Blast: I'm sorry, everyone, if I didn't update for so long. I was losing
hope in finishing this, and no one even bother to review! Not that I want
everyone to review. Something, like an opinion or something. Oh well. This
story will reveal some points in Amber's life, so live with it.
Blast: I don't Capcom. Kill me if I do.
CHAPTER VIII: CARA AND HAWK
Right now, I'm here, back at where I started: Dr. Theodore Jeoffreye's home. Where I started to live life like I live in this century. I knocked on the door, which was answered promptly by a raven-haired girl of sixteen, who I remembered to be, "Hazel?"
She looked back at me, quite startled. Recognizing my features, she squealed. "Miss Amber! You're back!" she embraced me so tight. "Oh, Miss Amber, you're back." Tears began forming in her eyes. "Dad said you were working as a spy for the Maverick Hunters, and that the leader of the Special Unit Zero was your brother. Is it true, Miss Amber?"
"Yes, Hazel, all of that is true." I replied. "Now, I don't think you misplaced your manners and let your old friend stay outside, do you?"
Hazel realized what I was talking about. "Oh, I'm sorry. Come in! Mom is in the laboratory, doing something. Dad was off to some conference."
"Maybe I should talk to Pearl. How is she?"
"Mom is fine. Aside from the laboratory accidents and whatnot, she is okay." Hazel said as she led me towards the laboratory, where I saw Pearl, trying out some things, probably experimenting on some theory or something. The same old Pearl.
"Mom! Amber came back!" Hazel said with glee in her voice. I swear, this girl really have grown up, from a shy little girl I've known to just peek at my work, to a lovely woman who is more active than an energizer bunny.
Pearl looked at me with a shocked expression, and the second later, I was enveloped in a hug. "Amber! Oh, you came back! How are you?"
"I'm okay." I replied softly back to the only mother figure I've got since Dr. Ion died. Darn memories. "Hazel said you have been trying out tests." I added with a mischievous grin. Pearl returned it.
"Well, I am, since I'm no longer busy in helping you work on YOUR experiments." She answered. "Not much progress on my part, though."
"Not to fret, my dearest Pearl!" I mock bowed with a grin never leaving my face. "Amber Trasè is back, and this means war!"
"Yup, and a pretty huge one, too." A male voice from the doorway succeeded in making all of us jump instantaneously. I whipped around and saw Dr. Jeoffreye, with a huge grin on his face, probably him feel twenty years younger. "I thought I'd never try that one again!"
"Dr. Jeoffreye!" I exclaimed. "How are you!" I ran up to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Ah, the same as always, Amber. Locking myself in the laboratory, going to conferences, doing some chemistry work with Pearl..." he grinned wolfishly at Pearl's direction, which I quickly noticed. "You know..."
"I don't think I want to know." I said, a twisted smile forming on my face. How did this guy change? "I really missed you guys."
"I notice that." Pearl said. "Now, let us go to the kitchen to fix you guys some food, and you can tell us of your adventures."
I smiled, following the family towards the kitchen, where Pearl prepared lunch for all four of us.
"So tell us, Miss Amber, what was it like to be a commander of one of the best Units in MHHQ?" Hazel asked, eyes sparking with interest.
'She is so inquisitive.' Leila whispered in the back of my head. I decided to ignore her. "Well, you have to assist the other units, and sometimes, you have to be in the frontlines to defend your troops and the base. Basically a very risky job."
"Amber, Dr. Cain told me that the MHHQ Mother Computer was being hacked. What happened? The three Unit Commanders, namely you, Mega Man X and Zero are involved in that situation, some people said." Dr. Jeoffeye questioned.
"Well, X and Zero did all the fighting there, and I was with Middy, navigating for them. The mastermind behind the scandal was Sigma, but the hacker is a reploid named Techno, who happened to share the same data as Middy." I replied. "X had to defeat Techno, and killed Middy in the process. You could've seen how broken X was after defeating Sigma."
"Yeah, we've heard." Pearl said. " And by the way, Amber, I was working on some formula in the laboratory. I know viruses are rare, especially reploid viruses, but I was trying to form an anti-virus."
I blinked. If I hadn't known any better, I'd say Pearl has a sixth sense. "I'll help you with that. I have a feeling that we'll need that in the near future."
Almost three days have passed. Pearl and I were locked in the laboratory, working on the anti-virus that would probably save thousands of lives later. I spend my afternoons with Hazel, in the town square, or going strolling. It was easy to hide my reploid identity, because I look almost like a human, so I just cover my armor with my lab coat. Because I also have knowledge on political affairs and such rubbish, I usually helped Dr. Jeoffreye with his paperwork. Apparently, he is recently working in the city hall, with those silly government officials.
