Okay… first things first. The disclaimer. I don't own Megaman X, or Zero, or most of the other things here. That all belongs to Capcom, or who ever it is. isn't up to date with all the licensing stuff Lucky them. Secondly, I'm new at this. So if the story sucks, well… Sorry. I'm also afraid that there won't be any yaoi. I'm no good at it, believe me, I'm not. Please, read and review. Your comments will help me make this worth reading. So anyway… On with the show!
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CHAPTER 1
"Are you sure this
is her? I mean, so many rumors… So many scams… Have we finally
found her? The second of her type… The rumored Beta... Is this
really her?"
"She has the mark.
Right on the nape of her neck. See? The Roman numeral two. Just as
the stories said."
"But they're still
stories. If this is her… How can we be sure?"
"Wake her up, and
ask."
Who was this? Who were these people who interrupted her slumber? She had been told to await the coming. To sleep until the Time of Insurrection. Wait until she was needed. Who dared to disturb her? She wanted to punish them for their idiocy, but that would require waking
"Wake
her up? Are you insane?!"
"No.
But how else will we know?"
"There
has to be something. A designator- SOMETHING that will tell us who
she is, what her model number is. If it matches, then we'll see
about waking her. If not, we ship her off to the doctor and let him
play with her."
What is this? Had the Time of Insurrection come? Was it time for her to awaken? The fearsome power of the storms, the fierce beauty of lightning was hers to command. Yet was it time?
"I
think I found it!"
"Really?
Let me see…"
"I
can't read Latin. What's it say?"
"…
'EGO sum novus omega, EGO mos insisto meus voluntas ut
sepulchrum in obscurum, quod addo nex quod letum illis quisnam
insurgo'. In English that's… 'I am the new omega, I will
follow my purpose to the grave in darkness, and bring death and
annihilation to those who rebel.' "
"That's
what it says? I wonder who she means?"
"I think we
really have found her… Neo-omega-atra-exequor-lectum. The legendary
bringer of death. How many people have looked for her? How many have
lost their lives seeking this one robot?"
"Dozens,
at least."
Her designation. It must be time…
"Wh- What? She's
moving!" The man who had been discussing her searchers fell
backwards, his companion wasn't far behind. Something shifted, they
couldn't pin it down in their terrified states, and the air seemed
to grow thick around them. Staring frightfully they saw the woman
they had searched for for so long rise out of her crystalline
imprisonment. She set her feet gently on the floor, and stood in one
graceful, fluid motion. She took notice of the men who had awoken
her, and looked down her nose at them. She was maybe five feet ten
inches tall, dressed in a black suit of powered armor. Her helmet
threw deep shadows over her eyes, making their color and shape
unidentifiable. When she spoke, it was in a voice that was quiet, and
yet still clear in the strange air.
"What is the
year, mortal?"
"T-the year?"
"Yes. What is the
year?"
"T-twenty-w-one
XX"
"Ah. Thank you."
She nodded at them, her long black hair bobbing forward. "And
farewell. I have business to attend to that cannot wait."
"You can't
leave." The other man, the second to fall backwards, said. "We
found you. You belong to us."
"I belong to no
man." She replied. "I am the crusher of rebellion. You cannot
control me."
"Non-sense.
You're a robot. You belong to us now."
She smiled thinly,
icily. "Really? Are you sure?" They fell back nervously.
"Y-yeah…"
"I wouldn't be.
At least… Not if I were you." She stepped forward, then looked
back and put her hands on the capsule; it vanished. Everything that
had anything to do with her, vanished. "Goodbye, humans." She
walked away, down the hall and left.
"W-What just
happened?" They asked each other, eyes wide and a little
frightened.
EGO sum novus omega, EGO mos insisto meus voluntas ut sepulchrum in obscurum, quod addo nex quod letum illis quisnam insurgo. I am the new omega, I will follow my purpose to the grave in darkness, and bring death and annihilation to those who rebel. This is my purpose. This is what I was built to do. But is it the Time of Insurrection? Is it time for me to walk with the waking world? I cannot say until I have seen the state of the world.
