Megaman Battle Network – Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 20 – Zoo day
Sarah lay in bed that night wondering about Lan's reaction to the revelation that she is a Dark Navi. Mayl didn't appear phased by the news but Lan. That night for the first time in her life Sarah cried herself to sleep.
Mayl woke up and stretched. A little disoriented she remembered where she was and got up to get ready to go out. She looked over at Sarah who had rolled herself up in a blanket like a cocoon.
She looked closer and saw that she'd been crying. She went to wake her up.
"Don't," said Scyler, "She ended up crying herself to sleep last night because of her insensitive jerk of a brother."
Mayl looked at Sarah's tear stained face and thought about Lan's past. His battles against Dark Navis and MegaMan's fight against the DarkChips influence. She understood why Lan acted how he did but when it came to something like this...
Mayl banged on the door to Lan's room. Lan came out groggy and managed to focus on Mayl. He stood blinking for a second wondering why she was there and got a slap across the face.
"What do you think your doing upsetting your sister like that?" said Mayl.
"I have no sister," said Lan.
"Would it hurt you to trust her for once?"
"I don't need to be hurt by darkness again."
"She isn't evil. Did it ever occur to you that there may be a difference between Dark and Evil?"
"Did it ever occur to you that she may be working for the WWW?"
"Will you pair just Shut Up!" said Sarah.
Mayl and Lan stopped arguing and turned to Sarah.
"You pair yelling has woken me up. I'm going to get washed and ready and I expect you pair to be ready in ten minutes if we're going to the zoo," said Sarah.
Lan turned and went back into his room.
"Thank you Mayl," said Sarah with a faint smile on her face.
"No problem," said Mayl, a faint smile on her face also.
If Sarah woke up cranky then she cheered up at the zoo. She ran around looking at the animals and checking all the information the zoo provided like a little kid. Even Lan had to smile as he watched her run around looking at the animals. They got a bigger surprise while they were walking around though.
"Hey you three!" yelled Kai as he ran up followed by Dex, Chaiso and Yai, "Look who else has come to the zoo today."
Needless to say even though Lan was still irritated this morning by what they had found out the day before even he couldn't stay upset while all his friends were here. Before long he was acting as though the incidents the day before and this morning had never happened. He even posed for another picture with Sarah.
Later that day the seven of them sat down to have lunch. Chaiso was naturally keeping one eye on the vulture. He wasn't taking any chances after his last time here. In fact when it was allowed to stretch its wings and flew close to the park restaurant Chaiso jumped and fled under the table with everyone laughing at him. Sarah and Yai paid for lunch between them. Sarah would have paid it all but Yai insisted after the restaurant meal she'd paid for.
After lunch they went to watch a bird display involving the vulture. Chaiso clung to Dex throughout the show and watched amazed and frightened. He laughed when Sarah said that she was jealous because he'd gotten first hand experience at what a vulture can do in the air.
It was a perfect day, they'd had a good time with their friends, the sun was shining and all their problems had seemed forgotten.
It couldn't last. On the way home the 7 of them and Kai's parents sat in the train heading to ACDC station. They'd had a good day and even Sarah was tired. Then the train shuddered to a halt halfway between stations and the lights went out.
Lan and Sarah felt along the walls looking for a door or a Jack In port. They found one and Jacked Into the system. Megaman and Scyler both landed in the train's cyberworld and found most of the trains systems drained of their power.
"V1.0," whispered Scyler to MegaMan, "I can tell by the markings."
"I don't think she's alone," whispered MegaMan back.
Scyler looked around the cyberworld and spotted a piece of grey cloth in a programs hand.
"It's worse than we thought," said Scyler, "Bass is here too. There's a piece of his cloak."
Suddenly a high pitched laugh sounded around them. Scyler and MegaMan moved back to back and readied their busters and aimed into the darkness. Then Scyler 1.0 attacked her new model and Bass came in towards MegaMan.
The two battles were intense. Sarah and Lan inputted BattleChips wildly only glancing at them in the light their PETs gave off before inserting them. Sarah knew everything about Scyler V1.0 and Lan and MegaMan had beaten Bass before but at their current disadvantages and being unprepared Scyler and MegaMan were beaten into a corner.
The two Solos raised their weapons to MegaMan and Scyler and prepared to fire. Then a red blur flashed past striking at the two Solos.
"ProtoMan!" said MegaMan, "But where's Chaud?"
"He's in the next carriage. He says that we can't beat them so we are just going to force them out of the system," replied ProtoMan.
Then three other attacks aimed in for the two Solos.
"WoodMan, SharkMan and SkullMan," said MegaMan.
"Even we officials aren't powerful enough to defeat these two," said SharkMan, "So we're going to keep them busy until we can boot them out of the system."
The six navis fought hard and working as a team managed to stop each other taking serious damage. They fought for 3 minutes and SharkMan had informed them that they nearly had the system ready to boot them. They managed to boot Bass then Roll Jacked In.
"Get out Roll," screamed Scyler.
V1.0 turned to look at Roll and licked her lips. She lunged at Roll so fast that none of them could get to Roll in time. Roll tried to defend herself but 1.0 grabbed her.
"See you lot later," said 1.0 leaving the system with Roll in her clutches, "You know where to find me sister."
The power came on and Chaud came running into the carriage looking dismayed. But the most dismayed were Sarah and Mayl. Sarah had bitten her lip and was bleeding. Mayl was close to tears. Roll had been captured, and only two people in the train truly knew what Scyler V1.0 intended to do with her.
