Chapter 4: Internet City Under Siege
Lan receives an email from Chaud and Mr. Moss's Ultimate Net Navi is awake. This doesn't look good.
Mr. Moss's ultimate net navi is awake and he couldn't be more excited.
"It worked!" Mr. Moss speaks happily. "My ultimate, indestructible Net Navi is awake! He is perfect!"
Being overly excited, Mr. Moss doesn't notice the Navi staring at him in confusion.
"Now, all you need is a name and once that has been chosen, I will, then, explain to you why you've been created and what your main mission is." Mr. Moss speaks, as the navi remains quiet and continues listening. "Now, to make sure all the data came together and none is missing, speak."
"Something." The navi speaks in a husky, but snotty tone of voice.
"Perfect." Mr. Moss grins. "Now all you need is a name and that shouldn't be too hard to come up with, considering what I created you for."
Mr. Moss begins pacing back and forth, as the navi begins looking himself over. Continuing to pace, Mr. Moss continues trying to come up with a name for his navi, a name that suits him like no other navi in the cyber world. With nothing coming to mind, Mr. Moss stops pacing and sighs.
"I should have had a name chosen before I created you, and right now, nothing is coming to me." Mr. Moss speaks, turning back to the laptop, and getting the navi's attention. "So I'm going to put that aside for right now, and talk more about why you've been created."
The navi remains silent, as Mr. Moss begins explaining.
"You've been created from the most dangerous and the most vile virus data, that once belonged to the great grave virus beast, and the reason why I created you is to destroy my most hated foe." Mr. Moss begins, as he hits theF3 key, which brings up a picture of Megaman on the screen, in front of the navi. "HIM! His name is Megaman and he has been a nuisance and a thorn in my side for the longest time. Now your mission, my indestructible navi, is to delete him and get him out of my way!"
"If the grave beast was so great, then why didn't it delete this Megaman already?" The navi inquires to Mr. Moss.
"That's an interesting question, that I myself, still haven't gotten the answer to." Mr. Moss replies. "The great minds who once had all of the power at their finger tips, wasted it on a dream that never came to present. They had the power to delete him, but instead they got greedy, which brought an end to their plans quickly."
"In English please." The navi comments.
"They concentrated so much on world domination that they lost sight of what was really important, which was to delete Megaman, but instead, the idea of world domination came into view and that's when everything fell through." Mr. Moss explains. "But I, on the other hand, will not loose sight of my goal and I will achieve my goal which is to delete Megaman!"
The navi looks the picture over one last time, as Mr. Moss erases the image off the screen.
"Now that we have the little details out of the way, let's concentrate more on your name." Mr. Moss speaks, as he goes back to thinking and pacing.
Dentech Middle School Yard
Lan and Maylu aren't too far from the school grounds and are approaching them.
"I wonder what Chaud's so-called lead is, that made him to want to meet with me this late and right at dinner." Lan begins complaining. "And in a school yard at that. If there's one thing that I know about Chaud better then anyone is that he never hangs out in a school yard, even during school hours."
"He said he had a lead on what might have caused the virus outbreak our navi's were telling us about." Maylu replies. "If he knows something, then this trip was well worth it, despite how late it is and where he asked to meet you."
"Well it better be, for me to miss dinner like this." Lan comments, continuing to complain. "Mom made my favorite tonight, pizza rolls."
"Think about something else that doesn't concern what you can digest for once, Lan!" Maylu snaps at Lan. "If it turns out that he knows what happened, then we can better protect our navi's from any impending danger. I don't know about you, but I fear for Roll's safety."
"Yeah, I can see your point." Lan says sighing. "I don't know what I would do if Megaman got deleted."
"Exactly." Maylu replies. "You wouldn't be the same, that's for sure."
Now reaching the school grounds, Lan and Maylu pass through the gates and enter the schoolyard. As they venture into the yards, they begin looking around for Chaud and see no sign of him anywhere.
"Ok, he told me to meet him here, and yet, he's not here himself." Lan speaks, continuing to look around the grounds for Chaud. "He better not had drug me away from dinner with a message that serious, and in turn, wants to net battle instead."
"Now, just how childish do you think I am?" Chaud's voice speaks from behind Maylu and Lan, startling them both. Sharply turning around, Lan turns to see Chaud walking up to them.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? DON'T SNEAK UP BEHIND ME LIKE THAT!" Lan yells to Chaud.
Having made it to the two teens, Chaud is un-phased by Lan's outburst, while Maylu's continues to catch her breath from being startled.
"Calm down before you catch a nerve stroke." Chaud speaks coolly. "I brought you out here because I have a lead on what might have caused that mysterious virus attack in Net City earlier today."
