The ship crashed right into a forest, ripping through trees and life as it went until it finally came to a stop, damaged and covered in wood life, but intact…
Rain had been falling onto this forest, as it was covered with droplets in the bushes, trees, flowers…it was quiet…the now sunlight, after the cloud had dispersed, was beaming down onto the crashed ship…when the sudden yell of "Dark buster!" came from it and the cockpit glass screen was suddenly shattered by a purple energy shot.
Leaping out of the broken glass, and onto the moist earth, buster ready, was Darkmega, looking alert at his surroundings, unsure of where he landed. He expected to be surrounded by a scouting group or something at least…He started to move away from the crash, looking around, trying to get his bearings. He knew he wasn't too far off his mark, the base.
"Netopia…man it feels good to be back on my home planet." He gave a small chuckle at the end of that, and begun to move through the forest. But, as he did, he couldn't help but feel he was being followed by something, numerous things at that…
The more he walked, the more he felt those eyes were on him, he didn't dare look behind him, as his mind was telling him something was. Soon he just got more and more annoyed, and decided that whatever it was needed to be killed, and spun round, aiming his dark buster.
He had to admit he wasn't quite ready for the two thousand and somewhat number of Heartless that were gathered, from the weak little black ones and the soldier sort to the more powerful ones such as ones known as Fat bandits and Gargoyles.
He knew he saw SOMETHING on the space station as he sneaked around to the way out, but he didn't expect them to be able to follow him all the way here. He was expecting them to attack, but instead, they just stared at him. "…Who sent you? Were you on the space station, the reason all hell broke loose?"
Heartless have a unique way of expressing what they would say. They send the information, and the person receives it, but the gap that includes speaking or even psychic talk, is left empty…it's simply transmitted to the person without the need of words. They simply expressed that they do not know of this space station, but something had called them, and when they arrived…His state as a Dark Soul was a calling to them, an aura to listen to and obey. To them, he was their master now, and they were willing to follow him wherever he went.
"So, I'm your master then? Hmm, well, you lot would be perfect for meat shields…alright then, let's go and visit my light self. Time to show who's come home to stay." Darkmega was certainly happy about this, an army behind him is a useful asset once he starts feeling murderous again.
As he turned and begun leading the way out of the forest, he noticed a few black feathers landing on the ground close by, and was sure there was one more pair of eyes that had been watching as the Heartless begun to appear…
It was about 12ish now, in the base. In the main room, was Chad, Roll, Anna, Shademan, Samus and Link. All of them had recently heard from Dr Light about the space station incident, and, to Dr Light's view, the Dark Soul has been lost thanks to those "ruthless and reckless" attackers….to everyone else, this was great news if it was destroyed. No more need to get worried over it.
Chad was mainly thinking about his next fight now, after Dr Light said about the Dark Soul. Earlier on after breakfast he talked to Cao Cao about if he asked the person who wanted to go up against Chad about a fight, and Cao Cao replied the man was ready whenever Chad was, and Chad decided today to take him on, and THEN asked who it was…
To Anna's and Roll's and…everyone else's horror when Chad told them who Cao Cao had just lined him up for, it was Lu Bu.
Lu Bu. His fame is legendary, as he is known in a majority of the GF. He knows no fear, and waits for a challenge from someone who thinks they can match him. Cloud Strife had once encountered him, From Gaia VII and was able to actually land a few blows before getting smashed down by the seemingly inhuman man.
His seen as the undefeated one in the base, and holds the winning streak of 35 currently in the training room.
Shademan was giving Chad morale boosting comments "So, what would you like on your grave? Roses or daisies?"
Samus quickly got something in as well "If there isn't enough of you left, do you want us to cremate you?"
"Ah shut up guys. Just watch, I'm gonna beat him without even having to resort to any chaos energy tricks. You'll see." Chad replied with.
Anna sighed and looked at Chad. "Chad, you still got another 30 minutes to drop out. I really don't think this is a good idea, I mean, Lu Bu is Lu Bu, no one likes to fight him unless they want to be beaten senseless."
"Anna, I'll be fine. Honest!" he chuckled slightly, to try and make her relax slightly about all this…but it didn't help. It just reminded her of how careless and overconfident he can be. Chad sighed. "Anna…if it gets too much, I'll pull out of the fight and let him win, okay?"
"Alright Chad.."
"Come on, let's all head over to the training room before it starts." Chad said, as he started to walk off down one of the corridors. The others followed.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the training hall, were it appears people had already gathered inside…quite a few…nearly everyone in the base. Seems like they all want to see this fight between Chad and Lu Bu.
They all started to walk inside, Lu Bu was already there as well, sitting at one end of the room, with his fabled lunar spear. Cao Cao was seen at the front of the crowd, his arms folded, a serious look on his face. Guan Yu was close by to Cao Cao, stroking his beard as he stood there. "Many people have tried to beat Lu Bu, and all have failed. Pray tell me why you chose this boy to try and take him down? I know many more warriors you could summon from Earth V that are worthy in your ranks."
