The Pain Of Loss Chapter 14 – Disturbance of the Peace, Part 2

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Well, finally back on track with updating.

Shadow Man – Feh, probably just because you couldn't wait to finish that two part...

Death - #Laughs nervously, then pounds him with a mallet he forms from thin-air# Shaddup...

Snake Man – How'd you do that?!!

Death – I'm the author here, I can do danged well whatever I please. ON WITH THE STORY, SAYS I!!!

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Quickman hovered in mid-air, grasping his Quick Boomerang tightly. Roll growled, getting into a fighting stance. Her ribbons began to glow and spin at a maddening rate, keeping her eyes focused on Quickman at all times. The speedy Navi chuckled a bit and crossed his arms, shutting his eyes. "I'll tell you what. Just to make this a little fairer, I'll let you have first shot. Go ahead, see if you can hit me!!!" Roll smirked a bit, the pink aura forming around her once more. "I'll do more than hit you... ROOOOOLL HURRICAAAANE!!!" Just as she did to Drillman, Roll flipped forward, sending forth her ferocious attack. But instead of one single hurricane, this time, three were fired. Quickman raised an eyebrow, then smirked as he thought to himself. 'This should prove very interesting...' The hurricanes merged together upon the spot where Quickman was hovering, exploding on contact with one another. Roll blinked a little bit, standing solid in one spot. "Did... Did I get 'im...?"

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared behind her, smirking. "Not even close..." Before Roll could even turn, a sharp pain cut through her back. She screamed out, dropping to one knee and gritting her teeth, her eyes wide in pain. Quickman laughed, his head cocked back skyward. "HAAAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! YOU FOOL!!! Did you REALLY think you could beat me?!!" Roll forced herself to her feet, turning slowly and facing Quickman. The only greeting she received, though, was slash after slash from his Quick Boomerang as he held it tightly in his right hand. He drove her back slowly, leaving cuts all over her skin and clothes, sending blood flying to the ground and onto both their bodies. Within mere seconds, Roll collapsed, panting heavily from blood loss and battle fatigue. Her body was beginning to give way to Quickman's merciless assault. Quickman grinned, most the yellow upon his body dyed blood red, the Quick Boomerang he held dripping every other second. He laughed maniacally, just for a few seconds, before he his gaze shifted down towards Roll.

"Poor, poor little girl... All cut up and with no one to run to...! I'll give you credit, though. Even that little boyfriend of yours, Megaman, couldn't have lasted this long against my assault..." Roll forced herself into a sitting position, both her arms hanging at her sides as her vision started to blur a little. Quickman smirked evilly, putting the tip of his boomerang to Roll's forehead. "But... that little Megaman was ALWAYS a weakling." Roll's eyes shot wide as she heard this, her teeth grit. Quickman took no notice of this, continuing on. "The only reason he beat me was by a lucky shot. But now, that pathetic loser of a Navi is long deleted, and as soon as I annihilate you, and finish off Protoman, I'll be unstoppable!!!" Quickman raised his arm and brought it down in a flash, a devilish grin on his face. A thunk was heard, the same kind one would hear when skin and bone were pierced through. Quickman immediately laughed, throwing his head back. "NO ONE CAN STOP ME NOW!!! I AM THE ULTIMATE NAVI!!!" Quickman's eyes went wide as he felt something pierce his gut. He looked down, just to find his own Quick Boomerang piercing him. He pulled it out, growling. His data was beginning to phase and blur a bit. Roll stood, blood dripping down her fingers from a hole in her hand, no doubt where the Quick Boomerang had entered and been removed. She looked up to him, her eyes glowing fiercely.

