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Chapter 1:
The Nightmare Unfolds
"Okay X, be careful. I'm getting odd energy readings from the museum." Alia warns.
"Yeah, I can feel it. I've got a bad feeling about this place." X says.
"Wait, I'm also getting a heat signature reading too."
X activates his Thermal Imaging scanner by pressing a button on his helmet, and while he sees heat coming from most electrical objects he says, "Alia, you're gonna need to be way more specific than that."
"It's organic; something's alive in there, X, but I can't tell what it is."
"What about location?"
"Let me see…it looks like it's in the Dinosaur Exhibit. X, the Nightmare Virus is everywhere; be careful."
X ends the transmission while turning off the helmet's Thermal Imaging device. He sighs as he looks at the Z-Saber he took from Zero three weeks earlier when the Sigma Virus ran rapid throughout most of the world, if not all of it. The successful collision between the Eurasia Colony and the Space Shuttle, piloted by Zero, saved the Earth without Zero becoming a Maverick. But when the battle between the Hunters and Sigma came…X still wishes he could turn back time and be able to defeat Sigma without Zero getting killed. Right now, he stands erect, gripping onto the saber and focuses on finding the organic within Central Museum. He had tried traversing it before, but with rotten luck, getting as far as the Dinosaur Exhibit.
With the hallway currently free of enemies for the time being, X descends a couple floors until he faces a Totem Gate in a transparent cloaked state. He has no choice but to touch it, and is transported to the Dinosaur Exhibit Nightmare Room. There are several Nightmare Viruses surrounding something and keeping it cornered in a corner of the room. He turns the Thermal Imaging Device back on, and sees the organic's shape amidst all the viruses; it was human. He charges in and starts to make quick work of the viruses, which gives the human the opportunity to escape.
However, the human turns back with a saber of its own and aids X in destroying the remaining viruses. Once they were destroyed, X is able to get a good look at the human, but becomes confused, as the human is wearing armor similar to Zero's, only copper colored and wearing a blue-green scarf, similar to that of ProtoMan's. The saber was a bright blue color, and the human's eyes hazel green.
As the human puts the saber away X asks, "Hey…you are human, right?"
"Hm? Of course. This armor was specially made so I could move freely while having protection." the human replies.
"But why does it look like Zero's?"
"Oh…yeah, about that. You remember about a year ago with the Bermuda Triangle Incident?"
X starts to recall the incident. The year was 2010, and the Earth was healthy and filled with only humans, plants, and animals. Fantasy was not a reality. However, someone decided to argue that fact. This one person who had no life, spent most of his hours researching all kinds of phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle. He stole something from the military – some kind of powerful ray gun – and fires it at the triangle. This caused a rift to open up, and only a pair of eyes could be seen. All of a sudden, an energy blast flies out of the rift, causing massive damage to the area and killing the person. Large out of control Mechaniloids and Mavericks come out of the rift, followed by Sigma. The Reploids, X and Zero, appear next and try to attack Sigma, but he punches them hard enough to go flying a few yards away.
The battle carries on for days, X and Zero trying to protect the humans that Sigma and his Maverick army were ready to kill. They eventually succeed in destroying him, but they soon realize the amount of destruction caused by the fighting. Before they could return to the Bermuda Triangle Rift, their futuristic world collides with Earth, and both worlds fuse together instead of destroying each other. The Hunters find themselves trying to help repair all the damage done from the fighting between Repliforce and Sigma for several months, before the Eurasia Incident occurred.
"That's right." says the human, "But in between that whole mess, I was under attack by Split Mushroom. While you were busy keeping Sigma at bay, Zero took out Split, saving my life. This armor is a dedication to him after the news reached the underground that he was killed by Sigma. I didn't create this alone."
X asks, "Well then, what's your name? And who helped you create the armor?"
"Oh, where are my manners? My name is Shinja, which means 'sacred snake'. And the one who helped me make this armor was Geito-kun." Shinja replies.
"Gate? How on Earth…no, why on Earth would he help a girl that's defenseless? Er, no offense."
