Author's Note: Almost a year?! Oh my… I really must be losing my EXE will. Oh well, here is the next chapter.
Panting from running, Rockman had finally found a place to hide from all his 'lovers'. He looked at the dark environment of the UnderNet and felt a chill go over him. Sure he had been there before, but it was just as scary as usual. Rockman was on high tension constantly, but for some reason, there didn't seem to be any viruses, not even any other NetNavi's.
"There he is!" Rockman turned around; there was a horde of parents (both moms and dads) and their babies. "Charge!" Rockman suddenly felt like he was Simba in the Lion King, and the parents were the gnus.
He turned back and gave his all and ran for all he could do. If this had been a cartoon, run dust would form behind him. Up, down, left and right, no one in the UnderNet missed their presence.
Rockman was about to give up when a portal opened, from the other side, a shadow emerged. "Get in," the shadow said. "It's safe in here." Rockman wasn't sure first, but when a spear just missed him, he decided to trust this stranger. Rockman leaped into the portal, and soon Rockman wasn't available by the crowd as the portal closed.
Rockman looked around, the area he had been transported to look like it was still inside the UnderNet, but it looks friendlier. There was a sofa, a table and even a television there; it almost looked like a regular living room. But who was it that had saved him? Rockman looked up, and saw Forte in the eyes.
"Don't say thanks," he said. "I can't withstand hearing that pathetic word." Forte walked past Rockman and disappeared behind the shadows. Rockman stood up properly, and noticed a child sitting on the sofa. She was holding a plastic guitar in her hands and next to her was another one. She looked up at Rockman.
"Wanna play Guitar Hero with me?" she asked. "Mom doesn't want to play with me because he loses all the time." Forte returned from the darkness and grinded his fist against her head. "Owie~! That hurts mommy…!"
"Stop calling me mom!" he said, continuing the grinding. "I'm a man, not a woman!" Forte removed his fist and looked at Rockman. "Be careful around For(c)k, especially when playing. She is wild."
"You only say that because you lose all the time," For(c)k answered. Forte raised his fist, and she shrieked like the child she was. "Don't hit me mommy!" She raised her hands over her head to protect herself. "By the way mom, have you found daddy yet?"
Forte stopped in movement, he returned to his usual pose, he looked quickly at Rockman, and then back to For(c)k. "Not yet," he answered. "It will take a while more. Trust me." The child then didn't bother him anymore, and looked back at Rockman, trying to convince him to play with her.
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While Rockman was hiding, Roll was searching. Eddie had been crying for an hour or so, and she thought that the presence of his father would cheer him up. But she was pointless as of where Rockman had gone to. She arrived at a brand new area that had been built to serve the purpose to baby sit the huge amount of babies.
"Where could Rockman be…?" Roll was confused, she looked around. Eddie was constantly sniffling in her arms. "Don't cry Eddie, please, don't cry." She tried to comfort him by holding him close, but that didn't seem to help at all as the screaming kept going. "Rockman…!"
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"Ah…! This is impossible!" Rockman yelped as he missed yet another five notes in Guitar Hero while For(c)k yet haven't missed any. "I can't believe you're so good at this. You must have played a lot."
The song was over, and Rockman saw he only successfully hit 37% of the notes, on an Easy round. For(c)k on the other hand got 100% on Expert mode. She laid down her guitar. "I haven't played that much really," she admitted. "It's just a gift I got, must have been from daddy. Mommy just stinks at playing though; he is only good in old games. Like that one where a lot of boxes fall down and you have to make a line of them…"
"You mean tetris…?" Rockman asked. For(c)k nodded. "I didn't know Forte played games at all really." Rockman looked under the TV were all the gaming consoles were laying. There were all of them: NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Genesis and more that he didn't knew of. "Say, shall we play something else? Like… Oh! Super Smash Bros Brawl! I always wanted to try this game out, looks so nice. I just wished they had Crono in it…"
For(c)k was glad to finally find a friend to play with. "I'm Kirby!" She snatched one of the controls, and passed another to Rockman. "Mommy, you wanna fight too?" Forte came in and took a third control, and when the character selection came up, Forte was quick to mark Pikachu. "Aw… You just cheat with him, pick someone else…! Please mom!"
Rockman laughed at the mother (?) and daughter situation. Rockman then concentrated to the game and marked Snake, mostly because he looked real cool and stuff. But when fighting began, big mistake! Just mere seconds into game, and he was already out. He then checked out the fight between Kirby and Pikachu, for being a new game, Forte was actually good at it. It could have been since Pikachu had been in the Smash Bros series since the very beginning, and the beginning was on the 64, which was a pretty old console. It all ended with For(c)k winning thanks to the Smash ball.
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"Rockman!" Roll shouted into the air. "Rockman, were are you? Where could he be…?" Roll looked around, but he was nowhere to be found. She was going to return to the usual area, but one the way she met a familiar NetNavi. "Medi!" Roll noticed something new with her. "You have a baby too…?"
In Medi's arms were a child with a blue dress and white heels. "His name's Frank, ain't he adorable?" She gently touched her son's nose, and he giggled in enjoyment. "I see you got a child of your own."