"Ah." She put her arm up to shield her eyes from the sun's glare. "It's so beautiful… Can this truly be the time of war? Did war ever leave the land beautiful? Ever leave it whole and untainted?" She shook her head. There were always havens, places left unscathed. Perhaps this was one. Again she started forward, her hair hiding her neck, and the tiny, black Roman numeral two rimmed in gold. She watched silently as people hurried up and down streets: as they rushed to their jobs, or their homes, or to finish the shopping. She watched them with half lidded eyes as the rain started to fall, lightly, sprinkling her, and everyone, making them rush all the more.
An alarm blared.
Her eyes widened as the atmosphere changed. Within moments the street
was empty of everyone. Everyone that is, except her. She looked down
the street and opened her ears. She ignored the sound of the gentle
rainfall. Ignored the sounds of animals taking cover. Even her own
breathing faded away until it was just her, the trickle of water from
her helm, and whatever was coming. Howls cut through the silence of
the street. Howls of rage, frustration… and madness. There was
definitely the taint of madness in their voices. She looked down the
street at these new foes- and smiled.
They slowed, seeing
a lone, black-clad warrior with eyes hidden by the darkness of her
helm, and water running off of her in unnoticed streams. Then they
charged, loosing howls louder than before. She met their charge with
her own. One whispered word hung in the air behind her, and turned
the rain around it to ice by the coldness with which she said it.
"Insurrection."
Minutes- moments-
later, not one of her foes were left. All lay in the rain-soaked
road, sparking, and dripping oil. She turned one over, and looked at
his eyes- red: the red of fresh-drawn blood. "The Time has come
indeed." She murmured, and walked slowly down the street, and out
of the city. The rainfall increased and washed the streets of blood.
"What is this?"
A soldier asked, looking around nervously. The streets shone clean,
washed free of all taints. All taints except those of death. The dead
still lay where they had fallen. Pitiful heaps of things that used to
live.
"That's… A
good question." The man at the head replied, glancing around.
"Could they have done it?" He stopped, and blinked down at the
only man who was face up- staring red eyes met his bright blues. "No…
These… These men are mavericks. No local militia."
"But… Who? I
know this town. They keep sentries on the wall, then send out an
alarm when they seem them. Nobody stays to fight." Another remarked
from the ranks, coming forward. "There's no reason these guys
shouldn't be walking around drinking, or attacking us."
"True…" The
commander agreed, then sighed. "It had to rain." He muttered,
looking around.
"What sir?"
"It had to rain.
If it hadn't, we might have been able to track whoever did this.
There's no way they would have been able to leave with out leaving
SOME kind of trail. Blood on their shoes, or dripping from wounds."
"How do we know
it wasn't more than one?"
"We don't.
Another reason I wish it hadn't rained. We would be able to tell."
"Should we go
home?"
"No. There's
too much that we can do here. Like making sure these were all of
them, and that the civilians are okay. Then, maybe, if nothing else
strange comes up, we will return."
They were almost
done in the city, when someone stumbled, managing to knock over six
others. Righting herself, she apologized.
"What was that
all about? You aren't usually such a klutz." One of the girls the
woman had knocked into murmured.
"I thought I saw
someone standing on that building. A woman, dressed all in black…
But when I looked again… She was gone."
"It was probably
a trick of the light."
"Yeah." The
woman replied. "Illusion."
"While I admit I
am unusual, I am no illusion." An eerily quiet voice said from
behind the two females. They spun, startled, and gasped. The speaker
was a tall woman dressed in black armor and a helmet that shielded
her eyes from view. Her figure was one men would die for, and she
radiated an air of confidence that none of the soldiers, except maybe
their commander, could hope to have. She watched them, her face, what
little they could see, was blank, showing no emotion, and gave no
semblance of caring.
"W-who are you?"
The one who had first seen her asked, nervously.
"Yes… Who are
you?" The commander asked, and put his left hand on her left
shoulder, or tried to. With three quick back-flips she was over his
head and out of reach.
"I am many
things." She replied.
"Then what are
you called?" He asked, amused, and a little awed in spite of
himself- she was fast, and her reflexes were amazing.
"Many things."
She replied, still apathetic seeming.
"Then what is
your name?"
"I have none."
"A designation?"
"Neo-Omega-Atra-Exequor-lectum."
She replied, "And what are you called? What is your designation?"
"Zero. Zero Omega
Light." The man replied.
