Kay: lalala... ooooh, good Inu Yasha... :):):):):):):) *grins, staring off into space*
Shila: *waves hand in front of Kay's face* well, she's out of it... that means I get the computer!
Kay: *mumbling* evil Kikyou...
Shila: *sweatdrops* well... ooh! right... Kay said that she was going to write a chappie just with Undernet Stuff in it... and since SHE *nods head back at Kay* is immobile, I get to write it! Yeah! *stops* wait... that means... I HAVE TO DO WORK!!!! NOOOO!!!!
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He looked dimly over the navis gathered in front of him. It was no surprise that they were all suspicious, but some were down right frightened. Of what, it was obvious- but, as they were currently the only ones to "escape" the wrath of the evil Navi, they were holding a council, trying to figure out what to do about him. As it was, there were quite a few suspicions flying around, like, "the Offical NetBattling Society, or the Government, or the NetBattlers, or the Net Agents must have sent him here to get rid of us!". There were a few others which he liked, but none of them were anywhere near the truth.
"What do you think, um... what was your name again?" Asked a dark-green Navi. He had forgotten all the names of the navis among him, they were all useless, and soon to just be power sources.
"My name... you can call me Guinto."
Everyone in the room blinked. Then he realized that mostly everyone's name ended with a 'Man'. So...
"Guinto... Man. Alright?"
"Alright... now, what do you think?"
He pretended to think it over for a moment, before responding, "...we need a leader. Someone who is careful enough not to get caught, but someone who can handle themselves well in battle... and we need to get more Navis on our side, maybe a few spies in the Cyber Matrix..."
The others sitting with him did think that over, before responding with a chorus of, "sure!" and "that's alright." and "as long as it's not me...". He knew that no one would want to be the leader, since everyone had the idea of "survival" etched in their minds.
The Navi who had addressed him, who also looked up to him, turned to the group of navis, and asked, "who wants Guinto Man to be our leader?"
Once again, "sure!"s, "I do!"s and other forms and words of acceptance filled the small area where they were sitting.
He could only smile.
The other navi turned back to him, and asked, "so... what should we do first?"
He pretented to be thinking again, before saying, "we need a defensive team. And an offensive one. We need to be able to attack our opponents with stealth and power, and we also need to be able to defend ourselves from our enemies. To do that, we'd need a place for us to stay as we defend, and we need..."
He continued the list, before stating simply, "and that's all. Now, I don't know your strengths, but I want a quarter of you on offence, and the rest of you on defense. Most of those on defense should start finding a place to be our safe haven. I will... over-see the work. Now, let's move!" He finished the sentence with such a commanding tone that all the other navis jumped to their feet, and started making their way around, doing whatever needed to be done.
However, he pulled his little, "follower" behind a wall that just so happened to be there.
"What is your name again?" He asked the other navi, letting a hint of malice tint his voice.
"N- Night- Nightman, s-sir.."
He looked thoughtfully at Nightman for a moment. This navi was obviously afraid of him, but was a born leader, and could keep the other navis working.
"Nightman..." he started slowly, "how would you like to be my second in comand?"
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The shadows... that's all that Roll knew now. She dimly remembered all the times she spent in the net, and in much more clarity Lan, Mayl, and Megaman than the rest. She could almsot feel Megaman's arms wrapping tightly around her, Mayl's voice helping her, giving her directions, Lan's voice in the background, cheering them on...
Roll sighed. She wanted so much to be able to reach out and actually touch Mayl. It seemed so surreal... and then this whole fiasco, starting with that weird portal... it made Roll want, no, need, to be able to have contact with her Net-op more than ever. However, her scence of reality hit suddenly, and she realized that the closest she was probably going to get to be able to see Mayl, not just "see" was watching her through the PET.
So, now knowing that she could never do what she wanted, she had taken comfort in Megaman's presence. He seemed to be more in contact with the Real World than any other navi that Roll had ever known. And she had slowly came to almost depened on that presence- his calm, enduring, caring personne normally, and his personne in the battle feild.
And now, Roll didn't have anyone. She was trapped in shadows and fog, waiting for her body to once again become stabilized. She couldn't be comforted by Mayl's, and even Lan's voice, by Megaman's personalite (and arms), or even her friend's jokes, and messing around. She was, without a doubt, as alone in the world as she would ever be.
