Some Author's Notes: Welcome to Megaman Legends: The System's War
Not much to say except that this fic focuses on Legends being an alternate universe of the Megaman universe, rather than part of the official timeline.
Enjoy the fic, please read and review!
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Terra, a ball of blue, a speck of dust in the universe. It might not be alone in the universe, but to her, aside from her home of Elysium, Terra was all she knew.
This is why the heart of one Mistress Sera collapsed when she had received a signal from the planet. Someone had entered the ruins of Delta site.
Normally the carbon intrusion of one of the many ruins littered across the planet wouldn't phase her, but Delta had been a closely guarded secret, buried deep within the System. Delta was never supposed to be found, for it kept one of the most frightening forces she knew of, it held one of her biggest mistakes. It held…him.
He had been a move of desperation in years long forgotten. She was tied to the system and it was under attack. She needed to protect it, he seemed like the perfect solution. Had she known the outcome, she never would have done it.
Nevertheless, she had done it. The damage was done. He had been sealed away. Now, there was a chance he could see the light of day once more. Would the world be ready? Would the world survive? Would Megaman Trigger survive?
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"Come on you two, hurry up!" Megaman Volnutt shouted to his companions, Teisel and Tron Bonne. He rolled his eyes and repeated his words as the two took their sweet time, nervous due to the lack of light in the ruins.
It had been almost four months since Megaman had made it back from Elysium and it had been around three months since he and Roll had come to a deal with the Bonne pirates: They would work together.
The relationship was…rough to say the least.
Despite the rocky start, the alliance was working well enough and it kept the Bonnes out of trouble. Things worked out well enough, what with Teisel and Bon helping out against reaverbots and even Tron was a big help. She was as good a Spotter as Roll, though she seemed to enjoy being in the field more and tagged along with the Diggers in the ruins.
Their joint adventures had led them to an ancient structure in the middle of the ocean. It was uncharted, making the Bonnes light up at the chance for a giant refractor, but the entrance wouldn't budge. It had been a tiresome performance on the Bonnes' part as they tried to force their way in, but the doors of the entrance parted easily for Megaman, almost as if they had been expecting him.
When they had decided to explore, the weirdest thing was the lack of reaverbots, followed by the lack of light. Megaman, Teisel, and Tron had entered, finding the corridors challenging to someone as large as Bon, who was waiting with Roll on the Flutter II, spending his time in the cargo hold, due to his size.
Doors would only open for Megaman and the further they descended, the more garbled Roll's transmissions had become, inevitably stopping altogether as the darkness grew. Now, only Megaman could maneuver well enough in the dark to keep a fast pace.
"Just hold your horses, blue boy," Teisel barked as he closed the distance with Megaman. He felt his way along the wall, eager for his eyes to get used to the dark. Of course that ridiculous Megaman didn't seem to be having much problem at all. He waved for his sister to do like him, to pick up the pace, and she puffed her cheeks.
"What's their problem, anyways?" She asked to herself as she tried to keep up with Teisel and Megaman. She grumbled to herself. Just why couldn't she take her sweet time? After all, they had found these ruins, actually found them! It's not everyday you get to say you're the first person to step foot in a ruin in untold years!
She sighed and followed them closely. She wished she could have brought some equipment, but that know-it-all Roll insisted she'd be able to handle things from the Spotter end. That girl had no passion for the hands-on approach.
Speaking of the hands-on approach…since they are alone and that Spotter's transmissions were having trouble getting through…
"Hey Megaman," She said softly, easing to his side. "Yeah?" he replied, not really paying attention. "It's really dark down here, it's kinda scary" she grinned in the darkness, no one able to see her, and she slipped an arm around Megaman's, taking him by surprise. "What are you doing?!" She smiled at him and said, "I feel safer now."
She leaned into him and he merely looked away, slightly embarrassed while Teisel sighed at his sister's actions. She sure wasn't subtle when she wanted attention, that was for sure.
