"So now I get to deal with a bounty hunter and the rebellion army. Wonderful!" X vented to the empty square
"Excuse me? Shouldn't you be running away?" an orange reploid was leaning up against a pair of boxes sporting damage to his right side. "You should run before the army gets here."
"I should but what about you? Do you need any repairs?" Looking closer X could see that the orange reploid was covered in dents and scrapes.
"No I'm going to be fine. That brutish thug attacked me but I'm tougher than your average model. You should probably get going though, the army will be after you" X felt guilty about leaving him behind but the only help he could offer was subtank energy. The same subtank energy that would keep him alive in a fight.
"Alright good luck" X ran through the door leading to the central tower. Through the door was a corridor with a machine that didn't interest him and 3 item boxes. 2 of them were just tank energy and zenny but something caught his eye. Power charge. Would it be worth it to replace a missile? Now wasn't the time to be thinking about it though. Time to press onwards. Through the door closest to him was the same stairway up the tower as he had been in earlier. A bulky reploid to the left of him spoke to him
"Alright I know what you are thinking and the answer is no. You. Can! NOT! Go back down the tower as it is under repairs. And if you try to force your way through..." He hefted an enormous pickaxe and took a threatening step forward
"Uh I-I'm here to go up the tower." X stammered taking a big step back
"Oh uh….. sorry." He lowered the pickaxe. "It's just that the Rebellion and Resistance both keep trying to use this thing as a shortcut and damaging everything"
"No it's fine. I really should go though." X started ran up the remaining stairs and went into the corridor at the top. "Oh another Sinedropper and….. is that one carrying a bag of money?" X shot the bomb carrying Sinedropper but he couldn't help but stare at the one carrying a big bag of zenny. As he watched the robot small appendages started grabbing bits of loose money and putting them in the sack. It even picked up some from the Sinedropper X destroyed. "I wonder if I should destroy it? It probably belongs to the enemy but I suppose it could be a rebel unit…" X shrugged and pointed his buster at the Zennydropper before it suddenly took off down the corridor. "Hey come back!" X ran after it through the corridor and he lost it almost immediately. X burst through the door at the end of the tunnel "Where did the Zennydropper go!"
"You are the Maverick Hunter known as X correct?" A reploid with brown armor and a hover module for legs was standing in the room.
"Huh? Yes I am X" X awkwardly switched to what he hoped was a normal stance
"I am Aile, a member of the resistance."
"Okay good I have a few questions to ask."
"By this point I'm sure you know about chief R being captured."
"Are you here to rescue him too? We could work together" X wasn't exactly sure if Aile could offer any help.
"unfortunately I am not strong enough to achieve this goal on my own." Aile put his hand over the blue orb on his chest and then tore it out of his chest. "Use this ID."
"Why did you rip it out? Here let me give you some subtank energy" X walked forwards and made to give Aile some energy but instead Aile stuffed the ID in X's hand. They heard the door open and two preons walked in.
"Oh no! X just leave with the ID! I can handle these preons!" Aile moved in front of X and raised his hands.
"I can handle perons too. They aren't even all that strong really…. Couple shots with my buster will sort this out." X stepped forward and aimed his buster
"No X!" Aile moved in front of X again "You are far more important to the resistance than I ever could be!"
"Look Aile don't sacrifice yourself for something dumb like this. Now I'm just going to fight these preons and be on my way." For a couple moments Aile and X glared at each other. Then Aile threw X out of the room as hard as he could
"HEROIC SACRIFICE!" X heard an explosion beyond the door and what sounded like metal crashing against metal.
"...Why? Why did he do that? I can kill preons just fine. They aren't even strong….. Is this Chief R guy really that important? Did he not trust me?" X heard heavy footsteps and looked up to see a robot with two large spiked balls for hands. X was just about to wonder if it was friendly when it fired it's arm like a rocket and barely missed completely clobbering X. A Sinedropper flew into view behind the other robot (his system labeled it an Einhammer.) "Okay… take out the weak foe then move to the strong one." X shot down the Sinedropper in a single shot. Almost immediately the Einhammer began shaking making a growling sound. It flexed its arms and shattered the shield protecting it from shot attacks. X opened fire and damaged the Einhammer with a shot to the shoulder before the Einhammer shot both of its spiked balls at X slamming him into a wall. "Oh shoot… my LE is in the yellow already!" X fired both missiles and aimed another shot at the center of the Einhammer. This time it exploded. "Wow that one was actually kinda strong….. Although I did get a level up from it. Maybe it won't be so bad next time."
I apologize for vanishing like that and giving you guys such a short chapter. I was going to quit entirely when I got a message telling me someone favorited and followed Comedy mission.
I'm probably going to pick up the pace once we make it to my favorite character and the party becomes more than just X walking around alone.