"None taken. To be honest, I went to the surface to search for my old car wearing an oxygen tank because the pollution was so bad." Shinja starts before X looks at her funny. "Hey it worked! Anyway, I eventually found my car, still in decent shape. But I soon discovered I was running out of oxygen. I abandoned the tank and had no choice but to breathe in the polluted air. But it was too much for me. My minor asthma turned severe in seconds and I was suffering from an attack…that's when Geito-kun appeared, rummaging through the same pile of rubble. He saw I was passing out trying to reach my car, and took me back to his lab as I lost consciousness."
"You've got asthma? That must really suck."
"Not really; I've got an emergency inhaler. When I woke up hours later, I found myself in a room on a bed next to my car. Geito-kun enters the room and is glad to see I was okay. He asks what I was doing putting myself in such danger and I replied that I wanted to create armor from my car's remains and join the Maverick Hunters. He calls me brave before telling me my tank was sabotaged, finding a thin hole in the bottom of it."
"Who would do that?"
"…My parents."
"What?"
Shinja turns her back and looks at her clenched fist explaining, "We got into a huge argument over me wanting to join you guys. I was getting tired of staying underground, and I was craving adventure. They argued with me, and from that I could sense they had no confidence, no belief in abilities I have yet to discover. They said if I left that they'd disown me, so I left and swore never to return. I don't care though…if I can't join an actual police force like I dreamed of doing, then I might as well try to join the Maverick Hunters."
"Shinja…you realize that you won't be able to do much of anything when you grow old, right? We Reploids have a much greater longevity than humans."
"I realize that, but Geito-kun is going to help me gain that same longevity, X. You see, I've got many fears, and one of them is dying. The pollution I wound up breathing in dating back a few months ago cut down my life span by 10 years. Geito-kun has built a machine that will transfer my soul, my consciousness, all of me, over to my Reploid body that looks exactly like this one does…armor-wise anyway."
"If that's true, then why are you here?"
"…Ground Scaravich kidnapped me while I was sleeping and placed me in this room. You know how much I despise waking up to that T-Rex skeleton pictured over there? My heart leaps into my throat every time I see it."
"Figures. Well, let's get out of here. I'll bring you back to HQ for now."
"Fine with me. Will I be able to contact Geito-kun? My transmitter broke when I fell a few days ago."
"I guess so."
X takes hold of Shinja's hand and contacts Alia saying he's bringing her back without mentioning her name. Alia gives an okay, and X teleports back to HQ with Shinja, arriving at the entrance. He quickly rushes her inside and leads her down the hallway. He tells her that they know of Gate when they rescued a Hunter that saw him. The only thing is, they don't know very much of Gate and what his intentions are, but Alia has told them of her past with him. Shinja says that Gate did tell her about Alia and how she and the other researchers destroyed his creations because they couldn't be analyzed.
They reach a corridor with a sign saying "Transmissions". X brings her to a room with a large computer screen built into the wall with a keyboard coming out at a slight angle. Shinja gets right to work trying to contact Gate as X waits outside, closing the door. Within a couple of minutes staring at nothing but static, Shinja is able to make contact with Gate, as his face appears on the screen.
Gate says, "Shinja-chan, is that you? Where have you been for the past couple days?"
Shinja replies, "Your little 'business acquaintance' kidnapped me and left me in the Dinosaur Exhibit Nightmare Room. You couldn't leave him dead, could you?"
"We've been over this, Shinja. Where are you now?"
"I'm at the Maverick Hunter HQ. X got me out of the museum just a little bit ago. Is the machine ready yet?"
"The machine's all set. Your Reploid body is fully prepared for the transfer, and it's fully equipped with all the defenses you'll need."
"EXCELLENT! I can't wait to be in my new body soon!"
"Don't get too excited, Shinja-chan. By the time I get you out of the tank, I'll be running tests to make sure everything is functioning properly. Understood?"
"Yeah, I get it, Geito-kun. You rule."
The doors open and X appears with Signas, who had a serious look on his face upon seeing Gate for the first time. Shinja looks at the Hunter Commander confused, not sure what is going to happen. Signas looks at the confused girl, and gently smiles at her, confusing her further.
