Author's Notes; Shounen-Ai. Action. Some fluff. The robot masters used here are from Megaman 1 through 4..and aye, bones have to stay pristine in order to remain intact after death, otherwise they fall apart..This was a little tricky to write at times, but all in all, it was fun..Looks like I'm going back into the Abyss of Writer's Block..Please enjoy..and I couldn't resist making Wily the housemaid..
X clung hard to Zero's back, nuzzling into his back when Pharaoh Man commanded the other robots to attack. Sigma emerged from the mall and stood behind Pharaoh Man and Skull Man as Zero got in a stance. "Any words of advice before I get started, X?" Zero asked. X nodded a little. "Yeah, six of these robots were made by me and my dad. Another batch of eight were made by Cossack. They seem to have been reprogrammed by Wily and Sigma. Those need to be caught and taken back for reprogramming. Dad and Cossack will want them back. The rest are Wily's and several of them should be weak to Ice or Lightning." Zero nodded, looking at the robots surrounding them. "How will I be able to distinguish the fourteen we need to capture?" "Look closely at their armor. Ours should have the letter L somewhere and Cossack's have a letter C. If the robot has a W, its Wily's." X told him.
Zero kept X's advice firmly in mind as the robots leapt in on him. Lucky for X, he was under Zero's thick red mane so the robots weren't able to touch him. The redhead growled and expanded a red miasma, throwing the robots in every direction. He snarled when he saw Sigma. "You wretch. You are next when I am finished with your mechanical brats." Sigma smirked while Wily, who had noticed the holdup from inside the mall, hid behind Sigma upon seeing him, shivering in fear.
Many of the robots got up and ran at Zero as his miasma turned black and contracted a little and used their attacks on him. Bubble Man used a bubble cannon, but Zero imbued his scythe with lightning and sent several large red lightning bolts at him. Metal Man's blades fell apart upon contact with Zero's miasma which made the robot's eyes widen. The demigod chuckled and redirected the lightning bolts from the knocked out Bubble Man straight to Metal Man, electrocuting him. Elec Man snarled, feeling challenged by Zero's electricity and shot his electricity at him, but it bounced off the miasma. Zero noticed the L on Elec Man's armor, knowing he couldn't destroy this one. He leapt towards Elec Man, slashing at him with his black claws making shards of ice hit him and fall from Zero's hand. It was enough to put him out of the fight and Zero used magic to set this robot aside to take away later as he fought the other robots as they came close.
He found himself in a tight spot for a short while. Fire Man, Heat Man, and Flash Man ganged up on him and after a strong flash by Flash Man, the other two shot fire at him from the front and behind him. The flash stunned and made Zero close his eyes for a moment. His vision cleared in time for him to see the flame streams coming and jumped into the air, flapping his wings hard to get to up high enough where the streams wouldn't reach him. X grew worried. He knew that Zero's body was light and fire resistant, but if the armor was ice elemented, it was likely weak to fire. He clutched his sides tightly as Zero flew up. This endeared Zero and he had meant to shoot ice at the two fire robots, but he ended up shooting a stream of water at them from his mouth. X's gesture had melted the ice. This put both fire robots out of the fight and Zero's magic put Fire Man aside as he charged angrily at Flash Man who was trying to flash him out of the air, but it wasn't working. Air Man's fan turned on and blew in Zero's direction, making his flight difficult as he stood beside Flash Man. Zero grunted and persisted, flapping his wings harder. The gusts of wind from Zero's wings clashed with Air Man's fan and eventually overpowered Air Man, sending him into a building. A roundhouse kick in midair sent Flash Man away through the same building and on top of Air Man.
Pharaoh Man and Skull Man watched with Sigma, curious and intrigued. "That boy is not normal. No human can generate such power. It is impossible." Pharaoh Man remarked. "Even more, that miasma around him is curiously dark. He is fighting for good, but is dark?" Skull Man asked, his voice had an eerie echo to it too. He'd never heard of such a thing. Wily shivered, watching the fight. Zero proved to be very athletic and crafty when he needed to be. He'd been provoked by Shadow Man and the two were leaping all over the city trying to keep up. Shadow Man's blades were slashed to pieces by Zero's claws until Zero finally caught and slammed him into the pavement in the middle of the street from city buildings. Wily cringed, imagining and wondering what Zero might do to him. Sigma smirked, watching the fight. "He's not as weak as I thought. This will be very interesting indeed."
The next robots to provoke Zero were Gemini Man and Needle Man. X hated needles and shivered at seeing Needle Man. Zero felt X's discomfort and pet X's hands as he dodged the needles fired at them. He was honestly glad no one had taken notice of X. This meant X was safe because no robots would think to go for him or use X against him. Zero slashed away the needles with his claws before cutting through Needle Man as Gemini Man split into two and tried to confuse him. Since the robots had no aura for him to detect and he couldn't stay still for long before they tried shooting a laser at him, he had to guess and went for the first one that moved after shooting the laser. He missed the first time, guessing wrong, but it didn't take long for him to catch the real one and knock him away.
