Chapter 15: Purpose
Its been over 27 days now. Serges raised the alarm with the others that X was gone as soon as the computer told him. They have spent 12 hours every day spreading out and searching for X. It took the crew about a week before they came to the conclusion that X has been purposefully covering his tracks and did not want to be found. This only made everyone's worry grow. Wily especially has taken an obsessive interest in finding X. Feeling responsible by showing so much human weakness, he feels he may be the reason why X left. Serges has had to force Wily to eat and sleep every 24 hour cycle. In their relentlessness they have been able to gather a lot of data on their new world. Zero points out that the likelihood of X being in the nearest major city is high and the crew decided to focus their search efforts in what is known as Den City. It is the nearest major city to them , only 36 miles from their underground base.
Wily - Youve been here for for how long? And you havent gotten squat for data on this place!
Serges - Forgive me Wily, I was focusing all my efforts on getting home, not getting caught by whatever police force im sure the humans have in this time and place. I also considered it a risk to learn because of the potential for cultural influence. I didnt want to fall in love with the place. Get it? I didnt want to find out that it was just another hell either. I dont belong here and dont feel its right for my presence to influence others either.
Wily - Hearing you talk makes me realize how far we both have come from our days as a sociopath.
Serges - Every decision like that reminds me as well, old friend.
Wily - We have to find the boy. I cant face Light in the afterlife if I lose him.
Serges - We will. The data im collecting now on Electopia is vast. If you like, ill relay the feed into the computer terminal in your quarters.
Wily - I appreciate that.
Wily - Zero, Rush... we all will go into the city together tomorrow morning first thing. For now, both Zero and Serges will study the Electopia layouts and data and Rush, you just be a good boy and fill your energy reserves. You will be our eyes in the sky tomorrow.
Rush pants and barks in agreement
Everyone heads off to their quarters to work.
Meanwhile...
X cant beleive his audio recievers. Promoted ? Already!?
Eguchi Meiji - Your one fired up dude! And your a GENIUS like me! Of course your promoted!
X - But sir , this technology on dimensional areas if far ahead of anything Ive ever seen where I come from.
Meiji - You mean Kingland? They are a bit more traditional in their thinking.. hahahah
X - Yea...yeah.
Meiji - the princess knows of course. they have the technology but they cant use it unless an emergency. What we are doing here will allow everyone to materialize small dimensional areas with their own PETS! Soon, the whole world could be covered with overlapping areas which will create a new level of interaction between us and net navis!
X - Its so exciting. I am really happy to be your assistant to this project.
Meiji - Well, my blue friend, you come in here off the street, nothing at all in your possessions, no way to identify you, you give the most amazing story of crossing REAL dimensions, do you really think an amazing famous genius scientist like me wouldnt notice your talent? HA ha ha !
Meiji smiles and X swears he saw a sparkle come from from the edge of his mouth.
X - I guess not, but how was I to know I was standing in front of such a great man?
X has learned a LOT about ego and how to stroke ones pride. Meiji practically bombards the atmosphere around him with self assuredness. X had been wandering the city. Relaxing in parks, walking through malls, thinking about what he wanted to do with his new life. First things first. He needed a purpose. Food, water, energy. He required nothing but the solar energy of the sun shining down to power his systems and the sun here in this universe seemed to fill him with 3 times more solar energy than his own planet. He knew it was because the air here is so clean. The environment in this version of Earth is pristine. No smog particles can be recorded at all by his sensors. Even the samples of upper atmosphere he gets on occasion from down drafts and wind currents through his synthetic olfactory neuron processors show no signs of unnatural contaminants. Water samples at every faucet, water fountain, and swimming pool is scrubbed somehow of all foreign matter. All fresh water that humans filter and drink is pure H20. All fresh water that animals live in, such as fish, are regulated and also left alone to mother natures devices. Its a perfect Utopia of man and technology. The planets condition is more ideal on its worst day than even the best day ever recorded in X's Earth history.
Meiji and the others at Den City Sci Lab have been very warm to X and haven't even once: asked to probe his memory, been grilled on his homeland, treated as a potential threat, nor have they feared him for being the most powerful sentient robot their world has ever seen. No robot or machine was, or has ever been ,conceived of having as much power as X . X's ability to copy the design of anything he touches however, seem familiar to a few. A rouge program runs the net in their world, with the ability to fuse others ability's into his own program and increase its power. X knows of the existence and trouble this Forte program has caused and yet still, he observed no prejudice against him in sci lab. This was truly inspiring to X. He has been happy these past few weeks, although , any time he has more than a few moments of free time , he thinks about Zero, Rush and Wily. Even Serges. He feels bad that they probably miss him as much as he misses them but anytime he feels drawn toward returning to base, he remembers how much more he needs to learn and grow. Right now, hes a liability.
Meiji - You are being too obvious X ! But i love it! I don't care! hahahah
X - You are very much fun to work with Meiji, lets continue where we left off yesterday on particle compression. I think the problem was in the log aggregator.
Meiji - Yes! YES ! Your right! I wasn't the one that wrote that ! Where did I get it again? OF course! If I don't write the log aggregator to match the language and protocols of the data stream, of course it wont compress! The way you think X. Its so...out of the box. Its like your way of thinking is just, different than ours.
X - The people here are amazing. They don't fear me even though they don't know anything about me other than how powerful and destructive my body can be. The only information they have about me is my terrifying combat power and they still smile instead of cower at my image. Your children run up to me as if i'm a super hero they have never seen, asking their parents what show I come from.
Meiji - Well, your now my official lab assistant in the dimensional area department of Sci Lab. Dr Hikari is out of town on business but when he comes back, im sure hes gonna want to talk to you. You even remind me of his son a little, in the face. And let me tell you, when his son Lan gets an eye full of you, I have a feeling he wont be leaving you with a moments peace.
X - sounds as full of energy as you are
Meiji - come.. let us get back to work. Sci lab 4?
X - After you . Mr. Famous..
Meiji - Ha ha ha . Life is good my new friend! Life is GOOD!
