Race against time in StoveComp!

((Continued from ACDC Real World thread: "Dinner and a movie... well just dinner"))
A bright flash appears over the hot red netscape. A cyan beam rockets down to the surface and dissipates to reveal Machman, arms crossed with his eyes closed. His eyes open with a blue glow, his pupils focusing in a mechanical whir. He shifts his gaze skyward for XIII's arrival.
XIII warped in right next to Machman, and started surveying the area. It was a pretty standard oven/stove layout, straight forward paths, simplistic design. But the entire net area was surrounded in flames and the programs were zooming here and there, desperately trying to put out all the fires.
"What do you think? This doesn't look like a simple virus infection, does it?" He asked Machman while trying to determine their next course of action.
No, this isn't normal for a basic viral infection. It seems unlikely it was caused by a little bug being accidentally introduced by the repairman or someone else, it looks like this was either a dormant virus or a full blown sabotage. Or just a really big virus...

A small screen opens near Machman, Mazer's face peering back at Machman.

[I agree. We need to get this under control immediately, the flames may get bigger and scorch the trapped people if we don't hurry!]

Machman notices a program whizzing by and grabs him with his outstretched arm.

What's going on here?

The panicking program replied frantically and shaking in Machman's grip.

"We don't know! We were on standby until the entire system turned on and the burner control was fried! We need to put out the fires or the entire system will go up!!!"

The program tried to wriggle away, but Machman grabbed it with both hands and kneeled down to its height. The program tried to tear itself away but couldn't loosen Machman's grip. Machman talks to the program with a raised but calm voice.

Listen to me! Were there any abnormal events you noticed before the system activated? We don't think this was caused by a mistake you made, we believe someone else is responsible.

The program finally seemed to calm down and paused to think for a few seconds. The program then chirped back,

"You know, we did notice some unscheduled activity a few hours ago..."

Where?

Machman releases the program and it turns towards one end of the system.

"It was in this direction. Near the... the burner control!!!"

The program bolts off towards the burner control, but is called away by other programs to assist with putting out the flames. The program looked back with a look of pure horror and panic in it's mechanical eyes. Machman began to run in the direction the program pointed out, and shouted to the program.

You worry about the flames! We'll take care of the burner control! Let's go, XIII!

(Prepared for battle #1? Or is this gonna be a single fight thing? We need 5 more FXP for a Level 2 Cross)
((whoop, another grace period of internet before it goes back down. I hope I get this up in time before the next down time.))

((I thought we already had enough FXP for a level two, though I could be wrong. What is the requirement again?))

((It kinda depends. Possibly a single fight, maybe not. What do you want?))

XIII let Machman get his information.
"Near... the starter control..." He heard form the program, and immediately took off the moment he found it, Machman reacting only a nanosecond earlier than he.

"Makes sense that it would be near the starter switch. Thats the epicenter for all the control endings in most appliances. If it got too close to the center drives, it wouldn't be able to escape injury or deletion when everything goes up..." He was keeping pace with Machman, but it was hard as he had to avoid the sudden eruptions of flame from the ground. Machman had it easier, as he was hovering just an inch or so above, moving him just out of range from a sudden hot-foot. BUt he managed to think about the area of effect for a moment, and about what he just said.

"But a virus would probably be seeking the center, since it wouldn't have much conscious sense of its own safety in mind. Seems almost too intelligent a move, too much for a virus." This was getting more serious the more he thought about it. XIII just hoped that he was over thinking things. "Mach, be prepared for anything. If the worst scenario has occurred, its probably a navi near the controls."
SUDDENLY, VIRUSES ATTACK!
...
Fire types, figures. D:<

OldstoveA: 50 HP
OldstoveB: 50 HP
OldstoveC: 50 HP
OldstoveD: 50 HP
OldstoveE: 50 HP
OldstoveF: 50 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Machman.exe: 100 HP
XIII.exe: 100 HP

-COOL DOWN THE IDIOTS-
-ROUND 1 (of three or five if you're willing)-
-FIGHT!-
((I guess I will go first. BTW, we need 70 FXP to get a level 2 cross.))

Machman and XIII dash to the other end of the net, but flames erupt in front of them! The flames die, revealing multiple Oldstove viruses.

Viruses identified! Count 6. Permission to engage?

