The Children of Destiny

Chapter 9

The Beginning of a New Darkness

The battle against the creature known as Chaos was won, and a new battle was about to begin. Meanwhile, many light-years from Mega Man's planet, the events to bring about a terrible war for him to face has been set into motion. Everything was dark, no feeling or sound, but soon something could be felt, something could be heard. Things started out fuzzy, but they quickly began to clear, a new being that was female had been born. She could hear words being spoken, but they sounded distant, and they didn't make sense, nor did the feeling around her body, or the fact why wasn't the feeling around her mouth. What she could see for the moment was things that were small and round that would rise past her line of sight. Past those things she could see patches of white here and there, and the words seemed to be coming from them. Her vision soon fully cleared and she saw people in lab coats, doing various things. She soon realized she was in some kind of containment device, and something was covering her mouth, which allowed her to breathe. She looked at her hands and saw they were a blue color, she looked at the rest of her body and saw all of her was blue, a light blue, and the clothes she was wearing were a dark blue. Her outfit looked like a one piece swimsuit. Even her hair was blue, but the only thing that wasn't blue was her eyes, they were a shade of red. She saw the people look at her and they talked while some of them were doing something with the things around them.

'Are they talking about me?' she asked in her head. Soon the thing she was in made a loud noise and the water began to drain. She wasn't used to the pull of gravity so when the water was low enough she slowly dropped to her knees. Soon the see-through of the thing she was in rose up and the people walked over to her and placed a huge cloth on her. They helped her stand up and walked her over to a chair and she sat in it. She understood some of what they were saying, but most didn't make sense. But soon they went silent to see what she would do.

"Who am I? What am I? How did I get here?" she asked.

"You are a new type of breed; you are the first step to human evolution," one of the scientists replied.

"A new breed?" she asked.

"I know this must be a whole lot to take in for just being in the world for a few minutes," a young scientist replied.

"How you came into existence is because we mixed various parts of D.N.A. which is why I'm sure you've already deduced why you look similar yet so different from us," another said.

"Just how different from you am I?" she asked.

"Other than skin, you ears," the young one replied.

"My ears?" she asked as she felt her ears, they were long and stuck straight up. "Am I the only one like this?"

"Yeah, but there will be others like you, but I hate to say it, you only have about four years lifetime," the older one replied.

"Four years?" she asked.

"You are the first one we made, but we have to yet to perfect a lot of details, but rest assured, you will help us in our journey, to help us preserve humanity," the younger one replied.

"To preserve humanity…" she said.

A loud thunder crack sounded many light-years away, over a grassy field being blown in the breeze. Some where on that field, was Mega Man lying face first on the grass. The rain was hitting his body lightly. He then slowly staggered to his feet, he looked around trying to find Sonic, and he wasn't that far away from him.

"Man, warping to another world sure takes it out of you," Sonic said as he got to his feet.

"Just when and where are we?" Mega Man asked. They heard the sound of a horse galloping very close by, and they looked, and saw a figure with a cape riding a horse to what appeared to be some kind of H.Q.

"Whoa, ancient medieval," Sonic commented. The place did look like it was ancient times. Soon the front gate quickly opened, and closed just as quickly when the horse was in.

"Let's have a closer look," Mega Man said. They quickly ran over to the side of place, and managed to get over the wall. From the spot they were at they were able to see the guy on the horse get off and quickly ran over to the person who was likely in charge.

"What is the status?" he asked.

"Word has spread fast, we have to move the princess quickly before a whole mob is here, if they aren't halfway here already," the one who just arrived replied.

"You here that? They kidnapped a princess!" Sonic said.

"She might be the one that called us before, so come on, let's see what we can find," Mega Man said. So they quickly went about searching around the place, and found an area that went underground. They carefully looked around every room so as not to get caught, and they soon found a dungeon area. They walked past many empty cells, until a voice boomed, "And just where do the two of you think you are going?"

It was a guy in huge bulky armor, and he had a really huge mace on a really long chain. The helmet of the armor obscured the guys face, but he had red slits for eyes, and he looked mad.

