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Iris…Iris…
Zero…
Hang in there, Iris.
Please…stay away from Repliforce… Let's live together in a world where only Reploids exist…
Iris, there's no world only for reploids… It's only a fantasy…
Yes, I know… But I wanted to believe it. I wanted to live in a world where only reploids exist…with you…
Iris… Iris! Iris!
"Zero! Zero, wake up! Zero!"
Zero's eyes flew open. As everything came into focus, he saw the face of his best friend, X, peering down from the glass of his capsule. "Zero!" he cried, his voice somewhat muffled from the other side of the glass. "Are you okay?"
The capsule top opened and Zero sat up. A pain shot across his head. He put a hand on his forehead and groaned. "What? What's the matter?"
"That was what I was going to ask you," said X. "You were yelling so loudly I heard it from out here. Were you having another nightmare?"
Zero stared blankly at him. Then he groaned and propped his head in his hands. "Yeah, I guess…"
X drew his mouth in a tight line. "Is it that time of year again?"
The red Hunter glanced at the blue one and wondered how his friend knew so much. It was that time of year again. When Iris died in that space station. By his hands. He nodded slowly. "Everything just comes crashing back at this time. The anniversary."
"It'll take a while for you to get over it, huh?" asked X softly.
"It'll take forever, basically," Zero muttered. "It still torments me every year…"
There was a moment of silence between them, and X groped for words. "Um…why don't you just delete that from your memory? If it's that bad, I mean…"
"That means I'd have to delete about Iris too," Zero replied in a flat tone. "I don't think I'd want to do that."
"Right," said X, looking embarrassed. "Sorry." He glanced at his best friend and said, "Well, since you're up, we'd better get to the control room. Alia wants to see us."
"What? Why?" asked Zero.
"Something about a new hunter."
Zero sighed and said, "All right. Let's go."
As he got up, X said, "Look if you're not feeling that well, maybe you should just stay and rest. After all, I can see to them and we don't really need to—"
"No," interrupted Zero, shaking his head. "I'll go. Besides, if I go to sleep again I'll just get another nightmare."
He passed X and strode out of the room. X sighed and ran after him.
Iris…Iris…
Zero…
Hang in there, Iris.
Please…stay away from Repliforce… Let's live together in a world where only Reploids exist…
Iris, there's no world only for reploids… It's only a fantasy…
Yes, I know… But I wanted to believe it. I wanted to live in a world where only reploids exist…with you…
Iris… Iris! Iris!
"Zero! Zero, wake up! Zero!"
Zero's eyes flew open. As everything came into focus, he saw the face of his best friend, X, peering down from the glass of his capsule. "Zero!" he cried, his voice somewhat muffled from the other side of the glass. "Are you okay?"
The capsule top opened and Zero sat up. A pain shot across his head. He put a hand on his forehead and groaned. "What? What's the matter?"
"That was what I was going to ask you," said X. "You were yelling so loudly I heard it from out here. Were you having another nightmare?"
Zero stared blankly at him. Then he groaned and propped his head in his hands. "Yeah, I guess…"
X drew his mouth in a tight line. "Is it that time of year again?"
The red Hunter glanced at the blue one and wondered how his friend knew so much. It was that time of year again. When Iris died in that space station. By his hands. He nodded slowly. "Everything just comes crashing back at this time. The anniversary."
"It'll take a while for you to get over it, huh?" asked X softly.
"It'll take forever, basically," Zero muttered. "It still torments me every year…"
There was a moment of silence between them, and X groped for words. "Um…why don't you just delete that from your memory? If it's that bad, I mean…"
"That means I'd have to delete about Iris too," Zero replied in a flat tone. "I don't think I'd want to do that."
"Right," said X, looking embarrassed. "Sorry." He glanced at his best friend and said, "Well, since you're up, we'd better get to the control room. Alia wants to see us."
"What? Why?" asked Zero.
"Something about a new hunter."
Zero sighed and said, "All right. Let's go."
As he got up, X said, "Look if you're not feeling that well, maybe you should just stay and rest. After all, I can see to them and we don't really need to—"
"No," interrupted Zero, shaking his head. "I'll go. Besides, if I go to sleep again I'll just get another nightmare."
He passed X and strode out of the room. X sighed and ran after him.