Megaman Battle Network – The Greatest Challenge
Chapter 3 – Company
A few days after Hub's return from Hospital, they had a surprise.
"Yai!" said Mayl as she answered the door.
"Hi there Mayl," said Yai. She'd grown since school and had become the vice president of her fathers company. She was married to another businessman and had moved away just before Hub was born. Like Mayl and Lan she had a child too.
"Are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to invite me in?" said Yai.
"Oh sorry," said Mayl, "Come in."
Yai went in and sat down.
"Oh, this is Blu," said Yai introducing her daughter, "I heard you had a child too."
"Hub and Una are in the nursery," said Mayl absentmindedly.
"Two children?" said Yai.
"You'd best go up and see," said Mayl.
Mayl led Yai up to the nursery. Yai brought Blu up with her. Mayl opened the nursery door.
"Hi Yai," said Roll and Megaman.
Yai jumped back and nearly dropped Blu. "That was a shock," she said looking at the life-sized Megaman and Roll.
"Sorry," said Megaman, "We've become used to this size whilst we're in this room anyway."
"So I'm guessing Una is the result of Dr. Hikari's babynavi project," said Glyde.
"Oh Glyde, I forgot about you," said Mayl, "Jack him in Yai."
Yai put Blu on the floor and jacked Glyde in. Hub seeing a new navi ran to his ball and threw it to Glyde. Glyde not suspecting anything waited for the ball to go through him.
"Oof," said Glyde as the ball hit him in the chest winding him. Una ran over to the ball and threw it to Hub who caught it. Megaman, Roll, Mayl and Yai laughed at Glyde.
"What was that?" said Glyde, "It should have gone through me right?"
"Electromagnets," said Megaman, "The ball is linked up to the room and when it encounters a navi in the room, electromagnets make the ball act as if the navi was a solid object. There's also a ball in the cybernetic version that moves with that one as well so the navis can be hit with it."
"I see," said Glyde, "Would it be safe to leave Miss Blu with these two?"
"Sure," said Roll, "Una's the mischief maker and the only thing she can touch in the real world is the ball."
Blu peered out from round the back of Yai. Hub spotting her ran to his ball and ran over to give it to her. She took it and walked into the nursery, she sat down with a bump. Giggling she rolled the ball to Hub who sat down and rolled it back. Una sat down too and soon the three of them were rolling the ball to each other.
"They'll be fine," said Mayl, "Megaman and Roll will keep an eye on them. I'd best go see if I can prise Lan from his office."
Mayl managed to get Lan out of his office and the three of them went down to talk. Glyde stopped upstairs to talk to Megaman and Roll.
"So what are you doing now Yai?" asked Lan.
"I'm not that busy as my title suggests actually," said Yai, "The title is just that, a title. My work mainly involves signing documents my old man can't get to sign."
"So where are you living now Yai?" said Mayl.
"Actually, that's what I came to town to see," said Yai, "I'm thinking of moving back. I enjoyed my school days here and I had hoped to put Blu though the same high school."
"Why move now then?" asked Lan.
"It will give her time to settle, I know how hard it is to go to school and not know anyone."
Mayl and Lan just nodded before the alarm went off. Mayl and Lan were up like a shot and were halfway upstairs before Yai realised that the alarm was going. She ran upstairs to see Lan and Mayl trying to help Hub breath, Una was clutching Roll who was trying to calm both Una and Blu and Megaman was checking on an ambulance. Yai picked up Blu and Roll picked up Una. Glyde above the girls screaming and Lan and Mayl's talking managed to fill Yai in.
"It turns out that Hub suffers from HBD," said Glyde, "Due to the fact that the nursery could detect if he had an attack they let him come home."
The ambulance arrived and Lan and Mayl went to get on. One of the paramedics stopped them telling them only one of them could go.
"Mayl go," said Yai, "Me and Lan will follow in my car."
Mayl nodded and threw her PET to Lan.
"I'd rather Una didn't come with me Lan," she said. Lan just nodded and climbed into Yai's car with her and Blu.