"Shinja, this is the Hunter Commander, Signas. Commander Signas, this is Shinja." X introduces.
"And he's Gate." Shinja says pointing at the screen.
"Yes, we've heard of him. X tells me you've left the underground to join us, correct?" Signas asks.
Shinja replies, "Yes, I want to join the Maverick Hunters."
"You do realize the danger of becoming a Hunter though, right?" Signas asks.
Gate answers, "If I may interject, sir, I've prepared her a Reploid body for what she plans on doing."
"Oh?" Signas questions.
"Yes. You see, her time spent on the surface breathing in the amount of pollution, as well as her skin absorbing it, has caused her life span to be cut by 10 years. I'm not exactly sure what it was before, but she'll be able to gain our longevity through a machine I've built that will transfer all that she is into the Reploid body." Gate explains.
Signas looks at Gate with a scowl, not liking the idea of the machine. Shinja looks downward, lowering her head so her gaze no longer meets Signas. She has a strong feeling she might get turned down. Signas looks over at Shinja, studying the shape of her armor, how it looks just like Zero's except for the color and scarf. He was told by X that it was meant as a dedication.
Signas then inquires, "What are the chances of this transfer not succeeding?"
Gate looks at Shinja who looks up at him. He has never told her the chances of it succeeding or failing. He has no choice right now but to answer.
He replies, "I've done many checks. The chances of success are 30%, and the chances of failing are 70%."
"You've gotta be kidding, Geito-kun! The chances are that bad?" Shinja freaks.
"I'm sorry, Shinja-chan, but I didn't want to upset you. I wanted you to really look forward to the transfer, not question it and have me put it together for nothing. But…if you don't want to do it anymore, I'll understand." Gate says.
"I still want to do it!" Shinja responds, not bothering to hesitate.
X asks, "Wait, are you sure about that?"
"X, I'm nowhere near death right now. I'll be able to pass right on to the Reploid body!" Shinja says.
"You're quite a brave little thing." Signas says, "Gate, where is your location? I'll have X bring her over."
"That won't be necessary. I'm having her 'surprise' pick her up instead." Gate replies.
"Surprise?" Shinja questions.
A Hunter suddenly appears saying, "Hey guys! There's an Adion Ride Chaser outside! We keep trying to grab a hold, but it backs off and then rams into us."
"Has anyone been injured by it?" X asks.
"…Oddly enough, no." the Hunter replies.
Gate laughs and says, "That's because she's designed to defend Shinja and hurt only enemies! She isn't meant to harm allies like Maverick Hunters."
Shinja's eyes light up as she says, "That Ride Chaser's my surprise?"
"Complete with Artificial Intelligence, a global tracking system should you get lost, and of course the combat system it was built with. The AI gives her a personality, the ability to think just like us as well as feel emotions, and communicates with car-like engine revs. And if you don't like the color, I can easily change it over to something else; it's nothing but plates and light covers." Gate explains.
Shinja gets excited and wants to be brought outside, but Signas denies her for the fact of the pollution being bad. Gate says that the chaser was equipped with a few oxygen tanks for the trek back to the lab. With that, the transmission is ended and Signas, X, and the Hunter lead her outside, where the magenta—colored Adion Ride Chaser is trying to intimidate three other Hunters by revving the engine. Shinja calls for it as Signas tells the Hunters to stand down. The Ride Chaser approaches Shinja, and quickly produces an oxygen mask, connected to the top tank mounted on the right side. Shinja takes it and places it on as she checks out the GTS.
"You know Shinja, I could always escort you." X offers.
She replies, "That's okay. I've got my saber and now this baby! I will contact you as soon as I get back to the lab, though."
"Sounds good to us. Be careful out there, Shinja. Don't let the Nightmare Virus get too close to you." Signas says.
Shinja gets on her Ride Chaser and heads off to the lab. X watches as she disappears into the horizon within minutes. Signas reassures X by placing his hand on his shoulder. They and the Hunters head back inside and wait for Shinja to contact them.
