SZ: *coughs as the entire room was dusty and filled with cobwebs*
GT: *wearing a hazmat suit to be safe*
SZ: Dear lord...we haven't been in here in ages…
Omega-Xis: *floats there, completely covered in dust* I'll say...what took you two so long to update this story?!
GT: *screams like Homer Simpson* Blue and green dragon ghost! *pulls out a chainsaw with sutras put on the flat sides of the blade*
Omega-Xis: I'm not a ghost damn it! *dodges a swipe of the chainsaw*
SZ:...we may need to call in the cleanup crew...in the meantime, let's have our readers watch...er, read the next chapter. But before that...disclaimer!
Omega-Xis: Fine…*ducks under a swipe from GT* these guys don't own me, nor do they own the series used in this story. They do though own any OCs that appear in this or whatever…*ducks under another swipe* STOP DOING THAT, DAMN IT!
GT: The chainsaw isn't working. *throws it away*
Omega-Xis: Good. Now we ca…
GT: *pulls out proto-pak from Ghostbusters*
Omega-Xis: *frowns* ...Really?
GT: FIRE! *starts shooting at Omega-Xis, wrecking the place until the ceiling collapses on all three of us* Ow…
SZ: Son of a bitch!
A few days had passed since that battle at the mall with those strange Wave viruses, and...well...nobody could tell what those really were. Were they a new type of Virus? Or were they Wave Navis that had gone rogue? Nobody really knows.
Sonia yawned as she got up from beneath the comfortable covers. She was currently wearing a large pink shirt and lime-green pajama bottoms, the neckline stretching down enough to expose a small hint of cleavage. Since it was extremely rare for them to use it, Hope and Kevin had lent her the guest bedroom as they were trying to figure out what exactly was happening to her and Lyra due to whatever they came into contact with.
=Good morning, Sonia= Lyra greeted =Did you sleep well?=
"Good morning, Lyra," Sonia mumbled as she slid out of the bed and walked over to the dresser to pick up her VG Hunter, "It was good. You have a good sleep?"
=I did, yes= Lyra nodded =I've been up for a while, and waited for you to wake up, so I looked up some stuff to look at until you woke up?=
"Some stuff?" Sonia blinked a bit at that, "Such as...?"
=Well, a few things really. Just some odds and ends= Lyra replied.
"Oh...soka," Sonia noted before looking at the mirror, letting her get a look at her aged up body and sighed, "...I still can't believe this happened to me…"
=I'll say. You look like you're eighteen or twenty instead of sixteen= Lyra admitted =Still, you have to admit that you look as lovely as ever=
"...That is true, I guess," Sonia admitted.
=Plus, the cover story of you having a growth spurt that will be released in another week or so was a good idea to explain the sudden growth= Lyra noted.
"Oh...right," Sonia muttered, 'Kuso...I keep forgetting about that…' she then shook her head a bit, "N-nevermind that. What do we have planned for today, Lyra-chan?"
=Well, aside from a test around nine at WAZA for any new chances in either of us, we'll pretty much have a day off= Lyra noted.
"Cool," Sonia smiled a bit, "You think Geo might be available today?"
=Most likely...provided Omega-Xis isn't draggnig him into another 'training' session=
=ACHOO!=
Geo grunted as he fell out of bed, "Wh-wha? Whu-what's going on?"
=Someone must be talking about me…= Omega-Xis muttered =...I bet it was that out-of-tune harp!=
"You always blame Lyra for everything…" Geo muttered as he stood up.
=Name one...no. Ten times!= Omega-Xis argued.
"Breakfast yesterday, lunch yesterday, dinner yesterday, when you got slapped with the flat of a Mettenna's pickax, when you got run over by that one virus, when mom got you to do a delivery for her, when dad electrocuted you both when he tried eating that one Battlecard to see if he could use Predation since he's half Denpa, a-"
=OKAY, OKAY! I GET IT!= Omega-Xis snapped =Sheesh...ruin my morning further, why don't you…=
"Okay, there seems to be nothing new at this time," Dr. Goodall noted as Sonia sat on a medical bed as she, Kevin, and a man in a blue blazer, brown pants, and a baseball cap were looking over a series of digital screens, "You are good to go."
"You sure?" Sonia asked.
"Yes. It seems that whatever is inside of you and Lyra has stabilized and is inactive at the moment," Kevin noted.
"Phew…" Sonia sighed a bit in relief as she stood up, "Does this mean my body will stop growing?"
"Most likely," Goodall replied.
"I'm still surprised by this being caused by something infecting you and Lyra during Wave Change," the man admitted, "I mean, I thought it was a growth spurt or something."
"Seeing is believing, Aaron," Kevin chuckled.
"I'll say…" Sonia muttered to herself before sighing a bit.
"...Maybe a distraction is what you need," Dr. Goodall spoke up, catching Sonia's attention.
"Hm?"
