Chapter 2 Haunting Face

"Weird dream. I have a bad feelingh about this." Alia said after drinking her coffee. They were in the HQ's cafeteria, drinking coffee. It was the morning. Other reploids were eating their breakfast, other were just skipping it or some were still sleeping. X and Alia were on a table, talking. "I think that's nothing. I have all kind of dreams" He replied. "A strange character threatening you in your dreams. Thats bad." She said holding her cup."If I count all the dead threats I had, I would have thousands!" He put his empty cup on the table. "Ok, then, but be careful." X prepared to leave as Alia interrupted him." Don't you need to take care of the rookies today? I heard they were pretty stubborn." She said with a smile "Awwhh, damn it. I don't want to, but I don't have much choice." He said in dislike.

At the end of the day, X and his rookies were in the shooting range. The training was over so he told them to dismiss. Once alone, he began to shoot the targets. He got them all until he sensed something near. He turned himself and saw smoke on the ground.When most of the smoke cleared, Zero was there. Standing there, lifeless waiting for nothing. "Ze..Ze....Zero?" He said with a scared look. He walked toward Zero. Once at some feet near, he couldn't walk anymore. Like if a strange power was holding him. He tried to reach Zero with his arm, but Megaman fell unconscious. He was so near...

"Megaman? Are you alright? Megaman!" said a female voice. X couldn't see. It vision was darkened. "Sir, what happen?" said a man voice. "Hnnghh...." Megaman muttered. "X, wake up!" She too X in her arm to shake him. X recovered his vision and saw Alia on her knees near him and another hunter standing near. "What...happen?" X said trying to regained strenght."I would like to know!" Alia talked. "I'll bring you to the medical center.

Alia was in the command room, working, when Signas arrived."What is happening with Megaman X?" He asked. "I don't know sir. He has been acting strange. He fell unconscious in the shooting range.'"She explained. "Well, I just hope he will get better. We can't have our best Hunter sick." He said before sitting on his commander chair."He is in the medical center right now. The nurse said it was probably because he was tired."

In the medical center, X was on bed. "Why Zero, why? Why are you haunting me now?" He said to himself. "Please, my friend, tell me I need to do. I missed you so much." He said just before trying to get some sleep. As X fell asleep, Zero appeared. He walked to the side of the bed and put his hand on the sleeping X's head. "Megaman.....if only I could tell you...You will need to find it yourself. My powers are fading...Don't worry, I'll be there...." the red robot disappeared...