"Are you going to open that?"
"Uhhhhh…sure, why not? How bad could it be?" Geo opened up the mysterious message and read what it said.
From: Unknown
Subject: (Blank)
Greetings, Geo Stelar, or should I say the famous hero Megaman. Yes, I know who you are, but that isn't important right now. I have been keeping my eye on you for quite some time now. It is safe to say that you are fairly strong. Of course, you would have to be strong to save the world a total of three times. That's pretty good coming from a kid your age. There is no doubt that you're strong, but recently I've learned that you lost fighting against someone. Well, I shouldn't say that you lost. I should say that you were completely devastated. More importantly, I heard that the battle meant a lot to you. You should know what I'm talking about. Anyways, you may be wondering what this message is about. I have some information on the people you were fighting a week ago. They are strong. Very strong. Even with years of training, you still may not be able to defeat them. This is why I'm going to help you. Attached to this message is a special program that I have invented. Its purpose is to grant you power beyond your wildest dreams. There are no strings attached. You don't have to do anything for me. You can decide whether you want to use the program or not. Just know that by using that program, there will be a very high chance that you will be able to defeat your enemy and get back what you desire the most. So decide what you want to do, Geo Stelar. I look forward to seeing you in person real soon.
While Geo was reading the message, his eyes got wider and wider. He couldn't believe what he was reading. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, some mysterious person sends him a message saying that he will be able to give him enough power to rescue Sonia. For all he knew, this could be a trick or even a trap.
"Well, are you done reading yet? What does it saying?" Omega-Xis asked, as he was impatiently waiting for Geo to finish reading the contents of the message. Geo didn't respond. He was still staring at the message thinking about what do to do about this current situation.
"Hey, are you deaf? Tell me what it says already!" Mega said, as he gave Geo a good punch in the head.
"Owww! Quit doing that!" Geo said, as he was rubbing the part on his head that was now sore.
"I'll stop doing that as soon as you respond to me the first time like a normal person."
"Sorry about that. It's just that I was too busy thinking about stuff."
"What kind of stuff? And what did that message say?"
"See for yourself," Geo said, as he showed Mega the message.
"Hmmmm, interesting. So you have any idea about who sent you this message?"
"No clue. It could be anybody. It could even be an enemy luring me into some kind of trap."
"By the way, what was that program that was mentioned in the message."
"Oh, that one? I haven't taken a look at it yet."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Open it up and see what's inside."
"O-okay," Geo said, as he opened up the attached.
"The Shadow Program," Geo read out loud.
"That sounds…menacing," Mega said.
"Yeah, it sounds more like something the enemy would use. Like seriously, the SHADOW program! If that doesn't sound evil, I don' know what does."
"But the message said that it will grant you enough power to beat the snot-nosed bastards who wiped us out last time."
"I know, but still…I don't think it will be a good idea to randomly use programs that we have no idea of its functions. It could have some nasty side effects."
"You've got a point there. So what are you going to do about it?"
"I don't know. I guess we can take it to WAZA tomorrow and have them examine what this program does. Until then, we should refrain from using it."
"Sounds like a plan.*yawn*Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go to sleep now."
"*yawn*Fine by me. I'm getting tired as well," Geo said, as he crawled into his bed and fell asleep.
Meanwhile…
"Hmph, it seems like he won't use it on his own. Whatever, I had planned that he would do so anyways."
"You called for me."
"Ah, I'm glad you're finally here. It seems our friend will need a little push in the right direction, if you know what I mean."
"Understood, I will give him a nice wake-up call tomorrow."
"That would be great. You can go now. This is all going according to plan. Hehehehehehe."
The next morning…
At around 7:00, Geo's Hunter-VG's alarm went off and gave him a little shock.
"What the…" Geo said, as he rolled of his bed and bumped into the railing. He got up and picked up his Hunter-VG.
"Owww, that hurt! Why did the alarm go off? I don't even have school today," Geo wondered. It only took him around 5 seconds to come up with the source of the problem.
"OMEGA-XIS!" Geo yelled, as Mega sleepily came out of Geo's Hunter-VG.
"Wh-what's going on? Did an enemy show up? I'm ready to kick his ass," Mega said, still a little bit disoriented.
"Oh, I'll kick your ass!" Geo said angrily, as he started chasing Mega around the room.
"Why are you so angry? If this about your telescope, then…"
"You were playing around with the Hunter-VG again, weren't you? You turned on the alarm by accident and it went off! You nearly gave me a concussion! And what did you say about my telescope?" Geo said angrily.
"Ehehehe, nothing. Just pretend I didn't say anything," Mega said, as he gave off a weak chuckle.
"I swear if you did anything to my telescope, I'll…" Geo started, as he was interrupted by an explosion outside.
