This is based loosely on the events of MMZ and MMZ2 so in no way do I own anything that belongs to Capcom. I only own the games and the comic books. Yep, I got the comic books. They're in Chinese though and I had them for at least thirteen years. Dang, I gotta get the new ones...
Official Disclaimer: In no way do I, Kingkazul400, own anything by Capcom that is related to Megaman. The only thing I'll probably own from Capcom is probably their games and probably their stock in the future.
Important Note: This takes place after MMZ so many of you will be confused. MMZ2 is when it'll be mostly written about.
Sairn: I'm the muse and you'll never see me in these cruddy Megaman fics of his!
Don't make me hurt you, ya liddle stupid muse!
Sairn: Who ya callin' liddle?
Look who's talking! I'm talled than you by at least a foot!
Sairn: Drat...
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Chapter 2: The Return of the Legend
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Ciel bent over to study a part of her computer screen. More and more incomprehensible data was collected together in a hodge-podge onto her screen yet she was able to decipher it completely and correctly. All within a few seconds.
"And that should do it," she murmured as she finished typing and correcting a few data files. Her new energy source, which is currently unnamed, was to be the replacement of the age old energy known as Energeon.
Energeon had been around for almost the same length of time as the legend of the original Mega Man had been around. Entire wars had been fought by man and Reploids just for the pure blue energy crystals. Ciel had correctly deciphered why Neo-Arcadia were cracking down harder on so-called "Mavericks", or Reploids that had broken the basic "Laws of Robotics."
Those corporate geezers were intent only on keeping most or all of the Energeon that could be synthesized from the dwindling resources for only the humans. It was such a small wonder why many Reploids spoke out and were quickly "retired".
Leaning back in her swivel chair, the blonde haired scientist stared at the ceiling. Many thoughts and experiments spun through her highly trained brain. But there was one that was sticking out like a Maverick in the depths of Neo-Arcadia.
Zero, the Legendary Red Warrior.
Giving a heavy sigh, Dr. Ciel got up and reached for the beverage machine. Pressing the code for a cup of coffee, her thoughts still remained around the Reploid who had saved her.
It was almost a year since the Red Warrior was last seen leaving the Transerver. Small reports from other guerilla factions had let Ciel know where the general whereabouts of Zero had been seen.
She had joined her fellow Reploid Resistance guerillas to find the hidden underground laboratory where ancient documents had pinpointed the last site where Zero was rumored to be last seen. They had tried before to break through the thick wall of X-Drones to get there but it was worth it.
Almost worth all the lives of the guerillas.
Ciel's coffee was done and she picked up the hot liquid. Blowly gently to cool it down somewhat, the scientist's mind continued to dance from Zero to the new energy source.
Why had Zero leave them after he had toppled Copy X from his digital throne? Why? The answers, all ranging from the logical to the ludicrous, all pointed at one thing.
Zero was on a journey.
Ciel's mind then jumped to the correct conclusion. How could she miss it? How could she not know of it earlier?
Zero was on a journey to rediscover who he truly was.
Ciel's gloved hands dropped her coffee as she jumped at the loud emergency claxon. Moving quickly next to the door, she heard a knock.
"Who is it?" she said in her cautious manner. Her hand strayed to the Stun Blaster at her belt.
Zero had given it to her before he left for Neo-Arcadia...
"It's me, Morris, miss Ciel!" a male voice replied nonchalantly. "Sorry about the claxon going off earlier. Elpizo was a little excited when the techs finished installing it. You know how the new commander is like." Ciel grinned at the mentioning of the new commander.
"Well, tell Elpizo that he's going to lose his new job if he doesn't keep a certain scientist in the base from jumping at every single thing he does." Ciel replied as her hands pressed against her hips in a sassy attitude.
"Yes ma'am!" Morris said. Faint footsteps were heard as Ciel grinned. Morris was a recent addition to the Resistance and the new fellows were usually scared and shy. Morris was one of the few exceptions.
