Mega Girl Y4, 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 4
Prologue: After the third defeat of Sigma, Chip was rebuilt by Y and Zero. A few years later, Chip got to be so good as a hunter, that he's now the leader of the 12th unit.
Chapter 1: The Repliforce.
In a big office, the General of the Repliforce is in a meeting with a cloaked man, on a stormy night.
Cloaked Man: "It's about the Maverick Hunters, General. They are far too eager to please the humans, and continue to hunt down the Reploids. Do you believe they pose a significant threat?"
General: "Err, perhaps."
Cloaked Man: "You already know the truth, General. Their sole mission has been to destroy any Reploids who fail to do as the humans order!"
General: "Hmm ..."
Cloaked Man: "It's in your best interest to stop them now, before they turn on you! You possess enough power to destroy them!"
General: "... You are dismissed."
Cloaked Man: "What?!"
General: "I will not betray the humans. Remove yourself from my sight. My business with you has concluded ..."
Cloaked Man: "Heh heh heh... very well. But you will change your mind soon, I assure you! Ha ha ha ha ... Ha ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA!"
A few days later, inside the Maverick Hunter H.Q.
Chip: "The alarm!"
Chip woke up, and ran down the hall, he had to check if Zero and Y were also awake.
In Zero's room, Zero is resting inside a capsule. A door opens. As a silluhuette of Dr. Wily is standing there, Zero wakes up.
Wily: "Zero ..."
Zero: "Who are you?"
Wily: "My masterpiece ..."
Zero: "But ... who are you?"
Wily: "After him! He is my nemesis. Our rivalry is what gives me motivation in life. Now go! Destroy him! That's an order."
Zero: "Huh... ? Wait!"
A sharp ringing sound invades Zero's mind, and he starts to scream in pain. He flashes back to Dr. Wily, Sigma, Reploids being destroyed, his own blueprints, and an image of blood all over his hands.
Zero wakes up hearing Chip's voice.
Chip: "Dad! Dad wake up! It's an emergency ... all Maverick Hunters on call are to assemble immediately!"
Zero: "Huh? Chip?"
Zero looks around, noticing that the alarms went off.
Zero: "I'm okay Chip ... go see if your mother is awake ... I'll follow in a minute ..."
Chip nods and leaves the room.
Zero: "The same dream ... again..."
Zero runs out of the room to assemble as the announcement ordered.
Meanwhile, in Y's room, she's also resting in a capsule, as she also has a dream.
In it, she can see two robots, she can't make out any of the two, one is big, red and has long hair. The other is small and pink armored.
Suddenly, the red robot shoots the pink one, then turns around, aims for an old man that looks like Dr. Light, and also shoots him.
Y: "DR. LIGHT! NO!"
The red robot laughs and leaves.
Chip: "MOM!"
Y: "AH!"
Y wakes up with a start, frightening Chip. She looks around and notices that the alarms are sounding.
Chip: "Mom? You OK?"
Y: "Hum ... yes Chip ... it was just a dream ..."
Zero rushes inside.
Zero: "Let's go! Mavericks emerged at the point 5567! They've occupied the Sky Lagoon! Reports says is the Repliforce!"
Y: "Repliforce? I can't believe it."
Zero: "Me neither, but we have to go now!"
Y stands up.
Y: "Okay, let's go."
Zero leaves the room, Y is about to follow, then she turns when she notices that Chip isn't moving.
Y: "Chip? Is something wrong?"
Chip: "Huh? No, nothing ... everything is fine ... I'll go in a minute ..."
Y hesitates, then she also leaves the room.
Chip stands there alone.
Chip: "If it is the Repliforce then we'll have to ...... Iris ...."
Chip leaves the room.
A few minutes later, Y, Zero and Chip warp into the Sky Lagoon.
Chip: "I don't see anything wrong here ..."
Y: "Look at that!"
Y points out a big reploid dragon that is flying away, then the three notice that the Sky Lagoon is starting to crumble.
Another Maverick enters the room and sees them.
Chip: "You're Dragoon from the 14th Unit!"
Dragoon: "This isn't good! That Maverick just destroyed the power reactor!"
Zero: What?! Then the Sky Lagoon will ... come crashing to the ground!"
Dragoon: "Yes, and it'll destroy the entire city below us."
Y: "We have to do something!"
Dragoon: "It's too late. It's time I made my escape. You three should do the same ..."
Dragoon warps out.
Y: "The city below will soon become a sea of flames. Many people will perish... We have no choice but to escape from here and head to the city below!"
Y, Zero and Chip warps out into the city, and finds it destroyed.
Chip: "Oh ... the ... humanity ..."
Y: "The city ... this is horrible ... They were innocent people ... I won't
forget this!"
Zero: "Yes. Those Mavericks will pay for this!"
A few minutes later, the three are walking trough the wrecked city.
Chip: "Look there!"
Chip hurries when he sees a very familiar reploid (to him) lying on the ground. Y and Zero follow him.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Iris looks up and notices Chip kneeling down besides her.
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "Iris ... are you okay?"
Iris: "Chip ... did you come to save me?"
Chip: "Yes Iris ... hang on!"
Y and Zero walk by.
Y: "Is she okay?"
Zero: "Why do I think I know her?"
Y: "But of course! She's Iris! She's the sister of the Colonel of the Repliforce!"
Zero: "Oh, yeah."
Iris: "Huh? Chip? You didn't tell them about ...?"
Chip blushes a little, Y notices this and smiles.
Y: "Oh, I see ... come on Zero, let's leave the two alone. Shall we?"
Zero: "Eh? But why?"
Y drags Zero out.
Iris: "*giggle* They are your parents?"
Chip, who's still blushing, nods.
Iris: "They are nice ..."
Chip calms down, and nods again, smiling.
Iris: "Chip ... a huge, dragon like Maverick appeared and ..."
Chip: "Stay here Iris. I'll handle it!"
Chip stands up, and walks away.
Chip: (Thinking) "Could the Repliforce really be involved in this?"
Y: "CHIP! LOOK OUT!"
Chip hears the warning just in time, as he dodges a crushing attack from above, is the same big dragon like maverick that they saw before.
Chip: "Got you!"
Chip shoots the maverick a few times, and dodges another attack, then he turns just in time to see Zero leaping forward and cutting the maverick in half with his Z-sword. The maverick explodes.
BOOOOM!!
Zero: "All done."
Y: "That seemed to be the only maverick left."
Then, a uniformed reploid with a sword appears.
Zero: "Colonel? Of the repliforce?"
Colonel: "Yes, I am."
The Colonel turns and looks at Chip.
Colonel: "Chip! How are you doing?"
Chip: "Colonel ... What are you doing here?"
Colonel: "I've come to save my sister Iris. I only hope she's okay."
Chip: "She's fine! I just rescued her."
Zero: "He just rescued her?"
Y nudges Zero in the ribs.
Zero: "OW, what was that for?"
Y: "Shhh!"
The Colonel didn't notice Zero's comment.
Colonel: "You saved her? Thank you, Chip. I owe you one."
Chip: "Colonel, has the Repliforce been occupying this area?"
Colonel: "What are you talking about? The Repliforce came here to help. We weren't involved in the attack!"
Chip: "They suspect you've become a Maverick."
Colonel: "What!?"
Chip: "I'm sorry, but you are going to have to disarm and follow us back to the H.Q."
Colonel: "I'm afraid I can't. Soldiers never drop their weapons! I won't do it, not even for you, Chip!"
Chip: "Then they'll think you're a Maverick!"
Colonel: "So be it! The Repliforce prefers war over dishonor and shame! Good bye, Chip."
