Disclaimer: I don't own any characters as of yet. Those belong to Capcom.
Author's note: Well, this is the second chapter. Hope you like it, seeing as I haven't updated for quite a while. This is where the major change from the old version starts. Chapters 2 and 3 are a bit like history lessons, so just bear with me. Argh, why can't I have paragraph indentation?
Chapter 2: Memory
Gate turned the machine on. X and Zero both felt a tingling sensation. "This should be interesting," murmured Gate to himself.
X felt a sharp jolt, and felt his mind being transported into the computer. He started by picturing the most prominent memories. He first pictured the leader of the 14th Melee unit, Magma Dragoon. He always loved to fight. During the Repliforce uprising, the red, dragon-like reploid was hired by Sigma to fight X. He willingly accepted, wanting the challenge. After defeat, he apologized to X, and tried to say the name of his employer before he died.
Next was Volt Kraken. He was a reploid modeled after a squid that always preferred to be addressed by his chosen name, Squid Adler. After his best friend, Launch Octopus, went Maverick, he decided to quit and focus on research. In the Eurasia crisis, the Sigma Virus infected him when X asked for an Energy Cart.
Storm Eagle was a very brave reploid who was once the leader of the 7th Air Cavalry Unit. When Sigma went Maverick, he challenged him, but was forced into submission and infected.
Another reploid in the 7th unit was Overdrive Ostrich. On a mission, his wings were crippled, preventing flight. Even so, he remained cocky, and believed that he could beat X using only his superior leg strength. He was destroyed when he helped the X-Hunters hide Zero's parts.
Suddenly, X felt another sharp pain. He is in a city. A blue, humanoid reploid is shooting something… A black and orange blur… Are those fins on his head? He is in a dull gray building… What is in that pod? Who is the red figure, with the blood on his hands? A green light… Looming closer… X's head was filled with a screeching noise as he slowly blacked out.