I own no Megaman characters, any familiar dialogue or the main plot. Credits to Capcom.
Before I begin, I would like to say a big thank you to 'YiPrincess' for adding this story to their alerts and favorites.
Reply to Ghost501's review of Chapter 14: Well, thank you. Hope you (and all of my readers) enjoy this next chapter!
-Chapter 15: All Your Programs Are Belong To World Three!-
In The Power Plant Network...
Sparks flew around the cyber grounds and from the clouds in the dark cyber sky. Megaman's arriving platform was neon orange with sparks crackling around it, too.
"Lan, make sure to keep an eye on the PET's battery gauge," he told Lan, taking a look at the eerie atmosphere. "If it runs out, then I won't be able to download your battle chips."
"Then it'll be all up to the Mega Buster..."
"I know... But we have to get going! We have to get the World Three Navi before the battery dies!"
Megaman immediately headed forward, but stopped almost instantly to find no path across! There were, however, several Mr Progs that seemed to know their way around. One of them saw the blue Navi's confusion and guessed that the invisible pathways were caused by the World Three Navi in the network. The Mr Progs knew their way around because they were so used to patrolling their designated areas, they could do their job in any level of brightness (even complete darkness!). He also gave the blue Navi a warning...
"Be careful when talking to us. Some of us have been altered by World Three!"
"Is there anything we can do to snap them out of it?" Megaman asked him.
"I don't know..."
With the new information stored in his head, Megaman took extra measures and made sure to stretch his foot across each side of each platform to see where the invisible paths were. After doing this a few times, he found himself on another platform. There was a powerless light bulb just off it and in front of it was a battery box and a switch. Megaman couldn't think of what to do next because suddenly, a Mr Prog suddenly leaped out of nowhere and tackled the blue Navi!
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" Lan shouted.
"Ugh... Lan, that must be one of those altered Mr Progs that guy mentioned," Megaman said as he pushed himself up. He was correct, as this Mr Prog had a darker toned body. "We might not have any choice but to fight!"
"But we can't just delete the guy!" Lan shot back.
"I know," Megaman said. "I'll do just enough damage to disable the guy! When this is all over, the SciLab scientists should be able to fix up the altered Mr Progs!"
"I'm... not... altered!" the Mr Prog claimed, before sparks flew and cracked around him, illuminating his body every second or so. Megaman slowly stepped back. He didn't want to fight the guy, but what if he didn't do anything? Guiltily, Megaman raised his Mega Buster, charged a shot and released it at his opponent. It did enough damage to send the Mr Prog flying away. He landed on the cyber ground and the sparks disappeared. The Mr Prog didn't move at all. Megaman slowly walked up to him, got on his knees and placed a hand on him.
"Hey... You okay...?" he slowly asked him.
"..."
"No... He's..."
With a pain filled groan, the Mr Prog forced himself to look upwards at Megaman, managing to say, "I'm... fine..." To this, Megaman gasped in relief. "What happened, anyway...?"
"Huh? You mean you don't remember anything?" Megaman asked him.
"Well, I guess I don't. The last thing I saw was this mean looking Navi and then... It was all a blur." After the Mr Prog got the rest of the details from Megaman, he thanked him and offered to help him. He told the Navi about the things on the platform. To power the bulb and reveal a path, a battery needed to be placed in the correct box, followed by pulling the switch. He gave Megaman a battery and told him to place it in the box to the right of the switch. Like the other Mr Progs, he knew his way around the Power Plant Network, so he knew where to put the battery.
It was convenient for Megaman, who did as instructed. The bulb glowed a bright baby blue, revealing a path of the same color. After thanking the Mr Prog and assuring him that he would fix the problem, he got going and made his way through the network. As he did so, he encountered a new type of virus: Billys. Their attacks were easy to dodge, so they weren't a problem at all. Lines of Canodumb2s also stood in Megaman's way, but, like their weaker cousins, they stood no chance. Eventually, after another round of stepping around and walking along, Megaman found another set of contraptions, similar to the one he last saw. While it had a switch, there were twice the amount of battery boxes and two light bulbs.
Suddenly...
"All your base are belong to us!"
Another altered Mr Prog appeared!
Megaman resisted the urge to facepalm at such poor grammar at such a bad time and proceeded to shoot down the Mr Prog with his Mega Buster. Luckily, the Mr Prog didn't get deleted and the damage snapped him out of World Three's control. After thanking Megaman for freeing him, he gave the Navi two batteries and told him where to place them. Megaman did as told, once more, and pulled the switch, creating another path. However, this one was different. Just as one light bulb was blue and the other was red, the first half of the new path was blue and the second half was red.
Nearby were more battery boxes, three bulbs and another switch. Megaman knew the routine. By instinct, he turned around, expecting an altered Mr Prog to pop in. Following the same routine, he freed the Mr Prog, he was given batteries and was told where to place them. He did as told and moved on.
