Elmer Studios presents... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode 120 sees the Voice's efforts to find fresh meat hit new heights of weirdness with a Digimon/Megaman X crossover. Yeah. Megaman X is copyright Capcom Digimon is copyright Fox Kids/Bandai Digiman is copyright Wanderer D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [The scene - a well furnished apartment, with two couches in an L formation in front of a large cabinet that includes a wide-screen TV and video recorder. The apartment has a few doors to who-knows-where, and a small kitchenette. A coffee table sits in front of the two couches, and a desk, home to a well-equipped PC sits off to one side. There are two Silver Mallies resting on the bench in front of the kitchenette.] [Rick, Tsuneo and Rebecca enter] Rick: But I actually found it. Rebecca: Found what? Rick: That web comic Dan said he'd do. Tsuneo: You mean, was threatening to do? Rick: It looked like "The worst of Stick Figure Theatre" or something like that. Tsuneo: Gruesome. Rebecca: I'd watch it if I were you guys. Last I heard he was looking for help with it. Rick: Say, um... I think I'll go find a substitute. Tsuneo: I'll join you. [Dan enters] Dan: Hi guys! Rebecca: You're in a disgustingly cheery mood today. Dan: Why wouldn't I be? [Rebecca opens her mouth to speak. Tsuneo shoots her a dirty look and she shuts up.] Rick: So what is it. Dan: My webcomic! It's a hit! I've established a cult base. Rebecca: Those fans of yours mistook it for an old 8-bit game. Dan: Well, I will admit that its sole, minor failing is the artwork is slightly below average. Rick: [To Rebecca] Did he just admit a flaw? Rebecca: [To Rick] It should be a calendar event. Tsuneo: Only slightly? Dan: Well, I was thinking I could get some help with the artwork. Tsuneo: So who were you going to ask? [Rick and Rebecca step back. Tsuneo glances around and notices that he's the only one standing near Dan, who places a hand on his shoulder] Dan: Buddy... Tsuneo: Uh-oh. Dan: Come on, I've seen some of your doodles. Tsuneo: Those "doodles" took me hours each. Dan: You'd make a great web artist. Tsuneo: As if I'd have the time for it. Dan: Nah, it's just a few hours a day. Tsuneo: Well why don't you ask Rick? He's a professional artist. Dan: Yeah, but that just means he'll do nothing for a month, give me some rushed pages and expect to be paid. Tsuneo: Sorry, I'm not going to help you. Dan: Please! The comic's finished without your help! Rebecca: Dan, nothing could save your comic. Dan: It can improve! Rick: You haven't even updated for two weeks. Dan: I did... It's just this week's comic is a lot like last week's. Tsuneo: Give it up. I'm not going to help you, and I can't imagine who else you could rope into doing it. Voice: Greetings- Dan: Ah, Voice, I was wondering if- Voice: No. Dan: But you don't even- Voice: No. Dan: Please? Voice: NO! Tsuneo: Give up. Zemus isn't going to help you. Voice: What did he call me? Rebecca: Forget it. Can we get this over with? Voice: Right. Well... Um, today you've got a Digimon/Megaman X crossover- All: WHAT? Voice: hey, I don't make these things up, you know. Rick: I dunno, we've got a bet going. Voice: ANYWAY it's entitled "Digiman." [They sit - Dan and Tsuneo facing the TV, Rebecca and Rick on the sideways couch.] Tsuneo: You think they could've at least come up with a better title. [The TV switches on] >Digiman (I'm gonna change it! I swear!) Rick: Well, it's already out so it's a bit too late... >By Wanderer D >---------------------------- >The usual Disclaimers Apply. >---------------------------- Tsuneo: And fortunately, we don't get to see them this time. >Things to take into account, Dan: Magnet made of iron, lobster made of meat. >This is a possibility of the time Matt deserted the group after >talking to Cherrymon and the fight with Tai. > >We are assuming that the Digiworld is not only linked with the >Digidestined world. Rebecca: It's also linked to several cheesy flash animations, a few lists, a broken link and at least one pr0n site. Rick: You said pr0n. Rebecca: Damn. >We are also assuming that time passes faster in X's universe. >(48 hours Digiworld = 302400 hours aprox. X's universe) Tsuneo: Except that the Digiworld isn't a separate parallel world, it's a connected world. Just like the wired in Lain. Rebecca: Now there's a scary thought. Rick: What, a Lain/Digimon crossover? Rebecca: No, a Lain/anything crossover. >We are *also* assuming that more than one generation of robots passes >between each of the Megaman X manga and games. Rick: we're also assuming the world is flat and made out of cheese. Hope you don't mind. >I don't know if that was the plan, but the Digidestined act way more >mature than they should at their age, so I'm taking advantage of that. Rick: I think it's something to do with their lives being constantly in danger. >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >End Notes >--------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick: What? No witty disclaimer? I feel cheated. Dan: What do you want, Mimi riding around in EVA-02, terrorising Dr Wily? Tsuneo: Don't. You'll give them ideas. >A strange looking creature ran after a blonde kid, calling his name. >Whatever could be seen of it, except for a few areas where yellow >skin could be seen, was protected by a wolf pelt covering its body and >face with a horn sticking out of the forehead. It also had a reptile's >tail instead of a dog's and it walked on it's two back feet. Rick: You know, I've never been able to shake the image of Gabumon naked from that one episode. Tsuneo: Thanks for that, Rick. I'll be haunted by that for the rest of my life. >Matt! Wait!" Gabumon yelled at his friend. Dan: [Gabumon] Where are you going? Tsuneo: [Matt] I'm getting out of this crappy fanfic before I get run down by a disclaimer. >"What?" Dan [Gabumon]: You forgot your spare underpants. >"You can't leave ME behind!" > >Matt stumbled to a stop and Gabumon immediately regretted his words. > >"Matt, I- I'm going to be with you all the time. No matter what. You >are my friend!" > >Matt smiled slightly at Gabumon. "Thank you, Gabumon. I don't know >what I'd do without you!" Tsuneo: Get beat up by monsters? Rebecca: Be less marketable? Rick: Be much less than second banana on the show? >Both walked all afternoon deeper into the forest, not really paying >attention to their surroundings, Rick: [Matt] Lalala, off we go, wandering into certain peril. >and stopped only when they were tired. Tsuneo: I guess that makes sense. >After making a small campfire, Matt sat back-to-back with Gabumon Tsuneo: [Matt] Is that some kind of spiny ridge underneath your fur? Dan: [Gabumon] That? That's for the atomic breath. >and pulled out his harmonica. > >Gabumon drifted to sleep with the soothing sound of Matt's music. >Matt, after a few more minutes playing, also drifted of to sleep. >*** > >Dr. Wily tapped at his computer furiously. Dan [Wily]: Take zat, stupid computer! >His latest, meanest, best and downright masterpiece was lacking... Rick: [Dr. Wily] A themed level and a square room! What kind of level can I work up for Tape Man? Rebecca: How mean was this new robot? Why, it was almost as mean as Wood Man. >a soul, so to speak. What >Wily needed was a computerized soul for Project Zero. Dan: Any reason? Rebecca: Roll's nicked off with everything else he's installed in them. >There had been some developers working on that, most prominent among >them his nemesis, Dr. Light. Rick: Dr Light, Genius scientist and Mall Santa. Rebecca: He's expecting to have an artificial soul in Beta release by the end of the month. Dan: Beta Release? Rebecca: Yeah. Unfortunately, it still crashes to Eternal Damnation. >Almost everything else was finished, the armor itself was strong >enough to whistand the combined fire power of all his previous >inventions, Tsuneo: Why yes, it's tough enough to even resist *Bubble Lead.