Chapter 3: Encounters
'A new evil is rising and is promising to bring two years of peace for Dentech City to an end. Two words: Big Trouble!'
Cyber World
After informing Lan of where he and the others will be, Megaman, Roll, and IceMan now arrive in Internet City. Being in the city, the three now begins traveling Cyber Link Avenue.
"Hey Megaman, Roll." IceMan speaks up as they all stop in their tracks. "I'll catch up with you guys later. I'm going to go check on the water plant's data for Tori. I told him the next time I came here, I would do that for him."
"Alright, we'll catch up with you later IceMan." Megaman says as IceMan now walks off.
"Well, that leaves just you and me now." Megaman speaks as he now turns to Roll. "What do you want to do?"
Taking Roll's hands into his, Roll's cheeks turn bright red as her gaze now catches with Megaman's.
"It doesn't matter." Roll answers in a dreamy voice as she continues staring into Megaman's eyes.
"Ok, how about this." Megaman begins in a gentle tone as he continues staring into Roll's eyes. "How about we go to the arena, catch a couple of battles and after that, grab a couple of slushies at the Cyber Cafe."
"Alright." Roll agrees in a dreamy voice. "That sounds great to me."
"Ok." Megaman confirms, keeping his hands intertwined with Roll's. "Then that's what we'll do. Now, on to the arena."
Megaman and Roll now begins heading to the arena hand in hand.
The two continues to the arena just as Glyde now exits the Cyber World Electronics store. Now being on the main road of Cyber Link Avenue, Glyde looks down the avenue and spots the back of Megaman and Roll.
"Is that Megaman and miss Roll?" Glyde asks himself as he keeps his sights focused down the avenue, on the two. "I do believe that is them. It's been such a long time since I saw them. Megaman, miss Roll!"
Continuing to the arena, Megaman now begins hearing his and Roll's name being called from behind them. Stopping, Megaman turns around and begins searching for the voice that is calling out to them. Noticing that Megaman has stopped, Roll turns to him.
"What's wrong Megaman?" Roll inquires to him.
"Someone is calling our names." Megaman answers Roll as he continues scanning the area for the owner of the voice through the moderate crowd of navi's on the avenue. "And the voice sounded familiar, but I can't make out who it is."
"I can't imagine who it could be." Roll says as she now turns around.
Continuing to scan the area, Megaman and Roll now spots Glyde emerge from the crowd and is running in their direction. Now being within reaching range of them, Glyde stops an inch from the two.
"Megaman and miss Roll, it's so good to see you two." Glyde greets to them with a smile. "It has been such a long time since I've seen you. Just how are you doing?"
"Hey Glyde, we're doing fine." Megaman greets back with a smile. "We haven't seen nor heard from you in a while. What have you been up to?"
"I've been in King Land with miss Yai." Glyde answers Megaman. "She has been working on navi upgrade chips that her father's company will be releasing soon. Next to her video game, those chips are her second best creations."
"Well, at least we now know what Yai has been up to lately." Megaman comments with slight laughter.
"So what are you doing in Net City?" Roll inquires to Glyde with a smile.
"I had to run an errand for miss Yai." Glyde answers. "I was on my way out when I suddenly spotted the two of you. I just had to say hello since it's been a while since I last saw you."
"It has been a while." Roll agrees. "But it's real good seeing you again."
"Same here miss Roll." Glyde replies with a nod.
The three navi's continue chatting among themselves when suddnely, a cyber window with an image of Yai on it, appears.
"Glyde!" Yai calls, now interrupting their conversation and surprising Glyde. Glyde quickly turns around and faces the window.
"Yes miss Yai?" Glyde answers with shakiness in his voice.
"Did you check on the order status of the 42 inch Plasma TV that I ordered?" Yai inquires to her navi.
"Yes I did miss Yai." Glyde replies to Yai. "It will be delivered tomorrowed as you requested."
"Good." Yai speaks with delight. "Now, I need for you to report back here. I'm going to need your help with testing out one of my upgrade chips."
"As you wish miss Yai." Glyde says with a bow.
"And make it snappy!" Yai demands as the cyber window now closes.
"How do you put up with her every demand?" Megaman inquires with a nervous smile as Glyde now turns back to them.
"I can tell you, it isn't easy." Glyde answers Megaman. "But I do manage."
"You can manage because you have nerves of steel." Megaman comments as Roll begins giggling at his comment. "Personally I wouldn't be able to. It's hard enough just dealing with Lan's laziness."
