CHAPTER TWO: THE TWO HEROES MEET

By SallyX

            Neo, who did not want to be seen, quickly edged his way to a nearby bush to hide from the raging battle that was going on. Meanwhile, the robot that looked a lot like Neo was battling a foe that resembled a frog.

            "Take that you bastard!" The Neo mimic screamed, as a huge blast of plasma shot out of his arm cannon. The enemy, leaped backwards over the blast, and then let his long tongue out. It swiped the side of the hero's arm, and he fell on the ground, writhing in pain.

            "You will never win X!" The frog robot insisted, and hopped away, leaving X to wriggle in pain from the tongue attack. Neo got up from his hiding place, and ran over to the pain infested hero. X, was what the frog had said, that must be his name, thought Neo. X's body tremble greatly, and his eyes were closed. Neo didn't know what to do.

            "X?" He finally managed to ask, afraid of what the hero's response might be. X's eyes opened a small crack to look up at the owner of the voice that called his name. He face immediately filled with confusion.

            "Who are you?" He managed to ask. His eyes closed once again, and a low groaning moan escaped his lips. Neo looked up at the sky for a moment, then back at X.

            "My name is Neo, I don't know how I arrived here, but I am here now. I was training in Dr. Light's laboratory and…" Neo's response was interrupted when X sat up and stared at Neo.

            "Light is dead, how do you know about him?" X no longer seemed to be in pain, but very curious as to how Neo knew of Dr. Light. Neo became a bit intimidated by X's sudden interest and recovery, but continued with his response.

            "What year is it?" Neo asked. X just continued to stare straight at him.

            "The year is 21XX, why do you ask?" X questioned. Neo stared blankly at him.

            "There is no such year! How can this be?" Neo seemed to be losing his mind, and was quite confused as to what exactly was going on. X screamed aloud in pain again, and his head dropped, letting out a loud thud on the rocky surface.

            "How do you know of Light? X repeated himself. Neo looked at him with confused eyes, and then responded.

            "I met him in his laboratory, and he made me the next Mega Man. I was training for a mission, when strange white lights appeared everywhere, and now I'm here. Who exactly are you however, and why do you look so much like me?" X's eyes looked bizarre; they were transfixed on the sky. He began to talk.

            "So you're Mega Man eh? I have heard of you, but I have never met you. Well, to tell you the truth, I am your successor, and my name is Mega Man X. Dr. Light also created me, before he died. He died in an earthquake, but his creation lived, that creation is me. My new commander is Dr. Cain, and he has set up an organization known as the Maverick Hunters. I'm sure you are not familiar with the term Maverick, but that frog robot you saw was a Maverick.

            "His name is Plasma Frog, and there's plenty more Mavericks where he came from. I have been fighting Mavericks for most of my being. My mission is to destroy a virus known as Sigma, but he always seems to come back. Right now we are at war with the Mavericks, and this is the seventh uprising! I don't know how much more violence I can take! I'm so damn sick of all this fighting and destruction. Why can't humans and reploids just get along?

            "Anyways, Zero and I, Zero is my partner in fighting, are currently fighting off these Mavericks trying to get to the bottom of all this. I am not sure if Sigma is behind this, but I am determined to find out. That bastard Sigma, oh how much better I will feel when he is dead! So, does that answer you question?"

            Neo nodded, and then looked at the sky. A helicopter was coming their way. X looked up at Neo. "How did you become Mega Man?" The wind picked up due to the copter, and Neo began to speak louder.

            "Well, Dr. Light said it was my destiny. Mega Man was destroyed in a battle, and I stumbled upon the building chasing a thief. The thief turned out to be one of Dr. Light's helpers, and Dr. Light explained everything to me. That's pretty much how I became Neo Mega Man."

            "Neo Mega Man huh? They even changed the name. Well that tells a bit about yourself, but how did you get to this place?" The chopper flew over the heroes, and the sand whirled high above it's home surface, creating a hellfire of dust. Neo covered his face with his hands to shield from the dust.

            "That's the thing I'm not sure about. I really want to figure it out because I need to get back to the past to destroy Dr. Wily." Neo responded, seriously pondering is present location. Why had he been transported here?

            "So, Neo Mega Man what's the past like?" X asked, curious. Neo was about to answer when X screamed. He grabbed at his chest, and screamed again. Neo didn't know what to do, and just stood there watching his new friend cry aloud. Before his body stopped moving, X did scream out one last sentence. "NEO GET CAIN!"