Chapter 4: Birth Of A Dark Loid
'Trouble has broken out at the Music Emporium and Flashman has corrupted MusicMan with a dark chip. Two words for both scenarios: Big Trouble!'
After receiving a transmission from Mr. Famous, Lan and Megaman head to the music Emporium.
"I hope Maylu hasn't made it to the emporium yet." Lan says to himself as he continues roller blading in a rush to the emporium. "And if she has, I hope she didn't get caught up in the trouble going on there."
Swiftly turning the corner and now being on the same block as the music emporium, Lan looks ahead and notices people scrambling away from the store. Roller blading to the store and now being in front of it, Lan converts his roller blades to his shoes and watches as more people scramble from the store, noticing that Maylu isn't among that crowd.
"Maylu is still inside." Lan speaks as he makes his way through the crowd of people and enters the store. "I hope she's ok."
Once Lan arrives inside the store, he notices the chaos going on in front of him. Televisions blinking on and off, some exploding, VCR's spitting out video tapes, the lights in the store are blinking frantically, and DVD players are spitting out DVD's. Through the chaos, Lan begins looking around for Maylu.
"Maylu!" Lan begins calling as he continues looking around for signs of her. "Maylu, where are you?"
"Lan!" Lan hears Maylu's voice call out to him from his left. Turning to the left of him, Lan spots Maylu slightly ducking in the first aisle.
"Maylu!" Lan calls as he runs to her. Now being within reaching range, Lan embraces Maylu.
"Are you ok?" Lan inquires to Maylu as he catches with her gaze.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Maylu answers him.
"I'm so glad to hear that." Lan replies with concern. "Now tell me, when did the outbreak occur? At what time?"
"Well after checking out the pine piano benches, I decided to check out the classical music Cd's when suddenly, I began hearing screams and people started scrambling through the store." Maylu begins explaining. "I had no idea what was going on and the electronics even started going haywire. I can't give you the exact time when it all started, but it was a short while after I arrived here."
"This is the work of viruses." Lan comments. "Do you know where the front desk is? I need to jack Megaman in so he can put a stop to this."
"Yes I do." Maylu answers Lan. "Follow me."
Continuing to duck, Maylu begins leading Lan to where the front desk is. As they continue through the aisle, a load of Cd's fly right over their heads and into the store's front window. Hearing the clash of Cd's hit the window, Maylu and Lan duck down all the way and begin crawling.
"It's safer down here." Lan comments as Maylu continues leading the way to the desk. Now entering another aisle and continuing to avoid the debris flying around, the two continue to the front desk for when Maylu suddenly bumps into something, something hard.
"Ouch." Maylu speaks as she begins rubbing her head. "What did I run into?"
"Me." A voice speaks to Maylu, making her look up ahead of her. She spots Tori rubbing his head as well.
"Sorry Tori." Maylu apologizes. "I didn't see you there."
"That's alright." Tori replies with a smile. "Who can see anything with all of this chaos going on."
Looking from around Maylu, Lan spots Tori.
"Tori?" Lan inquires in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I'll explain that to you later." Tori replies to Lan. "But for now, your timing couldn't be better. I thought Iceman would have to deal with this by himself, but now that you're here, Megaman's help will definitely come in handy."
"You couldn't be more right." Lan comments. "We need to get to the front desk so I can jack him into the store's system and he can put a stop to this."
"I was heading there myself." Tori speaks. "It's not that far, follow me."
Turning around in the aisle, Tori begins leading the way to the front desk with Lan and Maylu in tow. Continuing through the aisle and now arriving at the front desk, Lan, Maylu and Tori huddle behind the desk as Lan and Tori quickly take out their PET's.
"Time to put an end to this!" Lan says as he points his PET towards the infer red slot on the cash register. "Jack in Megaman, Power up!"
"Right behind you Lan!" Tori speaks as he points his PET towards the infer red slot on the register. "Jack in Iceman, Power Up!"
Infer red beams from both PET's shoot into the infer red slot on the register, now jacking in both Navi's into the emporium's system.
