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, Megaman and Zero go head-to-head with two Mavericks at once and an odd signal is transmitted. The two Mavericks are both from the same game and, in case you didn't know, Laguz Island is from Megaman Xtreme 2 for Gameboy Color. I haven't played the first one, so no one from that game is appearing. Anyways, the battle, as you might have been able to tell from my statement in the last chapter, is going to be like the boat battle from Megaman Legends. And now, chapter six!
Chapter VI
Tag Team Turmoil
When they arrived, the crowd met a most unusual occurrence. Like the junk store owner said, electricity was coursing over the surface of Lake Jyun. Zero narrowed his eyes and Megaman noticed this. "Well?" Zero made an odd noise with his mouth. "I don't know. Any electric-type Maverick could be able to do this from a distance. Only certain ones could do it while submerged under water. We'll have to go on the lake."
The crowd looked at Zero as if he was crazy and the door to a nearby elevator opened. The elevator was used to lower people to the docks. An old man with an eyepatch covering his left eye stepped out. "Wily!" Zero started slightly at this, but not enough to be noticeable. That name… I feel like I've heard it somewhere before… The old man chuckled. "I knew you two would come. I've got enough boats to fill a navy. Please, fell free to use them."
Zero looked at him, but something told him to watch out for something. "Thanks, Wily." Wily smirked. "Anytime. My only criteria is that I be able to go along." Banner shrugged. "I don't see why not." So, the group boarded numerous ships. There were four boats leaving, one included the Bonnes, who'd been allowed to come along through some persuasion. Here's who was on what boat:
Boat 1 - Banner (Driver), Matilda
Boat 2 - Roll (Driver), Prof. Casket, Megaman (On Top)
Boat 3 - Wily (Driver), Zero (On Top)
Boat 4 - Tron Bonne (Driver), Teasel Bonne
Banner flipped a few switches and called the other boats. "Every one ready?" The other boats responded with 'Yeah', 'Yes', and 'Let's go'. Banner smirked. "Okay, here we go!" The crowd was cheering for Megaman, even as the boats took off. The electricity didn't do any damage to the boat, as Zero figured. However, they didn't get too far before all of the boats just stopped.
"What in the… What's happened?" A quick report from the other ships allowed the group to conclude that the electric current had somehow jumped straight to the engine and stalled them. "So, what do we do now?" Teasel fell backwards and his question was soon answered. The sky suddenly grew dark and made the crowd and the naval group have trouble seeing each other. Not even a second passed before something shot out of the water and began spinning.
When it stopped, Zero took as step forward, being careful not to walk off. "Retired Maverick Hunter, Squid Adler." It did look like a squid. Well, it looked something like a squid. His two long tentacles bounced at his sides as he hovered in the air. His head exactly resembled that of a grayish squid. His small, beady eyes were almost unnoticeable to the group.
"Trigger. Zero. How nice it is to see you again." Adler spoke in a raspy voice that was almost to low to hear. "Alright, enough of this!" Adler chuckled. "What's wrong? Afraid of the dark?" The sky went back to its normal color and it took a few seconds for everyone's eyes to adjust.
"You Maverick Hunters are awfully rude you know." For the first time, the group noticed that the electricity had disappeared from the surface of the water. The engines were now in perfect working order. "Why'd you drag us out onto the lake?" Adler chuckled again. "Because. I don't think that my partner in crime would appreciate being… Dare I say… Beached." Megaman, who'd brought his rebreather from the Flutter in case something like this happened, pulled it out and his entire boat was hit by something underwater. It was so powerful, Megaman fell into the water. "Trigger!"
Megaman slipped the rebreather into his mouth and looked around. He didn't see much at first, but soon a giant shadow appeared in front of him and this startled Megaman. He scrambled to the surface and the thing grabbed his leg, pulling him back under. Zero had had enough of this and he jumped into the water after him. When Megaman opened his eyes, he was face to face with a Maverick with a huge nose. "Boo."
Megaman cried out in alarm, releasing hundreds of air bubbles. He tried to get back to the surface, but the creature kept pulling him down. As Zero grew closer to the Maverick, he pulled out his saber and thought the command instead of saying it. C-Sword! He spun around, making a huge green and orange blade attack the creature restraining Megaman. The creature let go and began sinking slightly.
