An.: Hello. This story does not have a beta now because Megs is working on Red Tread, which I asked her to work on a month ago, and so it might have many mistakes. I also am not very familiar with robotics, but I tried my best to not hurt any of the concepts ( do warn me if I did ).
Disclaimer : I do not own Megaman.
Upside Down
I hear my shoes hitting the floor in a fast rhythm as my breath try to follow its beat, but fails to do so. The wind is hitting my face as I scowl and decide to start dashing with my feet propellers, dodging the purple one-eyed humanoid reploids in the way and hearing them firing their bullets where I was seconds before.
When I finally reach and enter a, slightly, hidden room I came across now and then in my missions, I finally let myself relax slightly. I feel my armor disappearing from my body as I close my eyes, put my back on the wall besides the door and slide down until I am sitting on the ground with my arms touching the ground besides me and my head turned to the door on the other side of the room, feeling slightly anxious.
" Grey... " I turn my attention to my partner, who is a floating device called Biometal or even Livemetal, and she give me a worried vibe from where she is now and I smile reassuringly to her as I try to regulate my breathing again.
" Don't worry, Model A, I am fine! I swear! " I laugh out, trying to make her relax a little and I wince when she, purposefully, bump on my leg and it hurts. A lot! " Auch! Hey, what was that for?! " I protest as I pass my right hand softly over the assaulted spot and she send me an angry vibe that makes me turn my eyes away. Dang...
" If this is your fine, I don't even want to know your worse! " She scolds me and I look, ashamed, to the side before I feel a soft and sad vibe coming from her. " You have been running ever since we managed to talk with Aile, days after the Hunter's Camp was attacked, and that was two weeks ago! You need to take a break! " I snap my head to her direction, with my eyes wide, and feel agitated by her sentence as I stop rubbing my leg and bring my hand to let it rest above my right knee.
" How can I take a break as Thomas go around with the other Mega Men and forcefully make people follow him?! I need, no I have to- " I cut off my speech when she hastily fly to near me and I widen my eyes and slide a little bit more on the ground as she give me a ' shut-up-and-listen-to-me-you-stubborn-little-kid ' vibe.
" What?! Save people? Look at yourself! You are so tired you can barely stand now! How can you save people if you can't even defend yourself?! " The floating Biometal almost shouts back to me, exasperated, and I snap my mouth shut, feeling angered. She is right. How can I go and save the rest of Hunters- my family when I am like this?
" ... Okay... " I mumble, crossing my arms as I pout a little and huff, making her send me happy filled vibes and I uncross my arms and adjust myself on the wall. " I think I can sleep a little for now since Aile is holding them back now... " I grumble to myself and receive a giggle coming from my partner as she float higher and I close my eyes, getting comfortable.
" Sleep easy, I'll keep guard. " I smile gently at that and turn some my systems off, letting only the olfactory and hearing ones still on as I let sleep take a hold of me.
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I, with the help of Model A's special power, transform into one of the green Mega Man, who we already defeated and copied the data, and use the wings Aeolus have so that I can fly back to the Hunter's Camp, to my home. I almost can't wipe the excited grin off my face as I fly there, stopping from four to four minutes so the wing's energy can recover.
" I wonder how the guys back there are doing. " I hear my partner wondering and I laugh aloud, letting out a bit of my excitement by doing so, though it comes back tenfold just some seconds after.
" I bet they are okay. Billy said that, nowadays, they are only receiving easy jobs, especially of reconstruction and recovery. " I tell her what I heard in the last chat I had with my good friend, who is like a big brother to me, and she seem to get happy by knowing that.
" That is great! " The Biometal say, with a happy tone, and we sober up when we hear the sound of an explosion coming from just ahead and I stop, hovering on the air, as I widen my eyes in dread when I see a lot of smoke and even fire coming from the Camp. " Oh no! " Guys!
" We need to hurry! " I speak, utterly worried, as I make the last part of the way there and, when I get on the ground, I look in horror around, seeing the entire camp burnt to the ground and many of the guys dead there, either from the fire or with swords or bullet wounds on them. " What... Happened here?! " I mutter, taking in the image in front and around me, and I start dashing around the place, looking for someone- hoping for anyone to be- alive.
