Chapter 9
The darkness began to lift from him. Light poured into his optical sensors like a angry flood. He wanted to sheild his eyes with his arm..but found that he couldn't move his arm. Was it still damaged? No. It was repared. But why then, could he not move it? He tried again, but found that it was bound. He found that all his limbs were bound to the table he was on. He tilted his head, craqned his neck to the right to see where he was. The room was completely white, except for a red cross symbol on the door directly where he was facing. Aparently an operating room of sorts. But why was he here? It was true that he was damaged in the fight with Sigma, but why was he taken to a human infirmary? His questions would soon be ansered as he heard foots steps coming. He decided to play the little trick with Sigma again, and shut most of his systems down, except audio, and backup power souce.
A gentle woosh sound was made, and Skullman assumed that whoever was coming entered the room. The foot steps came closer to him, and stoped. Several minutes passed, and moe sounds of foot steps were made, moving away from Skullman slightly. Once more he door opened with a wooshing noise, and a second pair of foot steps entered the room.
"Well, what do you think?" Said the person who just entered.
There was a breif pause.
"It's like this, Signas." The first person who entered said. " He wasn't permenatly damaged, and though Sigma did do a number on him. His recovery rate is incredible. You see, he has aself repairing system within him, which is very strange for what he is."
"And what is he, Lifesaver?" Asked Signas.
"To be honest..im not sure. His systems date back nearly a hundred years ago, but they are as advanced as i have seen from that time. Appart from..well...X. "
Another long pause, then Signas spoke. "So..are you saying that this...robot might have been made at the same time X was?"
Lifesavers voice was low, and almost foreboding "Precicely."
More foot steps were made, both came near Skullman.
"In fact..I want you to look at a little comparison I made. As you can see on the screen, this here is our friends internal schematics. Now..letme show you this.." Lifesavor said, as a few sounds like keys being tapped were made.
Signas gasp. "You must be joking."
"I am not, Signas."
"It's..impossible..their schematics...are the same..."
"Yes..very peculiar. " Lifesavor said. Silence filled the room once more. Skullman wished he could see what they were looking at, so he could know just who's schematics his matched with. He made a mental note to check that as soon as he got a chance.
"Alright...keep a close eye on him." signas said, then more foot steps were made, leading out of the room, the wooshing noise was made, signaling that the door opened. Skullman began to wonder just what was going on...he decided though that he shall think of it later, and shut himself down, not wanting to be caught listening in on Signa, and Lifesavor's conversation.
Skullman reactivated himself, looking around. He saw the one called Lifesavor at a computer console opposite of the table he was on. He watched Lifesavor for a moment, and decided to let him know that he was awake.
"Ahem."
Lifesavor jumped, obviously being startled, and whirrled around, seeing Skullman, his eyed wide.
"Y-you're awake!"
"Yeah..I am..look..you mind letting me go..these shackeles are damn uncomfortable." Skullman relished the look of fear, and surprise on Lifesavor's face. He wouldn't be too mean to the medical reploid.
"W-wow..you're awake...impressive! I knew you would be repaired fast, but not this fast!" Lifesavor said, the fear in his voice being replaced with astonishment. He walked over to Skullman, and stood next to him, surveying the robot,obviously seeing if he might make a move on him. Deciding that it was safe, he pressed a button on the console next to the table, and the shackles opened, releasing Skullman's limbs from their confinement.
"Thanks...now..where am I?" As if Skullman didn't know, but he decided to start things off simple, and work the conversation up, and get some answers to the more pressing questions.
"Well...you are in the medical wing of the Maverick Hunter Headquarters."
"I see..you guys brought me back when i went out. So..what happened after my little tussle with Sigma?"
Lifesavor titled his head for a moment, then spoke. "For that, you might want to ask the one who led the attack on the base."
"Fine, I'll go ask him." Skullman got off the table, feeling his strenght back, and walked towards the door, when Lifesavor grabbed him by the arm, stopping Skullman.
"You can't..not yet. I need to run some tests on you."
Skullman looked at Lifesavor, feeling slightly annoyed. " That can wait...I have some things I wish to find out, so please let me go."