Meanwhile, Shinja is miles away from Maverick Hunter HQ. She is enjoying the freedom she's feeling riding her Ride Chaser. She looks up at the cloudy orange sky, noticing its cross over into twilight. A bird-like mechaniloid flies overhead. Shinja focuses back on paying attention to the landscape, passing several destroyed buildings, large mechaniloids, and part of the Eurasia crash site. She starts to look forward to the transfer.
The Adion Ride Chaser then communicates, "So, you're called Shinja, huh? Glad to meet you at last. I don't have a name like you though."
Shinja looks at her Ride Chaser saying, "Hey, I understood that! I'm happy to be piloting you. Hmm, what if I simply called you 'Magenta', since that's your color?"
"Fine by me. I'm not into those complicated names." Magenta agrees before she slows her speed and says, "I sense something nearby."
Shinja looks on the GTS screen located just under the little windshield, and sees a dot within the top-right part of the screen and says, "It looks like another Ride Chaser. Is it friend or foe?"
"Damn, I forgot to go over that with you. The central dot is us. Any other green dots are allies, blue are friendly mechaniloids, yellow dots are enemy mechaniloids, orange dots are enemies, and red dots are Mavericks. The Nightmare Virus shows up as a DNA shape."
"Grr, this one's neither of those colors! It's white!"
"White? That means it's neither; neutral. I'm going to keep moving at this speed; you decide on what you wanna do."
"Understood. Heehee, I sound like a Maverick Hunter already!"
Shinja keeps going on her path as the unknown Ride Chaser closes in. She begins to see something appear from the horizon. As it gets closer, she starts to see the pilot, but can't be sure. The unknown Ride Chaser soon gets too close, and Shinja makes Magenta turn tightly to the left to evade. Both stop in place and Shinja draws out her saber. The pilot of the green Ride Chaser dismounts and faces Shinja with a smile.
Shinja's eyes widen in shock as she says, "You're the rogue, Dynamo!"
"Oh, you know who I am, huh? That was quite an evasion technique for a noob Hunter." Dynamo says, leaning against his Ride Chaser.
"…A) I am not a Hunter yet, and B) call me a 'noob' again and I'll find a way to neuter you."
"I can tell you're all talk. You're wearing an oxygen mask…that means you're human. Your only source of attack is your Ride Chaser; close combat is too risky."
"You suck, you know that?" Shinja sighs before she continues, "You're lucky I think you're one of the coolest characters from the games."
Dynamo raises an eyebrow, "Hm? You think I'm cool? You're the first."
"And probably the only one. Look, you've analyzed my situation well, so you know I can't defend myself. I'm just trying to get back to Geito-kun's lab."
"Gate's lab? I heard from one of the Nightmare Viruses that he took in a human. How about if I help escort you there? The viruses are worse at night."
"That might not be such a bad idea. But it's up to you, Shinja." Magenta says.
Dynamo looks at Shinja's Ride Chaser confused and says, "That thing can talk?"
"You understood her?" Shinja asks.
"I guess. It said your name was Shinja, correct? That's an interesting name." Dynamo answers.
"Geito-kun came up with it. I refused to tell him my original name since I became disowned from my parents. I don't care though; I'm on my way to a better life as soon as I get to the lab." Shinja says.
"Disowned? How'd that happen?" Dynamo asks.
Shinja has Dynamo mount his Ride Chaser, and she starts to explain her past to him, the same one she told X. As they pass the crash site, something fires at them, the blast knocking them off their Ride Chasers, disconnecting Shinja from the oxygen tank. She shakes off the disorientation and scrambles to get back to Magenta, but something blocks her path. She looks up and finds it's Infinity Mijinion.
"Mijinion? You're supposed to be working at the Weapons Facility! What are you doing here?" Shinja asks before she starts coughing.
Mijinion stares at her and replies, "I'm tired of Gate always talking about you. Each time I try to tell him of my sweet Illumina, he acts as if she isn't important. If I take you out, your chance of passing into the new body will be lower than 1% success."
Dynamo quickly attacks Mijinion using his saber which Mijinion blocks and says, "I'm not letting you destroy her by any means."
