Road of the Warrior, Part One
Part One-Out of the Past

"This is Vector Phi, with this special report for RNN. Yet another attack from the Mavericks has begun here in downtown Monsteropolis. More of the so-called 'X-Hunters', led by Spark Mandrill, are striking the downtown power supply!"
Vector Phi had always wanted more out of his existance. He often imagined himself in the excitement of the chase, being a Maverick Hunter. But he had been programmed to broadcast the news. He'd won several awards, covering the Doppler Town crisis. However, he was tired of waiting for X and the others to save the day. But he had no other choice.
"The Maverick Hunter is dispatching X and Zero!" a newsman cried.
It figures, Vector thought. Always X and Zero. They seemed to be the only Maverick Hunters able to keep from turning to Sigma's side and living to talk about it. He'd always wanted to be a part of something earth shattering. Something that would change the world forever.
Then the Whistle came.
It had such a beautiful melody. It played in the ears of Vector Phi, and he looked around to see the source of it.
"Did we get that on audio?" Vector asked.
"Get what?" the crew asked.
"The Whistle!"
"What Whistle?"
"The one..." Vector began.
"Forget the whistle...get THAT!"
Vector spun around to see a new robot jumped down in front of the X-Hunters. He was small-almost four feet. It almost looked comical. This would at least be good for the blooper reel. Mandrill would destroy the upstart and be done with it. His grey and maroon armor sparkled in the sunlight, and a long scarf floated behind him.
"Get out of our way!" Mandrill demanded in his thick accent.
"Not on your life." the other robot replied. Mandrill threw aside the crate he was carrying and readied his electrical attack. Just as Vector had predicted. Mandrill fired, and the cameras continued to roll.
They caught the small robot dodging the blast.
"Incredible!" Vector said, then turned back to the camera. "It appears a new Maverick Hunter has appeared to challenge the X-Hunters!"
"Nice shot." the robot said, "But now it's my turn!" The robot fired two shots from his cannon, tiny compared to those of X or Zero. However, they destroyed Wheel Gator and Sting Chameleon in one shot.
"Looks like we're all alone now." the robot said with a grin.
"I will destroy you!" Mandrill said, then jumped onto the wall of the building. The new robot dodged his dive with ease.
"Promises, promises. When will the cycle of dishonesty end?"
"You talk..." Mandrill began.
"Mandrill, return to base!" a voice crackled over his comm link.
"But..."
"No excuses! We've already lost two warriors."
"Very well." Mandrill said. He looked up to see his enemy waiting, with his arms crossed.
"Aw, you gotta go home already?" he said, then pointed his cannon. "I'm afraid you might be a little late!"
Mandrill barely dodged the robot's attack. "This isn't over yet!"
"Could have fooled me!"
Mandrill growled as he jumped away. He had never been so humiliated, but he was certain he would get another chance.
"He did it!" Vector screamed into his headset. "The newcomer defeated the X-Hunters!"
The robot then noticed the cameras. He waved to them.
"Hi mom...er, sis. See, told you I'd be home in time for dinner. Oh, by the way...let them all know Breakman's back in town!" With that, Breakman teleported away.
"Cut." Vector said, then grinned. "Breakman..." he said to himself. It beared looking into. He might finally have his scoop after all.

"What?" X said, his voice filled with shock, and perhaps, Vector thought, a little embarrassment.
"Yeah, someone who calls himself Breakman." Vector said. "Does the name mean anything to you?"
"No." Zero answered. "How about you, X?"
"Nothing."
"Maybe this will help." Vector said, then punched up the video clips on the monitor. X watched intently as the robot skillfully manuevered his way around the X-Hunters.
"These guys gave us a lot of trouble," Zero said, "But he handles them like they're target holos."
"I'm worried. We don't know Breakman's MO. He could be dangerous."
"Is that a legitimate guess, X," Vector said with a sinister grin, "Or are you worried someone else is going to steal your headlines?"
"And you people ask why I never do interviews." X shot back. "C'mon Zero, we've got work to do."
"Oh, by the way X, I do know something else about the name." Vector said as the two walked away. "We don't know what it means, but the name Breakman appears several times in the pieces of history we put together after the Great War."
X grinned. "Thanks Vector. You might just get that interview after all."

"The Great War?" Zero asked. "What could the mystery man have to do with it?"
"Doctor Cain's archeaological digs around that area seemed to indicate a lot about the Great War. It seems that three robots tried to stop the final advance of the Tyrant. Maybe Breakman is one of them." X said, typing quickly on the computer, "But he could just as easily be one of the Tyrant's war machines."
"You actually believe that myth about robots existing 500 years ago?"
"Doctor Light created me. It's entirely possible he did that from existing designs. Maybe after the Great War ended."
"Humans living on the Earth after the Great War? Now I KNOW you're losing it, gramps."
"Just remember," X shot back without looking up, "Without this old timer, you wouldn't exist."
"I have to remember. You won't let me forget."
"When could he have done the thirty years of testing on the others? Heck, you were sitting in that warehouse for..."
"Don't remind me, Zero. I don't like to think about it." X then looked over the files Light had included with his capsule. "Maybe there was another."
"Maybe." Zero replied. "One thing's for sure, gramps, Light was WAY ahead of his time."
"I know. I just wonder how far ahead he was of it...and us."
With that, a computer alert went off.
"Warning-Advance sensors detect presence of foriegn entity in computer systems. Systems infected with CIGMA virus."
"X, we gotta flush the systems, before the CIGMA virus..."
"It's too late, Zero." a voice said from behind. The two spun around to see their fellow hunter Plasma lifting her cannon armor. "Sigma lives once more!"