"Aron, haven't you been working on some old data?" Goodall asked.
"Wh-what? But...huh? How did you know that?" Aaron blinked twice in surprise.
"You've been working on something from old data?" Kevin asked.
"An elder has her ways," Goodall giggled.
"Old data?" Sonia repeated, "Ano...what old data?"
"Who's Ano?" Aaron asked.
"The thing in her caused her to learn a dead language," Kevin explained, pulling up a screen, "From what I've figured out, 'ano' is akin to the 'um.'"
"Oh," Aaron blinked a few times, "Well, it's actually video-game data that I've been reworking to see if it would work as a sort of VR."
"Oh? Video games?" Sonia blinked.
"Yeah. I came across quite a bit of old game data, and I figured I could possibly rework them," Aaron answered, "Who knows? Maybe kids today will enjoy some of them once I'm done working out the kinks. Course...I'll need to test it out first..."
"..."
=You're thinking of inviting Geo to test this out with you, aren't you?= Lyra asked.
"...Maybe?"
"Actually, that sounds like a good idea. Some of the games I've been working on seem to have been meant for two players," Aaron noted, "When they're done being made into VR, I could put them in a new wing of AMAKEN for kids to enjoy them."
"Cool," Sonia smiled a bit, "I'll give Geo-kun a call right away."
=...Geo-kun?=
"What? It sounds nice."
"You're getting into recreating video games from old data now?" Geo asked as he and Sonia followed Aaron into a large lab.
"That's right," Aaron nodded.
=Aren't video games those old 8-bit things I've heard about?= Omega-Xis asked =If so...this is gonna be SO BORING~!=
"Not exactly. That was from the earliest days of video games," Aaron explained, "And recent video games have been a bit...lackluster."
"True," Sonia admitted, "There are hardly anything new involving them. It's more like they've just been recycling the same kind of genres."
"Exactly," Aaron grinned, "In truth, I ended up coming across some old game data on a series involving space one night and, well, it branched out after that."
"Neat. So how many games were you able to convert so far?" Geo asked.
"So far only four. But they're rather interesting," Aaron answered, "In order, there's a fighting game, a-"
=Sold!= Omega-Xis exclaimed.
"You didn't let him finish," Geo and Sonia sweatdropped.
=Does it matter? I want some action damn it!= Omega-Xis argued.
Aaron chuckled, "Of course you'd be saying that, Mega."
=Battle crazy meathead…= Lyra muttered.
=Shut it, you! Aaron, take us to the VR Room! Stat! I want my Action now!=
"That's still being made, but I do have some of the latest VR Pods in here that I'm using to test the games," Aaron replied as he led the two teens over to a pair of white orbs with a panel open on both, exposing an empty room in both with a circular platform in the middle of them.
"...Are these safe?" Sonia asked for clarification.
"Of course," Aaron assured, "Just, uh, be careful of any glitches. I found this one old game data from this collecting game and, when I was using an emulator, I was able to collect the glitch and it caused the game to crash and my progress to be lost."
"Ooh…" Geo and Sonia cringed at that, "Noted."
"Yeah...now please. Step inside the pods you two," Aaron said as he motioned to the two pods.
=Fighting game first! FIGHTING GAME FIRST!= Omega-Xis shouted.
"Alright, alright," Aaron chuckled, "Geo and Sonia just have to get into these AR Pods and I'll run the program."
"...Huh. This is interesting," Sonia noted as she looked at herself, wearing a cream militaristic uniform, a shield resembling a book in one hand and a red sword resembling a pen in the other, "Though...What's with the eyes on my hat and the book?"
=Good question…= Lyra muttered, the 'wings' on the hat moving a bit =...Though I can only imagine what Geo and the dragon-mutt changed into=
"True," Sonia nodded as she looked around the 'stage' which looked more like an imperial church combined with a police station based on the background characters wearing blue uniforms, "Still, this does look beautiful, but I can't help but feel that there's something...wrong...here."
=How so?=
"Well...it's almost as if...there's something...twisted hidden in the shadows, manipulating justice itself for their own gain," Sonia explained.
=I see…= Lyra noted =Now that you mention it, it does feel like that. It's kinda creepy now that I notice it=
Sonia was about to reply when a light shined nearby. She turned to see a sphere of blue energy that changed into Geo. He was wearing a uniform like the soldiers there, but seemed to be more regal looking with a longer jacket that ended at his knees. In his hand was a long katana in a green sheath and a metal device as the guard.
"Oh...you look nice, Geo," Sonia smiled a bit, "Demo...where's Omega-Xis?"
=Why did you go with this guy?= the blade shook in Omega-Xis' voice.
"He looked the least intimidating and the most clothed," Geo replied.
=What was wrong with that Azrael guy?! He looked like he'd be a great fight!= Omega-Xis grumbled.
"And that's what scared me.." Geo muttered.