"We're filling out prescriptions for bulky armor magazine, would you like to subscribe?" Sonic asked. The red slits quickly put on a look of major confusion, and Sonic quickly bashed the guy in the face and he hit the ground with a loud clang. Mega Man quickly felt around in his armor and found a key. They ran down the hall which twisted and turned for a bit, until they came across the last cell, and inside was a young girl with long blond hair. She wore a blue and white dress, and was kneeling in front of her bed praying, they even noticed she had long ears like an elf. She did a quick glance at them, and they saw her gentle blue eyes. She then went back to praying, but then her eyes fully opened and she stared at them.

"You aren't one of the ones to take me to another place are you?" she asked. Her voice didn't sound like the one that spoke to them before. Mega Man quickly unlocked the door and walked in.

"Don't be afraid, we're not with the enemy," Mega Man replied.

"So let's book!" Sonic added. He then looked down the hall and could hear the sound of metal clanging with long pauses. "Mister angry mace wants some payback."

"You best wait here," Mega Man said as he ran out of the cell just as the guy with the mace rounded the corner.

"I'll give you to the count of three to surrender," he said.

"Give it your best shot, it will be your only one," Mega Man replied.

"You asked for it," the guy said. "One." He dropped the ball onto the floor with a loud clang. "Two." He then began to spin the ball around. "Three!" He then threw his arm forward and the ball sailed at them. Sonic just sidestepped and Mega Man just ducked. Mega Man then grabbed the chain, and the guy pulled hard, but Mega Man didn't even move. He tugged a few more times, and the princess couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"What kind of monster are you?" the guy called. Mega Man just gave a hard tug on the chain and the guy sailed right for him, he then held out his fist, and hit the guy's face right smack in the middle and knocked him clean out.

"Just what are you? A normal person couldn't do that," she said.

"I'm not exactly normal," Mega Man replied as he dropped the chain. They quickly ran out of the cell area, but they heard the others coming, but they quickly ducked into a storage room, and they gave them the slip, but guards were still blocking the exit.

"It won't be long before they find us," the girl said. Mega Man did some thinking, and a few moments later the guards didn't find a thing in the room, because Mega Man managed to use his buster to put a hole in the wall and they just placed some boxes in front of it. It was a little tricky, but they managed to escape the place without being seen. It was still storming, but they made their way to a forest and rested. After a few minutes of silence, the princess calmed down.

"I guess you really aren't with the enemy," she said.

"We were never introduced, I'm Mega Man."

"And I'm Sonic the Hedgehog."

"I am Princess Zelda; it is a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for rescuing me," Zelda said.

"So what exactly is the entire thing about?" Sonic asked.

"This land is called Hyrule, it has seen its times of peace and war, but the wars are always caused by one man, Ganondorf," Zelda replied.

"Who is this Ganondorf?" Mega Man asked.

"He is an evil man, he has almost plunged this land into darkness more than once, all because he got his hands on the Triforce of Power," Zelda replied.

"The Triforce of Power?" Sonic asked.

"Long ago, three ancient goddesses created this land, and when they left, they left behind three Triforce fragments, Wisdom, Courage, and Power," Zelda replied. "Ganondorf has tried on more than one occasion to try and get his hands on the other two fragments, but he was always stopped by a hero dressed in green."

"Dressed in green, huh?" Mega Man asked.

"The hero always has the Triforce of Courage, while my family always has the Triforce of Wisdom," Zelda added.

"So we should find this hero and try and stop old Ganondorf, huh?" Sonic asked.

"It will undoubtedly be a long journey," Zelda replied.

"So was the one to get here, don't worry, once we face Ganondorf, we'll put a stop to him for good," Mega Man said. They wandered around the forest for awhile, and rested for the night in a dry patch that was well hidden. Morning soon came, and they awoke to the sound of hoof beats.

"Sounds like a single horse," Sonic whispered.

"A lone rider?" Zelda asked as she peeked over the bushes to try and get a better look. She gasped and quickly ducked down.

"One of Ganondorf's men?" Mega Man asked as he peeked over.

"Worse than that, that's Malakie," Zelda replied.

"Malakie?" Sonic asked as he peeked too. There was a fully armored figure riding a partially armored horse. The armor on Malakie was huge an bulky, his helmet obscured his face, and it had horns, his shoulder pads stuck out and looked sharp, and he wore a long black cape. He had red slits where the eyes were, and his horse was black, and it also had red slit eyes. He was headed to their right.

