MEGAMAN X : COMPLETION
Chapter 5 – Good Morning
By Johannah Faythe
"Good morning. I would like to remind everyone that our communications tower is currently down as it got struck by lightning. Our technicians are currently working on fixing this problem. Until then all wireless communications are down, meaning that no communications will be coming in and out of the base. This also means the International News Channel will no longer be broadcasting..."
Faith woke up, finding herself sprawled out on her desk, a pillow underneath her head and a blanket over her shoulders. She shot up rapidly, looking around the room. She saw Axl curled up the large bed, buried underneath all the blankets and pillows but his orange spikey ponytail sticking out against the white sheets. Looking down at the floor she saw a blue clump she soon recognized as X, and a mess of blond hair coming from the other side of the bed who she guessed was Zero. She looked at her desk again, seeing Axl's helmet sitting there with its crystal still shattered.
"How...? Verde. Good old big brother looking out for everyone. But when did I pass out? And when did X and Zero get here?"
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The sun peaked out its head from behind the hilly landscape, coloring the sky golden and the clouds various shades of orange and red. The fresh dusty snow glittered, as if it was powdered diamonds. A nearby neighborhood woke up with the sun, as coffee makers turned on and brewed the grounds placed in them the previous day and people prepared to face the day.
"Good MORNING!" exclaimed a blonde-haired reploid, clad in fleecy yellow pajamas, a brown teddy bear held tightly in his right arm.
He was greeted by three other reploids; one making a small egg and bacon breakfast, the second sitting at the dining table and staring up at the chandelier, and the last one sleeping on the raggedy couch in the next room. "Is Eri-chan not up yet?"
"Not quite yet, Mick, let her sleep, she had a rough night, remember?" the woman making breakfast questioned him. She looked at him with friendly brown eyes, and constantly shooed a piece of her bangs off of her face as it fell in front of her eyes.
"Aww... yeah, I remember. I hope she didn't wake up again, that would be so sad," the boy whined, scuffling his feet on the hardwood floors. "Desi-chan, please tell me she didn't wake up again!"
The dark-skinned reploid broke out of her trance, but still slumped on her chair as her head hit the table. She looked at him with mean eyes and a look saying, "I'm going to kill you." It was quite obvious that she wasn't in a good mood.
"Look, she didn't make a peep after I got her to sleep again, but I stayed up all night anyways worrying about her. Would you kindly leave me alone?" she snarled at the boy, causing his wild hair to stand up straight.
"Dez, stop being in such a grumpy mood," a sleepy response came from the couch, where a neon-headed reploid lay with a pillow covering his face. "I hate the mornings too, but at least I don't complain about it."
The brunette stared at the man on the couch, one hand on her hip and the other holding on to a spatula. She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, right. Where are you every time I need help doing the morning chores? That's right, in your room, hiding from the sun. It's more annoying that Desi's mood swings."
An orange eye peaked out from underneath the pillow, before disappearing once again to its dark home. A hand peaked out from behind the couch, giving all those in the room a one-fingered salute.
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Axl was so comfortable; the sheets and pillows were so soft and the bed was so warm, it was like sleeping on a cloud. He could have stayed there forever.
"Good morning. I would like to remind everyone..."
"No no no... Not morning yet. Still sleeping, do not disturb."
"... Until then all wireless communications are down, meaning that no communications will be coming in and out of the base..."
"No communication? I guess we won't be hearing from HQ for a bit."
"... However, it has been confirmed that the mastermind behind the New Generation Reploids going maverick was indeed Sigma..."
"Nope, wrong. Sigma was involved, but Lumine... I can't believe it. Going maverick at will? I still don't understand..."
Footsteps blocked out the rest of the broadcast, so he decided to dig himself deeper into the mountain of blankets. He tried to fall asleep but images of his dream kept him awake.
"That girl... I know her... knew her... whatever. I felt so good around her, like she was a missing piece of me. Now I feel so hollow, so incomplete. Who is she?"
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"What do you mean you're not coming?" Sandra shouted to the person on the other end of the phone, "You said for sure today and we need you back, especially Erika. She's having those nightmares again!"
A plate of bacon and eggs sat on the table, neatly placed with a glass of milk right across the table from Destiny who stared at it with hunger in her eyes. She had never eaten before and she could not taste anything, but the temptation was still there.
"... Fine; we'll see you tonight then," Sandra sighed, slamming the phone back into its base.