=Pfft! Please...you've taken on much bigger and scarier than that guy…= Omega-Xis scoffed =But enough about that. Let's get to fighting already!=
=Uncouth as always= Lyra noted, the wings on the hat making a mock applause clap.
=Well at least I'm not a hat= Omega-Xis countered.
"Maa, maa...Let's not get into an argument on who's what," Sonia laughed nervously.
=Better brace yourselves you two= Aaron's voice spoke up =the computer has selected who they'll be using=
"Oh! R-Right!" both teens nodded as data began to form across from the two teens.
Before the two, a slender man with white hair, green and red eyes, and a blood red jacket appeared alongside a young woman with squirrel ears and a tail...wearing a rather revealing acorn-colored fighting outfit that left almost little to the imagination with underboob and her thong straps revealed. The white haired man pulled out a large sword while the squirrel girl whipped out a pair of cross-shaped tonfa that she strapped on her arms.
"...Why do I have a sudden urge to go crazy and yell out 'nii-san'?" Geo asked himself.
"Wh-What is with that outfit?!" Sonia gawked, blushing heavily.
=Now I'm really glad you just picked this one the moment you saw her on the screen= Lyra noted, the eye on the hat twitching.
"A-Aaron-san, what kind of rating did this game have?!"
=Teen=
"TEEN?!" both exclaimed.
"Honto…?" Sonia gawked.
=I know. Surprised me too…= Aaron admitted =Honto means 'really,' right?=
"...There's no way this is a Teen rated g-what's that music playing?" Geo asked as Sonia nodded.
=THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING!=
"Oh no," both teens gulped.
=Whoo! Fighting time!= Omega-Xis cackled.
=REBEL 1 - ACTION!=
"Hell's Fang!" the white haired man declared as he shot forward, his fist engulfed in dark energy.
"Whoa!" Geo yelped as he jumped out of the way.
"Spoon!" the squirrel girl cried as she swung a punch at Sonia.
"Who says spoon so seriously?!" Sonia yelped as she blocked the punch with her shield and was sent skidding back.
=I dunno, but be careful, Sonia!= Lyra advised as the squirrel girl jumped back a bit.
"Just to warn you...I don't know how to hold my punches," the squirrel girl taunted before forming an energy sphere, "Comet Cannon!" she then reeled her fist back before punching the sphere, sending it rocketing towards Sonia, "Break Shot!"
"Yipe!" Sonia yelped as she jumped over the sphere and charged at her, "Take this!"
The squirrel girl quickly brought her arms up, letting her block the attempted slashes at her from Sonia as her tonfa took a majority of the blows. Nearby, Geo was running away from the white-haired man as more of the black and red flames were covering him.
=Come on, Geo! Fight back already!= Omega-Xis barked as Geo was busy avoiding the white-haired man's attacks.
"Trying not to die here!" Geo yelped as he dodged a beast's head made of the 'flames' that sprouted before him.
=Then use me damn it!=
"F-fine!" Geo yelled as he unsheathed the sword, causing ice to form around him.
=Huh...so this blade's got ice powers eh? Huh...kinda like Pegasus Magics...neat= Omega-xis noted =Alrighty Geo, l-=
"Hell's Fang!"
"Woah!" Geo yelped as he barely dodged another punch from the making, making him stab his sword into the ground, summoning a large buster-sword made of ice to nearly pierce the man, "?!"
=...Okay. I'm starting to like this game more and more now…= Omega-Xis grinned =Hey out of tune harp! How're you doing on your end?!=
"Gah!" Sonia yelped as she was sent back from a punch to her gut.
=What do you think?!= Lyra snapped =Sonia, are you okay?=
"I...I'll be fine…" Sonia grunted as she stood up...only to see a large energy gate forming behind the squirrel girl as she reeled her arm back.
"Big Bang…"
"Uh oh…" Sonia meeped a bit.
"Smash!" the squirrel girl declared as she punched forward, sending a giant energy fist at Sonia.
"Oh kami!" Sonia yelped as she barely rolled out of the way of the fist, causing it to smash into the wall as it left a rather large hole in the shape of a fist "?!"
=...Okay. I'm glad we're not fighting her…= Omega-Xis muttered as Geo swung his blade, sending a broadsword made of ice at the white-haired man =So...good luck with that=
=OMEGA-XIS NO BAKA!= Lyra snapped as Sonia barely dodged a rising punch from the squirrel girl.
=...Maybe we should hold off on this one for a while…= Aaron muttered =Next game then=
=What?! No! We're just getting started!= Omega-xis argued =Plus this makes great training for Geo too! So don't you dare change the g-=
=Too late. Change it now=
=DAMN IT!=
=...Don't. You. Dare…= Omega-Xis growled, now taking the form of a tiki-mask resembling his face.
=Pfft…= Lyra tried hard not to laugh, now in the form of a baby blue laptop held by Sonia, who was wearing a white shirt and coveralls and covered in reddish-orange fur.
