Chapter 5: Blue Bomber to the Rescued
Author: Lady Blue
Disclaimer: Hmm... I can't remember who this character belongs to... wait now I get it! X and all character used in this story belongs to Capcom.
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"Be on your guard Aztec Falcon" the green Guardian said as his hologram flickers ever few second "Whoever this blue maverick is he is not Nova Hunter"
"Do not worry my Master" Falcon chuckles "If he ever show his face around here, I am going to turn him into a pocket calculator"
"Do not underestimate him, Aztec Falcon" Harpuia said seriously "This is not one of those soldier wannabe that you have faced. Reports have it that this blue Maverick was able to stand on his own even to a Commander unit"
"Forgive me my master" Falcon lowers his head.
"I will provide you more data about this blue maverick in due time" Harpuia said.
"Yes Master" Falcon bow down to his master as the hologram image fade away.
"How I wish I can go out there and hunt this blue maverick myself" Falcon mumbles to himself "Nothing ever happens here"
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X slowly walks towards the dark tunnel leading to the Disposable Center. The sewer was relatively dark and smells worse then anything he could have remember, but it was Ciel idea and also the safes route to the Center. How he wish he could just walk in through the front door instead of sneaking around like a rat.
He takes a glimpse at the little cyber-elf beside him; the little cyber-elf seems to generate a dim light around her body, enough to see where she is going. To his view Passy is not such a bad company, when she is not giving him any of her advice.
"You should be right above the Disposable Center" Ciel voice carries over to X communication unit.
X raises his head up and sees a manhole right above him, just big enough for one person to climb out of the entrance. X reached to the ladder and climb up to the manhole. He slowly lifts the top a little, just enough to give him a glimpse of the surrounding.
"Hurry up X, it smells down here" Passy complained. X lowers his head and sees Passy hover below the ladder.
"The sewer is not the only one" X mumble.
X pushes the lid open and climbs out of the manhole. Not letting his guard down, he glances around his surrounding and pulling out his weapon. Passy waste no time and flies out of the sewer and hovered next to him.
"Lead the way sugarplum"
"Stop calling me that!" Passy spun her head around facing away from X. Seconds later she spun back to him, but shock to see X pointing his saber at her with it energy level at full charge.
"Wait! What are you doing?" Passy panic and froze by X sudden action.
X fires his weapon and Passy could feel the high energy blast flow past her tiny body. A loud explosion sound comes directly from behind her. Passy spun her head and found a Z drone collapse, its head melted by the energy blast.
"You could have killed me you relic!" Passy shouted.
"I just save your life, sugarplum" said X walking away, leaving Passy still a little shaky
"X--- Passy can you hear me, over? Are you alright?" Ciel sounded worried. "What was that sound I heard? What is happening?"
"I am fine Ciel... X just destroyed a Z drone" Passy replied.
"Thank goodness. What is your current situation?"
"We're inside the Disposal Center and everything looks quiet" Passy reported as she glanced around her surrounding.
"Good, how's X?"
"He seems fine" Passy said with a negative tone.
"X, how are you doing?"
"Great, but I think I might have alerted the other drones" X said, checking the drone's body, he knows that the blast have alerted the facility.
"I detected massive energy reading coming your way X"
He raised his head and looked at the entrance before him. The gigantic door slowly open and four blue drones step into the room. "The welcoming party" he smirk.
"Stay low loud mouth" X said walking towards the drones leaving her behind.
"Passy, keep an eye on him for me"
"Alright Ciel" Passy said, she looked back to X. He has already engaging the drones in combat and before she knew it the drones were all destroy. X slowly move away and enter the door which the drones exited from. "Hey wait up!"
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"Sir, the resistance has broken into the complex and is making his way into the primary grinding processor" a blue drone reported.
Aztec Falcon spun over to the blue drone with a curious look on his face. As far as he knows, no one has ever broken into the Disposable Centre before. He was rather curious of who could be brave or stupid enough to do this. "What is the number?" he asked in an order like manner.
"One Maverick and one cyber-elf" the drone reported.
"On screen" he commanded. Falcon then spun over to the hologram generated. From where he stand a blue reploid and a cyber-elf has made it into the front gate. And by the look of it, this is the same reploid mention by his Master Harpuia.
