X looked nervously about the Lift Tube as she decended through the levels of Maverick HQ. After the seemingly endless numbers of Maverick attacks, it had been rebuilt yet again with a special security system. If a Reploid wanted to go through the security, they needed a special security chip that, after implantation, would grant the user access through the building. Obviously, the chips were strictly controlled.
X herself had been opposed to the tactic, as it promoted distrust among the security members, but now she was silently thankful that it had passed as she went through level after level unnoticed. Coming upon Zero's door, she faltered.
"Hello? Is Commander Zero here?" she asked though the door speaker. Receiving no reply, she opened the door with a quick flick of the wrist.
She walked in slowly, in the open. Zero's hair-triggered blaster arm wouldn't hesitate long to fire on a unfamiliar Reploid moving sneakily about his private chambers, she knew.
"Hello? Commander Zero? Hellooo?" X called again. Again, there was no response.
"He's not here... probably out on a mission then." She turned to leave, but froze as she spotted something unusual.
"It's Zero's anti-virus... what's it doing, being left out like this?" X asked herself. "He knows how important it is..." She looked at it again. "Wait...the anit-virus...it's different..." Her eyes lit up in shock.
X ran out of the room and headed back into the lift. "Command and Control. Full speed."
Responding to the command, the lift picked up speed, and within seconds was at her destination. X walked out of the lift.
"Alia? Can you tell me where Zero is right now?" X asked the roboticist. Looking up from the instrument panel, Alia looked at her in surprise. "Who are you? Are you new here?"
"I'm X, Alia. X!" X said in a hurry.
Alia blinked. 'Did she just say...X? Her armor *does* look exactly like his...'
"Excuse me? You're...X?"
"Yes. It's a long story, Alia, but I don't have time to talk. I have to find Zero, fast!"
"What's going on?" Signas asked, walking into the room. "Alia, who's..."
"I'm *X*! Please, I think someone's been tampering with Zero's anti-virus! We have to find him, fast!"
"Someone's been at Zero's anti-virus?!" Alia gasped, remembering when he had gone berserk.
"I was just in his room. Someone's changed it, somehow."
Signas nodded. "Alright. Whether or not you're really our X, I think we had better believe her for now. Alia! Find Zero, now!" Alia nodded and began typing away. Within a few minutes, she had found Zero's work file.
"He's not on duty! There's no record of where he could be!"
"Then I'm off!" X said, a determined look in her eyes. She started towards the exit.
"You know where he is?" Signas asked.
"I have a guess." X said, before the door closed and she vanished from sight.
X herself had been opposed to the tactic, as it promoted distrust among the security members, but now she was silently thankful that it had passed as she went through level after level unnoticed. Coming upon Zero's door, she faltered.
"Hello? Is Commander Zero here?" she asked though the door speaker. Receiving no reply, she opened the door with a quick flick of the wrist.
She walked in slowly, in the open. Zero's hair-triggered blaster arm wouldn't hesitate long to fire on a unfamiliar Reploid moving sneakily about his private chambers, she knew.
"Hello? Commander Zero? Hellooo?" X called again. Again, there was no response.
"He's not here... probably out on a mission then." She turned to leave, but froze as she spotted something unusual.
"It's Zero's anti-virus... what's it doing, being left out like this?" X asked herself. "He knows how important it is..." She looked at it again. "Wait...the anit-virus...it's different..." Her eyes lit up in shock.
X ran out of the room and headed back into the lift. "Command and Control. Full speed."
Responding to the command, the lift picked up speed, and within seconds was at her destination. X walked out of the lift.
"Alia? Can you tell me where Zero is right now?" X asked the roboticist. Looking up from the instrument panel, Alia looked at her in surprise. "Who are you? Are you new here?"
"I'm X, Alia. X!" X said in a hurry.
Alia blinked. 'Did she just say...X? Her armor *does* look exactly like his...'
"Excuse me? You're...X?"
"Yes. It's a long story, Alia, but I don't have time to talk. I have to find Zero, fast!"
"What's going on?" Signas asked, walking into the room. "Alia, who's..."
"I'm *X*! Please, I think someone's been tampering with Zero's anti-virus! We have to find him, fast!"
"Someone's been at Zero's anti-virus?!" Alia gasped, remembering when he had gone berserk.
"I was just in his room. Someone's changed it, somehow."
Signas nodded. "Alright. Whether or not you're really our X, I think we had better believe her for now. Alia! Find Zero, now!" Alia nodded and began typing away. Within a few minutes, she had found Zero's work file.
"He's not on duty! There's no record of where he could be!"
"Then I'm off!" X said, a determined look in her eyes. She started towards the exit.
"You know where he is?" Signas asked.
"I have a guess." X said, before the door closed and she vanished from sight.