Aya: More fun! I wonder how many people are still reading this after the amended *shounen-ai*
alert came into effect...
Mob Member 1: We're still reading it, just so we can demand a refund when we're done.
Aya: But the story is free.
Mob Member 2: We know.
Aya: ... Ur, okay. Anyway, it's close to the end now! This will probably end up being an 8 chapter
story. I'll try to end it well.
Vile, Zero and X jump out onto the stage and form a pyramid. X on the top, Vile and Zero glaring
at each other with animosity on the bottom.
X: *raises his hand* On with the show!
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The Power Within
Chapter 7: The "Scorned" Lover
Everything hurt.
"Uh..." When he tried to open his eyes, he discovered one of them was swollen. His hands
were also chained to the bed, as he discovered when he raised his hand to feel his head.
X panicked and tried to get up, only to be rewarded with pain from the sudden movement. He
laid back on the bed and waited for the pain to pass. "What happened?" Suddenly his biggest
concern wasn't why he ended up here, but the fact that he couldn't remember how he got here.
"Owww!" X exclaimed when he moves his right hand. "My right wrist... it's... broken?" He strained
to remember how he broke his right wrist, but nothing came up.
"What's my name? X. Good." Relieved to find out he remembered at least that much, he continued.
"What do I do for a living? Maverick Hunter. Good." Being carefully to do it slowly this time,
X sat up on the bed. "Who brought me here?" Silence. "Do I know anyone else?" More silence.
X knew he was at a disadvantage by not remembering anything. Someone beat him up pretty good...
he had bruises, cuts, and bandages. "Whoever brought me here can't be my friend. Why
would they chain me up if they were my friend?"
He was in a familiar looking room. Then again, the room was so plain in an all white decor that
it could seem familiar to a lot of people. His throat suddenly got very dry and he coughed violently.
He recognized the taste of blood immediately.
The door opened and in stepped a purple reploid with impressive armor. The new reploid drew up
a sense of fear and dread in X. While he couldn't remember who the reploid was, he knew something
about him was wrong. Every part of his body was telling him to get as far away from the purple
reploid as possible. X scooted as far back against the headboard of the bed as he could, momentarily
ignoring the protest of his sore muscles.
The purple reploid suddenly look amused. His violet eyes and hair were haunting. He walked closer
to X's bed and sat down at the nearby chair.
"So you're up." The strange reached for X's face, but X instinctively drew back. "Are you still mad
at me?"
//I don't want to let on I can't remember him, especially if he's dangerous.// X tried to come up
with some kind of plan, but he didn't know where he was, who this stranger was, and why he was here.
He didn't have any options at all.
"What's wrong, X? Did I hit you too hard?" X looked accusingly at the stranger.
//So he was the one who did this to me.//
"Let me out of these chains." X brought his arms before the stranger, having forgotten about his broken
right wrist. "Arugh." The pain made X drop his right wrist back on the bed.
"Awww.." The stranger picked up X's wrist, unlocked the cuff, and gently set X's wrist back down on the
bed. "How's that?" He waited several seconds for an answer, but when X did not respond, he simply stood
back up and headed towards the door.
"It won't be long now." The stranger announced.
"Until what?" X finally said.
A dark smile crossed the stranger's face. "Until I kill Zero and you become mine."
"Zero...?" X focused on the name. There was something familiar about that name as well. Just as the stranger
riled up a sense of dread and fear in him, the name "Zero" brought a lightness and warmth. Suddenly he
remembered everything that happened to him the past couple of days.
//////(flashback)//////
"Forget him!" Vile shouted as he slugged X, who had his hands cuffed together. "Why can't you forget him?!"
X fell to the floor with a thud. With his hands chained together, he could not fight back nor break his fall.
Not that losing the cuffs would do much good, since he was unarmored, unlike Vile.
"No..." X struggled to say.
"Arugh!" Vile picked X back up again and started another round of beating.
//////(next flashback)////////
X laid on the floor. Vile had done the same thing to him for days now. Beat him continuously, yelling something
about forgetting Zero. It was getting hard to keep track of what's going on. X continuously slipped in and out of
consciousness from the damage he received. He's only guessing it's been a couple of days... He wasn't going to last
long if Vile kept this up.
//Must Escape.// X started to get up, but discovered his right leg was no longer functioning at all. "Arugh." X
took the only alternative and started to drag his body along the floor towards the exit. He was worse off that he
imagined, since he had to stop and rest after only several feet. As he was resting, the doors slid open and Vile
walked in.
"This isn't working." Vile announced. "I've come up with something else. I'm going to kill Zero. You'll watch,
and then you'll see what a pathetic excuse for a reploid he really is."
"NOOOO!"
//////(end flashback)////
X jumped out of bed, but collapsed when his right leg gave out from under him. He pulled against the remaining chain
and reached angrily for Vile.
"You leave Zero alone!" The anger in X's hoarse voice shocked both himself and Vile, who leaned back slightly.
"I'll come get you when it's time for the show." Vile slammed the door shut, a defeating echo lingered.
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Mob Member 1: The heck?! Why is this so short?!
Aya: Sorry! I gotta run to the school library for some research! Plus I'm still a little undecided about what the do next.
Mom Member 2: Hm... Well, hurry and go finish your homework already! We'll be waiting for you to come back.