Megaman had nearly passed out, but his weak eyes saw a flash and his armor turned light brown and tan. Zero grabbed him with on arm and dragged him to the surface. They broke the surface together and Megaman began coughing and sputtering. His rebreather had fallen from his mouth when he cried out, so it was probably at the bottom of the lake.
Zero easily tossed Megaman back on top of Roll's ship and he climbed onto his. The creature that had been restraining Megaman also broke the surface. He had four crystals on his forehead. His huge jaw concealed many teeth and his arms were abnormally large. A hole was built into his back and His two small, beady eyes peeked out from either side of his large head.
"This is an old friend of mine. Chief of the oceanographic museum and captain of the maritime security force, Duff McWhalen." The whale chuckled and sprayed water out of his hole, nearly obstructing Banner's view of him. "Zero, my old friend. Must I remind you that I don't take kindly to unprovoked attacks?" Zero scoffed. "Unprovoked? You tried drowning Trigger!" The whale grew silent. "So?"
Adler interrupted. "It's time that we exterminated you, hunters. Spider and Hornet have already fallen victim to your recklessness and we will NOT allow this to continue.
Mission Objective
Defeat Squid Adler and Duff McWhalen
"You always wondered why I left the Maverick Hunters. Well, this is your reason!"
Mission Start!
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(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Boss Battle begins playing)
Adler immediately slammed his hand in the air as if he were hitting the ground. The surface of the water became electrified again and the engines stopped. McWhalen then slammed Megaman's ship, nearly flipping the boat and knocking Megaman into the water again. Megaman was dragged under again and, this time, he didn't need Zero to explain. He shot the weapon at the him and the whale let go, releasing something else which Megaman scrambled to get. His rebreather!
He broke the surface again and called to Zero. "I'll handle this guy! You get him!" Zero nodded, Megaman popped the rebreather into his mouth, and dived under.
(A.N. For almost the rest of the battle, there while be numerous switches between the battles. You should be able to tell which battle it is.)
Current Battle - Zero/ Adler
Adler began hovering around, but due to the fact that the engines had stalled, Zero's evasion and mobility weren't that great. Zero noticed several small islands around him. The middle one was the biggest and it had a huge door there, probably the entrance to one of the Sub-Gates. He was going to call Wily, but Wily ended up calling everyone else.
"These boats weren't made for combat. We'll have to retreat for…" Zero interrupted. "Fine. You get back to the island, but drop me off at that island first." Wily nodded. "We won't be able to do anything until the engines start up again." Zero nodded back. "Right."
Current Battle - Megaman/ McWhalen
Megaman figured that the weapon that he'd used earlier was McWhalen's weakness. He didn't know what it was called, but he didn't care either. Megaman shot another one at the resurfacing whale. This time, it shot slightly downwards instead of straight towards him. Megaman heard a crackle and looked up to see that the surface had been electrified again.
McWhalen reached for Megaman's foot again and, in retaliation, Megaman shot a third shot at the whale. He became all scratched up with just one shot and Megaman noticed that this one had shot slightly upwards. He knew that he couldn't resurface for air if his rebreather was knocked out, so he shot two more shots at McWhalen. They both hit.
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Megaman heard Wily's voice in his helmet say that him and Zero were heading towards the entrance to the ruins and that the others were heading back to the dock. Megaman nodded while still in the lake. McWhalen regained his composure and shot a liquidy substance out of the hole in his back.
"Gel Shaver!"
Megaman pushed himself away from the liquidy substance shot out of the water. Seconds later, Squid Adler fell into the water and the electricity disappeared.
Current Battle - Zero/ Adler
Zero was having difficulty dodging Adler's thunder bolt attacks. One time, he'd almost fallen off the ship because of it. Then suddenly, a liquid shot out of the water and nailed Adler in the head. Zero recognized this as Gel Shaver, Adler's weakness.
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Adler fell into the water and the engines restarted as the electricity disappeared. As the four ships turned towards the dock, Wily's boat headed for the island. With about five feet left, Zero told Wily to turn around. Wily, confused at this, did so and Zero climbed down the ladder. "Are you sure you want to take your chances against those two?"
Zero smirked and jumped off. He soared through the air and, while still airborne, dashed forward to land on the island. Wily was shocked by this, but he continued heading for the dock nonetheless. When Adler resurfaced, Zero had T Breaker out and he smashed it into Adler's head.