But there was one day that I saw two certain persons I never thought I'd ever see again.
I am inside the laboratory right now. The whole family was out because they have something to do at Sri Lanka. I was in charge of the house. I continued my researched on the formula for the anti-virus. Then Leila decided to ruin my day.
"Having time for ourselves, are we, Amber?" Leila asked slyly.
"Please, Leila. I have troubles with finding this anti-virus, I'm not going to need your help in getting me killed again." I muttered, passing the page on atomic fusions.
"Don't tell me you're still blaming me for nearly getting us killed by Mega Man." Leila replied, earning herself a blush from me. "I know Mega Man can't kill me, or you, for that matter."
"Leila, I think we better live in the present." I said. "I know I had feelings for Mega Man, as large as yours, and that would always stay in my heart. But know this. Mega Man is gone now, and there is no one that could perfectly fill his role."
"I guess you're right." Leila said. "I'll come bother you again sometime tomorrow night or something." She disappeared in my mind, leaving quite a huge blank space.
"One of these days, I'm going to have to go back to Farathine on this matter." I muttered. I was about to continue reading the book when I heard a knock on the Jeoffreye's doorstep. "Who could come in this time? They are not back from Sri Lanka, are they?"
No one answered my rhetorical question, so I just went to see who is in the door. When I opened it and saw the persons outside, I nearly fainted. If I were a human, I really would've fainted.
At the porch, were a couple of reploids. One was a beautiful girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. The other was a masculine male with scruffy black hair and black eyes. I remembered clearly how I know these reploids...
FLASHBACK: NORMAL POV
Amber ran inside the Robot Academy. Dr. Ion has enrolled her in the institute, and she is sure she'll love it. "Well, I am now." She said with a cheesy grin.
After a while of exploring the whole school, she went to the cafeteria, hoping to get some food. When going there, she bumped into a huge body, a male's, causing her to drop to the floor butt first. She looked up and saw a football player looking down at her.
"Watch where you're going!" he growled, the walked past her and out of the cafeteria.
Amber looked skeptically at the football player with a weird look on her face. Then she notice a hand stretched out to her.
This hand belonged to a girl, somewhere near her age, with shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes. "You need a hand?"
Amber accepted the hand and stood up. "Hello. My name is Amber Ion. What's yours?"
"Cara Faustine." She answered. She gestured to a man coming towards them. He has short scruffy black hair and black eyes. "And that is Hawk Colorado, my friend."
"Nice to meet you." Amber said, and shook Cara's hand. Hawk came over and shook her hand as well, but his eyes were telling her that she is meeting with a rival. When they released their hands, Cara whispered to Amber so that Hawk can't hear.
"Amber, Hawk might be quite competitive, so be alert." She said.
"I'm not backing up a challenge, Cara." Amber replied, the familiar cheesy grin plastered on her face. "If he thinks I'm chicken, I'll prove him wrong!"
END OF FLASBACK: BACK ON AMBER'S POV
I gasped. "Cara? Hawk?" I managed to stutter.
Cara looked at me like she going to cry. We embraced each other. "Oh, Amber! We've found you!" she looked me over. "My God, is it me, or have you been modified?"
"It's just a little change in the system." I answered, almost in the verge of tears. "Cara, I never thought I'd see you again!" Releasing her, I walked over to Hawk. "I hope you've been taking care of my best friend!"
I know Hawk and Cara better than anyone, even their creators. I know both of them have feelings for each other, there is no use in hiding it from me. He just smiled. "Don't worry. She's in the best condition when she's with me." Hawk and I were always competing in academic roles, and our friendship was forged in rivalry. But sometimes, I know I missed even my greatest rival. We both shared a hug before breaking away from each other.
"Well, come in." I said, inviting them inside the household. "The Jeoffreye's are in Sri Lanka right now, so I'm left here."
"The Jeoffreye's?" Cara ping-pong back at me. I chuckled.
"When I woke up from hibernation, Dr. Jeoffreye took under his wing together with his wife, Pearl, and their daughter, Hazel. They basically taught me everything to know about in this century."
We continued chatting about the current events, the past, things like that. She often entered Mega Man in the conversation. Well, I have my faults.
Later, they had to go, but promising me that they'd be back. Well, now, I think my day was made.
~~
Blast: Well, that is chapter eight. I have to work things for the next chapter. Currently, I'm facing Death in its paperwork form. Well, I'm out of here. I still have to rewrite some chapters, and also this story's genre, so I'll say goodbye for now. Reviews and flames!
