Welcome all to my next Rockman ZX based fanfic! This story will take place after my Rockman ZW story lines so expect to see some familiar names in the story, but I will say that they will not be actual characters. Like the city that the main character lives in is called Storm City, in honor of Alister Storm. I only hope that this story will be as much fun to write as Rockman ZW! Well enjoy the Prologue! I know it is a bit short but I really didn't want a long prologue for this story... reviews are welcome!
Rockman Nexus
Prologue: Creation
It is a bright and sunny day as the birds chirp while they fly through the air, looking for their next meal. They fly between many high tech looking buildings while chasing after a small fly. Many people and human looking reploids are out on the streets during lunch hour, most of them wearing strange looking visors over their eyes. The vehicles in the area do not have wheels, most of them hover above the ground or fly through the air with no trouble at all. The street lights still have their normal jobs, making sure that everyone knows what a red light is. The green light signaling for people to walk across the street lights up as both sides of the street walk to the opposite side, among them is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He is an almost bald man with a white tuxedo, he wipes his forehead with a brown rag before sticking it back in his breast pocket on the left side of his jacket. He looks to his left and right with his emerald green eyes to make sure a rouge car has not violated the traffic laws, even though he just does not want to become one with the front side of a vehicle. He walks towards a white limo before a man in a brown suit wearing black sunglasses steps out of the driver seat. He opens the door for the man as the bald person wipes his forehead again. The driver sits down before the limo rises into the air, slowly moving away from the crowds.
The limo pulls in to a secluded building in the country area outside of the city limits. The bald man opens his door in a hurry as the limo barely comes to a stop. He staggers a bit before wiping his forehead again. The building he is walking into is only three stories tall, with about twelve rooms per floor. He walks through the lobby as a woman wearing a blue coat that is wrapped around her takes notice of him and instantly gets on the phone on her desk. The man in the white tuxedo walks through a pair of double doors as a pair of scientists rush to get out of his way. They always wonder why this man in the tuxedo visits them each month, going to the back of the science lab every time. He looks around while watching everyone closely, soon walking through a smaller door in the back corner. He walks along a barely lit hallways that has no pictures on the wall, no rugs on the floor. In the distance he can see a blue light that barely illuminates the end of the hallway. He reaches the end as the three scientists in that secret room almost instantly take notice of him. One is a woman with long brown hair and brown eyes, another woman with long blonde hair and slick looking glasses. The third is a man with short black hair and blue eyes, his lab coat has a bit of blue in it. Other than that his coat is the normal white color with a few extra pockets along his sides. The tables all around them have containers with many tubes and glass containers.
"Sir! I had no idea you were coming today!" the blonde says with a shocked tone.
'Yes well, the boss wants to make sure that his new weapon is going to be ready on time." the bald man finally speaks as he wipes his forehead again.
"His weapon will be ready at the end of the week, we have to start the charge right now." the brown haired woman tells him as she hands him a clipboard with statistics on it.
"See that it is done, or the plug will be pulled on your other projects." the man tells them before walking towards the hallway.
"But we save lives here with our research! You can't just pull the plug on something like that!" the man speaks up finally as he grabs the man in the tuxedo by his left arm.
"Not my problem." the nearly bald man replies while forcing the scientist to let him go. The three scientists watch as the man walks back down the boring hallway as they return to their work.
"Nexus log, number one, two, two, one. We have started on the ultimate Live Metal creation. We have all made the choice to name it Nexus. The name is defined as a means of connection, a tie or link. A connected series or group, the core or center of something. This will indeed be a long process but we are prepared for the worst of it." the man speaks into a computer, dated a year ago from the day that the man in the tuxedo visited them.
"Nexus log, number three, four, six, one. We have nearly run out of funds to keep the project running. All of us have agreed to ask for help, although I'm not sure if it is the best choice for us to go to. We have asked for help from Jack Jester, a well known crime lord in the city. He has promised to help us with the funds of the Nexus project so long as we work for him… we realize this is a small sacrifice in relation to finishing our ultimate project." the man speaks into a computer as he scratches his face.
"Nexus log, number five, two, one, six. We have created the Live Metal finally, but it will take time for it to even function correctly. It is a round shaped Live Metal but we have noticed something about it, it does not seem to be affected when we attempt to cut into it, almost healing its self instantly. Since we can no longer get inside of it by splitting it open, we have started with the nanotech upgrade, which will allow us to continue from the inside." the man speaks into the computer as he holds the small Live Metal to the camera, showing it to be a dark grey object with black eyes that are slick looking.
"Nexus log, number eight, one, six, four. We are almost done with creating the Live Metal, although we have come to call it something different over the past few days. We have been calling it the Bio Metal Nexus, the power charts are off the scales with this… although we may have to consider shutting the project down. Jack Jester has shown an interest in our Bio Metal project, he now wants us to give the Nexus to him in return for our funds to be continued. We have no intentions of handing the Bio Metal over to him." the man speaks into the computer as he scratches his facial hair.
"Nexus log number ten, five, three, two! Jack Jester has found out our intentions as has sent his men to take the Bio Metal away from us! We have just completed the project, it is now ready to use but we have to part from it now! We have to hide it somewhere where they cannot find it! I am sending it to a good friend who will hide it for me!" the man shouts as he places it inside of a box before giving it to the brown haired woman. She rushes out of the lab just before a group of men burst through the wall on the other side.
"What are you doing!? Get away from that monitor!" a man shouts as the scientist holds his hands up into the air.
"Wait! What are you going to do!?" he panics while walking away from the monitor. A man with red hair walks up to the monitor before raising a shotgun up, firing at the scientist.
"No! What are you doing with me!?" the blonde woman shouts and screams as a shadow shows another man raising his arm into the air, clearly showing that he has a sharp object in that hand. The computer screen goes fuzzy before blacking out, the sound is still on as all of the screams and yelling is being recorded. Soon the lab is shut down and abandoned, forcing everyone out of the building as well. They have lost their jobs thanks to Jack Jester and his men, but what would become of the Bio Metal…?
End of Prologue