Author Notes
The Captain: Righty Right. So, I hope the last one went well. I will update this as often as I can. Maybe one day, I'll drop off all the other crap I've got in my computer onto this site. Well, here's hopin'. Anyways, here is the first chapter. I've decided to use it to go into the workings of Reploids. Yeah, I made it all up. Oh well, who doesn't eventually. I will get more action into this thing, just that I need to tie up some loose ends first! I hope you enjoy my making up of stuff!
Legal Disclaimer and all that Jazz: I don't own any of these characters except the ones I have created to fit the story, nor do I own the storyline of the Megaman Series. This is however my story, and so, this story belongs to me, suckas, so no touchy my toot-toot!
Zero Hour
Chapter One: A Day's Rest
Zero woke up in the mid morning. He sat up in his bed and pushed off the glass encasement, getting out of bed. He stood up and stretched out a bit, then walked out of his room. He noticed then that he had a limp in his left leg. He shook it off and continued through the halls until he reached the data room, where Ciel was working.
Zero: " You never take a day off...."
Ciel: " If I do, we could get attacked and over run."
Zero: " I know. I'd try making you reconsider, but I'm in no condition to protect the base if you did take the day off."
Ciel: " Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot about your injuries. Hang on, I prepared the repair bay for you."
Zero: " Thanks."
The two of them walked down an adjoining hallway of the Data Room. They came to a large room with a single bed that had numerous different tools hanging above it. Zero stood by the seat and began removing his armor, starting with his helmet, then his forearm guards, his chest place, his boots, and finally his shin guards leaving him standing there in his black suit. It had a few tears in it, where she could see scabbing wounds. He had taken quite a beating from his encounters. Zero sighed, then sat on the bed under all the tools with his back to Ciel. Ciel stood above him and put on a pair of goggles, dragging a few tools with her.
Ciel: " I suppose I'll start with your suspension system. I've never actually done any kind of operating on you Zero...but I imagine you'll be similar to X and other reploids."
Zero: " If you say so Ciel."
Ciel: " Do you know how to repair reploids Zero?"
Zero: " Not really. I know how to field dress wounds...that's about it. I can do basic repair features."
Ciel: " I see."
She took a small cutting laser from a tray next to her, and began to cut off his black suit, exposing his bare back. She then used it to cut into Zero's skin. Underneath all the Pseudo-skin and Nano-muscles, she could see his metallic skeleton structure with wires and small chips abound. She opened up parts of his skeleton, looking in on the estranged designs fairly puzzled.
Ciel: " Zero, do you have any idea how you were built? Any kind of schematics at all?"
Zero: " No, I do not. Is there a problem?"
Ciel: " I'll explain as best I can....Originally, Reploids were basically Robots. Metal skin, metal innards, and not an ounce of any kind of life other than themselves being active. Anyhow, a scientist named Dr. Thomas Light had developed a sort of realistic skin and muscle tissue for his reploids. This was used on many of his creations, including X himself. When I had to rebuild X, I used similar processes. However, since I didn't have the correct designs and schematics, I had to play most of it by ear. But, anyways, I built a state of the art Nano-Muscle tissue, and an armored exterior Pseudo skin. "
Zero: " I see..."
She continued to cut into things, reconnect wires, reroute cables, and give him some general maintenance. A small monitor opened up at the base of his neck identifying areas where his damage repair circuits had been over loaded or unable to fix due to the severity. She closed up his spine and neck, then re-knit his muscle tissue and skin to make it appear like nothing had happened.
Ciel: " Alright Zero, now would you lay flat on your back?"
Zero: " Certainly."
He turned laid back and craned his head to look towards her. She took her small knife and began to cut open his suit on his chest. After cutting through his skin and muscle tissue, she did a brief analysis of his internal respiratory system.
Ciel: " Well Zero, you have a really highly advanced Res. System. Maybe that's part of why you can do the missions with such little fatigue..."
Zero: " I don't think I follow you."
Ciel: " Well, most Reploid Respiratory Systems, or Res. Systems as I call them, use the air you intake, or breath, and store it in a filtration chamber called the Filter Box. As you live, it uses the stored up air sparingly and pumps your life blood around your body like a heart would blood in a human body like my own."
Zero: " So what is my life blood?"
Ciel: " Well, it's a bit complicated, but basically, when you eat, or consume energy, or are re-energized in any way, this is combined with a fluid in your body that basically sparks life throughout yourself. So, think of it as electrified blood, so to speak. It jolts life to your system mechanics. "
Zero: " So what's so special about all of my Res. System and such?"