[Boomerang1 and Shotgun chips uploaded. Use of thrust laser approved. Engage!]

Machman continues to close in on the viruses, boomerang in hand. He brings his arm back, aims towards the viruses, and throws. The boomarang zips across the net, buzzing as it passes through the viruses and begins it wide 180 degree turn back to Machman. The boomerang emerges from the group of viruses and is quickly snatched out of the air by Machman's left hand.

The boomerang disintegrates as Machman's right hand transforms into a bulked-up MachBuster and his wings swing into attack position. The pairs of wings target a single Oldstove virus with their targeting lasers, their charging plasma ordinance gaining strength and about to fire. Machman lines up two viruses and fires his shotgun. The projectile explodes and covers the immediate area with volatile shrapnel.

Quickly following the shotgun blast, the thrust lasers fire. The twin ruby red beams streak across the net and fills the area with an intense red glow. The beams weaken and die, leaving small glowing bits of data floating in the air where the beams formerly were. Machman's white hot wings swing back into position and his shotgun changes back into his hand. Machman calls out to XIII

Alright XIII, your turn to show them how hot a real fire can be!

ACTIONS:
Boomerang1: OldstoveA,B,C (60dmg Wood)
Shotgun: OldstoveD,E (50dmg + Splash)
Thrust Laser: OldstoveF (60dmg + 2TCD)
Cheer XIII

Thrust Laser: 2 turns remaining
XIIICross: Ready
XIII grinned, his hand already on the hilt of his massive odachi as he was moving forward. "I'll gladly oblige that request Machman. Taste this, my legendary blade!" The nearest virus was the unluckiest of all, as it received the brunt of the blazing edge when it came singing out of the sheath with blinding god-speed. "You think your fire's hot? Let me prove you wrong by turning you all to ash!"

Kasumi had already been fiddling around in her pocket for chips. It was hard finding them, as she was drunk, but eventually she found the one's she had been looking for.
"XIII, here! Shotgun, slot in! Fire hit, Slot in!"

XIII's hands turned into the two weapons a mere moment after the blade found home in its sheath once again. Even when she was drunk, Kasumi moved like clockwork when it came to supporting XIII in battle, hence why they made a good team. He pointed the shotgun like barrel in one direction and let fire, charging in through the blast smoke it created and landing a flaming punch on one more. The heat seemed to be getting to XIII a little, he was a type of fire navi so this was sort of his element, here in this stove. He even found himself grinning again as he dashed backwards towards a safe distance from retaliation.

Summary
Legendary Blade (3 turn cooldown)(60dmg)(Fire) Oldstove A
Shotgun x1 (50 + spray) at Oldstove C,B
FireHit1 (60 + 5 fire) At old stove E
dodge
Machman slices through two of the Oldstoves with his Boomerang, before blasting two more with his shotgun, and finishing off another with his Thrust Laser. XIII does some fancy slashing moves at a virus' corpse before blasting the last virus to bits. He then punches another virus' corpse.

OldstoveA: DELETED
OldstoveB: DELETED
OldstoveC: SHOTGUNNED
OldstoveD: DELETED
OldstoveE: DELETED
OldstoveF: DELETED

Terrain: 100% Normal

Machman.exe: 100 HP
XIII.exe: 100 HP

-VICTORY-
Machman Get: Fireburn1
XIII Get: Fireburn1
FXP: 1 Static
1 for Machman cheering

Fire still burns in the distance. And in the real world, the fire isn't dying down one bit. Keep heading for the controls.
Machman watches as the viruses crumble and/or explode with a dazzling fireball. Machman approaches the bits of data, sifts through the rubble, and picks up two battlechip data packets. He tosses one to XIII as a window pops up next to Machman. Mazer's face shows up, his forehead has a few beads of sweat and his face is illuminated by the fire in the room.

[I would give you a proper congrats, but the stove is still out of control! We need to get to the burner control program ASAP. Move out!]

Mazer's window closes and Machman looks to XIII.

Alright, lets move.

Machman's thrusters kick in and he resumes his course, still staying next to XIII.

((Prepared for battle #2. Only 3 FXP to go!))
((Sorry for the long delay. Funny thing really. I get back to college and they still haven't fixed all the network difficulties that resulted from the storms. I mean, the last couple of days were the first we've had stable internet, and even then that was going down almost every half hour like clockwork.))
((By the way, its four more for me instead of three like you have, since you got an extra point on that one.))

