So yeah, I just noticed the chapter before are too short, so I decided to make this one longer, yay?
Anyways, I don't own any of the characters in this story.
When the light disappeared, they are in a totally different place."Follow me." Ciel said while Daedalus just look at anything with mouth open."Heeeh… Is this a secret base of some sort? Man, this feels like being a kid all over again!...Not that I have a childhood other than sitting around reading books or whatever." Daedalus said as he greeted everyone he meet."Ah, yes, you said you're locked in there?" Ciel said looking at Daedalus as they walked."Umm... yeah, the wall you guys broke are really hard to break, maybe it's weaker when it's attacked from the outside." Daedalus said while putting his hand on his chin. Zero just look at him silently. 'Hmm… this guy look familiar… but at the same time he doesn't… what's that supposed to mean?' Zero thought while they keep on walking.
After a few walking, they arrived at a large room that seems like a command room."Welcome to our resistance base, Zero and Daedalus. This is a place for injured reploids who are suspected of being maverick." She said."Maverick?" Both Zero and Daedalus said."Wait, aren't mavericks supposed to be…" Daedalus starting to say, but Ciel cut him."Yes, it's a reploid who have a problem in his or her programming making them go haywire." Ciel said, looking sad."Huh? That's weird, every reploid I met here seems nice enough." Daedalus said scratching his head."Yes, they are only 'suspected' they aren't really mavericks." Ciel said looking at two of them."We have fought so long to survive, but we know the end is coming…" Ciel said looking at the ground again."But that's why we're looking for you, you are our last hope. Most of us think Zero is only a fantasy." Ciel said smiling at Zero."Hey now… am I only a side-character or something?" Daedalus said pointing at himself and Ciel giggled."Sorry, you will be a great help if you're willing to help us." Ciel said, looking at Daedalus."Er… yeah sure, anyways, why are you looking for him again?" Daedalus said pointing a bit at Zero."Well… because he's the legendary reploid who fought together with X to save the world 100 years ago." Ciel said, looking at Zero."X…? That name sounds familiar…" Zero said putting his hand on his chin."X… that legendary reploid is still alive and he's trying to retire all of us." Ciel said, looking sad again."X… is trying to…retire you?" Zero asked looking puzzled."His plans have already begun, many innocent reploid is being retired as we speak." Ciel said looking at both of them."We need your help, our future depends on you… Will you help us?" Ciel said, making Zero and Daedalus look at each other."Yeah, sure, I am game." Daedalus said with a thumbs up."I want to help too." Zero said, crossing his arms."Thank you… it's like a dream come true…" Ciel said happily."Now, with your help… I think we can save everyone. I have something I need help with, come here when you two are ready." Ciel said as Zero and Daedalus nodded, leaving the room."So, where to?" Daedalus asked Zero and Zero stopped to think a bit."I guess I should be checking the engineers room." Zero said walking away."Oh, me too!" Daedalus said following him.
"Wow! So you're Zero? I never thought I get to meet you. Erm… and you are…?" The man with red visor said looking at Zero then look at Daedalus, who are smiling happily beside him."I am Daedalus, I came with the package." Daedalus said jokingly."Uh… okay, oh and Zero." The man said again while he look at Zero."We believe that your Z saber have unlimited potential for power-ups, it should also have an effect on other weapons. I believe your buster can now shoot a powerful charged shot." The man said."I see, but… who are you?" Zero said finally."Oh, how rude of me, my name is Carveau, I am the engineer here." Carveau said with a smile."I see, if there's nothing else we should leave." Zero said walking to the door."Ah, er… Me too." Daedalus said, about to follow his partner."Ah, wait a minute Daedalus." Carveau said making Daedalus turn back."What's up?" He said looking at Carveau. "Can you do some test on you? I heard about you from Ciel and I am very curious about you." Carveau said pointing to the metal bed near him."If you don't open me up in half or the kind then… sure!" Daedalus said as he lay down on the metal bed.
