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, an 'old friend' returns for his third and final attempt to crush the hunter trio and bits of Zero's condition is learned. In case you're wondering, this Maverick is also a favorite of mine. He was since the first day that I learned about, so I'm giving him one more encore appearance later on. But for now, here's chapter twenty-two!
Chapter XXII
Close Encounters of the Most Annoying Kind
"Did you see that? He went crazy, Tron! Do you still think that we can trust him?" Teasel, Tron, Bon Bonne, and the Servbots were all gathered around the table in the meeting room. Tron sipped her tea and shrugged. "I dunno. He did seem to be ashamed to freaking out like that." Teasel sighed and stared at his tea. "I agree. But I still think that we should be more careful around him. Something suddenly doesn't feel right about him." Tron and Bon Bonne nodded. "Why don't you ask him what's wrong?" Everyone turned to Number 27 as he smiled. "I'd prefer not to risk having him repeat that outburst on me." Number 27 frowned and began pondering. "I guess you're right. Still, it couldn't hurt to ask." Teasel pointed a finger at him. "That's where you're wrong. It could hurt a lot to ask. I mean, look at he did to that Rhino guy in a single outburst." The Servbot shuddered at the thought and continued pondering.
Tron tried breaking the silence. "Like you said, we should be more careful from now on." Everyone else listening nodded at this. Back in the Flutter, Megaman was conversing with Data and Roll.
"So, how am I able to understand you now?"
"When I gave Megaman his memory back, I lost the ability to speak the Elysium language. I don't remember much, but it's better than nothing."
"I see…"
"How's Zero?"
"Not so good. He's still on that roof."
"Poor Zero… I wonder what happened."
"Yeah… And Axl?"
"Talking to Glyde. I'm starting to think that they're becoming pretty good friends."
"Kind of odd if you ask me."
"Yeah…"
On Glyde's train, Axl and Glyde were also conversing as Birdbots ran left and right.
"So, you're the one who left those trains for them?"
"I kind of had to. It would've been a lot harder fighting that battle from the air."
"I see your point."
"Yeah. And I even helped out by infiltrating the inside of the Maverick train. I fought several Mavericks inside, but I had to hightail it out of there when that explosion took place. I also destroyed several Mavericks outside of the Maverick train incident too."
"Again, I see your point."
As the three groups conversed with each other, Zero stood alone on top of the Maverick train wreckage which had been partly cleaned up already. He looked back on several moments from the past, one particular one catching his eye.
-Flashback-
Megaman, who still hadn't got his memory back at the time, heard a knock at his door. "Come in." Zero walked in holding an odd tank-like thing which he handed to Megaman. "What's this?" As Megaman looked it over, Zero smirked and explained. "It's my Sub Tanks. I found two of my own during the Repliforce incident. I can take care of myself for now, but without you're memory, you're at a disadvantage. Take 'em. You'll benefit from them more than I will." Zero turned and left as Megaman called to him. "Um… Thanks. I guess…"
-End Flashback-
Zero looked through the good times and bad times he'd spent with Megaman Voulnut. He then slipped out a piece of paper that he'd hidden under his wrist and he studied it. From what Trigger told me, there's only fourteen Mavericks left. Thank God… Zero replaced the paper and clutched his chest lightly. I don't know how much longer I can hold this off…
Warning! Warning!
As Zero worried about this, a shadowed figure snuck up behind and broke the ice. "I told you that you're taking this too seriously." Zero's eyes sunk into his head. "Son of a bitch!" Everyone who heard this jumped and ran out to see what was the problem. Zero slowly turned around to face the dreaded mercenary, Dynamo. "What?"
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme begins playing)
Megaman, who was now clad in the Force Armor, grabbed his buster as Axl became confused. "I don't think that we've had the pleasure of being introduced." Dynamo mock-bowed. "Name's Dynamo and I'm…" Zero cut in. "Seriously started to piss me off!" Dynamo sweatdropped and looked back at Zero who'd summoned K Knuckle. "Geez… And you told Rhino not to swear. Besides, I gave you a least three days to get Trigger's memory back and lo and behold, you got it!" Zero cracked his knuckles. "And you're gonna get it if you don't buzz off." Dynamo shrugged. "I came here to get something done and I plan to do that." Zero shrugged. "You're funeral." Axl and Megaman beamed out as Dynamo took his trademark stance.
