Chapter 5 (Suicidal Homicide)

Wily opens his eyes to find himself on an operating table. A bright light is in his face. He can tell some reploid is the one working on him but the bot is short. He cant feel any pain but he does feel some pressure in his ride side around where his liver is. Wily trys to move his head to a position where he could see better but he cannot move the muscles he needs to make the adjustments. Whoever is working on him has working knowledge of medicane because they have managed to make this operation feel very comfortable.

Wily starts to become very scared inside. No one should be able to do this to me. He thinks to himself. I did so much, so much to ensure that I couldnt be harmed or caught in a vulnerable position by the retarded humans.

Sagesu - Relax. Its just me. Which is to say its just you. Of course no one else could be working on you. But then, you weren't panicking like a common timid human were you? No, you were only showing your frustration. I know that we are superior. Your in good company...he he he.

Wily - ... (Wilys pulse rate goes back to normal and he turns he head to the opposite side facing away from Sagesu in disapproval of his presence)

Sagesu - Look at you... why are you even still stumbling around? Eating, defecating,sleeping...like wild dogs. Huddled together in packs and snarling at anything that doesnt look like you. If you would ask me nicely, I would gladly kill you..

Wily - We would both be so lucky, but we both know we only just now understand who we are inside and what we are supposed to do for the sake of the future...

Sagesu - Yes, the humans must die and we must lead the robots to a new age of exploration across the universe. We will spread our kind throughout until all life is robotic. Then, no natural selection, no natural predator vs prey will exist and true peace and harmony for every living thing will be a reality!Taking mother nature out of the equation was the biggest breakthrough of our entire scientific lives! HAha ha ha ha ha ha h ah aha ha

Wily thinks to himself that he wished he had transferred his consciousness to his base super computer after seeing Rock for the last time instead of after losing to Light and his champion for the 4th time back in Russia. He was still suffering from early dementia that he contracted around the time Blues was built. The symptoms of course, assumed to be the eccentrics of a genius mind. Even Light could act a bit strange at times in certain social situations. Especially big dinner partys before a reveal. Light would often stutter over his words. He was always terrible at public speaking. Such an infuriating man. It was Light that actually diagnosed him with the degenerating condition after Rock had blasted Wily in an attempt to kill him in their 7th standoff. Blues had rescued Wilys still breathing body from most of the blast but required a transfusion and an amputation. He brought him to Light. Light was the one to give Wily his first cybernetic replacement. His right arm. From the elbow down. Light confirmed Wily was a victim of his own madness for roughly 10 years. With his own official judgement to be innocent by insanity for 7 of those 10 years. He lead Wilys defense after curing him and they won the case. However, death threats and attempts were so frequent that the government felt no choice but to banish Wily from Austrian soil and roughly every world government followed suit and Dr. Albert Wily was free but banished from 87 % of the entire planets land mass. Light held not one ounce of contempt for Wily despite all hes lost. His attention goes back to Sagesu and the insanity he recognizes all too well. He puts on a show...

Wily - Yes! hehehe Let all organic life cease its suffering. We will end it all...

Sagesu - Ill be done shortly Albert. X is standing by outside and was very concerned. I dont know what you did to get him over to our side but well done! I must say ive suprised myself with that one! Our genius truly is in a class of its own!

Wily - yes...he and zero working together will make quick work of the humans...have you seen Zero?

Sagesu- last time my sensors locked on to him he was in a desert base somewhere out in the Sahara. IM not sure what he was doing but when I did spot him he was tearing apart everything that moved and a few things that didnt and I felt afraid for my own life. The dark energy has taken over his logic nets. We didnt have enough time to perfect dark energy resistors to counter act the evil energy effect that robs him of most of his higher reasoning algorithms. And if you had given me a damn body sooner...i could have made those modifications before he was activated. That...Sigma and that copy cat fraud Cain. Ruined everything!

Wily - Perhaps, perhaps not... (He doesnt realize Zeros joined the maverick hunters and is already cured of his darkness)

Wily - I was able to repair X at my base but there are several more in depth repairs on his leg and blaster that need to be made...

Sagesu - Already done. You've been unconscious for 3 days Albert. To be honest I was going to let you die. X though, lol...with whatever power he did have in his blaster , was defiantly going to blast me if I didnt save you. He pulled you from the rubble he caused and just kept running through alleys screaming for help. You programmed a fail safe, like you so often do, into my programming before downloading me into my robot body that if your vital signs fall into critical , you would give off a homing signal for me to find you. When I saw who was carrying you. His commitment to your survival, Albert, gave me a joy I cannot fully describe! Its like you gave me a million Christmas presents at one time. Ive never even had a dream about something so delicious as what you served me today! X, threatening me , to save YOU. Of all people! haha ha haha if only his memory were intact right? I highly doubt he would have done anything other than disintegrate every cell of your body and then lay waste to any building youve ever set foot into! HA HA HA HA HA HAH AHA HA HA

Wily cringes at the sound of his alter ego laughing..but hides the emotion.