They arrived at a pair of large, golden doors, each with a red orb in the middle, and Megaman placed his free hand against them. They parted and the trio entered, the doors quickly shutting behind them, giving them a distinct 'click' noise, indicating the doors had locked. Confirming this was Megaman, as he tried to open the door.
"Great, what do we do now," Teisel said as he looked for a way out. "Dunno," Megaman replied, "Maybe I can blast our way out." "No way," Tron replied skeptically, "Your buster's strong, but it doesn't have that kind of output." "Right," Megaman said with a sweatdrop forming behind his head. "I've got it!" Teisel said, emphasizing his idea by pounding his fist onto his open palm. "We nab the refractor powering this place! Then all the freaky security in this place goes down, am I right?"
Looking up and around, Megaman replied, "Sounds logical." "Of COURSE it sounds logical!" Teisel shot back, "Just stick with me kid, and everything will be okay!" "Oh brother…" Tron mumbled.
Megaman got a good look at his surroundings, a wide, open space that housed a door to the right as well as the left. In his mind, he was pondering his direction when he heard Teisel exclaim, "Ah-hah!"
Jumping, Megaman whirled around to see that Teisel had produced a flashlight and was eagerly shining it in all directions until Tron hit him on the head.
"OW!" He shouted, "What the heck was THAT for?" "You mean to tell me, you had that thing the whole darn time and let us fumble about in the dark?! What the heck's wrong with you?!" "Well gee," Teisel said as he rubbed the bump on his head, "I sorta wasn't thinking about it until just now and well…at least I'm using it now!"
Tron sighed heavily as she pointed to the door on the left. "Megaman, since you can see down here, you head to that door and check it out. Me and Teisel will check out the door on the right." He nodded and opened the door on the right for the duo and said, "Be careful," eliciting a blush from Tron as they parted ways.
"I can't believe you've got a crush on that little blue dweeb," Teisel teased Tron.
"Shut UP Teisel!"
Teisel fought the urge to giggle like a little girl when he stumbled upon a capsule, a long tube reaching up to the ceiling. He shone his flashlight on it and saw the silhouette of a figure.
"Hey Tron! I think I've found something interesting!"
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Megaman heaved a heavy breath now that he was alone. Sure, he was glad that the Bonnes were turning over a new leaf and giving up their piracy, but sometimes their actions were a tad bit unbearable.
He spotted the large, red refractor in the middle of the room, floating, giving power to this large structure. Once he took it, security should shut down and he would be able to escape with the Bonne pirates.
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"How weird…" Tron's words trailed off as she stared at the figure in the now open capsule.
He was Megaman's height. His body was gray with black gauntlets and greaves with a golden lining. His shoulders jutted outwards in a kind of spike, along with the ends of his gauntlets. A helmet with golden fins on it, adorned with a sparkling blue gem in the forehead completed his look.
"You know," Teisel started, "He looks sorta like Megaman."
"Yeah, I thought so too, but," Tron knocked on his head a few times, "There's no one home, no power, no heartbeat, no nothing."
The two were so deep in thought, pondering on the strange being, that neither noticed Megaman enter with his refractor.
"Hey guys!" The duo jumped as Megaman laughed and said, "I got the refractor and the door's unlocked so we can leave."
"Hey Megaman," Tron said, "Check this out."
Megaman walked up and viewed the figure, feeling a sense of familiarity as he stared into the face. He leaned closer and got a better look before his mind was bombarded with images of violence, destruction, and war.
He grimaced and shook it off as the refractor burst into light and shattered in his hands, leaving a glowing red energy that flew through the air and merged with the fins of the unknown being.
"WHAA!" the trio shouted in reaction and "WHOA!" was the reply when his eyes shot open.
The figure leapt to his feet and stood tall, gazing at the three diggers with crimson eyes of brimstone.
"Another Purifier model and two…carbons…" he said the last word with disgust on his tongue.
"H-hello," Megaman stuttered as he calmed down. "My name is Megaman Volnutt, nice to meet you."
