Love Alia!
Chapter 6
"Wait A Minute!"
By MEGAMANX411
As X was napping on the couch, Alia took some time to enjoy a nice coffee break. After all, it wasn't often that she got to enjoy some nice, relaxing moments to herself. That was something she wanted above all else. Peace and quiet were two things in which her life was greatly lacking. But with X around, she didn't really have to worry. He was generally kind and considerate, and rarely raised his voice or made a scene. Alia smiled warmly at the thought, and then wondered just how in the heck Pallette managed to get everyone out of the house.
Alia then looked over on the desk to see some files from work. At her navigation job, Alia was the original navigator, and thus had access to all files in the Maverick Hunter database. When she joined the Maverick Hunter organization, there had already been some Maverick incidents, so she still had to file them and report them...that included many Mavericks such as Vile and the X-Hunters. The X-Hunters were a trio of Mavericks bent on the destruction of X, and they were tough...at least, based on the reports filed at Maverick Hunter HQ.
Technically speaking, X was the only one to have actually met the X-Hunters face to face. Zero wasn't exactly "all there" so to speak, so he hadn't really met them personally. Even so, the record of X facing them was filed in the base. Many times to get a more comprehensive record of battle data and to investigate the Maverick phenomenon, files would also include the audio and visual data of the hunter who took down the Maverick. In this case, some of X's data was inputted into the Maverick Hunter HQ database.
(Author's Note: I am well aware that X was the only one to have fought the X-Hunters in Mega Man X2, but you think they would have files of his encounter at Maverick Hunter HQ).
"I wonder why these are here?" Alia whispered.
All of the sudden, a loud explosion rocked the resort house. X was flung from his couch and slammed into the wall. His body then lazily rolled onto the floor, and he groggily picked himself back up. He rubbed his head and winced his eyes as he tried to grasp the situation at hand. It's not every day that an explosion rocks you out of bed.
"I'll be up in a minute mom...just give me five more minutes..." X muttered, trying to fall back asleep.
Alia rolled her eyes in annoyance and gave X an unamused stare.
"X! This is no time to go back to sleep!" Alia shouted.
X's eyes immediately shot open and his body jerked back awake. He rubbed his eyes to remove any fatigue from his system, and then started to focus on what was going on. Three figures slowly entered the room, but it took a moment for X to recognize who they were. He winced his eyes again and focused to realize that these three who stood before him were actually the X-Hunters. Or at least, they had the resemblance of them. He had no idea if he was merely dreaming or if they were actually brought back somehow.
"Whatis going on...?" X whispered, still confused.
"Grab the girl!"Serges shouted, pointing over to Alia.
The other two X-Hunters didn't budge an inch.Serges then looked at both Violen and Agile with an annoyed an expression. He waited another moment. Violen then looked got a confused look on his face and looked back at Serges. Agile did the same.
"Uh...which one of us?" Violen asked.
"That doesn't matter you idiot! To make things more clear...ONE of you, get the girl who is standing right over there sipping coffee! How much easier can I make it for you? Do I have to spell it out? Or perhaps even that's too difficult!" Serges screamed, obviously at wit's end.
X then stood in front of Alia and spread his arms out. He didn't exactly comprehend the depth of the situation, but he did understand that he wouldn't allow for one of his friends to be in danger.
"Now hold on. I don't know what you're doing here...but I've beaten you before, and I'll do it again if I have to. Just what to you want with Alia?" X asked.
Violen and Agile shrugged their shoulders. They clearly had no idea. They looked back at Serges for an answer.
"Um...I don't know. You have any idea, Serges?" Agile asked.
"Because we were told to, you idiot! Now get to it!" Serges shouted, pointing back to Alia.
"Right, right, we're on it. Take a chill pill old man!" Agile snapped back.
"What was that?" Serges shouted, walking up behind Agile and smacking him upside the head.
Before X could even do anything else, Serges and Agile began to have a brawl right in front of him. And for some reason he could've comprehend, Violen walked into it too. Guess he felt like "everyone was doing it" or something along those lines. X rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, looked over at Alia, and then looked back at the X-Hunters, who were apparently nearing the end of their internal feud.
"Ok...got that out of your systems?" X asked.
"Don't talk down to us!" Violen shouted.
"Look, I don't know why you were told to take Alia, but I'm not going to let you. So you better get out of here. I don't want to have to fight you, but I will if you insist," X answered.
