Megaman Excel
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I do not own the Megaman X series. Nor do I own Megaman Legends, Megaman Legends 2, or The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. I don't own them now, and I won't anytime soon. However, I do own some of the Mavericks' attacks. You know, the ones that I, as in ME, came up with. Don't touch those. They are mine.
In this chapter, a really annoying mercenary returns, his disappearance is explained, and Megaman regains popularity on Kattelox Island. I'd like to say In advance that this Maverick is going to get three battles, two Legends-style and one X-style. In this battle, he'll have few attacks. He'll have a few more next time and he'll have all of them when the final battle takes place.
Also, this will be the first battle where Megaman and Zero form a team like in Megaman X7 and X8. And now, without further ado, chapter five!
Chapter V
Close Encounters of the Annoying Kind
"This is amazing! It's almost EXACTLY like reaverbots, yet it looks nothing like them!" The Guildmaster continued to pace around the sample of Ride Armor that they'd obtained. He was admiring it in an odd sort of way. Zero smirked and added his two cents. "Like I said, all reploids were based off of Trigger's blueprints. If you were to scan him, you'd be able to see that Ride Armor is a practically an exact copy of him."
The Guildmaster was about to say something when Johnny came rushing in. "I've found one of the signals that you told me to look for!" Zero looked at him, as did everyone else. "Really?" Johnny nodded. "It's on Kattelox Island!" Prof. Barrel started. "Kattelox, eh? We haven't been there in a while." Roll nodded. "It'll be nice to see some old friends again." Megaman nodded in agreement. Zero turned for the door. "Then let's go."
While on route to Kattelox, the Bonnes were trying to figure something out. "How are we going to talk ourselves out of this one? We practically trashed the island last time." Teasel was right. Nearly a year and a half ago, Megaman had crash-landed onto Kattelox. He'd fought the Bonnes numerous times, beating them every time. The Bonnes made off with the giant refractor from Main Gate, but the ship had sunk within a few yards off the next island. The refractor was now at the bottom of the ocean.
They'd done plenty of damage while on Kattelox and no one knew how'd they'd be able to get on the island without the Inspector and his police force arresting them. "I say that we try and persuade them. If it doesn't work, we can easily escape." Teasel thought about this. "Yeah. I guess so." One of the Servbots, known as #27, ran into the room.
Months earlier, a loan-shark known as Loath had shanghaied Teasel into working for him. Tron had repaid the million that Teasel owned, only to find out that they owed two million interest. She'd paid that back and Loath shanghaied her as well. They managed to defeat the giant reaverbot that Loath had forced Teasel to unearth. The Colossus was powered by a yellow refractor. They'd made off with that refractor and dropped Loath and his assistant, Glyde, off at the police station.
During their search for Zenny, Tron had uncovered her Red Head Parts for the Servbots. She decided to give it to #27 because he was her favorite. However, #27 ended up throwing out the yellow refractor while cleaning the storage room. #27 still had the Red Head Parts, but Tron was uneasy about trusting him with valuable items.
"Miss Tron! Master Teasel! We've received a transmission from the Flutter!" Teasel started. "Well don't just stand there, put it through!" Seconds later, a large screen was lowered and Zero's head popped up on it. "Well, it's 'bout time." Tron, Teasel, Bon, and the Servbots looked at Zero. "What's wrong?" Zero grinned. "From what I've heard, you have a reputation on Kattelox."
Teasel sweatdropped. "Yeah. Kind of." Zero chuckled. "Don't worry. We've come up with a way to get you guys on the island." Tron and Teasel both started. "Really?" Zero nodded. "Yeah. You'll find out what it is when we land. And, by the looks of it, that won't be much longer." Before Teasel had time to ask what he meant, Zero cut contact and the screen rose back to the ceiling. "Babu babu." Teasel's eyes narrowed. "Yes. I feel like something's not so right with him too."
When the screen was out of sight, Kattelox Island could clearly be seen from the windshield. "Well, that's what he meant about that. But what did he mean that they've discovered a way to get on the island?" Meanwhile, on the island, people noticed the unmistakable ship that was the Flutter.