Turning her mind back to the research at hand, Ciel slip into her chair and continued typing.
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Dust and sand layed about Zero as he struggled against the strong wind. The burlap cloak wrapped around him provided some cover against the abrasive matter. While most parts of the Red Warrior was still in fine condition, the rest of him was below optimal.
It had been almost a year since he, Zero, had chose to take a different path from Ciel. He still fights against Neo-Arcadia but these battles have lost meaning for him. Zero knows that to find his purpose, he should find Ciel and the Reploid Resistance. Somehow.
"Darn sand, darn desert, darn..." Zero muttered more and more "colorful language" that Ciel once commented. The radar system on his helmet then picked up more life signs. Lots of them.
"... darn drones." He finished softly as he glanced behind him. X Drones, possibly the Alpha variety, were catching up with him. The sandstorm slowly abatted while Zero struggled to move ahead.
The X Drones had been tailing the Red Warrior ever since he blew apart Copy X almost a year ago. The final command from their leader was burned into their circuitry ever since the pirated version of his friend had fallen.
Many different types of X Drones had tailed him since. The primary type, though, was the Alpha Type. These gun-toting bastards had been fighting against Zero ever since he was released from hibernation mode. These fellows had marksmanship that were better than X's and almost equaled Zero's own skill.
"Target sighted," the lead drone emitted in its monotone voice. Zero wished he could just run but he must fight. "Target to be retired. All battle platoons attack."
Zero threw away his cloak and glared harshly at the rapidly advancing Alpha Types.
Charging his Z-Cannon, he muttered, "Let's go..."
He dashed for cover as the firing began. More and more yellow plasma blasts struck around him as he took refuge behind a wall. Firing the fully charge plasma blast, he brought out his Z-Saber. The green plasma saber was still intact yet pieces of circuitry were beginning to poke out from beneath missing metal plates.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" Zero bellowed as he came out of the cover and slashed somewhat haphazadly. His skill was still sharp but this maneuver was most effective against whole hoards of X Drones. Many Alpha Types were quickly cut down but more and more replaced them.
"This is insanity!" Zero yelled as realization struck him. There was no way that he is going to be able to topple all the remaining X Drones with only half the energy he had when he emerged from hibernation. It was time to do something he had done many times already.
It was time to haul ass.
"Take this, you stupid piece of metal!" Zero yelled as he bum rushed a small squad of X Drones. The leader of the squad raised his cannon to aim and fire but Zero's saber took care of him. The green plasma saber swept cleanly through the drone's midriff, severing it in half.
"Target... sighted. Command: ... Destroy... Target." The leader droned in a halting manner while Zero cleaned off the rest of the squad. The red eye on the head dimmed as the power source was quickly expended. Preventing termination can greatly drain one's power source, Zero had learned many years ago.
When he finally dusted off the remaining platoon, he sighted more and more drones on his staticky radar. Judging from the noise being generated and the energy waves compared to others on his data files, the other types of X Drones were coming.
Zero gathered up more Energeon crystals as he hurried to leave. A long-time wound on his leg caused him to stumble a little as he tried to hasten away from the source. He tripped and fell face first, a little ahead of a building.
"Curses..." Zero muttered when he got up and saw a Alpha, a Beta, and Gamma type aiming their crosshairs at him. Zero felt a loud rumble behind him and he glanced at it. A large vice blasted out of it and he immediately dropped to the ground. The three X Drones fired at the vice but the blasts were knocked aside. The crunching of metal piercing metal was all that Zero heard while he crawled away from the quickly collapsing building.
The building was finally knocked over and a large scorpion-like drone revealed itself. The vise swept back to the area where the jaws would have been. The eyes flashed yellow as it scanned Zero and promptly chased the Red Warrior.
"Out of the frying pan," Zero yelled as he dodged several blasts of plasma energy. "And into the fire!"
The beam saber was now exclusively useless. The vise would snap together if Zero stayed in one place too long. He had better move fast.
