Chapter 9: Reinforcements
'Maylu has gotten into a sticky situation that seems imossible to escape from and Lan and Megaman appear to have gotten into a simular situation themselves. What's going to happen next?'
Aaron is pleased to have gotten what he wanted, much to Maylu's disgust.
"Aaron Regal?" Maylu inquires. "You're Dr. Regal's son?"
"None other." Aaron proudly answers.
"So it was you, all of it." Maylu speaks with anger erupting in her voice. "The appearance of the Dimensional Area, the recreation of the Dark Loids, all of it. It was you who was behind it all."
"Impressed?" Aaron says with a twisted smirk as he now inches closer to Maylu, his face just inches from hers.
"You wish." Maylu hisses, turning her vision from Aaron's.
"Oh I'm hurt." Aaron says in a playful tone as he places his thumb and forefinger on Maylu's chin, now turning her face back to his in a forceful manner. "Especially after all of the trouble that I went through to fix this place up just for you."
"Get your hands off of me!" Maylu hisses, with her eyes slanting in anger.
Having Maylu's face facing his, Aaron now begins gazing into Maylu's angry eyes.
"Did anyone ever tell you how beautiful you are when you're angry?" Aaron speaks in a whisper, continuing to gaze into Maylu's eyes.
"Then I must be gorgeous because I'm pissed!" Maylu yells.
"Yes you are." Aaron replies as he now leans in and presses his lips to Maylu's.
Enduring the forced kiss, Maylu begins trying to move her face, but feels she can't due to the grip that Aaron has on her lips. Continuing to endure the kiss, Aaron now darts his tongue into Maylu's mouth as his tongue begins probing for hers. Feeling his tongue in her mouth, Maylu now begins trying harder then ever to shake her lips from Aaron's, but her attempts to shake away is only making Aaron intensify the kiss. Running out of ideas as to how to shake the kiss, an idea now hits Maylu.
:If it's a kiss he wants, then it's a kiss that he'll get: Maylu mentally says to herself with a mental grin.
Continuing to endure the kiss and feeling Aaron's tongue probe her mouth, Maylu now bites down on his tongue, causing Aaron to immediately withdraw.
"You're a feisty one." Aaron speaks, despite his aching tongue. "I love that in my woman."
"I am not your woman!" Maylu says in anger. "I'm not now, nor will I ever be your woman!"
"That's what you think now, but just wait until you see what I have in store for you." Aaron says with the pain of his tongue calming down. "You will change your mind."
"I seriously doubt it." Maylu says as she rolls her eyes.
"You are so naïve, but not for much longer as you will soon learn the ways of being my queen once I conquer Dentech City." Aaron speaks as he lightly chuckles to himself.
"I'll never join you and your twisted army!" Maylu hisses.
"You will change your mind." Aaron calmly speaks as he approaches Maylu, his face just inches from hers. "Especially after you see just how much fun ruling can be."
"Why am I here and what do you want with me?" Maylu inquires. "But the better question really is, where am I and what did you do to Roll?"
"This, my future empress, is my father's old tower." Aaron answers as he now walks to the middle of the room with his arms raised above his head. "I rebuilt it to fit my style and grace. Do you like what I've done with the place?"
Maylu now begins looking around and notices that the once damaged ceiling has been repaired, the wall to wall computers are up and running, the floor is completely cleared of all debris, Regal's throne chair is in tact, and there are 4 sets of dimensional area converters lining the left and right walls of the tower.
"Impressive, isn't it?" Aaron inquires as he now turns to Maylu. "And to answer the rest of your questions, you are here on my behalf thanks to what your boyfriend did to my father two years ago. Now what I personally want with you, you will soon see. Oh and about your navi, she's fine. She's just a little cyber shocked, but it will wear off soon."
"What my Lan did to Regal was well deserved." Maylu speaks with a grin. "He had it coming, every bit of it."
Walking back up to Maylu and being an inch from her face, Aaron swiftly takes the back of his right hand across Maylu's face, slapping her quite hard.
"My dad was the greatest man that ever lived, but thanks to your boyfriend, he is no longer here!" Aaron shouts. "I looked up to him and he taught me everything that I know to this very day!"
