With a quick movement, Roll placed her hands in front of her, making a heart shape with her fingers as she did so.

"Ready!"

"Okay!" Maylu replied.

"Locked on! Fire!"

The heart-shaped blast raced towards Fefnir and hit him dead center, throwing up a huge explosion and sending him flying backwards.

Maylu found herself weakened and panting, but still pushed forward. "Again, Roll!"

"Okay…locked on!"

Fefnir was slow to get up. "Argh…you can't be serious…how is this little girl packing so much power?"

"Second shot…Roll Blast!"

The attack landed again, and Maylu struggled to keep herself standing as more energy rushed out of her.

"Maylu! We have to stop!"

"No…Roll, again."

"Maylu…"

"Just once more…Roll…" she pleaded.

"…Okay. Just once more…!"

She focused and aimed her attack again.

"Final shot!"

"Damn…it!"

"Roll Blast!"

The shot raced from Roll's hands, and another explosion went up as it landed for the final time.

"Done…there's nothing he could do…"

"…" Maylu felt her body weakening by the second…this was more strain than she had realized.

However, her mind snapped back to attention not a second later. "Roll!"

The blonde navi ducked as a kunai whipped past her from behind. She moved quickly to one side and searched for the enemy, finding him standing in front of Fefnir, who was somehow still intact.

"Shoot…! That attack didn't work?"

"It worked perfectly, actually. You're quite powerful, for such a small creature."

"You…!"

"Don't exert too much energy in that state…"

"…" As much as she hated to hear it, he was right…Maylu probably couldn't take much more of this.

"I am the leader of the Zan'ei Army, Hidden Phantom." He wore a white mask that covered the top part of his face, with dark armor on his body and a red, twin-tailed cape on his back.

"I don't care who you are…"

"Well, it figures. Anyways, I suppose that we'll take our leave."

"Says who? I'll stop you!"

"I doubt that."

"?"

"Roll, look out!"

Two more Phantoms came from either side of Roll…what? Clones?

"Darn it!"

"Shotgun, battlechips in, double download!"

"Go!" Roll crossed her arms and hit the clones with a shotgun blast each, blowing them into oblivion. "Are there more?"

"A couple," Maylu said weakly. "Why…what's the reason for…oh…!"

"What?"

"The program…! Some program they're after…"

"Ah! So that means…"

One of the Phantom clones moved towards Roll with a glowing red sphere. That had to be it, the program!

"No way I'm letting you get by!" She positioned her hands for another attack. "Locked on! Fire!"

The blast rushed towards the clone holding the orb, but another jumped in front and took the shot head on, exploding into a stream of data.

"What…?"

"Too bad…hopefully, I'll be able to test your strength again, one day. Goodbye for now."

"No…!"

Roll felt her strength drop as the synchronization ended.

"I couldn't stop him…I was too slow."

"…"

"…Maylu? Are you okay?"

"…"

"Maylu? Please…answer me…"

"Roll."

"Shuryou?"

"Maylu's fine, she's just out of it, really exhausted. You guys did well, though I wish I could have trapped both of them in there…"

"I'm sorry…"

"What for? It wasn't your fault. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

"I hope so…" Roll slumped to her knees and sighed. "I really hope so."

a/n: I want to thank all of you who either dropped a review, followed, favourited, and just read this story of mine. I appreciate and thank you for it, thank you for sticking with me all of this time. I love this story. It was the first big project I started, and my first real foray into the Megaman section of the site, any section of any fan-writing site, really. I That being said, I'm finished here.

The story's far from over, and I would like to rewrite this from the beginning. A lot of things won't happen or will be changed. My thoughts are on creating a new story with a modified title. There are many inconsistencies to resolve.

I'm not going to delete this one. This'll be a placeholder for whatever I decide to do next. I've grown as a writer and I think this story could be done better. I think it could grow as I have.

Thanks, and God bless.

~ Howlitzer