Mijinion laughs and says, "You moron! I blocked you with the arm that has Illumina's activation button. You just sealed that human's fate!" and pushes the button in his arm.
Out from the ground, Illumina rises up half way. Magenta recovers, pushes herself up and fires at the large Reploid. The shots bounce off Illumina's body, and is swatted aside, the two right mounted oxygen tanks destroyed. Shinja watches in horror as the giant Reploid slams down its hand over her. Dynamo quickly dashes over and tries to block the hand using his own strength. Illumina simply wraps its hand around Dynamo, picks him up and throws him into the ground a few yards away. Illumina then goes back to attacking Shinja, this time succeeding in crushing her, the crunch of her armor being easily heard.
Illumina lifts up its hand revealing a crushed, but still alive Shinja. Her armor is completely smashed, dented, and broken, some parts piercing her skin. Mijinion laughs maniacally, happy about his success, and the power of his creation. With that, he retreats into the ground by jumping onto Illumina. Dynamo approaches and is filled with fear and shock at the site of the blood leaving Shinja's body. Magenta rushes in to Shinja's side and begins to panic. Dynamo quickly shakes off the feeling. He walks over to Shinja's body and picks her up.
"Magenta, right? We don't have much time. Let me ride you to the lab." Dynamo says.
"Get on! I can reach speeds no other Ride Chaser can!" Magenta says.
In the meantime, Gate is making his final preparations for the transfer machine. He checks the status of Shinja's Reploid body, which looks how her armor currently does, a scarf hanging on the outside with care. The stats for the body are perfect, nothing is wrong. It is in a cylindrical tank filled with liquid that has taken on a green color from the lights on the top cover. Wires connect to it to check for abnormalities like a virus, as well as an oxygen mask with the oxygen currently turned off. A large tube connects to the crystal on the helmet meant for the transfer. The body is currently in a curled-up position in order to fit in the tank. Another tank sits next to it, but is empty; this one is meant for Shinja herself.
Blizzard Wolfang enters the lab with a few Wolfoids. He sees Gate checking on the Reploid body, and sees its healthy stats. Gate puts the computer on sleep mode. As he turns to leave, he sees Blizzard Wolfang.
"Here again I see. You've become so interested in Shinja, haven't you?" Gate says, leaning against one of the tanks.
"I've been curious of her, to be honest. She has such a personality that's unlike anything I've ever seen. It's like all she wants to do is play." Wolfang replies.
"You're not alone. She's an interesting character. But that playfulness of hers…don't forget the history she shared with us; I doubt she told X that part."
"…That's true. I can't imagine going through all of that. Maybe my reason for becoming slightly attached is because of what happened to us a long while back."
"It's possible you're connecting with her from that. All of us were wrongfully judged. I'd still like to get back at the other researchers."
"I would myself, but, is it worth that much stress?"
Out of the blue, Commander Yammark comes flying in, and nearly crashes into a wall due to being in a state of panic. He lands between Wolfang and Gate, the fan blades in his tail spinning out of control. Wolfang smacks him upside the head, which seems to aid in calming him down.
"Yammark, what are you doing in here? I told you you're restricted from this room." Gate demands.
Yammark replies all upset, "I-i-it's Shinja! A transmission was received in the other room from the Adion Ride Chaser you made her! Infinity Mijinion had his Reploid thing attack Shinja and some other guy, and the girl's DYING! THE DAMN FLEA SQUASHED SHINJAAAA!"
"MIJINION DID WHAT? Wolfang, go find her now! I need to prepare her tank." Gate commands.
"Yes sir! Let's go, wolves!" Wolfang agrees.
The wolves howl as they follow Wolfang out the lab. Gate falls under the sudden shock, having to hold his head up as he wakes up the computer. He begins to type in commands for the empty tank to fill with liquid and get the oxygen flowing into the masks; one hangs from the cover on the other tank, while the other comes from below.