Chip: "Wait! Colonel! Listen to me!"
The Colonel warps out.
Chip: "Damn! This isn't good Colonel!"
Zero: "Indeed ... it's terrible ... they may decide the entire Repliforce is a group of Mavericks!"
Y nods, the three know that this may have the worst possible outcome.
The next day, the General gives a speech, appearing on monitors across the city and catching the attention of all the Reploids around.
General: "Brave soldiers of Repliforce, we have all been wrongfully judged as Mavericks by the humans. We cannot suffer this indignity and live in disgrace. We will build our own nation of Reploids. But remember, this is neither about insurection, or rebellion against our human creators. This is about our liberty and security. We must battle for our own individual rights, and our own survival. Together we will build our own nation, a sanctuary for all Reploids, our own Utopia. Let us forge onward towards a new golden era for the Repliforce."
The crowd cheers boisterously.
Colonel: "I, too, share the General's sentiment. Take heed, we have no other choice. Let us fight vehemontly, with courage and pride, without fear -- for we are the Repliforce. The most powerful army in history!"
The crowd cheers again.
Inside a darkened room, the Cloaked Man listens to the speech.
Cloaked Man: "He he he he, Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The General has finally taken action! And now, my Maverick Hunters, what will you do? I'll be watching closely from here on out. Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Chapter 2: The revolt.
The three mavericck hunter unit leader return to Hunter H.Q.
Iris is there, waiting for Chip.
Iris: "Chip."
Chip: "Iris?"
A brown, fat looking reploid enters the room.
Double: "Sorry sir ... but she insisted on waiting for you ..."
Zero: "That's ok, she's a friend of Chip ... who are you?"
Double: "Zero ... sir ... my name is Double ... I'm the new rookie hunter. I was assigned to your #0 unit."
Zero: (Thinking) "Why do I always get this rookies in my unit ..."
Chip: "What are you doing here, Iris?"
Iris: "My brother Colonel started the coup!"
Chip: "I know ..."
Iris: "Please don't fight against him! This must be some kind of mistake!"
Double: "I'm sorry but we are hunters, and if they tell us to fight the Repliforce, we just do it."
Zero: "Double ... we can talk by ourselves."
Double: "Hum ... yes sir ... sorry ..."
Chip: "He's right tough ... Iris ... they have occupied several cities already. As a hunter, I must stop them."
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "I must go now!"
Double: "Sirs ... and miss ... Dragoon of the 14th Unit is a traitor. Orders are to locate and bring him back to hunter H.Q."
Zero: "What!? Alright ... Chip, Y ... let's go, Double, you saty here."
Double: "Yes sir."
Y nods in response to Zero. And she and Zero warp out.
Chip: "I'm sorry Iris, I have to go ..."
Iris: "Chip ... wait ..."
Chip also beams out.
Iris: "Chip ... don't do this ..."
Iris stares at the floor.
Double just leaves the room.
Chapter 3: The fight with Dragoon, the message.
Y is walking trough a volcano, she was assigned to come here, as Zero and Chip were stopping Mavericks revolts somewhere else. Suddenly, she finds what she was looking for.
Dragoon: "Y ... You've arrived."
Y: "Dragoon! Why did you betray the H.Q.!?"
Dragoon: "Heh... you'll have to defeat me first."
Y: "But... we're allies."
Dragoon: "Y ... you're so naive. ... Listen closely. I let the Sky Lagoon fall! And I'd do it again! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Y: "No! Those were innocent people! You're not Dragoon! You're just a Maverick!"
Dragoon: "You got that right. Get ready Y! It's time you showed me what you can do!"
Dragoon uses his flaming attacks, Y dodges them jumping to a side, before she knew it, Dragoon was ramming towards her.
But Y was too fast, she jumped out of the way, Dragoon turned around and fired a fire-ball towards Y.
Y dodged in mid air, and as she was landing, she fired over Dragoon. The shot was a bull's eye, and Dragoon fell on the ground, heavily damaged.
Dragoon: "You ... are ... strong ... Y ..."
Y: "Such a waste ... Why Dragoon?"
Dragoon: "I've ... always ... wanted ... to fight ... you. ... Then ... he ... appeared ... and ..."
Y: "He appeared? Who?!"
Dragoon: "He told me to work for Repliforce, to goad you into fighting ..."
Y: "You did it just so you could fight me?"
Dragoon: "... was worth it ... for a final duel ..."
Y: "Dragoon!"
BOOOM!!
Dragoon explodes. Y warps away from the Volcano.
Outside the volcano, as she was looking at it erupt, she hears a voice behind her, a voice she knew, a voice she heard years ago. Dr. Light's voice. As she turns around she sees a holographic form of Dr. Light.
Dr. Light: "This war should never have happened, Y ... Why must Reploids fight each other? Why do these peace keepers persist in fighting each other? This must be some sort of mistake... Y, you must discover the truth. Stop this tragic war as soon as possible, Y."
Y: "Dr. Light ..."
Dr. Light's holographic form disappears.
Y: "Dr. Light wait!"
Y just stares at the spot were Dr. Light disappeared.
Y: "Know the truth?"
Y warps out, heading for H.Q.
Chapter 4: I must fight ...
As Y warps back at H.Q., she finds that Zero and Chip were back, they were successful in their missions also.
Double enters the room.
Double: "Zero ... Sir, it's a message from the Colonel of the Repliforce!"
Zero: "What!? On screen."
Colonel appears on a screen inside H.Q.
Colonel: "Chip! I'll be at the Memorial Hall! Be there!"
Double: "Sir, this must be a trap!"
Chip: "... Perhaps. But I won't run this time!"
Iris also enters the room, she had heard everything.
Iris: "Don't go Chip! Don't fight him!"
Chip: "This is a matter of personal pride now. There's no avoiding this ... I must go."
Zero: "Chip ..."
Chip turns around and looks at his father.
Zero: "Be careful."
Chip nods and warps out.
Iris: "Chip ... please ... we must stop this foolishness ..."
Y watches Iris, she doesn't say anything, as she understands the pain of the reploid girl.
A few minutes later Chip goes to the Memorial Hall. The Colonel walks alone, and hears a voice.
Chip: "Colonel!"
Colonel: "What!?"
Chip: "I'm disappointed in you, Colonel!"
Chip charges up his blaster, and shoots the Colonel.
But Colonel deflects the blast with his energy-sword.
Colonel: "What is it you're doing?"
Chip: "It's not too late. Stop the coup now!"
Colonel: "... Never."
Chip: "If that's your decision... prepare yourself!"
A fight between the two begins, but the two stand equally matched, none of them seem to win, until Iris interrupts them.
Iris: "Stop, please! Brother, please, don't you remember? Chip saved my life!"
Colonel: "... Hmm... Very well, then. I'll spare your life for now... but next time there will be no mercy."
The Colonel leaves the room.
Iris: "Chip, please! Don't fight with my brother! If you do I'm afraid that one of you may end up ..."
Chip: "Someone ... must stop the Repliforce ...!"
Iris: "Chip!"
Chip walks away. He doesn't notice Iris crying behind him.
Chapter 5: The space port, the fight with Colonel.
When Chip comes back, he sees that Double is talking to Zero. Y notices him entering, and walks towards her son.
Y: "Chip ... what happened ..."
Chip: "There was no winner ... Iris interrupted us ..."
Y: "Chip ... are you okay ..."
Chip: "No ... yes ... I don't want to talk about it ..."
Chip walks away.
Y: "Chip ... I understand her ... and I understand you ..."
Meanwhile, a few feet away from the two.
Double: "The Repliforce has begun assembling!"
Zero: "Where are they?"