"You are truly your father's son." Maylu speaks in a low tone, feeling the twinge from the slap. "You are as much of a maniac as he was but more. If he were still alive, he would be very proud of the spawn that he sired."
"You don't know how much it hurts to loose someone close to you." Aaron speaks as he begins calming his nerves. "I'm suffering because I know that feeling and soon, so will Lan. He took my father away from me, therefore, I'm taking you away from him so he can feel that pain I am feeling right now. That lost feeling that will forever plague me for as long as I live."
While Aaron is continuing to bellow to Maylu, Roll now opens her eyes and sits up as she begins looking around at her surroundings.
"Where am I?" Roll inquires in confusion as she continues looking around.
Continuing to look around, Roll now turns around to the computer screen behind her and spots a black haired teen standing in front of Maylu. Getting to her feet, Roll turns completely around to the computer screen.
"Lan will be sorry that he ever crossed paths with my dad, but most of all, me." Roll hears Aaron say to Maylu.
Roll continues to watch the scene in front of her and spots Aaron place his right hand on Maylu's left cheek. Seeing that, Roll's eyes now go wide.
"Oh no Maylu." Roll speaks with fear. "Leave her alone!"
Placing her hands on the screen, Roll is shocked by a high voltage of electricity, which knocks her back to the cyber floor.
"Electric Cyber Barrier." Roll chokes out as she turns over on her right side. "Whoever that kid is, he better not hurt Maylu or he'll have Lan to deal with, but mostly me."
"Now, to show you just how much I hate what your boyfriend did to my father, I decided to do some damage of my own to show him that he's not the only one who can fight dirty." Aaron speaks as he now walks over to the computer. Being at the computer, Aaron types in a command that brings up a window of Internet City. Having done that, Aaron now steps to one side so Maylu can get a clear view of the window.
"Observe my dear." Aaron speaks.
Watching the scene in front of her, Maylu is getting an eyeful of what is going on in Internet City. Tornadoes are wrecking havoc, navis are being sucked up by the tornadoes with their data being broken down, a violent storm is raging, and the bolts of lightening are destroying Cyber Link Avenue. Being horrified by the scene, Maylu turns her vision away from the screen.
"You are a monster." Maylu speaks as tears begin forming in her eyes. "A cold hearted, vicious monster."
"That's just part of what I have planned." Aaron says. "There is much more on the way."
Roll, who is also witnessing the attack on Internet City, eyes widen from the view.
"Oh no." Roll speaks with fear completely consuming her. "I've got to contact Megaman about this right away!"
Closing her eyes, Roll now begins to compose her message to Megaman. Continuing to compose her message, Roll is unaware that Blademan has just walked into the area. Being in the area, Blademan begins making his way over to Roll, quietly taking steps so Roll won't hear him approaching her. Continuing to make his way over to Roll and now reaching her, Blademan clears his throat. Getting her attention and interrupting her composing the rest of the message, Roll turns to Blademan.
"So you're awake." Blademan calmly speaks to Roll, his gaze catching hers. "I've checked up on you three times before now and you were still asleep."
"Yeah I guess." Roll replies in a low, but scared tone.
"You looked cute and peaceful while you were asleep." Blademan says as he takes Roll's right hand into his left. "I could watch you all day."
Roll doesn't respond, but keeps her sights on Blademan, hoping that his calmness isn't a disguise for what he maybe really planning.
"Let's go for a little walk and talk a bit." Blademan invites with a welcoming smile. "You're very interesting to me."
"Sure...ok." Roll replies with shakiness in her voice, unsure of how to react to Blademan's kindness.
Blademan begins leading the way as Roll now sends the unfinished message to Megaman.
:Megaman, please rescue us soon.: Roll mentally says to herself as she and Blademan begins walking.
Internet City
Megaman has transformed into Proto-Soul as he and Flashman continue exchanging glares.
"So you transformed to a more fancier look because you knew that you couldn't defeat me in your original form?" Flashman speaks in a taunting tone. "How very amusing, but you really didn't have to dress up to meet with your demise, but if that's what you prefer, then prepare to be annihilated!"