Aya: Meep! *grabs book bag and runs*
alert came into effect...
Mob Member 1: We're still reading it, just so we can demand a refund when we're done.
Aya: But the story is free.
Mob Member 2: We know.
Aya: ... Ur, okay. Anyway, it's close to the end now! This will probably end up being an 8 chapter
story. I'll try to end it well.
Vile, Zero and X jump out onto the stage and form a pyramid. X on the top, Vile and Zero glaring
at each other with animosity on the bottom.
X: *raises his hand* On with the show!
------------------------
The Power Within
Chapter 7: The "Scorned" Lover
Everything hurt.
"Uh..." When he tried to open his eyes, he discovered one of them was swollen. His hands
were also chained to the bed, as he discovered when he raised his hand to feel his head.
X panicked and tried to get up, only to be rewarded with pain from the sudden movement. He
laid back on the bed and waited for the pain to pass. "What happened?" Suddenly his biggest
concern wasn't why he ended up here, but the fact that he couldn't remember how he got here.
"Owww!" X exclaimed when he moves his right hand. "My right wrist... it's... broken?" He strained
to remember how he broke his right wrist, but nothing came up.
"What's my name? X. Good." Relieved to find out he remembered at least that much, he continued.
"What do I do for a living? Maverick Hunter. Good." Being carefully to do it slowly this time,
X sat up on the bed. "Who brought me here?" Silence. "Do I know anyone else?" More silence.
X knew he was at a disadvantage by not remembering anything. Someone beat him up pretty good...
he had bruises, cuts, and bandages. "Whoever brought me here can't be my friend. Why
would they chain me up if they were my friend?"
He was in a familiar looking room. Then again, the room was so plain in an all white decor that
it could seem familiar to a lot of people. His throat suddenly got very dry and he coughed violently.
He recognized the taste of blood immediately.
The door opened and in stepped a purple reploid with impressive armor. The new reploid drew up
a sense of fear and dread in X. While he couldn't remember who the reploid was, he knew something
about him was wrong. Every part of his body was telling him to get as far away from the purple
reploid as possible. X scooted as far back against the headboard of the bed as he could, momentarily
ignoring the protest of his sore muscles.
The purple reploid suddenly look amused. His violet eyes and hair were haunting. He walked closer
to X's bed and sat down at the nearby chair.
"So you're up." The strange reached for X's face, but X instinctively drew back. "Are you still mad
at me?"
//I don't want to let on I can't remember him, especially if he's dangerous.// X tried to come up
with some kind of plan, but he didn't know where he was, who this stranger was, and why he was here.
He didn't have any options at all.
"What's wrong, X? Did I hit you too hard?" X looked accusingly at the stranger.
//So he was the one who did this to me.//
"Let me out of these chains." X brought his arms before the stranger, having forgotten about his broken
right wrist. "Arugh." The pain made X drop his right wrist back on the bed.
"Awww.." The stranger picked up X's wrist, unlocked the cuff, and gently set X's wrist back down on the
bed. "How's that?" He waited several seconds for an answer, but when X did not respond, he simply stood
back up and headed towards the door.
"It won't be long now." The stranger announced.
"Until what?" X finally said.
A dark smile crossed the stranger's face. "Until I kill Zero and you become mine."
"Zero...?" X focused on the name. There was something familiar about that name as well. Just as the stranger
riled up a sense of dread and fear in him, the name "Zero" brought a lightness and warmth. Suddenly he
remembered everything that happened to him the past couple of days.
//////(flashback)//////
"Forget him!" Vile shouted as he slugged X, who had his hands cuffed together. "Why can't you forget him?!"
X fell to the floor with a thud. With his hands chained together, he could not fight back nor break his fall.
Not that losing the cuffs would do much good, since he was unarmored, unlike Vile.
"No..." X struggled to say.
"Arugh!" Vile picked X back up again and started another round of beating.
//////(next flashback)////////
X laid on the floor. Vile had done the same thing to him for days now. Beat him continuously, yelling something
about forgetting Zero. It was getting hard to keep track of what's going on. X continuously slipped in and out of
consciousness from the damage he received. He's only guessing it's been a couple of days... He wasn't going to last
long if Vile kept this up.
//Must Escape.// X started to get up, but discovered his right leg was no longer functioning at all. "Arugh." X
took the only alternative and started to drag his body along the floor towards the exit. He was worse off that he
imagined, since he had to stop and rest after only several feet. As he was resting, the doors slid open and Vile
walked in.
"This isn't working." Vile announced. "I've come up with something else. I'm going to kill Zero. You'll watch,
and then you'll see what a pathetic excuse for a reploid he really is."
"NOOOO!"
//////(end flashback)////
X jumped out of bed, but collapsed when his right leg gave out from under him. He pulled against the remaining chain
and reached angrily for Vile.
"You leave Zero alone!" The anger in X's hoarse voice shocked both himself and Vile, who leaned back slightly.
"I'll come get you when it's time for the show." Vile slammed the door shut, a defeating echo lingered.
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Mob Member 1: The heck?! Why is this so short?!
Aya: Sorry! I gotta run to the school library for some research! Plus I'm still a little undecided about what the do next.
Mom Member 2: Hm... Well, hurry and go finish your homework already! We'll be waiting for you to come back.
Aya: Meep! *grabs book bag and runs*