And yet another for all of you to enjoy, i think its time i finally cleared a bit up for you all, so here you go. remember, leave me lots of nice comments and i might just reward you. either way enjoy my irregular hunters, i hope to see you all again once chapter X hits.

Chapter IX - Envoy of destruction; the 9th rebellion begins

Several days had passed, and much training had been done in those passing hours. However, not all training had been done physically, for one mind had been tinkering away relentlessly; like a thousand mechanical workers dead set on a common goal. And then "Finally!!" Came the elated yet worn down cry from the archaic scientist. Zeros chuckle reverberated throughout the desolate laboratory and Wily replied with a quick snort before laughing and continuing to talk to himself in his seemingly endless monolog of sorts. "There, that should do it. At last, my maverick masters are–"

"'Maverick master'?" Zero questioned in a tone devoid of everything but a wretchedly staunch impudence as he approached Wily from the shadows of the underground lab. "Just what the hell is a maverick master?"

"Well my cocky creation" Wily said in a sneer as he looked onward at eight very large and ominous stasis pods "as you know a robot is basically just a drone, however a robot master is a robot that can command those lesser robots." Wily turned to face Zero, a sinister smile upon his face "then we have 'reploids' and 'mavericks', which can control those robot masters. However..." Zero crossed his arms over his chest plate and Wily outstretched his arm to his demon-esque creation "however then we have maverick masters, which are at an even higher level than mavericks and reploids, and can control all categories of robot; You, Mega Man X, and these eight new creations of mine fall under that category."

"And why can't I just handle him myself?!" Zero said in a disgruntled flurry of confusion and annoyance, furrowing his brow as Wily just smiled to him. "...You just want to have the joy of killing X yourself, dong you?" And with that, Wily's smile broadened.

"Maybe" He said turning his back to Zero "but from what I understand X was almost destroyed by my little puppet on his attack of Maverick Hunter Head Quarters."

"Don't you EVER bring that piece of scrap up again, got it?!"

"Touchy, but don't worry. You'll get a chance to take out all of your anger on X yet... that is, if he survives my eight other maverick masters." The lights flickered as the combined cackles of Wily and Zero filled the lab, and the day raged on.

"Attention, attention" came the call from the intercom system, resonating from each of the many loud speakers around hunter base "class A maverick hunter Mega Man X is to report to the main briefing room, in addition to all civilians from space colony NE." X let out a sigh and turned off the simulation in bay III of the training area, then headed back to where he had found out the true background of both Zero and himself. Meanwhile, in one of the rest areas around hunter base Kalinka was fast asleep, the proverbial representation of the epitome of peace and innocense. That is, until Auto nudged her shoulder to wake her so that they could report to the briefing are. Kalinka let out a great yawn, stretching out her tired and weary limbs. She rubbed her eyes and gave a warming smile to Auto, pushed herself to her feat and wrapped her arms tightly around what she could of Auto before the two headed out to they're destination.

X entered the briefing room not too long after Kalinka and Auto did, only to find himself amongst a large group of his peers; Alia, Layer, Pallate, Signas, and two he had never seen before; a petite- and obviously not Japanese -girl with flowing golden locks and a beautiful form, the second being a rather bulky and awkward looking robot. As X scanned the room with his eyes the first thing he notices was the warm yet somehow longing gaze and smile radiating from Alia, and then he heard her giggle and Pallate lean over and whisper something to her, which only made her blush and giggle more; procuring a laugh from X that lifted his heart– but then he caught the glare from Signas and his ice cold, serious expression... and X's heart sank right back down to where it was when he was called to the briefing room. "Listen up, everyone!" Signas exclaimed, his expression morphing from calm and cold to solemn and distraught "I am glad to inform you that our enemy is not Sigma for once in a great while. We have received confirmation from various sources that he cannot be revived." Signas let out a sigh and closed his eyes as the group listened intently, knowing full well that the situation could not be a good one; the last time that there had been a gathering such as this the space colony Eurasia was plummeting ever closer to the planet Earth. "However, we face a new enemy this time..."

"Has there been another uprising with the new-age reploids?" X questioned, confused beyond belief.

"No" Signas said bluntly "we have been their production, it was feared that they were too unstable for they're own good."

"Signas sir!" Said a worker reploid to the right of Signas "we have a signal coming from... location unknown sir! What should we do?!"

"Accept it, maybe then some things will be cleared up."

The main screen turned on as Signas turned to it, the rest of the group bunched together as the image began to form. First, there was a black; more pitch than the night it's self, and then the figure of an old man with wild gray hair in a lab coat started to appear clearly onscreen. "Good evening maverick hunters."

"W-Wily!!" Kalinka shrieked, grasping onto one of Auto's arms.

"Is that... Auto? And Kalinka?!"Said Wily, a snide grin stretching across his face "well this is a party now isn't it? Im not quite sure if im GLAD to see two alive, but then again I bet that you share my sentiments." "H-how is he still alive?!" Kalinka thought, the rage that was boiling up inside of her could only be topped by the subconscious fear she was emanating with as she trembled.

"So your this Dr. Wily that I've been hearing about" X said as if talking to himself.

"Ah, I see that my reputation proceeds me– however, you all shall know me as lord Wily soon!"

"We'll just see about that" Signas said with a bit of a smile, as if amused by Wily's determination and spirit "so just what are you plotting?"

"Oh... not too much, just a way to gain control of both Earth and NE!" Wily smiled and crossed his arms behind his back "I'll warn you now not to underestimate me, im on a whole different level than that impetulant fool Sigma! Behold!!" A light turned on in the background and the dimly lit capsules were now highly visible, illuminated by the bright crisp light. Wily let out a laugh and extended his arms out, his wild eyes shining brightly like two miniature super novas.

"Are those... are those stasis pods?!" Alia exclaimed, her eyes growing wide.

"Observant, aren't we?" Wily said with a laugh "im assuming that you're the head scientist there. Good, someone who can understand my brilliance. Im not totally merciless though, im sending information on the eight robots that my new maverick masters are based on."

"Maverick masters...?" Layer said caught off guard by the new yet familiar term.

"Yes" Wily replied bluntly "irregular models that surpass almost any other... Mega Man X and Zero are both irregulars as well. But for now I think I'll keep you all in the dark. You have exactly fourteen days before my next move, I'll be sending Zero over when the time comes." And with that, the screen turned back to black, and the tension in the room was so thick it was almost suffocating.