Hey! I realize I forgot to put in an authors note before, so now there's one. I cowrote this with my friend, who doesn't have a fanfiction account. We wrote this entirely for fun, so it will make absolutely no sense. I was written mostly late at night after school, and was intitially based on one of those click and drag games that we read too much into. Yeah.
Disclamer: we don't own megaman or any of it's characters
'Click!'
Her fingers slipped the final power-chip into the holster of her new weapon. She had been working on it for what seemed like forever, stiffly sitting at her desk and concentrating on keeping as still as possible as to not damage the exposed circuitry. She had learned her lesson during her first attempt, when her fingers had slipped, digging into the circuitry and giving her a nasty electric shock. She was determined not to mess up again.
Picking the weapon up, she examined it again to make sure everything looked okay and according to blueprints. After having confirmed the safety of it, it was finally time to test its effectiveness. She ran over to the training grounds with an excited gleam in her eyes.
The weapon was basically a kusarigama. It had a long, sturdy chain connecting two cylindrical pieces. She activated the weapon by putting her hand on one of them, and two glowing plasma-blades popped out.
The next few minutes were spent on practicing, whirling the chains and blades around faster and faster, a vicious storm of steel and plasma. She also tested the variable weapons system she had installed, which enabled the blades to become encased in fire, ice, electricity, or simply making them longer and shorter. She had only installed those five basic things for now, but she planned on installing more later. She was really excited to show off her invention to Myra, her best friend and team partner. She couldn't wait to come up with new combination attacks.
As she was about to walk out, the familiar ring in her earpiece alerted her to the fact that someone was trying to contact her. She put two fingers up to it to allow them to start talking.
" Miss Lucette?"
Ah, it was the random secretary-maverick that passed along information at headquarters.
"Yes?"
"Master Sigma wishes to speak to you and Myra. Please come to room E-54 as soon as possible. I will contact Myra shortly."
"Okay."
The call ended with a beep. Lucette was very curious as to what Sigma wanted to talk about with her and Myra. Usually he would just call and tell her directly, so it must be important. She wrapped the chain of her kusarigama around her waist, tying it into a loose knot, and exited the training room.
Her fingers flew over the keyboard, entering the newly acquired data. She still wasn't sure what the purpose of all this data was, especially since experiment 257 had escaped. Gate insisted that they keep gathering the data, so she was more than happy to comply. They had been friends for years after all, and he wouldn't do something without reason.
She stood up and stretched, glancing at the terminal that had been used to control experiment 257. Instead of cameras and the constant stream of data, there were still only error signs. Giving an angry sigh, both at the incompetent maverick who had been in charge of 257 and the maverick hunters, she made her way to the back of the lab where Gate and a few others were attempting to gather data.
She turned her communications off as she walked through the door, knowing that outside frequencies could disturb the fragile instruments. Gate looked up as she walked in, acknowledging her with a nod. She turned her attention to the Metool she had been repairing earlier.
After a few minutes, there was a woosh as the door opened, and one of the secretary mavericks walked in.
"Mister Gate, does Miss Myra happen to be in the lab at the moment?"
Gate pointed vaguely at her, and she stood up, setting down the metool, realizing it would have to wait for another time.
"Has something come up?"
The maverick nodded quickly.
"Master Sigma wishes to speak with you and Miss Lucette. Please report to room E - 54 as soon as you are able. Lucette has been contacted and is waiting there already."
Myra nodded, understanding that something large had happened.
"Of course. I'll be there as soon as I put all my stuff away."
Myra wandered down the hallways of the base passing mavericks and other reploids exiled by society. She and Lucette were not mavericks. They were simply too ambitious and apathetic towards the rules. Myra had had a tendency to perform dangerous experiments too close to humans and other lifeforms, and also dismantling important machines to see how they worked. She was relatively sure Lucette had had a tendency to pick fights to improve and display her considerable strength, but had gone too far and began to severely damage her opponents on purpose. Her strength was also incredibly impressive for her age, as she was only a few years old.
The two had formed an unlikely, but powerful, bond. Myra was glad that whatever was happening, it was going to be the two of them working together.
She stepped through the doors of room E-54, nodding at the grinning Lucette who was leaning against the wall.
"Has Sigma arrived yet, Luc?"
"No, not yet. I think he'll be here any minute though. This must be something really important if he called us here just to tell us something. Might be a secret mission!"
Lucette continued grinning as she thought about the powerful opponents they'd have if it really was so important that Sigma had set up an electromagnetic field around this room. Anyone or anything that walked near this room without permission would instantly be found, identified and attacked. And as much as any other machine was concerned, this room didn't exist.
Remembering she had wanted to show Myra something, Lucette took the Kusarigama into her hands and proudly displayed it.
"Look at this! I finally finished the weapon I showed you the blueprints from! It has a variable weapons system with infinite possibilities, so we can design other stuff for it together. Right now I only have normal plasma-blades that I can make longer, shorter, and encased in fire, ice, or electricity. Also we can come up with new combination attacks!"