"Hmm… as I have thought…" Carveau said putting his hand on his chin, looking at the computer."What is it?" Daedalus said, raising from the metal bed."It seems that your buster, is a bit similar to Zero's Z Saber. It has an unlimited potential for power-ups. " Carveau said looking at Daedalus."Wowza, does that mean I could have that cool light blade Zero has?" Daedalus said, beginning to get giddy."That's… unlikely, well except if I have more information." Carveau said."Aww… anyways, gotta go see Ciel, bye!" Daedalus said as he dashed out of the room."Hmm… weird reploid-kid…" Carveau said as he scratched his head
"Oh, there you are Daedalus." Ciel said as she see Daedalus opening the door."We're having a briefing of the mission." Ciel said, making Daedalus smiled or rather, grin."Ok, so where to commander?" Daedalus said teasingly."Er… right, what I want you to do is to try something that no one have ever tried before." Ciel said making Zero and Daedalus nod."I want you to destroy the disposal center, where they have been retiring our comrades one after another." Ciel said as she look at both of them."On it." Daedalus said with a smile while Zero nodded."Thank you, you can go there through the trans server downstairs." Ciel said and they both nodded, leaving."Becareful…" Ciel said silently.
"Hey Ciel, we're here." Daedalus said, sending information to the base."Good, the disposal center is in front of you, please safe our comrades!" Ciel said, and both of them nodded."Roger." They both said."Mission start…" Zero said with a bit of a smile, somehow that feels nostalgic."Oh, some company," Daedalus said, his left arm turned to a buster."Ready to rock?" He asked while looking at Zero."Let's do it!" Zero said taking out his saber and they rush to the enemies, Zero slashed the enemies that came near while Daedalus shoot the ones out of Zero's sword range.
After a lot of battles and traps, they finally came across a door."Is this the place?" Daedalus ask, opening the door."Hmm… nobody's here…" He said looking around, followed by Zero."…! Daedalus, behind you!" Zero said."Huh?" Daedalus said before he barely jumped a few lightning beam aiming at him."What the?" He said rolling to the ground after dodging."Hmph… pretty good reflexes, for an ordinary reploid." Says a voice from behind him."Who's there?" Zero said, aiming his buster at him. After he said that, a human sized robotic bird showed up."I am Aztec Falcon, Harpuia, the guardian, send me to clean up." He said raising his wings pointing at both Zero and Daedalus."Hey! Help me!" Says a voice from under them."What the?" Daedalus said looking below him. Below there's a few reploid about to be smashed by the spikes under the floor Zero and Daedalus are on. "You must be some of the garbage. Hehehe… just in time, I dispose both of you at once!" As he said that, the same lightning beam at them. They both dodge, After they both dodged they both shoot at Aztec but their bullets are repelled after touching the hard material of Aztec's wings."Ugh… Zero!" Daedalus said while looking at him and he nodded. Zero moved forward, trying to slash Aztec but he kept shielding himself with his wings and shoot at Zero."Che…" Zero said, dodging another shot from Aztec's beam."Is that all you got?" Aztec asked while he dodged another of Zero's slash and grabbed the wall, continued by shootinf beams at Zero. Zero only making his own buster shot clashed with Aztec's beam, making them collide and vanished.
"Full power! Here we go!" Daedalus said from behind Aztec."What the?" Aztec said tuning back, only to find a giant burst of plasma bullet being fired at him."Ugh!" He said barely shielding himself from the blast."Zero, now!" Daedalus said. From behind Aztec Zero appears with his saber in hand."N-no way!" Aztec said, he was about to shield himself, only to find that his wing shield is broken from Daedalus shot. Zero slashed him in half, after Aztec was destroyed the floor that was about to crash to the reploid below is stopped."Uh…. Ha. Ahem, thank you. I never anyone would come to rescue me." The reploid said when Zero and Daedalus come down to meet him."I am still in shock… hahaha…." He said, falling to the ground."I'll return to the base…. When I could walk again… You can go now, I'll be fine." The guy said and both of them nodded."Thank you for your cooperation you two." A voice came to both of their helmets. Suddenly a chip fell to Daedalus hand."What the? What's this thing?" Daedalus said looking at the thunder themed chip."That's the thunder chip, using it will give your weapon an electrical element." Ciel said and Daedalus nodded. "So… how do we go back?" Zero said, not looking forward to fight a bunch of enemies outside again."There should be a trans server nearby, just input the base's location and you'll be able to go back." Ciel said, making Zero nod."I see, okay." Zero said walking to the only door in the room."Here it is." Zero said, looking at the trans server, then at Daedalus."Er… no, I am not good with machines." Daedalus said and Zero nodded."Wait… aren't you a machine yourself? How could you not be good with machines?" Zero said, looking back at Daedalus."Oh… yeah, I guess I could do a little bit…" Daedalus said making Zero almost face palmed himself."Well… nevermind, I already put the location anyway, stand there." Zero said pointing at the trans server."Ok, transfer." Zero said as both of them got transferred.
