Back to back in the Scilab network

KabutankA: DELETED
KabutankB: PANTS'D
MarkCannonA: SQUELCH'D
MarkCannonB: DEAD'D
StarfishA: LASERED
StarfishB: WOOD IMPLEMENTS
ElecOgreA: HURT BADLY
ElecOgreB: BOOMERANGED
DBLCUBE: DELETED
Windbox: OMGWTFPWNED

Terrain: 50% Metal (opponent area), 50% Glass (you)

Machman.exe: 80 HP (glass)
XIII.exe: 70 HP (glass)


Rewards:

Machman: 1000z
Kenshin: 400z, DBLBEAM1

FXP: 2 Static
2 for cheering
2 for sharing defenses

XIII cringed a little as his leg was a little hurt, but it was barely anything. "You Ok machman? I forgot this path takes us over an experiment area's observatory. The glass is great for observations, but not good for combat situations. Come on, we need to keep moving. We'll lose our window if we stop."

He continued on, limping a little, but otherwise very fine.

Machman retrieves the zenny data and dusts off his armor.

I hear you, XIII. Let's press on.

[Machman, keep sharp. No more mistakes; we can't afford to have you or XIII become unable to fight.]

Wakarimashita.

Machman follows XIII closely while keeping a close watch. It's crunch time.

((Prepared for battle #4))

As the two Navi wandered deeper into the Net, they found themselves in a larger barren landscape. The remnants of a fence told the Navi that it was some sort of testing grounds for Navi research. Their footfalls made an unusual, muffled poundind sound with each tread. It seemed that they were standing on steel panels covered in a thin layer of dirt and debris. There traveling soon drew the attention of a large group of viruses that lived within the abandoned research area. These creatures looked mean and more than willing to bring the violence.

ElecOgreA: 120
ElecOgreB: 120
ElecOgreC: 120
ElecOgreD: 120
ElecOgreE: 120
KabutankA: 80
KabutankB: 80
KabutankC: 80
KabutankD: 80
KabutankE: 80

Machman.exe: 80 HP
XIII.exe: 70 HP

Terrain: Metal 100%

Battle 4! Let's get ready to rumble!

I haven't seen this kind of terrain befo-- Viruses! Count 10! Permission to engage?

[Boomerang1 and BubbleStar1 chips uploaded. Use your BubbleStar1 chip to set up a devastating blast from XIII's ElecReel1 chip! Engage!]

Machman's wings swing into position and pair up. They paint their target Kabutanks and begin to charge the unstable plasma projectiles. The plasma glows a ruby red as it builds in size and intensity. The wings eminate a light blue glow: the magnetic fields they generate keep the plasma in place until it is fully energized. The plasma erupts from its magnetic "cage" and screams towards the Kabutanks in a red flash. Machman's wings move back into combat positions and radiate heat from their white-hot surfaces.

Machman wastes little time as he moves forward to engage the other viruses; boomerang drawn. He watches his step and tries not to slip on the dust-covered steel floor. He aims towards the ElecOgres and flings the boomerang forward. The now blurry green disk hums as it zips towards its targets, leaving a small trail of dust kicked up by the small vortex created by its spinning blade. The boomerang passes through the formation of viruses and climbs to make its wide 180 degree turn. It dives back down to its original throwing height to rip through the viral mob again and return to Machman. The boomerang stops suddenly in Machman's ready hand and shatters into glowing shards of data.

His outstretched hand changes into a very peculiar looking buster. Machman's MachBuster seems to look bloated and covered with little holes. A shimmering film covers the end of the buster's barrel. A fan inside the ballooned buster kicks on, drawing in air through the holes and pushing it into the film at high speed. A large bubble forms as smaller films appear. Those are then blown into smaller bubbles, inside the large one! The bubble is sealed as the fan spins faster, lurches forward and launches the bubble towards the viruses. The larger bubble seemed to have hardened, since no normal bubble could travel so fast without popping. The bubble hits and explodes, showering the area with cage-like bubbles.

Weird.

He turns to XIII.

Use your ElecReel1 chip on the effected viruses! They are incredibly vulnerable to electricity now!

Machman's buster collapses and disappears into his hand. His wing boosters fire and Machman goes sky-ward. He weaves, dives, and climbs to shake off any incoming fire.

ACTIONS:
Thrust Laser + Untapped Power{+10dmg}: KabutankC,D (35dmg each, 2TCD)
Boomerang1: ElecOgreA,B,C (120dmg Wood)
BubbleStar1: ElecOgre,D,E, KabutankA (20dmg Aqua + Bubble Trap)
Dodge

"You heard the man XIII! ElecReel1 Slot in! And for good measure, Zapring1, slot in!"

