Chapter 6: The Past Returns Pt. 2
'The frequency signals Iceman picked up on lead Tori to a dimensional area and the trouble that came with it. Help is on the way!'
After notifiying Lan and Maylu about the dimensional area, Tori and Iceman wind up in an unexpected situation neither one expected.
Blademan's crimson eyes keeps focus on Tori as waves of fear continues consuming Tori.
"Iceman..."Tori chokes out.
"You and your navi stuck your noses where they didn't belong." Blademan hisses, not taking his sights off Tori. "You should have minded your own business, but since you didn't, your navi paid the price."
Blademan now turns back to Iceman and glances him over.
"All of this could have been avoided, but since you two couldn't mind your own, then I'll see to it personally that the next time you will." Blademan speaks as he brings his Blade Dagger into his view with an evil grin crossing his lips. "And to make sure I get my point across, I'm going to delete your navi!"
"ICEMAN NO!" Tori yells, now breaking from his fear.
"Put the weapon down and step away from the navi!" Lan's voice sternly speaks from behind Tori.
Hearing the voice, Tori and Blademan turn in the direction of Lan's voice, now spotting him and Maylu walking in their direction.
"Lan, Maylu, boy am I glad to see you guys!" Tori speaks with happiness.
Now being close enough to Tori, Lan and Maylu stop an inch from him.
"Hey, we couldn't leave you here with that deranged Net Navi." Lan speaks, glaring at Blademan.
"Especially after what he did to our navis." Maylu adds in, also sending a death glare in Blademan's direction. "Do you hear me? You're going to pay dearly for what you've done!"
"On the contrary, it is you who will pay." Blademan replies with an evil smirk as data sentences begins scrolling down his eyes.
Inside the tower
Aaron now recieves Blademan's message on his PET and smirks.
"Excellent. Lan Hikari has arrived and now the real fun begins." Aaron speaks. "It's time for you Dark Loids to have your moment in the spotlight and show no mercy."
Aaron now heads over to the throne and upon reaching it, he presses the first button on the right arm rest, which turns blue.
"I've got to get a front row seat to this battle and see just how strong Lan Hikari really is." Aaron says with a twisted smile.
Outside Of the tower
"Tori, get Iceman and evacuate the area." Lan firmly commands. "This is one battle I don't want you and Iceman in the middle of."
Nodding, Tori now aims the inferred port of his PET towards the dimensional area. The inferred beam shoots from the PET and to the dimensional area, now transferring Iceman back to the PET. With Iceman back in the PET, Tori now begins heading towards the exit/entrance of the demolition site. Reaching it, Tori exits the site and leans up against the wooden gate.
"Now to deal with you!" Lan firmly says to Blademan, keeping his blazing gaze on him.
Blademan smirks as a dimensional area now covers the entire demolition site.
"A Dimensional Area!" Roll's voice sounds from the PET.
Videoman, Flashman, Savageman, Gravityman, Bowlman, Starman, and Sparkman now appear.
"And the usual baggage that comes with it." Megaman adds in.
"Maylu, you know what time it is!" Lan speaks as he now turns to Maylu.
"Oh yeah!" Maylu replies as she turns to Lan. "Time to send these Dark Loids back to their dark exsistance!"
Grabbing their PET's, Lan and Maylu now load their synchro chips.
"Synchro chips in and download!" Lan and Maylu speak in unison.
Tiny data sentences begins scrolling down the screens of the PET's. The sentences now stop scrolling as a bright light now appears from both PET screens.
"Begin Cross-fusion!" Lan and Maylu speak in unison with the light consuming them as they begin cross-fusing. The light now disappears, revealing Lan and Maylu in cross-fusion form.
"Dark Loids! Impossible!" Lan practically yells. "You were deleted permenantly! I saw to that myself!"
"So we meet again." Flashman speaks causally. "I had a feeling that our paths would cross again and this time you brought a friend along. Well, the bigger the audience, the more humiliating it's going to be for you when I defeat you."
"If it's one thing about you dark loids that hasn't changed and that's how much you love to shoot off at the mouth." Lan says with a smirk as his right arm now converts to the Charge Shot cannon.
