Sithking Zero: All your base are belong to us. All Capcom's Megaman are not belong to me.

Chapter Six:

…Except This.

As Roll, Zero, and the Rhakshi hiked down the long corridor, one of the Rhakshi leaned in close to Roll. Shockingly, he spoke in a highly cultured, British accent, instead of the usual reptilian hiss.

"You know, Zero wasn't telling the whole truth."

Roll was not sure how to react. "What do you mean, and why are you speaking like that?"

The creature smiled. "I was designed for more detective work, and I work with people more, so Matt decided to give me a more pleasant voice." (A.N.: Also, I am sick of typing like that, and needed a change.)

"As to your second question, I mean that Zero lost more then his cousins. He actually had a-" he looked left and right. "-a girlfriend."

Roll nodded knowingly. "Oh, and he wants to impress her?"

"No. Zero was targeted by this guy, but he was on a date. Zero and the perp fought, but Zero inevitably lost. As the kidnapper fired his capture-beam, Zero's girl took the bullet for him. She was kidnapped by this freak. Zero's not taking it well. Better then you, but not well."

At this point, conversation stopped, as the small rescue party had entered a huge amphitheatre. The place was crowded by hundreds and hundreds of tanks, like the kind used to store specimens.

"Gentlemen, (and Roll,) I think we've arrived."

One of the Rhakshi walked up to Zero and clubbed him in the back of the helmet with his hand. "Well, duh, Geniussss boyy. Where did youuu think we weeereee?"

Carefully, the small party began to enter the forest of tanks.

Zero gave his final instructions. "Grab a partner. We're going to take different paths, and if one of us doesn't make it, the other will survive."

Zero was then nearly tackled by Roll, who did not want to be with the Rhakshi.

Ten minutes later, the parties had begun their search.

"Zero?"

"Yeah?"

"What's in these tanks?"

"I don't know. Why?"

"Just wondering."

Zero looked thoughtful. "Why are these tanks even here? I mean, they look like they've been adapted to provide power of some kind to somewhere…"

"Maybe this will help," Roll commented as she stepped up to a cleverly disguised control panel. The panel had three buttons: Tank Intensity, Base Controls, and Options.

"Try 'options,'" Zero called.

Tentatively, Roll tapped 'Options.' Immediately, a holographic pad popped up with many different options, such as: Intercom, Security Cameras, Microsoft Word, Solitaire, Coffee options, Mega Man Zero 2, and Polarize tanks: Y/N.

Roll selected the last one, changing it from Y to N.

The change in the room was obvious. Instead of the huge room being filled with large green tanks, the room was now filled with large clear tanks. However, what was inside the tanks was most interesting…

"Zero…"

"Roll, please tell me that I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing."

"Do you see that all the tanks have suddenly become clear, and that inside each one, is a netnavi?"

"Yes."

"Then you are seeing what you think you're seeing."

"insert very long string of profanity."

The room was totally filled with tanks. And each one contained a Netnavi.

"Zero?"

"Yes?"

"Didn't you and the Rhakshi count about two thousand tanks when we came in here?"

"Insert even longer string of profanity."

A loud sigh was heard from behind the two navis.

"Ah, I see I have visitors! And witnesses to the creation of my great maverick army."

"Roll, that wasn't you, was it? 'Cause if it was, your voice just dropped about thirteen octaves."

"No….."

In a scene straight out of, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," Zero and Roll looked at each other, then slowly turned to see who was behind them.

The Navi behind them was huge. Easily twice the size of Gutsman, with blue and yellow armor, the navi was glaring down on them with a fiendish grin. A Greek symbol, looking like a sideways "W," (apparently etched in blood) glowed like a dying, unclean ember from his crest.

The huge, bald head leaned down to the two navis, and spoke in his most menacing fashion.

"Ah, Net Savors. It's been too long since I defeated one of you."

The navi stared at them for a minute, then began to charge up the blue energy.

"Greetings, mere mortals, for I am known as…" he paused for effect. "SIGMA.EXE!" He roared with the volume of a freight train.

Roll and Zero looked at Sigma, then at each other for a second.

Then, the bloodcurdling screaming began.

Sithking Zero: 00 Good heavens, that was crappy. Well, the plot advanced a bit…

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