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, 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. In Megaman Xtreme 2, the music for the different bosses and levels are the same as the ones from Megaman X1 - X3. Capcom merely sped the music up. I have the honor of owning Xtreme 2, and Iris even made an appearance in it. I know the two main bosses, aside from Sigma, pretty well. So, let's start chapter eight, shall we not?
Chapter VII
The Legend of Erasure
Everyone just looked at Zero until Wily spoke up. "Laguz Island is only…" Zero interrupted. "It's only hidden. Due to the incredible power said to be held on Laguz, the entire island was hidden with an advanced stealth module." Zero looked at the crowd and they opened up for him instinctively. Zero smirked and began heading for the door to Downtown.
"If I remember correctly, the Main Gate is this way." Megaman started. "Why do we need to go to Main Gate?" Zero paused and looked behind him. "The refractor that is inside the Main Gate will intercept the stealth module, revealing Laguz." Teasel and Tron started, but they quickly covered their nervousness up. "What island did our ship sink at?" Tron shrugged. "Who knows." Teasel sweatdropped. "I was afraid of that."
When the crowd arrived at Main Gate, Zero was no where in sight. Megaman was about to enter when he heard Zero yell, "DAMN IT!" It didn't take long for Zero to come storming through the door and, by the look on his face, he didn't look to happy. "What happened to the refractor?" Teasel slowly raised his hand. "Well… You see… After Megaman left the island, we grabbed the refractor and sailed away with it."
Zero grew an evil-looking snarl. "And…" Teasel gulped. "And the boat sunk not too far from an island." Zero's last string snapped at this comment. "SON OF A…" He restrained himself from saying it because he knew that a young girl was in the crowd. Her name was Ira and Megaman had helped her leg heal by buying new equipment for the hospital.
"Wonderful. Well, I hope you're happy." Zero looked at Teasel with the icy cold stare that he'd given Megaman. "Thanks to you, we're screwed." Suddenly, there was another signal and Megaman fell to the ground, tears beginning to form in his eyes. Zero was thrown back to the outer wall of Main Gate. Roll ran to Megaman's side as Zero cursed in old Elysium. This caused a bright light to emit from Megaman's backpack, which Roll had insisted that he bring.
Megaman shook his head and shuffled through the backpack. He finally pulled three cards that were glowing brightly. This bright light caused Megaman's armor to revert back to its normal blue. Then the light died out. Everyone's gaze turned to three silver cards, each with the symbol of Elysium on the back. Zero gasped. "The Prototype Anthro Unit ID cards! You kept them?" Megaman nodded and Zero snatched them from his hand. Zero quickly glanced them over and laughed.
"Trigger! You've just saved our butts!" With that, he began running towards the Clozer Woods. When the crowd arrived, the cards were flying through the air and Zero was chanting in old Elysium. The cards stopped and formed the three points of the Elysium symbol. Three rays of red light came from each and, when they all met in the middle, Zero shouted and the cards shot a laser towards the empty air above the water.
The ground began shaking and the crowd caught a brief glance of an island as it flashed ahead of them. After a few more flashes, the cards dimmed and fell to the ground, and an island appeared from nowhere. The crowd looked at the island in awe. Zero picked up the cards and handed them to Megaman, who slipped them back into his pack.
Several loud thumps came from nearby and the crowed turned to see a large pink robot stop in front of them. Several Servbots circled it. "What? I'm coming too! The reason that I'm bringing the Gustaff is in case something happens while you're occupied."
(A.N. In The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, the machine that you control during most of the game is called the Gustaff. There is also the Gustaff Tank and the Finkel.)
Zero nodded and a pathway from Kattelox to Laguz appeared. "Let's go." Seconds later, nearly the entire group was on the large walkway. Zero summoned K Knuckle and tried the door leading to the inside of the ruins on Laguz. It didn't open so Zero busted the door down. The crowd shouted 'Good Luck!' and whatnot as Banner, Matilda, Barrell, Zero, Megaman, Tron, Teasel, and the Servbots entered the door.
Mission Objective
Destroy the cause of the signal
"We don't have much time! Follow me! I know this place like the back of my hand!"
Mission Start!
(Level Music)
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Fortress #1 begins playing)
(Remixes - 5)
Zero began running forwards and jumped into the next room. Because it didn't have a floor, Zero fell to the ground and everyone else slid down the ladder. Tron jumped down as well, as did the Servbots. Zero then continued into the next room and little creatures with yellowish helmets on appeared. The helmets had a small cross in the middle of them. "Mettaurs. Obviously, those two have been busy lately. Zero summoned T Breaker and the Mettaurs got clobbered.