"Oh, sure, THAT was SMART!!!!!! You just let him walk right up, and mess with the programming..."
"It's not MY fault!!!!! I'm stuck here, just like you, in case you haven't noticed!"
Okay, maybe not THAT alone. Roll had completely forgotten about the two entities, as they liked being refered to, that were also currently spending time in the fog. Also known, as Roll found out from one of the entities, as stasis. This was their... millionth argument, and Roll was sure that she wasn't exagerating when she gave that number. They constantly argued, about things that Roll could only imagine... especially, what seemed to be their favorite argument, something called "Base Gate" and "Yggdrasil". However, another argument had taken up most of their time lately... something to do with programming.
"You make it sound like this is a prision! We volunteered to go here, remember? And an electrical shock wouldn't have hurt us! Only him!"
"Only hinder, you mean! You really think that a SHOCK would have worked? They only way to have stopped him with a shock would be to re-route all the electricity in a 50 mile radius!"
"... I thought is was kilometer..."
"Oh, come on... if this is all too work, we can't shut down any part of the net! NOTHING can give away our location!"
"I KNOW that already! I helped come up with this plan!"
"Ummm... what are you arguing about?"
Both shadows turned towards Roll. She had begun to find slight differences in the shadows, and by now could say with certainty that they were both female, wearing some kind of armor that looked like dresses, and did not look like any Navis that she knew. They looked more like humans to Roll, but... it was impossible for a human to get into the net... wasn't it?
The first shadow, the one that Roll particuarily liked, with the silky voice, told her calmly, "nothing dear. Nothing at all. We're just having another argument."
Roll nodded her head. "But... you're had this certain argument a lot lately. What's going on?"
She could tell that they looked at each other for a few moments, before Voice 1 (see chappie 3) hissed to the other, "We can't tell her... it... wouldn't be... right."
Voice 2 sighed and shook her head. "The whole idea of right and wrong went out the window a long time ago. Besides- it's time she knew the truth."
A gasp. "You... no, you wouldn't... but... please say you don't mean everything?!"
Voice 2 remarked in a synical way, "what else could I mean? Like you said, she deserves to know."
Voice 1's shadow form slumped, and Voice 2's shadow moved forwards, towards Roll. "Well... I guess that everything means... everything. First off, my name is Tajin, and my companion over there is Zednane. And you are Roll."
"Yes... so... what is going on?"
Tajin shook her head. "It wouldn't be kind to tell you the absolute truth, with all the gory details, so I'll tone it down a bit, shall I?"
Roll nodded her head.
"Well... when the Cyber Matrix was created, different levels of the net appeared, to hold, store, and use different parts of data with different classifications. The undernet was no exception. At first it started off as just a regular, everyday part of the net, that had limited ascesibility. It was the original storage place for files that were too important to be deleted, but were also not important enough, or too dangerous, to be on the normal parts of the net. Because of all the many... bad files around here, some Navis that were themselves considered 'bad' found refuge. So, the undernet grew to become known as the typical hide-away for evil, a danger to everything in existance, and, needless to say, another part of the net was created for those files that just could not be deleted, which has absolutely NO access from everywhere else on the net.
"As the rest of the net evolved, so did the undernet. Different viruses started showing up, but there was one type of program that everything feared- and everyone still does. They're called Grendas. They search and destroy anything and everything... that is on their task. You see, Grendas can be given something call a task. If you have certain qualities, which no one has had yet, you can apparently control them. The one, as there can be only one, who can control them gives them a list of keywords or names. These are what they seek and destroy. They are greatly feared, and are the worst thing to run into, mainly because you don't know how they look- they can take on any form they wish to complete their task.
"That is why we are so worried about Him. Because of the Grendas ferocity, and ability to create destruction and chaos so easily, we think that He is either in the form of a Grenda, or has made some kind of pact with them. We've battled Him a number of times, as we've already said- however, Zednane and myself have never had a chance to fight Him. That honour has always gone to others... who have nothing to do with us right now, so we have no need to talk about it, or, more percisely, them." A sigh was heard from Zednane's direction- apparently she was relieved about something. "But, back to what is going on."
Tajin was about to continue when both she and Zednane stopped where they were, almsot as if they were frozen.
"Um... Tajin? Zednane? What's wrong?"
Not paying attention to Roll's questions, they turned to look at one another.
