Love Alia!
Chapter 5
"Unexpected Guests!"
By MEGAMANX411

Slowly, a long, black car pulled up to the resort. The door swung open, and for a moment, nothing emerged. The car then shook back and forth a little bit as figures struggled to get out of it. They all seemed to try to leave at once and got stuck in the door. So after some time was spent trying to organize who would exit the car first, the three figures were revealed in the sunlight. One was tall and lanky, and his face drooped with a kind of mock sadness. At his side was an energy sword.

The next was shorter than the first, but his girth more than made up for it. His body was incredibly stout and powerful, and his massive arms seemed almost ridiculous in comparison to his short, stubby legs. The third was even shorter, and almost everything about his stature was tiny. His tiny arms and legs were accentuated by a small body which hid underneath a black cloak. The three figures looked at each other for a moment in silence. They then looked back at a pile of bags before looking back at one another.

"So...Agile," said the tiny figure to the tallest one, "how about getting the bags?"

"Why doesn't Violen do it, Serges?"Agile replied, motioning to the buff figure.

"I say you do it Agile!" Violen answered, waving his arms.

"Shut your mouth you!" Agile replied, smacking him across the face.

Violen made a face in reply and got up to Agile's face.

"Oh yeah?" Violen answered.

"Yeah!" Agile shot back, slapping him again.

"Oh that's it!" Serges shouted, hitting both Violen and Agile.

The three figures stared at each other hostilely for a minute, their eyes flashing with rage. It was clear they were all agitated and would more than gladly beat the everloving crap out of the first thing they saw. They were...the X-Hunters. At least that's what it seemed like, but X defeated them a long time ago. What were they doing back now? Well, unfortunately for X, he was unaware of the new guests coming, mainly because he was dealing with his own torment. And that was cleaning the house.

Zero was running him ragged, making sure each task X did was more miserable and amusing (to Zero, at least) than the previous one. Many times he recorded it with a camera, or he had Axl go ahead and set up some kind of elaborate trap for X to get tangled up in. X was still pondering on that idea Alia had, and it seemed to get better and better with each passing moment. Little did he now that someone beside Zero had a little plan for X as well. The three X-Hunters approached the house and they came to their employer.

"OK, so you just want us to go attack X?" Violen asked.

Agile smacked Violen upside the head and immediately cut him off.

"Of course that's it you dolt! Why else do you think we were hired?" Agile snapped.

"Oh, a wise guy eh?" Violen replied.

"That's enough from both of you!" Serges shouted, smacking both of his accomplices.

Serges then turned back to his employer and bowed.

"Please forgive them for that. So, you just want us to go and attack X? What about Zero?" Serges asked.

"I'll take care of that. The fight will just be you against X and another person," the figure replied.

"Who? Who else are we supposed to fight?" Violen asked.

"It doesn't matter if I would tell you, you don't know who she is anyway. I'll take care of it, you just do your job. When the time comes, I'll signal you," the figure replied, walking away.

As the figure walked away, the three X-Hunters looked at each other, visibly confused. They all shrugged their shoulders in unison, but decided to trust in their employer for the moment. Besides, they got to fight X, so that was an added plus. Meanwhile, back in the house, X was laying on the couch. He was completely wiped out from working all day, while Zero and Axl were playing video games.

"B! Press the B button!" Zero shouted, trying to grab the controller from Axl.

"I'm trying, I'm trying! Dr. Wily is really hard! And how come Mega Man is so slow?" Axl replied.

Suddenly, Pallete came into the room with her usual cheery mood and bright smile. She noticed X laying down on the couch and decided to avoid him, and walked over to Axl and Zero. She bent down beside them and presented some tickets.

"Hey...are those...?" Zero asked, his eyes going wide.

"Yup, tickets to a Green Day concert. You want to go? I had these extra tickets laying around, and I didn't want to go. How about you take Layer with you too?" Pallette asked.

"Sure, alright," Zero replied, nodding his head.

Zero quickly ran over and asked Layer if she wanted to go with him. She fell completely silent for a moment, but thankfully managed to give Zero a confirmation through a simple nod of her head. She blushed a bit, but she lowered her face to hide it. Of course, Zero didn't really notice (or care), and grabbed her by the arm as he ran out the door. Axl then gave Pallette a funny look. After all, she presented Zero and Layer with a nice gift, and he was wondering where his was.

"Don't I get anything?" Axl asked.

"Axl, you'll hurt my feelings! Don't think I forgot about you!" Pallette replied, smiling.

Pallette then presented Axl with a movie ticket. She smiled slyly as she saw Axl's eyes light up brightly.

"How does tickets to seethe Mega Man X movie sound?" Pallette asked.

(Author's Note: Come on, Mega Man X and company are popular...you think they'd at least have one movie by the year 21XX, right?)

"Aww man...I've been wanting to see that for a LOOONG time, but it's been sold out! And I want to see who plays me!" Axl asked.

Axl greedily snatched up the ticket and bolted out the door. Pallette then turned back to see X still sleeping on the couch. She smiled at him, and then looked over to the stairs to see Alia walking by.

"Hi Pallette. Where'd everyone else go?" Alia asked.

"They just went out. I think I'll go for a walk myself," Pallette replied, stretching as she walked out the door.

"Huh...guess it's just me and X here then," Alia observed.

Alia looked over to see X sound asleep. Zero had been running him ragged, so it was about time X caught a break. Alia decided just to let him take a nap, while she fixed herself something to drink. She really didn't have any plans for the day, so she thought she might just relax at the resort while everyone else was gone. It might give her a chance to have some peace and quiet, at the very least. Or that's what she hoped at least. Meanwhile, outside...

"There it is! The signal!" Agile shouted.

"Time to get to work boys!" Serges added, visibly pleased.


What does this mean for X? And what about Alia! She's the only other person home...is this what the X-Hunters' employer intended? Find out next time in Love Alia, chapter 6!