* >yet it was also very thin, and weighed almost nothing. Rebecca: His new armour has a slimming effect. Tsuneo: It could be easily moulded into shape, and came in five fashionable colours. >Project Zero would also have a strength that would put to shame >heavy duty construction units for generations to come. Rick: I bet it still takes three hour lunchbreaks. >It was faster too, Dan: He has the technology. He can make you faster, stronger, better... Tsuneo: And still have a repetitive attack pattern. >and he had loaded practically every weapons program he could >manage to find. Rebecca: It's got the Boomerang Fish, even. Tsuneo: Pity it didn't have the weapons themselves... >The only problem would be a versatile 'soul'. Dan: Not just any soul, but a multi-function, high-tech, multi-tasking, triple-redundant versatile one. Tsuneo: What does he mean by a 'soul' anyway? Rebecca: I think he's referring to an AI program or suchlike. Rick: Easy. Just have it fire one weapon, fire another weapon, then jump backwards. What's so hard about that? >So, Wily was, for lack of a better word, hacking into the cyberworld Rick: Wily is l33t. Tsuneo: About as much as a stunned slug. >where he would be able to access the database from the... Tsuneo: So what, he expects to find an AI program just waiting for him? Dan: Nah, he's taking a porn break. >"What the?!" Wily exclaimed as he ran a program to check what he had >found. "Can it be? It IS!" Dan: Dr Light's secret stash! >Wily jumped up and down, dancing around the room before stopping and >doing a victory sign towards his PC. Rebecca: The pelvic thrusts were a bit much. Tsuneo: Uh, Wily? Settle down. Rebecca: He always gets like this when he's excited. How else do you explain Hard Man? Tsuneo: Never mention Hard Man again. >"A whole human mentality, attitude, personality, skills and... Dan: [Dr. Wily] His own gimmick weapon for Megaman to steal! >if what I'm reading is correct, Rick: Acne! >this program will allow my masterpiece to be almost human! Dan: Only with super neat-o powers, an unstoppable arsenal and near immortality! Rebecca: He hasn't hacked an artificial intelligence, he's reading Undocumented Features! >Pity about the soul, though." Wily smiled, it would >have been great to have a human's soul transferred into Project Zero, Tsuneo: True mad science at its best. >but the scientists wouldn't hear about it and he didn't have the >knowledge to do it himself. Dan: So he went ahead and did it anyway. >He looked a little deeper into the program and noticed that it came >complete with a face! Rick: It looked like a younger Bruce Boxleitner to boot. >Hmm... a little young looking, but it was to be >expected from the genius who had made it. Dan: How does he figure that? Rebecca: He thinks it came from a fourteen year old hacker idiot. >He would have to agree that a kid would be easier to handle. Tsuneo: Now there's famous last words for you. Rebecca: Any arguments? Go ask the Tracke about dealing with kids, and then say that to us. >He would have to make it age a little. Rick: Maybe leave it in his cellar for a few years. >He experimented with the face for a while. Tsuneo: Dr Wily, Evil Plastic Surgeon. >"There. Now, looks done, let's start with the serious stuff!" Dan: The hair. Rebecca: Only an idiot would have come up with a look like that. Tsuneo: Hey, what about you? Your's must go down beyond your waist at least. Rebecca: Ah, but my hair obeys the laws of physics. >Smiling in joy he started downloading and erasing the program so >that his enemies wouldn't get their hands on it. Rebecca: Shouldn't he be worried about where it came from or who made it? Dan: Well the cool thing is, it's in character for him to be this blind and idiotic. >He found a protective program, but that was easily bypassed. Dan: [Gabumon] Hey, I resent that! >*** >"Arghh!" > >Gabumon woke up with Matt's scream of pain. Dan: What happened? Rebecca: Someone told him about all the slash fics out there about him and Tai. [They all shudder] >"Matt?!" Gabumon looked in horror as Matt fell to the ground, >slowly fading from view. He started becoming transparent, then his >hands disappeared, followed up by every other part of his body. Dan: [Gabumon] Again we see the advantages of computer animation. Tsuneo: [Matt] Shut up and help me! >Gabumon jumped and tried to grab Matt, but some kind of invisible wall >prevented him from reaching his friend. Rick: It's there to stop players driving off across the countryside. >The last thing he was able >to see was the confusion and pain in Matt's eyes as his body faded >from view completely. Dan: I'd be confused if I'd just lost my favourite bits. Rebecca: You wouldn't miss them. >"MATT! MATT!" Gabumon wailed looking around for his friend. When he >finally discovered Matt's Digivice and harmonica lying on the ground, Tsuneo: But nothing else? Rick: Matt had ther decency to take his clothes with him. Tsuneo: So why did he loose those things? Rick: Plot oversight. >he fell to his knees and hands crying openly for his friend. Rick [Gabumon]: Damn you! You destroyed it all! You fools! Tsuneo: It takes a big Digimon to openly weep. >After a few minutes he stood up and cleaned his eyes with the back >of his arm, then turned around walking towards Puppetmon's house, >and back to the other Digidestined. > >He could find Matt with his Digivice, but he would need the other's >help. > >*** > >"I don't want to fight anymore," Mimi told the others. "I'm gonna >stay here." Rebecca [Mimi]: I'm going to my room and I'm never ever coming out. Dan [Tai]: We've got ice cream. Rebecca [Mimi]: Let's go. >"But we have to go to the other Dark masters!" Tai complained. > >"You are not going anywhere!" Dan: Now put down the Digivice and step away from the cute little critter. >Everyone stopped discussing as Gabumon walked into their midst, weary >and teary-eyed. The Digimon had seen better days. The obvious absence >of Matt immediately worried the others. > >"Gabumon! Where's Matt!?" Tai asked worried. Rebecca: Trying to get over his first ever Acne attack. >Gabumon was a little surprised at the very real fear in Tai's eyes. >He had supposed that Tai just put up with Matt, but it was obvious it >went much farther. Dan: He owed him money. >Matt was his friend too. Rick: And he had the bruises to prove it. >After explaining what had happened Gabumon stood up and faced