"Blue Maverick" Falcon snarl. "Drone, deploy all available Z drones to intercept this Maverick"
"Error in command Sir" the drone replied. Falcon spun over to the drone.
"What?" he shouted.
"The Blue Maverick report appeared to be Master Nova" the drone replied back. Falcon then understand what is happening, the drone has not yet received a new update about the blue reploid. They are still identifying the blue reploid as Nova. Lucky for him, Harpuia has sent him an override code if they ever encounter this blue Maverick.
"Override code Jenna" Falcon said "That is not Master Nova. That is an imitation drone, scan his internal ID tag"
"Scan done" the drone scanned the system before looking back to Falcon. "There is not ID tag on this unit"
"Execute my last command" Falcon snarl. He was loosing his patience.
"Affirmative Sir" the drone acknowledges.
Falcon stands in his place for a moment in silence and thinks. If this guy is as strong as his master said then he will be in for some fight. He then remembers the remaining resistance unit that was schedule for termination this afternoon. He gives a grin on his face before turning to the drone.
"Drone" Falcon called "How many of those useless Mavericks do we have left in our holding cell?"
The drone taps on the console before turning back to Falcon "Three resistance units that was caught in the ambush and one civilian unit sir"
"Perfect. Place them in the Grinder"
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Passy kept close to X during all the way into the complex and follow Ciel's instruction to keep an eye on him. However the truth was that deep inside the little cyber-elf mind, she knows that it was safest thing to do. Not only does the azure reploid is a skill fighter, but with hostiles crawling around the whole facility it was not safe to wonder around the place on her own.
Along the way Passy was observing how X destroys everything in their path, either by blowing the drones up or slicing them into pieces with his saber. She know that the azure reploid was at least a centuries old, but the power he posses overpower some of the higher-class reploid today.
"Are you coming?" X said not facing the little cyber-elf as he place the last explosive on the wall and conceals it from the drones.
The little cyber-elf shook her head a bit and hover closely to the azure reploid. She didn't said a word and just follow him.
After a few minutes of exploring around the complex, they finally stop in front of a metallic door. Passy could felt a strong energy reading coming from the other side of the door; she spun her head to X. Somehow she could tell that X knew about the high energy reading.
"Careful X there is a high energy reading coming from behind that door" Passy warned.
"Passy's correct. I've picked up the same reading on my side" Ciel said over both their communication unit.
"Well, what now Mr. Trigger happy?" said Passy hovers beside him.
"You stay out here, I'm going in" X answered and step nearer to the door. The door lock automatically unlocks and the door slides open revealing a room inside.
"But the place is crawling with drones" Passy replied.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to be gone that long" X said switching off his saber staff and prepare to enter the room. Before he enter he spun his head a little and looked at Passy with a smile on his face "Beside you will probably scare them away with you mouth"
"What?" Passy shouted but the door slide down and close in front of her, leaving Passy hovering alone in the corridor.
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X carefully enter the room, once inside he notice that he was actually standing on top of a platform that seems to be a huge crushing machine. Hovering in the end of the room, X notice an eagle like reploid waiting for him.
"You must be the lackey that runs this place" X said.
"I'm Aztec Falcon. Harpuia, the Guardian, place me in command of disposing any reploid suspicious of being a Maverick" Falcon said proudly.
"It looks to me that you doing a lousy job" X smirk "Your judgment need a serious reprogramming"
"Big words, blue boy"
"Hey, help me! I'm innocent. I'm not a Maverick" one of the reploid below the shouted.
X spun his head below the platform; he could see three maybe four reploid below. A few members of the resistance and a civilian model reploid that looks like a little girl staring back up to X and Falcon. X could see parts of reploid that was previously crushed under the platform lies all over the surface below them. He could just imagine their terrify experience now. He turn back his attention to Falcon, the bird has his arm cross and hovering like a lord waiting to turn him into a scrap metal.
"That's what they all say" Falcon laugh out loud, but his eyes always fix onto X, never letting him out of his sight. "Don't worry I'll turn you all into something useful once I'm done with blue boy here"
"We'll see" X gave a devilish smile on his face and withdrew his weapon. X activates one of the blades on his saber staff. As the violet light from the saber shimmer in the dark hall it gives out a haunting aurora around X.
