AN: I do not own Mega Man. Capcom does. Some Rights Reserved.
Advent of the New World
Mission 1: Just Another Beginning
"You ready?" asked a voice.
"…." There was a click like one of a gun loading. Several more clicks were heard in the background. Everyone around had their weapons armed and ready. Atop the edge of a dry canyon, the people gathered around one person who is probably the leader.
"Everyone get your gear checked. The target is making its way through the canyon as planned. It's a big one." said the Leader.
All the people around got into position along the edge ready for the signal to jump. Along the canyon an enormous cloud of dust approaches. Underneath the cloud, just barely visible was a jeep driving at full speed with a large mechanical dragon chasing after it.
"Let's do this everyone!" the Leader shouted and leaped from the edge. Without fear or hesitation the rest followed in unison.
Target was a Spy Larue Type F, a red wyvern mechaniloid with large turbines that emit a constant stream of fire taking the shape of wings as well as a long tail that doubles as a laser cannon. They were manufactured a very long time ago and most of them have been decommissioned or hunted down. However once the threat died down people forgotten all about them.
Today most conventional reploids lack the capacity to deal with such threats and having a rare mechaniloid ravage a town is not the most pleasant experience for most people.
"Unit A, Unit B blast those rocks, seal its movements!" the Leader commanded. Two people pointed their busters at the top of the cliffs and fired a volley. The shots broke off several large boulders that fell on the dragon but the boulders were also falling on them.
The two of them fired grappling hooks from their belts to a point on the other side of the canyon. They quickly pulled themselves over avoiding the rockslide that knocked the dragon down. The leader launched two hooks to both sides of the canyon to suspend in middle and quickly unleashed several fully prepared charge shots. The surges of energy were too much for a conventional weapon to handle as the gun disintegrated after firing the bolts of energy.
Plasma bolts struck dead on the turbines keeping the mechaniloid in flight. The Spy Larue crashed along the wall slowing down but still sliding forward. "Unit X! It's up to you! Finish it!" shouted the Leader.
Up ahead there was another person suspended in the middle, buster pointed straight at the mechaniloid. It slid closer and closer until the heat from its body could be felt.
"Unit X? What are you doing!" the Leader shouted angrily.
The person in front of the dragon was shaking. The buster in his hands trembled as the mechaniloid approached. It opened its mouth side charging up a fireball to incinerate the foe before it. Its feral cry echoed through the canyon.
"Unit X!" the Leader screamed!
TAP
"Hey Raito, no sleeping on the job." said a hunter.
A young man suddenly regained his senses, "W-what?" He was leaning on one of the doors of a train. The desert scenery passed by rather quickly.
"Damn it Raito, if you the boss finds out you were sleeping on the clock he's gonna cut both of our pay." the hunter said angrily.
The young man being scolded was Raito our protagonist. "Calm down David, the job's already over and done with. Just gonna catch some Z s if I may."
David retorted, "My job is not worth our friendship you know. I never should have recommended you for this." David slumps his head in depression.
"It's not like the unemployment rate is high. There are plenty of jobs like construction and nature restoration. I mean those jobs are actually desperate for workers." Raito replied.
"That's because it's so dangerous to leave Legion's walls. There are still rogue mechaniloids and mavericks leftover from the previous wars. Not to mention pseudoroids as well." said David worryingly.
Raito said solemnly, "You'll never know what really lies beyond those walls unless you venture outside them."
"You're joking right? We just left the walls and are heading back to Hunter's Camp." said David slightly amused.
Raito responded, "No I'm not referring to the walls of Legion City but the walls of Legion itself." David seemed confused.
"Well I'd love to discuss semantics with you but we're already here." David walked towards the exit door just as the train was about to stop. Raito followed and they both disembarked from the train.
"Let's cash in at a transerver." said David. Raito nodded and followed him to the command center seeing a large crowd of hunters just a few buildings away at Jim's café. Ignoring the crowd the two of them quickly got their paychecks and left the building.
Raito looked over and asked, "What's with the crowd?"