"Is that his ship?"
"I don't know. It looks like it."
"What do we do?"
"Should we call them?"
"Hey, guys! It's him! I can see it from here!"
People started scrambling about and the Inspector left for City Hall. Back inside the Flutter, Banner and Matilda were conversing. "So, what do you think they did here?" Banner shrugged. "Don't know. Although I have heard that when Megaman went inside Main Gate, a giant pillar appeared in the sky. It didn't do anything except float there and fly off."
Zero, who was eavesdropping, started when he heard this. He pushed himself off of the wall that he was leaning on and he went to Megaman's door. He knocked and Megaman answered. "Come in." Zero burst through the door, shut it, ran over to Megaman, and picked him up by the collar. Megaman was surprised by this, as was Data, who jumped away.
"From what I've heard, you've been inside Main Gate." He dropped Megaman and he backed up. "Yeah. But what's wrong with that?" Zero stared at him with an icy cold stare. "So that means that you've met Megaman Juno." Megaman nodded. "So, what happened?" Megaman glanced at Data and the monkey nodded. "I beat him and he said he was going to purge the carbons on Kattelox. Data came and did something to stop it." Zero's gaze grew a bit warmer. "I see…" He turned towards the door.
"Megaman Juno was originally in charge of the carbon renitialization program on Kattelox. The reason for this is that Kattelox borders another island, known as Laguz Island. Laguz Island was a famous reploid research facility. If modern-day carbons discovered Laguz, both islands would be destroyed by a great force that was said to be held inside the facility's compounds. Purging the carbons would greatly reduce, if not destroy, any possible chance of Laguz being discovered."
Megaman just stared at him, as did Data. "Sorry about grabbing you like that. I get carried away sometimes." He walked out the door and as he closed it, Zero grabbed his side in pain. Damn! How was I infected again? How much time do I have now? As the two ships landed, Megaman, who'd been returned to his normal armor on the trip to Kattelox, hopped out of the door and onto the roof of a car that Roll had rebuilt into a support car. Once everyone was out of their ships, Zero slid down the ladder. "What in the…" Everyone turned and saw a cheering crowd making their way towards them.
"He's back!"
"All hail Megaman!"
The mayor of Kattelox, Amelia, made her way through the crowd, followed by the Inspector. "Well, I never thought that we'd get a chance to meet again, Barrel." Prof. Barrel walked up to his old friend. "Amelia! How have you been? This is my son-in-law, Banner, and my daughter, Matilda." Banner and Amelia shook hands. Amelia was about to say something when she noticed the Bonnes. "Wait! You're…"
Teasel froze and glanced at Zero. He smirked. "Name's Zero. I'm a bounty hunter, I've captured these guys and I'm waiting for a transport to come and get them. Until them, I'm afraid that they'll have to stay here with us." Teasel just got a odd look while the group from the Flutter smirked. "Um, okay." Teasel was about to say something when Zero started and held a hand up. Everyone who was talking grew silent. In the distance, they could hear an explosion of some sort. "Come on! That sounded like it came from Uptown!"
The crowd opened up so that Megaman had a way to Uptown. He began running for it and Zero followed him. They were shortly followed by everyone else. As Megaman got closer to the door to Uptown, Zero yelled something to Megaman. "How's this door work?" He managed to catch up with Megaman, who gave him his answer. "They should open when you get near them." Zero grinned and ran ahead of Megaman. "In that case, this should be no…" CRASH!
Megaman stopped and the town finally caught up. Unfortunately, the door didn't open up and Zero ran straight into it. Whoops. I was thinking about the doors inside ruins… "Ow." He backed up from the door and began holding his head. "I don't have time for this. K Knuckle!" Seconds later, Zero blew the door in with a punch and the town stood gaping. They quickly recovered and everyone made their way into Uptown.
