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Last time on RockmanEXE: Save a New World, I, Netto Hikari, get pulled from a fight with Shademan only to be alone when I wake up in a new world. As if it wasn't enough, I got chased by bots, ran into people's look-alikes, and just found out that the local bad guys hijacked the broadcast! Then the fact that the Maverick, Tornado Tonion had the nerve to hold my alternate twin brother as a hostage for info on my navi? I'm going to kick his butt!
Episode Two: The Return of a Blue Bomber
Still in the DIRS building - 11: 23 a.m.
Netto needed a plan. He didn't know the way to the Radio Tower for one thing and he didn't have anything to fight the Maverick forces with. The fact he needed to get away from here was also a factor, but something crossed the young boy's mind.
"Mr. Light? I need to use the rest room."
Yuichiro looked to Netto, snapping himself out of his own thoughts. "Sure Netto. There are restrooms that way." He said as he pointed to his right. "Just follow the signs."
"Thanks, Mr. Light." Netto replied as he zipped for the restrooms.
He followed the directions and soon entered a stall, closing it behind him. The boy opened his backpack and pulled a few things out; his original PET, a disk case and a laptop. He felt glad that he made sure that the PET and laptop got fully charged last night but it was odd doing this without Rockman to back him up.
~"Let's get this show on the road."~ Was his thoughts as he started the laptop and hooked up the old PET. Once the little computer was ready, he input the disk and started the stored program within. In a few minutes, something the boy felt happy to see what had showed up on his screen.
"Ready to go, Alpha-1?" Netto whispered. The mostly white navi nodded, not a sound coming from him. The navi's blue eyes showed no hint of any feelings, and the black lines tracing his form to his blue gem core finish his looks. The navi didn't look like much, but Netto knew better than anyone; don't judge a netnavi by looks alone.
"Alright then. I need a path to the Radio Tower that's getting hijacked right now and any layout maps of the place you can get your hands on." The navi nodded once more before he entered the cyberworld of the network.
Netto changed his outfit to his favorite set and put his bandana back on. Putting away the rest of his things and taking out his roller-blades, the netop walked out of the stall. Looking around for a minute, Netto spotted a window.
"Looks like I have a way out." Netto muttered.
For Yuichiro, the fear of what could happen to his son was eating at him as each second ticked by. He looked at his watch and notice with a shock that ten minutes has gone by since the young boy went for the restrooms.
"What could be taking him so long?" Yuichiro said as he headed for the restrooms to check on the boy. When he got there and opened the door, there was no sign of the boy and an open window.
The worried father was surprised as he asked himself, "Where did he run off to?"
With Netto - 11:34 a.m.
Netto was skating at full speed for the tower. The map Alpha-1 got him was coming in use as he checked it on his PET screen.
As for that maverick who was still misusing the broadcast, he was beginning to grate on Netto's nerves. Tornado Tonion was doing some strange dance and saying random jokes that weren't funny at all. And that laugh was getting more hated by the minute. The boy wondered when that onion would get off the TVs and stop broadcasting.
"Note to self... Mute that maverick when I get my hands on that chip." Netto growled to himself.
Meanwhile with the S-class Hunters...
The hunter units were moving quickly to get a lock down on the area around the Radio Tower to block off all the escape routes they could. Three of the best were at the edge of what was the "seal" of the lock-down, trying to talk over the com-link with Hunter HQ to come up with a plan.
"So anything we can use to get in, Pallette?" Questioned the calm voice of Zero. His red, black, white and gold color scheme was easy to identify, and the long blond hair was hard to miss.
"I'm still working on it. So far, the routes I've found won't let you guys get pass the security fast enough to reach the boy before Tornado Tonion does him in." Was the reply from Pallette.
"Keep trying Pallette. We still got some time left but we do need to act as soon as we can." X said in a gentle but encouraging manner. The blue reploid was on edge with worry for the life that was in danger right now and the potential of danger if that unknown chip was used by the mavericks.
"And trying my copy chip isn't going to work so well since that clown knows about it. What a drag." Axl pointed out in a disappointed tone. The young black reploid was wanting to shoot some mavericks right now but this hostage thing was really low. "The old Tonion would have never done this. I'm betting that who ever rebuilt him made sure that he was a true maverick this time."
