The Virtual Suburbs

"Zed, you're going to give me a heart attack with some of these fights." Vita whined, curling up with the PET and trying to relax. "I know you have fun doing it, but come on, it is a little dangerous, you know." She added, letting out a cleansing sigh and then smiling. "You're doing great though. Here, I picked up some stuff that'll help us go the extra distance." She told him, plugging in one of the Mini Energy Packs and restoring energy to the Navi.

MiniEnergyPack used on Zetaman. 50 HP restored.

"Yes, yes Vita. Thank you very much." He sighed, walking slowly and calmly out of the battle field, just in case some of those mines didn't disappear with the Miner. He hit a T in the road from much earlier, and figured he might as well go right where he had gone left before. He continued into a different part of the net, still raring for another fight, even if Vita's will was flagging.

[Battle Eight Welcome]

ZetaMan came across a group of viruses, a vicious lot with few enemies he never even encountered before. They were strong, obviously a danger to Zeta...But luck would have it, the viruses didn't even notice the navi's presence! Take this advantage to attack, or flee, the choice is left out in the open!

SpikeyA: 90 HP
SpikeyB: 90 HP
SpikeyC: 90 HP
KabutankA: 80 HP
KabutankB: 80 HP
KabutankC: 80 HP
PowieA: 60 HP
PowieB: 60 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

ZetaMan.EXE: 80 HP [[b]PREEMPTIVE STRIKE[/b]]

-BATTLE EIGHT, START!-

"Don't do it, Zed." Vita said, luckily enough that her voice couldn't be heard by the little virus gang. "You don't know what these guys are capable of, and this is just a first little stroll, remember?" She added, biting a finger. She knew that Zetaman wasn't going to accept such a situation, and could do little more than look away from the screen and load up a random chip.

Zetaman didn't answer in response, wanting to keep his distance as well as his profile as low as possible. The chip loaded up and he crouched low to the ground, touching the ground with his hand. A wave of data crept over the battlefield and turned a wave of the flooring from himself to underneath all the virii to magnetic panels. He raised his other hand and unleashed the wave of green energy that started to blast along the newly magnetic tiles, the shockwave moving forward quickly. He got tohis feet and started to move quickly to the side, hoping that the virii would be too busy watching the shockwave to not notice him quite yet. His buster began to glow lightly with energy as he charged up his next attack.

Actions
1: SetMagnet NaviCust Program
2: Shockwave Battle Chip: SpikeyA - C, any other Virii (40 Damage + Piercing + Line + Ground)
3: Charging Bolt Tower Signature Attack

Zetaman quickly activated the SetMagnet program, changing a large area of the battlefield into magnetic terrain. The viruses were quickly reduced to wobbling, helpless saps as they were forcefully moved around erratically. Some of the viruses tried to blast some attacks towards Zetaman, but they just couldn't get a shot in. Some decided to be smart and get out of the magnetic terrain instead. Zetaman took the chance by firing a shockwave towards the Spikey, hitting them all in one fell swoop. Then, a lone Kabutank emerged from the chaos, took up its cannon and roared as it fired its cannon, hitting the Elec Navi right in the chest with one of its bombs. Ouch, that had to hurt. (30)

SpikeyA: 50 HP [Magnet]
SpikeyB: 50 HP [Magnet]
SpikeyC: 50 HP
KabutankA: 80 HP
KabutankB: 80 HP [Magnet]
KabutankC: 80 HP [Magnet]
PowieA: 60 HP [Magnet]
PowieB: 60 HP [Magnet]

Terrain: 50% Normal, 50% Magnetic

ZetaMan.EXE: 50 HP [Bolt Towers: Ready!]

Zetaman was knocked back hard from the attack, skidding to a stop and letting out a cough through the smoke. "Vita! Don't say anything!" He ordered, aiming upwards and taking his enemy's locations into account. He launched off his Bolt Towers, the energy forming into the now familiar spears in the air before dropping down to the ground and stabbing into or nearby his targets. He kept himself on the magnet panels in order to keep up the elemental bonuses he had. "Chips, please!" He called out loud, getting data loaded up almost instantly.

