Right after the incident, everything was back to normal at AMAKEN. Val almost got caught as being Valor, because she always forgets that whenever Val uses a Wavehole and pulses out afterwards, she actually gets teleported back to where she originally pulsed in from. The last EM Wavehole basically.

Everyone was outside of AMAKEN Labs, Val was resting on a bench, her eyes closed. It wouldn't be quite surprising to Chroma if she were to fall into deep slumber right then and there, he could roar into her ear to arouse her if he wanted to...

Mr. Boreal, who was also shaken by that scenario (especially when he was the main target by Cygnus Wing around here), was apologetic to the Triple Threat and Geo. But Val was too tired to listen in, and just wanted some shuteye; her consciousness delve into a whole world of darkness, it didn't take long for sleep to catch up to her.

'Valerie. . .'

"....Hn...."

Chroma shrugged in her Transer, 'Hrm.... That kiddo's probably having crazy dreams again...'

It was really getting late and Valerie was lightly snoring... "Hey, Little Lily..." Someone was gently shaking her shoulder.

"ZzzzzzzZZZzzZZzzzzzz....M-Mom.... I don't wanna....get up......" She mumbled, her sky blue hair in a mess. "....Mrphmm....H- huh?..." She rubbed her eyes and yawned.

Everything was blurry at first, but became clearer she looked to her side. "I wouldn't want to see you sleep here,  you'll catch a cold. Come on, Little Lily, it's time for you to go home." She can clearly tell that he smiled.

"Mmmm... Y- yeah..." She got up and stretched. "Thanks for waking me up... Where's the others?" She asked groggily, massaging the back of her neck.

"They've gone home already, they tried to wake you up, but you slept like a bear on hibernation! I'm impressed!" He chuckled. "I see that you've used up all your energy on that tour, you were really happy, and I'm glad."

She got a tad bit timid by that. "Ehehehe.... U- uh, yeah.... I still wouldn't forget how surprised they were..." She recalled their wide eyes, gaping mouths, and frozen postures at that time.

She took her red dragon backpack, slung it over her shoulder and was ready to take the bus home. Mr. Boreal called out, "Valerie!" She turned around with an eyebrow raised, rubbing her eye. "Hey, listen Val... Take care, okay? And remember what I said about BrotherBands..."

"B-BrotherBands..." She paused with a frown, but smiled in the next second. "Y- yeah... good-bye Mr. Boreal!" She boarded the vehicle and it zoomed away.

'You'll make plenty of friends and Brothers. . . I know that for sure. . .' He thought, smiling at the retreating figure of the vehicle; shrinking into the darkness of the night as it drove further down the road.

When she took her seat and made herself comfy on the bus, she stared out at the window... 'BrotherBands. Kelvin Stelar apparently was his mentor back as NAZA and taught him the importance and the true meaning of having Brothers.' She stared at her reflection, full of sorrow. 'I guess... He wasn't that different from my... Mom.'

Chroma, who hasn't said a word, appeared from her Transer and floated next to her, his face didn't show emotions and his teeth lightly glistened. In fact his fangs are always shown, he stood still with an emotionless expression, but his lava-red eyes say a different story. "Valor..." She gazed at her reflection, her bright red irises now seemed dull from sadness. "Your words, before we defeated Cygnus Wing...were they... from your mother?"

She nodded slowly. "Yes..." Her voice was soft.

"Kiddo," Chroma said. She looked at him, who seemed unsure of what to say, scratching his scaly neck. "You, uh, don't frown so much." He sighed, closing his eyes. "I've heard from, uh, other Earthlings that...it's not very good for ya..."

'Chroma?...' Her brow was raised, but a small smile danced upon her lips at Chroma's concern.

He grunted shortly, "uragh! Just don't mope around so much that it'd affect our fighting and your focus!" He grumbled, obviously out of his comfort zone just saying this.

Valerie lightly laughed at her partner's antics, he grumbled even more, crossing his arms and looking out of the window. "Yeah, thanks. I'll keep that in mind." She grinned.

"Heh. Don't count on it..." Was what Val think he muttered.

He didn't stay in the Transer much after that, saying that it was too small for his liking; choosing to float on the seats while observing the moving scenery past the glass. Valerie could see that because whenever she sees him inside of the device, it was like watching someone trying to fit into a small box. Unfortunately, with his bulky armor and giant physique, that didn't help much either.