Cao Cao seemed to think about it for a moment, then answered "To see the limit this boy has, Guan Yu. If anyone can show everyone in this base their limitations, Lu Bu is the one."
Lu Bu got up, the moment Chad came in and everyone who was talking suddenly went deadly silent. Roll had just walked and sat next to Shademan, Anna and the others.
Lu Bu looked at Chad carefully, then, he smirked "A boy? This is who Chad Oswald is? A child? Pathetic!"
Chad got his blade of darkness ready. "A little kid that's going to show you a world of hurt."
For a weak retort, it gave Lu Bu pause, he looked at Chad carefully, especially the moment Chad pulled out the Blade of Darkness. Then, Lu Bu smiled a little…and moved towards the centre of the training hall, as Chad did too…both were now standing only a few feet apart, looking at each other. "Pray now, Oswald, for mercy from any of the gods you believe in, even Blind Io or Azrael…for I won't grant you any."
Chad looked Lu Bu up and down, then, looked right into his eyes, and said "You, my tall friend? You, are gonna be too easy for me!"
…..
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow…"
Chad could barely remember the fight itself, it was a few clashes of their weapons, Lu Bu kicking him in the gut, then sending his blade of darkness out of his hands…then…it was the worst beating he had.
Roll and Shademan were quickly dragging Chad towards the hospital in his ruined state. They had seen the fight, and to everyone's point of view, Chad was Lu Bu's punching bag for the duration of those 10 minutes of hell. Anna had fainted when she swore she heard a bone breaking sound coming off Chad, and Samus is now looking after her until she recovers.
Chad had black eyes, cut lip, bruises nearly all over, and was barely able to stand up with his own weight right now. Soon, they arrived in the hospital where Dr light and the medic of the base, the expert healing Navi Medi, are seen.
Dr Light looked at Chad, and sighed. "Let me guess, went in bragging, and got taught a lesson?"
Chad just grumbles, as Roll and Shademan help him to a bed in the hospital room. Medi right away begins to check on him. Soon enough, Medi smiles at him, and said "Well, I think recovery chips will sort this out. About 6 of them, so if you feel slightly drugged, don't worry, it'll wear off. Lu Bu didn't do any major damage beyond bruising everything and making you bleed."
Recovery chips are from the battle chips that Navis and only Navis, could use once. Nowadays, thanks to a liquid that's injected into people called "Battleus Serium", The skin of humans and other races that have had the injection, is adapted to "reading" the data of battle chips, and actually forming the devices.
Unlike Navi's though, it doesn't completely morph that part of the body, if it's a cyber sword or cannon. Instead, these certain offensive chips, when activated, are empty in the centre, apart from a handle, which is held onto, and squeezed on certain chip data, to use the device, such as the cannons and vulcan cannons. There's just a basic handle for the sword's. once the handle is let go, the device deactivates, allowing the person to choose another weapon.
Although useful, battle chips are known to cause exhaustion when continually used in a short span of time. Those who aren't so energized as others, can become exhausted a lot faster.
Medi walked off to the extra storage room to fetch the six needed recovery chips. Chad just looked at Roll now, and the face he pulled, was a slight apologetic one. He couldn't help that he was too cocky for his own good sometimes.
"Sorry Roll. Guess I couldn't help myself.". He said.
Roll sighed, and smiled sweetly at him. "It's alright Chad, I knew deep down that you wouldn't be able to…but you certainly got some praise for just even standing up to Lu Bu, at your age. You were his youngest opponent so far. I heard Cao Cao saying rather positive things about you."
Chad smiled back at her, then Anna suddenly ran in, tears flowing, hugging Chad in a death grip-like vice, just as Medi returned.
It took a good few minutes to pull Anna away, before Chad could use the chips. After using them, he had felt slightly light headed, as he skin and face quickly healed, but it soon wore off. Anna was making sure that Chad could only see her worried look, as she stayed right close.
Chad tried to look at Roll, only to find that she quietly left while the chips were being used.
Chad then looked at Anna, and gave her a smile. "See? I'm alright now. No need to be worried sick, huh?".
Anna was clearly annoyed with his attitude at the moment. "You could of got killed! It sounded like he was breaking every bone in your body during that so-called fight!"
Shademan put a hand on her shoulder. "Anna, it's alright now. Medi said nothing major was damaged. His fully healed up, and seems ready to leave the hospital."
Medi looked at Chad carefully, then nodded in agreement. "Yeah, your good to go sweet thing."
Chad, did have to admit something to himself through, he was sure his bones did get broken during the fight, he felt his rib cage give way at one point, yet now, it's all okay…well to him, that's in the past now and he got off the bed, left the hospital with Anna and Shademan quickly following him into the main room. Smirking at Chad the moment he walked out of the hospital was Richard. Roll is also seen there, as was Quickman.
Chad looked at Richard, knowing why he was smirking. "Oh, it's you. Came out of your room did you and heard about the fight?"
Richard nodded. "Lost that badly huh? Oh dear dear, Chad. Seems like you're not as powerful as you always thought you were."
