Mega Man X: A new terror

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Chapter One: The uprising

The sun shone down beautifully on a massive, almost pure white, metal city that sat out in the middle of a desert wasteland filled with the scraps and pieces of old, rusting robots. There was nothing else around for as far as the eye could see. This was...as it was called by the government, the Final Stand. And it was the final stand for mankind as the world knew it. They lived in the city alongside the remnant of the reploids (robots designed to "be" human in every sense of the word), fighting for survival against Mavericks (reploids that have been taken over by a virus and aim to destroy everything).

In the middle of the city, there was a trapezoidal building that was made entirely of reflective glass except for the floors inside. The glass, however, was surrounded a super strong, invisible shielding that made it seem virtually indestructible. This building was home to a group of elite, fighter Reploids called the Maverick Hunters, whose sole purpose was to seek out and destroy Mavericks wherever they were. They had been in existence for nearly a thousand years...ever since the disaster of the Maverick virus struck, and were still going, because the maverick threat was still constant. They had been pushed to the Final Stand after long years of fighting, and were now desperately searching for a means to destroy the Maverick virus at its source. There had been no luck with that...

"Damn it...again?!" X asked the computer that he was at, "You mean that there is nothing on that subject? Piece of trash..." he held his fist back from punching the monitor in out of anger and sighed. He was a tall reploid that was completely clothed in blue armor except for his face. He had green eyes and, nowadays, a perpetual almost frown on his face. He had red gem set into the forehead guard on his helmet, and he had a buster arm installed on his right hand. He had been reduced to searching for anything even vaguely related to the Maverick virus, and even then...nothing could be found. It didn't help that the Internet connection that the Maverick Hunters had was trash as well.

His fist flew forward, hitting the desk instead, causing it to crack in that area. He panted out of frustration and anger, and then he stood up and began pacing, not knowing what else to do. Suddenly, a voice asked, "X? You alright in there, bud?"

X turned and said, "Come on in, Zero. I want to talk with you."

His best and perhaps only true friend, Zero, walked in. He was taller and more heavily built than X was, like he had been meant purely for combat. He had red armor on that covered him in nearly the same fashion as X. His armor, however, was bulkier, had square plates on the shoulders, each with an intricate, golden Z on the front and back. His helmet spike upward to some degree, and his helmet also had a long, golden ponytail hanging from it. X almost figured that he was supposed to be a girl the first time he saw him, and was really shocked and embarrassed to find out that he wasn't a girl at all. He had a small pack on his back that acted as scabbard for his energy blade, a green one that activated when he swung.

He walked in and asked, "X? Something wrong?"

X sighed and said, "The computer is jacked, I think. I've been trying to search things on the internet, even for things that I've tried before...no results."

Zero looked at the computer, and asked, "Like...what was one of the things that you've tried searching for?"

"Something on the Maverick Hunters," he replied, "Nothing. There were no results whatsoever."

Zero walked over to the computer and sat down, staring at it. "Computer," he said, "Search for Maverick Hunters over the internet."

The computer complied, but after a moment, it came up with a no results screen. He began chewing on his lower lip, staring at the screen in utter disbelief. He told X, "Odd...very odd..."

X walked over and asked, "What do you think could be the problem? I've tried everything on the computer to make sure my connection was rock solid, and it's still coming up with the error screen."

Zero stood up and said, "I think it might have something to do with the Internet connection here in this city being tampered with or interrupted..."

"Sir!" a reploid called, running into the room. He said, "X, Zero, our satellite communications have just been completely disrupted! We can't patch through to them!"

X looked horrified, and asked, "You can't get anything from the satellites?!"

"Nothing at all, sir!" the replied replied, looking concerned.

Zero suddenly said, "X...I think I know why..." he tapped X on the shoulder and pointed out into the sky. Above the city, directly above it, was a large fleet of ships, all flying the banner of Sigma (the leader of the Mavericks...who is now the embodiment of the virus itself).

"That would be a really good reason why we're having so much trouble...they're disrupting all of our technology, trying to get our attention or something...well, if it's the former, then they've got our full attention!" X nearly shouted, dashing out the door with Zero right behind him, leaving the reploid staring out into the sky.

They raced down to the bottom floor via the escalators and found almost everyone preparing for an assault. X called, "Alright everyone, listen up! We have a whole fleet above us that's flying the Maverick banner! They're doing everything in their power to get our attention, and so they have it! We are going to blow them out of the sky before they can do any true harm! Let's go, Maverick Hunters! Get to work!"