Chapter 20 – Zoo day
Sarah lay in bed that night wondering about Lan's reaction to the revelation that she is a Dark Navi. Mayl didn't appear phased by the news but Lan. That night for the first time in her life Sarah cried herself to sleep.
Mayl woke up and stretched. A little disoriented she remembered where she was and got up to get ready to go out. She looked over at Sarah who had rolled herself up in a blanket like a cocoon.
She looked closer and saw that she'd been crying. She went to wake her up.
"Don't," said Scyler, "She ended up crying herself to sleep last night because of her insensitive jerk of a brother."
Mayl looked at Sarah's tear stained face and thought about Lan's past. His battles against Dark Navis and MegaMan's fight against the DarkChips influence. She understood why Lan acted how he did but when it came to something like this...
Mayl banged on the door to Lan's room. Lan came out groggy and managed to focus on Mayl. He stood blinking for a second wondering why she was there and got a slap across the face.
"What do you think your doing upsetting your sister like that?" said Mayl.
"I have no sister," said Lan.
"Would it hurt you to trust her for once?"
"I don't need to be hurt by darkness again."
"She isn't evil. Did it ever occur to you that there may be a difference between Dark and Evil?"
"Did it ever occur to you that she may be working for the WWW?"
"Will you pair just Shut Up!" said Sarah.
Mayl and Lan stopped arguing and turned to Sarah.
"You pair yelling has woken me up. I'm going to get washed and ready and I expect you pair to be ready in ten minutes if we're going to the zoo," said Sarah.
Lan turned and went back into his room.
"Thank you Mayl," said Sarah with a faint smile on her face.
"No problem," said Mayl, a faint smile on her face also.
If Sarah woke up cranky then she cheered up at the zoo. She ran around looking at the animals and checking all the information the zoo provided like a little kid. Even Lan had to smile as he watched her run around looking at the animals. They got a bigger surprise while they were walking around though.
"Hey you three!" yelled Kai as he ran up followed by Dex, Chaiso and Yai, "Look who else has come to the zoo today."
Needless to say even though Lan was still irritated this morning by what they had found out the day before even he couldn't stay upset while all his friends were here. Before long he was acting as though the incidents the day before and this morning had never happened. He even posed for another picture with Sarah.
Later that day the seven of them sat down to have lunch. Chaiso was naturally keeping one eye on the vulture. He wasn't taking any chances after his last time here. In fact when it was allowed to stretch its wings and flew close to the park restaurant Chaiso jumped and fled under the table with everyone laughing at him. Sarah and Yai paid for lunch between them. Sarah would have paid it all but Yai insisted after the restaurant meal she'd paid for.
After lunch they went to watch a bird display involving the vulture. Chaiso clung to Dex throughout the show and watched amazed and frightened. He laughed when Sarah said that she was jealous because he'd gotten first hand experience at what a vulture can do in the air.
It was a perfect day, they'd had a good time with their friends, the sun was shining and all their problems had seemed forgotten.
It couldn't last. On the way home the 7 of them and Kai's parents sat in the train heading to ACDC station. They'd had a good day and even Sarah was tired. Then the train shuddered to a halt halfway between stations and the lights went out.
Lan and Sarah felt along the walls looking for a door or a Jack In port. They found one and Jacked Into the system. Megaman and Scyler both landed in the train's cyberworld and found most of the trains systems drained of their power.
"V1.0," whispered Scyler to MegaMan, "I can tell by the markings."
"I don't think she's alone," whispered MegaMan back.
Scyler looked around the cyberworld and spotted a piece of grey cloth in a programs hand.
"It's worse than we thought," said Scyler, "Bass is here too. There's a piece of his cloak."
Suddenly a high pitched laugh sounded around them. Scyler and MegaMan moved back to back and readied their busters and aimed into the darkness. Then Scyler 1.0 attacked her new model and Bass came in towards MegaMan.
The two battles were intense. Sarah and Lan inputted BattleChips wildly only glancing at them in the light their PETs gave off before inserting them. Sarah knew everything about Scyler V1.0 and Lan and MegaMan had beaten Bass before but at their current disadvantages and being unprepared Scyler and MegaMan were beaten into a corner.
The two Solos raised their weapons to MegaMan and Scyler and prepared to fire. Then a red blur flashed past striking at the two Solos.
"ProtoMan!" said MegaMan, "But where's Chaud?"
"He's in the next carriage. He says that we can't beat them so we are just going to force them out of the system," replied ProtoMan.
Then three other attacks aimed in for the two Solos.
"WoodMan, SharkMan and SkullMan," said MegaMan.
"Even we officials aren't powerful enough to defeat these two," said SharkMan, "So we're going to keep them busy until we can boot them out of the system."
The six navis fought hard and working as a team managed to stop each other taking serious damage. They fought for 3 minutes and SharkMan had informed them that they nearly had the system ready to boot them. They managed to boot Bass then Roll Jacked In.
"Get out Roll," screamed Scyler.
V1.0 turned to look at Roll and licked her lips. She lunged at Roll so fast that none of them could get to Roll in time. Roll tried to defend herself but 1.0 grabbed her.
"See you lot later," said 1.0 leaving the system with Roll in her clutches, "You know where to find me sister."
The power came on and Chaud came running into the carriage looking dismayed. But the most dismayed were Sarah and Mayl. Sarah had bitten her lip and was bleeding. Mayl was close to tears. Roll had been captured, and only two people in the train truly knew what Scyler V1.0 intended to do with her.