Megaman Excel 3
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I own Dream Coonite and the storyline. Capcom owns pretty much everything else.
Epilogue
Saving One Will Save Ten
Place: Ruins Of The Robot Museum
Timeline: Past
"I-I-Iris…" Zero couldn't believe his eyes. Iris stood before him as clear as day, trying to shield her eyes from the light. Next to her, another woman tried to do the same, as did a man. "C-Colonel?" Everyone finally managed to get a good look at each.
"Am I… dead…" Axl chuckled. "That would make what? Four times?" Zero growled and turned to him. "Watch it, redhead." He turned around and was tackled by Iris.
Her lips met his within seconds and the man known as Colonel raised his eyebrows in surprise, but kept his expression. "I-Iris… It is you…" Zero was trying not to cry, but he was obviously failing.
Tron raised an eyebrow and leaned over to Roll. "Why does that name sound familiar?" Roll thought for a second. "I think that's the girl that he was in love with a few hundreds years ago."
Colonel started. "Few hundred years?" Zero and Iris stood up as she began looking around. "Actually, we're kinda stuck in the past right now." Again, Colonel raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, X. Thanks for keeping your promise." The second girl put her face into X's, making him back up. "Um… Who are you?" She seemed stunned at first, but quickly recovered seen as she punched him in the face. "What the hell?!"
Roll stepped forward as X looked up at the girl groggily. "Oh… Hey, Marty…" Roll started. "Marty…" Marty snorted. "Figures. I help you take out Launch Octopus at the cost of my body and you forget to even make me a new body. Asshole."
X slowly stood up and motioned to Marty. "Guys, this is Marty. An old friend." Marty turned, then pointed to the nearby debris. "What's that?" Zero smirked. "It's what's left of Sigma."
Marty screamed and jumped into X's arms. "Uh… Hi… Again…" Marty leaned closer. "Marty…" She smirked. "How 'bout that. You don't look like a rookie anymore."
Zero smirk grew. "Rookie, huh?" X helped Marty down, then turned to him, annoyed. "I knew her around Sigma's first incident." Marty raised an eyebrow. "First incident? How many does he have?"
Zero did some quick calculating. "This would make… thirteen." Marty's jaw dropped. "Yeah, he's become a real pain in our ass." Suddenly, a booming voice rang out from the floating ball of light. "Hunters… Can you hear me?" Zero reached for his saber.
"It's alright. I am a friend. I am Dream Coonite, the reploid Sigma attempted to assassinate. I need you to listen. I need you to go towards this ball of light. It is a warp that will bring you back to the present."
X nodded, then turned to Megaman. "Well, guess this is goodbye then." Megaman nodded and they shook hands. Roll and her counterpart hugged really quickly. "Dr. Light…"
He held up a hand. "I was worried about you at first, but it appears that you've chosen the path of righteousness. I beg you to continue down that path." X nodded and shook Dr. Light's hand as well. "I will, doctor."
X then turned to the warp. "Come on, guys. Let's go home." The others nodded and, one-by-one, they entered the warp. "Will we see them again?" Megaman turned to Dr. Light. "Who knows. Only time will tell."
Place: Wrecked Base
Timeline: Present
One-by-one, the hunters and some others began emerging from the warp. With the passing of the last person, Coonite fell to one knee. "Holding open a warp like that… is awfully straining on one's CPU. Especially with my thanks in order."
Zero raised an eyebrow as Roll ran to her parents and Teasel ran up to Tron. "Thanks?" Coonite motioned to Iris, Colonel, and Marty. "Them, plus seven others." X raised an eyebrow for a second before a door on the opposite side of the room opened up.
"Eagle? Teal?!" Teal, a black-haired girl, leaned out from behind an eagle-like reploid and waved. "You guys are alive!" Zero happily ran up to Eagle as they walked up to him.
"Yeah, no thanks to you." An armadillo-like reploid entered next. "Give the hunter a break. He's probably been through more hell than we ever have." This time, X smiled and ran up.
"Armored Armadillo!" Armadillo smirked. "Well, I see you beat Sigma." X smirked. "Thirteen times." Armadillo raised his eyebrows, impressed. Next, a blonde-haired woman walked in and both X and Gate started.
Gate ran forward a few steps, as did the woman. "Gate…" Gate frowned. "Alia…" The navigator paused briefly, then ran up and embraced him. Gate didn't even move. Next, a green-armored reploid crawled in. "Commander X?"
X looked at him as he saluted. "Private… Uh… I… can't remember my name…" Coonite shook his head. "I knew I screwed something up." A red-armored reploid carrying a double-scythe walked in and was immediately tackled by Axl. "Red! Holy crap, you're alive!"
As Red struggled to get Axl off of him, a human walked up and everyone who was a reploid froze. "And, last, but most certainly not least…" The human crawled over the wreckage in the room as X approached him. "Doc… Doctor Cain…"
Dr. Cain looked up and smiled. "Well, X, I haven't seen you in a long time." X just stood there for a second before rushing over and helping him over the wreckage. Zero did the same. "Guys, I'd like to introduce the creator of the Reploid race, Dr. Cain."