"She dared…" Geo commented, wearing nothing but a pair of jeans and running shoes while he was covered in red fur, "And where's my shirt?"
=The character you're based on doesn't wear one= Aaron explained =The point of this game is getting to the end of the level while breaking all the boxes you see and collecting the Crystal=
"...Well that doesn't sound so b-" Geo began
=While avoiding various obstacles and facing the boss at the end of the area=
"..."
=So why are they in fur?= Omega-Xis asked.
=They're genetically modified bandicoots= Aaron replied.
=The hell's a bandicoot?=
=No time to explain. Geo and Sonia need to start running from the giant boulder=
"I'm sorry what?" Sonia and Geo blinked at that before they heard something, causing them to slowly turn and see a large boulder rolling towards them ,"?!"
"NANI?!" Sonia yelped.
"Run!" Geo yelped as the two began to run away from the boulder.
=WHOO!= Omega-Xis whooped.
=ONLY YOU WOULD ENJOY THIS!= Lyra exclaimed.
=Just be sure to break any boxes you see!= Aaron reminded the two teens.
"WHY DO WE NEED TO BREAK BOXES?!" Geo shouted as he and Sonia jumped over a pit.
=Break them all, and you get a gem at the end= Aaron explained =Depending on the game, it will either unlock new paths in other levels or unlock the real ending=
"Oh...well the boss at the end of the stage can't be hard then, right?" Sonia asked.
"..."
=...=
"...What?"
"..."
"..."
=...=
=...Okay. I'll say it. Why did we beat up a fat man in a grass skirt?= Omega-Xis asked as Geo and Sonia sat on top of a tanned-skinned fat man wearing tribal attire.
=Supposedly he's the leader of those tribesmen that tried hunting you down before= Aaron answered.
=Why though? I mean, if he's a boss, he should've put up a better fight damn it!= Omega-Xis ranted =But no! All he did was smash his staff around while going in circles! That's beginners stuff right there!=
=You want to try someone harder then?=
=Omega-Xis, don't you d-= Lyra began.
=Yes! Thank you!=
=BAKA!= Lyra snapped as Geo and Sonia hid behind some overturned furniture, shielding themselves from the rapid gunfire aimed right at them =WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING YOU BAKA-INURYU!?=
=Woman, I have no idea what you're calling me!= Omega-Xis argued =But I love this! Get that rat while his gun's jammed!=
=Why do I bother…?= Lyra groaned as Geo and Sonia quickly got out of their hiding spot, both spinning in place as they struck a humanoid rat in a red-suit, who was trying to unjam his tommygun.
=I love this= Omega-Xis was absolutely giddy =Pummel him good!=
=Meathead…= Lyra muttered as Geo and Sonia quickly got behind cover once more as the rat began to fire his gun, laughing wildly before his gun jammed again.
"You want to finish him off, or do you want me to?" Geo whispered to Sonia.
"How about we both do it at the same t-kya!" Sonia yelped when the gunfire started once more, "A-Aaron-san, can we please change games after this boss is done with?!"
=Aw…= Omega-Xis whined.
=Sure. It looks like he only need to be hit one more time= Aaron replied.
"Oh thank kami…" Sonia sighed in relief before the gunfire stopped once more.
With that, both Sonia and Geo hurried out of their hiding spot before striking the rat once more, causing him to spin in place before he fell off his desk, the light fixture above him falling right on top of him.
=BWAHAHAHAHAHA!= Omega-Xis cackled =Now that's illuminating!=
=...Wow. You actually know big words=
=Oh screw you, ya out of tune harp!= Omega-Xis barked =But nevermind. Next game!=
Geo gave out a muffled yell as he was carried on a hook...while a large fish was attached to his upper torso while his legs kicked about.
"Sonia! Come on!" Lyra called, currently a baby-blue, tiny bat, before turning around when she got no response, "Sonia?"
"Ano-ano-ano…" Sonia mumbled with a large blush, trying to cover her bust since she was wearing a red and purple belly dancer's outfit with her hair grown out into a ponytail.
"...oh...I...suppose that would be a problem..." Lyra muttered, "J...just bear through it so we can rescue Geo."
"Wh-what about Omega-Xis?"
"What about him?"
"I can hear you!" Omega-Xis snapped...currently a tiny black humanoid creature in blue pants and bandana with a green scimitar in hand before a fish ate his upper half as well, "MPHM!"
"...Pfft!" Lyra snickered at the sight before shaking it off, "L-let's just focus on rescuing them...and kick the butt of whoever owns this 'mermaid' factory…"
"R-Right…" Sonia nodded.
"Bah!" Geo gasped out as the fish was pulled off him, revealing that he was wearing just a jacket, bandages on his waist, and shorts with a bandana on his head, "Ahh...hoo...thanks Son-" he tensed when he saw her outfit, a heavy blush forming on his face, "?!"