Double: "The space port! They plan to take off into space."
Zero turns to look at Y and Chip.
Zero: "Hurry! We have to stop the Colonel!"
Zero warps out, Y looks at Chip, then she warps out.
Double: "Sir? Are you alright ...?"
Chip doesn't answer, he just looks at the floor.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Chip also beams out.
As the three hunter unit leaders run towards the space port, the Colonel appears and stops them.
Zero: "Colonel, step back!"
Colonel: "I'll stop anyone who tries to interfere with our independence!"
Zero: "Enough of this! It's only an illusion!"
Colonel: "... You hunters will never be able to understand us! Get ready, Zero!"
The Colonel activates his sword, Zero also activates his sword, and the two are about to fight. Then Chip places a restraining hand on Zero.
Zero: "Chip?"
Y: (Thinking) "Chip ..."
Chip: "We don't want to fight. Step back."
Colonel: "I'm sorry. I can't let you through ..."
Chip: "Iris will be sad if she looses you ..."
Colonel: "Don't be so presumptuous Chip! Save it until after you've defeated me!"
The Colonel dashes towards Chip, Chip also dashes towards the Colnel, as both of them are with their respective weapon ready to strike.
ZAP!
The two combatants meet at the same minute. Chip looks unharmed, but Colonel has a big hole in his side.
Zero: "Chip won ..."
Y only nods.
Colonel: "... Impressive Chip. ... But it's too late!"
Chip: "What!?"
Colonel: "Repliforce has left for the space! Repliforce will build a new life!"
Chip: "... Colonel."
Colonel: "... Chip, tell Iris that her brother died happily! ... Good bye, Chip."
Chip: "Colonel!"
Zero places a hand on Chip's shoulder.
Zero: "It was him or us."
Chip: "If that's so ... then why do I feel so miserable?"
Chapter 6: Stop the Repliforce, that's an order.
The three hunters are back at H.Q.
Double: "Zero, sir ... Repliforce has flown off into space ..."
Zero: "Double, watch the ship for me. We'll go after them!"
Double: "Sir! Reconsider what you're doing, it's far too dangerous!"
Zero: "We don't have any other option! I'm leaving you in charge here, Double!"
Zero leaves, Y looks again at Chip, then she follows Zero.
Chip: "Double?"
Double: "Yes sir?"
Chip: "Were's Iris?"
Double: "The Colonel's sister? She left with them."
Chip: "She left with them? No!!"
Double: "Sir, Zero's orders were to scramble."
Chip: "I know ... I'm on my way! (To himself) Don't do this to me, Iris ..."
A few moments later, still in Hunter H.Q., Double is doing some manual labor with three Maverick Hunters standing around, waiting to board a ship for the space port. A crashing sound is made.
Hunter #1: "Oh, not again ..."
Hunter #2: "Hey, watch it!"
Double: "I'm terribly sorry."
A noise comes from Double. He answers the call. The voice of the Cloaked Man is on the other side.
Cloaked Man: "It's me. Those Hunters must not be allowed in here. Terminate them!"
Double: "Roger ..."
Hunter #1: "What a freak."
All Hunters: "Ha ha ha ha ha ..."
Double starts to glow with a red light.
Hunter #3: "Hey, Double. What's the matter?"
Double transforms into a fearsome-looking Reploid.
All Hunters: "Ahhhhhhh!"
Double slices two of them into many pieces. The third is giving a radio transmission.
Hunter #3: This is Quill, #0 Unit. Commander Zero, please respond!"
Double slices the remaining hunter.
Zero: "This is Zero! What happened? Report!"
Double picks up the radio transmitter.
Double: "Nothing to worry about ..."
Zero: "No further transmissions unless necessary to carry out the operation!"
Double: "Understood ..."
Zero: "I'm breaking contact."
Double: "And now, Zero and Y will be my next targets. Heh heh heh ..."
Y, Zero and Chip go to the space port, only to find Iris standing behind closed doors holding a glowing purple ball.
Zero: "What is she doing here?"
Chip: "Iris ..."
Iris: "So you fought with my brother ..."
Chip: "I'm sorry ..."
Iris: "Then it's over. Everything ..."
Chip: "Wait Iris! Listen to me!"
Iris: "Good bye, Chip ..."
Chip: "Iris!"
Iris raises the ball to the sky, and a suit forms around her, with a crystal powering it.
Iris, with her new suit, attacks Chip, Chip dodges and dodges again.
Zero: "We must help him!"
Zero activates his Z-sword.
Y: "Zero, wait ..."
Zero: "Huh?"
Y: "We can't ..."
Double: "Hi there."
The two turn around forgetting the fight between Chip and Iris. As they hear Double's voice.
Zero: "Double! What ... Why are you here!?"
Double: "... Hee hee hee! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Mavericks, Hunters, and Repliforce... Idiots, all of them. They're making my job too easy!"
Zero: "... W... What are you talking about? Double, what are you saying?!"
Double: "Think it over in heaven! Die!"
Double transforms and a battle begins.
Zero jumps towards Double, but he's too powerful and deflects Zero's sword with a simple attack, then he rams Zero sending him flying towards a wall.
Y: "Zero!"
Double: "And you are next!"
As Zero stands up, he can see how Y leaps upward, avoiding an attack from Double, then Y shots Double in the most vulnerable joints she can see. Double begins to explode.
Double: "... Damn...! How could I lose to a weakling like you ..."
Y: "Double, tell me! Why did you do this?"
Double: "... Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha! You're so naive, Y! I was sent as a spy from the very beginning to keep an eye on you and Zero!"
Y: "... Double! We trusted you!"
Double: "Ha ha ha ha! That naiveness may be your fatal flaw! Goodbye, Y! See you in the after life!"
Y: "Double!"
Double explodes.
BOOM!
At the same time:
Chip keeps avoiding Iris' attacks.
Chip: "Iris! Please! Listen to me!"
Iris doesn't stop, she keeps attacking Chip with everything she has.
Chip doesn't see another way out.
He aims his blaster, at the crystal powering the suit. A tear comes out of his eyes.
Chip: "Iris ... please forgive me ..."
ZAP!
BOOOM!
Iris' suit also explodes.
(Both explosions, Double's and Iris', happened at the same time.)
There are no traces left of Double.
Iris lay on the ground, injured.
Chip: "Iris! ... Iris ..."
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "Hang in there, Iris."
Iris: "Please... stay away from Repliforce... Let's live together in a world where only Reploids exist."
Chip: "Iris, there's no world just for Reploids. It's only a fantasy."
Iris: "Yes ... I know ... But I wanted to believe it! ... I wanted to live in a world where only Reploids exist ...... with you."
Chip: "... Iris!"
Iris sighs, and then goes limp, dead.
Chip: "Iris! Iris! Iris! Iris! .... Iris ..."
Chip holds Iris' body, screaming.
Chip: "No! This isn't happening! There's no reason for me to go on! What... What am I fighting for?!"
Y looks at Chip, behind her, Zero gets up dusting himself and grabbing back his sword.
Y: "Chip ..."
Y remembers of the time when she lost Zero, a small tear comes out of her eyes.
Zero: "We have no time to lose! We must go and stop the Repliforce!"
Chapter 7: The space base.
As the three reploids go trough the base, they meet the General of the Repliforce.
Zero: "General! Many have died because of you! Those lives are on your conscience!"
General: "Independence always has a high price ..."
Chip: "Oh yeah!? What about Iris?! What about Colonel!? Did you forget them!?"
General: "I have no regrets. Let's fight!"
A battle begins as General makes the first move.
