A New Hope…?
Meanwhile, as Zero search for Iris, and the mysterious doctor made his diabolical plans. X had just finished getting his repairs from Alia and Douglas and his back to his feet.
X: "Alia…any word on Zero's whereabouts?," says X with a worried tone.
Alia: "None whatsoever X…he just vanished after that mission. We've checked Sector 7 several times I'm afraid."
X: "He can't just disappear like this! Now that Sigma is back and hell of a lot stronger than he ever was!"
Signas: "Calm down, X! We won't give up until we find him! We have the majority of our units searching for him even as we speak!"
X: "But Signas…what if he was ambushed by Sigma? I remember Zero even telling me that he couldn't even keep up with him…" (He looks down to the floor, ever so worried about his partner.)
As a short silence overtook all of them, the alarm sounded loudly.
Alarm Voice: "ATTENTION!! ALL MAVERICK HUNTERS, REPORT TO THE COMMAND CENTER IMMEDIATELY!! VARIOUS MAVERICK ACTIVITY DETECTED!! I REPEAT…"
X: "What?!?! So soon…?!," yelled X as he stormed to the command center, as everyone else followed shortly behind.
Signas: "Computer! What is going on ?!"
Computer Voice: "MAVERICKS REPORTED ATTACKING THE CONFERENCE DOME IN ELLICOT CITY OF SECTOR 3!!"
Alia: No! All the Reploids and humans were going to have a summit there tomorrow to discuss the progress of the rebuilding of "Dark Earth"!
X: "…I'm so sick and tired of fighting all the time! I'm heading to Sector 3 right now!"
Signas: "Wait X…Are you sure? You were only repaired moments ago!"
X: "It's my job. You know that. Besides, who else is gonna stop them? Especially with Zero missing again…"
Alia: "X……" (She just shook her head and sighed.) "Be careful X…don't die on me…or us rather."
X: "I'll be alright Alia…" (With that said, he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and gave her a comforting nod of encouragement.) "In the meantime, you all should try to find out what's going on around here!"
Signas: "We're on it! Now, get going X! Good luck friend…"
Alia: "Come back to me X…be the world's champion once again…" (She smiles warmly to him, as she feels a little embarrassed and looks to her computer terminal.)
X: (He returns a smile to her and nudges her slightly.) "You got it Alia." (With that said, he teleports to Sector 3 to the front of the World Conference Center.)
X readies his X-Buster as he prepares to go into the Center, with no armor to protect him.
X: "When will the Earth….ever have true peace?" (He sighs to himself, since he is going into this mission unprotected and at his normal power.) "I have to be strong…I can't have doubts now. Everyone's depending on me now…" (He speaks softly to himself as a lone tear begins to run down his cheek, even though the tear is oil.) "…Let's go…"
X storms into the Conference Center to see the once, lush and extravagant building, now in complete ruin as he lets out another sigh as he begins to search for any survivors. During his search, he finds a little girl, cowering in fear in a dented "privy".
X: "Are you alright…?," he says in a gentle and soothing tone as he extends his arm to help the little girl up.
Girl: "Oh…are you the Reploid the world cheers for…"X"? "
X: "…That's right."
Girl: "Oh, thank heaven!" (She runs and clings to his metal leg, beginning to cry on his leg.)
X: "Hey now….stop that crying. You need to be strong…where's your family?"
Girl: "…They are all gone. A Maverick…with a light blue cape and a red visor…killed them."
X: "…I'm so sorry…I know it hurts…" (His face gets tight from her description of the Maverick. He knows exactly who it is as his anger is beginning to boil.) "What's your name…?"
Girl: "My name is…Lila."
X: "Well Lila…it's nice to meet you. I'm going to get you out of here…alright?"
Lila: "Alright….thankie X…!" (She stops crying and lets go of his leg.)
X: "There now…Everything will be okay." (He takes her hand and leads her to the entrance of the Center.)
Lila: "The underground shelter in this Sector is just down that way. I can make it on my own. You should go and look for other people. I know there were lots of other people still inside. I'll be okay thanks to you! My hero!!" (She yells and smiles to him playfully as she waves to him and runs down the road.)
X watches Lila run down the road and smiles slightly, knowing he at least saved a life today, but even as he spoke a swift shadow went by and snatched the girl.
Lila: "EEEKKK!!" (She screamed in horror and pain as she was being lifted by one arm by a Maverick.)
???: "I was looking for you little girl…thought you could hide forever?!"
X: "Hold on, Lila! I'm coming!!"
X rushes outside to see the Maverick that Lila described on a nearby rooftop holding Lila by her throat 2 stories above the road below.
X: "DYNAMO!!!"
Dynamo: "It's about time you showed up X…I've been waiting for you."
X: "Put Lila down right now! She's just an innocent little girl!!"
