Chapter 1:Hope For The Future?
Location:Abel City, Maverick Headquarters
Time:22xx, 7:03:12 A.M.
A black colored reploid zoomed through the hallways until he came upon his commander's dorm.
The security door was locked, but the young hunter, Axl, knew the code and thus gained access. He stepped inside to find his commander still asleep in his capsule. So he wielded both of his guns, and prepared to fire two deafening blank shots-POW!POW!The commander woke up with a jolt which caused him to bang his head before his capsule opened up! "GOOOOOOOOD MORNING XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!"Axl cheered bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
A grouchy and sleepy-eyed Megaman X stumbled out of his comfortable capsule and groaned,
"Morning Axl,but please stop waking me up too early!" "But X!Its already seven!Way past the usual wake up time for us maverick hunters!" WHAT?!" "Yeah,and Alia-Chan said if she catches you sleeping late again she'll tell Major Signas!" "*GROAN*I'm sure I didn't sleep that long..." "Uuuhhh, Alia-Chan informed me that this is your ninth time oversleeping!" "OK, OK, I'M UP!"
X quickly followed Axl as they both headed to training. X barely paid attention to his surroundings-and ended up banging his head against the occasional entrance he found too low.
"Ugh!Damn it doors!Someone must have neglected basic reploid height during construction!"
"Uummm,X?Maybe its because your taller than you used to be..."His smaller companion pointed out. X paused a moment to take a good look at his body.
After the destructive events of the Eurasia Crisis,X's original body was severely damaged beyond fortunately,Alia had secretly been keeping all of X's light armors.(The latter would always return them to their hiding places because he felt they were an unfair advantage. But Alia knew where all the armors were located so she retrieved them behind his back.) The armors were used in an rescue effort to restore X's fragmented body and on the first New Year's Day of 22xx, X was reactivated to accept his new position as SA Commander of the 17th Elite Unit.
His reconstructed body still retained his original helmet,only now his chest plate was a darker blue while the rest of his body became black. His armor flaunted golden accents along with large red jewels on both his arms and heavy combat boots. Whenever he moved,his back generated red light energy which flowed to resemble a tattered scarf. And of course his height had been increased. X massaged his forehead thinking about his simpler,bluer body from the past. As he continued walking after Axl, he reflected on how far he came from being the harassed B rookie to now an SA Elite Commander.
Every hunter probably envied his stellar position, it was every titanium warrior's dream to reach that far. But secretly X felt that the esteemed position wasn't worth all the sorrow from the past Maverick Wars he endured. "I would have whole-heartedly agreed to stay as B-Rank for life if it meant eternal peace..." He thought gloomily. Then another thought rippled through his mind. "Zero also deserved this honor-if only I could have..." An incoming Coffe-E Tank smashed into his face which halted his train of thought!
He fumbled the shining tank of golden brown, then looked up to face a certain pink navigator...
"Megaman X Light!Give me a satisfactory explanation about this new,irritating habit of SLEEPING LATE." Alia-chan demanded. X teantively took a step back ashamed of his recent tardiness. He breathed a tired sigh, "I guess since becoming commander, I find myself more tired. I'll set a alarm this time I swear!" He attempted to sway his navigator.
Alia sighed as she flipped her bobbed blond hair in exasperation. "If your having any problems X, you can always confide to me." "Thanks but I'm fine, its just that being commander is a little-"
"Seriously?With all due respect commander you shouldn't be keeping too much to yourself!"
"But its personal and unimportant-" "You may be a worldwide hero but not even you are invincible!You can't let your doubts and fears eat away at you!" "Alia-sama I'll be ok-"
Alia in frustration confronted him, "OK?Since you been reactivated when were you finally normal again?!"
X clenched hard on his Coffe-E tank as her words hit within him, a dark idea had awakened when he witnessed his best friend die before his very eyes...A shadowy voice that whispered that he was responsible for his best friend's death...Starting from the night of New Year's Day the voice began cracking him to the very core. Every night it demanded, why he, the last creation of Doctor Light, who was meant to bring justice,peace and hope for the future. Had allowed the world to be overrun with maverick chaos.