Ciel: " Well, you seem to be able to absorb water. There's a micro-hydro pump in your filter box with a small turbine. Looks like it absorbs water and uses it as a way to keep your life blood pumping. You also have what looks like a small air storage containment device, which acts when you're underwater so you have increased movement abilities. This is so amazing to be able to open you up. I could study you for the rest of my life and still not get all of it."
Zero: " I see."
Ciel used a small welding device to close up any holes in his mechanics. She checked out his metallic ribcage and did some fixing of broken or bent up ribs. Finishing up his chest, she closed him up and re-sewed his body shut. Afterwards, she sewed up his suit as well.
Ciel: " Ok, so you're body is fixed up. I have to repair your left knee joint and shoulder blade. Then I'll be done."
Zero: " Fine."
Ciel began to cut open Zero's left knee. First again, cutting the black suit, then the skin and pulling it and the nano-muscle tissue aside. She had to fix a bit of wiring that looked out of place, and clean out some rotaries. She shook her head and wiped her brow of sweat.
Ciel: " Zero...don't do anything like this again."
Zero: " Sorry Ciel."
Ciel: " Good. Because you're impossible! Your joint system have smaller, highly flexible hydraulics. That's probably why you can maneuver so much better than a standard Reploid."
Zero: " Oh."
Ciel: " When you get back all of your memory, you'll have to tell me who created you...because he must have been some kind of genius."
Zero: " I guess so."
She continued to work on his knee a bit longer, repairing a broken hydraulic. Finally, she patched it all up and fixed his suit, and continued to his shoulder. It was a very simple job here. She just had to reset the rotary disk, then fix a bent up hinge. She finished up with it, then sat at one end of the bed.
Ciel: " Alright Zero, I need you to remove your helmet."
Zero: " Ok..."
He pulled off his helmet and shook out his hair. It fell down his back and a bit onto the bed. Ciel took out his ponytail allowing it to fall down, then took a brush and brushed it out into neat straight lines. She smiled at this sight.
Ciel: " You have very nice hair."
Zero: " Oh....thank you."
She nodded and looked at his helmet. She set it aside with the rest of his armor.
Ciel: " I'll have Cerveau repair it today. In the mean time, why don't you get some rest. You've well deserved it."
Zero: " Just a question...what now?"
Ciel: " Well, that depends. Care to tell me what happened?"
Zero: " Well...I went into the core, took out the remaining 4 cronies of the generals, and then fought each of the 4 generals again. Phantom was the only one who was destroyed. He blew himself up trying to get me. I escaped without too much damage from all 4 of them. Finally, the remaining 3 tried to stop me, but X had called them off. We talked for a moment, then I fought him. After defeating him, he had a second form..."
Ciel: " X Angel...."
Zero: " Something like that. How did you know?"
Ciel: " I made plans for an emergency armor unit if it were needed. It was going to be very strong and very powerful, but I never completed it. I was only about halfway done designing it for him when I found out about all the Reploid terminations."
Zero: " Well, none the less, I destroyed him, escaped, and ended up fighting thousands of Reploids. I had finally finished about a day before I returned."
Ciel: " I see. Well, had you been a normal Reploid, you wouldn't have been able to continue."
Zero: " Perhaps."
Ciel: " Well, anyways, now that you're all fixed up, why don't you just take the day and enjoy yourself."
Zero: " Perhaps I will."
And so, Zero wandered around the ever expanding resistance base. He helped out at the factory a bit, getting to know some of the other workers, then wandered about the desert look out. After the shift change into the early afternoon, he had lunch with Cerveau, helping him out in the engineering bay with his armor for a while. Then, when the late afternoon came, he visited with Alouette. As soon as she spotted him she ran over to him and gave him a hug.
Alouette: " Zero! You made it!"
Zero: " Heh heh. Yep. I sure did."
Alouette: " I was so worried you wouldn't! And so was Ciel! She said she didn't know what she would do if you didn't make it back!"
Zero: " Did she now? Well, you all won't have to worry about that anymore."
He smiled to her, which made her grin, as she stepped back to look at Zero. The fact that he was smiling was different to her. She'd never seen him smile. It was a nice change. And he didn't have all his armor on. Just the simple black suit he wore under it, and his hair let down and not in a ponytail. It was a lot different than she had ever seen him.
Alouette: " Wow Zero...you look different!"
Zero: " Oh I do?"
Alouette: " Yeah!"