He dropped to one knee and pulled up his buster, taking aim at the Spikey virii and launching a blast of energy at them. While he waited for the shot to rebound to a secondary target, he turned to the Kabutanks and brought up his guard, a reflective shield of energy glinting around him.

Actions
1: Bolt Towers Signature Techniques: PowieA, PowieB, SpikeyA (Summons 3 10 HP, 30 Electric Damage [x2 on Magnet] objects)
2: Shotgun BattleChip: SpikeyB + SpikeyC (50 Damage + Spread 1)
3: Guard1: KabutankA (Reflects up to 60 damage)

None of the enemies managed to effectively dodge Zetaman's attacks as the magnets inhibited their movement, causing them to take several hits. A few viruses were skewered by Zetaman's descending Bolt Towers, but none of them seemed to be deleted. Only two spikies were subtracted from the enemy forces and unfortunately the remaining viruses who were not finding the magnet terrain to disruptive attacked. Zeta's guard reflected an explosion, knocking back the attack to the kabutank that had fired it. The two Spikies retaliated with fire blasts; one missed but another nailed him. Before he could collect his bearings, an attack from another kabutank blasted him. If ZetaMan doesn't get out of there, he could be facing serious trouble!

SpikeyA: 20 HP [Magnet]
SpikeyB: DELETED
SpikeyC: DELETED
KabutankA: 50 HP
KabutankB: 80 HP [Magnet]
KabutankC: 80 HP [Magnet]
PowieA: 30 HP [Magnet]
PowieB: 30 HP [Magnet]

Terrain: 50% Normal, 50% Magnetic

ZetaMan.EXE: 1 HP: DANGER [Bolt Towers: 2 TCD]
Bolt Tower A: 10 HP
Bolt Tower B: 10 HP
Bolt Tower C: 10 HP

"Okay Zed, it's been a great run but you have to get out of there now!" Vita ordered, pulling up the escape data that was suddenly shifted as Zetaman denied the request.

"No." He told her, getting up and aiming his buster. "I refuse to go down without a fight!" He called out, the response was a green ball of cactus forming in his hand.

"There." Came the calm response from outside the net.

"I... This is..."

"It's a chip. Live with it. If you want to risk your code to screw around, then fine by me. I'll just have to wait for you to get your digital ass deleted and then I'll get a new Navi. A nice and cute one. Zetagirl or something like that, so I don't waste anything you leave behind. I'm sick of having a stupid boy Navi." Vita ranted, continuing on as Zetaman stopped paying attention.

"Fine, fine." He commented, rolling up the ball for a pitch and tossing it at high speed at the Kabutank that was lucky enough to get away from the magnet tiles. He then started to run around the ground, skirting around where the rest of his opponents were keeping themselves. As he passed behind one of his bolt towers, he quickly reached towards it and coding surrounded it, reinforcing it. He rolled past it, hopefully distracting his opponent, and then leaped into a second roll that brought him a good distance across the magnetized battlefield.

Actions
1: Cactball1 Battle Chip: KabuTankA (20 Wood Damage x 2 to 4 hits, Ground Attack).
2: Dodge
3: Dodge

The attack did hit the Kabutank well, but what happened next was not pretty. Zetaman's quick steps did nothing when a Spikey decided it wanted off the magnets, which it did. It then let out a piercing roar and sent a massive fireball careening towards Zetaman. The fireball hit the Elec Navi on the shoulder and damaged him enough for Vita's PET to initiate its Emergency Jack-Out procedure, extracting him from the battlefield.

SpikeyA: 20 HP
SpikeyB: DELETED
SpikeyC: DELETED
KabutankA: DELETED
KabutankB: 80 HP [Magnet]
KabutankC: 80 HP [Magnet]
PowieA: 30 HP [Magnet]
PowieB: 30 HP [Magnet]

Terrain: 50% Normal, 50% Magnetic

ZetaMan.EXE: EJO
Bolt Tower A: 10 HP
Bolt Tower B: 10 HP
Bolt Tower C: 10 HP

Battle 8 - Failure!
Penalty: -500z