He chuckled as he looked around. "Well, well. Certainly not the world I remember. Tell me, what year is it." Coonite hunched over and his eyes glazed over. "Coonite?" He became short of breath. "Watch…"
Place: Undistinguished
Timeline: Undistinguished
The top half of a reploid lay on the ground, sparking madly in the darkness of the room. "You will never… Truly defeat him, Damien…" The half exploded and the reploid with a Zweihänder turned to a wall made out of wicker. "Equinox!!"
A caped figure shimmered into existence and disposed of the cape. "You summoned?" Damien pointed the sword at him. "This is your third incident and hundreds have died because of you. Today, the death count stops in its' tracks.
Equinox laughed. "Foolish…" The entire world shimmered and brief scenes of a battle were seen. "His power… it's fading… You need to stop…" Coonite groaned. "No… the hunters… They need to see…"
The world finally shimmered into a crystal clear image. Equinox held his shoulder and they were both panting. "Not bad, hunter. However, I've planned ahead this time."
He snapped his fingers and disappeared. A panel in the floor of the third step began rising and the wall of wicker fell over. A massive body with a rail gun and some kind of laser shuddered as the elevator it was on stopped.
Equinox appeared in the neck of the armor. "And now, Damien, our little rivalry comes to a close. Armor appeared over his hand, merging them with the guns. Then, a helmet appear on Equinox's helmet. "Now, hunter, let's dance!!"
(Shinobi 3 (Sega Genesis) - Shadow Master begins playing)
(Equinox's Health)
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"Burn!" The laser was lifted and slammed facedown into the ground, creating a wave of fire. Damien began jumping on the wall as the wave hit the wall behind him after going down the stairs, igniting the wicker wall.
"Enough!" Equinox fired several rounds from the rail gun at Damien, causing him to fall down. Equinox vanished, appeared on the second step, and juggled Damien with more bullets. He did this again by appearing at the bottom step.
After launching a few bullets into the air, Equinox reappeared at the top step as Damien fell to the ground, bleeding profusely. "And now… It's my turn…" He stood up and did something because the next seconds, his body burst into a silver flame.
He jumped up all of the steps and began wildly slashing the cockpit. He finished it off by shoved the Zweihänder in the ground and unleashed a massive wave of energy.
(Equinox's Health)
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"Burn!" This time, the fire wave was twice as high, forcing Damien to stab the sword back into the wall, then balancing on its' handle as the fire passed beneath him. Equinox appeared in front of him, but Damien countered by swinging the Zweihänder down, knocking him into the wall.
Damien quickly followed up the attack by jumping on the body, putting his foot on the Zweihänder's handle, and shoving the sword into his face. Equinox cried out and vanished. "Burn!!"
This time, the flames were so high that Damien was forced to quickly get into the corner of the room as not to get hit. He jumped off of the wall and brought the Zweihänder down on Equinox, defeating him.
(Equinox's Health)
None
Both guns broke free from the armor, fell to the ground, and exploded. "Such a waste of life… You'll never be free of me." Equinox exploded suddenly, throwing Damien into the wall, knocking him out. Just then, a grayish figure, the one known as Erngas, broke down the door holding two hookswords.
"Yo, Damien!" He ran over to him, then grabbed the Zweihänder. He lifted up Damien, sheathed the weapon, and threw him over his shoulder. "Such arrogance… all aimed towards evolution… Look at me… I've evolved…"
Erngas turned around, then started. A small purple ball floated in the air, giving off purple flames. "A virus?!" Equinox's laughter rang throughout the room as he floated higher into the air. "If I am doomed to be destroyed, then certainly, you must share my fate."
A bluish liquid began leaking gushing from the ceiling, causing Erngas to run off. "Liquid nitrogen? Well, shit. That just made my day." Pops were heard and the pipes over Erngas' health began gushing out the liquid as well.
Once outside, the building exploded and Erngas rolled in the dirt. "Ugh… I feel like… Oops, yesterday's lunch…" He ran off and threw up from the fumes of the liquid nitrogen. Damien slowly sat up as he came to. "What the…"
Erngas turned to him and wiped vomit from his lip. "Wakey, wakey." Damien turned to him, stood up, then turned to the building. "Equinox…" Erngas frowned. "I'm not sure… He might have just deleted himself."
Damien turned to him. "It's a long story." He stood erect, then hit a communicator switch in his helmet. "Beam us back." They vanished in a flash of light just as a figure rose from the ruins. "We, as Reploids, are destined to evolve. I have taken the first step in evolution."
He chuckled as his body was formed from the purple viral flames. His form smirked evilly and chuckled again. "And now, the rest of the world must also evolve and who better to help it… than me…"
Place: Wrecked Base
TImeline: Present
Coonite closed his eyes and collapsed on the ground. "Coonite!!" Heather ran over to him, as did X. Eclipse turned to Axl, then at Heather. "You know she created you, right?" Axl and Tron started. "What?!" Eclipse smirked, though it wasn't visible. "I'll explain later."