Zero: " Is it better then?"
Alouette: " Yeah! You look pretty."
Zero: " Pretty huh...heh heh."
Alouette: " So, what are you doing?"
Zero: " Well, just taking the day off. I beat the bad guys, so I figure I should get a day off."
Alouette: " Ha ha ha! That's great! Hey, wanna play with me then?"
Zero: " Sure!"
And so, Alouette and Zero played through the mid evening. Ciel was walking by Alouette's room with some information she documented regarding Zero when she saw them in her room. They had dolls in their hands and they were laughing. She walked on afterwards and met up with some of her advisors. Alouette's bedtime came and Zero tucked her in. Afterwards, he found his way into a small lounge on the base. He started reading a book on the table in front of him for a while, until Ciel walked in on him.
Ciel: " Oh, Zero! There you are! I've been looking for you!"
Zero: " Oh? What can I do for you Ciel?"
Ciel: " Oh, nothing really. Just wanted to tell you that Cerveau is done with your armor repairs."
Zero: " Oh, good. Thank you."
Ciel: " You're very welcome. So, how was your day?"
Zero: " It was nice."
Ciel: " This is what, the first day since I woke you up that you haven't had to go run a mission or fight at all. I guess I just wanted to hear about it and all."
Zero: " Well, I helped out a bit around the base, from construction, to keeping the guards company. I helped Cerveau out for a while, and was able to play with Alouette for a while."
Ciel: " I saw that. You two looked so cute playing together."
Zero: " Oh....thank you."
Ciel hadn't noticed that she was blushing when she said that. They sat there for a moment afterwards in a bit of awkward silence. Then, Ciel spoke up.
Ciel: " Oh, yes, that's right. We're also throwing a big celebration party tomorrow for our win over X!"
Zero: " Really?"
Ciel: " Indeed! We're holding it just outside of the Energy Factory. Will you come?"
Zero: " Certainly."
Ciel: " Good! Well Zero, it's getting late. I need to be up early tomorrow morning to start preparations for the party. You should rest as well."
Zero: " I will Ciel. Sleep well."
Ciel: " You too Zero."
Ciel walked off to her room. Zero got up and headed for his quarters as well, laying down in his bed and pulling down his glass encasement before falling asleep.
The Captain: Righty Right. So, I hope the last one went well. I will update this as often as I can. Maybe one day, I'll drop off all the other crap I've got in my computer onto this site. Well, here's hopin'. Anyways, here is the first chapter. I've decided to use it to go into the workings of Reploids. Yeah, I made it all up. Oh well, who doesn't eventually. I will get more action into this thing, just that I need to tie up some loose ends first! I hope you enjoy my making up of stuff!
Legal Disclaimer and all that Jazz: I don't own any of these characters except the ones I have created to fit the story, nor do I own the storyline of the Megaman Series. This is however my story, and so, this story belongs to me, suckas, so no touchy my toot-toot!
Zero Hour
Chapter One: A Day's Rest
Zero woke up in the mid morning. He sat up in his bed and pushed off the glass encasement, getting out of bed. He stood up and stretched out a bit, then walked out of his room. He noticed then that he had a limp in his left leg. He shook it off and continued through the halls until he reached the data room, where Ciel was working.
Zero: " You never take a day off...."
Ciel: " If I do, we could get attacked and over run."
Zero: " I know. I'd try making you reconsider, but I'm in no condition to protect the base if you did take the day off."
Ciel: " Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot about your injuries. Hang on, I prepared the repair bay for you."
Zero: " Thanks."
The two of them walked down an adjoining hallway of the Data Room. They came to a large room with a single bed that had numerous different tools hanging above it. Zero stood by the seat and began removing his armor, starting with his helmet, then his forearm guards, his chest place, his boots, and finally his shin guards leaving him standing there in his black suit. It had a few tears in it, where she could see scabbing wounds. He had taken quite a beating from his encounters. Zero sighed, then sat on the bed under all the tools with his back to Ciel. Ciel stood above him and put on a pair of goggles, dragging a few tools with her.
Ciel: " I suppose I'll start with your suspension system. I've never actually done any kind of operating on you Zero...but I imagine you'll be similar to X and other reploids."
Zero: " If you say so Ciel."
Ciel: " Do you know how to repair reploids Zero?"
Zero: " Not really. I know how to field dress wounds...that's about it. I can do basic repair features."
Ciel: " I see."