When Zero entered the next room, he paused when he heard laughter. As the others caught up, Zero explained. "Allow me to have the unfortunate pleasure of introducing the world's first female Maverick and her partner, otherwise known as the Soul Erasers, Berkana and Gareth." When Zero ended, two figures spliced into existence.
The first was floating in the air. She wore a large purple dress with yellow on the bottom tips. Her helmet had a large blue crystal in it and her blonde hair poked out from behind it. She was holding a wand of some sort. The second, who looked like a knight, stood on the ground. He had a mask covering his face. It, along with the rest of his armor, was gray. The helmet had three purple lines on it and a long, flowing cape flapped in the wind behind him. The stranger's mouth was all that could be seen.
The woman, Berkana no doubt, started the talking. "Impressive, hunters. You've managed to find your way onto Laguz Island just in time. We where just about to fire the last signal when you came barging in. Consider yourself lucky." She smirked and Zero's frown grew longer. "Consider yourselves annoying. We'd just beaten two out-of-control Mavericks and you started giving us problems." Berkana shrugged. "It's not my concern whether you just beat some Mavericks or not."
Gareth, who'd just been standing there, continued to be silent. "…" Zero noticed this. "What's with him?" Berkana started slightly and turned to look at Gareth. "Who knows. He's been like this since we started transmitting that signal." Gareth finally said something. 'Correction. YOU started transmitting the signal. I just watched." Berkana frowned. 'Now you start talking. What's your problem? Did you suddenly become brain-dead or something?"
Gareth frowned. "What's YOUR problem seems more appropriate. I mean after all, all I have to do is mention that rumor and you go all PMS on me." Berkana became pissed. "What the hell's wrong with you? I told you a thousand times NOT TO MENTION THAT DAMN RUMOR!" Everyone backed up a step, Zero included. Gareth looked at Zero. "Do you see this? I'm actually stuck with this."
Berkana's eye started twitching. "Well then, why don't you deal with them yourself?" Gareth shrugged and walked a few steps towards Megaman and Zero. "Have it your way." Berkana muttered an insult and spliced out. Gareth reached an arm forward and a glowing blue javelin appeared in his hand. He retracted his other hand and a glowing blue shield appeared in that one. Zero stepped forward and motioned for Megaman to stay behind.
"I'll deal with Gareth. You get Berkana." Megaman gulped. "You mean I've got to fight her? But she's…" Zero looked at Megaman. 'But she's a girl?" Megaman shook his head. "She's insane." Despite his concentrated mood, Gareth smirked at this. Although no one could she see her, they all heard her comment. "I heard that!" Gareth stood straight up and looked at Zero. "Fine. I'll fight you. Give me nothing but your best, Omega!"
(Boss Battle)
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Fortress #1 restarts)
(Gareth's Health)
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Gareth immediately vanished and Zero heard his voice above them. "Try and dodge this!" A javelin was thrown from somewhere near the ceiling and it disappeared when it hit the ground. Another one was thrown, followed by two more. Gareth fell from the ceiling and stopped above the ground. He instinctively thrust his shield ahead of him. Zero summoned his saber and it began glowing orange. "Ultimate Saber activate!" He jumped into the air, slashed at Gareth, and everyone gasped at what happened.
(Gareth's Health)
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(A.N. I swear on my life that this has actually happened before! I was playing Megaman Xtreme 2. When you get to talk to Berkana/ Gareth, whomever you have out when you get there determines who you fight in that level. With Zero, it's Gareth and with X, it's Berkana. I was fighting Gareth with the Ultimate Saber part equipped. I jumped into the air, attacked him, and it took half of his health! I nearly dropped my Gameboy because of it too.)
Gareth's shield shattered and Gareth was thrown into the wall, leaving a huge dent in it. Zero landed and turned to the group. "Get back to the surface! Trigger and I'll handle this!" Banner nodded and the group headed towards the ladder. However, Berkana was standing at the top of the ladder. "Going somewhere?" Tron raised the Gustaff's Search Cannon. "Move it, blondie!" Roll started and turned to her. "Hey!" Berkana scoffed. "Do you really think that your primitive technology will hurt me?" When she didn't get an answer, she smirked. "I didn't think so."
