Damien Shepard here. This is the first two stages of my choosing for the Megaman Axl fic. The locations will be told in this fic. So pay attention.
Damien Shepard presents,
Megaman Axl
Episode 1: Thrusted Through Time
Stages 1 and 2
The Maverick Hunters were in their makeshift base.
"Alia, where can we find these Maverick Knights?" Sigma asked.
"Hold on." Alia said. "I'll put them on the monitor."
Sky Tower-An experimental weather machine is being tampered with. Find the source of the problem and eliminate it. Maverick Knight-Hurricane Elephander
Corner Square-A giant beehive has appeared above the center of the Town Square. Investigate it and destroy it. Maverick Knight-Sonic Hornet
Coroner Road-Someone has taken the bridge, causing the city to be isolated from the rest of the world. Utilize a Ride Chaser and take it back. Maverick Knight-Heat Frogoid.
Airship-A mysterious battleship is destroying multiple parts of the city. Find and eliminate the captain behind the assault. Maverick Knight-Rainbow Butterfly
Ice District-The entire Shopping Area has been encased in ice! Find the cause and destroy it. Maverick Knight-Freeze Flipoid
Aqua Lake-A new water amusement park has been turned into a deathtrap. Take it back and destroy the cause of the danger. Maverick Knight-Rain Dolphin
Tribute Park-People are being kidnapped from the memorial, which is under construction. Save the Hostages and find the cause of alarm. Maverick Knight-Jungle Serpentine
Light Station-Someone is trying to destroy the power company that supplies energy to the city. Take back the power company. Maverick Knight-Demon Lilac
"Alright, so where do we go?" Lumine asked.
They decided to investigate the Sky Tower first. Alia volunteered to be the navigator for the Tower.
Sky Tower-Hurricane Elephander
Axl would spearhead the assault, with Sigma and Lumine following.
Ready?
They entered the Tower, unaware of what was in store for them.
They encountered a group of small mechaniloids when they got inside, but they looked different.
"Guys." Alia said through an intercom. "These Mechaniloids seem to be a mix of technology and Demon Larvae. Destroying them should not be hard."
"We're on it, Alia." Sigma said. The Maverick Hunters destroyed the enemies. When they did, they got some strange energy signal.
"Alia, are you reading this?" Lumine asked through his intercom.
"We've seen these readings before. This substance that you are holding in your hands is Leafe." Alia answered.
The Leafe flew into Axl.
"What was that about!" Axl asked.
"I anticipated this. You have a special containment system that is specially made to hold certain energies, including Leafe." Lumine explained.
"So I'm some sort of Leafe storage case?" Axl said.
"That's just one of your "Talents"." Lumine said.
"Well now that we know that, we need to push on." Sigma said, breaking the conversation.
"Right. Alia, we're going on. We'll continue to look for Leafe as we go." Axl said.
"Roger. I'll fill you in on anything you should know." Alia said.
They pushed on through a set of rooms. Soon, the elevator to the top floor was guarded by a giant butterfly-like creature.
"Guys. That's a transport demon. It can carry a specific amount of Leafe depending on its size. And judging from the size, it must be carrying a huge payload." Alia said.
"Roger that, we'll take it out." Sigma said.
Axl tried to shoot it, but the monster dodged every shot. Sigma tried to slash at it, but it was too far away.
"Let me handle this." Lumine said. He pulled out his L-Whip and brought down the monster with a bunch of whip strikes.
The monster fell to the ground and made a large hole.
"What's this?" Axl asked.
"Why don't we find out?" Sigma asked back.
They agreed to find out where the hole led to. At the bottom, they found a strange capsule.
"What's this?" Axl asked.
Lumine chuckled and said, "I figured he would place upgrade capsules where they could be most hidden."
"What are you talking about, Lumine?" Sigma asked.
"Our creator made upgrade capsules to increase Axl's performance." Lumine turned to Axl. "All you need to do is step right in."
"Alright. Here goes nothing." Axl said as he stepped into the capsule. A purple light consumed him, and afterwards, he was decked out in grey armor. The helmet was a little pointier, the armor had a medieval look to it. The arms were the same, but the Axl Bullets now looked like revolvers. The legs had a purple color and had multiple places that showed it.