He starts to lose it when he begins to get thoughts, "{I can't believe Mijinion would do such a thing! I thought Metal Shark Player would try something first; he didn't appear to have an interest in her. Why would he turn on me like that? Shinja never treated him badly…except for the one time she used him as a nightlight because his body glows…but still! Mijinion…you've become a Maverick…she helped me and Isoc decrypt almost all of Zero's DNA by being the one to get near it, and not get affected by it. Damn you, Mijinion! You've decreased her chances of passing on into her new body!}"
Yamark's cries were not helping the matter either as he sat in a far corner of the room, "Shiinnnjaaaaa! I was gonna give you a Dragonfly of your own with a nightlight option! I was even gonna teach you to fly a helicopter I built!"
"WILL YOU CAN IT, YAMMARK! YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" Gate shouts.
Wolfang returns with Dynamo, who is carrying Shinja and being followed by Magenta. The wolves are last to enter the room, tails between their legs, ears lowered, and whimpering. Gate can't believe the stat that Shinja is in; she's still fighting against death despite having lost so much blood. He tells Dynamo to place her on the table next to her tank. Dynamo does as asked, explaining in detail what happened, starting from when the two met just a while ago. Gate immediately starts to strip away the armor until none remained, revealing Shinja's choice of clothes for the day; a black and white butterfly tunic with black corduroy pants.
Wolfang picks her up, climbs up a small step ladder, places the oxygen mask over her face, and gently puts her in the tank. He closes the lid, and the tube for the transfer connects to her forehead. Her wounds slowly bleed out, changing the liquid's color to red. Gate types in more commands to get the transfer started. Another visitor pops in having just received news, Blaze Heatnix. He quickly bonded with Shinja when he found that not only does she like fire, but that she likes the phoenix as well. Even he was shaken to see Shinja in such a bad condition.
Gate finishes typing in the commands and starts the transfer. The tanks start to faintly glow, and the progress is measured on the computer. All of them watch in anticipation as the progress bar grows the first 5%.
"Will she be able to make it over to the new body?" Dynamo asks.
"It's all on her now. If her will to live is strong enough, she should wake up in her new body. Either way, her human body will go limp and become lifeless if this succeeds or fails." Gate replies.
"I want her to live. I practically stopped being rash because of her." Heatnix says.
Wolfang looks at him and says, "That's because the both of you would find things to put up in flames."
"Is she a pyromaniac?" Dynamo asks confused.
"No, she's not. She just likes to burn things while she's with Heatnix." Yammark replies, joining the group.
"Up until she found my stash of chemicals. You still need to replace ten of them, Heatnix." Gate says.
The progress bar reads another 5% have been added. They have a feeling Shinja's will may not be strong enough; it's been 20 minutes. Magenta approaches the group, and says that Shinja was going to contact X when she returned to the lab. Dynamo is about to do just that, but Gate stops him, saying if he tells X what happened, the Hunters might receive an order to attack the lab. Dynamo lowers his head then looks back at Shinja.
"You know something?" Dynamo begins. "I never fought very seriously before. Even when I used to disturb X and Zero while they were preparing to deal with the Eurasia Colony. This time though, I didn't use my full potential to fend off Mijinion and his Illumina."
Wolfang asks, "Are you blaming yourself for this?"
"Dynamo, you could've used all the strength you had against Illumina, but Mijinion has given it so many weapons not even you would've survived long. Don't blame yourself for this…the only one at fault here is Mijinion." Gate says.
"Infinity Mijionion is too smart. His thinking capabilities are greater than that of a super computer. Even if Illumina was taken down, he would've thought of other ways to…" Magenta says, but stops herself.
Yammark was about to say something, but notices the progress bar filling up faster than before, jumping from 10% to 30% in a few minutes and announces, "Oh my God, look! I think she's crossing over into her new body!"
Everyone looks at the progress bar go up another 6% and Gate responds, "It's filling up way too fast! Something's not right!"
"Wait, shouldn't that be a good thing?" Dynamo asks while Gate rushes to the computer.
"If she wasn't on her death bed! This can only mean one out of two things: either she really is going into her new body, or she's…passing on." Gate says, bringing up a window that asks to Cancel or Continue the transfer.
Magenta asks shocked, "What do you think you're doing Gate? Guys, tear him away now!"
