Megaman Zero,episode 8: The curse of Anubis
*Opening sequence*
Cerveau: What a week...X wanted to destroy the Resistance once & for all,so he framed Zero for killing Donnie so that the people of Neo Arcadia would vote to extend the military budget. It worked & X built a giant mechanloid & sent it into the city along with a horde of drones. It looked like it was all over,untill Zero managed to get on top of it & use its own nukes to destroy it. Now Zero's all edgy about something & he's gone off to train...
*It is night time. Inside a darkened hanger bay,somewhere in Neo Arcadia,a group of 4 shadowy figures are sneaking around. An X drone walks by,but one of the silhouetted guys sneaks up behind him & shoots him in the back.*
???: Take that,ya sonofabitch!
???#2: Did you have to shoot it? What if somebody heard?
???: Don't worry. We'll be outta here in a few minutes. 'Sides,I hate those damn things...they give me the wilies...
???#2: You mean WILLIES,not WILIES,right?
???: You heard me...
Female ???: Could we just pick out a freaking plane,already?
???#3: Buck-san? I think she is right...
Buck: Fine,fine. Jeez,how do I choose...they all look the same.
Female ???: Oh for Rocksake! Let's just take this one & get out of this deathtrap,ok?
Buck: Alright,alright.
*They all pile into a nearby plane. Once inside the cockpit they are no longer silhouetted. Buck is a tall,buff reploid with pointy antler things on his head. There is also a blonde female & two boys,one with brown hair & one with black hair*
Buck: Alright,let's get this show on the road. Helena,Seth? You know how to fly these birds,right?
Seth: Yeah,we were both cargo plane pilots for 5 years...although I never worked with her personally.
Helena: 6 years for me,cutie.
Seth: Right. Sorry,I forgot.
Buck: Well,ok then. You two handle the controlls. Me & Oda will check around in back. C'mon,Oda.
Oda: Hai!
Seth: Alright. Let's get this show on the road...or in the air as the case may be.*Dons a crash helmet*
Helena: Attention,passengers,this is your captain speaking. Please make sure your tray tables are in the upright & locked position.
Seth: What are you doing?
Helena: I'm going over the safety procedures. You can never be too careful.
Seth: Oh for the love of Blues...
Helena: In the event of a water landing,you may be used as a floatation device. If the aircraft goes into a nosedive,place your head squarely between your legs & kiss your robo-rear goodbye.
Seth: Can we get this crate up & running now?
Helena: Fine. Looks like we're good to go. Shields up,engines online...wait...we don't have any sheilds. Oh,well. Buckle up. Takeoff on three,ok?
Seth: Roger.
Helena: OnetwothreeGO!!!
Seth: Aaahh!
*The cargo plane accelerates rapidly & pulls out of the hanger,knocking the wings & tailfins off a few other planes in the process,untill finally ascending up into the night sky*
Seth: Are you sure you're experianced?
Helena: We're still alive,aren't we?
Seth: Well,we---
*Seth is interupted when an explosion rocks the plane*
Seth: What was that?!
Helena: They've caught up to us! Damn!
Buck*From the plane's rear section,looking out the window*: We've got company!
*5 Bug fighters are flying right behind the cargo plane. They fire their machine guns*
Helena: Buckle your borscht belt,Shecky! We're going for a ride! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Seth: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
*The plane barrel rolls & weaves from side to side to avoid the enemy fire. Meanwhile,in the back of the plane,Buck & Oda are getting knocked around*
Buck: What-OW!-is-OW!-that lunatic-OW!-doing?!
Oda: This reminds me of that time in the fish cannery with that giant squid...
*A crate is knocked to the floor & breaks open. A bundle of rockets & a launcher fall out*
Buck: Hello! What's this?
*The back of the plane opens & Reveals Buck,standing at the ready with the rocket launcher while Oda stands behind with the extra rockets*
Buck: Alright,you oversized carpet beetles! Take this!*Fires off a rocket that blows the head off the lead bug & sends it into a death spiral*
Oda: Yatta! You got him!
Buck: Well don't just stand there,Odie! Load up the next round!
Oda: Hai!*Loads up the next missile*
Buck: Fire two!*Launches the next missile,but the bugs dodge* Damnit!!! Load anoth-AHH!!!
*A shot narrowly misses them*
Oda: Oh no!!! Buck-sama! Look!!!
*The backs off the Bug fighters open & a squad of X drone-T types emerges. They fly over to the open cargo bay of the plane. Meanwhile,back in the cockpit...*
Seth: What are Buck & Oda doing back there?
*Buck bursts into the cockpit,grappling with an X drone-T. The drone drags him back out*
Helena: That answers that.
Seth: ...
*As Buck fights the drone,he picks up a pistol in his free hand & shoots the drone through the head at point blank range. Buck rushes over to help Oda,who is trying to keep the rocket launcher away from 2 more drones*
Oda: Buck-sama! Help!
Buck: Hey,you flying freaks! If it's a fight you want,come and get it!*Shoots one of the drones*
Oda: Arigatou!
*As Buck fights with the remaining drone,Oda fires a rocket & blows up another bug fighter. Seeing this,the drone breaks free & shoots off Oda's head*
Buck: ODA!!!
*Buck tears off one of the drone's wings & kicks it out the open bay door. He picks up the launcher & fires a rocket at another bug fighter,blowing it out of the sky*
Buck: Take that,you bastards! Damn...I'm outta ammo...
Oda(o/s): Good shot,Buck-sama!
Buck: Oda?!
Oda(reduced to a head lying on the floor): Hai! I'm still here,my friend. Do you think you could...