Alia had seen X fight before. She had watched records of his battles and even aided him in battle before. But still she couldn't help but think of his actions anything less than noble. She had to admit it was nice to see him act heroic instead of groveling by Zero's feet all the time. Just as Alia finished her thought, however, Agile rushed at X with all his might, his sword leaving his sheath in a split second.
X quickly grabbed Alia and rolled to the side with her. Agile's sword split the table they were standing by in two, but he then rushed after X again. Xthen grabbed Agile's head and slammed it on the ground just in time to give his attention to Violen, who was barreling down at him.
"WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE!"X shouted.
Everyone immediately froze and stared at X.
"Shouldn't we take this outside? We don't want to ruin all the furniture..."X offered.
The X-Hunters shrugged their shoulders and walked outside, with X following after. X turned back to Alia and gave her a smile.
"This'll only take a few moments. Sorry about the table though," X muttered, walking out the door.
X then back out to face the X-Hunters once again. He couldn't tell why, but he felt like they were weaker this time around. They didn't seem to be at their original strength. Which could mean a couple of things, but either way, it was fortunate for him. He wouldn't have as much trouble taking on all three of them at once then.
Agile tried to do his same attack again, but X did a roundhouse kick and knocked the tall X-Hunter back before he had the chance to pull off any sort of attack. Before Agile could even hit the ground, X quickly blasted at him, knocking Agile's body even farther back, and sending him sailing back into Serges, toppling him over. Violen tried to barrel down on top of X again, but the blue bomber dashed around behind the large foe and elbowed him in the back of the head, sending him crashing to the ground.
X then bent over, picked Violen up, and tossed him over at Agile and Serges, who were still struggling to get up at the time. The trio were looking ragged already. However, they all got back up, and this time, a large ball and chain emerged from Violen's back. He shot it forward, and at the same time, Serges shot some energy balls while Agile flung a beam from his sword. X quickly dashed to avoid the energy attacks, and then used his buster to deflect the large projectile that was coming towards him.
The spiked ball then shot back and smacked Violen straight in the chest, causing it to rip a hole through him. Agile tried another sword attack, but X managed to knock the sword out of Agile's grip. X quickly grabbed the sword before it fell to the ground and used it back to slice Agile in two before giving his attention to Serges, who he simply blasted with a shot from his X-Buster.
"Huh...that was far easier than I expected..." X muttered.
Alia then walked outside to see that X had already taken care of things. Her eyes widened to see that there was minimal damage everywhere else. The only real casualty they suffered was the table...but hey, that was a cool table.
"X, are you alright?" Alia asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. They didn't even really hit me. What about you, are you ok Alia?" X asked, looking a little worried.
"Yeah, it's ok. Thank you..." Alia answered, smiling.
"Well hey, it's my job you know. You should know that better than anyone, you've been helping me for a long time!" X replied cheerfully.
"Yeah, I guess so. I suppose I've just never become accustomed to being saved, heh..." Alia muttered, blushing a little.
X placed his hand on Alia's shoulder and smiled back at her. He enjoyed spending time with her, and she was a valuable ally, so X did admit that he would rather have her around. Her loss would be something that X would have trouble coping with.
"Well, I'm glad you're ok. Tell you what, I'll fix whatever damage is in the house, and you can go back to enjoying your coffee break, ok?" X asked.
"That's so sweet of you X," Alia replied, still smiling. "But...why doyou think the X-Hunters came back here?"
"I don't know, really. They were a lot weaker than before though. They just seem like cheap replicas. So I would assume it wasn't anything big. If it was, they would've been far more challenging. This was way too poorly thought out to be some big plot," X reasoned.
X and Alia walked back into the house, and X got to work on fixing up the table that Agile managed to slice in half. Meanwhile, Alia went back to enjoying her nice break. She did offer to help X a few times, but he declined and even offered to make her lunch as payment for the trouble that they went through. Meanwhile, a figure just outside smiled brightly.
"Hmm...things are looking up! Now I wonder how Zero and Layer are faring at the concert...?"
Well, well! It looks as though the X-Hunters weren't too much ofa challenge. But what about their employer? What is his intent? Or her intent? And what's in store for Zero and Layer? And what about Axl? What other events are X in company in for?
More will be revealed in Love Alia, Chapter 7!