the >others. > >"I don't know what happened, but I know Matt is alive, and you have to >help me get to him!" Tsuneo: So Gabumon knows how to spontaneously travel from one world to another? Rebecca: Believe. >Everyone's faces turned grim and they all nodded as one. > >"Let's go!" Tai ordered as he pulled out his Digivice, followed by the >others. Dan: Let's go, Voltron Force! >"No!" > >"What? Gabumon..." > >"Listen, you guys have to stay here and help out. I'll help Matt. Just >help me get there!" Tsuneo: And how exactly are they going to do that? Rick: They Get WarMetalGreymon to throw him. >"But..." > >"No, Mimi! You guys have a responsibility towards the Digiworld! I'm >going to get Matt back, and then we'll all free this world!" Rebecca: Of course, it'll be a lot harder to find and help him on your own... >The others didn't like the idea but it was the simple truth. Tsuneo: The truth that it makes no sense to do it this way? >And they all believed in Matt. Dan [Southern]: And ah have heard the world of the Matt! Ah believe! Halleiuea, brothers! >T.K. hugged Gabumon. "Please bring my brother back." > >Gabumon returned the hug and nodded solemnly. > >"And you guys take care of Puppetmon." >*** > >Wily uploaded the program into Project Zero's body, carefully >suppressing those parts he didn't like. Rebecca: Intelligence? >Loyalty... Good, he would be loyal to HIM. >Hmmm... Independence? As long as it didn't interfere with his >mission... He didn't want another Protoman... Rebecca: [Dr Wily] Sure, that means he's more likely to turn on me... >And so, Wily worked hard into the night and the next morning, Dan: Ahh, the joys of caffeine. >finally filtering the whole program. Rick: Reducing it to a string of BASIC commands. >He found out that this program >would be destroyed if he removed anything. HE himself couldn't >understand much of it, and he didn't dare touch this program. Dan: No messing with things you don't comprehend? And you call yourself a mad scientist. For shame. >Curiously the program auto-erased itself when it was transferred and >he couldn't make any more copies. Rick: A smarter maniacal scientist bent on world domination would get worried by now. This means that Wily's still IC. >Now to check how much time it would take for the program, energy >devices and weapons to become 100% effective... Rebecca: Loading, please wait. >*** > >34 years into X's Future: Tsuneo: So let me get this straight. Dr. Wily designs a robot body, dumps Matt into it, discovers it's going to take thirty-odd years for the whole thing to work for no discernable reason, and then locks it up and waits? Dan: He got distracted trying to design the decor on Zero Man's square room. >Zero walked through the Maverick Hunter's HQ, thinking. Tsuneo: [Zero] What did he do with my arm cannon after blasting Sigma? >"X," Zero greeted, noticing his friend already standing before the >computers. > >"Hi, Zero!" > >Zero nodded back and sat down, putting his feet on the table. Tsuneo: Hey, other people need to eat off that table. >"There's a Maverick raid again, this time on the city. The difference >is that it seems to be an organized raid." Dr. Cain's voice informed >them. Dan: Those wacky mavericks always start by trashing a major city. Rick: Sure thing, Zordon. >"That means..." X started Rebecca: Power-ups! >"That something or rather someone -we know who it probably is- is >controlling them." Zero finished grimly. Tsuneo: [Zero] Let me guess, Sigma's come back from the dead and is raising an army of mavericks to wipe out humanity again. Rick: [X] At least it isn't Dr. Wily anymore. Tsuneo [Zero]: So, how long till I die in your arms this time? Rick [X]: You doing anything after lunch? >"Well," he muttered as he stood up, "there's only one way to find out." Rebecca: [Zero] To the themed levels! >*** > >Both fighters materialized in the middle of the city. Dan: Then the guy with them got whacked by a thrown Klingon knife. >The Mavericks >had gone outwards destroying everything and everyone that stood in >their way. Rick: Curiously, they left Mr Yummy's Hot Dog Cart still standing. Rebecca: ...Save for this one profound reminder of this tragedy, a battered child's teddy bear. >"I'll go South-East, you go North-West!" He told X, Rick: [X] But they're all to the south-east. Tsuneo: [Zero] We'll always remember you. >who nodded and left. > >*** > >X blasted through both Mavericks, their spiked balls falling around >in a mess. Rebecca: You clean that up, young man! >He suddenly noticed a monitor glowing softly. As he >approached, a sixth sense warned him Dan: He read the Walkthrough. >and he immediately ducked and >rolled, turning around with his Mega Blaster pointing at the general >direction of the blast. Tsuneo: "I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!" [They all look at him] Well it's been so long... >"Well, if it isn't the famous X," A voice remarked with evident >boredom. Rebecca: Come on, put more into it! Rick: [Voice] Are you kidding? I'm jsut an extra. I'm not being paid enough to actually try. >"Come on out!" X shouted angrily. Rick: [Voice] Ooh, the little girly-robot's yelling at me. Ooh, I'm scared. >The figure that crossed the door looked like a mixture of a human-like >Reploid and a rat, Dan: Along with a bit of lawnmower and Gary Coleman's torso. >with impressive incisors and a tail pointed by some >kind of gun. Rick: ...So the gun is pointing a tail at X? >"I'm Spray Rat! And you are mine!" Rick: [X] So what exactly do you spray? Rebecca: Goodnight everybody! >Spray Rat shouted and fired a stream of acid that X was almost unable >to evade. Tsuneo: So he *could* evade it then? Rick: [Shrugs] Well, yeah... >X dashed under the stream and charged his Mega Blaster. When he was >just infront of Spray Rat, he let loose, sending the later flying and >crashing into a console. Rick: Of course, the fight's a lot easier if you have the Leaf Shield. Don't know why, it just is. >Spray Rat got up. Tsuneo: And jumped backwards. >"Teethclasp!" Dan: ...Now this sounds like a Pokemon fight scene. >The Maverick jumped at X and just as he was about to sink his teeth >at the surprised Hunter, the computer monitor X had noticed glowing >gave off a flash of light and something materialized infront of it. Rick: ...Damn, I think we've done our Tron joke for the day. Rebecca: In the meantime, Spray'd sunk his choppers into him. >X ignored the strange dog-like creature and blasted Spray Rat to >pieces, blowing it's head right off. Tsuneo: Well that was easy. Dan: That's because he'd gotten the Metal Blade. Metal Blade rocks. >X turned around when he heard a gasp and was just able to see the >strange creature disappear around a corner. Rebecca: He wasn't too sure, but he thought it looked like an orange beachball with feet. >As he was about to check it out, he heard his radio channel opening. > >"X, our work here is done! Let's go back to base and see what we >got!" Dan [Zero]: I got all kinds of neat stuff, you? Rick [X]: I got rat brains all over me. >"Roger!" > >Before leaving he absorbed SprayRat's spray gun into his weaponry, Dan: Say, what do you get from Spray Rat? Rebecca: Bubonic plague. >but, as he did it, he noticed something shining on the ground. > >Walking towards it, he picked the small metal object and looked at >it for a moment. Rick: And what are you meant to do with a five cent coin these days? >Shrugging, he threw it into the air and caught it >before teleporting back to base. > >*** > >"And then, just before leaving, I found this on the ground," X >finished. Rebecca: Rat turds? >Cain looked at the harmonica on the table. "Do you know what that >is, X?" > >"A... harmonica?" Zero asked as he picked it up. Dan: So what powerup does that provide you with? Rick: You can do the blues. >Cain nodded, then turned his attention to X. "Indeed. I hadn't seen >one in more than 40 years! Ever since computers started playing all >instruments Dan: And since then, all we've gotten is remixes of old NES themes and variations on All Your Base. >there haven't been people who bothered to master its play-" > >The Dr. was interrupted by Zero, as he played a soft tune that sounded >sorrowful and hopeful. Rebecca: It's the happy, upbeat blues. Dan: You were tapping your foot in time. Rebecca: Was not. >It was a beautiful little piece, and both he and >X waited until Zero was finished before clapping appreciatively. Tsuneo: Can't have been much of a clap with only one hand. Rebecca: He tries. >"Zero! I didn't know you could play so proficiently!" The good doctor >applauded. X merely nodded in surprise. Rick [X]: You play surprisingly well for someone with no lungs. >"I didn't know, either," Zero confessed as he looked down at the small >instrument as if it had the fault. Rebecca [Harmonica]: Not me. >*** > >Under the city, Gabumon finally stopped running blindly. It seemed >that creature (he somehow didn't think it was human even if it looked >the part!) wouldn't be following him. > >Sighing in relief at avoiding a fight with someone who would blow >their enemies head without a second thought he took stock. >Matt's Digivice... check. >Matt's tag... check. >Matt's harmonica... >... >Oh, damn. Tsuneo: Hang on, earlier they said that only Matt's harmonica and Digivice were left behind. Rebecca: Right. Tsuneo: But now he's got Matt's tag as well. Rebecca: Right. Tsuneo: When did he get it? >"Matt is gonna kill me!" Rick: He'll skin you alive. Tsuneo: Urk. Gabumon naked again. >Gabumon quickly returned to normal. "Ok, first things first; I have to >find Matt. And that means you." He took out the Digivice. > >"Please, oh, please let me find Matt!" Rebecca [Gabumon]: And a tree. I do so need a tree. [Tsuneo hits her with a cushion] >*** > >"Sheesh! One would think that at the rate they're making weapons they >would've done something to keep the sewers clean!" Rebecca: They budgeted more or defence then public works. Again. >Muttered a human looking reploid with a yellow helmet. > >"You don't know the half of it, partner! At least you don't have to >smell it like I do!" Dan [Worker]: Worst thing is, this sewer smells like shit. Rick: Well, obviously. >responded the man standing next to it. "Good thing >I left my lunch outside." > >The two climbed up a metal stair out of the sewers. Dan [Worker]: You know what's the worst part of this job? Those big talking turtles. >They cleaned themselves and took off their overall uniforms. > >The human sat down on the sidewalk and opened his launch box, Dan: What does a launch box do? Rick: It lets Megaman fire sandwitches at people. >taking out >a huge subway-style sandwich. Rick: As opposed to an Overhead-Rail sandwich, I guess. >As he was about to dig in, he heard a kid's voice next to him. > >"Wow! That's a big sandwich! I bet it tastes delicious!" > >"Beat it, kid. This is not for you!" Dan: Hey, you watch it. You're answering back to Megaman. >"Not even a tiny bite?" The voice insisted. > >"No. Look here," The man turned around to face the little pest. Only to >find himself staring at a dog-lizard-mix creature with the meanest fangs >he had seen in his life. Dan: Well there's something you don't see every day. Rick: What, Gabumon? Dan: No, a construction worker taking note of anything but passing women. >Letting the sandwich drop, the man screamed and ran away. Tsuneo: You'd think with all the whacked looking reploids, not to mention things like the green eyeball thing and the little miner robots, Gabumon wouldn't stand out. >"Wait! Don't you want your sandwich? Guess not." > >When his stomach grumbled, Gabumon dropped all pretense and dug in. Dan: When in doubt, pig out. >*** > >X opened the door to the roof of HQ where Zero sat, back against the >wall, and playing that harmonica. Rick: [X] Since you found that thing, all you do is mope. >The music echoed through the street as the melody unfurled. > >Zero had appropriated the harmonica and spent almost every minute of >his free time playing it. Dan: Even during Maverick attacks? Rebecca: Yeah, but he looks pretty stupid. >Ever since that last attack, there hadn't been any more raids for almost >two weeks, and Dr. Cain believed that Spray Rat had probably been a left >over from the war with the Reploid Army. Rebecca: And there's nothing more disgusting then leftover rat. >X waited until his friend had finished before walking up to him. When >he was near enough, he noticed Zero had a lost look on his face and >was just finishing one of his latest sighs. > >"Hey, Zero!" Rick: [X] I always wondered why you were named Zero if you were built after the original Megaman. Tsuneo: [Zero] Dr. Light can't count. >Zero looked up a little surprised, then nodded. "Hey, X. How's it >going?" Tsuneo: [Zero] I got the blues, real bad. >"Couldn't be any better!" X answered cheerfully. He crossed his arms >and reclined on the wall looking down at the city below. > >"You seem awfully cheerful today." Rick: [X] Dr. Wily built me with this stupid grin on my face, and I can't get rid of it! >X nodded before answering. "Yeah! It seems we won't need to fight! >We haven't heard anything from the Mavericks other than that raid >two weeks ago!" Rick: But what about Iceman and Goose? >"Geez! You sound like Mimi!" Zero blurted out. Rebecca: Looks a lot like her too. >"Who?" > >"I... I don't know..." Rick: [X] Okay, Zero's losing it. >X looked at his friend worriedly. Rebecca [X]: How does he get his hair to do that? >Zero had told him about those >nightmares he had had about the weird Doctor, and he hoped his friend >was okay. Rick: He sees Dr Wily in his dreams. Of course he's not okay. Dan: Uh, don't they know who Dr Wily is in the future? He was only one of the greatest evil geniuses of all time. >*** > >Gabumon ran around the city trying to avoid people. Rick: The Gabumon isn't much of a social creature. Beautiful plumage though. >The Digivice had >pointed to this building, and just a few minutes ago, he had heard >Matt's harmonica! Rebecca: And then seen Zebra go flying out the window. >It couldn't be any doubt that it was Matt who was >playing it. It was his feelings that could be heard, lonely but >hopeful. Dan: Did it occur to him that there might be someone else who can play the harmonica like that? >"Matt..." > >Gabumon couldn't fail to be relieved. Rebecca: Thanks