The guys rush to Gate and tear him away from the computer. Dynamo stays in between Gate and the computer as Wolfang and Heatnix pull Gate away. Yammark runs over to the tanks, telling Shinja to transfer into the new body and not to pass on. The progress bar fills up another 20%, bringing the total to 56%. Dynamo adds into the begging that Yammark is doing while trying to keep Gate away from the computer, the bar reaching 70%. Magenta even starts to beg, mentioning X and Signas, and the progress reached 90%. Heatnix and Wolfang manage to pin Gate to the ground, and even they call out to Shinja. The bar reaches 99%, and then a window pops up saying "Transfer Complete", and the computer goes back to a default screen.
Shinja's human body goes limp, having no more life in it. Just then, the tubes connected to the heads of both bodies disconnects, and the helmet crystal fully forms and lights up. Fog appears and disappears on the Reploid body's oxygen mask, indicating it's breathing. The eyes then open up, and look over at everyone.
Gate is allowed to the computer and punches in the command to drain the liquid. The wires for status checking disconnect and the liquid quickly drains. The Reploid body is lowered to the cage-like drain catcher as the liquid empties out. Once it's gone, the glass tank is lifted up and the oxygen mask is removed. Gate approaches the new body and it looks up at him.
"…Geito-kun?" the body asks.
"That's Shinja's voice!" Yammark says.
Shinja smiles and says, "That's 'cause I had enough will to ignore the white light at the end of the tunnel and follow the computerized light instead."
"IT WORKED! IT F*CKING WORKED!" Gate happily shouts.
The others cheer and celebrate Shinja's successful transfer, until she falls over onto her right side while passing out. Gate checks her and finds she's only exhausted from the event. He grabs a water hose from the bottom part of the tank and rinses off the liquid.
"So, now what happens?" Heatnix asks.
"Now…" Gate replies grabbing an air dryer, "…we can contact X and tell him what happened."
Trivia:
1) In the Central Museum, there are few Nightmare Rooms with certain backgrounds, such as a deep ocean, outer space, and dinosaur skeltons.
2) X6's plot says that humans resorted to living underground due to all the pollution. This being the case, the pollution could be severe enough to do more damage the usual, but it is uncertain.
3) Shinja calls Gate "Geito-kun", while Gate calls Shinja "Shinja-chan"; since Gate is the one that saved Shinja, it is possible they see each other as siblings, or they have a good amount of respect for each other.
4) Gate mentions that Shinja helped him and Isoc decrypt 99.98% of Zero's DNA by being the one to be near it; this means that Gate has yet to go mad.
5) Magenta, the Adion Ride Chaser, has an AI system as well as a global tracking device. Despite these small "upgrades", she is no stronger than any other Ride Chaser.
6) Dynamo before fought X and Zero to simply annoy them. However, instead of saying he's looking for Nightmare Souls, he gains an interest in Shinja and tries to protect her from Mijinion's Illumina, but sadly fails.
7) Blaze Heatnix is said to have a rash personality, however, getting along with Shinja because she likes fire and the phoenix seems to have calmed him down.
8) Yammark's panicking is due to the fact that he fears Hunters and other researchers. It also shows he really likes Shinja as he says he created a dragonfly with a nightlight for her.
9) The Bermuda Triangle incident could be another 2012 phenomenon, though it happens two years before the fact.
10) Although it is said that Shinja wears a scarf similar to ProtoMan's; this is simply due to lack of detail.
11) The X5 and X6 games have several storylines and endings; I am simply trying to choose one that makes the best sense and what occured in my X5 game. Though, one odd thing happened with my X5 game. The first time Zero piloted the space shuttle, the result was him becoming Maverick (I suck as X so one can imagine that heartache). I tried a new file and made another attempt, again, Zero becoming Maverick. I didn't let the scenbe play out and turned the game off. When I turned it back on, however, the result was Zero escaped without going Maverick. With that, I was able to defeat the Shadow Devil as Zero and finally defeat Sigma later on. In X6 though, I can't beat the Nightmare Mother to save my life, so YouTube became my source for seeing the endings.