yes," Forte nodded.
"And that they're LOST, right?" Blues continued.
"Yeah, pretty much," Forte nodded again.
"And that the fate of existence rests on their shoulders, right?" Blues went on.
"Are you getting at something?" Forte asked.
"YES!" Blues cried. "How the hell are they supposed to save the world if they can't even find their way out of the Den Town Net?"
Forte turned to Blues. "Look, what do you want me to do about it, huh?" he growled. "I can't just give them straight directions, I have to be all cryptic and stuff. Don't blame ME, I'm just doing my job."
"Fine," Blues sighed. They continued following the three not-so-coordinated heroes for a while.
"We're all going to die, aren't we?" Blues asked calmly.
"More or less," Forte shrugged.
"Okay. Just wanted to know. You know, so I'm not surprised by it, when it happens."
"Okay."
They continued on, the three Navis ahead of them arguing once more.
"I'm telling you, we have to go left," Saito said.
"No! We have to go RIGHT!" Megaman shouted.
"We went right LAST time," Saito told him.
"Yeah, and we went left the three times before that," Megaman growled.
"Er . . ." Rockman mumbled, looking at his companions. "I though you guys had a direction sense, thingy . . ."
"NO, I just told you that to shut you up," Saito sighed, rolling his eyes.
Megaman laughed. "And you're supposed to be the Light side."
"Shut up."
Blues looked at Forte. "Hey, I just remembered that I have something I have to do, so I'm going to go away now . . ."
"Fine. Do what you want," Forte said.
"Okay," Blues said. "Er . . . bye!"
In a flash of light, Blues was gone. Forte grinned to himself. "Well," he sighed, "if the world is going to end, I might as well take care of something. Watching the three stooges isn't going to help matters any. It's in their hands now."
Without another word, Forte, too, vanished.
Two hours later . . .
"FINALLY," Megaman cried as they stepped into the murk of the Undernet. "I thought we'd NEVER get here!"
"Shut up. I told you we should go right," Saito said.
"But you said—"
"Shut up Rockman."
Rockman crossed his arms. Between his insane, green glowing dark side Megaman, and his high and mighty light side Saito, it was becoming very difficult to get ANYTHING at all done.
"So, if Forte's directions were correct, we just have to find the four shrines, all of which were connected to the Undernet," Saito said thoughtfully.
"But I've never even heard of the shrines let alone seen them," Rockman said. "Where could they be that we haven't been?"
"Perhaps they appeared as soon as the prophecy was set in motion," Saito said, looking around. "If we just search a bit for them . . ."
"You guys do that," Megaman said, "I'm going to catch a nap."
Rockman and Saito rolled their eyes.
Serenade opened his eyes and turned in the air.
"I knew you'd return someday," he stated.
"Yeah. Funny how that happens," Forte returned.
Serenade lowered himself to the ground from his pillar of meditation. "I already know why you are here. You wish to finish what we started so long ago."
"Of course. The world is coming to an end. I might as well have this off my mind," Forte shrugged.
"I don't get it," Serenade said, looking at the black Navi. "I thought you had lost all of your memory after being absorbed by Alpha. I thought I might never see you again."
Forte barked a laugh. "I did lose my memory for a short time, but during the Battle Chip Grand Prix, I encountered someone who stirred up my memory a bit, and I remembered you."
"That odd Navi, Ring, correct?" Serenade asked.
"Bingo," Forte grinned. "Something about the girly way she attacked me reminded me so much of you. After that, I knew what I was and what I had to do, and that all of this was going to happen soon, but I couldn't do anything about it. So I acted insane. It was really the only way people would take me seriously, if you'll believe it," Forte sighed. "Being the Dark Messiah is tough."
Serenade chuckled. "Well, whatever the reason, I'm almost glad you're here."
"Really?" Forte asked skeptically.
"Well, yes," Serenade said. Then he sighed and cast his gaze over the secret server where he dwelled. "It'll give me a sense of having finished everything before it all goes to hell."
"We both know they'll never make it. Even if they beat the four guardians, you're brother is simply too smart to be killed off before time runs out. And without defeating him, everything will end."
"Yes," Serenade said. "I'll be free of this accursed form at last. After being stuck in this plane as a Navi, I can finally go home. I can finally see my mother and father again."
Forte and Serenade stood there in a sort of awkward silence.
"Your . . . parents?" Forte asked, eventually.
Serenade chuckled again. "It's a very long story, but I have all the time in the world to tell it. Do you wish to know something . . . secret, Forte?"
The very air around the two Navis rippled and Forte's gaze spun wildly about the area. Then he calmed down as he realized it was an illusion. A flashback.
As images of the real world came into focus, Forte's features went pale. This entire thing was a whole lot deeper than he'd originally thought.