Mega Man

Fall of 20XX

Chapter One – Awakening

"It is…complete. My ultimate creation is finally complete." The mad doctor, Albert Wily, looked over the mechanical body that was laid in front of him. Long blonde hair cascaded from the helmet in a ponytail, dark red armor covering the robot's body. A deep blue jewel adorned the front of the helmet, giving a low, ominous glow.

Forte looked over the doctor's creation, then scoffed, "This girly-bot is what you've been working on this whole time? It doesn't even have any weapons systems, you senile old man!" Wily glanced to Forte, frowning at his older creation's lack of respect. "Well then, if you think he is so weak, how about you test his capabilities?" Forte smirked, cracking his knuckles. "This'll be easy. You'd better take note old man! You'll see who the best one is!"

Wily simply rolled his eyes, then spoke toward the red robot, "ZERO unit, activate! Wily number 000!" The jewel on the robot's head lit up, and, glowing normally, the robot's eyes shot open. As the robot sat up, it looked to Wily, showing little interest in this new man. Wily smirked, and spoke in a commanding voice, "Zero unit! This is an exercise to test your combat capabilities. Your target is Forte, understand?" Zero looked to Forte, with no expression apparent in his eyes. Zero hopped to his feet, standing stiff as he watched the other Wily bot.

"Feh, it doesn't even move! Fine, I'll scrap this junk heap then!" Forte wrenched his arm forward, his hand retreating into his right arm buster cannon. "Try this, girly-bot!" Forte fired five buster shots at once toward his master's new creation. Suddenly, Zero shot to life, dashing out and shooting his fists toward the plasma shots. Punching right through them, Zero then grabbed Forte up by the throat, and in one swift movement, slammed the robot down onto the floor with enough force to break the fins of his helmet armor.

Forte roared out in a mix of pain and rage, kicking Zero off of him. Flipping to his feet, Forte yelled out, "Gospel, fuse with me now!" Forte's mechanical wolf, Gospel, teleported in, leaping up into the air as Forte did the same. The two fused, Forte's armor, instead of being yellow and black, now showed a sleek purple color, with large jet-powered wings. Forte looked down at Zero, levitating above the ground. "Let's do this."

Forte dived down at the red one, firing madly as he flew by. Zero flipped away from the crazed robot, as though he was driven purely by reflex and instinct. Forte fired a huge plasma beam out toward Zero as he turned back around. "NOW TRY THIS!" Zero, acting quick, seemed to blur away. Forte looked to his side, seeing Zero standing calmly to his right. "That's it, I'm sick of you!" Forte flew forward, reeling his fist back as he readied himself to ram Zero full force.

The red robot dashed forward in response, heading straight toward Forte. A loud clash of metal was heard, as the both of them stood silent on opposite sides of the room. Forte looked back at Zero, speaking slowly in disbelief. "How?... I'm…the strongest…" Forte fell to the ground, his systems sparking before producing a small explosion, destroying his systems beyond repair.

Zero dropped the power core of Forte, the crystal that was on the robot's chest. Zero crushed it under his foot wordlessly. Soon, a grin crept onto his face, as he started to chuckle with a grim tone, enjoying the concept of his first kill.

"Amazing…You were able to destroy Forte. Up until now, he was my greatest creation, and you were able to terminate him without a sweat. He was becoming troublesome anyway." Wily noticed Zero was looking at him, and the mad scientist smirked. "Ah, you want to kill more, eh Zero? Excellent. I have a few jobs for you, and I think they will help quench your bloodlust." The scientist then laughed loudly, knowing that he would not fail this time...

…He would destroy that meddlesome pest once and for all!