"Dynamo! I love your hair!"

Dynamo loved to give surprises, but he hated to be on the end of them. He also loved his hair, but hated anyone else touching it. So, as he snapped his head to the side to see Alia pawing through his smooth, baby blue locks, he was no less that appalled. He turned around and pushed Alia back, which caused her to land on her back side.

"What are you doing, you maverick hunter goody goody?!" Dynamo shrieked as he tried to wipe the good-guy stink off of his hair. He watched Alia as she looked down and traced with her hand where he had pushed her. He hadn't meant it, but his hand had landed right on her breast. He threw up his hands, and backed up, trying to apologize, although he was sure he was in for a major thrashing. He had been in similar situations, unfortunately, although they weren't as accidental as this one.

Alia stood up, and approached Dynamo. He pleaded for his life, but was only greeted with Alia's hand, gripping his shoulder. He sighed, ready for his pummeling, however he only felt Alia's warm breath on his ear. "Don't be so coy silly..." She said in an airy voice, "if you wanted to feel, why didn't you just ask.?"

"I...just....wait, what?" Dynamo stuttered out. He pushed Alia back a little and stared into her deep blue eyes. She wasn't kidding. This was the real deal. "Alia...I...um.."

"Oh take me now you big hunk of reploid!" Alia shouted as she threw herself on top of Dynamo. His hands slowly reached for her backside, but he relented, as the phrase "What am I doing? This isn't right." repeated in his brain several times. He lifted his hands slightly and looked towards her perfectly shaped rear end. It was too much to resist. The logical part of his robotic brain had shut down.

Zero's metallic boots made loud tapping noises as he strolled down the hall way of the maverick hunter base. He poked his head into Axl's room, seeing if the young hunter was up for a game of extreme ping pong, but he was nowhere to be found.

"Axl? You in here?" Zero asked, peeking around the room, but no answer came. "I guess not. Maybe Signas knows where he is?" Zero spun around and walked towards Signas's office. The walk was short, but no short of confusing, for he saw many reploids hugging in such a manner that made Zero feel uncomfortable. He stopped in front of Signas's door, and knocked vigorously, eager to get away from the public displays of affection that littered the hallway.

A sharp pain emanated through Zero's shoulder, and coursed throughout his body. He pulled his sabre and spun around, ready to defend from the attacker. However, he only saw a very scared Lifesaver. "Lifesaver? Did you just attack me?" Zero questioned, looking at the doctor skepticly. Lifesaver had always been a bit suspicious of Zero, but he never expected him to attack.

"No Zero, I was protecting you. You see...that syringe in your shoulder?" Livesaver pointed to the needle sticking out of Zero's arm. Zero pulled it out without flinching and turned to Livesaver for the rest of his explanation. "Well, I just gave you the vaccine for a new virus that's been running rampant on this section of Earth."

"A new virus? Like the Sigma virus?" Zero stared at Lifesaver intently.

"Um...not quite..." Livesaver said, looking away from Zero's gaze, "This virus attacks the processing part of the brain and warps a reploids emotional circuts..."

"So what you're saying is..." Zero trailed off.

"Reploids are falling in love randomly." Lifesaver stated flatly, "Me, you, and Signas are the only reploids that are vaccinated so far. The vaccine won't cure the virus however, I'm still working on something for that." The words hit Zero with a force. This could mean big trouble. If the hunters were all being lovey dovey with one another, then who would be protecting the Earth from mavericks? Who would be defending the world from Sigma?

"What's the situation with X and Axl, Lifesaver? Why haven't they been given the vaccine?"

"X is reported missing, and Axl...well...maybe you'd better look for yourself." Lifesaver pushed open the door to Signas's office, revealing Axl, latched to Signas's arm like some kind of love crazed fan girl.

"Oh my God Signas you're sooooo hot! You're so buff too! How did you get your arms so big? That's sooo sexy!" Axl squealed, much to the disgust of Zero, Lifesaver, and Signas. Axl looked to the two that had just walked in, and suddenly hopped from Signas's arm to Zero's back. "Zero! Your hair is so shiny and silky! How do you get it that way? What do you use? Can I see what it looks like under the helmet?"

Axl received a swift punch to the face.

"So, how do we deal with this, Livesaver?" Signas asked, sitting at his desk. Livesaver approached him, pulled out a syringe, and placed it on the desk.

"That's the last bit of the vaccine we have as of now. There's more being made in the lab. I wanted to save that one for X, but I have no idea where he is right now. In fact no one does." He stopped for a moment to clear his throat. "Until we find him, we have to try to vaccinate as many reploids as possible. While we're doing that, I'll have to try to find a cure for this virus. I may have to use Axl as a test subject. There's an anomaly in his reaction to the virus. While all others affected with the virus have only shown feelings of love for one other reploid, Axl seems to be showing emotions of love for all reploids. That could be some clue in the virus's make-up. In the case of an attack...well, I guess besides our automated defenses, it's you guys." Signas and Zero looked at each other. They were good fighters, but could they defend the base on their own?

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Where is X during all this turmoil?

Why haven't their been any maverick attacks in the midst of this?

Who else has fallen in love?

Can reploids even have sex?

Find out next time!

What'd ya think folks? Good? Bad? I'm ready to continue this, but I'd like to get a little feedback first.