MEGA MAN: THE NEW WAR
CHAPTER 1
It was several years after the Mavericks War. Mega Man X was returned to his capsule to lie in rest. He was to be sent to a space colony where he could spend his later years helping the colonist cultivate and colonize the harsh planet. He was to be transported on the country's most powerful army space vehicle: the Mega Shuttle. The ship was to be piloted by the world's most decorated pilot by the name of Trip Samuels. Every security measure was taken to ensure a safe flight. Only V.I.P. personnel were allowed within one hundred feet of the ship. Retinal and gene scans were required for access to the base. Even before take off the ship was fully scanned for nonpersonel presences. Then the big event was held. Crowds of people gathered outside of the compounds perimeter to watch the take off. The Mega Shuttle rose in the air slowly and very quietly for its size. Then with a flash of its thrusters it was gone out of the atmosphere and soaring through the universe with an escort of five fighter ships. All was well at the start.
Through the quietness of space travel Trip thought of his career. In the past he was part of a small resistance assembled by the government to stop the Mavericks forces. He was one of the few survivors who escaped major injury. In fact thanks to him, the first wave was stopped from reaching the capitol. He was kept in an army base under constant watch should the Mavericks come after him. The government claimed he was too important to risk losing unless it was absolutely necessary. Now he was being used too baby-sit some damn robot that killed other robots. If he was so damn powerful why didn't they just let him transport himself.
Trip frowned noticing and odd bleep coming on his scanners. He radioed the leader of the jet escorts. "Hey Jack, what's the position of your men?" Trip waited for a response from the leader. After a few seconds passed he asked again. Still no response was given. Knowing something was wrong he started to radio the base on earth. Before he was able a huge blast shook the ship. Warning sirens were blaring like crazy and the scanners told him it had come from one of his escorts. He pulled up a video camera shoot of the jets following him. That's when he saw it. On the screen he saw the giant skull shaped ship that signaled that the evil Dr. Wily was behind this. This made no sense to Trip because Wily had died years ago along with Dr. Light the creator of Mega Man and the one responsible for the X technology. Trip instantly grabbed hold of the controls and went into evasive maneuvers. He was able to pull around and get his sights on two of the jets. He opened fire with his proton blasters and destroyed the ships. The remaining three began to loop around but they were no match for Trip's years of experience and he quickly picked them off with his blasters.
Then all of a sudden the ship stopped completely. Trip was thrown forward onto the controls. The alarm informed him of the tractor beam that had stopped him and about a hull breach. Trip was just getting on his feet when he was hit by a blast of electricity. He fell to his knees in pain. He turned his hide to look at his attacker. What he saw made his eyes widen. Before him stood an evil looking robot. He was designed much like X but his armor was pitch black with lightning bolts running across his chest plate and a pair of bolts sticking out of his Black helmet which was designed exactly in the shape of Mega Man's. On his left arm was what was obviously the origin of his attack. It was a giant arm cannon with lightning bolts running from the opening. The robot grinned evilly and pointed the cannon right at Trip. The inside of the cannon began to glow and crackle with electricity. "I'm gonna make sure you never forget the name Shocker Man!"