Zero activates his sword, and jumps towards the General. He tries to stop Zero with a blast. But Y shots him in the side, distracting him, Zero then slashes the General, making an opening in his armor, as Chip sees that, he shoots it, as the blast enters the General.
Y, Zero and Chip have won, as the General is heavily damaged.
BEP! BEP!
Zero: "What is this!? What happened!?"
General: "No! This weapon can't be working ..."
Y: "General! What's wrong?"
General: Someone else is controlling it! You must hurry. The Earth is in danger!"
Chip: "We have to stop it!"
Y: "Alright. Let's go, we don't have a second to lose."
The three reploids beam out.
Chapter 8: He's back!
As the three go down a big hall, they encounter the cloaked man, and reveals his identity, he's Sigma.
Sigma: "Hee hee hee. Good work, Y."
Zero: "You're... Sigma! ... So it was you!"
Sigma: " Hee hee hee. My plan to keep Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters at each others' throats worked perfectly! ... Double did a good job as a spy! And you defeated Iris to boot."
Chip: "... You made me do it!"
Zero: "You made us kill a lot of innocent victims!"
Sigma: "No, Zero. You wanted to destroy them. Allow me to remind you that I was once the leader of the Maverick Hunters ..."
Y looks at Zero as well as Chip.
Y: "Zero ...?"
Chip: "Dad? What's he talking about?"
Zero didn't hear them, as he was getting a flashback from the past, from many years ago.
Two hunters crouch outside a cavern as footsteps approach. It's Sigma, leader of the Maverick Hunters.
Sigma: "What's our current situation?"
Hunter #1: "... Huh? .... Commander!"
Sigma: "Where's that red Maverick that wiped out Gamma's unit?"
Hunter #2: "In-inside. He's inside that door!"
Sigma: "You may leave now. I'll take care of this personally."
Hunter #2: "By yourself, Commander?"
Sigma: "I don't want any more of my people being sacrificed ..."
Sigma walks to the cave and forces the door open. Inside he finds Zero. A battle begins, with Zero initiating it faster than Sigma realizes. Sigma crushes Zero's head into the ceiling. Zero frees himself and grabs a pipe from the ceiling, using it as a sword. Sigma grabs his own sword, and they engage in a sword-like battle. Zero has an insane look in his eyes. Sigma breaks Zero's pipe in half with his sword but Zero cuts through Sigma's arm, cutting it off. Zero laughs as he approaches Sigma for the finishing blow. Hours later, the battle is still raging, Zero tearing Sigma apart piece by piece. With Sigma on the floor, Zero grabs his head, trying to snap it while laughing. A "W" appears in his helmet crystal, and he stops his attack, not able to move. Sigma takes this moment of weakness to his advantage and breaks the crystal in Zero's helmet. Back outside, the other Hunters see Sigma limping out of the cave.
Hunter #1: "Look! It's Commander Sigma!"
Hunter #2: "Incredible. Now I'm certain there's no one who's a match for the Commander."
Hunter #2 sees Sigma's injury.
Hunter #2: "What?!"
Sigma: (Injured and breathing heavily) "Get that red Maverick... to the repair center... and-and call Dr. Cain... I wish to have that Maverick studied."
Hunter #2: "Commander. Are you okay?"
Sigma shoves the Hunter aside.
Sigma: "Silence!"
Sigma walks off.
The flashback ends, as Zero remembers that part of his past.
Y: "Zero! Are you alright?"
Chip: "Dad! What's wrong!?"
Sigma: "So Zero ... do you remember now?"
Zero: "Sigma ... I will defeat you ..."
Sigma takes off the cloak and begins the battle.
Zero activates his sword, and jumps towards Sigma, the two get tangled in close-up fight.
A few feet away, Y and Chip are looking at the fight.
Y: "Chip ... charge your blaster and fire when I tell you ..."
Chip: "Mom?"
Y: "Just do it!"
Chip nods, the two hunters charge up their blasters and aim at the two fighters in front of them.
Sigma lands a good blow and sends Zero flying away.
Y: "NOW!"
Y and Chip fire a fully charged blast towards Sigma, he notices it too late, and takes the hit fully.
BOOOM!!!
Sigma explodes, and a hole in the ground opens. Y, Zero and Chip
fall through it, finding an advanced robot with Sigma's consciousness in it.
Sigma: "Ha ha ha ha ha! Feel my incredible power! Drown in the empty vastness of space!"
Y: "We'll never give up Sigma! Never!"
Sigma is way too strong, Zero stands up and tries to attack him, but Sigma shoves him of with a blast.
Chip charges up his blaster and shots, but Sigma deflects the attack.
Y: "He's too strong!"
Sigma: "Giving up Y?"
Y: "You'll have to kill us first!"
Sigma: "With pleasure."
Sigma charges Y. And she dodges him.
Y's eyes are again filled with fury, as she remembers all of what happened. Nobody can stop her now ... nobody.
As Sigma keeps blasting Y, Y keeps avoiding him. Suddenly, Y jumps towards Sigma, charges up her blaster and fires a fully charged blast at close range in Sigma's head.
Sigma starts to explode.
Sigma: "... Hee hee hee."
Y: "What's so funny?"
Sigma: "This weapon is aimed straight at Earth already... No one can stop it now!"
Zero: "Damn!"
Sigma: Ha ha ha ha ha! Good bye, Y! Good bye Zero! Iris is waiting for you Chip!"
Chip: "You don't have the right to say her name!"
Chip shots Sigma in the same spot were his mother had shot him, accelerating his destruction.
Zero gets up, and the three hunters run to try to stop the weapon, but they find a dead end, with the General standing, still badly damaged.
Y: "General!"
General: "... I was ... wrong. Sigma ... he blinded me to the truth ..."
Y: "It's okay... Rest."
General: "... With my body I can stop the weapon."
Zero: "But you'll ..."
General: "Many of my men have died. As their leader, I must join them. Y, Zero, Chip please forgive our foolishness."
Y: "General!"
Chapter 9: The end.
Y, Zero and Chip are going back to Earth in the space ship they used to go to the space base.
Zero is piloting the ship.
He thinks back to his creation, Dr. Wily, his Maverick status and his battle then with Sigma.
Zero: (Thinking) "So... this is what happened to me... This is... my fate! I couldn't save anyone after all!"
Y and Chip are sitting in the passengers seats behind Zero.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Y: "Chip ... I know how you feel ..."
In his memory, Chip can still hear Iris' voice. "Please stop! Brother! Chip ..." she pleads. Then Iris dies again in Chip's mind.
Chip: "... Iris ... Do we Reploids all turn out to be ... Mavericks, after all? What if I go Maverick?"
Zero: (Surprised) "Chip! Don't ask such silly questions!"
Y looks at Zero, then back at his soon.
Chip: "Wait, Dad! Mom ... I-I'm serious! If... if I become a Maverick, you have to take care of me."
Zero: "....... Don't be ridiculous. I don't want to hear any more of this!"
Chip: (In a low tone) "... Promise me... Dad ... Mom ......"
Y: (Also in a low tone) "I promise, Chip."
Chip is surprised at hearing Y's answer and turns to look at her.
The ship speeds toward Earth.
Epilogue:
As the three reploids go back, they think of the events that happened.
As time goes by, more questions appear instead of answers.
What caused those repoids to go maverick?
What if that happens to me?
They don't know that the future will give away the answers ...
Very soon ...
* * * *
This is the story of the "Parallel Universe" where the one that choused to become a battle robot, wasn't Rock. So Roll is Mega Girl.
You must have recognized some of the scenes from Mega Man X4 for the PSx. But you also must have read scenes that are completely new, and only happen 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 wondering:
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 letter 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 4
Prologue: After the third defeat of Sigma, Chip was rebuilt by Y and Zero. A few years later, Chip got to be so good as a hunter, that he's now the leader of the 12th unit.
