Chapter X - New Mission Briefing
"This is absolutly amazing! You say this was in Wily's lab? I'll need to study this further. Doppler, run the AI testing program." Cain was overjoyed with the discovery of the robot wolf. Zero had taken the liberty of looking up Bass' presence during the Wily Wars and discovered that the wolfs name was Treble. X had woken up, and was being briefed by one of Doppler's proxy programs. At the moment Cain was working on Treble and asking Bass questions about it's discovery.
"Yeah, he was by Wily's corpse. It seems that Treble was almost finished, but Zero had killed him before it could be placed in the capsule."
"You found his corpse?"
"Yep. He still had a fusion cutter in his hand."
"Simply amazing! This is almost too much to bear. Bass, could you go speak with X? I think it would be better if you tell him what our plan to get Sigma is."
"Yes, sir." Bass left the room and headed down to the simulator. X was sure to be practicing his moves after being out of action for so long. Sure enough, he was plugged into the simulator, the screen showing the all too familiar 'Abandoned Highway' scenario. Bass sat down in the chair next to X and plugged the transfer wires into a port in the back of his head. Suddenly the room went white and when his vision cleared Bass was on the highway.
There were always a few bugs if a Reploid entered the simulator while someone else was using it. Most of the time the simulator would try and increase the difficulty to account for the extra user, but making it a few levels too high. Additionally, the new Hunter would teleport in far away from the rest of the group. Bass looked around and saw a blue figure off in the distance. That must be X, thought Bass as he dashed off towards the energy blasts. Luckily, X was heading toward him instead of away, so the trip over was much shorter than it could have been. A Ball de Voux was sneaking up on X.
"Hey, X! Jump!" yelled Bass as he shot a bunch of rounds at the Ball de Voux. X jumped and the Ball rolled under him with a stream of plasma right behind it. The Ball de Voux exploded and X landed by the steel husk. He turned around to look at who had warned him.
"Oh, hello Bass. I was wondering who had warped in, there are at least three times as many mavericks as there should have been."
"Cain wanted me to brief you on the next mission."
"Doppler already did that."
"Cain wanted me to tell you personally, as your not going."
"What?" X said in surprise. A Bee Blader took this opportunity to come up behind them and shoot a missle into X's generator. Bass shut down the simulator and he and X opened their eyes back at HQ.
"You're not going on the next mission," Bass said as he took the wires out from the back of his head.
"Then who is?" asked X.
"I am."
"And who's your partner for this one."
"No one, I'm going solo."
"What! You can't go solo! There's never been a single mission where Cain has allowed us to go solo!"
"What about the infiltration of the X-Hunter base?"
"Cain was going to send Zero in as soon as possible."
"Do you really think that you will ever be able to get Sigma to trust you?"
"Huh? What are you saying?"
"This is no ordinary seek-and-destroy mission. I have to sneak in and speak directly to Sigma, get him to trust me. I've got to become his right hand man, his most trusted ally. That's something you could never do, not with your history."
"Sigma will destroy you! No one that he doesn't know can get close to him without getting killed!"
"You remember how he knew that Zero was one of Wily's creations? If Sigma knew that, he's bound to know that a Reploid built by Wily was built. He'll know that I won't hurt him. And once I've been with Sigma long enough to gain his trust, I hit him with the antibody. If any scans are done to my systems, it will show I have the original Maverick Virus, further proof that I am one of the doctor's own."
"What if you go Maverick?"
"Then I guess we'll have ourselves quite a fight, won't we. Remember, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, so keep watching the memory file of the fight that the original MegaMan and Bass. That's one thing we never want to forget."
"Okay, It makes enough sense that only you can do this. But we don't know where Sigma is."
"You missed a lot while you were conked out there. One of the newer Hunters, I think her name is Alia, found odd energy readings coming from the North Atlantic. Sigma's base is going to be around there somewhere. I've got to go back to the lab now. Cain should be done with the repair work on Treble."
"Who?"
"Check the mission report for the second trip to Wily's Fortress." Bass ran down the hall towards Cain's lab. He and Doppler had finished their work on Treble, who was currently activated and growling at anyone who came near.
"We must have done something wrong," said Doppler from one of the screens, "It attacks anything we send at it."
"Let me try," said Bass.
"Don't! It'll rip your arm off!" warned Cain.
"You seem to have forgotten that Treble was built to follow my orders. See?" Trebble was sitting calmly now as Bass stroked his head. "I don't think that he'll attack unless I tell him to."
"That's all well and good, Bass, but we need to train you to work with Treble," said Doppler from one of the consoles. "There should also be some function to let you fly using Treble, but we have no idea how to do that yet."
"Don't worry, Doc. We have plenty of time to do that."
"I should hope so. It appears that Sigma used most of his resources on the attack in Raddix, so it will take some time before he can launch a full assault."
"Bass, take Treble to the simulator," said Cain, "See what abilities he has."
"Yes, sir," Bass replied. He walked back out of the room with Treble at his heels.
