Activation!
By StarWulf.EXE
Chapter 3: Dentech Arrival
Wulf sighed. "We've only been here for fifteen minutes and you're already lost."
"You got two options. You can help me find the house or I can rip your batteries out."
Chris was walking through downtown Dentech City. Wulf was busy searching the Dentech phonebook data, looking for the address of Chris's aunt and uncle.
"Data found!" Wulf said, returning to his PET.
"No need. We're right in front of it."
Chris rotated his PET so Wulf could see the house. The curved blue roof blended perfectly with the sky and the grass in front of the house was neatly cut. The two story house was sparkling clean.
"I wonder what my cousin is doing now. I haven't seen him in years." asked Chris.
"Let's find out. We aren't getting any younger standing out on the street," replied Wulf.
Chris walked up to the house and rang the doorbell. A few seconds later, a man in a lab coat opened the door.
"Chris! Welcome to Dentech City. Please, come in!" the man said.
"Hello Uncle Yuichrio." Chris said, shaking his hand.
A woman came running down a flight of stairs. When she saw Chris she set down her laundry and ran over to him.
"Chris! It's so nice to see you again! You've grown so much since I last saw you!" she said, giving him a hug.
"Thanks Aunt Haruka."
"Let's get you settled in." Haruka said, picking up Chris's luggage.
She and Chris walked up the stairs into a spacious room decorated with Net Battle posters. There was a large bunk bed in one corner of the room. She set the suitcases down on the top bunk and dusted off her hands.
"I hope you enjoy your stay here." she said before turning around and heading down the stairs.
Chris looked at his surroundings. The blue carpet matched the three black beanbag chairs scattered on the floor. In the northern corner of the room was a locker-like cabinet with numerous trophies resting on it. On the western side of the room, a giant bay window took up must of the wall. To the right of the cabinet stood a glass-top desk with a high-speed computer sitting on top. Most of the eastern side of the room had been cleared for Chris to put his stuff. Still no sign of his cousin, though.
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An hour and a half later, Chris had finished setting up his computer, desk, dresser, and PET docking station.
"Time to test out the equipment." said Chris, pointing his PET at the jack-in sensor on his computer.
"Jack in, Wulf! Power up!"
A red beam shot out from the PET and hit the sensor. A bright shaft of light appeared on the computer screen. When the light faded, Wulf was standing in the computer's main systems.
"Everything seems to be working," Wulf said, looking around for any viruses.
"Ok, I'm attaching the PET." said Chris.
Chris walked over to his computer and placed his dark blue PET in the docking station. Wulf returned to his PET and yawned.
"G'night, Chris."
Wulf closed his eyes and entered sleep mode.
Chris was about crash as well until his cousin entered the room.
"Hey, Chris, nice to see ya." said Lan, throwing he backpack on his bed.
Lan, now 16, was wearing his signature orange vest and blue headband. However, he was wearing a pair of black shorts and he had a red shirt under his vest. His air had grown since Chris had last seen him; it was almost the exact same length as his.
"Lan, nice to see you too." said Chris as Lan placed his PET in his docking station. "Seems like you've been busy. By the look of all those trophies, it seems like you're one hell of a Net Battler."
"Yup! Won the N1 Grand Prix two years in a row. MegaMan and I are the number one operator and Navi in Dentech." Lan said, taking of his vest and leaped into the bottom bunk.
Chris climbed up into the top bunk, jumped into bed, and closed his eyes.
"Chris, wanna have a Net Battle tomorrow? Wulf vs. MegaMan." Lan asked suddenly.
"Sure, we can battle tomorrow." replied Chris.
Soon enough, Chris fell deeply asleep. If he stayed awake for thirty seconds longer, he would have saw Lan looking over the box containing the strange BattleChips.
"MegaMan, patch me through to Famous." said Lan
"Connected" MegaMan reported.
"Famous here. What is the situation on the SyncroChip shipment?"
"There're all here."
"Good. Send them over tomorrow."
"I understand."
"Connection terminated." said MegaMan