Mega Girl Y, a story about an alternate Mega Man X universe
By Persona.
Warning: English is my second language, still I'm sure you'll be able to read and enjoy this story.
Author's note: Before reading this, you should know that this fic is a "parallel universe" in which the one that choused to become a battle robot was Roll instead of Rock.
The main difference would be Roll's personality, being a girl, she always ponders if there could be another way instead of fighting all the time.
But the most significance difference takes place in the events that you know as Mega Man X. In Mega Girl Y things go differently in many ways.
In time you will know of what happened before Mega Girl Y was placed on the testing capsule, but not now, (If you know now, it will spoil the rest of the story).
Well, enough with the explanation already! Let's begin with the story!
Mega Girl Y
Part 1
Chapter 1: The capsule.
Text taken from Dr. Cain's diary:
April 8th
Still nothing. For the last month, I have been sifting through the dirt trying to find a fossil record which would verify my findings on esozoic plant life, but so far I have come up empty. Tomorrow, I'll move my archaeological dig to a new site. Maybe I'll have better luck.
April 9th
Set up camp at the new site and laid out a preliminary groundwork for the dig. I got some odd readings at location E-46. It looks like something metallic is buried several meters below the surface.
April 10th
I can't believe what I found! Several meters below the surface was the remains of a lab. Although most of the lab was damaged, I did manage to find papers that indicate that it belonged to the famous robot designer, Dr. Thomas Light. I've begun to review what is left of Dr. Light's notes and it looks like he was onto a major breakthrough. The notes keep referring to "the capsule".
April 13th
I found it. Standing 14 meters high and 8 meters wide, the capsule was hidden underneath a collapsed ceiling. Even underneath all that rubble, the capsule has remain intact and was still running some sort of diagnostic when I found it. There is a warning on the capsule, but all the
indicators on the capsule show green. It should be safe to open it. I'll know tomorrow.
April 14th
Today I met "Y". Not simply a robot, Y is something totally different. Light has given her the ability to think and make her own decisions. At times, Y seems more like a human than like a machine.
April 15th
Light was a genius! I've been going over his design notes and they are a quantum leap beyond anything the world has ever seem. Using them as a guide, I may be able to replicate his design and integrate them into a new generation of robots. I'll begin transporting Y and the rest of
Dr. Light's things back to my lab tomorrow.
November 22nd
With Y's help I have completed my first "Reploid". Although I don't completely understand how all of Dr. Light's systems works, I was able to make some minor modifications and the Reploid seems to be functioning perfectly. His strength and intelligence seem limitless and he is fully able to make his own decisions. In fact, we got into our first argument. How intriguing!
January 3rd
The new reploids have been running off the assembly line for several weeks. It's amazing how easily they have been able to adapt to even the most difficult jobs. It still is a bit odd to see them working side by side with humans, but everyone seems to be happy to accept them.
February 16th
Three reploids went "maverick" today and injured two people before they were stopped. This is the third instance of this type of behavior and I still have no idea what is causing it! There is some talk about stopping the assembly of any more reploids, but I don't think it will
happened. Maybe we've become too dependent on them....
The council has now decided to set up a group of "Hunters" to destroy any maverick before it can cause injury. The reploid named Sigma has assigned to lead the Hunters. Sigma is one of the most intelligent reploids I've created and contains my latest circuit designs. His systems should be immune to any problems.
May 16th
It's been two months since Sigma took control of the Maverick Hunters and he and his hunters have been able to prevent any further injury to the population. Everyone is starting to breath a little bit easier....
I am a little worried about Y. She seems unsure of her place in life and what Dr. Light had planned for her. But, given time, I'm sure she'll find her way....
June 4th
My worst nightmare has just come true. Sigma went maverick today and took most of the other hunters with him. His motives are unclear, but it seems that he "decided" that humans are inferior and limiting the growth of the Reploids. For that reason, he decided that all humans should be eradicated.
Most of the population is in hiding or trying to flee the city. I'm not sure how long we can hold out against Sigma's forces. I fear I have built the Reploids too well.
Y is taking the news of the war very personally. She wants to join ZERO, the new leader of the Maverick Hunters, when he goes after Sigma. I'm doubtful of their chances, but I won't stop her. Something has to be done....
Chapter 2: Today.
Y is entering the city under attack, her pink armor and helmet shining at the afternoon sun, it's getting late.
Many cars are fleeing outside the city, in fact, Y is the only one entering the city.
Y: "The other hunters must be deep in the city by now."
Y tough to herself, and advanced in the city, a few choppers come her way, all of them piloted by mavericks, but Y knows how to deal with them, a few well placed shots and the choppers go down engulfed in flames.
As Y goes deeper into the city, she looks around and notices that many hunters around are battling with the ex-hunters gone mavericks.
The first thing she notices is that Zero is not around.
Y: (Thinking) "Where's Zero?"
When Y thinks about Zero, she blushes a little. She has only knew Zero since she joined the Maverick Hunters, but in that short time she discovered that she was developing feelings for him, probably another advantage of being a reploid. Of course that more important matters had made her desist in telling Zero how she feels. Maybe when this mess is over, she'll tell him.
Y: "What!? What's that!!?"
Y notices a big shadow below her, and looks up, a gigantic ship is coming closer and closer to the ground. Suddenly an opening appears below the ship, and a purple robot in a power-suit jumps down to the ground.
Y: "Who ... who are you?"
Vile: "My name is Vile, I'm the one that's going to kill you!"