"This is absolutly amazing! You say this was in Wily's lab? I'll need to study this further. Doppler, run the AI testing program." Cain was overjoyed with the discovery of the robot wolf. Zero had taken the liberty of looking up Bass' presence during the Wily Wars and discovered that the wolfs name was Treble. X had woken up, and was being briefed by one of Doppler's proxy programs. At the moment Cain was working on Treble and asking Bass questions about it's discovery.
"Yeah, he was by Wily's corpse. It seems that Treble was almost finished, but Zero had killed him before it could be placed in the capsule."
"You found his corpse?"
"Yep. He still had a fusion cutter in his hand."
"Simply amazing! This is almost too much to bear. Bass, could you go speak with X? I think it would be better if you tell him what our plan to get Sigma is."
"Yes, sir." Bass left the room and headed down to the simulator. X was sure to be practicing his moves after being out of action for so long. Sure enough, he was plugged into the simulator, the screen showing the all too familiar 'Abandoned Highway' scenario. Bass sat down in the chair next to X and plugged the transfer wires into a port in the back of his head. Suddenly the room went white and when his vision cleared Bass was on the highway.
There were always a few bugs if a Reploid entered the simulator while someone else was using it. Most of the time the simulator would try and increase the difficulty to account for the extra user, but making it a few levels too high. Additionally, the new Hunter would teleport in far away from the rest of the group. Bass looked around and saw a blue figure off in the distance. That must be X, thought Bass as he dashed off towards the energy blasts. Luckily, X was heading toward him instead of away, so the trip over was much shorter than it could have been. A Ball de Voux was sneaking up on X.
"Hey, X! Jump!" yelled Bass as he shot a bunch of rounds at the Ball de Voux. X jumped and the Ball rolled under him with a stream of plasma right behind it. The Ball de Voux exploded and X landed by the steel husk. He turned around to look at who had warned him.
"Oh, hello Bass. I was wondering who had warped in, there are at least three times as many mavericks as there should have been."
"Cain wanted me to brief you on the next mission."
"Doppler already did that."
"Cain wanted me to tell you personally, as your not going."
"What?" X said in surprise. A Bee Blader took this opportunity to come up behind them and shoot a missle into X's generator. Bass shut down the simulator and he and X opened their eyes back at HQ.
"You're not going on the next mission," Bass said as he took the wires out from the back of his head.
"Then who is?" asked X.
"I am."
"And who's your partner for this one."
"No one, I'm going solo."
"What! You can't go solo! There's never been a single mission where Cain has allowed us to go solo!"
"What about the infiltration of the X-Hunter base?"
"Cain was going to send Zero in as soon as possible."
"Do you really think that you will ever be able to get Sigma to trust you?"
"Huh? What are you saying?"
"This is no ordinary seek-and-destroy mission. I have to sneak in and speak directly to Sigma, get him to trust me. I've got to become his right hand man, his most trusted ally. That's something you could never do, not with your history."
"Sigma will destroy you! No one that he doesn't know can get close to him without getting killed!"
"You remember how he knew that Zero was one of Wily's creations? If Sigma knew that, he's bound to know that a Reploid built by Wily was built. He'll know that I won't hurt him. And once I've been with Sigma long enough to gain his trust, I hit him with the antibody. If any scans are done to my systems, it will show I have the original Maverick Virus, further proof that I am one of the doctor's own."
"What if you go Maverick?"
"Then I guess we'll have ourselves quite a fight, won't we. Remember, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, so keep watching the memory file of the fight that the original MegaMan and Bass. That's one thing we never want to forget."
"Okay, It makes enough sense that only you can do this. But we don't know where Sigma is."
"You missed a lot while you were conked out there. One of the newer Hunters, I think her name is Alia, found odd energy readings coming from the North Atlantic. Sigma's base is going to be around there somewhere. I've got to go back to the lab now. Cain should be done with the repair work on Treble."
"Who?"
"Check the mission report for the second trip to Wily's Fortress." Bass ran down the hall towards Cain's lab. He and Doppler had finished their work on Treble, who was currently activated and growling at anyone who came near.
"We must have done something wrong," said Doppler from one of the screens, "It attacks anything we send at it."
"Let me try," said Bass.
"Don't! It'll rip your arm off!" warned Cain.
"You seem to have forgotten that Treble was built to follow my orders. See?" Trebble was sitting calmly now as Bass stroked his head. "I don't think that he'll attack unless I tell him to."
"That's all well and good, Bass, but we need to train you to work with Treble," said Doppler from one of the consoles. "There should also be some function to let you fly using Treble, but we have no idea how to do that yet."
"Don't worry, Doc. We have plenty of time to do that."
"I should hope so. It appears that Sigma used most of his resources on the attack in Raddix, so it will take some time before he can launch a full assault."
"Bass, take Treble to the simulator," said Cain, "See what abilities he has."
"Yes, sir," Bass replied. He walked back out of the room with Treble at his heels.