I stop near the only grave in the camp and start trembling with ire starting to consume me. Only one of her pigtails is still there, making part of her mid-length light brown hair fall on her childish face as a big and deep sword wound adorn her small back with blood, which has already made a puddle under her and linked with her father's torso, what leads my attention to the half-torso and head there. The sight makes me feel nauseous as I take a glance at his wound before I turn away and hold my food in my stomach, what makes Model A send me preoccupied vibes.
His torso... The shot was with such a high temperature that the wound cauterized instantly... He only died almost instantly because part of the shot hit his heart and left lung.
" That is horrible! Who would do something like this?! " My partner says, feeling as horrified by the scene as I, and I shake my head as I bite my lip before I start walking to the last part of the camp, the only one I hadn't checked yet.
Scared of what I would find, I make my way slowly to the last door left as I transform back to my normal form. Just when I am going to enter the door, I hear a bullet being shot to me and I promptly jump away, only to see the place I just was being burnt by the projectile I used so many times already.
I look to where the shot came from and narrow my eyes as the shooter come my way along with a sword-wielding person. " Atlas! Aeolus! " I almost bark out, now knowing who did all of this to my home, and just when they look impassively to me do I frown and look them over. There is something off about them...
" Look out! " I blink in surprise at the shout my Biometal just gave me and I barely duck out of the green armored Mega Man's attack range as he makes a swipe with his sword at me. I, reflexively, transform into the blue Mega Man and grip his lance tightly as I, hastily, charge my attack and, before my opponent have time to move away, I unleash my charged attack at him as I cry out in the same way Thetis did when we fought and he used this attack.
" Take this! " Just as I say this, a dragon made of ice goes and directly hit Aeolus, who get frozen on the spot by the amount of frost and ice on his armor. Good thing he is weak against ice attacks or he wouldn't freeze like this, I think I just gained some seconds of advantage.
" Grey, we need to get away from here! " Model A cry out what I was already planning to do and I just nod as I move away from the green Mega Man and go towards the red one, who shot me before.
" A-Trans! " I shout out and, when Atlas aim her guns at me, I turn into Aeolus and promptly dash towards her as she shoot, what makes her miss by some centimeters and her shots hit the real wind manipulator Mega Man. I take out the dual blades this guy uses and fall with them already aimed at her arms and torso as she adjust her aim to me, and, when she shoots I slash. I manage to destroy one of her shots but the other one hit my lower torso and leave it burnt slightly as I manage to nick her left gun and hit the right side of her collarbone with an electricity-filled slash, what makes the red Mega Man paralyze. Great!
" Now! Let's go to the Trains Boarding Area! " My partner says and, since I am in a hurry and Aelous is already mostly free, I turn back to my normal armor and hastily dash, using my propellers to their maximum potential, and manage to get to the area faster than when I was transporting an ice cream there. It was difficult getting that frosty thing there without it melting before I got there...
" Well, well, look who is here. " I stop dead on my tracks when I hear a voice coming from the last door I have to pass before I get to the train. I watch as a man with red hair and purple robes, which have golden adornments on it, come out of the door, holding the wrist of a struggling man. The man being held is using a helmet that covers only half his head and has a red visor, uses a musk green jacket, which is kept closed by a red button, a multiutility belt around his waist and green boots with the same tone as his jacket.
" Grey! " I widen my eyes when I recognize Billy's voice and I take a step towards him before I process his expression. Desperate, fearful, pain filled and he is also trembling. I get on edge when I notice all of this and clench my teeth as I ready myself to get a hold of my guns if necessary. There is something wrong here. " Stay back! Thomas has betrayed the trinity and attacked us after killing Mikhail! " My big brother shouts to me as he try again to free himself and I almost turn off and reboot right there.
What? Thomas helped us when we needed it the most! When Albert had gone nuts! Why would he...!
" Come now, you are misinterpreting things. I didn't kill Mikhail. My Mega Men did. " Thomas correct the Hunter with a happy tint in his tone and I grab my main weapon's holder and start charging my shot. " So, Grey, what do you think of what my puppets made to your home? Isn't it a great demonstration of power? " Our ex-ally speak with a vile tone that makes me start seething, remembering Warren's and Blossom's corpses near the grave of the little girl's mom.
" Demonstration of power?! You killed innocent people to show off your strength?! " I scream out, indignant, and he just laugh at me, what makes me feel irate at him. How can he do all of this and laugh so easily?!
