The Maverick In-Road
By Regulus 777
Chapter III Industrial Nightmare part 1
A/N: Ah a quicker update then I thought it would've been. Please enjoy the 3rd installment of my latest fanfic eh? Just the disclaimer and then it'll begin.
Disclaimer: How could I possibly defy Capcom by claiming the megaman series as my own? I love Capcom; it is probably the best 3rd party ever! Anyways Capcom owns Megaman X and stuff except, Gioz, Tempesta, Slish, Miles, Volt, and Plasmo which I thought of but their designs are again similar to Capcom's characters.
The Train rushed down the tracks as it headed for its destination. Zero was walking back and forth among the 4 cars of the train. He was feeling rather tense about the mission. X noticed this and walked up to him. "Is something wrong Zero?" he asked. Zero replied, "Well.. The human council didn't make our mission sound all that clear. They only told us that we had to go to a factory they thought was taken by Mavericks." X nodded, "So what is it that bothers you Zero?" Zero continued, "What exactly are we going there for? Are we going to destroy the factory, or just investigate? It isn't clear to me." X shrugged, "I guess if Mavericks are in the area we will just have to kill them. That's how it's been for all this time this war has been on." Zero just said, "I guess so." and walked off toward the back of the train. X asked the engineer, "How long until we arrive at the factory?" The Engineer laughed and replied,"I can't bring you right up to the factory X. This isn't exactly an armored attack train you know." X was rather annoyed with the idea of having to walk, "How close can you get us then?" The engineer said, "The industrial area is the closest I can get you. That is almost 1 mile away from the factory itself." X knew that was the best he'd get from the old engineer. "Very well and how long will that take?" he asked. "About 10 minutes X." X nodded and left the front car to talk with his team. Zalz stepped up from his seat and saluted, "How long until we get to our destination sir." "About 10 minutes" was X's response. "Unfortunately our engineer is old, cautious, and stubborn. He won't bring us right to the factory so we'll have to walk about a mile from the industrial area's station." X continued. Volt called out, "Well that sucks!" X nodded in agreement, "Yes why can't everyone be willing to take a few chances like me huh?" he laughed. "Anyways prepare yourselves for battle. Also Vile when we arrive I want you to stay with me for the mission." Vile nodded and cocked his plasma rifle. Zero came in from the back car. "The back car hatches are open and ready for our deployment." he stated. The station came into view as the unit headed for the back car.
The train slowed and slowed as it approached the station until it finally came to a stop. The engineer pulled out his handgun and said to X, "If at least 1 member of you crew isn't back here in 3 hours I'm leaving." X nodded and jumped out the back with his men. The engineer then locked the train doors.
X and his squad gathered at the entrance of the train station. Zalz pointed out something, "Captain, there is no one in this area. This is the industrial area is it not? There should be a lot of people and reploids around here." Zero agreed, "Yes what could've happened to everyone." Zalz added, "The power has been cut from most areas as well, especially communications areas." X stated, "The mavericks must have control of the whole industrial area. Although Repliforce units were supposed to be guarding here." Tempesta gasped, "You don't mean." X nodded, "Yes. There is a possibility that Repliforce has gone Maverick and at the moment it's the only explanation. The enemy doesn't have enough soldiers in this area to have taken the whole thing over." Gioz simply asked, "So what will you have us do?" X thought a second, "Zero, take Slish, Volt and Plasmo with you and go check the factory for activity. We'll meet you there in about an hour so. Do not attack without me. Got it?" Zero nodded and the 4 headed toward the factory. "The rest of you are gonna come with me. See that Depot over there? I want to check it out. If Repliforce has indeed gone Maverick they will have soldiers inside." They made there way to the depot as quickly and quietly as possible. Zalz observed, "Sir, there are no guards at the front entrance. Should we go in that way?" X shook his head. "I don't like this." Miles stood up, "I for one am not going to stand around here all day and do nothing. We have less then 3 hours and I'm not walking home!" Miles jumped a fence and ran for the main entrance saber in his hand and activated. Tempesta yelled, "Wait Miles! You can't go in by yourself!" she pulled out her rifle and ran after him. X cursed at his soldiers' ignorance. "Those idiots will get themselves killed if there is anyone inside that depot." Zalz and Vile were just standing there looking at X. "Sir?" Zalz asked. X sighed. "Let's take the side entrance, Zalz can you open it?" "At once sir!" Zalz said as he rushed to carry out his order. X and Vile followed him. "It is locked sir. I shall proceed to blast it with my fireball launcher with your permission." Zalz asked. X just nodded, "Do it." They stepped back and Zalz blasted the door. The scorched bits of the door flew all over the place. The 3 of them stepped inside. "I still see no one Captain." Zalz said pointing out the obvious. "Well let's make some use of the stuff in here then." X stated. Vile started looking through the racks of weapons as Zalz went off to look for Miles and Tempesta.
