Mavericks, horrid machines and reploids that go wild and break one of the most important laws of robotics.

A ROBOT MUST NEVER HARM A HUMAN

This one law is the most important and most basic of them all. And ever reploid in the world must follow it. However there are a select few who do not, and those are labeled mavericks as such.

To counter these mavericks there is an elite group of reploids who fight for the cause of peace for reploids and humans.

And this group is called the Maverick Hunters.

The Maverick Hunters work long and hard to oppose these mavericks and out of all the many hunters there are many will tell you that the strongest two are Megaman X and Zero.

X and Zero are, as many would say, the only reason why the entire earth hasn't been decimated by mavericks. And they are right. X and Zero have done much to defend us all, and I must say they are quite good at it.

When I found X all those years ago I knew the potential he carried…but I never knew he would become this powerful. For many years I have watched X grow and become more powerful…and I hope that someday he will be strong enough to guide us all into an era of peace….

Zero…he has also shown great power and potential. I knew he would do great things the minute we brought him into the program…and I was right, as usual. I have never seen a reploid with better speed and precision as him…and I must say, I am quite proud of him.

But after Sigma's betrayal due to the Sigma Virus…we need all the strong hunters we can get. I'm just glad that we are having a quiet winter this year…last year we had six different incidents of maverick attacks, but this year has been quiet.

Of course with the mavericks being this calm, we are due for a powerful attack. But I know that the Maverick Hunters will stand strong and defeat all that oppose them.

May god have mercy on the Maverick Hunters………and may an era of peace follow the shadows to come…..

Memoir of Dr. Cain

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Chapter 1: The Begging of the End

Dr. Cain pressed the save button on his computer and shut it down for the night. Looking out the window into the snowy night he became lost in deep thought.

Is there any way to create peace from all of this? Or will we all fight till we die, and then still know no peace….

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X lay in his bed at the Maverick Hunter HQ, he couldn't get any sleep. Not that Reploids really needed sleep, but X always felt better after relaxing for what humans would call sleep.

X stood and walked toward the window and looked outside. The gentle brush of snow glazed ever house top and leaf it fell upon. The Courtyard was covered in snow all around. X enjoyed the strange things that the weather did each day, one day it would be hot and sunny, and then a few days later it would be cold and cloudy. Some days it rained, when X seemed to enjoy sometimes, as long as he didn't get wet. He just enjoyed the gentle look of rain. Something as small and gentle as rain can make something, a tree, so strong and brooding.

X watched as two small white birds landed on the windowsill of his room. Slowly X opened the window and the birds hopped over to him, one in each hand. X smiled and looked at the two small birds.

"So, what have you two been up to?" X asked, even though he knew the birds wouldn't answer.

The two birds tweeted back, as if to answer his question, and then they turned toward the outside world. X hung out the window slightly and flung his hands outward, giving the little birds a boost as they flew away together into the soft blanket of snow in the night.

X shut the window and turned around to see Zero standing in the center of the room. He had done it again! Zero had been sneaking around a lot lately, now that his speed had became greatly increased by an upgrade that Dr. Cain had made for him.

"Hey Zero." X said to his red armored friend. X and Zero had been friends since the begging, and, as with all friends, they had their squabbles. In fact they had happened to be in one now.

X had said that Zero couldn't outrun him in a fair, no upgrade reploid against reploid race. So Zero agreed and they raced. Well X lost, and Zero had laughed at him. X knew it was a joke, but then Zero became very angry when one day his Saber went missing. Zero thought that X had taken the Saber. So now Zero was mad at X.

"Humph." Zero grumpily said hello, which came out as a grunt.

"What is it now?" X asked in a tired voice.

"…..I wanted to say that I'm sorry, for yelling at you about the whole Saber thing…"

"Wow Zero said he's sorry!" X yelled out.

"WILL YOU SHUSH!" Zero yelled back, seeing as how X's yell made grunts come from others down the hall.

"Sorry…" X whispered.

"So yeah…I'm sorry X…I was being.."

"A prick?" X asked in a steady calm serious voice.

"….Yeah…" Zero said shyly.

"It's ok…I forgive you…and I'm sorry I've been so mean to you too."

Once the two reploids got done saying there "I'm sorry" they heard a scream come from down the hall. A female scream…

X and Zero burst from the room and ran toward the sound of the scream, and as they did they heard the alarm go off all along the base.

Red signal lights flashed, speakers blared, and all the hunters ran down the halls toward the scream, Megaman X and Zero in the lead.

ALL MAVERICK HUNTERS REPORT TO SECTION A2!

INTRUDER ON SECTION A2!

ALL SYSTEMS WILL INITIATE LOCK DOWN IN 10 SECONDS