"Seriously, you speak of a world outside of the walls and you don't even keep up with current events. The Ouroboros has fallen, Albert has been defeated and the world is saved." explained David.
Raito had a devilish smile, "Well then it's time for some drinks." He ran to the café where all the other hunters were celebrating their victory. David sighed and went as well. In the café Raito fitted in perfectly as he drank merrily along the other hunters.
"Alright John you are going down!" Raito slammed his mug down on the table with another hunter. "3,2,1 go!" He quickly began chugging his beer.
"Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!" all the others shouted. Raito was gulping loudly as well as the other hunter, John.
"Fuck Yeah!" Raito slammed his mug on the table in victory. He slammed so strongly that the mug shattered.
Jim, the owner of the café said coolly, "That's going on your tab."
Raito whined and begged him to let it slide, sadly he forked over half of his paycheck to cover the broken glass and his other drinks he had last month.
"And now I drag your drunk ass back home." David finished his cup before grabbing Raito by the collar.
He squirmed, "Hey piss off David! I'm perfectly sober! I can sing my ABCs! AFSDFSSDSSAGASDG" his entire struggle was futile as David dragged him back to their apartment building.
The other residents ignored the two as they passed by because this was a common occurrence. After a short elevator ride and a quick walk into the hallway David took Raito's apartment key out of his pocket and opened the door. With great force David threw Raito across the room. Raito flew into a wall and plopped down unto his bed below it.
"We got work tomorrow. Don't be late." said David as he left. He lived in the room across from Raito in the hallway on the 7th floor. His apartment had only the basics: refrigerator, microwave, stove, bathroom, and bedroom. Despite this David kept everything clean and neat. He brushed his teeth before going to sleep.
The next day morning came as Raito felt groggy and tired. When he got up from bed his foot tripped over a box lying in the way and he face planted the floor which he hadn't cleaned in months. Raito's apartment was the complete opposite of David's. There were tons of unused junk in the room. Raito claimed that he would use them for something, but he never got around to it.
"Oh right, there's work today." he said to himself. Grabbing a new change of clothes, Raito went to the shower. Lukewarm water poured over him for a few minutes. His bathroom had a full size mirror as tall as he is, probably left by the previous resident. Raito threw his generic hunter's uniform into the laundry chute and put on his black form fitting body suit.
The body suit is generally worn by most members of the populace as a form of environmental protection and to blur the distinctions between humans and reploids. Reploids can only be distinguished by the red triangle on their foreheads indicating that they are Legion citizens and have life spans.
Afterwards he put on a pair of black pants. They had a worn out look which seems to have been worn a lot. Raito wore his red short-sleeved jacket open and lastly buckled up his utility belt.
"Hmm." Raito got a comb to fix his hair. His brown hair spiked upwards but some of it also formed pointy bangs. After he was done he took careful steps towards the door avoiding hitting anything in his room. He picked up his plasma pistol, but before heading out the door he looked at his wall. The only section of his apartment that was kept tidy, there hung two rectangular boxes about the size of his pistol. Raito took a deep breath and left for work.
David was already waiting at the station. Trains stopped by the Hunter's Guild very often before continuing to Legion because it was a great place to restock on supplies and hire protection.
"Morning." David greeted.
Raito returned the greeting, "Hey what's up? Not wearing your helmet today?"
Usually wearing a helmet with a green visor David doesn't show his smooth black hair which covered his forehead and was in the shape of a helmet.
"I'm starting to think you sleep with your helmet on." Raito jest.
"Har har I see you still like having hedgehogs sit on your head." David rebutted.
Raito shouted, "What!"
"Hey! We're about to leave!" the train conductor shouted. Raito and David stopped joking around and boarded the train.
"Escort cargo again?" Raito asked.
"Easy money." David said.
The train left for Legion crossing the desert at a very rapid pace. Raito sat around with a bored look on his face. Even David who takes his job seriously seemed bored as well. The ride is going very smoothly until a loud sound could be heard outside.
"Hey what's that noise?" David asked cautiously.
"Trouble." replied Raito now with a serious expression. He readied his weapon and went outside to the cargo area. The place was an open platform with crates tied down to the train. Raito looked up and saw a large yellow airship flying above the train at a low altitude.