"You take Flashman, Savageman, Sparkman, and Videoman while I deal with Gravityman, Bowlman, and Starman." Maylu instructs.
"Sure thing." Lan replies.
Maylu now runs off to go fight her part of the battle.
"You know it's sad to see that your friend has picked up on your foolish determined attitude and behavior." Flashman speaks sighing. "That's fine, It'll be even more fun to humiliate not just you, but the both of you."
"Says you!" Lan growls as he now aims his Charge Shot cannon in Flashman's direction as it begins charging.
"Correction, I do say." Flashman says as he now raises his right hand in Lan's direction with his right palm beginning to glow.
"We'll see about that." Lan speaks as the Charge shot cannon now finishes charging. "Charge Shot!"
The attack is now released and is heading in Flashman's direction at rapid speed. Flashman now disappears from Lan's sight and the charge shot beam impacts the ground where Flashman was standing. Noticing this, Lan now begins scanning the area for Flashman.
"Where did he go?" Lan inquires in confusion, continuing to scan the area.
"Someone looking for me?" Flashman's voice speaks from behind Lan.
Hearing the voice, Lan now turns around and spots Flashman with his right palm glowing brightly.
"Neon Lights!" Flashman calls as he releases his attack.
Lan is impacted by the attack and is sent flying to the ground.
"You should really consider getting a new strategy because yours is done to death." Flashman speaks with laughter.
"You'll pay for that!" Lan speaks in anger as he begins getting to his feet and converts his right arm to the Spreader cannon. Lan now aims the speader cannon at Flashman.
"Spreader!" Lan calls his attack.
The attack is now released and is heading in Flashman's direction at lighting speed. The solitary beam now splits into many beams and impacts Flashman, knocking him to the ground.
"And I stuck to what I said." Lan says with a grin.
Having dealt with Flashman, Lan is unaware of Videoman's video-tape roll heading in his direction. The tape roll now hits Lan in the back and knocks him to the ground.
"What the?" Lan chokes, now turning over on his right side and spotting Videoman standing over him.
"So we meet again Megaman." Videoman speaks.
"Don't you dark loids know another greeting line?" Lan says as he now gets to his feet and converts his right arm to the Rapid Fire cannon.
"What? Aren't you happy to see me?" Videoman speaks in a taunting tone.
"I'm happy to see you like I'm thrilled to do my homework!" Lan harshly answers, now aiming the rapid fire cannon in Videoman's direction. "Rapid Fire!"
The cannon's attack is now released and is heading in Videoman's direction at rapid speed. The fast forward symbol on Videoman's chest now flashes as Videoman disappears from Lan's sight. The rapid fire shots impact the wall of the dimensional area.
"That's the second dark loid that did that!" Lan speaks in frustration. "I wish they would stop doing that!"
Videoman now appears behind Lan while holding his wrists apart.
"If that wish ever came true, I'll be sure to record it for you!" Videoman's voice speaks from behind Lan.
Hearing Videoman's voice, Lan begins turning around, but is immediately stopped by Videoman's video-tape wrapping around him and pulling him against Videoman. The tape begins to tighten as Lan now grips the tape that is surrounding his neck.
"I do remembering taping a scene just like this in the past and incase you forgot, I'll record this scene and make a copy for you later." Videoman says with slight laughter as he continues tightening the video-tape.
"Hold him tight." Savageman requests from in front of Lan and Videoman. "I've waited a long time for this moment."
"He's all yours!" Videoman exclaims, continuing to tighten the tape.
Savageman releases a growl as he now begins charging in Lan and Videoman direction.
:Great! I'm stuck between two Dark Loids and one really, really hard place: Lan mentally yells to himself as Savageman continues charging towards them. :What am going to do now? I can't let it end this way. Think Lan think.:
Lan now begins thinking, trying search his mind for a quick solution. Continuing to think, Lan's mind now clicks as he remembers that he loaded the Area steal battle chip into the PET before heading out to the site.
:That's it: Lan mentally says. :I have the area steal battle chip. This hard place just got a whole lot softer:
"Area Steal!" Lan calls as he now disappears from beneath Videoman's tape.
Upon hearing what Lan said and feeling the looseness of his tape, Videoman looks down and notices that Lan is gone.