Blast: I don't Capcom. Kill me if I do.
CHAPTER VIII: CARA AND HAWK
Right now, I'm here, back at where I started: Dr. Theodore Jeoffreye's home. Where I started to live life like I live in this century. I knocked on the door, which was answered promptly by a raven-haired girl of sixteen, who I remembered to be, "Hazel?"
She looked back at me, quite startled. Recognizing my features, she squealed. "Miss Amber! You're back!" she embraced me so tight. "Oh, Miss Amber, you're back." Tears began forming in her eyes. "Dad said you were working as a spy for the Maverick Hunters, and that the leader of the Special Unit Zero was your brother. Is it true, Miss Amber?"
"Yes, Hazel, all of that is true." I replied. "Now, I don't think you misplaced your manners and let your old friend stay outside, do you?"
Hazel realized what I was talking about. "Oh, I'm sorry. Come in! Mom is in the laboratory, doing something. Dad was off to some conference."
"Maybe I should talk to Pearl. How is she?"
"Mom is fine. Aside from the laboratory accidents and whatnot, she is okay." Hazel said as she led me towards the laboratory, where I saw Pearl, trying out some things, probably experimenting on some theory or something. The same old Pearl.
"Mom! Amber came back!" Hazel said with glee in her voice. I swear, this girl really have grown up, from a shy little girl I've known to just peek at my work, to a lovely woman who is more active than an energizer bunny.
Pearl looked at me with a shocked expression, and the second later, I was enveloped in a hug. "Amber! Oh, you came back! How are you?"
"I'm okay." I replied softly back to the only mother figure I've got since Dr. Ion died. Darn memories. "Hazel said you have been trying out tests." I added with a mischievous grin. Pearl returned it.
"Well, I am, since I'm no longer busy in helping you work on YOUR experiments." She answered. "Not much progress on my part, though."
"Not to fret, my dearest Pearl!" I mock bowed with a grin never leaving my face. "Amber Trasè is back, and this means war!"
"Yup, and a pretty huge one, too." A male voice from the doorway succeeded in making all of us jump instantaneously. I whipped around and saw Dr. Jeoffreye, with a huge grin on his face, probably him feel twenty years younger. "I thought I'd never try that one again!"
"Dr. Jeoffreye!" I exclaimed. "How are you!" I ran up to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Ah, the same as always, Amber. Locking myself in the laboratory, going to conferences, doing some chemistry work with Pearl..." he grinned wolfishly at Pearl's direction, which I quickly noticed. "You know..."
"I don't think I want to know." I said, a twisted smile forming on my face. How did this guy change? "I really missed you guys."
"I notice that." Pearl said. "Now, let us go to the kitchen to fix you guys some food, and you can tell us of your adventures."
I smiled, following the family towards the kitchen, where Pearl prepared lunch for all four of us.
"So tell us, Miss Amber, what was it like to be a commander of one of the best Units in MHHQ?" Hazel asked, eyes sparking with interest.
'She is so inquisitive.' Leila whispered in the back of my head. I decided to ignore her. "Well, you have to assist the other units, and sometimes, you have to be in the frontlines to defend your troops and the base. Basically a very risky job."
"Amber, Dr. Cain told me that the MHHQ Mother Computer was being hacked. What happened? The three Unit Commanders, namely you, Mega Man X and Zero are involved in that situation, some people said." Dr. Jeoffeye questioned.
"Well, X and Zero did all the fighting there, and I was with Middy, navigating for them. The mastermind behind the scandal was Sigma, but the hacker is a reploid named Techno, who happened to share the same data as Middy." I replied. "X had to defeat Techno, and killed Middy in the process. You could've seen how broken X was after defeating Sigma."
"Yeah, we've heard." Pearl said. " And by the way, Amber, I was working on some formula in the laboratory. I know viruses are rare, especially reploid viruses, but I was trying to form an anti-virus."
I blinked. If I hadn't known any better, I'd say Pearl has a sixth sense. "I'll help you with that. I have a feeling that we'll need that in the near future."
Almost three days have passed. Pearl and I were locked in the laboratory, working on the anti-virus that would probably save thousands of lives later. I spend my afternoons with Hazel, in the town square, or going strolling. It was easy to hide my reploid identity, because I look almost like a human, so I just cover my armor with my lab coat. Because I also have knowledge on political affairs and such rubbish, I usually helped Dr. Jeoffreye with his paperwork. Apparently, he is recently working in the city hall, with those silly government officials.
