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, Megaman and Zero continue making their way to the front car where they'll square off with the conductor himself. Also, in the next chapter, a friendly face returns just in time for a battle with another not-so-friendly face. So now, chapter twenty!
Chapter XX
Hop Aboard The Maverick Train pt. 2
(Megaman Legends 2 (Playstation) - Bonnes' Car Train Battle begins playing)
As the three cars closed in on the Maverick train, whose rear car was now pouring out smoke, another Maverick appeared. Well, actually, he sort of fell out of the car, did a flip, landed on his feet, and began using his feet as treads to keep up with the trains. "Woah! What the… Tunnel…" Rhino snarled. "Save it, hunter!" Rhino slid over and smashed into the gashed side of the Bonnes' train. For a second or two, it actually began going down the track on two wheels. "AH!" Megaman leaned forward as Zero slipped and grabbed the side. "Tron! Zero!" The train fell back onto it's track and Rhino began sliding the other way. Zero cried out as he stood up. "Watch out!"
Megaman's armor suddenly became dark purple and light gray and Megaman fired. A small sliver of goo exactly like McWhalen's Gel Shaver shot to the ground and caught Rhino's foot. His other foot lifted off of the ground as he began to slip and slide. In fact, the three trains went onto one track as Rhino slipped right into the river. "You'll pay for… AGH!" Rhino fell through the frozen lake's surface and Zero laughed as he stood up. "Serves ya right!" The trains went onto separate tracks as a large clamshell popped up on the rear car of the Maverick train. It opened and Zero started. "Shield Sheldon?" He planted his feet on the end car and looked at the hunters. "Forgive me if I prove to be trouble for you. My first two jobs as a bodyguard ended in failure. This one shall not. Due to the sudden changes of plan, I've got to stall you long enough for this train to reach the city." Zero stepped forward. "That's what you think!" Sheldon smirked slightly. "Yes. It is."
Sheldon threw a half of a clamshell at either hunter, who dodged the shell parts. When the shell was returned to Sheldon, he disappeared, reappeared between the Bonnes' car and Roll's car, and made four lines of orange energy appear around him. He slowly moved towards Megaman, whose armor flashed and the gray Neutral Armor parts began glowing bright red.
Hermes Program Activated
Megaman threw his hands behind and activated an odd Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Giga Crush
Time froze and numerous fireworks were fired in random directions from Megaman's chest, devastating anything nearby. When time resumed, Sheldon disappeared, reappeared on the rear car again, and threw his shell at the hunters again. Megaman got a fully-charged shot and fired a large laser that finished Sheldon off. I hope that that was enough… Sheldon exploded and Glyde shot off the next car. It blew up a ways behind the three cars and they moved closer to the next one. Suddenly, a bird came whizzing right by the two cars and stopped above the rear car.
"Wind Crowrang!" Crowrang smirked. "So, you've made it thus far without a scratch, eh? I'll have to change that." Crowrang landed and began flapping his small wings rapidly. Suddenly, Crowrang took off, shooting four beams of blue energy out either side of him. The hunters easily dodged this and Crowrang dive-bombed Megaman, knocking him off of his train as his armor was surrounded in light again. "Megaman!" As Megaman just barely managed to grab the edge of the train, the red Hermes Armor parts began glowing bright blue.
Incarus Program Activated
Megaman flipped himself over and activated a Giga attack that didn't stop time.
Giga Attack
X-Speed
Megaman suddenly began surrounded in blue and he began running towards Crowrang at twice his normal speed. He jumped onto the rear car of the maverick train and quickly looked at something while dodging his attacks. "Zero! We've got nine miles left! Let's pick up the pace!" Zero nodded and activated his Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero selected Zero Dragon Slash and slashed upwards with his saber, catching Crowrang off guard and knocking him to the ground and his death. As he exploded, Megaman jumped back to Roll's car just as he ran out of energy for X-Speed. Suddenly, a blur breaking through the roof of the rear car and an odd noise caught their attention. "HHHHIIIIAAAA!" The blur stopped moving to reveal a stingray-like being. "Jet Stingray." Stingray didn't look pleased. "Save it, hunter!"