"But-"
The door leading outside to the main hallway of the medical wing opened with the familar wooshing sound. Skullman looked to see the one who entered. It was the blue one who he saw at the factory.
"Let him go, Lifesavor. I'll take him from here on."
Lifesavor looked just as startled as before. "If you are sure, X..."
X...So that's his name. He was the first one over to him, before he blacked out. He looked between X, and Lifesavor, seeing which one will take him, though in the end, he was gonna leave this room, with, or without their consent. Luckily Lifesavor let him go, and stepped back. X opened the door, and extended his hand towards the hall. "If you will follow me."
Skullman nodded, and let X step out, which he did, and Skullman followed.
X slowed up a bit, allowing Skullman to walk by his side, and as he did, X spoke up. "So what's your name?"
"Skullman."
X chuckled, looking Skullman up and down "Obviously. Well look...I'm sure you have some questions, and I will try to answer them as best I can."
"Well...what happened after I blacked out?"
X looked at Skullman, as he led him down a hall way, bustling with reploids moving back and forth.
"Well...Basiclly after we called in the medical unit to take you, and the wounded, we went in deeper to flush out any more Mavricks, and to find Sigma. But when we wentdown, most had evacuated, Sigma included. We arreste those still alive, and went back home. That'sthe gist of it really."
Skullman nodded. "I see...where are we going?"
"I'm taking you to see our leader, Signas. He wants to talk to you."
Skullman could guess why. But he said nothing as he was led around the Hunter base, seeing various rooms, and work stations, and other things within the base. Skullman saw one hallway, with a sigh that said 'Training Room' He lookedat it for a moment, and a part of him wished he could go down there...
Eventually they stopped in a hallway, adoor in the middle of it. X walked to the door, and punched in a few numbers on the keypad next to it. After a ring of sorts, the door opened, leading into a well furnished office, with various plants, and awards hanging on the walls. The desk inside was made of a shiny metal, and polished wood, with odd, circular ingravings in the boreders of the desk. At the dest sat a black and white armored reploid, with a comanders had on his head, looking at a stack of papers on his desk. The reploid, who Skullman deduced was Signas. Signas looked up from the stack of papers, seeing his guest arrive. "Hello X, and you too, Skullman."
Skullman was slightlyshoked..but then again, his look did give away as to what his name might be. In any case, he nodded in response, and greeting.
"Alow me to welcome you to Maverick Hunter HQ. I am the commander here, Signas. And of course this-" Points to X "Is X."
"I brought you here because I wanted to know more about you. Before Merrick was turned, he send a report of Sigma finding you, and your plan to help him escape. So, I want to know what sigma knows, then we will answer your questions first. Fair enough?"
Skullman nodded. "Fair enough."
Signas offered both X, and Skullman a seat, and Skullman began telling them both of his story...
Elsewhere, a hidden building underground.
"You failed." Said a bitter female voice.
Sigma looked at the female reploid in the chair before him, anger apparent in his features, as he walked into her chamber.
"I know. I did not expect the hunters to come so soon."
"I care not of such matters. You allowed Skullman to be taken by the Hunters."
Sigma began to feel a red hot anger well up in him, as he spat out in a harsh tone "I'm not stupid enough to face so many hunters, not when I am this weak!"
The female looked at Sigma with amusement. " Obviously. Very well...I shall have you upgraded. Now get out of here."
Sigma grunted, and turned, heading out, muttering curses about how he got into this in the first place. As he did, a red reploid, with golden rings adorning his body, and head stepped from the darkness behind the throne like chair.
"Do you think it wise to upgrade him, m'lady?"
The female looked at the new comer and smiled, responding in a sweet sounding voice. "My dear Halo...Sigma will not back down from our deal. I revived him, after the Nightmare Zero incident, and offered him X for Skullman..he will not back down from it."
Halo nodded, but spoke once more. "Maybe..but he is not one to really be trust, Lady Jager. He will most certainly try and betray us."
Jager just kept smiling, looking at Halo mother-like. "I am sure he will. But I have prepared for such an occasion, my dear. Do not fret over it. Now..I want you to go, and uphold our end of the bargain. Find X, and bring him here."
Halo snapped to attention, and bowed. He straightend up, and walked out of the throne like room, leaving a grinning Lady Jager to her thoughts.