"I really hate to cut this short, but I must be going now." Glyde speaks. "But it was very nice seeing the two of you again."
"Same here Glyde." Megaman replies.
"Hope to see you again soon buddy." Roll speaks with a smile.
"I'll do my best." Glyde replies with a smile. "Good bye to you both."
Glyde now teleports out of Net City.
"Well, it's just us again." Megaman speaks as he turns back to Roll.
"Yep." Roll replies as she turns to Megaman.
"May I escort the lady to the arena?" Megaman speaks with a phony british accent as he holds out his right arm to Roll.
"You may." Roll answers with a giggle as she now intertwines her left arm with Megaman's right arm. Megaman and Roll now cotinues on their way to the arena.
Deep within the shadows of the city, a dark shadow is watching Megaman and Roll closely as they head to the arena. Grinning, the shadow keeps his sights locked on the two.
"I found you Megaman." The shadow speaks with an evil grin.
Regal's Tower
The teen has begun typing commands prompts on the computer as his PET sits in the console's PET reader.
"I'm going to look into these Dark Loids that my father has listed and see if they are any good." The teen speaks as he continues typing. "And if they are, then they will aid me in getting my revenge on Lan."
Continuing to type and now typing in the last prompt entry, the teen hits enter. With that, the Dark Loid data now begins transferring from the PET and to the computer as each of the Dark Loid's files begins appearing one by one on the screen. Continuing to transfer, the last Dark Loid file now appears on the screen as the transfer completes. With all of the Dark Loids files on the screen, the teen now begins looking each of the files over.
"Now, let's see what we have here." The teen speaks as he begins reading the files. "Flashman, Gravityman, Videoman, Sparkman, Allegro, Bowlman, Swordman, Plantman, Savageman, Starman and Brightman."
Having read over the files, the teen now nods in approval.
"Interesting." The teen speaks with delight as a twisted smile crosses his lips. "Since these Dark Loids served my father, then they will surely do the same for me. After all, like father like son so let's put that saying into play."
Typing in a command, the teen now hits enter. With that, a percentage bar, along with eleven data rings, appear.
"Perfect." The teen speaks as the percentage bar now begins counting. "Now while this is going, I'm going to check on my navi and see what progress he has made."
Dentech High (Chemistry Class)
The trio are in Chemistry class and are sitting at a four person table in the front of the class. The teacher is continuing with his lecture.
"So the chemical composition of H20 would be the air that we breathe and the water that we drink." The teacher continues lecturing. "But that doesn't hold merit for every chemical known to man."
Lan, who is holding his attention to the lecture, now rests his right cheek in the palm of his right hand as he releases a sigh. Turning his attention away from the lecture and to the clock above the black board, Lan notices the time reads 9:25am. He now turns his attention back to the lecture.
"Now unlike H20, Sulfur and Nitrogliceren are not to be, I do repeat, are NOT TO ever be mixed together as an unbalanced chemical reaction will occur." The teacher continues. "Now, if you were to mix sulfur and nitrogliceren with water, that will be completely harmless, but you are to mix them with water seperately." (From what I understand, that's true. If not, my fault.)
:This guy talks just as much as Ms. Mari does.:Lan mentally says to himself. :If they ever got together, that conversation would never end. If that ever happened, I'll be sure to stay out of their way.:
"Now Nitrogen, like sulfur and nitrogliceren, is a highly explosive chemical as well and is not to be mixed with any acids." The teacher continues lecturing.
Just as the teacher finishes his sentence, the dismissal bell now sounds.
"Well, that means the end of the class." The teacher speaks. "Once again, my name is Mr. Bennit and please read chapter 1 for homework. Class dismissed."
The students stand and begins gathering their things for their departure from the classroom.
"I had no idea water had a lot of uses, outside of drinking, bathing and putting out a wild fire." Tori now speaks as he grabs his backpack off the back of his chair.
"Is it just me or was that the longest lecture I ever sat through?" Lan speaks as he now places his backpack on his back.
"Outside of when Ms. Mari use to lecture you about being late for class almost everyday, no." Tori answers Lan. "And yes, it is just you."
"I found his lecture very interesting." Maylu adds in, placing her backpack on her back as the three now begins heading towards the exit of the class. "Now we have more insight on what chemicals are dangerous and what not to do with them."
"And homework on the first day?" Lan begins complaining. "That is so unfair. We should at least have this day to do nothing because after all, this is the first day of school."