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Adler quickly regained his composure and he shot his tentacles at Zero. Zero dodged these and Adler electrified the water again. Zero was annoyed by Adler's continuous persistence to do that. "Why do you keep doing that?" Adler chuckled. "I have two reasons. One, as long as Trigger is submerged, he can't surface. And two, if you were to be thrown into the water, you wouldn't be able to surface. And, as far as I know, you have only one rebreather, meaning that one of you'll die."
Zero growled at this and swung the warhammer at Adler. This time, Adler swiftly dodged it and continued his assault.
Current Battle - Megaman/ McWhalen
As Adler resurfaced, Megaman charged the weapon and, when McWhalen got close enough, Fired a huge, orange crescent from his buster. This did about as much damage as Zero did. As the large being fell, Megaman began swimming towards the ruins' entrance. About halfway there, Megaman looked back and saw McWhalen begin spitting out white blocks of hardened goo. These blocks began forming an uneven platform and Megaman decided to swim over it.
In a flash of light, Megaman's old armor was once again replaced by the Falcon Armor. Megaman decided to use the flight to get to the island quicker. He looked up and saw the electricity disappear. So, he figured, when he activated it, he wouldn't be harmed by it. When he activated it, something extremely weird happened.
Current Battle - Zero/ Adler
Zero was beating Adler and kept him from electrifying the lake's surface. He was about to launch another attack when a giant water cyclone erupted from Lake Jyun. Adler tried scrambling away from this, but he was sucked in anyway.
Zero managed a glance at the crowd on the dock. It looked like Wily had just arrived and that everybody on the island was in awe at this spectacle. Just as suddenly as it appeared, the cyclone fell back into the water and Megaman, in the Falcon Armor, hovered there. Zero smirked at this and began looking for Adler.
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Zero finally saw Adler at the top of the tall building on the island. Adler jumped off and shot his tentacles at Zero. Zero dodged this and a huge crescent hit Adler. Zero looked back and Megaman shrugged. He turned to the water and cried out a warning to Zero after removing his rebreather. "Watch out!" Zero turned just as McWhalen hit the island and sent Zero into the air. Megaman flew towards the island and hurled his rebreather at Zero, who easily caught it.
Current Battle - Zero/ McWhalen
Zero popped the rebreather into his mouth as he fell into the water. He started when his foot touched something solid. He looked and saw the McWhalen's goo blocks had almost reached the island's underside. He immediately scrambled off of the platform and spun around again, hitting McWhalen in the face.
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Zero pushed himself away from McWhalen and McWhalen spoke. "You're both proving to be quite a challenge. However, it's inevitable that…" Zero finished his sentence in sign language. "That you lose? You've got that right!" McWhalen floated there for a few seconds, trying to figure out where Zero learned sign language. He shook this off and growled. "Have it your way , hunter!" Zero spoke again in sign language. "Don't mind if I do!"
Current Battle - Megaman/ Adler
When Megaman had created the cyclone, McWhalen had been sucked in and, when it ended, he been spit out near the island's underside. Megaman had managed to reach the ruins' entrance, only to be met with a couple of thunderbolts. He'd managed to dodge these and shoot a charged shot at Adler. The crescent had sliced all but two tentacles off.
Megaman shot numerous uncharged shots at Adler, but none of them hit. Adler threw his hand down again, electrifying the water's surface. This gave Megaman time to use the Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Falcon Strike
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Megaman was about to shoot Adler again when Zero resurfaced. Falcon Strike had given Zero enough time to jump onto the island. He walked up to Megaman and handed him the rebreather. "Thanks. Now, ready for another Double Attack?" Megaman nodded.
Execute Falcon Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
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Squid Adler was thrown back and he began to glow white.
(Squid Adler - Near Death Attack - Kraken Thunder)
The sky grew dark again and Adler landed. McWhalen was watching this, but at a distance. Adler's two remaining tentacles stretched straight out as he leaned forward. They looked something like this/. Adler brought his back up rapidly and numerous thunderbolts came crashing down onto the tentacles. Every time a thunderbolt hit the tentacles, it was fired at the two.
The two ran either way dodging them. Zero jumped up and dashed forward while Megaman headed towards the ruins' entrance. When Zero dashed, a shield appeared around him and he shot right through Adler. This didn't do anything to him, but immediately after the attack, the white glow faded. So Zero dashed forward again and this caused Adler to fall into the water.