Zero and his group had made it to the outer fence of the factory. Slish warned Zero, "Look at the turrets they've set up. There are plenty of guards too." Zero nodded, "I just don't understand why the rest of this area seems deserted though." Plasmo agreed, "It is rather strange." Volt was dying for some action. He suggested, "Hey let's get rid of the turrets before X gets here. That way we won't have to worry about em." Zero denied his suggestion. "No, we wait for X and the others. That was his order. Why don't we check the back of the factory too? It may have fewer defenses for when we attack later." They started going toward the back of the factory. All of a sudden they heard a loud explosion. "What the heck was that?" asked Plasmo. "Let's check it out. It may have been the others." They ran toward the fire and smoke they saw. A small battle had broken out. Zero and his group stopped a little ways distance before the 1st explosion they heard. Slish was watching the fighting through his scouting device over his right eye "Is that Colonel?" he asked. Zero looked more closely, "Yes, I think it is. He seems to be fighting against his own men.." Volt begged Zero, "We have to help him. Colonel is a hero." Zero nodded, "Okay let's help him!" Volt jumped in instantly. His mace smashed into the skull of the first reploid his eyes landed on. Zero made his way to Colonel. "What is going on here?" he asked. Colonel replied, "Good thing you got here. I am almost spent. I'll tell you when this engagement is over." Zero nodded as he ran into another guy slicing him in half. Slish reported to Zero, "It seems Plasmo and Volt have scared them off for now. They are probably picking off the last of the ones still hanging around as we speak." "All right, Slish take Colonel to that building over there." He said pointing at a small warehouse. Slish assisted Colonel toward the warehouse. Zero got to Volt and Plasmo, "That's enough guys, retreat for now." They quickly left the area and went inside the warehouse. Slish had already started repairs on Colonel. "Zero it's been nearly an hour since we left the main group." Plasmo said. Zero replied, "Okay, could you go wait toward the front of the factory sector and when X arrives there lead him to this warehouse. "Sure thing Zero." Plasmo said and left. "So tell me exactly what's going on Colonel." Zero asked with interest. Colonel began his story, "Heh, well about two weeks ago a small group of Mavericks came here. I was told to take care of them. So I took 3 of my 4 squads and quickly went to eliminate them. We handled them quite easily but it was a trick. While we were gone a 2nd larger group attacked my barracks and we found the squad in there slaughtered. We went to the train station to call for reinforcements but the power was cut from the station as you've probably already found out. Knowing we couldn't get any help we decided to take matters into our own hands. We checked the whole industrial area for maverick activity until we finally found the factory had been taken. We went in to the factory. There were a lot more of them then we thought. They killed all but 10 of us. We were captured. That's when I found out that Launch Octopus was in charge of the operation. His base must be nearly defenseless with all the soldiers he has brought with him into this area. Anyway we were brought down many flights to a prison. It turns out that the old factory is a secret underground base that nearly everyone forgot about. Well 3 days ago they brought us out of the prison and then brought us up to ground level. Launch Octopus had about 20 of his guards with us. Launch Octopus asked my men if they wanted to live they had to take up arms with him. Seeing as how we were defenseless most of my men agreed to it. Only 2 others and I refused. He started getting aggravated and asked the 3 of us for the keycard to the Space port. He wants our ships for a reason I do not know. I was the only one in the area that had the keycard to the Space port but I secretly leave it in my office at the Train station. When Launch Octopus threatened to kill us we made a break for it. My two most loyal soldiers that stuck with me covered my escape and now they are both dead. The other 7 were ordered to hunt me down. Today is when they saw me and came after me. If you hadn't shown up when you did I'd probably be dead by now." Volt was confused, "Why would they need the keycard to the space port? Couldn't they just destroy the entrance with explosives or something?" Colonel answered him, "The Space Port doubles as a human shelter. It has the highest defensive plating in the industrial area but no weapons. The humans locked themselves in when they heard about the barracks being attacked. The humans are probably still in there waiting for help." Zero was a bit worried, "How long can they last in there?" Colonel replied, "You have nothing to fear they have enough supplies to last for months in there. They'll be ok as long as Launch Octopus hasn't gotten my keycard.."