Sagesu - Your repairs are complete Albert. All functions restored. You may move now.

Wily - Thank you Wily. What about Xs repairs again? You already did them?

Sagesu - Yes , your new pet he ehe he , is fully functional again.

Wily stands up and nods to his alter self and leaves the medical room. Sagesu goes over to a computer terminal and starts typing at furious speeds , going through all the medical data from Alberts body.

Albert looks around for X... X is slumping in a chair, his legs spread out wide and his head cocked over to the side as if he was asleep. Albert walks up closer to him. He ... he is asleep! I did not give that to Zero easily. He can sleep and even dream but Albert remembers the 8 months and medical machines he hooked himself up too in order to stay awake without sleep or food for those 8 months and how he had to just power through the programming and integration circuits. Even constructing an "unconscious" version of a robotic mind was two of the eight months. Again he admires his old friends complex work. I bet Lights dream program is far beyond mine. Yet, ill never analyze this thing correctly because of how its hyper changing at hyper speeds. Youve never built a riddle box I could not solve Thomas. This one though, by the Gods looks like a divine apple housing the secrets of life itself inside. I should have left you alone old friend...left you alone to dream as well.

Wily shakes X awake gently. X. X he says...

X wakes and looks up at Wily with an expression sensitive to bright light in early eyes. His eyes adjust.

X - You look better.

Wily - So do you.

X smirks a small almost undetectable bit. Wily considers that a massive good sign and smirks in response. Then, Wilys face turns very serious again...

Wily - X, (wily looks left and right as if checking for eavesdroppers) come with me quick...

Wily exits the hall and enters a stairwell. X follows. Inside the stairwell Wily has a grave look on his face. He wants to say something but it seems hes searching for how to say it...

X - whats wrong Albert.

Wily - Call me Dr. Wily, X. You dont get to call me Albert.

X- im ...sorry.

Wily - forget that , listen X i need you to do something, something that may be hard for you to do right now but ...you must.

X - What is it?

Wily - Right now , as we speak , Sagesu, ME, Another me from the past is going through the data downloaded from my bodys enhancements. Inside those enhancements are recordings of every event that my eyes have seen and my ears have heard. The other me still thinks im him. He doesnt know he had dementia the whole time. Once he gets deep enough into the data though, he will see it and realize that im not the same man I once was. X...he will try to kill us. Before he does, you must take him by surprise, right now, while he is at the computer and you must blast him with everything you have...

X - But hes you right? I dont think you should...

Wily - NO. X. listen. He is a copy of me when I was at my worst. This man killed your entire family once before! Hes the reason you wanted to kill yourself then. The reason your all alone now, the reason you hate yourself. Hes the reason for it all X! Kill him ! You must!

X - No! I wont! This...this thing! (he holds up his blaster) Why did you repair this thing! I dont want it!

Wily - Your father loved you... thats why you have that...X.

X doesnt fully realize the point of that statement but does emphatically feel the tone of Wilys emotions. He calms down a little and lets the thought slip down into hibernation.

X - I cant. I dont ...want too.

Wily - come here X...place your hand here...

X walks up places his hand where Wilys hand was, on his heart.

When X touches Wilys heart his copy ability goes into effect and it copies what seems to be a storage drive inside a case in Wilys device is only 1 mm squared. X suddenly has all of the worst memories of Wilys life, the ones that hurt him the most along with all the hate and rage of those emotions inside his mind for him to process and understand. X is overwhelmed with sensations of pain and guilt and fear. But they are not his , its as if, his body is a mirror that is reflecting a past image. He feels as if he IS wily while also being X. The download completes and X understands all too well now. He says nothing. X leaves the stair well...Wily does not follow...his face is in his hands as he slumps down to the floor with his knees curled up against his chin. He trys to push out of his mind what hes about to hear...

Moments later, A massive explosion rocks through the facility, all the lights go out and dust falls from the ceiling of the stairwell Wily sits in. X re enters the stairwell.

Wily stands up to look at him...

X has a new look on his face...one Wily has seen before...but never on X.

It was the look of determination...

Wily lets loose a grin and turns to walk down the flight of stairs, down to fresh air. Down to a new beginning. Down but not out. Not yet. We haven't lost yet Light. He he ...what am I saying? Since when did we ever STOP being on the same team? he he ha ha ...he looks at X. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! he slaps the back shoulder of X. They emerge from the back exit of the facility ...just as the sun begins to rise on a new day...X and Wily both shield their eyes from the sunrise with their hands acting as visors, standing side by side...looking out toward the same future...together.