Chapter 3
X's Chosen Path

Sigma has made Zero his apprentice. Zero is learning alot. Vava was shut down as a
punishment for highly violent behavior. The Hunters thought the last of the mavericks were
destroyed, but the Mother Computer reports eight new Mavericks has been detected at the position
of some of the 17th Unit's general, Sigma's unit. The mavericks once under the 17th Unit were Icy
Penguigo (Chill Penguin), Storm Eagleed (Storm Eagle), Burnin' Naumander (Flame Mammoth),
Arma Armage (Armored Armadillo), Launch Octopuld (Launch Octopus), Spark Mandriller
(Spark Mandrill), Sting Chameleo (Sting Chameleon), and Boomer Kuwanger. After a few months,
Sigma mysteriously left and the reploid Vava had disappeared.
Since Sigma has disappeared, Zero steps up to the plate. Just when the Hunters was about
to dispatch Zero's team, a call was transmitted to Hunters HQ, "Sir, we are receiving a
transmission from Sigma." The Hunters Staff reports. "Open up the channel! Where has he been?"
Zero orders. "Don't even think about hunting my Mavericks down." Sigma says. "Your
Mavericks?" Zero asks. "That's right. I am quitting the Hunters and becoming a leader of the
Mavericks. Do not underestimate my power. I have grown stronger than before. I will lead my
Mavericks to victory against the inferior humans. The reploid race shall usher a new age!" Sigma
explains. Zero stands looking emotionless, "So... You plan on destroying human lives. I doubt it
will be successful with the Hunters in the way." Zero says. "My army will crush your pitiful force.
Oh, by the way, I have a special surprise for you, Zero. You will be seeing it in the next 24
hours.... We shall meet again soon, Zero. You will soon realize your true destiny." Sigma says.
Dr. Cain is back home and sees X reading more of Dr. Light's journal, "X... You have to
be careful from now on. A virus that affects all reploids and robots is making them go berserk and
attacking human beings." D. Cain warns. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. So, how was your day?" X
asks. "Bad and good, Zero, the powerful Red Maverick is now a Hunter. But Sigma who was a
Hunter is now a Maverick Leader." Dr. Cain replies.
"Dr. Cain, do you know everything about me?" X asks. "I should, Why?" Dr. Cain replies.
"Well, from reading Dr. Light's journal, I found out that I am equipped with weapons and special
fighting abilities. So check this out." X says. Dr. Cain watches X. X holds his right hand out and
morphs it into a cannon-like weapon, "Dr. Light named this weapon the X-Buster or Mark-17
Weapon after the Mega-Buster." X explains. Dr. Cain starts to think back at his discovery of X
"Wait a minute. Your specification did say you were equipped with few special weapons and there
was one last thing it said but I couldn't read it very well." Dr. Cain says while thinking.
"X, I know, You should join the Hunters! You should go and join now!" Dr. Cain
exclaims. "Join the Maverick Hunters? Dr. Light did say something about me being created for a
purpose to help humans. On the news, I heard Sigma had lead a revolt against the humans. I
believe this is my meaning of existence, to help humans." X says.
X quickly runs to the Hunters HQ. He arrives and is blocked off by a couple of guards,
"Go away, this is for Hunters only." The guards says. "But I'm here to join the Hunters." X
explains. Zero walks nearby, "What's the problem?" Zero asks. "A reploid here is trying to enter
the HQ." The guard explains. "What purpose do you have of being here?" Zero asks. "I've come to
join the Hunters. My name is Mega Man X, or X for short." X explains. "Hmm... Welcome to the
Hunters. We need more reploids like yourself. Come inside with me and tell me more about
yourself," Zero says.
They walks inside and sit at a table, "So what can you do?" Zero asks. X holds out his
right arm and morphs it into an X-Buster, "I also have a Variable Weapon System. But Dr. Light
said I must acquire these weapons from chips and computer data." X explains. "Amazing, I can do
the same thing, except for the Variable Weapon System. We are the only to robots with the ability
to morph our hands into Mega-Busters. I have no idea what Mark it is. Dr. Cain said he didn't
know how to build these. Which gives me a puzzle on how I was created...." Zero says.
