Chapter 11: "Maya"

After the Hunters left for the Air-force Base, in the hunter's base...

Vent was sitting in the Commander's chair, monitoring the current missions.

"Commander Vent, we've located the mysterious fuchsia Megaman!" Said a hunter through the communicator.

"Really? Give me the coordinates"

"Are you planning to go on your own, sir?"

"Yes, we need all the help possible, and this Megaman has proved us that its behaviour is not evil at all"

"But sir, you don't have a Biometal" The man seemed worried.

"Don't worry, I'm not planning to fight. I just want to talk"

"Sir, at least allow us to deploy a team to cover you-"

"No, I won't allow it. Now, give me the coordinates, it's an order" Vent got serious.

"I'm sending them right away..." He sadly agreed.

Vent saw the exact coordinates in the city. "Thank you, and don't worry, I'm sure that I'll convince whoever it is"

Vent went out of the Command Center and grabbed a bike.

The fuchsia Megaman didn't know that its activities had been monitored a long time ago, and even though all images they had gotten of her were blurry, they knew that it could only be a Megaman. Its latest activity was near an abandoned factory, and they were able to trace down where the biometal signal went off.

Vent arrived at a modest neighborhood, and checked that the location was the right one. "Yep, here it is"

There was a doorbell, so Vent ringed it. A girl answered on the other side of door:

"Who is it?"

"Somebody that needs your help" He replied.

"W-What do you mean? I don't understand what you're saying..." She pretended not to understand.

"Please, we need all the help we can get, and you are the only one that I can think of. We know you are a Megaman"

She opened the door, and pointed a gun at Vent.

"You are a Hunter aren't you?" She asked even though she knew the answer.

"Hey, hey, you can put that down. I just want to talk..." Vent raised his hands in sign of being unarmed.

"Hmph! I bet your hunter buddies are surrounding the area at this moment waiting for the right moment to shoot"

"Not quite. I ordered them not to follow me. I'm here on my own" He smiled at her.

"So I could just kill you right now and no one would be able to save you?"

"I think so. But, you wouldn't do such thing would you?"

"I don't know really... If you bother me, I won't think twice about it"

"Hahaha, I'll try not to. So, will you help us? We really have a big problem in our hands, but well, I think you already know about it..."

"Hmm... Let me think about it for a moment"

"Please"

She stood there for a while thinking about what it meant accepting his request. She didn't like the idea of being a hunter, but she did know the threat posed by this Master and the other Megamen.

"I will, under the condition that I'm not addressed as a Hunter. I work alone, but you're so persistent that I've started to pity you"

"Is that so? Well, I don't care if you do it out of pity or for another reason, just your help is enough"

"So what do you want me to do boss?"

~~~~X~~~~

Aile closed her eyes, expecting the end to her life, when suddenly, she noticed that Zeus wasn't attacking.

She opened her eyes again, and saw her rival standing with a look full of contempt that wasn't directed towards her, but to someone else.

"Y-You!" Zeus exclaimed.

"I have no idea of who you are, but you seem to know me well" Said the fuchsia Megaman.

"You are the woman that has caused us so much trouble! Oh, how I'm going to enjoy tearing you apart!" Zeus said as he got his blades out.

"Is that so? Well, I think you'll have to come to find out" She replied as she prepared her blade.

Someone teleported in the field.

"Kronos!" She exclaimed.

"Hmm... So you know me already, despite the fact that I remained in the shadows for so long? Amusing" He said in a careless tone.

"I dug deeper than the hunters on my own, and now I'm going to defeat you!"

"Hahaha" He smirked. "Don't make me laugh, I'm on a whole different level than my useless brother Iapetus, Model E!"

"H-How?" She was impressed for a moment. "N-No matter, I'll show you just how strong I am!"

"I'd love to sweep the floor with you, but I'm here to take Zeus. You are no match for her"

"Understood, sir" He replied to his leader.

"Coward!"

"A smart leader knows the capabilities of his subordinates as well as his own. Don't worry, we'll meet again" Kronos gave an evil smile to her as he touched Zeus's shoulder and they teleported away.

"Damn it! Just when I had them..." She cursed.

"W-Who are you?" Aile asked her.

"Just what you heard. I'm Megaman Model E, and Vent asked me to come here. It seems that he sensed that there was danger" She replied.

"Model E? So there's another Biometal we hadn't heard of...?" She replied as she lost consciousness.

"H-Hey! Get a hold of yourself!"

But Aile didn't answer.

"She's not waking up in a while" Model E told her.

"I can see that... Well, I'll just put them all in a pile and I'll teleport to the coordinates Vent gave me"

"I still can't believe that Kronos deciphered my identity"

"Neither can I... But this gives as an idea of just how dangerous they can be"

"Exactly"

~~~~X~~~~

Alex woke up in the floor.

"What the?" He looked at himself. "I'm not wounded, neither in pain!"

"What could have happened?" Model A asked him.

"I have no idea" He looked at Atlas, that was still unconscious. "She doesn't look like waking up any time soon though"

"*sigh* We have to take her to the base, don't we?"

"Orders are orders. She doesn't look menacing in that state though, I could even say that she's pretty"

"Are you falling for the Flame Megaman Alex?" A teased.

"No way!" He got red.

"Hahaha, c'mon, I'm just joking. Let's go back to the base"

"Yeah" He grabbed Atlas and teleported to the Medical Center.