They both arrived at the base command room with Ciel waiting in the middle of the room."Ah, you two are back, thank you. I never thought I'd see the day when the reploid disposal center is destroyed. Innocent reploid will be safe for awhile…" Ciel said with a bit of a happy smile."Thanks a lot you two, I wish I could ask for your help again when you got the time, that is, if you don't mind doing favors."Ciel said, smiling."Of course we won't mind, right Zero?" Daedalus said with a smile while Zero only nodded."Thanks again you two, oh and before I forget." Ciel said, taking out a device of some sort."Carveau asked me to give this to you two, it's called an escape unit, you can use this to abort mission and ran away, use this in trouble." Ciel said."Hmm… not like we would use it, thanks anyway." Daedalus said with a smile that could bright a room."Well, if you want to do a mission just talk to me okay?" Ciel said while Zero and Daedalus nodded.
After they got out from the command room Zero head straight to the engine room followed by Daedalus."So what are we going to the engine room again for?" Daedalus asked."Rest." Zero said."Ehh… so reploids need rest too?" Daedalus asked, but Zero shook his head."Not necessarily, I only rest this time to make diagnostic scan on my body to check if anything is wrong, so we actually don't need rest, but we can if we wanted to." Zero said and Daedalus nodded." So in the end…. We need rest right?" Daedalus said while Zero just give him the silent treatment to tell him that conversation is over.
"Hey Carveau." Daedalus said as he entered the engine room with Zero."Ah hey you two. What's up?" Carveau said."Nothing much, Zero just want to rest a bit while you check on his body to see if there's any trouble in it." Daedalus said and Zero nodded."Ah I see, well lay down on the metal bed there." Carveau said, pointing at the bed Daedalus used before."So I'll be going now, see you Carveau, Zero." Daedalus said leaving the room.
After Daedalus left the engine room, he went straight to the command room."Ah, Daedalus, back already?" Ciel asked while Daedalus nodded."Yeah is there any mission?" Daedalus asked while Ciel nodded."Actually, yes we do, it's a bit of a info gathering mission…" As Ciel said that Daedalus fell to the floor."Ack…. Ciel, I can't breathe…. I think I can't do the mission now…" Daedalus said, rolling on the floor, looking like he have a hard time breathing."Daedalus…. Reploids don't breathe…" Ciel said face palming at the reploid's stupidity."Oh… yeah…" Daedalus said, standing up."So yeah, I need you to go get the information left on the computer in the place Zero and you are sealed." Ciel said."Er… I am bad with computers." Daedalus said, raising his hands."It's fine I'll just tell you what you need to do from here." Ciel said."*sigh* Okay, you win, I'll do it."
"Daedalus, I have an enemy reading from nearby you, it seems that the enemy also want the information." Ciel said and Daedalus nodded."Okay, I'll take care of them." Daedalus said as he walk through the wall where Zero is kept."Hm… this is easy… TOO easy to be exact…" Daedalus said when suddenly a large boulder like thing heading towards him."Me and my big mouth…" Daedalus said as he dodged and shoot at the boulder like thing only to have the bullets repelled. The boulder thing started to have an elephant like head with arms and legs."My name is Maha Ganeshariff. I'm In charge of data processing and—" Ganesha said but got cut of by a buster shot aimed at his body and head, the shot repelled when it hit it's body and he moved his head, making the other shot miss."Yeah, yeah, beat me if you want the data, blablabla, can we just get on to it?" Daedalus said, his left arm already turned to a buster."Hmph… at least you understand fast." Ganesha said, becoming a ball again, charging at Daedalus. Daedalus jumped and shoot blasters shot at him, which is repelled."Dammit, how about this?" Daedalus said, charging his buster. Ganesha rushed again at Daedalus in ball form." Take this!" Daedalus said shooting his charged shot at Ganesha, leaving a smoke behind."Did that… do it?" Daedalus asked looking at the smoke.