Quickman's eyes shot wide as he started to hover back a bit. He was well aware of his own power, but something about Roll merely sent chills down his spine. Roll stepped forward slowly, matching his pace. "So... quick to run at the mouth, too... We'll just have to fix that..." Roll raised her hand in the air and vanished, appearing behind Quickman. Quickman spun around, just to be hit by a barrage of energy slashes. He slammed into the ground below, gritting his teeth and rebounding to his feet quickly. "You little... I'LL DESTROY YOU FOR THAT!!!" Quickman formed 8 Quick Boomerangs and sent them flying, all in Roll's direction. Roll held her right hand out, a flash lighting up the sky in the area. Quickman shielded his eyes, growling angrily. As the flash died, he lowered his arms, just to find the most shocking sight he'd ever seen. His most powerful attack, the Quick Boomerang X8, had been stopped in mid-air!!! Quickman's just hovered there for a moment, starting to float back as he thought to himself. 'Th... that's... that's not possible!!! My boomerangs may be deflectable, but they're totally unstoppable!!! At that speed, not even the most powerful firewall on all of the planet could've withstood more than one barrage!!!' He turned, starting to fly off. "I'm outta here!!! I'll fight you again some other day!!!" Roll narrowed her eyes, one buster cannon forming on each hand. "No... you won't, Quickman... ROLL BLAST!!!" She locked her knees and dug her feet into the ground, sending two huge beams of pink energy at Quickman's back. The navi screamed out as the beams engulfed him, quickly disintegrating not only he, but every last bit of his data.

As the beams began to fade and Roll's hands started to return to their original state, Protoman regained consciousness. He could sense the massive power of the blasts, and immediately found them coming from Roll, just as they totally vanished and her gloved, injured hands were revealed. Roll gasped as her aura faded, immediately collapsing onto the ground, unconscious. Protoman crawled over to her, his Hero Sword vanishing as he picked her up. "... Roll... you even defeated a Navi like that... how...?"

Just as he finished that sentence, a communications link opened just to Protoman's right. Protoman looked to it, watching Chaud and Mayl's faces materialize on screen. Chaud spoke up, a serious, yet concerned, look upon his face. "Protoman, what happened?!! Mayl and I got an e-mail that you and Roll were being attacked by Quickman!!! Is that true?!!" Protoman gave a solemn nod, ignoring his own wounds and lifting Roll in his arms as he stood. "Yes... Mayl, I'd suggest you jack Roll out, she's in desperate need of medical attention..." Mayl blinked, then gasped, her eyes shrinking at the sight of her brutally mauled Navi. She nodded slowly, her face pale as she linked her PET up to the computer at Sci Lab she and Chaud were speaking from. Roll quickly vanished from Protoman's arms, reappearing on the screen of the PET. Mayl grit her teeth, tears forming in her eyes. "R... Roll..." Chaud looked to Roll's battered body, then looked to Protoman, taking note of his own Navi's injuries as well. He shut his eyes, sighing. "We'll get you both to Dr. Hikari for repairs. After that, Protoman, I expect a full report, nothing left out. Clear?" Protoman nodded, shutting his eyes as he jacked out. With that, Mayl and Chaud both left to head upstairs to Dr. Hikari's lab.

Meanwhile, just above the battlefield, Kali smirked, looking at her own emblem. It had started to shine a dark light. She stood up, starting to walk slowly down the path. "That pathetic fool Quickman served his purpose well... I never expected him to stoop so low as insult a lost loved one like that, but I guess that's what happens when you're a mere leftover from a long-since gone crime syndicate... Well, no matter. Now it's only a matter of time before the energy is our's..."

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Me – Well, with that, I'm hoping that this chapter can go and get put up WITHOUT any problems.

Quick Man – I'll say. Every bit of punctuation you've put has gone missing whenever you submitted in the last 2 chapters!!!

Me – Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I submitted them on A. a crappy computer, and B. A computer that didn't have Microsoft Word...

Heat Man – So basically, you're screwed as far as submissions go.

Me – That's one way to put it, yes. #Pounds Heat Man on the back of his box, seals it shut, and buries him underground# THAT'S FOR BEING SUCH A LITTLE MONSTER TO BEAT IN MEGAMAN 3!!! #Stomps mercilessly at the freshly dug up soil#

Yamato Man - ... Right... anywho, ladies and gents, we'll cover Chapter 14 soon, AND work the kinks out of the posting system, so keep on reading!!! As we say in Japan, "Ja Matte"!!!