Chapter 1: The Repliforce.
In a big office, the General of the Repliforce is in a meeting with a cloaked man, on a stormy night.
Cloaked Man: "It's about the Maverick Hunters, General. They are far too eager to please the humans, and continue to hunt down the Reploids. Do you believe they pose a significant threat?"
General: "Err, perhaps."
Cloaked Man: "You already know the truth, General. Their sole mission has been to destroy any Reploids who fail to do as the humans order!"
General: "Hmm ..."
Cloaked Man: "It's in your best interest to stop them now, before they turn on you! You possess enough power to destroy them!"
General: "... You are dismissed."
Cloaked Man: "What?!"
General: "I will not betray the humans. Remove yourself from my sight. My business with you has concluded ..."
Cloaked Man: "Heh heh heh... very well. But you will change your mind soon, I assure you! Ha ha ha ha ... Ha ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA!"
A few days later, inside the Maverick Hunter H.Q.
Chip: "The alarm!"
Chip woke up, and ran down the hall, he had to check if Zero and Y were also awake.
In Zero's room, Zero is resting inside a capsule. A door opens. As a silluhuette of Dr. Wily is standing there, Zero wakes up.
Wily: "Zero ..."
Zero: "Who are you?"
Wily: "My masterpiece ..."
Zero: "But ... who are you?"
Wily: "After him! He is my nemesis. Our rivalry is what gives me motivation in life. Now go! Destroy him! That's an order."
Zero: "Huh... ? Wait!"
A sharp ringing sound invades Zero's mind, and he starts to scream in pain. He flashes back to Dr. Wily, Sigma, Reploids being destroyed, his own blueprints, and an image of blood all over his hands.
Zero wakes up hearing Chip's voice.
Chip: "Dad! Dad wake up! It's an emergency ... all Maverick Hunters on call are to assemble immediately!"
Zero: "Huh? Chip?"
Zero looks around, noticing that the alarms went off.
Zero: "I'm okay Chip ... go see if your mother is awake ... I'll follow in a minute ..."
Chip nods and leaves the room.
Zero: "The same dream ... again..."
Zero runs out of the room to assemble as the announcement ordered.
Meanwhile, in Y's room, she's also resting in a capsule, as she also has a dream.
In it, she can see two robots, she can't make out any of the two, one is big, red and has long hair. The other is small and pink armored.
Suddenly, the red robot shoots the pink one, then turns around, aims for an old man that looks like Dr. Light, and also shoots him.
Y: "DR. LIGHT! NO!"
The red robot laughs and leaves.
Chip: "MOM!"
Y: "AH!"
Y wakes up with a start, frightening Chip. She looks around and notices that the alarms are sounding.
Chip: "Mom? You OK?"
Y: "Hum ... yes Chip ... it was just a dream ..."
Zero rushes inside.
Zero: "Let's go! Mavericks emerged at the point 5567! They've occupied the Sky Lagoon! Reports says is the Repliforce!"
Y: "Repliforce? I can't believe it."
Zero: "Me neither, but we have to go now!"
Y stands up.
Y: "Okay, let's go."
Zero leaves the room, Y is about to follow, then she turns when she notices that Chip isn't moving.
Y: "Chip? Is something wrong?"
Chip: "Huh? No, nothing ... everything is fine ... I'll go in a minute ..."
Y hesitates, then she also leaves the room.
Chip stands there alone.
Chip: "If it is the Repliforce then we'll have to ...... Iris ...."
Chip leaves the room.
A few minutes later, Y, Zero and Chip warp into the Sky Lagoon.
Chip: "I don't see anything wrong here ..."
Y: "Look at that!"
Y points out a big reploid dragon that is flying away, then the three notice that the Sky Lagoon is starting to crumble.
Another Maverick enters the room and sees them.
Chip: "You're Dragoon from the 14th Unit!"
Dragoon: "This isn't good! That Maverick just destroyed the power reactor!"
Zero: What?! Then the Sky Lagoon will ... come crashing to the ground!"
Dragoon: "Yes, and it'll destroy the entire city below us."
Y: "We have to do something!"
Dragoon: "It's too late. It's time I made my escape. You three should do the same ..."
Dragoon warps out.
Y: "The city below will soon become a sea of flames. Many people will perish... We have no choice but to escape from here and head to the city below!"
Y, Zero and Chip warps out into the city, and finds it destroyed.
Chip: "Oh ... the ... humanity ..."
Y: "The city ... this is horrible ... They were innocent people ... I won't
forget this!"
Zero: "Yes. Those Mavericks will pay for this!"
A few minutes later, the three are walking trough the wrecked city.
Chip: "Look there!"
Chip hurries when he sees a very familiar reploid (to him) lying on the ground. Y and Zero follow him.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Iris looks up and notices Chip kneeling down besides her.
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "Iris ... are you okay?"
Iris: "Chip ... did you come to save me?"
Chip: "Yes Iris ... hang on!"
Y and Zero walk by.
Y: "Is she okay?"
Zero: "Why do I think I know her?"
Y: "But of course! She's Iris! She's the sister of the Colonel of the Repliforce!"
Zero: "Oh, yeah."
Iris: "Huh? Chip? You didn't tell them about ...?"
Chip blushes a little, Y notices this and smiles.
Y: "Oh, I see ... come on Zero, let's leave the two alone. Shall we?"
Zero: "Eh? But why?"
Y drags Zero out.
Iris: "*giggle* They are your parents?"
Chip, who's still blushing, nods.
Iris: "They are nice ..."
Chip calms down, and nods again, smiling.
Iris: "Chip ... a huge, dragon like Maverick appeared and ..."
Chip: "Stay here Iris. I'll handle it!"
Chip stands up, and walks away.
Chip: (Thinking) "Could the Repliforce really be involved in this?"
Y: "CHIP! LOOK OUT!"
Chip hears the warning just in time, as he dodges a crushing attack from above, is the same big dragon like maverick that they saw before.
Chip: "Got you!"
Chip shoots the maverick a few times, and dodges another attack, then he turns just in time to see Zero leaping forward and cutting the maverick in half with his Z-sword. The maverick explodes.
BOOOOM!!
Zero: "All done."
Y: "That seemed to be the only maverick left."
Then, a uniformed reploid with a sword appears.
Zero: "Colonel? Of the repliforce?"
Colonel: "Yes, I am."
The Colonel turns and looks at Chip.
Colonel: "Chip! How are you doing?"
Chip: "Colonel ... What are you doing here?"
Colonel: "I've come to save my sister Iris. I only hope she's okay."
Chip: "She's fine! I just rescued her."
Zero: "He just rescued her?"
Y nudges Zero in the ribs.
Zero: "OW, what was that for?"
Y: "Shhh!"
The Colonel didn't notice Zero's comment.
Colonel: "You saved her? Thank you, Chip. I owe you one."
Chip: "Colonel, has the Repliforce been occupying this area?"
Colonel: "What are you talking about? The Repliforce came here to help. We weren't involved in the attack!"
Chip: "They suspect you've become a Maverick."
Colonel: "What!?"
Chip: "I'm sorry, but you are going to have to disarm and follow us back to the H.Q."
Colonel: "I'm afraid I can't. Soldiers never drop their weapons! I won't do it, not even for you, Chip!"
Chip: "Then they'll think you're a Maverick!"
Colonel: "So be it! The Repliforce prefers war over dishonor and shame! Good bye, Chip."
Chip: "Wait! Colonel! Listen to me!"