(Megaman Logging In)
(Iceman Logging in)
Now being jacked into the Emporium's system, Megaman and Iceman both catch sight of what is causing the trouble in the store. Mettaur and red spiky dog like viruses are attacking a red orb with musical symbols on it.
"Mettaur and spiky viruses." Megaman speaks. "This doesn't come as a surprise to me that they would be behind the trouble going on."
"Surprise or no surprise. Where there's trouble, viruses usually aren't too far behind." Iceman comments. "Time to freeze this operation."
"Great minds think alike." Megaman replies as he quickly converts his right arm to his Mega-buster and aims it towards the orb, towards viruses.
"Mega-buster!" Megaman calls as he begins releasing his buster shots towards the viruses. The buster shots hits a couple of Mettaur viruses and deletes them.
"Ice storm!" Iceman calls as he blows his breath, which releases a mini blizzard that freezes a couple of the spiky viruses. The viruses are turned to ice cubes and are then deleted.
The remaining spiky and Mettaur viruses that are still surrounding the orb, stop attacking the orb and turn their attention towards Megaman and Iceman. The Mettuars form a line from left to right as the spiky viruses form that same line behind the Mettuars.
"This doesn't look good." Iceman comments, keeping his attention on the army of viruses in front of him and Megaman.
"Maybe not, but I've got a plan." Megaman replies. "Lan, I need a powerful battle chip and fast."
"And I know just what you need." Lan replies as he quickly reaches for his PET carrying case, for the pocket his battle chips are in. Now opening the pocket, Lan grabs a handful of battle chips and places them in his lap. Scrambling through the battle chips, Lan comes across the wide sword and area steal battle chips. Picking them up, Lan smiles.
"Perfect!" Lan speaks as he loads the battle chips into the PET. "Wide Sword and Area steal battle chips in and double download!"
After loading the battle chips into the PET, a VCR tape flies behind the front desk and lands right in front of the three as it slightly shatters.
"Hey what's this?" Tori speaks as he picks up the damaged VCR tape and looks at the top label. "No way! Resident Evil III: The rise of the dead. I've been looking all over for this movie."
"Tori will you focus!" Lan firmly speaks to Tori. "Our Navi's need a hand here!"
"Oh, sorry." Tori apologizes as he places the VCR tape down and reaches in his shirt pocket, now grabbing a couple battle chips. Bringing them into view, Tori looks the battle chips over.
"Artic blizzard and Subzero freeze." Tori says to himself as he looks over the battle chips in his hand, trying to decide which to use between the two. Now making up his mind, Tori picks the Artic Blizzard battle chip.
"Artic Blizzard battle chip in and download!" Tori speaks as he loads the battle chip into his PET.
Megaman's right arm and hand quickly converts to the wide sword and Iceman's coat and hat turns deep blue in color.
The Mettuars raise their pointy hammers in unison as the spiky viruses raise their backs in unison. Now slamming their hammers to the ground, blue lighting emerges from the floor and is quickly heading towards Iceman and Megaman.
"You take the Mettuars and I take the spiky viruses." Megaman says to Iceman as he quickly disappears from sight.
"You got it." Iceman replies as he begins inhaling. Now having inhaled enough, Iceman opens his mouth and releases his icy attack.
"Artic Blizzard!" Iceman calls as the icy attack freezes the Mettuar's attack and the viruses. The Mettuar's data breaks up and deletes them.
Megaman appears behind the spiky viruses.
"You viruses are a thorn in my side!" Megaman yells as he wields his wide sword, instantly deleting the spiky viruses with one swing.
The music orb the viruses were attacking, turns blue which stops the chaos in the store.
"Mission accomplished." Megaman speaks.
"Great job Megaman." Lan congratulates his navi as Megaman transfers back to the PET.
"What a way to freeze Iceman." Tori congratulates his navi as Iceman transfers back to Tori's PET.
No longer hearing any destruction going on, Lan, Maylu and Tori look over the desk and notice the chaos has come to an end, but the store is a huge wreck.
"Man, what a mess." Tori comments, continuing to look at the scattered debris in front of him.
"Mess doesn't even begin to describe this scene." Lan speaks. "It's more like a tornado hit the place."