"He certainly looks menacing," Mega Man commented.

"What does this Malakie do?" Sonic asked.

"He is far worse then Ganondorf on certain terms, while Ganondorf commands a whole army, Malakie is a lone wolf, but no one has been able to beat him, not even our forces and Ganondorf's forces combined!" Zelda replied.

"Defiantly a guy we want to avoid," Mega Man said.

"Think he can kill Ganondorf?" Sonic asked.

"Probably," Zelda replied. Sonic gulped. "I think we're in over our heads on this one."

"That maybe be true, but we got ourselves into this, and there doesn't seem to be a way out yet," Mega Man replied.

"You don't intend to fight him, do you?" Zelda asked rather shocked.

"Not yet anyway, we need to know more about this guy, then we can figure out a plan," Mega Man replied.

"If we had the Chaos Emeralds, I could beat him in a few seconds," Sonic added.

"Chaos Emeralds?" Zelda asked.

"Long story, but they're what we used to get here, someone called us telepathically," Mega Man replied.

"A telepathic?" Zelda asked.

"You know something about this?" Sonic asked.

"Telepaths are very rare, some of them were in my lineage," Zelda replied.

"So you're a telepath?" Mega Man asked.

"Kind of, I don't know how to use my power fully though," Zelda replied.

"Wait, if she's sort of a beginner, then who and where is the one that called us?" Sonic asked.

"To be quiet honest, I don't know," Mega Man replied. Sonic took a quick peek over the bushes again, Malakie was gone.

"It might be safe if we took the path he came from," Sonic suggested.

"It is the only option that has more of a guarantee that we won't cross paths with Malakie yet," Mega Man agreed.

"I would rather head the opposite direction from him anyway," Zelda added. "It also increases the space between us faster, too." And with that they walked down the road away from the path that Malakie took. They walked down the path for hours, and not a single sign of life other than the wildlife.

"So what is your lineage anyway?" Sonic asked.

"I'm of royal blood; the royal family has ruled Hyrule for many long years," Zelda replied.

"What exactly started this whole thing that lasted for so long?" Mega Man asked.

"Many years ago, back way before the Royal family even started, the one that became the very first king found the Triforce when it was whole, and when he touched it, he was granted all their power, as his heart was perfectly balanced. After he passed away, his son touched the Triforce, but it scattered because his heart wasn't balanced like his father's. He thought the princess Zelda of that time knew something, and threatened her with eternal slumber, but she knew nothing, and was put to sleep. Sometime later the Triforce was gathered and placed inside a temple called the Temple of Time. After that Zelda was put to sleep, all of the princesses of the Royal family were named after her, but where she rests now, no one knows," Zelda replied. "But a few years after the Triforce was placed in the temple, Ganondorf, the King of Thieves sought to steal the Triforce, but when he touched it, he only got the Triforce of Power, while the Triforce of Wisdom was placed in the princess, and the Triforce of Courage was placed in the hero who wears green. Many heroes came and went, but they always restored the peace, you must find him and aid him in his quest to save Hyrule!"

"No problem, we'll help this guy out, and try to find where the first Zelda sleeps," Sonic replied.

"But how will you find her?" Zelda asked.

"It will take some doing, and call it a crazy hunch, but I think she's the one that called us," Mega Man replied.

"Huh? How cloud she call us if she is asleep?" Sonic asked.

"She is a telepath, and what she told me before I got to your world helps prove my hunch," Mega Man replied.

"What did she say?" Zelda asked.

"She said her world will be in danger soon, and she will be hunted, and won't be able to protect herself," Mega Man replied.

"But how do we know if she is even that Zelda?" Sonic asked.

"I…am that Zelda…" the voice from before spoke.

"What's wrong? You're stressing again," Mega Man said.

"…It is the Dark Power that is rising, it is…taking over the void I'm in…it makes it very hard to focus before…my nightmares start again," she replied. "Please…you must help me! AHHHH!!!"

"Zelda? Zelda!" Mega Man called.

"Lord this thing is worse than we thought," Sonic said.

"Who would have thought that she was in another void," Zelda said.