Back at the fight with Gareth, Zero's Ultimate Saber part broke down after causing so much damage. Gareth reappeared, with a new shield and javelin, above Zero's head. He paused momentarily as he spoke. "Amazing. Absolutely amazing. You're power is even greater than I thought. I might not stand a chance against you if you keep this up."
Berkana called from the next room. "Told ya so!" Gareth shrugged. At least it made her happy… But enough of the jokes. This power… It far surpasses anyone I've ever known. Could this be… Could this be the power of the virus? Gareth shook the thought from his head, but he did this a bit too late. Zero slammed T Breaker into Gareth's side and he went flying into the wall.
(Gareth's Health)
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Gareth slowly crawled out of the wall and disappeared again. Four more javelins came raining down. Gareth appeared again as Zero jumped into the air to slash him. Gareth swiped at Zero with the javelin, knocking Zero to the ground. Zero summoned D Glaive and thrust it forward. "Youdantotsu!" The tip of D Glaive turned a lighter shade of green than it already was. With every thrust of the lance, small leaves fell from the tip. Gareth was hit with about four of these thrusts.
(Gareth's Health)
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Gareth near that his defeat was near, so he executed his Near Death Attack.
(Gareth - Near Death Attack - Youdantotsu)
Gareth took his javelin and copied the move that Zero just used. Zero managed to dodge the attack and he reached D Glaive backwards. "Raikousen!" He threw it forward, disappeared, and reappeared some length behind Gareth, a thunderbolt coming from the tip of the lance.
This caused Gareth to stall momentarily and Zero slashed Gareth twice, spinning D Glaive around for the third hit. This finished Gareth off.
(Gareth's Health)
None
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Fortress #1 fades out)
Gareth was thrown back as the crowd watched. "You've more than impressed me today, Zero. Perhaps next time we meet, we'll be able to square of as true sportsmen." Zero shrugged and Gareth nodded. As Gareth teleported out, Berkana spliced back into the room. She began massaging her temples. "Men are so impossible to depend on. I mean we might as well not depend on them at all. Ah well."
She looked at Zero and Megaman. Zero backed up and motioned towards her with his head. "She's all yours." Megaman reluctantly approached her. "Well, I'll admit that being able to destroy an S-Class hunter such as yourself while you still don't have your memory back is an honor." Zero disliked this comment, so he smirked. "You know, Berkana, I've been hearing stuff about you."
The two turned their heads to him. "Really now? Like what?" Zero smirked a somewhat cocky grin. "I've heard that you kind of lik…" Zero's sentence was cut off when a flaming laser came out of nowhere and nearly sliced Zero's foot off. Everyone turned and saw Berkana's wand thing smoking. Berkana didn't look too happy. "Next time, I'll make sure that I burn every hair on your head, got it!"
Zero took a step back and Banner looked at her. "Not exactly the friendly type are you?" Berkana looked at Banner. "That depends. I could explain it, but I don't have time to waste on a carbon such as yourself. You discarded the Reploid race as if it were nothing and that decision will prove to be your downfall."
Megaman took a step forward. "What are you talking about? We barely know anything about Reploids!" Berkana shrugged. "Yet still you continue to slaughter innocent Reploids who were…" Zero cut her off.
"Now hold on a second! Have you gone crazy? Spider tried to destroy Trigger, Hornet tried to conquer Nino Island, Vile tried destroying Nino Island, Dynamo was shooting like crazy in Uptown, Adler and McWhalen both tried to drown us in Lake Jyun…" He pointed at Berkana. "And you tried killing us with your damn signals! If that's being innocent, then we're all guilty of doing it!"
Berkana raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Perhaps. But did you confirm that they were Mavericks or did you just assume?" Zero lowered his hand, trying to figure this statement out. "I thought so. I mean after all, you're just Maverick Hunters. They slaughtered innocents all the time during the days of Elysium." Now Zero was pissed.
"Who the hell do you think you are!" Berkana looked at Zero, unfazed by this outburst. "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you're dealing with problems of your own and don't went anyone to know. Am I right?" Zero's eyes narrowed. "You're full of it, Berkana." Berkana smirked. "Whatever you say, hunter. But I think that it's time that I gave you a piece of your own medicine."
Zero raised an eyebrow. "What's that mean?" Berkana grinned. "Oh, that's simple." She waved her wand, trident, whatever you want to call it, in the air and the ground that Megaman was standing on began flashing. Megaman could see an entire floor filled with spikes. Landing on them meant instant death. "Uh oh."