Without a warning, Vile begins his attack using his power-suit, Y tries everything, she dodges and shots, nothing. She gets close and fires at close range, nothing. In fact, after a few minutes of intense fighting, Vile uses the electric cannon on his shoulder, and fires an electromagnetic net at Y.
Y: "AAAHH!!"
Y cannot move, even if she puts all her might into it. Vile grins under his helmet and walks towards the unmoving Y. Grabbing her with the big arm of the power-suit.
Vile: "You are worthless! I can't believe I considered you a threat! Now you will perish."
Y feels how the big and powerful arm of Vile's power-suit squishes her harder and harder. She tries to scream for help, but the pain is too much, not a word comes out of her mouth.
Y: (Thinking) "I'm ... I'm gonna die ... no ... no, please ... don't kill me ..."
Voice: "Hey! You! That's not a way to treat a lady!"
Suddenly, a blaster charging can be heard from a side, Vile turns around but is too late, a big energy blast comes towards him, and rips off the power-suit's arm. The arm that was holding Y falls to the ground.
As Y slowly gets up, she sees how Zero comes rushing towards Vile, another energy blast charging in his blaster arm. Vile sees the danger of fighting Zero with his power-suit damaged, and decides to jump up into the ship again, just in time to avoid a second blast from Zero.
Zero just looks up, without saying anything, as the ship leaves, all the rampaging mavericks inside it. When it's gone, he turns around and helps Y to stand up.
Zero: "Y ... are you ok?"
Y: "Hum ... yes, thanks Zero ... I think he was too strong for me."
Zero: "Y ... he was designed to destroy, it would have been imposible for you to defeat him."
Y: (Thinking) "He still sees me as a helpless-girl..."
Zero: "Y? You are you sure you are ok?"
Y: "Yes ... yes I am ... It's ... nothing important ..."
Zero: "I'll go back to Hunter H.Q. and check on everybody, the other Hunters are scattering around to find Sigma's fortress."
Y: "I'll look for him too."
Zero: "Are you sure? It's too dangerous."
Y: "Yes, I'm sure!"
Zero: "Alright, go, remember, you haven't reached full capacity of your abilities, maybe with time you will become stronger. See you later Y, good luck."
With that, Zero teleports away. Y looks up at the spot were Zero left.
Y: "Zero ... I ..."
Y also teleports away.
Chapter 3: The message.
Y walks as quietly as possible trough the icy base, reports said that a maverick known as "Chill Penguin", and one of the most powerful at the orders of Sigma, was hiding here. Y has seen a few maverick guards in power-suits, so that info should be right. Of course that she was being extra careful not to make a sound, or else they'll discover her.
CRACK!
But even the most careful person makes a mistake once, not noticing a pebble on the icy floor, Y steps on it, cracking the ice below.
Y: "Oh, no ... did they heard me?"
Guard: "AN INTRUDER! GET HER!"
Y: "I guess so."
Y starts to run, trying to avoid the many guards in power-suits that follow her.
Guard: "Now! Fire!"
BOOOM!!
One of the guards produces a big missile-launcher, and launches one to Y, it misses, but it breaks a hole in the ground beneath her.
Y: "AAAHHH!!"
Y falls down trough the hole, and down, when finally she reaches the bottom, she lands with a crash. Her vision becomes blurry.
Y: "Too many damage ... I got to start up the internal repairing system ... Huuu ..."
Y falls flat on the ground, when she is between being asleep and being awake, Y sees a man in a white lab coat with a white beard.
Dr. Light: "Y ... Y can you hear me ..."
Y: "Dr. Light ... is that you ...?"
Dr. Light: "Y, I gave you the ability to choose your own path in life, and I hoped the world would allow you to choose a peaceful one. But now it seems that you are destined to fight. You can't give up Y, keep on fighting, you don't know how important you are. Good luck, Y!"
Y: "Dr. Light? What do you mean? Wait ... don't go ... don't leave me ..."
Dr. Light's image begins to dissapear.
Y slowly gets up.
Y: "I ... I can't give up ... I musn't ... give ... up ... I WONT GIVE UP!"
Meanwhile, at ground level, many of the guards are staring down at the hole in the ground.
Guard #1: "Is she dead?"
Guard #2: "She must be! Who can survive a fall that deep! I can't even see the bottom."
Guard #3: "Yes I guees you are right."
Guard #4: "I'm not convinced untill I see the body ... you know what they say, if you don't see the body ..."
ZUIIIIII!!!
Guard #1: "Huh? Do you hear that?"
Guard #2: "Yes ... what is it?"
BLAST!
A gigantic pink energy blast emerges from the hole, blasting some of the guards away, a second later Y jumps out of the hole, a completely furious expression on her face.
Guard #1: "She's alive!"
Guard #2: "Everybody! Get her! Now!"
All the guards dash towards Y, some of them with a power-suit, some of them with laser rifles. But Y doesn't care, with precise shots from her blaster, she destroys all of the guards, one by one they fall, Y fighting like never before, dodging and shoting. After a few minutes, all of them are defeated.
Voice: "Very well ... you defeated my soldiers. Now you'll have to defeat me!"
Y turns around, a bit more calm now, and sees Chill Penguin.
Chill Penguin: "So ... you are Y, the first reploid. Not much too look at."
Y: "Were's Sigma's fortress!?"
Chill Penguin: "HA! Do you think I'm gonna tell you!?"
With that, Chill penguin uses his ice gun and fires several ice bullets towards Y. Y makes a jump to a side avoiding half of them, and with a blast from her blaster she melts the oter half.