"You Dark Loids just love to run off at the mouth!" Megaman replies in a stern tone. "I guess when you were recreated, the demented idiot forgot to disable your voice system. If there were ever a battle where you didn't say a word, then that would be one unforgettable battle." (Yet again, how could Flashman run something he doesn't have?)
"How about I demonstrate that by first shutting you up!" Flashman growls as he raises his right hand in Megaman's direction with it beginning to glow.
"Let the demonstration begin." Megaman says with a sly smile as he brings the Sonic Boom sword into his view.
Flashman releases a fierce growl as his palm continues to glow bright. Continuing to glow bright and now reaching the limit of growth and light, Flashman's attack now leaves his palm as it is heading towards Megaman at lighting speed. Eyeing the attack that is coming at him, Megaman positions his sword to counter the oncoming attack. The attack is just inches from Megaman and is seconds from impacting him when Megaman swiftly swings the sword at the ball of light, instantly deflecting it. The ball of light now impacts the half-demolished building.
"Is that all you got?" Megaman inquires with a sly smile. "If that was suppose to be an attack, then it was a really poor attempt."
"I've only just begun!" Flashman growls.
"That makes the two of us." Megaman says as he wields his sword. "I'm starting to get bored with this pace, so why don't we kick things up a notch. Sonic Boom!"
Swiftly swinging his sword, the Sonic Boom attack is now released from the blade and is heading towards Flashman at lighting speed. The attack impacts Flashman in the chest, which makes him stumble a bit, but leaves no sign of visible damage.
"Heh, you almost had me worried there for a moment." Flashman says, lightly chuckling. "Now listen to the word 'almost'."
"What will it take to bring him down?" Lan inquires with slight worry in his voice.
"I don't know." Megaman answers. "Whoever reconstructed him and the rest of the dark loids, made sure that no damage would be inflicted no matter how powerful the attack."
"There has to be a weak spot on him somewhere." Lan replies, releasing a sigh.
"There is and I intend to find out exactly where it is." Megaman says, keeping his sights on Flashman.
"Now, it's time to show you my true power!" Flashman says. "The true power of an invincible Dark Loid!"
"Give me all you got!" Megaman spits to Flashman.
"As you wish." Flashman speaks as he now places his hands together with a bright light appearing between them.
As the light continues to grow, data sentences begins scrolling down Megaman's eyes as he now receives Roll's message. The message reads:
'Help Megaman. Me and Maylu have been captured and are being held hostage at-----.'
Having read the message, the data sentences now stop scrolling.
"That message was from Roll and she's been kidnapped." Megaman says in a low tone. "Lan, Maylu and Roll have been----"
Megaman's current thought is interrupted by Flashman saying: Day Light Blast!"
Hearing that, Megaman turns around, only to see a huge ball of light coming at him at rapid speed. Unable to dodge the attack in time, Megaman is now impacted and is sent flying into a near by building.
"Megaman!" Lan shouts.
"I'm ok." Megaman speaks as he sits up with the building debris falling off of him. "Lan, I just received a message from Roll, saying that her and Maylu have been captured and are being held hostage."
"They've been kid…kid…kidnapped?" Lan asks, now feeling the color leave his face as he quickly goes into shock. "My Maylu has been kidnapped and they're being held hostage? Where?"
"I don't know." Megaman answers as he gets to his feet. "The message didn't say, but if you ask me, I say Blademan is behind their kidnapping."
"My dad did a scan of the entire city and nothing came up about him." Lan replies. "It couldn't possibly be him."
"Do you know of any other source that was behind the appearance of the Dimensional Area the other day?" Megaman inquires to Lan.
"Good point." Lan says.
"Listen, I'll take care of Flashman, you get to Sci-Lab and inform your dad about this immediately." Megaman commands.
"Are you sure that you'll be able to deal with Flashman by yourself knowing what kind of power he possesses?" Lan inquires to Megaman.
"I'm sure, now go!" Megaman demands.
"Alright, be careful." Lan responds with a nod as he now leaves the computer and heads for the exit of the computer lab.