"This is going to make things a lot more difficult..."
"...especially since there's no one else here that could help...they're bound by..." Tajin cut herself off, glancing at Roll before continuing.
"We must stay here. Protect Roll. Two from each, remember? Since Navi and human counts as one, if we loose even one of them..."
Zednane sighed. "Just once I would like to be able to get a good shot in at Him. They last time was so long ago, I can't even remember it..."
Both Tajin and Zednane turned back to Roll, who was looking at them curriously.
"What?"
"Roll... when your body completes it's transformation, you may or may not remember this... and we will no longer be able to contact you. So please, listen."
Roll nodded silently.
"Hidden within the Undernet is something called Base Gate. Remember we used to... talk... a lot about it before?" Another silent nod. "As soon as you are released from this... prison, I guess it is to you, you MUST set out as soon as possible, and find the Gate. It can be moved, but to do so, it must be stored in your data- merged with yourself, in a way. It is the connection between everything- not only between dimensions, but also worlds. It is the basis of conciousness, and it can affect everything. It is rumoured that it connects to where all life started, and where all life goes when the body dies.
"It could let you pass to the Real World here, out of the Cyber Matrix. It could let you speak telepathically to anyone, and all that you would have to do was to enter it once. You are having a great honour being bestowed upon you- you will be the permanent guardian of the Base Gate here. You will be able to decide who enters this dimension, and who leaves it. It is a very important role, and one that will give you great power."
Roll looked at Tajin, and then let her eyes travel over Tajin's shoulder to Zednane. Both entities were looking at her, wondering what she would say.
"Well, that's nice and all, but there's one little problem- I'M STUCK HERE!"
Both Tajin and Zednane sweatdropped. "Well, yes, but... we have a feeling that He is actually going to help speed up the process- he's been diverting and taking energy from other Navis around him, without their knowing, and redirecting it here. It should be finished within two days."
That confussed Roll. "But... if I had that much power... wouldn't He want me dead, not becoming more powerful?"
"Have we told you... what happened, a couple hours ago?" Tajin asked, nervously.
"No... why?"
Tajin sighed, while Zednane just slumped her shoulders before saying, "You see... He... messed with your programming, Roll. When you awake... well, He..."
"WHAT?!"
Tajin took over. "Roll... when you awake, you will be one of, if not THE most powerful Navi around right now. He changed the programming so that the first Navi to... do something will win your favour, no matter who they are. And you won't be able to help yourself- you'll become loyal to that Navi until either they or you are deleted."
Roll was stunned. "But... willl I remember?"
Tajin and Zednane looked at each other, just as another beam of light came out of nowhere and hit Roll. "We're... not sure..." she heard them faintly whisper before her exhausted mind finally conked out.
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Tialsia shuddered.
'I did SO not want to go here now... stupid guard duties...'
She wound through the decimated ex-streets of the Undernet, careful to look out for roaming pieces of data that could possibly fry her program. There was hardly anything left, she noted- everything that had once been there was now complete rubble, and not a single navi or program could be found anywhere.
It didn't take her long to reach a completly barren place- nothing was there, except for a small mound in the distance.
'God, I hope that's the place. And as soon as someone comes, I'm so outta here. I point-blank refuse to stay in a place where He supposedly is.'
Making her way over to the mound, she also saw what must have been other buildings there, now nothing more than old memories. Obviously, since the Undernet was now off-limits, no one would be repairing it. And that was fine with her. 'Of course, it will really only be fine when He gets his ass kicked from here to... oh, I dunno, the Apex? Or maybe somewhere else... can't say hell, don't wanna say kingdom-come... oooh, I'm here. Now where's the door?"
After searching around for a bit, and quite a few curses as well was many "it HAS to be around here somewhere!"s, the red, gold and white navi eventually found a sliding pannel that had been welded shut- although she though it was probably by the extreme heat that had destroyed everything else.
A bit of persuasion, and it opened quite easily.
She waited for the air from the inside of the dome to be replaced by fresh air from the outside. Then she realized that this was the Cyber Matrix, more precisely the Undernet, there WAS no air, and besides- the dome couldn't have been sealed up for more than 2 or 3 days. How bad could the air possibly get?
"Oh yes, I'm so smart... now if only there was a light on in there..."