Y: "I'm not as weak as you tough. Huh."
Chill Penguin: "I guess I was wrong. But I'm just getting started!"
Chill Penguin uses his sliding attack; Y waits until the last minute, jumps up and aims her blaster towards Chill Penguin's back, and fires a big energy blast.
Chill Penguin: "AAAHH!! MY BACK!!"
Chill Penguin tries to stand up, with a big hole in his back, he's about to use his ice shotgun, when he feels another two hits at his legs.
Now he can't even stand up, and falls flat, face up, to the floor.
Chill Penguin: "Damn that Y! She beat me!"
Y walks towards Chill Penguin, and aims her blaster to his head.
Y: "I'm asking you for the last time! Were is Sigma's fortress!"
Chill Penguin: *Gulp*
Chapter 4: The fortress.
After finding out were Sigma's fortress is, Y teleports back to Hunter H.Q. but only finds Zero.
Y: "Zero? Were is everybody?"
Zero: "All the Hunters ... they have become Mavericks at the orders of Sigma ... only you and me are left, we got to stop him ..."
Y: "....."
A few minutes later, both, Zero and Y teleports to Sigma's fortress, a few feet away.
Zero: "Here it is! Now Y, I'll go in first, and keep the main defenses busy! You go and sneak in."
Y nods, Zero dashes towards Sigma's fortress, and destroys many of it's main defenses with his powerful blaster.
Meanwhile, Y sneaks in, trough a hole she made in the wall, after walking for a while. Someone shots from behind her, she jumps to avoid the shot just in time, and turns around. Vile is standing with his shoulder blaster aimed at Y.
Vile: "Well, well, well ... look what we have here. A trespasser. I knew that Zero wasn't stupid enough to try an attack all by himself."
Y: (Thinking) "What am I going to do? He's too strong ..."
Vile is about to shot, when Zero comes crashing trough a wall, and lands with a stand between Y and Vile.
Zero: "Y ... stand back. I'll take care of him!"
Vile: "HA! You wish!"
Vile rushes toward a different room, Zero quickly follows, Y can hear a battle going on inside, but then silence, she hesitates a minute, then she enters the room.
Inside she can see how Vile is using his power-suit, behind him, Zero is caged in an energy cell.
Vile: "Alright Y! Now do what I tell you to do. Or Zero's history!"
Zero: "Don't listen to him, Y!"
Vile: "AH! Y knows she can't defeat me! My power-suit is too powerful for her ancient weapon!"
Seeing Zero in danger, Y forgets about everything else, and rushes towards Vile, but her blasts are still too weak to penetrate the armor of the power-suit.
But Vile notices that Y is not fighting like last time. In fact, she's doing everything she can, and more. Getting angry because he can't land a single blow, he uses his shoulder cannon and fires an electric-net. Catching Y just like last time.
Vile: "Ha! See? I'm the most powerful robot in Sigma's troops! Y is defeated!"
Zero: "Maybe so ... but I'm not through with you yet!"
Zero shatters the electric-cell that is holding him, and jumps on Vile's back. Then he charges his power up to the point of self-destruction and starts to catch fire. A huge explosion occurs, causing a brilliant flash of light. When the light fades, Vile's power-suit has been destroyed, and Zero is now lying, face upward, in the other side of the room.
Y: "ZERO!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!"
Vile: "What an idiot! I can't be defeated so easily! So Y, it's just you and me now!"
Tears of fury and guilt start falling from Y's eyes. Using all her might, she gets free from the energy cell that is holding her.
Vile: "What ...!? When did you become so strong? Well, it really doesn't matter that you got free, you are still far too weak! Y, prepare to be destroyed by Vile!"
Vile fires a round of his electric-net bullets, Y is in a state of complete concentration and anger. She dodges all of the shots easily, with a somersault, she lands behind Vile, and before he could even turn around, Y blasts Vile's head of with a energy blast.
Zero: "Hug ....."
Hearing Zero's voice, Y rushes to his side, and kneels down, tears keep falling from her eyes.
Zero: "Y ..."
Y: "Zero ... shh, don't talk ... save your strength ..."
Zero: "Y ... it's useless ... I'm too damaged ... the auto repair systems can't handle it ... My power is decreasing fast ..."
Y: "Ze ... Zero ... I ..."
Zero: "You are strong Y, even more than I imagined ... you have to keep on, and beat Sigma. Do it for me ... *cough* *cough*"
Y: "Zero ... no ... please ... don't die ... please don't die ... you can't leave me ... please ... I ... I ... I love you."
Zero smiles. Rises his only remaining arm, and cleans Y's tears from her eyes.
Zero: "I knew it all along Y ... I knew it because ... I also love you."
Y: "Zero ..."
Y lowers her head and kisses Zero, who returns the kiss. A second later, Zero is dead.
Y: "Zero ... no ... no!"
Y shakes Zero, trying to wake him up, but he doesn't react. Y looks down at the floor, still holding Zero's limp body, tears fall from her eyes and on the floor.
Y: "Zero ... I'll do it ... I'll defeat Sigma ... so you can rest in peace ..."
With that, Y stands up, her face now expressionless as she exits the room.
Chapter 5: Sigma.
Y enters a dark room at the end of a very long hall, some mavericks had tried to stop her, but she easily destroyed all of them.
As she enters the room, the door shuts behind her, all the room goes dark, except for a spotlight right on top of Y.
Voice: "So, you finally are here. And you did it by yourself too. Very Impressive."
