netnitro chapter 15; stop it
--Netto's POV--
"No Megaman!! Get up!!"
I slammed my hands on the wall, eyes never leaving the screen where my NetNavi was trapped in battle.
"Don't let the WWW beat you!!"
"Lan calm down!"
My dad pulled me away from the tv. I didn't blame him - even I knew I was becoming hysterical. I was about ready to throw myself at the screen to see if I could join Megaman.
"Mega!!"
I pushed myself away from dad, wanting to stay as close as I could to my best friend.
"N-Netto-kun... tatsukete...!"
"MEGA!!"
"No Lan... there's nothing you can do now."
I stood silent at my dad's words. Megaman's hand was reaching out towards me, Elecman relentlessly pounding him, the WWW NetNavi following his orders to delete him obediently. He was begging me to help him. And all I could do was just stand there helpless, worthless to him in his time of need. I clutched the blue PET in my hands. He was going to die soon. He was... going to... No! NO!!
"MEGAMAN!!!"
I cried out, there must be something I could do! I knew that without the controls to the PET there was nothing I could do, but there had to be another way to make Elecman stop.
"Don't take him away from me!!"
I could picture myself kicking and punching Elecman - I'd do anything to make him stop. For a moment I realized that I wasn't punching thing air, I was punching something solid, which disappeared when I opened my eyes shut tight from panic. I wasn't in my house. I was in a place with blue and red tiles covering every square inch. I could hear electricity crackling and could smell the disturbing scent of charred flesh and armor. I was disoriented because I didn't know where I was, and I had a numb feeling all over my body.
"Netto-kun…"
I spun around at my name; Megaman was on the ground, sprawled out limply.
"Megaman!"
I rushed over to the NetNavi's side. His body… parts of his body were in fragments! I'd stooped down to touch him, but the moment before I could, the world seemed to faze out around me. I glanced around myself in a panic to find I was back in my living room, my dad looking at me strangely.
"Megaman! Where's Megaman!? Mega!!"
I cried out in my panic, looking everywhere around the room, but I saw him nowhere. Where was he? Was he dead?!
"Where are you?!"
"Lan! Settle down!"
My dad grabbed my shoulders and shook me. I only felt wet tears running down my face, I wanted to find my NetNavi and make sure he was alright. I didn't need my dad comforting me when I was so worried.
"N-Net-t-to-"
The room was silent as a whisper called out to me. I recognized it right away.
"Mega!"
Immediately I grabbed the PET that had fallen onto the ground sometime during my outburst. Megaman was lying down on the inside of the PET. He forced a weak smile onto his face, but I saw that it must have hurt him as he winced, he was so weak and drained from the battle.
"Megaman!"
"I-I'll be fine. I just need to rest…"
His voice was nearly too faint for me to hear. I was very worried about him, but I could see that the fragments that were scattered over his body were repairing themselves. Megaman had gone into the PET to access the Repair function the device had. He was too wounded to recover outside in the real world and needed immediate attention. I nodded, sending him a grateful smile as he closed his eyes.
"You deserve it."
I wanted to ask him what had happened earlier. I was curious as to what had happened to Elecman who had seemingly disappeared, and how Megaman had gotten away from the NetNavi. But I guessed I'd better think about it to see if I could figure it out, I'd better not worry him when he needed rest. Going up to my room, I put the PET back in its charger, since it would enable the Repairing process to go a little faster without using battery power. That, and Megaman could rest in peace up there in my room. I glanced back at the blue PET, wanting to stay there to wait until he was up again, but I knew that I had to go down and help fix up the neighborhood. It was only a day after Christmas… and I thought I'd be helpful to the families who had gotten attacked by the WWW. Why on Earth did they have to pick the day after Christmas?
'That's just typical of them I guess…' I thought. Of course a criminal organization would ruin a special day like the day after Christmas. I frowned as I came back downstairs, heading towards the door. Dad suddenly came out from the living room, blocking my way with his arm, looking at me like something was wrong. It was like he was inspecting something on my face, or something, and he was creeping me out. 'Uh… okay?' I thought, raising an eyebrow at his actions as he looked me up and down, not letting me escape past him.
"You seem a little different, Lan. Are you alright?"
I raised an eyebrow again at his question. I felt tired, but otherwise nothing else felt different, nothing that I could think of, really.
"A bit tired, but I still have to clean up the WWW's mess. I'm fine."
I slipped past him and went out the door after casting him a confused glance. Now who's the one who was acting differently around here? Who knows… I leaned down and replaced a manhole cover over the sewer drain, then moving onto something else when I was done with that. It was a shame that all the snow had melted… now there would be no chance for any snow days at school. And me and Megaman's sledding day was cancelled, too, after we were looking forward to it so much. I moved on to fixing the dog house. I realized I wasn't really mad at what had happened to the neighborhood, instead I was more focused on figuring out what had happened that could have made Elecman stop attacking Megaman. Thinking back, I remembered that weird blue and red area I'd been in, and Megaman was there, all battered. And what had I been hitting…? I had no idea. Looking up, I realized that I had finished fixing the dog house security system outside our house. My ears were ringing from its alarms sounding, since it had been completely destroyed from the attack. Dad came out, mom following him, standing at the door. I stood up, wiping my dirty hands off onto my shirt.
"Well, I'm off to work again Lan... sorry I have to go so soon before New Year's. I'll try and visit again though, okay?"
"Dad, do you really have to go? Can't you stay longer?"
Dad looked down at me with a sad and longing face. I wanted him to stay longer, but I knew that it was important that he return to his job at SciLabs, there was so much work for him to do there. It was almost like he lived there.
"Sorry Lan. How about you come down and visit me sometime?"
I nodded, and we hugged, before mom and I saw him walk down the street towards the Metro. I saw that he had a container in his hand along with his bag of clothes, mom must have given him her special spaghetti and meat sauce that he loved so much. I went back inside the house, seeing that my job outside was done for the day. I was pretty hungry and tired by now, I realized as I walked towards the kitchen. I pulled out two slices of bread and got out peanut butter and jelly. Mom walked up behind me and startled me, placing a hand over my forehead as she looked at me worriedly. I looked back at her, backing away a little, now a little more creeped out that my parents were acting like something was seriously wrong with me, and weren't telling me what.
"What's wrong?"
I asked her, thoroughly confused. If mom was concerned about me, then something was probably wrong, or something.
"Your dad says he's worried about you, because he noticed something happening to you when your PET dropped on the floor… You should get right up to bed."
I had no idea as to what she was talking about. It was only twelve noon, much too early to get to bed, but I figured I'd better do as she said. I went upstairs after putting the plate I'd used in the sink, trying really hard to think about what possibly could have happened. Dad noticed something happening to me? I opened my bedroom door, coming to sit down on my bed. When did my PET drop down on the floor? I'd definitely have remembered that, but surprisingly, I didn't remember anything about that, other than the fact that it had been on the floor when I'd come out of that weird daydream. I remembered that weird numb feeling, and that odd sense of disorientation I got. Something must have forced Elecman to log out, or get deleted, or whatever had happened. I didn't remember anything happening about that. What was that thing I'd been hitting? I hadn't seen it, and it definitely hadn't been the wall or my dad. I had no idea. Where had I been? It almost seemed too real to be a daydream.
I slipped into bed and closed my eyes. Something somewhere didn't add up.
-normal POV-
Two weary eyes opened, sensing something in front of them. They widened, a manilla folder floating in midair. A sore arm took it in its hands. Opening the cover, there in big bold letters read:
Project ANNIHILATE THE WORLD!!!!!!
First section
Subject: Navi ID: Megaman
::…to be continued…::