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Maverick Hunter HQ
R&D Lab1
"Screw Driver."
Douglas handed Doctor Eloy the screw driver, as well as any other tools the young woman doctor needed for the device.
"There. done!" The bright young blue haired woman exclaimed as she whip the sweat from her forehead using her lab cout sleeve. Her green laptop with kittens on the boot up accordingly as well as her robot toaster.
"Thanks Doug," Eloy smiled brightly at him. Douglas looked away, "Uh, anytime."
"Now then," The Doctor clamped her hands together, "I can get back to work," as she sat back down and typed on her keyboard, "Your free to to go Tom!"
The Toster-bot nodded and jumped down from the work bench and scarred away, past a started Douglas.
"Okay... now where was I...? Oh right, I gotta reprogram this AR chip, mod the display and work on the color settings. I think I can track her into the datascape."
The Green Reploid mechanic blinked confused, "The datascape?" all this time he wanted to pent up the courage to ask-
"Yea, where all good Reploids go after they die," Eloy said, "Just kidding! Its a special network where we store Data Samples from Reploids that are good for general research. You see we compiled as much data as we can, especially Iris."
"Right..." Douglas crossed his arms and pondered for a bit, "Iris is something else is she?"
"Well she and her brother was created after 'Project Excalibur' failed," Eloy laughed nervously, "Doctor Cain wasn't too happy about them splitting apart. I wasn't a fan of the either but I life goes on. I was lucky to even meet with Iris."
"If I recall you where one of Cain's apprentice," Douglas said.
"Yup," Eloy chirped, "I became his apprentice when I was just starting out a collage, pretty crazy hun?" her brows frowned, "I was orignlay a professional hacker, I've gotten into trouble many times back in the day."
"Yea, I kinda read up something about that..." Douglas mused before he realized what he just said, "Well, someone told me as lest."
He was not sure if he made a close call but he hoping he's not trying to act weird around Eloy.
Eloy giggled, "Really aw... Not a lot a people cared about what I do prior to this whole mess wear dealing with."
"Not the mention those Mavericks assassination attempts on your life," Remarked Screw-Ball. Douglas jumped when he heard the flying ball droid from behind.
"Hey, a little bit of warning!" Douglas shouted, "Anyway what are you still doing here at the base?"
Screw-Ball made a roll-eyes emoji, "I believe you forgetting the memo that I was going to help the Hunters rescue Iris-chan."
Douglas's face deadpan, "But I thought you were decommission."
"Colonel decommission me right before he died. So now I de-decomission myself! Besides Signals thinks its dangerous for me to go outside anyway."
"Right..." Douglas was thinking about asking Eloy out for some lunch but now he feels weird asking her right away now that wise cranking orb-bot is here. Sure it may be a little bit taboo to ask a human out for lunch but Eloy is different, she's so amazing and smart.
"By the way Doug, why are you here when you should be working on that laser weapon." Screw-Ball made a raised eyebrow emoji.
Douglas facepalmed, "Its Douglas, D-O-U-G-L-A-S, Douglas!"
"Whatever Doug," Screw-Ball shrugged.
Eloy on the other had was to preocuibed with her own findings, than to pay attention to the banter of the green Reploid and the Droid.
"Your better off serving meals," The head mechanic rolled his eyes.
"Find yourself a girlfriend dude," Screw-ball waved Douglas off.
Douglas stammered, "H-Hey shut up!"
"Bingo," Eloy exclamed, "I've done it!"
Both Douglas and Screw-Ball stooped and turned their attation to Doctor Eloy.
Eloy was still foucus on the computer screen to, "I've found Iris in the datascape."
"WHAT?"
"Just as I thought. Iris isn't like any other Data of course but she seems to be on the run while her body remain inactive. See for yourself."
Eloy's screen showed Iris in her black turtleneck leotard walking into the endless space of line codes, mathematics and diagrams, they buzz around like hover cars and honey bees.
Detascape
The sounds of Iris's armored boots could be heard through out space, she's not sure where she is...
Iris couldn't even remember how she got here but she was thankful that their is a chance for her to ecsacpe Sigma. She is still determined to see things through to the end.
Her desire to live have become stronger then it ever was when she was alive and she felt very ashamed about it. What kept her sane was the fact of her connection to her brother and without him she lost control.
No, it was because of her selfishness that she wanted to die. Iris knew of this fate but she never would of dream of dieing in the arms of Zero. Her true love.
Soon after she was here falling in the void she let all her tears flow and cried. Everything that difinde who she is started to erased from her memory. But when the number-0 appeared in her mine, the memories flowed back to her. Every person she had meet, Colonel, Alia, Signals, Russ, Marty, Douglas, Screw-Ball, X and Zero. She felt like she was in a dream as she ended up at the Repliforce ceremonial hall.
Iris remembered all members of Maverick Hunters and Repliforce where line up, a the red carpet rolled before her. They greeted her with a salute here.
Zero turned around to great here with a warmfull smile that made her heart melt. He extended his hand to her.
