Megaman Zero,episode 2: Welcome to 22XX
*Opening sequence*
*Previously on Megaman Zero*
Zero: I woke up from a century of sleep in a strange place with no idea how I got there.
A bunch of blue robots were about to kill this girl named Ciel who helped wake me up,but I managed to stop them.
After I fought off some more baddies,Ciel wanted to try to find the computer with my memory backups,but she found a big hole in the ground instead.
I stopped her from becoming floor pizza,but then a Golem broke in & grabbed her. I did my best to fight it,but it just wouldn't go down.
Just when it looked like the end a mysterious,familiar voice came out of nowhere & the next thing I know I'm holding a beam sword.
I sliced the freak in two & beat a hasty retreat with Ciel,but I have a feeling that the real battle is just begining...
*Inside the resistance's underground hideout*
Ciel: This is our base.
Zero: What a wreck...
Ciel: I know it isn't much,but it's all we have.
Zero: How...how did this happen? Why are you forced to live this way?
Ciel: It's because of Neo Arcadia. They believe that all the reploids here are Mavericks & want them retired from service.
Zero: Retired from...you mean killed?!
Ciel: That's one way to put it.
Zero: What about the hunters? And Sigma?
Ciel: Sigma is dead,Zero. Megaman X killed him years ago. As for the hunters,they no longer exist. They were absorbed into Neo Arcadia. I know because I helped design it...
Zero: Wait! Megaman X?! I know that name! Who is he?
Ciel: He was the first reploid ever created. He fought the evil Maverick leader Sigma dozens of times before finally killing him. Before you went offline he was your best friend.
Zero: What happened to him?
Ciel: After the Maverick wars ended he started a plan to create a new world for humankind...he was the one who started the Neo Arcadia project. He was assumed to have been killed by a rogue cyber elf,but...
Zero: Cyber elf? What the f-
*A soldier walks in*
Soldier: Ms.Ciel! You've returned! Did you find Zero? And who is this guy?
Ciel: He is Zero,Jay. The mission can now be declared a sucess.
Jay: You're Zero? Holy crap they actually found him... Looks like I owe Dande 5 bucks. Are you for real?
Zero: How should I know! Apparently I've got some sort of damn,friggin' amnesia! I can't even remember my own best friend!
Jay: Well,you sure don't look like the photos I've seen of him. What's up with that?
Ciel: It's a long story.
Jay: And what about Milan? And the others?
Ciel: ...
Jay: I see...is there anything I can do?
Ciel: Get your squad together & go on patroll. It's about time for the shift at point 7-A to get off. Go replace them.
Jay: Sir yes sir! Err...uh,ma'am...I can never figure that out...*leaves*
Zero: Now,as I was saying,what the Hell is a cyber elf?
Ciel: They're these tiny little critters that have special powers,mostly over reploids,but sometimes other things too. They were first created during the war.
Zero: Man...this is a weird place...
Ciel: I know this must seem strange. You've been gone for so long...
Zero: How long?
Ciel: I don't know. All the files on you other than some stuff in historical documents are classified. All I know is that you disappeared sometime before the turn of the century.
Zero: Damn it! I need my memory back! What did you say before about a backup?
Ciel: We can't go back to the lab just yet. The place is probably crawling with Neo Arcadia's goons. We have to bide our time.
Zero: Bide our time?! I can't even remember who I am! You expect me to just sit around with no past while we wait this out? What if they find the backups,huh?
Ciel: I...
Zero: Thanks for waking me up & bringing me into this shithole world,Ciel. Thanks a lot...
Ciel: Zero!
Zero: Goodbye. Now,are you going to show me the way out of this dump or not?
Ciel: ......the elevator to the street is just down that hall*points*...
Zero: Thank you.*walks away*
Ciel: Zero!...No...I screwed up again...no...*cries*
*Zero walks down the hall & brushes past a reploid holding his disemboied left arm with his right*
Dande: Who the heck...