The darkness began to lift from him. Light poured into his optical sensors like a angry flood. He wanted to sheild his eyes with his arm..but found that he couldn't move his arm. Was it still damaged? No. It was repared. But why then, could he not move it? He tried again, but found that it was bound. He found that all his limbs were bound to the table he was on. He tilted his head, craqned his neck to the right to see where he was. The room was completely white, except for a red cross symbol on the door directly where he was facing. Aparently an operating room of sorts. But why was he here? It was true that he was damaged in the fight with Sigma, but why was he taken to a human infirmary? His questions would soon be ansered as he heard foots steps coming. He decided to play the little trick with Sigma again, and shut most of his systems down, except audio, and backup power souce.
A gentle woosh sound was made, and Skullman assumed that whoever was coming entered the room. The foot steps came closer to him, and stoped. Several minutes passed, and moe sounds of foot steps were made, moving away from Skullman slightly. Once more he door opened with a wooshing noise, and a second pair of foot steps entered the room.
"Well, what do you think?" Said the person who just entered.
There was a breif pause.
"It's like this, Signas." The first person who entered said. " He wasn't permenatly damaged, and though Sigma did do a number on him. His recovery rate is incredible. You see, he has aself repairing system within him, which is very strange for what he is."
"And what is he, Lifesaver?" Asked Signas.
"To be honest..im not sure. His systems date back nearly a hundred years ago, but they are as advanced as i have seen from that time. Appart from..well...X. "
Another long pause, then Signas spoke. "So..are you saying that this...robot might have been made at the same time X was?"
Lifesavers voice was low, and almost foreboding "Precicely."
More foot steps were made, both came near Skullman.
"In fact..I want you to look at a little comparison I made. As you can see on the screen, this here is our friends internal schematics. Now..letme show you this.." Lifesavor said, as a few sounds like keys being tapped were made.
Signas gasp. "You must be joking."
"I am not, Signas."
"It's..impossible..their schematics...are the same..."
"Yes..very peculiar. " Lifesavor said. Silence filled the room once more. Skullman wished he could see what they were looking at, so he could know just who's schematics his matched with. He made a mental note to check that as soon as he got a chance.
"Alright...keep a close eye on him." signas said, then more foot steps were made, leading out of the room, the wooshing noise was made, signaling that the door opened. Skullman began to wonder just what was going on...he decided though that he shall think of it later, and shut himself down, not wanting to be caught listening in on Signa, and Lifesavor's conversation.
Skullman reactivated himself, looking around. He saw the one called Lifesavor at a computer console opposite of the table he was on. He watched Lifesavor for a moment, and decided to let him know that he was awake.
"Ahem."
Lifesavor jumped, obviously being startled, and whirrled around, seeing Skullman, his eyed wide.
"Y-you're awake!"
"Yeah..I am..look..you mind letting me go..these shackeles are damn uncomfortable." Skullman relished the look of fear, and surprise on Lifesavor's face. He wouldn't be too mean to the medical reploid.
"W-wow..you're awake...impressive! I knew you would be repaired fast, but not this fast!" Lifesavor said, the fear in his voice being replaced with astonishment. He walked over to Skullman, and stood next to him, surveying the robot,obviously seeing if he might make a move on him. Deciding that it was safe, he pressed a button on the console next to the table, and the shackles opened, releasing Skullman's limbs from their confinement.
"Thanks...now..where am I?" As if Skullman didn't know, but he decided to start things off simple, and work the conversation up, and get some answers to the more pressing questions.
"Well...you are in the medical wing of the Maverick Hunter Headquarters."
"I see..you guys brought me back when i went out. So..what happened after my little tussle with Sigma?"
Lifesavor titled his head for a moment, then spoke. "For that, you might want to ask the one who led the attack on the base."
"Fine, I'll go ask him." Skullman got off the table, feeling his strenght back, and walked towards the door, when Lifesavor grabbed him by the arm, stopping Skullman.
"You can't..not yet. I need to run some tests on you."
Skullman looked at Lifesavor, feeling slightly annoyed. " That can wait...I have some things I wish to find out, so please let me go."
"But-"
The door leading outside to the main hallway of the medical wing opened with the familar wooshing sound. Skullman looked to see the one who entered. It was the blue one who he saw at the factory.