Buck: I'll--AHH!!!*Gets shot by one of the two remaining bugs outside*
Oda: Quick! Somebody close the door!
Seth(From the cockpit): Will do!
*The door closes*
Oda: Buck-sama? Buck!!!
Buck: Ughh...I'm not gonna...
Oda: Don't say that!! You must live!!
Buck: Yer...right...ugh*struggles back to his feet* Oh...I almost...forgot...here.*picks up Oda's head & puts it back on his body* All...better?
Oda: A bit...
*There is a loud boom from outside*
Buck: What the?!!
*Back in the cockpit*
Helena: Oh slag...
Seth: Sweet virgin Roll! We're hit!!!
*Back in the hold*
Buck*Looking out the window*: The left wing's fallin' apart!
Oda: Oh! Must be American made...
*Back in the cockpit,again*
Seth: We're goin' down!!!!
*The plane nosedives over the desert*
*In a Resistance command post on the edge of the desert,Elijah & Adam are sitting around on duty*
Elijah: *Sigh*It's another boring night,isn't it?
Adam: Yeah well,it was either this or another one of the Chief morale officer's stupid puppet shows.
Elijah: That was tonight?! Oh man...I love Alouette's puppet shows.
Adam: Oh for Light's sake...hey! What's this?*Points to a sensor screen*
Elijah: It looks like there's some kinda aircraft going down in the desert. It's too big to be a bug fighter...
Adam: Say,isn't Zero in the desert right now?
*In the desert,Zero stands at the top of a wrecked gulf war era tank with his sabre drawn. A group of Sandworm drones pop up from the sand & Zero jumps down at them*
Zero: HIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*He slices of one drone's heads in a rage. He begins to hear voices*
X: ...the worst maverick of all...
Zero: Grrr!!!*cuts up another Sandworm*
X: ...Zero,the Red Demon...
Zero: Haaaaaa!!!!!*Kills another drone*
X: ...a being created only to destroy & do harm...
Zero: L...LIAR!!!!*Kills 2 more drones at once*
X: ...my brothers...my sister...my friends...my father! All dead because of him!
Zero: It...IT ISN'T TRUE!!!!!
*As Zero is about to slash the last Sandworm,he hallucinates that it is Megaman & hesitates. The worm blasts Zero in the chest*
Zero: Gah!
Wily: Kill him.
Zero: K...kill...him...*Slashes the drone to bits*
X: Killer! Murderer! Monster!!! Demon!!!
Zero: Wha...NO!!! I'm not! I was...I'm...
Dande: In your heart you are a hero!
Zero: Dande?
Ciel: Thank you so much,Zero...
Zero: Ciel...I...
X(21XX): You're my best friend...
Zero: Wha...X?
X: I will not rest untill my loved ones & all the others whose lives you took are avenged with your painful death!!!
Zero: X?!...NO!!! Wha...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?!!!!!
*As the sun begins to rise,Zero climbs back up on top of the tank & screams into the vanishing night sky*
Zero: It...it can't be...I'm not...I'M NOT A MONSTER,DAMNIT!!!! YOU HEAR ME,YOU BITCHES?!!!! I'M NOT A MONSTER!!!! I AM NOT A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*Falls on his knees as tears stream down his face* I'm not...a monster...not...a...monster...
*As Zero is in shock on the tank,a light falls out of the air & crashes in the distance*
Zero: Wh...what the?
*Meanwhile,in a dark cave someplace,a pair of creepy red eyes light up*
???: Hmmm...that smell...the sweet smell of fresh death...& a new soul to torment...hahahahaha!!!
*Back in the desert,Zero is still on top of the antique tank when his comlink starts beeping*
Zero: H...hello?
Adam: Zero,this is Adam...say,you ok? You sound a little--
Zero: I'm fine. What is it?
Adam: We got a signal from some sort of aircraft that crashed in the desert a minute ago. You seen it?
Zero: Yeah,I saw something fall out of the sky.
Adam: Oh,good. Think you could check it out?
Zero: I'm on my way. Zero out.*Dashes off*
*In the wreck of the plane,Seth wakes up in his chair. Helena is next to him in the captain's chair dead,with her face smashed through the controll panel*
Seth: Helena?*Reaches over & shakes her body* No...
*Seth emerges in the rear section of the plane to find Buck lying on the ground with a gaping hole in his chest & Oda face down in a crate full of packing foam with a cracking cyber elf container in it*
Seth: Guys? Guys? God no...
Cyber elf: Hey! A little help here?
Seth: Huh?
Cyber elf: I said I need help! My container is busted!
Seth: I...I...ok...*Opens up the container & removes the stop watch headed elf*
Stocchu: Thanks. I'm Stocchu! Who're you?
Seth: Seth...
Stocchu: Oh,nice name. Are you ok?
Seth: My...my friends are all...they...the crash...they're all dead,see?
Stocchu: What about them?
Seth: Huh?*Looks behind him to see Helena,Oda & Buck all standing behind him,looking battle damaged with blank expressions on their faces,execpt for Helena,who's face has been smashed into a twisted metal skull face missing one eye & some teeth*
Stocchu: Then again...
Seth: Guys! You're...um...are you guys alright?
Buck: Seth...
Helena: Seth...
Oda: *His head pops off so he holds it under his arm* Sethsethsethsethseth! SETH!!!
Seth & Stocchu: ZOMBIES!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!*Run away*
*As Zero walks across the sands,he hears a screeching sound & a Buzzardrone swoops down at him. He draws the Z magnum & shoots it out of the sky*
Zero: Mechanical vultures? I've said it before & I'll say it again...they have got to be kidding me...