"So who told you then?" Chad asked…but it wasn't hard with the way Roll was looking guilty. "Roll, why? Why tell him of all people in this place? Do you like Richard mocking me or something?"
"No! Just, his a good friend. It was idle chit chat!" Roll responded.
"Right. Idle chit chat to someone who likes being annoying to me."
Richard pretended to act hurt. "Annoying? Me? Oh come now Chad… I just like mocking when you screw up lately, I can't help that."
Anna quickly went in Chad's defense…even though he didn't need it, as he was about to just walk away. "Yeah well Lu Bu is a hard bastard to beat! Unlike you! Chad could beat you easy!"
Richard seemed to glare at her for that, which made Chad sigh, and put his hand over his face and mumble "Anna…really? You're as bad as Roll now."
Richard then focused on Chad. "If I remember, the last time you and I had a fight, it ended in a clear draw…You, me, training room. Right now. Unless you're afraid of getting another beating like you did from Lu Bu?"
Chad gave Anna a slight look of annoyance, as she shrugged innocently. She had problems with Richard too, as he's the only one Anna gladly provokes.
Quickman smiled at Chad, and said "Come on Chad, you can take him this time! You know it man! Lu Bu was beyond your league, this guy is right in it!"
Chad looked at Richard. "Alright Richard. Fine. You, me, training room. 5 minutes."
"Done." Richard quickly walked off, towards the training room.
Once Richard was out of sight, Anna gave Chad a little hug, and a small kiss on the cheek. "I know you'll beat him Chad! He's a lot easier for you then Lu Bu!" Anna said to him, while still in the small hug, keeping them close…which was making Chad feel quite in a state of bliss in his own little world. Roll was slightly jealous with Anna's move, but stayed silent.
"Heh, I know he will be Anna. Why don't you stay here with the others, while I go and beat him into the ground?"
Anna let go of him, and understood. Chad walked off, towards the training room.
Back on Gaia VII, Abraham was at the Shinra tower top floor again, with Rufus and the Master Chief…the news of had happened yesterday had pissed him off, and today's news that they are unable to find the other transport that has been reported missing, had made things worse.
Abraham looked like he could burst. "What, the HELL, is going on…first we have confirmed recording from the visors of the bodies that Heartless had stormed our station, over two hundred troops slaughtered, secondly we have no clue where the Dark Soul is, and finally, if it escaped on a transport ship, we can't find it!"
"Someone wants that thing loose before we can act and whoever they are, they're fast." Master Chief replied.
Abraham nodded to the officer. "I want answers and I want them now! I can't run this Federation if we got some kind of unknown let loose!"
Rufus coughs a little, making Abraham look at him. "Perhaps, grand commander, the Villain Ministry may have something to do with it?"
Abraham shook his head. "No. They wouldn't try a stunt like this without a permit. They know the agreements and have upheld them for 36 years so far without fail."
"The Hero Ministry isn't the type either…so we're looking at the Galactic Empire, the United Federation of Planets, or perhaps just a small force, trying to cause trouble." Rufus suggested, while putting one of his hand through his hair.
"The Drakon Empire is a possible one. We've still been having a lot of problems with peace talks with them." Master Chief added. But Rufus shook his head.
"No, They're not stupid as to do something like this. They like to be on the defensive right now with us."
Abraham sighed in annoyance, then noticed that a certain someone still hasn't arrived. "…Where is Dr Robotnik?"
"I told him this morning to go and inform Dr Light and Dr Wily personally about the disappearance of their Dark Soul project. Most likely to come back with a reply from them, asking for compensation or something, from what I've read up, those two know where to find the loopholes with the Federation in order to make it cough up some cash." Rufus said.
Abraham was just LOVING this now…those two docs just love big, fat, juicy pay checks from the GF when something goes wrong…and with the planned payments to the families of the men that died on the station, this was becoming a major bill…
Chad hit the ground, from a powerful knee to the stomach, and quickly rose his Blade of Darkness to stop the Dark Wolf from coming down on his head while he was trying to recover.
The fight between these two had slowly entered Richard's favor, thanks to his defensive stance and planning of attack. It had been a good three quarters of an hour since they started their fight.
Chad had the edge at first since he relentlessly attacked with his Blade of Darkness and Chaos energy powers, but now the Chaos energy power had run low, and Chad resorted, at one point, to use his true mobian form, that of a red hedgehog to beat Richard, but he soon changed back into his human form when he got tired from continuous dodging and getting the odd hit for being a little reckless.
Chad was able to morph between these two forms, human and hedgehog, at free will. His chosen to stick with human, especially after leaving Mobius with Anna. In his Mobian form, His speed was greatly boosted, as was his eyesight and jumping ability.
Richard was outmatched at first, but once he got the feel of his opponent, and plans out what battle chips, his specialty, to use, Chad is now the one being outmatched instead of it being vice versa.
Richard had a very good memory, which was useful when you carry a good 40 battle chips around with you. He could always remember exactly what battle chips he had, and quickly form a plan on when, where and how to use them, and with the dark wolf suggesting to him what type of sword attacks he should use to effect the enemy, he becomes a frightening person to face.