By the time Zalz had gotten back with Miles and Tempesta, Vile had found himself a nice gatling gun and connected it to his right arm. He also found a small barrier for his left arm. When X noticed Zalz returning he was quick about his authority as Captain. "Miles! Tempesta! What were you two thinking!?! If you ever pull another stunt like that I will have you disbanded." Tempesta apologized, "I'm sorry captain. I just didn't want Miles to get hurt so I went after him." "And what is your excuse huh?" X looked at Miles who simply shrugged. "There weren't any guys anyway. There are tons of useful things in here. If I hadn't charged at the building you wouldn't even have brought us inside I bet. Just look at these grenades, these'll come in handy later for sure." He said while stuffing a bunch into a sack. X decided to hold his ground for the time being. Especially with the situation they were in. "Enough. Let's go find Zero and the others. We've lost enough time as it is." X said. They stepped outside of the depot. They got to the factory area without any trouble. Slish was standing by some barrels alone. "What happened to Zero and the others?" X asked impatiently. Slish explained the situation, "We ran into Colonel who was wounded and we brought him to a small warehouse for repairs. Follow me and I'll show you." X and the others followed Slish to the small outpost.
As Colonel was finishing up his story X and his group walked in. "Spare me the details and tell me what's going on in this place." was the first thing X said. So General started over again. X listened intently to the whole thing then stated, "Well if that's the case we will have to go convince the engineer to help us." "What do you mean?" Colonel asked slightly confused. X explained, "We are going to go get your keycard and bring the humans to the train so they can get out of here. The humans' safety is our first concern." Miles started laughing. X was getting irritated with Miles very quickly, "Miles, what the hell is so funny?" Miles laughed for a bit longer then explained, "Didn't you hear Colonel correctly? He said the humans would be safe in the Space Port for months. Letting them out would only put them in danger. Not that I care of course." X stood up with his gun ready, "You are a Maverick Hunter! You are supposed to help people!" "Ha, Actually a Maverick Hunter's job is to quite simply to hunt Mavericks." Miles stated pleased with himself. "I've had enough of you!" X said charging his buster. Miles released his saber from its electronic holster. Slish pulled out his saber and blocked Miles' and then kicked X's buster so he shot the ceiling. "Listen both of you! I could care less if you try to kill each other when we are done with this mission but until then we need to work together to complete it. We are a small enough group as it is. We won't start any of this mutiny. Zalz bowed, "My complete agreement." Colonel looked at Zalz, "Nice hat, where'd you get it?" "At the military clothing store my lord. It was quite expensive too but very nice if I do say so myself." was the response. Colonel nodded, "Hmmm it suits you well. Ha ha ha as long as you didn't kill a member of Repliforce for it." "Oh of course not my lord! Repliforce is the Unit I most look up to. I wish to one day join it myself." Zalz stated. X laughed, "Well let's head to the train station and fill in the engineer on what's happened. We will come up with a plan from there."