*Zero comes across a pit with a crashed Apache chopper in it. Its blades form a bridge across & he attempts to get to the other side,but another Buzzardrone swoops down & claws him. Zero draws the beam sabre,but as he's about to strike back,the chopper blade breaks & he falls down,right into a bear trap*
Zero: Argh!!!*Cuts himself free* Whoa!
*Zero slips & falls down the pit,toward a spinning cutter at the bottom. He extends the Triple rod & jams it between the blades of the cutter,breaking them*
Zero: That was close...huh?!*Looks down to see a skeletal hand gripping his ankle*Oh slag...
*Zero cuts off the hand & the hand's owner rises up out of the sand. It's a very decomposed version of MM4's Pharoahman*
Pharoahman zombie: Mmmmmmegegegegegegaaaaaaaaaammmmmmaaaaa-a-a-aannnnnnn!!!
*Without hesitation,Zero cuts off the zombie's head,but it keeps coming at him*
Zero: Well,this is a new one...
*Zero cuts the Pharoahman zombie to bits & continues walking through the desert*
*Seth & Stocchu run out of the planewreck & into the sand as his undead friends follow*
Seth: Buck? Helena? Oda? Snap out of it,you guys! Please!!!
Zombie Buck: Hungrrrrrrrr...
Zombie Helena: K....kiiiiiilllllllll...
Zombie Oda: Oda want EATS!!!!!!!!!
Seth: I don't wanna hurt you guys...
Zombie Oda: FOODIES!!!!!
*Zombie Oda lunges at Seth,holding his head out,ready to take a bite outta him,but then Stocchu turns into energy & all of a sudden the zombies are frozen*
Stocchu*his body is gradually dissolving as his head continues to talk*: Seth...they're frozen...kill them before...they get...you...*dissapears*
Seth: Stocchu! Oh God...I'm so...I'm so sorry...Oda...
*Seth draws his buster & blows Zombie Oda's head to pieces,then shoots his body up untill it falls down*
Seth: Oh,Helena...I never told you...how much I cared for you...goodbye...*Shoots up Zombie Helena* And Buck...Buck...I'm...AHHH!!!
*Zombie Buck reaches out & grabs Seth*
*As Zero walks by a ruined building,something stirs under some rubble*
Zero: Hmm...*Turns & draws the Z-magnum*
*A Zombie Maverick Hunter emerges*
Zombie Hunter: Zeeeeeeroooooo!!!
Zero: That's right.
*Zero is about to fire on the Zombie,but somebody else does,before he gets the chance*
Zero: What?!*Turns around to see 3 Resistance guys with busters drawn* Hey! You looking for the plane crash,too?
Lead Resistance guy: Hun...hunter sighted...
Zero: Guys? Uh oh...
Lead Zombie Rebel: Des...troy...
*The zombies open fire on Zero*
Zero: Shit!*Dodges the shots* Where are these zombies coming from?
*Zero shoots one zombie apart. The other two open fire,but Zero dodges again,draws the beam sabre & slices the zombies to bits*
Zero: That takes care of that...hmm...Hunter...those guys must've died fighting Neo Arcadia's Hunters... They were re-living their past battles...
*Three gun toting,bee-like cyber elves float up from the zombie remains*
Zero: More cyber elves...
Beesus: Greetingzzzz,zzzir! Leutenant Bezzzuzzz of the Rezzzizzztanzzz zzzzyber elf divizzzzzion reporting for duty,Zzzir!
Beehoney: Private 1st clazzz Beehoney,reporting,Zzzir!
Beefive: Private 2nd clazzz Beefive,reporting,Zzzir!
Zero: Great. Alright,bees,into the container.
Beesus: With all do rezzzpect,Zzzir,we would be better able to zzzzerve you azzz we are,Zzzzir!
Zero: Alright. What exactly is it you do?
Beesus: Uzzz bee elvezzz are expert markzzzmen,Zzzir! Can put a plazzzzma zzzzlug through an Xzzz drone at 30 feet,Zzzir!
Zero: Alright then! Uh...troops! Move out!
Bee elves: Zzzzzir,yezzz,Zzzzzir!
*Zero & the bees continue across the desert. A Buzzardone swoops down,but Beesus shoots it out of the sky*
Beesus: Zzzzir,target dezzztroyed,Zzzzir!
Zero: You guys are pretty good....uh oh.
Besus: What in the Zzzzzam hill izzzz that?
Behoney: Lookzzz like a duzzztdevil!!!
*A huge cyclone rushes toward them. There's some kind of spinning thing floating in the center*
Zero: That's no ordinary dust devil! There's some kinda drone in there! Watch out!!!
*Zero & the bees fire at the Cyclodrone while trying to avoid it,but it doesn't seem to be doing much good*
Zero: It isn't working!
Beesus: That twizzzter izzz dizzzrupting our fire! It'zzzzz impozzzible to get a clear shot!!!
Zero: I guess I'm just gonna have to get closer!! KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
*Zero draws his sword & jumps at the Cyclodrone,but he gets sucked into the vortex*
Zero: Woahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoah!!!!
Besus: ZZZZZZIR!!!!! Troopzzzz!!! Code delta!!! MOVE IT!!!!
Beehoney & Beefive: Zzzzir,yezzz,Zzzzir!
*The bees fly up into the cyclone after Zero,their wings struggling against the force of the winds*
Beefive: Itzzzzz...Itzzz tooo rough in here,Zzzzir!!! I'm not gonna make it!!!
Beesus: The Hellipon you won't!!! We're in thizzz together,zzzzoldier!!!
