Topic: The Digital World of RPM

[Blackhook]

Meanwhile in Sci lab.
Dozens of guard navis in the state of being deleted were lying on the ground of the Sci lab network. The green Navi was standing above three staff Navis threatening them with his elec sword.
"Hey boss, how many of those Navis am I supposed to bring?"

[Mirby]

WombatMan suddenly got an e-mail... "Talyn, wake up!"

"Huhwha?" she mumbled, sleepily.

"There's an e-mail! It's from your father! He had to go back to work after dinner, and some evil Navi attacked SciLab!"

"We have to go! JACK IN! WOMBATMAN! EXECUTE!" She plugged the PET into her comp, and he was on the web. "Now head to SciLab area!"

"Got it!" He ran as fast as he could, and when he got there, all he saw was devastation... and a mysterious Navi...

"Ready, WombatMan?"

"When aren't I? Slice 'n' dice, snap 'n' trap!" He charged the Navi...

[Black Mage J]

"Jupiter, capture that big eared navi over there and don't be afraid to boss around your allies" He sent Crusader after Jupiter in case this Navi proved devious.

[Blackhook]

"This one huh? Well I guess that these three are useless then"
Jupiter was about to slay the three Navis, but was stopped by Wombat Man.
"How impatient, you seem short tempered and wild. I think it will be hard to capture you alive, I hope you can survive without your arms and legs"
Said Jupiter coldly, then proceeded to slash at Wombat Man with his Elec sword.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

Going back into the SciLab network, Crux saw several security navis scattered about on the floor, all of whom were beaten badly.

"Home sweet home, eh? Wonder what the noise is this time."

"Hey, Crux. Look there."

Crux saw two navis fighting each other. One, in the image of a wombat; the other, a knightly-looking fellow who looked formidably agile. Neither Rankine nor Crux knew either of them.

"Is it the feral one that did this?"

"Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to navis."

Crux rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe I oughta ask them?"

"That's a stupid idea."

"Better than letting the bastard what ruined the peace win over the other navi."

Rankine remained silent for a moment. "Yeah, I suppose that's a better idea than any."

Crux walked over to the two navis, staying a distance away from them. "Hey, might I know which of you wants to... destroy SciLab... or something?"

[Solar]

Somewhere near Scilab a shadowy figure could be seen.

"So those amateurs are attacking here? Well, maybe this will make my work easier."

(Ok, I'm saying that but I'm not sure what to do )

[Blackhook]

Going back into the SciLab network, Crux saw several security navis scattered about on the floor, all of whom were beaten badly.

"Home sweet home, eh? Wonder what the noise is this time."

"Hey, Crux. Look there."

Crux saw two navis fighting each other. One, in the image of a wombat; the other, a knightly-looking fellow who looked formidably agile. Neither Rankine nor Crux knew either of them.

"Is it the feral one that did this?"

"Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to navis."

Crux rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe I oughta ask them?"

"That's a stupid idea."

"Better than letting the bastard what ruined the peace win over the other navi."

Rankine remained silent for a moment. "Yeah, I suppose that's a better idea than any."

Crux walked over to the two navis, staying a distance away from them. "Hey, might I know which of you wants to... destroy SciLab... or something?"

Jupiter looked over to the two Navis.
"Well I am certainly  not here to destroy this place"
Replied he, technically he wasn´t lying

[Black Mage J]

[Well first you need something ultra powerful, like Excalibur, or Soul Edge.]

[Mirby]

WombatMan stood surprisingly calm as the Navi proceeded to dismember him. He fell to the ground and roared, and suddenly data spiraled into him and repaired his wounds. "Pretty neat feature, huh? POWER MODE!" He started to glow gold, and two LifeSwrds appeared in his newly reformed hands. He slashed viciously at the Navi with them.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

"Okay, well, which one of you did..." Crux pointed to the beaten navis "...that?"

[Black Mage J]

"That would be me" Crusader stepped into the area where they were all conversing and fighting. He stepped between Jupiter and Wombatman, stopping his attack with his blade, "Pleased to meet you and your op" Tryn hacked into Wombat's P.E.T. Revealing her operator.
"But I must first face, you" He pointed over to Crux "If you want to fight me later, go ahead."