Y stays quiet, with her neutral expression on her face. She has been like that since Zero's death.
Sigma: "Giving me the silence treatment? Ok. Before fighting me, I'll see how good you really are, by sending my little pet after you."
A big robotic dog-like creature comes from behind Sigma, Y sees it just in time to avoid a leaping attack from it, claws forward and ready.
The robotic dog lands on all fours, Y turns around fast, and the robot dog turns just in time to see Y's blast coming.
BOOOM!!
The robot dog explodes, Y keeps her neutral face.
Sigma: "Very good, I see that you aren't just a weakling after all. Zero was right in trusting you. But your path ends here, and now. Prepare yourself!"
Sigma produces a big laser sword, and runs towards Y. Y dodges the first swing, and jumps over the other swing, while in mid air, she does a quick turn and fires a blast on Sigma's head.
Sigma felt the hit, it hurt! And a lot! That little girl reploid was going to pay for that.
Doing another rushing attack, Sigma wields his swords high.
But Y crouches, raises her blaster arm, and fires a big fully charged blast at Sigma. The blast hits Sigma fully. His body explodes, and his head is blown away. Hitting a wall and bouncing a little before stopping.
Y walks towards Sigma's head, and aims her blaster at it.
Y: "It's over."
Sigma smiles.
Sigma: "No my beautiful enemy. It's far from over."
Sigma's head begins to rise up in he air and into a wall. Suddenly, the head gets attached to a big robot, it covers a whole wall, and has big and sharp claws.
Sigma: "Now Y. This is it. Your death is mine!"
Sigma's claws goes straight to Y. She barely dodges him, and tries to fire, her blast impacts on the big robot's chest. But it does no damage. Then Sigma attempts another attack with his right claw. Y dodges it again, but she doesn't notice the laser beam that the big robot fired from it's "eyes" the laser impacts on Y from the back. Making her fly a few feet, and landing face down on the floor.
Sigma: "Behold! The destruction of the past! And the beginning of a new future!"
Sigma raises his right claw, ready to deliver the final blow.
Y is trying to get up, but she can't.
But suddenly, she hears a voice inside her. A voice she never heard before, but somehow, the voice sounds familiar to Y.
Voice: "Don't give up."
The voice pleads this, over and over. Sigma's claw goes down for the strike ...
And Y rolls around just in time, aims, and fires two blasts at Sigma's elbows, the two arms gets cut off and fall to the floor.
Sigma: "Why can't you just die!?"
Sigma fires several laser beams from the robot's "eyes" but Y runs and dodges them, getting closer and closer to Sigma. Finally, she jumps and holds down to the big robot's neck.
Sigma: "What are you doing!? NO!"
Y aims her blaster at the big neck, and with a powerful blast, she cuts it. The big robot's head, along with Sigma's head falls down. The entire fortress starts to tremble and explosions can be heard from afar.
Sigma: "It's not possible! I'm a reploid! I can't be destroyed by you! Why, Y?! Why have you done this to us?! Without the humans, my Reploid brothers could have ushered in a new age ..."
Sigma, along with the rest of the fortress, explodes.
Y teleports out.
Epiloge:
Y is walking away from the exploding fortress. As she walks, her face turns back into a complete sadness expresion, and tears come from her eyes again.
Y: "Why does this happen to me? What was my sin?"
Epiloge 2:
THE WAR HAS ENDED FOR NOW AND PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED.
BUT THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR THE VICTORY WILL NEVER RETURN.
EXHAUSTED, Y GAZES AT THE DESTRUCTION SHE HELPED CAUSE
AND WONDERS WHY SHE CHOSE TO FIGHT.
WAS THERE ANOTHER WAY?
LOOKING BACK, THE ANSWERS SEEM TO ESCAPE HER.
SHE ONLY KNOWS THAT SHE'LL FIGHT THE MAVERICKS AGAIN BEFORE SHE FINDS HER ANSWER.
HOW LONG WILL SHE KEEP ON FIGHTING?
HOW LONG WILL HER PAIN LAST?
MAYBE THIS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY ANSWERED. BUT EVERY ANSWER HAS A QUESTION, AND EVERY QUESTION HAS IT'S ANSWER.
In a computer, far away from there:
Sigma: "YOU HAVE WON A TEMPORARY VICTORY, Y! WHAT YOU DESTROYED WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY BODY -- MY SPIRIT REMAINS INTACT. IN TIME I WILL FIND OTHER BODIES STRONG ENOUGH TO DO MY BIDDING AND I WILL RETURN. I SHALL SEE YOU SOON, Y. VERY SOON..."
* * * *
This is the story of the "Parallel Universe" were the one that choused to become a battle robot, wasn't Rock. So now Roll is Mega Girl.
You must have recognized some of the scenes from Mega Man X for the SNES. But you also must have read scenes that are completely new, and only happens in this "Parallel universe."
In difference as in Mega Man X, Mega Girl Y is called "Y" by her friends as Mega Man X is called "X" by his friends in his universe. But you have probably noticed this without me telling, I just tough that it would be nice to explain this.
You probably must be wandering:
Why did he called her Y?
Why not Mega Girl X?
The answer is simple, kind of.
Y stands for why, the universal question.
For every why, there is a because, and for every because there's a why.
This serves as a kind of an explanation of infinite questions and infinite answers that Y's existence makes.
I'm sure that when CAPCOM named the character "Mega Man X", they had a good reason for using the letter X. I have a reason for using the Y.
