An old-time fanfic which deals with the return of Dr. Wily in the time of Mega Man X
Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 16 - Words: 17,782 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Published: Jun 5, 2001 - id: 307164
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Road of the Warrior, Part Two
Part Two-An Omen
"I thought you said Doppler's anti-virus would take care of Sigma for good!" X cried.
"Well geez, I'd say it's obvious he was backed up!" Zero shot back.
Plasma Sigma smiled with delight at the havok he/she had caused. He didn't care too much
for the idea of possessing a female robot, but beggars couldn't be chosers. Besides, the body was
suprisingly powerful. Plasma's old eyes had transformed-Now the blue eyes and the red daggers
below them appeared, the telltale sign of the CIGMA virus.
"What do you want Sigma?" X asked.
"Power. The world in his hands. Things like that." Zero quipped.
Sigma smirked. "I'm not a ruler, my dear boy. I am a harbinger. Not unlike yourself."
"I'm not going to follow the path programmed me, Sigma. I can make my own decisions."
"Very well. Then you shall die with your friend!"
Instantly, Sigma charged at the two, two claws appearing from either hand. Both of the
Maverick Hunters dodged the attack, and Sigma quickly spun around to begin the next round of
attack. X fired a shot, trying to only wound the body, but Sigma dodged it with ease.
"Warning:Security perimeter breached. Detecting Ride Armor-Class Unknown." the
computer said to no one.
Zero drew his beam sabre and charged at Sigma. He leaped into the air, then brought down
the sabre as he landed. Sigma's right arm landed on the floor with a loud clunk.
"Zero, be careful! Plasma's..."
"Dead. Nothing can survive infection with the CIGMA virus."
"Quite right. Not even you two..."
Sigma was cut off as the wall to the compound crumbled. Dust rose high into the air, and X
and Zero were temporarily blinded. Two laser blasts forced them to their knees. Sigma looked up
to see a small red light shining through the dust.
"Exquisite timing, Vile."
"Interesting new host, chief." Vile said, snickering.
"Shut up and get us out of here."
"What about those two?" As if on cue, X and Zero began firing at the two robots. "Well, that
answers my question. Let's move."
"Don't let them get away!" X said, jumping to his feet.
"Sorry old timer," Zero replied, "But Vile's blast fused my knee joint. I'm gonna need repairs
first."
"Alright." X said, then looked out at the hole Vile's armor had made. Moving at top speed far
beyond the base, Sigma returned the glare. Both swore yet again that the end was near.
Vector Phi couldn't concentrate on his assignments. Ever since he'd video taped the
appearance of the mysterious Break Man, something was gnawing at him. More often than not, it
was that Whistle. He couldn't stand to deactivate himself for recharging-he had to solve the
mystery that beckoned to him.
It was then a knock came on the door. Vector walked over, pressed the unlock code, and the
door slid open. Outside stood a short girl with long blonde hair, tied into a pony tail. He could tell
from her heat signatures that she was a Reploid.
"Can I help you?" he asked.
"Yes." the girl replied. "My name is Phaelin. I wanted to talk to you about the newscast you
did the other day. The one about Break Man."
"I don't have any updates." Vector said. It figured. She was a news hound.
"I know you don't. The point is, I do." Phaelin said with a grin. "Actually, I was going to offer
you an exclusive interview with Break Man."
Vector's eyes widened. "You gotta be kidding me!"
Phaelin's blonde eyes narrowed. "On something this serious, Mr. Phi, I do not kid around."
"When?"
"Whenever you like. Now, if that would suit you."
"Well, I'd love to, but I need to recharge..."
"We have a charging console at our home base. Quite nice one, actually. Mr. Phi, it's very
important this interview comes out now. Things are happening-things which you're not aware of.
Things that will reshape the world you know."
"The story of the century, I'm sure."
"Uh huh. Well, let me grab my equipment and we'll go see Break Man." he re-entered his
home, and began throwing his equipment into a bag.