"X? I just got a call from one of the other blockades troops: A kid that fits Axl's report from last night just got over the blockaded." Reported Alia
"Huh, how?!" was X's response. The other two S-class hunters looked just as shocked to hear this bit of news.
"He built up speed, made a jump onto the armor tanks and jumped off over the troops at the location. All on roller-blades at that." Alia explained. "What is even more troubling is the fact that the boy is making a bee-line for the Radio Tower."
"Then is it possible for the kid to know something about that chip?" Questioned Zero once more.
This question got the other two S-class hunters feeling unease and the navigators on the other side of the com-link started to feel a sense of dread.
"Then let's hope that nothing bad comes from this." X said with worry.
Back with Netto - 12: 20 p.m.
Netto had just reached the Radio Tower feeling winded but still ready to act. Now that he was here, he needed to get the next part of his plan going: finding a way to get Hub out alive and get a hold of that chip. Pulling out the original PET model, the boy looked for a useable port.
The gate that lead into the Tower's premises had an ID pad built into the wall. A slot for ID cards and an infrared port for reploids.
"Hmm, I don't got an ID card, but I do have a way to use an infrared port." The netop said with a grin. He pulled out a small adapter piece and connected it to his PET's plug port. Taking aim, he sent his navi in.
"Plug-in! Alpha-1 transmission!" The white navi entered the cyber world of the ID system and looked back to the screen with his netop.
"I need the gate opened, Alpha-1. We got about an hour to get Hub out unharmed and we have no room for mistakes." Alpha-1 nodded and set off to unlock the gate.
The cybernet looked about the same as the young netop remembered but taking a better look revealed that this one was more simple. It was lacking the high-class firewalls the boy was used to and was even clean of the virus programs that plagued him and any of the navis he ever worked with. Alpha-1 wasn't going to need his help with reaching the core of the gate's lock at this rate.
Alpha-1 was able to see the core at last. The glowing green spare of data that controlled the lock was sealed within a red firewall that had a data screen for inputting a number code that most likely came from the reploid IDs. Looks like there was a few choices that Alpha could do but the trouble was picking the choice that won't get the hostage killed. Looking around a bit better, the white navi was able to spot a data stream that was linked to the firewall.
The quiet navi made his way over to read the flowing data in hopes for finding out what the link was for so he can make up his mind. As the data was flowing in and out of the firewall in it's prewriten path, the white navi spotted number codes that seemed to be in small batches. Alpha was putting so much focus on the data stream that the whispering voice full of sorrow bought him out of his concentration.
"Try code... nine... five...eight... two... seven... three... four... five... three... four... eight... nine..."
Alpha-1 looked around in alarm, trying to find the source of the voice. Netto spotted the navi's alarmed reaction and tried to spot what could be the cause of it. So far, nothing.
"Alpha-1, I don't see anything. You're sure something's there?"
Alpha nodded in response to the boy's question. Alpha tapped the side of his helmet as a hint for the netop.
"So you heard something. I didn't hear anything from here so I can't help you there. I got shield chips on stand-by for you if you need them."
Alpha nodded, feeling at ease that the boy was watching his back for him. As for the voice he heard, it did gave him a code to try out. The real question was would it work? Only one way to be sure.
Alpha-1 went back to the input data screen and started to input the code. As he hit the enter key, the red firewall turned blue, showing that he got access. For Netto, he heard the gate starting to open.
"Time to go, Alpha-1" Netto said softly as he kept his eyes on the gate.
"You listened...to me... you not run..." Alpha froze at the sound of the voice again, wondering what was going on with him.
"Me follow Hub... for long time... Me... want to... help...You go to Hub?"
Alpha-1 knew now something illogical was happening but it did help him by telling him that code. Unsure where his feeling of trust for the voice was coming from, he nodded before he motioned for the voice to follow him. Having it's help might let them have a higher chance to for all of them to get out alive. The white navi left the gate system not knowing if the voice did follow.
"Good work, Alpha-1." Netto praised in a low voice . "But odd that the lock was so easy to bypass..."