"Target acquired," said the monotone voice on the scorpion drone. "Locking onto target. Launch Stinger." Zero had barely enough time to dodge the big stinger on the tail of the mechanical beast. It pierced through the ground and the behemoth struggled to rip it out of the earth.
Zero continued to dodge the beast in a such manner until he suddenly tripped, thanks to his leg wound. Gnashing his teeth in pain, Zero knew what was next. The vice was coming at him.
By mere chance, his energy suddenly jumped up and he too jumped, just barely inched high enough to dodge the vice edge. The cannons were attached to the magnetic vice and they were only pointed in one direct. Seizing this extremely lucky chance, Zero brought out his Z-Saber and leaped onto the beast's head.
"My target," Zero yelled as he poured much of his energy into his saber. "Is acquired!" He plunged the blade deep into the scorpion drone's main circuitry. A great blast of energy knocked Zero off into the air, his beam saber deactivated.
Landing hard onto the packed desert ground, Zero tried to get up but he layed supine on the ground. His chest heaved up and down as he struggled to get back up. The scorpion beast was no more but he may be no more.
The sky was so blue and so beautiful...
"Somehow, I-- I did it." Zero said as he stared at the desert sky. "But... It... It cost me everything..."
The crystal on Zero's head flashed briefly as he passed out. The desert storm picked up again, this time slowly. A great wave of sand nearly covered him before a new arrival dropped in.
A green Reploid just mere inches taller than Zero landed onto the coarse ground next to the unconscious Reploid. Kicking the supine form of the Red Warrior, the green Reploid smirked.
"Hm..." said the green Reploid. "Zero... To live or die? Hm..."
The sandstorm continued to roar around the two.
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Sairn: I still say these fics suck!
Well that's just your opinion you stupid liddle muse!
Sairn: I'm gonna ram a Z-Saber up yer rear if you don't shut up!
I'm gonna kill you! *grabs a spare Z-Cannon and blows Sairn apart*
Sairn: *cough cough* Pansy...
(^_^) Who cares! I won!
Sairn: If you readers want to keep me alive, don't review!
*stomps on his 5' 2" muse* SHUT UP! Just read and review!
Official Disclaimer: In no way do I, Kingkazul400, own anything by Capcom that is related to Megaman. The only thing I'll probably own from Capcom is probably their games and probably their stock in the future.
Important Note: This takes place after MMZ so many of you will be confused. MMZ2 is when it'll be mostly written about.
Sairn: I'm the muse and you'll never see me in these cruddy Megaman fics of his!
Don't make me hurt you, ya liddle stupid muse!
Sairn: Who ya callin' liddle?
Look who's talking! I'm talled than you by at least a foot!
Sairn: Drat...
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Chapter 2: The Return of the Legend
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Ciel bent over to study a part of her computer screen. More and more incomprehensible data was collected together in a hodge-podge onto her screen yet she was able to decipher it completely and correctly. All within a few seconds.
"And that should do it," she murmured as she finished typing and correcting a few data files. Her new energy source, which is currently unnamed, was to be the replacement of the age old energy known as Energeon.
Energeon had been around for almost the same length of time as the legend of the original Mega Man had been around. Entire wars had been fought by man and Reploids just for the pure blue energy crystals. Ciel had correctly deciphered why Neo-Arcadia were cracking down harder on so-called "Mavericks", or Reploids that had broken the basic "Laws of Robotics."
Those corporate geezers were intent only on keeping most or all of the Energeon that could be synthesized from the dwindling resources for only the humans. It was such a small wonder why many Reploids spoke out and were quickly "retired".
Leaning back in her swivel chair, the blonde haired scientist stared at the ceiling. Many thoughts and experiments spun through her highly trained brain. But there was one that was sticking out like a Maverick in the depths of Neo-Arcadia.
Zero, the Legendary Red Warrior.
Giving a heavy sigh, Dr. Ciel got up and reached for the beverage machine. Pressing the code for a cup of coffee, her thoughts still remained around the Reploid who had saved her.