"Now, Miss Phaelin, how exactly is it you know Break Man, anyway?"
"He's my brother."
"Reploids don't have brothers and sisters."
"Not now." Phaelin shot back.
"But they did in the good old days, is that it?" Vector said.
"Yes." Phaelin replied, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Sometimes, I would give anything to
go back to them."
Doctor Christopher Cain had arrived late in life. He was in his mid seventies when he had
first discovered the capsule with Mega Man X inside of it. That propelled him to fame and fortune.
Now, a long five years later, Cain had managed to remain famous and rich on the basis of that
new discovery, despite the fact that he had never advanced beyond it.
Cain was a jack of all trades, and had he never found X, he would have been a master of
none. Archaeologist, roboticist, astronomer, xenobiologist, historian-He was trained in many
fields, thanks to his constantly shifting majors in college. When he finally graduated, with a degree
in archaeology, the Great War had created a tremendous interest in the field. Of course, Cain
was not one to go against the flow. He'd failed tremendously, and held odd jobs around the city-
until he found the lab site.
Now, Cain was an international celebrity. Everyone wanted to claim they knew him. He was
a consultant to powerful companies and even the government. He went on talk shows talking about
X and Zero and the others-probably because the Maverick Hunters despised the things.
Of course, none of that mattered right now. The last few days had presented him with
several problems. The most obvious was the infiltration of the CIGMA virus easily into the systems
of Maverick Hunter base. He had to research Doctor Doppler's antivirus program, hoping it would
provide a way to keep the virus out of all global computer systems. Less important, and more
difficult, was the mystery Break Man presented.
Break Man. He'd heard the name several times in the archaeology from the Great War. The
most probable reason was that the Reploid behind the mask had heard the name, and decided to
use it for his own. However, that didn't explain how he was able to easily defeat three of Sigma's
most powerful Mavericks. The more disturbing excuse was obvious-Break Man was a machine that
had somehow survived the Great War.
Impossible, he knew. The electro-magnetic pulse generated by the nuclear explosion that
had rendered the Earth uninhabitable for five hundred years would have deactivated him. Yet
there he was. He shouldn't exist, but he did.
"Anti virus sequencing complete. CIGMA virus breaks in 1.4 hours."
"Let's try this again." Cain said, inputing the sequence once more, changing some of the
variables. The anti-virus Doppler had created had apparently destroyed Sigma, but Cain theorized
the virus were linked to a master network system. The frightening thing was, if that were true,
then the virus would learn a way around the old anti virus. He was wrong about that, he decided.
He had to be.
Break Man, he said again to himself. It took him back to the old days as a student. The
names were so crystal clear-the Tyrant, Break Man, Roll, Bass, Gamma, Enker, Tango. And then
the hero, the one Cain had named his greatest discovery after-Mega Man. He began to ask
himself, if Break Man had returned, could the others?
"Meow."
Cain spun to see a small robotic cat purring at his feet. It was green and grey, a cute little
creature. It jumped into Cain's lap and rubbed its head against his chest. Cain petted him in
return.
"It's Tango." Cain spun around to see the short maroon and grey robot behind him, a robotic
dog sitting at his side. "This is Rush, and, though you may already know, I'm Break Man."
"You!" Cain said, jumping to his feet. Tango scrambled to avoid falling flat on the floor. "I
have so many questions to ask you..."
"All in good time, Doctor. My question first-You found the capsules, didn't you?"
"Capsules? There was only one!"
"No, there were two. Both in the lab."
"My God." Cain said suddenly. "There was a break in at the lab site, but we assumed
nothing was taken..."
"Also, a program was taken secretly from the lab. If the two of them are lose in this time, it's
only a matter of time before we're plunged into the Second Great War."
"I'll contact X and Zero." Cain said.
"Hurry." Break Man replied. "If the program and the robot in the second capsule come
together, they'll be able to find and reactivate Gamma."
"What's Gamma?"
"Trust me," Break Man said grimly, "You don't want to find out."
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