to the handy fire hydrant. >He hadn't seen Matt in two weeks, Dan: [Gabumon] Boy, am I lost! >and his link to his friend had only strengthened this last few days. > >Gabumon looked around the building for a good way in. Rick: How about the door with the big neion sign over it saying "Secret Entrance?" >It was a >fortress, and, when he was about to give up, he found a small >window. Rick: The old "impenetrable fortress with the front door wide open" trick. >With a little pushing and struggling, he was able to get inside. >Once inside, he found himself in a broom closet. Tsuneo: Okay, anyone here ever heard of a broom closet with a window? [Pause] Thought not. >Opening the door >a crack, he spied through it, then eased his way out, carefully >closing the door after him. Dan: [Reploid] Heya, Bob? Rick: [Reploid] What, Billy? Dan: [Reploid] Did you just see a little blue dog thing go by? Rick: [Reploid] What, a yellow lizard thing with a horn and a dog skin on it's back? Dan: [Reploid] Yee-up. Rick: [Reploid] Nope. Dan: [Reploid] Me neither. >*** > >Their silent alarms went off suddenly. Dan: 'Course, no-one noticed since they're silent. >X and Zero looked at each other in surprise before running to command >center, followed by a few other hunters. Rebecca: There are more of them? What do they all do? Rick: Get blown up in the opening sequence. >"What is it?!" Zero demanded once everyone quieted down. Tsuneo: A crappy crossover. >"We have found an operating Maverick base, and it's full of Nukes!" >Dr. Cain informed them. Dan: No, wait, that's just Tango's house. Rebecca: Where is this base, a log cabin in Montana? Tsuneo: [Dr. Cain] Oh yeah, and Sigma's come back from the dead again. Rick: [X] Hey Zero, are you and him related? >This aroused a few murmurs through the ranks, but nobody panicked. Rebecca: [Reploid] I mustn't panic, I mustn't panic... AACK! >They were here to protect this world, and it's inhabitants, and that's >what they would do. Rick: It wouldn't be much of a video game otherwise. Dan: Just for once, I'd like to play as the bad guys. >"We attack tonight, it is my belief that they haven't found out that >we know about them. Dan [Reploid]: So they don't know that we know that they know? Rick [Dr. Cain]: Don't think about it. >You are the only ones who know about this, don't >tell the other units. We don't need panic if some people happen to >hear about it." Tsuneo: So... They're not to tell other units on their side... In case the civilians panic? Rick [Dr. Cain]: Don't think about that either. >Everyone present nodded. Rebecca: That's right, just smile and nod. >As they left Zero was stopped by one of his fellow Hunters, a black >armored hawk-helmed female Reploid known as Black Peregrin, Rebecca: Cousin of Jade Falcon. >a recent >addition to the team, along with Ice Lynx, a Lynx-human Reploid. Dan: Lynxara in a surprise cameo. Rebecca: Ice Lynx had been called in at the last minute to replace Golf Lynx. >"Hey, Zero. The guys asked me to tell you that they would like >to hear you play that harmonica of yours, if you don't mind." Tsuneo: [Zero] I'd love to, but we're in the middle of a world-threatening crisis here. >Zero nodded, smiling lightly. Tsuneo: [Zero] Won't they ever leave me alone? >*** >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Gabumon hid behind another door as two more robots ran past him. Rebecca: Don't they have any security cameras in this place? Hasn't anyone noticed that there's a dog thing running loose in their base? >"Did you hear what Peregrin said? Zero's gonna play the harmonica!" Dan: [Reploid] Cool! What's a harmonica? >Gabumon stiffened at that, and listened closely. > >"He did? Cool! He's a superb player! Let's go! Where is it?" Rick: at least he's got his priorities straight. >"Follow me!" > >Gabumon marked the two robots' smell and after a few seconds ran out >the door following them. Dan: [Reploid] Heya, Bob? Rick: [Reploid] What, Billy? Dan: [Reploid] Is there a little blue dog thing go by? Rick: [Reploid] What, a yellow lizard thing with a horn and a dog skin on it's back carrying a small computer-like device? Dan: [Reploid] Yee-up. Rick: [Reploid] Nope. Dan: [Reploid] Thought not. >Either this Zero played the harmonica just like Matt, or he knew >where Matt was, or it was a nickname for his friend. Tsuneo: Or it could be any one of the millions of people across the world who play the harmonica. Your choice. >*** > >Zero scratched the back of his head absently, as he looked at his >harmonica. Dan [Zero]: Nope, never seen it before in my life. Tsuneo: [Zero] Where did you say you got it? Rick: [X] I beat up Jazz Frog for it. >Leaving his helmet behind, Tsuneo: Um, that's not a helmet. Rick: [Zero] AARGH, my circuitry's exposed! >and pushing his hair back in a ponytail, Dan: In other words, like it always is. Rebecca: Remind me, why do robots have hair? Rick: You're asking about one designed by Dr. Wily? Rebecca: Silly me. >he left his room and walked towards the general conference room, where >he had agreed with Peregrin to play. Tsuneo: [Zero] How did I get talked in to this? Rick: [X] I'll explain later. >When he opened the door for the podium, a large sweatdrop formed on the >back of his head as he noticed the amount of people. It was probably the >whole base! Rebecca: Uh, not to sound pushy, but wasn't there something you guys were meant to be dealing with, like a base full of nuclear bombs? Dan: It can wait. >He briefly wondered who was keeping watch. Dan: Nobody, from the looks of things. >Looking around he noticed the grinning X and Peregrin, making him >signals to bow to the audience and play. Rick: He's communicating in Semaphore? >Muttering to himself, he walked up the podium, and to his irritation >was the victim of a series of applause. Rebecca: Cause of death was most likely applause, time of death about two thirty in the afternoon. >He was going to kill both Peregrin and X for this! Tsuneo: Zero killing X? I guess it would be an original turn of events. >Still, he felt a little happy about all the attention for his music. Tsuneo: [Zero] I can't help but think I've forgotten something. >He put the harmonica to his lips and played a cheery melody that he >knew, somehow, by heart. Dan: It was his theme song. >It was a little strange, since he hadn't >practiced, but he soon found himself swaying with the music.