"How about we increase the stake?" Falcon chuckles
"What do you have in mind?" X asked even if he knows what's coming his way.
Falcon eyes glow in red and the platform start to move slowly downwards to the reploid below. Somehow X knew this is going to happen. The reploid below them start to react to the new progress and begin to panic. They begin to run all over the room below, trying to find a way out.
"You have about three minutes before your pals down there get squash up into spare parts" said Falcon, his voice full of confident "The only way to stop this platform is by destroy me and I highly doubt that would happen"
"Don't bet on it feather brain, it'll take me less then three minutes to kick your ass"
X charge forward and swipe his saber, but to his surprised Falcon wings sprung open and fly above him, dodging his attack. Falcon stares straight down to him and fires a couple of blot of energy arrow at him; X quickly dodges the attack by leaping backwards. The azure hunter places his saber in front and stands in battle pose. He was about to charge again, but Falcon dive down with his beak target at him. X notices Falcon new move and reacted by roll sideway avoiding Falcon attack.
He quickly got back on his feet and dash forward towards Falcon with his saber ready. Falcon fired his energy arrow again, forcing X to take defensive move. X was able to repeal falcon energy arrow with his blade, but he notice that whenever he does that, the blade on his saber staff begin to turn a little unstable, flickering in and out.
The azure hunter try a few more time in close range combat, but every time he was able get near to Falcon, the Neo Arcadian always have a way to force him back with its energy weapon. He then notices Falcon making a powerful charge when his body started to shimmer and before he knew it, Falcon had release a powerful energy blast down at him.
The blasted force X to retreat back, knocking his back against the metallic wall behind him. Feeling that the direct approach was not a good one, X came out with another plan, he power down his saber and pointed the handle directly towards Falcon and open fire.
Not anticipating that the saber hold by X was able to fire like a blaster Falcon got a few shot before he was able to block X's attack and slide sideway. Falcon continues to slide to the left and right, but no matter where he turns to he was still getting hit at.
"Problem feather brain?" X asked, continuing firing his saber at Falcon, knowing that the bird was having problem dodging his attack with such a small place to maneuver. He was hoping that the blast was enough to get Falcon frustrated and get the bird to attack him head on.
Falcon tried firing his energy arrows at X, but he was able to dodge the arrow with ease. Loosing his patience and taking to much damage, Falcon move into position to dive in on X.
X was hoping for this chance, he timed on Falcon dive and when Falcon sweeps down on his position, X hit his feet back against the wall behind him. Climbing up on the wall as Falcon hit the ground below him. He quickly activated his saber staff to saber mode and plunge down on Falcon position. X stare directly into Falcon eyes when the bird lifted his head to X position, knowing that dodging X attack was futile. The azure reploid could hear Falcon screamed out in pain and collapse on his knees as his saber pierce deep into Falcon chest.
To X surprised the platform stops simultaneously then time the jammed his saber down into Falcon. He must have damage the device controlling the platform inside Falcon.
"Kill me...." Falcon snarl and spit his energy fluids on X face.
"No, there is no need to, you've lost and I'm taking this people out of here with me" said X wiping the fluid off his face. Without merci he pulled his saber out from Falcon chest, making Falcon scream in pain from the blade extraction "If I were you I'll be getting my ass as far from here as possible"
X de-activated his saber and walk away from Falcon, leaving the Neo Arcadian holding to his wounded condition. Feeling defeated and humiliated Falcon rose up on his feet, he slowly power up his reserve energy and raise his hand targeting at X.
"Lesson one blue boy.... Never turn your back on your enemy" Falcon said firing its energy arrow at X.
"Watch out X" Passy yelled as she burst into the room.
X quickly spun around and held out his hand, a red object suddenly appears before him.
Passy was only able to see a red shield absorbing the energy arrow and before she was able to get a clearer picture, she felt a powerful force knocked her back. When she got back on her feet, the little cyber-elf only able to see a red burst of light shoot past Falcon.
The red light dies down and X was seen with his saber staff fully activated. Passy was horrified to see Falcon's body slit into two as it exploded into pieces.
"Lesson two feather brains, always know when to quit" X said rising from his knees.
