Has anyone ever noticed how few fanfics have been written for Rockman X? This one is going to be one of those few fanfics. And, like usual, I'm going to turn the world upside down with one scientific discovery. Fun, eh? Just hang on to your seats, and enjoy the show.
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Chapter One: The Impossible Happens
"Ma'am, please! Calm down, tell us what's wrong!"
Rockman X blinked and looked up at the shout. Frowning
deeply, he sighed and turned away from the hall that lead to the rejuvenation
room. He was looking forward to getting some rest, and recharging himself,
but the Mavericks wouldn't let him sleep. Breaking into a run, he armed
himself with his cannon, wishing that his energy wasn't so low. He couldn't
last very long in a fight.
But when he turned the corner that lead to the lobby
of the Marverick Hunters HQ, he sighted not an injured human or Reploid
female being confronted by some Maverick Hunters, but something quite different
indeed.
The panicked female X immediately noticed was Maverick,
and she was not injured in the slightlest.. The light blue hair that cascaded
down her back and rippled with her frantic movements showed no signs of
an attack, as most victims' hair were full of tangles and knots. Her purplish
suit was not damaged or cracked, nor had scorch or dust marks on it. She
looked perfectly healthy in fact, except there was something drastically
wrong about her.
This confused him. She was perfectly healthy,
but there was something wrong about her body.. The way it was shaped.
Then, it hit him like a ton of bricks. Her
stomach-area was prutruding, and it was quite obvious from the physique
of the rest of her body, that it should have never been that way. But then
why was it so?
"Dr. Cain! We have an emergency!" Rockman
X shouted through his com-link, upon opening it. "There's a female Reploid
down here and it looks like she's going to explode through her stomach!"
There was a moan from the other end of the
connection, on Dr. Cain's end. "... You don't have to yell X! I can hear
you! I'll be there in a minute!"
"Sorry Doctor."
Rockman shut the comlink, and quickly ran
over to the girl and the rookies, all three individuals panicking. "What's
the problem, what's going on?!"
"My body!" The girl screamed. "Something's
wrong with my body~! It's been like this for months, but it's never hurt
like this before!"
"Months..?" The blue bomber looked agast at
her. "You let this go unchecked for months?!"
"It... It didn't seem like a problem! The
protrusion was small at first, but then it slowly got bigger, and hurt
from time to time.. I kept on doing systems dianostics, but they never
detected anything wrong!"
She burst out into frightened sobs, and clung
to the nearest of the two rookies, who became shifty and looked extremely
uncomfortable. If it wasn't for the severity of the situation, X would
have been extremely amused at the rookie's discomfort. "God, don't let
me die, please!"
"Shh... It'll be okay Ma'am... Just calm down.."
Rockman gently seperated her from the rookie, and put his hands on her
shoulders. "Don't worry, I called Dr. Cain and he'll be down here in a
minute and he'll be able to help you.."
"A.. As long as he doesn't cut me open!" X
blinked in total surprise, taken aback, but she continued. "A.. All the
female Reploids that had this happen before me were cut open and many died
from internal bleeding..! I.. I don't want to die like them!"
"We won't cut you open, don't worry." A voice
behind Rockman replied, causing X to look behind himself and into the face
of Dr. Cain.
The young Reploid which had clung only moments
earlier to Rockman, gasped in surprise and looked up, the same emotion
coming across her face. "Y... You won't?"
"No, of course not. Why would we cut you open
if we didn't know what was wrong with you first..? The problem may not
need operation to be fixed.."
"S... Sir.." X was stammering, confused..
"H.. How come I've never heard of this problem before..?"
Dr. Cain sighed, and looked up from studying
the girl. "It's only occured in the new female models, and there's a very
limited number of them out in the world right now. The problem is, about
half of them have contracted this problem, and none of the Reploids were
properly examined."
"New models? What was wrong with the old models?"
Again the doctor sighed. "Well, we were only
guessing at how to build the females, since we didn't have any specific
schematics before. But about a year and a half ago, we found another part
to Dr. Light's lab and found another computer. Upon breaking the code,
we got the schematics he had planned and built the new models. They've
been in the testing stage for a long time, and won't be mass-produced until
after this problem is solved. Sorry, I meant to tell you but you were off
fighting Sigma at the time and couldn't be distracted.."
The man looked at the female reploid calmly.
"We'll just run some tests for now, and then we'll decide what to do..
X, could you carry her please? It seems like she cannot walk.."
Rockman nodded, and picked her up gently,
careful not to harm her. If Doctor Light designed this model of female,
then why was the girl in such bad condition..? Did he make a mistake with
the design..? X couldn't believe that his creator would have made such
a big mistake.. He would have checked his design again and again to get
every and all bugs out of it. Or could have it been a mistake in the interpretation
of Dr. Light's design that was causing all the new models to have the same
condition..? Or was it not a mistake and something else entirely? Some
sort of sign or expected condition that Dr. Light programmed to occur..?
Sighing, Rockman placed the girl down gently
on the X-ray table Dr. Cain gestured to, and backed away as the X-ray machine
began to do its work. This certain X-ray machine was specifically designed
for Reploids, so it wouldn't harm their internals like other machines of
the type would. Looking to the man next to him, he addressed the Doctor.
"Sir, what do you think's wrong with her..?"
Dr. Cain shook his head. "I don't know X,
I just hope it's something we can fix." He lapsed back into thought, and
Rockman noticed this.
"... Sir..? Are you coming up with an idea..?"
He shook his head again, sighing. "I wish
I was, but no. It's just that, I've never seen this condition in a slave
model or a Reploid this young before.. Neither has such a case be documented.
Not only that, but there has never been a case of such a far progression
of the trait.. And third of all, a slave Reploid cannot leave their master
unless someone's life, other than their own, is in danger and can be saved
if they go for help. It's strange, but maybe we can figure out the
cause of this problem and find a cure."
Both of them became quiet as the X-ray scanning
finished, and a few minutes later the Reploid running the equipment came
in, puzzled. Rockman rushed up to him, while Dr. Cain walked at a more
calm pace.
"Do you know what's wrong with her..?" X asked,
but before the Reploid doctor could answer, the girl let out a scream and
Rockman rushed to her side and tried to calm her down.
"It's getting worse! I.. It feels like I'm
being squeezed together!"
"Oh God, oh God.." X whispered, holding her
hand and trying to calm her down. She couldn't be more than about the Reploid's
equivilant of the a human fourteen year old. And according to Dr. Cain,
she couldn't be older than a year and a half.. Most likely younger than
that. She didn't deserve to die so young..
".. Do you know what's wrong with her..?"
Cain prompted the startled Reploid doctor.
".. Y-yes.. But it doesn't make sense; it
doesn't make sense at all." The Reploid was wide-eyed and shaking his head,
confused and afraid. This never had happened in his hospital wing before..
"So then what's the problem?" Dr. Cain prompted
again.
"Sir... She's in labor." Was the Reploid doctor's
reply.
End of chapter 1
That's actually a short chapter for me these
days. I'm usually long winded. More to come when I get out of my writer's
block for this certain fanfic. And if you enjoyed it, please review!