" Are you mad at me now? And here I was, hoping that getting your help without you being angry would be easier. " My new enemy speak, with a humored tint in his tone, and I widen my eyes at his phrase. My help? What is he talking about?
" Help? What are you talking about? " My partner questions him what I was going to and the red head smirk at us as he forces the Hunter he is holding to stay in front of him and I widen my eyes when my brother shout out in pain.
" Billy! " I say, worried, and just receive a sharp laugh from our ex-ally as I hear two pairs of propellers coming here, warning me the two Mega Men are coming our way now. I glance behind me, to the stairs that lead the way here from the camp, and feel anxious. I was planning of distracting Thomas with a shot and running away with Billy and Model A, but if those two get here soon, then... Dang!
" Run! They took most of the Hunter hostage, and I don't think they will kill us so soon! Run, now! " I look back to Billy, with my eyes wide, and he narrow his eyes behind the visor and I see that he is really serious now. " Run! " He bark out and I clench my teeth and free fist before I let go of my gun's hold and turn to the stairs as the two Mega Man reach them.
" A-Trans! " I cry out as I turn into the purple Mega Man, the fastest one of us, and take advantage of the smoke in the room, caused from the fire outside and inside, and use Sienarks' special ability to disappear in it and maneuver myself to behind the duo before I dash out of the area, leaving the four behind and gaining a bitter taste in my mouth.
Billy... Guys... I feel just like when I couldn't save Prometheus and Pandora... Dang!
" Let's go find Aile, she will help us. " Model A whisper to me, seemingly trying to help me cheer up, and I close my eyes as I nod slowly.
" Yeah... " I whisper as I steer myself to the place Aile said the guardians were trying to fix a base on.
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-bang-
I snap my eyes open as I turn all of my systems on and promptly jump up, ignoring my legs protesting about the sudden movement, and I already get my gun out and point it to the door on the other side of the room as Model A lower herself to float besides me.
" What was that? " She asks, probably on edge since it can be another Mega Man, and I narrow my eyes as I try to remember what the guys in the camp told me about this area before. Area Z...
' Don't go there, nobody does. They said there was a civilization who tried to live there, but that a disaster made them change their plans and go to Area C, where the city is now. They also say that, even before the old Neo Arcadia was constructed, even before the Elven Wars, there was a very advanced civilization there, which perished and no one knows how. '
" ... Let's go. " I speak, being driven by my curiosity, as I put my gun back to its holster and start making my way there, but I'm stopped by Model A when she hover in front of the door, blocking the way there.
" Are you crazy?! We don't even know what is in there! And look at the door, it seem to not be used for a long time! " My partner protests and I just smile reassuringly to her as I cup my hands in front of me, signaling to her to lower herself there and she does so, slowly.
" It's because it seem to not be used that I want to go there. Thomas wouldn't risk losing one of his Mega Men by sending them after me in an unknown area. " I explain to her, trying to make her see my point, and she sigh in resignation some seconds after I do that.
" Fine, but if we end up in a mess again, I will say I warned you. " She mumble, slightly annoyed, and I chuckle at that. I knew she would come with me.
" Thanks Model A. " I say, grinning, before I hold her just before transform again, gaining my armor back. " Megamerge! " I shout and my armor is back. I take both of my guns out and enter the area, preparing myself to see a devastated field by what the guys told me about it, and I frown when I enter the area. After fighting with the door a little so that it would open, I take in the open field full of tall grass and, at the horizon, I can even see the start of a forest there.
" Hey, this place seem to be too quiet... Do you think the enemy is going to try to jump on us from the all grass? " My partner wonder aloud and I start walking on the field, looking around to take in the place and with my senses in high alert just for precaution.
" I don't think so. I don't receive any- " Suddenly, the ground under me give in and I yelp in surprise before I feel myself falling into a big hole on the ground, what makes me feel a weird thing in my stomach as I feel the wind passing me by.
I twist myself on the air and look down, seeing that the hole is quite deep, and I narrow my eyes slightly as I try to keep calm. Okay, let's use that. " A-Trans! " I shout as I use Aeolus' form again and, with the help of his wings and propellers, hover down the hole, with both swords in hand just for precaution.