Send comments and stuff to: lucasliso@datafull.com
By Persona.
Warning: English is my second language, still I'm sure you'll be able to read and enjoy this story.
Author's note: Before reading this, you should know that this fic is a "parallel universe" in which the one that choused to become a battle robot was Roll instead of Rock.
The main difference would be Roll's personality, being a girl, she always ponders if there could be another way instead of fighting all the time.
But the most significance difference takes place in the events that you know as Mega Man X. In Mega Girl Y things go differently in many ways.
In time you will know of what happened before Mega Girl Y was placed on the testing capsule, but not now, (If you know now, it will spoil the rest of the story).
Well, enough with the explanation already! Let's begin with the story!
Mega Girl Y
Part 1
Chapter 1: The capsule.
Text taken from Dr. Cain's diary:
April 8th
Still nothing. For the last month, I have been sifting through the dirt trying to find a fossil record which would verify my findings on esozoic plant life, but so far I have come up empty. Tomorrow, I'll move my archaeological dig to a new site. Maybe I'll have better luck.
April 9th
Set up camp at the new site and laid out a preliminary groundwork for the dig. I got some odd readings at location E-46. It looks like something metallic is buried several meters below the surface.
April 10th
I can't believe what I found! Several meters below the surface was the remains of a lab. Although most of the lab was damaged, I did manage to find papers that indicate that it belonged to the famous robot designer, Dr. Thomas Light. I've begun to review what is left of Dr. Light's notes and it looks like he was onto a major breakthrough. The notes keep referring to "the capsule".
April 13th
I found it. Standing 14 meters high and 8 meters wide, the capsule was hidden underneath a collapsed ceiling. Even underneath all that rubble, the capsule has remain intact and was still running some sort of diagnostic when I found it. There is a warning on the capsule, but all the
indicators on the capsule show green. It should be safe to open it. I'll know tomorrow.
April 14th
Today I met "Y". Not simply a robot, Y is something totally different. Light has given her the ability to think and make her own decisions. At times, Y seems more like a human than like a machine.
April 15th
Light was a genius! I've been going over his design notes and they are a quantum leap beyond anything the world has ever seem. Using them as a guide, I may be able to replicate his design and integrate them into a new generation of robots. I'll begin transporting Y and the rest of
Dr. Light's things back to my lab tomorrow.
November 22nd
With Y's help I have completed my first "Reploid". Although I don't completely understand how all of Dr. Light's systems works, I was able to make some minor modifications and the Reploid seems to be functioning perfectly. His strength and intelligence seem limitless and he is fully able to make his own decisions. In fact, we got into our first argument. How intriguing!
January 3rd
The new reploids have been running off the assembly line for several weeks. It's amazing how easily they have been able to adapt to even the most difficult jobs. It still is a bit odd to see them working side by side with humans, but everyone seems to be happy to accept them.
February 16th
Three reploids went "maverick" today and injured two people before they were stopped. This is the third instance of this type of behavior and I still have no idea what is causing it! There is some talk about stopping the assembly of any more reploids, but I don't think it will
happened. Maybe we've become too dependent on them....
The council has now decided to set up a group of "Hunters" to destroy any maverick before it can cause injury. The reploid named Sigma has assigned to lead the Hunters. Sigma is one of the most intelligent reploids I've created and contains my latest circuit designs. His systems should be immune to any problems.
May 16th
It's been two months since Sigma took control of the Maverick Hunters and he and his hunters have been able to prevent any further injury to the population. Everyone is starting to breath a little bit easier....
I am a little worried about Y. She seems unsure of her place in life and what Dr. Light had planned for her. But, given time, I'm sure she'll find her way....
June 4th
My worst nightmare has just come true. Sigma went maverick today and took most of the other hunters with him. His motives are unclear, but it seems that he "decided" that humans are inferior and limiting the growth of the Reploids. For that reason, he decided that all humans should be eradicated.
Most of the population is in hiding or trying to flee the city. I'm not sure how long we can hold out against Sigma's forces. I fear I have built the Reploids too well.
Y is taking the news of the war very personally. She wants to join ZERO, the new leader of the Maverick Hunters, when he goes after Sigma. I'm doubtful of their chances, but I won't stop her. Something has to be done....
Chapter 2: Today.
Y is entering the city under attack, her pink armor and helmet shining at the afternoon sun, it's getting late.
Many cars are fleeing outside the city, in fact, Y is the only one entering the city.
Y: "The other hunters must be deep in the city by now."
Y tough to herself, and advanced in the city, a few choppers come her way, all of them piloted by mavericks, but Y knows how to deal with them, a few well placed shots and the choppers go down engulfed in flames.
As Y goes deeper into the city, she looks around and notices that many hunters around are battling with the ex-hunters gone mavericks.
The first thing she notices is that Zero is not around.
Y: (Thinking) "Where's Zero?"
When Y thinks about Zero, she blushes a little. She has only knew Zero since she joined the Maverick Hunters, but in that short time she discovered that she was developing feelings for him, probably another advantage of being a reploid. Of course that more important matters had made her desist in telling Zero how she feels. Maybe when this mess is over, she'll tell him.
Y: "What!? What's that!!?"
Y notices a big shadow below her, and looks up, a gigantic ship is coming closer and closer to the ground. Suddenly an opening appears below the ship, and a purple robot in a power-suit jumps down to the ground.
Y: "Who ... who are you?"
Vile: "My name is Vile, I'm the one that's going to kill you!"
