This is how the World Goes
By: Concorde202
"The death of one is a tragedy, the death of a million is just a statistic." -Joseph Stalin, Soviet Union
DISCLAMER: I do not own Megaman X, Zero, Dr. Cain and so on. If any employee or representative does from Capcom does not understand this, start typing up a new resume because you should be fired for being an idiot.
Chapter One: Terrorism
An old school bus silently drove up in front of the MegaTech Headquarters Building in Neo-Tokyo, the city that was home to the infamous Maverick Hunters Headquarters. A cloaked figure opened the door and walked out, taking a TV camera and a small transmission dish. Setting up the dish, and also setting up the camera on a tripod and pointed it towards himself. Turning the light on and starting to broadcast.
Maverick Hunters Headquarters-
"Hey Zero, come to the war room quick, and bring as many Hunters as you can with you! Orders from Dr. Cain!" yelled X to his friend, Zero who was repairing his hoverbike.
"On my way X." Zero casually replied as he dropped his tools onto the ground and started running towards the war room with Zero, and a few other Hunters.
They soon arrived in the war room, not only Reploids gathered around, but Dr. Cain as well.
"Good evening everyone, we have a major problem, you need to see this." Dr. Cain said as he turned on the big central monitor and turned to a local Neo Tokyo news station.
"We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to give you this news bulletin someone is trying to override the main television satellite in geo-stationary orbit above Neo Tokyo and we thi…." a news reporter was suddenly cut off as the TV went to static.
Soon a face appeared, a face belonging to a young man, with black hair and sunglasses, about 25 or so.
"Good evening ladies, gentlemen, and Reploids alike." Started the man.
"Did I hear right? He actually recognized US in an announcement, I'm flattered." Said Zero dryly.
"I have an important announcement, I am currently near the MegaTech corporate headquarters in Neo Tokyo, and I am currently broadcasting this to the world. As many of you know, like most megacorperations, MegaTech…how should I put this delicately, 'enslaves' Reploids for they're own ambitions, and I for one am tired of this. One week ago, my best friend, my only friend, Melissa, a Reploid, was destroyed for defending herself, against the CEO from MegaTech, how was putting on some rather, unsavory advances. Which, broke my heart, and I'm gonna take some back for her. Reploids will no longer be enslaved. To make myself crystal clear, I totally agree with the Mavericks goals, and I am doing this out of my own free will." He finished as he took out a remote control, pressed a button, and the camera switched to the huge skyscraper that is the MegaTech building.
Without further delay, the building exploded in a ball of fire, floor by floor, starting from the bottom going to the top, in one second intervals, as each floor detonated in flames, and the building finally crumbled into a heap of flaming rubble.
Reploids and a few humans in the control room gasped at the sight, one human woman started to cry. Then the image turned back to the man.
"My name is Allen Sheppard. And what you have just witnessed, were the destruction of a multimillion-dollar complex and the ending of over 2,000 Reploid slavetraders. I will continue to destroy buildings, in any city I choose, at any time. If any Mavericks are currently watching this, don't come after me, I would hate to see lives wasted. This game isn't even close to being finished, I will see you later."
The signal soon switched back to the news reporter.
"Oh…my god, ladies and gentlemen, this is horrible, fire fighters and medics n the scene say there are no survivors." Stated the news reporter in a sad tone.
"Zero, X, I am assigning you two, to temporarily override the robotic law of never harming a human, until this ruthless murder…is eliminated, and any terrorists he has employed. When the time is right, you will have your orders, this is a direct order from me, log it, I take full responsibility for your actions." Said Dr. Cain to X and Zero in a dark tone.
Mega Man X and Zero looked at each other for a few seconds, and then replied, "Understood clearly sir." And walked out of the control room.
"I can't believe we were just ordered to kill a human." X said to Zero, saddened.
Zero turned to X and said, "I can, X, this will be no different from any other time we've destroyed a Maverick, he said it himself, he agrees with the Maverick cause, Reploid or human, he is still a Maverick. You know that, I know that, when he said that he signed his own death warrant, the only difference is, that I can take all my frustrations against humans and take it out on that Sheppard character and all who work for him. And I won't be labeled a Maverick, this is a direct order X, we aren't Mavericks for doing our job, remember that."
"Understood Zero." X calmly replied.