Another edge to him was his superior endurance, most people get tired and need to recover after just 15 to 30 battle chips, depending on what they use, and how many times they use the same chip before swapping. Richard is able to use 40 battle chips, all more than at least three times, and still is able to stand his ground with his sword afterwards.
Chad pushed the Dark Wolf away with his sword, and tried to stab Richard in the stomach…only for Richard to use an Area Steal chip, which allows him to briefly teleport, and moved several feet away from Chad, smirking.
Then, Richard put into himself, a Hi-cannon chip, an upgraded version of the normal cannon chip, and it formed over his spare hand, while his other hand held the Dark Wolf, and aimed the blue cannon at Chad, and fired a yellow energy shot from it.
Chad had easily dodged the attack, by rolling to the side of it, and decided to use one of his own battle chips, and formed a normal cannon on his spare hand, which was green, and fired a smaller energy shot from it at Richard. The Hi-cannon Richard had, had deactivated, and an energy barrier formed around Richard, stopping the shot.
Chad kept firing the cannon, over and over, towards Richard…it wasn't just a desperate attack, Chad had an idea in the back of his head with the barrier chips Richard has. His only got the weakest ones, which need one hit to disable…he was hoping Richard will keep making the a barrier to deflect each shot sent at him.
And it was working. Richard was making a barrier over and over, not even caring about getting shot at. He knew he could easily out beat Chad with this stupid little idea of continuous fire, all he had to do, was wait... This idea was done before, and Chad had got breathless before Richard even broke a sweat.
…but that wasn't the actual plan Chad had. He was watching the speed of Richard's reactivation of the barrier…then, he put his Blade of Darkness on the floor, and got another cannon chip out, making it form on his other hand…and started to fire in-between the shots of the first cannon.
It had worked.
Richard was really trying to make the barrier fast enough to deflect each shot, but once one got through and hit him square in the chest. The rest followed, and he was continuously barraged by energy shots, as he tried to stay standing up and tried to get another battle chip out, but just couldn't.
The glow of the energy shots, the blows of pain he felt from them, dropping each battle chip he tried to get, and trying to deflect the shots with the Dark Wolf, which he did a few times, had made him lose this fight, as he finally fell to the floor, after an energy shot to the face, which made him yell in pain. That's when Chad stopped firing.
Chad looked at Richard, as he started to try and get up, looking battered like hell from that attack of Chad's. Chad just got up, disabling both cannons, and picking up the Blade of Darkness. "Well, you did good Richard, but I finally caught you out. I win."
Richard had finally got up, trying to ignore the pain, picking up his Dark Wolf…the energy shots from those cannons had left his clothing damaged slightly, and he had slight burnt marks on his face, from the direct contact with one of the energy shots. "Bullshit….this is bullshit…I can't have lost that one, I was so close, you were weakened so badly."
Chad put his sword away, then walked over to Richard, and put out his hand to shake. "Well, maybe you'll win next time, huh? You did good again, ya know. You keep me on my feet most of the time."
Richard was now giving him a darker glare, which made Chad move his hand away, and understand that, Richard wasn't in such an agreeable mood at the moment. "This, my "friend", is a one off…you never win against me, ever again, I swear….". He then got back up on his feet, and left the room leaving Chad alone.
Chad just stood there, looking at the exit where Richard left from, and sighed. "So much for trying to patch things up between him and me….stubborn bastard."
Richard was mortified. That fight was his. He had Chad in the palm of his hand, yet…he lost… as he walked down one of the many corridors, heading towards his room, he was thinking it over. He had the brains in that fight, he had the edge to it after a little while. Was it really overconfidence that cost him the fight?
He just refused to believe it. Chad was the overconfident idiot between them. He had let his guard down, that was all. He wasn't ready for a plan like that…then, his train of thoughts about the fight stopped, as he saw, just going into his room, a little black creature…
He got his Dark Wolf ready, and went into his room, prepared. only to find that, the creature wasn't in his room at all…his room was still as dark as he left it this morning. He quickly switched the light on, and the thing still wasn't around. He had expected it to hide in the dark. He walked to his bathroom, and switched the light on…nothing.
He sighed in relief, then went to the mirror of his bathroom, looking at his face…soon, the thoughts of the fight came back…the creature must have been a brief illusion or something…
He mumbled to himself "It was fluke…nothing else…Chad would've lost that…come on Richard, you'll have him next time. Just rest, and recover for now…" he nodded to his reflection, which done the same of course, and he went back into his bedroom, and sat down on his bed, in the dark, with the door closed…
….he stopped for a second….the light was on a moment ago…and the door was open…
Then, he felt something, something inside his heart. He could feel an essence in the room, one that was exactly the same as his own…he stayed quiet, and slowly looked around…lots of little yellow eyes were looking at him…and in a corner, was where he felt the essence come from. There, was a pair of deep red coloured eyes, looking at him, the curtains slightly open, allowing a little bit of light in, enough to show the figure of who it was….it was Darkmega, and he was slightly smiling at Richard.