The Colonel warps out.
Chip: "Damn! This isn't good Colonel!"
Zero: "Indeed ... it's terrible ... they may decide the entire Repliforce is a group of Mavericks!"
Y nods, the three know that this may have the worst possible outcome.
The next day, the General gives a speech, appearing on monitors across the city and catching the attention of all the Reploids around.
General: "Brave soldiers of Repliforce, we have all been wrongfully judged as Mavericks by the humans. We cannot suffer this indignity and live in disgrace. We will build our own nation of Reploids. But remember, this is neither about insurection, or rebellion against our human creators. This is about our liberty and security. We must battle for our own individual rights, and our own survival. Together we will build our own nation, a sanctuary for all Reploids, our own Utopia. Let us forge onward towards a new golden era for the Repliforce."
The crowd cheers boisterously.
Colonel: "I, too, share the General's sentiment. Take heed, we have no other choice. Let us fight vehemontly, with courage and pride, without fear -- for we are the Repliforce. The most powerful army in history!"
The crowd cheers again.
Inside a darkened room, the Cloaked Man listens to the speech.
Cloaked Man: "He he he he, Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The General has finally taken action! And now, my Maverick Hunters, what will you do? I'll be watching closely from here on out. Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Chapter 2: The revolt.
The three mavericck hunter unit leader return to Hunter H.Q.
Iris is there, waiting for Chip.
Iris: "Chip."
Chip: "Iris?"
A brown, fat looking reploid enters the room.
Double: "Sorry sir ... but she insisted on waiting for you ..."
Zero: "That's ok, she's a friend of Chip ... who are you?"
Double: "Zero ... sir ... my name is Double ... I'm the new rookie hunter. I was assigned to your #0 unit."
Zero: (Thinking) "Why do I always get this rookies in my unit ..."
Chip: "What are you doing here, Iris?"
Iris: "My brother Colonel started the coup!"
Chip: "I know ..."
Iris: "Please don't fight against him! This must be some kind of mistake!"
Double: "I'm sorry but we are hunters, and if they tell us to fight the Repliforce, we just do it."
Zero: "Double ... we can talk by ourselves."
Double: "Hum ... yes sir ... sorry ..."
Chip: "He's right tough ... Iris ... they have occupied several cities already. As a hunter, I must stop them."
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "I must go now!"
Double: "Sirs ... and miss ... Dragoon of the 14th Unit is a traitor. Orders are to locate and bring him back to hunter H.Q."
Zero: "What!? Alright ... Chip, Y ... let's go, Double, you saty here."
Double: "Yes sir."
Y nods in response to Zero. And she and Zero warp out.
Chip: "I'm sorry Iris, I have to go ..."
Iris: "Chip ... wait ..."
Chip also beams out.
Iris: "Chip ... don't do this ..."
Iris stares at the floor.
Double just leaves the room.
Chapter 3: The fight with Dragoon, the message.
Y is walking trough a volcano, she was assigned to come here, as Zero and Chip were stopping Mavericks revolts somewhere else. Suddenly, she finds what she was looking for.
Dragoon: "Y ... You've arrived."
Y: "Dragoon! Why did you betray the H.Q.!?"
Dragoon: "Heh... you'll have to defeat me first."
Y: "But... we're allies."
Dragoon: "Y ... you're so naive. ... Listen closely. I let the Sky Lagoon fall! And I'd do it again! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Y: "No! Those were innocent people! You're not Dragoon! You're just a Maverick!"
Dragoon: "You got that right. Get ready Y! It's time you showed me what you can do!"
Dragoon uses his flaming attacks, Y dodges them jumping to a side, before she knew it, Dragoon was ramming towards her.
But Y was too fast, she jumped out of the way, Dragoon turned around and fired a fire-ball towards Y.
Y dodged in mid air, and as she was landing, she fired over Dragoon. The shot was a bull's eye, and Dragoon fell on the ground, heavily damaged.
Dragoon: "You ... are ... strong ... Y ..."
Y: "Such a waste ... Why Dragoon?"
Dragoon: "I've ... always ... wanted ... to fight ... you. ... Then ... he ... appeared ... and ..."
Y: "He appeared? Who?!"
Dragoon: "He told me to work for Repliforce, to goad you into fighting ..."
Y: "You did it just so you could fight me?"
Dragoon: "... was worth it ... for a final duel ..."
Y: "Dragoon!"
BOOOM!!
Dragoon explodes. Y warps away from the Volcano.
Outside the volcano, as she was looking at it erupt, she hears a voice behind her, a voice she knew, a voice she heard years ago. Dr. Light's voice. As she turns around she sees a holographic form of Dr. Light.
Dr. Light: "This war should never have happened, Y ... Why must Reploids fight each other? Why do these peace keepers persist in fighting each other? This must be some sort of mistake... Y, you must discover the truth. Stop this tragic war as soon as possible, Y."
Y: "Dr. Light ..."
Dr. Light's holographic form disappears.
Y: "Dr. Light wait!"
Y just stares at the spot were Dr. Light disappeared.
Y: "Know the truth?"
Y warps out, heading for H.Q.
Chapter 4: I must fight ...
As Y warps back at H.Q., she finds that Zero and Chip were back, they were successful in their missions also.
Double enters the room.
Double: "Zero ... Sir, it's a message from the Colonel of the Repliforce!"
Zero: "What!? On screen."
Colonel appears on a screen inside H.Q.
Colonel: "Chip! I'll be at the Memorial Hall! Be there!"
Double: "Sir, this must be a trap!"
Chip: "... Perhaps. But I won't run this time!"
Iris also enters the room, she had heard everything.
Iris: "Don't go Chip! Don't fight him!"
Chip: "This is a matter of personal pride now. There's no avoiding this ... I must go."
Zero: "Chip ..."
Chip turns around and looks at his father.
Zero: "Be careful."
Chip nods and warps out.
Iris: "Chip ... please ... we must stop this foolishness ..."
Y watches Iris, she doesn't say anything, as she understands the pain of the reploid girl.
A few minutes later Chip goes to the Memorial Hall. The Colonel walks alone, and hears a voice.
Chip: "Colonel!"
Colonel: "What!?"
Chip: "I'm disappointed in you, Colonel!"
Chip charges up his blaster, and shoots the Colonel.
But Colonel deflects the blast with his energy-sword.
Colonel: "What is it you're doing?"
Chip: "It's not too late. Stop the coup now!"
Colonel: "... Never."
Chip: "If that's your decision... prepare yourself!"
A fight between the two begins, but the two stand equally matched, none of them seem to win, until Iris interrupts them.
Iris: "Stop, please! Brother, please, don't you remember? Chip saved my life!"
Colonel: "... Hmm... Very well, then. I'll spare your life for now... but next time there will be no mercy."
The Colonel leaves the room.
Iris: "Chip, please! Don't fight with my brother! If you do I'm afraid that one of you may end up ..."
Chip: "Someone ... must stop the Repliforce ...!"
Iris: "Chip!"
Chip walks away. He doesn't notice Iris crying behind him.
Chapter 5: The space port, the fight with Colonel.
When Chip comes back, he sees that Double is talking to Zero. Y notices him entering, and walks towards her son.
Y: "Chip ... what happened ..."
Chip: "There was no winner ... Iris interrupted us ..."
Y: "Chip ... are you okay ..."
Chip: "No ... yes ... I don't want to talk about it ..."
Chip walks away.
Y: "Chip ... I understand her ... and I understand you ..."
Meanwhile, a few feet away from the two.
Double: "The Repliforce has begun assembling!"
Zero: "Where are they?"
Double: "The space port! They plan to take off into space."