X sighed feeling that it was not worth the kill; the bird should have known he could not stand a chance against him in such weak condition. While de-activating his saber staff X notices something on the platform, lying near to Falcon dead body. He step closer and pick the small object and place it into his vest.
"Are you alright Passy?" X walked over to kneel down to look at the little cyber-elf. The little cyber-elf shook her head for a few times before looking back to him. From her expression, he knew she was rather confused of what had just happened. He didn't blame her, because he was rather confused himself.
"Y-yes" Passy answered a little weak. "What happened?"
"Something that could have been avoided if feather brain actually listens. Come on, we better get moving before the fat lady sings" X said.
"Hey! Watch those hand" Passy shouted as X picked her up by her wings and places her on his shoulder. The little cyber-elf got a little surprised at X action; she never thought the old timer actually would let her ride on his shoulder. "Careful with my wings X"
"Hang tight" X instructed leaping down, landing on the bottom of the surface. He glance around, the place really do look like a butcher house for reploid. X turn to one of the reploid beside him and a few others behind him.
"Is this all that's left of you guys?" X asked.
"Who are you?" one of the wounded reploid asked, but then he recognize the little cyber-elf sitting on X shoulders "Passy"
"We come to get everyone back" Passy said.
"Come on, let us get the hell out of here" X suggested as he slash his saber, making an opening on the wall. X spun his head around and sees that the reploid behind him, his feet are shaking like crazy. The other two reploid behind him was not much of the different, so frighten that most of them can't even take a single step out of the centre.
"Are you sure it's safe?" one of the reploid asked.
"I'll come with you" the little girl steps up to X, staring up to him with her green emerald eyes. She was about to take a step out to the opening before X stops her.
"Stay behind me" X said.
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"Aztec Falcon do you read me?" the green guardian asked but there was no reply from the other side. There was not even a picture available.
"Drone! Tell me why there is no respond from the Disposable Centre?" Harpuia asked angrily at the brown color Z drone in front of him. The female Z drone looked back to its master before it when back to the console and continues tapping the keyboard.
"Master, there is no indication of faulty equipment from our side. However there is no signal or respond back from the Disposable Centre" the drone reply
"Damn" Harpuia said. Wondering what had just happened. He was just talking to Falcon less then an hour ago, but now there was nothing but static screen. "Is Cat Eyes on site?"
"Cat Eyes is on site, Master" the drone replied.
"Show me the Disposable Centre" Harpuia commanded.
The screen lit up and a geographical map of the site appears on the screen. The placed seems normal, no sign of fighting. "Drone, Zoom in closer to the Disposable Centre"
The satellite camera rotates and zooms into position. As the picture gets bigger, suddenly without warning a big explosion erupted from the Disposable Centre. Dust covers the image for a few moments before it slowly dies down. From where Harpuia is standing the whole Disposable Centre was leveled to the ground and fire seems to be active in some part of the Centre.
"What the?" Harpuia said with a shock. He kept silence for a moment, thinking. Could it have been the blue Maverick that did this? He finally remembers the security system that was installed two weeks back. The system was suppose to give a live feed of video at all time back to Neo Arcadia incase anything like this do happen. However, Harpuia has never thought that they were going to need it. Since none of the resistance operation has ever been successful, till now.
"Drone is the internal security camera operational before the explosion?" Harpuia asked.
The drone looked at the console for a moment before turning back to Harpuia. "Yes Master"
"Play it" Harpuia commanded.
The video of the facility play for some time until the image of X appear. "The Blue Maverick" Harpuia mumbles. He continues watching the video until the end of the video feed.
"Drone save a copy and burn it into a physical storage" Harpuia said crossing his arm "Master Zero might like to have a look at this"
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"I wonder how they are doing... it's been an hour since we lost radio contact with him" Ciel said worriedly.
"Ciel look" one of the resistance soldier said. Ciel look out to the tunnel, a small red light slowly approach them.
"I found a flock of sheep wondering out in the cold, are they yours?" X asked, stepping into the resistance base follow by the reploids that he saved from the Disposable Center.
"X" Ciel said joyfully. She was glad that he got back from the Disposable Center in one piece and not ends up like some of her unfortunate friends. She then notice the other reploid that he brought back with him, most of them looks damage.