They both returned home, and she head to bed, changing. Chroma merely levitated around the room, mumbling and grumbling in utter boredom. Moonlight has seeped through the opening of the curtains in her window, bathing the shady interior of purple darkness in its silver radiance. Chroma, who floated around, swam through the white and beautiful moonlight. Each of his spikes, rock-hard scales, and ebony horns shined within the shadows; his scarlet-red eyes that caught the light of the moon looked as if it glowed. Within those blood-red eyes, were his fiery-orange irises; because of the moon, they look like smoldering flames. Or magma even.

"Aah...finally, some shuteye..." She dove into her bed, bouncing up and down as if it was a trampoline. The blanket and pillows shot up into the air with her and landed, one crashed onto her face. She was too tired to care and remove it, Val just let it settle on her face... "Ah, fin...a...l..l..y... ZzzzzZZZzzZzZzZZz............"

"I really do wonder how she can fall asleep so very quickly like that..." He sweatdropped at her figure, arms spread out as if she was attempting to make 'blanket' angels. He couldn't blame her for the drowsiness, she went on a field trip pumped up in energy from morning to all the way through. She even had to deal with that Cygnus guy to top it all off, after all.

-

It was a few days after the Cygnus incident. The days were pretty normal, Valerie did her usual things. Occasionally getting mails about a place having an opening and special events coming up. She ignored them and didn't bother to read them though...mainly due to a certain 'Prez' sending messages to her about school. Again, she preferred doing homework at home.

[ Now, AMAKEN Labs, nighttime. ]

It was silent in the midnight hour, only sounds of nuts and bolts clattering to the floor reverberated in the room. The room was lit with the white, fluorescent light bulbs  that glowed in the ceilings. With a final sound, there was a large exhale of breath; the contraption was hung on the wall. "I've done it! It's finished!" Mr. Dubius declared proudly, smiling at the shiny wings of his FlapPack invention.

His partner, who wiped sweat off of his forehead and placed his cap back on, heard him and walked over to observe Tom's work. "That's awesome!" He smiled, beaming with joy.

"It's just like you said, Aaron." Dubius glanced at his friend and grinned. "Make the wings bigger and they'll stay balanced much better in the air."

He chuckled, then gave a firm pat on his buddy's shoulder. Tom jerked forward in surprise, because endless hours of working over his invention has made him sleep-deprived. "Let's go out and celebrate tonight!"

"S-sure...." He gave Mr. Boreal a smile. "But if you eat too much, you'll get even bigger yourself." He teased.

"Why you...!" Aaron jumped at his friend's remark, gasping. "I can't believe you said that!"

"You know why I said that?" Tom smiled brightly and genuinely. "Because... I'm your Brother..."

"Hahahaha! Okay, you got me there." He laughed. "Alright, lets go! And for your information, I'm going to eat and party to my heart's content!"

They both gave the FlapPack one last look... Because not only was it a proud achievement of their invention... It was an invention that had created their BrotherBand; it's a bond that they will both treasure deeply.

-

"Valerie, Ayaka. . ."

A voice echoed in the corridors of darkness within her mind. She had found herself floating in the deep vast shadows, she couldn't move nor even lift a finger, she felt numb. Comfortably numb.

"Before you, a great cataclysm of destruction shall strike. A path from which there are two, shall be all of life's greatest fate. Should you not obtain the power to carve destiny's path towards a brighter future... The vortex of chaos shall swallow all, and shall plunge all of life's existence into a turmoil of eternal darkness."

Valerie gasped. Her own sound of shock echoed, it sounded muffled however, as if she was merely drifting around in dim, calm waters. She could only stare straight at the dark, where the voices came from, assuming that it wasn't her own mind doing this.

 "In spite of this. . . if you shall open your wrinkled heart of sorrow, you shall find the greatest power within."

"M- my... power?..."

"With a golden pure soul and unfathomable will. . .shall you soar into the darkness and trials that shall inevitably arrive, and overcome it. One of two shall aid each other in the end, it is in your hands which the future and fate shall be, and which shall not.
We are always watching you. . ."

She struggled in confusion, feeling like her limbs were tied and was separated from her control. "Wh- what do you mean?!" It was difficult to speak, her senses were jumbled. "W- wait!!" Instinctively, she reached out with all her might, trying to reach out with one hand into the dark.
Despite it, it was useless, and she felt herself drifting away, back into reality. . .

Val's eyes were unfortunately met with a harsh golden light due to her window and her head that was perfectly angled so that the ray had directly hit both her eyes, it was morning. "U-ugh... Wh- what was....that about?..."

Just like a dream, it was hard to recall. . . She just remembered about how she tries to close herself from others sometimes. There was one thing she remembers from that dream however, it was the feeling of fear...of the unknown.

