Megaman Battle Network – Sibling Rivalry

Chapter 4 – Bond of Trust

"Locked out?" Lan was starting to panic, "What do you mean locked out?"

"Someone activated the security shields on all the Jack In ports and the keyboards aren't responding. That's what I mean," replied Ms. Mari.

"What are we going to do Lan?" Sarah was trying to remain calm but was on the brink of panic herself.

"Can you two log out?" Lan asked the Navis.

"No," replied Megaman simply.

"Sort of, Sarah has an emergency logout program in her PET," replied Scyler, "But I'm not leaving Megaman."

"An emergency Logout System, but their only given to NetOps with potentially dangerous Navis," said Mayl.

"No way she's dangerous Lan, she has the same Matrix and Core Program as me," said Megaman.

"Oh, I can be very dangerous if I want," said Scyler, "What do you say Sarah?"

"Lan, someone has got to have locked the system using a Navi, maybe we can unlock the system by getting rid of that Navi," said Sarah, "You and Megaman look for it, me and Scyler will delete these viruses."

"Are you sure?" asked Lan.

"I almost deleted Megaman Saturday remember."

"Megaman, lets look around."

Megaman went in the direction of the main control programs and Scyler and Sarah stayed to handle the viruses.

"Now?" asked Scyler.

"Go for it, but be careful and try to remain in control this time," said Sarah.

The entire class watched as Scyler changed.

"Style change," someone asked.

"No version change. Normally my Scyler is Version 5.0a, custom built by combining the Scyler program with the Megaman program. This is Version 4.6 now. The original Scyler was designed to absorb abilities from other Navis but it went on a 'Data Lust' and became a Data Vampire.

"Because of the complexity of the Scyler program Dr. Hikari was unable to completely remove the vampire trait by normal methods so he combined her with Megaman creating a stable program. However he couldn't completely remove the previous version creating this ghost like transformation."

"Why risk it..." someone started to ask before watching the new Scyler fight.

She'd already taken down 6 and was absorbing data from another two. She then blocked two Zaprings and went for the last two. After deleting them she went in the direction Megaman went in.

"Lan, Megaman watch out for Scyler. I'm not sure if she's in control at the moment."

Megaman had found the Navi causing the trouble. As he'd suspected when the mess started it was a WWW navi.

"Elecman," said Megaman.

"Well if it isn't that stupid blue navi again Elecman," said Count Zap over the remote connection, "Lets delete him again. Elecman go.

"Elecman?"

"Sarah, force her to Logout now! She's absorbing Elecman's data!" said Megaman.

"Change back Scyler! Please!" said Sarah in a panic. Scyler turned around and seemed to notice Megaman.

"Initiating Protocols for Forced Logout. Scyler Logging Out," said the computers calm voice.

"Elecman get up!" screamed Count Zap, "Drat, I'll get you next time Megaman!"

"Elecman Logging Out."

"Megaman, can you restore control to the system from there?" asked Lan.

"Already on it," came Megaman's reply.

After Megaman had restored the system Sarah went to Ms. Mari.

"Ms. Mari, can I go home to revert Scyler? She isn't in any condition to finish the lesson now," she asked.

"Yes, but are you sure you know the way home Sarah?" said Ms. Mari.

"I'll go with her," volunteered Lan.

"Um, ok, it was just Virus Busting Techniques anyway this morning," said a confused Ms. Mari.

On the way home Sarah remained calm. Lan tried to talk to her about what had happened.

"It's ok Sarah, you knew the risks and no – one got hurt," said Lan.

"What about that Navi?" she replied.

"That Navi has tried to delete me more times than I can count," replied Megaman.

"Pah. If I'd had my way he would never have tried again," replied Scyler.

"You can shut up, I'm going home to restore your programming," said Sarah. Lan decided to keep quite for the rest of the way.

At home Sarah unplugged Lan's pc from the net and installed a new program on it.

"What's that program for?" asked Lan.

"It's a more advanced version of the Navi repair program. I can edit Scyler's Core Program using it and restore her matrix. I also use it to place the new styles she gains during her 'Vampire Style' onto BattleChips," replied Sarah.

"Why onto BattleChips?"

"Scyler 5.0 cannot access styles gained by 4.6. So we imprint the data onto BattleChips. Unlike normal style changes though she can only hold it for 30 seconds."

Sarah restored Scyler's programming and then previewed the new style.

"What's that?" asked Lan, "It looks familiar."

"Huh? Oh, ever hear of the Devil Chip Lan?"