Sithking Zero: I am still not the possessor of Megaman or Capcom. Unless I'm the heir to the company, I probably won't own it.

I GOT MY DRIVERS PERMIT! WOOT! TEH BADNESS!

Chapter 3:

Oookaaay… we might be in trouble now…

Matt and Maylu gaped at the screen in shock and horror. Megaman had been one of the most powerful navis, and some guy had waltzed in and mopped the floor with him, then waltzed off without so much as a scratch on him, also kidnapping Megaman in the process.

"Ummmmmmmm…." Matt said. "As stupid as Zero's statement is, I am forced to agree. 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.'"

Maylu looked at him quizzically. "What! Why would we need a bigger boat? How will that help us?"

"Sorry, my family and I like to quote from movies. That quote was from the movie 'Jaws,' when the guy sees that their ship is not big enough to handle the shark they're hunting. I meant it represents our current situation."

Zero nodded solemnly, noting the convoluted wisdom in Matt's words. "As much as I hate to admit it, though I want to deny it, Roll and I have nowhere near the amount of power necessary to beat this cretin. I also think that even my cousins-"

"Zero…" Matt glared warningly.

However, Roll and Maylu exchanged glances, noting this conversation for future discussion.

Matt cleared his throat. "If you and Roll would like anything to eat, we could probably get something for you while we discuss our next course of action."

Maylu nodded, and a quick lunch was in order. As the humans ate their lunch, Zero took Roll for a tour of his HomePage (HP).

"…and on your left is the library, training rooms, and my bed rooms. And to your right, is… oh crap…"

For at that moment, a huge red and gray mass slammed into Zero, bowling him over.

Zero wrestled with it briefly, then kicked it off.

"Um, Roll, I'd like to introduce you to the Rhakshi. They are the fiercest navis in existence, and each has a different power. There are six, but none have individual names, so we call them by their colors. Meet Red. Red, meet Roll."

The Navi took one look at Roll, and such a fierce blast of terror rocketed through her that she ran for her life. She managed to get halfway down the corridor before two pairs of strong, skeletal arms grabbed her and forced her down. She was on the ground, staring up into their hideous, shelled, reptilian faces.

"Whoo are Yooo, intruuuder? Why have yooo come here? YOO MUU-"

Zero then proceded to utter a strange, beeping code (A.N.: think R2-D2).

The Rhakshi backed down immiediately, like they were programmed to. Zero then crouched down and helped Roll to her feet. She blushed lightly. "Thank you."

"Ah, you're welcome. Sorry, they are usually ordered to guard the base, and, umm, they can be a little, well, enthusiastic, to say the least. They usually don't like being so sedentary. We almost never give them any assignments."

"Why?"

"Remember the Great Undernet Massacare?"

Roll winced. The Great Undernet Massacare happened almost two years ago. Intensely powerful beings had rampaged through the Undernet, causing huge amounts of devastation, cutting links, deleting navis, and general mayhem and destruction. The total damage had been quoted as about three trillion Zenny.

"Umm…yes?"

"Their fault."

Roll gasped. "AND YOU LET THEM LIVE?"

Zero shrugged. "Why not let them live? They are good allies, and it was a simple error that caused the problem. Why scrap a perfectly good design when only minor changes are nesscecary?"

In the real world…

"So, Maylu, how long have you been a Net Savor?"

"About a month. They've been pretty desperate, ever since the kidnappings started to take place; they're still trying to refill their ranks."

"I kind of figured that much. I mean, some of the navis in the recruiting line were so weak, they had trouble beating simple met viruses, let alone the big guys in the undernet. Also, there seemed to be very few custom navis there; Zero was the only one."

Maylu sighed. "What I'm interested in is that this guy kidnapped Megaman."

"Why?"

"Well… you'd want to get navis that could be a threat out of the way, but… I don't understand the logic in keeping them alive."

Matt pondered this. "Perhaps this guy is merely collecting their data. I mean, remember the Grave Virus Beast? Or Bass? Perhaps he's like that."

Maylu sighed as she poured herself more milk. "This isn't going to be easy."

Matt gave a short laugh. "That, my friend, is the understatement of a lifetime."

Author's notes: Sorry that this was only a filler chapter. More action to come! Oh, and this is not a Zero/Roll fic. Just in case you were wondering.