Chapter 7 – The New Generation

Lumine had only been the tip of the iceberg. After the copy chips were discovered to carry the data of Sigma, it was also discovered that there was no way of removing the integral data. Humans deemed the Reploid safe, as without Sigma, there was no purpose for them to become Maverick. X was deeply concerned with the human's choice. The possibility for danger to happen was immense.

Try as they might, though, the remnants of older generations were still heavily affected by the virus. But as these Reploids became infected, they became repurposed for research at the Hunter base. Another group of robots still afflicted by the virus were the Mechanoloids.

The Mechanoloids were just as, if not more dangerous than rogue NGRs. The Mavericks that X had fought had been fusions of Mechanoloids and Reploids. Technical advancements and requirements for their jobs demanded stronger, non-humanoid bodies. Thus, they were quite susceptible to the virus, no matter if they were a part of the NGRs, as the Mechanoloid half was easily afflicted by the power of Sigma's copy chip.

X watched as the streaming data flew from the screen and into his databanks. It made him fear. Axl's condition was deteriorating. His copy ability was strong like Lumine's, but in return, his body couldn't take the punishment it could before. The virus was culminating within him too, a violent and vehement combination of Eurasian, Zero and Sigma data turned viscous in his programming.

X had since confined him to the lab, storing his body in the Light capsule. Thankfully the virus wasn't impacting on Axl's memories, nor his personality programs. He resided in subspace, assisting where he could. He had poured through Dynamo's memories while X dealt with the final parts of the trial contracts he had to complete before he could use any elves on NGRs. Although, being the keen spring chicken of only two years old, Axl volunteered for the primary testing. But as he was a prototype of the NGRs, he fell under the protection laws that they had.

"Well Axl, I should have an elf to deal with your Eurasian virus soon. I can't say for the Sigma data, nor the Zero virus, but the removal of the Eurasian strain should half the work on the others for me." X smiled as his friend's image appeared on screen. Axl returned the smile.

"Great! Palette should stop freaking out then. I've also spoken with Cinnamon. She's okay with letting me go. Too bad, eh? She's sweet but… Yeah…." Axl said as he disappeared behind X's work.

X copied the trial elf's data several times and created three separate elves. Uploading an elf to his cannon, he opened his friend's capsule and blasted the golden energy being into Axl's head crystal, the point of infection. The purple Reploid's chest crystal glowed strongly, as did his head crystal. The once golden elf left the body a dark purple. The elf returned to X, who promptly uploaded the data into his notes.

"Well, I have good news Axl, we've freed your chip from 53% of total virus infection. 98% of Eurasian strain removed, 27% of Zero's strain eliminated." X recited the data as his friend appeared on the monitor to his right.

"Great! But I'm guessing my body will still be unstable for a time yet, huh?" Axl looked distant as he finished his statement. X's eyes fell to the floor, unfortunately, the young bot was correct.

"Hey, did you ever find anything about my creator?" Axl asked with a bit more cheer.

"We discovered you were a work made by Doppler, designed from blueprints of a century ago, created by Kalinka Cossack. Long story short, Sigma saw the plans, brought them to Doppler and he created the prototype of the New Generation. Dynamo was supposed to complete you in the doctor's absence, but we all know how that went. Dynamo didn't finish your chip." X replied, as he continued to search through the data.

"X, go rest. You've been working more than any of the other guys here. I know that since there aren't too many, maybe not any at all, attacks form the Mavericks, we've turned to our more justice-based operations, as per your orders. Even the most successful people on our team don't do a quarter of your output when you're running 13% battery." Axl smiled. X looked over to him,

"But with Celeste resting and she only being human and Weil working on weapons and who knows what with Omega, I have lots to do. Besides I have…. 18% battery power, I'll be fine." X waved his purple comrade away.

"No, X. I've been watching you for this whole week. I know what you're doing. I'm smarter than you take me to be. Allow me to at least summarise the data for you while you recharge." Axl closed the windows of work that X had. X sighed, there was no point in arguing against a cyber-Axl.

With X reluctantly entering the spare capsule in the room, Axl began work.

"Okay, so let's see… Virus energy signals…" The data held more than what he thought. The dead elf contained the readings of all the viruses within the copy chip. The Eurasian strain was placed to one side that was easily cured. It was the weakest kind.

"Zero virus readings…. WILY! What do you make of these?" Axl yelled into the cyberspace around him. The AI he wanted soon showed up.

"They are negative patterns of Zero's raw energy. They cause any in contact to respond to the Mega code. In terms of how to counteract it, I'd say to take similar anti-ware that was used in the Eurasian elf and then combine it with Duo's coding." Wily pulled up another blackboard and began to write coding. Axl looked confused.

"Who is Duo?" Wily lifted his head from his board,

"Duo was a robot from outerspace. His purpose was to fight the evil energy which I used and synthesised. Lots of evil energy was put into the making of Zero. I integrated the powers of Bassnium, a plasma creating metal that is stronger than silicon and is much more stable for use in chips and wiring in my creations. Anyway, Duo's body had all the necessary parts to destroy all that. I suspect his energy weakened the power of the energy I used." Wily finished his writing and placed the blackboard's notes into the summarised report.

"If that is all, I will go. The information I have given you and X was the energy signature of Duo. I hope it helps." Axl then turned his attention to the Sigma coding.

"I hate doing this, but if it IS my ONLY option… A-TRANS OPEN. ACCESS LUMINE DATA." Axl commanded. Before him was the schematics of Lumine and all the data he'd need. He opened the projection to the copy chip's nest. He opened the data of the chip. Differentiating the copy data and the Sigma data, Axl began to piece together scraps of breakable code.

"AUGMENT TRANSFER CLOSE CONNECTION." Axl commanded as he gripped his head. There was only so much he could handle. He hoped that X could work it out once he was conscious, but Axl needed to go back to doctor Light and fix his headache. He hated the Lumine data and accessing it. It made him so emotional and sick, if that were truly possible for a Reploid.

"Weil, when can the plans proceed?" Omega asked the doctor as he watched from the monitor.

"As soon as the second piece falls into place. We have to be patient for Celeste and X to create the Mother elf, so we can then manipulate it for your signal transmission. They're not too far off, it seems, but Sigma's data and yours are incompatible, so one virus must go before the other can reign." A sly smile spread across the doctor's face as he finished tweaking his heart augmentations. The cybernetic implants needed maintenance on occasion. But Weil stopped fidgeting with his chest and looked over his new weapons. There was a set of different guns on the table before him, each designed to be used in certain circumstances and by different hunters.

The arsenal that Weil owned was extensive and deadly, and mostly created for Omega's use, once he has the body of Zero in his command.

As darkness descended upon the city, a female Reploid rode her jetbike into the city limits. Her brown ponytail flowing out behind her. The lighting on the highway, although dim, did highlight her vibrant plating. White body with mint green accents and a long Colonel's coat flew in the wind that passed her. Her headgear was simple, a black cap with gold badges of the Repliforce symbol, the Sigma sign, an ominous W and the infamous Doppler brand. All trophies from her previous opponents. As her sights closed in on the Hunter base, her brown optics faded into purple.

Hello! So I'm really excited for the next little bit, as I can now finish up with all the trial cure BS which can bug me lots when I can't think of how to appropriately describe it. Anyway, the character at the end is NOT an OC, she is an old friend. And I do believe that the panic she'll cause will force some choices to be made. Good thing she's not the same from before. I hope you like where this is going, I get scared that sometimes what I write is something people dislike, so please review and stuff and tell me what you think of my story.

Also, I will NOT publish new stories until old threads are all tied neatly.

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