"High school is a bit more fast paced then middle school, so that's why we have homework today." Tori speaks up. "Time to get use to it ."
"You say that same thing with every school year Lan." Maylu speaks as the three now exits the classroom and enters the hallway. "You said that same thing on the first day of eighth grade when Ms. Mari gave us that writing assignment, telling how we spent our summer vacation and we wrote that in class."
"It was unfair then too." Lan replies as he turns to Maylu. "It was the first day and we shouldn't have had to write anything until at least the second day of school."
"You're impossible Lan." Maylu says with a giggle as she takes Lan's right hand into her left. "But don't worry, I'll come over after school so we can do our homework together."
"You're the greatest Maylu." Lan says with a smile as he now plants a kiss on Maylu's lips.
"No problem." Maylu speaks, returning the smile. "I wouldn't leave you hanging."
"Ok love birds, break it up." Tori speaks up. "We have to get to our next class."
"You really know how to ruin a good moment Tori." Lan says with slight laughter in his voice. "Ok, let's see what dreadful subject I have next."
The trio now pulls out their schedules and begins looking them over.
"Well, I have English next." Tori says. "Room 254 with Mrs. Stoffer and after that, I have Gym."
"I have that same class." Maylu replies. "In the same room with the same teacher and after English, I have Math with Ms. Smith in room 100."
"Ah man, I have math next." Lan says with disappointment. "Another class I know I'm going to fail."
"Not with my help you won't." Maylu says to Lan.
Turning to Maylu, Lan's frown now turns into a smile.
"That's what I love the most about you." Lan replies in a gentle tone. "I always have your support."
"Well, I have to get going now, so I'll see you at lunch ok?" Maylu speaks gently to Lan. "Meet me at my math class and the three of us can go together."
"You got it." Lan replies with a smile as he now gives Maylu a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you then."
"See you at lunch time Lan." Tori says to Lan.
"Ok, see ya then." Lan replies as the three now seperate, going to their next class.
Cyber World
Megaman and Roll are continuing to the arena, unaware that they are secretly being watched and followed.
Continuing to keep a close eye on the two, the shadow now recieves an incoming transmission.
"Have you found him yet?" The voice inquires.
"Yes I have." The shadow replies with an evil smirk.
"Good." The voice speaks with delight. "Cause a little trouble, challenge him and test his fighting abilities, but don't go overboard."
"Roger that." The shadow replies as he now closes the transmission and continues watching the two navis.
Megaman and Roll now reach the arena and arrives at the door.
"Here we are ma' lady." Megaman speaks as he now grabs the handle of the door and opens it. "After you."
"Thank you." Roll replies with a smile as she enters the arena. With Roll inside, Megaman now enters himself with the door closing behind him.
With the two inside of the arena, the mysterious shadow now comes out of hiding, revealing himself as a black armored Net Navi. Having come out of hiding, the navi now arrives at the arena door. Quickly glancing around at his surroundings, the navi now enters the arena.
"Let's sit in the fourth row on the right." Roll says to Megaman as they begin walking down the center aisle. "From there, we will have an excellent view of the battle."
"Sure, ok." Megaman replies in agreement.
Continuing to walk down the middle aisle and now reaching the fourth row, Megaman and Roll enter the fourth row of the right seating section and takes a seat.
"Hey, you can get a good view of the battle from here." Megaman comments.
"Told you." Roll replies with a smile.
A couple of navis now enter the stadium as the current stadium crowd begins growing silent. The entire crowd becomes completely silent as the battle field spotlight now comes on with the warrior navis entering the battle field. Now being on the field, both navis head to their mutal corners. Continuing to their corners and now reaching them, both navis turn and face each other as their right arms convert to the weapons of choice. The navi in the right corner has the Cyber Sword and the navi in the left corner has the High Cannon. With their weapons picked, the navis now bow to each other. Having done that, both navis weild their weapons and the battle now begins. The navis are now locked in battle as the battle begins to intensify with the crowd hanging onto their every move.
The battle continues to intensify when suddenly, an explosion sounds that creates a thick cloud of smoke that quickly covers the battle field and completely cuts off everyone's view of the battle.
"What just happened?" Roll inquires in a frightened tone.
"I don't know, but from the looks of it, it isn't good." Megaman answers Roll as they both stand. "And I know this wasn't part of the battle simulation."