CHAPTER 2
Trip stared down the barrel of Shocker Man's cannon and saw the energy building inside. He closed his eyes waiting for the end of his life. He heard the sound of a blast from an arm cannon but felt nothing. He opened his eyes and saw Shocker Man on the ground with a smoking hole in his back. Trip looked up and saw something he couldn't believe. Before him stood Zero, another one of the robot heroes that had assisted Mega Man. Trip was amazed because Zero was thought to be destroyed in the final attack on the Mavericks that ended the war. Zero looked down at Trip and said " Man I really kicked what's his name's ass.". Trip smiled and stood up. "We have to hurry, Shocker Man was just one of eight robot masters created by Dr. Wily." Trip stared at zero and asked "I thought Wily died years ago. How is he alive?" Zero replied, " Not that Dr. Wily. This is his great grandson; he has more resources and is ten times more of an evil genius than he great grandfather." Trip and Zero raced down the hallway. Trip turned the corner and ram smack dab into Quaker Man. Quaker Man was one tough looking robot. His head was shaped like a helmet. His mouth was like a trash compacter. When he talked his mouth opened and closed making a horrible clanking sound sometimes making his voice unbearably loud. His arms were like tree trunks and his fists were this size of melons. On his right arm was the Earthquake Jack. It had the ability to hammer through all materials and causing a devastating earthquake that could take the sturdiest of foes off their feet. His body was made of 6-inch thick stainless steel, making him virtually invincible to all attacks. His legs were like boulders, wide and thick, making him very sturdy and impossible to knock down.
Quaker Man grasped Trip and lifted him off the ground. He through Trip full force into Zero. Both Trip and Zero were thrown to the wall and slid to the ground in a pile. They looked up and saw Quaker Man about to crush them with his size 25 boot. "Stop Quaker Man!" a mysterious voice called out. Trip and Zero looked in the direction of the voice and gasped.
Out of the shadows stepped Dr. Wily. If Trip hadn't been informed of the fact this was the old Dr. Wily's grandson, Trip could have sworn it I was the old devil himself. Dr. Wily looked just like his great grandfather. "Please Quaker Man don't you know that we are in the presence of a war hero?" Dr. Wily asked. Quaker Man looked at the doctor confused. " He deserves to go out with a bang!"
CHAPTER 3
Quaker Man carried Trip and Zero to the cargo bay where Mega Man's capsule was being stored. "Maybe you'd like to meet more of my robots? Chain Man! Mine Man!" The next thing they saw was the left wall being blown open and two robots stepped through the hole. One was a shiny, gray, armored robot. He had lengths of chains entwined around his gray armor down from his chest and around his arms and legs. His belt was a chain with a skull on it. On his right arm was the Chain Whip. It was a powerful and indestructible length of chain that could be used as a whip or fired, becoming unbreakable bonds. Chain Man pointed the whip and fired at Zero and Trip, putting them into bondage. Quaker Man then through them next to the capsule.
"Ah now that you're not going anywhere its time to meet your end", gloated the evil doctor. Then Mine Man stepped through the hole in the wall. " Leave it to me boss. I'll take this place out with ease!" Mine Man looked like a giant grenade. His head was in fact the shape of a grenade. His eyes were a visor with night vision ability. His armor was camouflage designed. His mouth was just a plate with sound came through. His belt was your typical army utility belt. His legs were lean and had armored army boots. On his arms were twin cannons. He aimed his cannons at let loss his Mega Mines. These were mines with the explosive ability of 5 proton torpedoes. Each had a 5-minute timer.
"God job Mine Man. Now quickly go collect Shocker Man. The rest of you back to the ship." Quaker Man and Chain Man ran out of the hole created earlier by Mine Man. With incredible speed, Mine Man zoomed from the room and returned seconds later with Shocker Man. Mine Man exited the ship through the hole. "Well, now I'll be rid of you two and that meddlesome Mega Man X. My great grandfather would be proud. Wah ha ha ha!" The evil man exited through the hole laughing evilly. Trip looked to Zero, "What are we gonna do?" Zero rolled next to the capsule. He used the capsule as a brace and lifted his face to the control board. He punched in the voice command code with his nose. " Mega Capsule! Code 13 emergency! Launch now!" The thrusters on the capsule activated, opening the hull hatch. The capsule began to launch. "Quickly Trip! Roll here we can use the capsule to take us back to Earth! Quick...........!!!!!" Before he could finish the capsule took off and part of Zero's chain snagged onto it.