Underneath the airship a hanger opened dropping several raiders each in a yellow uniform with facemasks. They landed all over the train in several places. Two of them landed near Raito's position.
"Alright boys it's time to rock. Take everything that isn't nailed down and kill anyone who gets in our way." a loud voice spoke from the airship. The raiders gave a rallying war cry before attacking. Their machineguns tore through the train as several crew members were killed. Screams could be heard from the far side.
Raito quickly got his communicator, "David, defend the engine room at all costs!" he ordered. "I'll take care of the raiders." Raito pointed his plasma pistol at a nearby raider shooting him off the platform. His body tumbled like a rag doll after hitting ground as the train left him behind.
"You'll pay for that!" another Raider pointed his machinegun at Raito and fired. Raito tumbled behind the nearest crate taking cover. As soon as he heard the Raider reloading, Raito quickly fired a plasma bolt at the Raider. The beam struck the Raider's weapon knocking aside as Raito quickly rushed him kicking him off the train with a roundhouse.
After those two raiders have been dealt with, Raito advance to the lead car. He was currently at the back of the train with three passenger cars between him and the engine room. He ran through the first car with no opposition ignoring the corpses. As soon as he entered the second car he immediately dived to the nearest seat barely avoiding machinegun fire. There were other people hiding behind the seats injured by the Raiders.
"Hey is everyone alright?" Raito asked.
"We were taken by surprise." said the Hunter blood dripping from his side hand holding tightly over the wound.
Raito grit his teeth in frustration, "Damn, I don't have time or tools to provide medical treatment." He pulled a grenade from his belt and lobbed it over to the other side. A clinking sound was heard followed by an explosion. The Raiders did not survive the blast as Raito advanced through the broken end of the car.
"There he is! Get him!" the Raider shouted. Three Raiders immediately open fired on Raito as soon as he entered the third car. With barely enough time to react Raito slammed the door shut blocking the bullets. He climbed the ladder to the side and got on top of the train. Crawling silently on the roof to avoid being heard he made it to the emergency exit hatch on the roof.
He quickly opened the hatch, dropped a grenade, and waited for the explosion. Raito quickly jumped down and dispatched the Raiders quickly. Plasma bolts knocked them unconscious leaving them with mild burns.
"Stay back!" David shouted. Raito could hear him in the engine room. Soon after, gunshots were heard. RA TATATATATATATATAT
Raito quickly entered the engine room seeing a bulky Raider with a chain gun spraying all over the engine room. Without hesitation Raito directed his pistol and shot the guy in the back felling him in one shot. David and the conductor got out of their cover sighing in relief.
"Thank god I thought we were dead." said David.
Raito said sarcastically, "You know a Hunter is supposed to run and hide when attacked by Raiders."
"Yeah well you're late. I took down five Raiders by myself before you got here." David said proudly.
"Seven bro." replied Raito. "But most of all can this train still run? That airship is still around."
The conductor examined the engine, "We'll make it to Legion, but it'll need repairs after. If we can make it into Legion territory that airship can't touch us."
David and Raito rushed back to the cargo area where the airship was now flying dangerously low over the crates. The airship lowered a mechanical arm that reached out towards a crate.
"Like I'll let you!" David aimed at the arm. The airship fired several shots from the machinegun on its bow. Raito pushed David down sending them both to the floor as bullets grazed them.
The mechanical arm grabbed a large crate and was returning to the ship. Raito quickly ran towards the crate, jumped and managed to hold on the crate. He climbed to the top of the crate and as soon as the hangar was close enough, Raito lobbed his last grenade into the hangar.
Boom! The arm broke off and fell on the train along with Raito. The Raider airship suffering moderate internal damage raised altitude and escaped. "That'll teach you to mess with us!" Raito shouted in triumph.
Shortly after, the two of them treated any survivors. The corpses were placed in body bags. "Their families are going to be very sad." David said solemnly but he continued working.
"Hey what's it like having a family?" asked Raito.
David looked up, "Oh sorry, I forgot about that."