"What the?" Videoman says in shock and confusion.
Now looking ahead of him, Videoman spots Savageman continuing to charge towards him.
"Savageman stop!" Videoman shouts. "He got away!"
Hearing that, Savageman now begins trying to stop in his tracks, but fails as he slams right into Videoman, knocking them both to the ground.
"Savageman, you bafoon, get off of me!" Videoman yells as he begins trying to push Savageman off him.
Lan now appears two feet from Savageman and Videoman. Looking over at them, Lan cracks a grin.
"Well, that clears my crowd." Lan speaks. "Now time to go help Maylu."
Lan now turns and begins heading in Maylu direction when he is suddenly stopped by a bolt of lightening striking the ground in front of him. Noticing the bolt, Lan looks up and spots Sparkman hovering over head.
"Did you forget about me?" Sparkman inquires.
"I wish I could, but you won't seem to let me do that!" Lan bites back a reply as his right arm now converts to the Laser Blast cannon.
"Oh how I've waited so long to face off with you." Sparkman speaks as he claps his lighting rod drills together, creating a spark. "Shademan deleted me after I lost to you, so I'm going to give you a taste of your own defeat!"
"Well then, I better not keep you waiting any longer." Lan replies as he aims the laser blast cannon towards Sparkman. "Laser Blast!"
Sparkman now claps his lighting rod drill together heavily, creating a huge spark. Clapping them together heavily once more, a huge lightening bolt is formed and is now being sent in Lan's direction at rapid speed.
The laser blast beam is now heading in Sparkman's direction as the bolt of lightening is heading towards Lan. With the laser blast beam and the lightening bolt being on the same course, the two now collide, canceling each other out.
"You should have known that two electric generated attacks would cancel each other out upon contact." Sparkman speaks in a sly tone. "Even I knew that."
"Yeah, but I know of one thing that you won't see coming." Lan says as his right arm now converts to the Aqua-sword.
Lan now leaps into the air and disappears from Sparkman's sight. Noticing Lan's sudden disappearance, Sparkman begins searching the area for him.
"Where did he go?" Sparkman inquires in confusion. "He was just in front of me."
Lan now appears in front of Sparkman and swiftly swings his Aqua-sword in his direction, impacting him in the chest. Sparkman now takes a dive to the ground as sparks begins erupting from him. Lan lands on the ground two inches from Sparkman and places his sword at his side.
"You Dark Loids never learn." Lan says. "Still naïve as ever."
Looking ahead of him, Lan now catches sight of Maylu's battle as she dodges one of Starman's falling meteors.
"Hold on Maylu, I'm coming." Lan speaks as he now begins making his way over to her.
Maylu's Battle
Now finishing his dance, Starman aims the palms of his hands towards Maylu once more as a meteor shower forms and begins falling. Noticing this, Maylu quickly forms a barrier around herself as the meteor shower now begins impacting the ground. (sorry if I didn't get that exactly correct.)
"This guy is really annoying." Roll speaks.
"Can't argue with you there." Maylu agrees as she now converts her right arm to the Roll Arrow.
The meteor shower now comes to an end and the barrier falls as Maylu now aims her arrow towards Starman.
"If I were you, I would demand a refund from that dance class you attended because those are the worst dances moves I have ever seen!" Maylu firmly speaks. "Roll Arrow!"
Maylu now releases the arrow and sends it in flying towards Starman. Unable to dodge the oncoming arrow, Starman is now impacted and is knocked to the ground.
"Catch a falling star on me." Maylu says with a grin.
To the right of Maylu, Bowlman now materalizes a huge red bowling ball and now sends it rolling in her direction at lightening speed, unknown to her. Lan, continuing to make his way over to Maylu, now spots the humungus bowling ball heading right for her. Activating the lightening speed battle chip, Lan now begins running at an accelerated pace to reach Maylu before the ball does. The bowling ball is just inches from Maylu and is just about to collide with her for when Lan now reaches her and pulls her out of the way of the ball. The ball collides with the wall of the dimensional area and disappears.
"I could have gotten a perfect 300 that time!" Bowlman speaks in anger.