As he slowly roller-blade though the gate, he was forced to throw himself to the ground to dodge a blot of electricity that was fired at the gate.
"Woah! I'm alone and not with hunters! What gives?!" Yelled the startled boy as he looked to see who fired. It was two teal colored reploids with what looked like two conductor rods coming out of a back piece and an arm conductor that looked like it could fire electricity. Then again, one of them was smoking from a discharge.
"Then state your business, brat. The front gate was locked for a reason. After all, the IDs would tell us who was coming in." demanded the first one who had fired.
The boy paled. ~"So they wanted the IDs to tell the tale. Man, I walked right into that!"~
Feeling panic trying to set in, Netto knew he needed to keep clam."I don't have an ID. Heck, I'm not in the system at all. I had to hack the gate to get in since I know something about the chip your boss has. The mark on the chip is the same one I wear." Netto pointed to his bandana as he said that last sentence. "I'm here to talk and I'll only talk to Tornado Tonion."
The second one looked at the boy's bandana for a long moment before acting a bit more relaxed. He turned his head to look at his partner. "Lower the power on your cannon but keep your guard up. We'll take this kid to Tornado Tonion. The symbol does match."
"Fine, but I don't like it. Something isn't right about an unregistered human coming to this place and hacking his way in." The first one said with a growl.
"Go ahead and take me to your boss. I'm not going to run away." Netto said calmly.
"We will take you inside, but we'll need to report to the boss frist before you get to see him." The second Bounding said as he motioned for the human to follow him.
The second one started leading him while the first one followed behind them, weapon still aimed at Netto. Even thought the netop was acting clam, deep down he hated being aimed at. He has seen too many battles on the cybernet and while he's been in crossfusion to be afraid of this but it was still a bitter taste in his mouth.
~"Just a little longer, Rockman. I'll get that chip away from that maverick and then we'll be one step closer to going home together. Then I'll find a way to get Hub out of here."~ Netto thought as he got one step closer to his main target.
The Bounding in front of him stopped at a door, opening it before he looked to the boy. "You will wait here while I report to the boss. You try anything funny, human, and my partner will get the joy of frying you to a crisp."
Netto did as he was told and slowly rolled into the room with out a word to the bots. Looking around the room, it was plain as day that this was once the brake room. A lot of the stuff in here was trashed to useless junk, nothing looked like it would help him much in this plan. The sound of the sliding door shutting behind him met his ears before he turned around to see they didn't follow him in.
"Looks like my watcher doesn't want to share the same room with me." Netto mused to himself as he undid the roller-blades, before he took a second look around.
What he needed was anything with a useable port, infrared or plug-in, it didn't matter to him which he found right now. Looking up, something greeted his vison: a security camra. The lens was busted, but the rest of it was in working order since it still had a small light acting as a sign that it still worked.
The built-in wall counter underneath the camera proved sable as it was able to support the boy's wight as he stood on it to reach it. He felt like voicing his glee but kept quiet as he aimed the adapter half on his PET port at the infrared port on the camera.
"Plug-in! Alpha-1 transmission!" Netto voiced in a hushed whisper as he sent the white navi into the system.
Alpha turned to the screen of his netop, wondering what his new task would be. Netto didn't keep him waiting.
"Alpha-1, I need you to see if you can find anything you can do from within this system that will either give me the upper-hand or let the Hunters get in without costing us the hostage." The boy commanded in his hushed whisper. "You understand your task?"
Alpha felt something he didn't understand in that moment at the order, but he did understand the command he was given, so he nodded for Netto's sake. The boy smiled at the navi, happy that he bought Alpha along.
"Thank you, Alpha-1. Hub's life is the one we are trying to save first, so don't forget that. Go and do whatever will let us met our goal of getting him out of here safely." Alpha gave a salute to the boy before he left to do his task.
Netto got off the counter and shut the PET's keypad panel. He slipped his blades back on, just a moment before the door opened, revealing the second Bounding was back.
"Come on, kid. The boss is waiting for you" Stated the calmer one.
"Yeah, so get yourself moving before I make sure you never move again, brat." Came the snarl out of the other.
"I'm coming already." replied Netto as he rolled out and started to follow the Boundings again.
Part 1 End
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