Without a warning, Vile begins his attack using his power-suit, Y tries everything, she dodges and shots, nothing. She gets close and fires at close range, nothing. In fact, after a few minutes of intense fighting, Vile uses the electric cannon on his shoulder, and fires an electromagnetic net at Y.
Y: "AAAHH!!"
Y cannot move, even if she puts all her might into it. Vile grins under his helmet and walks towards the unmoving Y. Grabbing her with the big arm of the power-suit.
Vile: "You are worthless! I can't believe I considered you a threat! Now you will perish."
Y feels how the big and powerful arm of Vile's power-suit squishes her harder and harder. She tries to scream for help, but the pain is too much, not a word comes out of her mouth.
Y: (Thinking) "I'm ... I'm gonna die ... no ... no, please ... don't kill me ..."
Voice: "Hey! You! That's not a way to treat a lady!"
Suddenly, a blaster charging can be heard from a side, Vile turns around but is too late, a big energy blast comes towards him, and rips off the power-suit's arm. The arm that was holding Y falls to the ground.
As Y slowly gets up, she sees how Zero comes rushing towards Vile, another energy blast charging in his blaster arm. Vile sees the danger of fighting Zero with his power-suit damaged, and decides to jump up into the ship again, just in time to avoid a second blast from Zero.
Zero just looks up, without saying anything, as the ship leaves, all the rampaging mavericks inside it. When it's gone, he turns around and helps Y to stand up.
Zero: "Y ... are you ok?"
Y: "Hum ... yes, thanks Zero ... I think he was too strong for me."
Zero: "Y ... he was designed to destroy, it would have been imposible for you to defeat him."
Y: (Thinking) "He still sees me as a helpless-girl..."
Zero: "Y? You are you sure you are ok?"
Y: "Yes ... yes I am ... It's ... nothing important ..."
Zero: "I'll go back to Hunter H.Q. and check on everybody, the other Hunters are scattering around to find Sigma's fortress."
Y: "I'll look for him too."
Zero: "Are you sure? It's too dangerous."
Y: "Yes, I'm sure!"
Zero: "Alright, go, remember, you haven't reached full capacity of your abilities, maybe with time you will become stronger. See you later Y, good luck."
With that, Zero teleports away. Y looks up at the spot were Zero left.
Y: "Zero ... I ..."
Y also teleports away.
Chapter 3: The message.
Y walks as quietly as possible trough the icy base, reports said that a maverick known as "Chill Penguin", and one of the most powerful at the orders of Sigma, was hiding here. Y has seen a few maverick guards in power-suits, so that info should be right. Of course that she was being extra careful not to make a sound, or else they'll discover her.
CRACK!
But even the most careful person makes a mistake once, not noticing a pebble on the icy floor, Y steps on it, cracking the ice below.
Y: "Oh, no ... did they heard me?"
Guard: "AN INTRUDER! GET HER!"
Y: "I guess so."
Y starts to run, trying to avoid the many guards in power-suits that follow her.
Guard: "Now! Fire!"
BOOOM!!
One of the guards produces a big missile-launcher, and launches one to Y, it misses, but it breaks a hole in the ground beneath her.
Y: "AAAHHH!!"
Y falls down trough the hole, and down, when finally she reaches the bottom, she lands with a crash. Her vision becomes blurry.
Y: "Too many damage ... I got to start up the internal repairing system ... Huuu ..."
Y falls flat on the ground, when she is between being asleep and being awake, Y sees a man in a white lab coat with a white beard.
Dr. Light: "Y ... Y can you hear me ..."
Y: "Dr. Light ... is that you ...?"
Dr. Light: "Y, I gave you the ability to choose your own path in life, and I hoped the world would allow you to choose a peaceful one. But now it seems that you are destined to fight. You can't give up Y, keep on fighting, you don't know how important you are. Good luck, Y!"
Y: "Dr. Light? What do you mean? Wait ... don't go ... don't leave me ..."
Dr. Light's image begins to dissapear.
Y slowly gets up.
Y: "I ... I can't give up ... I musn't ... give ... up ... I WONT GIVE UP!"
Meanwhile, at ground level, many of the guards are staring down at the hole in the ground.
Guard #1: "Is she dead?"
Guard #2: "She must be! Who can survive a fall that deep! I can't even see the bottom."
Guard #3: "Yes I guees you are right."
Guard #4: "I'm not convinced untill I see the body ... you know what they say, if you don't see the body ..."
ZUIIIIII!!!
Guard #1: "Huh? Do you hear that?"
Guard #2: "Yes ... what is it?"
BLAST!
A gigantic pink energy blast emerges from the hole, blasting some of the guards away, a second later Y jumps out of the hole, a completely furious expression on her face.
Guard #1: "She's alive!"
Guard #2: "Everybody! Get her! Now!"
All the guards dash towards Y, some of them with a power-suit, some of them with laser rifles. But Y doesn't care, with precise shots from her blaster, she destroys all of the guards, one by one they fall, Y fighting like never before, dodging and shoting. After a few minutes, all of them are defeated.
Voice: "Very well ... you defeated my soldiers. Now you'll have to defeat me!"
Y turns around, a bit more calm now, and sees Chill Penguin.
Chill Penguin: "So ... you are Y, the first reploid. Not much too look at."
Y: "Were's Sigma's fortress!?"
Chill Penguin: "HA! Do you think I'm gonna tell you!?"
With that, Chill penguin uses his ice gun and fires several ice bullets towards Y. Y makes a jump to a side avoiding half of them, and with a blast from her blaster she melts the oter half.
