Ah...I remember this one. My first fanfic ever. Never actually finished it, due to lack of interest. Anyway, I looked back at this and realized just how badly it was written (or typed, to be specific), so I decided to revise the thing to fit with my current writing style. It is thanks to this that I am the great fanfic author I am today. Anyway, I'm gonna hit you with some pro-log action first. Feel free to comment if you like, but any flamers will be hosed down! OH! And before I forget...

WARNING: Mega Man X and all related material are copyrighted by CAPCOM. Cut Man X is copyrighted by meeeeeeeeee- :shot:

The year is AD 21XX. The Maverick threat has been eliminated for the time being. Cities. Neighborhoods. Lives of humans and reploids alike. Many have suffered at the hands of the evil Sigma and his Maverick army. However, many questions still seem to remain unanswered. What happened between Dr. Light and Dr. Wily? What exactly happened in 20XX that could leave the world in such messed up condition? One of Dr. Light's earliest creations may shed some light...

Chapter 1

February. 12:05 p.m.

It was a peaceful winter day. Irregular Navigator Alia was busy scouting some new recruits on a reconnaissance mission from Hunter HQ.A cave they were exploring was rather shallow. Tenfold, a young reploid in blue and green armor with his eyes hidden behind a black visor, had seen bigger dents in hillsides before. What set this cave apart from just any old hole was the abundance of amethyst. Cold winter light filtered in from the mouth of the cave, making the purple gemstones seem to glow with inner fire. Suddenly, he heard Alia's voice on his comlink.

"Tenfold, what's your position?"

Tenfold replied, "I'm in this dark cave. There's some kind of purple rock formations all over the place. I think they're amethyst."

A bubbly female voice replied with glee, "Ooh, amethyst! I love amethyst! I've never seen them from the source before! Can you pinpoint the location, Ten-kun?"

"This isn't a date, Kimberly!" snapped Alia. "The two of you are supposed to be scouting for anything unusual."

Tenfold hesitated and said, "Well…there is something else down here."

"Like what?"

"It's some kind of stasis pod. And…there's a robot in here!"

And at that point, Alia jumped off her chair. "A robot? Is it a reploid?"

"Um…I don't think so." The stasis pod was in good condition, despite the layer of grime that covered its surface. Tenfold wiped a hand across the glass and grimaced at the thick coating of dirt that smeared off onto his fingers. Inside was a robot, one he had never seen before. "It doesn't look like any reploid I know. The robot seems far out of date, but the pod is still maintaining it like it's brand new. Should I open it?"

"Not yet!" Kimberly replied anxiously. "At least wait until I get there!"

Alia snapped again, "That's a negative for both of you. I'm going to send one of our officials down there first to see if it's safe."

"Well, fine," Tenfold said. "As long as it's not X…"

"I'll have to look for X. Alia out."

"Aw man!" Tenfold yelled with a hint of bother. "Kim, you better get over here before 'dad' confiscates this pod."

"Roger that. I'll be right over. Kimberly out."

Tenfold looked down at the robot in the stasis pod. Upon this, he recalls the memory of a young reploid in a synthetic green suit strapped to the inside of an old stasis pod similar to the one Tenfold stood over now. The reploid looked on in quiet fear as he had something forced into his left eye socket. At the same time, Tenfold put a hand over his visor. Behind his visor, it seemed that he felt like crying.

"So, how long have you been sleeping? Three years? Four? Maybe I wasn't even born yet. Even so, I doubt you had to go through the stuff I went through when I was young."

"What kind of stuff?" a voice replied on his comlink, making him jump a bit.

"What the…?! Kim, you said you were out!"

"I was out. You never turned off your comlink."

Tenfold sighed deeply and replied, "Are you getting any closer?"

"I should be. Your signal's getting stronger."

"Good. I'll meet you at the entrance. Tenfold out."