Kasumi was sweating a little too, but otherwise seemed unaffected by the intense heat trapped within the kitchen. "Mazer are you feeling alright?" she asked, noticing his condition. Jokingly she remarked afterwards, "Hey if you can't stand the heat, get outta the kitchen, heh-heh...." It was a habit of hers to make light of dangerous situations at times, mostly just to keep her own cool, no pun intended in this case. But she knew that while she and Mazer were fine, they had to get the trapped people out fast. In this kind of heat, one can get dehydrated quickly, and being trapped like they were, the captives might die of that before the fire department and medical teams arrived at the scene. One of the cooks had fainted a few times already and seemed to be suffering from heatstroke, not a good sign at all.

XIII was running as fast as his body would take him at a dead run, which was quite fast even for him. He didn't seemed hindered right now, the heat and flames of the ablaze cyberspace seeming to almost fuel him forward towards the starter controls they were heading towards. A fire-element navi was not hindered by an environment like this; to the contrary, this gave them a field advantage in a few ways. But that's something that bothered XIII, contemplating that even as he ran. If Kasumi's guess had been right and it was a navi that was pulling the strings of this incident, that navi would almost definitely be a fire-element as well, and powerful as well considering how much damaged had been caused in such a short time.

No use racking his processors over that now, though. getting there and stopping the flames in the real world were the top priority, regardless of the enemy that awaited them at the control panel.

((Ready "2" go))
Another explosion crashes near XIII and Machman to reveal...
Oh, more fire viruses. Lucky you.

ChampuA: 60 HP
ChampuB: 60 HP
ChampuC: 60 HP
ChampuD: 60 HP
ChampuE: 60 HP
SpikeyA: 90 HP
SpikeyB: 90 HP
SpikeyC: 90 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Machman.exe: 100 HP
XIII.exe: 100 HP

-KEEP ON COOLING THEM DOWN-
-BATTLE 2-
-ENGAGE-
Kasumi swore under her breath. "We don't have time for this! XIII, Mach, take them out as fast as you can! Bubbstar1, Heatshot1 slot in!"

Both of XIII's hands became the new weapons as the data uploaded, the navi already taking aim. He let off the round of Heatshot at the Champu, trying to hit as many as possible with the spread, and followed up with the bubbstar, trying to take advantage of the virus' weakness to water.
"Take out the others Mach, I got these guys here! I know you can do it fast!"

Summary
Heatshot1 (40 + 5 fire bonus) Champu A, B
Bubbstar1(20 + Bubble Trap + 3 targets) C
Cheer Machman
Dodge
Machman and XIII again find fire viruses in their path.

Viruses identified. Count 7, permission to engage?

[Boomerang1, BubbleStar1, and RockCube battlechips uploaded! Engage!]

Machman slides to a stop and takes aim at the group of viruses. His right hand contorts and balloons into a bubblestar buster. As the film forms, he looks at the group of viruses and tries to aim towards the center of the group. The bubble is packed and ready right before he fires. The bubble flies across the area and explodes. The immediate area is covered in a light layer of water and multiple trapping bubbles.

Machman continues to get closer to the viruses as his bubble buster is replaced with a green boomerang. Machman aims towards the right side of the group and throws the boomerang. The boomerang whizzes towards the viruses and flies past or through them. The boomerang climbs and turns back to Machman, then tracing it's path back to Machman. Machman easily catches the boomerang and jumps backwards. He lands with his right hand pressed against the ground. His hand and the tile below begins to glow and a small square is traced out in a bright yellow light. Machman then lifts his hand, causing a large stone block to rise from the floor. It continues to rise until it stands about seven feet tall. Machman releases the cube and looks back to XIII.

We can use this new chip as cover! This way we can concentrate on wiping out these viruses as quickly as possible; and I know you are just the navi capable of doing that!

