Chapter 6 (Catching up)
Wily and X peer out into the horizon. Two reploids in ride armor come dashing around the edge of the buildings exit. Sagesus outside guard has been automated to destroy on sight since receiving a signal that Sagesu has been destroyed. The entire facility should be on alert but Xs blast through the computer had also destroyed the main generator that was on the opposing wall. Sagesu didn't have any backup power. Wily thinks that a robot body might have made his persona more arrogant and cocky than even was normal for him. To not even think defeat was possible was never a mistake Wily made. X cant handle both attacks at once should they spot Wily so X makes a dash forward out into the open.
One normal ride armor with a standard military reploid bot at its controls comes in for a dash punch from Xs right. The other ride armor is a killer type. Its hands have massive spikes that can spin like a blender, shredding anything its path. The reploid at its controls diverts itself around to behind X. Waiting for the attack from the normal ride armor to strike first apparently before attacking from behind when X goes to react. X waits. The normal ride armors dash closes in fast on Xs position and lets loose a furiously powerful punch forward at X. X waits until the punch is inches from his face when he ducks under the legs of the massive unit and dives forward. His blaster starts making a low humming sound. The normal armors pressure wave from his punch pushes up dust from the ground as it misses.X goes into a roll from landing off his forward dive. His blaster is making a louder humming noise now. The front opening of Xs blaster now clearly glows with green and blue hues of plasma barely radiating past its containment killer armor behind that was waiting for the attack from his counter part was too surprised at Xs speed to move any of the levers in front of him. The punch that was intended for X stops 4 mms from the chest of the killer armor. This moment of surprise was all X needed...
X turns his roll into a recovery;turning around to face his attackers, who are lined up very nicely in front of him now. X knows why so much noise is coming from this blaster. More so than usual. Wily had done something to his blaster. X feels like he can charge this thing almost infinatly. Right now, he could tell his normal power had been multiplied by 3x and this was enough. X doesnt waste the chance and lets loose a huge wave of charged plasma. Its the size of a greyhound bus and just about as long. The side vents on Xs blaster burst with recoil energy. It keeps the massive blast from pushing back directly on Xs body but the force of air pushed forward still causes Xs body to blow back. He only has to take one firm step back to re anchor himself for the rest of the duration of the shot. The shot finishes discharging and his arm flys up just a little.
THe normal armor takes the full on force squarely on its back. It first drives the body of the normal armor right into the chest of the killer armor. The reploids heads collide with each other and splinter into pieces of metal and fiber-optics. After the blast forces the impact it presses forward without any delay and the normal armor explodes with all four limbs going in respective directions. The killer armor also has its chest area blown open and its body taken back a good 30 yards from the impact. The reploid operating it, dead from the head collision.
Wily was leaning against the outside wall of the facility , in a shaded spot at the corner next to an industrial unit used for ventilation and air conditioning. Hes got his cool wrap around sunglasses on, smiling pretty big. Some beads of sweat shine in the reflection of the sun off his bald spot in the middle of his head.
X - Are you hurt? I should see if others are around... Wait here!
X runs off around the corner out of site. Wily starts to laugh a little to himself. He didnt wait for me to answer. he he . He assessed my condition faster than the words could come out of his mouth. IT seemed like he had his answer before he spoke. That was a very , Thomas like trait just then. Asking things out of courtesy when he already knew the answer was something Wily used to hate about Thomas. Its something now , that makes him feel warm and nostalgic. How many years I spent hating you old friend...he says out loud. Your son fights for my safety as we speak.
In the distance several explosions and sounds of blaster fire are heard. Wily isnt worried. He has no doubt at all that X will come walking around that corner saying, we are safe now.
Suddenly X lands right in front of Wily. It kicks up a plume of dust and Wily starts to cough. Uh uh uh . X ! cough cough..Careful where you land.
X - Sorry Doctor. We are safe now. I came from the roof after blasting a few dragonfly bots that had locked on to you. I had to shoot them after jumping and couldnt adjust my landing any further away from you than I did.