She sighed, ruffling her hair.

*yawn~* "ACK!"

*THUD!*

"Yowowowow... My head..." She had fallen off the bed. Rubbing the forming lump on top of her skull, she went to do the usual stuff, but she looked around; something was amiss. . . "Chroma?" She shrugged. "Maybe I was in my dream a bit too deep - for too long..." She opened her green Transer. "Not there..."

After doing the normal things, she returned to her bedroom, frowning slightly. "Hey, Chroma? You better not scare the living daylights outta me!!" She looked under her bed, moving the dusty things and boxes out of the way, "helloooooo?" She called from under her table. "Ugh...whe- "

*THUD!!*

"ARG!! ALWAYS!" She had banged the top of her skull underneath the table by accident. She searched and searched, ripping the curtains out of the way. "Aha!... Huh???" She scratched her head. "Chroma!!" She scanned the room for any signs. "Oh, c'mon, this isn't funny..." She slumped.

*ding, dong!*

"EEP!" She jumped. "I thought I scared that LUNATIC and her sidekicks for good..." She yawned. "Welp, better answer the door then..." She called out again, but this time, she controlled her volume. "Hey, Chroma! Psst! I need you to give them a good scare again, because you're giving ME a scare..."

*ding, dong!* The chime sent an echo throughout the house.

"Hold on!!" She yelled, carefully going down the steps and descended one by one, because everyone knows that she'll fall face flat just tripping. Considering just how extra clumsy she seems to be today... 'Why do I get a sense of déjà vu?'

She opened the door slightly.

*BAM!*

"URG!" To her misfortune, she had kissed the door. She fell on her butt, rubbing her face... 'I- is this...payback?...from Bud?...' She could imagine Chroma snickering at her somewhere, since she has been getting in too many comical slapstick situations for the umpteenth time in the very same day (at the morning too...). She stood up and dusted herself, looking at the culprit.

Instead of expecting Bison or even the Triple Threat, it was some shady-looking man!

She let out a surprised yelp, "EEP! H- Hey, you better get out of here THIEF! Be...before I beat you SENSELESS!!" Val shouted, gritting her teeth from her possibly bruised face and hot blood that's making steam come out of her ears at the moment.

The man groaned and seemed as if he was scolding himself there. "Oh, no..."He raised his hands to show no harm to her. 

"I'm sorry little girl, I was so into my work that I tend to forget all about my surroundings..." He looked around with cautious eyes, it just made him more suspicious to Val.

She was so furious there, that she didn't even realize that she had an umbrella in her hands, she put it back to the umbrella stand or holder at the corner. She had a confused expression, cocking her head to the side and looking at him.  

'H- hey, wait a sec!!' At a closer sight of the rude person who had just barged into her house and made the door completely bash her face, was a VERY familiar detective...

"Don't just go into my house! I could've pummeled you!!" Her face must be red...or purple because of the bruises.

"I- I'm sorry." His voice was ragged, "and I'm no thief, alright? I'm Detective Bob Copper. I was just looking for Z Waves," he started to mumble more towards himself. "And your house seems to be full of them..."

Val sighed, closed the door and put her hands on her hips with a twitching brow. "A detective, huh? So...are you investigating my house or something? Like the Satella Police?"

"Yeppers!" He suddenly beamed.

'Wai...what?' That had just caught her off guard, she had never ever heard anyone say that before.

"I've been investigating the incidents in both the truck and at AMAKEN that happened a few days ago." He explained while tampering with his Transer, it's a bit different since it's a Satella Police issue if one were to inspect it closer. They just have a unique set of colors and have a Satella badge on it too, those possibly have more functions than the normal issue though.

His Transer seemed a bit...modified than the ones she saw, the last time she, uh, did things to it. Without him knowing, obviously. 'Probably been updated...' Val got even more perplexed, 'I thought me and Bluey took care of that stuff though. Why's he here again??'  She wondered. "Um... Weren't those two already have been taken care of?"

"Yes, it's true. They were." He said.

'Oh, that's GOOD then...' She thought in relief.

He begin to scratch the top of his head, eyebrows low and humming in thought. "There's something that they both have in common however..."

'U-uh....'

He started, putting his fingers below his chin. "Both sites are completely covered in Z Waves, we found those special waves and we don't have the slightest clue where they're originating from..."

'Oh no, that's BAD. Those waves must be from the FM-ians!!' She quietly took a deep breath.'Okay, okay, don't panic Val. Whatever you do, DO. NOT. PANIC. That makes everything worse!!'