She entered the dome carefully, not wanting to step on anything or anyone that might still be in there. But, as luck woudl have it, Tialsia just happened to step onto the ONE security plate that was so small that it would have been almost impossible to step on otherwise.
The door behind her snapped shut quickly, sealing off the only exit. The lights suddenly turned on, revealing to her a strange-looking pod with some one inside it... however, the lights were coming from a portal that immediately sent her right back to just outside ACDC square. She cursed, but said no more, as some other Navis decided at that moment to walk by.
She needed to get back to that dome... but having used all of her energy for one day, turned around, and walked away to a nice secluded place near the Hall where she could sit by herself and no one would bother her as she recharged her energy.
Tomorrow was going to be anothing long day.
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Kay: hehe! I actually got up off my ass and started writing this again! WOO-HOO!
Shila: *huffs after climbing back in the window* ignore the insane, sugar-high person over there. She recently listened to The Arrogant Worms' CD "Dirt" that her friend lent her, and now it is Kay's goal in life to find that CD, if only for the Sponge Song.
Kay: Sponges! Sponges and Tuna and Bubbles... and Neptune from "Finding Nemo" likes the bubbles, and I can only say "mine" on Monday because of a dare, and Jacqui has to be over protective of everything, and she likes Rurouni Kenshin too, and me and Laila have made a new website and it's (our our official motto, too) is "__________ doesn't matter, as long as (I/We/You) have Kenshin" and-
Shila: and you can be quiet! *Kay shuts up* thank you. Now, onto the.. two... or three reviews that we got?
Kay: um... as the internet isn't really working, we cannot do the reviews for this chap... actually, I think it's just my story that's not working, but... SAME DIFFERENCE! Okay, I'm done. Well, see ya next time!
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Next Chapter: The army of Undernet Navis gets a new name, and begins Guinto's plans. Megaman finds out a bit more about Tialsia, and her net-op. Tialsia gets introduced to the rest of the group. Yai runs into the strange girl (aka Deian) again at a beauty salon with Mayl. Dex decides to ask Mayl on a date, and... WE ACTUALLY RESPOND TO REVIEWS! YEAH!
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Song of chappie: erm... "sit" from Inu Yasha OST... at least, I THINK it's on the OST... oh well... XD
Shila: *waves hand in front of Kay's face* well, she's out of it... that means I get the computer!
Kay: *mumbling* evil Kikyou...
Shila: *sweatdrops* well... ooh! right... Kay said that she was going to write a chappie just with Undernet Stuff in it... and since SHE *nods head back at Kay* is immobile, I get to write it! Yeah! *stops* wait... that means... I HAVE TO DO WORK!!!! NOOOO!!!!
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He looked dimly over the navis gathered in front of him. It was no surprise that they were all suspicious, but some were down right frightened. Of what, it was obvious- but, as they were currently the only ones to "escape" the wrath of the evil Navi, they were holding a council, trying to figure out what to do about him. As it was, there were quite a few suspicions flying around, like, "the Offical NetBattling Society, or the Government, or the NetBattlers, or the Net Agents must have sent him here to get rid of us!". There were a few others which he liked, but none of them were anywhere near the truth.
"What do you think, um... what was your name again?" Asked a dark-green Navi. He had forgotten all the names of the navis among him, they were all useless, and soon to just be power sources.
"My name... you can call me Guinto."
Everyone in the room blinked. Then he realized that mostly everyone's name ended with a 'Man'. So...
"Guinto... Man. Alright?"
"Alright... now, what do you think?"
He pretended to think it over for a moment, before responding, "...we need a leader. Someone who is careful enough not to get caught, but someone who can handle themselves well in battle... and we need to get more Navis on our side, maybe a few spies in the Cyber Matrix..."
The others sitting with him did think that over, before responding with a chorus of, "sure!" and "that's alright." and "as long as it's not me...". He knew that no one would want to be the leader, since everyone had the idea of "survival" etched in their minds.
The Navi who had addressed him, who also looked up to him, turned to the group of navis, and asked, "who wants Guinto Man to be our leader?"
Once again, "sure!"s, "I do!"s and other forms and words of acceptance filled the small area where they were sitting.
He could only smile.
The other navi turned back to him, and asked, "so... what should we do first?"
