Viral Assault

Zerix was at the Arcade, bored, because there was nothing to do. Andrew was out of town visiting his many relatives, Mike was visiting his Aunty in the city, and Port was out on a hunting trip with his father. Zerix was the only one of them left in town.

"Bring! Bring! Bring!" Zerix's PET rang in his pocket when a message was sent to him while he was playing pool.

"I wonder what this is, a warning." Zerix said as he started to read, "An attack will come to ACDC, unless you step down!" Zerix looked confused. "What the heck could that mean, I am not stepping down!"

"Bring! Bring! Bring!" A few moments later his PET rang again as well as all of the other teens' at the arcade.

"Another e-mail? From the ONB, this time" Zerix asked himself and opened the message, it read, "To the citizens of ACDC,

The net is being attacked by rouge viruses; we strongly suggest not logging in for the remainder of this time! Thank You.

From,

The Official Net Battler Association

"Looks like trouble!" Zerix said running out of the arcade. "Blackman! Where is the closest jack in port to the main net?"

Blackman answered quickly, "At the chip shop!"

"Good" said Zerix, as he neared the shop. Zerix scrambled inside and jacked Blackman in.

Blackman Logging In

When Blackman entered the net, all of the navis were running around screaming as a legion of viruses approached Den Area 2. "What is that?" asked Blackman as he stared at a huge virus leading the legion. It looked like a lion though it had a hawk's head, talons, and wings.

"A Griffin!" answered Zerix softly; he had been interested in mythology ever since grade school. He wondered how that creature was made into a virus, or a super virus maybe.

"A griffin? Zerix, are you sure?" Blackman asked still gazing at the mythical beast.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Zerix answered in a dazed tone. "Griffins have a weak spot right under their wings! Got that I am sending you chips." Zerix added after he had finished gazing in disbelief, "Invis, Shotgun Battle Chips In, Download!"

A small, black shot gun appeared over Blackman's blaster arm as he turned transparent. "This is it!" Blackman shouted as he swiftly stepped towards the massive beast and the virus legion.

The mythical virus flew back behind the lines of its army for some reason.

"Blackman, it can fire bolts of electricity watch out!" Zerix yelled, but it was too late.

Blackman had been hit by a bolt of electricity, shot by the mythical virus. "Ah!" he screamed as his body was surging with thunder. Eventually when he recovered, he thought about something, "Hey Zerix, why was I hit with that bolt, I had my invis activated?" he asked in astonishment.

"I don't know but keep going!" Zerix told his navi as he slotted in some new chips, "Invis3, GunDelSol1 Battle Chips In, Download!"

Blackman turned transparent again and a compact sun generator materialized on his arm and he ran towards the legion. "Fire!" he yelled as the generator shot a multi-color sunbeam at the rouge viruses, deleted almost half of them. "Yes! Now, Zerix I need a blade or two!"

"You got it! LongBlade x2 Battle Chips In, Download!" Zerix announce as he slotted in two of his sword chips.

The blades appeared on each of Blackman's arms and he smiled, "Thanks, now for some action!" Suddenly the griffin virus screeched and shot another bolt at Blackman, he did an army roll to the side to dodge it. "Argh! Didn't see that coming! Gotta be more careful." He said as he stepped towards a line of Swordy viruses.

Suddenly there was a cry, "Help me!" A navi in a lab coat was trapped in between the legion of viruses.

"I will help you!" Blackman yelled back and cut a Swordy in two while countering another's sword. He did a front flip over the line and slashed backward deleting five more. Blackman ran forward towards a small alley way where the helpless navi had been. "Where are you?"

"Over here!" the navi whispered back in distress.

"Oh there!" Blackman said, but the navi shushed him.

"I am Professor Narm's navi, from the virus lab," the navi said and then added, "My operator and I made a great discover, we call it the Viral Unison. It is the combination of virus and navi to create a formidable force. We only need one more piece of data to try it out."

"So you're trying to find that data?" Blackman asked.

"No, I've found it, but it is guarded by two SwordyOmega, over there." He answered pointing around the corner to a dead end in the alley, where a pedestal stood holding a fuzzy piece of data, guarded by two SwordyOmega viruses.

"I'll take care of them!" Blackman exclaimed and jumped out from behind the wall. He held out his blades and countered both viruses' swords. Then he stabbed one thru the chest, deleting it. The other slashed at Blackman's shoulder but he slashed back and deleted it.

The professor navi walked over to the pedestal after making sure it was safe and picked up the data. "Pick up those pieces!" he ordered at Blackman.

Blackman complied and picked up a Swordy's Helmet, Sword, and Chest Armor. "Why do we need these?"

"To fashion a Viral Unison of course," he took the parts and fiddle with them and then downloaded the concoction to Blackman. "Well, what are you waiting for? Try it!"

"Ok, um? Viral Unison, Swordy Unison!" suddenly a blinding light flashed and Blackman's armor doubled up and transformed into the grayish-silver of a knight's. His helmet molded into a Swordy's and his LongBlades disappeared and were replaced by a large KnightSword. "Cool! Now I can defeat that creature!"

Blackman ran out of the alley and called to the beast, using knightly talk "Fight me, so I shalt slay you with my sword!" the knighted navi ran up the the beast and jumped into the air. "If he likes electricity, he mustn't like aqua! KnightSword! Aqua Mode!" he shouted as his blade turned a brilliant aquamarine. He stabbed into the beast's under-wing and it started to explode.

Blackman jumped away as the griffin beast blew up, taking its army with it. "That wasn't too hard without any help!" he announce gleefully.

"Yeah? It was?" Zerix said in a questioning tone, "You think Myth was behind this?"

"Beats me?" he replied, as always.

"Shut up! Ok I am jacking you out." Zerix said as he pulled out his cord. Blackman's armor and weapon transformed back into its normal form as he logged out of the net.

Blackman Logging Out

Zerix: Myth was behind that virus attack.

Blackman: But this time we have a new weapon!

In Unison: Next time on, Blackman's Story, Plans Revealed

Zerix: I wonder why Shadowman is working for …

Blackman: SHUT YOUR TRAP, YOU IDIOT!