-One week later…-
"…assure you all that the time warp is now a major concern of ours and we intend to guard it to our fullest extent." Gate waited a moment for anyone to respond on the private COM channel he was using, but no one did. "Then it's settled. Gate, over and out."
Gate clicked off the COM and sighed. "You shouldn't push yourself so hard?" Alia walked up and passed him a cup of coffee which he gladly accepted. "True, but I've dealt with worse for two years."
Axl and Coonite walked in, followed by the other three hunters, Iris, Colonel (who was know the general of the recently-revived Repliforce), Heather and Eclipse.
"You still haven't explain what you said to me before." Eclipse started, then silently cursed. "Allow me…" Eclipse pushed Middy gently aside, then inserted a data disc into the drive. She entered several passwords before a newspaper article came up. Everyone was stunned by the headline. 'Mysterious Girl Unthawed After Accidental Stasis'
'At 4:30 this afternoon, a group of diggers came across a room that had been frozen shut. Upon entered, a girl and what appeared to be a reploid were discovered. Authorities and specialists arrived shortly thereafter and began the unthawing process.
The girl, who claims to have know memory of her past, claims to be be Heather Augustine, a fifteen-year old child prodigy from the days of Old Terra. Though she didn't know much more than that, the reploid found with her, Eclipse, stated that she was Ms. Augustine's bodyguard.
According to her, Ms. Augustine's father was a famous researcher who was, at one point, in charge of the Metal Shark Player Project. Upon unthawing him for virus testing, Ms. Augustine quickly became 'friends' with him.
When he was suddenly put back into stasis upon a dormant virus being detected, she threw a tantrum and stormed off. Eclipse followed her to the cryogenic storage room where Ms. Augustine began complaining on everything that her father had restricted her from.
She began throwing things around and, unfortunately, punctured one of the stasis tubes next to the door. The door, which was nearly closed, was almost immediately frozen solid, thus trapping them in the room for an astounding three-hundred years.
Eclipse also states that Ms. Augustine created the Maverick Hunter, Axl, at the age of twelve. These reports have not been confirmed. We will continue to bring you more information as we gather it.'
Barrell narrowed his brow and turned to Eclipse. "She?" Eclipse smirked and took off the cloak, revealing a light pink armor. She also took off the hood, revealing a voice changer.
"Surprised?" She took it off and tossed it aside, speaking this time with a more feminine tone. "You shouldn't be."
Axl then turned to Heather who looked back at him. "It's true. I don't remember anything." Axl smirked and knelt down. "You will one day." He put a hand on her shoulder, forcing Eclipse to smirk.
Zero also smirked and played with something in his pocket. "He's right. You're just suffering from temporary amnesia." Douglas suddenly walked in. "Two announcements: Data's decided to back to Elysium and help the Mother Units."
Data hopped onto X's shoulder as Dynamo rolled his eyes. "'Bout time." Douglas handed Eclipse a medical chart. "Number two: None of you are right."
Eclipse looked at the report and what looked like tears began forming in her eyes, though she quickly wiped them away. "Eclipse?" Eclipse sighed. "This is your medical report. The prolonged stasis barely did anything to me, but it did a lot to you. The stasis damaged you memory. This amnesia isn't temporary."
Everyone remained silent for a while before Zero shifted uneasily. "I can't stand awkward silences." Axl turned to him. "What do you propose then?" Zero smirked. "What do I propose?" He pulled the item from his pocket and knelt before Iris. "I'll give you three guesses."
-The End-
(Megaman 7 (SNES) - Credits begins playing)
Hahaha!! It's the return of the evil cliffhangers!! Anyways, thanks to those who read and/ or reviewed this story. And, thanks again to RandyPandy. My apologies for taking so long on this one, but ME4 will go much quicker. And now, a sneak peek.
-Initiate Sneak Peek-
Sigma chuckled as the Colossus powered down. "So what? Yu've stopped my tinker toy. However, you might not know this, but I created this thing!"
X snorted. "Don't believe me? Then watch this!" Sigma vanished in a flash of light and the Colossus began transforming. Its' busters were replaced with hands with huge spikes on the knuckles. The body itself shifted around and the Colossus' head was replaced with a giant replica of Sigma's head.
"My power is absolute! There is no force on this planet that can match me now!!" X ran up as the giant Sigma head turned to him. "Wrong! There's me!!"
Sigma laughed wildly. "Fool! I've absorbed the power of the Colossus. There is nothing you can do anymore." The platform shook as Sigma took a giant step forward. "Maybe that's what you think, but I will stop you again, Sigma!!"
Sigma continued laughing as his head levitated into the air. "Such foolishness. I live so that you can die. That is my only purpose. Now, die!!" The head smashed down and created a shockwave that sent X flying off of the platform and hurtling to the ocean below.
-End Sneak Peek-
Well, in Megaman Excel 4, eight more original bosses will pop up and, this time, I'm not killing of the Green Biker Dude (as he's so lovingly called) won't die in the intro stage. He's actually going to play an important, yet minor role. Anyways, see you next time! Ciao!!
(Megaman 7 (SNES) - Credits fades out)