I woke up at 6:00 am. I woke up anxious and jittery. I got ready put on my armor and got to the transport pad. Let me explain. It would be obvious who the fighters were if one of us had walked out of our living residence all willy nilly with our armour. So instead we had transport pads that took us directly to the arena. I got there about 6:45 pm. When I got there I saw some really cool looking people. I knew that I had been there among people I knew. But they all looked and acted so different. There was one person that came up me. It was some guy with a x scar mark on his face. He had black and red armor there was one stripe going down each of his armor. His helmet looked like it had cat ears on it. But it was just part of his helmet. I could see spiky hair coming out the back of his helmet. I wondered what his weapon was. He spoke first.
"Hey blue guy. How it hanging. You looked like were having an internal meltdown. You good dude." The guy asked. I noticed that his voice was really nasally. I answered.
"Yeah I'm fine and it's Megaman. What do you call your self." I mentally kicked myself for making myself look vulnerable. Everyone would think they'd get an easy win on me.
"I'm Red Alert." He responded. I was immediately thankful that I had gotten a cool name. Another person walked up. It was a guy with a saw blade on his head. He had a ninja type mask on. There were two yellow horns coming from out of his ears. He was tall. He spoke.
"You must forget all your petty emotions on the battle field. You don't have time here to hesitate. I can see it all over your face. If you keep that expression your going to lose the very first round." He said. Red Alert and I just looked at him. Till Red Alert came with a comeback.
"So if you think your so cool tell us what your name is." Red Alert said with a smirk.
"Metalman. Pretty badass isn't it?" He said smugly. I just knew he had to be smirking under that mask. Red Alert was feeling stupid. I just laughed.
"Yeah. Actually." Said another stranger coming up. This one had a red helmet a visor attached to it. His color scheme was red and grey. He had on a yellow scarf. There was a shield attached to his back. He spoke. When his words came out they sounded really deep-toned.
"Protoman's the name. I'm just going to put this out there. If I see any of you bitches out there I'm murcking your ass." Protoman said as he smirked. I felt a bit intimidated.
"This guy's an asshole. I'll take you on any day." Red Alert. Protoman just smiled.
"Are you sure you wanna be so cocky? How do you know one of us won't beat you."
"I already know you won't beat me. You don't have my resolve. You'll never beat me with that composure. I'll kill anyone who gets in my way." Protoman said getting more serious. I felt a odd vibe coming from him. It felt familiar in a odd way. I didn't want to think about it much. It made me feel uncomfortable. After that I spaced out a bit. The next thing I knew everyone was all gathering for an announcement. I lined up along with them. It must've been 7:00 am. It was dead silent. Suddenly Albert Wily walked onto the stage. He spoke.
"Hello youth of the future. How are you? Too nervous to speak huh? Good. This should be interesting. I heard that this years group was interesting and I had to check you all out for myself. I can see some strong ones and I can see some weak ones here. Ask yourself right here right now. Out of all your classmates, Which one would you least like to fight?" Albert Wily said smugly.
My thoughts immediately went to a few people. X, Zero, Blues and Bass. Not only were they good people but their fighting skills were top of the class high. I was at an average. There was no chance I could beat those five. None. There was a moment of silence while everyone thought of their opponents. Albert Wily smiled.
"I'm going to tell you this now. Your going to fight them. At least one. So I'll tell you this. Don't think about who's in the suit. Think about the death that will happen if you don't win. We don't need any sentimental weaklings in this society. If I see any of you stray I'll get rid of you myself. Right Here right now. In front of everyone.
"Your a fucking douchebag you know that?! How can you tell us to get rid of our feelings. That's what makes us humans. We're not machines battling to avoid the scrap heap. We're real. How can your society run without the emotions you tell us to discard. I'd rather die than abandon what I feel." One helmeted person shouted. I did however notice that he had a long blonde pony tail. His armor was red and white. He looked pissed. Albert Wily smiled.
"Oh it's you. Infinity. Or should I say Zero. Well since you want to feel, Everyone you battle will know who you are. They'll undergo torture as you try to kill them and vice versa. Your welcome." Albert Wily said cheerfully.