Y: "I'm not as weak as you tough. Huh."
Chill Penguin: "I guess I was wrong. But I'm just getting started!"
Chill Penguin uses his sliding attack; Y waits until the last minute, jumps up and aims her blaster towards Chill Penguin's back, and fires a big energy blast.
Chill Penguin: "AAAHH!! MY BACK!!"
Chill Penguin tries to stand up, with a big hole in his back, he's about to use his ice shotgun, when he feels another two hits at his legs.
Now he can't even stand up, and falls flat, face up, to the floor.
Chill Penguin: "Damn that Y! She beat me!"
Y walks towards Chill Penguin, and aims her blaster to his head.
Y: "I'm asking you for the last time! Were is Sigma's fortress!"
Chill Penguin: *Gulp*
Chapter 4: The fortress.
After finding out were Sigma's fortress is, Y teleports back to Hunter H.Q. but only finds Zero.
Y: "Zero? Were is everybody?"
Zero: "All the Hunters ... they have become Mavericks at the orders of Sigma ... only you and me are left, we got to stop him ..."
Y: "....."
A few minutes later, both, Zero and Y teleports to Sigma's fortress, a few feet away.
Zero: "Here it is! Now Y, I'll go in first, and keep the main defenses busy! You go and sneak in."
Y nods, Zero dashes towards Sigma's fortress, and destroys many of it's main defenses with his powerful blaster.
Meanwhile, Y sneaks in, trough a hole she made in the wall, after walking for a while. Someone shots from behind her, she jumps to avoid the shot just in time, and turns around. Vile is standing with his shoulder blaster aimed at Y.
Vile: "Well, well, well ... look what we have here. A trespasser. I knew that Zero wasn't stupid enough to try an attack all by himself."
Y: (Thinking) "What am I going to do? He's too strong ..."
Vile is about to shot, when Zero comes crashing trough a wall, and lands with a stand between Y and Vile.
Zero: "Y ... stand back. I'll take care of him!"
Vile: "HA! You wish!"
Vile rushes toward a different room, Zero quickly follows, Y can hear a battle going on inside, but then silence, she hesitates a minute, then she enters the room.
Inside she can see how Vile is using his power-suit, behind him, Zero is caged in an energy cell.
Vile: "Alright Y! Now do what I tell you to do. Or Zero's history!"
Zero: "Don't listen to him, Y!"
Vile: "AH! Y knows she can't defeat me! My power-suit is too powerful for her ancient weapon!"
Seeing Zero in danger, Y forgets about everything else, and rushes towards Vile, but her blasts are still too weak to penetrate the armor of the power-suit.
But Vile notices that Y is not fighting like last time. In fact, she's doing everything she can, and more. Getting angry because he can't land a single blow, he uses his shoulder cannon and fires an electric-net. Catching Y just like last time.
Vile: "Ha! See? I'm the most powerful robot in Sigma's troops! Y is defeated!"
Zero: "Maybe so ... but I'm not through with you yet!"
Zero shatters the electric-cell that is holding him, and jumps on Vile's back. Then he charges his power up to the point of self-destruction and starts to catch fire. A huge explosion occurs, causing a brilliant flash of light. When the light fades, Vile's power-suit has been destroyed, and Zero is now lying, face upward, in the other side of the room.
Y: "ZERO!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!"
Vile: "What an idiot! I can't be defeated so easily! So Y, it's just you and me now!"
Tears of fury and guilt start falling from Y's eyes. Using all her might, she gets free from the energy cell that is holding her.
Vile: "What ...!? When did you become so strong? Well, it really doesn't matter that you got free, you are still far too weak! Y, prepare to be destroyed by Vile!"
Vile fires a round of his electric-net bullets, Y is in a state of complete concentration and anger. She dodges all of the shots easily, with a somersault, she lands behind Vile, and before he could even turn around, Y blasts Vile's head of with a energy blast.
Zero: "Hug ....."
Hearing Zero's voice, Y rushes to his side, and kneels down, tears keep falling from her eyes.
Zero: "Y ..."
Y: "Zero ... shh, don't talk ... save your strength ..."
Zero: "Y ... it's useless ... I'm too damaged ... the auto repair systems can't handle it ... My power is decreasing fast ..."
Y: "Ze ... Zero ... I ..."
Zero: "You are strong Y, even more than I imagined ... you have to keep on, and beat Sigma. Do it for me ... *cough* *cough*"
Y: "Zero ... no ... please ... don't die ... please don't die ... you can't leave me ... please ... I ... I ... I love you."
Zero smiles. Rises his only remaining arm, and cleans Y's tears from her eyes.
Zero: "I knew it all along Y ... I knew it because ... I also love you."
Y: "Zero ..."
Y lowers her head and kisses Zero, who returns the kiss. A second later, Zero is dead.
Y: "Zero ... no ... no!"
Y shakes Zero, trying to wake him up, but he doesn't react. Y looks down at the floor, still holding Zero's limp body, tears fall from her eyes and on the floor.
Y: "Zero ... I'll do it ... I'll defeat Sigma ... so you can rest in peace ..."
With that, Y stands up, her face now expressionless as she exits the room.
Chapter 5: Sigma.
Y enters a dark room at the end of a very long hall, some mavericks had tried to stop her, but she easily destroyed all of them.
As she enters the room, the door shuts behind her, all the room goes dark, except for a spotlight right on top of Y.
Voice: "So, you finally are here. And you did it by yourself too. Very Impressive."