Zero turns to look at Y and Chip.
Zero: "Hurry! We have to stop the Colonel!"
Zero warps out, Y looks at Chip, then she warps out.
Double: "Sir? Are you alright ...?"
Chip doesn't answer, he just looks at the floor.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Chip also beams out.
As the three hunter unit leaders run towards the space port, the Colonel appears and stops them.
Zero: "Colonel, step back!"
Colonel: "I'll stop anyone who tries to interfere with our independence!"
Zero: "Enough of this! It's only an illusion!"
Colonel: "... You hunters will never be able to understand us! Get ready, Zero!"
The Colonel activates his sword, Zero also activates his sword, and the two are about to fight. Then Chip places a restraining hand on Zero.
Zero: "Chip?"
Y: (Thinking) "Chip ..."
Chip: "We don't want to fight. Step back."
Colonel: "I'm sorry. I can't let you through ..."
Chip: "Iris will be sad if she looses you ..."
Colonel: "Don't be so presumptuous Chip! Save it until after you've defeated me!"
The Colonel dashes towards Chip, Chip also dashes towards the Colnel, as both of them are with their respective weapon ready to strike.
ZAP!
The two combatants meet at the same minute. Chip looks unharmed, but Colonel has a big hole in his side.
Zero: "Chip won ..."
Y only nods.
Colonel: "... Impressive Chip. ... But it's too late!"
Chip: "What!?"
Colonel: "Repliforce has left for the space! Repliforce will build a new life!"
Chip: "... Colonel."
Colonel: "... Chip, tell Iris that her brother died happily! ... Good bye, Chip."
Chip: "Colonel!"
Zero places a hand on Chip's shoulder.
Zero: "It was him or us."
Chip: "If that's so ... then why do I feel so miserable?"
Chapter 6: Stop the Repliforce, that's an order.
The three hunters are back at H.Q.
Double: "Zero, sir ... Repliforce has flown off into space ..."
Zero: "Double, watch the ship for me. We'll go after them!"
Double: "Sir! Reconsider what you're doing, it's far too dangerous!"
Zero: "We don't have any other option! I'm leaving you in charge here, Double!"
Zero leaves, Y looks again at Chip, then she follows Zero.
Chip: "Double?"
Double: "Yes sir?"
Chip: "Were's Iris?"
Double: "The Colonel's sister? She left with them."
Chip: "She left with them? No!!"
Double: "Sir, Zero's orders were to scramble."
Chip: "I know ... I'm on my way! (To himself) Don't do this to me, Iris ..."
A few moments later, still in Hunter H.Q., Double is doing some manual labor with three Maverick Hunters standing around, waiting to board a ship for the space port. A crashing sound is made.
Hunter #1: "Oh, not again ..."
Hunter #2: "Hey, watch it!"
Double: "I'm terribly sorry."
A noise comes from Double. He answers the call. The voice of the Cloaked Man is on the other side.
Cloaked Man: "It's me. Those Hunters must not be allowed in here. Terminate them!"
Double: "Roger ..."
Hunter #1: "What a freak."
All Hunters: "Ha ha ha ha ha ..."
Double starts to glow with a red light.
Hunter #3: "Hey, Double. What's the matter?"
Double transforms into a fearsome-looking Reploid.
All Hunters: "Ahhhhhhh!"
Double slices two of them into many pieces. The third is giving a radio transmission.
Hunter #3: This is Quill, #0 Unit. Commander Zero, please respond!"
Double slices the remaining hunter.
Zero: "This is Zero! What happened? Report!"
Double picks up the radio transmitter.
Double: "Nothing to worry about ..."
Zero: "No further transmissions unless necessary to carry out the operation!"
Double: "Understood ..."
Zero: "I'm breaking contact."
Double: "And now, Zero and Y will be my next targets. Heh heh heh ..."
Y, Zero and Chip go to the space port, only to find Iris standing behind closed doors holding a glowing purple ball.
Zero: "What is she doing here?"
Chip: "Iris ..."
Iris: "So you fought with my brother ..."
Chip: "I'm sorry ..."
Iris: "Then it's over. Everything ..."
Chip: "Wait Iris! Listen to me!"
Iris: "Good bye, Chip ..."
Chip: "Iris!"
Iris raises the ball to the sky, and a suit forms around her, with a crystal powering it.
Iris, with her new suit, attacks Chip, Chip dodges and dodges again.
Zero: "We must help him!"
Zero activates his Z-sword.
Y: "Zero, wait ..."
Zero: "Huh?"
Y: "We can't ..."
Double: "Hi there."
The two turn around forgetting the fight between Chip and Iris. As they hear Double's voice.
Zero: "Double! What ... Why are you here!?"
Double: "... Hee hee hee! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Mavericks, Hunters, and Repliforce... Idiots, all of them. They're making my job too easy!"
Zero: "... W... What are you talking about? Double, what are you saying?!"
Double: "Think it over in heaven! Die!"
Double transforms and a battle begins.
Zero jumps towards Double, but he's too powerful and deflects Zero's sword with a simple attack, then he rams Zero sending him flying towards a wall.
Y: "Zero!"
Double: "And you are next!"
As Zero stands up, he can see how Y leaps upward, avoiding an attack from Double, then Y shots Double in the most vulnerable joints she can see. Double begins to explode.
Double: "... Damn...! How could I lose to a weakling like you ..."
Y: "Double, tell me! Why did you do this?"
Double: "... Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha! You're so naive, Y! I was sent as a spy from the very beginning to keep an eye on you and Zero!"
Y: "... Double! We trusted you!"
Double: "Ha ha ha ha! That naiveness may be your fatal flaw! Goodbye, Y! See you in the after life!"
Y: "Double!"
Double explodes.
BOOM!
At the same time:
Chip keeps avoiding Iris' attacks.
Chip: "Iris! Please! Listen to me!"
Iris doesn't stop, she keeps attacking Chip with everything she has.
Chip doesn't see another way out.
He aims his blaster, at the crystal powering the suit. A tear comes out of his eyes.
Chip: "Iris ... please forgive me ..."
ZAP!
BOOOM!
Iris' suit also explodes.
(Both explosions, Double's and Iris', happened at the same time.)
There are no traces left of Double.
Iris lay on the ground, injured.
Chip: "Iris! ... Iris ..."
Iris: "Chip ..."
Chip: "Hang in there, Iris."
Iris: "Please... stay away from Repliforce... Let's live together in a world where only Reploids exist."
Chip: "Iris, there's no world just for Reploids. It's only a fantasy."
Iris: "Yes ... I know ... But I wanted to believe it! ... I wanted to live in a world where only Reploids exist ...... with you."
Chip: "... Iris!"
Iris sighs, and then goes limp, dead.
Chip: "Iris! Iris! Iris! Iris! .... Iris ..."
Chip holds Iris' body, screaming.
Chip: "No! This isn't happening! There's no reason for me to go on! What... What am I fighting for?!"
Y looks at Chip, behind her, Zero gets up dusting himself and grabbing back his sword.
Y: "Chip ..."
Y remembers of the time when she lost Zero, a small tear comes out of her eyes.
Zero: "We have no time to lose! We must go and stop the Repliforce!"
Chapter 7: The space base.
As the three reploids go trough the base, they meet the General of the Repliforce.
Zero: "General! Many have died because of you! Those lives are on your conscience!"
General: "Independence always has a high price ..."
Chip: "Oh yeah!? What about Iris?! What about Colonel!? Did you forget them!?"
General: "I have no regrets. Let's fight!"
A battle begins as General makes the first move.
