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. Those are mine.
In this chapter, another signal is discovered on Saul Kada Island and the group squares off with one fast Maverick. Like I said in the last chapter, this is going to be the first of three final Legends-style chapters. So, for those of you who like this fanfic, get ready for a switch. And now, chapter sixteen!
Chapter XVI
Taking It Into Overdrive
Megaman woke up the next morning in his normal armor. He yawned and stretched before exiting his room. He poked his head into the living room and saw Zero fast asleep on the couch. It wasn't that no one had offered him a bed, it's that he choose the couch. It was a bit far from everyone else, but no one thought about it. Megaman exited the Flutter, stretched again, took a big whiff of air, and got the shock of a lifetime. "HEY, MEGAMAN!" Megaman literally jumped into the air and landed on top of the Flutter, waking Zero. "Wha…" Roll, who'd tried sneaking into the kitchen, started. "Something hit the roof!" As she ran out, Zero started and looked after her.
Once outside, Roll saw Data and Megaman peeking over the edge. "Megaman? What happened?" Megaman thrust a finger at Data. "That psychotic monkey tried giving me a heart attack!" Roll looked at Data as the still-groggy Zero exited the Flutter. "All I did was say hi." Zero looked up at Megaman. "Yeah. After you snuck up behind me!" Data stood still for a second before resuming his dance. "Oh yeah."
As Megaman got down from the roof, Banner, Matilda, Barrell, and Von Bleucher walked up. "Ah, you're up! Good thing too." Banner finished. "We've found a signal on Saul Kada. With the pattern that's been going on, it's no doubt one of your Maverick friends." Zero nodded, turned for the door, paused, and looked back. "Saul Kada Island is a desert, right?" Barrell nodded. "In that case, we'll probably be running into a fire-type Maverick. Keep those Sub Tanks handy, Trigger. Fire types are some of the most powerful Mavericks there are." With that, Zero reentered the building.
Once on route for Saul Kada, Zero was sitting on the couch watching TV. And due to the recent outbreaks of what appears to be advanced reaverbots, the police are advising citizens to report a sighting of any unusual, animal-shaped reaverbots. Zero closed his eyes as he fell into thought. Reaverbots… Yeah right. If it were only that simple… Zero suddenly clutched his stomach. Not again! Even sleeping here isn't helping. I'm not sure how much longer I can last.
Data, who'd been watching TV with Zero, perked up when he grabbed his chest. "Is everything alright?" Zero looked at the monkey. "I'm fine. Now, about Trigger's memory…" Data crossed his ball-shaped arms and turned. "I told you before and I'll tell you now! No way!" Zero got angry. "look! If Trigger doesn't get his memory back soon, either he'll die or I'll…" Zero paused, then shook his head. "Never mind. With as stubborn as you're being, it wouldn't matter if you knew or not." Data turned and looked at Zero with concern as the red-armored hunter turned his attention back to the television.
After about a half-hour, they arrived. "We're…" Zero suddenly ran up. "Is there anywhere to land outside of the city?" This confused everyone, but Roll piped up. "There's this oasis…" Zero grabbed a nearby bolt from the ground. "Good. Land there." Banner turned around. "Why?" Zero began climbing the ladder to the roof. "look out of the left side window." Matilda, Roll, Barrell, and Von Bleucher, who'd tagged along, all went to the window as Banner informed the Bonnes about this.
"What do you mean we're landing in an oasis? What's wrong with the…" Teasel never finished because at that time, Zero threw the bolt off of the ship and just as it was about to hit the desert sand, it hit some kind of forcefield and exploded. "Holy crap! It blew up!" Banner started. "What!" He ran over to the window, forcing Megaman to jump on the controls.
After calming down and Banner taking control of the Flutter again, Zero came down and explained. "It's an old type of forcefield some Maverick Hunters used. It would prevent either person from teleporting out for if they did, it meant suicide. However, techniques were developed that eliminated this effect. Few hunters could continuously teleported around the field and eventually break through it all together. If we were to land on top of that, all of us would be fried to a crisp." The crowd just stared at him and they eventually recovered long enough to land in the oasis that Roll had mentioned.
Shortly after taking off, Zero held up a hand and walked a few steps forward. He flicked the field with a finger and, oddly enough, it began disappearing. "That's way to coincidental." A few minutes later, Teasel began complaining. "Why must the sun be so cruel?" Tron sighed. "We've only between walking for two minutes." Teasel looked at his sister. "I know! That's the point! I can't take…" Suddenly, a huge gust of wind came out of nowhere and disappeared as quickly as it came.
Sand was now mostly covering Teasel's face. He growled and turned to where the wind had gone. "Hey! Can't you see that I'm…" Again, the wind came and disappeared again. "What the crap is" Zero suddenly moved forward. "Don't move!" Teasel froze as Zero knelt and looked at something around Teasel's head. He slowly looked up to see a large footprint in the sand. "A footprint?" Zero and Teasel stood up. "Yeah. Looks like I was wrong." Teasel started and looked at him. "About what?" Zero motioned towards the footprint with his head. "We're not facing a fire-type. We're fighting the world's fastest Maverick instead."
Teasel nodded, then suddenly started as he realized what Zero had said. "What! Are we up an ostrich or something!" A snicker came from close by. "You carbons are slightly smarter than I thought you were." Teasel turned to get another blast of sand to the face. No one got a good look at it, but they managed to see a spiked ring around it's feet, hands, and neck, a long neck, and that purple symbol on his head. "That's driving me crazy! What is that symbol?" Zero looked after the ostrich. "I'm not sure I've told you this before, but it's the Maverick insignia." Teasel formed an 'O' with his mouth and Zero introduced the unwelcome guest. "Overdrive Ostrich."