ACTIONS:
BubbleStar1 + Untapped Power {+10dmg}: SpikeyA,B,C (60dmg Aqua + Bubble Trap)
Boomerang1: ChampuA,D,E (60dmg Wood)
RockCube: Machman.EXE (Summon 200HP Rock Cube)
Cheer XIII

Thrust Laser: Ready
XIIICross: Ready
(bump)
(bump)
XIII starts off the assault with a fiery blast at an equally fiery virus. The swordsman then entraps another virus in a bubble, preventing it from moving.
Machman follows suit, trapping two Spikey viruses in some watery cages before cutting through two Champus with a Boomerang. He then sets up a Rockcube, which is immediately fired upon by the remaining Spikey.
XIII comes to a close call with some flaming punches as he narrowly dodges the punches of a Champu.

ChampuA: 15 HP
ChampuB: 60 HP
ChampuC: 20 HP (Trapped!)
ChampuD: DELETED
ChampuE: DELETED
SpikeyA: 30 HP (Trapped!)
SpikeyB: 50 HP (Trapped!)
SpikeyC: 90 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Rockcube: 170 HP (0/3)
Machman.exe: 100 HP
XIII.exe: 100 HP
Splash 2, continuing engagement.

[Boomerang1 battlechip uploaded. Use of thrust laser approved. Sweep them up, Machman!]

Machman jumps from behind the Rock Cube and floats in the air with the help of his boot rockets. Machman's wings swing into position as he prepares to throw his last boomerang. He aims towards a group of viruses and throws. The boomerang zips through the air as the thrust laser plasma begins to charge. The two targeting lasers stop on two different viruses, targeting each independently of each other. The boomerang completes its flight back to Machman and is snatched out of the air by his left hand.

Machman drops to the floor a few feet behind the Rock Cube and looks back to XIII.

Go ahead and take out those trapped viruses. Your ElecReel attack will delete all of them in one shot!

ACTIONS:
Boomerang1 + Untapped Power {+10dmg}: ChampuA, ChampuB, SpikeyC (70dmg Wood)
Thrust Laser: SpikeyB,C (30dmg each + 2TCD)
Tactical Action: Move behind RockCube
Cheer XIII

Thrust Laser: 2 Turns Remaining
XIIICross: Ready
"I was thinking the same thing," both operator and navi replied in unison. Kasumi had found the chip immediately by stroke of luck and wasted no time in inserting it into the PET. "ElecReel1 Slot in!"

XIII charged forward, drawing the his sword out of its sheath as the surface of the blade seemed to dance with electrical surge. Just mere steps in front of the enemy line, his form was launched into the air by a powerful kick.
"Take this!" he yelled, the point of the blade touching ground before he did, letting off a massive surge of electricity.

Pulling the tip out of the ground, he flicked the blade out of habit, like he had finished a kata and was flicking the blood off of it.
"I think I got one more in me! Why waste the golden oppertunity?!" The tip rose in the air, positioned behind him in his usual stance. "Legendary blade! Take this and die, you viruses!"

The blade erupted as it sped past, soon too fast for the eye to follow, heading straight for the currently strongest virus, SpikeyC. The strike finished leaving a trail of flame behind it for a brief instant, but XIII was already in motion the moment the blade stopped motion, dashing backwards towards the safety of their line. "Thanks for the setup, Mach! I'll try to give you one next time!"

Summary
ElecReel (80 dmg + Elec) ChampuC, SpikeyA, SpikeyB
SigAtk: Legendary Blade (60dmg + Fire SpikeyC
Dodge
Cheer Machman
Machman hovers up and throws his boomerang, nailing two Champus. He then SHOOP DA WOOPS the two Spikey's deleting one. The speedy navi floats down behind the Rockcube and gives XIII some encouragement.
XIII jumps in, slamming his blade into the ground, sending a powerful electrical current that shocked and deleted two viruses. He then followed up with his Legendary Blade sig attack on the remaining Spikey. The battle was over.

ChampuA: DELETED
ChampuB: DELETED
ChampuC: ELECTROFIED
ChampuD: DELETED
ChampuE: DELETED
SpikeyA: ZAPPED
SpikeyB: DELETED
SpikeyC: BLADED

Terrain: 100% Normal

Machman.exe: 100 HP
XIII.exe: 100 HP

-VICTORY-
Machman Get: Firehit1
XIII Get: Heatshot
FXP: 1 Static
4 for cheering.

The flames die down a bit, but some are still burning pretty fiercely. Hm, what to do?
((We can have the boss appear at battle #5))

Machman picks up the remaining battlechip data and starts to continue forward towards the burner control.

Let's go. No time to lose.

((Ready for battle 4))