Mkay, one more chapter for the night. Maybe I'll upload more tomorrow...

Tatsu-ZZmage - FWEHEHEHAHAHA! XD Glad you enjoy teh randomness. Reboot? What ish tis reboot ye speaketh of?

Ch. 5 - waohtrippyhi!

...and tumbled out onto a narrow walkway... The Undernet! w00t! I recognized the dark place instantly and did a small dance. "Yay! Success! Now... to find out what has happened..."

"Sai-cha-an!" I called from my PET, finally home. No answer... the room was empty... it appeared to be a hospital room of sorts...

"Who's there? Are you her Navi?" Someone asked; the lights were off, so I couldn't 'see' him.

"Yeah; what's goin on? Who're you?"

"Dr. Hidero. You must be Maverick..."

"Yep. What happened to Sai-chan?"

"I'm not sure, they said it was an attack of sorts. Khayox has been attacking Operators in several areas; there are a few others is in here too, but they've almost recovered. Don't worry about Sai, she'll be fine."

"I see, well... thanks." ... this is bad... "Would, by chance, Lan or Chaud be here?" I heard a chair squeak as the doctor sat down.

"Lan and Chaud... yes, I believe so..."

"How're they doin?" At his pause, I gave a small chuckle. "Friends of ours; I can't help but worry..."

"Well... Lan has a mild concussion and a broken arm, though he may be released within a couple days. Chaud escaped with only a few cuts that needed to be stitched up; he's leaving tomorrow."

"I see... thanks, Dr. If Sai wakes up... tell her I said to do her homework!" He chuckled, and I disappeared into the Net again.

Undernet... there were alot of Khayox 'officials' patrolling it... A rather large and heavy set one was trying to stomp on a Metool, but was rather slow and let out a grunt with each heavy movement. Doing aside, I tackled the Metool and rolled to my feet, running with the mini virus in my arms. I winced as a bullet clipped my arm, but it didn't slow me down. "Hiya lil guy! Don'tcha worry now, no more big stomping dude!"

"dood!"

"Hehe, I like you. I shall call you Zet! Zet da Met!"

"zetdamet!" Finding the corrupt data stream without a problem, I hesitated. There were no officials in this area, so I sat down to think. Again. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to do so, as someone approached. Not wanting to risk a battle without my operator to support me, I dove through the data stream...

--PMOWHS--

...and tumbled to the floor, dazed for a minute...

"Woah... trippy... hi!" I waved up at Ruxad, grinning.

"waohtrippyhi!"

"Hehe... did you do what you needed?" I nodded, and then deleted the program I had created, so the transporter could be used for it's desired purpose again.

"Yeah, met Zet here; say hi, lil' guy!"

"zetdamet!" Zet said happily, waving around his little pick-axe.

"Aww, ain't he cute? Anways, I gotta go, thanks!" I waved as I headed for the door, almost into the town... when a some-what familiar red Hunter blocked my path. "Cr-ap-ah..."

"Goin somewhere, Mav?"

"Nah, not really... thinkin 'bout headin to the bookstore to pick up a nice romance novel or somethin..."

"zetdamet!" Zet was waving his pick-axe somewhat angrily at Zero, as if to mirror my feelings about the harsh Reploid. It was only him in the doorway, with his saber, and I don't think I'd be able to pull the same trick twice... Zero raised his eyebrow at the small creature, who had hopped out of my arms and was now bouncing up and down, repeating himself, waving his small weapon, as if to tell the Hunter to back off. Glancing over my shoulder, I noted Ruxad had disappeared... "ZETDAMET!" Pick-axe, meet Zero's foot... Zero's foot, meet pain. While the Hunter was recovering from the minor yet really painful attack and the surprise that went along with it, I scooped up Zet and tackled Zero, knocking him off-balance, before I rolled to my feet and ran again.

"Maverick! Wait!" X called as I passed him.

"Hell no!" I yelled over my shoulder, almost tripping myself as I rounded a corner, heading for the outskirts of the town. I turned my head slightly; no one was following me... Frowning a bit, I slowed down to a quick walk. Zet peered up from under his helmet.

"dood?" I gave him a grin, almost chuckling.

"Yeah, the scary dudes are gone..." Still, my instincts screamed at me to keep running... which I probably should have, I realized as I was tackled from the side. Zet tumbled from my arms, and two people restrained me as I struggled against them. A small scuffle took place, one that I did not win…

"Maverick, calm down!" Megaman whispered. "We're not going to take you back to the base…"

"Coulda fooled me." I hissed from my spot on the ground. Zet watched the three of us before waddling over.

"dood?"

"Mav… where did you find that met?"

"The Undernet…"

"When..?"

"Well… I'd be more than happy to tell you if you guys weren't using me as a seat…" Giving a laugh as they stood up, Megaman helped me to my feet. Dusting myself off, flashed them a grin. "I actually had an idea that worked! And didn't really involve destroying something…" Leaning against a building, I opened my mouth to explain my theory, but it was then X found us…

"There you guys are… Mav..?" He paused, looking over his shoulder. "Zero's coming… I don't want to fight you…" Protoman gave him an even look, which left me somewhat nervous…

"Then don't. We didn't find her; she must have escaped while we were searching a different area. Maverick-"

"The blood of three has been spilt..." I murmured. Megaman paled, understanding what I meant as I turned, picking up Zet before running again.

"Wait-!" I heard him call, but I lost him in the darkness.