*Zero appears on the street from the elevator below*
Zero: *looking around at the ruined city*My God...the whole city is a mess. I think I'm starting to realize why I went into stasis...wait a second! Where am I going? *sigh* I guess I'll just find another place to hibernate. Mabye when I wake up the world won't be nearly as fucked...or better yet,mabye I won't wake up at all...
*Meanwhile in sector 7-A*
Jay: I hate this job...lousy ingrates...leave me with the freakin' maintanence bot in the junkyard! I'm supposed to be the squad leader for chistsake!
Bot: Beep boop beep.
Jay: Don't you start! Geez...this place gives me the creeps! I haven't seen this many outdated robots sitting around rotting since the last time I watched PBS!
???: Screeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Jay: Ahh! Ummm...halt! Who goes there?
???: Screeeeeeeeeee!!*swoops down from the sky & picks up Jay*
Jay: AAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Back at the base*
Dande: Ciel! My arm fell off again & Cerveau says he's too busy to fix it. Can you...are you crying?
Ciel: Please,Dande...*sniff*...just shut the door & go away. I just did something incredibly stupid...I'd rather be alone.
Dande: This doesn't have anything to do with that guy in red who just stormed out of here does it?
Ciel: That guy was our last,best hope & I made him mad & now he hates me. I doomed us all...again...
Dande: Are you talking about Zero? That was Zero? You're kidding!
Ciel: No. And now that he's gone there's no way we'll ever make it! Milan,Passy,the others...they all died in vain...
Dande: Now hold on! We've come this far without him,who says we need help?!
Ciel: Dande,you're holding your own arm. You need help more than anybody.
Dande: *Sigh* Yeah,we DO need help. Look,I'll try to find him. Mabye he'll listen to another reploid. Do you know where he went?
Ciel: All he said was that he was leaving.
Dande: It's going to be a long day...Now,about my arm...
*Zero walks through the slums & sees somebody getting mugged in an alley*
Mugger*a big,musclebound human with a big plasma gun strapped to his arm*: Hand it over,Mutha' fukka!
Reploid: W...what do you want with my cyber elf? It only works for reploids.
Mugger: I can't use it,but I can sell it! You know how much Gangsta Gorilla is payin' for these things? That Mavvie gonna' give me some mad Zenny when he sees this one!
Zero: Hey you! Wanna mess with a reploid,huh? Well mess with me instead!*takes out the Z Magnum*
Mugger: Well alright,I never could resist a request from lady!*shoots the BFG at Zero*
Zero: Making fun of my long hair,eh? At least I can grow it,baldy!*doges the blast & shoots the BFG away from the thug*
Mugger: Aw sh-*Zero puts his sword to the Mugger's throat*
Zero: Now leave or I'll make a pencil holder out of your skull.
Mugger: OK.*runs*
Zero: You OK?
Reploid: Yeah,I think so...thank you. You saved me. Here,you can have my cyber elf. You could probably make better use of it anyways.
Zero: Alright,I suppose. I am kinda curious what these things are like.
Reploid: Here you go.*produces a tiny green fairy type thing with a pink aura*
Coswick: Hi! I'm Coswick. My power is healing.
Zero: Um...what do I do with it?
Reploid: Don't tell me you don't have a containment unit.
Zero: I don't have a containment unit. Sorry.
Reploid: Well,here,you can have mine.*gives Zero the containment unit*
Zero: Thank you,sir.
Reploid: No need to thank me. I'm just paying off my debt to you. Goodbye sonny.*walks off*
Zero: I think you're supposed to get in this thing.
Coswick: Good. It's cold out here.*gets in the unit & Zero puts it away*
Zero: I don't think I've ever seen such a wierd little critter...
Dande: Zero! Zero! Thank goodness I caught up with-yaa!*trips over*Oww...
Zero: I stand corrected. Do I know you?
Dande: My name is Dande. I came here to talk to you about joining the resistance.
Zero: Oh lord...did Ciel put you up to this?
Dande: No. This was my idea. Ciel does want you back,though. She feels really bad about what happened.