"The sooner we find this guy, the sooner we can try and help her," Mega Man said. After wandering for awhile, they came across a place called Kakariko Village. Many people soon went running allover the place once they saw them, while saying stuff like, "The princess has returned!" "Two heroes have saved the princess!" or something along those lines. Soon one of the villagers managed to get over to them, and led them to an old monastery. It all happened rather fast, so none of them knew what was going on. But inside the monastery was a wise-looking man.

"These are the two that brought the princess back to us," the villager said.

"So I see, this bodes rather well," the old man said.

"How so?" Sonic asked.

"It was prophesized many years ago that after the land of Hyrule fell into darkness so many times, two more heroes would show up in its darkest hour," the old man replied. "And also taking into account the new evil one that has been doing damage to both sides recently." Mega Man pondered this for a few moments.

"So what you're saying is that we're fulfilling an old prophecy?" he asked.

"I've heard of this prophecy, and as a matter of fact, it was one of my ancestors that foretold it," Zelda replied. Mega Man quickly gave a hand gesture to Sonic, and he followed him to a quiet corner. Zelda could hear them talking, but couldn't make out any of the words, but they soon walked back.

"We have decided to try and find the descendant of the hero clan, and also figure that you should be safe here," Mega Man said.

"You think I should stay here?" Zelda asked.

"Yeah, the castle will be the first place to look. So you, the guy that brought us here, go around and tell the people to act like they did before, as if nothing happened, got it?" Sonic asked. The villager nodded and quickly ran out the door. Mega Man and Sonic soon left the town in search of this hero, and to team up with him. They wandered the fields for the longest time, and came across a few abandoned battle fields, with a whole mess of bodies from both sides.

"This must be the work of Malakie," Mega Man commented.

"I've never seen so many dead bodies like this, the amount is almost unbelievable," Sonic said.

"This is what happens when someone of great power comes and kills everyone on both sides, so there is none left to bury the dead," Mega Man replied. "And this isn't my first time seeing bodies like this."

He could remember running passed dead bodies is the past, but he couldn't remember if he was the one that killed them, but he then remembered those that he did kill some of them, he remembered how insane they looked, how they acted, how they spoke, they didn't act human, but they were human none the less, living, breathing humans that he killed with his own hands. Somehow he knew that black mass he saw was somehow connected to the whole thing; he just couldn't remember the details.

"Were you a soldier once?" Sonic asked. The question somehow brought back a tiny bit of memory, and cleared up some of the sketchy stuff about that battle he fought.

"I was a guard for a princess once," Mega Man replied. More memories kicked in. "I once served as one of the royal guard for a king also, but that kingdom must be long gone now, as is the Moon kingdom." Sonic blinked blankly a few times.

"The Moon kingdom?" he asked.

"Not the moon from my world, but a moon for another earth," Mega Man replied.

"You mean there are multiple earths and multiple moons?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, once we're done here, and when I get back to my world, I have some important business to attend to," Mega Man replied. They continued on for many hours, until they heard the sound of hoof beats. They ducked behind some rocks, and peeked over when the sound stopped. There was a beautiful red horse with white hair, and riding it was a man dressed in a green tunic, white undershirt, white pants, brown boots and gloves, and a green hat that pointed down. He had blue eyes and reddish-brown hair. He also had a sword and shield strapped to his back.

"He must be the hero we're looking for," Sonic commented. But at that moment, the man looked at them and yelled, "Who's over there? Come out where I can see you!" They quickly came out and held out their hands.

"Easy there pal, we were looking for you," Mega Man replied.

"You were looking for me, why?" the man asked.

"So we can save Hyrule together," Sonic replied.

"So the ancient prophecy is coming true," the man commented.

"Well, now that we're on the same page, I'm Mega Man.

"And I'm Sonic the Hedgehog,"

"And I'm Link, nice to meet you," Link said. "Oh, and this is my horse, Epona,"

"She sure is a pretty horse," Sonic commented.

"How well do you know of this place? You seem greatly out of place," Link commented.

"We've managed to rescue the princess Zelda yesterday, and we've heard of the prophecy about two new warriors coming to Hyrule," Sonic replied.

"Is that all?" Link asked.