(1) Rebecca: Not bad for a robot. Tsuneo: You're tapping your foot again. Rebecca: Am not. >He finished abruptly when there was a commotion from the back of the >room. Dan: A few people tried to get in without a ticket. >His concentration broken, he looked up, seeing saw a doglike >creature, that was strikingly familiar running down towards him. Rick: It's Rush! >A beam of light suddenly shot out from the creature and hit him. Rick: Okay, so it's Rush with a blaster. >Zero clasped his head and cried out in pain as memory came back to >him through the Digivice. Rick: He's re-living potty training! Tsuneo: He's going through puberty again! Dan: All those awkward first dates! Rebecca: Don't knock it until you've tried it. >Memories buried by Dr. Wily's programming came back in a flood, feelings >and fears and a lost life invaded his mind Rebecca: It's not an invasion, it's a policing action. >so suddenly that he was unable to stay standing. Tsuneo: So he took a seat instead. >X, seeing his friend fall down, ran towards him as Peregrin shouted >commands. Rebecca [Peregrin]: Format c:\! >"Get that creature! We have to know what it did to Zero!" > >Gabumon had thrown the Digivice to Matt, but he hadn't expected it to >become a ray! Rick: Ah, who can tell with those things. >He saw Zero fall down after being hit, and the robot >who had destroyed the Rat running towards him. He was going to >protect Matt when he became aware of every gun pointed at him. Dan: Eeep! Rick: It'd be worse if Roll was there. She's got everything from eight different games. She even has the Metal Blade. Dan: Metal Blade rocks. Rick: Indeed. >He began to evade and shoot his enemies, not causing much damage >against the titanium armor the troops used. Dan: It did tickle a bit, though. >However, his attacks weren't shrugged off either. Tsuneo: [Slowly] But you just said they did-n't do much dam-age. >His blue fire could break trees in half easily, Rick: And punched through reploid armour like it was made out of ice-cream. Rebecca: That's boomer armour. Rick: Same thing. >and those unfortunate soldiers that >were hit were sent sprawling or flying by the impact. Tsuneo: Okay, so your Gamma armour's going to bounce everything, but the knockback's still a killer. >As the battle raged in the background, X kneeled next to his friend >and picked up the strange device that was next to him, glowing >slightly. Rick: It's the 204X model Game Boy. >Gabumon shouted as someone's plasma bolt hit him, and at that moment, >Zero's eyes snapped open. Tsuneo: [Zero] I had this strange dream that I was a robot in a crappy fanfic... Oh, it's you. >He grabbed the Digivice from a bewildered X and stood up. Gabumon >was in trouble; he was wounded and many of the soldiers jumped >towards him. Dan: Dogpile in the middle of the ring. F**k you, WCW (R). Rick: Elmer studios DDT Digest tribute. >Zero grabbed the Digivice and shouted. Dan: By the power of Greyskull! >"Garurumon!" > >From under the pile of struggling reploids, Gabumon's voice could >be heard clearly. Rick [Gabumon]: Don't any of you guys ever wash? >"Gabumon Digivolve!" To be replaced by Garurumon's voice. "GARURUMON!" > >All the reploids flew back as the digivolved Gabumon grew into the >giant blue wolf. Wicked fangs shined white as the wolf the size of >a small car growled threateningly. Tsuneo: Well, wise-asses, now what? >To the sides, Peregrin, unaware of Zero's shout, cursed and began >charging her booster. > >Zero noticed her however. "STOP!" > >Everyone stopped as Zero walked down the podium and calmly hung the >Digivice on his belt and his tag from his neck. Tsuneo: ...He doesn't have a belt. Rick: Well he hung it on it anyway. >Garurumon, noticing this stopped, too, and unevolved back into >Gabumon. Tsuneo: Un-Evolved? Devolved, maybe? >Zero stood a few feet from Gabumon and they regarded each other >for a few, tense seconds. Dan [Gabumon]: You're very tall. Rick: [Gabumon] Nice haircut. >Everyone awaited Zero's claim to end this fight by himself. > >"Gabumon..." > >"Matt..." The creature answered. > >Zero smiled slightly. "I'm called Zero now, my friend." Rick [Gabumon]: So you wear a mask, swing on chandeliers and fight baddies in Mexico? Dan [Zero]: Zero, not Zorro. >"But, it is you, isn't it?" > >Zero's smile evolved into a grin as he nodded. Dan: It's an Ultimate level smile to boot. >Gabumon and Zero both jumped forward and embraced in a hug, >Zero falling to his knees as he held Gabumon closely. Rebecca: It's the touching story of a robot and his dog-lizard-thing. Tsuneo: Seen it. >Everyone facefaulted. > >Zero looked up from over Gabumon's shoulder and jerked his >head to the door, looking at his friends. Dan [Zero]: Beat it. >X and Peregrin shared a look and evacuated the room, leaving >the two friends together. Rick: So what about everyone else in there? Tsuneo: They're just extras, so they don't count. >"Are you going to be okay, Zero?" Peregrin asked standing next >to the door. Rebecca: Until Megaman X 5, yes. >Zero nodded at her reassuringly. She nodded back doubtfully but >stepped outside too. Tsuneo: For once, the original characters are making way for the real heroes. >"How's T.K.? Has he married yet? How's everybody? Did we win?" Dan [Gabumon]: Good, he's still only eight, good, not yet. Rick [Zero]: Fine. What was the question? >Gabumon blink-blinked. "What do you mean? I came here the next day >with the help of the others! I've been looking for you this last >two weeks!" > >"What?! But, that's impossible! You couldn't have! I've been >here the last 36 years!" Tsuneo: Well he's been here for two weeks from 36 years ago. Rebecca: Didn't you read the authour's notes? >Gabumon looked quizzically at his friend. "Well, you look a little >taller, Rick [Gabumon]: And what's with that hair? >but still look pretty much the same to me to be 47 years >old!" Rebecca: He ages gracefully. >Zero shook his head and grabbed Gabumon's paw, putting it against >his chest. > >"What do you feel, Gabumon?" Rick [Gabumon]: Your hand? >Gabumon closed his eyes, then opened them and stared at his friend. > >"Oh, Matt! What have they done to you?!" Rebecca: Puberty. >Tears flowed down Gabumon's cheeks as he pressed his ear to Zero's >chest trying to hear what he now knew wasn't there. > >"They haven't," Zero answered. "A crazy doctor did this to me. Rebecca: That's right, blame Dr Wily for everything. Rick: Well he is responsible. Rebecca: So? >He >also erased most of my memories and feelings, leaving only what he >wanted." Tsuneo: So where'd the hair come from? Rebecca: This is Dr Wily. You don't ask these questions. >Gabumon didn't react, and Zero pulled him back looking into his eyes. > >"But somehow, I was still myself! Dan [Matt]: Who are you? Rick [Matt]: I am the you that exists inside of you. Tsuneo: Digimon/Evangelion? Don't go there. >I couldn't remember much, true, but >the real me, Matt, has always existed, and always will! The Digivice >gave me back my life, and it brought with it one of the most important >pieces of my life I have had. Dan [Matt/Zero]: My magical lucky underpants. >You." Rebecca: That too. >Gabumon nodded, hugging Zero yet again. "I knew, deep inside, that you >wouldn't leave me. Ever." > >Zero stroked Gabumon's head softly. All: Awwwwww... Rick: [Zero] You've got fleas. >Gabumon looked up at him. "We have to go back! It's possible that time >here is even faster than in Digiworld! That would explain why it took >me only a few hours while years passed here! Rebecca: But didn't he say it was two weeks? Rick: Yes, but it was a few very long hours. >We have to help the others with the Dark Masters." Rick: Do you think Zero could beat the Dark Masters? Tsuneo: Once he figures out their attack sequence, certainly. >Zero stood up slowly and nodded. "But first I have a mission to >accomplish." Dan [Zero]: I'm on a mission from God. Rick [Gabumon]: With that haircut? >"Mission? But, Matt, we have to help