Megaman Excel 3

By: Metal Sonic EX

Disclaimer: I own Dream Coonite and the storyline. Capcom owns pretty much everything else.

Chapter X

A Little Slice Of Hell

Place: Undistinguished

Timeline: Future

"…I will not miss that rendezvous…' That poem was written by a hero and if the loss of my life is what it takes for true peace, then so be it. I will chase my dream to the death if necessary. That is what the Master wanted. True peace."

Roll, who looked much older, frowned. "X…" A girl standing next to a floating piece of metal that bore an extreme resemblance to X. "Be careful…" Tears began flowing from Roll's eyes as the metal turned to the smaller girl. A crowd of people followed his gaze.

"Aile, let's go." The girl, Aile, nodded and thrust her arm forward. It an instant, the metal disappeared and she looked like X. 'For true peace, we cannot be defeated…'

Just then, a door opened and two heavily-armored soldiers stood there next to a woman. One of them walked up and looked at Aile. "We're ready, Aile. Whenever you're ready, we'll give you lift. Our friends already entered Slipspace."

Aile nodded and she followed him as he began walking away. "John…" The figure paused and slowly looked at Roll. "Take care of my granddaughter… Please…"

A second passed by before he nodded. Just then, another heavily-armored soldier ran up. He saluted and the soldier next to Aile returned it. "The dropship's ready…"

Place: Central Tower

Timeline: Present

"I still think he's dead…" Coonite opened his eyes and sighed. "Ms. Casket?" Roll and Matilda turned to him as everyone paused what they were doing. "It should interest you that your husband will die for true peace."

Matilda turned to Banner as Coonite pointed at Roll. "Not you. Her." She started as Coonite stood up. "Your husband, along with your granddaughter, Aile, will put an end to the Maverick threat once and for all, but at a cost."

Roll began exchanging confused looks with her parents as Coonite paused and looked out of the window. "Still, that person… the one with the armor… Mr. Commander, if this vision comes to pass, many unexpected things will happen…"

Place: Dr. Light's Estate

Timeline: Past

(Megaman Excel 3 Stage Select 2)

(Megaman 7 (SNES) - Stage Select begins playing)

(The final square fades out and they all merge into one central square. The silhouette of a round creature is visible.)

"I last noticed Zero's signal… Here! On the outskirts of Wily's fortress." X nodded. Then, we'll head there." X and Axl beamed off as Dr. Light turned back to the other two. "I want you two to go inside the fortress and get as far in as you can." They nodded and also beamed off.

(Megaman 7 (SNES) - Wily Map plays)

(Two people teleport on the outskirts of the base as two more beam inside it. A single dot appears on the outside of the base.)

(Megaman 5 (NES) - Wily Stage begins playing)

Ready

X beamed down, then began running down a path. He blasted through a robot as it walked up and also the second one as it walked up. He then shot a fully-charged blast through three Big Eyes and entered a small hole in the wall.

Then entered another one and climbed down the ladder. He blasted through the Sniper Joe, then climbed onto a small floating platform. He climbed down another ladder and jumped over an electrified pendulum.

He jumped over three small holes that spat fire out of them and climbed up another ladder. He jumped over the pendulum and destroyed the enemy that sat there.

He climbed up one last ladder, watching out for the streams of electricity coming out of the wall and stood up inside a hallway. He ran down in and entered a small room.

(Megaman 5 (NES) - Wily Stage fades out)

(A.N. This tune is available on Atomic Fire.)

Warning!

Suddenly, several blobs flew in, began spinning around, fell to the ground, formed a bubble, and turned into the Yellow Devil as the door behind X closed.

"Bumo! Bumomomomo Bumomo! Bumo!" X raised an eyebrow. "Could you please repeat that? I couldn't really make out anything you said." The Yellow Devil clenched its' hands. "Bumomo? Bumomomomo! Bumooo!" It blinked twice before closing its' eye.

(Megaman: Powered Up (PSP) - Fortress Battle begins playing)

(A.N. This tune is available on Atomic Fire.)

(Yellow Devil's Health)

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X prepared to fire a shot as the devil turned into a whirlwind of small blobs that began shooting at him. He stood under the first and jumped over the second.

He did this thrice more before standing under three and jumping over the fourth. He waited as three more blobs flew over his head, then jumped over the final one.

It then formed the devil and fired an energy burst at him. X fired a fiery shot that burned the devil's eye. It fell on its' butt, then stood up and formed the whirlwind.

X, having easily memorized the pattern, dodged the blobs again and then dodged the energy burst.

Giga Attack

Charge Collider

X dashed forward, then released charged energy into the devil. Most of the damage was absorbed by its' body, but it still took heavy damage.

(Near Death Attack - Super Beam)

It formed the whirlwind and repeated its' pattern. Then, it opened its' eye and fired a laser out of it. After easily sidestepping it, X fired one last fiery pellet into its' eye, finishing it off.

(Yellow Devil's Health)

None

"Bu… mooooooooo…" It slowly melted into a puddle which it fell face-first into. Then, it exploded and the blobby liquid vanished.

(Megaman 8 (PSX) - Boss Beaten plays)

X dunked his hand and snorted. "Not even close…" Suddenly, something beeped in his helmet. 'X, I need to help Megaman and Protoman. They entered Wily's fortress, but their under heavy fire." X nodded, then beamed off.

Place: Central Tower

Timeline: Present

"Unexpected things? Like what?" Coonite chuckled. "The return of those thought dead. A reploid far more powerful than Axle. New allies gathered by the Maverick dream. And the help of a man."

Gate looked at Dynamo, who shrugged. "A man? Can't you be more specific?" Coonite nodded. "Certainly. Our future does not lie here. It lays elsewhere, where the history is much more lush than our own."

Gate raised an eyebrow. "A planet that is almost an exact replica of our own. One that we are destined to become. And with the hunters, we will defeat the threats of the Mavericks with the assistance of a man known as the Master Chief…"

Next time: The hunters take on one of Wily's biggest creations.