Y stays quiet, with her neutral expression on her face. She has been like that since Zero's death.
Sigma: "Giving me the silence treatment? Ok. Before fighting me, I'll see how good you really are, by sending my little pet after you."
A big robotic dog-like creature comes from behind Sigma, Y sees it just in time to avoid a leaping attack from it, claws forward and ready.
The robotic dog lands on all fours, Y turns around fast, and the robot dog turns just in time to see Y's blast coming.
BOOOM!!
The robot dog explodes, Y keeps her neutral face.
Sigma: "Very good, I see that you aren't just a weakling after all. Zero was right in trusting you. But your path ends here, and now. Prepare yourself!"
Sigma produces a big laser sword, and runs towards Y. Y dodges the first swing, and jumps over the other swing, while in mid air, she does a quick turn and fires a blast on Sigma's head.
Sigma felt the hit, it hurt! And a lot! That little girl reploid was going to pay for that.
Doing another rushing attack, Sigma wields his swords high.
But Y crouches, raises her blaster arm, and fires a big fully charged blast at Sigma. The blast hits Sigma fully. His body explodes, and his head is blown away. Hitting a wall and bouncing a little before stopping.
Y walks towards Sigma's head, and aims her blaster at it.
Y: "It's over."
Sigma smiles.
Sigma: "No my beautiful enemy. It's far from over."
Sigma's head begins to rise up in he air and into a wall. Suddenly, the head gets attached to a big robot, it covers a whole wall, and has big and sharp claws.
Sigma: "Now Y. This is it. Your death is mine!"
Sigma's claws goes straight to Y. She barely dodges him, and tries to fire, her blast impacts on the big robot's chest. But it does no damage. Then Sigma attempts another attack with his right claw. Y dodges it again, but she doesn't notice the laser beam that the big robot fired from it's "eyes" the laser impacts on Y from the back. Making her fly a few feet, and landing face down on the floor.
Sigma: "Behold! The destruction of the past! And the beginning of a new future!"
Sigma raises his right claw, ready to deliver the final blow.
Y is trying to get up, but she can't.
But suddenly, she hears a voice inside her. A voice she never heard before, but somehow, the voice sounds familiar to Y.
Voice: "Don't give up."
The voice pleads this, over and over. Sigma's claw goes down for the strike ...
And Y rolls around just in time, aims, and fires two blasts at Sigma's elbows, the two arms gets cut off and fall to the floor.
Sigma: "Why can't you just die!?"
Sigma fires several laser beams from the robot's "eyes" but Y runs and dodges them, getting closer and closer to Sigma. Finally, she jumps and holds down to the big robot's neck.
Sigma: "What are you doing!? NO!"
Y aims her blaster at the big neck, and with a powerful blast, she cuts it. The big robot's head, along with Sigma's head falls down. The entire fortress starts to tremble and explosions can be heard from afar.
Sigma: "It's not possible! I'm a reploid! I can't be destroyed by you! Why, Y?! Why have you done this to us?! Without the humans, my Reploid brothers could have ushered in a new age ..."
Sigma, along with the rest of the fortress, explodes.
Y teleports out.
Epiloge:
Y is walking away from the exploding fortress. As she walks, her face turns back into a complete sadness expresion, and tears come from her eyes again.
Y: "Why does this happen to me? What was my sin?"
Epiloge 2:
THE WAR HAS ENDED FOR NOW AND PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED.
BUT THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR THE VICTORY WILL NEVER RETURN.
EXHAUSTED, Y GAZES AT THE DESTRUCTION SHE HELPED CAUSE
AND WONDERS WHY SHE CHOSE TO FIGHT.
WAS THERE ANOTHER WAY?
LOOKING BACK, THE ANSWERS SEEM TO ESCAPE HER.
SHE ONLY KNOWS THAT SHE'LL FIGHT THE MAVERICKS AGAIN BEFORE SHE FINDS HER ANSWER.
HOW LONG WILL SHE KEEP ON FIGHTING?
HOW LONG WILL HER PAIN LAST?
MAYBE THIS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY ANSWERED. BUT EVERY ANSWER HAS A QUESTION, AND EVERY QUESTION HAS IT'S ANSWER.
In a computer, far away from there:
Sigma: "YOU HAVE WON A TEMPORARY VICTORY, Y! WHAT YOU DESTROYED WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY BODY -- MY SPIRIT REMAINS INTACT. IN TIME I WILL FIND OTHER BODIES STRONG ENOUGH TO DO MY BIDDING AND I WILL RETURN. I SHALL SEE YOU SOON, Y. VERY SOON..."
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This is the story of the "Parallel Universe" were the one that choused to become a battle robot, wasn't Rock. So now Roll is Mega Girl.
You must have recognized some of the scenes from Mega Man X for the SNES. But you also must have read scenes that are completely new, and only happens in this "Parallel universe."
In difference as in Mega Man X, Mega Girl Y is called "Y" by her friends as Mega Man X is called "X" by his friends in his universe. But you have probably noticed this without me telling, I just tough that it would be nice to explain this.
You probably must be wandering:
Why did he called her Y?
Why not Mega Girl X?
The answer is simple, kind of.
Y stands for why, the universal question.
For every why, there is a because, and for every because there's a why.
This serves as a kind of an explanation of infinite questions and infinite answers that Y's existence makes.
I'm sure that when CAPCOM named the character "Mega Man X", they had a good reason for using the letter X. I have a reason for using the Y.
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