Zero activates his sword, and jumps towards the General. He tries to stop Zero with a blast. But Y shots him in the side, distracting him, Zero then slashes the General, making an opening in his armor, as Chip sees that, he shoots it, as the blast enters the General.
Y, Zero and Chip have won, as the General is heavily damaged.
BEP! BEP!
Zero: "What is this!? What happened!?"
General: "No! This weapon can't be working ..."
Y: "General! What's wrong?"
General: Someone else is controlling it! You must hurry. The Earth is in danger!"
Chip: "We have to stop it!"
Y: "Alright. Let's go, we don't have a second to lose."
The three reploids beam out.
Chapter 8: He's back!
As the three go down a big hall, they encounter the cloaked man, and reveals his identity, he's Sigma.
Sigma: "Hee hee hee. Good work, Y."
Zero: "You're... Sigma! ... So it was you!"
Sigma: " Hee hee hee. My plan to keep Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters at each others' throats worked perfectly! ... Double did a good job as a spy! And you defeated Iris to boot."
Chip: "... You made me do it!"
Zero: "You made us kill a lot of innocent victims!"
Sigma: "No, Zero. You wanted to destroy them. Allow me to remind you that I was once the leader of the Maverick Hunters ..."
Y looks at Zero as well as Chip.
Y: "Zero ...?"
Chip: "Dad? What's he talking about?"
Zero didn't hear them, as he was getting a flashback from the past, from many years ago.
Two hunters crouch outside a cavern as footsteps approach. It's Sigma, leader of the Maverick Hunters.
Sigma: "What's our current situation?"
Hunter #1: "... Huh? .... Commander!"
Sigma: "Where's that red Maverick that wiped out Gamma's unit?"
Hunter #2: "In-inside. He's inside that door!"
Sigma: "You may leave now. I'll take care of this personally."
Hunter #2: "By yourself, Commander?"
Sigma: "I don't want any more of my people being sacrificed ..."
Sigma walks to the cave and forces the door open. Inside he finds Zero. A battle begins, with Zero initiating it faster than Sigma realizes. Sigma crushes Zero's head into the ceiling. Zero frees himself and grabs a pipe from the ceiling, using it as a sword. Sigma grabs his own sword, and they engage in a sword-like battle. Zero has an insane look in his eyes. Sigma breaks Zero's pipe in half with his sword but Zero cuts through Sigma's arm, cutting it off. Zero laughs as he approaches Sigma for the finishing blow. Hours later, the battle is still raging, Zero tearing Sigma apart piece by piece. With Sigma on the floor, Zero grabs his head, trying to snap it while laughing. A "W" appears in his helmet crystal, and he stops his attack, not able to move. Sigma takes this moment of weakness to his advantage and breaks the crystal in Zero's helmet. Back outside, the other Hunters see Sigma limping out of the cave.
Hunter #1: "Look! It's Commander Sigma!"
Hunter #2: "Incredible. Now I'm certain there's no one who's a match for the Commander."
Hunter #2 sees Sigma's injury.
Hunter #2: "What?!"
Sigma: (Injured and breathing heavily) "Get that red Maverick... to the repair center... and-and call Dr. Cain... I wish to have that Maverick studied."
Hunter #2: "Commander. Are you okay?"
Sigma shoves the Hunter aside.
Sigma: "Silence!"
Sigma walks off.
The flashback ends, as Zero remembers that part of his past.
Y: "Zero! Are you alright?"
Chip: "Dad! What's wrong!?"
Sigma: "So Zero ... do you remember now?"
Zero: "Sigma ... I will defeat you ..."
Sigma takes off the cloak and begins the battle.
Zero activates his sword, and jumps towards Sigma, the two get tangled in close-up fight.
A few feet away, Y and Chip are looking at the fight.
Y: "Chip ... charge your blaster and fire when I tell you ..."
Chip: "Mom?"
Y: "Just do it!"
Chip nods, the two hunters charge up their blasters and aim at the two fighters in front of them.
Sigma lands a good blow and sends Zero flying away.
Y: "NOW!"
Y and Chip fire a fully charged blast towards Sigma, he notices it too late, and takes the hit fully.
BOOOM!!!
Sigma explodes, and a hole in the ground opens. Y, Zero and Chip
fall through it, finding an advanced robot with Sigma's consciousness in it.
Sigma: "Ha ha ha ha ha! Feel my incredible power! Drown in the empty vastness of space!"
Y: "We'll never give up Sigma! Never!"
Sigma is way too strong, Zero stands up and tries to attack him, but Sigma shoves him of with a blast.
Chip charges up his blaster and shots, but Sigma deflects the attack.
Y: "He's too strong!"
Sigma: "Giving up Y?"
Y: "You'll have to kill us first!"
Sigma: "With pleasure."
Sigma charges Y. And she dodges him.
Y's eyes are again filled with fury, as she remembers all of what happened. Nobody can stop her now ... nobody.
As Sigma keeps blasting Y, Y keeps avoiding him. Suddenly, Y jumps towards Sigma, charges up her blaster and fires a fully charged blast at close range in Sigma's head.
Sigma starts to explode.
Sigma: "... Hee hee hee."
Y: "What's so funny?"
Sigma: "This weapon is aimed straight at Earth already... No one can stop it now!"
Zero: "Damn!"
Sigma: Ha ha ha ha ha! Good bye, Y! Good bye Zero! Iris is waiting for you Chip!"
Chip: "You don't have the right to say her name!"
Chip shots Sigma in the same spot were his mother had shot him, accelerating his destruction.
Zero gets up, and the three hunters run to try to stop the weapon, but they find a dead end, with the General standing, still badly damaged.
Y: "General!"
General: "... I was ... wrong. Sigma ... he blinded me to the truth ..."
Y: "It's okay... Rest."
General: "... With my body I can stop the weapon."
Zero: "But you'll ..."
General: "Many of my men have died. As their leader, I must join them. Y, Zero, Chip please forgive our foolishness."
Y: "General!"
Chapter 9: The end.
Y, Zero and Chip are going back to Earth in the space ship they used to go to the space base.
Zero is piloting the ship.
He thinks back to his creation, Dr. Wily, his Maverick status and his battle then with Sigma.
Zero: (Thinking) "So... this is what happened to me... This is... my fate! I couldn't save anyone after all!"
Y and Chip are sitting in the passengers seats behind Zero.
Chip: "Iris ..."
Y: "Chip ... I know how you feel ..."
In his memory, Chip can still hear Iris' voice. "Please stop! Brother! Chip ..." she pleads. Then Iris dies again in Chip's mind.
Chip: "... Iris ... Do we Reploids all turn out to be ... Mavericks, after all? What if I go Maverick?"
Zero: (Surprised) "Chip! Don't ask such silly questions!"
Y looks at Zero, then back at his soon.
Chip: "Wait, Dad! Mom ... I-I'm serious! If... if I become a Maverick, you have to take care of me."
Zero: "....... Don't be ridiculous. I don't want to hear any more of this!"
Chip: (In a low tone) "... Promise me... Dad ... Mom ......"
Y: (Also in a low tone) "I promise, Chip."
Chip is surprised at hearing Y's answer and turns to look at her.
The ship speeds toward Earth.
Epilogue:
As the three reploids go back, they think of the events that happened.
As time goes by, more questions appear instead of answers.
What caused those repoids to go maverick?
What if that happens to me?
They don't know that the future will give away the answers ...
Very soon ...
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This is the story of the "Parallel Universe" where the one that choused to become a battle robot, wasn't Rock. So Roll is Mega Girl.
You must have recognized some of the scenes from Mega Man X4 for the PSx. But you also must have read scenes that are completely new, and only happen 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 wondering:
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 letter Y.
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