Chapter 8: Prisoner Of War
'Maylu is about to walk into a trap, unaware of what is really in store for her, much to Aaron's pleasure. Two words: Big Trouble!'
Having received the transmission from Mr. Famous, Maylu is now on her way to the Music Store to investigate the trouble.
Music StoreNow arriving on the block of the store, Maylu looks ahead of her and notices a mob of people are scattering away from the store. Now making her way to the store and reaching it, Maylu makes her way through the crowd of people that are running out of the store and enters. Upon entering the store, Maylu begins looking around and notices that all of the electronics are out of control. Television sets are flickering on and off, DVD players are spitting out DVD discs, and VCR's are spitting out VHS tapes.
"This is defiantly the work of a Dark Loid." Maylu speaks as she continues looking around the store. "Viruses alone couldn't cuase this much trouble."
Continuing to look around the store, Maylu now turns to her right and spots a CD heading straight for her. Ducking, the CD flies over her head and slams right into the store's front window.
"That was a close one." Maylu says, sighing in relief as she now stands from ducking.
"I bet Blademan is behind all of this." Roll adds in, her voice speaking from the PET.
"We'll find out soon enough." Maylu speaks.
Having said that, a dimensional area now appears, along with a hoard of bee viruses.
"Well, if it's a fight Blademan wants, then it's a fight he'll get." Maylu speaks with anger building in her voice.
Grabbing her PET, Maylu now inserts the synchro chip as tiny data sentences begins scrolling down the screen of the PET. The sentences stop scrolling, as a bright light now appears that completely covers Maylu. The light disappears to reveal Maylu in cross-fusion form.
"You viruses want a piece of me? Come and get it!" Maylu yells. "Roll Whip!"
A pink whip now materializes in Maylu's right hand. (Gomen if that's not how it originally happens)
The viruses position their stingers as they now begin heading towards Maylu. Being within reaching range of her, the viruses now release their stingers as they are heading towards Maylu at lightening speed. Noticing the stingers coming at her, Maylu quickly back flips out of the way of the oncoming attacks as the stingers now impact the ground where she was standing.
"You viruses are so niave." Maylu says with a grin a she now lashes her whip towards a set of viruses and deletes them.
Regal's TowerAaron is continuing to watch the replay of Maylu's battle, this being his third time viewing it.
"Her every move, her every curve, her physical shape, and her wit." Aaron speaks in a dreamy tone as he continues to watch the replay. "They are all so perfect, thus making her ever so perfect."
:My Net Op just had to be a teenager.: Blademan says to himself as he watches Aaron continue gawking at the screen, at Maylu. :A love sick one at that, fate is so cruel.:
The replay of the Maylu's battle now comes to an end as the stop symbol on Videoman's chest now flashes.
"Oh, how I can't wait until we are together my love." Aaron says in a dreamy tone. "Blademan."
"Yes Aaron?" Blademan speaks, now turning to him.
"I want you to head to the Music store now." Aaron instructs to his navi. "My future queen should have arrived there by now and I want you to bring her to me, unharmed."
:Anything to keep from watching you gawk and drool at the screen all day.: Blademan mentally says to himself.
"I'm on my way." Blademan replies as he now teleports off of the computer.
"Now it's only a matter of time before I am united with my one and only." Aaron says with a twisted smile. "Videoman."
"Yes Aaron?" Videoman responds, turning to Aaron.
"Play back my queen's battle once more will you?" Aaron requests to the dark loid.
"As you wish sir." Videoman replies with a light sigh as the play symbol on his chest now flashes. The video of Maylu's battle begins playing as Aaron, once again, glues his eyes to the computer screen. (Overly obsessed isn't he?)
Internet CityThe violent storm continues raging as more tornadoes now form, adding in with those that have already formed and touched down and have begun wrecking the city. A tornado now sucks in two navis as it breaks up their data with their data now becoming apart of the tornado.
"I've got to find a way to stop this storm before the entire navi population and the city is completely wiped out." Megaman says, now witnessing the formation of another tornado. "Lan, do you have any battle chips that will allow me to combat this storm?"
"Let me take a look." Lan answers Megaman.
Reaching in the pocket next to the pocket the PET is kept in, Lan grabs all of the battle chips and now brings them into his view as he begins looking them over. Continuing to look the chips over, Lan notices that there isn't a single element chips among the pile.
"I'm afraid not Megaman." Lan says. "All of the chips I have are weapon chips."