Darkmega, the moment he got close to the base, could feel Richard's essence as well, and knew an ally would be needed to remove his light self, as he knew his light self would have allies too…he got in through the window, and hid himself with an invisible chip, that Richard had stashed in his small, green metal box, on the table where his PC is, which is right close to the corner where Darkmega is.
He had made a heartless go outside the corridor and have a little search for Richard, but it fled into Richard's room the moment he was walking down the corridor, his dark heart making it fear him slightly, since it was alone.
Richard just sat there, looking at Darkmega, the heartless not moving at all. Darkmega was the first one to speak. "Richard Wily, I presume?"
Richard nodded. "Yeah, that's me…you must be Hubs Dark Soul. Dark Megaman. So, you did escape from the station then."
"Takes a dark soul to know a dark soul, and please, call me Darkmega." Darkmega responded, smirking at Richard. "I need some help with what I'm here to do, and that's to kill my light self, and anyone that tries to stand in my way…interested?"
Richard realized, that this was his time…that figure, Io, had said about Darkmega.
Go forth, see for your own eyes. Watch for Darkmega, and you will begin your path to total power.
This was one opportunity that was looking right at him, hinting in dreams, and now right before him….why the hell wouldn't he say yes?
Richard smiled at Darkmega, and said "Of course, as long as we kill off a few people I want dead as well, then you got me at your service."
As they both agreed, the voice within his blade, the Dark Wolf, whispered to itself "And so it begins again...let this moment pass..."
It was now the evening on Earth, in the Hero Base, when Chad met up with Roll and Anna again after the duel with Richard, in the main room. In the room as well, talking in another part of it, was Link and Zhao Yun.
Chad soon explained how the duel between him and Richard went, and how he had tried to shake Richard's hand after it, in a hope that they could be more like friends instead of enemies.
"No chance in hell huh?" Anna said. She had a feeling Chad would try and smooth things over with the grandson of Dr Wily, but she knew Chad had most likely somehow made a joke which sounded like an insult, and made Richard angry even more with him.
"Nope. He got stroppy and walked off. He really didn't like the fact I was able to outbeat him now. His a good opponent, but he still can't be all friendly and talkative OUTSIDE the training room." Chad replied.
Roll smiled at Chad, and said "Well, how about I go and talk to him about it now? He normally cools off after a good hour or so, and I'm sure that's the case with this as well. See if I can get him to stop being a stubborn so and so, and be nice to you."
This was news to Chad's ears. "Would you Roll? That'll be great. At least he'll be off my 'people who hate me' list at last. Which, without him on it, would still get longer and longer…"
"Heh, I'll see if I can make him join your 'people who like you' list, which is getting smaller and smaller then."
Roll then left the main room, waving at Chad and Anna while leaving. She was idly walking towards Richard's room. It wasn't often she went to see him these days, but that was only because he preferred to be alone in his room…she felt sorry for him, always wanting to be alone. He rarely talks to people here now, or even bother to stay in a crowd. He does what his gramps or father wants, and then just returns to his room.
She soon began to think about him more…out of everyone here, he only really enjoys the company of her and Shademan…mainly her, out of those two. Richard always seems to keep things to himself, if Shademan or Roll talk about something openly, he rarely puts his view of it across. She also noticed that…she always got this…worrying feeling off him.
Her thoughts were soon interrupted, as she saw her pink haired operator, Maylu Sakuri, run up to her, cheery and happy. "Hey Roll!"
"Hey Maylu. What's up?"
"Oh nothing much, just wanted to see how you're doing. Haven't spoken to you for a few days now! Did you and Megaman sort things out between yourselves?"
Roll face turned sour a little. "It's over with him and me.."
"Oh…"
"...well, anyway, how's things with his operator, Lan? You still planning to go on a date with him?"
"Well…once he finally figures out that I LIKE him."
Roll giggled. "Think he'll finally know one day?"
"Once I kiss him square on the lips…maybe. Heh. So, where are you off to now?"
"Just gonna go and see Richard Wily. Not a good day for him. He finally lost to Chad."
"It was going to happen sooner or later."
"Yeah. Chad had tried to be friends with Richard, but it didn't go in his favor, and Richard stormed off.. now I'm going to go and see if he wants to be friends with Chad NOW, since he should of cooled off."
"You know it won't happen Roll. He has got a big grudge on Chad."
"We'll see." Roll starts walking off. "Well, take care Maylu!"
"See ya Roll!"
Soon, Roll had arrived outside Richard's door, and was about to knock…when she heard his voice through the door. "So, we shut off all the defense systems here. Then…"
She then heard…Hub? "We use the lab computers to copy and form the prototype control chips. Then we can use a few of these saps against the rest. And while they have fun, we can go and deal with my light self."
Roll moved her head closer to the door. She heard Richard again. "and Chad. Both pose a threat. I know Chad, he'll get in the way when we least want him."
"Heh, then we can use this base for a starting point in that idea you had…"
"Using the heartless and creating an empire by slowly overrunning earth?"
"That's the one!"
