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Mega Man ZX Dash

Prologue

After the defeat of Ouroboros at the hands of Grey, Ashe and Model A, the planet was relieved of the threat of total domination. Not much time passed before life went back to normal. Well, almost normal. The Hunters had a nasty dispute among themselves about their alignment with Legion resulting in the Hunter's Guild dividing. 60% remained Hunters and continued to work for Legion while the other 30% formed their own guild and gave themselves the name, Digger. The Diggers now work for themselves and the people. They focus much more on exploration and only fight Reaverbots, Mechanaloids that have become sentient, and to defend those who can't.

It has now been two months... In the ruins within Area N, just a few miles from the border of the Legion City, a young Digger is in middle of a Digout. His name, Volnutt. Rock Volnutt.

Rock

I walked down the crumbling corridor, its dark path is shown by weak sunlight seeping through the cracks in the ceiling. The stagnant dust around me keeps a blurry shield over the area. It just plain up stank in the ruins. I run through the hall in long strides. My jog is cut short when I reach a three-way path. I take my time as added this progress to my map.

I sigh after putting away my map, "There's no use. At this rate, I'll be down here for days choosing pathways." I mumble to myself, realizing my present problem, but just as I say that my enemy radar locates a signal. Holding up my wrist-holstered Buster, I take aim at the garbage around me.

Nothing... Nothing...

From the left a small, clumpy Reaverbot jumped from a hole in the right wall. Surprised by my presence, it clumsily fires two plasma shots at the floor which missed entirely.

"Screeeeeeee!" The robot's cry pierced through the silence then it scurried to the right wall and scaled it halfway.

From that spot, it released at least a dozen nut-sized explosives in front of me. I jumped back to avoid the range of the multiple blasts. Just as I land the Droid dropped to the floor as well. It stared me down from about a meter away. The little robot charged at full speed.

"Yarrgh!" I roar doing the same, racing down the hall at each other like gladiators. Aiming for my torso, the crazed machine leaped. I waited until it was almost upon me. At the last second, I snapped my leg up and kicked the Reaverbot which sent it soaring to the ceiling then straight to the floor with a SMACK! I walk over to it to see my handiwork.

I laugh lightly, "Volnutt: 1. Reaverbots: 0." With a well-deserved breath, I continued through the ruins.

I decided to take the path the Reaverbot attacked me from. I walk for a few minutes before stopping again, the rest of the corridor ended because it had collapsed on itself. It looks like it's been that way for years.

I kick up rocks and groan with agitation, "Now how am I supposed to get through here?" I wait in the hall let random ideas jump around in my head. The annoying ping of my enemy radar sounded again, letting me know another Reaverbot is nearby. Sure enough, the clatter of metal against stone signaled its approach. The Reaverbot running towards me looks short with a stumpy head.

"Wait a sec." I squint to try to get a better look but don't need to because it's the one I kicked before. And he's coming right at me! "You're that stumpy head Reaverbot?"

I take a casual step to the side, then watch the Reaverbot slam into the fallen rubble behind me. Sparks flying from its body scatter as they spray over the floor, signifying its own malfunction. The robot bashes itself into a corner next to the crumbled wall. Promptly, it fires an inaccurate plasma shot. Even though it's clearly going to miss, I duck and draw my Buster. Stumpy fractures the wall and it makes a sickening crack when a small section falls apart from the rest.

Stumpy disappears into the hole.

"Wait!" I call out for some reason I can't place. I walk over to it and cautiously point the gun inside, although looking inside suddenly makes me realize something. The wound in the wall wasn't just an escape route for Stumpy, "It's an already constructed tunnel!" I climb in not even thinking twice about it. Excitement swells inside my lungs, "If he's going through all of this trouble to get in here it must be something worthwhile at the end!" Deep in my mind, I know that this could totally have nothing to do with anything. But I don't care.

. . .

About an hour later I'm still banging my head into the ceiling. The tunnel's darkness makes my maneuverability nothing but an awkward crawl. I hit my head on the roof again which causes my flashlight on my shoulder to jiggle its beam. The path turned from stone to cool, smooth metal a mile or so ago. This tunnel is most likely an air duct of some sort. "This is turning up to be hopeless." For the third time today my Reaver-Radar went off and Stumpy came within the flashlight range.

Click Click! Its eyes blinked at me twice.

A low rumble from below us shook the vent violently, causing it to groan warningly. I look up to see Stumpy skittering further into the vent. I shuffle slightly faster and try to reach for the evasive robot, "Wait! Stop!" I call out. Did he stop? Not a chance. The Reaverbot vanished. I sigh gruffly and I cease the uncomfortable crawl, but another quake came with a sudden crash. The duct starts to crack right down the middle. I watch as it becomes more jagged and widen then expectantly the floor crumbles under my body.

"Nonono!" I enter a free-fall.

It ends as quickly as it starts when my head bashes into the ground. I sit up jerkily and hold my cranium tightly. My eyes bulge and there's a rhythmic throb in my skull. Thankfully the fall was only about six feet or I would've probably snapped my neck. I'm a regular fall guy so I've done worse than that. I rub my temples and scan my surroundings warily. The room isn't too big, it could be used as a garage or something. It's also lit with the same dim light like the rest of the ruins. Nothing is occupying the room at the moment except for broken chunks of rocks, dust, and myself.

BOOM! BOOM!

Then a tremulous tremor shook the ruins that make me struggle to keep my balance. This quake was much stronger than the others before. I notice a door to the far right of the chamber. As I walk over to investigate I hear buzzing noises emitting from somewhere in the next room. Quickly making my way over to it, I press my right ear to its surface and sure enough loud clamoring sounds are coming from behind it. I immediately decide that I need to be on the other side. Then I stop. There actually could be something dangerous, even deadly, inside. Way too much for a rookie like me to handle.

Then a braver side of me of me comes out, 'Why pass up on treasure and adventure and treasure?!' That settles it. I press the small button on the wall to open the door. It opens from up from the bottom and rises until it reaches my heels. Then it stops.

A/N: And that does it for the prologue. Sorry for taking sooooo long to get back to this story. Nowadays I don't have as much time on my hands as I used to. Now for any new readers who don't know about it, this is actually a re-upload of the entire story. I've mainly done this to correct some things, world geography, and events that won't make sense later down the line.

Anyway, there's not much left to say. I'm back and I'm trying really hard to make more frequent uploads. Please Favorite, Rate and Follow. Flame if you because I'm always up to make improvements. Be sure to check my profile to keep up with updates on this and my other fanfics.

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