Part V: The Smoke Clears
Zero saw the cave ahead of him. It was nearly twenty yards from where he was standing. His legs had started giving out from the long trek to the mountains from the city with the damage he'd received two hours before.
Sinking into a crawl, he dragged himself into the cave, going about five hundred yards into the interior before collapsing. Using his auto-repair program, he descended into unconsciousness.
A mining operation had just finished working on the cave, but a mistake had been made when some of the bombs had been set. When they were set off, they caused a large cave-in, trapping Zero in the cavern, the length of time of which was anybody's guess.
Awaking from his daze, X looked around. The street was in ruins, and there was a large hole in front of him.
Whoa. I'd better get back to the lab.
Getting up, he was able to make his way back to Dr. Light's decimated laboratory before sun-up. As he entered the building, X saw that there really was not much point in staying here, and turned back around to leave.
"X, wait," a voice said from behind him. Turning around, a hologram of Dr. Light was beckoning him to come back into the lab.
'Dr. Light? But you're dead,' was written across X's bewildered face.
"I survived that little accident with Zero. I've been trapped inside the computer system, so I can't do much for you now. There is only one chance that you can survive without being persecuted. The authorities will most likely pin the damage on you because Zero escaped and the others were destroyed. Here, get inside this capsule. It will test your systems and repair you. You'll wake up in another world, one far removed from this one, since it takes so long to test you. You won't remember a thing from your experiences now because the capsule has to wipe your acquired memory clean to perform the tasks it needs to, which may be very beneficial to you."
X looked at the open testing capsule. It was over forty-two feet in height, self-fastening, and opaque. Nobody who stumbled onto it could tell something was inside. He decided it was the best choice for him.
"Alright, I'll get in. Are you sure it will delete all my memories of this time period?"
Dr. Light nodded. "Yes, X, it will."
"Good. I have no desire to remember what has happened."
Settling inside the capsule, X was connected to hundreds of wires that induced deactivation and began checking his systems. The door to the capsule slid shut and locked itself electronically, sealing X inside for years to come...
Zero saw the cave ahead of him. It was nearly twenty yards from where he was standing. His legs had started giving out from the long trek to the mountains from the city with the damage he'd received two hours before.
Sinking into a crawl, he dragged himself into the cave, going about five hundred yards into the interior before collapsing. Using his auto-repair program, he descended into unconsciousness.
A mining operation had just finished working on the cave, but a mistake had been made when some of the bombs had been set. When they were set off, they caused a large cave-in, trapping Zero in the cavern, the length of time of which was anybody's guess.
Awaking from his daze, X looked around. The street was in ruins, and there was a large hole in front of him.
Whoa. I'd better get back to the lab.
Getting up, he was able to make his way back to Dr. Light's decimated laboratory before sun-up. As he entered the building, X saw that there really was not much point in staying here, and turned back around to leave.
"X, wait," a voice said from behind him. Turning around, a hologram of Dr. Light was beckoning him to come back into the lab.
'Dr. Light? But you're dead,' was written across X's bewildered face.
"I survived that little accident with Zero. I've been trapped inside the computer system, so I can't do much for you now. There is only one chance that you can survive without being persecuted. The authorities will most likely pin the damage on you because Zero escaped and the others were destroyed. Here, get inside this capsule. It will test your systems and repair you. You'll wake up in another world, one far removed from this one, since it takes so long to test you. You won't remember a thing from your experiences now because the capsule has to wipe your acquired memory clean to perform the tasks it needs to, which may be very beneficial to you."
X looked at the open testing capsule. It was over forty-two feet in height, self-fastening, and opaque. Nobody who stumbled onto it could tell something was inside. He decided it was the best choice for him.
"Alright, I'll get in. Are you sure it will delete all my memories of this time period?"
Dr. Light nodded. "Yes, X, it will."
"Good. I have no desire to remember what has happened."
Settling inside the capsule, X was connected to hundreds of wires that induced deactivation and began checking his systems. The door to the capsule slid shut and locked itself electronically, sealing X inside for years to come...