On top of the art museum, a silhouetted figure was shooting at random spots, but not at any buildings. When Megaman and Zero stopped walking towards this, he fired one last shot and numerous explosions took place on the ground and street. The figure then knelt over and jumped so high into the air, he became eclipsed by the sun. "Wonderful. Of all the Mavericks we had to deal with here, this just HAD to be the first." The entire town turned their heads as the figure landed no too far from them. "The really annoying mercenary, Dynamo."
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme begins playing)
(Remixes - 2)
The teenage stranger stood up and turned around, his shoulder-length white hair spinning as his head turned. "Well, well. Took you two long enough. I thought that I was going to have to start shooting at the city itself." Dynamo was a purple armored reploid with a red, see-through visor. Everybody could easily see his emerald green eyes. He had two small fins on his helmet and his right hand, currently the buster he'd been shooting with, changed back into a hand.
"Why are you here, Dynamo?" Dynamo smirked. "I'm here now like I was with you in the days of Elysium. I'm here to bother you." Zero narrowed his eyes. "As much as I don't want to admit it, you're doing a great job so far." Dynamo's smirk grew longer. "But there's only one question I have for you." Dynamo seemed surprised by this. "Really now? Go ahead. Be my guest."
Zero grew a slight smirk of his own. "What happened to you?" Dynamo raised an eyebrow. "Huh?" Zero cleared his throat. "You disappeared. You were becoming way more than a nuisance during the Nightmare incident and you just disappeared before the Red Alert incident started."
(A.N. In his premiere in Megaman X5, you could only fight Dynamo twice. In Megaman X6, you could fight him as often as you wanted. In Megaman X7, however, he disappears without a trace. The following is my explanation for what happened.)
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme scratches)
Dynamo started. "Oh, that." He sweatdropped and began rubbing the back of his head. "You see, that's actually is an interesting little story." Zero raised an eyebrow. "Really."
-Flashback-
"Stupid hunters. They don't know anything. 'Don't mess with the nightmare souls, Dynamo!' they say. 'You'll wind up dead, Dynamo!' they say. Well, I'll show them!"
The setting is the Inami Temple. An odd, tentacled creature is floating about when a buster shot comes out of nowhere and blows it up. A small, blue sphere is left floating in air. A hand reaches in and grabs it. The camera moves to reveal Dynamo's full figure. "Yes! Number 10,000! Let's see those hunters beat me now! I'm invincible! Nothing can… What the…" A big bar of data begins flashing on the inside of Dynamo's visor.
System Overload! Meltdown Imminent!
"Meltdown? Uh oh." The scene changes to a far away view of the roof that Dynamo is standing on. Several reploids are rebuilding a building when an explosion from the roof of another building catches their attention. They start running towards it.
-End Flashback-
Dynamo began acting really embarrassed and Zero smirked. "We told you so." Dynamo grew a shade redder. "Yeah. I guess." Dynamo suddenly started and shook his head. "No matter!" He pointed a finger in the direction. "Word has it that Trigger has lost his memory." Zero didn't say anything, but Megaman starting gave it away and Zero silently cursed him. "Really? Well, in that case, I'll take it easy on you this time."
Mission Objective
Defeat Dynamo
Zero lowered his head to Megaman's ear. "Okay. Here's how this will go. You can start out. When you start taking too much damage, you can jump out of the way or something and I'll bring myself in. We'll keep rotating like that and we can do a Double Attack when the recommended energy is obtained, okay?" Megaman nodded.
Dynamo moved his left hand and he placed it on his hip, while letting his right arm fall loose. "Like I said, I'll take it easy. Let's see what you've got, purifier!"
Mission Start!
(Boss Battle)
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme begins playing)
Dynamo grabbed a saber of his own from behind him and he hurled at Megaman. Zero teleported out as Megaman dodged the double-sided saber. Dynamo caught it and leapt to the space above Megaman's head. He then slashed the air and Megaman was knocked down. As Dynamo landed, Megaman did a cartwheel to his left and Zero beamed himself in.
Active Member - Zero
Zero still had K Knuckle out, so he did a U-turn with his hand again. "Raijinken!" A bunch of lightning caught Dynamo as he leapt to the space above Zero's head.