"And I can't fry that damn fish why?" Omega-Xis growled at Lyra as the bat threw the fish into the water.
"Her," Lyra replied, pointing at a giant mermaid among other smaller mermaids around them, seashells barely keeping the modesty of them all.
"...Oh…" Omega-Xis blinked slowly as he looked up at her, "...Now I know how one of those shrimpy Wave Virus' feel…" a thud went off, "Hey, Geo. Why are you passed out? Did you suffocate in that fish?" silence was his response, "...Geo?"
=I...think he's unconscious…= Aaron commented as Sonia tried to wake up a heavily blushing Geo, 'Then again, I can't really blame him. He's surrounded by girls that are barely wearing anything.'
"M..maybe we should change games…" Sonia spoke, a plea in her voice.
=Good idea. I have one last one for you to try out anyway=
"As long as it's not boring…" Omega-Xis muttered.
"RED TILES ARE IMPASSIBLE! YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM! YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC! THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU! GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES! IF YOU STEP ON THEM... YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER! ORANGE-TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED. THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS! BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES. SWIM THROUGH THEM IF YOU LIKE, BUT... IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES! THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU. ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A, YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU! PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY! YOU WILL SLIDE TO THE NEXT TILE! HOWEVER, THE SLIPPERY SOAP... SMELLS LIKE LEMONS! WHICH PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE! PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OKAY! FINALLY, PINK TILES. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE," a tall skeleton explained, standing next to a smaller skeleton in a blue hoodie.
"..." the blue and green dragon teddy bear in Geo's arms had a red button eye twitching.
"What was that again?" Sonia asked, wearing a pink and blue sweater and baggy snow pants, "You lost me after orange tiles smelling delicious."
"TH-"
"We understand! We understand!" Geo shouted, wearing a red and blue sweater.
"GREAT! THEN THERE'S ONE LAST THING! THIS PUZZLE...IS ENTIRELY RANDOM! WHEN I PULL THIS SWITCH, IT'LL MAKE A PUZZLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! NOT EVEN I WILL KNOW THE SOLUTION! NYEH HEH HEH!"
"Hoo boy…" Lyra whispered, currently a baby blue angel teddy bear in Sonia's arms.
"GET READY…!" the taller skeleton between it and a short one declared as he flipped the switch, causing the tiles between him and the two teens to start flashing, switching between colors at an incredible pace. This went on for a few more seconds before the tiles finally settled down, a majority of them red while the middle ones were a pink color.
"...Seriously? No green?" Omega-Xis complained as the taller skeleton left the area, awkwardly spinning.
=Well the point of this game is sparing your enemies= Aaron explained.
"What?! So no fighting?!"
"You should've payed attention to Toriel-san when we were back at the ruins," Lyra whispered to him.
"The goat can bite me…" Omega-Xis grumbled.
"Oi…" Lyra sighed a bit, "Well unlike you, Sonia and I are enjoying this game."
"That's because you're acting like pacifist. Seriously. So far we've encountered a goat lady, a blind dog that freaked when Geo managed to pet its head, and two skeletons with one making bad puns and one that speaks way too loudly!" Omega-Xis ranted, "...Next person we meet better be awesome."
"And you jinxed it again…" Geo, Sonia, and Lyra sighed.
"Pfft! Please...what's the worse that could happen?"
"Bad day! Bad day! Bad day! bad day!" Geo and Sonia exclaimed as they ran of a flurry of energy spears fired at them from an armored fish woman, an eye-patch over one of her slit eyes.
"Hahahahah! Now this is more like it!" Omega-Xis laughed
"OMEGA-XIS NO BAKA!" Lyra snapped.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU PUNKS!" the fish woman demanded.
"Geo stop! I wanna fight her head on!"
"NO WAY!"
"Why not?! She can suplex a boulder with no problem! How more badass can you get?!"
"Well said 'badass' is trying to kill us and take our souls!" Sonia shouted before yelping, quickly ducking under an energy spear aimed at her.
"I know! She's awesome!" Omega-Xis beamed before the sound of a phone ringing was heard, "?"
"Nani?" Sonia blinked, stopping for a moment as she pulled out a small cell phone and answered it, "Hello?"
=HEY! WHAT'S UP?= the voice of the tall skeleton answered =I WAS JUST THINKING...YOU, ME, YOUR FRIEND, AND UNDYNE SHOULD ALL HANG OUT SOMETIME!=
"...Goddammit, Papyrus…" Omega-Xis muttered under his breath, his button eye twitching.
=I THINK YOU WOULD MAKE GREAT FRIENDS! LET'S MEET UP AT HER HOUSE LATER!=
"Doesn't he realize we're being chased right now…?" Lyra whispered, the four unaware of Undyne impatiently tapping her foot.