"All that we could gather and we even saw Malakie," Mega Man replied.

"So you are aware that Malakie is the new evil then?" Link asked.

"We've heard almost every detail there is about this place, even Ganondorf," Sonic replied.

"There is one other important detail; the two new heroes, they're supposed to be from other worlds, and you are from other worlds, right?" Link asked.

"Sure are," Mega Man replied.

"Then all is going as prophesized then," Link said. But at that moment, the area began to get foggy.

"Where did this fog come from?" Sonic asked.

"Something doesn't feel right," Link replied. Mega Man did a quick turn around and saw an armored figure almost right in front of him. But the figure then vanished.

"Someone that is able to teleport is here!" Mega Man warned. The figured popped in and out here and there and they saw it, and the last few times it was letting out a rather odd sounding laugh, and the fog soon lifted.

"That was freaky," Sonic commented.

"That presence, it was the same one that I felt while we fought Chaos in the city," Mega Man said. "But this time it was more pronounced. Did you feel a chill as cold as death?"

"Yeah, freaky," Link replied.

"I thought I felt something odd while we fought Chaos that last time," Sonic added. They went back to the village, and went to the elder. After filling them in on what just happened, they all thought very hard.

"We've never seen anything like that at all," Zelda replied.

"It could have been a ghost that died on that battlefield," the old man said. But Mega Man wasn't quiet convinced, but if they didn't encounter that during the rest of the trip, then that might have been the case.

"So where should we go?" Sonic asked.

"Why don't you investigate the area where I was held before?" Zelda suggested.

"That sounds like a plan, and if we don't find anything, we'll go to where Malakie went," Mega Man added. They went back to the area where they rescued Zelda, and found the place she was held at was abandoned.

"This place was jumping when we first came here," Sonic commented. But they soon found some dead bodies scattered here and there. They took peek back outside and found some bodies out there too.

"Think Malakie came here?" Sonic asked.

"Good possibility," Link replied. They wandered around the place for awhile, and came across a map that had a mark in one spot. They took the map and went to where Malakie went. They came across a fairly big town, but the town's people were a bit spooked.

"What happened here?" Link asked.

"Not sure," Mega Man replied. They managed to call a female villager and she came over.

"What happened here?" Sonic asked.

"The evil knight came through here, but even though he didn't do anything, he always comes back," the girl replied.

"Then you better get everyone to Kakariko village," Link said. The girl gave a quick nod, but when she turned around, she froze. They looked past her and saw Malakie.

"Malakie!" Mega Man yelled. He was still on his horse, and he rode over to them slowly.

"So you are the three that are going to try and save this land?" he asked.

"What's it to ya?" Sonic asked.

"I plan to rule this land. And the worlds beyond," Malakie replied.

"And just how do you plan to do that?" Mega Man asked.

"Once I gain control over this land, and kill Ganondorf and take the Triforce of Power from his body. I'll have the means to rule the world, but before I can do that, I must gather the pieces of the gate that leads to the realm where the original Zelda slumbers," Malakie replied. "But I have to find out where to begin; perhaps that girl can tell me where to start?" And with that the girl turned around and bolted past the others. But Malakie's horse bolted right for her and knocked the heroes aside. Sonic quickly gathered himself just as Malakie scooped up the girl. The horse was insanely fast, but Sonic managed to catch up and bash Malakie in the back of the head, making him lose his grip on the girl and she fell off, but didn't get injured. Malakie glared as Sonic quickly picked her up and ran back for the town.

"Very well, the first piece shall be yours," he said. Sonic soon skidded to a halt and set the girl down.

"Thank you, it is true, I do know where the first piece is, I have it," she said.

"You have it?" Link asked.

"It was passed down through my family for years, but we never knew what it was for, and now this, I now know what it is for, so please take it and save our world," the girl replied. She left them for a few minutes, and she soon came back with a rather big chunk.

"It does look like it was part of a gate of some kind," Sonic commented. She handed it over to Link. It wasn't heavy at all, just a little awkward due to its shape.

"The place to set the pieces of the gate is a few miles past our town, you can't miss it," the girl said.

"What makes you so sure that is where it belongs?" Mega Man asked.