"Ok, then I want you to download every battle chip that you have to me." Megaman requests. "I'll try to make use of what I can with those against this storm."
"You got it!" Lan says as he now begins loading the chips into the PET. Continuing to load the chips, Lan now loads the last one into the PET.
"Ok, all of the chips have been downloaded." Lan informs Megaman.
"Alright, now I have a city to save." Megaman speaks with determination.
"Not so fast!" a voice says from behind Megaman.
Hearing the voice, Megaman now turns around,only to be impacted by a ball of light that knocks him to the ground.
"What was that?" Megaman inquires as he now sits up to see Flashman standing over him.
"You!" Megaman hisses as he slants his eyes in anger.
"Well, hello to you too." Flashman causally greets to Megaman. "I had a feeling I would be running into you here."
"I should have known that you'd be behind this." Megaman says in anger, now getting to his feet.
"Well, I can't take all the credit, but you can say that I do have my hand in this." Flashman replies. "And I refuse to let you get in the way of it all!"
"You're not going to destroy Internet City." Megaman speaks as his right arm now converts to the Charge Shot cannon. "Not as long as there is data running through my circuits."
"And you plan to stop me?" Flashman inquires with slight laugther in his voice. "Your determination amuses me."
"You Dark Loids always did have a circiut or two loose." Megaman sternly says as he now aims the Charge Shot cannon towards Flashman. "I'm giving you one option and one option only. Stop this storm or I'll be forced to delete you. The choice is yours."
"If that's a challenge, then I accept." Flashman says as he now raises his right hand in Megaman's direction with it beginning to glow. "But we'll see who will walk away the victor."
"I guess we will." Megaman firmly replies as the charge shot cannon now begins charging.
Music Store
Maylu is continuing to battle with the viruses as she now dodges another stinger attack. Lashing her whip at a group of viruses, that group is deleted as another group now appears.
"You delete one bunch of viruses, another set appears." Maylu speaks as she lashes her whip towards yet another set of viruses, instantly deleting them. "If Blademan is behind this, he needs to get a new hobby."
"Maylu, use the Black Hole battle chip." Roll informs Maylu. "That will aid us in clearing out these viruses."
"Good thinking Roll." Maylu replies. "Black Hole!"
The Roll Whip now disappears as a black ball now appears in the palm of Maylu's right hand. Throwing the ball into the air, the black ball now expands into a black warp that creates a vacuum suction that begins sucking the viruses in. Continuing to suck in the viruses and now having sucked in enough, the black hole closes, leaving behind a reminder dozen viruses.
"Now that a good percent of the crowd has been cleared, it's time to clear out the rest." Maylu says as her right arm now converts to the Stealth cannon. "It'll be a piece of cake."
The cannon now begins charging as Maylu aims it at a group of viruses to her right. The cannon now finishes charging.
"Stealth Laser!" Maylu calls as the attack is now released.
The huge purple beam now impacts the viruses and instantly deletes them. Continuing to battle the remainder of the viruses, Blademan now teleports into the store, onto a high shelf. Being in the store, Blademan now looks down below him into the main part of the store and spots Maylu battling with the viruses. Grinning, Blademan now takes a seat on the shelf.
"This should be interesting." Blademan speaks as begins watching the battle in front of him.
Sending the stealth laser towards another set of viruses and deleting them, Maylu now places the cannon to her side as she has cleared the entire store of all viruses.
"Mission accomplished." Maylu speaks with a smile as her right arm converts back to her right arm and hand.
"We did a great job." Roll adds in.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet." Blademan says to himself with a light chuckle as data sentences begins scrolling down his eyes. The sentences stop scrolling as a hoard of rain cloud viruses now appears that completely surrounds Maylu.
"I spoke too soon." Maylu says in shock.
"Just how many viruses were in the store's systems?" Roll inquires with aggrevation erupting in her voice. "We just finished clearing out what seems like an infinite amount of viruses."
"I'm not sure how many there were, but we're going to have to clean house yet again." Maylu replies in aggrevation as her right arm now converts back to the Stealth Cannon. "Stealth Laser!"
Aiming the cannon at the first set of viruses in front of her, the purple beam is now released and is heading towards the viruses at lightening speed. The beam now impacts the viruses and deletes them. The remainder of the viruses now begins gathering together as they start to pile on one on top of another. Continuing to pile on one another and now completing the process, the rain cloud viruses have now formed into one big rain cloud virus that has one big eye in the center of the cloud that is focused on Maylu. Noticing this, Maylu's eyes now go wide at the sight.