XIII ran forward and slammed his blade into the ground, sending a massive surge of electricity towards the bubble-encased foes. Taking aim again at just the ElecOgreD, he let fire the electrified ring at it to harden the blow.
"Great Idea Mach. If we can get through these guys, we'll be right upon our target!"

Summary
ElecReel1 (80 Elec + Metal floor) ElecOgre,D,E, KabutankA
ZapRing1 (40 Elec + stun) ElecOgreD
Dodge
Cheer Machman

((bump))

Machman's plasma charges rip across the battlefield, smashing into two of the kabutanks and pushing them back across the metallic floor. One of the tanks attempts to retaliate, but Machman's speed easily allows him to dash away from the explosion as he zeroes in on the trio of ElecOgres. The boomerang finds its mark, slicing through the ogres before they knew what hit them. The speedy Navi's BubStar locates his foes, encasing three viruses in a network of bubbles. With supurb teamwork, XIII's ElecReel and and ZapRing decimate two of the trapped viruses, the lone ElecOgre managing to escape by rolling his bubble away from the onslaught of electrical fury. With five viruses still alive, XIII cheers Machman on as the Navi soars up into sky....Just in time as a second kabutank fires, the bomb exploding where Machman had been standing seconds before. The Navi had escaped another attack, but his partner wasn't so lucky. XIII was caught in the explosive blast and hurled backwards. Could this spell the end of the dynamic duo?

ElecOgreA: RANG'D!
ElecOgreB: RANG'D!
ElecOgreC: RANG'D!
ElecOgreD: FRIED'D!
ElecOgreE: 80 [TRAP'D]
KabutankA: FRIED'D!
KabutankB: 80
KabutankC: 45
KabutankD: 45
KabutankE: 80

Machman.exe: 80 HP
XIII.exe: 40 HP

Terrain: Metal 100%

XIII was blown back by the explosion, landing and skidding on the ground a little. He managed to get up, coughing up a bit of blood onto the ground as he managed to get on his knees. Without saying a word, he managed to stand up, positioning his sword slightly behind him in his signature attack.

"XIII! Be careful! if you fail you could get really hurt!" Kasumi yelled to her partner, but he didn't answer. He was laser focused onto the enemies in front of him, taking his bead. Suddenly, he burst forward, delivering the burning, supersonic strike across the elecogre's body. But he wasn't done yet. He swung again, delivering a second blow, then a third blow, and finally a fourth blow, the blade biting deep. Before anything could retaliate, he launched himself backwards off of his right foot, landing back on their side.

"Sorry Machman, *cough* I kinda messed up there. Could you help me out a little?"

Summary
Special: Legendary Blade (60 + fire) To ElecOgreE
Slash Attack (8) to ElecOgreE
Slash Attack (8) to ElecOgreE
Slash Attack (8) to ElecOgreE
Dodge (Extra due to consecutive melee)

Machman can only watch as XIII is pummeled by the blast.

[Machman! We need to go into overdrive. Boomerang1, Shotgun, Recover10 chips in!]

Here you go, XIII!

Machman activates the two Recover10 chips on XIII; Machman's face is lit up by the green glow before fading away. He turns back to the viruses and prepares his boomerang. He closes in on the viruses and throws the boomerang straight towards the 4 Kabutanks. The boomerang whizzes through the group, making sharp clanging sounds and leaving a trail of dust. The boomerang climbs, still keeping its high velocity spin, and dives back into the group of viruses. Machman watches as the boomerang emerges from the viral posse and catches it with his right hand.

He clenches his fist, shattering the boomerang into little glowing pieces of data. The data swirls around his arm and most of which are absorbed into his body, the rest congregate around his hand and form a reinforced MachBuster: a shotgun. He aims towards the Kabutanks and lines up two in his firing range. He activates the trigger program and the shotgun goes off, causing a good amount of recoil and propelling an explosive cannon round. The impact causes the round to explode into smaller deadly shards that continue past its primary target and bathing the area behind it with a shower of energized shrapnel.

Machman's hand goes back to default as he stands there, unable to do more. He hopes his attack finally dispatches these viruses.

ACTIONS:
Recover10: XIII.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Recover10: XIII.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Boomerang1 + Untapped Power{+10dmg}: KabutankB,C,E (80dmg Wood)
Shotgun: KabutankD,C (50dmg + splash)

With a few slashes here, a quick heal there and a nice big boomerang followed by a shotgun blast, the battle was over. Luckily, XIII was able to dodge away before he could sustain any more damage and Machman was really, really fast. Yawn....You need more of a challenge.....

ElecOgreA: RANG'D!
ElecOgreB: RANG'D!
ElecOgreC: RANG'D!
ElecOgreD: FRIED'D!
ElecOgreE: SLASH'D!
KabutankA: FRIED'D!
KabutankB: RANG'D!
KabutankC: SHOT'D!
KabutankD: SHOT'D!
KabutankE: RANG'D!