"What is the lead and why couldn't it wait until after dinner or tomorrow?" Lan inquires in a calm, but annoyed voice.
"Unless you want Megaman deleted, I suggest you take my message seriously." Chaud replies, trying to keep his temper from flaring. "The lead is a mysterious data stream that Protoman discovered on the outskirts of Net City while monitoring the city. This is just my suspicion, but I believe grave is behind that stream appearing out of the blue like that."
"Grave?" Lan speaks up, rolling his eyes. "Chaud, grave, like Wiley, isn't a threat anymore and for all you know it can just be a harmless stream flowing through the city, like most of the streams do."
"That's just it, with grave mysteriously disappearing without any known evidence of where he can be, he could be behind this and secretly plotting his revenge as we speak." Chaud replies, getting a bit upset. "From the way Protoman explained to me how odd that data stream appeared, I say it's everything but a harmless stream of data."
"Is it possible that we can take look at it ourselves?" Maylu inquires to Chaud. "Roll can read the data from the stream to determine if it's a threat or harmless."
"It's possible." Chaud answers her now turning to his PET, to Protoman. "Protoman, in order for us to know what we are dealing with, I'm sending you back online, with Megaman and Roll this time."
"Yes sir." Protoman replies.
"We can't get to a computer here at school." Lan speaks up. "The doors are locked and no one's here but the janitors and they surely won't let us in."
"Who said we were going to use the school computers?" Chaud answers Lan, turning from his PET. "Follow me. My father's company is only 3 blocks from here and we can get access to a computer there."
Lan and Maylu don't ask questions, but instead, begin following Chaud, who has begun walking towards the gates of the yard.
"What's going on Lan and what did Chaud say?" Megaman inquires to Lan.
"He said Protoman discovered an unusual data stream on the outskirts of Net City." Lan answers Megaman, not really looking at the PET. "We're going to his father's company and get access to a computer so we can send you guys online to go check it out."
"Didn't it ever occur to him that it just maybe a harmless data stream?" Megaman inquires sighing. "They do run all through the city."
"That's what I said, but who ever listens to me anymore." Lan says replies, rolling his eyes at his own comment. "Well, for good measure, we're going to find out exactly what kind of threat it may or may not pose."
"Alright, but it may not be a big of a deal as he is making out to be." Megaman comments.
The three teens have left the schoolyard and are on their way to Blaze Quest.
The Abandoned Mansion
Mr. Moss is still trying to think of a name that he can give his navi, and has so far come up with nothing.
"Thinking of a name can't be this hard." Mr. Moss says as he stops pacing. "Creating you wasn't this difficult, but coming up with a name seems to be."
Turning to the computer, Mr. Moss begins hitting keys, which brings up the Navi's statistics and power levels.
"Maybe I'll find your name by going by what your attacks are." Mr. Moss speaks as he continues looking over the navi's attacks and abilities. Coming across the navi's default attack, a name crosses Mr. Moss's mind.
"I've got it!" Mr. Moss practically screams, now grabbing the navi's attention. "I've got the perfect name for you."
The navi waits for his creator to speak.
"Your name shall be, DemolitionMan!" Mr. Moss says. "Your name will bring fear to everyone in the Cyber World."
"DemolitionMan huh?" The navi replies. "Not bad, I like it."
"Very good then." Mr. Moss speaks, with a grin crossing his lips. "Now that we got that out of the way, I have to work on the battle chips that will aid you in taking care of that pest, Megaman."
DemolitionMan develops an evil smirk as Mr. Moss begins working on the navi's battle chips.
Blaze Quest Corporation
After walking the distance, the three teens arrive at the corporation and are now entering the building.
"I thought that with this being a major corporation and all, that it would be on the other side of town." Lan replies as he, Maylu and Chaud enter the building. "That's where most of the major corporations are located."
"You don't get out much do you?" Chaud replies to Lan's comment. Lan's curiosity quickly turns to anger because of Chaud's comment.
"I hate to say this, but this building is a lot bigger then Yai's father's corporation." Maylu comments, looking around the lobby of the corporation.
"Just don't let her hear you say that." Lan comments, still a bit steamed at Chaud's comment.
"This is only the front view, you haven't seen the rest." Chaud replies as he walks over to and behind the customer service desk, to a computer that is resting on the counter. Maylu and Lan follow him behind the desk.
"Can't we get in trouble for this?" Lan inquires to Chaud.
"If anyone here has anything to say about what I'm doing right now, then they are going to either have to answer to me or my father, and I know that's something they don't want have to do." Chaud replies, turning the computer on. After the computer has fully booted up, Chaud pulls the cord from his pet and plugs it into the terminal of the computer, plugging Protoman in. Lan and Maylu follow through, both jacking in their navi's as well.