"That was a close one." Lan gentley speak to Maylu as he gets to his feet and helps Maylu to hers. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah I am, thanks." Maylu answers as she turns to Lan. "I didn't see that coming."
From the top of the tower, Aaron and Blademan are observing the battle below.
"So, it appears that Lan is a stronger fighter then I originally anticipated." Aaron speaks with a smirk. "Good, that will definently come in handy later on when I face off with him myself."
"You've got to be more careful next time." Lan speaks to Maylu with a smile. "I wouldn't forgive myself if something happened to you."
Before Maylu can reply to Lan, they now hear: Gravity Drive!
Upon hearing that, Lan and Maylu are now caught in Gravityman's strong gravitational beam as they are brought to the ground.
"Now this neither one of us saw coming." Maylu chokes out as the beam continues holding them to the ground.
"Perfect." Bowlman speaks, now spotting what Gravityman has done. "Hold them for me Gravityman. I want to make the perfect strike!"
Bowlman now materalizes a blue bowling ball that rapidly grows to a massive size.
"Oh no you don't!" Lan says as he now switches to the Charge Shot cannon, despite the gravity beam's gravitational pull.
"This time, I'm going for the gold!" Bowlman speaks as he now sends the massive ball heading in Lan and Maylu's direction.
Maylu now looks to her right and spots the massive blue ball heading in their direction.
"Lan, please tell me that you have plan because if you do, now would be the time to act on it!" Maylu says to Lan in a panic.
"Don't worry, I'm on it." Lan answers as he begins raising the charge shot cannon towards Gravityman against the beam's pull. "All I need is one clear aim."
Continuing to raise the cannon towards Gravityman, Lan now gets a direct aim on the dark loid.
"Lan hurry!" Maylu practically yells.
"Charge Shot!" Lan calls, now releasing his attack.
The cannon's beam now impacts Gravityman, which releases Lan and Maylu from his gravity beam. Swiftly grabbing Maylu, Lan now pulls them both out of the way of Bowlman's oncoming ball.
"So, it appears that Lan has a special little someone who he is willing to protect at any and all costs." Aaron speaks, continuing to observe the battle. "Well, this will make my revenge on him that much sweeter." (Shouldn't Blademan follow up with a comment right about now?)
Having been released from Gravityman's beam, Lan now places Maylu behind him, converts to the Spreader cannon, and aims it at Bowlman.
"I've had just about enough of you dark loids that I can take!" Lan sneers. "Spreader!"
The cannon's beam is now released and is heading towards Bowlman at rapid speed. The beam now splits into many beams and impacts Bowlman, sending him flying to the ground.
"When you mess with the best, you loose like the rest!" Lan speaks as he places the cannon to his side and turns to Maylu. Lan's eyes now soften as his gaze catches with Maylu's.
"Well, that's all of them." Lan speaks in a gentle tone.
"Yeah, it is." Maylu replies. "Good job."
"Not quite." A childish robotic voice speaks from behind them.
Hearing the voice, Lan and Maylu turns around behind them and spots Allegro. Seeing Allegro, Maylu and Roll are now struck with fear, making all of Maylu's muscles freeze up.
"Is...that...?" Roll now stammers in question.
"Yes...it is." Maylu finishes Roll's sentence. "Allegro."
"This battle was just the beginning." Allegro speaks in a warning. "The real battle has just begun."
"I've seen enough." Aaron says. "I've seen all that I needed to see."
Snapping his fingers, Aaron and Bldeman now turn away and begins heading back inside the tower. Having given the warning, Allegro and the other dark loids disappear as the dimensional area begins unraveling. The dimensional area unravels completely with Lan and Maylu's cross-fusion forms coming undone.
"And I'll be ready!" Lan firmly speaks.
Turning to Maylu, Lan notices that she has a look of horror on her face. Lan's anger now turns to worry.
"Maylu, are you ok?" Lan inquires to Maylu with concern.
"Allegro." Maylu speaks dryly.
"What about him?" Lan inquires once more.
"The game, the game that nearly took Roll from me." Maylu continues. "She was nearly deleted, it was Allegro."
"It's ok." Lan speaks in comfort as he now embraces Maylu in a hug. "I'm not going to let Allegro hurt you and Roll again."
