A/N: Thank you for tuning in for my latest installment for The Fight For Tomorrow.

One thing to note about the reviews that you guys are leaving me: with few exceptions, some of your reviews are really vague. Some are telling me to be more creative, to have more detail, etc. And that's great, but it'd be even greater if you would leave an example, say, a quote from the chapter that you are reviewing, and state your problem with it. If you have nothing much to say and you think that there isn't a single problem with it, then say that. I don't want to seem forceful or anything; it's just that I'm really hoping to improve as a writer and I want to make sure that this story is going in the right direction.

As you may know, there is GeoXSonia in this fic, and this chapter will be the first to really delve into the beginning of that relationship.

Anyways, enough rambling, and enjoy the longest chapter I've ever written!

Book I: It's Been Four Years

Chapter 11: That Mystery Girl

Luckily, no one was severely harmed from Taurus Fire's attack, but the same could not be said for the school building itself. The school was, of course, closed down because of the attack, and would continue to be so for the following few weeks, which of course led into winter break. Though Geo knew he shouldn't feel the way he did, he could not help but feel relieved; homework as piling up quickly and though he was more used to the people around him now, he still appreciated the quiet time. So this is what it feels like for students when school closes down…

His mother quickly called him on his Transer, exclaiming how worried she was about the accident at school and how worried she was. After 5 minutes of reassuring her, she finally calmed down and told him to enjoy the rest of the day.

A satisfied and content grin formed on Geo's face as he sped along the Wave Road, deleting viruses in a carefree way. He began jumping rooftop to rooftop, feeling the excitement and exhilaration in every single step. As he landed on the roof of his school, with perfect balance no less, he couldn't help but observe how… invincible he felt when he would go out for his daily Virus Busting session. He loved it.

Suddenly, everything flashed before his eyes. Before he knew what was going on, he no longer found himself mid-air, bolting along the Wave Roads of Echo Ridge, but in a white void, with nothing in sight. He also found himself in his human form, in his human clothes.

"What's going on?" he muttered to himself. "How… what…?"

"Geo Stelar."

Geo spun around to see a green alien, staring at him with his blood-red eyes.

"Who are you?" he asked, tensing a bit.

"I am King Cepheus, lord and sovereign of the FM-ian race."

"King…Cepheus…!" Geo shot him a venomous glare. He's the one who wants to take over Earth. He's the one who led the attack on my dad, the one behind all the pain I've been through.

The FM-ian lord nodded. "I am going to make this short, human. I understand that you've taken down two of my men. Do understand that you have my full respect for that, as it is something so many have failed to do. However, you cannot win. We FM-ians have you outnumbered, and you do not stand the slightest chance against us. Surrender the Andromeda Key now, and save Earth from a much more… painful destruction."

This guy… thinks too highly of himself. "Over my dead body, Cepheus! There is no way I will practically hand Earth over to you. If you want it, you're gonna have to fight for it!" Geo exclaimed.

King Cepheus shook his head. "As expected. Pity," he said, "I was planning to offer you a position under my wing if you simply gave in. No matter. I will take my leave." With that, the alien turned around and began walking away down the endless road.

Geo was confused. "W-what? That's it? We're not fighting?"

King Cepheus halted. A sly and evil smirk formed on his face. "Oh… I'm not the one you will be fighting."

Geo finally found himself back in reality, still cruising along the Wave Roads. Right as he was mid-air, shots suddenly came flying out of nowhere and pelted him, causing him to cry out and fall onto a nearby Wave Road on his back.

Thank God there was a Wave Road where I landed, otherwise… His thoughts trailed off as he stared at the ground far below him, shuddering a bit. He looked up at the Wave Road above him, seeing an armoured person staring down at him. He wore a black helmet that went down to the base of his nose, a green spike on the top of the helmet with a red ring around it. Red eyes glared at Geo, sending shivers up his spine. Both his dark green shoulder pads and elbow pads also had spikes on them. The rest of his armour was painted in a variety of light brown and dark green.

"What the heck…? Is that an FM-ian?" Geo growled, jumping back up on his unsteady feet and forming his usual battle stance.