It was almost a year since the Red Warrior was last seen leaving the Transerver. Small reports from other guerilla factions had let Ciel know where the general whereabouts of Zero had been seen.
She had joined her fellow Reploid Resistance guerillas to find the hidden underground laboratory where ancient documents had pinpointed the last site where Zero was rumored to be last seen. They had tried before to break through the thick wall of X-Drones to get there but it was worth it.
Almost worth all the lives of the guerillas.
Ciel's coffee was done and she picked up the hot liquid. Blowly gently to cool it down somewhat, the scientist's mind continued to dance from Zero to the new energy source.
Why had Zero leave them after he had toppled Copy X from his digital throne? Why? The answers, all ranging from the logical to the ludicrous, all pointed at one thing.
Zero was on a journey.
Ciel's mind then jumped to the correct conclusion. How could she miss it? How could she not know of it earlier?
Zero was on a journey to rediscover who he truly was.
Ciel's gloved hands dropped her coffee as she jumped at the loud emergency claxon. Moving quickly next to the door, she heard a knock.
"Who is it?" she said in her cautious manner. Her hand strayed to the Stun Blaster at her belt.
Zero had given it to her before he left for Neo-Arcadia...
"It's me, Morris, miss Ciel!" a male voice replied nonchalantly. "Sorry about the claxon going off earlier. Elpizo was a little excited when the techs finished installing it. You know how the new commander is like." Ciel grinned at the mentioning of the new commander.
"Well, tell Elpizo that he's going to lose his new job if he doesn't keep a certain scientist in the base from jumping at every single thing he does." Ciel replied as her hands pressed against her hips in a sassy attitude.
"Yes ma'am!" Morris said. Faint footsteps were heard as Ciel grinned. Morris was a recent addition to the Resistance and the new fellows were usually scared and shy. Morris was one of the few exceptions.
Turning her mind back to the research at hand, Ciel slip into her chair and continued typing.
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Dust and sand layed about Zero as he struggled against the strong wind. The burlap cloak wrapped around him provided some cover against the abrasive matter. While most parts of the Red Warrior was still in fine condition, the rest of him was below optimal.
It had been almost a year since he, Zero, had chose to take a different path from Ciel. He still fights against Neo-Arcadia but these battles have lost meaning for him. Zero knows that to find his purpose, he should find Ciel and the Reploid Resistance. Somehow.
"Darn sand, darn desert, darn..." Zero muttered more and more "colorful language" that Ciel once commented. The radar system on his helmet then picked up more life signs. Lots of them.
"... darn drones." He finished softly as he glanced behind him. X Drones, possibly the Alpha variety, were catching up with him. The sandstorm slowly abatted while Zero struggled to move ahead.
The X Drones had been tailing the Red Warrior ever since he blew apart Copy X almost a year ago. The final command from their leader was burned into their circuitry ever since the pirated version of his friend had fallen.
Many different types of X Drones had tailed him since. The primary type, though, was the Alpha Type. These gun-toting bastards had been fighting against Zero ever since he was released from hibernation mode. These fellows had marksmanship that were better than X's and almost equaled Zero's own skill.
"Target sighted," the lead drone emitted in its monotone voice. Zero wished he could just run but he must fight. "Target to be retired. All battle platoons attack."
Zero threw away his cloak and glared harshly at the rapidly advancing Alpha Types.
Charging his Z-Cannon, he muttered, "Let's go..."
He dashed for cover as the firing began. More and more yellow plasma blasts struck around him as he took refuge behind a wall. Firing the fully charge plasma blast, he brought out his Z-Saber. The green plasma saber was still intact yet pieces of circuitry were beginning to poke out from beneath missing metal plates.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaah!" Zero bellowed as he came out of the cover and slashed somewhat haphazadly. His skill was still sharp but this maneuver was most effective against whole hoards of X Drones. Many Alpha Types were quickly cut down but more and more replaced them.
