Zero arrived at the rumble of what was left of the club. Half of the
building had burnt to the ground the other half, well it was a miracle that
it was still standing well part of it anyway. Zero walked through the
rumble, the front had been burnt completely to the ground, but the back was
still partly intact. He shifted some of the rumble and found a few items he
recognized. A hairbrush that belonged to Veronica, a jewelry box that
belonged to Kat, a hair barrette of Rena's, and a few books of Zoë's.
Suddenly Zero came across a gold picture frame, he wiped some bits of
derbrie from it to reveal a picture of Vile, Cerebro, Zoë and himself still
in that infant form. Tears stung at his eyes looking at Cerebro's happy
face and sweet smile. "I miss you, you are the only mother I've ever known.
So please be all right and come back to us soon." The tears fell on the
picture; Zero felt a small twinge in his body. Zero knew that if he didn't
get a hold of his emotions soon, he was going to revert back to an infant.
Zero was able to get rid of the twinge but not the empty feeling that was gaping inside of him. Zero suddenly screamed "MOTHER WHERE ARE YOU?" He then burst into tears again. He buried his face in his hands; suddenly he felt two warm arms surround him. Slowly both him and whoever was holding him sank to their knees on the ground. Gently they rocked back and forth. The person who was holding Zero softly began to sing a lullaby. "Rock-a-by baby on the tree tops when the wind blows the cradle will rock when the bow breaks the cradle will fall and down will come Zeno cradle and all." She stopped singing but continued to hum for it was Cerebro. Even if she had gone crazy she still had a heart and she was missing both her lover and her "son".
"I'm so ashamed of myself. I never meant hurt you. But I have orders that I can not overlook." As she said this Zero pulled away slightly so he could look at her face then he asked innocently "What orders, mommy." He said that last part hoping that it would get her to tell him everything. He felt guilty for calling her mommy just so she would tell him. Cerebro gave her sweet smile and hugged him. This made Zero feel even worse. "My orders are a little mixed up but from what I can make out my orders are to destroy Mega Man X and Protoman." Zero looked at her shocked "I know they are my brothers but I can't ignore my orders. Dr. Light left the order for X while Wily gave me the order for Proto." "But why?" asked Zero confused; not understanding why Dr. Light would want to destroy is own creations.
"I think he was frightened that Mega Man X would do something corrupt and try to hurt the human race so he left me that order. Dr. Wily and Protoman have their own personal battle, which I have no real knowledge of. I was originally supposed to just destroy Mega Man X but when Wily woke up he ordered me to also get rid of Protoman and anyone else who got in my way. Everyone that is but Vile and you, honey, so please forgive me. I am truly sorry for this." "For what?" Zero said and Cerebro replied "For this." Cerebro then struck Zero on the back of the head with her fist rendering him unconscious. "I'm so sorry baby, but now that you know what my orders are I can't let you tell Mega Man X or Protoman. Or I will never get my orders fulfilled." Cerebro said as she laid him on what was a bed, she then covered with a blanket that hadn't burnt up so he wouldn't get cold and plucked a quick kiss on his cheek before taking off, but not before saying "Maybe I should have tied him down?" "I can't believe he just took off." Said Iris "I mean after worrying all of us to death once he has to disappear and make us worry all over again. Oh, where are you Zero?" Iris had been like this since Zero took off looking for Cerebro, which is what every one knew he would do. "I should have kept a better eye on him." Said X who was panicking as well. "No I should have." Said Vile "He's my brother and I should have know he would have run off after her. It's all my fault." Vile buried his face in his hands. "No it's not any of your fault. It was mine." Said Wily as he stumbled into the room with Bass close behind him. "Doc, you shouldn't be out of bed you could collapse or worse." Bass said trying to coax the old man back into his room.
"Your right it is your fault." Said Iris coldly. "If you hadn't screwed with Cerebro done of this would have happened." "No, it was going to happen sooner or later." Said Roll said sadly. "I don't remember all of it but Cerebro was suppose to go nuts." "WHAT!" everyone said, Wily and Bass gave her clam looks. "She was suppose to go crazy Dr. Light gave her some orders that I don't remember but because of her sweet nature she would never have fulfilled them unless she went insane." "She was partly insane already." Wily added. "What do you mean?" asked X.