"L-looks like it," Omega-Xis said, growling. "I don't recognize him, so we'd have to be extra careful."

"Aren't we always?" Geo stared at the Wave Form as he jumped down and landed in front of him. "Who are you?"
"I am Jammer No. 23," the armoured Wave Form replied in a monotone voice.

"Wait, there's more of you?" Omega-Xis snarled.

As if on cue, another Jammer came out of nowhere and stood on the opposite side from the other Jammer, surrounding Geo. This Jammer was completely identical to the other. Suddenly, more and more kept flooding in, and before Geo knew it, there were dozens of Jammers surrounding him, causing his lips to tremble.

"Holy crap!" Geo exclaimed, grinding his teeth and clenching his shaky fists. "How… you can't be FM-ians! What are you?"

One of the Jammers spoke, "once regular humans, we were chosen by the almighty King Cepheus to fulfill his task; to extract the Andromeda Key."

"Kid," Omega-Xis said, "These guys, Jammers, were possessed by viruses instead of actual FM-ians."

That's why there are so many. "King Cepheus, you bastard," Geo seethed quietly to himself. "Well, you can't have it! If you want the Andromeda Key, then come at me!"

If he knew what came next, Geo probably wouldn't have spoken so confidently. The Jammers completely overwhelmed him in terms of quantity, landing hard punches and pelting them with their machine guns. They all crowded around him, assaulting him either one by one or all at once – Geo couldn't tell. When he tried to attack a Jammer, the Jammer behind him would always interrupt his move. Cursing and clearly frustrated, he quickly activated a GreatAx Battle Card and did a 360-degree slash, striking the Jammers that had circled around him. Before they could get up and the others could attack him, Geo quickly jumped off the Wave Road and landed on the rooftop of an apartment building, staggering to find his balance. He was bruised, cut, and swollen. Geo hastily activated a Recovery Battle Card to heal his wounds.

All the Jammers proceeded to jump onto the building that Geo was on. Luckily, he chose a battle area that was wide and had a lot of space, rather than the narrow Wave Road. Nevertheless, there were a lot of Jammers, and Geo hasn't even taken one down yet.

"Shock Note!"

Shocked, Geo jumped as he saw a musical note shoot from behind him and hit one of the Jammers, causing him to cry out. Geo turned around to see the girl who had healed Bud, her position showing she had strummed on her guitar. She was standing right on the ledge of the building, as if a single misstep would lead to her very death.

"Need a hand?" the girl cried out.

Geo stared at her. Who was this girl? Was she an ally or an enemy? She was clearly a human fused with a FM-ian, but she strangely seemed to want to help Geo. As he noticed the Jammers charging towards them, he realized that he would have to question her later and let her aide him.

And he was glad he did, for she was quite the remarkable fighter herself. As he fired with his Mega Buster, he couldn't help but observe how different her fighting style was compared to his and anyone else's. It seemed that her signature moves consisted of her strumming hard strokes on her guitar, which released high frequency EM Waves, some in the shape of a musical note. The girl was quick on not only attacks, but at dodging as well, proving her very agile.

He was so distracted that two Jammers had taken the initiative to move up to him and sock him hard in the stomach, causing him to stumble backwards. "ElecSword!" he cried out, activating a Battle Card to quickly counter. His left arm transformed into a blade with an electric aura. He quickly swiped at the two Jammers, landing a critical slash. Because the sword was charged with electric energy, the attack left them paralyzed, leaving them like sitting ducks. Before they could escape paralysis, he hastily deleted them with a Break Sabre attack. Geo noticed that though there were a lot of them, they were rather weak compared to Taurus Fire or Cygnus Wing. He reasoned that comes from the factor that viruses rather than actual FM-ians possessed them.

Geo then noticed that the remaining Jammers, around a dozen left, circled around him and the girl, and they were standing back to back. He knew that they had to make a move quickly; otherwise they'd be overwhelmed. And that's what they did.

"Battle Card: Wide Wave!" Geo released a large in width water-based attack, crashing into multiple Jammers. The water pressure was so large that their armour crushed, and eventually they vanished into thin air.