[Blackhook]

"Seems I got lucky, I didn´t have to use "Jupiter´s child", thank you mister but I can take this alone!"
Jupiter fired a paralyzing thunder beam at Wombat Man, who wasn´t able to dodge after Crusader stopped his PA. Jupiter came closer and grabbed Wombat Man´s head, electricity still comming from his hand.

[Mirby]

"Uhh... Talyn, this is not good..."

"I can see that... we might need to try that new thing..."

"I... can't seem... tooo... move....""

"Screw it... maybe the new modes stabilized the bugs somewhat..."

"You... you can't..."

"Yes, do it. It may be your only way out..."

"Fine... ACTIVATE... BERSERK MODE!" Energy radiated out from his body, and the electricity flowed into him, causing him to grow even stronger. BugFrags started to flow into him, and he grew in size and power. The other Navis took a step back. "Grrr.... RAAAWRRRR!!!!" he roared. He, in fact, was beginning to resemble the fabled Cybeast, Gregar.

"C'mon... don't let it take control..." Taylor whispered, almost in prayer... "Don't let it take control at all..."

"Grr...." A reddish tint almost began to completely obscure WombatMan's eyes, but the whispered words reached him, and they cleared up. He was still in Berserk Mode, but this time, he was in full control. "RRRRR.... Thank you, Talyn..." With a mighty swipe of his claws, and a powerful roar, he went to attack his foes. Nothing could stop him in this mode.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

"You again. You have something very important and it belongs to me." Crux was about to give Crusader a piece of his mind when the wombat navi started to, well, go berserk.

Crux backed away some distance, trying to figure out what to do.

[Mirby]

Taylor looked down at the PET, and noticed something off... "Wait..." She investigated further and realized something, something that made her blood chill a bit... "I've... been hacked... My identity... is compromised... WOMBATMAN! DELETE THESE NAVIS!"

"Fine by me!" he roared. He spewed out damaging breath right at the foes...

[Solar]

While everyone was busy fighting each other, a cloaked netnavi had entered Scilab's network.

"Well, looks like they took care of security. Now I just have to go find that program."

[Black Mage J]

"Berzerk is nothing compared to rager" Crusader closed his eyes, blue energy spiraling from his blade. He ran towards the opponent, "Program advance! LIFE SWORD!" Crusader swung with complete precision as the blade cut apart Wombat man's left arm and leg. "Hmm, your an interesting girl, you know. I despise seeing girls cry, but I'm afraid you and your navi might be of use, I promise not to hurt you."  Tryn looked over to Jupiter, "Capture him, now" He then looked over to Crux "Promise to keep quiet"

[Mirby]

BugFrags flew to the wounded spot, and reformed the arm and leg. "You think you can stop me? The benefit of this mode is I can use any other mode with it!" Suddenly, wings sprouted and WombatMan took to the cyber-air! "FLIGHT MODE!" Due to the bug power, the wings resembled those of the great Cybeast Falzar. He released a mighty roar, and a fireball flew from his mouth.

"What do you want with us? You've destroyed this place; how the hell can I trust you? You're just an evil man with an evil agenda, as far as I'm concerned!" Taylor screamed. She scanned in several chips as fast as she could, and even more BugFrags flew into WombatMan. He started to glow golden.

"What? Power Mode as well? So be it!" he growled. "Elemental Breath!" he growled. Heat, aqua, wood, elec, all the elements combined in a massive spray that blinded the foes and rained devastation upon them. The golden sheen took a metallic quality upon it. "All modes? Even better... FINAL MODE!"

"Umm... WombatMan? Your... your power is rising exponentially... I... I don't think the Net can take it..."

The whole Net started shaking, and the ground beneath the enemy Navis gave way, and crumbled in upon itself. WombatMan reverted to his normal self, and was promptly jacked out. Taylor ran inside SciLab to look for her father in the midst of the commotion.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

"Oh, eat a dick. Acting all smug and stuff just cause you have that chip..."

Just when it seemed that Crusader had subdued the wombat navi, he recovered from his injuries and sprouted wings, much like Falzar, and started attacking the other two with even greater furor. The network began to disintergrate shortly after.

"Crux! You have to jack out! NOW!"

The floor had completely disintegrated, and Crux fell through, unable to jack out in time.