Everytime she mentioned a skill the weapon had, she displayed it by letting the blades pop out and switching between what she had installed so far. Her voice had unconsciously become gradually louder, which happened every time she got genuinely excited about something.
"Luc. You should quiet down before Sigma arrives. You know it's unprofessional anyway."
Immediately afterwards, Sigma walked in. He strode across the room, Lucette and Myra standing at attention. It was hard for both of them to contain their excitement, because they knew something special was going to happen.
"You two have proven yourselves quite capable over the years, and your skills increase even more when you're together. That is why I have decided to send the two of you on this very important mission." Sigma spoke with a calm, authoritative air, his face remaining serious. "You must listen closely, for I will not repeat it once I have said it. Have I made that clear?"
"Yes sir." Both girls spoke in unison, one nearly shouting.
"Your mission," Sigma continued, "Is to invade the Hunter Base. Who you were before you joined us won't matter. We have covered up that information from both the public and the hunters. You must get as high as you can in the ranks, and collect information. Contact Gate or I every other night to report your findings. It is imperative that you silence or kill anyone who finds out that you are spies, and do so through any means necessary without revealing yourselves. With this, we can finally destroy the hunters once and for all!"
The girls grinned and nodded. Sigma held out a file containing the rest of the details, which Lucette eagerly took. They stepped aside as Sigma strode out of the room, smiling to each other. They ran back to a common room to look at the file and talk about the mission.
When they arrived, both of them pulled up a random chair to the table they usually sat at. Barely being able to contain her excitement, Lucette opened the file, almost ripping it apart in the process.
For the next two hours or so, they both looked at all of their fake information, such as their new ID number, where they were from, etc. It wasn't that much, but they had to quiz each other on it to make their responses casual-sounding and precise. The file also contained information on how several things worked in the hunter-organization, and where the important information was stored. Pieces of info like these were probably from Sigma's old days when he was still a maverick hunter.
"I think I got everything down. How about you?" Lucette asked with a small giggle at the end.
"S-sorry, this is just so awesome, we're gonna be actual spies! I can still barely believe it."
The two friends reviewed the papers one last time, each taking their own back to their rooms. They needed to start preparing, because they only had a day before they left, and they wanted time to say goodbye to them members of the base.
Myra carefully packed the foam around the metool, sad she couldn't take it with her. However, she knew it would still be waiting when their time at the Hunter Base was over. She slid the small crate under her desk, and walked out of the lab into the common rooms.
There wasn't a single reploid sitting around. All were moving about, making preparations for the big departure. Myra slipped through the crown to where Gate was standing, checking off procedures on a checklist. He turned as she approached.
"Finally headed off, are you?"
"I guess so. I never thought I would go back into the city without being attacked. But if this works out, then we'll be there for quite a while."
"I hope that you succeed. Make sure to call, alright? I'm going to worry, no matter how safe Sigma claims this mission is."
"Of course."
With that, Myra walked away, waving back to Gate, to head out.
Lucette walked down the winding hallways of the headquarters, conflicting emotions swirling inside her. Sure, she was excited that she could go on such a huge an interesting mission, with her best friend no less, but she was also sad to leave everyone here behind. Despite the public's claim that maverick's were evil and insane, she'd made some of her best memories here. Saying goodbye was never fun.
When she arrived at her destination, which were the living quarters of a reploid, she knocked on the door. It opened with a swoosh, and the first thing she saw was the purple hair of a slightly disgruntled looking reploid.
"So, I guess you heard already?" asked Lucette.
"Yes," came the forceful sounding reply.
Lucette had known Lumine since her activation, so she was able to read him pretty well. Not to mention they were lovers. She took a stab in the dark and guessed he was worried.
"You don't have to worry! You know I'm a skilled fighter, and I have Myra with me. I'll complete this mission as fast as possible and come back!"
"I know that. But sending you two is utter stupidity. Couldn't Sigma have chosen someone more...disposable?"
"That just means he has faith in us, right?"
Lumine sighed agitatedly and pulled her into a hug.
"Just call every other day. And I swear to god if you get destroyed I'll personally come to the Hunter HQ to get you repaired by Gate. I don't care if this mission fails."
Lucette walked back to her room to start preparing. She already knew it would be a long day tomorrow.
She heard a ring in her earpiece and put up two fingers to it.
"Yes?"
"On this mission, don't go picking fights with people just because they look strong."
"...Sigma? No, I'm not stupid enough for that."
"I know. I have faith in you, and that's why I sent you on this mission. Just make sure you report in every other day."
"I will! I'll complete this mission as fast as possible."
"Good. Be careful."
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Well, time to go to her room and pack as fast as possible. She wanted some time to recharge and think everything through again.
Myra stood by the car that was supposed to take them into the city, looking around for Lucette. Suddenly she saw her, running through the crowd with her bag slung over her shoulder and Lumine running behind her. Myra gave Gate one last wave goodbye, and Lucette gave one last hug to Lumine, and they were off.
