Disclaimer: If I owned MegamanX I would have bloody aired the anime in the US by now dammit! But since that hasn't happened yet I must not own it, therefore I'm writting fanfiction and I'm making no profit off of this.
Chapter One - A New Enemy
Sweat ran down Zero and X's faces as they look both struggled to remain standing.
"How can I have fun with this if you two are fighting this badly?" A mysterious voice boasted.
X and Zero stood side to side in the middle of a room their surroundings resembled the main sector of a factory. "How are we going to beat him?" Zero whispered. " He's just to powerful!"
"Focus Zero!" X said to him. "We can do this. We've done it before!"
"But that was all just luck, things like that don't happen twice," replied Zero.
"Hey, what are you two weaklings whispering about?" The man shouted.
X and Zero looked at him in unison. "Zero get your buster ready!" X ordered as he charged his own buster.
"My buster has been charged." Zero said zealously.
X nodded and focused to where the man
was standing, but he wasn't there anymore. "Where the heck did
he go?" X wondered aloud and took an uneasy step backward.
Zero
likewise retreated a step as they both surveyed the room carefully.
Boilers, conveyer belts and other large machines filled the room
while shadows concealed whatever implied to be hidden.
"Ahhhh!"
Zero cried in agony.
X looked around at Zero's lifeless body on
the ground, he was cut in half. "Zero!" X gasped but
quickly focused his mind on the enemy. "Where are you!" He
lifted his buster in the air and started firing at random spots.
"Show yourself!"
The man dashed out of the shadows at X and X fired at the man, the man used his saber to block the shots and jumped into the air with his saber high above his head. X watched him get closer and closer, but he couldn't get his legs to move. The man swung his saber at X's head with great force but X rolled to the left dodging the strike. The man was on his knees on the ground, and, without let up he rolled to the right, now within striking distance. As X was getting his bearings the man swung his saber sideways, ultimately cutting X's head off.
The man stood up, extinguished his saber, and hooked it onto his belt. "End program," the man ordered.
The factory room disappeared, it was now just an empty room. Zero and X both lay on the ground. They both got to there feet and, one at a time, shook the man's hand. "Good match Commander," Zero told him.
"Yes! We still have a long way to go before we can beat you Sigma," X added.
"You two lasted a long time, I have trained you both well," Sigma told them with a proud nod. "Now we will do this again at 0900 hours tomorrow. Go get some rest."
X and Zero both saluted to the commander before they walked out of the Room.
Sigma stood in the Holo Training room, thinking to himself. "They both have improved in there fighting skills... Maybe, they are getting too strong. This might not be as easy as I had planned." He remained in the Holo Training room, pondering to himself for a moment. "Run program A-3," he said to the computer system. Vroooom!Wuuuush!Gaaaarrrrr! was echoed throughout the room as the scene faded away.
The scene changed to Zero and X as they walked down a hallway leading to each of their rooms. "X how did we lose that fight? I don't get it," Zero wondered.
"I know! I wasn't focusing; I'm too worried about Doctor Cain, there has been alot of Reploids going berserk in the surrounding area where he lives," X replied, greatly distressed.
"I'm sure he's fine. He has those robots he made to watch his house, remember?" Zero reassured him.
"Yeah...I'm sure you're right," X agreed, but did not believe this himself. "Well this is my room Zero, I will see you tomorrow." He waved a hand as he entered his room.
"Okay. Remember tomorrow at 0900," Zero told him.
"Yeah, yeah," X confirmed and walked further into
his room. Wuuuuush! The door closed behind him as he
crossed to his computer and sat down in his chair.
"Okay so
anything important happen today?" he asked to no one in
particular. He began typing something on his keyboard as the scene
faded away.
In a similar room Zero lay in his bed squirming in his sleep. "No!...Plea...n't...ill...Me!" Zero whimpered as he began sweating and panting in his sleep. "Ahhhh!" he woke up with a start. "It was that damn nightmare again!" he muttered.
He sat up in his bed. Beeep! Beeep! Was
the sound he heard as a small terminal next to his bed turned on with
a man on the screen. "Zero are you ok? Your vital signs are off
the chart," the man informed.
"I was just having a
nightmare. I'm fine Signas," Zero told him.
"Okay, well get some sleep," Signas ordered.
"Okay, okay." Zero laid back down on his bed and soon fell asleep again. Unbeknownst to him, that morning would come with a horrible surprise.
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Warning!