=GOODBYE, HUMANS!=
"W-wait! D...and he hung up…" Sonia sighed a bit before yelping as a energy spear nearly hit her, "Kya!"
"Okay...if you two are done talking…" the fish woman paused as she charged at them once more, "GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME!"
"Run away!" Geo and Sonia yelped as they booked it.
"No! Don't run away! I wanna fight her!" Omega-Xis complained.
"You're a freakin' stuffed bear!"
"So?! That won't stop me! I wanna f-did it just get hot?"
"There a volcano under here?!" Geo exclaimed in surprise.
"Hi, Sans! Bye Sans!" Sonia shouted as she and Geo ran by the smaller skeleton, who was currently resting in a small hut.
"RAAAH!" the fish woman yelled as she ran past him as well.
"Huh...wha…" the small skeleton snorted.
As Geo and ran, the two were unaware that the fish woman was starting to sweat heavily, panting as she began to slow down.
"A….armor….too….hot…" she panted, "But...I mustn't...give up...I...must…" she finally gave him as she collapsed, falling face first into the ground.
"...Oh come on!" Omega-Xis exclaimed, "This heat's beating Undyne!? The most badass thing down here?!"
"Well she is a fish woman after all," Lyra stated, "Add in the heat in here affecting the armor…"
"...Geo, give her some water! Fast!"
"Huh?"
"Give that baddass fish woman some water before she dries up!" Omega-Xis snapped, "I wanna fight her, dammit!"
Geo sweatdropped a bit at that, "...Even if I wanted to, where can I find...some…" he trailed off as he found a watercooler nearby, "..."
"That….seems way too convenient…" Sonia sweatdropped.
"Agreed…" Lyra added.
"I guess she must come here often?" Geo guessed as he walked over and blinked twice when he put his hand on the jug, "Huh...Okay, this is freezing."
"Okay good, so hurry up and give it to her!" Omega-Xis shouted.
"Okay okay!" Geo yelped, taking a paper cup from the side before filling it up with water from the cooler. He then rushed over to Undyne's unconscious body and poured the water over her.
"...Ugh…" Undyne grunted as she got up, shaking her head a bit as she looked at the two teens, "..."
"Finally. Now come on! Let's f-" Omega-Xis began before Undyne began to walk away, "Oh, COME ON!"
"..." Lyra began to crack up in Sonia's arms.
"DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH, YOU OUT OF TUNE HARP!"
Lyra just laughed harder.
"Damn it...I wanted my fight…" Omega-Xis slumped, a depressing aura around him, "Now my mood's ruined…"
"...I think that's enough for today then…" Geo spoke, "Right, Sonia?"
"Hai," Sonia nodded.
"So...what did you two think?" Aaron asked once Geo and Sonia walked out of the pods.
"That was really fun," Sonia noted as Omega-Xis grumbled nearby, "Especially with how Omega-Xis reacted to some parts."
"I wanted my awesome fight with Undyne, damn it!," Omega-Xis complained "And I never got to finish my fight with that white-haired man in that fighting game!"
"He'll be fine…" Lyra waved him off, "But yes. Those games were pretty interesting, depsite two of them having some...ahem. Rather revealing outfits..."
"H-Hai…" Sonia blushed, having worn one of the two revealing outfits.
"I apologize about that…" Aaron said before pondering for a moment, "Though...while I looked through the files, some of the moves used in that fighting game could be useful in Wave Virus busting if used right…"
"Really?" Omega-Xis looked up in interest.
"Back in the days of Net Navies, people would often make customized battle chips to help in battle, sometimes using stuff from games or tv shows as inspiration," Aaron explained, "Some were so powerful that only a Metastable NetNavi could truly use them to their full potential."
"Metastable?" Geo and Sonia repeated.
"It's when an AI becomes so lifelike that they become akin to humans. It most often happened in just NetNavis that had a human base to them, which makes sense considering what Metastability is," Aaron explained, "A pseudo-Metastability program was made for NetNavis that were incapable of that due to being too different from humans in appearance but a group of scientists did create a pair of programs for male and female NetNavis to use to become Metastable."
"Really?" Geo asked, earning a nod, "Huh...interesting."
"Yeah yeah. Interesting," Omega-Xis waved off, "Tell me more about customized chips! I wanna wield that rat's gun! no...I wanna wield that gun AND use Undyne's energy spears! All while that badass theme of hers is playing in the background!"
"Oh geez…" Lyra rolled her eyes, "Though...that does sound beneficial…making custom BattleCards I mean."
"If you like, I can give you two copies of the game data so you can make some custom BattleCards of your own," Aaron offered Geo and Sonia.
"Really? Thanks," Geo smiled.
"Arigatou, Aaron-sensei," Sonia bowed.
"No problem," Aaron smiled a bit, "Just be sure to not go overboard."
"Got it/hai."