Tenfold cut the signal on his comlink and headed back to the entrance. Exactly 32 seconds later, he smiled as a young female reploid in white armor arrived at the entrance.

"Glad you could make it, Kimberly."

"Yeah, me too. So, where is it?"

Tenfold's smile widened. "Why Kimberly, where's what?"

And at that point, Kimberly's temper started to flare. "What do you mean 'where's what?' You know exactly what I—"

"All right, Kimmy. Calm down. I'm just messin' with you. It's right through here. I think you're really going to like what you see before then."

Tenfold led Kimberly through the cave, allowing her to observe the formations of amethyst on the ground, walls, and ceiling. Kimberly's eyes lit up with the glittering amethyst.

"Oh, it's all so beautiful and bright. It's a shame this place reeks of broken Metools."

"True," Tenfold replied. "But that's nothing compared to what's coming up here."

Eventually, the two young reploids found the old stasis pod. Kimberly wiped some more of the dust off the glass. "What a weird looking robot. That's definitely not a reploid. Are those scissors fixed on its head?"

Tenfold noticed the saw-toothed scissors on the robot's head. He nodded and looked at the robot's face. It was completely red. "It looks like it's in bad shape."

After a brief dramatic pause, Kimberly hesitated and said, "Do you think it's dead?"

A third voice replied, "I doubt it."

The two young reploids jumped in surprise to turn around and see a tall reploid in blue armor. X, commander of the 17th unit, stepped forward and looked at the pod.

"No matter how long it's been, the stasis pod should be still working and the robot inside should be fine." He looked down at the robot and his eyes widened. "An unusual design, but still…I feel like I've seen him somewhere before."

Tenfold spoke, "So that's a guy?"

"There's no way that thing's a girl," X said, curtly. "Trust me." It was this comment that caused a bead of sweat to roll down the back of Tenfold's helmet.

"What are we going to do with it?" Kimberly asked.

X paused for a second. "I'll call a team over to pick up the pod and the robot. As old as it looks, we might be able to learn something from it and we'll need it in top condition. You two head back to base and talk to Alia for debriefing."

Tenfold and Kimberly both saluted X. "Yes sir."

They both started to walk away from the pod when Tenfold said, "So, what do you think is going to happen?"

"I don't know." Kimberly looked cautiously at Tenfold and said, "Look. About what I heard before, you know before you turned off your comlink... Were you talking about your past? You've never done that before."

"It's nothing I like to talk about. It scares the life out of me just thinking about it."

"…"

"I'm sorry, Kimberly. Now, how about those amethysts you wanted?"

"Do you need a hug?"

"Nah. I'm cool."

"Will you two hurry up?!"

That's the birth of Cut Man X, as well as the birth of an awesome fanfic author. Anyway, I suppose I have some explaining to do. For any OC's, I'll add on one profile for each chapter, starting with...

Name: Tenfold
Nickname: "Ten", "Ten-kun"
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Appearance: Blue armor with green trim, grey eyes hidden behind visor, spiked silver hair, lightning crested helmet (supposedly designed after Quint)
Weapons: Twin beam sabers hidden behind shoulder armor, Custom ride armor
Bios: Tenfold was just another reploid who went through a lot of changes when he was very young. When he was 14, he witnessed his younger brother kidnapped by Mavericks. He hasn't seen him since then and became a Maverick Hunter to find him. A natural born gearhead, he salvaged his custom Ride Armor, Little Nelly (named after the little gyrocopter from "You Only Live Twice"), from a junkyard and has been busy customizing it for over a year. His rash decision making and even quick tongue have gotten him in trouble more than once in his life. Tenfold is a melee unit, who can hack his strongest enemies to tiny pieces with a pair of beam sabers he keeps hidden in his shoulder armor. In his spare time, Tenfold sings karaoke at fine diners.

I'd like to provide his appearance, but for some reason, I can't save my URLs on this thing. :sigh: I guess you'll have to ask me personally for what my OCs look like.