It harshly argued, wasn't he responsible for the very existence of the reploids that betrayed the world by going maverick?! Would a own father allow a assassin organization, the Maverick Hunters, to destroy his children whenever they stepped out of line with the humans?! Wasn't he a maverick hunter himself?! Did he not fail to stop Sigma from returning and thus shattering the lives of humans, reploids, Doppler citizens, citizens of Sky Lagoon, Repliforce, and the numerous souls lost during the Eurasia catastrophe?! And was he not responsible for the Ultimate Wily Weapon:ZERO!?
A monster created because his insane creator discovered X's birth and thus out of hateful rage constructed the very means not only to end also to END THE HE NOT RESPONSIBLE?!WAS HIS VERY EXISTENCE THE CAUSE FOR THE WORLD'S INEVITABLE DOOM?! WAS HE HUMANITY'S WORST NIGHTMARE COME TRUE?!
The voice roared at him claiming that Sigma was never the king of the mavericks. X, YOU ARE THE KING OF MAVERICKS!
The voice tormented him day in and night out, never giving him peace. It coldly reminded him that he was a robot, a machine, who was too powerful and unworthy to exist...The voice had taken a toll on his personality,attitude, and health. He should have known clever Alia would discover there was something off with problem was-he just couldn't bring himself to tell-WEEEEEEE-OOOOOOW WEEEEEEEE-OOOOOOOOW WEEEEEEE-OOOOOW
The emergency alarms went off releasing deafening sound waves and blinding every hunter within the base blinded by the brilliant blazing red light!
"AAAAUUUGGHHHH!" Axl doubled over, the poor kid trying to block out the painful sounds and light overwhelming him!X gripped onto his inner strength to carry Axl and lead Alia to the Central Command!At Central Command the 17th Unit were assembled before Signas, the towering leader and head of the entire Maverick Hunter Organization."Major Signas!What's the emergency?!" X yelled above the incessant noise. "Why is the entire world blinking red and screeching?..." Axl moaned through the chaos.
Signas turned his attention towards X, relieved to see the elite commander present and not late for once. "Commander X, I need you and your unit to subdue an massive attack that occurred at Tokyo City only five hours ago!" FIVE HOURS?! The alarmed hunters murmured among themselves. An attack this urgent should have been reported hours earlier due to the high risk in huge casualties! Their major explained,"Tokyo possesses their own defense unit, the military authorities figured they could handle the surprise assault to their city on their own. However we've just recently received an S.O.S. that the defense unit had been soundly defeated and captured, leaving Tokyo vulnerable to the enemy!"
All the robotic warriors were speechless with shock-except for one who boldly exclaimed.
"Sir, considering the undeniable strength of Tokyo's enemy, this is Sigma's doing right?"
Claimed a male hunter modeled after a white Bengal tiger. The reckless question earned the poor titanium tiger swift kicks, punishing punches, and bonks to the head from the weapons deployed from his scandalized comrades. Signas sighed irritably, "According to experts, he had been eradicated from existence...courtesy of a former hunter's courage and might." He ended carefully knowing the sensitive topic should not be discussed so soon at this point.
He continued gravely, "From what the S.O.S. informed us, the mastermind behind this malevolent scheme is yet to be unmasked. Which is where you, Commander X, and the 17th Unit come in to reveal the villain targeting Tokyo! Now go! The capital of Japan depends on you!"
"SIR YES SIR!" Came the reply as the hunters filed towards the teleportation capsules designated for Tokyo's coordinates. Before X reached a capsule with a unconscious Axl in tow, Alia called out. "X!Please don't get killed before I can even access you!"
"Don't worry Alia!You can always count-" Then that inner voice inside him hissed, "Can anyone honestly count on you considering the Maverick Wars..." The voice was wrong, X was the protector both reploids and humans trusted in truly without a doubt. But the voice caused him to falter in his words and silently teleport away...
Please review to let me know if I should continue or do a short story where Zero drags off X to an underground fight club if a crazy but fun story is preferred.