"Quick Strings!" the girl cried out, as large strings came out of her aqua marine coloured guitar, wrapping around remaining Jammers, cracking their armour. The strings then broke and before the Jammers could counter, she strummed a bunch of chords on her guitar, releasing multiple deadly musical notes, which lead to the Jammers' deletion.

Finally, it was only Geo and the girl left on the rooftop. Geo then began to wonder what happened to the human bodies of the Jammers. Did they… actually kill them? Omega-Xis must have noticed what was on his mind, as he said, "Don't worry, Geo. It's different for Jammers than Wave Forms. Their bodies will be found on the exact spot they were possessed, wherever they came from."

"And I'm sure we didn't actually kill them," the girl spoke, adding on to Omega-Xis' point. "It's supposedly much harder to literally kill an EM infused human –"

"Who are you?"

The girl smiled, her green eyes staring into his through her blue visor. "You can call me Harp Note," she said. "Everyone needs an alias, you should know that, 'Mega Man'."

Geo raised an eyebrow. "Huh? How do you know…?"

"Oh, please," the girl cut him off, giggling. "After that little stunt today, everyone knows about the mysterious 'blue bomber'. You're the new hot topic!"

Are you serious…? But the only people I told that name to was Bud and Luna… Then he realized that the police must have questioned the two, and that they probably told them about the blue warrior's heroic acts.

"I… you… I remember you helped me," he began.

"You 'remember'? Well, no duh; it was like a couple hours ago!"

The two then found themselves jumping onto a nearby Wave Road and walking together.

"That's not the point," Geo said. "Why did you help me? Isn't your, you know, alien partner, an FM-ian, ally of King Cepheus?"

The girl shrugged. "Well, the thing is –"

Her sentence was cut short as out of nowhere, a fire blast hit her from the back, causing her to cry out. Geo looked at the source of the attack, and saw that it was a fire-based Virus. How could I have been so stupid to let my guard down…! "Crap!" He then saw that the girl was also caught off guard, and that she slipped off the Wave Road and was plummeting towards the ground. They were really high up, and the impact on the ground would be fatal. Geo ignored the virus and jumped off the Wave Road, trying to catch her.

"Hey… Harp Note!" Geo cried out, extending his hand. She stopped shrieking and noticed him. She also extended her hand, trying to catch his.

"Kid, what are you doing?" Omega-Xis snarled at him telepathically.

"Mega, she isn't an enemy! You saw how she helped us defeat those Jammers!"

"It doesn't matter; she's an FM-ian Wave Form! She's a threat!"

Geo decided to put a stop in their telepathic debate, and focused on trying to save the girl. Enemy or not, he couldn't let someone die like this. The good thing was: they were headed towards the local trails, so nobody probably noticed them falling from the sky. The bad thing was: we're falling from the sky! Pushing away any thoughts of fear or doubt, he continued to hurl towards the ground, trying to grab her hand.

"Even if we do catch her," began Omega-Xis, "how would we survive? This is just freaking suicide!"

"I've got a plan, Mega! Have ye a little faith!"

Stretching out as if his arm would rip right out of its socket, he finally grasped her hand. She gripped onto him for dear life as her eyes stared into his, literally screaming, 'save me!' If Geo had to guess, if he didn't do anything in the following eight seconds, the two would… Ack! No time to even think about it!

"Battle Card: Barrier!" Geo cried out, activating his defensive Battle Card.

Please… make it…!

"Kid, wake up."

Geo's eyes slowly moved to sound of Omega-Xis' gruff voice. He found himself in his human form, his clothes covered in dirt. As he opened his eyes, he felt a rain drop fall into his eye, causing him to jerk slightly.

"Wow, and you call me a heavy sleeper," Omega-Xis said, stifling a laugh.

"Mega… what happened…?" Geo groaned, ignoring Omega-Xis' joke.

"It looks like your little plan worked," Omega-Xis' voice said from Geo's Transer. "The Barrier you activated took the damage of the fall, and so as you see: we're not dead."

Geo rolled his eyes at the alien's nonchalant tone. He stared up, the large evergreen trees blocking most of the dark blue sky. Confused about the sudden rainfall, he opened his Transer, which read: 6:27 PM.

