This is the first chapter of a long story that I will be updating regularly (goal is once a week) The chapters will vary in length and may have some T-rated contant later on. R&R (don't hold back either.) The first two chapters will be posted at same time in order to capture your attention.
(Disclaimer: I do not own the mega man world, locations, or some of the reploids seen, )(this does not include original characters such as Nightride.)
Wastelands
Systems check…
Core systems at 20% and failing.
Weapons systems at 40% and failing.
Movement systems at 10%
Back up systems offline.
Memory files at 94%
Tracking systems offline
Point laser defense system at 5% and failing.
Add on systems offline
Total system analysis: Critical. Estimated 24 hours before total system
shutdown.
Best course of action chosen, rerouting weapons and point laser defense energy to movement systems.
Movement systems now at 55% and failing.
Automatic reboot activating…
Whe…where am I? Nightrider thought as he slowly opened his eyes. His system gave him an immediate report on status. Oh that's not good at all…what's the last thing I remember? He strained but came up blank, it seems that part of his memory was currently lost to him. A countdown to total system failure appeared in his HUD.
23:54:17
All right all right I get it jeez, gimme a minute to get it together hm?
23:53:42
Sighing Nightrider stood up, his movements slow and clumsy. He scanned the area around him, to find that he was in an old set of ruins. Good, maybe I can find some old parts here I can salvage, He explored the ruins for nearly two hours before finally discovering an old, beat down Reploid missing most of its body. His systems dated it at 600 years old. The pieces will be old, but useable. He thought as he got to work, separating what he could salvage and what he couldn't. He discovered some old buster ammo. Must be from back before energy weapons took over. He carefully took the buster near the ammo and using other parts of the reploid repaired it. He laid it on the ground beside him. Good, I'm armed…that's something. Now lets see what else I can do. As he worked, the countdown loomed in the corner of his eye 21:33:27
Chapter 2
Nightrider stood up from the remains of the reploid, placing his new buster in a handmade holster. He had managed to repair more of his movement systems and found some old tracking systems he could use. They'll work till I get back to HQ at least he tried not to think about what would happen if he encountered anything tougher than a Drone. He made his way out of the ruins and checked his locater; according to it he was in sector T not a bad place to be in, it had less high-powered enemies. His locater seemed to be damaged, as he could not use its distress signal function. He would have o make his way towards Natchez on foot. Natchez was a large tower with a city surrounding it; it was the teleport location for sector T. From there he could teleport back onboard Night Shadow HQ. His only problem was that it was traditionally a 48-hour journey. And as his timer kept reminding him he only had 19:32:5 left before failure. Where's my cycle when I need it. Deciding that heading for Natchez would be a waste of valuable time he reviewed his objectives. I remember now! I was sent here to investigate an odd burst of plasma discharge. Doesn't explain why I'm almost offline though. He pulled up his memory banks, shifting through recent until he found a briefing video. In the video he was looking at a map, one of sector T. He quickly saved a copy of the map from the mem file and pulled it up on his HUD. He then used his 3D holographic imaging device or 3DHID to project a copy of it in front of him. On the map a route was marked in red, at the end of which there was a green highlighted area. Using his locater he positioned himself roughly 4 clicks from the trail. He calculated a possible route to get him back on its course and begin walking. Fearing that if he ran his movement systems would deplete faster. Maybe if I can find the cause of the burst ill be able to use its excess energy leakage to repair my locater and contact the rest of my squad. He thought as he reentered the trail, he turned and moved north along it, heading for the green zone. During the time he walked he did a defense systems scan:
Armor integrity at 15%Energy shield offline
Reflector field offline.
Point laser defense system offline.
Battle grid system offline.
Emergency suit EMP offline.
Dang, I'm dead if I get into too much of a fight. He thought as he walked the path, he was about 3 clicks from his target after 4 hours (15:31:27 his timer reminded him sadly) of traveling when he saw movement in the corner of his eye. Only this small second of forewarning was what saved him as hurled himself into a roll, just missing a large burst of fire heading for him. 1-oo9-torch drone thought they were all offline He thought briefly before drawing his buster and firing two quick bursts in succession. The shots threw the drone off balance and Ride charged it, tackling it and putting shot after shot into its chest where the core would be until it shutdown. Ride collapsed backwards to discover that the fight had drained his movement systems down to 40%. Grand He thought as he sat up and examined the drone. He checked his ammo count to discover he had about a dozen shots left. His eye caught the drones flamethrower built into its arm. Hmmmm.