Spirit of the Maverick Hunter
Chapter 1- Voices.
Fifty years have passed since X was discovered in the ruins of Dr. Light's lab by an aging scientist who goes by the name of Dr. Cain.
Months after X's discovery, Dr. Cain creates Reploids, replicated humanoids built similar to X's design….
Shortly thereafter…. The reploids created start going "maverick" as it was called. Reeking havoc on the city.
An organization created by Dr. Cain known as the Maverick Hunters, led by one of Dr. Cain's unmavericked reploids, Sigma, were formed and immediately dispatched to problem areas throughout the city.
X, at first was solely against fighting… going against his own programming, but was soon convinced by Sigma and Dr. Cain that fighting this problem head on was the only way to rid the city of this constant problem.
Taking X under his wing, Sigma defeats maverick after maverick… until, one day…
"Dr. Cain… we need to have a talk…" Sigma spoke as he sat down next to Cain as he ate his dinner.
"…what seems to be troubling you my son?" Cain questioned.
Sigma deeply sighed.
"…it's about X… I think something might be troubling him…. At first, he was one of the greatest hunters I had…. But lately… he seems to be…. Off…"
Cain laid down his silverware and looked up at Sigma.
"Off?"
"… Yes…. Just this morning… he was in the middle of keeping several civilians safe from maverick plasma fire… and then… he just dropped his weapon… and stood there… like he was in some sort of daze…"
Dr. Cain looked concerned.
"Were and civilians injured?"
Sigma shook his head.
"Fortunally, not this time…but, who knows? I really can't him going into the field, ready to fight and then… freezing like that…."
Dr. Cain sadly shook his head, making Sigma looking puzzled.
"Is there something that you know that you are not telling me Doctor?"
Dr. Cain lowered his eyes.
"I was afraid that this might happen… I guess it was only a matter of time…."
"… What is it?"
"… I built you and many other reploids based off X's design… but with one slight difference… and I am glad in a way I did not add that feature…"
"And what might that be?"
Cain raised his eyes up towards Sigma once again.
"His conscious… apparently, it's turning out to be a problem…. But, I guess, in a way it's what makes X unique… you should really consider yourself lucky, as it were."
Sigma stood up.
"but Doctor…. If it happens again… you, as well as I will know the outcome…"
Dr. Cain shook his head…
"yes, I am aware of the problem….lets just hope that this 'problem' works itself out."
Later that night… as X slept in his capsule…. Visions ran through his head….
Visions, or dreams as they were… however they were perceived, passed through his mind.
One particular vision or dream… constantly appeared….
…a face…. With a voice… that echoed through his mind….
"…Xxxxx….." the voice called out softly, echoing through his head.
At first, the face was distorted… eventually clearing… until the face was as clear as day….
…the voice continued to call his name.
Despertly, X tried to call the name of the face that flickered through his head… every time he called the name; he felt his own voice betray him….
…until….
…his eyes flashed open as he spoke the name in a soft whisper…
"….Shonen…."