After getting rid of Wily's robots and capturing what remained of Cossack's robots, Zero took a moment to rest, catching his breath. His miasma had contracted even more as he took refuge in a dark shady spot beside the captured robots to recharge his energy. X breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing a little on Zero's back. 'You're a great fighter, Zero. I can see why Saturnus recruited you those three years ago.' 'Thank you, dearest, I'm touched.' Zero grinned, looking back at him. X snuggled him happily before looking at the captured robots. Zero had captured twelve robots. 'We're missing two of Cossack's robots...' X noted. Zero looked in the direction of the two standing robots, Sigma, and Wily. 'Then, it must be them. The one who resembles a pharaoh has an aura. None of the others did so.' Zero whispered back. 'They seem to be the leaders of these others.' X's head tilted a little. 'Hmm, that's strange. Cossack told us that Pharaoh Man can absorb infrared light from anything that generates heat. Be careful with him, Zero.' X advised. Zero nodded. 'If the light is tainted, it will fall to the darkness, X. I will be careful.' He said, getting up when his miasma expanded to its earlier width.
The two robots saw him coming and prepared themselves. X had also warned him that Skull Man won't attack until Zero did and that he was weak to foreign objects like dust. Zero knew why, because bones have to remain clean to be preserved, dust and other bacteria or substances would make them crumble. He stopped when the robots and Sigma were just outside his miasma. Wily freaked out and scrambled away in terror screaming, but Zero caught him without any motion at all, using magic to make him fall into the concrete sidewalk. The three didn't seem to care and focused on Zero. "What's wrong, little man? Too worn out and scared to fight us?" Sigma asked and cackled. All that could be heard was a chuckle from Zero. He held his arms out and closed his eyes, focusing on controlling his miasma. The miasma came over the two robots and consumed them like a tidal wave. None of Pharaoh Man's shots of light were enough to cripple the dark wave and Skull Man was helpless, seeing his armor beginning to chip and crack.
~Epilogue
When the miasma gradually faded off of them and reformed around Zero, the two robots were unconscious and Zero's magic moved them over to join the other captured robots. Sigma was baffled, but by this time was clutching a scythe and prepared to fight. Zero smirked and chuckled. "To answer your question, not at all. Alas, your deeds show everything. Fighting you is a waste of energy." Zero said. Sigma snarled offended. "What's that?!" "There is only one even remotely fair way to dispose of one such as you." Zero said, twirling his scythe in the air before jabbing the bottom amethyst into the pavement. The ground began to shake as a rift opened in the pavement. Two demons flew up and leveled with Zero with a bow. "What is your bidding, your lowliness?" They asked. Zero pointed to Sigma. "This so called man is guilty crimes that befit him of an eternity below." The demons turned around, smirking and laughing at Sigma. Sigma lost his nerve and tried to run, but the demons caught him and dragged him into the rift and down below. Zero's miasma slowly faded as the rift closed.
"I nearly forgot. Lucifer was your father so that makes you the new Lord of Hell now." X said with a sigh of relief. "That is correct. The demons are under my control. Your world will no longer have to worry about them. If they manage to ravage this world or heaven, they will be killed and their souls sent into the Abyss again to be burned." Zero answered, relaxing. "Do you think maybe Sigma's punishment was a bit much?" X asked. Zero smirked and shook his head as he walked around town, mending buildings and other damaged areas with magic, welding and fitting everything back in place. "In my mind, laying waste to an entire city and hurting a loved one are crimes suitable enough for admittance to Hell, my love. He will trouble you no more. He will be but a toy for the demons." X smiled a little. "Fair enough."
It was dark when they came back for Wily. He shivered severely when he spotted Zero. "Hmm, what sort of punishment befits this one, my king?" Zero asked X, looking at him. "Have mercy..." Wily squeaked. X pondered. "He's unsuited for prison and he'll just escape again. Hmm, I think I have a solution. Have him help us reprogram dad's robots and afterwards, he can be our housemaid." Wily's jaw dropped. That was brutal to him and he had no idea X could even come up with such an idea. Zero chuckled, letting his fangs hang over his bottom lip as he grinned at X. "Hmm, a little devious this time. So be it. It is rather fitting." X chuckled a little too. "I have my moments." Zero used the magic trapping Wily and turned it into a neck shackle with a chain. It was made of diamond so Wily couldn't escape. X snuggled Zero happily as Zero dragged Wily with them to gather Light and Cossack's robots for reprogramming.