" See?! I warned you! " She hiss to me and I sweat drop as I finally start to see the end of the hole. Once my feet hit the ground, I lighten the energy sabers and use them to lighten up the place, since it is only lightened by the sunlight coming from the hole I just fell in.
I make my way into the cave cautiously, not making a sound with my footsteps just in case an enemy is there, and I frown when I reach a door, which is rusty. " Grey, I have a bad feeling about this... " I ignore my partner's whisper and, with three swift swipes, I bring the door down and earn myself a very indignant protest that makes me feel sheepish. " Hey! What part of I have a bad feeling didn't you understand?! " She scolds me and I let my shoulder sag and feel drained for the first time in weeks, what she easily notices since she send me sorry vibes, what makes me smile slightly.
" I'm sorry, Model A. But... I want to see if I can find help in this Area. Maybe then Aile, Model X, you and I can finally calm down a little and work together to save everyone and, maybe, put a stop to this war. " I explain what I was planning from the start when I decided to enter this are and she seem to get surprised by that.
" ... How can I scold you after that speech? Jeez. " I perk up when I hear that and she sigh in resignation and I feel a little bit of embarrassment coming from her vibes now. " Okay then, oh great leader, guide us. " She jokes, what makes me blush slightly at the title she gave me, and I look inside the door and raise both my brows, seeing many wires and machines in there.
I, slowly to not step on any wire, enter the room and look around, taking in the weird machines in there, until I reach the machine in the middle of the room. It looks like a small container with a weird light bulb just above it. Curious, I reach for it and, before I touch it, the bulb lighten up and the container seem to open alone and the lid shoot up and start floating a two or so meters up. Suddenly, a hologram appear and startle me so much that my transformation is canceled as I yelp and jump back, now having only the hologram lightening the room.
An old man with white hair and bear, gentle eyes and a rather big nose who is using a scientist cloak over his baggy pants and I can't really say which kind of shirt he is using because his cloak is buttoned up. He look around, looking for something, before he spot me and raise both his brows, seemingly surprised by seeing someone here.
" My, I don't think I had met you before. Are you a friend of X's too? " He asks me with a soothing tone and I just stare at first, surprised that he isn't emanating any bad vibes before I shake my head and focus on his question.
" Uh... No, sorry. I don't know any X. " Unless he meant Model X but I have a feeling he isn't. He narrow his eyes softly and look around again as Model A move herself so she is floating besides me. " Who are you? " I ask, curious, and he turn back his attention to me and smile goodheartedly.
" I am Doctor Thomas Light. " He present himself and I tense up, along with my partner. Thomas?! " Is something wrong, my boy? " The doctor questions me, with a very preoccupied tone, and I ease up, what makes Model A look at me as if I had lost my head.
" It's just that you have the same name as the enemy we are against now. " I explain, with my tone slightly strained, and he widen his eyes in realization before he close his eyes and put a bitter expression on his face.
" So, even now the war still rages on. Why is it that people seem to never stop with that? " He ask no one in particular, and Model A seem to get startled by the way she jumped in surprise at that phrase. I hold back my chuckles at that, what makes the hologram open his eyes, utterly confused, and he look at Model A before he jump in surprise and gasp as he does so. " My, what an unique robot you are! " Dr. Light says, with an interested tone, and I feel embarrassed vibes coming from my partner as she turn her back to him.
" Hey, stop staring... " She mumble, earning herself a chuckle from me and an amused smile from the old man.
" I am sorry, it has been so long since I saw a new generation robot that I was simply amazed. " He explain, laughing slightly at the end of his sentence and I frown slightly and turn my head to the Biometal, who also looks at me and gives me confused vibes that sync with my own. I turn my face back to the scientist and grab my buster.
" Hey, Doc. What are you? " I shoot the question that popped in my head just after he spoke about robots and he give me a funny look before he close his eyes and give me a gentle smile.
" Why, I am a human just like you. I may be in a holographic form because my body has perished, but I am still human at heart. " He tell me good humored and I widen my eyes before I let go of the gun's hold and let my arms sag besides me. He doesn't have a single robotic part, so he must be from way before even Slyth Inc. was created... But, he thinks I am an human?
" Huh? What are you talking about? He is a reploid. " Model A states, confused by the man's sentence, and that phrase makes Dr. Light to widen his eyes and turn his stare to me, incredulous.