She took a small cutting laser from a tray next to her, and began to cut off his black suit, exposing his bare back. She then used it to cut into Zero's skin. Underneath all the Pseudo-skin and Nano-muscles, she could see his metallic skeleton structure with wires and small chips abound. She opened up parts of his skeleton, looking in on the estranged designs fairly puzzled.
Ciel: " Zero, do you have any idea how you were built? Any kind of schematics at all?"
Zero: " No, I do not. Is there a problem?"
Ciel: " I'll explain as best I can....Originally, Reploids were basically Robots. Metal skin, metal innards, and not an ounce of any kind of life other than themselves being active. Anyhow, a scientist named Dr. Thomas Light had developed a sort of realistic skin and muscle tissue for his reploids. This was used on many of his creations, including X himself. When I had to rebuild X, I used similar processes. However, since I didn't have the correct designs and schematics, I had to play most of it by ear. But, anyways, I built a state of the art Nano-Muscle tissue, and an armored exterior Pseudo skin. "
Zero: " I see..."
She continued to cut into things, reconnect wires, reroute cables, and give him some general maintenance. A small monitor opened up at the base of his neck identifying areas where his damage repair circuits had been over loaded or unable to fix due to the severity. She closed up his spine and neck, then re-knit his muscle tissue and skin to make it appear like nothing had happened.
Ciel: " Alright Zero, now would you lay flat on your back?"
Zero: " Certainly."
He turned laid back and craned his head to look towards her. She took her small knife and began to cut open his suit on his chest. After cutting through his skin and muscle tissue, she did a brief analysis of his internal respiratory system.
Ciel: " Well Zero, you have a really highly advanced Res. System. Maybe that's part of why you can do the missions with such little fatigue..."
Zero: " I don't think I follow you."
Ciel: " Well, most Reploid Respiratory Systems, or Res. Systems as I call them, use the air you intake, or breath, and store it in a filtration chamber called the Filter Box. As you live, it uses the stored up air sparingly and pumps your life blood around your body like a heart would blood in a human body like my own."
Zero: " So what is my life blood?"
Ciel: " Well, it's a bit complicated, but basically, when you eat, or consume energy, or are re-energized in any way, this is combined with a fluid in your body that basically sparks life throughout yourself. So, think of it as electrified blood, so to speak. It jolts life to your system mechanics. "
Zero: " So what's so special about all of my Res. System and such?"
Ciel: " Well, you seem to be able to absorb water. There's a micro-hydro pump in your filter box with a small turbine. Looks like it absorbs water and uses it as a way to keep your life blood pumping. You also have what looks like a small air storage containment device, which acts when you're underwater so you have increased movement abilities. This is so amazing to be able to open you up. I could study you for the rest of my life and still not get all of it."
Zero: " I see."
Ciel used a small welding device to close up any holes in his mechanics. She checked out his metallic ribcage and did some fixing of broken or bent up ribs. Finishing up his chest, she closed him up and re-sewed his body shut. Afterwards, she sewed up his suit as well.
Ciel: " Ok, so you're body is fixed up. I have to repair your left knee joint and shoulder blade. Then I'll be done."
Zero: " Fine."
Ciel began to cut open Zero's left knee. First again, cutting the black suit, then the skin and pulling it and the nano-muscle tissue aside. She had to fix a bit of wiring that looked out of place, and clean out some rotaries. She shook her head and wiped her brow of sweat.
Ciel: " Zero...don't do anything like this again."
Zero: " Sorry Ciel."
Ciel: " Good. Because you're impossible! Your joint system have smaller, highly flexible hydraulics. That's probably why you can maneuver so much better than a standard Reploid."
Zero: " Oh."
Ciel: " When you get back all of your memory, you'll have to tell me who created you...because he must have been some kind of genius."
Zero: " I guess so."
She continued to work on his knee a bit longer, repairing a broken hydraulic. Finally, she patched it all up and fixed his suit, and continued to his shoulder. It was a very simple job here. She just had to reset the rotary disk, then fix a bent up hinge. She finished up with it, then sat at one end of the bed.
Ciel: " Alright Zero, I need you to remove your helmet."
Zero: " Ok..."
He pulled off his helmet and shook out his hair. It fell down his back and a bit onto the bed. Ciel took out his ponytail allowing it to fall down, then took a brush and brushed it out into neat straight lines. She smiled at this sight.
Ciel: " You have very nice hair."
Zero: " Oh....thank you."
She nodded and looked at his helmet. She set it aside with the rest of his armor.