Zero: Wh...what are you guys...doing?
Beesus: We're zzzzaving you,the only way we know how. Zzzzorry about thizzzz,Zzzzir! Alright,men! Fire!
Zero: Gahh!!!
*The bees shoot Zero,knocking him out of the twister,but then they lose their grip & get thrown around by the cyclone,themselves*
Zero: Owww...oh no. Hang on,bugs! I'm coming!
*Zero extends the triple rod & jams it right into the Cyclodrone,cutting it in two. The bees drop out of the twister,obviously dizzy as hell*
Zero: You guys alright?
Beesus: Onion? I don't wanna fightzzzz no onion!
Beehoney: Doom! Doomdoomdoom!
Beefive: I'm fine,Mizzzzz Tron! Bweeeeen!
Zero: Um...yeah,you're fine.
Seth*from the distance*: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Zero: What the Yellow Devil?! C'mon!
*Zero & the bugs head over to where the scream came from. The find Seth,being held tightly by Zombie Buck*
Seth: Help me!!!
Zombie Buck: Grrr...
Zero: Hey,ugly! Pick on someone your own size! Heads up,kid!
*Zero fire his gun at Zombie Buck's head,causing him to drop Seth & see little cartoony stars around his head*
Zombie Buck: Stars!
Zero: Run for it!!!
Seth: You don't have to tell me twice!*Makes a mad dash back toward the plane*
Zero: Alright,big boy...come get me!
*Zombie Buck rushes at Zero,Zero & the bees open fire on him,but it doesn't stop him. Zero charges up his gun & shoots off Zombie Buck's left arm*
Zombie Buck: RAAAAHHH!!!!
Zero: Take this!!!*Extends the Triple rod & tries to stab Zombie Buck,but Zombie Buck grabs onto it*
Zombie Buck: Grrrrahahahaha!
Zero: Grrr...let...go!
*Zero begins glowing like he's charging up & yanks the rod back. The rod projects a second beam blade out of the other end,both blades extend & Zero jumps at Zombie Buck,spinning the Triple rod,cutting Zombie Buck to pieces*
Beefive: Wow,Zzzzir! That wazzz cool!
Zero: Well...um...say,does anyone else feel that shaking?
Beehoney: Nope. We're floating like butterfliezzz up here,remember?
Beesus: Izzz there zzzomething wrong,Zzzzzir?
Zero: I don't...SHIT!!!
*The shaking gets harder & then what appears to be an Egyptian sarcophagus rises up out of the sand & into the air*
Beefive: What izzz it,Zzzzir?
Zero: I don't know...
*The coffin opens & a jackal headed figure wearing a black cloak emerges*
Anubis: Hahahaha! Zero,the Red Monster!
Zero: I am not a monster!!!!
Anubis: Hahaha! Do not be so modest...I wasn't expecting a visit from you. I must say,it is an honour to have such a magnificent death dealer as yourself in my desert...but now,it is time for you to join your victims in the underworld...
Zero: Just keep on barking,Dog...
Anubis: Dog? You dare call me that! I am Anubis Necromancess the 3rd! I am the king of destruction & the ruler of the desert! It is I who will...OW!!!*Gets shot by Beefive*
Beefive: Ah,shut up! Come on & fight like a man,Dogfazzzzzzze!
Beesus: Private Beefive,what're you doing?!
Anubis: Grrr!!! I'll show you,Insect!*Grabs Beefive*
Beefive: Help meeee!!! Help meeeeeee!!!!!!
Besus: Put him down!!! Yaaaaaa!!!*Charges at Anubis,but Anubis knocks him away*
Anubis: Pathetic...*Crushes Beefive in a small,bright flash of particles in his hand*
Beehoney: Beefive...
Zero: I'll make you pay for that!!! Come down here & fight me,you...you Dog!!!
Anubis: Rrrrr...as you wish!*Throws off his cloak* Zero...your armour is stained forever red with the blood of your victims...& now,that blood shall be repaid! Yaaaa!!!
*Anubis chucks his staff at Zero. Zero doges,but the staff changes course & knocks Zero to the ground. Beesus & Beehoney shoot Anubis,but he shrugs it off. The staff floats back to Anubis as Zero gets up*
Zero: That...all you got? Hiyaaaa!!!
*Zero again extends the Triple rod & tries to stick Anubis with it,but Anubis pushes it away with his own staff*
Anubis: Good try...but now,it is time to stop playing around...Zero...say hello to my friends...
Beesus: Troopzzzz! At the ready! We've got incoming!!!
Zero: Friends...you mean more zombies...
Anubis: Correct. Over the centuries,many robots have fought & died in this desert...& I have the power to make them fight again...NECRODRONES!!! ARISE!!!!
*Robot Zombies pop from the sand all around our heroes. There are some of the Mummybots from Pharoahman's level in MM4,Zombies from Shademan's level in MM7,Zombie Groundman from R&F,some of the scrap bots from MMX1 & 2,undead Overdrive Ostritch,Zombie rebels & Hunters & even some Zombie X drones. The Necrodrones move in closer*
Anubis: Destroy them...hahahahaha!!!
Beehoney: Um...Zzzzirzzz? Perhapzzz we should um...zzzurrender?
Zero & Besus: Never!!!
*Zero & the bees charge the Necrodrones*
*Roll credits*
Unknown: Next time on Megaman Zero...
Zero is up against the ruthless Anubis Necromancess & his army of the undead. Can he rescue Seth & return to base safely? And what is going to happen to X?
Find out in...
Megaman Zero,episode 9: Escape from the sands of death.
