Aya: Wow, it's been awhile. Uh… warning for lemony yaoi goodness? It's getting close. I'm getting corrupted XD
Mob Member 1: YES! We waited all this time and our dream is finally to be realized. *teardrop*
Aya: In any case… enjoy!
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Skew Universe
Chapter 10: Broken
Zero stepped around the room, regarding the small and large smears of blood soaking through the once plush carpet of Hilbert Lab's lobby. He received news Sigma attacked this location, but since the statements from staff were still being collected, there was no information on what he was after. His eyes narrowed dangerously into slits at the thought of Sigma and the rest of the Mavericks.
The surveillance video told the story of what happened in this room at least. Being known to just storm right into a building through the front door and attack, it was plausible the lobby was the Maverick attack's point of entry. What Zero saw on the video confused him. Copy was here. Questions stormed his mind: Why did Vile seem… delighted when he discovered Copy's was X in disguise? And… why did Vile kiss X?
"Zero…" Commander X called from the entryway, carefully studying Zero's expression. "I saw the video…"
"If he thought that was you," Zero began, "then why did he…"
"Zero…" X shook his head, sighing heavily. "I will tell you. Let's go back to HQ…"
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"Oh how I've missed spending time with X." Vile purred as he stroked X's hair. "Having you here is just like having X back."
"Let go of me…" X demanded, knowing fully there was no real threat to Vile in his statement. He tried to stay limp as Vile pet him. The maverick was trying to get a reaction out of him, X knew, and he didn't want to give Vile the satisfaction.
"Are you still weak? I remember X was a lot more…responsive." Vile slipped his hand through the opening at the top of X's robes and felt the hunter shiver from his touch. "That's more like it." He grinned, then locked his lips onto X's.
"Uhn!" X cried, gasping for a breath from the surprise kiss and trying to push the maverick off. His struggle only succeeded in egging on Vile's sense of adventure, making his advances more aggressive. Vile started pulling off X's robe from the shoulders, staring hungrily at X's naked torso.
Flashes of his other self's past flew before X's eyes when X realized what Vile was about to do. Horrified once again by the disturbing images from his other self's past, X shook, sucked in a shallow breath, and then let out a blood curling scream.
"Uwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" His scream surprised even Vile, who paused. Vile waited for X to stop screaming but there seemed no end in sight. X, now in a frenzied fight for his life, swung wild punches uncharacteristically. A demon of fear had taken over the blue hunter.
"X, stop." Vile grabbed both of X's wrists and pinned him to the ground. X continued his attempts to escape, but Vile's grip did not budge. "X, stop." Vile repeated over X's screams. Vile moved to grasp X's shoulders, freeing X's hands to reach angrily at Vile's face. Trying to regain control, Vile slammed X's body against the ground and succeeded in stopping X.
X blinked, and the hands which were tearing angrily at Vile were now curiously stroking the maverick's cheeks. Surprised by the sudden change, Vile released his grip on X's shoulders. X's eyes has changed, glowing a duller, but still hauntingly beautiful green, and he stared sadly into Vile's eyes.
"X?" Vile hesitated, surprised by the sudden transformation. This is X. Vile thought. X pulled himself upright and latched tightly to Vile. He looks at me like this… but this isn't X. So what is going on?
X let go of Vile, and shyly slipped his arms out of the sleeves of the light blue terry robe. He continued his sad gaze at Vile, as if he was waiting for him to do something. For a moment, silence hung in the room. Vile stared dumbly at X's sudden change of heart while X sat still, waiting for Vile to make the next advance. The calm ended within seconds. X gripped his head and cried in pain. Once more he looked terrified at the sight of Vile, and started to shuffle backwards.
"What hap..pened…" X hit the wall behind him. The cold surface of the wall making him realize that his robe was how half off. Vile began his offensive again, and crawled playfully towards X, boxing him against the wall.
"I don't know, but you were very, very…tempting for a moment." Vile brought his forehead to X's, and stared longingly into the green eyes. "You still are, you know."
"Your tricks won't work on me." X spat, glaring back defiantly at the Maverick.
"Oh, but it worked so well on X…" Vile leaned against X's chest, almost able to taste the need for attention he knew X did not want to admit. "Your breathings changed… are you getting… excited?"
"Shut up." X knew his cheeks were red at this point, and that something about being seduced by Vile intrigued him. His curiosity--against all the wishes of his logic--was telling him to let Vile continue.
"I love that about you!" Vile laughed. "You're like a feisty version of X!" The maverick moved in and claimed X's lips wildly. Unable to think clearly under such circumstances, X found himself kissing Vile back.