He raised his leg, a hatch in his knee opened, and he began firing red stingray drones at Megaman and Zero. They dodged them and Megaman fired a fully-charged, three-way buster shot that knocked Stingray out of air long enough for Zero to jump over and use an ice attack. "Hyouretsuzan!" Stingray was frozen solid, so Zero summoned T Breaker and continued. "Take this!" He slammed the warhammer into the ground and caused a slight tremor. Stingray began exploding, but the car had been knocked off of the rest of the train, so as it passed the Bonnes' train, Zero jumped off and Stingray still continued his assault. "Glory to the Mavericks!" Stingray charged at Megaman and began spiraling around while he continued to explode. Megaman dodged it and got him with another fully-charged blast that finished him off.
As they moved ahead, a sudden reddish blur made itself known. "Boomer Kuwanger!" The roach-like being chuckled. "It's been a while, hunters. But at long last, vengeance shall be mine!" Kuwanger began running around the rear car extremely fast and Megaman's armor became light yellow and gray. "Rolling Attack!" Megaman fired a small, pinkish shield that rolled along and tripped Kuwanger. "Curse you!" Kuwanger ran around some more before pausing and throwing his horns at Megaman. "Boomerang Cutter!" Megaman dodged this and fired a fully-charged shot that knocked Kuwanger into the air. Suddenly, Glyde's laser fired and finished Kuwanger off before he'd even hit the ground. "I grow weary of this. Let's just get to the source. Glyde fired again and shot off the rear car, leaving two behind. "Let's get to the bottom of this!"
On the inside of the Maverick train, Grizzly Slash and Bubble Crab held on as the entire train shook as they lost another car. "Dammit! Who's left?" Crab scuttled backwards. "Only us." Slash started. "This is ludacris! Those hunters will pay for this!" Slash pushed a button and walked to the center of the engine. "Take control for me." Crab scuttled over. "It's on auto-pilot." Slash kneeled down. "That's the point." On the outside, Megaman and Zero got prepared for the final battle as they grew closer to the engine.
(Megaman Legends 2 (Playstation) - Bonnes' Car Train Battle fades out)
Warning! Warning!
A hole was suddenly torn in the roof of the engine and a bear-like robot jumped out. "He was a huge, brown/ light brown grizzly with a scar going down his right eye. "Grizzly Slash. Weapons broker and train engineer." Another thing that the three train drivers noticed is that Slash's left hand was normal while his right one was a hand with five sword-like claws for fingers. "Handfuls of innocent reploids died today because of your recklessness! I shall avenge them!" Zero scoffed. "If that's what you think. Why'd you drive by the intersection if you're so 'innocent'?" Slash growled. "We would have! It's just that you and the explosion you caused just managed to attract my attention just as we got there!" Zero rolled his eyes. "Nice excuse, but I don't buy it." Slash growled again. "Fine! If that's what you think, then I'll destroy you to avenge my fallen comrades!" As Slash's health was tallied up, he swung his claw twice and pointed two fingers and Zero. "You're as good as dead, hunter!"
(Slash's Health)
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(Megaman Legends 2 (Playstation) - Glyde's Car Train Battle begins playing)
Slash immediately hopped three times down the train until he was aligned with Megaman and Zero. However, he faced Zero and slashed with his claw quickly, releasing three small, orange crescents. "Crescent Shot!" He created two more before leaping into the air and disappearing into the ground below. "What the heck?" Zero stepped forward. "Be on your guard." Slash suddenly broke out of the ground and thrust a drill that replaced his left hand forward, trying to trip Megaman, but failing. Slash then burrowed underground again and reappeared in front of the Bonnes' car. He tried slashing Zero off of the car, but instead got a swift swipe of D Glaive to the face.
He burrowed underground and shortly jumped up and landed on the back car of the Maverick train. Megaman, who'd been ignored thus far, changed to the Glide Armor and shouted to Zero. "Three miles and closing!" Zero started as Slash smirked. "You stopped one plan only to have us come up with another. Beat that." Megaman let forth a cocky statement and activated the Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Giga Crash
Before Slash could react, Zero activated his Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero selected Zero Wave Slash and knocked Slash forward. Again, before he could react, the two activated a Double Attack. Talk about a swift kick to the balls, eh?
Execute Glide Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
(Slash's Health)
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Slash got pissed and slashed quickly six times, releasing six, much larger crescents. "Supreme Crescent Shot!" Slash then jumped on top of Roll's car and slashed numerous times at Megaman. Suddenly, everyone heard a crash and the Maverick train began going even faster. "What'd you do?" Crab began scuttling around happily. "I pushed that one lever up further!" Slash shrugged it off and continued his assault. He slashed numerous times at Megaman again and he managed another look at his arm hologram. "Two miles!" Zero growled and jumped from train to train in order to slice Slash's back with D Glaive. Grizzly turned and slashed at Zero only to have Megaman shoot a fully-charged shot into his side. Megaman changed into the Force Armor and he executed it's Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Nova Dash
Time froze as Megaman jumped up and shot straight forward, a small energy filed covering his body in the process.