"...Okay. I knew it was a good idea to not choose that Azrael guy…" Geo whispered as he looked through the game data, the teen sitting in his room, "He uses limiters to make sure he doesn't 'overdo' it."
"Overdo it?! Bah!" Omega-Xis snorted, "There's no such thing as overkill!"
"His finisher-or Astral Heat as it's called in the game he's from-has him lift a giant chunk of rock with the opponent still on it, he punches it just as it's coming back down-with his limiters off-, and it results in a pseudo nuclear explosion."
"..." Omega-Xis pushed his jaw up, "...I LOVE IT!"
"The fallout of a nuclear explosion would destroy all electronics in the area and destroy anything made of electromagnetic waves," Geo deadpanned, "Including us."
"...You win this round, science," Omega-Xis seethed at the sky, shaking a fist at it.
Geo rolled his eyes a bit at that as he continued to look through the game data. While most current fighting games he played did not' tend to have an actual story, the one Aaron had found seemed to have a rather interesting one. His face lit up in a blush when he opened one of the image files before closing it immediately.
"...Found an image of that squirrel girl?"
"..."
"...Your silence says it all…" Omega-Xis chuckled.
"You try anything to get those open and I will refuse to Wave Change for a month for Virus Busting," Geo threatened.
"...Fine…" Omega-Xis muttered, "Then look up more stuff on the male characters then. I'm sure you'll find something awesome in there…"
"Right…"
Over in Sonia's temporary room, she was looking over the data as well, looking over some of the info on the female characters in the fighting game she and Geo played.
"...Okay. What in the world are those women eating to get figures like that?" Lyra asked as she looked at some of the images of the more mature female characters.
"I...I honestly don't know…" Sonia answered with a small blush before shaking it off, "Demo...despite their...ahem, attire, their backgrounds are pretty interesting, especially the one on Makoto Nanaya…" a sad sigh escaped her lips, "She suffered so much hate since she was child, all because she was a Beastkin…But..." a small smile soon grew on her face, "I'm glad she was able to find true friends like Noel and Tsubaki."
"Agreed," Lyra nodded, "She reminds me of you a bit."
"Eh?"
"Well, think about it; you both didn't have real friends until you met two who ended up becoming your friends," Lyra compared, "For her, it was Yayoi Tsubaki and Vermillion Noel; while you have Geo-san and I."
"...Huh. You're right…" Sonia noted, her small smile growing a bit as she placed a hand over her heart, "If it weren't for you and Geo-kun...I wouldn't be the person I am today…"
"Hai," Lyra giggled gently.
Sonia giggled a bit with her as she looked back at the images, "Maybe I should make some BattleCards based on her moves, just in case any enemies get up close...ooh. And maybe I can implant Noel and Tsubaki's moves into a few BattleCards somehow."
"Bolverk seems like a good weapon. Based on it being able to bypass Guards, it could be used to bypass protections on some viruses and any EM Change beings that have a defensive measure like a guard," Lyra noted.
"Ohh! Good idea," Sonia nodded, "Ooh. And in case I need to hide out from paparazzi, I could use some of Shantae's transformations to change myself."
"Just not the outfit?"
"L-Lyra-chan!" Sonia exclaimed, blushing.
"I'm just joking around," Lyra giggled.
"Mmm…" Sonia pouted a bit as she looked back at the game data, "What else can I implement into Battle Cards…?"
"...Not sure if it could work...but why not make a Battle Card that could summon one of these characters temporarily?" Lyra asked, "I mean, Geo and the mutt had something similar before."
"True. I mean, remember when they summoned a copy of us as Lyra Note?" Sonia recalled, "I was so shocked that I ended up tied up in my own strings that I sent at myself!" she paused for a few moments, "That was a rare sentence."
"Very much so…" Lyra agreed, "Let's...just focus on who we'll pick for those Summon Battle Cards."
"Right," Sonia agreed, "...Oh! We could probably go look for them on the Wave Roads, too!"
"Nani?"
"For more old game data. We can take it to Aaron-sensei and ask for a copy of the data once he figures it out," Sonia noted.
"Ohh! That's a good idea!"
"Arigato," Sonia giggled a bit, "...You think we're slipping into that dead language more often now?"
"I'm not sure since we both can understand each other and it sounds like our normal tongue," Lyra admitted, "I'm just glad Stellar-san is making a translation book for everyone."
"Hai," Sonia nodded, "Though...this is also good and bad for singing. Bad because I may slip into the dead language in the middle of a song, but good because it could open a new way for my songs."
"True…" Lyra nodded, "...Why not add subtitles to help with translation for your songs just in case?"
"Great idea!" Sonia beamed before remembering what they had been doing, "But let's make some new Battle Cards, first."
"Hai."
"No, you fool!" one of the strange ape-like creatures screeched as Vulpecula slapped it upside the head, "The form's too unnatural. Too much in the stomach and too skinny in the arms. If you're trying to be hidden amongst them as one of my spies, you need to better your disguise!"