Zero: Look,I can tell Ciel is a nice girl,& I'm sure she had a good reason for awakening me,but...
Dande: But?
Zero: I don't want to live in this world,OK? I've only been here a few hours & I already hate it. Not only have I lost everything,but I can't even remember what I once had! I want to go back into stasis.
Dande: GO BACK INTO STASIS?!!!! But we need you! What about justice? What about saving the downtrodden? What about-
Zero: I don't care,alright. I just want out of this Hellhole.
Dande: What about that guy back there. I heard him say you saved him.
Zero: He was being mugged. I helped him out. I only did it because I didn't like the mugger.
Dande: But didn't it feel good? Helping out somebody in need?
Zero: ...Mabye a little.
Dande: See! At heart,you are a hero! C'mon Zero,we need you! We need all the help we can get! The resistance is falling apart,here!*Dande's trick arm falls off again* See?
Zero: Very funny. Look,I know you're right. I know Ciel is right,but that doesn't change the fact that I'm nearly a century away from home & I have no way back.
Dande: Well,going into stasis again is only gonna put you farther away from the world you knew.
Zero: Yeah...I suppose so.
Dande: Does that mean you'll help us?
Zero: Mabye...You know something? Mabye I can make this world a better place...instead of escaping it...
Dande: Exactly! You've just-*beep beep beep*Hold on,I got a call. Hello?
Ciel: Dande! We have a situation! Jay has been taken prisoner!
Dande: WHAT?!!!!
Ciel: He was on patrol in the junkyard. His squad saw it happen from outside. He was picked up by a flyer & taken to the disposal center.
Dande: Don't worry. I think Zero can handle it. Did you get all of that,Zero?
Zero: Loud & clear.
Ciel: Zero?!
Zero: Yes. Ciel,I'm sorry for walking out on you like that. I can't remeber the last time I've been so selfish...heheh.
Ciel: Was that...a joke?
Dande: No time for jokes,buddy! We got work to do! Come on,I'll show you the way to the junkyard!
*Meanwhile at the disposal centre's car crusher,Jay & the maintanence bot are chained inside*
Bot: Boop beep beep?
Jay: No,I bet's he's just chained us up to give us cake & ice cream-OF COURSE HE'S GONNA KILL US,YOU MORON!!!!!!!!
Aztec Falcon: Pathetic Mavericos. Arguing with their own maintanence bots. Hahaha!
Jay: Hey,Ricky Retardo,ya gonna wax us or what?
Aztec Falcon: Not just yet. You see,I am hoping your amigos will come & try to save you. Then I can rack up an even more fabulous kill tally! Soon I'll be Numero Uno of the Neo Arcadian airborn rangers!
Jay: Sounds to me like you're trying to become Bond villain Numero Uno.
Aztec Falcon: Silencio! How about I just start this thing up now?
Jay: Go ahead. It's not like anybody is coming for me...
Aztec Falcon: Oh really,now? Then what do you call this? *Points to Zero & Dande on a monitor*
Jay: Huh? Zero?!
*As Zero & Dande approach the junkyard,several X drones come out & open fire*
Zero: More of these weaklings? You gotta be kidding me!*Draws the Z-Magnum*
Dande: Die you sons of bitches! Diediediediedie!!!!!!!!!*Starts firing wildly into the X drones*
*The X drones are blown away but several yellow drones fly in overhead*
Dande: Look out! Carry drones! Shoot 'em down,quick!
*Zero & Dande shoot down most of the Carry drones,but some manage to drop their payload & escape. Several Bladewheel drones come at them*
Zero: Shit!*jumps over one & cuts it in half with the Z-Sabre*
Dande: AAAAAAA!!!*gets hit by a Bladewheel drone that cuts his leg up bad*
Zero: Dande! Are you alright?
Dande: I don't think I can walk...I'll use my escape unit. See you later,Zero. I'm sorry.*teleports out*
Zero: Oh well...I can handle this myself...
*Zero kills the rest of the Bladewheel drones & comes to a field of wrecked automobiles*
Zero: The disposal centre should be just up ahead...what is that?