"I nearly lost my best friend." Maylu speaks as tears now begins forming in her eyes.
Loosing his embrace a bit, Lan now catches with Maylu's gaze.
"It's ok Maylu." Lan speaks in comfort with soft eyes. "Right now, we have to head to Sci-Lab to get Iceman checked out and I want you to tell everything that Allegro did. I'll make him pay for what he did at any cost."
Maylu nods as she and Lan now turns and begins heading for the exit of the site. Continuing to the exit, Lan turns around and glances back at the tower.
:You're right Allegro, the real battle has just begun: Lan mentally says himself.
Turning back around to the front of him, Lan and Maylu now exit the site and meet up with Tori.
"Let's get Iceman to Sci-Lab right away and have him inspected." Lan says to Tori.
Tori nods as the three now begins on their way to Sci-Lab.
Regal's Tower
Aaron is seated at the throne while the Dark Loids are on the computer screen.
"Pretty interesting battle." Aaron casually speaks. "Pretty interesting indeed."
"I'm sorry if we failed you sir." Videoman speaks up. "I thought for sure that we would have defeated him this time."
"Same here." Flashman adds in.
"Not to worry." Aaron speaks in a calm tone. "Not to worry at all. That fight was just a test to see just how strong Lan is and now that I know, I know exactly how I'm going to counteract and predict his every move when we battle."
"Thank you sir." Flashman speaks with a bow.
"Not only is he a strong fighter, but he also has a weakness that I can use greatly to my advantage." Aaron speaks as an evil smile now crosses his lips. "It would crush him to see anything happen to that cute little friend of his. She sure is a pretty little thing, someone I wouldn't mind keeping for myself, which gives me an idea."
"What's your idea?" Flashman inquires.
"I'll explain that later, but for now, let's focus on our next target, Internet City!" Aaron says.
Sci-Lab
Lan, Maylu and Tori have arrived at Sci-Lab and Dr. Hikari is running tests on Iceman at this very moment.
"Is Iceman going to be ok?" Tori inquires to Dr. Hikari while keeping his sights on the injured Iceman on the computer screen.
"That he will." Dr. Hikari answers Tori with a smile. "He suffered minor data damage, which I can easily repair so he'll be back to himself in no time."
Hearing that news, Tori smiles.
While Dr. Hikari and Tori go over Iceman's vitals, Lan and Maylu are talking among themselves as Maylu tells Lan about her and Roll's encounter with Allegro.
"Me and Chaud went to go investigate a game that were making net navis disappear and when I entered Roll in the game, she got snatched." Maylu continues as tears stream down her cheeks. "I thought I had lost her, but thankfully, Chaud investigated the situation further and found out that Allegro was behind the entire game that nearly took Roll from me. I don't know what I would have done if had I lost Roll."
Having told the story, Maylu begins sobbing harder as Lan now embraces her.
"Shhh, it's ok." Lan speaks in a comforting tone as he begins stroking Maylu's hair. "I'll make sure he pays for that, me and Megaman both will see to it."
Lan continues consoling Maylu, continuing to try and calm her down.
Lan's HP
Megaman is consoling Roll as well as Roll tells Megaman her version of the encounter.
"So after I was snatched, I was, then, forced into a deletion match against a powerful navi." Roll continues explaining as tears stream down her cheeks. "Thankfully, I was able to fight off the navi who I was battling with, but the moment I was forced into that battle, I thought I would never see Maylu or any of you again. Maylu told me who was behind it all, it was Allegro. He was behind the disappearance of those other navis and had I not got out of that battle in time, I would have been apart of that crowd."
Having told her version of the story, Roll now begins crying harder as Megaman embraces her. Megaman begins stroking Roll's hair gentley as his embrace tightens.
"Shhh, It's ok. I'm here." Megaman speaks in a comforting whisper. "I'll make sure Allegro suffers greatly, a lot worse then he made you did."
Roll's sobbing begins slowing down as she now catches with Megaman's gaze. Megaman's gaze now catches with Roll's as he displays a warm smile and begins wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I will fight for your honor and get you the victory that you are owed." Megaman warmly speaks. "You have my word."
A weak smile now forms on Roll's face as she nods.