"U- uh... What are you planning  to do if you happen to find the source?..." She took a seat on the couch, still irritated over her face throbbing in pain. But her mind's more concentrated on this problem right now. 'Don't stutter, VAL!!' 

"If we were to find it, then we'd eliminate them. Because obviously, waves and radiation aren't good for us, they're threats and the best thing is to do is to destroy them." He made a pose. "Bang! And they'll be a goner, yeah?" He pointed with his fingers as if it was a gun.

"(Urg, d- destroy?. . . Where's that darn alien?)" She was tapping her foot, trying to hide her nervousness. 'Oh no! What if Chroma were to come out now?!' She cleared her throat, "erm... s- so... watchya doing here again?"

"I'm here because this house is radiating heavy amounts of Z waves." He hummed. But his face grew grim and serious, making Val unnerved. But she hid it...  "You notice anything strange around here?"

Valerie pretended to be in deep thought. "Hrm... Strange?..."

Copper replied. "You were at AMAKEN when this happened, right, Valerie?"

She got caught off guard at the mention of her name, "H- huh? How do you know my name?" 'They wouldn't care to know my name, sure, I share a name that has a reputation, but that... Erm it's complicated... Or even question a kid like me...unless...'

"I've put any as well as all information related to these Z Waves into my Transer as reference." He questioned her once again, "so, during the AMAKEN incident, you were exposed to high doses. " She managed to silence her gulp. "In fact... Those Z Waves must be pouring out of your ears and nose right now."

"Huh? M- me? Really?. . ." She pointed to herself. 'I want him to leave already... CHROMA! Lead him away or something! UGH!!'

He ignored her sense of confusion, "have you been feeling OK? Nothing strange or odd with your body?"

She quickly responded. "No, nothing's odd." Val mentally scoffed, 'yeah, like I would tell you that I'm going to somehow save our planet from outer space beings and merge with them to fight other outer space aliens and....' She was about to say a whole paragraph in her head'...huh... maybe my mental state is the only thing wrong.'

He pushed. "Are you sure you're telling me the truth?"

"A hundred-percent!" She instantly said. 'Yeah, sure.... Try not looking so suspicious...while you're just twiddling your thumbs together and shouting or scolding yourself!... Ugh, maybe I need a psychiatrist or something.'

Bob pushed even more. "Are you really, really sure that there's nothing odd?"

"Y- yeah, n-n-n-nothing's o-odd!" She continued to rant in her head about how bad she's at this, her stuttering is going to get worse. While her inner self just wants to push him out of the house already, ah, she wishes she could. She just mentally facepalmed.

After a long look and silence that stretched into what seemed to be an eternity there, he finally saluted and headed for the door. "Thank you for your help and cooperation."

"U- uh, y-yeah...you're welcome..."

The door was shut.

She slumped and melted on the couch, "ugh, first this alien business, now this? Chroma... oh, where art thou?!" She made a gesture of holding something invisible and held it to the sky. She hopped to her feet, sighing. 'Now's not the time to be quoting things...'

Closing the door behind her, she realized how there's a lot of people this time around. Everyone was buzzing around, cheering with happy attitudes and some were pouring in and out of the store called Big Wave. This was actually the first time she had seen so many people in such a quaint and quiet town...

'Normally, it wouldn't be this populated. . .' She noted. She walked around, looking for her partner. 'URAGH! Where could that stupid alien be?!?'  While wandering around Echo Ridge, she caught pieces of people's conversations out of boredom.

"....It's finally OPENED!...."

"....need.....more Zennys....."

"So....much to do.....concert...."

"I need tickets!....."

"....Concert....................... tickets!!......"

'A concert? Hmm...' Her belly growled, reminding her that she had skipped breakfast due to an unpleasant and unexpected visit. She had her mind set on Chroma that she had completely forgot, "might as well just get a drink..." She planned to drink juice or soda and sit by the river, so Val strolled behind the store.

Well, her mood was beginning to be more passive and calm, that is, until Lunatic and her gang decided to show up. Groaning, she hid behind Big Wave, avoiding that irritating group. Peeking out from the corner, she saw them and quickly hid. "(Every time, *sigh* it's as if they're following me... That wouldn't be surprising. Since it wasn't the first...)" She muttered begrudgingly. Valerie turned...

*thud!*

"Oof!" She had fell on her butt.  She gotten off the ground hastily, with a blush rising in her face, realizing that she had bumped into someone by accident. "I- I'm so sorry!" She speedily apologized, offering a hand to the person she had just went into.