Ciel: " I'll have Cerveau repair it today. In the mean time, why don't you get some rest. You've well deserved it."
Zero: " Just a question...what now?"
Ciel: " Well, that depends. Care to tell me what happened?"
Zero: " Well...I went into the core, took out the remaining 4 cronies of the generals, and then fought each of the 4 generals again. Phantom was the only one who was destroyed. He blew himself up trying to get me. I escaped without too much damage from all 4 of them. Finally, the remaining 3 tried to stop me, but X had called them off. We talked for a moment, then I fought him. After defeating him, he had a second form..."
Ciel: " X Angel...."
Zero: " Something like that. How did you know?"
Ciel: " I made plans for an emergency armor unit if it were needed. It was going to be very strong and very powerful, but I never completed it. I was only about halfway done designing it for him when I found out about all the Reploid terminations."
Zero: " Well, none the less, I destroyed him, escaped, and ended up fighting thousands of Reploids. I had finally finished about a day before I returned."
Ciel: " I see. Well, had you been a normal Reploid, you wouldn't have been able to continue."
Zero: " Perhaps."
Ciel: " Well, anyways, now that you're all fixed up, why don't you just take the day and enjoy yourself."
Zero: " Perhaps I will."
And so, Zero wandered around the ever expanding resistance base. He helped out at the factory a bit, getting to know some of the other workers, then wandered about the desert look out. After the shift change into the early afternoon, he had lunch with Cerveau, helping him out in the engineering bay with his armor for a while. Then, when the late afternoon came, he visited with Alouette. As soon as she spotted him she ran over to him and gave him a hug.
Alouette: " Zero! You made it!"
Zero: " Heh heh. Yep. I sure did."
Alouette: " I was so worried you wouldn't! And so was Ciel! She said she didn't know what she would do if you didn't make it back!"
Zero: " Did she now? Well, you all won't have to worry about that anymore."
He smiled to her, which made her grin, as she stepped back to look at Zero. The fact that he was smiling was different to her. She'd never seen him smile. It was a nice change. And he didn't have all his armor on. Just the simple black suit he wore under it, and his hair let down and not in a ponytail. It was a lot different than she had ever seen him.
Alouette: " Wow Zero...you look different!"
Zero: " Oh I do?"
Alouette: " Yeah!"
Zero: " Is it better then?"
Alouette: " Yeah! You look pretty."
Zero: " Pretty huh...heh heh."
Alouette: " So, what are you doing?"
Zero: " Well, just taking the day off. I beat the bad guys, so I figure I should get a day off."
Alouette: " Ha ha ha! That's great! Hey, wanna play with me then?"
Zero: " Sure!"
And so, Alouette and Zero played through the mid evening. Ciel was walking by Alouette's room with some information she documented regarding Zero when she saw them in her room. They had dolls in their hands and they were laughing. She walked on afterwards and met up with some of her advisors. Alouette's bedtime came and Zero tucked her in. Afterwards, he found his way into a small lounge on the base. He started reading a book on the table in front of him for a while, until Ciel walked in on him.
Ciel: " Oh, Zero! There you are! I've been looking for you!"
Zero: " Oh? What can I do for you Ciel?"
Ciel: " Oh, nothing really. Just wanted to tell you that Cerveau is done with your armor repairs."
Zero: " Oh, good. Thank you."
Ciel: " You're very welcome. So, how was your day?"
Zero: " It was nice."
Ciel: " This is what, the first day since I woke you up that you haven't had to go run a mission or fight at all. I guess I just wanted to hear about it and all."
Zero: " Well, I helped out a bit around the base, from construction, to keeping the guards company. I helped Cerveau out for a while, and was able to play with Alouette for a while."
Ciel: " I saw that. You two looked so cute playing together."
Zero: " Oh....thank you."
Ciel hadn't noticed that she was blushing when she said that. They sat there for a moment afterwards in a bit of awkward silence. Then, Ciel spoke up.
Ciel: " Oh, yes, that's right. We're also throwing a big celebration party tomorrow for our win over X!"
Zero: " Really?"
Ciel: " Indeed! We're holding it just outside of the Energy Factory. Will you come?"
Zero: " Certainly."
Ciel: " Good! Well Zero, it's getting late. I need to be up early tomorrow morning to start preparations for the party. You should rest as well."
Zero: " I will Ciel. Sleep well."
Ciel: " You too Zero."
Ciel walked off to her room. Zero got up and headed for his quarters as well, laying down in his bed and pulling down his glass encasement before falling asleep.