When the floor vanished, Megaman began plummeting down towards that floor. "Trigger!" Zero, Roll, and Tron all ran towards it, but a laser from Berkana's wand stopped them. "It's inevitable, hunter. How's it feel to know that you can't do a thing about this?" Zero snarled. 'Trigger!" Megaman, meanwhile, was nearly on top of the spiked floor. "THIS IS GOING TO…" A sudden flash cut him off, just as he landed on the floor.
When the flash ended, Berkana started, allowing the group to run to the edge of the hole and gaze into it. Instead of seeing Megaman brand shish kabob, they saw Megaman on the floor, in a jet black armor, holding his head. "WHAT IS THIS? HE SHOULD BE DEAD!" Megaman slowly opened one eye. "I'm… not dead?" He looked down and saw his armor. "What the…" Zero began laughing again. "What's so damn funny?" Zero pointed to Megaman.
"This is the Shadow Armor, the armor of stealth. The head parts allow you to analyze the saber, allowing quicker attacks." Megaman looked over his shoulder and saw another saber resembling that of Zero's. "The armor part prevents some damage and converts the rest into energy for the Giga Attack, Shadow Crescents. The buster parts allow you to shoot spiked buster shots in the different directions."
"Finally, the foot parts allow you to cling to walls without sliding down, to stick to the ceiling for an aerial assault, and, my personal favorite…" Zero chuckled again. "They allow you to walk on inhospitable territory without causing death. A floor of spikes is one example."
Berkana just looked at Megaman, gaping. When she recovered, she began throwing a tantrum. 'WHAT! HE SHOULD BE DEAD! DAMN YOU TO HELL, HUNTER! DAMN YOU TO HELL!" Zero just started laughing again. "Well, what goes around, comes around! And I doubt that you have an armor that prevents death in a way." Berkana snarled. "Fine! I'll deal with this! You'll wish you'd never met me, purifier!"
(Boss Battle)
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Fortress #1 begins playing again)
(Berkana's Health)
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Immediately, she waved her wand thing and disappeared. "Going up…" The entire spiked floor began moving towards the ceiling o fast, it threw Megaman on top of the spikes. He freaked when a spike nearly went into the only gap that revealed his eyes. Everything else was covered by a face mask. When the floor reached the same one that the group and Zero were on, Megaman was thrown into the ceiling and he landed on his back on the spiked floor. And he still didn't feel anything.
Berkana reappeared ad Megaman made good with the saber this time, slashed at her chest. It tore her dress slightly, but enough to set her off. "Damn it! Do you know how much this cost?" Megaman sweatdropped, then he remembered something Zero had told him on Nino Island. "The only reason you were able to use so many Giga Attacks by taking so little damage was because you haven't used the armor in so long. The energy it stored up allowed you to use Giga Attack without completing the full bar of required energy."
He figured that he wouldn't exactly lose anything if he tried, so, he did. He threw his arms back and activated the Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Shadow Crescents
Megaman instinctively reached back to grab the saber. When he did, he hurled it forward, releasing two large crescents that revolved around him. When time resumed, Berkana was thrown backwards.
(Berkana's Health)
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"Damn it, hunter!" Zero, and the rest of the group, sweatdropped and Barrell thought to himself. My my… I hope that all Mavericks don't have foul mouths like this one does… Berkana thrust her wand forward and flames began spewing out of it.
(A.N. This attack isn't in Megaman Xtreme 2. Nor is her giant laser move that's coming up. The flame attacks are mine. The laser move is ripping-off a game called Evil Zone. And just so you know, the battle doesn't consist of a platform of spikes and them constantly moving up and down. It's just something that I thought I'd add for laughs and giggles.)
Megaman dodged these flames and Berkana waved the wand again. "Going down…" Megaman started. "Oh boy." The floor fell and Megaman instinctively reached for the first thing that he could find and that thing turned out to be a wall. As the floor hit the basement, Megaman was sticking to the wall by the palm of his hand. "What in the…" Banner and the others seemed amazed by this, but Berkana was ticked and began another one of her rants.
Megaman began scaling the wall, getting used to being able to do so. Megaman suddenly stopped, turned around, and began firing shots at Berkana. A few of them hit her before she began doing something about it. "What the… Crap! Damn Maverick Hunter!" Zero raised his arm and shot at her with his buster. "You seem to be forgetting me."
Berkana growled in annoyance and the crystal in the middle of the wand began glowing. She raised it in the air and a giant laser emerged from it. She swung this at Megaman, who dodged it and fired a few more shots at her. Again, she was hit by a few of them before she reacted.