The strange ape-like creature tried to say something to her, only to get slapped once more.
"No! Go back and do it better!" the humanoid nine-tailed FM-ian snapped before sighing as she laid a hand on her cheek, "Ah mou...Why must I deal with such fools? Why can't I get more...competent minions? ...Oh well. No use worrying about it now...I just need to focus on my task. Capturing the Brush Gods for my master...and reunite with my beloved~" she purred out before one of the ape-like creatures ran up to her, Mou~! What now?!"
The creature began to chitter and hoot. Vulpecula's eyes widened a bit as it spoke.
"Are you sure?" she questioned, earning a nod from the creature, "Purrfect. To think it was there all this time. Take some troops and stir it up enough to bring out the one who has that inside of them."
The creature saluted as he ran off.
"Purrfect...just purrfect~" the humanoid FM-ian whispered as she walked off to her cave, her nine fox tails swaying a bit, "Should she die, we can gain what she took. Should she succeed, we gain what else was lost. Either way…" she smirked, "We still win."
Elsewhere, within a lone valley stood a massive cherry blossom tree, a calm wind blowing through as it blew away a few of the cherry blossoms. Floating at the very top of the tree was a lone figure. A vision of beauty, the figure was a woman with the fairest skin, as smooth as the purest of silks as a soft purple aura came off her. She wore a pink and red silk yukata ("Bath Clothing" - a Kimono normally worn in the summer which is normally a cotton-based kimono instead of silk) with a purple wrap going over her shoulders and above her head, resembling purple clouds floating above her. White rope held the red sash just under her bosom with another white rope was tied around her waist, the rest of the sash making a sort of mini-skirt beneath. Her chest would have been completely exposed were it not for a pair of leaves covering just enough to make a window to her cleavage while her behind was tastefully exposed in a cutout on the back of her yukata in the form of a peach. Her long, flowing black hair as pure as the night sky in color was pulled back into a branch-like bun with two long locks of it going down the sides of her face and ending at her shapely hips. More leaves held her bun in place, the vine-like bun resembling more of a bud of sorts within the leaves due to it.
The woman lightly fingered one of the purple earrings on her ears with dainty, slender, manicured fingers. How long had it been since she had last seen her old friend? Thousands of years by now if she remembered right. She wondered if her old friend remembered her or not...or if she remembered the valley she once called home. Her thoughts were soon interrupted when she felt it...an ill wind that blew through the area, causing a nearby smaller sakura tree to start wilting.
"!?" the woman floated down towards the tree, "What could have caused this?" she then touched the tree gently, only to recoil as she moved away, "?! ...I...it can't be...he still lives?" she then looked up at the sky, "Amaterasu...wherever you are...it seems you may have to fight once more…"
SZ: *dust hands off as the studio was now completely clean*phew...that took a while, but this place is finally clean.
GT: And I fixed the ceiling.
SZ: and the power has been rewired, so this place is good to go once more.
GT: Yep. We'll just need to remember that Sonia and Lyra are the only ones who will be using the Japanese and keep it away from everyone else and we'll be good for the story. And that no one destroys the studio again.
SZ: Eeyup...though we may need to rehire some security since the FNaF animatronics went kaput.
GT: *grumbles* Lousy no good Maximum Mighty X…A ton of good fighters and protectors kaput and unable to be put on the job due to reprogramming from that. And since apps also count, there goes the Minions…
SZ: Dan...and we can't rehire the Prinnies. O.n….pretty much scared them. So who are we gonna hire for security?
O.N: who the fuck fired the prinnies, minions and rabbids?!
SZ: AHH! O.N?!
GT: They had a 'No Reprogramming from Mighty Maximum X Gashat' clause in their contracts.
O.N: prinnies do whatever the hell i need them to do i can reprogram them rabbids i don't bother cause i love those fuckers and minions are from movies i can't rewrite movies.
GT: Yes, but they are also in video games and apps such as Minion Run. Since they're in games, you can reprogram them.
O.N: GT anything originally from games i reprogarm if it originite from something else i can't touch it. Now someone rehire those prinnies, those rabbids and get those minions bacvk here before i come back from me and Z0's annunal Grand Order boat trip!*gets my hat out of the room* Good Day!*flies off*
GT: Ah. Well, I need to go make new contracts...Not it for getting the Prinnies from Laharl, though.
SZ: Yeah...so best get the Minions and Rabbids back...provided the latter are not screwing around in the Mushroom Kingdom still.
GT: ...Yeah...see, here's the thing. As a severance package, I kinda gave all of them tickets to the Mushroom Kingdom and, well...yeah...They're all in Mushroom Kingdom and I do not want to get involved with that.
SZ:...that would explain SO much...ahem! Anyways...we hope you people enjoyed this chapter, and be on the look for another one in the near future. So read and review.
GT: Until next time, everyone. Have fun. *waves*