Warning! Maverick Headed toward Sector 3 Area 4! All Maverick Hunters
Disperse Immediately!
"That's
where Doctor Cain lives!" X said franticly. He hurried out of
his room and rushed to Zero's door. Bang! Bang!
Bang!
X slammed on the metal plating with no real respect for his friend's
door. "Zero! Wake up! Doctor Cain is in trouble!" he
clamored urgently.
Wuuuuush! Zero's door opened and he stood in the door way as he slipped his helmet over his head. "Well what are we waiting for? Lets go!" he whooped.
The two of them ran toward the Hanger Bay, Zero jumped onto his Hover Bike and X likewise jumped onto his, both firing the engines. "Doctor Cain lives a good distance from here!" X called over the roar of their engines. "We need to get there fast!"
Zero nodded and they both darted out to Doctor Cain's aid as the scene fades away.The scene opens into Doctor Cain's lab. The doctor sat at his work bench with a purple unfinshed Robot on the table before him. Hard at work on his new prototype army unit, he smiled in satisfaction. "Well, well. You're almost done my new robot," he said to the lifeless robot and turned on a switch inside the dead robot's chest plate.
Metallic sounds filled the room as electronics and gears activated. The robot turned its head, looking around the room, he focused on Doctor Cain and said, "Hello Doctor! How are you?"
"I am fine. Are you feeling ok?" Doctor Cain asked.
"Yes, but I find myself without the ability to move at all," the robot replied.
"Well thats because you are not finished," Cain told him. "I wanted to see if you would activate."
"Well...did I activate?" The robot wanted to know.
Doctor Cain laughed. "Why, yes, you did. And the next time you activate, you will be able to move."
"Thats great news Doctor!" The robot resounded.
"But first I want to name you," Cain said.
"Yes that would be appreciated," The robot replied.
"Well...lets see, what can I name you?" Cain pondered. He stood there for a few minutes, looking down at the Robot. "I've got it! I will call you Vile!" Doctor Cain announced eagerly.
"Vile...I like it!" The robot agreed.
"Okay Vile, now I will have to shut you down and you will wake up in no time," Cain told him.
"Alright, goodnight Doctor," Vile complied.
Cain smiled at his new creation as he turned the switch off and walked away from the table toward his telephone. All of a sudden the wall leading outside of the lab burst into a thousand pieces. Doctor Cain flew backwards onto the ground as a huge Maverick that looked like a crab walked into the lab. Cain was still on the floor as he lifted up his head and looked around, all he could hear was a ringing sound in his ears from the blast and the room was spinning from the daze he was in. When the room finally came into focus, he looked at the Maverick. The Crab had Vile in its hands, and a strange figure stood atop the Crab. "Hehehe! Thanks for the new Maverick Doctor!" the strange figure chuckled.
Cain's
ears were still ringing therefore he couldn't tell who the figure
was. Shadows were cast upon the figure as well and all the more so
concealed the unknown's features.
"NO!!!!" Cain
cried. "Please don't take him!"
It was too late, the strange figure was gone, but the Crab remained.
Wuuuuush!Wuuuuush!Wuuuuush! Three blasts of plasma hit the left side of the Crab Maverick and it moved slightly to the right from the impact, however, he blast didn't seem to leave a mark.
"Doctor Cain are you alright?!" X demanded.
"I think i might have broken my arm!" Cain answered.
The Maverick turned towards X, three little guns on the bottom side of the Maverick targeted the blue reploid. The Maverick fired at him and X jumped to the left, in the air he dodged the shots and ordered, "Zero! Do it!"
A car flew up into the air and came crashing down onto the Maverick. Smoke covered the Maverick, making it so X and Zero couldn't see anything. The Maverick jumped up into the air, it was about to land on X when Zero tackled him out from underneath of it.
"Thanks
Buddy," X managed as Zero helped him up.
"You owe me one
Man," Zero said with a smirk on his face.
X nodded and looked back at the Maverick. "When it was about to land on me I saw a red crystal on the bottom of it. Maybe that's what we need to hit," X offered.
"Okay," Zero acknowledged.
"Okay I will distract it and you try and hit the crystal," X commanded.
"Walking bait, got it," Zero joked and took off.