A/N: So how's it coming along? Please review and tell me whatcha think about it eh? We'll meet again soon. Mwahaha! (disappears)
By Regulus 777
Chapter III Industrial Nightmare part 1
A/N: Ah a quicker update then I thought it would've been. Please enjoy the 3rd installment of my latest fanfic eh? Just the disclaimer and then it'll begin.
Disclaimer: How could I possibly defy Capcom by claiming the megaman series as my own? I love Capcom; it is probably the best 3rd party ever! Anyways Capcom owns Megaman X and stuff except, Gioz, Tempesta, Slish, Miles, Volt, and Plasmo which I thought of but their designs are again similar to Capcom's characters.
The Train rushed down the tracks as it headed for its destination. Zero was walking back and forth among the 4 cars of the train. He was feeling rather tense about the mission. X noticed this and walked up to him. "Is something wrong Zero?" he asked. Zero replied, "Well.. The human council didn't make our mission sound all that clear. They only told us that we had to go to a factory they thought was taken by Mavericks." X nodded, "So what is it that bothers you Zero?" Zero continued, "What exactly are we going there for? Are we going to destroy the factory, or just investigate? It isn't clear to me." X shrugged, "I guess if Mavericks are in the area we will just have to kill them. That's how it's been for all this time this war has been on." Zero just said, "I guess so." and walked off toward the back of the train. X asked the engineer, "How long until we arrive at the factory?" The Engineer laughed and replied,"I can't bring you right up to the factory X. This isn't exactly an armored attack train you know." X was rather annoyed with the idea of having to walk, "How close can you get us then?" The engineer said, "The industrial area is the closest I can get you. That is almost 1 mile away from the factory itself." X knew that was the best he'd get from the old engineer. "Very well and how long will that take?" he asked. "About 10 minutes X." X nodded and left the front car to talk with his team. Zalz stepped up from his seat and saluted, "How long until we get to our destination sir." "About 10 minutes" was X's response. "Unfortunately our engineer is old, cautious, and stubborn. He won't bring us right to the factory so we'll have to walk about a mile from the industrial area's station." X continued. Volt called out, "Well that sucks!" X nodded in agreement, "Yes why can't everyone be willing to take a few chances like me huh?" he laughed. "Anyways prepare yourselves for battle. Also Vile when we arrive I want you to stay with me for the mission." Vile nodded and cocked his plasma rifle. Zero came in from the back car. "The back car hatches are open and ready for our deployment." he stated. The station came into view as the unit headed for the back car.
The train slowed and slowed as it approached the station until it finally came to a stop. The engineer pulled out his handgun and said to X, "If at least 1 member of you crew isn't back here in 3 hours I'm leaving." X nodded and jumped out the back with his men. The engineer then locked the train doors.
X and his squad gathered at the entrance of the train station. Zalz pointed out something, "Captain, there is no one in this area. This is the industrial area is it not? There should be a lot of people and reploids around here." Zero agreed, "Yes what could've happened to everyone." Zalz added, "The power has been cut from most areas as well, especially communications areas." X stated, "The mavericks must have control of the whole industrial area. Although Repliforce units were supposed to be guarding here." Tempesta gasped, "You don't mean." X nodded, "Yes. There is a possibility that Repliforce has gone Maverick and at the moment it's the only explanation. The enemy doesn't have enough soldiers in this area to have taken the whole thing over." Gioz simply asked, "So what will you have us do?" X thought a second, "Zero, take Slish, Volt and Plasmo with you and go check the factory for activity. We'll meet you there in about an hour so. Do not attack without me. Got it?" Zero nodded and the 4 headed toward the factory. "The rest of you are gonna come with me. See that Depot over there? I want to check it out. If Repliforce has indeed gone Maverick they will have soldiers inside." They made there way to the depot as quickly and quietly as possible. Zalz observed, "Sir, there are no guards at the front entrance. Should we go in that way?" X shook his head. "I don't like this." Miles stood up, "I for one am not going to stand around here all day and do nothing. We have less then 3 hours and I'm not walking home!" Miles jumped a fence and ran for the main entrance saber in his hand and activated. Tempesta yelled, "Wait Miles! You can't go in by yourself!" she pulled out her rifle and ran after him. X cursed at his soldiers' ignorance. "Those idiots will get themselves killed if there is anyone inside that depot." Zalz and Vile were just standing there looking at X. "Sir?" Zalz asked. X sighed. "Let's take the side entrance, Zalz can you open it?" "At once sir!" Zalz said as he rushed to carry out his order. X and Vile followed him. "It is locked sir. I shall proceed to blast it with my fireball launcher with your permission." Zalz asked. X just nodded, "Do it." They stepped back and Zalz blasted the door. The scorched bits of the door flew all over the place. The 3 of them stepped inside. "I still see no one Captain." Zalz said pointing out the obvious. "Well let's make some use of the stuff in here then." X stated. Vile started looking through the racks of weapons as Zalz went off to look for Miles and Tempesta.