"What's this!" Axl asked.
"That, for the most part, is your Midline Armor.
"Midline Armor?" Axl asked.
"Remember during the whole Jakob thing where X had his Neutral Armor?"
"Yeah. Are you saying that this is basically my version?"
"Yes. The orange legs are part of the Poseidon Armor. When equipped, you can practically hover in mid-air almost indefinitely."
"Sounds useful." Sigma said.
"It is. He can use it to get across deep chasms." Lumine said.
"Now that I have this new ability, what say we finish our original mission?" Axl said.
"Can do" Sigma said.
"Yeah. Let's go." Lumine said.
They made their way back up the hole and made it to the top floor. When they got there, they couldn't find anything, but that was soon to change.
A large wind came from below the ground, almost blinding the Maverick Hunters. When the wind subsided, they found a large elephant reploid. He was dark blue with some red parts.
"Well, well, well. It seems that I have a few Maverick Hunters in my midst." The maverick said.
"You must be one of the 8 Maverick Knights." Sigma said.
"Correct. I am the Maverick Knight of the Winds, Hurricane Elephander!" the maverick yelled.
"What are you trying to do by sabotaging this new weather generator?" Lumine asked calmly.
"We are trying to instill darkness into the city, whether it be either physical, or emotional." Elephander said.
"Well, that's not going to happen!" Axl said as he aimed his Axl Bullets.
"Heh, well then let's get started shall we?"
Warning! Warning! Warning!
Elephander started the battle off by launching a bunch of miniature tornadoes everywhere. One hit Sigma. He felt some slashes penetrate his armor, but there was no permanent damage. He struck back with a series of sword slashes that knocked Elephander back. Axl and Lumine were able to evade the tornadoes and attempted to attack, but the weapons could not damage anything below Elephander's head. Elephander was able to knock Sigma away, but he was distracted long enough for Axl to jump up and fire at his head. Elephander was about to attack Axl with his trunk, but Lumine was able to get behind him and stop his trunk from attacking with his L-Whip, thus allowing Axl to damage him even more. Axl laid off so Lumine could do some damage. He did by spinning Elephander around and around. When Elephander stopped spinning, he was on his back.
"Alright, let's finish him!" Axl commanded.
They got into the triangular formation and attacked with their weapons again.
"Not like this!" Elephander screamed as he blew up. He was destroyed instantly. The Wind Leafe that he had piled up scattered and flew into the Maverick Hunters
"Alia, we've secured Sky Tower. We're heading back." Axl said on his communicator.
"Roger. We await your return." Alia said.
Mission Complete.
They made their way back to the makeshift base.
Weapons Gained
Axl-Tornado Launcher-Fires miniature tornadoes at any enemy in its way. Can lift some enemies into the air.
Sigma-Gale Spiral-Sigma spins upward, causing Wind Leafe to blow in all directions. Has good range, and can lift some enemies into the air.
Lumine-Kaze Wave-Lumine waves the L-Whip and a wave of Wind Leafe heads in a straight direction, increases in size as it goes.
Later, at the base…
"Nice work out there." Signas said.
"Thanks, General. Now can someone tell us what happened to the Prètear?" Axl asked.
"The Prètear fought against an enemy known as the Princess of Disaster." Takako answered.
"Princess of Disaster?" Sigma asked.
"Me." Takako simply said. "Or rather, formerly me."
"What do you mean formerly?" Sigma asked.
"I was consumed by my inner demons. I became an evil being. The Prètear saved me, but in turn, she died."
"It must be painful for you to remember that." Lumine said.
"Yes." Takako said.
Next, The Maverick Hunters decided to take down the Airship next. This time, Pallette agreed to be the navigator, while Sigma volunteered to lead the charge.
Airship-Rainbow Butterfly
The Maverick Hunters hitched a ride on a zeppelin. The battleship noticed the zeppelin and destroyed it, but not before they could get inside the ship.
Ready?
"Alright. I'll let you know what to do. You just be careful." Pallette said.
"Right. Alright everyone, let's make it happen!" Sigma said.
The other two nodded their heads, then proceeded to move on. They moved through a hallway with spider-like mechailoid hybrids, but it was nothing that Axl couldn't handle. Soon, they found themselves at the ship's main core.