But there was one day that I saw two certain persons I never thought I'd ever see again.
I am inside the laboratory right now. The whole family was out because they have something to do at Sri Lanka. I was in charge of the house. I continued my researched on the formula for the anti-virus. Then Leila decided to ruin my day.
"Having time for ourselves, are we, Amber?" Leila asked slyly.
"Please, Leila. I have troubles with finding this anti-virus, I'm not going to need your help in getting me killed again." I muttered, passing the page on atomic fusions.
"Don't tell me you're still blaming me for nearly getting us killed by Mega Man." Leila replied, earning herself a blush from me. "I know Mega Man can't kill me, or you, for that matter."
"Leila, I think we better live in the present." I said. "I know I had feelings for Mega Man, as large as yours, and that would always stay in my heart. But know this. Mega Man is gone now, and there is no one that could perfectly fill his role."
"I guess you're right." Leila said. "I'll come bother you again sometime tomorrow night or something." She disappeared in my mind, leaving quite a huge blank space.
"One of these days, I'm going to have to go back to Farathine on this matter." I muttered. I was about to continue reading the book when I heard a knock on the Jeoffreye's doorstep. "Who could come in this time? They are not back from Sri Lanka, are they?"
No one answered my rhetorical question, so I just went to see who is in the door. When I opened it and saw the persons outside, I nearly fainted. If I were a human, I really would've fainted.
At the porch, were a couple of reploids. One was a beautiful girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. The other was a masculine male with scruffy black hair and black eyes. I remembered clearly how I know these reploids...
FLASHBACK: NORMAL POV
Amber ran inside the Robot Academy. Dr. Ion has enrolled her in the institute, and she is sure she'll love it. "Well, I am now." She said with a cheesy grin.
After a while of exploring the whole school, she went to the cafeteria, hoping to get some food. When going there, she bumped into a huge body, a male's, causing her to drop to the floor butt first. She looked up and saw a football player looking down at her.
"Watch where you're going!" he growled, the walked past her and out of the cafeteria.
Amber looked skeptically at the football player with a weird look on her face. Then she notice a hand stretched out to her.
This hand belonged to a girl, somewhere near her age, with shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes. "You need a hand?"
Amber accepted the hand and stood up. "Hello. My name is Amber Ion. What's yours?"
"Cara Faustine." She answered. She gestured to a man coming towards them. He has short scruffy black hair and black eyes. "And that is Hawk Colorado, my friend."
"Nice to meet you." Amber said, and shook Cara's hand. Hawk came over and shook her hand as well, but his eyes were telling her that she is meeting with a rival. When they released their hands, Cara whispered to Amber so that Hawk can't hear.
"Amber, Hawk might be quite competitive, so be alert." She said.
"I'm not backing up a challenge, Cara." Amber replied, the familiar cheesy grin plastered on her face. "If he thinks I'm chicken, I'll prove him wrong!"
END OF FLASBACK: BACK ON AMBER'S POV
I gasped. "Cara? Hawk?" I managed to stutter.
Cara looked at me like she going to cry. We embraced each other. "Oh, Amber! We've found you!" she looked me over. "My God, is it me, or have you been modified?"
"It's just a little change in the system." I answered, almost in the verge of tears. "Cara, I never thought I'd see you again!" Releasing her, I walked over to Hawk. "I hope you've been taking care of my best friend!"
I know Hawk and Cara better than anyone, even their creators. I know both of them have feelings for each other, there is no use in hiding it from me. He just smiled. "Don't worry. She's in the best condition when she's with me." Hawk and I were always competing in academic roles, and our friendship was forged in rivalry. But sometimes, I know I missed even my greatest rival. We both shared a hug before breaking away from each other.
"Well, come in." I said, inviting them inside the household. "The Jeoffreye's are in Sri Lanka right now, so I'm left here."
"The Jeoffreye's?" Cara ping-pong back at me. I chuckled.
"When I woke up from hibernation, Dr. Jeoffreye took under his wing together with his wife, Pearl, and their daughter, Hazel. They basically taught me everything to know about in this century."
We continued chatting about the current events, the past, things like that. She often entered Mega Man in the conversation. Well, I have my faults.
Later, they had to go, but promising me that they'd be back. Well, now, I think my day was made.
~~
Blast: Well, that is chapter eight. I have to work things for the next chapter. Currently, I'm facing Death in its paperwork form. Well, I'm out of here. I still have to rewrite some chapters, and also this story's genre, so I'll say goodbye for now. Reviews and flames!
