Chapter 2 - First Meeting.
X got up slowly as the dust finally settled, a little bit stunned from the blast and the sudden failure of their experiment. He looked around quickly, realising he had lost track of Zero once he hit the ground. His eyes widen at the thought of what may have happened. Zero may be dead... He thought. He then saw a strand of Zero's golden hair and a few of his fingers moving in between some rubble. He rushed over to him and lifted a heavy piece of titanium sheet metal that had Zero pinned down, with a bit of strength X hurlded it to his right and extended a hand to Zero, As he helped him up from the rubble.
"Thanks X," Zero said.
"No problem Zero. I'm glad your safe," X replied with a look of concern on his face.
"But we have to see what that thing was that crashed into the star shot cannon," X said getting down to buisness.
"Your Right X, Let's Go," Zero said as he turned to the location where the cannon had once been.
At that Zero and X then began to dash towards the star shot's remains. Realising they had been knocked about twenty yards through the air after dashing several hundred yards from the cannon, they saw that on top of the rubble and wreckage was a rather large robot. As they saw it move slightly they stopped as X began to charge his plasma cannon and Zero drew his brilliant green Z-Sabre. The cockpit to DeathScythe opened as Duo stepped out, rubbing his head, apparently the crash wasn't very easy for him either. He turned seeing the two reploids prepared for attack. His eyes widen as he saw this, a slight chill of fear running down his spine. Oh my god... he thought as he wondered if they would kill him. Having nothing else really to do he raised his hands in the air.
"H..hey, I come in peace," He said nervously.
X narrowed his eyes a little then turned to Zero with a slightly angered yet relieved look.
"So should we take him back to headquarters," Asked X.
"I think that would be the best thing to do," Replied Zero, Still looking at Duo.
"Hey, You, Come Here," X shouted to Duo.
"A..Allright," Duo Said Nervously.
With a few quick leaps and flips over the rubble and metal shards Duo walked over to the two reploids, showing no threat what so ever. He nodded slowly with a little bit of a nervous look on his face. X smiled a little then lowered his cannon and quickly de-charged his cannon. Seeing this Zero reached to his back and placed his Z-Sabre back in it's sheath.
"First off, What is your name," Asked X, Getting straight to the point.
"Call me Duo," Replied Duo.
"Allright, Duo, I am Mega Man X, Call me X, And this is my partner Zero," Said X.
Zero nodded a confirmation to this.
"May I ask what you are doing out here," Asked X, a stern look on his face, as he remembered all the time and effort he and Zero had put into the star shot cannon.
"Well you see, I was in a gundam battle when I had destroyed a mobile doll, the explosion it set off at that close of a range had knocked me and my gundam into a powerless spiral throughout space, and after a while I crash landed here," Replied Duo, not wanting to piss off the reploids.
"Allright, Zero, Let's take him back to Headquarters," X Said.
Zero nodded then motioned for Duo to follow him, Duo shaked his head no.
"I can follow in DeathScythe, I think it's operational now," Said Duo, feeling eased as he knows he'd be in his gundam soon.
"As you wish," Replied X.
With this duo jumped back onto the 'robot' that X and Zero had seen. Zero and X then dashed to their two Jet Cycles they had a bit away from the crash site. Turning around Duo rose up in the massive DeathScythe. It's eyes flickering a light green as it approached Zero and X. They heard Duo's voice from a comm channel, "Ok, Lead the way," He said as X nodded to Zero. X and Zero then started the Jet Cycles, Pushing off of the ground a little they blasted off across the landscape with DeathScythe close behind them. As they blazed across the empty plains, in which all civilization had never existed since it had been closed off to public use for weapons testing for the world's army, but once the Mavericks came to be, the maverick hunters quickly over took this land after the world's army fell to the Mavericks.
After about ten minutes of riding across the plains a building began to appear in the distance, slowly it came into visual range, Duo had amplified DeathScythe monitors so he could see the building clearly. X and Zero took a sharp right turn, heading down a paved road now, With DeathScythe still behind them, The reached the gates to the Maverick Hunter HeadQuarters. Realising that DeathScythe was much to big to be stored in their normal warehouses they turned and headed back down to the warehouse where they kept X and Zero's mech suits. Entering the warehouse Duo backed into a space where X had told him to keep DeathScythe, not really having any other choice but to follow X and Zero's orders until he could get DeathScythe repaired. Duo opened the cockpit to DeathScythe then hopped down from the massive Gundam with a light "Uhn." He then stood up from his landing on the ground and looked to X and Zero.
"Come Duo, We'd like you to tell us how you got here, In Detail, and speak with Dr. Cain," X Said, in a tone more like a order than a request.
Duo nodded silently as he, X, and Zero headed out of the warehouse, taking a small elevator into the Maverick Hunter HeadQuarters. They walked down several halls and up several stairways until they reached a door that said,
~AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY~
They entered this area, which was Dr. Cain's laboratory. They met with Dr. Cain, X wanting to get down to buisness, they sat in Dr. Cain's conference room. Duo told him how everything happened and what DeathScythe was, As well a Zero telling him that he had crashed their star shot cannon and their situation with the Mavericks.
"So you say these mavericks are causing chaos over the world," Asked Duo, his intrest perked now.
"Yes, They have began to increase their numbers throughout the world, but our numbers have been decreasing," Replied X, in a low tone that showed how he wished the mavericks were gone for good.
"I'll make you a deal," Said Duo.
"What kind of a 'deal'," Asked X, Not liking the sound of this.
"You help me fix DeathScythe and I'll help you exterminate a few of these mavericks, Then you help me get home," Replied Duo, Knowing this offer would be too good to refuse.
"Allright, We'll help you, But on each mission you take one other hunter with you, since we cannot spare that many," Said X.
"I don't think I need another's help but allright," Said Duo with a nod.
"Then let's get to the repairs," X said standing up, always being straight to the point.
X the took Zero and Duo with him as they went back down to the warehouse where DeathScythe was, they took several repair bots with them, and began the repairs as Duo told them every specific detail they needed to know to get DeathScythe back in working condition. In a matter of a few hours they had fixed DeathScythe to more than better, DeathScythe now had it's own Nuclear Core so it would not need refueling, they installed larger gun turrets and more ammunition on DeathScythe and Zero added a specially designed plama cannon to each hand of DeathScythe.