The figure cocked his head to the side and replied, "My name is Megaman Bass. I'm afraid I'm not aware of a unit designated as Volnutt."
"Oh! Right!" Megaman's eyes lit up as he explained, "My true name is Trigger, Megaman Trigger"
At this, those eyes, those red eyes of demonic precedent turned to anger as a smirk played on Bass's lips.
"Good," Bass said, "It is you. I didn't recognize you at first, since you aren't in your initial configuration. This means I can carry out my primary objective." With that, Bass's hand transformed into a buster and he aimed it at Megaman. "Wh-what are you doing!?" Megaman exclaimed. "Destroying you," Bass coolly replied, "The System must be protected."
Megaman dodged a shot from Bass's buster and rolled to the side before shouting, "The System isn't in effect anymore! I destroyed it! I destroyed it thanks to the help of Mistress Sera and Mistress Yuna! And I did it for the Master!"
Energy began flowing into Bass's buster, charging it up as he coldly replied, "You lie."
"Hold up now!" Tron seemed to boil at the moment. "How dare you call Megaman a…a…a liar! He's the most truthful and honest person I know!" "You tell 'em sis!" Teisel shouted before Bass glared at the both of them, making Teisel shrink back in fear, but Tron stood her ground, fighting the urge to fall to her knees.
He leveled his buster to Tron as a few shots ricocheted off his armor. He stopped and turned around to greet more buster shots from Megaman, bouncing off his armor like paper balls.
"You won't do any damage to me, fighting like that. Me, however," Bass fired his charged buster at Megaman, who barely managed to roll to the side in time and let his jaw hit the floor when the buster shot blew a hole through the wall, revealing the hallway.
"You guys get out of here!" Megaman shouted, "I'll hold him off as long as I can!"
"Sounds like a plan to me," Teisel said as he started to make his way to the hole that lead to the hallway, but Tron said, "We can't just leave you, I refuse to!" "Oh she's right!" said Teisel, "We either fight together or run together! To emphasize the statement, he chucked his flashlight at Bass and it bounced off his head, gaining an annoyed expression from the red-eyed fiend.
Bass raised his buster to Teisel when he felt a tap on his back and turned to Megaman, "Here's a present, Bass!" Megaman fired his buster point-blank in Bass's face, only inflicting minor scorching, but more importantly, blinding Bass, giving the group the time they needed to run.
As the three made their way back up through the ruins, Roll's signal came in.
"Megaman! I've been trying to reach you! What's happening, I'm getting a really big reading!"
"I'll explain later, Roll! Just have the Flutter ready to go, we're outta here!"
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A low rumble and an explosion produced a very angry Bass, who could now see and was quickly closing the distance between himself and his opponent. He saw the closed door in front of him and charged a buster shot and ripped through the door, keeping his momentum, only to see his foe and the carbons he had with him rising out of the ruins through an elevator shaft.
Oh no, Trigger wouldn't get away that easily. He charged energy into his hands and dug into the wall before kicking with his feet and making it to the adjacent wall and repeated the technique of 'kicking' up the wall until he was forced to blow the elevator away to reach the surface.
Now at the surface, he saw a massive airship hovering above as Megaman Trigger with his carbon companions. Bass fired a few rapid shots at the airship, but did nothing to its hull and decided instead to fire a charged shot and put a hole in the ship as he tried to make his way to the giant, floating craft, but it was in vain as the ship flew away.
Bass would have continued the chase, but he was surrounded on all ends by water and could only watch as the airship sped away, carrying the one person he despised most of all.
He growled as the fins of his helmet lit up under the warmth of the sun and he let the bright rays energize him, after all, he felt so drained being offline for so long and the first thing he does is pick a fight.
Spying a bird-shaped airship in the distance, Bass muttered to himself, "Coward, run all you like, it still won't save you. I'll destroy you next time we meet, my brother."
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Ending Notes: Well that's Chapter One, tell me what you think! I hope I kept in context of the main characters and equally hope the story is interesting, new chapter to appear…er…eventually…though extrinsic motivation always helps.