Possessions

Chapter 5: The Truth

Lan's Room

"MEGAMAN!" The voice echoed through the PET but no response at all.

Cyber World

Megaman was unconscious until he finally woke up. He was placed on a table as the scenery had cyber stars and a deep blue floor. He shook his head with dizziness and stood up.

/Where am I/ He thought actively. Then footsteps were heard behind the blue-clad navi and Megaman turned around...

/Armella/ And it was true. The cerulean net navi with the orange visor was smiling very wide.

"Megaman...nice to see you again." She said coldly. Megaman stood up and took a good look at her.

/Something's different.../ Megaman wondered. Armella smiled with amazement.

"Megaman. It's me..." Armella reminded him once more. Megaman had his buster ready to blow.

"You are not Armel. Who are you?" Megaman asked roughly. Armella's eyes widened.

"Hm..." Armella disappeared rapidly and Megaman became cautious. Something flew past him and Megaman's eyes widened.

"Your worst nightmare..." Armella hit Megaman with ultimate pain and Megaman fell to the floor.

"She's fast...I gotta..."

Megaman struggled to get up but Armella kicked him in his back making Megaman fly. Armella smirked and vanished with cyber dust. Megaman was exhausted. He could not move and when struggling with his hand he stopped and fainted. Armella's power was incredibly strong. But that wasn't the real Armella. Something was wrong...

Lan's Room

"Megaman!" Lan shouted. The static was fading and Lan saw Megaman lying on the floor. Calista gasped and Chaud commanded Protoman to get him. Lan firstly logged Megaman out and into the PET. Protoman logged in Lan's PET to keep an eye on the navi.

"Megaman." Protoman rushed over to his friend and held his head in the back.

"Ugh? Oh..." Megaman blinked a couple of times to clear his vision. He sat up to look at Protoman.

"Who did this to you?" He asked.

Megaman didn't know how to answer such a question. Could he tell Protoman that Armella was right before his eyes and turned bad? He wasn't even sure if that was Armella or not. But Megaman, staring at his friend's dark visor, had to respond the truth.

"Pro...Protoman...it...it was..." When Megaman tried saying the truth he fainted once more and some of his data went missing.

"Protoman, send Megaman to the Scilabs. We're going there." Chaud said. Protoman nodded and he took Megaman virtually to the Scilab's main computer. Chaud and Calista went out the door but Lan stopped them.

"Onegai...let me come." Lan asked. Chaud and Calista gazed at each other and nodded. The operator needed to keep an eye on his own navi. So Lan, wearing as much clothing as he could, escaped to his room and on to the Scilabs.

Scilabs

"Dr.Hikari!" Protoman logged in the main computer and Dr.Hikari was right there seeing them. In shock, Dr.Hikari saw Megaman in bad condition.

"What happened to him?" Dr.Hikari asked. Protoman shook his head with no response. Dr.Hikari sighed and had no choice but to heal Megaman in a protocol. Protoman logged out and went into Chaud's PET.

"Dad..." Lan rushed through the doors to see that he already got Megaman.

"Is he going to be okay Dr.Hikari?" Calista asked.

"One way to find out..." Dr.Hikari logged Megaman in the protocol to heal and put the data on him. Lan wondered what happened. The static had to ruin everything.

"Lan..." Lan turned around seeing Calista in a bad state.

"Calista...what is it?" He asked. Calista moved her head to the side and felt sorrow. She had to say something when responding to someone else. But this response was really uptight.

"Lan...gomen." Calista ran out of the Scilabs and the two other net savers were in shock.

"I'll go get her. Meanwhile, keep an eye on Megaman." Chaud told Lan. He ran out of the doors and Lan stared at his navi.

/Megaman.../

Outside of the Scilabs

Calista sat down in the nearest and private bench she could find. She didn't know why she said sorry in the first place. But it seemed that this situation was all her fault. She cried as tears fell in her lap like rain.

/Armella...I really need you.../ Calista thought.

/But why do I have such sorrow/ Calista cried more and more. She tried to stop but it wouldn't.

"Hi." Calista, looking straight, saw Chaud with his hands in his pocket.