"O- oh, it's okay. That was my fault!" Helping the person, she looked at their appearance. The person she had just apologized to, or rather, had apologized to Val; was in a pink clothing, light green shorts and blue boots. Her arms and hands were covered by gloves and are striped with light pink and white (instead to Val's black and purple). There was an instrument strapped to their back also.

From under the hood, it was a girl that was around the same age as her. Noticing other than the girl's bright green eyes, was the hair. It wasn't exactly the same hue as Valerie's natural hair color, but it was close; maybe it was the lighting, but pretty close. 

"I'm still sorry about that... Um... would you like a drink from the vending machines? I'm about to go buy one." Val offered kindly, pointing to the machines with her thumb.

"Hm?" She shifted her gaze from the floor to her. "Oh, no it's alright. I'll be on my way, bye!" She went off to the path that led to Vista Point.

Val had her brow raised and she frowned slightly. 'She seemed...' She ignored it and went to go buy a drink. Ever since that little problem with the viruses in the vending machine, she'd secretly hoped that it wouldn't happen again, or else Valerie would really throw a fit. Without Chroma, she can't pulse into it and fix it. Beating the heck out of it was a lucky time, lucky moments don't occur a second time, Val wouldn't trust luck anyway.

"(Ugh, c'mon Chroma...)" She gazed at the sky while strolling around, enjoying the breeze with a sweet, fizzy beverage in hand. Despite her ability to see the faint EM Wave World with her own eyes, in the mornings, it's invisible. The floating beings and a few viruses lurking here and there though, are somewhat visible. They look like blurry, translucent things in the sky. They're invisible, but Valerie could spot them since they....distort the background. Kind of like that.

While settling herself down near the river, she saw a kid running around, extremely hyper. He wore mostly red attire, well, even his hair was red too but in a darker shade. What caught her interest was something unusual that followed that kid... she could've sworn she saw something flash right by, 'it must've been my imagination...'

"I wonder what that girl is doing?" She scratched her head, completely bored. "*sigh* I never knew how bland it is without all this alien stuff and how quiet without Chroma's random bickering..." She thought aloud sadly. She didn't even realize that she was heading towards where the girl went.

"(Aw, you miss me?! I'm shocked.)"

"Wh- what!?!" Valerie Ayaka jumped in surprise, but as soon as she recovered from that, she almost crushed her drink, gritting her teeth, and a vein popped onto her forehead.

"(Spill it! You were worried! Ah, I'm so honored...)" He sounded a bit too happy.

Ignoring that statement, she growled. "(Grr! Where were you?! That detective with a funny antenna on his head was tracing your 'Z waves'!!)"

He gave a fanged smile and closed his eyes. "(Heheheh, I didn't know that I was suddenly famous.... I was attracted to some of that loneliness waves... But that wasn't the main reason why I was gone. You see, I had a little... brawl with a certain FM-ian. You know who.)" 

"(Y- you mean Omega-Xis?? So that explains all those nasty scrapes on you....)"

"(Ah...)" He stretched, or at least, tried to in the cramped Transer. "(Indeed. He's pretty good actually. I'd daresay that we're almost evenly matched.)"

"(You sound pretty cocky yourself, you beat him?)" She asked in curiosity.

He laughed. "(Nothing beats an element of surprise! Hah! I must say, his agility astounds me and his strength is mighty. But his impatience and cockiness is more than mine, luckily...)" He stared at Val. "(And what happened to you? You look beaten up yourself.)"

She gotten even more angry. "(Grr... Thanks to you and your Z WAVES WOOO~....... I got hit in the face by a door - from that dumb detective!)" He stared for only a moment before bursting into laughter, she almost crushed her own drink while grinding her teeth. "Oh, be quiet!! It really hurt - and it still DOES!!"

Because she was too distracted yelling at the screen of her device, she didn't noticed yet that Geo was looking at her, sweatdropping. "U-uh... Are you okay?..."

"H- huh??" She closed the lid quickly, turning red. "Wh- what? N-no! I'm fine! You know what, forget it!" She sighed after rapid firing words. She rubbed her face. "A crazy, creepy cop guy named Bob Copper bashed a door into my face..." Her free hand was mangling the air and leaving nail marks on her own palm. "And not only that...." She said lowly, her eyes closed and brow twitching in utmost irritation. "To put it short, he basically trespassed into my own home!"

"Bob Copper?... You mean... that tall guy with a green trench coat and antenna?..." He asked.

"Yeah..." Her mouth twitched and her eyebrows were fidgeting in anger, she tried very hard to stop herself from squeezing the heck out of the poor beverage in her hand. "Stupid....cop... idiot... dumb...detective......." She cursed. "How did he even have access to my home anyway?...."

