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They're all just kids, Zero though to himself as he looked around the group. None of them can be older than fourteen, sixteen at most.

"Ok, so I'm sure all of you are wondering where you are. And why the hell are our partners in the real world, right," asked Max.

"Yeah kind of," said Geo. "Why am I able to touch Omega-xis now? He's an EM being. It just shouldn't be possible."

"Well as I told Lan and his friends, the laws of the Prime Zone don't follow the laws of your zones. Cyberworld beings from other zones appear in the real world while here. Very few who aren't part of this zone can switch between the real and cyberworld, but that's probably because our cyberworld only extends as far as the device they're in. Same goes for EM beings. Once they come here, they enter the visible and physical spectrum that we live in. Except for wave change, they will be visible at all times."

"Ok now tell us this," said Sean. "What the hell is the Prime Zone?"

"It's kind of hard to explain. Ok let me put it this way. In your zone, the cyberworld is huge, correct?"

"Right."

"Now imagine that system times who knows how much. Large enough to connect vast worlds together. Some worlds have actually been known to mix before. Anyways, the Prime Zone is basically the centerpoint of that network. From this zone, you can reach any other zone you want. However, the portals to these zones rarely appear."

"Ok so if these portals rarely appear," Alia asked, "then how are all of us here? Do you have someway of pulling people from these….zones, right……by finding these portals?"

"No."

"Then how-"

"Zone Transfer," J answered this time.

"And we're supposed to know this how," asked Protoman.

"Max and I are the only ones who can use Zone Transfer. But it comes at a cost. Everytime we use this power, we lose half of our energy. It takes about a week of R and R to regain that lost energy. In layman's terms, a Zone Transfer is what it sounds like: a transfer of zones. But it's a bit more complicated than that. When we first found out we had this power, we did some experiments. And don't worry, we only used rocks. It turns out that in order for a Zone Transfer to work, at least two things must happen. One: the item being transferred must be adjusted to the zone it is being transferred to and two: they have to be near a portal to get there. The reason that it takes so much of our energy is because we're doing those things in less than two to three seconds. We're adjusting that item to our zone and creating a portal at the same time. Adjusting them is easy. Making the portal, not so much."

"Wow. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or do both," said Megaman. "By the way, how are gonna tell the two Axls apart. They look pretty similar and have the same name."

"Good point Megaman," said X. "How bout we call our Axl…….crap this is harder than I thought it would be. Let's just skip that for now."

"Agreed," everyone said.

"So, now that you have a small idea of what a Zone Transfer is, any questions you want answered," Max asked.

"Yeah actually," said Sonia. "I have a question for Z. Who's your EM partner?"

"Her name is Jen," Z answered. Next to Z, a purple EM being appeared beside her. She actually looked a little like Omega-xis and Lyra combined, with shoulder plates and Lyra's blue eyes.

"Hi," she said. "I'm Jen, Z's wave partner."

"Hey Geo," said Omega-xis. "Does she remind you of anyone? Anyone specific? I can't quite put my finger on it…."

"She reminds me of you and Lyra," Geo answered.

"How the hell does she remind you of both of us?"

"I don't know. She has your armor, Lyra's eyes, but she looks different at the same time."

"There's an easy explanation for that," Jen interrupted.

"And that would be what exactly," asked Omega-xis.

"In the Prime Zone, you're my parents."

An awkward silence followed. "We're….your…..parents?"

"Yep."

"How the hell is that possible? We aren't even from this zone!"

"Well there's bound to be Prime Zone doubles of at least one of you. I just happen to be the child of your doubles."

"I've always wondered what our child would look like if Omega-xis and I were to get together. Now I know. We'd have a lovely daughter," Lyra said.

"Thanks mom."

"You do know I'm not actually your mom, right kiddo?"

"Yeah but it kinda makes me feel better."

"Why? Where are your real parents?"

At this, both Z and Jen went silent. "…….Both my parents and Z's parents were killed."

"Oh, I'm so sorry. How did it happen? I mean if it's too painful, you don't have to tell us."

"No. I want to tell you. Andromeda killed them while we were both still young. I met Z about a week after my parents died. Turns out her parents had been killed at about the same time."

"Hey that reminds me," Zack said. "Why did you bring me, Luna, and Bud. We can't wave change."

"Actually I've been scanning your waves. You all have waves that match up with some friends of ours," answered J. "Here they come now."

Everyone turned to see Ophiocus and Taurus behind them, with an EM being they didn't recognize.

"What the hell are these two doing here," yelled Geo. "These are two of my enemies, dammit. Do you know what they did?"

"Would you shut up and calm down? As Jen just explained, some of your zone's occupants may have Prime Zone doubles. It just happens that these two are good in this zone."

"Wow. A good Ophiucus and Taurus? Then who's the little guy," Zack said pointing out the short, blue EM being. This one had the look of a normal human, but with a dome for his head.

"This is Poindexter," J answered. "He's our smartest friend, next to Will."

"Nice to meet you all," Poindexter said. "Please just call me PD."

"I guess I'm your new partner PD," Zack said to the blue EM being.

"Well now that that's all over with, how bout we explore the city for a bit," asked Max. "There's plenty to do there. And there's not much else to do while I'm drained of energy."

"I don't see why not," replied Lan. "We're gonna be here awhile and we should make the best of it."

"Why not," said X. "We missed our dinner reservations anyways. We'll make it up to our three lovely ladies in the city."

"If everyone else is in, then so am I," Geo said.

"Alright then," Max said, "let's get going. By the way, does Solo ever talk?"

"Yes I do talk," Solo answered.

"Ok just making sure."

Hopefully, that was a good enough explanation of the Zone Transfer. From here on out, updates will be a little slow. I'm still coming up with things to use and trying to figure out how to write them into the story. Also, I need ideas for what to call the two Axls to tell them apart. If you have any ideas, I'm welcome them.

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