"Leave me alone." Calista said coldly.

"Please..." Chaud wanted to but he stepped forward to the girl. He eyed something very precious. Calista, in a state of shock, saw Chaud take her wrist and held it tight.

"I said leave me-" Calista stood up and it was the wrist that had her bracelet, the bracelet Chaud gave her. Chaud eyed it carefully. It was scratched yet there was beauty that he could capture.

"Calista...do you wear this everyday?" Chaud asked her. Calista made eye contact and nodded a 'yes.' Chaud made a small smile. Calista saw this and blushed.

"If you wear this everyday, then my spirit and yours are together."

Calista wondered the meaning of what Chaud said but it probably meant that their relationship's always strong. Calista wiped a tear and made a smile.

"Arigatou...kedo..." Calista's wrist was loosened and turned around.

"Getting Armel would be complicated now..."

"Naze?" Chaud asked her. Calista made eye contact once more.

"As Shukun escaped I don't know what would happen." Calista gaped and continued.

"He might be up to something big, probably like last time." Calista gripped her skirt with madness.

"I just can't stand it anymore..." Calista made a glare and took his hand.

"Let's just go. I promise I'll be fine." Chaud, not objecting by this, took Calista's hand and went inside the Scilabs.

Scilabs

Protoman sat down next to his companion who was healing very fast. Apparently the blue navi wasn't awake yet but he kept making small mutters that Protoman heard.

"A...Armel..." Protoman wanted to ask more but something disturbed him-Lan's sneezing. But when the sneezing ended for Lan, Megaman finally woke up.

"Hm?" Megaman gazed at his surroundings and sat up. Protoman was right next to him.

"Megaman, I want you to answer this question honestly." Protoman began. Megaman was really confused at the moment, finally knowing that his surroundings was the Scilabs.

"Hai?" Megaman wanted him to continue.

"Was it possible that Armella did this to you?" Megaman's eyes widened and he nodded honestly.

"Hai, I saw her. She was the one that damaged me hard. But it's not possible. She's deleted." Megaman made the true comment.

"I don't know. It's strange. But are you okay now?" Protoman asked. Megman nodded and Lan saw him wide-awake.

"Megaman!" Lan rushed to the protocol to talk to him.

"Lan, I'm fine. You should be in bed." Megaman reminded him. Lan coughed.

"Yeah, but I wanted to see you. Who did this to you?" Lan asked. Megaman and Protoman were a little silent to respond. The silence stopped when Chaud and Calista came in.

"Lan, it was Armella." Lan's eyes widened and he turned to see the girl.

"What? Impossible!" Lan surprised. Calista nodded her head yet she had a reasonable answer.

"Lan, I'm not sure but I think the one that hurt Megaman, was a clone." Calista ended.

"That can't be. How can she be a clone?" Protoman asked. Calista continued.

"I'm not too sure, but I know that was not Armella surely. She's not like that." Calista had her head down.

"I know..." Dr.Hikari heard the conversation and shut down the protocol. Megaman was ready to go and was logged in to the PET.

"Somehow, this is no navi that can surpass the great Megaman..." Calista said happily. Megaman made a small blush. Dr.Hikari stared at the main computer that was beeping to work and he made a comment.

"Now, Calista do you want to continue the research?" Dr.Hikari asked.

"Yeah. But this would not be ordinary research. I have a plan." Calista turned to the other two net savers.

"Lan, Chaud. I'm going to need your help." Calista winked. The two were confused but nodded to work.

All of the teens and Dr.Hikari went in front of the main computer as Calista sat down on the rolling chair. Lan and Chaud had their PET's ready to log in the computer.

" 'Kay. I have some bait that will lead 'the' Armella here." Calista logged on the computer a Sun sword. It was Armella's favorite chip and was Calista's first chip creation.

"When Armel sees this I want Megaman to sneak up on her and grab her." Calista turned to Lan and she made a commanding glare. Megaman nodded with agreement.

"And when Megaman fully has her embraced I want Protoman to slash her." Chaud's eyes widened.

