Megaman Battle Network – Sibling Rivalry

Chapter 16 – Sorrow

Sarah locked herself in her room that day because of me. I kept telling myself not to worry about her but I did. Megaman is mad at me too for the way I went off at her. I honestly don't blame him.

I found myself at Mayl's house hoping to find some comfort that day. To be honest it didn't come as a complete surprise when she went mad at me for it too.

"What the hell were you thinking Lan? First you confront her without checking the facts with your Dad. Then you go mad at her and upset her!" Mayl was in a really bad mood.

"I didn't think Dad knew," mumbled Lan.

"That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard Lan! Of course your Dad would know! He works with navis every day! He probably built the body PET for her," correct that statement about Mayl, she was furious.

"Why are you like this? She's just a navi Mayl," said Lan.

"Just a navi?" said Megaman, "I've done some research on the Scyler series and she is unique as the second oldest female navi."

"Second, who's the oldest then?" said Lan.

"The original Scyler model. Its current location is unknown but it was last seen in the Undernet."

Meanwhile in Wily's Lab on WWW Island.

"Thanks for the snack," said the figure on the screen, "It mentioned you wanted to see me."

"Can you stop draining every navi I send to contact you? Do you have any idea how long it takes to program them?" said Wily, "Anyway it appears that she has been online twice recently."

"I see, what would you like me to do?"

"Do not confront her directly. The navi she has been seen with is proven to be resilient. Contact him."

"We are not on good terms."

"I require to speak with him. You are the only navi who can go that far into the Undernet baring the blue brat."

"Very well. How long does she have left?"

"Less than a day on the net. A couple of months in a PET."

The screen went off.

"Soon I will be in control of the three most powerful navis ever!"

Back at home Lan banged on the door to Sarah's room. "Let me in Sarah," shouted Lan.

"Go away," said Sarah.

"I'm not going until you let me in!" shouted Lan, "I'll break the door down if I have too."

A loud noise came from inside the room like someone dragging something across the floor. Lan started to try and bash the door.

"Ahem," said Megaman, "The door opens outward Lan."

Lan pulled and the door opened easily to, "The back of her wardrobe?" said Lan.

"She must be pretty strong," said Megaman as Lan tried to push the wardrobe forwards, "She may have just been pulling the handle to lock it."

"And I suppose she's pushing against this wardrobe to stop me moving it," said Lan as he struggled to move the wardrobe.

"How did you guess," said Scyler from Sarah's PET.

"Can't you talk to her?" said Lan.

"I've been trying. She just doesn't want to know. She even threatened to turn me off at one point," said Scyler.

"She's been quiet," said Megaman.

"She's thinking," replied Scyler.

"Thinking? How can she be thinking when she's trying to stop me from getting in?" said Lan.

"Lan, she's holding the wardrobe in place with one hand and isn't even trying," replied Scyler.

"That's not possible," said Lan.

"I'm afraid it is Lan," said his Dad coming up the stairs, "Sarah has safety protocols to limit her strength but if she feels threatened then she can disable them."

His Dad reached the door and spoke to Sarah on the other side of it. "Sarah honey, move the wardrobe and let me in."

"No, he'll be mean to me again," replied Sarah.

"That answers that question," said his Dad turning to Lan, "She feels threatened at you Lan."

"Why? What have I done?" said Lan.

"I'm not even going to justify that with an answer Lan," said Megaman.

"Sarah, I promise that if Lan is mean to you again I will punish him," said his Dad.

There were sounds of movement from inside as the wardrobe was dragged back into place and the door being freed up.

"Now what's all this about?" said Dr. Hikari.