Woah… we've been unconscious for about half an hour…! Geo then remembered: the girl! Scrambling trying to get up, he slumped back down on the dirt at the sudden sharp ache in his head. Grumbling, he slowly stood him, his shoes sinking into the dirt, which was slowly turning into wet and sloppy mud. He finally saw someone with her back to him, laying on the ground not too far away from him, a girl with redish-purple hair and a pink hoodie, which was also wet and parts were splotched in dirt. The girl looked way too familiar, but Geo continued to walk over to her. As he turned over to her and studied her face, his heart raced.

"S-Sonia…?" Geo shook his head; he must've been imagining things. He was just dizzy and tired, he reasoned. Geo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He slowly opened them, and sure enough, the girl lying in front of him still remained to be the quirky musician. "How is that possible…?" He then noticed, lying next to a bush, was her guitar, the yellow colour smudged and covered in mud. Sure enough, it looked like her signature guitar in advertisements, which he had seen in curiosity in the teen girl's music career.

"Kid." Omega-Xis said, hopping out of Geo's Transer. "Hand that guitar over to me."

"Why?"

"Just do it."

Geo shrugged as he slipped on his Visualizer, the blue alien appearing in front of him. He picked up the neck of it and handed the guitar to Omega-Xis. As he looked at the guitar through his green lenses, he realized why Omega-Xis wanted to hold it.

What Omega-Xis did next was almost unexpected: he began whipping the air with the guitar; not caring if accidently hit a tree with it.

"Mega, what the hell are you doing?"

"C'mon, you stupid FM-ian! I know you're hiding in there, so show yourself!" Omega-Xis growled. Geo would've laughed if he didn't see an alien fall out of the hole of the guitar.

The alien was so strangely shaped it was hard to define. It took the shape of a light blue harp, about half the size of Omega-Xis himself. Purple flames lit, despite the rain, at what looked like its ears. It glared at Omega-Xis, her large yellow eyes holding green pupils. Omega-Xis looked as if he were to puke.

"Well, if it isn't the rebel himself," the harp spoke, holding a feminine voice.

"No way," Omega-Xis growled, taking a step back. "L-Lyra?"

Geo was confused. Had the two known each other from before?

"Yeah, Meggers, it's me. Surprised?" Lyra grumbled. Geo almost broke down laughing at Omega-Xis' other nickname, but didn't after the blue hound sent him a deadly glare which read. The female harp turned to Geo. "Geo, is it? I'm surprised you can even live with this guy. Isn't he just such a pain sometimes?"

Geo was startled. "How do you know my name?"

Lyra nodded towards Sonia's unconscious body. "She's told me about you."

She's… talked to you about me…?

The light blue harp floated over to her body, and after looking over her body, she nodded. "Sonia's alright, she just needs to lie down." After looking at the strange look on Geo's face, she said, "Somewhere other than here."

Lyra told Geo that Sonia lived quite far away, and that she had to take the bus to school, so Geo had to bring her to his house because it was the quicker route. After Geo EM Wave Changed with Omega-Xis, he was forced to carry her to his house running across the Wave Road. If he had carried her in his human form and on the streets on Echo Ridge, people would grow suspicious, possibly assuming the worst of what transpired between the two. Overall, he felt a little giddy at carrying a girl in such a way.

He slipped through the window of his room, being careful to not bump her head. As he entered his dark room, he put her lying on his bed. He defused with Omega-Xis, who then went off to question Lyra. He set down her ruined guitar to the side of the bed. Geo was about to go to the washroom to grab a towel for the two of them, but first he stared at Sonia's sleeping form. Her chest made small rises and falls, steady breathing coming out of her slightly opened mouth. He had known her for her quirkiness and her usual joking and active manner, and it was strange to see her look so… peaceful. Despite her clothes being soaked and slightly covered in mud, she still looked ever so content. She looks so…

Geo shrugged his thoughts off as he proceeded grab his usual lounging clothes: a white t-shirt and sweat pants, and walked into the washroom, closing the door behind him.

Geo must've been taken a longer time drying off than he had expected, because when he opened the door, Sonia was no longer lying in his bed. "Wha…? Where –" Geo's sentence was cut short after a sudden blow to his head, causing him to fall down to the ground. Dizzy and seeing stars, he looked up to see Sonia dropping a large book she hit him with, her face turning deep red.