Evil has always had a way of changing the most basic plans into mad, wacky, and most likely going to fail, full blown schemes….it's called seeing a bigger picture…to get extra fun out of it.
When the fact that Darkmega only wanted to kill his light self dawned on Richard, he knew that couldn't be his destiny, to just help in killing Hub. So, after a simple quick chat, he was easily able to sway Darkmega into thinking big. Big as in world domination, killing sprees, destroying REAL threats. Darkmega was unsure first, but Richard assured him that with the incompetent Abraham running the show, it'll be easier now than any other time.
Roll couldn't Believe what she heard… those two? Hub and Richard? That sounded stupid, that, and the Wily family and Light family aren't precisely good bed fellows…but it was enough to go to Dr Light and tell him about it. Without a second thought, she ran off to where Dr Light was bound to be at this moment. The hospital.
Richard swore he heard someone ran from outside the room, Darkmega had heard too. "..Do you think someone was listening in? I could go and chase them down…"
Richard shook his head. "Nah, no one really bothers to come near my room. The chances are it was someone just running by."
"Ah, I see…so, the main question is, how, are you going to disable the defense system? I really don't need a firewall suddenly jumping up and blocking my path, and cannons popping all over the place and blasting me to kingdom come."
Richard looked at Darkmega, and gave him a smile. "How else? I'm Richard Wily. Darkmega, all I need to do is get my gramps out of the labs, and hack into it…just how will I know that you won't try anything to…remove me, afterwards?"
"I can say the same thing to you…we're both Dark Souls, we're both evil made into life…I suppose I can't promise I won't and you can't promise you won't either. We're at a standoff."
Richard wanted a better guarantee then that, but there wasn't one. Darkmega was right.
Richard then got up off the bed, which he was sitting on, and looked at the door. "Alright, I'll get things rolling, once I've dealt with the defense system, I'll contact you. Then you go into the net, do your part, and when we cause complete and utter chaos, then everything should just run as smooth as clockwork from there."
"Right. Just don't fuck up."
Roll had ran back into the main room, and right into the hospital, whilst Chad and Anna were still in the main room, both watching her run by.
Chad looked slightly concerned. "Do you think something's up?"
Anna looked at him, and shrugged. "Properly just period problems or something."
Chad looked at her in disbelief for a moment, before frowning at her. "…Navis don't HAVE periods Anna, didn't you listen to Hub about how the life program works for 'em?"
"…Ah, well, listening to an idiot like him isn't exactly easy, ya know.."
"Right…"
Inside the hospital, stood Dr Light, busy on the hospital computer, Roll quickly went over to him. Nearby them, was Medi, busy tidying the beds in the hospital. "Dr Light! I think Richard and Hub are up to something!" Roll said.
Dr Light didn't even bother to turn and look, but he did stop typing. "I'm sorry, did you just say, Richard and Hub? …You must of heard them wrong."
Roll quickly shook her head. "No Doc! Their planning to shut down our defense systems!" Dr Light didn't even look at her still, or even reply for a few minutes. "…You don't believe me at all, do you?"
"No. I don't. I think you really must've heard them wrong. Now run along, I have to finish updating the files on everyone here."
Medi looked over to Roll. "Roll, listen, maybe making something like that up to get Hub in trouble isn't such a good idea, ya know. Maybe you should just go for now, and leave it alone."
Roll felt gutted and isolated. Dr Light wouldn't believe it, and his suppose to be wary of any strange things going on…if he won't bother taking any notice, who will?…and the answer came right into her head, and she ran back into the main room.
Inside the main room, Chad and Anna were still there, standing with them, was Pang Tong and Liu Bei of the Shu Kingdom of Earth V, and Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun is famously known in the base for his one eye. But that hasn't so far stopped him from being a complete badass when it came down to it. He was one of the more skilled fighters of Earth V, and is fiercely loyal to his cousin Cao Cao, and his friends. His 36, and had been fighting in wars since he was 21. He gladly tells everyone about how he lost his other eye in battle, and even goes as far as to show the empty eye socket…making the more weaker stomachs in the base feel a little sickly.
Pang Tong…is not so famous. At 29, His now called the great hobo of the Shu Kingdom. He smells, wears rags for clothing, walks around like his got a hunchback, and he smacks people with his stick. His actually does have a role in the base though. Dr Light and Dr Wily needed someone who was willing to train to learn how to drive machines of nearly any sort to get people to destinations and back, and Pang Tong was the only one willing…only because his always wanted to control a form of transport on the roads and in space. He had no experience at first but Dr Wily and Dr Light didn't care, and still let him become the base's "Taxi" driver. A year on, and his now pretty decent at it.
The reason as to why the people of Earth V don't kill each other when they know they're from different kingdoms on the planet, is because of the peace treaty they signed with the Galactic Federation. This denied them any sort of wars or battles, unless they want the Federation to rain down on them. Four years after the peace treaty was formed, three Kings of the planet heard of Dr Lights idea of a base, and chose to use it as a way to get away from their planet and stop being watched over by the Federation, which the other nine kings, untill Yuan Shao came to the base, were content with.
Cao Cao chose to join for the exact reason above.