Now reaching the exit, Lan exits and begins down the hall. Continuing down the hall, Lan now reaches his classroom and enters. Having entered the class, Lan arrives at Ms. Stoffer's desk.
"Ms. Stoffer, I have to go." Lan informs his teacher, interrupting her and the class lesson. "My dad just called. There is an emergency at home and I have to get there right away."
"I'm sorry to hear that Lan." Ms. Stoffer says with great concern as Lan heads to his desk and begins gathering his books. "I hope everything turns out for the better."
"I hope so too." Lan replies as he places his backpack on his back, having gathered all of his books.
"See you tomorrow." Ms. Stoffer says as Lan now heads for the exit of the class.
"If there is a tomorrow." Lan mumbles to himself as he now exits the class and enters the hallway.
Beginning down the hall, Lan grabs his PET and brings it into his view.
"I've got to inform Tori about this right away." Lan says as he presses the B button on the console. The contacts list appears on the screen as Lan highlights Tori's member address. Having highlighted his address, Lan now begins composing his message to Tori.
Tori's Gym Class
The class has just finished with their activity as the coach is bringing the class to an end.
"Good job class." The coach says to the class. "You all displayed hard work and team work out there today. I want to see more of that in every class from this point on. Class dismissed and see you all tomorrow."
Having dismissed the class, the boys now head for the locker room.
"I survive yet another gym class." Tori says to himself as he now reaches the locker room and enters. "I have to start keeping track."
Having entered the locker room, Tori begins heading straight for his locker. Now reaching it, Tori opens the locker and immediately begins hearing a beeping sound. Continuing to hear the beeping, Tori begins searching his locker to find the source of the beeping.
"What is that beeping sound?" Tori asks himself, continuing to search the locker.
Continuing to search while moving things around in the locker, Tori now discovers the beeping sound is coming from his gym bag. Grabbing the bag out of the locker and opening it, Tori notices that the screen of his PET is lit up and is beeping.
"Hopefully, this is Dr. Hikari informing me about Iceman's condition." Tori says as he removes the PET from his bag and brings it into his view.
Having the PET in his view, Tori notices the screens reads: One New message. Hitting the A button, the screen now displays the entire message. The message reads:
'Tori, head to Sci-Lab immediately after you receive this message. I'm on my way there now. I'll see you in fifteen minutes. Signed, Lan.'
Hitting the clear button, Tori places the PET back in the gym bag.
"That message sounds very serious and if I know Lan, it is." Tori speaks as he closes the locker. "I hope Iceman is ok. Better get down to Sci-Lab so I can find out."
Tori now heads out of the locker room.
The Cyber World's Network
Two more navis have been sucked into one of the tornadoes with their data being immediately broken down. With their data broken down, the data is, then, streamed to the top of the tornado where a cyber portal has opened. The data is streamed through the portal and is transported to the dimensional converters on the right wall of Regal's tower. Aaron is watching this and is smiling as the converters begin to glow.
"Excellent." Aaron says with s twisted smirk. "Everything is going exactly as I planned."
Maylu, who also is watching the converters glow with data, is immediately consumed with fear.
:Lan, please rescue me soon.: Maylu begins praying to herself.
Sci-Lab
The lunch hour has started and a good percent of the Science Lab staff have taken off for the lunch period, but one lab technician in particular decided to dine in.
"There isn't a lunch time that ever goes by without me enjoying the delicious taste of Dentech's finest Club sandwich." Dr. Hikari speaks, now devouring the last bite of his club sandwich.
Having finished the last bite of his lunch, Dr. Hikari now rises from his desk and stretches.
"Well, I better check on Iceman and get him ready for when Tori comes to see him later on today." Dr. Hikari speaks as he begins making his way over to the computer Iceman is on.
Continuing to make his way over to the computer and almost reaching it, Dr. Hikari is suddenly stopped by hearing Lan's voice yell: Dad!
Being startled by his son's voice, Dr. Hikari now turns around and spots an out of breath Lan standing in the doorway of his sector.
"Lan, what are you doing here and why aren't you at school?" Dr. Hikari inquires to Lan in surprise.