"Before Blues was ever thought of Tomas and I build another robot prototype and we named her Cerebro. We had named her after my own daughter Cerebro Diane Wily, after my little girl that had lived with us. My wife and younger child, a boy, were killed in a car accident several years before. My daughter died at the age of sixteen. My little girl had been dead almost 10 years before we had built Cerebro; it had been Tomas's idea to model her after my daughter. We had built her to be our lab assistant and some company for both of us. Tomas and I treated as if was she really our daughter. Tomas had never married so he was glad that I didn't take offence to him calling her his daughter as well. She was more his any way, and I guess I hated him for that."
"He had built her to try and bring me out of the depression I had sunk into after losing my entire family. Cerebro did help a little but it wasn't the same as having my little girl around. I remember some nights I would watch Cerebro sleep, and think of my little girl but when I went to hold her. I couldn't feel any warmth and it painfully reminded me that my own little girl was really dead and all that I was holding in my arms was nothing more then a doll that looked exactly like my daughter." Wily turned his head trying to hide a few tears that leaked out of his eyes. Bass hugged him, normally he would have snapped at her but it was slightly comforting. "All I remember is that one day while I was gone, Blues had by then come it existents to keep Cerebro company, Tomas was working with and a rare but unstable crystal. Something happened and the crystal blew up, Proto was able to get Tomas out but he and Cerebro were trapped. Finally the labs roof collapsed in on the both of them. Proto was less damaged because he had been wearing his armor and was under Cerebro." "She sacrificed herself to protect me." Proto squeaked, Wily shook his head yes as he wiped away more tears. "I think that's what set me off, what drove me insane. I couldn't stand the loss of my daughter the second time. I never knew what Tomas had done with her body but I knew where he had put Blues so, well the rest isn't that important." Wily finished hurriedly, before he went into a coughing fit. Everyone just stood or sat there in shock. Bass looked around and then broke the silence by saying "Well, at least we now know Cerebro's origin. Now I think we better find Zero before Cerebro dose. There's no telling what either one might do." Phoenix came rushing into the room. "Sir I think we found" BBBBOOOOOOMMMMM!!!" "her." Every one was shaken by the blasts; a crashing sound was all they heard next before several screams. Then some one shouted no one could make it out till it got closer. "COME OUT COME OUT WHEREEVER YOU ARE! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SO STOP HIDING YOU COWARDS! MEGA MAN X AND PROTOMAN I KNOW YOU'RE HERE! GET OUT HERE NOW OR I'LL BE FORCED TO DESTROY THE REST OF THIS PLACE! GRRRR GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU STUPID MORON!"
There were a few more screams before the others could get out to where Cerebro was, just as she annihilating several more hunters. Then she turned to the others and gave a grim smile on her face. "I tried to warn them, but your friends are so stubborn, but don't worry their not completely dead they're still breathing but you better get them to a hospital soon or they will die. Please don't make this harder then it has to be." Every one instantly became ready to fight her. Cerebro gave a soft sigh before shrugging her shoulders. "Listen we can do this the hard way or the easy way. Either way doesn't matter to me because there is no stopping after I start." "Let's say neither and you give up," said Proto, she shrugged again and said, "Suit yourself." Then from a gun she let off a shot that grazed Naomi's shoulder before saying. "The rest of you can leave but I have some unfinished business with my brothers." "Cerebro please. Stop we know you don't want to hurt us." Iris said
"Please, don't whine. Your annoying you know that." Cerebro snapped firing a shot at Iris, but Phoenix grabbed her and they both rolled out of the way. Cerebro fired off several more shots before Proto was able to punch her. Cerebro hit the ground hard, "Are you okay?" asked X as he ran towards her. "Just fine bro." She replied punching him in the jaw causing X to fly backwards into Vile, who was trying to get to Cerebro. "Don't show her any sympathy right now or you'll get yourself killed you moron!" Dr. Wily shouted, as he dogged some falling rumble with Bass's help. "Get Dr. Cain, Wily and the other wounded ones out of here, NOW!" shouted Proto, Bass nodded and quickly got the wounded shouting at Naomi to help her.
Suddenly their came a pair screams everyone turned it was Zoë and Zora. In an instant both girls were trapped underneath a pile of rubble. Vile and the others including Cerebro raced to dig the girls out Cerebro found them first. She handed them to Bass before she punched Vile and X in the chest shouting. "YOU TWO SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THOSE GIRLS WERE SAFE. BECAUSE NOW I'M REALLY PISSED!" Cerebro punched at them again but they both dogged. She sent off a plasma shot that made Proto doge as well. "Man is she pissed or what." Joked Phoenix as he dogged another blast that Cerebro shot off. Vile got up behind her and grabbed her, Cerebro flipped them both throwing Vile off. She reached for something that turned out to be a beam saber, and slashed at Phoenix. Who took one giant leap in the air using his wings to escape her grasp. Iris wasn't so lucky Cerebro had got a hold of her long hair and with one slash cut it off, barley missing Iris's neck. Cerebro was just out of control.