"Tch. Like I give a fuck I'll strike down everyone and anyone. All you can suck my dick." Zero responded. He took off his helmet and revealed his face. I saw no fear no hesitance. He had resolve. Something I was lacking. I looked at him, I couldn't even process what he just did. Did he really just tell Albert Wily to suck his dick.
"I really like you Zero. You've got some balls. Maybe it'll be you who challenges me at the end. But you know your lucky I let you live. Anyways...moving on. The first round is going to start soon. But we're gonna do it a little differently this year. Everyone will be in the first round. Everyone vs. Everyone. When the number of all you has been cut 1/3rd That's when the first round will cease. We haven't done this in 10 years. Feel special. Everyone head to the arena in 15 minutes. Prepare yourselves." Albert Wily said as he walked out the stage.
As soon as he walked out the stage everyone's eyes landed on Zero. One person walked up. He had on blue armor similar to mine. It was a bit different however. He spoke.
"Zero. Seriously? You couldn't have kept of that to yourself. Now everyone and their mom knows who you are. If your going this route. I will too." The blue armored guy said. Zero just nodded and smiled.
"It'll be dangerous. Are you sure?" Zero responded.
"I'm sure." The blue armored guy responded. He walked off towards the management room. It was about 5 minutes later when he'd come back out. Everyone was gossiping about it. Everyone but a few people who kept quiet and anticipated the battle ahead. That was me. I just decided I would avoid the hell out of Zero. I didn't want those problems. I'd seen him in the simulations. God. No. When the blue armored person came back Albert Wily was with him. He spoke.
"Well it looks like we have another person with guts. I'm sure you all know this kid right here he was your school's Idol. I present to you X." Albert Wily said with a smirk One girl rose up out of the crowd.
"Wait a second this is against the rules. Sir I don't think..." She didn't get to finish. Dr. Wily cut her off.
"Silence. It's always interesting when kids do this." Albert Wily said. The girl looked scared and went quiet. There was one thought going thought going through my head. People need to stop interrupting. Seriously somebody is probably going to get hurt. I could feel it. Finally the 15 minutes were up. Without any interruptions. We all walked into the arena. It was like a Colosseum. When we all walked in the door shut and locked. Albert Wily walked to the seat overlooking the Colosseum along with some other official looking people. Suddenly there was a screen that popped up. It said 301. I guessed that was the number of people.
"Alright we're going to get this death match started. Hope your all prepared. Remember future. Don't let yourself get killed. Or all the time you've spent won't be worth it. I'm going to start this in 1 minute exactly. Get your weapons ready. The match will stop when the number is at 200. Good luck. Oh and if you kill X or Zero you'll immediately be exempt from all the matches and you'll get a high rank job. Have fun everyone ~!" Albert Wily said as he went off the speaker. I looked at the cyber clock . It said 30 seconds left before it started. I mentally tried to prepare myself but it didn't work. I knew to stay in I had to kill at least one person. But that was against my morals. I don't think I bring myself to do it. Suddenly I had felt something I never felt before in my life. Lips to my lips. When I looked to see who it was it was none other than Red Alert. I was confused. Very confused. I spoke.
"W-Why did you do that." I asked as I touched my lips processing what had just happened.
"You need to calm down. Plus I don't know." Red Alert said shrugging. I blushed. Who the hell was this guy. How could he read me? It really had calmed me down.
All the while I was thinking this, people were making plans to strike Zero and X. I looked over at both of them and they looked like they were having some cheery conversation like their lives weren't in danger. Finally the timer went off. For 5 seconds no one moved but suddenly we heard a scream. When we all turned and looked we saw a green guy bleeding on the floor. When we looked to see who shot him it was none other than Protoman. After that everyone sprug into action.
I immediately ran from the people who were near me and started shooting. Everyone tried to go after X. X on the other hand made an intense face and started shooting all of his attackers in the face immediately killing them. This shook me up. I could not believe how nice he was but how brutal he was while he was fighting. Zero on the other hand was cutting everyone who was near him down and in half.