"Thank you Mega." Roll says.
"Anything for you." Megaman says, now clearing the remaining tears from Roll's eyes.
Having cleared the last of Roll's tears, the hand that Megaman used to clear the tears from her eyes is now gentley caressing her left cheek. Feeling the gentle caress, Roll's gaze now gets locked with Megaman's as the two navis begins leaning towards each other. Continuing to lean in, Megaman quickly closes the gap as his lips now meets with Roll's. The two navi's are locked in a passionate kiss as the thoughts of Allegro begins fazing from Roll's mind. Continuing with the kiss, Roll and Megaman now seperate for air as their gazes meet. Roll smiles as her and Megaman's lips meet once more, continuing with their passionate kiss.
Sci-Lab
"So you're telling me that you and Maylu faced off against the Dark loids tonight?" Dr. Hikari inquires as he turns to Lan. "The actual Dr. Regal created Dark Loids?"
"None other." Lan answers, continuing to console Maylu.
"And where did this take place?" Dr. Hikari inquires once more.
"1013 Tokyo Lane." Lan answers once more.
"Ok, let me see if I have this right because something doesn't make sense here." Dr. Hikari speaks. "Tori, you said Iceman picked up on a signal of a dimensional area, which lead you to it and then you contacted Lan and Maylu about it. Once they arrived on the scene, the Dark Loids appeared and attacked?"
"Yes sir, that's correct." Tori replies.
"There hasn't been a dark loid attack in two years and surely they would have attacked the city first before attacking any of you." Dr. Hikari continues. "That's how it has always happened. There is a loop hole in all of this and I intend to find it."
"As weird as it sounds, it's all true." Lan speaks as Maylu's sobbing begins calming down. "That's how Iceman got hurt, by a Dark Loid named Blademan."
"Blademan." Dr. Hikari speaks. "Now there's a name I've never heard before and he's a Dark Loid. I'm going to run a scan to see if any weird frequencies or activities are in the city that might be tied to the dak loid encounter you all experienced tonight."
Turning back to the computer, Dr. Hikari types in a command prompt and a question prompt appears. Hitting enter, the question box disappears and a percentage bar along with a miniture map of the city now appears on the screen as the percentage bar begins counting down rapidly. Continuing to count down, the percentage bar now reaches 100 percent with a message flashing on the screen: Scan Complete!
"The scan came up clean." Dr. Hikari informs the three. "No odd frequencies or abnormal activity was detected. I'll invesitgate the situation further a little later, but for now, you three are to head home and get some rest. Tori, I'll be keeping Iceman here over night for close observation and you can come back tomorrow after school to check on him."
"Alright." Tori replies with a smile. "Thanks so much Dr. Hikari."
"My pleasure." Dr. Hikari speaks. "So I'll see you all tomorrow after school and Lan, I'll notify you immediately if anything comes up."
"Sure thing dad." Lan replies. "See you tomorrow."
Dr. Hikari turns his attention back to Iceman as the three teens now leave the sector and soon Sci-Lab as they begin making their way home.
Regal's Tower
Aaron is looking over the plans his father has for Internet City while the Dark Loids are getting a recovery scan.
"According to my father, Internet City is a very powerful source huh?" Aaron speaks as he continues looking over the plans. "One that is very valuable and will be of great use to me for what I have planned for Dentech City. Well, no need in letting all of that power sit there untouched with no one to claim it."
Reading over the last of the plans, Aaron now hits the clear button on the PET's console.
"Once I completely drain Internet City of it's data, I will have Dentech City in the palm of my hands, especially after I destroy Lan Hikari and claim my warrior princess in pink."
Aaron now begins to chuckle with his chuckling escalating into laughter. His laughter now escalates into hysterical laughter that is echoing throughout the tower.
And we thought Dr. Regal himself was mad. That definently runs in his family.
A/N: Ok end of chapter 6 and I hope you all liked it. Sorry this took so long for me to get out. I had a few obstacles in my way, but they are cleared and here it is and I hope you all enjoyed it. As usual, no flames and more action is on the way. Chapter 7 will be out when I have a moment and if anything is confusing to you, please notify me and I'll modity it for you. If nothing else, please review.
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