"Iris, no matter what happens... I'm always be by your side..."
"Zero..." her eyes where watery, her heart fulled with joy, she ran towards him tears flowing as if she was away for a long time.
What truly mattered to her is to be with Zero.
"Not yet... Hee... Hee... Hee..."
Iris gasped when her whole world start to melt like a painting and was back to the data void.
"Zero..." she said meakly after he vanished in thin air and was replaced by a giant shadow version of what it appeared to be a two headed Robot Hydra.
"Your may be a useful to me... after all," Sigma's voice said.
"Sigma... no it can't be..." her voice trumbeld as she backed away before turn and run. But her eyes widen in terror when a giant detached hand of Sigma moved closer to Iris.
"Brother... where are you?" Iris turned around to see the Hydra-bot snarling at her. She made a brake for it but the hand slams its fist on the ground casing Iris to fall down.
The Young Reploid turned over to the side only the see the hand closing in on her
"Zero," Iris whispered then squinted her eyes, "HELP ME ZERO!" she cried.
Shining Firefly Stage
"ZERO!" Iris's crises for help mysteriously echos throughout the halls of the castle.
Zero took down a tank-robot with one slash of his Z-Sabor as he mad a mad dash to through the narrow halls. He gritted his teeth as he saw two more tank-bots wheeling towards him. But he didn't let him stop him, for he want to get the last device as soon as possible before its to late. Soon as he gets the device the better for him to rescue Iris. He dosen't care what happens to him as long as she is safe and sound, he will not rest utile she is saved.
His movements is far crisper as he effortlessly put down every enemy that got in his way. He made a point by kicking the Tank-Robot forcing it to crash through the giant double doors of the hall way. Zero made his way to through while dashing at break neck speeds.
His thoughts where interupted when Alia contacted him via com-link.
Alia: Zero! Just to let you know that we've sent X to assite you on your mission.
Zero did not have any of it, he did not heard Alia's voice in his com-link as he took down more enemys that crossed his path.
Alia: Zero are you okay?
"I'm fine," Zero said, "Sorry, but I'm in hurry right now I'll call you later."
Alia: Hold on Zero! Haven't you been listing? We've sent X to help you! Also, one of our members inside the castle are trapped, they could really used your help right now. They should be where you are right now...
Zero sighed, "Right. I'm on it." he then look around the area- Wait what is he thinking...? As a high ranking member it he is he responsible for his comrades that need his help right now. Which means he can't just rush thorough this mission just to- to...
[20 minuets later]
"What... just happen...?" The Crimson Hunter looked around once more only to see he was in some kind of dining hall. He felted a fimiller headache somehow as his hand reach for his helmet.
His eyes widen, did he just broke everything in the room? He was going to contact Alia about the Hunters in the Castle-
"Zero!" He was half-surprise to see X show up at the scene.
"Glade you made it buddy," Zero said, "Have you... round up the other Hunters in the Castle?"
X nodded, "Yea, I did. They said that you were in here." he took the note of all the reckeaged in the dinning hall.
"That's good to hear. I'd feared that I might of done something during my black out."
"Dose that explain the mess?"
"I'm not sure," Zero looked at his hand before clenching his into a fist, "I'm fine now, so you don't have to worry about me."
X, "Alright... well have to get going and talk to FireFly. We should be close." of course X is worried about his friend. With Iris's capture and the Sigma Virus on the lose he can't imangen what Zero is going through. X want to help Zero save Iris but perventing the space colony's collision course to earth they won't be anyone to save.
X dread what the Mavericks would do to her while their dealing with this mess. Will Zero be able to handle it any longer?
Meawhile back at HQ
"NO WAY THAT WAS IRIS," Screw-Ball exclaimed with a shock emoji. Douglas have just left to finish work on the Enigma and awaiting for X and Zero for last device.
Doctor Eloy frowned, "And in danger," she land on her chair with a sigh, "This doesn't look good but it dose prove that her data is moving at the same space as Sigma."
"Zero will save her from that bald two-timing jerk," Screw-Ball said in determination.
"One can hope," Eloy said as she resumed to her work on her laptop, "Right not the virus has bootted me out of the sever for now so I can't track her. BUT at least, for now, she's okay."
"Iris is the only Reploid to take on the Sigma virus, right?"
Eloy nodded, "If by cure then yes, she could destroy Sigma for good if she ever realized her full potential." She stood up from her chair and gave the droid a reassuring smile.
"I'm going to talk to Lifesaver and tell him about Iris," Eloy said, "I might need his help on some things."
"I'm tagging along!" Suddenly the alarms started went off. The Doctor blinked in suprised at the sudden alarms sounds and red flashes.
PA: WARNING Maverick attack! WARNING Maverick attack! WARNING Maverick attack!
"Ugh, I hate that voice," Screw-ball said with a annoyed emoji as he flew behind the young human woman's shoulder.
"Those Mavericks... Come on! I'm sure Lifesaver is at the command center," Eloy as she grab her laptop and rushed out the room with the flouting ball droid in toe.