"Because it is an old ruin that has been there for many long years, but we never knew what it was for, now it is clear," the girl replied. They took her word for it and followed her directions. After a few miles, they soon found the old ruin, it did look like a rather huge gate, but it looked like a wreck. Link held out the piece he had, and everything glowed. Many of the chunks that were lying all over the place rose up and they all gather and formed what they could of the gate along with the new piece.

"Where do you think the next piece is?" Sonic asked.

"That I have no clue," Link replied. But then the area shook violently and something rose in the distance. They went in that direction, and found a huge temple entrance. It rose up from the ground after they placed the gate piece.

"It sure is dark in there," Sonic commented.

"Maybe so, but we have to find the next piece of the gate," Link said as he drew his sword and shield. They marched down the stone steps into the ruin, and went far below the ground as the stairs were long. Once they reached bottom the place was lit by torches.

"Who lit these?" Mega Man asked.

"It is a form of magic, they never go out unless someone blows them out," Link replied. There were many pillars and stone statues, and murals on the walls. There were also many bone piles scattered on the floor, along with a few weapons. Mega Man looked around and found a sword that seemed like new. They walked for a few minutes, and Sonic couldn't shake a feeling he had.

"I think we're being watched," he warned. Then some of the bone piles floated into the air and the bones spun around in circles until they reformed into skeletons. They wore some small parts of armor, and they were armed with sword and shields. Run ran for Link, but he bashed it in the face with his shield and slashed at him afterwards and Sonic jumped and did his bash attack on some of them. Mega Man shot a few and ducked one's swing and quickly slashed his head off.

"Those bone heads weren't so tough," Sonic commented.

"True, but there might be worse enemies deeper inside," Link warned. They walked through a few rooms, and one of them has huge suits of armor.

"How huge do you have to be to fit into those things?" Mega Man asked. The suits were indeed really huge and towered over ten feet tall. Even the weapons they held were insanely huge, too. They were about to leave the room, but a huge stone-door slammed down and sealed them in, and the suits began to shake and vibrate.

"Possessed suits of armor, that must take some powerful magic," Mega Man commented.

"Well, you may have heard the old saying, the bigger they are the harder they fall, but in this case of the harder they fall, means they are harder to knock down," Sonic said. Link ran over to one of them and hit it a few times with his sword, but only got clanging sounds, and didn't even leave any scratch marks.

"This armor sure is tough, I think they are being controlled," Link said. Sonic tried to bash one right in the head, but he hurt his knee as that was what struck.

"If it's that tough, then it must be too heavy for a normal person, so it must be controlled as you say," Sonic said as he hopped on one foot. Mega Man tried a charged shot, but almost got creamed by his own blast as it reflected back at him.

"Magic resilient armor, these suits must have been made for a really major war," Link said.

"That wasn't magic I shot, but it must reflect any form of energy, we have to try and find what is controlling these guys," Mega Man said. They looked around the room while defending themselves, and soon saw glowing gems on the ceiling.

"Mega Man, those gems above us, I think they are the source!" Link called. Mega Man shot one of them, and the suit that was about to hit Sonic fell to pieces.

"Each gem controls each suit of armor!" Sonic called. After Mega Man took out another gem, they began to focus their attacks on him. He barely avoided being slashed to pieces; he knew he now owed Gamma for the dash upgrade, because that would have been it for sure. Because there were so many of them, Mega Man couldn't shoot another gem. But Sonic got an idea.

"Hey Mega, let's do the soccer special!" Sonic called.

"That might work, get ready!" Mega Man called back. Sonic curled up and Mega Man ran over to him and kicked him hard and Sonic bounced off the walls ceiling and the suits of armor as insane speeds, and managed to nail the gems in the process. He even plowed through some of the suits after he smashed some gems. Mega Man soon took out the rest of the gems and the stone-door opened and they continued. They came across a few puzzles that needed to be solved, but they managed to press on. Soon they entered a huge room that had a huge dragon statue in the middle. There was a long path that led to huge box that was colored blue and yellow and looked very fancy. They went over to it, but it wouldn't open, so they went back and found another door, and inside they found a fancy looking key. They reentered the room and were about to cross the bridge, but then a magic barrier formed and blocked them off. They looked back and the statue began to shake and the stone fell of to reveal a live dragon. It looked at them for a few seconds, and then shot fire at them. They dodged with ease, but Link then had to do a back-flip to avoid getting smashed by one of its claws.