"Quick, get them to the medical bay now" She instructed the other reploids in the room. The wounded reploids were all move to the medical bay, leaving only a few people in the room. Once satisfy that the wounded were taken care of Ciel turn back to X, standing in the center of the room. "Thank you X"
"What? Was that all?" X smirk.
"And I'm glad that you are safe" Ciel added with a slight giggle. She then notices Passy sitting on X shoulders, looking rather weak.
"Passy what happened?" Ciel asked looking rather worried.
"Sugarplum faerie here got a little excited just now" X replied. He gently lifts the cyber-elf off his shoulder with his hand and handed her over to Ciel.
"I'm all right Ciel" Passy answered.
"We better get you charge" Ciel said and walking out of the room follow by X.
"What?" Ciel bump into something while walking out the door. She turn down thinking that she might have knocked into Alouette, but it turns up to be the little girl that X saved from the Disposable Center earlier.
"Sorry" she said.
"Why aren't you with the others?" Ciel asked.
"I'm not damage so I sneak out to and see my hero" the girl replied. She slowly walks over to X and bow her head down to X politely. X never said a word; he just smiles to the girl.
"Have you got your scan yet?" Ciel asked.
"Nope... what scan?" the girl look back confusingly.
"Come with me" Ciel smile and walk down the corridor follow by X and the girl.
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As they enter the medical bay, X notice that some of the reploid that he saved have already been patch up and are now resting inside a hibernation capsule. Things were starting to die down as some of the resistance members leave the room. Ciel guided X and the little girl to the end of the room, where couples of glass device attach to the walls. Each of the devices seems to have a small panel connected to it.
Ciel continue to carry Passy to one of the devices. She hit the button and glass slide open revealing a small saucer inside the wall. "Here Passy" Ciel place Passy on a saucer. The light on the surface start to light up as Passy hover in the light.
"Thanks Ciel" Passy said, her voice were getting stronger.
"So this is how you recharge" X said looking into the device. Passy didn't respond, seemingly sleeping.
"Now for you" Ciel turn to the little girl. "What is your name?"
"Yuna" the girl answer standing beside X, holding to him.
"That's a cute name... here let me check you out for virus" Ciel picks up on of the scanner on the table and wanted to scan the little girl, but the girl didn't move away from X. X notice that Yuna maybe a little frightens by Ciel intention. He gently pushes the girl a little over to Ciel.
"Don't worry she won't hurt you" X said softly.
Yuna turns to X and nod her head before walking over to Ciel and stand in front of her. Ciel takes a look at the girl, she looks about Alouette age around seven maybe eight in human years, but she remembers that reploid doesn't age no matter how old they are, they will retain as they are the first time they developed. Yuna had different look then Alouette model; she has a darker skin tone with green hair, tied up on both side of her head like a tail, and wears a black dress with gold outline on it. Ciel place the scanner in front of Yuna and started scanning her system.
After a short period of time the scanner screen turns green. Details start turning out from the scanner LED screen.
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Model..................... Majestic 6 Alpha Unit.
Manufacture........... Tron Corporation.
Years of Service..... 8 years
Owner..................... None
Maverick Status...... Negative
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"You're clean" Ciel said but she was rather curious about the owner status. Usually there should be someone owning this sort of reploid.
"Where is your owner honey?" Ciel asked.
"Their.... gone... dead... for five years now" Yuna said, and she was about to cry. Ciel felt sorry and placed her arms around the little girl, comforting her. "Is all right, I'm sorry" she then looked at the little girl and sees her smiling again. It seems that she now have another child under her care.
"Now for your turn X" Ciel said turning to X that is leaning on the wall looking rather bored over the matter.
"Me?" X asked in surprised. "But you scan me before the mission"
"Yes, but you were in the Disposable Center, you could have been infected there" Ciel explained.
"Sure" X replied not wanting to cause an argument. He walks over to Ciel and sat down beside her. Ciel did the same thing she did on Yuna. The scan turn out clean for him.
"You know, I almost thought that you wouldn't make it back then... in the Disposable Center" Ciel said softly, placing the scanner away.