He pretented to be thinking again, before saying, "we need a defensive team. And an offensive one. We need to be able to attack our opponents with stealth and power, and we also need to be able to defend ourselves from our enemies. To do that, we'd need a place for us to stay as we defend, and we need..."
He continued the list, before stating simply, "and that's all. Now, I don't know your strengths, but I want a quarter of you on offence, and the rest of you on defense. Most of those on defense should start finding a place to be our safe haven. I will... over-see the work. Now, let's move!" He finished the sentence with such a commanding tone that all the other navis jumped to their feet, and started making their way around, doing whatever needed to be done.
However, he pulled his little, "follower" behind a wall that just so happened to be there.
"What is your name again?" He asked the other navi, letting a hint of malice tint his voice.
"N- Night- Nightman, s-sir.."
He looked thoughtfully at Nightman for a moment. This navi was obviously afraid of him, but was a born leader, and could keep the other navis working.
"Nightman..." he started slowly, "how would you like to be my second in comand?"
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The shadows... that's all that Roll knew now. She dimly remembered all the times she spent in the net, and in much more clarity Lan, Mayl, and Megaman than the rest. She could almsot feel Megaman's arms wrapping tightly around her, Mayl's voice helping her, giving her directions, Lan's voice in the background, cheering them on...
Roll sighed. She wanted so much to be able to reach out and actually touch Mayl. It seemed so surreal... and then this whole fiasco, starting with that weird portal... it made Roll want, no, need, to be able to have contact with her Net-op more than ever. However, her scence of reality hit suddenly, and she realized that the closest she was probably going to get to be able to see Mayl, not just "see" was watching her through the PET.
So, now knowing that she could never do what she wanted, she had taken comfort in Megaman's presence. He seemed to be more in contact with the Real World than any other navi that Roll had ever known. And she had slowly came to almost depened on that presence- his calm, enduring, caring personne normally, and his personne in the battle feild.
And now, Roll didn't have anyone. She was trapped in shadows and fog, waiting for her body to once again become stabilized. She couldn't be comforted by Mayl's, and even Lan's voice, by Megaman's personalite (and arms), or even her friend's jokes, and messing around. She was, without a doubt, as alone in the world as she would ever be.
"Oh, sure, THAT was SMART!!!!!! You just let him walk right up, and mess with the programming..."
"It's not MY fault!!!!! I'm stuck here, just like you, in case you haven't noticed!"
Okay, maybe not THAT alone. Roll had completely forgotten about the two entities, as they liked being refered to, that were also currently spending time in the fog. Also known, as Roll found out from one of the entities, as stasis. This was their... millionth argument, and Roll was sure that she wasn't exagerating when she gave that number. They constantly argued, about things that Roll could only imagine... especially, what seemed to be their favorite argument, something called "Base Gate" and "Yggdrasil". However, another argument had taken up most of their time lately... something to do with programming.
"You make it sound like this is a prision! We volunteered to go here, remember? And an electrical shock wouldn't have hurt us! Only him!"
"Only hinder, you mean! You really think that a SHOCK would have worked? They only way to have stopped him with a shock would be to re-route all the electricity in a 50 mile radius!"
"... I thought is was kilometer..."
"Oh, come on... if this is all too work, we can't shut down any part of the net! NOTHING can give away our location!"
"I KNOW that already! I helped come up with this plan!"
"Ummm... what are you arguing about?"
Both shadows turned towards Roll. She had begun to find slight differences in the shadows, and by now could say with certainty that they were both female, wearing some kind of armor that looked like dresses, and did not look like any Navis that she knew. They looked more like humans to Roll, but... it was impossible for a human to get into the net... wasn't it?
The first shadow, the one that Roll particuarily liked, with the silky voice, told her calmly, "nothing dear. Nothing at all. We're just having another argument."
Roll nodded her head. "But... you're had this certain argument a lot lately. What's going on?"
She could tell that they looked at each other for a few moments, before Voice 1 (see chappie 3) hissed to the other, "We can't tell her... it... wouldn't be... right."
Voice 2 sighed and shook her head. "The whole idea of right and wrong went out the window a long time ago. Besides- it's time she knew the truth."
A gasp. "You... no, you wouldn't... but... please say you don't mean everything?!"
Voice 2 remarked in a synical way, "what else could I mean? Like you said, she deserves to know."