The match had only been going for 5 minutes and 30 people were already dead. I had gotten tired of running. I already had my blaster out but I only injured people who were trying to attack me. I hadn't killed anyone and I wanted to keep it that way. Suddenly a purple armored boy walked up to me with an intense face. He started shooting at me. I dodged. One shot however hit me in the arm. I started bleeding. I fell. I could feel alot of pain. My vision was fading. He walked towards me. Evil smirk. I was losing alot of blood. Suddenly something inside me made me get up. I shot him in the heart. He fell in pain. The number on the wall went down to 279. He was dead. I'd killed someone. Sure I hadn't known who it was but still. I'd killed someone. My mind was going crazy.
I knew I couldn't freak out right now. I'd die. I looked once more at the meter It said 268. More people had died in the time I had just been thinking. What if one of those were my friends? I had faith in Blues and Bass. They'd never be defeated so easily. Suddenly out of nowhere. Metalman came and started throwing saws at me while laughing. I was about to shoot back when Protoman pushed me out-of-the-way. I was confused. Had he just saved me?
"Move over kid this one's mine." He said pulling out his blaster. Metalman laughed. So he hadn't saved me I was just in the way.
"You're real selfish you know that?" Metalman said smugly.
"I won't be satisfied until I hear you scream in pain." Protoman said with a sinister tone.
"That's real kinky. But I don't feel like screaming today." Metalman said as he went in to attack more. I sprinted away from their fight when another person attacked me. I dodged and looked up. It was a girl. I could tell because of the figure and the voice. She suddenly yelled.
"INAFUNE BEAM." I ran super fast away from her. I really really didn't want to fight a girl. Much less kill her. It would haunt me forever. Suddenly a scooba diving looking person came up to me and attacked me with what looked like bubbles. I jumped over them and then shot back. It shot him in the eye. The glass from his goggles got in his eye and he started to scream. Out of rage I shot him again in the heart. That made two people I killed that day. My stomach felt sick. I ran away from the body. I fought off throwing up. I looked up at the number on the wall again. It said 221. The match had been going for 40 minutes. 80 people had died. 2 of them I'd killed. Snapped out of my thoughts once more I heard a snarling laugh. It came from a black armored guy with a green aura around him. He was going ballistic while shooting people. Was he the one making the number go down? He tried shooting at me and I had gotten hit in the leg. I fell once more. The black robot walked up to me closer. He had purple marks down his face. He smirked at me. I got up quickly. But suddenly he grabbed me by the blaster.
Suddenly I felt something flow into my arm. My arm then started glowing green. I shot him in the side. He howled in pain and I ran away fast. I looked at my arm as I sprinted. I could tell that this wasn't my power. Was this the effects of the chip that old man had given me? Either way it just saved my life. Suddenly I heard a yell from the other side of the Colosseum.
"PROTO-STRIKE." I could hear the sound of Protoman's voice yelling it.
"TENSHOHA" I could hear Zero's. Which meant one thing. Those two were fighting. I then decided I would not go over there at any cost. Running back the other way I tripped over something. It was a dead body. Suddenly I looked at the ground. There was a bunch of them. Feeling sick again I slowly walked away from them. I could feel them watching me. Their eyes were open. I fought back the urge of gagging. I don't know how much longer I could be here without breaking down.
I looked up at the meter once more it said 201. That meant one person had to die for this nightmare to end. I thought of shooting myself. But I needed to survive. I had to. To avenge my dad. To actually do something with my life. Then out the corner of my eye I saw a orange mascot looking person with scissors on his head. I aimed and shot him in the head. Blooded seeped out of the mask. After that the sirens went on and everyone put down their weapons. I gladly put away mine. I had killed three people in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. I felt sick to my stomach. My friends might be dead, All I wanted to was go home and cry. Or maybe hug who was still alive to death. Albert Wily arose from his seat and grabbed the microphone again.
"My, that was quite the carnage out there. I'm going to have to point out one kill that practically made my blood shutter. Crashman drilling Toadman through the head. God I could practically see his guts. Crazy shit. Anyways. I see you all failed to kill X and Zero. You all missed out on immunity. But if your still alive, that means you'll remain alive if you play by the rules. As hard as that may be for some people. You all put on a good show today. Can't wait to see you in action two days from now. So heal up and get stronger. The real fight starts soon." Albert Wily put down the microphone and walked off. His minions followed. Relief washed over me.