"Well... He is a Satella Cop after all..." He muttered.

Before this conversation could continue onward, a voice yelled in a lot of agitation not too far. It belonged to someone very familiar, unfortunately, it was someone they both didn't like. "Argh, what the hey!? The Z waves are acting up again! If this keeps up, I won't get a good readout!!"

"Sounds like someone isn't having a good day either..." Valerie mumbled in dismay.

They both turned, Valerie had a hand on her hip and sipped her cold drink that she had nearly pulverized too many times. Geo sighed at the approaching Triple Threat. "Urk..." He sounded out miserably.

"Well if it isn't Geo and Val!" Luna really didn't look too happy, she was furiously tapping her foot, a massive scowl was carved onto her face, and her eyes were flaring with huge displeasure. The two boys behind her were shaking and looking like they were biting their fingernails in fright, sweat forming on their heads.

"H- Hey... You look like you're in a bad mood..." Geo asked in a tiny voice, Val didn't want to say anything; seeing that she's too busy glaring at her partner at the back. "Anything happen?"

"Be quiet, you! Mind your own business!"She snapped, making the boys jump in fear and Val ripped her eyes off of her screen for a moment.

"Yeah! Mind your own bee's wax!" Bud chimed in, though, he was also angered... "We got scooped out by some creepy old guy named Copper just now."

It was Zack's turn to snap at someone, "Bud, you just told them everything!"

Bud jumped. "Aaack!!" Knowing that Luna was going to give him an earful for this...

Luna Platz turned on her heels. "Men should keep their mouths shut!" She was steaming with anger. "Having to show that old man what was in my Transer - I've never been so humiliated! Come on, Bud, Zack! Let's go." Lunatic stomped off in fury.

"Yeesh, she wasn't the one who got slammed in the face by a door for crying out loud..." Valerie sighed, sipping and looking at the back of her retreating figure.

Geo was looking at the two who're shaking and sagged in utter despair. "Sh- she's really  not in the best of moods..."

Zack sighed, turning into a hunchback with sadness. "Yeah...something tells me she's not going to let us go home any time soon..."

"I feel bad for the Prez, but Sonia Strumm's live concert is tomorrow..."

At the mentioning of the name, Val turned into their direction.

"Yeah... I want to get home early and rest up." Zack yawned, pushing up his glasses. "We finally got those tickets and all, and I really want to see her in person..."

Geo was confused."Uh, um.... Who's Sonia?"

Everyone turned to him, Val was the first to say something. "Hm? You don't know?"

But right after she was finished, Zack exploded and looked at him as if he was living under a rock. "You- you don't know who she is?! Sonia Strumm is the hottest musician on the charts! Bud and I are both members of her fan club." He smiled and adjusted his glasses proudly.

"(U- uh... fan club?... That'd be embarrassing to say out loud....)" Val sweatdropped.

Bud had sparkles in his eyes. "Sonia's going to have a concert tomorrow, right here in Echo Ridge!"

Val did an 'oh', realizing something. 'Huh, so that's why there's more people here than usual...' 

'Hrm? A concert? I might want to see it for myself...' Chroma eavesdropped.

"We're gonna cheer with all we've got! And tonight we're gonna have star-shaped cakes for desert to commemorate her heavenly singing!" Bud finished.

"Oh, cool..." Geo said.

"W- well... basically, yeah..." Val would be embarrassed to admit something like that. 'I sense die-hard Sonia fans...'

Zack Temple slouched, his mood falling. "But you saw the Prez today. Whenever she's in a bad mood like that, meetings last forever..." He almost looked as if he was about to cry.

Bud played with his fingers. "Sh- should we try to make a break for it?" He looked to the sky, imagining. "But... what'll happen to us if we do...?" He broke off in cold sweat, they're going to have the worst consequences, it's usually what'd happen when a girl is really not on the best of moods...

Zack turned with a serious expression. "Look, Bud. We can see the Prez every day. But do you think we'll get to see Sonia again?" He reasoned, reinforcing the obvious, yearning decision.

A long silence followed between them. "..........I'm sure even the Prez'd let us go this time!"

Lunatic's voice cut through the air. "What are you two doing?! Hurry up!!"

They both jumped. "Prez!!"

The trembling twosome glanced at each other directly in their fear-filled eyes, sweating bullets, and shaking terribly in their shoes with massive guilt that was starting to form in the pits of their stomachs. Valerie wouldn't hesitate to abandon Lunatic if she were to have a choice between these things, she'd probably say, 'It's now, or never!'