"Oh my God! Geo?" she cried. "Crap, I'm so sorry!"

"Ugh… you're awake…" Geo said lamely, rubbing the side of his head.

"Holy… I thought I was being abducted by some creep or something," Sonia began. She eyed him. "That's not what your doing, right?" Geo snorted, staring at her with an eyebrow raised, his eyes saying, 'really?'

"Why… how did I get here?"

Geo slowly got up, motioning her to follow him to his window, which she did. Saying no words, he took off his Visualizer and handed it to her. Confused, she took them and put them on, and as Geo predicted, her eyes flashed in wonder as she saw the EM Waves in the late evening sky. She stared at him, bewildered. He smiled.

"You're secret's safe with me, Harp Note."

"So Lyra," Omega-Xis began. The two aliens were floating on top of the rooftop, still feeling privacy since no human could see them. "When… how…?"

Lyra smiled. "Well, you know my story: I was always against Cepheus' views. And when they talked about taking over Earth, the planet with one of the highest populations in the universe, I just thought: that was it."

"And you left," Omega-Xis murmured.

Lyra nodded. "I'm sure you of all EM Beings understand why, Meggers."

Omega-Xis made a face. "You know how I hate that name, you out of tune harp," he growled, causing the harp shaped FM-ian to laugh. "You've been calling me that ever since our childhood."

"Yes," Lyra continued to chuckle. "Yes I did."

"So would you like anything to drink?" Geo asked as he opened the cupboard. Sonia sat on the couch after Geo turned on the fireplace. It was cold night. Hope was out doing grocery shopping. "Um, we have water, coffee –" He stopped. "You probably wouldn't want coffee this late. Uh, we have tea, like, chamomile, ginger, lemon, lemon ginger…"

He stopped talking, staring back at Sonia, who looked like she was on the verge of giggling. "I'll have chamomile."

Geo nodded. "Right." He hastily got two cups and filled up the cups with boiled water. He mentally slapped himself for forgetting to put in the teabag first. What's wrong with me…? Shaking his head, he quickly put the teabags in, trying not to displace the water and scald his hands. He hastily brought it over to the couch and handed it over to the girl, who thanked him and took a sip. He sat on the opposite end of the couch.

A long silence ensued afterwards, and to break the tension, Geo spoke, "How did you meet Lyra?"

Sonia pursed her lips. "Well, it was a couple of weeks before I came to Echo Ridge High. I was alone in my room, writing a song. I thought the song had potential, so I went to my home studio. I was about to record when suddenly my computers, they, like, exploded. I was so scared that I was about to call the police or the fire department or something, when suddenly a voice told me that it was a virus outbreak, and that 'we' could stop it. I couldn't see who was saying these words, and I thought I was going insane. But then, I realized how important the song was, and so I had to take my chances."

Geo's eyes bulged out. You'd go that far… for a song…?

"And I'm pretty sure you could guess how the rest went. After that, I was finally able to see her, and literally screamed. But something inside me told me she didn't mean harm, and she told me about who she was and where she came from."

"She's told you about Cepheus?" Geo asked. Sonia nodded. Geo nodded back, but something bothered him. Wait, she was able to see her after their first EM Wave Change? Then why do I still have to use my Visualizer with Mega?

Another silence followed. This time, Sonia was the one who broke it. "I've never asked you, what's that you always wear?" she asked, pointing at the Star Pendant that Geo wore every second of the day.

Geo stared at it, holding it in his hand. He could see his blurry reflection on it. Memories washed his mind like a raging sea during a storm. Memories – painful memories. "My dad gave it to me."

"It looks nice," Sonia said. "Where did he get it?"

Geo cringed. He struggled to answer when suddenly; he could hear the door to the house unlocking. He saw his mother walk in the door with bags full of groceries. Geo silently let out a sigh of relief; glad that he had escaped the corner he was sent to.

"Geo, I'm home!" Hope called out. She entered the living room where she noticed Sonia. "Oh, hello!"

