AN- This is an old hat by now. I don't own any of the characters in this story, or the Megaman X series itself; Capcom does. So, onto the story!
Chapter 3: The Imposter
X ran through the Holotrain Station as fast as he could, searching for his mystery enemy. He bumped into several people in his pursuit of the imposter without stopping to apologize, because he would have lost him if he had. Finally, the imposter came to a dead end. X advanced on him, but the fake X had a trick up his sleeve. He turned to the wall, fired a rocket at it, and ran outside.
When X left the building, he saw his copy climbing up a building.
"Stop!" X yelled. "Stop, you imposter!" As he climbed up after the fake X, the copy threw several bombs at him. He dodged all of them except one that hit him in the shoulder, knocking him off balance. He narrowly avoided falling to the street by hanging on to a window ledge. Regaining his coordination, X began climbing again.
When he reached the top of the building, the copy was already there. It sneered at X and jumped from building to building. Although exhausted and injured, X followed him. This chase continued for several minutes, until the copy finally seemed to tire. It stopped for a long enough time for X to catch up to him.
"Alright," X yelled, pointing his X Buster at his enemy, "you're going to answer a few questions for me! Who are you, and why are you impersonating me?"
The fake X turned to look at him, answering him in a raspy voice. "So, X, we meet again."
"Again?" X asked, shocked. "Where did we meet before?"
The fake X didn't answer. Instead, it grinned and raised its arm. X gasped as the arm transformed into a liquid substance. The rest of its body began to dissolve as well, until the imposter transformed into a liquid form. Then, it began to transform again.
X watched in horror as it turned into a black Maverick. It was about the same size as he was, but with black armor instead of blue. It didn't have a Buster gun, opting instead for a shoulder mounted rocket launcher. X immediately remembered the black helmeted Maverick that stood in front of him like a nightmare.
"Vile!"
Vile laughed at his enemy. "Yes, X, I have returned! You have defeated me many times, but now I have a way to avenge myself. I can change into any Reploid that I wish to!"
"Why were you impersonating me, Vile?" X yelled at him.
"Enough talk!" Vile sneered. "You will never know the answers, X, because you die now!"
Saying this, Vile fired several missiles at his foe. X, being hit by several of them, rushed forward, hitting Vile with an X Buster shot. Vile then lunged at X, battering him with his iron fists.
X unleashed all of his fury at Vile in the melee, throwing himself at his enemy. His X Buster useless, he used his arms to thrash his enemy. Vile, reeling from X's fierce blows, kicked X in the stomach. X, stunned for a moment, could not avoid the salvo of missiles that Vile fired at him.
Vile laughed upon seeing X's prone form. "It's been fun, X, but now it's time for you to die."
"Don't bet on it, Vile!" X yelled, grabbing Vile's leg and throwing him across the roof. Before Vile could get up, X fired a fully charged X Buster shot at him.
"Take that!" X yelled triumphantly. His jubilation suddenly turned to horror, however. Standing before him was not Vile, but a human. It gave a gasp of shock and fell from the roof. Bystanders crowded around the body as X realized that Vile had set him up for another murder. Knowing what would happen if he stayed, X ran as fast as he could from where he had fought Vile.