"I've read somewhere that most dragons are vulnerable underneath," Sonic called.

"Soft underbellies, eh?" Link asked. Mega Man put this to the test and did his famous slide under the dragon and shot it as he slid. The dragon roared with each shot, and blood came out of each wound.

"Hey, Link, I think a good sword thrust up to the head ought to bring him down!" Mega Man called.

"But where should I thrust at?" Link asked.

"Try the base of the neck!" Sonic called.

"It'll be a one in a million shot, we should weaken him first," Link replied. The dragon then twisted its head around to try and bite Sonic, but he dove away just as it clamped its jaws. It then tried to smash Mega Man into the wall with its tail, but Mega Man just jumped it in a nick of time, and retaliated with a charged shot at the neck. By landing this hit, it made it hard for the dragon to breathe fire, as it would sputter out of the wound for a few seconds before it could shoot out a flame. After avoiding the dragon's attacks for a few minutes, Link managed to plunge his sword into the dragon's throat, which then resulted in the dragon going crazy for a few minutes before collapsing. The barrier that blocked their path before had vanished, and they went over to the chest and unlocked it, and inside was a piece of the gate. Mega Man picked up the piece and they made their way out of the dungeon. After they took the piece to the gate, everything flew around again before setting back into place, and showing a light to where they have to go next.

"We should get you a horse," Link commented.

"That would make it easier," Mega Man agreed.

"I don't have to worry, I can keep up with you guys easy," Sonic added. They saw a ranch on the way over before they placed the first piece, so they began to head over that way.

Time was flowing a bit fast in Mega Man's world, and inside the lab many light years away, where the new humanoid was born, utter chaos was about to ensue.

"Are you mad?" a scientist asked rather angry and a little baffled.

"I know how you guys feel about this, but the project is too risky, and is thus considered a failure. Every bit of the project must be destroyed," an older man replied.

"But not all of the projects are risks! Do you not understand the fact that we have made a breakthrough a few months ago?" the scientist asked.

"You mean the Neitype research? What do we need that for anymore? With Climate Control, we can control the weather, as well as the environment," the man replied.

"The Climate Control tower may have been a breakthrough too, but how long do you think technology will last?"

"We have lasted longer with technology, and with Mother Brain in control, we can last even longer."

"Living by the will of a machine is utter madness! Do you realize just how much trouble that thing can cause in the future?"

"You're simply worrying to much."

"Humanity could be on the brink of destruction, and you're telling me I'm worrying to much?"

"We were on the brink of destruction before, and we're still here."

"But how many times can we avoid it?"

"I was hoping you would be more cooperative, but I see we will have to take care of this the hard way." In one of the distant rooms was the humanoid, now called the Numan race. She was sitting there holding her head, she had heard a little of what they were saying, she heard on how she was no longer needed. Her emotions were getting all mixed up. She was filled with fear and hate.

'I was told I was the hope of humanity, and now this thing called Climate Control is the new hope? Why is this happening?' her thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of explosions outside the room. The door soon swung opened and there was a soldier dressed in full armor with a helmet that covered his face, and he held a plasma rifle. He pointed at her, but paused. They looked at each other for a few moments. She couldn't even see his eyes, she wasn't even sure he had eyes; to her, he was some creature she had never seen before, she figured the only spot where he could see from was the black visor.

"Are you of the Neitype research?" he asked.

"Why are you doing this? This is my home, why?" she asked. Her question needed to be answered more than his, but he had no idea what to say, but the man from before came up from behind.

"What are you doing?"

"Sir, I found the subject of the Neitype research, she…"

"She? I told you to destroy everything in this lab!"

"But she isn't like the other…"

"An experiment is an experiment."

"That may be true for the Bio monsters, but she is different, she has emotions. I think we better stop what we're doing before we cause a major disaster."

"I hired you shoot, not to think and ask questions, now finish it."

"Now I see why that scientist you shot disliked you with a passion. All you think about are orders."

"If that's the way you feel about it," the man then pulled out his plasma rifle and shot the soldier.