*A Spiketotem rises up from behind one of the cars & shoots at Zero*
Zero: Yow!*rolls out of the way & shoots it down,but a bunch more pop up* How many of these damn things are there?
*Zero runs through a forest of Spiketotems,shooting & slashing as he goes until he reaches the disposal center building*
Zero: Here it is. I just hope they haven't killed him yet...*walks in*
Aztec Falcon: Aha! I knew he'd come! Hola,Senior! I am Aztec Falcon! A member of Harpuia's airborn rangers! I have been sent here to clean up,& you must be some of the garbage!
Zero: A Reploid? But...why? Why are you doing this?
Aztec Falcon: Because reploid solidarity is for fools who wish to become enemies of the state! Those who want glory play for the winning team! Now prepare to die! LIGHTNING ARROW!!!*fires at Zero*
Zero: Yikes!*gets zapped* Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! It...hurts...*keels over*
Aztec Falcon: Pathetic little burro...And to think I espected a challenge. Oh well...time to start up the car compactor. Yummy yummy,Maverick tortilla! Hahahahaha!!!*turns on the crusher*
Jay: Umm...hello? Little help here?
Zero: Gaaaaahhh....I can't...[flashback]Coswick: My power is healing.[/flashback]...Of course!*gets out containment unit*...Coswick...help me...
Coswick: *comes out & examines the smoking hole in Zero's chest* Hmm...this is a bad one. Only one thing can save you; a total infusion! Time for me to fill in all your gaps.*turns into energy & enters Zero's body,healing him up*
Zero: Wow...I'm...all better.
Aztec Falcon: Oh ijole'! No matter,you'll never beat me before you amigo is crushed.
Zero: We'll see about that!*draws Z-Sabre* En Garde!
Aztec Falcon: Tu eras muerto,Maverico!
*Zero lunges at Falcon,but he flies out of the way. He goes up to the celing & divebombs Zero,but Zero just dashes out from under him. Falcon fires his lightning arrows,but they too are dodged. Aztec Falcon uses his magnetic wings to pull Zero in & grabs Zero with his talons*
Zero: Woah!
Aztec Falcon: Die-YEEEEEOOOOOOUUUUUUCH!!!!!!*Zero cuts off his feet* You'll pay for that!!!
Zero: I don't think so! HIYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!*jumps up & cuts Aztec Falcon in half*
Aztec Falcon: AY CARUMBA!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*explodes*
Zero: Hey you! Are you ok?
Jay: For godsakes,turn off the compactor!
Zero: Oh,right. Here.*turns off the compactor*
Jay: Thank freakin' gad! I'm saved! Wheeee! Hahahaha!! I'm...oohh..I'm gettin' dizzy...
Zero: I'll come down & untie you...hey. What's this?*picks the Thunderchip from Aztec Falcon's charred remains* Looks like a weapon chip...*inserts it into his arm & his sword turns yellow* Nice. Lets go home...
*Back at the base*
Zero: I've thought it over,& it appears there is no hope for me to escape my situation. I've decided to stay & help you escape yours instead,if you can forgive me. I'm sorry I almost abandoned you.
Ciel: It's alright. I understand how hard it is to lose your whole world. It happened to me. We all make mistakes when we're upset. I'd still be proud to call you my comrade...
Dande: Welcome aboard,Zero!
Jay: Just try not to mess up,ok Red?
Zero: So,what now?
Ciel: I think the engineer & I should have a look at you & that upgrade you got off the enemy in our lab. Oh,& one more thing.
Zero: Yes?
Ciel: Welcome to 22XX,Zero.
Zero: Good to be here.*smiles*
*Roll credits*
Unknown: Next time on Megaman Zero...
Zero learns about Neo Arcadia's leader & sets out to recover his lost memories. But,Neo Arcadia is also interested in Zero's forgotten past. Can Zero defeat his monstrous foe & still get out alive with his missing data intact?
Find out in...