Zero and his group had made it to the outer fence of the factory. Slish warned Zero, "Look at the turrets they've set up. There are plenty of guards too." Zero nodded, "I just don't understand why the rest of this area seems deserted though." Plasmo agreed, "It is rather strange." Volt was dying for some action. He suggested, "Hey let's get rid of the turrets before X gets here. That way we won't have to worry about em." Zero denied his suggestion. "No, we wait for X and the others. That was his order. Why don't we check the back of the factory too? It may have fewer defenses for when we attack later." They started going toward the back of the factory. All of a sudden they heard a loud explosion. "What the heck was that?" asked Plasmo. "Let's check it out. It may have been the others." They ran toward the fire and smoke they saw. A small battle had broken out. Zero and his group stopped a little ways distance before the 1st explosion they heard. Slish was watching the fighting through his scouting device over his right eye "Is that Colonel?" he asked. Zero looked more closely, "Yes, I think it is. He seems to be fighting against his own men.." Volt begged Zero, "We have to help him. Colonel is a hero." Zero nodded, "Okay let's help him!" Volt jumped in instantly. His mace smashed into the skull of the first reploid his eyes landed on. Zero made his way to Colonel. "What is going on here?" he asked. Colonel replied, "Good thing you got here. I am almost spent. I'll tell you when this engagement is over." Zero nodded as he ran into another guy slicing him in half. Slish reported to Zero, "It seems Plasmo and Volt have scared them off for now. They are probably picking off the last of the ones still hanging around as we speak." "All right, Slish take Colonel to that building over there." He said pointing at a small warehouse. Slish assisted Colonel toward the warehouse. Zero got to Volt and Plasmo, "That's enough guys, retreat for now." They quickly left the area and went inside the warehouse. Slish had already started repairs on Colonel. "Zero it's been nearly an hour since we left the main group." Plasmo said. Zero replied, "Okay, could you go wait toward the front of the factory sector and when X arrives there lead him to this warehouse. "Sure thing Zero." Plasmo said and left. "So tell me exactly what's going on Colonel." Zero asked with interest. Colonel began his story, "Heh, well about two weeks ago a small group of Mavericks came here. I was told to take care of them. So I took 3 of my 4 squads and quickly went to eliminate them. We handled them quite easily but it was a trick. While we were gone a 2nd larger group attacked my barracks and we found the squad in there slaughtered. We went to the train station to call for reinforcements but the power was cut from the station as you've probably already found out. Knowing we couldn't get any help we decided to take matters into our own hands. We checked the whole industrial area for maverick activity until we finally found the factory had been taken. We went in to the factory. There were a lot more of them then we thought. They killed all but 10 of us. We were captured. That's when I found out that Launch Octopus was in charge of the operation. His base must be nearly defenseless with all the soldiers he has brought with him into this area. Anyway we were brought down many flights to a prison. It turns out that the old factory is a secret underground base that nearly everyone forgot about. Well 3 days ago they brought us out of the prison and then brought us up to ground level. Launch Octopus had about 20 of his guards with us. Launch Octopus asked my men if they wanted to live they had to take up arms with him. Seeing as how we were defenseless most of my men agreed to it. Only 2 others and I refused. He started getting aggravated and asked the 3 of us for the keycard to the Space port. He wants our ships for a reason I do not know. I was the only one in the area that had the keycard to the Space port but I secretly leave it in my office at the Train station. When Launch Octopus threatened to kill us we made a break for it. My two most loyal soldiers that stuck with me covered my escape and now they are both dead. The other 7 were ordered to hunt me down. Today is when they saw me and came after me. If you hadn't shown up when you did I'd probably be dead by now." Volt was confused, "Why would they need the keycard to the space port? Couldn't they just destroy the entrance with explosives or something?" Colonel answered him, "The Space Port doubles as a human shelter. It has the highest defensive plating in the industrial area but no weapons. The humans locked themselves in when they heard about the barracks being attacked. The humans are probably still in there waiting for help." Zero was a bit worried, "How long can they last in there?" Colonel replied, "You have nothing to fear they have enough supplies to last for months in there. They'll be ok as long as Launch Octopus hasn't gotten my keycard.."