After a few seconds, a ball flew out of the smoke, crashing to Daedalus, sending him flying to the wall."Ugh… what the…"He said, falling to the ground."Hahaha… my body cannot be destroyed by some puny bullets like that!" Ganesha said, walking to Daedalus, about to finish him off. 'Dammit… what should I do…?" Daedalus thought, then an image of the first shot he make at Ganesha showed up. 'He let the first shot got repelled, but… I see!' Daedalus thought then he stood up."Hahaha, whatever you do is useless!" Ganesha said kept on walking to him. 'If I am right… this should do it…" Daedalus said pointing his buster at Ganesha's body, his armor turned to yellow color."Lightning ball!" He said shooting two lightning balls at the body."I told you, it won't—" Ganesha said, but Daedalus cut him off by jumping and shoot another lightning ball at one of the lightning ball he shooted and it repelled upwards. The other bullet got repelled by Ganesha's body and hit the repelled lightning ball and got repelled and hit Ganesha straight on the head."Ugh… so you found out my weakness… but no matter I will finish you-" Daedalus cut him off again by shooting a charged shot at his head."Fool! I can still dodge—" He tried to move his head out of the way, but still got hit in the head, leaving the body headless and fell to the floor."You're the fool… my lightning ball already paralyzed you, you idiot." Daedalus said, moving to the body and get the data in it."Oh goodie, my info is in this too." Daedalus said when suddenly the alarm ringed."No good Daedalus! The self destruct alarm sounded. Get out of there! Now!" Ciel said and Daedalus nodded."It's just an explosion, what could possibly go—" Daedalus got cut off when a lot giant boulder starting to fall one by one, smashing everything that was once down there."… Me and my big mouth!" Daedalus said as he started trying to run.
After a few minutes running he jumped towards the hole from before where Ciel and Zero fall, which is where The trans server is located."Fiuh…" Daedalus said, slumped to the floor."Daedalus! Daedalus!... Thank goodness you're okay…I am sorry we got you in this…" Ciel said and Daedalus shook his head."Nah, I asked for it…" Daedalus said."This teach me not to take easy missions for granted though…*sigh*" Daedalus said as he walk to the room with the trans server and returned to the base.
"Hey Ciel.." Daedalus said, looking tired." Ah, Daedalus, you're back! Are you okay?" Ciel said worriedly."I guess… where's Zero?" Daedalus asked. "Ah he went to his own mission awhile ago, you should rest Daedalus, Carveau will analyze the data for you." Ciel said and Daedalus nodded."Thanks, I'll do just that." Daedalus said walking towards the engine room, he looked back for a second only to see Ciel already back on her job, giving Zero info on his mission. 'Poor girl, she should've better live than this… well not my business anyway." Daedalus said as he walked out of the room.
"Yo, Carveau." Daedalus said while Carveau looked back."Oh hey Daedalus, what's up?" He said with a smile."I have mine's and Zero's data on my mind. Can you analyze it while I sleep?"Daedalus said and Carveau nodded."Yeah, go lay on the metal bed." Carveau said pointing at the metal bed."Thanks…" Daedalus said, falling asleep on the metal bed."Okay… now back to analyzing…" Carveau said, looking at his computer.
Okay, there's chapter two, I don't really make Zero talk much huh? Well, I guess I will make him talk more on the next chapter.
Oh and yeah, I guess I'm gonna skip a few un-important bosses, cuz well… I don't really know how to make a combat sequence and hell, I don't want to make all of them.
Well, see you next time.