"The boss is due here any minute and when he catches sight of this, I'm going to loose my job for sure." The store clerk begins panicking. "There is no way I can have this cleaned up before he shows up."
"Maybe we can help you out." Tori speaks as he comes from behind the desk with Lan and Maylu. "You know, to make the clean up go a lot faster so you won't loose your job."
"Thanks, but I couldn't ask you kids to help me with this." The clerk answers Tori. "Wait a minute, who are you and why were you three behind the desk?"
"Oh my name is Tori." Tori answers the clerk. "And these are my friends, Lan and Maylu. We deleted the viruses that caused this trouble."
"Wait a minute, Lan? As in Lan Hikari the Dentech city net savior?" The clerk asks in excitement.
"Yep that's me." Lan answers the clerk. "With my net navi Megaman."
"It's an honor to have you in my store." The clerk says as he takes Lan's right hand and begins shaking it. "I've heard so much about you."
"Good things I hope." Lan speaks with a bit of uneasiness in his voice. "So will you still be needing that hand in cleaning up?"
"No, you three have done enough." The clerk says as he releases Lan's hand. "Your Navi's stopping the trouble is thanks enough for me. I'll take it from here."
"Alright then." Lan says as he, Tori and Maylu turn and head for the door. "See you around."
The clerk waves after them as the three exit the store.
"I hope he still has his job tomorrow." Lan comments as the three begin walking down the block. "I am so glad that you are ok Maylu. Let me walk you home to ensure you get there safely."
"Thanks Lan." Maylu thanks him with a smile. "I would appreciate that a lot."
"So Tori, you never told me why you were in the Music Emporium." Lan reminds Tori.
"I'm going to be in the music festival." Tori answers Lan. "I just stopped by there to pick up a few guitar picks." (are those what those little things the guitar players use called?)
"Guitar picks?" Lan inquires. "I didn't think you had any musical interests and since when did you start playing the guitar?"
"Since my dad taught me at 13." Tori answers Lan as the three turn the corner and continues to the residential area. "I'm going to play the instrumental version of my favorite Van Halen song, Dreams."
"I did see your name on the list." Maylu speaks to Tori with a smile. "You'll do great."
"Thanks Maylu." Tori replies, returning the smile. "So are you going to be in the festival?"
"Yes I am." Maylu answers him as they all arrive in front of her house. "I'm going to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata."
"From what I hear in class, you do have very impressive piano skills." Tori compliments Maylu.
"Thanks Tori." Maylu thanks him as she notices that they are at her house. "Well, thanks for walking me home guys and Lan, look for my call tonight after my lesson."
"No problem Maylu." Tori replies. "See you at school tomorrow."
"Not a problem and alright." Lan says to Maylu as she walks up the walk way leading to her front porch. Now reaching her front porch, Maylu waves to the guys and enters the house.
"I'll definitely be waiting for your call." Lan speaks in a dreamy voice.
Turning to Lan, Tori notices that Lan has zoned out and still has his attention focused on Maylu's house, even though she's inside.
"Lan." Tori calls to Lan as he waves his hand in front of his face. Lan comes back to reality and turns to Tori.
"You say something Tori?" Lan inquires dumbfounded.
"Are you crushing on Maylu?" Tori inquires to Lan as Lan goes red in the cheeks.
"Of course not!" Lan protests as he turns his back to Tori. "She is my friend and nothing more."
"Lan, you are crushing on Maylu because if you weren't, then you would have noticed that she went inside the house already." Tori corrects Lan. "But you found it hard to tear your eyes away from her house, which can only mean one thing."
Sighing and knowing Tori is right, Lan turns to him.
"Alright, I do Like Maylu." Lan admits. "But you better not let a word of this get out to her or anyone else for that matter!"
"Not to worry, but why can't you tell her yourself?" Tori inquires to Lan. "I'm sure she'll understand."
"It's not the easy." Lan speaks as he releases a heavy sigh. "She's my best friend and well, I don't want to ruin our friendship by admitting that to her."
"So you think ogling her will help any?" Tori inquires as he shakes his head. "Lan my friend, I have a secret that I think it's about time you heard."
