DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN MEGA MAN X, I WISH I DO. THE HELL OF IT ALL.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEW. BUT, I CAN'T GRANT THE WISH OF ALIA GETTING KILLED BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO BE A VITAL CHARACTER IN THE NEXT CHAPTERS. STILL, I'M STILL NOT TO ALIA YET. AMBER TRASÈ IS STILL THE NAVIGATOR, UNTIL THE MMX3 PART, BUT AFTER, SOMEONE ELSE WILL NAVIGATE BEFORE ALIA. FLAME ME IF YOU WANT, I DON'T CARE.

STILL, SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING THE OTHER STORIES. I RAN OUT OF IDEAS FOR THE November is the Month, AND PLEASE, R & R! THANKS

BLAST_HORNET
CHAPTER VI- GOODBYE, MIDDY

As I heard the name of the reploid supposed to be fighting X, somehow, my circuits numbed. I looked at Middy, who was having an inner struggle.

"This can't be..."Middy said in almost a whisper. "Why is it always Techno!"

As much as I have memory in my circuits, I used to have mind battles with Leila when I was nothing more but a robot. I fully understand the situation the younger reploid is having. "Middy..."

Middy dropped his headset and ran out at a fast speed. "Middy!" I called, but it all went to deaf ears. Middy left the premises. I turned on the headset.

"X! X, are you there?!" I demanded. The communication is getting fuzzy already, but I have to talk to him. Urgently.

"I'm here, Amber. What is it?"

"X, be careful." I cautioned. "Techno, based on my information, is Middy's twin brother. Middy left the premises just now. I don't have any idea what he's planning to do. X, be careful."

"Techno?!" X gasped. "Damn. I should've known. But, that means...."

"You can't kill him." I finished for him. "But, X, you are in duty, and Techno is a hacker, almost like a Maverick. You have to terminate him." I answered. I know that it sounded like I have no other choice. If X let Techno live, all the data Techno got from the Mother Computer, including my private data, will be set before our eyes, and I am going to face a lot of trouble. But I don't want to make a decision that may place me in the wrong foot later.

"I will do that Amber." X replied. "I will try not to kill him."

I cut the connection. Somehow, something else was overriding my common sense. It is my heart. Middy was almost like a little brother to me, and I know clearly that if X terminates Techno, he'll be killing Middy as well. I clearly remembered the time Mega Man nearly killed Leila...

FLASHBACK: NORMAL POV

Mega Man pointed his buster at Leila. The black haired robot he was facing destroyed the robot factory, along with the other Robot Masters. And the worst part of it is, Leila just shrugged the whole ordeal off, and looks like she's ready to die.

"What Mega Man? Are you going to kill me now?" Leila inquired, after a few seconds.

"I...can't." Mega Man answered. He lowered his buster.

"You are forsaking your duties for me, Mega Man?" Leila replied. He black eyes narrowed. "I couldn't care more if you destroy me. Unlike those damn Robot Masters, there is only one robot named Leila Wily, and there is no way to rebuild me. For the love of...if you destroy me now, you won't regret it later." Leila rethink her last statement. "Oh wait, you will regret it later. Damn if I know why." She merely shrugged her shoulders.

"Leila, what are you thinking? Why do you want to die so badly?" he asked, concern obviously seeping in his voice.

"I..." Leila clenched her fists. "I don't want to suffer like this... I hate Dr. Wily. But he created me...he had control over me... and he was the only father figure in my life. Mega Man, my life is going down the drain..."

Something inside Leila kicked in, and instantly, Leila stumbled. 'Damn...'

"You fool!" a second voice echoed in Leila's mind. "What do you think you are doing? Hello, Earth to Leila?! Amber Ion is inside you, remember? If you get yourself killed, Amber will be in a tight situation!"

'How stupid of me...' Leila thought. With a smirk, she stands up and faced the blue robot. "Oh, I'm stupid. Why am I going to get myself killed by you? I still have a lot of things to do, like being an older sister to the dumb to hell Robot Masters. Bye!" she jumped up the tree and began jumping from tree to tree. Mega scratched his head.