our friends!" > >Zero sighed and walked to the door, inviting X in. > >"X, this Gabumon a friend from a life long forgotten... until now." > >X looked down at Gabumon doubtfully. Rebecca: Anyone would think that he hadn't seen a Dog-Lizard thing before. Dan: Most things he sees that are that weird try to kill him. Rebecca: Point. >"Gabumon, this is X. Rick [Gabumon]: Don't any of you have proper names? >He's the best friend I've had since I came to >this world. Rebecca: He can fetch, play dead, beg and fight Mavericks. >Together we have fought Mega Champion level Monsters and >won." Dan: Nope, doesn't make any sense to us either. >Gabumon, still confused, looked at him. > >"Mega Level? Like Metalgarurumon?" > >Zero nodded. "Think of me as a Mega Level Digimon, although I don't >unevolve after battle. Tsuneo: [Zero] Although we're entirely artificial, were created by humans, don't come from the Digital World and didn't digivolve. >Both X and I get stronger every time we fight Mavericks." Rick [Matt/Zero, embarrassed]: Then this little girl robot comes along and beats us up for all our weapons. Tsuneo: In basic terms, he's turned into an Authour Avatar. >Gabumon backed off a little. This was Matt, no doubt, but what had >the time in this world done to him that he would fight constantly? Rebecca: Becoming a teenager. >"Matt, why do you fight?" Rick: Because he can't get a good marriage counsellor. >"We have to protect the world and the people we know. This is our >job." Dan [Zero]: I'm here to save the world. >Gabumon nodded. For a moment he had feared that his friend had >turned into a fighting machine. Rick: Well, he has, really... >"So you still fight to protect?" Dan: To serve and protect, while making a few bucks on the side. >X decided to get into the discussion. > >"Still fight? What does he mean Zero?" > >"His name's Matt! MATT!" Gabumon interrupted. > >Zero ignored the Digimon and looked at X. > >"Once upon a time, I was an 11 year old boy named Matt, Rick: Who lived with his wicked stepmother and three ugly stepsisters. >I left my >home along with my brother and six other friends to save both, my >world and the Digiworld. Dan [X]: What's the Digiworld? Rick [Matt/Zero]: Who's story is this? Dan [X]: Yours. Rick [Matt/Zero]: So shut up. >36 years ago I was transformed into Zero, Rebecca: He was meched-out by a quantum surge. >without my memories and knowledge of my previous life." > >X looked incredulous at Zero. Dan [X]: Yeah, right. Rick [Zero]: Who's story? Dan [X]: Sorry. >"When Gabumon came looking for me, he brought my Digivice. It's a >digital device attuned exclusively to me. When it was close enough, >the Digivice made contact with me, and overrode the programming that >was keeping my memories locked." > >Zero showed his Digivice to X, who took a careful look at it. Rick: It's the 204X model palmtop Interositor. Dan [X]: My Interositor's way nicer then that. >"What did you mean that you had another mission, Matt?" Gabumon asked. Tsuneo: Does Gabumon there count as a civilian? Rebecca: I think he's more of a professional volunteer. >X shot a warning glance at Zero, to which Zero nodded. "I'll tell you >later Gabumon, but we have to be somewhere else." Rick: He needs the little bots room. >Zero brightened somewhat. "Hey, we'll even tell you our stories!" > >*** > >Black Peregrin paced outside the conference room keeping an eye out >for anyone who tried to get inside. By now everyone in the base knew >about the strange creature they had encountered Dan: A green swirly eyestalk thing? Rick: No, weirder. Dan: I don't want to know. >and that apparently Zero had a connection to it. > >Finally the door opened and X, Zero and Gabumon walked out. Peregrin >met them just outside. > >"What happened? Why did you take so long?" Dan [X]: We got lost. Rebecca [BP]: In a meeting room? Dan [X]: It happens. >"It's okay. I was just remembering the good ol' days with my friends. >We'll see you later, BP." > >Peregrin nodded and walked up to Zero and X, whispering something. >Despite the whispering, Gabumon's keen ears were able to her words. Rebecca [BP]: Want to come back to my place and interface with my hardware? >"I have just received confirmation. We go at 11:30. We've got three >hours." Rick: Although baggage check-in and customs will eat up most of that. >Zero and X both nodded. > >"Okay, you two, come with me." Zero instructed. > >X and Gabumon followed him to his room, Rick: Nice place. Dan: Notice all the Chun-Li and Cammy posters. >where they all sat down. >Zero started explaining his story from the point when he woke up >and fought Sigma for the first time. Tsuneo: Then he fought Sigma again. And again. And then one more time for luck. And... >Gabumon was horrified at Matt's actions, but he was relieved when >Sigma brought him to HQ and healed him. Rick: Do you think that the Maverick Hunter HQ could be the Temple of Infinite lives? Dan: It makes a strange amount of sense. >Then, both X and Zero took turns explaining the battle against >the transformed Sigma. Gabumon could see the pain in X as he >described the battle with Vile and how Matt had sacrificed himself >to save him. Rick [Zero/Matt]: Blowing myself up kinda hurt. >He then was furious with Sigma for trying to turn Matt into X's enemy. >He heard interested at their third battle against that same Reploid. Dan: By that point, the X/Zero/Sigma feud had was being used as filler on Jakked. >Matt explained that he had loaded an antivirus into his sword that >did extra damage to Sigma, Rebecca: All right! Beam Sword +1! >and had given his sword to the golden X as >he fought his way to the monster. Tsuneo: Is everyone getting all this? Rick: Hang on, is this before or after Lilith destroyed Atlantis? >Then came the battle with Repliforce. Matt told him about Iris and his >brother, Dan [Gabumon]: So, did you and her... Rick [Matt/Zero]: I'm a robot. I can't. Dan [Gabumon]: Those fiends! What have they done to you? >the times they had worked together and when they fought. > >Gabumon couldn't help to hug Matt when his voice cracked as he retold >Iris's death. Dan: And his own. Rick: He must be getting used to it by now. >It was an incredible story, full of dangers and adventures. Rebecca: And really lame boss monsters. >Gabumon could now understand what Matt had said about having a mission, Rick: In fact, he had a whole mission disk. >as Matt told him about the apparent return of the Mavericks, Rebecca: The Mavericks in their 204X reunion tour, coming to a shopping centre or bowling alley near you. >and that they would fight them that same night. > >"I will go with you." > >Zero sighed. "Listen, Gabumon..." > >"No, Matt. You listen. We once made a promise to be together through >thick and thin. Now you're asking me to leave you! I'm sorry but I >won't!" > >"Gabumon..." Zero whispered, then brightened up. "If you turn into >Weregarurumon, you might be able to accompany us." Rick [Matt/Zero]: Sorry, this is a bipeds-only thing. >"Weregarurumon?" X asked confused. Dan: Weregarurumon? There garururmon! >It was now Matt's and Gabumon's turn to tell their story. Dan [X]: So you're on a mission from