UnaEXE – A Week in Each Others Shoes

Chapter 8 – Delving the Past

Hub burst into the games room where Una was lying unconscious on a camp bed. MegaMan and Roll were there too sitting by the side of the bed. They looked annoyed but not surprised that Hub had rushed in. Roll stood up and left placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him on the way out before Hub sat down where Roll had sat.

Roll walked into Hub's room to see Cinnamon lying on the bed reading Hub's comics.

"I thought you were supposed to keep Hub in bed," commented Roll in an annoyed tone.

"I was ordered to stay in here too," replied Cinnamon turning to face Roll.

"Which order takes precedence?" asked Roll.

"Stay in the room," replied Cinnamon turning back to the comic.

"For someone who took programming in Netopia, she sure has sloppy skills when she's in a hurry," muttered Roll walking out of the room.

In the other room MegaMan and Hub sat either side of Una.

"Is it…" started Hub breaking the silence whilst MegaMan nodded in reply.

"I wondered how she had felt waiting by my side," sobbed Hub, "How she put up with the endless torture we went through in the hospital, now, I'm the only one who knows how she feels."

"No your not," replied MegaMan, "I know too."

"How?" hissed Hub, "How can you even say that you know what HBD feels like when you've never even lived?"

"You want to know," replied MegaMan, "Here it is.

"32 years ago a young scientist at SciLab received the news that his wife had given birth to twin boys, but within weeks it became apparent that one of the boys suffered from HBD and probably wouldn't survive his first year. He held on for as long as he could but it was no good. His father seeking to allow his son to live took him to SciLab and transferred his mind into a computer. When his other son was ten years old he gave him a navi formed from that data. I am that navi, and your father is my brother."

"I'm sorry," replied Hub, "But I just don't want to lose Una, if I survive, I don't know what I'd do"

"None of us want to lose either of you," replied MegaMan looking at Una, looking up at the seat where Hub had been he noticed Hub had gone. He turned to the window to see Hub skating down the street.

Hub skated away from the house thinking of who he could turn too, he skated past Yai and Blu's old house and nearly stopped out of habit, he skated past his grandparents house and past Chaud and Sarah's house knowing they'd just be of the attitude "We'll do everything we can." He skated around town until he came to the house of the one person he could trust with this. He removed his skates and walked up to the door, he rang the bell and waited for an answer.