"Let him go, Lifesavor. I'll take him from here on."
Lifesavor looked just as startled as before. "If you are sure, X..."
X...So that's his name. He was the first one over to him, before he blacked out. He looked between X, and Lifesavor, seeing which one will take him, though in the end, he was gonna leave this room, with, or without their consent. Luckily Lifesavor let him go, and stepped back. X opened the door, and extended his hand towards the hall. "If you will follow me."
Skullman nodded, and let X step out, which he did, and Skullman followed.
X slowed up a bit, allowing Skullman to walk by his side, and as he did, X spoke up. "So what's your name?"
"Skullman."
X chuckled, looking Skullman up and down "Obviously. Well look...I'm sure you have some questions, and I will try to answer them as best I can."
"Well...what happened after I blacked out?"
X looked at Skullman, as he led him down a hall way, bustling with reploids moving back and forth.
"Well...Basiclly after we called in the medical unit to take you, and the wounded, we went in deeper to flush out any more Mavricks, and to find Sigma. But when we wentdown, most had evacuated, Sigma included. We arreste those still alive, and went back home. That'sthe gist of it really."
Skullman nodded. "I see...where are we going?"
"I'm taking you to see our leader, Signas. He wants to talk to you."
Skullman could guess why. But he said nothing as he was led around the Hunter base, seeing various rooms, and work stations, and other things within the base. Skullman saw one hallway, with a sigh that said 'Training Room' He lookedat it for a moment, and a part of him wished he could go down there...
Eventually they stopped in a hallway, adoor in the middle of it. X walked to the door, and punched in a few numbers on the keypad next to it. After a ring of sorts, the door opened, leading into a well furnished office, with various plants, and awards hanging on the walls. The desk inside was made of a shiny metal, and polished wood, with odd, circular ingravings in the boreders of the desk. At the dest sat a black and white armored reploid, with a comanders had on his head, looking at a stack of papers on his desk. The reploid, who Skullman deduced was Signas. Signas looked up from the stack of papers, seeing his guest arrive. "Hello X, and you too, Skullman."
Skullman was slightlyshoked..but then again, his look did give away as to what his name might be. In any case, he nodded in response, and greeting.
"Alow me to welcome you to Maverick Hunter HQ. I am the commander here, Signas. And of course this-" Points to X "Is X."
"I brought you here because I wanted to know more about you. Before Merrick was turned, he send a report of Sigma finding you, and your plan to help him escape. So, I want to know what sigma knows, then we will answer your questions first. Fair enough?"
Skullman nodded. "Fair enough."
Signas offered both X, and Skullman a seat, and Skullman began telling them both of his story...
Elsewhere, a hidden building underground.
"You failed." Said a bitter female voice.
Sigma looked at the female reploid in the chair before him, anger apparent in his features, as he walked into her chamber.
"I know. I did not expect the hunters to come so soon."
"I care not of such matters. You allowed Skullman to be taken by the Hunters."
Sigma began to feel a red hot anger well up in him, as he spat out in a harsh tone "I'm not stupid enough to face so many hunters, not when I am this weak!"
The female looked at Sigma with amusement. " Obviously. Very well...I shall have you upgraded. Now get out of here."
Sigma grunted, and turned, heading out, muttering curses about how he got into this in the first place. As he did, a red reploid, with golden rings adorning his body, and head stepped from the darkness behind the throne like chair.
"Do you think it wise to upgrade him, m'lady?"
The female looked at the new comer and smiled, responding in a sweet sounding voice. "My dear Halo...Sigma will not back down from our deal. I revived him, after the Nightmare Zero incident, and offered him X for Skullman..he will not back down from it."
Halo nodded, but spoke once more. "Maybe..but he is not one to really be trust, Lady Jager. He will most certainly try and betray us."
Jager just kept smiling, looking at Halo mother-like. "I am sure he will. But I have prepared for such an occasion, my dear. Do not fret over it. Now..I want you to go, and uphold our end of the bargain. Find X, and bring him here."
Halo snapped to attention, and bowed. He straightend up, and walked out of the throne like room, leaving a grinning Lady Jager to her thoughts.