"No wait a minute, the last time I listened to one of your secrets, I ended up with the flu." Lan speaks as he takes a step back from Tori. "I learned not to take any more advice from you after that."
"Don't worry, this secret is perfectly safe." Tori assures Lan as he places his right arm around Lan's neck. "Just walk and talk with me."
"Well alright, but if I end up sick this time, I'm going to make sure to infect you." Lan says to Tori as the two begin walking down the street.
Mr. Edogawa's Residence
Mr. Edogawa has just arrived home as he pulls the car into the drive way. Turning the car off and grabbing his briefcase from the passenger seat, Mr. Edogawa gets out of the car and closes the door behind him as he proceeds to his house. Now reaching the front door, he pulls out the house key and unlocks the door now entering the house. Closing the door and putting his briefcase by the door, Mr. Edogawa walks over to the computer resting on a small desk, by the dining room and turns it on. After the computer completely boots up, Mr. Edogawa takes a seat at the computer and notices that MusicMan isn't on the monitor screen.
"MusicMan isn't back yet." Mr. Edogawa speaks as he opens a notebook next to the keyboard. "The net must be slow today, so I'll just get started working on the clarinet students music programs first until he returns."
Dark Regions of the Cyber World
Flashman and MusicMan teleports to the cyber lair, appearing in front of the dark throne where Shademan is seated and where Bubbleman is standing next to.
"Master Shademan." Flashman speaks up as he gets on one knee. "I am back with great news to report."
"You are not suppose to be back here until you have completed the mission." Shademan speaks up. "And I know that time hasn't arrived yet."
"I know master Shademan. That is what I am here to inform you about." Flashman says.
"Hey, who is the new navi?" Bubbleman suddenly interrupts. "I haven't seen him around here before."
"Bubbleman, I do believe that my room needs cleaning." Shademan speaks sternly to Bubbleman. "Now go clean it!"
"Yes master Shademan sir." Bubble speaks in a frightened tone.
Bubbleman begins walking away from Shademan's throne. Now passing Flashman and MusicMan, Bubbleman stops and looks MusicMan over. He then turns his back to him.
"How can Shademan just replace me with a new dark loid after all I've done for him?" Bubbleman begins mumbling as he continues walking away. Now being out of sight, Shademan turns his attention back to Flashman and MusicMan.
"You better have a pretty good explanation as to why you're back so soon Flashman!" Shademan speaks firmly as he slants his eyes.
"I do sir." Flashman answers him. "Even though you gave me the orders to wreck havoc at the Dentech music festival, I formed an alliance with a navi who will help aid me in this mission."
Unsure of how to reply to Flashman's explanation, Shademan begins looking MusicMan over. Continuing to look MusicMan over and now noticing the dark aura that's surrounding him, Shademan grins.
"Even though I gave you the orders specifically, I guess teaming up with a navi that matches this mission isn't such a bad idea." Shademan speaks with approval. "I approve of the alliance you have formed Flashman, I'm impressed."
"Thank you master Shademan." Flashman speaks as he stands from kneeling.
"What is your name, new apprentice?" Shademan inquires to MusicMan.
"MusicMan." MusicMan answers Shademan. "And I promise that you will not be disappointed, master Shademan."
"I like the sound of that." Shademan says with an evil smile as he uploads a dark chip. "To ensure that you keep your enthusiasm, take this with you."
Shademan tosses the dark chip in MusicMan's direction and MusicMan catches it.
"Now, go wreck havoc and do not return until you have successfully bared scars on Dentech that will not heal!" Shademan commands.
"Yes sir master Shademan, but before I do, I have a special message of my own to deliver to a certain human." MusicMan says as he develops an evil smile.
A/N: Ok, here is chapter 4 and I hope you all like it. My ideas were all jumbled up as to why it took me so long to get this out, but the wait is over and here it is. I want to also apologize if this chapter is kind of boring as well. This is all I could come up with for this chapter, but the next chapter will be a lot more suspenseful. Oh and the battle chips that Tori used are mine. No flames please and chapter 5 will be out when I have moment. I just started back at the university so my writing time is pretty much a guess. If anything is confusing, please let me know and I'll change it for you. If nothing else, then please review.
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