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Zero was able to get rid of the twinge but not the empty feeling that was gaping inside of him. Zero suddenly screamed "MOTHER WHERE ARE YOU?" He then burst into tears again. He buried his face in his hands; suddenly he felt two warm arms surround him. Slowly both him and whoever was holding him sank to their knees on the ground. Gently they rocked back and forth. The person who was holding Zero softly began to sing a lullaby. "Rock-a-by baby on the tree tops when the wind blows the cradle will rock when the bow breaks the cradle will fall and down will come Zeno cradle and all." She stopped singing but continued to hum for it was Cerebro. Even if she had gone crazy she still had a heart and she was missing both her lover and her "son".
"I'm so ashamed of myself. I never meant hurt you. But I have orders that I can not overlook." As she said this Zero pulled away slightly so he could look at her face then he asked innocently "What orders, mommy." He said that last part hoping that it would get her to tell him everything. He felt guilty for calling her mommy just so she would tell him. Cerebro gave her sweet smile and hugged him. This made Zero feel even worse. "My orders are a little mixed up but from what I can make out my orders are to destroy Mega Man X and Protoman." Zero looked at her shocked "I know they are my brothers but I can't ignore my orders. Dr. Light left the order for X while Wily gave me the order for Proto." "But why?" asked Zero confused; not understanding why Dr. Light would want to destroy is own creations.
"I think he was frightened that Mega Man X would do something corrupt and try to hurt the human race so he left me that order. Dr. Wily and Protoman have their own personal battle, which I have no real knowledge of. I was originally supposed to just destroy Mega Man X but when Wily woke up he ordered me to also get rid of Protoman and anyone else who got in my way. Everyone that is but Vile and you, honey, so please forgive me. I am truly sorry for this." "For what?" Zero said and Cerebro replied "For this." Cerebro then struck Zero on the back of the head with her fist rendering him unconscious. "I'm so sorry baby, but now that you know what my orders are I can't let you tell Mega Man X or Protoman. Or I will never get my orders fulfilled." Cerebro said as she laid him on what was a bed, she then covered with a blanket that hadn't burnt up so he wouldn't get cold and plucked a quick kiss on his cheek before taking off, but not before saying "Maybe I should have tied him down?" "I can't believe he just took off." Said Iris "I mean after worrying all of us to death once he has to disappear and make us worry all over again. Oh, where are you Zero?" Iris had been like this since Zero took off looking for Cerebro, which is what every one knew he would do. "I should have kept a better eye on him." Said X who was panicking as well. "No I should have." Said Vile "He's my brother and I should have know he would have run off after her. It's all my fault." Vile buried his face in his hands. "No it's not any of your fault. It was mine." Said Wily as he stumbled into the room with Bass close behind him. "Doc, you shouldn't be out of bed you could collapse or worse." Bass said trying to coax the old man back into his room.
"Your right it is your fault." Said Iris coldly. "If you hadn't screwed with Cerebro done of this would have happened." "No, it was going to happen sooner or later." Said Roll said sadly. "I don't remember all of it but Cerebro was suppose to go nuts." "WHAT!" everyone said, Wily and Bass gave her clam looks. "She was suppose to go crazy Dr. Light gave her some orders that I don't remember but because of her sweet nature she would never have fulfilled them unless she went insane." "She was partly insane already." Wily added. "What do you mean?" asked X.
"Before Blues was ever thought of Tomas and I build another robot prototype and we named her Cerebro. We had named her after my own daughter Cerebro Diane Wily, after my little girl that had lived with us. My wife and younger child, a boy, were killed in a car accident several years before. My daughter died at the age of sixteen. My little girl had been dead almost 10 years before we had built Cerebro; it had been Tomas's idea to model her after my daughter. We had built her to be our lab assistant and some company for both of us. Tomas and I treated as if was she really our daughter. Tomas had never married so he was glad that I didn't take offence to him calling her his daughter as well. She was more his any way, and I guess I hated him for that."