Megaman Zero episode 3: Search for the past.
*Opening sequence*
*Previously on Megaman Zero*
Zero: I woke up from a century of sleep in a strange place with no idea how I got there.
A bunch of blue robots were about to kill this girl named Ciel who helped wake me up,but I managed to stop them.
After I fought off some more baddies,Ciel wanted to try to find the computer with my memory backups,but she found a big hole in the ground instead.
I stopped her from becoming floor pizza,but then a Golem broke in & grabbed her. I did my best to fight it,but it just wouldn't go down.
Just when it looked like the end a mysterious,familiar voice came out of nowhere & the next thing I know I'm holding a beam sword.
I sliced the freak in two & beat a hasty retreat with Ciel,but I have a feeling that the real battle is just begining...
*Inside the resistance's underground hideout*
Ciel: This is our base.
Zero: What a wreck...
Ciel: I know it isn't much,but it's all we have.
Zero: How...how did this happen? Why are you forced to live this way?
Ciel: It's because of Neo Arcadia. They believe that all the reploids here are Mavericks & want them retired from service.
Zero: Retired from...you mean killed?!
Ciel: That's one way to put it.
Zero: What about the hunters? And Sigma?
Ciel: Sigma is dead,Zero. Megaman X killed him years ago. As for the hunters,they no longer exist. They were absorbed into Neo Arcadia. I know because I helped design it...
Zero: Wait! Megaman X?! I know that name! Who is he?
Ciel: He was the first reploid ever created. He fought the evil Maverick leader Sigma dozens of times before finally killing him. Before you went offline he was your best friend.
Zero: What happened to him?
Ciel: After the Maverick wars ended he started a plan to create a new world for humankind...he was the one who started the Neo Arcadia project. He was assumed to have been killed by a rogue cyber elf,but...
Zero: Cyber elf? What the f-
*A soldier walks in*
Soldier: Ms.Ciel! You've returned! Did you find Zero? And who is this guy?
Ciel: He is Zero,Jay. The mission can now be declared a sucess.
Jay: You're Zero? Holy crap they actually found him... Looks like I owe Dande 5 bucks. Are you for real?
Zero: How should I know! Apparently I've got some sort of damn,friggin' amnesia! I can't even remember my own best friend!
Jay: Well,you sure don't look like the photos I've seen of him. What's up with that?
Ciel: It's a long story.
Jay: And what about Milan? And the others?
Ciel: ...
Jay: I see...is there anything I can do?
Ciel: Get your squad together & go on patroll. It's about time for the shift at point 7-A to get off. Go replace them.
Jay: Sir yes sir! Err...uh,ma'am...I can never figure that out...*leaves*
Zero: Now,as I was saying,what the Hell is a cyber elf?
Ciel: They're these tiny little critters that have special powers,mostly over reploids,but sometimes other things too. They were first created during the war.
Zero: Man...this is a weird place...
Ciel: I know this must seem strange. You've been gone for so long...
Zero: How long?
Ciel: I don't know. All the files on you other than some stuff in historical documents are classified. All I know is that you disappeared sometime before the turn of the century.
Zero: Damn it! I need my memory back! What did you say before about a backup?
Ciel: We can't go back to the lab just yet. The place is probably crawling with Neo Arcadia's goons. We have to bide our time.
Zero: Bide our time?! I can't even remember who I am! You expect me to just sit around with no past while we wait this out? What if they find the backups,huh?
Ciel: I...
Zero: Thanks for waking me up & bringing me into this shithole world,Ciel. Thanks a lot...
Ciel: Zero!
Zero: Goodbye. Now,are you going to show me the way out of this dump or not?
Ciel: ......the elevator to the street is just down that hall*points*...
Zero: Thank you.*walks away*
Ciel: Zero!...No...I screwed up again...no...*cries*
*Zero walks down the hall & brushes past a reploid holding his disemboied left arm with his right*
Dande: Who the heck...