"Nevermind that now." Lan replies as he begins making his way over to his dad while trying to catch his breath. "I have some bad news about Maylu and Roll."
Just as Dr. Hikari opens his mouth to speak, hearing Tori's voice suddenly interrupts his thought.
"Is Iceman ok?" Tori inquires through his heavy panting. "Please tell me that he is ok."
Lan and Dr. Hikari turn towards the doorway, now spotting an exhausted Tori.
"Iceman is fine Tori." Dr. Hikari says to him with sincerity in his voice as Tori now walks to the right of Lan. "You can take him home today."
"That's good to hear." Tori says, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Lan, what happened to Maylu and Roll?" Dr. Hikari asks, now turning back to his son.
"THEY HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED!" Lan begins panicking.
"WHAT?" Tori and Dr. Hikari respond in unison.
"How do you know that they have been captured?" Dr. Hikari inquires, going into shock.
"Megaman told me." Lan answers, his voice full of panic. "He said he received a message from Roll while he was battling with Flashman. He said he's sure Blademan is behind it, but you did a scan of the city and nothing about a dark loid named Blademan came up."
"That much is true." Dr. Hikari says as he now begins to think. "But something about all of what is going on isn't adding up, but instead, is becoming more and more confusing. First, Tori's PET picked up on the signals of a Dimensional Area. Secondly, Iceman is attacked and injured by a Dark Loid named Blademan. Soon after that, Lan and Maylu have an encounter with Dr. Regal's Dark Loids. Now Blademan kidnaps Maylu and Roll or who Megaman believes kidnapped them. A fact is missing from all of this."
"Well, we don't have any other leads that point to anything else otherwise." Tori speaks up. "Blademan injured Iceman so I know he is behind Maylu and Roll's kidnapping." (Why isn't Tori a Net Savior again?)
"If you're for sure that Blademan is behind it, then I know of a man that will be able to help us find the missing piece to this puzzle." Dr. Hikari speaks.
"Who might that be?" Tori inquires.
"I'll give you a hint." Dr. Hikari replies. "His navi has the best and the most precise stealth technology that Dentech has ever seen."
"You don't mean who I think you maybe talking about?" Lan inquires, having a small idea of who his dad maybe speaking of.
"None other and I have another reinforcement in mind who I know will come in handy as well." Dr. Hikari answers. "Let's just say that you two have something in common with Dentech City."
"You don't mean?" Lan inquires once more, defiantly knowing who his dad is talking about.
Dr. Hikari nods as he now turns to the computer.
Sharo's Military Base
The soldiers are out on the riffle range and are practicing their riffle positions as the general shouts riffle commands to them.
"Stand at attention!" The General shouts to the soldiers.
The soldiers place their riffles at their sides with the butt of the riffle on the ground and the barrel facing the sky.
"Stand at ease!" The General shouts as he begins pacing in front of the soldiers.
The soldiers now position their riffles in from of them as they place their left hand behind their backs.
As the general continues shouting commands to the soldiers, one particular navi in dorm two is keeping himself busy as he practices on his firing aim.
"Load target four." SearchMan speaks as he positions his gun in front of him.
The target now appears as SearchMan aims his gun at the target and locks on. Being locked onto the target, SearchMan pulls the trigger. The shot is released from the gun and is heading towards the target at top speed. The shot now impacts the target as it explodes.
"Load target five." SearchMan commands.
The target now appears as SearchMan positions his gun at the target. Having a clear aim of the target, SearchMan places his finger on the trigger and is about to pull it for when an email suddenly appears, interrupting his target practice. The cyber target field now disappears.
"An email?" SearchMan says in confusion.
Taking a look at the member address and subject line, SearchMan now knows who sent the email.
"This email is from Dr. Hikari." SearchMan confirms. "I wonder what he could be contacting Riaka about this time. Of course any email from Dr. Hikari is always concerning serious business, so I'll inform Riaka once he returns from the field."
The cyber field and the target now reappears. SearchMan aims his gun towards the target.
Riffle Range
The soldiers are continuing to practice their riffle positions.
"Alright men! Abow face and at ease!" The General now shouts as he stands in front of the soldiers.
