Omega had been causing trouble in the Official's Network for a while now. He couldn't find a Navi who knew where the Forbidden Battle Chips were kept, so he just smashed everything and deleted Navis until someone would tell him. The Official Navis tried their hardest, but couldn't stand up to Omega's firepower.
"MEGA CANNON!" shouted one of the Navis, firing a large blast at Omega.
Omega simply sliced the blast with his huge sword, then smashed the Navi into the ground with his fist. Navi after Navi after Navi threw themselves at Omega to slow his progress into the main server, where the information to the Chip's location was held, but each one failed miserably and were deleted instantly. Omega stomped forwards, brushing off the shots that were fired at him, then slicing whoever attacked him in two. Sirens began to wail as Omega approached the server, the data he wanted floating in plain view. Thoustands of Navis jacked into the area and stood ready to send Omega packing. Omega just grinned.
"Omega, delete them and take the data. That's all we need" ordered Daniel.
The Navis fired shots from their busters at Omega, who just stood as if nothing happened. They fired again. This time, Omega grabbed his titanic sword and sliced them all again. He continued on, the sirens wailing louder and louder. Nothing could stop him now. He held out one hand, and the data slowly made its way into it. Omega examined it, then clenched his fist hard as he downloaded the data into his PeT's memory.
"Let's leave something for them to remember us by, Omega. Darkness bomb"
Omega opened his other hand and dropped a large bomb where he stood. He jacked out and re-appered in Daniel's PeT. The Official Navis who had jacked in looked around, then ran towards the bomb. A large crowd gathered around, and then it exploded, sending black shockwaves through the entire network ... then crashed it. The Officials had failed.
"Nice work, Omega. We know where the Chips are. But let's cause a bit of a stir, first" demanded Daniel, sensing his rise to power at hand.
"Gwaaaarrr!" growled Omega, almost as if in acknowledgement.
Meanwhile, Firewolf and Cyberlink were talking at ACDC Square. Firewolf was late, as usual.
"Firewolf, where ya been? I've been waiting here for ages!" Shouted Cyberlink to an exhausted Firewolf.
"Matt forgot about his homework, plus there was some trouble on the way with a broken acess point. Not to mention the viruses running around"
"Excuses as always, Firewolf"
"Hey, it's true!"
"Suuuure. By the way, did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"Apparently, the N1 Grand Prix is going to start soon! Preliminaries have already started"
"Really? I'd kill at the change to be part of it!"
"They're not taking any more applicants right now, though. They've got their hands full taking care of who they already have!"
"Darn, that's not good. I was gonna OWN those prelims!"
"You wouldn't beat me"
"Wanna bet?"
"Don't make me give you the snip"
"You don't have the guts to take me on!"
"Oh really? NetBattle Arena. 5 minutes"
"I'll be there!" rinned Firewolf, before he beamed away.
Cyberlink had done the same and was already waititing in the arena. The arena seats were packed, ready for this battle.
"Let's see who is better!" growled Firewolf.
"May the best Navi win!" smiled Cyberlink.
They were ready to start, but the signal didn't sound. Instead, there was a loud crash and the sound of screaming. Omega had arrived. He towered over everyone in the arena, causing Navis everywhere to flee in panic. Only two stood their ground; Firewolf and Cyberlink. They stared at Omega as he stared at them, then he pulled out his sword and swiped at them both. They were the more agile, so they managed to leap over Omega's blade. They looked at each other, nodded, then started their assault on Omega.
"Battle Chip! High Cannon! Slot-In!" shouted L-Drive, slamming the chip into his PeT as fast as he could.
Cyberlink took aim as his hand morphed into a Cannon, then fired it at Omega. It had no effect on him at all.
"CRUD! This guy's gonna be tough!" Chouted Cyberlink.
"Amateur" said Firewolf. "Let me show you how it's done!"
"Battle Chip! Area Steal! Longsword! Double Slot In!" Shouted Matt, slamming both chips into his PeT in quick succession.
Firewolf disappeared from where he was standing, just as Omega slammed his fist down. He reappeared on Omega's shoulder and drove the sword straight into Omega's neck. All it did was break instantly. Firewolf stood and stared in disbeleif, before Omega grabbed him and slammed him into the ground.
"FIREWOLF!!" Screamed Cyberlink. "THAT DOES IT! HOMING ATTACK!"
Cyberlink morphed into a ball and launched himself at Omega, hitting his body randomly. It did no good either. It only made Omega angrier. He lifted his hand and swatted Cyberlink as if he was nothing but a fly. Cyberlink flew through the air and smashed against a wall, before landing next to Firewolf, who had barely managed to haul himself up from the ground.
"You okay?" Firewolf asked Cyberlink.
"I-it's nothing ... It's just ... a scratch" he groaned.
"That things too powerful! We can barely touch it. LOOK OUT!"
Omega had swiped with his sword again. Firewolf had grabbed Cyberlink and leapt out of the way in the nick of time. Omega's sword had only managed to slice a little hair from the tip of Firewolf's tail. They landed in the stands, which were now deserted. Omega began to stomp forwards, determined to delete the two ... permanently.