"W-what was that?" Geo said.
"I don't know, but it could be trouble. Let's go check it out," Mega said.
"Right," Geo said, as he hurriedly changed his clothes and ran outside to where the explosion was. When he got there, there was a bunch of smoke and craters in the ground.
"Who did all this?" Geo wondered.
"Looking for me?" a strangely familiar voice said. Geo was surprised and immediately looked around, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Up here," the voice said. Geo looked up to see…
"I-it's you!" Geo said, as he was staring at an enemy that he saw a week ago.
"Yeah, it's me. What of it?" Tiger Blaze said, as she was in the air staring down at Geo.
"What are you doing here?" Geo asked.
"I came here to…give you a little push in the right direction."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You'll find out soon enough," Tiger Blaze said, as a fireball formed in her hand.
"Dammit! Transcode: Megaman!" Geo did a Wave Change to become Megaman, as he prepared himself for Tiger Blaze's attack.
"Get ready, because here I go. Fireball Barrage!" Tiger Blaze said, as she sent a volley of fireballs in Megaman's direction. Megaman easily dodged the weak attack and countered with his own.
"Battlecard: Wide Wave!" Megaman said, as he fired a wide jet of water towards Tiger Blaze.
"Hehe, trying to put out my flame, huh? It's not going to be that easy!" Tiger Blaze said, as she surrounded herself with flames, evaporating the water before it even reached her.
"Tch, well then try this on for size. Battlecard: Jet Attack!" Megaman said, as he flew towards Tiger Blaze at full speed.
"You think you can hit me with that. You're too easy," Tiger Blaze said, as she was ready to intercept the attack. However, just as she was about to block Megaman's attack, Megaman flew right past her instead of hitting her.
"What?" Tiger Blaze said surprised.
"Didn't think of that, did you? Now, that this! Battlecard: Impact Cannon!" Megaman said, as he fired a fairly powerful cannon at Tiger Blaze. An explosion occurred when the attack hit right on the target. Megaman wasn't about to waste any time as he immediately lauznched another attack.
"Time to finish this! Battlecard: Giant Axe!" Megaman yelled, as a gigantic formed on his hand.
"AHHHHHH!" Megaman yelled, slashing down with the axe with everything that he had. He was about to declare victory when half-way through the swing, the axe was suddenly stopped. The smoke cleared away the reveal that an uninjured Tiger Blaze had completely stopped Megaman's attack with just one hand.
"Nice try," Tiger Blaze said with a smirk on her face, as Megaman stared at her with a surprised look on his face.
"Im-impossible," Megaman said.
"Blazing Punch!" Tiger Blaze said, as she threw a fiery punch at Megaman that sent him hurdling towards the ground, causing an explosion when he hit. Megaman was lying in a newly formed crater in the ground. He slowly got up as Tiger Blaze sent another attack his way.
"Fireball Barrage!" Tiger Blaze said, as she sent another wave of flaming orbs at Megaman. Megaman was still slightly shaken up by the previous attack, but he managed to barely dodge all of the attacks.
"You okay, Geo," Mega asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's about time we get serious about this. Finalize: Black Ace," Megaman said, as he started to be surrounded by a huge number of noise, which transformed him into his Black Ace form.
"Do whatever you want. You still can't defeat me," Tiger Blaze said cockily.
"We'll see about that. Mega Buster!" BA Megaman said, as he rapidly-fired his Mega Buster at Tiger Blaze. Tiger Blaze saw this attack as barely any threat at all, as she took the attack head-on without sustaining any apparent damage.
"Is that the best you've got? I'm disappointed. I would've thought that you would be stronger than that, but I guess I was wrong," Tiger Blaze said mockingly.
"I'll show you!" BA Megaman said, as he rushed up the Tiger Blaze and began slashing his sword at her. Tiger Blaze countered all of BA Megman's strikes with a Blazing Punch. The two continued that for about a minute until BA Megaman began to feel a little tired.
"Damn! I can't land a strike on her," BA Megaman thought as he was panting.
"What? Done already? That's the best you got? I don't know why he wanted to spend so much time on you. You aren't even worth it," Tiger Blaze said.
"What…what are you talking about?" BA Megaman asked.
"Nothing that concerns you…yet. All you need to know is that unless you defeat me, you won't leave here alive."
"In that case, all I have to do is defeat you. Then there will be one less person in the way when I go rescue Sonia."
"You think that this is going to be easy? I'll show you exactly how wrong you are! Blazing Kick!" Tiger Blaze said, as she disappeared and reappeared behind BA Megaman and kicked him. BA Megaman was not shaken up by the attack and managed to block it. However, the attack was so strong that he was still sent flying back a few feet.