"Um, hi… Mrs. Stelar," Sonia said shyly. Geo stared at her, confused about her sudden shyness. She was never shy about meeting new people, so why was she now?

"Hey mom. Uh, this Sonia, Sonia this is my mom."

"It's nice to meet you," Sonia said, her uncomfortable tone remaining in her voice. "Anyways, it's getting late, and I should be getting home. I'll see ya' around, Geo." With that, they waved each other goodbye as she silently called Lyra and left the house.

Hope turned to Geo. "She's a cute girl. Classmate?"

Geo blushed at the 'cute' part. "Yeah."

Hope smiled as she began to put the food in the fridge. "Well, I'm glad that you're making friends."

"Yeah…"

The two did their regular routine, eat dinner and watch some tv. But as Geo was about to turn on the television, Hope stopped him. "Geo," she said. "There's something I have to talk to you about."

The two sat down on the couch. Hope seemed as if she was looking for the right words to say, and so Geo began to get worried. Then, she finally spoke. "Geo, it's been four years since… that happened to your dad."

Geo winced. Already, he didn't like where the conversation was headed.

"Well, I've been doing some thinking. I know what you've been going through for the past four years; I've been going through the same." Tears began to well up in the woman's chestnut coloured eyes. "It's not easy to be pulled away from someone you love so much. It's hard, and I get it. For the past four years, I've been denying the very thought that he was dead. I had to, for our sake. I literally wanted to die every time I thought of something like that. It seemed almost impossible, that something so precious could be taken away from our lives. But now, I realize that that's the one thing that's pulling us down from moving on with our lives. We have to accept it, Son: he's gone."

Geo felt his heart stop. Was what he was hearing true? His own mother - giving up all hope for his dad. "Mom…" he seethed, his lips trembling. "How could you say that...?"

"Geo, I'm sorry. We're holding a funeral next week. It's time to move on –"

"A 'funeral'?" Geo gasped. He felt the colour in his face drain. He knew he couldn't go through that - an hour or so of people saying eulogies about his supposedly dead father, even when he knew the truth.

He frowned. Then again, did he know the truth? All he knew was that Omega-Xis attempted to transform him into a Wave Form, and he's currently floating around in space. Anything could have happened to him; he could have been killed by someone as bad as Cepheus, for example. The transformation could have failed, for all he knew - it was never safe for a human to be exposed to Z Waves. He shook his head, clenching his eyes shut as if to prevent any tears to fall. What am I saying? Of course he's alive! I can't lose hope and think that he's dead. If I could survive the exposure to Z Waves, then he sure as hell can.

"No!" Geo's tone rose as he stood up. This time, he could stop the hot tears streaming down his face. This wasn't the first time Hope has seen him so vulnerable, and it will certainly won't be the last. " We can't have a funeral, because... Dad… he's still alive! He's still out there, and he's fighting through hell to come back!"

"H-how," began Hope through sobs and hiccups, "How could you be so... sure? Geo, Son, please stop and think about. The more you deny it, the more it hurts. Please, don't put yourself through it."

Geo looked down to his feet. I... already have. Hope slowly walked over to her son, and wrapped her arms around him. "Please, understand that we will be okay. I will never leave you -"

"Damn it, Mom! Damn it! Out of all people…!" Geo broke away from her embrace. He knew he shouldn't have pushed away from her in such a way, and though he felt sorry about it, he tried his best to keep a harsh look in his eyes, which only served to make her cry even more. He stormed up the stairs and slammed the door to his room, letting his tears flow freely. Omega-Xis was already in his room, apparently having heard everything. He attempted to comfort the boy, but the teen ignored him, burying his face in his pillow.

A/N: Got all that in? Good God, I really stuffed a lot in this chapter.

Anyways, about Omega-Xis and Lyra's background, that will be revealed, in case you were wondering.

I swear, I ripped through this chapter like that, and I'm positive that there's a mistake in it, whether it be grammatical or not. So any correction would be greatly appreciated.

Update December 10 2012: Fixed some typos (e.g. I've misspelled Wide Wave, and accidentally called it Wide Attack. Thank you Ultimate Black Ace for that correction). Fixed a tense problem (Thank AeolusShadowX). Also added more detail in scenes.