AN- Here is the first part of my Chronicle of the Maverick Wars. This is where I explain the story behind the first 3 games. Enjoy! And remember, Megaman X is owned by Capcom.
Chapter 1: The Age of Reploids
Doctor Light observed his newest creation with a loving eye. The robot in the capsule was dressed in blue armor, with a Buster Gun on its right arm. It wasn't a large robot, or an intimidating one, but it had a capability different from every other robot until then; it could think and make decisions for itself.
Dr. Light pressed a button on his monitor. "Megaman! Roll! I'd like to speak to you both."
In a few minutes, two robots had climbed down the staircase into his lab. One of them was a pretty, red armored robot girl, and the other was a robot in blue armor, almost identical to the robot in the capsule.
"Do you need anything, Doctor?" Roll, the girl, asked him. Roll was his maid, so it was her job to ask that.
"Sit down, Roll. You too, Megaman." He said, directing to chairs. "I called you here to address an important matter. I know that you both will not last forever. I know, as well, that I will not last forever either."
"Don't say that, doctor!" Megaman, the boy, protested. "I'm sure you'll be around for a lot longer! Honest!"
Doctor Light smiled at Megaman's innocence. "No, Megaman, I have a feeling that I won't be around for much longer. You have to face that, Megaman. You too, Roll." He stared at Roll in mock severity as she tried not to cry.
"Also, Dr. Wily has been building more powerful robots. You have been able to fight them off before, Megaman, but the last one…" Dr. Light shuddered, thinking of the red robot that almost scrapped Megaman. "Because of this," the doctor continued, "I have built a robot who could be a champion for a new generation. Megaman, meet your brother X!"
At that, Megaman turned to his "brother". "He looks just like me, doctor!" He said excitedly. "I've always wanted a twin brother!"
Dr. Light began to clean his glasses, a nervous habit of his. "Megaman, I won't be letting him out now. He has a strange feature, you see; he can think, reason, and practically lead his own life. Because of this, I am going to keep him in this capsule to make sure that he will behave well in the world. You see, if X broke the first law of robotics by harming a human, chaos would ensue due to his great strength. I won't be alive by the time that X awakens, and you may neither. That… is what I wanted to tell you."
Dr. Light smiled at his crestfallen robots. "Why the long faces, though? I'll be around for years, you know! Come on, we aren't getting any younger!" At this, Light, Megaman and Roll went upstairs.
*******
The year was 20XX AD. Dr. Albert Wily, the mad scientist who tried so often to achieve world domination, had died ten years ago, bringing peace to the world. Robots and humans devoted their energies to rebuilding the cities that were destroyed in Wily's mad schemes, and have peacefully coexisted for the most part from then on.
In the manor that once belonged to Doctor Thomas Xavier Light, an excavation crew was busy looking for pieces of the doctor's technology. Leading the crew was an ambitious young scientist named Dr. Cain. Cain was all to happy to lead the crew due to his immense respect for the late doctor. He believed that Light had some piece of technology that he never brought into the world, one that could advance society in ways that could never be imagined…
"Dr. Cain, we've searched every inch of this house." A robot in the lead of the crew told him. "Why don't we just go back? The old man didn't leave anything!"
"No, no," Cain protested, "I'm positive we've missed something. Knowing Light, I'd say that he had some kind of secret passage in the manor to hide his greatest inventions. Would he be the kind of man to let an intruder steal a potentially dangerous invention? No! We need to continue searching for just a little longer."
The robot Cain was speaking to grumbled off to continue searching. Cain sighed. What if he was right; maybe this was just a fool's errand. He was about to call the robot back when a large man came up to where he was standing.
"Doctor, come quickly!" He shouted excitedly. "We've found something!"
Cain followed the man to a large bookcase. The man removed a red book, watching as the bookcase began to open like a door. Cain nodded. "So simple, but so clever! I can't believe I never tried the bookcase!"
"It gets better!" The man grinned. "Follow me!"
Cain followed several men with flashlights through a dimly lit spiral staircase. He was excited; what could lie in this secret chamber? Finally, he came to the bottom, where several members of the crew were working on removing a capsule embedded in the floor.
"Feast your eyes on this, doctor!" The man told him. Dr. Cain stared in awe at the robot inside the capsule. It was a small robot with blue armor and a Buster Gun on its right arm. Although it didn't look like much, Cain noticed that it appeared highly intelligent and kind.
"What a discovery!" Cain mused. "Now, take this back to my lab! Gently, gently… there!" He smiled as the crewmen removed the capsule from the rock; he couldn't wait to analyze it!
*******
For the first time, life flowed into the blue robot's veins. The first thing he felt was the cold of the room as he opened his eyes. Standing before him was a man in a white overcoat who was looking at something on a computer. He turned at the sound of the capsule opening, smiling at the robot.
"Hello, son." He said gently. "My name is Doctor Cain. Who are you?"
The robot tried to think. "My name… I don't know. Wait! The old man called me X… that's it! My name is Megaman X!"
"Megaman X…" Doctor Cain said, thinking about the strange robot. So the robot was a Megaman. It made sense; Doctor Light had created several Megaman type robots to protect the world in the past. He wouldn't have wanted to leave the world unprotected, so he created a Megaman to help people after he was gone.
Meanwhile, X was looking around the room. It was a large room filled with computers. Spare parts and schematics littered the floor. He wanted to ask Dr. Cain about everything in the room, but he appeared to be busy.
Dr. Cain, at the time, was busy looking at a CD that was in the capsule with X. He stared, wide eyed, as a hologram of Doctor Light appeared.
"To whomever opens this capsule," Doctor Light's hologram said, "I leave this message. X will be my last and greatest creation; not just another robot, X can feel, think and even make decisions for himself. This gives him immense intelligence and potential, but also involves great risk. If X violates the First Law of Robotics, to never harm a human, he could cause great destruction, worse than the world has ever known. For that reason I have sealed him in this capsule for thirty years to monitor his character and see if he would be able to coexist with humans. I, unfortunately, will not be alive to witness this. Whomever you are, please take care of X…" At that, the hologram faded.
Dr. Cain stared at the space where the hologram used to be. He had known that Cain was brilliant, but this… this was amazing! He knew that if more robots like X could be created, the destruction in the world might be able to heal more quickly. The cities were still in ruins, and thinking robots could be able to help make life better for humans.
This thought was clouded by another, however. If one of the robots turned evil, it would cause great devastation. He then decided, however, that any evil could be overcome by robots like X. He decided, at last, that he would study X to find out how he was made and so he could make more robots. With this in mind, he called X over to him to begin his research.