"Don't worry it takes more then a few thugs to hurt me"
"X...." Ciel said not wanting to face X, turn her face away; instead she looks at the little reploid girl staring back to her instead. Yuna however, gave an expression to Ciel as if she was doing something embarrassing and that give Ciel an uneasy feeling.
"What?" X asked.
"X, I... I have a request..." said Ciel.
"You're asking me for a date?" X joked.
"Huh?" Ciel look confused "No... Not that"
"Sorry" X chuckles. "Tell me"
"Do you remember the place in which we first met? We had no choice but to escape then, but my research tells me that there maybe remains of some very important information regarding about you being there" Ciel explained "I would like you to accompany me back to Cain Industry to find this data"
"But, why me?"
"The fewer the numbers the easier we avoid detection"
"Is she coming along?" X pointed out to Passy, still recharging on her base.
"I need Passy there. She could assist me with the security bypass"
"With her around, it's more like a magnet for trouble"
"So will you do it?" Ciel asked, eagerly waiting for X answer.
X stay silent for a short moment before he gives a sighed and smile. "Sure, why not? I got to find a way to pay my rent around here"
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"Here you go" Cerveau passed X back his saber staff.
"Thanks" X said as he activates his saber. The color of the blades changed color from violet to sky-blue.
"That thunder chip upgraded should give you an edge against our enemy. The different color on the blades indicates the element you use" Cerveau said
X waved his saber staff a few times "I'll keep that in mind" X said deactivating his saber staff and places it at one side. He then walk over to the table and sat on the chair opposite to Cerveau.
"Yuna, come back here" Rina shouted through the corridor chasing after the little girl. As they ran into the room Rina was finally able to catch hold of the girl.
"No" Yuna shouted while struggling to get free. Somehow the little girl is a lot stronger then Rina has expected and broke free from her clutched.
"Rina" Cerveau called out in a stern voice.
"Sorry chief, but I have problem getting her into the capsule" Rina explain placing both her hand to her back of her head trying to look innocent.
"I don't want to regenerate" Yuna stuck out her tongue.
"It's past your bedtime" Rina said.
"No is not. I'm not a child even though I am built this way" Yuna said in a childish way.
"True, but when you are here you follow our rules" Cerveau pointed out.
Rina takes a few steps closer to Rina and grab hold of Yuna's hand "Let go" Rina said. However X can see it in Yuna's eyes that she was not going to give in easily. He can't blame her, she is in a strange place and it sometimes takes time to blend in. X quickly got off his seat and placed his hand over Rina's hand.
Rina looked back to him. "Is all right, she can stay" X said softy.
"But X" Rina protest.
"Really X" Yuna said cheerfully.
"Why not?" X said going back to his seat.
"Yes" Yuna said making a little dance around Rina, seemingly teasing her a bit.
"Have it your way but after X leave you are mine" Rina said crossing her arms together and gives a grin on her face. Yuna gulp a little and retreated back to where X seating. She quickly crawl up to him like a frighten child. Rina just laughed at Yuna's reaction. She then walks towards where X is sitting and sat beside him.
X laughed a little before turning to Cerveau "Hey Cerveau"
"Yes"
"Tell me about Z drones?" X asked. "What are they anyway? They seem to be everywhere"
Cerveau takes a sip from his cup before turning to X. He shifted a visor a bit, always giving a serious look on his face. "Z drones are the primary fighting force of Neo Arcadian" Cerveau said. "They are built for various roles. Some are soldiers and others as operation support unit"
"It was rumor that the Z drones were actually a copy of their leader"
"Guess he must have a great copyright plan with so many of those drones running around with his design" X chuckles.
"Why do you treat everything a joke?" Rina scolded. "Sometimes you need to be a little bit more serious. By the way here's a little information to keep you updated on our current event" Cerveau passed X a small transparent disk and a small card the shape of a PDA.
"Encyclopedia, great! Guess I'll be going back to school then"
"I'll study with you X" Yuna said, X however just lightly thump on Yuna head. X takes the disk and places it into the device. The LED on the device light up and display a GUI menu to him.
"It got all the latest information regarding politics, technology, cyber-elf, culture and it even has an update of our latest weapon" Cerveau explained.
Yuna blink her eyes, feeling rather curious she touch the screen. The picture change and display the information needed.