The soldiers now face the general as they place their riffles over their shoulders.
"Very good men." The General now speaks in a normal tone. "Your formation was very well put together. I want you all to report back here tonight at twenty-one hundred hours. You are dismissed."
The soldiers now begin departing from the field as Riaka begins making his way to his dorm. Now reaching it, Riaka enters and begins heading to his room. Continuing to his room and now reaching it, Riaka enters and places his riffle against the doorway. Having done that, Riaka takes a seat on the bed and releases a sigh.
"Riaka, you have an email from Dr. Hikari." SearchMan informs Riaka.
"What is the message?" Riaka inquires to his navi.
"I don't know, I didn't open it." SearchMan answers.
Grabbing the PET off of the nightstand, Riaka brings it into his view and presses the A button. The email now opens with the message appearing on the screen. The message reads:
'Riaka, your immediate attention is required. A serious situation has occurred in Dentech City and your help is needed. Please contact me immediately for further details. Signed, Dr. Hikari.'
"SearchMan, we have to head to Dentech City on a special assignment." Riaka informs his navi as he presses the clear button.
"What about sir?" SearchMan inquires.
"Dr. Hikari is requesting our aid to help deal with a serious situation that has occurred." Riaka answers. "I have to call him for further details. Inform the General of what is going on while I go contact Dr. Hikari."
"Right away sir." SearchMan replies as he teleports off of the PET screen.
Riaka places the PET in the carry case as he proceeds to the exit of his room.
Blaze Quest
In the conference room of Blaze Quest, Chaud, his father, and the company's executives are all in a meeting with a company called 'Digital Gaming', who is looking for Blaze Quest to accept their company's account. A presentation is taking place at the moment as one of Digital's Gaming's associates is explaining the profit margins.
"So by accepting our company's account, the increase in sales will sky rocket dramatically by two of Dentech's top company's selling top of the line gaming products." The associate continues explaining.
"What about Ayano Tech?" One of Blaze Quest's executives inquires. "They have higher profits in sales alone then the both of our companies put together."
"I'm glad you asked." The associate from Digital Gaming answers. "Allow me to elaborate on that."
Chaud, who is also paying attention to the presentation, now releases a sigh.
:This presentation is more boring then watching paint dry.: Chaud says to himself.
As the associate continues with his presentation, Chaud's PET begins vibrating, which catches Chaud's attention. Feeling the vibration, Chaud removes the PET from the case and brings it into his view. Having it in his view, Chaud spots Protoman on the screen with an email positioned to the right of him. Pressing the A button, the email opens with the message appearing on the screen. The message reads:
'Chaud, your immediate attention is required. A serious situation has occurred in Dentech City and your help is needed. Please contact me immediately for further details. Signed, Dr. Hikari.'
Chaud presses the clear button as he places the PET back in the case. Quietly rising from his seat, Chaud begins making his way to the exit of the conference room. Reaching it, Chaud quietly exits.
"Ok, that is the end of the presentation." The associate finishes as the lights in the conference room come back on "What do you think Mr. Blaze?"
"I liked it." Mr. Blaze replies with a smile. "Not only did the numbers add up, but you really know how to put an impressive presentation together. We will accept your account."
"Thank you sir." The associate says with happiness.
"Chaud, have the secretary contact the accountant's office right away." Mr. Blaze commands, now turning to Chaud's seat and noticing that he isn't there.
"Where did he go?" Mr. Blaze inquires as he begins looking around the conference room. "He was just sitting here a minute ago."
Chaud has exited the building and is now on his way to Sci-Lab.
Maylu and Roll have been captured and reinforcements are on the way. A fierce battle is on the rise...
A/N: Ok, end of chapter 9 and I hope you all liked it. I apologize that this is late coming out. Life wouldn't give me the time of day for rest, but here it is and I hope you all enjoyed it. As usual, no flames and if anything is confusing for you, please notify my right away and I'll fix it for you. Chapter 10 will be out the next moment I get. One question, how many people feel that Tori should receive an official Net Savior's license? If I get enough answers pointing to yes, there will be a surprise at the end of this story. If nothing else, please review.
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