"Leila is one weird robot." This reply was from a red robot with silver linings behind Mega. The blue robot turned around to see his older brother, Proto Man.

"I could say that." He answered. "But, why did I hesitate to shoot her when I had the chance?"

Proto adjusted his dark visor. "Honestly, I don't know myself. Maybe, you know that deep inside, Leila isn't a bad robot herself."

Mega nodded.

END OF FLASHBACK

I ran to Zero who was going inside the room. "Z, you wouldn't mind filling in? I have to fetch our demented reploid!" I requested. Zero slightly nodded. I ran out of the Maverick Hunter Headquarters. To make things worse, it is raining cats and dogs.

"Middy!!" I called out, but I heard no response. I'm still wearing my laboratory coat right now, so I took it off as I ran and cover it to my head as a temporary shelter. I continually scan the perimeter for any signs of the smaller reploid, but my sensors are weakened because of the rain soaking my circuits. As it rains heavily, I kept running at the direction I thought Middy would go.

"You know, Amber, it's useless." A voice echoed in my head.

"You shut up, Leila." I answered awkwardly. "I don't need your words."

"Middy probably would've killed himself by now." Leila replied. "He knows that it's either him, or Techno."

"Leila, close your mouth." I ordered. "No matter how clumsy he is, Middy is almost like my little brother." Tears began flowing my eyes. "I know you already know that Middy had been with me since the day I was accepted inside Maverick Hunter Headquarters. He assisted the troops without question and was so dedicated to his job. I'm not going to allow him to simply die because of his brother."

"Some heart you've got, Amber." Leila scoffed. "If you weren't much of my conscience long ago, we'd be oh-so-dead. Oh, damn. Look at the front."

I stopped and looked at the horizon. I could see a small figure lying in the torrent rain. I sprinted faster hoping that person is not the same person I'm thinking right now. When I came closer, I could glimpse that the color of its armor is green. I stopped a few centimeters away from it, and knelt on one knee. Turning it to its front, I gasped.

"Middy..." I choked, covering my mouth with a hand. My limbs relaxed and my fists went down on the ground. I drooped my head, letting myself to be totally soaked in the rain. My tears somehow didn't come out, probably because I was silently ordering them not to fall.

I felt something warm was put behind me. My hand felt it. It's a coat. I looked behind and saw Zero standing there.

"C'mon, Amber." He said. "There's nothing we can do now. We have to go back to base. Hyacinth took over the control for a while." He took me up to my feet. "You're soaking wet. I'll never forgive myself if anything happens to you while I'm alive."

I was just silent as we made our way back at the Headquarters. As I went inside the navigator's room, I saw X, sitting there, with the same expression I got. I approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder plate. He looked at me with the same pain etched on his face. I nodded and tried to surface a small smile, then turned to my heels and went out to the recharging bay. I needed time for myself. Zero was already there before me.

"Amber, I think you should really take a rest." He decided. "Today's been rough enough."

"Zero, what would you think of this?" I began talking as if I'm talking to empty air. "If someone as innocent as Middy would die because of another's mistake. And worse of it is, Sigma returned. He was the whole reason why this is happening!" I resided a capsule. "You know, I'm wondering how Sigma could appear like he was something more than an ordinary reploid."

"Shh. You rest." Zero ordered. I took all my complaints to my eyes, which willed itself to close.
Author's notes:

Well, I'm sorry for this chapter. I'm kind of feeling sleepy right now. Can you imagine, I keep on waking several minutes of the night because some cats were trying to make a nice home out of our roof, and it's terribly annoying. That was last night, and good thing my only partner: my computer, was right beside me. I can play those mellow songs non-stop to lull me back to sleep. Thank my dearest brother for that.

And speaking of brothers, I think Zero is becoming more concern of his little sister's behavior. What do you think? No sarcasm. I'd hate sarcasm, as I'd hate Sigma in my fic, ruining such a lovely ending. He's just trying to be a good brother. Well, thank the stars he's still good.

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