(Slash's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Slash Claw)
Grizzly Slash reached back and slash forward with an extremely powerful slash. Megaman dodged it and broke the news to Zero. "We've got less than half of a mile!" Zero started and turned, seeing the tips of some buildings in the process. Meanwhile, the Flutter and Gesselchaft had gone forward and landed at Yosyonke City. Banner and his old friend got reacquainted as everyone else walked in. "Banner, my old friend!" Banner gripped the outstretched and metallic arm tightly. "Joe, how's it been?" The two got into a conversation that got cut short pretty quickly. "It's here!" Everyone turned and saw the edges of the Maverick train. Back on the train, Zero had managed to get two more swipes of D Glaive in before making Slash retreat to the Maverick train. Megaman shot a small charged shot at Slash and Zero fired his own buster shot to finish him off.
(Slash's Health)
None
As Slash fell onto his stomach, he let forth an apology. "Guys… Forgive me… I failed…" As Grizzly Slash exploded, the entire Maverick train also began to explode. Back on board, Bubble Crab was panicking. "Slash? Slash! Oh boy…" As the engine began exploding more rapidly, the three trains pulled back. All looked well until… "No flipping way!" Suddenly, in a quick show of light, the wheels of the engine exploded, sent the train into the air momentarily, and then the entire thing began sliding towards the city at a rapid pace. "It's going to hit!" Megaman stepped forward. "Not on my watch!" Megaman beamed off as the citizens of Yosyonke clutched loved ones. Megaman, now in his normal armor, began twiddling his fingers, lifting his legs, and quickly lowering them in an anxious stance. "Come on… Come on…" As the train came closer, Megaman's armor began glowing and Megaman ran towards the train's wreckage. "Yes!"
In a suddenly flash of light, Megaman got grip and began pushing against the wreckage in a black armor. It didn't slow down, so Megaman shifted his weight to his right leg and it began slowing. But as it approached the city, all seemed hopeless until…
(Megaman Legends 2 (Playstation) - Glyde's Car Train Battle fades out)
"Amazing! He pulled it off!"
"You don't expect the obvious. It was evident that he was to succeed."
"I know that! But he did it even as the train headed straight for the city."
"Again, you fail to see the obvious. I was evident…"
"And again, I know that. I'm just saying that it seems surprising to me."
"If you insist…"
When the dust settled and the group from the three trains, led by Roll and Zero, ran up, believe it or not, Megaman had stopped the train right where Joe's train had been when Megaman and Roll had first set off to stop the pirate train. Everyone stood in awe for a second before cheering like the world had been saved. Megaman let go of the train and sighed. Roll ran up and nearly squeezed the life out of him, making Tron's face become beet red. Barrel came up and smiled. "Looks like you two did it." Zero shrugged. "It's nothing we're not used to." Megaman noticed Teasel eyeing the armor and he explained.
"The Gaea Armor, armor of strength and defense. The head part allows me to move certain blocks while dashing. The armor parts almost entirely eliminate damage and what damage I do take is converted to the 'Gaea Fist' Giga Attack. The foot parts are similar to that of the Shadow Armor, allowing me to walk across harsh terrain without taking damage. Finally, the buster parts allow me to get a fully-charged shot ready in only seconds. However, it's extremely short-ranged, but it causes massive damage."
He smiled and turned to Zero. "I didn't forget anything, did I?" Zero shook his head and was going to say something when a sudden tremor caught everyone off guard. Megaman shot a fully-charged shot and it blew a hole big enough to see what was happening on the other side. "This isn't good." A huge drill was currently burrowing towards the city at a pretty decent speed. "Like I was trying to say earlier, Tunnel Rhino. Excavation unit."
And thus completes my first two-part series! There's going to be another one much later, but for now, I'll deal with this. Anyways, in the next chapter, a 'doppelganger' is revealed, an old friend resurfaces, and together, they take on Tunnel Rhino. Read and Review and I'll continue! Unless I'm kidnapped and forced to buy fast food for a bunch of rabid badgers. But that isn't going to happen anytime soon. I'm almost positive of it.