Staccato's Mini Story

[Staccato]

Staccato sat down on the floor of his PET. He looked up at his dad with a big grin. His dad was a genius, who had messy brown hair, a mustache and a 9:00 shadow. His gentle brown eyes, hearty laugh and kind demeanor had made him a good "dad" to Staccato. Staccato cared deeply for him.

Staccato: "So dad...Mega Man EXE was a great hero wasn't he?"

Dad: "Yes, he sure was. And he was just a kid, like I made you. Except you look a bit older than him right now."

Staccato: "Thanks Dad. How come you created me on the 1st Anniversary of the defeat of the WWW?"

Dad: "I wanted your creation to be as memorable as the day when Lan first beat the WWW. Now I have another reason to remember this day...you were created. You're the first of a great line, Staccato. "Core Data" navis will soon be all across the world! "

Staccato: "I wish I could hug you Dad...a real son would do that, wouldn't he?:

Dad: "You know, I'm gonna get a dimensional area in this place someday! Just for this room, maybe..."

Staccato: "Could this be my bedroom? I could sleep in a real bed, right?"

Dad: "Maybe, Staccato. (Laughs) I'll see you in the morning. I...YAAAWN...gotta get some sleep. Sleep tight, slugger."

Staccato smiled happily.

Staccato: "Night, dad."

Staccato's dad walks out of the room, and Staccato sighs happily. He feels the PET turn off to be charged, and he falls "asleep", humming a wordless tune before darkness embraces him.

[Staccato]

That night, at around 11:39...

Staccato "awoke", hearing sounds of scuffling. "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" He could hear his dad fighting, and he saw a masked assailant go down, with blood oozing from his forehead. (His dad always kept a bat in the lab.) Unfortunately, his Dad didn't see the knife in time to dodge it...

SHLUCK. A terrible, sick sound, followed by a strange sigh. Then...THUD. His dad was on the floor. Staccato looked down at his dad's still form. The punks still weren't finished. They kicked his dad's body over and over. Staccato wanted to scream, but something told him to run, and fast. He escaped into the free Internet, leaving his PET. As he went through the gate to the ACDC area, tears flowed freely down his face.

"Daddy...daddy..."

And then Staccato vanished, escaping from the lab just in time.

His dad's body was found the next day, with a knife wound in the lung and several bruises all over his body. He had died almost instantly. Staccato couldn't even go to his dad's funeral. Navis don't shouldn't MOURN, right?

But they could get vengeance. Vengeance against murderers that killed their dads.