[Black Mage J]

"Wow, that was unexpected" Crusader logged out as the rest did. Meanwhile Tryn was inside Scilab, acting like a concerned visitor, he went up to a scientist. "Sir, did you see those navi's?! They practically deleted my navi!"

[Mirby]

"Where is he..." Taylor mumbled, looking through the mess...

"E-Mail! It's from your dad. It says that he managed to escape, and that you should too!" WombatMan said.

"Yeah, probably a good idea." She ran out, and bumped into someone talking to a scientist, complaining about Navis attacking. "Sorry 'bout that!" She ran out and headed for home. "How does he do that... is Dad a ninja or something?"

Upon arrival to her home, her mom stopped her. "And just where were you, young lady?" she asked, accusingly.

"Umm... I went for a walk..."

"At this time of night? Are you sure you didn't go see your dad?"

"Umm... yeah, I didn't see him... He's not here?"

"No, he left for work, and I haven't seen him since. On top of that, the SciLab network is in shambles! And I think I know who did it..."

"Gotta go, sleep calling!" Taylor ran down the hall into her room and locked the door.

[Black Mage J]

While Tryn was talking to the scientist, he slipped inside his vest, acting like he bumped into him from all the confusion,grabbing his key card and making his escape. "Crusader, email"
"To whom?"
"The woman I hacked, she looked familiar, maybe she's been in the netbattle streets?"
"Possibly, what should I write?"
"Dear woman,
I understand that your navi is quite powerful, so now your my enemy. To think I could have such a cute girl trying to foul my plans! I shall see you soon, Taylor Lyn."

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

"...wha..."

"GODDAMMIT SPECTRO ARE YOU LISTENING?"

"Who is that? Rankine?"

"Yes, it's me! I need your help!"

Rankine was yelling at a navi, slumped on the floor somewhere in the town network. He wore tattered ballistic armor and a bubble helmet, which had a large crack in front, revealing an eerie, glowing blue eye.

"I'm busy," said Spectro, turning to his side.

"NO 'I'm busy'! You owe me!"

"For what?"

"For the little white lie I told the Net Officials about how you weren't the one that blew up half the town network seven months ago."

"Oh, that..." Spectro's speech was barely coherent, his words slurred as if drunken. "Whaddaya want?"

"I lost Crux in a criminal attack against SciLab, and he's probably lost in the Undernet."

"Oh, why is it you always come to me whenever the Undernet comes up?"

"Because you're the only one who can make it through there without being deleted/taken prisoner."

"True, true... but can't Crux do that, too?"

"I told you I LOST HIM!"

"Oh, right... Well, then..." Spectro slowly got up. "Lead the way, boss man."

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Meanwhile, in the Undernet, Crux finally came to, and looked around for any clue as to where he might be. It was a dark and menacing place, with all sorts of suspicious navis walking about.

"Oh, geez... Is this the Undernet?"

[Mirby]

"Talyn?"

"Yeah, WombatMan?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Umm... sure..."

"What if one of the Navis I dumped into the Undernet wasn't bad?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because one of them wasn't really attacking me."

"Oh, I see..."

"Yeah, so... I think I'm gonna go look for him."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Jack me in!"

"Okay! JACK IN! WOMBATMAN! EXECUTE! I hope you know what you're doing..."

"With you operating, I think I should be able to survive..." He made his way to the Undernet to look for the fallen Navi. The PET blinked.

"An e-mail? Who could it be from?" Taylor opened it.

"Dear woman,
I understand that your navi is quite powerful, so now your my enemy. To think I could have such a cute girl trying to foul my plans! I shall see you soon, Taylor Lyn."

"Spelling and capitalization errors... but still... this is not good. WombatMan! Be careful! We seem to have made enemies with someone in that battle!"

"Yes, ma'am! I'm almost to the Undernet!"

[Solar]

Somewhere in the Scilab network before all of that destruction...

"Data download complete, mission succeeded," said the cloaked navi.

"That was easier than expected. Jack out and lets return to the base," replied the operator.

The navi then jacked out.

Back at "the base"...

"Here is what you wanted, just remember to keep your end of the deal when this is all over."

"Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. By the way, I heard that new organization was there too."

"Oh yeah, they made my job easier. Should something be done about them?"

"Not now, lets wait and see what they do."