"HAND BLASTER!" Shouted a voice from behind the pair.
The attack hit, but didn't do any damage. It was simply a diversion. Firewolf and Cyberlink turned around and were face-to-face with Woodwiz.
"Hurry!" He shouted, charging a shot from his buster. "This is simply a diversion! Jack out now!"
"We can't jack out here!" shouted Cyberlink. "Omega is blocking the jack-out procedures!"
"Then run! I'll hold him off!"
"But..."
"No time for arguing" said Firewolf, as he hauled Cyberlink up onto his shoulders and ran.
Omega was preoccupied with Woodwiz, but not for long. He turned his attention back to Firewolf and Cyberlink. He brought his sword crashing down in front of them, forcing Firewolf to leap over the gap he had created with the blow. Rubble flew everywhere as Omega swiped again, barely missing the escaping duo. Woodwiz fired off his charged shot, which seemed to have annoyed Omega. He brought up his hand and thrust it forward, jamming Woodwiz between his hand and a wall.
"WOODWIZ! Darn, we'd better go, pal!" Firewolf growled.
Firewolf didn't stop running. Omega had returned to delete them both, but Firewolf was having none of it. Omega's sword crashed through the stands once more, and Firewolf leaped over it. Again and again, Omega caused more damage to the Arena's stands, turning them from normal seats to a jumbled mess. Omega brought his sword crashing down again. Firewolf leapt into the air once more, the exit only yards away. He didn't see it coming. Omega punched them both with his other hand, hurling them towards the far wall. Niether of them could take any more damage. If they were attacked now, it would be over. Omega brought his sword up for the final blow to Firewolf. He could only watch.
Omega didn't notice anything. Another Navi had begun to appear in the Arena. The new figure stood stock still, then clapped their hands in mid-air, catching the blade and stopping Omega's attack. Firewolf managed to look up and see the who had saved him. Before him stood a female with long brown hair, wearling all black, except her boots and gloves, which were a sort of creamy color. She held the blade in her hands as if it was nothing.
"Strong ... huge ... stupid ... Fine for me, since you're going down anyway" she said, with a slight croak in her voice.
She twisted her hands and snapped Omega's blade in two. She grabbed the piece she had with one had and threw it at Omega, where it became embedded in his shoulder. Omega growled in pain, but that was short lived. The female Navi held out a pole, which turned into a scythe. Leaping into the air, she slashed Omega violently with it, one after another after another after another, each time, Omega recoiling with pain. Firewolf could've sworn that the new Navi's body seemed to become blurry, then clear again randomly. This new Navi was something else. She kept slashing and slashing, causing Omega to step back to avoid the pain. With one kick, the Navi sent Omega crashing to the ground, where he jacked out immediately. The Navi slid her scythe back into a holder on her side, lit a cigar and began to smoke it. She then walked back to Firewolf and the others, staring at him scornfully.
"Whoa, you're good" gasped Firewolf. "What's your name?"
"..."
"I'm Firewolf. And you are?"
"Morrigan"
"How did you do that? That was awesome!"
"Training" said Morrigan, her voice becoming slightly distorted, which was solved as she took a puff of her cigar. "Lots of training"
"H-hey, are you okay? You sound ... strange"
"I'm fine. You're such an amateur"
"What!?"
"Almost getting yourself deleted like that. And you call yourself a NetNavi?"
"What is it with you? You seemed okay a few seconds ago"
"Just shut up and listen. You need to get into shape, unless you want the same thing to happen again"
Morrigan became fuzzy once more, but returned to normal.
"Whoa, you don't look too good. Lemme check..."
Firewolf stepped forward to help Morrigan, but she didn't take ti it very well.
"Don't touch me, mutt! I don't need your charity"
"Hey, I just wanna help you out"
"I said, I don't NEED your CHARITY"
Morrigan kicked Firewolf in the stomach, knocking him onto the ground. She bent over and blew a puff of smoke in his face.
"You're pathetic. Only the srong survive in this world. You'll see"
Morrigan began walking off and jacked out of the area. Firewolf pulled himself off the ground as Cyberlink and Woodwiz made their own ways over to him.
"You okay?" Woodwiz asked.
"Yeah ..." said Firewolf, his voice sounding rather distant. "...I'm fine ..."
"Forget about what that Morrigan said, you're pretty strong if you could take that amount of damage"
"It's not that ... she seems to have something wrong with her"
"Like?"
"I don't know, but I think she gets her power from it"
"Whatever, Firewolf. We'd better Jack-Out and let our perators know we're okay"
"Sure..." said Firewolf, his thoughts still with Morrigan.
The trio jacked out, and returned safely to their PeTs. Today had been a challenge on them all, even to Daniel. Unknown to anyone, Daniel and Omega were already planning their revenge on Morrigan.
"We need to be stronger!" shouted Daniel in his room. "We need to defeat anyone who stands in our way! That Morrigan is a trouble to us, but we cannot let her win! We cannot let her ruin my chances of continuing my Grandfather's plans! Everyone feared Wily ... and they will fear him again!"