*Opening sequence*
Cerveau: What a week...X wanted to destroy the Resistance once & for all,so he framed Zero for killing Donnie so that the people of Neo Arcadia would vote to extend the military budget. It worked & X built a giant mechanloid & sent it into the city along with a horde of drones. It looked like it was all over,untill Zero managed to get on top of it & use its own nukes to destroy it. Now Zero's all edgy about something & he's gone off to train...
*It is night time. Inside a darkened hanger bay,somewhere in Neo Arcadia,a group of 4 shadowy figures are sneaking around. An X drone walks by,but one of the silhouetted guys sneaks up behind him & shoots him in the back.*
???: Take that,ya sonofabitch!
???#2: Did you have to shoot it? What if somebody heard?
???: Don't worry. We'll be outta here in a few minutes. 'Sides,I hate those damn things...they give me the wilies...
???#2: You mean WILLIES,not WILIES,right?
???: You heard me...
Female ???: Could we just pick out a freaking plane,already?
???#3: Buck-san? I think she is right...
Buck: Fine,fine. Jeez,how do I choose...they all look the same.
Female ???: Oh for Rocksake! Let's just take this one & get out of this deathtrap,ok?
Buck: Alright,alright.
*They all pile into a nearby plane. Once inside the cockpit they are no longer silhouetted. Buck is a tall,buff reploid with pointy antler things on his head. There is also a blonde female & two boys,one with brown hair & one with black hair*
Buck: Alright,let's get this show on the road. Helena,Seth? You know how to fly these birds,right?
Seth: Yeah,we were both cargo plane pilots for 5 years...although I never worked with her personally.
Helena: 6 years for me,cutie.
Seth: Right. Sorry,I forgot.
Buck: Well,ok then. You two handle the controlls. Me & Oda will check around in back. C'mon,Oda.
Oda: Hai!
Seth: Alright. Let's get this show on the road...or in the air as the case may be.*Dons a crash helmet*
Helena: Attention,passengers,this is your captain speaking. Please make sure your tray tables are in the upright & locked position.
Seth: What are you doing?
Helena: I'm going over the safety procedures. You can never be too careful.
Seth: Oh for the love of Blues...
Helena: In the event of a water landing,you may be used as a floatation device. If the aircraft goes into a nosedive,place your head squarely between your legs & kiss your robo-rear goodbye.
Seth: Can we get this crate up & running now?
Helena: Fine. Looks like we're good to go. Shields up,engines online...wait...we don't have any sheilds. Oh,well. Buckle up. Takeoff on three,ok?
Seth: Roger.
Helena: OnetwothreeGO!!!
Seth: Aaahh!
*The cargo plane accelerates rapidly & pulls out of the hanger,knocking the wings & tailfins off a few other planes in the process,untill finally ascending up into the night sky*
Seth: Are you sure you're experianced?
Helena: We're still alive,aren't we?
Seth: Well,we---
*Seth is interupted when an explosion rocks the plane*
Seth: What was that?!
Helena: They've caught up to us! Damn!
Buck*From the plane's rear section,looking out the window*: We've got company!
*5 Bug fighters are flying right behind the cargo plane. They fire their machine guns*
Helena: Buckle your borscht belt,Shecky! We're going for a ride! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Seth: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
*The plane barrel rolls & weaves from side to side to avoid the enemy fire. Meanwhile,in the back of the plane,Buck & Oda are getting knocked around*
Buck: What-OW!-is-OW!-that lunatic-OW!-doing?!
Oda: This reminds me of that time in the fish cannery with that giant squid...
*A crate is knocked to the floor & breaks open. A bundle of rockets & a launcher fall out*
Buck: Hello! What's this?
*The back of the plane opens & Reveals Buck,standing at the ready with the rocket launcher while Oda stands behind with the extra rockets*
Buck: Alright,you oversized carpet beetles! Take this!*Fires off a rocket that blows the head off the lead bug & sends it into a death spiral*
Oda: Yatta! You got him!
Buck: Well don't just stand there,Odie! Load up the next round!
Oda: Hai!*Loads up the next missile*
Buck: Fire two!*Launches the next missile,but the bugs dodge* Damnit!!! Load anoth-AHH!!!
*A shot narrowly misses them*
Oda: Oh no!!! Buck-sama! Look!!!
*The backs off the Bug fighters open & a squad of X drone-T types emerges. They fly over to the open cargo bay of the plane. Meanwhile,back in the cockpit...*
Seth: What are Buck & Oda doing back there?
*Buck bursts into the cockpit,grappling with an X drone-T. The drone drags him back out*
Helena: That answers that.
Seth: ...
*As Buck fights the drone,he picks up a pistol in his free hand & shoots the drone through the head at point blank range. Buck rushes over to help Oda,who is trying to keep the rocket launcher away from 2 more drones*
Oda: Buck-sama! Help!
Buck: Hey,you flying freaks! If it's a fight you want,come and get it!*Shoots one of the drones*
Oda: Arigatou!
*As Buck fights with the remaining drone,Oda fires a rocket & blows up another bug fighter. Seeing this,the drone breaks free & shoots off Oda's head*
Buck: ODA!!!
*Buck tears off one of the drone's wings & kicks it out the open bay door. He picks up the launcher & fires a rocket at another bug fighter,blowing it out of the sky*
Buck: Take that,you bastards! Damn...I'm outta ammo...
Oda(o/s): Good shot,Buck-sama!
Buck: Oda?!
Oda(reduced to a head lying on the floor): Hai! I'm still here,my friend. Do you think you could...