" Is that so, my boy? " His voice tremble a little, showing me he is not believing in what he just heard, and I nod slowly, making him put his right hand on his hair and smile slightly goofily as he get a dreamy glint in his eyes. " To think that technology would improve so much! I couldn't say you were a robot in this poor light. " The Doc. speak with a proud voice and I feel my cheeks heating as I lower my head slightly and feel sheepish.
" I'm not that incredible. " I mumble, making the old man laugh and Model A send me knowing vibes that makes me raise my head slightly just to turn it away from her.
" You are blushing! " She teases me and I huff as I cross my arms and feel my cheeks heating even more. " Also, you need to know when to accept a praise. " She adds as an afterthought and I turn back to the scientist when he makes a surprised sound.
" Half of my time has gone already? Time sure flies when you are having fun. " Dr. Light speak with a sad tint in his tone and I get nearer him, making my feet almost bump on the base of the projector and he look surprised to me when he notices I am slightly serious. " What is it, son? " I get startled by what he called me and he seem surprised too since he cover his mouth with his left hand and then shake his head, chuckling. " Forgive this old geezer. You just remind me a lot of X and his friends. " He explain with a soft tone of voice and I soften my gaze, understanding slightly his slip up. I had already seen it happen with other people.
" It's okay. I prefer you calling me son than hearing my father doing so. " I say bitterly the word father, remembering what happened between Albert and I, but then shake my head and focus again in what I wanted to ask. " Anyway, what did you mean by half of your time is gone? And who is X? " I add the second question as an afterthought and he smile softly to me as he put his right hand on his beard and start stroking it. I wonder if it is soft...
" This projector was designed to only function during the time I needed to speak with X and give him his upgrade, and I have already used half of it. " He answer my first question while looking directly to me and, when he open his mouth to answer the second one, he close his eyes and seem to get nostalgic. " X is my son. I built him to help the humans, but the war forced him to fight along with his two friends. " The Doc. speak with a fond smile on his face and I smile at him when he open his eyes. Suddenly, he frowns and look me over, analyzing me and I start sweating cold under his hard stare. What is he doing?
" Hmm... Yes, I think it might help you. " Dr. Light speak, gleefully, and I narrow my eyes in confusion and let my mouth slightly open, trying to understand what he meant by that. " I had made this chip for X, so he could heighten his senses and become more aware of his surroundings. I think you can make good use of it too, if you wish to have it. " He tells me and I widen my eyes at that statement as Model A hastily float and stop besides me, sending incredulous vibes out.
" Are you for real?! You just met us! " She says aggravated and it earns her a goodhearted laugh coming from the old man, what seem to only makes her get startled.
" It might be so, but I can feel you two are trustful. " He tell us with a happy smile on his face and I feel the vibes coming from my partner and signaling she is calming down and feeling awe towards the hologram. " Oh, one more thing. There is a time traveling machine at the back of the room, in which me and one of my robot masters were working on, but things got out of hand and we left the project to the side. Could you destroy it? " The scientist says this as if he was talking about the weather and I look surprised to him but notice his image is starting to fade, letting me know that is his last wish to me.
" ... Okay. I will. " I answer, giving him a determined look and he smile goodheartedly to me before he close his eyes and nod to himself. Opening his eyes again, he give me a serious look and I straighten up under that stare.
" Enter this capsule and receive the chip. You will be able to turn it on and off at will, after some practicing that it. " Dr. Light tell me and I nod slowly, showing him I understood what he said and he widen his eyes and jump a little, seemingly noticing something. " That is right; I haven't gotten your names! " He speak, surprised by something, and I smile at him and cup one of my hands in front of me, where my partner easily settle down.
" I am Grey. And this is Model A. " I present us and he give us a soft smile as his torso fades into nothing. He...
" I see. I hope everything will work out for you two, Grey and Model A. " He tells us just before his head disappear and I stare at where he was, feeling slightly sad and a bit empty. So... This is how you feel when you can't help someone from disappearing, even if you want to. It's... Sad.
" Grey... Let's do what he asked us to. " The Biometal whisper, sending me sad vibes too, and I let a small smile on my lips before I lower my hand, making Model A start to float again, and step on the base of the projector.
I close my eyes and feel a warm sensation passing by me, as if scanning me, before a weird sensation on my head appear and, in a second, I start hearing things I wasn't able to before and feeling things I never actually paid attention to before. I can hear my breathing, my partner's turbines so she can stay floating, some electrical circuits deeper inside the cave, feel my clothes touching my skin, the light current of air brushing my hair...