They all began leaving to go small, one-man craft that had been designed for them. X took one, despite having his own custom craft, and flew up to the battle. His hopes were that, by taking this craft, he wasn't going to be immediately be targeted by the guns. The craft began zooming towards the ships, all in attack formation. The guns began firing at the craft, but the Maverick Hunters had all become so good at fighting by this point that they barely broke up the formation at points to simply dodged a shot or two before ducking back into formation. It wasn't long before they were in attack range and split off into groups, co-ordinating a series of attacks all along the huge ships. X and Zero parted and took their groups with them. X was the leader of a five man squad that was dedicated specifically to taking out Sigma himself or whatever leader happened to be in command during that battle. Zero was the leader of a nine man squad devoted entirely to two things. Providing protection and support for X's group, and doing as much damage as possible.

X had his group fly through the resistance and land on the flag ship, though the landing wasn't exactly smooth. They had to ditch the landing gear and skim the surface of the flagship, sliding along it and having sparks fly from the bottom. They skidded to a halt about halfway across the deck and they all got out and began charging towards the bridge to neutralize the leader. In X's group were a lance and blade wielder, and two sharpshooters. He happened to be in between the two, with pinpoint accuracy with his buster gun and extreme skill with a beam sword that he had gotten from Zero in the past. The cannons that were aiming at them were begin shot down by Zero and his group, making it easier for them to get to the bridge, although mavericks tried to block their way. Most of the Mavericks that were farther away were easily picked off by X and the sharpshooters on his team, while any that got close were made quick work out of by the two up-close fighters. X kept count...and by the team they had reached the bridge, twenty in all had been taken out. "Good work, men. Now, let's take out the leader," he told them.

They followed him into the bridge, going up the lift that led to the bridge. Upon arrival, they walked inside to find Vile waiting for them. This caused X to freeze, and he asked, "V-Vile?! How?!"

Vile, a tall reploid with purple armor on, turned towards them. He had a complete helmet on. The T-shaped visor was the only thing allowing him to see. He had a cannon mounted on his shoulder that could fire a variety of different things, though mainly it was a stun shot that it fired. He laughed evilly and asked, "So...X...did you really think that you had gotten rid of me last time?!"

"This is insanity! This is your tenth time coming back!" X yelled, staring in utter disbelief.

"Oh...so that's why you are so shocked? I can tell you why I'm back, but that would be revealing a secret that Sigma didn't want me to reveal," he told him.

X was even more stunned. "S-S-Sigma's back too?!"

"Oh? Perhaps you'd like to meet him, X," he said, motioning towards a tall figure in the back. He walked forward, and something just didn't click in X's mind at first. He was a tall, nine foot reploid with a bald head, a muscular build, a green armor with black leggings and arms...tall, brown boots, and a strange gem set in his foread. He also had purple thunderbolts that were vertical across his eyes, seeming to be tattoos or something. X stared for a moment before it clicked in his mind that something wasn't right.

"We meet again, X! It's been a while...hasn't it?" he asked in a devious tone of voice. He now stood before him, the golden hilt of an unactivated beam sword in his right hand. X aimed his buster arm at him, but that was when he was aware that the two sharpshooters were aiming at him and he looked at the other two right by him to find that they had a slight purple aura around them.

Sigma laughed and said, "Thanks to my new powers, I can make just about anything Maverick by simply being by them!" he then frowned and said, "I still don't get why you haven't been corrupted..."

X looked around him, not really knowing what he was going to do to get out of this situation. He asked, "Sigma...you will stop at nothing, then? You will stop at nothing to make sure that this world is destroyed?!"

"I have stated this before, X. The humans should not exist. They are a blight on this world. We, the Reploids, are superior! Therefore we should be in charge, not the humans!" Sigma nearly shouted, taking a step towards X to try and intimidate him. X stood his ground, staring up at Sigma. He was a good four to five heads shorter than Sigma, but the height difference didn't really matter to X.

X said, "Is that what you really believe, Sigma?! You were created by humans! We were created by humans! They are our creators, and deserve our respect and protection. They aren't a weak race, Sigma!"

Sigma glared down at X, and said, "You are a naïve fool, X. Therefore, you must die."

"Not on my watch!" a voice shouted. A beam saber flashed, and the two sharpshooters fell to the ground, decapitated. One the other two turned, X whipped out the saber on his back and spun in a circle, holding it outward. The two beside him fell, having been cut in half, and then he swung at Sigma, only to find that his sword passed through Sigma. A purple substance leaked into his arm suddenly and a pain shot through it. Sigma stared at it in surprise before beginning to laugh.

Zero had done the same to Vile, and with almost the same results. "X! They're holograms!" he called before looking over at X and staring. "X?" he asked, before realizing what was going on. X collapsed onto the ground, the purple strands spreading up his arm. Sigma simply laughed before vanishing into nothingness. Zero ran forward and grabbed his friend, staring at him horrified. "X! Hold on! I'll get you back!" he cried before leaping out the window with him in tow. That was all X remembered before darkness overtook him.