Wily- nods- Well... now that the area is clear, lets go X.
Wily presses a button on his watch and with almost ridiculous speed a whirling sounding saucer barrels in from straight above and hovers just above the ground. The upper half of the saucer is rotating see thru glass that spins clockwise. The lower half of the saucer spins counter clockwise. Anti gravity units and gyro stabilizers can be seen by X. He can slow down the information he sees with his optics for a forced slow motion effect for analyzing high speed objects in real time. The way this is accomplished is by overclocking his perception and releasing the limiters on his bus thru pathways for more power. It runs a risk of overheating his pupils but only after sustained slow motion for 10 seconds or more. Most instances only require a tenth of a second to a full second. In this case only a second was needed to see what wilys machine looked like.
X- Anti gravity units and gyro stabilizers. Simple but effective.
Wily - Thats right, X you have all of Dr lights scientific research and progress in you dont you. You could be the next Dr Light if you wanted.
X - No, Doctor. I couldnt. I may be able to do just what you say, but for some reason, I dont think I should be building anything. I just feel like , thats not who I am. I dont understand half as much as I need to to be bringing in life to this world. No..I .. I dont know what my purpose is here. For now, ill stay with you and find out more about this world.
Wily is taken back by the display of self awareness and wisdom the young man just showed. This level of maturity or rather, an awareness of lack of maturity goes beyond either Light ,nor myself! X...again..you move me with your display of humanity. Wily thinks to himself. I wish I had heard Light say these words back when I wished he would stop leading robotics and building creatures made to suffer. I see now through X again, that something in suffering is necessary to grow. X was hurt by the little girl, crushed like Rock was once, but he bounced back with even stronger determination. Its like, the more he gets hurt, the stronger he gets. The more he falls into a dark state, the stronger his light when he emerges from its shadow... Its still early, but...your son shows a lot of promise Thomas.
Wily - Well, son. Get in.
Wily presses another button and the upper half of the saucer stops spinning and the glass rises up without strings, levers or anything else.
X - Where are we going?
X jumps up leaving a dust plume from the dry sandy ground. He lands right in the middle chair. A bit W on the back of the seat behind his head. Wily presses yet another button on his watch and suddenly X and the chair hes sitting in drops down in a platform below the saucer.
Wily - Your in my seat.
X stands up and stands to one side and bows slightly as Wily walks up and plops down in the chair. X stands as the platform rises back up into the saucer.
X- why did you tell me to get in and then raise the glass if you just could lower the platform for me?
Wily - Pranks are part of being human X...hehe
X - so ...where are we going?
Wily presses a button and then his chair slides itself over via a track in the floor. Another chair with a different emblem slides up and hits X softly in the back. X falls down into the chair.
Wily - take us to coordinates 22.3193 degrees North by 114.1694 degrees East..
Im going to take a quick nap...im old. Wake me when we arrive. Shouldn't take more than 3 hours. I could get us there in 5 mins but I need some rest and its nowhere safer right now than up here.
Wily closes his eyes and slumps down in the chair. A recliner section comes out fron underneath and the chair starts to recline. The see thru glass auto shades to allow only 10% of all light through. A fake oscillating fan noise comes through the speakers.
X goes to ask Wily about the controls but as he looks over, Wily is already fast asleep. X touches the console with his right hand and his copy ability scans the console circuitry and its control program. He learns its designed to be piloted straight from a reploid or older numbers robots by connecting to a wireless interface. The scanning functions X uses in his eyes emit sonic, radar,broadband and EM waves together for deep scanning. Wily wrote a new protocol for using these waves for wireless communications with his own saucer. X also copies logs from this ships activitys since it was built. X stores that data for review later. He sits back into his chair and lets his mind see through the eyes of the ships cameras and he sets his course... those coordinates... i know this city...its...
Where is the destination? Look up the coordinates or wait till next chapter to find out!