Dynamo: "I made a promise to her daddy, that I wouldn't leave his daughter alone…if you catch my drift! Hehehe…
X: "Dynamo…surely you wouldn't…"
Lila: "…X……H-Help me…." (She barely gets the words out as he is continuing to be choked by Dynamo.)
X: "Lila, hang on!! I'm coming to save you!!!" ( In a fury, X runs up to the building and "kick-jumps" up the side of the building as quickly as possible.)
Dynamo: "That's your problem X…You care too much. Kiss it goodbye you little, disgusting brat!!!"
To X's horror, Dynamo slowly snaps Lila's small neck and drops her to the ground as a look of extreme pleasure overtake Dynamo's features.
Dynamo: "Did you hear that cute "snap" her neck made…?"
X: "You…Dynamo…you…" (He can barely form words from Dynamo's hideous deed as his rage has reached its point.)
Dynamo: "What's the matter, X? Don't you understand the true purpose of the Reploids?! Our purpose is none other than to eliminate the human race and rule this accursed planet for ourselves!!"
X: "Curse all you Mavericks!!!! I've heard enough!!! It's about time I retired you for starting all of this mayhem in the first place Dynamo!!! You're the cause of "Dark Earth"!!!
Dynamo: "So what, X? Been there, done that. It's old news now…and I was only having some fun! I was just so bored, you know…?!" (He says with a playful, yet devilish smirk on his face as he points to the embedded "W" insignia on his breastplate.) " I am of a new breed of Reploids now X…I'll prove to you now that you are of no challenge to me anymore and I'll dispose of you once and for all, you ancient bucket of bolts!!"
X: "You MONSTER! I'll retire YOU for all the pain you've caused the Earth!!!" (He charges his X- Buster and rushes at Dynamo.)
Neo Dynamo: "Show me your true power, X!!"
X fires his charged shot at Dynamo as he smacks it away and returns fire. The blast hits X in the chest as he flies off the roof of the building and lands hard into the ground, skidding across it a few feet.
Neo Dynamo: "HAHA!! Another one bites the dust, eh X?!"
X: "….Shit…what in the world is going on…?" (He coughs up a bit of oil, as he staggers up weakly, with a huge scorch mark on his breastplate from Dynamo's blast.)
As X tried to get up, Dynamo rushed him, grabbed him by his head and tosses him through another building and fires another blast engulfing the destroyed building in beautiful blue sea of flames, in an attempt to put X in a fiery grave.
Neo Dynamo: "Aww…poor baby. You no play no more, X…!" , yells Dynamo in a playful tone. "I'm disappointed in you X…I expected better from the world's champion…"
???: "Hmph. You're nothing but a coward Dynamo…Why don't face a REAL warrior?"
Dynamo turns to wear the mysterious voice came from and sees 2 strange Reploids on the rooftop of the Conference Center.
???: "Seems I'll have to teach you a lesson in true power Dynamo, along with my little friend here…Prepare yourself for your retirement. Come on "Fang"!!"
The mysterious reploid and his "pet" leaps off the Conference Center and dashes toward Dynamo at lightning speed.
Neo Dynamo: "YOU! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU FOOL!!"
???: "Goodbye…"
In an instant, this mysterious Reploid stops in front of Dynamo. There stood a rather tall Reploid with black armor and little bit of orange trim. His eyes had a rather disturbing look in them as he nodded to the other Reploid, which was a large, canine-type reploid, with violet colored "canine" armor, that was steadily growling at Dynamo as it leaped onto him and pinned him down by the throat.
Neo Dynamo: "Nooooo…..you…you can't do this!! W-We were partners…!! Please…!!!"
???: "That's old news…..you're through Dynamo…GOODBYE!!"
The mysterious reploid stands overtop of Dynamo while "Fang" holds him down, as he aims his Buster gun at Dynamo's Power Crystal and fires a single shot shattering the crystal along with his head, oil running down the road with remnants of the crystal shimmering slightly with the reflection of the flaming building.
???: "Fang. Go and recover X's body, and make it snappy. Once you recover the body, teleport to Sector 1. That's where the Maverick HQ is located. I'll be waiting for you there so hurry it up, alright?"
Fang: Grrr…..Woof! Woof! ("Ok, I got it!")
The flames die down around the debris where X was buried and beaten as Fang digs him out and lets out his body, to see a small fracture in X's Power Crystal.
Fang: Woof…. ("Gotta hurry, or his power supply will fade.")
As this mysterious, yet powerful reploid saves X's life along with his companion, "Fang", the ill-fated plans are still very much in motion. Whoever these two new reploids are, let's just hope they are on X's side for the time being…at least until Zero returns. Or is there more than what meets the naked eye…? Stay tuned….
Well, that's the end of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will be up soon as possible. Thanks.