"Saaaandraaaaaaaaaa... Me so hungry. Me eats now. FEED ME!" Destiny screamed, chomping down on the edge of the table.
The brunette reploid sighed while heading to the pantry, grabbing a box of saran wrap. "Don't even think about it. You were not made with a stomach so eating would cause your circuits to fry. Besides, I made it for Kristy, but, BIG SURPRISE HERE, she's not coming!"
She ripped off a piece of the clingy plastic and wrapped it around the plate.
"I know she's busy with all her work, but would it kill her to come home to her family for once? Just drop everything and come when we call..."
She opened the fridge, which was nearly empty except for a carton of eggs and a jug of orange juice. She carefully placed the plate down in an empty spot.
"Just once, that's all I ask."
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Faith was brought out of her thoughts by a shuffling sound, then footsteps. She looked up and saw Zero picking himself from off the floor.
"Well, good morning to you," she greeted, "Enjoy your sleep?"
He looked at her with a face that could kill, and then started stretching himself.
"I'll take that as a no. Couldn't find a bed, or were you too tired to wait for one?" she asked with much curiosity.
Zero was silent. He continued to stretch his stiff body, and then spoke, "If you've been fighting for as long as we have, you wouldn't wait for a bed either."
"I know you've been working for days straight. You're not the only one. Here we've been busy dealing with the New Gens and the ruckus they caused. All our beds are filled with those who got caught in the crossfire," she sighed, "It's been a long time since I've worked the frontline but we work here in the base too. The amount of casualties this latest war has caused is unbelievable. If I didn't know what the Eurasia incident did I would have called this the worst war ever."
"You know about Eurasia?"
"I cleaned up the crash site. That was ugly."
"Huh..."
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Erika was only half awake when she found herself stumbling out of bed, out of her room and down the stairs. When she found herself in the living room she was greeted by the silent snore of a neon haired reploid who she quickly recognized as Razor.
"Everyone's still sleeping..? Odd, where's Kristy?" she whispered to herself.
"We're up," a mutter came from Razor, startling Erika, "Sandy just got off the phone with Kris; she's not coming `til tonight. Big surprise..."
A woman's voice came from the kitchen, "Morning, Erika! Have a good sleep?"
"Morning, Sandra," Erika replied, "I guess it was okay..."
"ERI-!" another voice piped up, but it sounded more like a high-pitched squealing than a young boy. The yellow blur came running down the hall towards the girl, effectively tackle-hugging her to the ground, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Waaaaaaaaaaah! Here, take Teddy, he'll protect you from the nightmare!"
"Destiny, why did you have to tell everyone? They worry about me enough as is... and it wasn't all that bad afterwards either..."
"Eri-chan, Eri-chan! Are you okay? SAY SOMETHING!" the boy wailed, squeezing her tighter.
"Mick?" Erika asked.
"Yes?"
"Can you... please let go... of me..."
"What? You're too quiet, Eri-chan, speak up!"
"You're squeezing me... too tight!"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the boy screamed out again, quickly releasing the girl and running back down the hall from which he came, "I'M SO SORRY!"
"You have nothing to be sorry about. Everything I am dealing with, I brought upon myself."
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Zero had long left, but Faith had decided to stay behind in her office and watch after the two "children" still sleeping. Axl occasionally rolled around in the bed, but X hadn't moved an inch since she woke up.
"Is he even alive anymore? Might as well check up on him..."
Forcing herself up from her chair, she made her way to where X lay on the floor. Precariously balanced on one foot, she nudged X with the other one, with no response.
"Okay, either he's that tired or he's dead. Better see which one of the two it is."
Anchoring herself on the one foot, she wriggled the other under the blue reploid's body...
"3... 2... 1..."
... and flipped him over.
"Waah!" X screamed as he rolled over and hit his head on the edge of the bed.
"Good morning to you, too," Faith sarcastically replied, staring down at him with a smirk on her face.
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END CHAPTER 5
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Author's notes: w00t. Another chapter over and done with, but when am I going to the action..?
Fun fact: I wrote this chapter weirdly. I started with a scene that I ended up putting in the next chapter, jumped to the beginning, and then I filled it up.
"Writing a story is like making a sandwich. You start with two pieces of bread and then you decide what you want in it."
Fun Fact 2: I ended up removing a scene from Chapter 4 and put it in here instead. I also rewrote it slightly... 8D