Not the relief I needed though. I had to know if my friends were alive. I felt that Blues was. Hell he was probably Crashman. As for Bass. I wasn't sure. Then there was Axl. I didn't know if he was or not. I'd probably find out when I get home. I returned to the transport pad. I was back in my living quarters. I took off my armor quick and put it back the in the case. I got in the shower. There was a lot of things that came down my own blood, Sand and other gravel type stuff. After the shower I hadn't felt like crying anymore. I got out of the shower and put clothes on and sat on my newfound couch.
I heard a knock on my door. When I opened it, it was Bass and Axl. Both of them glomped me from the doorway. I was so relieved to see them.
"Rock dude I was so worried that you got killed out there." Bass said. I hugged back but I immediately thought it was out of character.
"I was really worried about you guys as well." I said with the best effort I could as they were squeezing me tightly. The let go when I heard my struggle.
"Man you guys...what X and Zero did was crazy." Axl said.
"I know...what were they thinking?" I responded.
"Well I've known those two a long time. When something bothers Zero he speaks his mind and acts on it. X always supports and follows. That's what happened." Axl said.
"So real talk...Are they smashing each other?" Bass asked. I burst out into laughter.
"I bet they are." I said with laughter still coming.
"Yeah they totally are." Axl said confirming it. It felt to be wierd to be laughing so soon after the horrific scene I witnessed today. But I guess friends can make you forget.
"Hey is Blues okay?" I asked suddenly.
"Who's Blues." Bass responded. My face went blank. I had a feeling in my chest that hurt. Suddenly I heard Axl and Bass laugh.
"Don't look so serious I'm just kidding. I called him. He'll be over here in a bit." Bass responded.
"You looked so hurt." Axl said.
"Man. Rock I'm so curious about who you were. Tell me." Bass said.
"Hell no." I responded.
"I don't think I could handle knowing." Axl responded.
"Same here." I said in agreement.
"He's probably Crazy Ass Crashman." Bass said mockingly.
"Dude that guy is a future serial killer." I said.
"You know who else was really killing out there? Protoman." Axl said.
"That guy... He's about that life." Bass said.
"He just seems like he's having too much fun." I answered my mind flashing back to earlier. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. It was Blues.
"What are you guys talking about?" He said as he walked in.
"Protoman." Bass answered.
"What about Protoman?" Blues asked.
"Well basically that he went ham today." Axl answered. Blues smirked.
"Going back to Crashman...I didn't actually see Crashman...What does he look like?" I asked.
"He's got a orange and white helmet and he's got these sharp drill things." Blues answered.
"You must've got a close up look at Crashman. Huh?"
"Yeah I actually got into a fight with him for a sec." Blues answered.
"Seriously and you survived? I think I respect you a little bit more now." Bass said.
"That doesn't really mean much coming from you." Blues answered.
"Take the damn compliment." Bass said. Blues just laughed.
"It sounds like the other matches are gonna be 1 vs 1 or Tag teams according to how Wily is feeling." Axl said.
"Doesn't sound as bad as an open slaughter like today." I said.
"Yeah I don't think I could sleep tonight knowing I killed people today." Axl said with a sigh.
"I think I'll be fine tonight." Bass and Blues said at the same time. They both looked at each other in irritation.
"You mean it doesn't bother you guys?"
"Not really I just thought of it as me playing Metroid and pretending to be samus the whole time." Blues answered.
"Ha that's funny I was pretending to be Bomberman." Bass said with a giggle. I wanted to beat them up. How are they gonna pretend to be NES videogame heroes while I'm over here distraught about the whole thing. Leave it to Blues and Bass.
"I don't get you guys." I said. I then jumped on the couch and laid back.
In two days time the 2nd round would start. It'd be one on one. I survived today. I'll survive two days from now. I'll have to.
To be continued.
This chapter was pissing me off. I had to rewrite this shit two times. Due to not saving. But it's done...FINALLY. Looking at the reviews for last chapter I shall answer your questions. Lets see... Welp qudredulastslash It would be pretty useless to have Megaman jump like X. How is jumping gonna help in battle? But the dash most definately. SomebodyXSomebody. You should know I ask people about their cherries all the time. Also I have noidea why he looks old. Prolly cause he ain't as fabulous as Wily. No reason for that at all... And 0kamiB1ue I like killing off the side characters. It's fun. Hell I like killing people off in general xD.
Aight. I'm done here.