Voice 1's shadow form slumped, and Voice 2's shadow moved forwards, towards Roll. "Well... I guess that everything means... everything. First off, my name is Tajin, and my companion over there is Zednane. And you are Roll."
"Yes... so... what is going on?"
Tajin shook her head. "It wouldn't be kind to tell you the absolute truth, with all the gory details, so I'll tone it down a bit, shall I?"
Roll nodded her head.
"Well... when the Cyber Matrix was created, different levels of the net appeared, to hold, store, and use different parts of data with different classifications. The undernet was no exception. At first it started off as just a regular, everyday part of the net, that had limited ascesibility. It was the original storage place for files that were too important to be deleted, but were also not important enough, or too dangerous, to be on the normal parts of the net. Because of all the many... bad files around here, some Navis that were themselves considered 'bad' found refuge. So, the undernet grew to become known as the typical hide-away for evil, a danger to everything in existance, and, needless to say, another part of the net was created for those files that just could not be deleted, which has absolutely NO access from everywhere else on the net.
"As the rest of the net evolved, so did the undernet. Different viruses started showing up, but there was one type of program that everything feared- and everyone still does. They're called Grendas. They search and destroy anything and everything... that is on their task. You see, Grendas can be given something call a task. If you have certain qualities, which no one has had yet, you can apparently control them. The one, as there can be only one, who can control them gives them a list of keywords or names. These are what they seek and destroy. They are greatly feared, and are the worst thing to run into, mainly because you don't know how they look- they can take on any form they wish to complete their task.
"That is why we are so worried about Him. Because of the Grendas ferocity, and ability to create destruction and chaos so easily, we think that He is either in the form of a Grenda, or has made some kind of pact with them. We've battled Him a number of times, as we've already said- however, Zednane and myself have never had a chance to fight Him. That honour has always gone to others... who have nothing to do with us right now, so we have no need to talk about it, or, more percisely, them." A sigh was heard from Zednane's direction- apparently she was relieved about something. "But, back to what is going on."
Tajin was about to continue when both she and Zednane stopped where they were, almsot as if they were frozen.
"Um... Tajin? Zednane? What's wrong?"
Not paying attention to Roll's questions, they turned to look at one another.
"This is going to make things a lot more difficult..."
"...especially since there's no one else here that could help...they're bound by..." Tajin cut herself off, glancing at Roll before continuing.
"We must stay here. Protect Roll. Two from each, remember? Since Navi and human counts as one, if we loose even one of them..."
Zednane sighed. "Just once I would like to be able to get a good shot in at Him. They last time was so long ago, I can't even remember it..."
Both Tajin and Zednane turned back to Roll, who was looking at them curriously.
"What?"
"Roll... when your body completes it's transformation, you may or may not remember this... and we will no longer be able to contact you. So please, listen."
Roll nodded silently.
"Hidden within the Undernet is something called Base Gate. Remember we used to... talk... a lot about it before?" Another silent nod. "As soon as you are released from this... prison, I guess it is to you, you MUST set out as soon as possible, and find the Gate. It can be moved, but to do so, it must be stored in your data- merged with yourself, in a way. It is the connection between everything- not only between dimensions, but also worlds. It is the basis of conciousness, and it can affect everything. It is rumoured that it connects to where all life started, and where all life goes when the body dies.
"It could let you pass to the Real World here, out of the Cyber Matrix. It could let you speak telepathically to anyone, and all that you would have to do was to enter it once. You are having a great honour being bestowed upon you- you will be the permanent guardian of the Base Gate here. You will be able to decide who enters this dimension, and who leaves it. It is a very important role, and one that will give you great power."
Roll looked at Tajin, and then let her eyes travel over Tajin's shoulder to Zednane. Both entities were looking at her, wondering what she would say.
"Well, that's nice and all, but there's one little problem- I'M STUCK HERE!"
Both Tajin and Zednane sweatdropped. "Well, yes, but... we have a feeling that He is actually going to help speed up the process- he's been diverting and taking energy from other Navis around him, without their knowing, and redirecting it here. It should be finished within two days."
That confussed Roll. "But... if I had that much power... wouldn't He want me dead, not becoming more powerful?"
"Have we told you... what happened, a couple hours ago?" Tajin asked, nervously.
"No... why?"
Tajin sighed, while Zednane just slumped her shoulders before saying, "You see... He... messed with your programming, Roll. When you awake... well, He..."