Ken
Meanwhile, as Zero search for Iris, and the mysterious doctor made his diabolical plans. X had just finished getting his repairs from Alia and Douglas and his back to his feet.
X: "Alia…any word on Zero's whereabouts?," says X with a worried tone.
Alia: "None whatsoever X…he just vanished after that mission. We've checked Sector 7 several times I'm afraid."
X: "He can't just disappear like this! Now that Sigma is back and hell of a lot stronger than he ever was!"
Signas: "Calm down, X! We won't give up until we find him! We have the majority of our units searching for him even as we speak!"
X: "But Signas…what if he was ambushed by Sigma? I remember Zero even telling me that he couldn't even keep up with him…" (He looks down to the floor, ever so worried about his partner.)
As a short silence overtook all of them, the alarm sounded loudly.
Alarm Voice: "ATTENTION!! ALL MAVERICK HUNTERS, REPORT TO THE COMMAND CENTER IMMEDIATELY!! VARIOUS MAVERICK ACTIVITY DETECTED!! I REPEAT…"
X: "What?!?! So soon…?!," yelled X as he stormed to the command center, as everyone else followed shortly behind.
Signas: "Computer! What is going on ?!"
Computer Voice: "MAVERICKS REPORTED ATTACKING THE CONFERENCE DOME IN ELLICOT CITY OF SECTOR 3!!"
Alia: No! All the Reploids and humans were going to have a summit there tomorrow to discuss the progress of the rebuilding of "Dark Earth"!
X: "…I'm so sick and tired of fighting all the time! I'm heading to Sector 3 right now!"
Signas: "Wait X…Are you sure? You were only repaired moments ago!"
X: "It's my job. You know that. Besides, who else is gonna stop them? Especially with Zero missing again…"
Alia: "X……" (She just shook her head and sighed.) "Be careful X…don't die on me…or us rather."
X: "I'll be alright Alia…" (With that said, he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and gave her a comforting nod of encouragement.) "In the meantime, you all should try to find out what's going on around here!"
Signas: "We're on it! Now, get going X! Good luck friend…"
Alia: "Come back to me X…be the world's champion once again…" (She smiles warmly to him, as she feels a little embarrassed and looks to her computer terminal.)
X: (He returns a smile to her and nudges her slightly.) "You got it Alia." (With that said, he teleports to Sector 3 to the front of the World Conference Center.)
X readies his X-Buster as he prepares to go into the Center, with no armor to protect him.
X: "When will the Earth….ever have true peace?" (He sighs to himself, since he is going into this mission unprotected and at his normal power.) "I have to be strong…I can't have doubts now. Everyone's depending on me now…" (He speaks softly to himself as a lone tear begins to run down his cheek, even though the tear is oil.) "…Let's go…"
X storms into the Conference Center to see the once, lush and extravagant building, now in complete ruin as he lets out another sigh as he begins to search for any survivors. During his search, he finds a little girl, cowering in fear in a dented "privy".
X: "Are you alright…?," he says in a gentle and soothing tone as he extends his arm to help the little girl up.
Girl: "Oh…are you the Reploid the world cheers for…"X"? "
X: "…That's right."
Girl: "Oh, thank heaven!" (She runs and clings to his metal leg, beginning to cry on his leg.)
X: "Hey now….stop that crying. You need to be strong…where's your family?"
Girl: "…They are all gone. A Maverick…with a light blue cape and a red visor…killed them."
X: "…I'm so sorry…I know it hurts…" (His face gets tight from her description of the Maverick. He knows exactly who it is as his anger is beginning to boil.) "What's your name…?"
Girl: "My name is…Lila."
X: "Well Lila…it's nice to meet you. I'm going to get you out of here…alright?"
Lila: "Alright….thankie X…!" (She stops crying and lets go of his leg.)
X: "There now…Everything will be okay." (He takes her hand and leads her to the entrance of the Center.)
Lila: "The underground shelter in this Sector is just down that way. I can make it on my own. You should go and look for other people. I know there were lots of other people still inside. I'll be okay thanks to you! My hero!!" (She yells and smiles to him playfully as she waves to him and runs down the road.)
X watches Lila run down the road and smiles slightly, knowing he at least saved a life today, but even as he spoke a swift shadow went by and snatched the girl.
Lila: "EEEKKK!!" (She screamed in horror and pain as she was being lifted by one arm by a Maverick.)
???: "I was looking for you little girl…thought you could hide forever?!"
X: "Hold on, Lila! I'm coming!!"
X rushes outside to see the Maverick that Lila described on a nearby rooftop holding Lila by her throat 2 stories above the road below.
X: "DYNAMO!!!"
Dynamo: "It's about time you showed up X…I've been waiting for you."
X: "Put Lila down right now! She's just an innocent little girl!!"