Buck: I'll--AHH!!!*Gets shot by one of the two remaining bugs outside*
Oda: Quick! Somebody close the door!
Seth(From the cockpit): Will do!
*The door closes*
Oda: Buck-sama? Buck!!!
Buck: Ughh...I'm not gonna...
Oda: Don't say that!! You must live!!
Buck: Yer...right...ugh*struggles back to his feet* Oh...I almost...forgot...here.*picks up Oda's head & puts it back on his body* All...better?
Oda: A bit...
*There is a loud boom from outside*
Buck: What the?!!
*Back in the cockpit*
Helena: Oh slag...
Seth: Sweet virgin Roll! We're hit!!!
*Back in the hold*
Buck*Looking out the window*: The left wing's fallin' apart!
Oda: Oh! Must be American made...
*Back in the cockpit,again*
Seth: We're goin' down!!!!
*The plane nosedives over the desert*
*In a Resistance command post on the edge of the desert,Elijah & Adam are sitting around on duty*
Elijah: *Sigh*It's another boring night,isn't it?
Adam: Yeah well,it was either this or another one of the Chief morale officer's stupid puppet shows.
Elijah: That was tonight?! Oh man...I love Alouette's puppet shows.
Adam: Oh for Light's sake...hey! What's this?*Points to a sensor screen*
Elijah: It looks like there's some kinda aircraft going down in the desert. It's too big to be a bug fighter...
Adam: Say,isn't Zero in the desert right now?
*In the desert,Zero stands at the top of a wrecked gulf war era tank with his sabre drawn. A group of Sandworm drones pop up from the sand & Zero jumps down at them*
Zero: HIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*He slices of one drone's heads in a rage. He begins to hear voices*
X: ...the worst maverick of all...
Zero: Grrr!!!*cuts up another Sandworm*
X: ...Zero,the Red Demon...
Zero: Haaaaaa!!!!!*Kills another drone*
X: ...a being created only to destroy & do harm...
Zero: L...LIAR!!!!*Kills 2 more drones at once*
X: ...my brothers...my sister...my friends...my father! All dead because of him!
Zero: It...IT ISN'T TRUE!!!!!
*As Zero is about to slash the last Sandworm,he hallucinates that it is Megaman & hesitates. The worm blasts Zero in the chest*
Zero: Gah!
Wily: Kill him.
Zero: K...kill...him...*Slashes the drone to bits*
X: Killer! Murderer! Monster!!! Demon!!!
Zero: Wha...NO!!! I'm not! I was...I'm...
Dande: In your heart you are a hero!
Zero: Dande?
Ciel: Thank you so much,Zero...
Zero: Ciel...I...
X(21XX): You're my best friend...
Zero: Wha...X?
X: I will not rest untill my loved ones & all the others whose lives you took are avenged with your painful death!!!
Zero: X?!...NO!!! Wha...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?!!!!!
*As the sun begins to rise,Zero climbs back up on top of the tank & screams into the vanishing night sky*
Zero: It...it can't be...I'm not...I'M NOT A MONSTER,DAMNIT!!!! YOU HEAR ME,YOU BITCHES?!!!! I'M NOT A MONSTER!!!! I AM NOT A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*Falls on his knees as tears stream down his face* I'm not...a monster...not...a...monster...
*As Zero is in shock on the tank,a light falls out of the air & crashes in the distance*
Zero: Wh...what the?
*Meanwhile,in a dark cave someplace,a pair of creepy red eyes light up*
???: Hmmm...that smell...the sweet smell of fresh death...& a new soul to torment...hahahahaha!!!
*Back in the desert,Zero is still on top of the antique tank when his comlink starts beeping*
Zero: H...hello?
Adam: Zero,this is Adam...say,you ok? You sound a little--
Zero: I'm fine. What is it?
Adam: We got a signal from some sort of aircraft that crashed in the desert a minute ago. You seen it?
Zero: Yeah,I saw something fall out of the sky.
Adam: Oh,good. Think you could check it out?
Zero: I'm on my way. Zero out.*Dashes off*
*In the wreck of the plane,Seth wakes up in his chair. Helena is next to him in the captain's chair dead,with her face smashed through the controll panel*
Seth: Helena?*Reaches over & shakes her body* No...
*Seth emerges in the rear section of the plane to find Buck lying on the ground with a gaping hole in his chest & Oda face down in a crate full of packing foam with a cracking cyber elf container in it*
Seth: Guys? Guys? God no...
Cyber elf: Hey! A little help here?
Seth: Huh?
Cyber elf: I said I need help! My container is busted!
Seth: I...I...ok...*Opens up the container & removes the stop watch headed elf*
Stocchu: Thanks. I'm Stocchu! Who're you?
Seth: Seth...
Stocchu: Oh,nice name. Are you ok?
Seth: My...my friends are all...they...the crash...they're all dead,see?
Stocchu: What about them?
Seth: Huh?*Looks behind him to see Helena,Oda & Buck all standing behind him,looking battle damaged with blank expressions on their faces,execpt for Helena,who's face has been smashed into a twisted metal skull face missing one eye & some teeth*
Stocchu: Then again...
Seth: Guys! You're...um...are you guys alright?
Buck: Seth...
Helena: Seth...
Oda: *His head pops off so he holds it under his arm* Sethsethsethsethseth! SETH!!!
Seth & Stocchu: ZOMBIES!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!*Run away*
*As Zero walks across the sands,he hears a screeching sound & a Buzzardrone swoops down at him. He draws the Z magnum & shoots it out of the sky*
Zero: Mechanical vultures? I've said it before & I'll say it again...they have got to be kidding me...