Sun Jian was that reason, plus the fact he felt being here away from home was better for his second eldest son, Sun Quan, that was now in command of his forces back home. He didn't want to be a burden to his child. His eldest, Sun Ce, came too.
Liu Bei simply came because it was a great chance to see another world and new people, something he enjoyed doing.
Pang Tong was the first to notice Roll looking worried, and coming towards them. "Well, if it isn't one of the bases more friendly faces. What's the matter Roll? That ex of yours causing trouble?"
Roll soon stood with them. "Yes Pang Tong, that's exactly it. Look, I know this will sound crazy but, guys, I heard Richard and Hub talk in Richard's room about shutting down the defenses!"
Xiahou Dun looked at Roll, with a look of confusion. "…Sorry, what?"
Chad gave her the same look. "Neither Richard and Hub like each other. Sure, if it was Richard alone, I'd get worried because he can pretty much disable everything in this base within a blink of an eye because of being the grandson to Albert Wily, thus knowing the passwords and codes. But both? Come on Roll…look, did Richard say that to just get rid of you? Did you try to hug him again to cheer him up? Remember the last time the amount of swear words came out of his mouth."
Roll was crestfallen…she had hoped Chad would believe her, even slightly. But then, she started to question it herself…Chad was right. Hub is from the Light family, and Richard is from the Wily family. Even though Dr Light and Dr Wily get along, the rest of both sides don't. They taunt, annoy, and pester each other, normally ending up getting told off by the old docs.
Just at that moment, Richard had walked by, and walked into the labs. As he walked by, he looked at Chad with a frown of annoyance. Chad looked at Richard, in the eyes, and underneath that frown…he noticed something…something that made his spine tingle.
Just then, Dr Light came out of the hospital, walking towards Chad and the others. "Chad? Anna? Liu Bei? Xiahou Dun?"
Chad was the first to reply. "Yeah doc? What's up?"
"Could all four of you go and greet Dr Robotnik for me? His just gone through hyperspace and entered earth's orbit. His most likely brought the Dark Soul with him. He did say it was something important."
Anna seemed surprised at this. "Wow, that was, really fast."
"Perhaps they were able to quickly ship it out before the bandits attacked. Whatever the case, I want you to help escort Dr Robotnik and the Dark Soul to the labs. I need to just finish up the files."
Liu Bei, Xiahou Dun, Anna and Chad nodded, and begun to leave.
Roll looked at Chad. "Chad, wait!"
Chad stopped, and looked at Roll, with a smile on his face. "Don't worry about Richard, if he causes any trouble, I'm sure I can kick his ass again."
Soon, the four were waiting outside. It was rather pleasant this evening, with the sun just gone down, and the sky clear… the transport ship that carried Dr Robotnik soon landed, and he came out of it, with two GF troopers, who, as soon as they saw Chad and the others, headed back inside the transport, knowing Dr Robotnik would be safe.
Dr Robotnik walked towards them, with a look of concern. "Where is Dr Light and Wily? I need to speak to them both. It's rather important."
"Both are inside, Dr Light is expecting you to go to the labs with…" Anna said, whilst looking behind Robotnik, at the transport ship, expecting the GF troopers who went back inside to bring out a chamber or something, carrying the dark soul. "…I'm guessing something bad has happened? With the Dark Soul?"
Dr Robotnik nodded. "It's…gone missing."
Chad sighed. Deep down, he KNEW this was going to happen. "Great…well, we best get you to Dr Light, so you can explain to him about it."
The explanation didn't go down too well… Chad, Anna, Liu Bei, Xiahou Dun, Pang Tong, Roll, Shademan and Ryu were in the main room, near the hospital door, listening in. it's been 20 minutes since they got Dr Robotnik into the hospital. Dr Wily, His son Dr Regal and Dr Light's son Dr Yuichiro soon went into the hospital after Dr Robotnik's arrival.
Inside the hospital, Dr Light, Dr Wily and their sons were looking at Dr Robotnik in disbelief that the dark soul had been allowed to escape…so much for GF security.
Dr Regal seemed to be in deep thought about the situation. "This is rather bad. The Dark Soul is sure to be violent and aggressive, it could cause a lot of disruption without any control over it."
Dr Wily then said. "What about Hojo? Is he alright at least?"
Dr Robotnik nodded. "He escaped alive with a squad of troops that survived."
Dr Light looked at Dr Robotnik. "Do you have any idea where the Dark Soul might have even fled to? Or where it could be going?"
"I presume it will flee to the far reaches of space. Most likely out of GF territory to avoid capture, if it's wise."
Dr Wily shook his head "No…Hojo's report concluded it had plans…plans that included it's Light Self. It most likely sees him as a natural threat."
Dr Light thought about this, and cocked an eyebrow at Wily "So, you think it might come here? Albert, the Dark Soul would just get itself destroyed if it tried to even get in, everyone would notice it."
"Would they Thomas? Would they? Think about it. This Dark Soul has probably thought this over, and even disguised itself as Hub in order to sneak in, or worse yet, it could get in through the universal network, and attempt to ambush Hub in his room."