*Zero appears on the street from the elevator below*
Zero: *looking around at the ruined city*My God...the whole city is a mess. I think I'm starting to realize why I went into stasis...wait a second! Where am I going? *sigh* I guess I'll just find another place to hibernate. Mabye when I wake up the world won't be nearly as fucked...or better yet,mabye I won't wake up at all...
*Meanwhile in sector 7-A*
Jay: I hate this job...lousy ingrates...leave me with the freakin' maintanence bot in the junkyard! I'm supposed to be the squad leader for chistsake!
Bot: Beep boop beep.
Jay: Don't you start! Geez...this place gives me the creeps! I haven't seen this many outdated robots sitting around rotting since the last time I watched PBS!
???: Screeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Jay: Ahh! Ummm...halt! Who goes there?
???: Screeeeeeeeeee!!*swoops down from the sky & picks up Jay*
Jay: AAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Back at the base*
Dande: Ciel! My arm fell off again & Cerveau says he's too busy to fix it. Can you...are you crying?
Ciel: Please,Dande...*sniff*...just shut the door & go away. I just did something incredibly stupid...I'd rather be alone.
Dande: This doesn't have anything to do with that guy in red who just stormed out of here does it?
Ciel: That guy was our last,best hope & I made him mad & now he hates me. I doomed us all...again...
Dande: Are you talking about Zero? That was Zero? You're kidding!
Ciel: No. And now that he's gone there's no way we'll ever make it! Milan,Passy,the others...they all died in vain...
Dande: Now hold on! We've come this far without him,who says we need help?!
Ciel: Dande,you're holding your own arm. You need help more than anybody.
Dande: *Sigh* Yeah,we DO need help. Look,I'll try to find him. Mabye he'll listen to another reploid. Do you know where he went?
Ciel: All he said was that he was leaving.
Dande: It's going to be a long day...Now,about my arm...
*Zero walks through the slums & sees somebody getting mugged in an alley*
Mugger*a big,musclebound human with a big plasma gun strapped to his arm*: Hand it over,Mutha' fukka!
Reploid: W...what do you want with my cyber elf? It only works for reploids.
Mugger: I can't use it,but I can sell it! You know how much Gangsta Gorilla is payin' for these things? That Mavvie gonna' give me some mad Zenny when he sees this one!
Zero: Hey you! Wanna mess with a reploid,huh? Well mess with me instead!*takes out the Z Magnum*
Mugger: Well alright,I never could resist a request from lady!*shoots the BFG at Zero*
Zero: Making fun of my long hair,eh? At least I can grow it,baldy!*doges the blast & shoots the BFG away from the thug*
Mugger: Aw sh-*Zero puts his sword to the Mugger's throat*
Zero: Now leave or I'll make a pencil holder out of your skull.
Mugger: OK.*runs*
Zero: You OK?
Reploid: Yeah,I think so...thank you. You saved me. Here,you can have my cyber elf. You could probably make better use of it anyways.
Zero: Alright,I suppose. I am kinda curious what these things are like.
Reploid: Here you go.*produces a tiny green fairy type thing with a pink aura*
Coswick: Hi! I'm Coswick. My power is healing.
Zero: Um...what do I do with it?
Reploid: Don't tell me you don't have a containment unit.
Zero: I don't have a containment unit. Sorry.
Reploid: Well,here,you can have mine.*gives Zero the containment unit*
Zero: Thank you,sir.
Reploid: No need to thank me. I'm just paying off my debt to you. Goodbye sonny.*walks off*
Zero: I think you're supposed to get in this thing.
Coswick: Good. It's cold out here.*gets in the unit & Zero puts it away*
Zero: I don't think I've ever seen such a wierd little critter...
Dande: Zero! Zero! Thank goodness I caught up with-yaa!*trips over*Oww...
Zero: I stand corrected. Do I know you?
Dande: My name is Dande. I came here to talk to you about joining the resistance.
Zero: Oh lord...did Ciel put you up to this?
Dande: No. This was my idea. Ciel does want you back,though. She feels really bad about what happened.