*Zero comes across a pit with a crashed Apache chopper in it. Its blades form a bridge across & he attempts to get to the other side,but another Buzzardrone swoops down & claws him. Zero draws the beam sabre,but as he's about to strike back,the chopper blade breaks & he falls down,right into a bear trap*
Zero: Argh!!!*Cuts himself free* Whoa!
*Zero slips & falls down the pit,toward a spinning cutter at the bottom. He extends the Triple rod & jams it between the blades of the cutter,breaking them*
Zero: That was close...huh?!*Looks down to see a skeletal hand gripping his ankle*Oh slag...
*Zero cuts off the hand & the hand's owner rises up out of the sand. It's a very decomposed version of MM4's Pharoahman*
Pharoahman zombie: Mmmmmmegegegegegegaaaaaaaaaammmmmmaaaaa-a-a-aannnnnnn!!!
*Without hesitation,Zero cuts off the zombie's head,but it keeps coming at him*
Zero: Well,this is a new one...
*Zero cuts the Pharoahman zombie to bits & continues walking through the desert*
*Seth & Stocchu run out of the planewreck & into the sand as his undead friends follow*
Seth: Buck? Helena? Oda? Snap out of it,you guys! Please!!!
Zombie Buck: Hungrrrrrrrr...
Zombie Helena: K....kiiiiiilllllllll...
Zombie Oda: Oda want EATS!!!!!!!!!
Seth: I don't wanna hurt you guys...
Zombie Oda: FOODIES!!!!!
*Zombie Oda lunges at Seth,holding his head out,ready to take a bite outta him,but then Stocchu turns into energy & all of a sudden the zombies are frozen*
Stocchu*his body is gradually dissolving as his head continues to talk*: Seth...they're frozen...kill them before...they get...you...*dissapears*
Seth: Stocchu! Oh God...I'm so...I'm so sorry...Oda...
*Seth draws his buster & blows Zombie Oda's head to pieces,then shoots his body up untill it falls down*
Seth: Oh,Helena...I never told you...how much I cared for you...goodbye...*Shoots up Zombie Helena* And Buck...Buck...I'm...AHHH!!!
*Zombie Buck reaches out & grabs Seth*
*As Zero walks by a ruined building,something stirs under some rubble*
Zero: Hmm...*Turns & draws the Z-magnum*
*A Zombie Maverick Hunter emerges*
Zombie Hunter: Zeeeeeeroooooo!!!
Zero: That's right.
*Zero is about to fire on the Zombie,but somebody else does,before he gets the chance*
Zero: What?!*Turns around to see 3 Resistance guys with busters drawn* Hey! You looking for the plane crash,too?
Lead Resistance guy: Hun...hunter sighted...
Zero: Guys? Uh oh...
Lead Zombie Rebel: Des...troy...
*The zombies open fire on Zero*
Zero: Shit!*Dodges the shots* Where are these zombies coming from?
*Zero shoots one zombie apart. The other two open fire,but Zero dodges again,draws the beam sabre & slices the zombies to bits*
Zero: That takes care of that...hmm...Hunter...those guys must've died fighting Neo Arcadia's Hunters... They were re-living their past battles...
*Three gun toting,bee-like cyber elves float up from the zombie remains*
Zero: More cyber elves...
Beesus: Greetingzzzz,zzzir! Leutenant Bezzzuzzz of the Rezzzizzztanzzz zzzzyber elf divizzzzzion reporting for duty,Zzzir!
Beehoney: Private 1st clazzz Beehoney,reporting,Zzzir!
Beefive: Private 2nd clazzz Beefive,reporting,Zzzir!
Zero: Great. Alright,bees,into the container.
Beesus: With all do rezzzpect,Zzzir,we would be better able to zzzzerve you azzz we are,Zzzzir!
Zero: Alright. What exactly is it you do?
Beesus: Uzzz bee elvezzz are expert markzzzmen,Zzzir! Can put a plazzzzma zzzzlug through an Xzzz drone at 30 feet,Zzzir!
Zero: Alright then! Uh...troops! Move out!
Bee elves: Zzzzzir,yezzz,Zzzzzir!
*Zero & the bees continue across the desert. A Buzzardone swoops down,but Beesus shoots it out of the sky*
Beesus: Zzzzir,target dezzztroyed,Zzzzir!
Zero: You guys are pretty good....uh oh.
Besus: What in the Zzzzzam hill izzzz that?
Behoney: Lookzzz like a duzzztdevil!!!
*A huge cyclone rushes toward them. There's some kind of spinning thing floating in the center*
Zero: That's no ordinary dust devil! There's some kinda drone in there! Watch out!!!
*Zero & the bees fire at the Cyclodrone while trying to avoid it,but it doesn't seem to be doing much good*
Zero: It isn't working!
Beesus: That twizzzter izzz dizzzrupting our fire! It'zzzzz impozzzible to get a clear shot!!!
Zero: I guess I'm just gonna have to get closer!! KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
*Zero draws his sword & jumps at the Cyclodrone,but he gets sucked into the vortex*
Zero: Woahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoahwoah!!!!
Besus: ZZZZZZIR!!!!! Troopzzzz!!! Code delta!!! MOVE IT!!!!
Beehoney & Beefive: Zzzzir,yezzz,Zzzzir!
*The bees fly up into the cyclone after Zero,their wings struggling against the force of the winds*
Beefive: Itzzzzz...Itzzz tooo rough in here,Zzzzir!!! I'm not gonna make it!!!
Beesus: The Hellipon you won't!!! We're in thizzz together,zzzzoldier!!!