X ran toward the Maverick shooting the the body of it. the Maverick, in turn, shot at him, X dodged all the shots and he repeated this again and again. Zero charged his buster and searched for the crystal. When he got a clear shot he fired. "Yes a direct hit!" Zero rejoiced, but his happiness was short lived. The Maverick turned toward him and swiped him against the wall with it's leg. "Whaaa!" Zero yelped as he hit the wall but recovered quickly and got to his feet and slammed his fist against the wall in aggravation. "X, I hit it perfectly and it did nothing!"
"Try again!" X barked.
"Zero!" Cain cried. " On my desk, there's a Z-Saber! Use that!"
Zero nodded as he ran over to the desk and picked up the Saber with his right hand.
"Hit the button in the middle!" Cain told him.
Zero hit the button and a green beam burst forth. Zero glanced at the Maverick, a mischievous smile played across his face. "This should be fun," he quipped and ran at the monster. It in turn looked at him and swung its leg at him again. This time, Zero jumped up into the air and followed through with a front flip over its leg and when he was upside down he sliced off the Mavericks legs. Zero then landed on his feet and rolled under it, he was right underneath the crystal. He looked up and thrust upward with his saber. The saber melted its way into the Maverick, sparks flew everywhere from where Zero had cut it. Zero deactevited the Z-Saber and rolled away from the metal crab before it collapsed.
"Nice work Zero!" X praised.
Zero gave X the thumbs up with a smile on his face.
"Doctor Cain, we need to get you to a hospital!" X knelt near the old man and opened his comlink in his arm. "HQ! I need an ambulance at Sector 3 Area 4 now!" X ordered into the small device.
"Roger that sending help now," a female voice said
over the comlink.
"Okay help is on the way Doctor," X
told him.
Cain nodded at him and soon an ambulance arrived. They loaded Cain up into the ambulance and took him to the hospital. They put a cast on the arm that Doctor Cain had broken. "You'll need to keep that cast on for at least 6 weeks Sir," the medical doctor told Cain.
"Okay, I will." Cain agreed as his two saviors entered the room.
"So Doc, how are you feeling?" Zero asked him.
"A lot better, thanks to you two," Cain told them with a grin.
"Well, if it weren't for your Z-Saber, we might not have destroyed that Maverick," Zero countered.
"Zero," X warned and nudged him with his elbow. "Give it back."
"Oh, right, I er...forgot," Zero laughed nervously as he pulled out the saber and held it out for Cain to take.
"No no," Cain chuckled. "Zero, you keep it. The way I saw you handle that sword today... I know it's meant for you to have," he told him.
"Really? Thank you Sir! I will take good care of it," Zero said eagerly, as if he had just been given a new toy.
The doctor's face suddenly fell grim. "We do have a problem though," he told the duo.
"What is it Doctor?" X asked.
"There were two Mavericks that attacked me," Cain admitted.
"There was only one when we got there though," X added, confusion filled his voice.
"The other one left before you got there. He took an unfinished prototype unit I was working on," Cain said. "And I need you to get him back."
"Who took the prototype, Doctor?" X asked.
"That's the thing, I don't know. I couldn't see his face, and when he was talking, his voice was muffled," Cain said worriedly.
"Don't worry Doc! We will get him back and take down the guy who is organizing all the attacks," Zero told him.
Wuuuuush! The door opened and Sigma walked into the room. "Hello Doctor Cain. How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Fine. Thanks to your two Maverick Hunters," was Cain's reply as he smiled at the two said hunters.
"Well that's good to hear," said Sigma. "X, Zero, you guys did a great job out there, I'm promoting you both to B class Hunters. Congratulations," he finished happily.
"Thank you Sir!" X and Zero told him in unison.
"Now go get some rest," Sigma ordered them.
"Good night Doc," Zero said as he left the room.
"Get a good night's rest Doctor, you'll need it," X sounded his own departure before exiting the room.
"Okay... Well goodnight Doctor. I hope your arm heals fast." Sigma soon followed suit and was gone.
Cain laid in bed wondering to himself. "Where have I heard that voice before? It sounds so..."
The scene fades away and soon comes to a dark room with a table in the center. Two people sat at both ends. At one end sat Sigma, the other, a man with a black cloak draped over his head. "I'm glad you made it," Sigma said.
"Whatever you are going to ask is going to cost you quite a bit of money," the man told him.
Sigma laughed and looked at the man with all
seriousness before speaking. "Well, here's what I'm
proposing..."
Sigma and the man started to talk as the scene
fades away.
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Thats Chapter 1 I hope you all enjoyed it. I will be working on Chapter 2. R&R!