"WHAT?!"
Tajin took over. "Roll... when you awake, you will be one of, if not THE most powerful Navi around right now. He changed the programming so that the first Navi to... do something will win your favour, no matter who they are. And you won't be able to help yourself- you'll become loyal to that Navi until either they or you are deleted."
Roll was stunned. "But... willl I remember?"
Tajin and Zednane looked at each other, just as another beam of light came out of nowhere and hit Roll. "We're... not sure..." she heard them faintly whisper before her exhausted mind finally conked out.
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Tialsia shuddered.
'I did SO not want to go here now... stupid guard duties...'
She wound through the decimated ex-streets of the Undernet, careful to look out for roaming pieces of data that could possibly fry her program. There was hardly anything left, she noted- everything that had once been there was now complete rubble, and not a single navi or program could be found anywhere.
It didn't take her long to reach a completly barren place- nothing was there, except for a small mound in the distance.
'God, I hope that's the place. And as soon as someone comes, I'm so outta here. I point-blank refuse to stay in a place where He supposedly is.'
Making her way over to the mound, she also saw what must have been other buildings there, now nothing more than old memories. Obviously, since the Undernet was now off-limits, no one would be repairing it. And that was fine with her. 'Of course, it will really only be fine when He gets his ass kicked from here to... oh, I dunno, the Apex? Or maybe somewhere else... can't say hell, don't wanna say kingdom-come... oooh, I'm here. Now where's the door?"
After searching around for a bit, and quite a few curses as well was many "it HAS to be around here somewhere!"s, the red, gold and white navi eventually found a sliding pannel that had been welded shut- although she though it was probably by the extreme heat that had destroyed everything else.
A bit of persuasion, and it opened quite easily.
She waited for the air from the inside of the dome to be replaced by fresh air from the outside. Then she realized that this was the Cyber Matrix, more precisely the Undernet, there WAS no air, and besides- the dome couldn't have been sealed up for more than 2 or 3 days. How bad could the air possibly get?
"Oh yes, I'm so smart... now if only there was a light on in there..."
She entered the dome carefully, not wanting to step on anything or anyone that might still be in there. But, as luck woudl have it, Tialsia just happened to step onto the ONE security plate that was so small that it would have been almost impossible to step on otherwise.
The door behind her snapped shut quickly, sealing off the only exit. The lights suddenly turned on, revealing to her a strange-looking pod with some one inside it... however, the lights were coming from a portal that immediately sent her right back to just outside ACDC square. She cursed, but said no more, as some other Navis decided at that moment to walk by.
She needed to get back to that dome... but having used all of her energy for one day, turned around, and walked away to a nice secluded place near the Hall where she could sit by herself and no one would bother her as she recharged her energy.
Tomorrow was going to be anothing long day.
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Kay: hehe! I actually got up off my ass and started writing this again! WOO-HOO!
Shila: *huffs after climbing back in the window* ignore the insane, sugar-high person over there. She recently listened to The Arrogant Worms' CD "Dirt" that her friend lent her, and now it is Kay's goal in life to find that CD, if only for the Sponge Song.
Kay: Sponges! Sponges and Tuna and Bubbles... and Neptune from "Finding Nemo" likes the bubbles, and I can only say "mine" on Monday because of a dare, and Jacqui has to be over protective of everything, and she likes Rurouni Kenshin too, and me and Laila have made a new website and it's (our our official motto, too) is "__________ doesn't matter, as long as (I/We/You) have Kenshin" and-
Shila: and you can be quiet! *Kay shuts up* thank you. Now, onto the.. two... or three reviews that we got?
Kay: um... as the internet isn't really working, we cannot do the reviews for this chap... actually, I think it's just my story that's not working, but... SAME DIFFERENCE! Okay, I'm done. Well, see ya next time!
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Next Chapter: The army of Undernet Navis gets a new name, and begins Guinto's plans. Megaman finds out a bit more about Tialsia, and her net-op. Tialsia gets introduced to the rest of the group. Yai runs into the strange girl (aka Deian) again at a beauty salon with Mayl. Dex decides to ask Mayl on a date, and... WE ACTUALLY RESPOND TO REVIEWS! YEAH!
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Song of chappie: erm... "sit" from Inu Yasha OST... at least, I THINK it's on the OST... oh well... XD