Zero: Look,I can tell Ciel is a nice girl,& I'm sure she had a good reason for awakening me,but...
Dande: But?
Zero: I don't want to live in this world,OK? I've only been here a few hours & I already hate it. Not only have I lost everything,but I can't even remember what I once had! I want to go back into stasis.
Dande: GO BACK INTO STASIS?!!!! But we need you! What about justice? What about saving the downtrodden? What about-
Zero: I don't care,alright. I just want out of this Hellhole.
Dande: What about that guy back there. I heard him say you saved him.
Zero: He was being mugged. I helped him out. I only did it because I didn't like the mugger.
Dande: But didn't it feel good? Helping out somebody in need?
Zero: ...Mabye a little.
Dande: See! At heart,you are a hero! C'mon Zero,we need you! We need all the help we can get! The resistance is falling apart,here!*Dande's trick arm falls off again* See?
Zero: Very funny. Look,I know you're right. I know Ciel is right,but that doesn't change the fact that I'm nearly a century away from home & I have no way back.
Dande: Well,going into stasis again is only gonna put you farther away from the world you knew.
Zero: Yeah...I suppose so.
Dande: Does that mean you'll help us?
Zero: Mabye...You know something? Mabye I can make this world a better place...instead of escaping it...
Dande: Exactly! You've just-*beep beep beep*Hold on,I got a call. Hello?
Ciel: Dande! We have a situation! Jay has been taken prisoner!
Dande: WHAT?!!!!
Ciel: He was on patrol in the junkyard. His squad saw it happen from outside. He was picked up by a flyer & taken to the disposal center.
Dande: Don't worry. I think Zero can handle it. Did you get all of that,Zero?
Zero: Loud & clear.
Ciel: Zero?!
Zero: Yes. Ciel,I'm sorry for walking out on you like that. I can't remeber the last time I've been so selfish...heheh.
Ciel: Was that...a joke?
Dande: No time for jokes,buddy! We got work to do! Come on,I'll show you the way to the junkyard!
*Meanwhile at the disposal centre's car crusher,Jay & the maintanence bot are chained inside*
Bot: Boop beep beep?
Jay: No,I bet's he's just chained us up to give us cake & ice cream-OF COURSE HE'S GONNA KILL US,YOU MORON!!!!!!!!
Aztec Falcon: Pathetic Mavericos. Arguing with their own maintanence bots. Hahaha!
Jay: Hey,Ricky Retardo,ya gonna wax us or what?
Aztec Falcon: Not just yet. You see,I am hoping your amigos will come & try to save you. Then I can rack up an even more fabulous kill tally! Soon I'll be Numero Uno of the Neo Arcadian airborn rangers!
Jay: Sounds to me like you're trying to become Bond villain Numero Uno.
Aztec Falcon: Silencio! How about I just start this thing up now?
Jay: Go ahead. It's not like anybody is coming for me...
Aztec Falcon: Oh really,now? Then what do you call this? *Points to Zero & Dande on a monitor*
Jay: Huh? Zero?!
*As Zero & Dande approach the junkyard,several X drones come out & open fire*
Zero: More of these weaklings? You gotta be kidding me!*Draws the Z-Magnum*
Dande: Die you sons of bitches! Diediediediedie!!!!!!!!!*Starts firing wildly into the X drones*
*The X drones are blown away but several yellow drones fly in overhead*
Dande: Look out! Carry drones! Shoot 'em down,quick!
*Zero & Dande shoot down most of the Carry drones,but some manage to drop their payload & escape. Several Bladewheel drones come at them*
Zero: Shit!*jumps over one & cuts it in half with the Z-Sabre*
Dande: AAAAAAA!!!*gets hit by a Bladewheel drone that cuts his leg up bad*
Zero: Dande! Are you alright?
Dande: I don't think I can walk...I'll use my escape unit. See you later,Zero. I'm sorry.*teleports out*
Zero: Oh well...I can handle this myself...
*Zero kills the rest of the Bladewheel drones & comes to a field of wrecked automobiles*
Zero: The disposal centre should be just up ahead...what is that?