God? Rick [Zero]: More like a mission from a senile old guy who lives at the bottom of a lake. Dan [X]: Phew. For a minute I thought you were going to say something completely stupid. >X paid rapt attention to their words, cheering for their victories >and mourning for the loss of Wizardmon and the others that had died. Dan [X]: So when did you fight Mewtwo? Rick [Zero/Matt]: Idiot. [He hits Dan with a cushion] Beam Cushion! >Gabumon understood why Matt cared for his younger friend. >Well, younger in attitude. He was seeing T.K. in X, and equally, X >treated him more like a big brother than a normal friend. Rebecca: On the other hand, X doesn't have a little flying pig thing that turns into a huge-ass Angel, which is a bit of a drawback. >When they had finished, it was almost time for them to go. Dan: Dad had the car ready outside, and his big brother and sister were ready with their pens to draw all over him. >X and Gabumon liked and respected each other, and Zero thanked >whatever Kamis had allowed him to have such good friends. > >*** > >Peregrin looked askance at the new addition to the team. > >Lynx and Afroman, Dan: Afroman! Strange hairstyle from another decade with powers far beyond normal men. Rebecca: Wasn't he a 70's DC hero? Rick: Yep, but he lost out during Crisis of Infinite Earths. >who didn't know who Gabumon was -they had arrived >at the base earlier that evening, after going to scout the enemy base-, >also looked quizzically at Zero, who shook his head. Dan [Zero]: Don't ask me, I only work here. >"Gabumon here is our secret weapon." > >"Gabumon?! What a stupid name..." Lynx muttered. Rebecca: And this is coming from someone who hangs aorund people called X, Zero and Afroman. >Gabumon heard, however. "What did you say, Kitten?!" > >"It talks!" Afroman noted. > >Lynx, however, was not amused. "What did you call me!?" > >Zero stepped between Gabumon and Lynx. > >"Enough! I don't want to pick up the pieces of the first who argues >again. So don't!" Rebecca: The way he said that makes it sound like he cleans up people's remains all the time. >Lynx turned around fuming, to find X, Peregrin and Afroman grinning. >"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?" Rebecca [Peregrin]: A reploid with a cat-like head? Dan [Lynx]: Oh. >Gabumon, however, was surprised at Matt's change. He felt a hand on >his shoulder and turned to face X. > >"Don't take it personal; Matt is just being responsible. If we let >divisions into the group we might risk failure in our mission, and >we can't risk it." Dan: And this is talking to Mr Divisive himself. Rick [Matt/Zero]: Er, what he said. >X went over to check his hover bike and Gabumon again considered the >situation. >X was right, of course. If Gabumon wanted to help Matt he wouldn't do >so by fighting with his teammates. Dan: I wish my team had thought of that. Rebecca: They didn't fight with each other, they all picked on you. Dan: Well, yeah. >Gabumon walked over to Lynx. >"I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have insulted you." > >Lynx was surprised but nodded. "I too am sorry. I shouldn't have >called your name stupid. Please forgive me." Dan [Lynx]: I am filled with shame. >Gabumon nodded and walked back to Matt, pleased at the results, >and missing the glare Lynx directed at him. Rick: Well I think lynx will be the first to be voted off the island. >Peregrin noticed it however, and decided to keep an eye over both >Gabumon and Lynx. Rick: Twenty says that Lynx turns on them. Dan: You're on. >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >End First Part. > >(1) Matt's Theme. Nice piece to listen, actually. > >After consulting with Latin D Tsuneo: Aaack! They're multiplying! >and deciding that it was a rather >large piece to be sent as a one shot, I finally fragmented it. Dan: The Soviet Union: The Fanfic! >I don't >know how many pieces it'll take, but it's almost finished as a oneshot >so it shouldn't take long. Rebecca: No need to rush on our account. >Anyway, as usual, comments, hate letters, flames, MSTings, C&C, >etc. are welcome to either address: > >wandererd@hotmail.com >wandererd@yahoo.com > >Later! > >Wanderer D [The TV switches off] Rick: [Announcer] What will happen next? Will Gabumon ever return home? Will Matt be returned to his former self? Will anyone care? [Normal] I won't. Rebecca: Well said. Voice: Care to give a proper review instead? Rebecca: I think the biggest problem with this fic is the just plain loopy premise. Dr Wily hacks into the Digital World, kidnaps Matt and uses him for as the brain of his newest themed boss. Now if that makes sense to anyone, could they please explain it to me. Tsuneo: This is one of those distressingly common fics where you just have to ask why it was ever written. I'm trying to figure how Wanderer D got the idea for this fic, ie: crossing over a game and a cartoon series which have absolutely nothing in common. And of course, we're expected to allow for the stupid disclaimers on time compression and Megaman being linked to the Digital World. It's ridiculous. Rick: There are a couple of annoying puffs of logic in this fic. First is the idea that the Digital World and the Megaman world are linked. The second is the differing speeds of times between the worlds. Then there's the fact that Gabumon spontaneously is able to travel between worlds. The authour didn't explain how he did that or how her knew what to do. I, for one, want to know these things. Dan: I've got to say, the new characters are really weak. We've got black Lynx and Bird Thing, I think. I can't even remember. They deliver a couple of lines, but don't really do much. Except that it's clear Lynx is going to turn traitor some time next chapter. Boring. Rebecca: Just like in your comic, huh? Dan: Well then how would you fix it up? Rebecca: Take 'em out back and- Dan: Actually, now that I've got Tsuneo on side- Tsuneo: Hey! Dan: Why don't you help out too, Rebecca? Rebecca: You're joking, right? Dan: No, serious. You could be a writer, Tsuneo does the art, and Rick, I dunno, you could be the web master. Rick: So what do you do in this glorious vision? Dan: "Project Director." Has a nice ring to it. What do you think, team? [Rick, Tsuneo and Rebecca glance at each other. The screen goes blank.] Dan: Guys? [The sound of people running away can be heard] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riffed by: Rick R. Mortis (rickr@elmerstudios.com) & Jinas (jinas@elmerstudios.com) Dan and Tsuneo Tateo are copyright 1999-2001 Max Fauth (Jinas) Rebecca Bartley and Rick R. Mortis are copyright 1999-2001 Alex Fauth (Rick R. Mortis). Elmer Studios!: http://www.elmerstudios.com All of Elmer Studios' MSTings, artwork, character profiles, random DELTA Invasion Episode Generator and the Satellite of Rednecks in one spot. Rick's Mecha Madness Page: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/7194/index.htm Fighters Anthology .lib and mission files, utterly disturbing Nova Satori shrine, the AntiKevs and Fanfic Carp, all in one big steaming pile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >He would have to agree that a kid would be easier to handle.