"It's fine. I don't remember much from my past anyways. Or at least try not to remember." Raito said calmly.
After everyone was patched up they all rested in the first car besides the engine room. No one said anything. Everyone grieved the loss of their fellow man. The rest of the trip was somber as they barely got out of a Raider attack.
When they arrived at Legion City, the conductor wrote a report on what had occurred. Raito and David left to get their paychecks and the bodies were taken for recording and burial.
"Well since we're stuck here let's get a drink." said Raito happily.
"Not in the mood." replied David.
Raito spoke more seriously, "We've been through this before. I thought you would come to realize this is common."
"No matter what I still can't get used to it." said David. "I'm not as strong as you. We both know you are better at fighting."
"I'll go then. I'll be at the bar if you want to find me." said Raito as he left. David was still there disheartened by his inability to protect his colleagues. After a new minutes David got up.
"Damn it, Raito's right. I really could use a drink." David muttered as he dragged himself to the bar.
"To new life into the world eh?" said a voice.
"In the last mission report, Albert said some rather outrageous things." said another.
"Mikhail… Do you think it presumptuous for us to give birth to new life?" said the voice to the other.
"How absurd… Thomas you couldn't possibly hold fast to such foolish imaginings." said Mikhail.
Thomas replied loudly, "There are laws that give equality to humans and reploids, correct? Don't you remember? Those were passed because Albert and I agreed on them."
Mikhail a bit shocked, "W-what are you saying?"
"Give humans robotic bodies and give reploids mortality. So where do you think the human bodies for the reploids are? What do you think happened to the original reploid data from before we gave them mortality?" Thomas asked rhetorically.
Suddenly four Chosen Ones teleported in each in their megamerged forms.
"Thomas…You!" Mikhail shouted in disbelief.
Thomas continued, "Albert was wrong, so I helped the Hunters. But I do think he was right about one thing. This world needs to be reset."
"Thomas! Do you have any idea of what you are doing?" Mikhail shouted.
Aeolus points his saber at Mikhail, "Silence you old fool. Your time has passed long ago."
"So will you remain silent and compliant about our discussion or do I see a need to dispose of you like Albert." Thomas said maliciously.
Mikhail remained silent, fear coursing through his stout old frame feeling as if even his fears were being stolen from him. "Fine."
"I see you've still got some sense left in you old man." Aeolus lowered his weapon.
Thomas declared, "Now! It is time for the true advent! With our hands we shall create a new world!"
Mission 1: Complete
Reward: 200 EC
AN: So I've really had this idea going and wanted to publish it. Even though I still work on Megaman Starforce Zero: The Legend Returns, I want to publish this epiphany I had about the secret ending of ZXA.
I'm using OCs so I hope they don't appear too shallow as I truly want to define their character throughout the story. I also don't want to straight out tell it to my readers as I define character through actions rather than the 3rd person god perspective.
I thought about telling it from Raito's perspective in 1st person and I am still considering it based on reviews so please review.
Grammatical errors I hope I made none. Also if the writing seems bland and repetitive I would appreciate help regarding such.
Character Bios
Raito
Race: Human/Humanoid (Humanoid is the term for robotic humans aka Thomas)
Age: 22
Birthday: Jan 1
Height: 5' 9'' (175cm)
Weight: 150lbs (68kg)
Occupation: Hunter
Weapon: Pistol (Plasma)
Hobbies: Drinking and video games
Appearance: Short brown spiky hair with spikes in the front (like Vent). Wears a red short sleeved jacket with black pants.
Eyes: Blue
David
Race: Human like Raito
Age: 23
Birthday: May 21
Height 5' 10'' (177cm)
Weight 157lbs (71kg)
Occupation: Hunter
Weapon: Standard Issue Buster
Hobbies: You'll find out later
Appearance: He wears a generic Hunter's uniform. The uniform has a yellow green jacket and boots with metal knee guards as well as a helmet with a changeable visor. David usually wears his helmet all the time when he's not at home, but under that his hear is black and flows naturally down his head and is shaped by constant helmet wear.
Eyes: Brown