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As Adler sank, he spoke to McWhalen. "Defeat them for me. I'll do what I can." McWhalen nodded and Adler suddenly erupted from the water. Both tentacles shot into the air, a huge thunderbolt came crashing down. However, due to the damage that he'd sustained, he ended up doing a kamikaze.
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The explosion was huge and when the smoke cleared, the building that led to the ruins was blown up halfway. Megaman and Zero had hidden on the other side of the ruins, but they'd still been slightly damaged. McWhalen continued his assault and Zero beamed out.
Active Member - Megaman Voulnut
Megaman shot a half-charged shot at McWhalen and it grazed the Maverick's side. He shot a Gel Shaver at Megaman and, when it hit the ground, it began to slice the grass off like a lawn mower. It stopped when it hit the wall and McWhalen shot another one. Megaman countered this one with a shot of the special weapon.
"In case you're wondering, the is C-Shot. It fires small crescent in each of three directions." Megaman nodded and went to fire another one at McWhalen. However, when he fired, the three heard a clicking noise. "Crap. Looks like you're out. No matter. This is where you whip out the normal buster!"
In a brief white flash, the Falcon Armor returned to its normal color. Megaman fired a charged shot and it shot right through McWhalen's blowhole.
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(Duff McWhalen - Near Death Attack - Gel Block Barrage)
McWhalen hit the side of the island again, causing Megaman to fall in. He popped the rebreather into his mouth and looked behind him. The cement wall opened up and a wall of spikes came out. McWhalen then opened his mouth as Megaman spun around and he shot an entire platform of gel blocks at Megaman.
Megaman had to duck quickly because, within seconds, it smashed into the spiked wall. McWhalen continued shooting gel block platforms at Megaman and he showed no sign of stopped until numerous bullets hit him. Megaman looked up and, though his vision wasn't as good as it was above water, he made out the unmistakable shape that was the Gesselchaft.
The crowd looked up at this ship and began freaking. They calmed down when it showed no signs of attacking the island. Tron's voice rang out over the PA system on the ship. "Keep it up, Megaman! We gave you a distraction! There's no talking yourself out of it if you lose!" The Gesselchaft then turned and began heading for the landing pad. This seemed odd to Amelia and she looked at Barrell. "The friend of yours isn't a bounty hunter, is he?" Barrell shook his head.
"Not really. He's merely a person that we met inside the Manda Island ruins. He claims that he hunts down and defeats these advanced robots. He even began reciting Megaman's past to us and, with all of these weird occurrences going on lately, his story is being proved to be true."
Amelia looked at Barrell, then returned her gaze to the fight. "I see…" Back at the fight, McWhalen had been distracted and Megaman shot a charged shot at him. Zero, who' had still been on the island, threw a rock into the water. Megaman saw this and understood. He emerged from the water and got onto the island.
Zero then jumped into the air and he thrust his saber downwards. It froze almost instantly. "Hyouretsuzan!" When the saber hit the surface, the entire lake froze.
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He ran back to the ruins and looked at Megaman. He nodded and shot a charged shot through the ice and it did twice as more damage than it would had. They both ran across the ice to the dock, slipping once or twice. Then, Zero jumped into the air again and thrust his saber downwards, making it ignite. "Quake Blazer!" Several explosions took place when the saber hit the ice and the entire lake melted.
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(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Boss Battle fades out)
McWhalen began sinking and exploding at the same time. "You'll pay for this, hunters!" Zero smirked. "That's what Hornet said." McWhalen exploded and it created a huge geyser of water that began to rain down on the island that Zero and Megaman had just been on.
Mission Complete!
When the two got back to the level with the crowd, they began cheering again. However, this victory was short lived. A sudden, sharp signal shot through both Megaman and Zero's heads. Megaman fell to his knees holding his head, while Zero was thrown back. The crowd stopped cheering and Roll ran up to and knelt beside Megaman. "Megaman! Are you all right?"
Megaman looked at her. "Depends. What you mean by 'all right'." Zero opened his eyes. "That signal… If the signal we just heard was increased far enough, a single signal could kill us both!" The crowd gasped and Banner looked concerned. "So, what do we do?" Zero looked straight into Banner's eyes. "We'll have to go to Laguz Island."
And another cliffhanger! In the next chapter, the legend of an incident known as 'Erasure' is revealed to the 'carbons', the two villains from Megaman Xtreme 2 make their appearance, and an old friend returns. Read and Review… Or else!