The ostrich looked behind him as he ran beyond humanly-possible speeds. "Hahahahaha! You're game's up, hunters!" Zero summoned Sigma Blade and bent over to Megaman. "We'll wait for him to get close before attacking him." Megaman nodded and Ostrich temporarily stopped on a dune not-too-far away.
Mission Objective
Defeat Overdrive Ostrich
"As one would say, the buck stops here!"
Mission Start!
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Boss Theme begins playing)
(Ostrich's Health)
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Active Member - Zero
Megaman rolled away as Ostrich took off again, heading straight for the group. Zero readied Sigma Blade and he swiped it as Ostrich came within range. This made him flip backwards, but he somehow landed on his feet and took off again. "Nice try, hunter, but you won't win with just cheap shots!" Ostrich ran up and dune, ran alongside it, and then hopped off and began heading straight for Zero. A few moments before impact, Zero jumped into the air and thrust Sigma Blade down. "Enkujin!" The flaming broadsword nailed Ostrich in the head and he fell into a heap not-too-far away.
(Ostrich's Health)
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Ostrich stood up, but instead of taking off, he slowly ran about. "Time for a more personal approach, eh?" Ostrich jumped into the air and threw his arms aside. "Sonic Slicer!" Three of the small blades that Megaman had used during the battle with Blast Hornet came out of the ground and turned towards Zero. This time, Zero took a new approach. "Rekkyoudan!" For a brief moment, Sigma Blade became orange and with one swipe, Zero deflected the Sonic Slicers back at Ostrich. "OW! Dirty piece of scrap metal!" Ostrich began running in place, which looked a bit weird. "Here we go! Dodge this!" Ostrich took off at sonic speeds and crashed right into Zero at the same time. "I'm not one of those small fries you've been fighting, Omega! Remember that!"
(Ostrich's Health)
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Zero beamed out and Megaman rolled into action after Zero picked himself up.
Active Member - Megaman Voulnut
Megaman, who'd recently equipped Flacon Armor again, was ready and willing to wait for Ostrich to come into range when Zero's voice rang out. "Remember what I told you on Nino Island? The Falcon Armor is the armor of flight AND speed! Don't just stand there! Run after him!" Megaman started. "Are you serious!" Zero chuckled. "As serious as I've ever been." Megaman sighed and, without even knowing it until after he did it, walked a few steps away and out of the path of Overdrive Ostrich.
"Well, he goes nothing." He began running after Ostrich and, after a few seconds, something clicked and he took off like the wind. "HOLY CRAP! HE'S RUNNING AS FAST AS THAT GUY IS!" Everyone watched in amazement as, within seconds, Megaman had ran up to Ostrich's side and he knew it. "How dare you! I'm the fastest one here! Why I should… Sand dune." Megaman was confused by this until he ran straight into a sand dune. "Oh… My head… Where'd that creep go?" As Megaman walked out of the Megaman-sized hole, his question was answered when he saw Ostrich on top of the Sub-Ruins not-too-far away. "If you can't control your own speed around me, then you might as well leave the fast stuff to yours truly!"
Zero beamed down and Megaman understood what that meant. When Ostrich began running along the dune, they waited until he got within range and then they activated the Double Attack.
Execute Falcon Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
To make matters worse for Ostrich, immediately after that, Megaman activated the Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Falcon Strike
(Ostrich's Health)
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As Ostrich became mangled amongst the dunes Zero beamed out with a laugh. "As one would say, that was a swift kick to the balls!" Ostrich finally picked himself up off of the ground and activated his Near Death Attack.
(Near Death Attack - Taking It Into Overdrive)
Overdrive Ostrich ran in place and, when he took off, everyone heard him break the sound barrier. This time, it would be next to impossible to hit him because he was practically flying everywhere. Megaman, however, took off after him and got a fully-charged shot ready. Ostrich looked to his right and snickered. "I'm the fastest here, hunter! Do you expect to beat this?" Megaman smirked and raised his buster. "Sand dune." Instead of using the fully-charged shot, Megaman converted that power into an even more powerful saber slash which put a gash in Ostrich's throat. Megaman ran away as Ostrich ran straight into the sand dune Megaman had told him about.
Ostrich slowly crawled out of the hole as Zero beamed down next to the group as Megaman jogged up. "Hunters… Can't stop… Inevitable…" Ostrich snarled and took off straight for Zero. Zero smirked and, once Ostrich got close enough, finished him off with a clothesline, courtesy of the Z Saber.
(Ostrich's Health)
None
Ostrich did a backflip and came to a rest not-too-far away from the group. Immediately, he began exploding and soon he exploded altogether.
Mission Complete!
Zero smirked as he looked at the spot where Ostrich perished. "Looks like you trashed his voice-box. Nice job." Zero began walking towards the city as a couple people followed him. "Come on. We'll wait here until another signal comes up." As the group began heading for the city, a familiar shark-like figure broke free of the sand and watched the group walk away. "Hehehe… Just you wait, hunters. You'll get yours soon enough."
In the next chapter, the group decides to spend the night in Kimotoma City, another nocturnal Maverick pops up and things start getting good as the Legends-style battles grow scarce. Read and Review and I'll continue!