Zero: Wh...what are you guys...doing?
Beesus: We're zzzzaving you,the only way we know how. Zzzzorry about thizzzz,Zzzzir! Alright,men! Fire!
Zero: Gahh!!!
*The bees shoot Zero,knocking him out of the twister,but then they lose their grip & get thrown around by the cyclone,themselves*
Zero: Owww...oh no. Hang on,bugs! I'm coming!
*Zero extends the triple rod & jams it right into the Cyclodrone,cutting it in two. The bees drop out of the twister,obviously dizzy as hell*
Zero: You guys alright?
Beesus: Onion? I don't wanna fightzzzz no onion!
Beehoney: Doom! Doomdoomdoom!
Beefive: I'm fine,Mizzzzz Tron! Bweeeeen!
Zero: Um...yeah,you're fine.
Seth*from the distance*: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Zero: What the Yellow Devil?! C'mon!
*Zero & the bugs head over to where the scream came from. The find Seth,being held tightly by Zombie Buck*
Seth: Help me!!!
Zombie Buck: Grrr...
Zero: Hey,ugly! Pick on someone your own size! Heads up,kid!
*Zero fire his gun at Zombie Buck's head,causing him to drop Seth & see little cartoony stars around his head*
Zombie Buck: Stars!
Zero: Run for it!!!
Seth: You don't have to tell me twice!*Makes a mad dash back toward the plane*
Zero: Alright,big boy...come get me!
*Zombie Buck rushes at Zero,Zero & the bees open fire on him,but it doesn't stop him. Zero charges up his gun & shoots off Zombie Buck's left arm*
Zombie Buck: RAAAAHHH!!!!
Zero: Take this!!!*Extends the Triple rod & tries to stab Zombie Buck,but Zombie Buck grabs onto it*
Zombie Buck: Grrrrahahahaha!
Zero: Grrr...let...go!
*Zero begins glowing like he's charging up & yanks the rod back. The rod projects a second beam blade out of the other end,both blades extend & Zero jumps at Zombie Buck,spinning the Triple rod,cutting Zombie Buck to pieces*
Beefive: Wow,Zzzzir! That wazzz cool!
Zero: Well...um...say,does anyone else feel that shaking?
Beehoney: Nope. We're floating like butterfliezzz up here,remember?
Beesus: Izzz there zzzomething wrong,Zzzzzir?
Zero: I don't...SHIT!!!
*The shaking gets harder & then what appears to be an Egyptian sarcophagus rises up out of the sand & into the air*
Beefive: What izzz it,Zzzzir?
Zero: I don't know...
*The coffin opens & a jackal headed figure wearing a black cloak emerges*
Anubis: Hahahaha! Zero,the Red Monster!
Zero: I am not a monster!!!!
Anubis: Hahaha! Do not be so modest...I wasn't expecting a visit from you. I must say,it is an honour to have such a magnificent death dealer as yourself in my desert...but now,it is time for you to join your victims in the underworld...
Zero: Just keep on barking,Dog...
Anubis: Dog? You dare call me that! I am Anubis Necromancess the 3rd! I am the king of destruction & the ruler of the desert! It is I who will...OW!!!*Gets shot by Beefive*
Beefive: Ah,shut up! Come on & fight like a man,Dogfazzzzzzze!
Beesus: Private Beefive,what're you doing?!
Anubis: Grrr!!! I'll show you,Insect!*Grabs Beefive*
Beefive: Help meeee!!! Help meeeeeee!!!!!!
Besus: Put him down!!! Yaaaaaa!!!*Charges at Anubis,but Anubis knocks him away*
Anubis: Pathetic...*Crushes Beefive in a small,bright flash of particles in his hand*
Beehoney: Beefive...
Zero: I'll make you pay for that!!! Come down here & fight me,you...you Dog!!!
Anubis: Rrrrr...as you wish!*Throws off his cloak* Zero...your armour is stained forever red with the blood of your victims...& now,that blood shall be repaid! Yaaaa!!!
*Anubis chucks his staff at Zero. Zero doges,but the staff changes course & knocks Zero to the ground. Beesus & Beehoney shoot Anubis,but he shrugs it off. The staff floats back to Anubis as Zero gets up*
Zero: That...all you got? Hiyaaaa!!!
*Zero again extends the Triple rod & tries to stick Anubis with it,but Anubis pushes it away with his own staff*
Anubis: Good try...but now,it is time to stop playing around...Zero...say hello to my friends...
Beesus: Troopzzzz! At the ready! We've got incoming!!!
Zero: Friends...you mean more zombies...
Anubis: Correct. Over the centuries,many robots have fought & died in this desert...& I have the power to make them fight again...NECRODRONES!!! ARISE!!!!
*Robot Zombies pop from the sand all around our heroes. There are some of the Mummybots from Pharoahman's level in MM4,Zombies from Shademan's level in MM7,Zombie Groundman from R&F,some of the scrap bots from MMX1 & 2,undead Overdrive Ostritch,Zombie rebels & Hunters & even some Zombie X drones. The Necrodrones move in closer*
Anubis: Destroy them...hahahahaha!!!
Beehoney: Um...Zzzzirzzz? Perhapzzz we should um...zzzurrender?
Zero & Besus: Never!!!
*Zero & the bees charge the Necrodrones*
*Roll credits*
Unknown: Next time on Megaman Zero...
Zero is up against the ruthless Anubis Necromancess & his army of the undead. Can he rescue Seth & return to base safely? And what is going to happen to X?
Find out in...
Megaman Zero,episode 9: Escape from the sands of death.