The Return of the End
Chapter X
I do not own any characters that appear in this story.
This story does not take place at any specific time, or at all, during the Star Force timeline.
"I can see it," her sweet voice lulled. "It's your eyes. There are no doubts in my mind: they're Patch's."
She smiled widely. He blinked widely in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, this is all a little bit strange," Geo began with hesitation. "How do you know about Poppa Patch?"
She lifted her cup of tea from the glass top table and slowly sipped.
"My husband Hub had a brother named Lan. He was his operator," Roll told. "He was a man of great fortitude and strength. He fought by Hub's side, saving the world many times with him.
"Eventually, he decided it was time for him to settle down. He married his childhood friend, and my operator Maylu—"
"So she was the one who sang to us!" Omega-Xix jumped up. She nodded.
"She's taken to singing with the wind, since she can no longer play," she spoke through a weak smile. "She was beautiful, talented, and while she could be gentle, she had a great fighting spirit.
"She too settled with Lan, and together they had a son. His name was Patch Hikari."
"What!" Geo was completely taken aback. His eyes were wider than they had ever been before, and his jaw hit the floor with a thundering bludgeon.
"Megaman... is my great great uncle..."
"Roll, sweetheart, I'm finally home!" a voice flooded the room through the hallway.
"Hub!" she called to him, bringing herself to her feet with pure grace and embracing him tightly in a few quick movements, sharing a warm kiss.
"Hub, there's someone here I would like you to meet," she started, breaking away after a few moments, now captivated in his eyes, her confident, sweet voice faltering. Her husband looked at her with light concern. Geo stood.
The man turned to Geo. He wore a simply design flannel plaid shirt with many shades of deep and bright blues, tucked into a pair of semi-loose-fitting jeans. Beneath it all, it was apparent that he was well built and appeared that he most likely worked a physically demanding occupation. To finish the look off, on his feet were your run-of-the-mill ranching boots. His face was rugged, and his black hair short.
He took a quick look at the younger man and smiled lightly through his beard.
"Hello," he began. "You must not be from around here. A different network system, I'm guessing?"
Omega-Xis and Geo both opened their mouths to respond, but were cut off.
"Actually, hun, he's a human," Roll spoke up. Omega-Xis now moved in, fearing that this would end in a fight.
"Hello, it's very nice to meet you," Geo began with a bow. "My name is Geo Stelar."
"And my name is Omega-Xis," he spoke with a gruff voice. He flinched when he was met with a cold stare from the man. His reassurance came when the tone in his eyes flitted and changed.
"You're an EM Being."
"You bet I am."
"I'm sorry, I was worried that you may have been a computer virus for a minute there," he chuckled. He clapped his hands and took a seat. "So, what brings you two here?"
"We, uh..." Geo sputtered, not knowing where to start. "We're in a bit of trouble on Earth."
"Oh?"
"And we've come here to seek you out."
"You're looking for Megaman."
"Yes."
Hub leaned back into couch, hands on his head, sighing lightly. He stayed this way for a few moments. Geo and Omega-Xis looked at one another.
"Look," the hound spoke. "We know you've retired, but history is repeating itself, and you're the only one who knows how to deal with the situation. I don't mean any disrespect, but it would be really low of you if you didn't help us understand how to fix this."
Hub looked forwards, giving a very conflicted look. He closed his eyes for a moment longer than a standard blink. The man stood up, and in one fluid motion, broke the entire scene that they had invented, glowing a shimmering, blinding white, and were once again surrounded by the white void.
Upon the receding of the bright glow, a figure of a man emerged. He wore a navy blue skin tight body suit with teal stripes running along his sides. His gloves were royal blue with wide cuffs, as were his boots. With a helmet marked with a simple yellow band running from back to front, and four black spikes of hair emerging from the back, he shot a menacing glare with his green eyes.
"Duo has returned," he spoke darkly. The boy and the EM Being nodded, still somewhat confused about the change in surrounding. "We'll need to train."
"How will we find anyone strong enough to do that?"
"Fuse. Now."
"We gonna duke it out?" Omega-Xis asked, cracking his fingers in each hand.
"Yeah," Hub replied, amused, smirking softly and swiftly taking his battle stance.
This took much longer than I had anticipated. I'm really sorry for the delay; next installment should come relatively soon, as I really want to get this story done with. There's no way I'm going to leave it abandoned and incomplete.
Thank you for sticking by and reading.
Love,
-0ZERO0