(Protoman Logging in)
(Megaman Logging in)
(Roll logging in)
"You know what to do, Protoman." Chaud reminds his Navi.
"I'm on it." Protoman replies to Chaud, now turning to Megaman and Roll. "Follow me."
Megaman and Roll do as they are instructed, as Protoman begins leading the way to the stream.
"You know Protoman, that stream you discovered, could just be a harmless stream of data running through the city." Megaman speaks up. "It doesn't necessarily have to pose a threat of any kind."
"Megaman does has a point, Protoman." Roll speaks up. "It could very well be harmless."
"I don't think a harmless stream of data would flow on the outskirts of the city, heading in the opposite direction." Protoman replies. "It looks unusual to me."
"And just why does it look so unusual?" Megaman inquires to Protoman.
"You let me worry about that." Protoman replies to Megaman. "You just worry about being on your guard if this so called 'harmless' stream isn't as harmless as you want to believe."
"I hope that Chaud is wrong about this." Roll whispers to Megaman. "I don't think I could live through another near-deletion experience again."
"Let's hope so." Megaman whispers back to Roll.
After walking through the city, the three navi's finally arrive at the outskirts of Net City and upon reaching it, they encounter the data stream Chaud mentioned.
"This doesn't look any different from what's running through the city right now." Megaman comments, looking the stream over.
"It is strange how this stream doesn't run right into the city like the rest." Roll speaking, looking the stream over as well. "Instead, it's flowing away from the city, heading north."
"That is why this isn't to be ignored or taken lightly." Protoman replies, now turning to Roll. "Roll, you can read data right?"
"Yes." Roll answers him.
"Please read the data, so we know if it is a threat or not." Protoman requests.
Roll turns to Megaman, whom nods at her. Turning from Megaman,
Roll walks up to the stream and crouches down at the side of it. Having her antennas turn forward, Roll dips them into the stream, as they begin reading the data. Continuing to read the data and gathering some information from it, an unexpected electric current spears through the stream, heading to and now shooting through Roll's antenna's, giving her a strong electronic shock. Feeling the shock, Roll squeals in response and is jolted backwards away from the stream.
"Oh no Roll!" Maylu practically yells, having witnessed her navi being shocked.
"Oh my god, Roll!" Megaman practically yells, rushing over to her and helping her up a bit. "Roll, are you ok? Speak to me!"
"She would, if you would give her a chance." Protoman speaks walking up to them and crouching down beside the hurt Roll as well.
"I'm alright." Roll speaks, now grabbing a hold of her right side. "Protoman's suspicion is right. That is no ordinary data stream."
"Now what do we do?" Megaman inquires, turning to Protoman.
"Well, until we know for sure what or who is causing this, we just have to keep a sharp eye out." Protoman suggests.
"What about Roll?" Megaman inquires, turning from Protoman and to Roll.
"I'm fine, Mega, really." Roll speaks, sitting up all the way, despite how much it may hurt. "I'll be alright."
"Are you positive?" Protoman inquires to her.
"Absolutely." Roll replies turning to Protoman with a weak smile.
"I think my worst fear is coming true." Megaman speaks, now turning to the stream.
"Yours and mine both, Megaman." Protoman replies, now turning his sight to the stream. "Yours and mine both."
The Abandoned Mansion
Mr. Moss is just about finished with the battle chip he is working on for DemolitionMan. After typing in a few more words, Mr. Moss hits enter, which completes the process for the chip.
"That was the last one and it's finally completed." Mrs. Moss speaks, as he opens the drive on the computer, for which the battle chip is sitting and removes it, putting it with the rest of the chips next to the computer. "Your default weapon is the Demolition Destroyer, which is converting your right hand into the Z cannon, but that is not all as I have created battle chips for you that will give you more power."
DemolitionMan turns to his right arm, and pulls it into view. Observing it, his right hand converts into the Z cannon, which is a bit bigger then Megaman's mega buster.
"Impressive." DemolitionMan speaks, with a grin as he converts the Z cannon back to his right hand.
"Now that everything has come together, it's time for your departure." Mr. Moss speaks as he presses a few keys on the laptop and then hits enter, which opens up a door behind DemolitionMan. DemolitionMan turns around and faces the door.
"That is the gateway to Internet City." Mr. Moss speaks. "Now it is time to for you to spread terror and soon reign over the city. Now go, my indestructible Net Navi, go and bring the cyber world to it's knees!"
"You will not be disappointed." DemolitionMan says to Mr. Moss as he turns and walks through the gateway to Internet City.
A/N: Ok chapter 4 done. It's completely re-edited and re-done. I apologize for the last copy. I hope you like this one. No flames please and if anything is confusing, please let me know and I'll change it for you. If nothing else, please review.
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