Zero and Mega Man were launched into space. Zero watched as Trip looked on with horror. Then the explosion happened. The ship blew up with incredible force and a blinding flash. The shockwaves of the blast shook the capsule violently, knocking Zero loose into space. He watched as the capsule floated away in the direction of the Bounty Hunter Galaxy. Being constrained by the chains Zero could do nothing but watch. He could only hope Mega Man would survive the landing on the alien planets within the Bounty Hunter Galaxy.
CHAPTER 4
Mega Man's capsule soared through space. It was on a collision course with the forest planet of Arboria. The capsule broke through the thick atmosphere and landed in a misty swamp. The capsule slowly started to sink into the muck. The capsule had just gone under the surface when the computer began to wake up Mega Man. His eyes slowly opened and he looked out through the glass on the door of the capsule into the murky water. He quickly began to activate the emergency take off. The computer informed him that all emergency functions had been damaged. Mega Man then aimed his X-buster at the door and blew the door open. The swamp water rushed in and filled the capsule. Mega Man quickly swam out of the capsule and to the surface. He then swam to shore. Once he got out of the water he checked his suit for any damage. The internal computer informed him that he was at 100%. He then took a look around him to try to get his bearings. Before he was even able to figure out north and south, he was attacked by robotic lake snake. The snake fired an energy beam at Mega Man, but he easily dodged the attack. He aimed his X-buster and was about to blow the snake away, but then he saw why the snake had attacked. Sticking out of its skull was the capsule.
Mega Man figured it attacked because it saw Mega Man exit the capsule and figured that he had thrown the first punch. He the aimed and blasted the capsule off the snake. With the capsule out of its head, the snake returned to the depths of the lake. Mega Man was confused by how he got here so he went to the capsule to activate the black box. A small video screen popped up and showed Mine Man blow the wall open and Chain Man restrain Zero and a human Mega Man was unfamiliar with. It showed Quaker Man and Chain Man retreat through the hole and Mine Man escape with an unidentified robot. Then Mega Man saw something that made him shiver in fear. He saw Dr. Wily. Then the video skipped and he saw Zero float into space. It then showed a shot of the ship exploding. Then the camera failed upon entering the atmosphere.
Mega Man assumed he was on a hostile planet because the ship had been dangerously close to the Bounty Hunter Galaxy. He checked the motion tracker on his arm. It showed a trading town to the east. Mega Man figured that it was a good idea to see if any locals would be able to help. He headed east into the deep forest.
CHAPTER 5
Mega Man emerged from the forest 5 hours later and entered the town of Zellos. He chose this town because he knew of its reputation for being an anti maverick town. He had hoped that this town would help him in his new quest. He checked out the nearest inn. The clerk instantly recognized him. "Mega Man! What an honor to have you! Please tell me what I can do for you." Exclaimed the clerk. "Well I could use a room for the night and a few repairs. I can't afford to pay you though." Replied Mega Man. "Certainly, follow me and I'll have our best mechanics see to your repairs. When your done I'll have our maid show you too your suite." Said the clerk. The rest of the day Mega Man was treated to a full detail job, oil bath, armor polishing, and blaster upgrade. He Mega Buster now had a charging ability that allowed him to fire large and more powerful blasts of energy.
Mega Man then retired to his top floor room with everything a robot could ask for. His bed was soft and had a unit that he could plug into his helmet and blaster to charge while he slept. He lay down and shut down for the night. He had been offline for nearly an hour before his internal alarm went off. He sprung out of bed and quickly put his helmet on. He used the built in warning device that would tell him why his alarm had gone off. It quickly gave him a grid showing the position of the enemy. He then locked in and tried to see if he could identify the foe. The helmet quickly gave him Chain Man's profile. It turns out that Zellos was under Chain Man's control. The helmet then informed him that his helmet information had been tapped. Mega Man quickly ripped the cable cord from the wall and discovered the tapping devise. He then unplugged his Mega Buster and ripped its cord from the wall discovering a draining devise. "Damn! I didn't want to use an energy pellet yet but looks like I have no choice." Said Mega Man.
