Activation!
By StarWulf.EXE
Chapter 2: Transfer
Chris quickly walked inside the building, his PET in his pocket.
"Welcome!" said an assistant standing by the door.
The inside of S. Corp. was as luxurious as the outside. The floor was covered in crystal-clear tiles. The walls where decorated with BattleChip posters, many of which Chris had never seen. Directly ahead from the door leading to the outside was a large information desk. Chris noticed there was a woman silently typing away behind it.
"Hello Mrs. Newell." he said as he walked up to her.
The woman stood up and looked at him. "Chris, nice to see you again! My, you sure have grown a lot!" she said.
"My dad wanted to see me?" asked Chris.
Mrs. Newell smiled. "Oh yes. Mr. Altec is waiting on the top floor. If you mind stepping on that platform behind you, I'll start elevator."
Chris walked backwards till he was standing a square patch of tiles that was slightly discolored.
"Ready?" asked Mrs. Newell. "Ok, starting elevator now."
Metallic guardrails sprung up around the outside of the discolored tiles. Chris heard a small grinding noise as the patch of tiles started to rise up from the ground. They hovered for a moment before launching straight up into a shaft in the ceiling.
"Yahoo!" Chris yelled as the elevator stared to go faster.
"A little overdramatic, aren't we?" said a voice from his right pocket.
Chris reached into pocket and pulled out his PET. He flipped it open and saw Wulf grinning.
"Be careful, or I must just use that BattleChip Sarah gave to me."
Wulf's smile instantly vanished as he thought back to last April Fools day. Sarah is a friend of Chris's dad. She also works in the same field as Mr. Altec at S. Corp, testing BattleChips. Last April Fools day, Sarah came over to the Altec household for a party. Sarah gave Chris a "special" BattleChip, claiming that it would guarantee a victory in any battle.
Chris decided to test it out at school the next day. He picked a fight with the school's toughest Net Battler, Yun. Right after he jacked Wulf into the Battle Arena in the school cafeteria, Chris used the BattleChip. A huge crowed had gathered around Chris and Yun, expecting to see a cataclysmic cyber fight.
Fifteen seconds passed, still nothing. Chris though the BattleChip was a failure until he noticed a change in Wulf's color. His gloves, boots, helmet, and armor had all turned pink. Wulf, hearing laughter, looked down and saw what the BattleChip did to him.
Determined to gain his respect back, he fought like he never did before. In a matter of seconds, Yun's Navi was defeated. Wulf quickly logged out of the Arena and hid in Chris's computer for two days. By then his data had returned to its normal color and Wulf was ready to battle again.
"Don't even think about it!" shouted Wulf, snapping back to reality.
The elevator suddenly stopped and two steel doors opened on the shaft in front of them. Chris stepped out from the elevator and looked around. They where in his dad's office. A man stepped out from behind a desk and walked over to Chris.
"Chris! Thanks for coming! Listen, I have an important errand for you." said Mr. Altec.
"Hi Dad. So, what's the errand?" Chris asked.
Mr. Altec went over to his desk and grabbed a small box. He handed it to Chris.
"I need you and Wulf to take this box to the Net Officials in Dentech City." he said.
"Really! We get to go to Dentech City!" exclaimed Chris.
"You and Wulf will be staying there for a year with your aunt and uncle. Your mother and I have already packed your bags and sent your school files to Dentech Academy. The plane leaves in two hours."
"All right!" shouted Chris
Three hours later Chris and Wulf where flying first class on flight 414.
Chris was the first to break the silence. He took out his PET and started it up. Wulf popped up on the screen, still sleeping. Chris tapped the PET screen and Wulf slowly woke up.
"Hey, I wonder what's in the box." Chris asked.
"I dunno. Let's take a look." Wulf suggested, still yawning.
Chris carefully pealed back the packing tape on the brown box. It easily opened revealing a pile of strange BattleChips.
"What are they?" Wulf asked, peering out from the PET.
"I have no clue," Chris said, picking one up. He looked at the pale blue BattleChip. In very small print, the word "SYNCRO" was written on the top.
"Whatever they are, you might want to box them up again. If dad finds out we opened the package, we could get into big trouble." said Wulf.
"You're right. Besides, that would be no way to thank him for sending us to Dente-"
The plane violently shook. Wulf and Chris's PET went flying across the hallway. A few of the strange BattleChips fell out of the box.
"What was that!" shouted Chris as he got up out of his seat and ran to catch up with his PET and Wulf.
"I'm checking the plane systems now," said Wulf. "Appears we got some turbulence. It should be over now."
Chris grabbed his PET and ran back to his chair. The plane had stop shaking now and the warning light had turned off. He looked down at the box and saw the BattleChips scattered over his seat and on the floor.
"Oh crap!" he said, scrambling to recover the contents of the package.
After a few minutes of searching, Chris finally found the rest of the lost BattleChips. He put them all in the box and sealed it shut.
"Chris, looks like the PET got a bit shaken up. I'm going to run a program recovery. You should check if you got everything." Wulf said, scrolling down a list of data.
"Good idea!" Chris said, searching his luggage and PET case. "Looks like I got everything."
Chris sat back down in his chair and waited for Wulf to finish. He put his left-hand in his pocket and glanced out the window.
"Hmm? What's this?" Chris asked, pulling a BattleChip out of his pocket. "Must have fallen out of my case."
Without even looking, he slipped the BattleChip into his PET case.
"Finished!" said Wulf's voice from the PET.
"Chris? Chris?"
But Chris couldn't hear his Navi, he was fast asleep.
The P.A. system on the plane crackled. "Arriving in Dentech City Airport in thirty minutes."