"Hmmm... latest Reploid swimsuit collection" X smirk.
"What! Wait a minute! That was never there" Cerveau said, as he quickly looked at the display the option menu.
"Rina's right you need to be serious a little" Cerveau reminded.
"Only when I'm near death" X replied and give the device to Yuna to play with, it seems to keep her occupy. "Say one more thing, who do I bunk mates with?"
"Oh that... err... didn't Ciel arrange for you a quarters?" Cerveau asked.
"Nope"
Cerveau think for a moment. Seems the others are still not very used of having X around the base, it was kind of hard finding a placed for him to go to during the night. He then glances over to his assistance. "Then you can stay with Rina. She has a spare capsule in her quarters" Cerveau said
"Don't worry I don't mind having a guy as a roommate" Rina said with a smile on her face.
"You sure?"
"Sure, or do you rather stay with the chief here" Rina said "He is roommate to old man Andrew and let me tell you this; you won't get much rest with Andrew around. He will make you stay up all night listening to his stories"
"Thanks for the warning"
Rina then remember something and turn to X "By the way Jun sends her greeting and thanks"
"Jun?" X asked confusingly.
"Raynor's communication officer"
"Looks to me you are getting popular with the ladies around here X" Cerveau laughed. This was the first time he see the old reploid laughed.
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Ciel sat, waiting for the computer to finish processing the data collected. She lazily glanced around her desk and found an old picture frame sitting on the far end of her desk. She reaches for the picture frame and look at it. A picture of a crimson reploid holding to a little blond girl about Alouette age, smiling back to the camera.
"Zero" Ciel whispered to her own.
(File update complete) a female voice said. Ciel placed back the picture frame before turning back to the hologram picture display before her.
Ciel studying the new schematic that she obtained from X when she scanned him during his diagnose test earlier ago. To her expectation and knowledge, the design was far different compared to those of Nova. Though she have help in creating Nova, there were some part of the design missing from Nova compared to X and this part is what makes her curious.
With the additional data she gains from Passy's built in scanner she was almost certain that X is not another clone. However, the question still remain the same, how did X get an upgraded look and who or why did they place him in the restricted zone all this time.
"Computer, match the archive record of X from Cain industry and the latest copy of X" Ciel ordered.
(Match complete) the computer replied back with its usual monotone voice.
"What is the result of the two schematic?" a hologram picture of two X appear in front of her and slowly the picture merge into one. Ciel can see it clearly that the exterior design were a far different from the new schematic and the old one. But what she wanted to know was the internal design of both X.
(95.9 match) the computer replied back.
Ciel think for a moment. At such a rate, only could mean one thing. That this is the real X. However she needed more prove before she let her hope to high.
"Computer.... What is the possibility of X being the original X from Cain era?" Ciel asked.
(Error, record stated that X was killed during the end of the fifth Maverick Wars) the computer gave and error message on the screen.
"Override record, what if X was not killed and was actually placed away. What are the possibilities then?"
(99.9)
"From the latest scan, how old is the physical parts from our X?"
(From scan... 50 percent of the parts on X is dated at least over two hundred years...40 percent of exterior body part consist of internal and external armor is less then one hundred years and 10 percent unknown)
"Define unknown"
(Unable to define... material found not match in any record) the computer replied. Error sign blink on the screen.
"Could he be the X I have been searching for?" Ciel mumbles.
"Ciel" a little girl voice called out to her. Ciel turn to find Alouette standing behind her holding to the little stuff rabbit that she made for her when she first found her.
"Alouette" Ciel said "What are you doing here so late, aren't you suppose to be in your capsule with Yuna?"
"Yuna is with X... Ciel can I sleep with you tonight?" Alouette asked.
Ciel just smile back to her and nod. She was getting tired herself and whatever she is doing can wait. X is not going anywhere for a time being. Furthermore she'll need all her strength for tomorrow trip.
"Alright" Ciel said as she shut the system down "Is about time I close shop"
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Author Notes: One thing, X do know how to use a saber, for those who remember X3. The third armor can be configured to use Z saber when fully charged. So X does have some experience with saber.
For those who are a little confused on Rina's design, I actually borrow it from a female Maverick Hunter that appeared after the end of X5. The one in blue.