I tentatively open my eyes and, when I do so, I can see almost the entire room, almost as if I was using Sienark's Megamerged form, and I close my eyes again, rub my knuckles on them and open again just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. This is amazing!
" Are you okay? You are acting strange... " My partner asks, sending me worried vibes, and I turn to her and grin as I step down and out of the capsule and she floats to me before I turn to the deeper part of the lab and see a weird machine there, seemingly not finished.
" I'm fine, just trying to get accustomed with that chip. " I give her a soothing smile before I turn to the machine that got my attention and start walking there. Cautious, to not step in any wire, I make my way there and, when I do reach the machine, I look it over and grin proudly when I see a little tag on its side written ' Time Machine. '.
" Found it. " I cheer as I turn to Model A and widen my eyes when I see her floating pass me and into the machine. She only stops when she hit the inside wall of the capsule and she yelp as she fall on the ground. " Model A! " I go inside the machine and crouch, picking her up and hearing a humming sound that I shrug off for now, to see if my partner is okay. " Are you okay? " I ask her, worried, and she groan before she start floating again.
" Have been better... " She trails off as she look up and I frown before I look up too and widen my eyes when I see a bolt of light coming towards us. My first reaction is taking a hold of Model A and Megamerging, but I only manage to do the first part of it before the light hit us and I feel weird as we scream in surprise and I close my eyes.
I feel like I am stuck in a tornado Aeolus creates and keep my grip tight on the Biometal. This sensation goes on for some minutes, or what seems to be minutes, before it stops and, suddenly, the sounds around us changes completely and I fall on a hard and cold metallic ground-like place.
I groan and slowly start to get up as the sound of someone moving startles me and causes me to open my eyes abruptly and everything seem to start spinning and I fall back on the ground, trying to gather myself again.
I hear a bit of water moving and turn towards the sound as my vision start to go back to normal and I stare a little at the reploid coming towards me with a hard stare filled with suspicion and warning.
He has a green armor that reminds me of Aeolus, but this reploid's armor seem to be more antiqued. He has green boots, which reach the middle of his tights and I am sure have propellers underneath it, he has wings behind his back and his helmet seem to have two wing-like features. He is using a green crop-top-like shirt too, which seem to be where the wings are connected.
The guys stop some steps away from me and raise a brow when he probably notice I am not feeling well and he sigh as he bring his left hand up and pinch his nose bridge before he shake his head and finish making his way to me. Crouching, he examines me and I look at his face for the first time. He has weird green tattoos on his cheeks and cheekbone and emerald green eyes. I freeze when his stare meet mine, feeling his annoyance.
" What are you doing out here? This place is dangerous at night, especially for humans. " He hiss, what makes me laugh slightly nervously as I loom to the side and start to sit up, being careful to not end up using the hand that is holding Model A as a support. " So? " I let my shoulders sag a little as I turn my face back to meet his stare and I feel just like when Billy is scolding me.
" I don't know why I am here. " I mumble, sheepish, and he take a deep breath in before he sigh out, probably trying to calm down, and I blink as a sudden realization hits me and I widen my eyes in dread. No way... The machine couldn't have worked! " Uh... In which year are we? " I tentatively ask him and he raise an eyebrow to me before he give me a worried look.
" We are in the 22XX year. Did you bump your head? " The green reploid answer me with a worried tone before he reach for my head with his hand and stop his movement when he notices I froze. " Calm down, I will only take a look on your head to see if there is any hematoma that signals a concussion. " He try to reassure me with a soothing voice but I groan and bring both of my hands to cover my face.
The machine did work...
" Grey! " I hear and feel a protesting vibe coming from my left hand and I remember my partner was in my hold. I take my left hand slightly away from me and let go of Model A, letting her start floating again and sending me annoyed vibes. " Were you trying to crush me?! " She asks, utterly annoyed, and I let my eyes get down cast and notice the reploid besides me is wide eyed and look at the two of us with suspicion dripping from his stance.
" Sorry, Model A. I am just... Shocked. " I answer, still trying to process that we messed up what Dr. Light asked us to do, before I feel the wind moving because of the movement of the green reploid and I get up when I hear something being unsheathed. I turn to the emerald eyed guy and he is with his eyes narrowed and really serious as he hold some kind of unlit energy-saber, making me get on edge.