"He had built her to try and bring me out of the depression I had sunk into after losing my entire family. Cerebro did help a little but it wasn't the same as having my little girl around. I remember some nights I would watch Cerebro sleep, and think of my little girl but when I went to hold her. I couldn't feel any warmth and it painfully reminded me that my own little girl was really dead and all that I was holding in my arms was nothing more then a doll that looked exactly like my daughter." Wily turned his head trying to hide a few tears that leaked out of his eyes. Bass hugged him, normally he would have snapped at her but it was slightly comforting. "All I remember is that one day while I was gone, Blues had by then come it existents to keep Cerebro company, Tomas was working with and a rare but unstable crystal. Something happened and the crystal blew up, Proto was able to get Tomas out but he and Cerebro were trapped. Finally the labs roof collapsed in on the both of them. Proto was less damaged because he had been wearing his armor and was under Cerebro." "She sacrificed herself to protect me." Proto squeaked, Wily shook his head yes as he wiped away more tears. "I think that's what set me off, what drove me insane. I couldn't stand the loss of my daughter the second time. I never knew what Tomas had done with her body but I knew where he had put Blues so, well the rest isn't that important." Wily finished hurriedly, before he went into a coughing fit. Everyone just stood or sat there in shock. Bass looked around and then broke the silence by saying "Well, at least we now know Cerebro's origin. Now I think we better find Zero before Cerebro dose. There's no telling what either one might do." Phoenix came rushing into the room. "Sir I think we found" BBBBOOOOOOMMMMM!!!" "her." Every one was shaken by the blasts; a crashing sound was all they heard next before several screams. Then some one shouted no one could make it out till it got closer. "COME OUT COME OUT WHEREEVER YOU ARE! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SO STOP HIDING YOU COWARDS! MEGA MAN X AND PROTOMAN I KNOW YOU'RE HERE! GET OUT HERE NOW OR I'LL BE FORCED TO DESTROY THE REST OF THIS PLACE! GRRRR GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU STUPID MORON!"
There were a few more screams before the others could get out to where Cerebro was, just as she annihilating several more hunters. Then she turned to the others and gave a grim smile on her face. "I tried to warn them, but your friends are so stubborn, but don't worry their not completely dead they're still breathing but you better get them to a hospital soon or they will die. Please don't make this harder then it has to be." Every one instantly became ready to fight her. Cerebro gave a soft sigh before shrugging her shoulders. "Listen we can do this the hard way or the easy way. Either way doesn't matter to me because there is no stopping after I start." "Let's say neither and you give up," said Proto, she shrugged again and said, "Suit yourself." Then from a gun she let off a shot that grazed Naomi's shoulder before saying. "The rest of you can leave but I have some unfinished business with my brothers." "Cerebro please. Stop we know you don't want to hurt us." Iris said
"Please, don't whine. Your annoying you know that." Cerebro snapped firing a shot at Iris, but Phoenix grabbed her and they both rolled out of the way. Cerebro fired off several more shots before Proto was able to punch her. Cerebro hit the ground hard, "Are you okay?" asked X as he ran towards her. "Just fine bro." She replied punching him in the jaw causing X to fly backwards into Vile, who was trying to get to Cerebro. "Don't show her any sympathy right now or you'll get yourself killed you moron!" Dr. Wily shouted, as he dogged some falling rumble with Bass's help. "Get Dr. Cain, Wily and the other wounded ones out of here, NOW!" shouted Proto, Bass nodded and quickly got the wounded shouting at Naomi to help her.
Suddenly their came a pair screams everyone turned it was Zoë and Zora. In an instant both girls were trapped underneath a pile of rubble. Vile and the others including Cerebro raced to dig the girls out Cerebro found them first. She handed them to Bass before she punched Vile and X in the chest shouting. "YOU TWO SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THOSE GIRLS WERE SAFE. BECAUSE NOW I'M REALLY PISSED!" Cerebro punched at them again but they both dogged. She sent off a plasma shot that made Proto doge as well. "Man is she pissed or what." Joked Phoenix as he dogged another blast that Cerebro shot off. Vile got up behind her and grabbed her, Cerebro flipped them both throwing Vile off. She reached for something that turned out to be a beam saber, and slashed at Phoenix. Who took one giant leap in the air using his wings to escape her grasp. Iris wasn't so lucky Cerebro had got a hold of her long hair and with one slash cut it off, barley missing Iris's neck. Cerebro was just out of control.
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