Vile paused, and watched X's expression change from flushed to annoyed. "Hm? You don't want me to stop?" Vile teased. The hunter said nothing, but could not help himself from staring ambivalently at the deadly Maverick. "X didn't want me to go away when I found him." He settled in a comfortable spot beside X, his pale violet hair falling against X's chest as he rested his head on the hunter's shoulders. "The klutz fell off a platform when he was trying to escape with Zero. Heh. He was badly injured. Mainframe barely intact. It was a nasty fall. I saved him from the brink of death…"
"But why?" X was immediately drawn into the conversation, forgetting completely about the compromising situation he was in. He had seen snippets of his counterpart's past; enough to understand the general picture, but he didn't understand Vile's part nearly as much.
"Zero was very interested in saving X." Vile closed his eyes, recalling the events in his own mind. "We fought him off for a good hour before he decided to retreat. I was interested in this mere Reploid that Zero tried so hard to save." X remained silent, waiting for Vile to continue. "He was in so much pain when he woke up. Poor, poor X. He hated the dark, too, and was willing to do anything just for me to stay with him. He tore the chains out of the wall, trying to claw his way out of the room, even though he was severely injured."
X felt his stomach turn. Vile had taken advantage of his counterpart's fear of the dark and loneliness. Vile picked this moment to turn his attention back to X, raising a hand to hold the X's chin.
"He finally relaxed when I held him in my arms. I took him back to my quarters--quite like this situation, actually--and mended him." The grin on Vile's face said it all. While Vile's brand of healing might have involved putting his counterpart back together physically, psychologically Vile had picked his victim apart. "He loved the attention. Anything but to be alone. I complied, taking certain…" Vile stared at X's trembling lips once again. "…rewards for my efforts."
"You…" X hissed, batting Vile's hand away. Any doubt he had about not really wanting Vile to stop vanished. "You used him to get to Zero."
"Oh it worked quite well." Vile laughed. "After I properly trained X, I had him reunite with Zero. The fool took him back eagerly, wrapping his life around my blue little treasure. I trained X well, to keep Zero in check in more ways than one."
X's green eyes burned. His relationship with Zero was one of the most precious things in the world, and hearing how Vile had ruined this one… "Arugh!" X grabbed Vile's neck, and slammed the maverick to the ground. "How could you do that! You have no right to do that!"
Vile kept his composure, somehow having seen this coming. X suddenly regretted falling into Vile psychological trap and let go of Vile's neck.
"I made X happy." Vile said evenly, picking himself up off the floor. "He was alone and so cold when I found him."
"Happy?!" X laughed incredulously, hot tears rolling down his cheeks, recalling all of his counter part's emotions. "He HATES you! Because of you, he hates himself and how he has to manipulate the one thing he actually loves because you made him think he'd be all alone again without you!"
"What you say doesn't bother me one bit." Vile got to his feet, looking down at X. "I'll use you, too, if I have to, to get rid of Zero." He picked X up from his waist and set the hunter on the bed. "I deactivated some of your motor functions, so it's useless to try to run."
"As for my reward for bandaging you…" Vile stroked X's hair seductively. "I will wait until you beg for it..."
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Zero held X in his arms, the two of them sitting together on the couch. Since they got back from Hilbert Labs, X had told him everything about Vile. Telling the tale was quite difficult for X, and Zero felt badly that the only thing he can do is hold X as he cried.
"I really do love you, Zero." X cried. "I didn't want to be cruel to you, but… Vile." His voice cracked at the mention of the Maverick's name, tearing another hole in Zero's heart. "I wanted to be with you so badly, and that was the only way I could do it."
Zero nodded. It made sense to him now, the thing about his X that bothered him so much. In his heart he saw something evil from X. Now he realizes it was Vile's influence, the personality Vile constructed around X. "I'm sorry." Zero patted X's back. "I should have realized what he was doing, and saved you."
"We have to go save Copy." X rubbed the tears from his eyes. "There's no telling what he will do to Copy…"
"Take me to him."
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Aya: Sorrie for the short chapter! I just wanted to get this out before I run out of brain juice again. O_O
Mob Member 1: WHAT! Where's my Hot Yaoi Action?
Mob Member 2: Yah, I recalled hearing something about you getting corrupted! How weak! X only partially strips?! I got my stack of dollars here to see X's panties! *waves money*
X: Guys! *annoyed* *blush* It's embarrassing enough I have to strip in front of Vile, don't make it any worse.
Vile: I didn't think it was so bad. *eyes Blue Candy*
Zero: What? I'm just a snug toy in the chapter? How come X doesn't strip for me? Either of you.
Well, I'll be moving soon, and I'm trying to make a very important career move that one of my old bosses is trying to help me with. I might not update in awhile! Unless I'm really really inspired. The next chapter will be the tearjerker ending, please look for it! ^_^