Zero Alpha
Mission Six: Mysterious Reploid
Zero sat on what had once been the spine of some organic animal that lied beside some other corpses human and reploid. He was allowing the warm sun to dry up his wet body. Across the way stood a reploid not unlike him. They wore a dirty brown poncho over what seemed like black armour from what Zero saw when the desert wind blew the poncho around. His helm was black as well and not much different in design than his own. As if the two were of the same origin, or at least the same creator.
"Who are you? Should I be afraid of you?" Zero asked seriously with narrowed eyes.
The reploid scoffed. "If you wish to be. Alpha seems to be scared of both of us."
"You, are powerful like he and I." Zero commented.
"Like you I am an outdated reploid." The reploid noted.
"So what are you to Alpha?"
"He found me in a capsule and after awakening me saw that I was a equal match to his power. He is afraid of anything close to his strength and that is why he had failed to face his brother up to now." The reploid informed him.
"How do you know that?"
"I have acted as a shadow to Alpha until this time. I became aware of your arrival and defeat of Omega and I see a powerful ally in you." The reploid replied quickly. "But, only one of us can destroy Alpha. The other won't last until the end."
"What?"
"Only one of us will make it away from the battle with Alpha and his cronies." The reploid explained. "I wonder which of us it will be?" He jested.
Zero watched him in silence. "Who are you to talk such a way?"
"My name, is Loki. At least that's what I have named myself."
"What do you mean 'named yourself'?"
"Unlike you I have no legend, and absolutely no memories. Maybe I was made and just sealed away forever. I just have no clues as to what my name is and who I am." Loki explained with a shrug.
"I see. How can I trust you though? You provide me with nothing to cause me to do such."
"I have told you so much. You still cannot trust me after so much?" Loki asked with a smirk. "You really are a great warrior just as I have heard."
Zero shied away from that legend status. It was not something to be proud of he found and it was becoming annoying. Zero only did what he felt he had to do and nothing else. He fought Omega X to protect all that are innocent. "You said you are my equal correct?"
"Not at all your equal. You are far superior, but not at this moment. I am at my best as you see me now, but you are not. Not only are you just plain tired you also have not unlocked all your abilities that you once held. Imagine the power you will gain in time." Loki responded.
"I see, but you said I am weaker than you at this second?" Zero asked to clarify that fact.
"Correct, but not by much. You are so much faster. My buster is just more powerful as well as maybe my endurance even though they are near equals." Loki confirmed.
"I see. What do you plan to do now?"
"I will go to Alpha's base."
"You know of its location?" Zero asked in an outburst.
"Of course. How could I be his shadow and not know of it?"
"You will go there and fight him?"
"I will go now and wait for you. It is twelve miles north of this spot." Loki said disappearing into a sand cloud that blew past as the wind picked up.
Zero stared after not knowing what happened to Loki. Zero stood up and remembered what Loki said and began for the base that Alpha has been using as a hideout. What would he find there though?
"Operation Righteous Strike?" Ciel questioned.
"Right. That was what I heard Elpizo calls this plan of his." Cerveau replied. "We must be cautious of his decisions. Even though you gave him command of the resistance forces he must not be left alone."
"I have faith that he will lead us with the right mind. We should not be worried."
"That is a bit stupid of someone so smart." Cerveau said in regards to her words.
"What do you mean?"
"You gave someone like him so much power, and he has no clue as to how he should wield it. He has already shown that he intends to take Neo-Arcadia by force."
"Maybe you're right. We should at least help guide him to make correct decisions." Ciel responded.
"Still, I don't trust him much."
Zero ran faster into the afternoon lit desert in the wide open space nature provided him. He had thought of travelling with more stealth, but the area was a barren wasteland with very little cover, and he did not want to waste any time crawling through the sands for twelve miles. He knew however that either the drones Neo-Arcadia uses or a Alpha flunky would spot him eventually. He hated how right he was though.
Zero jumped aside just in time to dodge a blast of fire that hit the ground. "So Alpha sent another useless reploid after me?"
"I will show how wrong you are." Stated the reploid that landed on the ground.
"So, a flying, fire-spewing reploid is it?" Zero asked in regards to the flaming reploid bird before him. "This should take me a mere two minutes if you just accept your fate."
The reploid gave a cackle. "Very funny. I think you have that in reverse. No one reploid can defeat Phoenix so easily."
"How scary." Zero noted.
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There goes. I got MMZ2 for XMAS and now I feel foolish since there really is a boss in it that is a phoenix, but I'm not about to change my whole story around because of that. If you must think of this one as the other's brother. They sort of look the same anyway.