"This is insanity!" Zero yelled as realization struck him. There was no way that he is going to be able to topple all the remaining X Drones with only half the energy he had when he emerged from hibernation. It was time to do something he had done many times already.
It was time to haul ass.
"Take this, you stupid piece of metal!" Zero yelled as he bum rushed a small squad of X Drones. The leader of the squad raised his cannon to aim and fire but Zero's saber took care of him. The green plasma saber swept cleanly through the drone's midriff, severing it in half.
"Target... sighted. Command: ... Destroy... Target." The leader droned in a halting manner while Zero cleaned off the rest of the squad. The red eye on the head dimmed as the power source was quickly expended. Preventing termination can greatly drain one's power source, Zero had learned many years ago.
When he finally dusted off the remaining platoon, he sighted more and more drones on his staticky radar. Judging from the noise being generated and the energy waves compared to others on his data files, the other types of X Drones were coming.
Zero gathered up more Energeon crystals as he hurried to leave. A long-time wound on his leg caused him to stumble a little as he tried to hasten away from the source. He tripped and fell face first, a little ahead of a building.
"Curses..." Zero muttered when he got up and saw a Alpha, a Beta, and Gamma type aiming their crosshairs at him. Zero felt a loud rumble behind him and he glanced at it. A large vice blasted out of it and he immediately dropped to the ground. The three X Drones fired at the vice but the blasts were knocked aside. The crunching of metal piercing metal was all that Zero heard while he crawled away from the quickly collapsing building.
The building was finally knocked over and a large scorpion-like drone revealed itself. The vise swept back to the area where the jaws would have been. The eyes flashed yellow as it scanned Zero and promptly chased the Red Warrior.
"Out of the frying pan," Zero yelled as he dodged several blasts of plasma energy. "And into the fire!"
The beam saber was now exclusively useless. The vise would snap together if Zero stayed in one place too long. He had better move fast.
"Target acquired," said the monotone voice on the scorpion drone. "Locking onto target. Launch Stinger." Zero had barely enough time to dodge the big stinger on the tail of the mechanical beast. It pierced through the ground and the behemoth struggled to rip it out of the earth.
Zero continued to dodge the beast in a such manner until he suddenly tripped, thanks to his leg wound. Gnashing his teeth in pain, Zero knew what was next. The vice was coming at him.
By mere chance, his energy suddenly jumped up and he too jumped, just barely inched high enough to dodge the vice edge. The cannons were attached to the magnetic vice and they were only pointed in one direct. Seizing this extremely lucky chance, Zero brought out his Z-Saber and leaped onto the beast's head.
"My target," Zero yelled as he poured much of his energy into his saber. "Is acquired!" He plunged the blade deep into the scorpion drone's main circuitry. A great blast of energy knocked Zero off into the air, his beam saber deactivated.
Landing hard onto the packed desert ground, Zero tried to get up but he layed supine on the ground. His chest heaved up and down as he struggled to get back up. The scorpion beast was no more but he may be no more.
The sky was so blue and so beautiful...
"Somehow, I-- I did it." Zero said as he stared at the desert sky. "But... It... It cost me everything..."
The crystal on Zero's head flashed briefly as he passed out. The desert storm picked up again, this time slowly. A great wave of sand nearly covered him before a new arrival dropped in.
A green Reploid just mere inches taller than Zero landed onto the coarse ground next to the unconscious Reploid. Kicking the supine form of the Red Warrior, the green Reploid smirked.
"Hm..." said the green Reploid. "Zero... To live or die? Hm..."
The sandstorm continued to roar around the two.
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Sairn: I still say these fics suck!
Well that's just your opinion you stupid liddle muse!
Sairn: I'm gonna ram a Z-Saber up yer rear if you don't shut up!
I'm gonna kill you! *grabs a spare Z-Cannon and blows Sairn apart*
Sairn: *cough cough* Pansy...
(^_^) Who cares! I won!
Sairn: If you readers want to keep me alive, don't review!
*stomps on his 5' 2" muse* SHUT UP! Just read and review!