As he arrived, he noticed how there were a lot of people going from one place to another.

"What the hell happened?" He asked.

"We have two Hunters that received severe damage, one with mild and another Megaman that was defeated... well, with this one we have two" A nurse replied as she saw Atlas.

"Damn... Well, I wish you all luck"

"H-Hey, wait a second! You must be damaged too! We need to do a medical check up!"

"What? No, I'm perfectly fine, don't you see?" He moved his arms showing that nothing was broken and started walking away.

"W-Wait!"

"I have no time right now, see ya!" He left.

"This guy..." The nurse said in anger.

Alex went to the Command Center to inform Vent about his Mission, however, he was surprised to see an unfamiliar face.

"Who do we have here? My name's Alex!" He introduced himself to the girl that was standing beside Vent.

"She's... You didn't tell me your name either, did you?" Vent told her.

"*sigh* I guess I didn't. My name's Maya" She replied as she looked at Alex.

"A lovely name for a lovely lady..." Alex flirted a little.

"Eh?!" She blushed at his words.

"I was just saying! Sorry if I startled you..." Alex tried to calm her.

"A-Ah, I see..." It worked, even though she was still slightly red

Vent noticed that her behaviour was completely different with Alex than with him.

"Well Alex, I'm glad that you came, cause she's your new partner!" Vent told him.

"What? She- She's a Megaman?!" He couldn't believe that such a sweet looking girl was a chosen one.

"Yeah, I'm the chosen one for Model E"

"Model E? That's one I hadn't heard of!" Alex said.

"But I am a legitimate Biometal" The fuchsia device replied with his elegant masculine voice.

"I thought that you both being new Megamen would make a perfect team" Vent told them.

"What Biomatch are you?" She asked Alex.

"Chosen one for Model A!" He proudly replied.

"Here to smash some Mavericks!" Model A appeared.

"Now that's an old term" Model E replied.

"I'm one of the oldest Biometals, or well, Reploids. I'm nowhere near as old as Model X and Model Z though"

"I see"

"I'm gonna leave you for a little bit, but you can get to know each other in the meantime" Vent told them all.

The two Biometals seemed to have a conversation of their own. Meanwhile, Alex was curious about his new partner.

"So... Where did you get your Biometal?"

"Oh that... Well, long story short, my father was the leader of a group of Raiders. He discovered this Biometal on the same Mission that he perished. His group left me his discovery as he said he would give it to me. I thought it was a weird object at first, so I didn't give much attention to it, until one day, I heard a voice inside my head. That was when I discovered that he was a Biometal. He told me everything I know about Megamen and Biometals. I didn't really care about other Megamen, until one day, I met two of them. I remember them pretty well, they were Prometheus and Pandora"

"Prometheus... and Pandora?" Alex replied, not being able to relate their names.

"Yes. They came out of nowhere when I was hanging out in some woods. They told me that there was an organisation that was looking for Megamen. I thought they were evil, but they told me not to trust any Megaman that wasn't a Hunter. To be honest, I've never been to fond of Hunters, as I feel like I was born a Raider, but I knew that you weren't bad guys..."

"So in the end, they didn't do anything to you"

"No, they didn't harm me in any way, and what they said was true as well"

"Well, I haven't been here for so long, so maybe someone else knows about those two Megamen"

"Oh right, you're new as well. What's your story?"

"I am a treasure hunter, and in my last incursion, I discovered Model A. Just like you, I heard his voice in my head, and he told me that I could Megamerge. It seems that the Hunters and this evil organisation were after the Biometal as well, so to test my powers I went to fight the other Megamen. A recognised Model X though, so I joined the fight as support for the Hunters, and I've been gelping them ever since"

"So you are not really a Hunter!" She smiled surprised.

"Well, technically not... Wait, are you... Happy about that?" He noticed her expression.

"W-What? No!" She denied it at first. "It's just that, I don't feel like I'm the only one anymore..."

"Hey guys, there are no Missions currently, so you're free for a while. I made the arrengements for your room Maya, it is next to Alex's, so he can show where it is. If you want anything moved from your house to here, you can ask for it" Vent told them.

"Ah... Thanks, I guess... I wasn't really planning on staying here, you know?" She seemed annoyed by this.

"Sorry Maya, but Missions may pop up at any time, so we need you as close as possible" Vent replied.

"*sigh* I get it, I get it..."

"It's not as bad as it sounds, though. I had my favourite stuff taken here and I'm able to enjoy my free time a lot. The base has a lot of facilities that you can use to entertain yourself as well, so don't worry, I'm sure you'll get used to it" Alex tried to change her mood.

"Thanks for the effort. Could you show me to my room now?" She asked him.

"Of course, no problem!" He put a thumbs up, but then remembered: "Wait, I haven't informed Vent about my mission! Well... There wasn't anything so out of the norm I guess... Let's go"

"Are you sure it's not important?"

"Yeah, it's nothing really. I left the defeated Megaman in the Medical Center, so it's a win for me"

"If you say so..." She seemed unsure.

"Don't worry, showing you around is far more important" He greeted her with a smile.

They exited the Command Center and went for a little tour around the Hunter's base.

~~~~X~~~~

And we finally know who the mysterious Megaman is, as well as her Biometal. I think it was pretty obvious who Model E is, but Biometals don't use to say their real names anyway, so I'll leave it like that for the time being.

Evhron wishes everyone a happy Halloween!