"That must be the core." Lumine said.
"If that goes, so does this whole ship! We have to take it down." Axl said.
A warning sound came. The core's defenses came to life.
"Uh-Oh. Looks like the defenses have kicked in. Let's finish this fast." Sigma said.
Axl and Lumine agreed to hold off the core defenses while Sigma handled the core itself. Sigma slashed it multiple times, but he decided to finish it by trying the Gale Spiral. The Core exploded in a flash of colors. But the Airship was still flying.
"Like, nice try, Maverick Hunters. But you've only destroyed the weapons core. Now I have to pull back much earlier then I thought." A voice from an intercom came.
"That must be the captain. We've got to get to the main hold." Axl said.
"You don't need to tell me twice." Sigma said.
"They started making their way to the Captain's hold. About halfway there, Pallette spoke up
"Hold it, guys. I'm reading an alternate pathway. Try to find some sort of crack." Pallette said.
Lumine found it and summarily attacked the crack. Sure enough, there was an upgrade capsule there.
"A capsule! Here!" Sigma asked surprisingly.
"Step in, Axl. You'll like what you'll get out of this one.
Axl did just that. A Crimson light consumed him, and when he stepped out, the body part of the Midline Armor was colored dark red.
"That is the Body Armor part for the Ares Armor. With this, the damage you take is cut by ¾." Lumine described.
"This will come in handy." Axl said.
"Now let's get the Maverick Knight, before anymore damage is done." Sigma said.
"Alright." Axl and Lumine said in unison.
They made their way to the captain's quarters, where they found the Maverick Knight. She was a Butterfly reploid that was golden with eye patterns on her wings.
"Oh my god! You've like, found me!"
"I take it you're the Maverick Knight controlling the Airship?" Sigma asked.
"You're right! "I'm, like, the Maverick Knight of Light, Rainbow Butterfly!" the Maverick then started to chatter incessantly.
"She sure is talkative." Lumine said.
"If that's the way to put it." Sigma said.
"I say that we take her down. What better way to shut her up."
"True." Sigma said, complying with Axl.
"Anyway, let's fight!" Butterfly said, finally finishing her talk.
Warning! Warning! Warning!
Axl took no chances in fighting her, so he decided to pull out the Tornado Launcher. He aimed straight at Rainbow Butterfly and hit her with some good force. Sigma then used the Gale Spiral and literally took her for a spin. She came back by having the eye patterns on her wings shoot beams of light. They were able to get out of the way, and Lumine countered with a Kaze Wave right in her face. She was knocked onto a nearby wall, and fell down unconscious. Sigma decided to use another Gale Spiral and flung her to the middle of the room.
"Now let's finish her off!" Sigma said.
They got into triangular formation and pulled off the EXF on her.
"You're, like, too strong!" Rainbow Butterfly yelled as she was destroyed. Her Light Leafe flew to the Maverick Hunters. But before they could celebrate, a siren went off.
"Guys! The Airship is going down! It's going to make a splash landing in the river near the bridge, so it shouldn't cause any collateral damage. Still, you need to evacuate FAST!" Pallette said.
"You heard the girl, let's jet, fast!" Sigma yelled.
They made their way out of the Airship. They barely got out through an escape pod before the Airship fell into the river.
Mission Complete.Weapons Gained
Axl-Gold Beam-Fires a large, rapid beam. Can illuminate dark places.
Sigma-Blinding Pillar-Sigma's fist glows with Light Leafe, and slams it down onto the ground, causing a pillar of light to destroy any enemy in the vicinity. Causes extreme damage.
Lumine-Light Spin-Lumine spins the L-Whip the right way and it glows causing a bunch of Light Leafe to be thrown everywhere. Can illuminate dark places.
Later at the base…
"So, you were the Princess of Disaster? What happened?" Axl asked Takako.
"I fell in love with the leader of the Leafe Knights. But he didn't return my feelings. I was so heartbroken, I guess that's how I became it." Takako answered.
"So did you kill him?" Lumine asked.
"Fortunately not. Sasame, however, turned on his fellow comrades, and became my Dark Knight."
"Sounds like there was hell to pay." Sigma said.
"There was." Sasame said from behind.
Stages 3 & 4 Coming Soon