"We're so sorry!!!" They both made a run for it, scampering off and sprinting with so much dread and vigor, that smoke and clouds whipped up in angry winds at the soles of their feet! Geo and Val coughed at the shocking amount of dust and dirt that were spat into their faces.

"*cough, cough* Now that's bold! Hehehe!" Val chuckled at the two, amused at such thing...

Geo sweatdropped. "Those two sure have it rough..." He was coughing a tad bit, waving away the smoke.

'Oh crud!' Valerie thought, 'if I don't get that dumb detective again, I'm gonna be on the suspect lists too!!!' She almost spat out her drink, but thankfully swallowed then thrown into a violent coughing fit. Geo looked at her with concern, but before he could say anything, she held up a hand. "Ack! *cough, cough, cough!* U-uh, I- I'm fine!" She coughed more. "I just forgot to do something back home... *cough, cough* and I'm going before Lunatic Platz comes and gives US an earful!... *cough, cough*..." She quickly took her leave, in search of the Satella Cop.

"I realize how horrible you are at socializing."

"Ugh! Forget it, just please help me find this detective once I pulse in." She blushed, and facepalmed to hide it.

She hid near the store, "seems okay to Wave Change now. Let's go!"

"(Please don't pull my arm like Omega!)"

"Don't compare me to that ruffian! Unlike him, I've got some manners..." He grumbled, crossing his arms.

Lightly chuckling, she want to the EM Wavehole and raised her Transer to the sky, inserting the card in!

"(EM Wave Change!

Val, Ayaka!

On. The. Air!)"

https://youtu.be/d-j1-uT_h3I

(MMSF OST - "Wave World")

She stretched, and looked around on the bottom of her. "Now, to find that Defective Detective!"

Chroma laughed at her nicknames, "Defective Detective....I can go with that haha! Where do you even get these names?..."

"Well, that's what happens when you watch to much TV and play too many games..." She lightly snickered.

"Ah, I believe we found him?" Chroma pointed and she dashed over, it was quite early, so the viruses seem to be calm. For now at least. The EM Viruses weren't worth fighting anyways, unless she sees a new one or something rare, but nevertheless, she went towards Copper.

Bob Copper was hanging out near the vending machines, he looked extremely suspicious, like in...he's one of those people that likes to hang out in dark alleys. 'Creepy wierdo. . .' She was about to go into his Transer, but she saw his reaction to a sudden spike in 'Z Waves', as he likes to call it. "Wh- what?!" His eyes, full of alert, scanned his surroundings and looked at his Transer. "The Z Wave Counter reading is going up! If I'm exposed to too many Z Waves it would be terrible for my health... Time for the Z Wave Reflector to go to work!!"

He pressed a button on his arm device and a purple barrier suddenly burst into life! "Wh- what the?!- "

"I don't care about that thing, it wouldn't stop us would it? Let's pulse in!!"

*ZZZT!!*

"Argh!!" She flew back a few feet and landed harshly onto the EM Road, rubbing her head. Chroma groaned in pain too. "Agh, that stung!" She shook her head to get rid of the slight dizziness. "I guess that won't work..."

She got up, only to see a familiar blue.

"Ah! What are YOU doing here?!" They both shouted.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell ya, Chroma and his partner was around here too." Omega-Xis said, unfazed.

"U-uh, yeah...I can see that..." MegaMan replied, sighing.

Bob Copper down there was just getting even more riled up at the amount of Z Waves rising through the roof in the area.

MegaMan was about to go into Bob's Transer, Valor responded while she crossed her arms. "It's not gonna work, y'know. With that Z Wave Reflector - whatever that's active."

"Hmph! Don't tell us what to do, that won't stop us!!"Omega and MegaMan proceeded to try...

*ZZZZT!!!*

"Ow..."

He was on the floor, wincing a bit. Valor shook her head and sighed. "I told ya so."

"Looks like we got rejected..."

"Drat! He's got a Z Wave Reflector Barrier on!!" Mega groaned in annoyance, Chroma just shook his head at how ignorant he is. "Humans aren't supposed to have this kind of technology yet! Who is he?!" He barked.

"That's Bob Copper, casting as the annoying, Defective Detective for ya... I guess he really did remember that last time..." She put a finger to her or Chroma's chin(?) and looked to the sky, remembering.

"The last...time?" MegaMan skeptically asked, glancing at her with a dubious look.

She waved it off. "Forget it, I'm going to wait or something. That thing can't last forever, would it?"

"What do we do now?..." He glanced at his partner.

