Activation!
By StarWulf.EXE
Chapter 6: Grasp the Future
Lan turned around. "Chris! What are you doing here?" he shouted.
ShadeMan's eyes narrowed, his arm raised.
"Sonic Stop!"
Cyber sonic waves burst forward from ShadeMan's clawed hand. Before the Net Savers could react, the waves hit their target.
"Agh! No!" the Net Savers cried as they hit the floor, motionless.
Cross Fusion terminated
Their armor faded and the PETs reappeared. The five teenagers had returned to their normal selves.
Chris ran over to his cousin.
"Tell me what you did to them!" he demanded, his finger pointed at the Navi.
ShadeMan laughed hysterically, ignoring the human.
"Ch…Chris…"
Chris kneeled next to Lan. His eyes opened slightly as he turned his head.
"Log Wulf into the…Dimensional area. He can…Fight ShadeMan."
Lan's head fell limp and his eyes closed. He had passed out. Chris rose to his feet, holding up his PET and BattleChips.
"Jack in, Wulf! Power up!"
A column of light dropped Wulf off behind ShadeMan. The Navi, who was busy collecting the SyncroChips, didn't notice his new opponent.
Wulf raised his claw above his head. "Lupine Slasher!"
ShadeMan turned around just in time to get a face full of claws.
"You insolate little bastard!" he screeched, flapping his wings.
Chris inserted three BattleChips into his PET.
"Attack +10 BattleChip, in! Download! Prism BattleChip, in! Download! Heat Shot BattleChip, in! Download"
A prism appeared in front of the blinded ShadeMan and Wulf's Navi icon glowed blue. His hand turned into a flamethrower as he lined up his shot.
"Heat Shot"
A ball of superheated fire flew forward the crystal prism.
"Reflect!"
Seven identical fireballs appeared around the prism, exploding with tremendous force. ShadeMan flew back and crashed against the display panel. Wearily, he got up and clenched his fists.
"Fool! You had your chance to leave. Now you shall see my true power!"
He brought both of his fists above his head. They both turned bright red and started to flame. With one swift move, his fists collided.
"Dark Flames!"
A dark mass of matter formed in front of ShadeMan's hands. He grabbed it and hurled it at Wulf. It was a direct hit, Wulf collapsed to the floor.
Wulf, logging out
"Wulf!"
Chris franticly searched through his BattleChips as ShadeMan drew closer.
"I know I have a Recover 300 chip in here!"
Chris's eyes fell upon a dark blue BattleChip. It was just like the ones in the box. He picked it up and shoved it in his PET.
"BattleChip, in! Download!"
The PErsonal Terminal started to vibrate and hum before it disappeared in an explosion of vibrant light. Chris spread out his arms and legs as he felt a powerful force enter his body. Bits and pieces of Wulf's armor formed together and attached on Chris's body. However, unlike his Navi, golden slash-marks also appeared on the armor. Wulf's icon flashed with great intensity on Chris's chest.
ShadeMan covered his eyes till the light faded. When he put down his arm he could see a new figure, walking towards him.
Chris eyes, now amber, eerily glowed in the darkened room. He extended his arm, revealing black claws.
"ShadeMan, drop the chips and log out now."
"Yes, my master." ShadeMan said to an unknown presence.
A dark swirling portal materialized behind the former Darkloid .ShadeMan stepped into swirling dark, vanishing into the portal.
ShadeMan, logging out
Chris put down his arm and fell face first into the ground.
Cross Fusion terminated
Wulf's armor disappeared and became Chris's PET once more. Lacking power, the PET turned off and spit out the SyncroChip. The dimensional area dissipated while Dr. Hakari and Famous dashed into the room.
"Someone hacked the systems so we couldn't open the door. We had to shut off the-"
Yuichiro stopped in mid-sentence as he noticed the teens scatter across the floor.
"Call the medic!" shouted Famous.
Dr. Hakari checked Lan's pulse.
"They're still alive!"
Famous sprinted across the room, checking to see what happened.
"Looks like whoever hacked the system left the SyncroChips. I wonder who…What's this?" he said, picking up Chris's PET and the BattleChip.
Dr. Hakari walked over to Famous to see what he was talking about.
"Looks like we got a new member."
- - -
"Master, why did you log me out? I could have gotten the chips!"
"This mission was not about the chips. It was just a test."
"What?"
"We have more advanced technology than those BattleChips. This was all about the Fragment Program."
"I understand."
"It met all of our expectations. Phase two shall start tomorrow."