Disclaimer & Background Info: Don't own any Megaman characters; those belong to Capcom! Most ties between the three series are speculation. Also, some characters' personalities are changed a bit from what the games give us.
Author's note: Well, this is pretty much my first story, since I scrapped my other, unfinished one. The first chapter may look similar to my old story, but I'm completely redoing the story. Please R&R!
Chapter 1: The Invention
After the Nightmare Incident…
After giving the body of Gate to Alia, Megaman X starts to wonder if all this violence is necessary. Was there a way he could bring back the innocent victims he was forced to retire, such as Storm Eagle, who fought Sigma before he was infected, or Squid Adler, who just wanted to spend a life in peace after Launch Octopus's death? And many others besides?
The Reploid Research team has allowed Alia to repair Gate and his Reploids. Gate, now free from Zero's DNA and the Nightmare, has rejoined the team. With a new interest in reploid resurrection, Gate has created a machine that can restore Reploids based on one's memories. The body would be easy enough to create, but the memory chip… The reploid would be constructed at the place where the memory chip was located by satellites. X and Zero have agreed to use it to bring back the Irregulars to the state they were in when they were built. So begins our story…
The researcher Gate led the maverick hunters Megaman X and Zero to his lab. "Here it is!" he said when they reached the door. Printed onto it was a sign labeled, "KEEP OUT! EXPERIMENTAL MACHINERY INSIDE." The door slid open, exposing the machine. It was nothing more than a screen, a keypad, and two strange chairs. "The headsets connected to the computer go around your heads and read your memory," explained Gate as they walked in. X and Zero took their seats.
"Are you sure this will work?" asked X uncertainly. "It doesn't help that I have no idea how this works."
"Don't worry, this machine has the latest technology installed into it," answered Gate confidently.
"You worry too much, X," added Zero. However, his hand strayed near his Z-Saber.
"Ready?" asked Gate. X and Zero nodded. "In that case, I'll turn the machine… on!"