By the time Zalz had gotten back with Miles and Tempesta, Vile had found himself a nice gatling gun and connected it to his right arm. He also found a small barrier for his left arm. When X noticed Zalz returning he was quick about his authority as Captain. "Miles! Tempesta! What were you two thinking!?! If you ever pull another stunt like that I will have you disbanded." Tempesta apologized, "I'm sorry captain. I just didn't want Miles to get hurt so I went after him." "And what is your excuse huh?" X looked at Miles who simply shrugged. "There weren't any guys anyway. There are tons of useful things in here. If I hadn't charged at the building you wouldn't even have brought us inside I bet. Just look at these grenades, these'll come in handy later for sure." He said while stuffing a bunch into a sack. X decided to hold his ground for the time being. Especially with the situation they were in. "Enough. Let's go find Zero and the others. We've lost enough time as it is." X said. They stepped outside of the depot. They got to the factory area without any trouble. Slish was standing by some barrels alone. "What happened to Zero and the others?" X asked impatiently. Slish explained the situation, "We ran into Colonel who was wounded and we brought him to a small warehouse for repairs. Follow me and I'll show you." X and the others followed Slish to the small outpost.
As Colonel was finishing up his story X and his group walked in. "Spare me the details and tell me what's going on in this place." was the first thing X said. So General started over again. X listened intently to the whole thing then stated, "Well if that's the case we will have to go convince the engineer to help us." "What do you mean?" Colonel asked slightly confused. X explained, "We are going to go get your keycard and bring the humans to the train so they can get out of here. The humans' safety is our first concern." Miles started laughing. X was getting irritated with Miles very quickly, "Miles, what the hell is so funny?" Miles laughed for a bit longer then explained, "Didn't you hear Colonel correctly? He said the humans would be safe in the Space Port for months. Letting them out would only put them in danger. Not that I care of course." X stood up with his gun ready, "You are a Maverick Hunter! You are supposed to help people!" "Ha, Actually a Maverick Hunter's job is to quite simply to hunt Mavericks." Miles stated pleased with himself. "I've had enough of you!" X said charging his buster. Miles released his saber from its electronic holster. Slish pulled out his saber and blocked Miles' and then kicked X's buster so he shot the ceiling. "Listen both of you! I could care less if you try to kill each other when we are done with this mission but until then we need to work together to complete it. We are a small enough group as it is. We won't start any of this mutiny. Zalz bowed, "My complete agreement." Colonel looked at Zalz, "Nice hat, where'd you get it?" "At the military clothing store my lord. It was quite expensive too but very nice if I do say so myself." was the response. Colonel nodded, "Hmmm it suits you well. Ha ha ha as long as you didn't kill a member of Repliforce for it." "Oh of course not my lord! Repliforce is the Unit I most look up to. I wish to one day join it myself." Zalz stated. X laughed, "Well let's head to the train station and fill in the engineer on what's happened. We will come up with a plan from there."
A/N: So how's it coming along? Please review and tell me whatcha think about it eh? We'll meet again soon. Mwahaha! (disappears)