"You don't? I do, I was created by a scientist named Dr. Thomas Light. I was built to
choose my own path in life. I am also the first reploid ever built. Dr. Cain made copies of reploids
based on my A.I. System." X. explains. "First reploid? You're the first reploid?" Zero asks.
"Yeah..." X replies. "Wow, and you seem so weak, umm.. sorry about that." Zero says.
"That's okay... I am weak right now, Dr. Light told me in writing that I need to find special
enhancement capsules to fully develope my powers. I only managed to find none." X explains.
"Lucky you, I can't be upgraded. My system was designed this way so I can't be tamper by enemies
to become more powerful and work for them." Zero explains.
20 hours pass by and an alarm sounded, "Sir, there is a small invasion in the city north of
here." The staff reports. "Time to go! Come on, X. Time to see what you are made off." Zero says.
"I'm made of Titanium-X alloy and silicon." X replies. "Umm... that's not what I meant." Zero
says. The Hunters heads toward the city. The Hunters and Zero attack the Maverick force in the
center of the city. Little did they know, the attack in the center was just a decoy for the real
invasion to attack the city by air. X overhears a couple of maverick reploids talking about the
attack being a decoy and quickly goes to inform Zero, "Zero! Zero!" X shouts and doesn't see him
anywhere in sight.
X decides to go after the real invading force be himself, "Weak or not, I'm going to stop
the invasion myself." X states. X runs toward the real invading force. On his way, he sees vehicles
speeding away from spiked-wheel reploids. X charges up and blasts a charged X-Buster at the
spiked-wheels reploids. He continues to run and jumps across many gaps on the road. He destroys
many enemies and sees a giant bug that looks like a helicopter.
It stops in front of X in the middle of a bridge. The bug starts launching missiles at X. X
charges to full power and shoots to damage the propellers. The propellers explode and the giant
bug crashes down on the bridge bringing X down with it. X jumps and runs on the bug reploid. He
jumps off the bug reploid and using his Gyroscopic Stabilization System, (Allows him to stay
straight up and down, 180 degree angle, no matter what the angle of the floor. This allows him to
kick off of walls allowing him to climb), he clings onto the wall and quickly climbs back up to the
roadway. X continues to run toward the real force and encounters reploid in vehicles equipped with
a gun. He blasts a reploid off one of the vehicle and jumps in. He blasts the other reploids off the
roadway and quickly continues to drives to the real force.
He arrives and a giant aircraft flies over him. It lets down a reploid in a Chimera Mech.-
like suit. X charges up and the reploid jumps out of the aircraft. "That's Vava...." X thinks to
himself. A battle ensues between the two. Unfortunately, Vava's armor was too powerful to
penetrate. Vava weakens X to severe damage and disables him. Vava grabs X with his Mech.,
"You worthless piece of scrap metal, did you think you could defeat me?" Vava says in a evil tone.
X hears a sound of a weapon charging and a blast out of nowhere destroys the mech's arm,
releasing X. Zero rushes in and blasts at Vava again. Vava quickly dodges the attack and escapes
to his giant aircraft.
Zero looks at the aircraft leaving, then looks at X, "I guess I'm not powerful enough to
defeat him..." X says, sadly. "X, you shouldn't have expected to defeat him. He was designed to be
a war machine. It was the reason why he was shut down. Remember, you have not reached full
power yet. If you find and use all the abilities you were designed with, you should become
stronger... You may even become as powerful as I am... or even more.... I'll scout ahead and try to
collect as much information as I can on Sigma's fortress. I'll meet up with you when we get there.
See ya later! X, I know you can do it!" Zero explains. "Well, Dr. Light did say he kept my
enhancements hidden around this city, I best go hunt the eight Mavericks down," X says. Zero nods
and teleports back to Hunters HQ. X too follows Zero back to Hunters HQ.