"I'm starting to get worn out. I have to end this quickly," BA Megaman thought in his head.
"Already starting to get tired I see. What are you going to do now? Try to run away? But we all know how that will end up," Tiger Blaze said.
"Like hell I'll run away," BA Megaman said, as he secretly began charging his attack behind his back, "I won't leave this place until I have defeated you!"
"Oh? And what makes you so sure that you can do such a thing?" Tiger Blaze asked.
"This!" BA Megaman said, raising up his arm that caused a black hole to form around where Tiger Blaze was standing.
"Black End Galaxy!" BA Megaman said, as he slashed the black hole with his sword, causing an explosion to engulf the area.
"You think that did it?" Mega asked.
"I hope it did. I don't have much left in me, especially since we used up all that energy training last night," BA Megaman said in between pants. As he stared at the huge cloud of smoke that had formed, BA Megaman began to see something glowing on the inside.
"Dammit!" BA Megaman thought, as dozens of fireballs came out of the smoke cloud. BA Megaman managed to easily dodge the blindly fired attack as Tiger Blaze emerged from the smoke relatively unharmed.
"Not bad, but I've seen better," Tiger Blaze said giving off a light chuckle.
"Tch, that barely made a scratch on her," BA Megaman thought.
"Are you about done?"
"Like hell I am. Finalize: Red Joker!" BA Megaman said, as he transformed into his other finalized form, the Red Joker.
"Nice outfit change. Are you gonna do anything with that?" Tiger Blaze asked.
"Just wait and see," RJ Megaman replied.
"Well, if you aren't going to do anything, allow me to do the honours. Blazing Punch!" Tiger Blaze said, as she rushed up to RJ Megaman and gave him a fairly powerful punch. RJ Megaman managed to grab on to Tiger Blaze's fist and chuck her towards the ground. However, Tiger Blaze managed to retain her balance and land on two feet.
"Not bad. Now let's see whether that was beginner's luck or not. Blazing Kick!" Tiger Blaze said, as she kicked RJ Megaman with a flaming kick. Like the last attack, RJ Megaman was able to block the attack, but the force of this attack was stronger than the last attack's, causing him to move back a few feet.
"It's time to end this. Red Gaia Eraser!" RJ Joker Megaman said, as the two disks on his back came off and began firing laser at Tiger Blaze. He then charged up his own giant laser, and fired it directly at Tiger Blaze, resulting in another explosion. This time, RJ Megaman didn't see anything came out of the smoke cloud, nor did he see any movement within it.
"Did that do it?" RJ Megaman wondered. The smoke finally cleared away. Tiger Blaze was lying on the ground, seemingly unconscious. To make sure, RJ Megaman slowly approached her, making sure to be careful of any surprise attacks. When he was finally staring directly down at Tiger Blaze, he saw that she was actually unconscious.
"What are you going to do about her?" Mega asked.
"We're gonna take her back to WAZA and ask her if she anything about Sonia," RJ Megaman replied.
"Fine by me. By the way, I still don't know who this person is…"
"You'll remember soon enough, I hope," RJ Megaman said, as he was about to pick up the unconscious Tiger Blaze. However, as he was about to pick her up, her body burst into flames, the explosion injuring RJ Megaman a bit.
"What the hell?" RJ Megaman said, as he was trying to figure out what had just happened. He finally figured out when Tiger Blaze appeared behind him.
"Kid, behind you!" Mega warned. However, his warning came a little late, as Tiger Blaze picked up RJ Megaman by the neck and proceeded with choking him.
"How did you like my little clone? I was surprised you didn't die in the explosion. I guess you're not as weak as I thought," Tiger Blaze said, as he was strangling RJ Megaman to death. RJ Megaman tried to say something, but he was restricted by a lack of air.
"You're gonna die right here and now…unless…" Tiger Blaze started.
"Unless what?" RJ Megaman managed to say.
"Useless you use that little gift that you got."
"What gift…wait, you mean…" RJ Megaman started, as he cut off by a lack of oxygen.
"I pretty sure you know what I'm talking about. Unless you use that thing, you will die now," Tiger Blaze said, as she chucked RJ Megaman towards a building, creating a dent in it.
"Geo, Geo, are you okay?" Mega asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I think," RJ Megaman responded.
"Are you gonna use that program she was talking about?"
"I'm probably going to have to. You heard what she said. Unless I use that program now, I'm going to die and I can't save Sonia if I'm dead!"
"But you don't what that thing does! It could be a virus for all we know."
"That's a chance I'm willing to take," RJ Megaman said, as he activated the program
Shadow Program…Initiated
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm going to stop predicting how long it will take me to update this thing because most of the time, I'm going to be wrong. So the next chapter will be here sometime this year. If it isn't here by that time, I'm probably dead.