"Yes, his name is Eddie," Roll answered. "Me and Rockman are so proud of him. Say, who's the father of Frank?" Medi didn't respond, she just gave a grin. "Wait, you don't mean…?" Medi nodded. "You…!" She covered Eddie's ears and signaled her to cover Frank's. "You bitch!"
"Hehe… I know."
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"Say mommy," For(c)k started her sentence. "How do you two know each others? What's his name? Is he daddy? Is he good in bed?" Forte didn't answer any questions, and Rockman was blushing of the last question. How could a child, none the less, a baby, know all those facts of how a real baby is made? Rockman looked at Forte, he was looking into nothing. "Mommy…?"
"Oh be quiet…" Forte responded. "Go beat some more crap out of Rockman in Brawl."
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Three days went by, and Rockman stayed with Forte and For(c)k during those days. His friends got worried, and they even thought of putting up a wanted poster. But when Numberman mentioned of the huge amount of babies this NetNavi had, they decided not to.
"Were could he be…?" Roll was worried for him, and had set herself in Netto's PET. "Maybe he has been deleted?"
"No, I don't think so," Netto responded. "I would have gotten an update if so were." Netto was sitting in front of his computer, with the PET in the loader. He had a pencil in hand and he was doodling on a piece of paper. What came up were him and Rockman. "Where are you…?"
Blues came into the area. "Netto, I think I got useful information for you," he said in his usual serious tone. "Elecman and the gang told me they heard rumors of Rockman being in the UnderNet. Some mob was chasing there, and all of a sudden, he disappeared through a portal. They're not sure if the portal led to somewhere within the UnderNet, but it could."
"Really?" Netto asked. "But then let's go!"
"I can't at the moment," Blues responded. "Enzan-sama is lecturing me for Blec and all that. You need to ask someone else to check it out."
"Eh?! But who could I possibly ask for help…?" Netto searched through his mind to find a suitable NetNavi to do his dirty work…? Gutsman? No, he's too stupid. Glyde? Naw, too weak. How about Numberman? Eh, no, he would never allow Netto to use any regular chips anyway. But the answer, he didn't need to search, the answer would come to him as the phone rang. "Hello?"
"Netto, you bastard!" Netto heard a familiar accent. "How dare you using Searchman's data for your own pleasure?! Just so you know, I'm mentally strangling you right now, because I can't strangle you for real because your mom is in the way!"
Netto wondered why mom was in Russia, but when he heard shouting from the living room, he understood she wasn't. Laika was here, about to kill him for some reason he didn't knew of. Wait, did he mention Searchman's data? Netto got an idea, but he didn't get to think more clear before the door smashed down and in came the Russian. Netto's mom was clinging around his waist desperately trying to stop him. "Please, don't kill my son!"
"I won't kill him…!" Laika responded. "I'm just gonna strangle him until he sees the light at the end of the tunnel! Now let me go!"
"Wait, Laika!" Netto protested. "I don't even know what you are talking about."
"Oh really…?" Laika said and tilted his head. "Well, do you know now?!" He pressed his PET into Netto's face, inside, Searchman was screaming of pain due to a baby hanging in his hair. "How dare you…?!" Laika raised his hands into strangling pose, but Netto slipped away, he grabbed his PET and ran out of the house. "Get back here!" Laika ran after him.
The chase went on for several minutes. They ran past places as the mal, the library, school, train station and many more. Netto managed to shake Laika off and was hiding in an alley. He tried to catch his breath, but after running through ACDC a couple of times, it really makes you tired. Netto saw how Laika ran past the opening with a mental battle axe in his hands.
"Looks like Searchman was a victim to that massive baby order," Blues was still in Netto's PET. "Maybe you should tell him you didn't do it?"
"I'm not going near him…!" Netto answered. "That man is crazy!"
"Think of it Netto, he could help you search for Rockman." Netto was still unsure if we would ask the maniac or not. "I know how much you care for Rockman, plus, you can always tell Laika it was all Rockman's idea."
Netto was convinced, he sneaked out carefully of the alley, he looked around, no Laika in sight. "IRL strangling!" Netto felt how two hands surrounded his throath, Laika seemed to have found Netto on a different route. "Say you're sorry!" Netto tried to get lose, but the Russian's grip was too tight and strong. Laika saw how Netto's lips started to change, he released the grip, and looked pleased of the boy trying to catch his breath. He kicked him down on the ground. "Now say it!"
Netto rubbed his throats to soft it up. He thought up a fast plan and he turned around. "It was all Rockman's idea!" Netto raised his hands in defense, but when he realized Laika was not aiming to hurt him, he lowered his guard. "But he has gone missing the last days, even I can't find him, and since you got some problems with him, I thought you and Searchman could find him for me. Then you can give out your anger on the problem maker."
Laikadidn't say or express anything. Then he made a Cheshire grin with psychotic eyes to combine. "Alright," Laika said. "I'll do it, just because I want Rockman to pay for this." Laika walked past Netto, his face had locked on the psycho mode, his right arm was locked into mental stabbing mode, and his legs almost moved like a train. "…kill, kill, kill…" Was the last words Netto could tell apart from the Russian's speaking.
Author's Note: …maybe I should go watch again, so this can continue at a higher pace.