MegaMan Battle Network – Memories

Chapter 9 – Truth

When I had first awoken in the debris, Roll was barely conscious, I had reached over and grabbed the poor things hand. I felt so differently for her, I was even repulsed by my own memories, I had wanted to distance myself from them as far as possible, to the point where I had deleted them myself.

But I did one thing before the change, one which surprised even me.

I awoke in Mayl's computer, Sarah and Roll were waiting, it took a few seconds for me to get my mind straight.

"You ok there Lore?" said Sarah, "It was a bit touch and go for a while there."

"How did you know that?" I asked, "I've only just found out myself."

"You've been talking in your sleep for the past five days," said Sarah, "'My name is Lore, my name is Lore,' all week long. You've driven me and Roll mad with it."

I focused and remembered a bit more.

"Squeeze!" I said, "Is she ok?"

"See for yourself," said Sarah moving to one side to reveal Squeeze.

"Squeee!" yelled Squeeze as she jumped at me.

"Easy girl," I said, "I'm not 100 percent yet."

"She's been worried sick," said Roll, "She hasn't eaten or slept all whilst you were unconscious."

I looked Squeeze over, she was ok, there was one difference though, I saw it and touched the symbol on my chest, there it was, perfectly replicated onto Squeeze.

"That means she's yours," said Sarah.

"What now?" I said.

"That's up to you Lore," said Sarah, "You can find an op, travel the net, just be yourself."

"Then can you answer me this," I said, "Why am I different?"

"I don't know for sure," said Sarah, "Maybe Scyler's timing was a second off, maybe the personality files got corrupted and replaced with Roll', or maybe, it's because somewhere along the line, you gained a heart." She was smiling now and so was Roll.

"I need time to think," I said.

A few hours later, above Net City.

"It's beautiful, isn't it Squeeze," I said.

"Squee," said Squeeze in the way I had taken to mean yes.

We were flying above Net City, I had made my decision and wanted a last look before I left, I knew I'd be back, I just didn't know when.

"Great view isn't it?" Sarah's voice broke my concentration, I turned to see her sporting a giant pair of bat wings.

"I never knew you could fly," I said.

"There's a lot about me you don't know," said Sarah, "This is ShadeMan style."

"Roll styles better," I said.

"Can't fly," said Sarah, "So you're leaving then?"

I sighed, I had hoped to slip away quietly and avoid this.

"Yes," I finally said, "Where too, I don't know."

"Call me when you get there," she said flying off.

"Oh yeah!" I yelled, "She doesn't have to keep the promise!"

"She says she will," yelled Sarah back, "In order to remember the part of herself she'd lost."

"Then she'll need this," I yelled throwing some data to Sarah.

"What is it?" yelled Sarah.

"The data she needs to transform," I said.

We looked at each other and smiled.

"Hey," yelled Sarah, "One day I'll take you on properly."

"I'll look forward to it," I yelled to the black blur, "I'll look forward to it."