(Berkana's Health)
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Zero looked down at Megaman. "Hey Trigger!" He looked up, realizing shortly thereafter that he was responding to Trigger now. "Are you up for a Double Attack?" Megaman nodded and began scaling the wall again. "Oh, no you don't!" Berkana began releasing numerous lasers from her wand and Zero retaliated by shooting another of his buster shots.
This one hit Berkana in the face. "Ah! My face! My beautiful face!" Roll and Tron looked at each other and Began trying to hold back their laughter. Berkana removed one hand from her face so that she could see them. "What is it! What's so damn funny?" Zero whistled and all eyes turned to him and Megaman. "What's funny is that while you were complaining about your face, Trigger got up here and we're both gonna beat your face in!"
Execute Shadow Armor Megaman/Zero Double Attack
Zero began his four-slash combo while Megaman did his Giga Attack. Berkana was thrown backwards to the wall when time resumed.
(Berkana's Health)
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Berkana seemed pissed, but, for some reason, see was laughing on the inside. Hahahahaha! Just a little bit more, hunters, and you and you carbon friends will be deleted from existence! Berkana raised her wand and released another large laser. The group dodged it by moving into the next room while Megaman rolled away. "I've had it, hunter! You're finished!"
(Berkana - Near Death Attack - Between Spikes and A Hard Place)
Megaman managed to grab the edge of the floor before he fell down to the spikes again. However, Berkana began glowing a faint white and the spike floor rose up and stopped a few feet off of the ceiling, taking Megaman with it. Megaman was nearly crushed, but he managed to duck down in time.
The floor lowered itself it's normal level and Megaman activated another Giga Attack by throwing his arms behind him.
Giga Attack
Shadow Crescents
After that, Berkana was thrown back and blood began trickling out of the corner of her lip. She was so weak that the floor turned back to normal. Megaman jumped up and slashed her for the final time.
(Berkana's Health)
None
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Fortress #1 fades out)
She dropped her wand and it shattered as it hit the ground. She managed a weak chuckle. "Fools… If I die… Then the renitialization of this island will begin… Not even you will be able to get out of here in time… He he…"
Everyone gasped and Berkana began to explode. "You can't escape it! Just stand still and accept your fate!" As Berkana blew into a million pieces, the ground started shaking again and an alarm began blaring.
Warning! The Laguz Island Facility will be reinitialized in 60 seconds!
Zero started suddenly. "We need to get the hell out of here!" Everyone began running for the ladder. Teasel got up it in seconds and Prof. Casket was next. Banner, Matilda, and the Servbots got up next.
The Laguz Island Facility will be reinitialized in 30 seconds!
Tron used the Gustaff's arms to tear holes in the wall that allowed her to get up in moments. Megaman began climbing up the ladder and, once he was up, Zero literally ran up the wall. "No time to explain! Move!"
On the outside, when the alarm began blaring, the crowd moved off of the walkway to Laguz Island. The crowd began shouting as the group emerged from Laguz. Megaman was in the rear and, as he began running down the walkway, the facility began glowing and the walkway began falling apart. Megaman made a jump for it and managed to grab the rail as the walkway shattered. A few seconds later, the glow from Laguz ended.
Laguz Island Facility renitialization… Complete. This unit will now return to Central Gate for immediate reanalysis of current models under Eden's central systems.
Mission Complete!
The group from Laguz sighed and the crowd began cheering. Megaman flipped himself over the rail and walked to the group. Banner looked at Zero as he stood up and brushed himself off. "What was that about?" Zero looked at the crowd.
"Berkana and Gareth were known as Soul Erasers because they started an incident that became known as Erasure. During Erasure, reploids lost their souls and their bodies became empty shells. Using the souls that they obtained, the Soul Erasers resurrected several Mavericks that we'd retired. We managed to stop them as Sigma reappeared. As you can probably tell, Gareth was the smarter of the two."
Zero looked at Banner. "Does that answer your question?" Banner nodded and a familiar voice rang out. "Yes. As a matter of fact, it does." Zero sighed and turned around, seeing the annoying mercenary standing there. "What do you want now, Dynamo?"
Twelve pages… This is one of my longest chapters in this fanfic since the Blast Hornet battle in chapter three! Anyways, in the next chapter, Megaman and Zero square off with Dynamo for the second time. I like to read reviews! I like to write fanfics! But, if I'm forced to, I like to beat people to a pulp for not Read and Reviewing most of all! So, please do so.