" I should have know you are a reploid. " He hiss and I look at him in confusion as he lighten his fuchsia saber and I enter in my combat mode as Model A float besides me, prepared to Megamerge with me. " You are with those Mavericks who are trying to attack the city, right? " I give him a confused and lost look as he take out another saber and light it up too, what prompts me to grab my partner as he enter a fighting stance. " So, I must take care of you! " He warns me with no hesitancy and I widen my eyes when, suddenly, he is already in front of me with his swords ready for a strike.
" A-Trans! " I shout out and barely manage to defend myself with Thetis' lance, what makes my opponent to stagger slightly and I take advantage of it and jump away a little and, charging a bit of the blue Mega Man's ice power at the tip of his lance, I bring it down and manage to freeze his blades, what takes him away from his paralyzed state and he swing the two sabers, promptly unsealing them.
I jump away, already charging my attack again and planning in how to fight someone I don't know but look so much like another person I already defeated, and my opponent lower his saber a little, looking wide eyed to me as he does so. I frown slightly and keep my stance just in case.
" ... Are you Master Axl's sibling? I though only he had the ability to transform into other reploids. " He asks me, with a surprised tone of voice, and I give him a questioning look before I grip the lance tighter.
" Who is Axl? " I voice this question carefully and hesitant, what instantly makes the twin swords be held with a fighting stance again and I narrow my eyes slightly at him and he seem to have mixed feelings about something.
When I feel he is going to say something, I hear the humming of a machine starting up and promptly turn my attention towards the sound, since it sounded like a big Mechanoloid. I watch and hear as a giant spider-like machine approach us and I promptly turn back to my normal armor as the green's reploid data enter Model A's system and the guy turn to the robot too, with irritation clear in his face.
" I cannot believe you all would resort to such desperate measures. " He mumble, I can't say if it was to me or to the Mechanoloid, but he swiftly change his focus to the giant spider and advance, leaving me stunned again by his agility before I shake my head and take a step towards the fight
" You are not going to go help that guy, right? He just attacked us! " My partner protest with a very incredulous and exasperated tone and I shake my head a little as I take both of my guns out and advance, letting her know that I am going to do just that. " You are incorrigible. " She groans and I grin when I notice she gave up in trying to make me back off when I decide to help someone. " Just don't get us killed, okay? " I laugh at that and bring my homing weapon up, already holding the trigger and using it to home in some of the legs of the enemy.
" Of course. " I answer and let go of the trigger, letting my bullets fly to their destination and they hit the Mechanoloid pretty hard, giving the green reploid, who is now flying around the enemy and sending slash waves towards him, a big opening for his energy core, since the enemy had fallen in a weird way on the ground. Taking this chance, he uses his twin blades and skydive on the core, getting a critical hit on it that completely retires the spider-like robot.
The green reploid slowly descends in front of me and, once his feet hit the ground, we lock eyes again and he seem to be re-analyzing me as I give him my best smile. A small huff followed by him closing his eyes and shaking his head is all the answer I have for now, since his communicator started up.
" Commander, Mavericks have started to invade the west part of Neo Arcadia! " I widen my eyes in wonder when I recognize that name and emerald eyes widen in dread when he process the info he just got. " All of the troops are trying to defend the city, but there are too many of them! " The person speaking seem to be trying its hardest to be heard, since it is obviously in the middle of the battle field, and the green reploid nod in knowledge before he turn to the opposite way from where he came from.
" Understood. Do your best to hold it until I am there. " He replies and, before the other person can say anything, he cut the chat off and turn his head to me, serious and giving me a questioning look that makes me get surprised before I look determined to him. I smile to him and put my guns back on their holsters as I turn my attention to where he seemed to be heading.
" I am going too. I want to help and save anyone that I can. " I answer his unasked question and, once he give me an approving look, he start dashing his way to wherever he was going and I do my best to follow him, having to dash twice just to catch up with his speed.
He is really fast.
After two minutes of dashing towards somewhere, I finally start seeing smoke and fire lightning a place far in the horizon, what makes me remember the last time I saw the Hunter's Camp, and I bite my lip as I push myself harder so I can get there faster.
I am not letting what happened back there happen again!