Here it is, my second piece of work. Megaman X Reloaded is basically a recollection of all the events that happened during the Megaman X series that involved Zero, the whole point of this series is resumed in one single sentence: "What would have happened if Zero had been a girl?". Of course, none of the characters, beyond the fictive ones, belong to me. Hence, all of the characters in the Megaman X series belong to Capcom. Before we get started, I would like to give to all of you a definition of three complex terms that are common within the Megaman X universe.
Reploids: The reploids are a breed of robots that are able to think and feel by themselves, like humans do; which also opened the possibility of reploids going criminal or rebelling against the humans. The name reploid comes from the fact that they were created when a human scientist named Dr. Cain tried to replicate a robot named X, whom he had found on an old archeological site, but was unable to do it properly; so he opted for an alternate form of robots, hence reploids or imperfects. They are often built with a purpose or theme in mind and they come in the most diverse of kinds.
Mavericks: A maverick or an irregular if you prefer, is a reploid or mechaniloid whose flaws has been exploited, which makes him no longer able to think rationally and occasionally displays a very violent behavior. Though, there have been several cases when a reploid went maverick as a conscious choice or because of political divergence with the current government.
Mechaniloids: A mechaniloid is a machine-like robot that was created with a very special task in mind; their purpose is usually to handle menial tasks for the humans, such as repairs, construction and many other tasks. The mechaniloids, unlike the reploids, are unable to think for himself and can also be reprogrammed.
Maverick Hunters: The Hunters primary duty is to ensure the humans safety by dealing with the treat known as Mavericks. They are expected to dispose of every mavericks that are found and protect the city from them. So far, they have been able to stop most of the disturbance caused by the mavericks, though, with the recent increases in incidents involving mavericks; it is unlikely that the Hunters will be able to handle them all.
I would like to inform you however, that this particular Fan Fiction shall be tainted by what I consider to be truly cannon of what happened during each games. Therefore, there might be a few divergences between this and the original plot, along with the change caused by Zero gender in this Fiction.
As for this current chapter, I won't lie about it; it is merely a recollection of the OVA named "The Day of Sigma" that give the proper background to the first Megaman X. Well, here we go; I hope you will enjoy it.
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Chapter One
The Day of Sigma (Part 1)
Able City, near a destroyed building…
It was in the morning when the Hunters had been informed about a berserk mechaniloid that had caused a disturbance in the particular sector; a red female reploid was fighting the mechaniloid along with a few Hunters of her own squad. This particular reploid wore a helmet that was red on the sides and that rose in two pointed ends on the back of her head, it was white above her head and a blue gem could be seen on her forehead, under which her deep green eyes could be seen; also, from behind her helmet, a ponytail of long blond hairs was also falling on her back. Her shoulders were white and a golden stylized "Z" could be seen on her right one. Two green gems, that were actually her power cores, could be seen on each sides of her upper chest. Her body held a sense of gracefulness and confidence as she was staring at the mechaniloids that was before her. The large machine lashed her pincers at her squad and was ready to send them to an early death. She ordered her Hunters to evade the pincers that were dangerously close to them, they all managed to land safely away from the berserk mechaniloid.
Very good Zero. Said a tall bald reploid, that was safely standing away from the battle that was going on. This particular reploid wore a green breastplate, from which two long black arms sprouted, a collar with spikes could be seen above each of his forearms. His lower body was black in color except for his brown boots that were also adorned with spikes on the upper part. This reploid had dark blue eyes and a very prominent jaw; a red circular gem was on his forehead. The reploid referred to as Zero, saw something in the sky that caught her attention.
Huh? Quizzically said the female reploid as a strong blast of blue energy fell down on the mechaniloid.
The tall reploid smirked and spoke. Chill Penguin Company. Commence operation.
A black penguin-like robot, that was standing beside him, swiftly replied. Roger! I'll secure the area! This particular breed of robot was made with an animal schematic in mind, he wore two red tanks on his back that were connected to his head with the help of two metallic tubes. Suddenly, the mechaniloid rose from the rubbles that had fallen on his head as a result from the blast. Whaaaat?! The things hardly damaged. The machine used her large pincers to catch a Hunter that was too close to her and severed him in half. WHAAAATTT?! Stop that thing!
The tall reploid, that seemed to be the commanding officer, activated his communication system and asked. Zero, do you have a fix on the main generator?
The giant mechaniloid turned around to face the red reploid that was on his flank and sent her whole squad flying in the rubles, only Zero managed to get out of the way safely. It's no good commander, this thing's too fast, I can't get any closer.
The giant machine took one of the wounded within her third scissor-like prehensile pincer and threw him at the Chill Penguin crew. The penguin-like reploid fired an icy projectile at the mechaniloid legs and managed to immobilize it, his Hunters began to ties it on the ground with ropes. Unfortunately, the thing broke free and began firing lasers on the nearby Hunters who were instantly destroyed, the machine then grabbed another Hunter that had carelessly approached it. Help! Help me! Shouted the terrified Hunter.