Gradually, the process of stepping around for invisible paths dried out Lan's patience and was wearing down on Megaman's, too. But neither of them had the idea of giving up. Lives were at stake! They had to press on. Pressure of the PET's battery running out pushed down on them, but eventually, after what seemed like forever, after flipping all the switches and creating paths, the last switch was pulled. Megaman could hear the scientist next to Lan cheer, for the power room door, the other door of the hallway, was open. Lan told Megaman that he would check it out and turn on the generator inside. He waited while he did so, deleting any of the pesky viruses that tried to ambush him. After a while, he heard his NetOp's voice again.
"Hey, Megaman, the generator was running!" Lan told him. "And the room was bright!"
"What? How?"
"I don't know, but something tells me that something's up!" Lan said. "Check out the area now!"
"Roger!"
Megaman searched around and found three cone shaped structures, which he thought were linked to the generator.
"Strange..." he said to Lan. "Wait a minute. Who's that!?"
In front of the center cone was a Navi! This one wore a black and yellow jumpsuit and had silver lightning rods from his back. His gloves were the same color.
"Huh? Who are you? A Net Battler?" the Navi demanded from Megaman.
"What are you doing here?"
"Sigh... I guess I'll tell you, since you've come this far. It won't matter, anyway, because of what I'll do to you! I've just finished downloading the Elec Program!"
"The Elec Program!?"
"What's the problem, Elecman?" a voice called for the mysterious Navi.
"Sorry, Zap! But there are intruders!" the Navi, known as Elecman, responded.
"Intruders? Why now?"
"Because what you're doing is wrong!" Lan told him. "Don't you know what the people are going through now!?"
"No, but I couldn't care less, anyway!" the man snapped back. "And how is a kid like you able to get through World Three's viruses!?"
"World Three!? I should have known!"
"Bah! Enough of this! Elecman, zap 'em!"
"Already on it," Elecman smirked, as Megaman prepared for battle. In truth, Elecman was taking it really easy on his opponent, for he knew of his own advantage: the generator! Whether Megaman's attacks were Buster shots, Quake slams or Cyber Sword slashes, they proved useless against Elecman. The damage could be easily recovered. After Megaman's attacks, lightning bolts shot down on Elecman's back and he glowed green. This was repeated several times until Megaman finally caught on.
"Man, nothing's working!" Lan growled.
"It must be the electricity here!" Megaman assumed.
"Hee hee! That's right!" Elecman smirked. "As long as power's being generated, I can't be stopped!"
Just as things couldn't get worse over that fact, Megaman suddenly keeled over! His body tone darkened slightly as he began to pant in exhaustion.
"Urgh... No... Lan..."
"Megaman?" Lan called for him. "Megaman!?"
In The Real World...
The next thing Lan heard was Elecman call out an attack, then Megaman's scream of pain.
"Megaman!?" Taking a look at the PET's screen, he noticed the battery had died! "Gah, why now!? I have to do something about Megaman!"
"First, we need to stop the generator!" the scientist said next to the boy. "Even if your Navi can still fight, that won't fix the problem of World Three's Navi's healing properties! Stopping the generator is the only way!"
"But what about Megaman?"
"Don't worry about it," the scientist answered, holding in front of Lan some sort of contraption. "I made this handheld generator while you were fighting. It will recharge your PET's battery in no time, but it only has enough power for one use! I'll use it on your PET, while you go and turn off the power! We need to act together if we're to stop this guy!"
"Thanks, mister!" Lan grinned, making his way to the power room.
The scientist plugged the generator into the PET and flipped the switch. Meanwhile, Lan rushed across the hallway and into the power room. Inside was a massive wall of a generator, with a little switch in the middle of it. The orange bars dipping higher and lower represented how much power was being generated per second. Lan rushed for the switch, only to notice a field of electricity surrounding it.
"Man, looks like I'll have to take the shock!" Lan groaned. "Well, here goes!"
The moment Lan placed his hands on the switch, he could feel the volts course through into him. Growling in his struggle and pain, he continued to push down on the switch. As he pushed, he felt the urge to scream, but didn't actually let it out, for he didn't want anyone else getting involved. Thoughts of saving Megaman played in his mind as he felt the handle sink down slightly. With a little more effort and strength mustered up, Lan finally pushed the switch as far down as he could, throwing himself on the floor in the process. The bars were completely empty, meaning that no more power was being generated.
At least, that was what Lan hoped it meant.
Virus Log-
Altered Mr Progs: Mr Progs in control of World Three that attack their opponents with electricity based attacks
Billys: yellow balls with feet, lightning bolt like shapes coming out their heads and probes for arms, used for sending slow moving balls of electricity
Canodumb2s: bluer, stronger versions of regular Canodumbs
Ah, how are you guys? Good? So am I, somewhat.
For the past month or two, to relieve myself of the stress of schoolwork and homework, I've been replaying old video games that I played as a child. I love to do that every now and then. It makes me feel warm and nostalgic inside. Of course, you can't deny how far video games have come today. However, sometimes, I just want to look back. At the time, I thought of what it would be like if the games I played were written into books. That was partly the reason why I came to FanFiction to write these novelizations, adaptations, retellings or whatever you call them.
But enough reminiscing. That'll be for another time. See you guys soon!
-Have a great day, week, month, whatever, and stay upbeat, y'all!-