She sat on the ground, criss-crossed and her arms folded over the other. "I could beat the heck outta him if ya want, but then again, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want me to cause any more trouble. You got any better ideas?"

"I apologize, but I guess my partner doesn't want to do anything right now. She just wants to pound him because of earlier."

MegaMan quickly discarded that idea, "n-no! You're not going to hurt him, none of us are!"

"Hmm... Even if we have to knock him out, we have to get rid of the Z Wave Reflector. We can't do anything for now in Wave Form, so for now..."

Val hastily cut in, "it's all up to you!"

"What?! Me?!?"

"I ain't gonna do anything! Unless..." She had devil horns and a impish laugh.

Again, MegaMan didn't want to know what she'd do to him, "n-no! Fine! I'll do it..."

"Hehe..." Val thought devilishly. "I got a really good idea going though...." He shot her a look. "Fiiiiiine... I won't do anything."

"Listen, G-... er kid... Don't let the old man see you when you try to knock him out, also you got to find something to use on him, OK?"

He seemed very uncomfortable. "But I hate using force..."

"I'll just go exploring, and NOT do anything with that Defective Detective." She almost slipped her name out for something. But she caught herself. "When you see my friend's name... Ayaka..." MegaMan gazed at her at the mentioning of a name he knew well. "Take it off the list for me, that was my plan anyway."

"How do you know her? Why would Valerie...?"

Chroma answered for her. "She's her friend, and she was in trouble. Because of that, I think what my partner's trying to say that she's on the suspect list. It wouldn't be surprising if you found the Triple Threat's names on there also. Since they were in the incidents recently."

"Just like Valerie Ayaka was in those incidents... Was that why we keep encountering each other, not including the Andromeda Key?..." Mega questioned.

"Does... Valerie know all this?"

"No." She stood up. "At least, I hope she doesn't get too caught up in this mess..." She turned sighing, though, in truth, she was sighing in relief because she thought that they'd see through her act. "Keep that key safe. I wouldn't want to see what'd happen if it fell into the wrong hands..."

"It's fine! We've got it all covered, we're no weaklings!!" Omega scoffed. "If anyone's going to get the key, they'll have to fight us! And I'll go buck wild on them!!"

"Y-yeah... I'm not going to let it happen."

She smiled for a tiny bit. "Glad to hear it."  Then she zoomed off, towards Valerie's own home. "(Thanks, Chroma. Now we don't really have to deal with it and do much.)"

"(So now we're going to make them think as if we were a friend that'll protect her?)"

"(Seems that way, yeah.)"

"(Will you ever tell them who you really are?)"

"(*sigh* If he were to let me know who his real identity is too, then maybe.... But you and I both know that it won't happen very soon...)" She cursed herself. "(Darn it!)"

"(Hmm? What's wrong?)"

"(Because I was so focused on lying, I hadn't realized why he was going to snoop into that Transer too! UGH!!!)"

"(Idiot.)"

"(You don't need to say the obvious...)"

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A/N: Ah, finished! Now, this is a very important question!! One that will change the whole story's plot for all three books!! Even the special crossover! So, please answer this, this will be the only time that I'll ask for comments, and I'm so sorry!

Q 4 U: "Should Valor have some type of special power that she gets just like MegaMan? (You know what I mean... I mean like... If MM gets one of the 3, should Val too?)"

Baymax's Response : "Yes because she fighting in all three books and if would kinda boring if val just stay the same with fight (I don't how explain it) Also another reason why she should get an power up is cause she going to be fight with chroma (I'm only on ch.6)"

My response : "~Yes, however, since you aren't familiar with the games.. The "ultimate powerups" are different in all three of the games. Sure, the twosome as Valor has Elemental Changes... Which my thoughts were that she should maybe have 3 different elements in the 1st book... And so on. It'll be different in the 2nd book, because she and Chroma will have a much bigger role there. In the 3rd book, it might be unavoidable and I'll have to do it. Depends.~For the first book that you're reading however... She'll have a strengthened version for only ONE of her ELEMENTAL CHANGES. ~The reason being why I asked is because let's say she has 4 different abilities (3 if you don't count Elemental Change. And, its an example, so it might not be an official choice yet.)..... She has 3 different elements. Okay, so what? Having 3 abilities and 3 elements means she would have 9 special different powers. I know that I'm aware of the MMBN games where the hero would have something similar and actually has more powers... But, I don't want Valor to be too strong that she'll overshadow the hero. And, I don't want her to be too weak compared to the hero. Since I want her to have a..... Heroic moment too.