He swallowed the energy capsule and quickly felt his energy level max out. He checked the charge in his Mega Buster and was happy to see it was at full power. He then rushed out of the door of his room. He had barely a split second to dodge the laser blasts that flew at his head. He ducked and rolled right threw the fall, crashing into the next door room. He quickly jumped to his feet and aimed his blaster at the hole in the wall. The hole soon flooded with helmet heads. "Damn, Damn, Damn! I can't handle this many helmet heads!" Yelled Mega Man. That's when a great idea struck him. He pressed the charge button on his Mega Buster and it quickly glowed. He then jumped up on the windowsill and his Mega Buster started to beep loudly. "Hey helmet heads! Bite on this!" Yelled Mega Man as he let fire with the super charged energy blast. He was amazed as he saw a huge ball of energy start to rip through the crowd of helmet heads and then spread into a wall of fire as each little helmet head blew into a million pieces. Mega Man watched as the last of the helmet heads became scrap. He noticed how the force of the blast had blown a huge hole in the wall that lead to the outside. He chose to use this as a method of escape seeing as he had no idea how many foes waited for him in the lobby.
Mega Man jumped through the hole in the wall and into a tree that had been growing near the inn. Mega Man had just caught his balance on the trees thick branch when he was hit hard from behind. Mega Man fell from the tree and hit the hard with a loud thud. Mega Man regained his footing and turned to see that Chain Man had struck him with the chain whip. Chain Man snapped the chain whip in Mega Man's direction menacingly. "So Mega Man you had the balls to enter my kingdom? Well, its time I removed those!" exclaimed Chain Man. Then the evil robot shot a chain in Mega Man's direction. Mega Man used his great reflexes to dodge the dangerous projectile. He then ducked and rolled avoiding a series of more chains shot his way and came out and fired in Chain Man's direction. The evil robot dodged the slow moving weak blasts easily. "Honestly Mega Man, if you were going to intrude on my land the least you could do is offer me a challenge," said Chain Man. Mega Man then rolled into the dense bushes that outlined the woods. "Come on Mega Man, a robot of your kind should just come out and die fighting, not hiding in a bush," said Chain Man. Then the a glow started to come from the bush. Chain Man stared at the bush confused. Then Mega Man jumped from the bush and fired the super charged energy ball from his mega buster. Chain Man tried to dodge the massive blast, but it was no use. The energy ball caught him square in the chest and all you could here was Chain Man's scream of pain. Then a massive explosion followed with a flash of blinding light that made Mega Man turn his head away from the explosion. When he turned around all that was left of him was his helmeted head and his hand that contained the chain whip, along with small bits and pieces of his body. Mega Man then moved forward and touched the chain whip and assimilated Chain Man's special weapon. "How was that for a challenge?" replied Mega Man as he kicked the defeated robots head into the woods.
CHAPTER 6
Once the villagers heard about Chain Man's demise, they willingly helped Mega Man with his needs. They helped him repair himself from the battle, gave him a few energy canisters, and gave him a special new armor piece; the Ultra Helmet. This helmet was made of an unknown type of metal. It was resistant to fire, water, electricity, and acids. It was strong enough to crack through rock if Mega Man were to either run into it or jump and hit a rock roof with his head. He wasn't fast enough to use these functions though. To get enough power to crack rock like that he'd need super speed. There was talk about a pair of booster boots that could increase his speed greatly in a nearby town. It was a long walk so the villagers gave him a special gift, a rocket powered hover board. He was informed that the next village was located on the other side of the mountains that were on the outside of the village. Mega Man thanked the kind people. He then jumped on the hover board and was soon speeding his way to the mountains.
The mountains were vast and treacherous. The winding paths and cold temperatures would greatly hinder normal travelers. Mega Man had little trouble with this because his armor was self heating and the hover board saved him if he ever would fall off the path. Things were going smooth until he reached the middle point of the mountains.