"But what happened if that was the real Armella?" Chaud asked. Calista shook her head.

"I'm sure this one's different. Just trust me on this one. Now are you ready?" She asked the net savers. They nodded and Calista made a smile.

"Okay..." Calista typed in a few things in order for the Sun Sword to be placed in the middle of Cyber World. She logged in the chip and the sword made a regular stance on its pedestal.

/Wait.../ Calista asked herself.

/Come on...Armel.../ Calista's eyes widened seeing Armella taking the sword on it's pedestal.

"NOW!" Calista shouted.

Megaman was already hiding in a cyber wall and he grabbed Armella in the waist. The girl struggled to get out of the embrace and Calista nodded for Protoman to get ready. Calista made the move and Protoman slashed her with his regular sword. Megaman let go quickly in order not to be hit also. The girl screamed with pain and the computer said:

VIRUS DELETED

"YES!" Calista stood up happily.

"It's not Armella after all." The two navis logged out and they were rather confused.

"So...if that wasn't Armel...then who's-" Out of nowhere a box on the computer showed up. The gang turned to see a dark figure of a girl and a boy behind her in a chair. The appearance was hard to see since it was dark.

"Hm...you finally out-smarted us little girl..." The woman whispered and cackled.

"But...you need the data to get her back." The woman made a laugh and the boy gripped her shoulder tighter.

"WHO ARE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Calista shouted in the computer's screen. The girl shook her head.

"Pitiful...but I will be back..." The box disappeared and Calista was in a state of shock.

"It's not fair..." She whispered to herself.

"That might be data from a piece of the Time Chip. How can they get their hands on it when all of the pieces are right here? At the Scilabs?" She said insanely.

"It doesn't make sense..." Calista started typing more information furiously on the Time Chip. She had to get to the bottom of this...

"Lan, I want you to go home. You're sick." Dr.Hikari patted his shoulder.

"I know. But I want to help..." Lan stared at Calista with a lot on her mind.

/She won't stop.../ Lan thought. Chaud pushed his back.

"I'll take you home." He whispered.

"I can take you back here later on. Like tomorrow." Lan gazed at the sapphire-eyed boy and he nodded. The two of them called in a limo and left the Scilabs.

As for Calista, she loved her navi so much that she wanted to research more about the Time Chip. Half of the data belonged to the Time Chip while the other had the corrupted data on Armella. Yet, Armella's data looked really complicated to understand. Dr.Hikari watched her with worry. He tried to talk to Calista but she didn't make a sound. It made him feel uncomfortable of the silence that he made hot chocolate for the girl. It was warm and really good but Calista barely took a sip. Then Calista made a comment.

"Dr.Hikari, you don't need to keep an eye on me." Dr.Hikari sipped some coffee and stared at the girl.

"I'll be fine. I need to research more..." Calista said with a timid voice.

"Please. You can do anything. I'll call when I have a question." Dr.Hikari had a solemn look on his face but let the girl to be.

China

/Calista.../ Mrs.Rana sat on her desk to look at the picture of the girl. She had a photo album on her lap and turned each page with many memories. Some of them had Calista with a large hat on that her eyes were covered. Yet she made a smile at age 5.

The other picture was when she took care of Oscar when he was first born. Apparently it wasn't a good time for spit and grime to be on her shirt. But the last picture she saw was Calista sitting on her father's lap happily. She hugged him many times that her father kept making larger smiles. Mrs.Rana made a small smile. She missed her husband so much that she made a tear drop. Abruptly, the phone rang and Mrs.Rana picked up as she sniffed.

"Hello RCC, how may I help you?" Mrs.Rana said with a nice tone.

"Calista!"

Scilabs

"Hi Mom..." Calista said with a small voice.

"How are you doing dear?" She asked on the phone.

"I'm fine. It's just..." Calista stopped making her mom waiting.

"I think I have a way to get Armella back."

A/N: Hi! I'm sooo sorry for the LONG update. Was it two months or something? Oh well, gomen. I promise to update ASAP. School and stuff like that always get in the way. It probably wasn't the best chapters in my opinion but if you like it (yay). Please wait for the next chapter!