"Perhaps, perhaps…we should warn everyone anyway. If Hub acts strange or an unknown Navi is seen going through the net, they should contact us right away."
Dr Wily nodded. "Yes. Now.." He looks at Dr Robotnik. "There is this matter of…compensation for our loss of research Ivo Robotnik. Afterall, we did put a lot of trust in the GF, and they have let us down.." Dr Wily rubbed his hands together a little, while Dr Robotnik sighed, knowing this would come.
In the labs, Richard and Darkmega were both there, with eight black chips, finally ready for use…the prototype control chips that Darkmega knew of, an abandoned set of prototypes of now an illegal piece of technology.
Richard looked at them, and then looked at Darkmega "So, how do we use them? Or even dispatch them and get people to use them?"
Darkmega smiled evilly, and then looked at the control chips…then at Richard again, keeping the evil smile, then at the chips again…slowly, the smile faded, as he quickly realized that was one part of the plan they failed to think through. "Shit, I knew something was forgotten…"
Then, a voice, a calm male voice came from a corner of the labs. "Perhaps, I, can help you out…"
Stepping out of the corner, his black shades covering his red eyes, his blonde hair gelled back, his arms crossed over his chest, Wearing a black sweatshirt, black trousers and black jacket over his sweatshirt, as well as black gloves.
Richard looked at the guy. "Who-" But then, he, felt a feeling from his blade, a cold whisper echo in his mind; 'Chaos...'
"You're Chaos, aren't you?" Richard then said, as he looked at the man carefully.
The man smirked. "I see my name is known."
Chaos was Chad's sworn enemy from Mobius. Not much is really known about him, apart from his evil, and seems to hound Chad all the time, no matter where he goes, even now, as Chad resides here in the Hero Base, Chaos still continues. But he always seems to have a deeper mission then that, and he always knows what goes on, like now. He knew when Darkmega arrived in the hero base, and even what Darkmega and Richard were up to…
Either his bloody damn clever, or his a lot more powerful than anyone knows.
In the main room, Chad and the others had moved away from the hospital door, and were talking between themselves.
Liu Bei was looking a little worried. "Would a Dark version of Hub even know how to get here?"
Shademan nodded. "They keep all the memories of their opposing selves. As such, his got Hub's memories. We can expect the Dark Soul to be here sooner or later. With luck, he shouldn't be too hard to contain for the docs."
Chad looked at Shademan in disbelief. "Contain? Hell no Shademan, we're gonna put it out of its misery if we bump into it. It escaped once from being held, I'm sure it will again if we tried. The docs will just have to accept that fact."
Roll had been thinking a lot since she heard all the docs talk between themselves…especially when she heard "Hub" and Richard talk in Richard's room…she knew Hub wouldn't work with Richard, and slowly, it begun to dawn on her that…with their luck, the Dark Self of Hub is already here. She looked at Chad. "Chad…remember earlier, about me overhearing Hub and Richard talk?"
Chad looked at her, as did the others. "…Yeah?"
Roll didn't say anything else…and soon, it dawned on Chad too.
"….Oh shit."
Anna looked worried. "Chad? What is it?"
"Anna, everyone, I think I know where the Dark Soul is. I'll go into the labs and-"
Richard's voice was heard from the direction he was planning to go. "And do what, Chad?"
They had all turned towards the voice, and standing just outside the labs, was Richard, smiling at them. "Surely you don't need anything in the labs, do you? Not with your small brain."
Chad drew the Blade of Darkness out of its casing. "Richard, I know your up to something!"
"Me? I'm not up to anything…heh…not at all…"
Chad looked at the others. "Pang Tong, Liu Bei. Go and tell the docs what's going on right away!". Liu Bei and Pang Tong did so. "Guys…" He looks at Richard. "Get ready for anything, I know something's wrong with Richard, no doubt there. He might be being controlled by someone."
A voice is heard behind Richard. "Very good Chad...but Richard is not being controlled...he serves me because we want to conquer."
"Who are you?"
The voice is heard laughing…it sounded so damn familiar, but it was darker then what it should be. "I believe you should know by now…I was once a part of a goodie-two-shoes, but now, I have been set loose…and not you, or any of the people in this hero base, can stop me."
Chad looked carefully, as the figure that has the voice walks up to the side of Richard, from the labs. It was Darkmega, his evil smirk and red eyes aiming at Chad. "Oh…this ain't good…"
Zuo Ci was once again nearby the hero base, with Griffon next to him…a bunch of black clouds were seen coming towards the area…thunder could be heard echoing in the distance.
"Master Zuo Ci, a storm comes…" Griffon said, whilst looking towards the clouds. His feathers followed the direction of the wind, which was blowing away from the base, away from the storm…it was going to rain hard, he could feel it in the air. It was going to be a harsh storm…
Zuo Ci nodded, with his eyes closed. "A storm…that will last for years…A new dark era, is about to begin…"
First Appearance:
Chaos - An OC.
Lu Bu, Pang Tong, Liu Bei - Dynasty Warriors