Activation!
By StarWulf.EXE
Lan: Hi! Welcome to our first special chapter.
MegaMan: In this chapter, we get to do stuff that has nothing to do with the storyline.
Chris: And we can act WAY out of character!
Wulf: Our author might even show up as well!
Chaos: You guys are lucky. My creator can't even write a story without having a problem.
Dan: Don't worry, he'll show up. He's never missed a party before.
Chaud: Are you guys done yet? We need to get moving!
Laika: I'm running on sixteen cups of coffee! I need to party!
SearchMan: Laika, sir? Calm down before you do something extremely stupid.
ProtoMan: Just like last year at Pride's party.
Pride: Hey, I heard that!
KnightMan: You and Laika looked so cute together when you where kissing.
Laika: pulls out a rifle Don't…ever…mention….that….again!
Everyone: Laika's got a gun! Start the chapter before he shoots!
StarWulf.EXE: Fine….Party-poopers.
Special Chapter: ACTIVATION! Halloween
Deep within the Hakari household, two teenage boys where sitting around trying to keep from dying of boredom. Lan was buried in this month's issue of Net Battle Insider while Chris was working on a new BattleChip.
"Ready, Wulf?"
The lupine Navi nodded his head. "All systems go."
"Okay. Liberation BattleChip, in! Do-"
Beep! Beep! Beep!
"Uh, Chris, you got an email."
"So did you, Lan."
Both teens stopped what they where doing and the Navi's opened up their inboxes.
Dear NetOps,
You are invited to Halloween costume party at BlazeQuest's headquarters. The party starts at ten o'clock. Don't be late.
Sincerely,
BlazeQuest Event Planning Division
Lan cocked an eyebrow. "A Halloween party? It's not even October yet!"
As soon as those words left his mouth, the room began to darken as a gaping hole appeared on the floor. It gained in size as it swallowed everything within sight, including both teens.
"What's happening?" Lan shouted, not sure on what was going on. He looked over at Chris, who was floating perfectly calm through the dark abyss.
"Don't worry." Chris said simply. "It's just a plot hole. These happen all the time in stories."
"How do we fix it?"
Just then, Lan's PET started ringing uncontrollably. When he picked it up, Dr. Hakari's face appeared on the screen.
"Dad, this isn't the best time to be calling. We've got a problem-"
"I've got wonderful news!" Yuichiro interrupted, completely oblivious to what was happening on the other end of the line. "I just finished testing a new time travel machine that I just spontaneously built for no apparent reason. We've all just jumped ahead about two months into the future! Isn't it just amazing?"
The line went dead and everything returned to normal.
Lan sighed. "Well, that was anticlimactic."
"A sugar high can do that to authors. Anyways, what are we gonna do about costumes? The party starts in ten minutes." asked Chris.
"Don't worry." Lan smirked, pulling out a case of old Ayano AccessoryChips. "I've got an idea."
- - -
Five minutes later, Chris and Lan were out behind BlazeQuest's main building.
"Well, besides that fact that what we're doing is against the law; I think that's a brilliant plan." Chris said as Lan passed him a few AccessoryChips.
"Let's do it." Lan whispered as he and Chris slotted in the chips and activated the Fragment virus.
Fragment Code! Activation! Execute!
One set of flashy effects later, MegaMan and Wulf where standing in the real world. The Navis pulled out two PETs containing the teens.
"Did everything run smoothly?" asked Wulf
"All set." replied Chris. "Just download the rest of the chips."
Both Navis grabbed what was left of the AccessoryChips and downloaded them into the PETs. They waited patiently as costumes formed over their NetOps. Lan was dressed up in Samus's Power Suit and Chris had on an Albireo costume.
MegaMan, Fragment code powering down. Logging out.
Wulf, Fragment code powering down. Logging out.
The teens reappeared in the real world, still sporting their costumes. Lan pumped his fist in the air. "Yes! It worked!"
MegaMan sighed. "You know, if they found out you used the virus, you'll get in big trouble."
"Hey, it's not our fault we couldn't get costumes in time." retorted Lan "Instead of going without costumes, we thought it would be easier to use AccessoryChips for our costumes."
"Whatever. And by the way, the party starts in one minute. Get moving."
- - -
A woman in a slim red dress greeted the teens as they neared the main entrance. "Hello Mr. Hakari and Mr. Altec. The party is right this way." The woman led them down a large hall covered in Halloween decorations of all kinds. Carved pumpkins with BlazeQuest's logo lined the walls, casting off an eerie glow. After what seemed like an eternity, they arrived at a large door leading to circular room.
"The party is just behind this door. Please step inside." The woman turned on her heels and walked back down the hallway.
"What are you waiting for?" Chris said, turning the doorknob. "Let's go inside." Lan nodded in agreement and walked inside, unaware of the horror that lied up ahead.
- - -
"Hello?" Lan called out. "Is anyone here?" The room was completely dark except for spotlight shining on two chair placed in the room's center.
"Maybe it's one of those 'leap out and scare the crap out of the guests' party." said Chris, taking a seat in one of the chairs. Lan joined him a second later and as soon as he did, more spotlights switched on and shone on them.
Know your stars…Know your stars…Know your stars…
Lan Hakari…
Both teens jumped. "Whoa! Who said that?"
Lan Hakari…his real name is Netto.
"Whoever you are, you're a liar. My name is Lan."
Would you like to surf the net, Netto snicker
"Show yourself...Chris, stop laughing."
"What? It's funny."
Chris Altec…
"Oh crap…"
Chris Altec…He dresses up as Sora from Kingdom Hears when no one is looking.
"Where'd you get that from? I've never dressed up as anyone from Kingdom Hearts."
Hey, where's your KeyBlade? You can't be Sora without the KeyBlade.
Just then, a KeyBlade fell from the ceiling and landed in Chris's lap.
Lan Hakari…
"Not again…"
Lan Hakari…He ate his first Navi."
"No I didn't! He got deleted and then my Dad gave me MegaMan."
Tell me…Was it tasty?
"I'd never do that to anyone! Tell them, MegaMan. MegaMan?"
Noticing his brother's lack of a response, Lan pulled out his PET only to find it empty. Chris did the same, his Navi gone too.
"What'd you do with MegaMan?"
Don't you remember? You ate him.
"Shut up!"
Hey…what should we do with Chris?
I dunno. Make up something about his hair.
Hold on. Did you leave the microphone on?
Holy crap, they heard us!
"Wait…Is that…?" Chris gasped.
"CHAUD, LAIKA, EVERYONE! YOU LITTLE…"
- - -
Back in BlazeQuest's control room, everyone was too busy laughing their asses off to notice the two teens letting out a long stream of cusses. Each one of the security monitors was displaying the commotion down in the room where Lan and Chris where in.
"Chaud," Dan chuckled, unable to keep a straight face throughout the whole event. "This was the best idea you ever had!"
The skunk-haired boy smirked and switched one of the monitors to display both MegaMan and Wulf laughing in the main security system server. "Don't thank me, thank them."
MegaMan was able to contain his laughter to let out a response. "Thanks Dan, It just kinda came to me."
- - -
Two figures silently stood outside the BlazeQuest headquarters, nodding in approval.
"Do you think we did a good job, StarWulf.EXE?" The figure dressed as Kite asked.
The other figure, dressed as Tsukasa, smiled. "Well, it was kinda funny. Wouldn't you agree, chaos0619?"
"Indeed I do."
And with that, they disappeared into the cold, October night.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Star's Notes: Ah, tis one of my favorite holidays. Anyway, this is to all authors. Never, and I mean never, write a story after eating large sums of candy. You end up with something like this chapter.