A blue reploid, that was of a lighter shade of blue on his unarmored parts, appeared on the sides and sent two blasts of energy at the strange contraption wheels. He had light green eyes above which a large red gem slightly glowed from a faint light, an arm cannon could be seen on his right arm. But the shots hadn't helped at all, as the machine managed to force him to move back from it. On the other side, the female reploid fired a charged buster shot at the mechaniloid leg, creating a large burning hole on its left leg. I won't let you push my friends around like that! The mechaniloid temporarily stopped and seemed to be shacking.
Hit it! The generator! The machine was moving in a strange manner, still holding her hostage within her pincer, that strangely enough, was just before its generator. The blue reploid hesitated. The generator X! Shoot the generator! X seemed to hesitate once more as he saw the hostage madly trying to get out. X! Hurry!
The commander arrived from nowhere and sliced both the hostage arm and the mechaniloid generator with his beam saber. It fell and crashed on the ground, all of the Hunters looked at the scene in disbelief. Zero wiped her brow as she was letting out a sigh of relief, then, she noticed that X was talking with the commander and decided to see if he was ok. As she arrived, the commander and X had finished their little chat and the commander gave orders to clean up this mess. Zero putted her hand on X shoulder, who then sighed…
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Maverick Hunters Heaquarter…
Both X and Zero entered the command room together and X was involved in a talk with her. Maverick? What could cause someone to go maverick anyway?
The female reploid took her usual stance when she had to elaborate on evidences. Program errors, short circuits in the electronic brain. The very things that give us reploids our advanced processing power could also be our greatest weakness. X looked down, depressed, and was suddenly interrupted by Zero. Huh? A purple reploid was walking in shackles with two Hunters escorting him. Vile... Looks like he must have caused quite a fuss again. Vile and company walked beside them and exited the command room. I'm afraid that for every kind and sensitive Hunters like you X, there always seems to be a borderline maverick like Vile out there.
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Later at the Headquarter…
Zero was facing that mechaniloid once again, with a hostage in his pincers, she fired her buster at the generator and the blast landed right on the hostage side. An electronic female voice spoke. Training sequence concluded. Everything disappeared and a small green screen with 95 on it appeared.
Dammit! I've missed five percent.
A confident voice spoke from behind her. Ninety-five percent, that's very good Zero.
She turned around, only to find her old friend Storm Eagle standing behind her. Storm Eagle was obviously made from an eagle-like design and was a little taller than she was. He had sharp talons instead of his foots and two long wings could be seen on his back and was dark blue in color. He stood in the same arrogant stance as usual and seemed to be strangely happy. Storm Eagle! I thought that you were supposed to be patrolling the missile base.
With the automated defense system complete, they trampled down my tour of duty. Starting today, I'm just a regular hunter again.
Good for you.
Anyway, they are doing a briefing about the out of control mechaniloid. Let's go Zero! She was a little embarrassed about how he always seemed to be so full of optimism; she guessed that this was why she used to hang with him before he was transferred. So, they both went to hear the briefing together.
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Briefing room…
A whole lot of hunters were standing in the briefing room when a female hunter finally spoke. We now know that the mechaniloid stationed at the dismantled building went berserk. However, it was under the control of an unknown party. A lot of whispers could be heard behind Zero and X, who were standing beside each others.
So there was no one inside, it was being controlled remotely? Asked X, after hearing what the female Hunter had to say.
That's right.
Wait a minute!
Huh?
What about the mechaniloid security program? She knew that this wouldn't help her reputation of always pointing out the obvious issue at hand, but she couldn't help it anyway.
Chill Penguin, who was also in the room, decided to add a little of his own thoughts. A system that complicated shouldn't be so easy to haaaack!
There is a chance that the perpetrator has managed to completely crack our security codes.
A random Hunter asked. From where is it being controlled from? Just as he finished his question, a hologram of the earth appeared.
The signal has been camouflaged by being routed through a series of satellites. A lot of green lines appeared all over the earth accordingly. But the origin has been tracked here, Able City sector sixteen east.
You gotta be kidding me! That's so close.
Does commander Sigma know about this?
We've contacted him; X and Zero teams are to be dispatched immediately following the briefing. Those are his orders. Both then replied "Roger".
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I apologize to those that would think that I'm just copying the OVA, but it is definitely interesting plot-wise for comprehensions of what Megaman X is all about. I have, of course, omitted and will omit a few parts; because this story is supposed to center on Zero and I don't want to spoil it completely for everyone that hasn't seen it yet. But don't worry, Once, I'm done with the OVA, I'll go back to some more original stuff. Regardless, I hope that I have been able to give some justice to the OVA first part and you must also have noticed that I made a few edits. I actually don't really believe in this whole "I'm cooler than X" stuff about Zero, though I don't intend to do anything more than make the female version a little more loose than the male one in that regard. Sorry for those that believed in it. Also, don't miss Part 2.