"The viruses...Maylu begins.
"They gathered into one big virus." Roll finishes Maylu's sentence.
"I don't think my stealth laser alone will be able to take that virus down." Maylu speaks, not taking her eyes off of the virus. "I know viruses come by the bunch, but this is ridiculous."
"But we have to find way to get rid of it before it wrecks havoc and completely destroys the store." Roll says to Maylu.
"I don't think I have any battle chips that will do the trick." Maylu responds to her navi.
Having heard what Maylu just said, Blademan's grin now widens.
"And this is where I make my entrance." Blademan says as he now stands from sitting. "Aaron wants her unharmed, then that's exactly what he'll get."
Blademan now teleports off of the shelf.
"I'm just going to have to use my stealth laser and hope that'll work." Maylu says as she now aims the cannon towards the virus.
"Stealth La---" Maylu begins, but is suddenly cut off by the huge virus now disappearing from her sights. Placing the cannon at her side, Maylu now begins looking around the store in confusion.
"What just happened?" Maylu inquires in confusion, continuing to look around the store.
"I'm what happened." A voice in front of Maylu speaks.
Hearing the voice, Maylu now looks ahead of her and spots Blademan.
"Blademan!" Maylu hisses as she slants her eyes in anger.
"I'm glad you remember me." Blademan greets causally to Maylu. "It's good to see you too."
"I should have known that this virus outbreak was your work." Maylu sternly speaks to Blademan, sending a death glare his direction.
"Maybe." Blademan replies. "Maybe not."
"What exactly do you want Blademan?" Maylu asks in a firece tone as she now aims the Stealth Cannon in Blademan's direction. "And make your answer straight and to the point. Don't waste a second of my time with trying to play head games."
"Ok here is what I want." Blademan begins. "I've been sent on a very important mission by my Net Op to retrieve something he deems very valuable to him."
"Oh and what might that be?" Maylu inquires in an angry tone, continuing to aim her cannon towards Blademan.
Blademan doesn't respond but instead, swiftly aims his buster cannon towards Maylu and quickly releases the attack. Not having enough reaction time to dodge the attack, Maylu is now impacted and is sent flying against the store's front desk as the wind is knocked out of her.
Blademan now begins approaching Maylu as she begins struggling to get to her feet. Continuing to struggle, Maylu can feel her efforts weakening as Blademan now reaches her, standing only an inch away. Continuing to try to get to her feet, Maylu's struggling now comes to an end as her entire body now becomes heavy with extreme exhausion. Blademan begins laughing as Maylu now blacks out, with Blademan's laughter beginning to echo in her head.
"Aaron will be very pleased to see you." Blademan speaks as he now leans down and picks Maylu up.
Having Maylu in his grasp, Blademan now teleports out of the store as the diemensional area unravels from around the store. The cashier, who is hiding behind the front desk, now looks over the desk and out into the main store, spotting the huge mess the store is.
"I am so fired when the boss comes later on to do the store inspection." The cashier says in a panic.
Internet City
Megaman and Flashman are continuing to exchange glares as both navis continues aiming their weapons of choice towards one another with the violent storm continuing to rage around them.
"You're not going to destroy Internet City Flashman." Megaman sternly says, not taking his sights and weapon off Flashman. "Now, I'm only going to say this once and only once so pay attention very closely. Stop this storm now or be sent back to your dark and miserable exsistance. The choice is yours."
"Do you honestly expect me to be intimidated by the likes of you?" Flashman replies with laughter in his voice. "Ha! Not a chance."
"Heed my warning or be deleted!" Megaman hisses as he slants his eyes in anger.
"You're starting to bore me with your meaningless rambling, so cut the chit chat and let's get right down to buisness." Flashman says, his palm now glowing very brightly. "Neon Lights!"
The ball of light now leaves Flashman's palm and is heading in Megaman's direction at lightening speed. Megaman notices the attack coming at him and quickly gets out of the way of it as the attack now impacts the ground where he was standing. The smoke now clears from the area the attack impacted to reveal a huge crater in the ground. With the smoke cleared from the area, Megaman notices the crater in the ground that Flashman's attack has created.
:I dodged that attack just in time or that crater would be me right now: Megaman mentally says to himself, not taking his sights off of the crater.
Continuing to observe the crater, a realization now hits Megaman.