"Then you're on their side." He then turned he eyes to the girl, she was staring at the body of the soldier he just shot, and her eyes were filled with tears. He pointed at her, and then slowly began to pull the trigger, but before he even pulled it halfway, the girl glared at him, and her eyes became pure red. The man paused in shock, and it cost him dearly, the girl sprang forward and kicked him back as she scooped up the soldier's gun and shot him as he fell. He was still alive; she tossed the gun and ran for him as he pulled out his beam sword. He turned it on and slashed her, but she grabbed him arm and snapped it, she looked over and saw some of the bio monsters heading for the way out.

"Here, he is the cause of our suffering!" she called as she tossed him towards them. They were over him in a second. She picked up the beam sword and ran for the rest of the soldiers as she turned it on and yelled. Many of them fired at her but missed, and she slashed them to pieces. Some of them pulled out some knives and ran for her, she cut most of them down, but the last one lunged at her and almost stabbed her, but she grabbed his wrist and twisted his arm and snapped it. He screamed loudly before she slashed his face. She looked around the room, the place was in flames, and sparks were coming from various devices. The bodies of the scientists littered the floor long with the soldiers. Many of them she knew. He eyes returned to normal, and she put away the blade. She then saw a scientist was still alive, it was the one she first talked to, and the one that argued with the man she fed to the Bio Monsters. She walked over to him, and knew he was as good as gone. He managed to look up at her, and saw the blood on her hands, and the small streak of the blood across her face. She looked sad and confused.

"Why? Why was I lied to? You told me I was the hope of humanity, and yet this device called Climate Control is the hope, why?" she demanded.

"I'm sorry…I couldn't make them…understand the purpose of the project…to understand you, and how you're our true hope, but now they've destroyed that hope."

"By destroying the technology here?"

"Not just the technology, but the data as well, the data that would allow your kind, to live as long as us, to be able, to fully love, to bring children into the world."

"I can't do any of that?"

"You are the very first of the Neitype research, we knew we couldn't get everything right the first time, but with more tests and time, we could have made your kind like us."

"So I really am alone then." She then thought for a moment.

"Was it to early to make me look like other humans?"

"It was, you're D.N.A. structure is a tiny bit more Bi Monster, which is why your skin is blue, but the ears will always be pointed, as one of the dominant features of the Musk Cat is their keen hearing."

"What should I do now?"

"Perhaps you can continue the project, see if you can find some of the people that left the project, they maybe able to help. But, it will be tough, as you are similar yet so different from us." Soon his life faded away, all would be silent if it wasn't for the sparks and flames. She left the lab and into the night. She then called herself Neifirst. As she was the first of the Neitype research, and may possibly be that last.

Back to where Mega Man and his friends were at, they were about halfway from a town where they could rest. Though so far apart, Neifirst and Mega Man's fates are bound to meet eventually, and one would be more affected by the other, in more ways than one. They both had dark paths before them, but they have to walk them, if the Children of Destiny are to ever have a chance to be born and understand what they all fought for.

End Chapter 9

Author's notes

This chapter was a little shorter than the others, but a lot of things happened as you can tell. So what do you think of the plot so far? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions. And in case you were wondering, my Numan character, Sarah, will make an appearance in some of the upcoming chapters, but that still is a ways into the story yet. I have thought out a good majority of the story and even have an epic ending thought out. But that is even more a ways off. How many chapters this story will have, I'm not sure, but I hope you like what I've done so far, and will enjoy the rest to come. I also forgot something in Chapter 4, but I fixed it. It's the part in the Room of Clocks. I just forgot a little detail, but it plays fairly big role in the plot, so go back and reread it when you get the chance.

Summary of the next few Chapters

Mega Man and his pals sure have their hands full, as the Dark Knight Malakie is also in pursuit of the pieces of the gate that leads to another world where the original Zelda slumbers. Things really heat up when Ganondorf finds out about the gate and sends out his entire force to try and gather them, even to try and steal them from Mega Man and his pals, as well as Malakie. It becomes a race against the forces of Darkness. And if they live through this, Mega Man will have to face his own inner Darkness in the near future, or rather a Darkness that has been residing within him for the past few years.