(Dynamo's Health)
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He leapt backwards and he stood there for a second. Dynamo then hurled the saber at Zero. He dodged this and K Knuckle disappeared. "V Hanger!"
(A.N. In the last chapter, I forgot to add V Hanger from Megaman X7 to the list, so I'll add it in now.)
Two small, purple daggers appeared in each of Zero's hands. He dashed up to Dynamo and quickly slashed him seven times with the daggers.
(Dynamo's Health)
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Zero then jumped out of the way as Dynamo just managed to catch his saber. Zero beamed out and Megaman jumped back in the fight.
Active Member - Megaman Voulnut
Megaman summoned X Buster and shot a small charged shot at Dynamo. In a brief white flash, Megaman's armor changed from light blue to sky blue and a bluish white. No one heard Zero's voice except Megaman. "Wing Spiral! Trust me a shoot it!" Megaman did so just as Dynamo jumped above Megaman's head. A vertical whirlwind came from the buster and it hurled Dynamo into the side of the KTOX TV studio.
(Dynamo's Health)
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Dynamo jumped above Megaman's head again a shot a buster shot of his own. However, when Megaman rolled out of the way, the shot split into four directions, one of them heading for Megaman. Megaman rolled out of the way again and jumped from the battle.
Active Member - Zero
Zero beamed in a shot something form one of the daggers. "Wind Cutter!" It didn't have the same effect as Wing Spiral, but it twirled Dynamo in the air nonetheless.
(Dynamo's Health)
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Dynamo landed and shot at Zero. He easily dodged this and shot another Wind Cutter at Dynamo. It grazed his side and he twirled in the air again. By now, Zero was getting annoyed, even if they were beating the everlasting crap out of Dynamo. So, he called Megaman. Together, they threw their arms behind them.
Execute Regular Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
Zero did his four slash combo again and Megaman began shooting a constant stream of yellow buster shots from his normal buster.
(Dynamo's Health)
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When time resumed, Dynamo was thrown back, Zero beamed out, and Megaman took his spot.
Active Member - Megaman Voulnut
Megaman charged Wing Spiral, waited until Dynamo got close enough, and fired it. An even bigger whirlwind caught him this time and he began to explode.
(Dynamo's Health)
None
Zero beamed next to Megaman and the crowd who watched in awe at the fight began cheering. However, when the smoke cleared, Dynamo was holding his chest and sparks flew from his dented armor. "Not bad, Trigger. I'd expect nothing less than this from you, even without your memory." Zero took a few steps forward. "Buzz off, Dynamo!" Dynamo chuckled weakly. "Don't worry. I'll be back. I'll wait until your knowledge of Mavericks is bigger than it is now. Until then, jenna!"
(A.N. Whenever Dynamo teleports off after you beat him in Megaman X6, he says something in Japanese that sounds like this.)
Dynamo stood erect and disappeared in a beam of electrical light. Zero just stared at where Dynamo stood only seconds ago. "A coward, like always."
Mission Complete!
The crowd, who'd grew silent when Dynamo had emerged from the smoke, began cheering again. This was a short lived victory though. The reason being that a citizen of Downtown came running from the dock where an old man known as Wily rented boats off. "You'll never believe this! Never in a thousand years!"
Everyone turned to see the junk store owner run up. Roll, Barrel, Banner, and Amelia all took a step towards him. "What's going on?" The junk store owner was gasping for air, but he managed a response. "I wondered off during the fight. And… The water… It's…" Zero narrowed his eyes. "It's…" The junk store owner took a huge breath. "It's electrified! Electricity is coursing over the surface of the lake!"
The crowd gasped and Zero started. "Come on! This could be serious!" He ran off, followed by Megaman, towards the dock. Everyone soon followed them. As they ran off, a heavily cloaked figure appeared on top of KTOX TV studio building and watched the two run off. He began chuckling and he grinned, his blue, pupilless eyes narrowing.
Another Maverick appears and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who it is! Anyways, in the next chapter, Megaman and Zero go head-to-head with two Mavericks at once and an odd signal is transmitted. Please Read and Review because I don't want to waste my time writing this story out if no one's reading it.