:Wait a minute, Flashman's Neon Light attack was never that powerful before.: Megaman continues, now turning from the crater and to Flashman. :Something isn't right.:
"So, are you going to step aside and let me finish my work here or will I have to turn you into a crater of destroyed data just so I can?" Flashman sternly inquires.
"Your attack may have gotten stronger, but that doesn't mean a thing!" Megaman replies in anger. "I'm not leaving until this violent storm has been stopped and you've been deleted. Whichever is first, I'll personally see to both. Charge Shot!"
The cannon's attack is released and is heading towards Flashman at lighting speed. The attack now imapacts Flashman in the chest, but instead of inflicting damage, the attack is instead deflected. Noticing that, Megaman's eyes go wide.
"My attack..." Megaman begins, speaking in shock.
"It bounced off of him." Lan finishes Megaman's sentence, having witnessed the scene.
"Surprising isn't it?" Flashman speaks in a taunting tone. "I forgot to mention to you, my little blue rival, that when I was rebuilt, my data was structured to where as I am completely invincible to any and every attack that is sent my direction. So instead of being impacted, I won't even get a scratch. However, the same can't be said about you."
Swiftly raising his hand in Megaman's direction, Flashman quickly releases his attack as it is heading in Megaman's direction at lightening speed. Seeing the ball of light coming at him, Megaman quickly moves to his right as the ball of light now impacts the ground where he was standing, creating another crater.
"Lan, I'm going to need some real fire power and quick!" Megaman informs Lan with slight panic in his voice. "If Flashman has gotten stronger, then no doubt the other dark loids have as well."
"I'm way ahead of you buddy." Lan speaks. "If Flashman has gotten strong, then you're just going to have to become stronger then him. I say a double soul style change is in order."
Reaching in the pocket the PET is kept in, Lan grabs all of the double soul chips and brings them into his view. Having them in his view, Lan now begins looking them over. Continuing to look them over, Lan's eyes now fall on the Proto-soul double soul chip. Smiling, Lan grabs the chip from the pile and inserts it into the PET. Tiny data sentences begins scrolling down the screen of the PET as a bubble of light now covers Megaman. The sentences now stops scrolling as the bubble disappears, revealing Megaman in Proto-Soul with the signature Sonic Boom sword positioned on his right arm.
"So you have a flashy new look, but that won't stop me from turning you into a crater of broken data." Flashman speaks in a fierce tone.
Megaman opens his eyes and focuses his sights on Flashman as he slants his eyes into a firece glare.
"We'll see who will become broken data before this day is over." Megaman speaks firmly, now weilding his Sonic Boom sword.
Regal's Tower
Faint vibration sounds can be heard in the background as sleepy groans now mix in with the vibrations. The groans continue as a blurry vision now begins trying to focus. The blurry vision now comes into semi focus and begins looking around.
"Where...am I?" Maylu speaks in a sleepy tone as she blinks a few times. "And how did I get this massive headache?"
Blinking once more, Maylu's focus now becomes crystal clear as she begins looking around once more, noticing the surroundings appear to be some sort of laboratory. Continuing to look around, Maylu turns to her right and spots Roll laying unconscious on a small computer screen with the PET resting on the console of the computer.
"Oh no Roll!" Maylu speaks in a frightened tone.
Scared that her navi maybe injured beyond repair and needing to get to her aid immediately, Maylu now begins trying to move, but soon feels that she can't.
"Why can't I move?" Maylu inquires as she now looks down at her feet and notices that her ankles are in shackles. Looking above her, Maylu notices that her wrists are also in shackles.
"What is going on here and why am I chained to this wall?" Maylu inquires in a frightened tone.
"So sleeping beauty finally wakes up." A voice now speaks to Maylu. "I thought you'd never wake up."
Hearing the voice, Maylu now looks ahead of her and spots a 5 foot 7 inch, black haired teen walking in her direction.
"Who are you?" Maylu inquires to the teen.
"You can call me Aaron Regal, Maylu Sakurai." Aaron introduces himself as he now stops an inch from Maylu.
Things aren't looking so good for Maylu, but will she be able to get herself out of this sticky situation?
A/N: Ok end of chapter 8 and I hope you all liked it. I do apologize if this chapter kind of sucks, and is short. This is all that I could come up with for this chapter. As usual, no flames please and if anything is confusing to you, please let me know so I can modify it for you. Chapter 9 will be out the next moment I get and if nothing else, please review.
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