Machman.exe: 80 HP
XIII.exe: 60 HP

Terrain: Metal 100%

Rewards: 1,200z each.

FXP:
2 Static
2 for Cheering
3 for Attack Combo

((Zanallen, FXP?))
Machman stands and watches the viruses crumble and explode into harmless data. Machman gathers up some zenny data and calls over to XIII.

You okay to keep going?

XIII rammed his sword into the floor and used it to fully right himself. He was in better condition than before thanks to Machman's assist, but he still was a little worse for wear.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, but please don't worry about me. Our opponent will be next, he's somewhere in that facility over there." He pointed to a building-like structure int he compound area they were in now, after having crossed the fence. "Thats the database he's hacking into, most likely to find information on the experiments going on here. I'm not sure as to his motivation, but I do know that if you can siphon any of the information that stored in a terminal like that, it would be worth untold sums of money on the black market. I think that would be motivation enough for anyone, huh?"

He stood up more, pulling the sword out of the ground and re-sheathing it as the final bits of the heal chips did their thing. A fire was once again burning in XIII's eyes, a need to know what was going on, and to stop this from continuing. "Of course, thats just speculation. Who knows what this fella is up to in there? But lets find out! Come on!"

XIII ran towards the building, ducking low and moving stealthily along the side of the building, nearing closer and closer to the entrance. Even though he was injured, the navi was showing no signs of it, except for the occasional wince when he bumped his left shoulder into the wall. Still a little sore in some parts.

He quickly entered the room, trying to stay in the shadows to conceal any movement, and looked around on the inside. The inside of the structure looked almost like a mix between a laboratory and a prison. The occasional testing and experiment areas were scattered here and there amongst cell blocks in the two level structure. All were empty, most still intact, with probably two cells bar's having been twisted, and one of the experiment areas windows had been smashed open on the second floor, as he could see past the upper catwalk. The place, even though it had been recently used up until its evacuation earlier today, now had eerie feeling permeating its interior, as if it were deserted for a long time. At the end of the row, near the back cell, he could swear he saw the occasional flash of light, silhouetting a navi's outline against the wall.
"Mach, did you see that?"

[Machman, keep close to XIII. No use spoiling the advantage of surprise.]

Wakarimashita. Deactivating MachThruster.pgrm.

Machman's wings disintegrate silently into bits of blue data that are quickly absorbed into his back. He looks over to XIII, giving a thumbs-up.

Lead the way.

Machman follows XIII as they begin to creep into the instillation, keeping up against the walls of the building-like structures and tucking himself into a dark corner in the room they just entered. Machman's eyes sweep the room constantly, pulling up tactical data and threat probability measurements. He also notices some bent cell bars and broken glass inside the hallway of cells. The end of the hallway is dark, but something definitely moved; apparently XIII saw something as well. Machman replies quietly to XIII.

I saw it too. May be our target.

Machman's arms whip out away from his body, one buster aiming down the hallway and the other aiming across XIII's back and covering his left flank. His wings silently reappear, though unseen in the darkness.

XIII was also doing the same, flicking the Tsuba of his sword so it unlocked from its sheath, and he hand onto the handle, ready to draw it. He slowly approached the corner, then dashed around to face the infiltrating navi.

"Stop right there, and desist your hacking." he yelled at the figure. The light was dim except for the dull flicker, so it was hard to see what kind of navi it was, but XIII was ready for hell and high water, so it didn't bother him. "Now who are you and why are you hacking scilab? You have 10 seconds to comply."

((Ready for battle?))

One of Machman's busters swings to the dark figure, still keeping the other covering XIII's back. He calls out to the Navi.

Move forward slowly with your hands in the air! You have 5 seconds! 4...3...2...1!

(Bring on battle #5)

((Bump))

((bump))

((BUMP!!!!!!!!!)

"Now, now...No need to shout."

The voice from the shadows was soft and velvety, practically a baritone purr. A man stepped out of the corridor and gazed at the two Navi who had confronted him. He was dressed in a stylish black suit over a black dress shirt with a platinum tie. His hair was jet black, short and slicked back. He had an impeccably cut, black goatee and his green eyes were framed by a pair of thin, wire-frame glasses. In his hands was a long cane, shod in silver and capped with a pommel shaped like an hourglass. This was definitely not your ordinary hacker.

"Is there a problem? I assure you that I have done nothing that needs be truly investigated. I have merely initiated a test...For my own amusement."

The three Navi stood on the same metallic floor, though the dust has been swept away to reveal its shine. How will you proceed?

???: ???

Terrain: 100% Metal

Machman.exe: 80 HP
XIII.exe: 60 HP