The smoke screen now begins clearing from the area with the heaviest of the smoke diminishing rapidly. Megaman keeps his vision on the smoke covered battle field as the smoke continues to quickly disapate. The battle field area now becomes clear as the smoke completely clears from that area. With that area cleared, Megaman, Roll and the rest of the crowd in the stadium now notice the two navis on the battle field are laid out and are hurt pretty badly with their weapons destroyed.
"What happened to those navis?" Megaman inquires in shock.
Upon asking that question, a bluish green beam now impacts the stadium floor where Megaman and Roll are standing. Noticing the blast, Megaman now begins scanning the area for the source behind the blast as the crowd begins scrambling for the exit of the arena.
"Where did that buster shot come from?" Megaman inquires as he continues scanning the area. Continuing to scan the area and now turning to his right, Megaman spots a black armored net navi glaring at him while the navi is aiming his buster cannon at him.
"So he's the culprit." Megaman speaks with anger as he now places Roll behind him and quickly converts his right arm to his Mega-Buster. "Leave it to one deranged net navi to ruin a good day."
Now aiming his mega-buster at the navi, Megaman begins firing buster shots at the navi. The buster shots are heading in the navi's direction at lightening speed, but the navi quickly moves and the buster shots impacts the ground where he was standing.
"Missed him!" Megaman curses. "Where did he go?"
"Megaman, the door." Roll alerts Megaman as he now turns his attention towards the entrance/exit of the arena and notices the navi run through the door.
"Oh no you don't!" Megaman yells as he begins running towards the entrance/exit of the arena with Roll in tow. Now reaching the door, Megaman and Roll exit the arena as Megaman begins searching for the navi.
"Now where did he go?" Megaman inquires as he continues looking around the area for the black armored navi.
"Someone looking for me?" A husky voice from behind Megaman and Roll speaks. Hearing the voice, Megaman and Roll now turn around and spots the navi leaning against the wall next to the stadium door with a smirk on his face.
"You!" Megaman hisses, now slinging a death glare at the navi. "Who are you and what happened to those navis back there?"
"I have no idea what happened to them, but however, I will tell you my identity." The navi speaks as he now faces Megaman. "The name's Blademan."
"Ok Blademan. I know you know what happened to those navis, so spill it." Megaman sternly speaks as he now aims his mega-buster towards Blademan.
"Believe what you will." Blademan speaks up with a slight chuckle. "But I stand by what I say and have no reason to plead guilty, especially to the likes of a navi like you."
"Give me a straight answer now!" Megaman shouts as he begins charging his buster.
"So naïve." Blademan says, continuing to chuckle as he now gets off the wall. "I'm not going to repeat myself and I'm sticking to my answer. Unfortunetly, I must be going now, but we will meet again, Megaman."
Blademan waves to Megaman and Roll as he now teleports out of the Cyber World.
"Get back here!" Megaman yells. "I'm not through with you yet!"
"Megaman, how does he know your name?" Roll inquires to Megaman with concern. Turning to Roll, Megaman notices the concern look in Roll's eyes.
"I don't know, but that's a really good question." Megaman replies in a calm tone. "Just how did he know my name?"
With Blademan logged out of the Cyber World, Megaman and Roll are left confused about their encouter with the navi.
Regal's Tower
Blademan now teleports back to the PET as the Dark Loid data continues processing. Noticing the navi on the PET screen, the teen grins.
"Progress report." The teen speaks with an evil smile.
"I did exactly as you requested." Blademan replies. "I tested his abilities and he appears to be very strong. Especially after the trouble I caused at the arena where him and a female navi were."
"Excellent job." The teen speaks as he now turns away from the PET screen and back to the computer screen. "Very excellent indeed. He's going to need those abilities for what he is about to be faced with soon, him and Lan."
Taking a glance at the Dark Loid data progress, the teen now nods in approval as he turns away from computer screen and begins heading for Regal's throne. Now reaching the chair, the teen takes a seat as he now rests his chin on the back of his right hand.
"Everything is starting to pan out exactly as I planned it." The teen speaks as he begins to chuckle.
The Dark Loid data continues processing as the first data ring disappears, now revealing the newly regenerated Flashman.
Dr. Regal's chair and his signature seating position. Like father like son. It runs in the family.
A/N: Ok, end of chapter 3 and I hope you all like this, considering I worked on it with a terrible cold. I do apologize if this chapter is boring in some parts and a little too fluffy in others. As I promised, the story will get more exciting as it continues and you still have my word. No flames please and if anything is confusing for you, please let me know and I'll modify it for you. Chapter 4 wil be out when i get a moment and If nothing else, please review.
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