Dynamo: "I made a promise to her daddy, that I wouldn't leave his daughter alone…if you catch my drift! Hehehe…
X: "Dynamo…surely you wouldn't…"
Lila: "…X……H-Help me…." (She barely gets the words out as he is continuing to be choked by Dynamo.)
X: "Lila, hang on!! I'm coming to save you!!!" ( In a fury, X runs up to the building and "kick-jumps" up the side of the building as quickly as possible.)
Dynamo: "That's your problem X…You care too much. Kiss it goodbye you little, disgusting brat!!!"
To X's horror, Dynamo slowly snaps Lila's small neck and drops her to the ground as a look of extreme pleasure overtake Dynamo's features.
Dynamo: "Did you hear that cute "snap" her neck made…?"
X: "You…Dynamo…you…" (He can barely form words from Dynamo's hideous deed as his rage has reached its point.)
Dynamo: "What's the matter, X? Don't you understand the true purpose of the Reploids?! Our purpose is none other than to eliminate the human race and rule this accursed planet for ourselves!!"
X: "Curse all you Mavericks!!!! I've heard enough!!! It's about time I retired you for starting all of this mayhem in the first place Dynamo!!! You're the cause of "Dark Earth"!!!
Dynamo: "So what, X? Been there, done that. It's old news now…and I was only having some fun! I was just so bored, you know…?!" (He says with a playful, yet devilish smirk on his face as he points to the embedded "W" insignia on his breastplate.) " I am of a new breed of Reploids now X…I'll prove to you now that you are of no challenge to me anymore and I'll dispose of you once and for all, you ancient bucket of bolts!!"
X: "You MONSTER! I'll retire YOU for all the pain you've caused the Earth!!!" (He charges his X- Buster and rushes at Dynamo.)
Neo Dynamo: "Show me your true power, X!!"
X fires his charged shot at Dynamo as he smacks it away and returns fire. The blast hits X in the chest as he flies off the roof of the building and lands hard into the ground, skidding across it a few feet.
Neo Dynamo: "HAHA!! Another one bites the dust, eh X?!"
X: "….Shit…what in the world is going on…?" (He coughs up a bit of oil, as he staggers up weakly, with a huge scorch mark on his breastplate from Dynamo's blast.)
As X tried to get up, Dynamo rushed him, grabbed him by his head and tosses him through another building and fires another blast engulfing the destroyed building in beautiful blue sea of flames, in an attempt to put X in a fiery grave.
Neo Dynamo: "Aww…poor baby. You no play no more, X…!" , yells Dynamo in a playful tone. "I'm disappointed in you X…I expected better from the world's champion…"
???: "Hmph. You're nothing but a coward Dynamo…Why don't face a REAL warrior?"
Dynamo turns to wear the mysterious voice came from and sees 2 strange Reploids on the rooftop of the Conference Center.
???: "Seems I'll have to teach you a lesson in true power Dynamo, along with my little friend here…Prepare yourself for your retirement. Come on "Fang"!!"
The mysterious reploid and his "pet" leaps off the Conference Center and dashes toward Dynamo at lightning speed.
Neo Dynamo: "YOU! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU FOOL!!"
???: "Goodbye…"
In an instant, this mysterious Reploid stops in front of Dynamo. There stood a rather tall Reploid with black armor and little bit of orange trim. His eyes had a rather disturbing look in them as he nodded to the other Reploid, which was a large, canine-type reploid, with violet colored "canine" armor, that was steadily growling at Dynamo as it leaped onto him and pinned him down by the throat.
Neo Dynamo: "Nooooo…..you…you can't do this!! W-We were partners…!! Please…!!!"
???: "That's old news…..you're through Dynamo…GOODBYE!!"
The mysterious reploid stands overtop of Dynamo while "Fang" holds him down, as he aims his Buster gun at Dynamo's Power Crystal and fires a single shot shattering the crystal along with his head, oil running down the road with remnants of the crystal shimmering slightly with the reflection of the flaming building.
???: "Fang. Go and recover X's body, and make it snappy. Once you recover the body, teleport to Sector 1. That's where the Maverick HQ is located. I'll be waiting for you there so hurry it up, alright?"
Fang: Grrr…..Woof! Woof! ("Ok, I got it!")
The flames die down around the debris where X was buried and beaten as Fang digs him out and lets out his body, to see a small fracture in X's Power Crystal.
Fang: Woof…. ("Gotta hurry, or his power supply will fade.")
As this mysterious, yet powerful reploid saves X's life along with his companion, "Fang", the ill-fated plans are still very much in motion. Whoever these two new reploids are, let's just hope they are on X's side for the time being…at least until Zero returns. Or is there more than what meets the naked eye…? Stay tuned….
Well, that's the end of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will be up soon as possible. Thanks.
Ken