*A Spiketotem rises up from behind one of the cars & shoots at Zero*
Zero: Yow!*rolls out of the way & shoots it down,but a bunch more pop up* How many of these damn things are there?
*Zero runs through a forest of Spiketotems,shooting & slashing as he goes until he reaches the disposal center building*
Zero: Here it is. I just hope they haven't killed him yet...*walks in*
Aztec Falcon: Aha! I knew he'd come! Hola,Senior! I am Aztec Falcon! A member of Harpuia's airborn rangers! I have been sent here to clean up,& you must be some of the garbage!
Zero: A Reploid? But...why? Why are you doing this?
Aztec Falcon: Because reploid solidarity is for fools who wish to become enemies of the state! Those who want glory play for the winning team! Now prepare to die! LIGHTNING ARROW!!!*fires at Zero*
Zero: Yikes!*gets zapped* Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! It...hurts...*keels over*
Aztec Falcon: Pathetic little burro...And to think I espected a challenge. Oh well...time to start up the car compactor. Yummy yummy,Maverick tortilla! Hahahahaha!!!*turns on the crusher*
Jay: Umm...hello? Little help here?
Zero: Gaaaaahhh....I can't...[flashback]Coswick: My power is healing.[/flashback]...Of course!*gets out containment unit*...Coswick...help me...
Coswick: *comes out & examines the smoking hole in Zero's chest* Hmm...this is a bad one. Only one thing can save you; a total infusion! Time for me to fill in all your gaps.*turns into energy & enters Zero's body,healing him up*
Zero: Wow...I'm...all better.
Aztec Falcon: Oh ijole'! No matter,you'll never beat me before you amigo is crushed.
Zero: We'll see about that!*draws Z-Sabre* En Garde!
Aztec Falcon: Tu eras muerto,Maverico!
*Zero lunges at Falcon,but he flies out of the way. He goes up to the celing & divebombs Zero,but Zero just dashes out from under him. Falcon fires his lightning arrows,but they too are dodged. Aztec Falcon uses his magnetic wings to pull Zero in & grabs Zero with his talons*
Zero: Woah!
Aztec Falcon: Die-YEEEEEOOOOOOUUUUUUCH!!!!!!*Zero cuts off his feet* You'll pay for that!!!
Zero: I don't think so! HIYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!*jumps up & cuts Aztec Falcon in half*
Aztec Falcon: AY CARUMBA!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*explodes*
Zero: Hey you! Are you ok?
Jay: For godsakes,turn off the compactor!
Zero: Oh,right. Here.*turns off the compactor*
Jay: Thank freakin' gad! I'm saved! Wheeee! Hahahaha!! I'm...oohh..I'm gettin' dizzy...
Zero: I'll come down & untie you...hey. What's this?*picks the Thunderchip from Aztec Falcon's charred remains* Looks like a weapon chip...*inserts it into his arm & his sword turns yellow* Nice. Lets go home...
*Back at the base*
Zero: I've thought it over,& it appears there is no hope for me to escape my situation. I've decided to stay & help you escape yours instead,if you can forgive me. I'm sorry I almost abandoned you.
Ciel: It's alright. I understand how hard it is to lose your whole world. It happened to me. We all make mistakes when we're upset. I'd still be proud to call you my comrade...
Dande: Welcome aboard,Zero!
Jay: Just try not to mess up,ok Red?
Zero: So,what now?
Ciel: I think the engineer & I should have a look at you & that upgrade you got off the enemy in our lab. Oh,& one more thing.
Zero: Yes?
Ciel: Welcome to 22XX,Zero.
Zero: Good to be here.*smiles*
*Roll credits*
Unknown: Next time on Megaman Zero...
Zero learns about Neo Arcadia's leader & sets out to recover his lost memories. But,Neo Arcadia is also interested in Zero's forgotten past. Can Zero defeat his monstrous foe & still get out alive with his missing data intact?
Find out in...
Megaman Zero episode 3: Search for the past.