(Dynamo's Health)
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(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme begins playing)
(A.N. I've had a temporary brain-lapse, so don't flame me. During the past two X-style battles, I've forgotten to put what dimension battle it is. The Grizzly Slash and Tunnel Rhino battles were solely 3-D, and so this is what future battles are going to look like.)
Battle Style - 2-D/ 3-D Combination
Current Setting - 2-D
Dynamo started by hurling his saber at Zero, who easily dodged it and then attacked with K Knuckle. "Raijinken!" This barrage of thunder knocked Dynamo's saber back to him and he began to spin it around. Then, Dynamo leapt into the air and swiped at Zero, who dodged and countered this attack. "Tenshouha!" A huge laser came crashing to the ground and Dynamo was thrown back. "Not bad. It's not good for someone in your condition, but it's still not bad." Zero snarled and continued his assault. "Youdantotsu!" Zero punched forward and this barely caught Dynamo's chest.
(A.N. I hate to interrupt, but I've discovered a mistake that I made during the second part of the Maverick train battle. I confused the colors for the Incarus and Hermes Armors. The Incarus Armor is red and has the Giga Crush Giga Attack. The Hermes Armor is blue and has the X-Speed Giga Attack. Now that you know that, back to the battle.)
Dynamo then took his saber and began spinning it around again. Similar copies of the saber began shooting out of the original and Axl swapped places with Zero.
Active Member - Axl
3-D Conversion (It's 3-D now if you've forgotten)
Axl jumped into the air and used his Giga Attack again.
Giga Attack
DNA Change
This time, Axl disappeared in the flash of light and reappeared as a Pegasus-like reploid with the Repliforce symbol between his eyes. "Wing Spiral!" The reploid, known as The Skiver (Spiral Pegasus; X5), floated into the air and created a small, white tornado by waving his hand. Seeing as this was Dynamo's weakness, it did double damage. As Axl changed back, Megaman was swapped in and he used his Giga Attack.
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
Giga Attack
Nova Dash
Megaman jumped into the air and dashed forward as a white energy covered his body. By doing this, he did a bunch of damage to Dynamo.
(Dynamo's Health)
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Dynamo took his four saber handles and them all at Megaman, all of them being dodged by the ace hunter. Megaman then fired a fully-charged shot at Dynamo and, sure enough, a large ball of plasma continued draining Dynamo's health after the initial impact.
2-D Conversion (It's 2-D now if you've forgotten)
Then Dynamo jumped into the air and fired a buster shot that split into two different directions as it became aligned with Megaman. Megaman dodged it and fired another fully-charged shot that knocked him out of the air and away from the plasma. Megaman then beamed out and Zero beamed back in.
Active Member - Zero
Zero had Sigma Blade out and he attacked with something wide-ranged. "Hyouryuushou!" Dynamo was knocked backwards as Zero activated his Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero selected Wave Slash and he dashed towards Dynamo. He jumped into the air and slashed Dynamo down the front. Lucky for Zero, it did +75 damage. Zero then called the others and together, they activated Final Strike.
Execute Force Armor Megaman/ Zero/ Axl Final Strike
(Dynamo's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Dynamo Laser)
Dynamo jumped back as Megaman and Axl beamed off again. His hands began glowing bright blue as he smirked. "Let's try this on for size." He slammed one fist into the ground, making a bunch of lasers with a gap in between them appear as Zero dodged them. Then, Dynamo slammed his other fist into the ground and the gaps became lasers as the lasers became gaps. Due to the sudden change, Zero couldn't dodge it and he got knocked down, but he immediately got back up. Zero then summoned T Breaker and knocked Dynamo out of the air as he tried to jump to Zero's other side. Zero then swung T Breaker again as Dynamo stood up. Finally, Zero beamed off and let Axl take charge.
Active Member - Axl
3-D Conversion
Axl had an odd-looking gun and he fired it at Dynamo. "Ice Gattling!" The gun began firing a rapid-fire stream of ice pellets that pelted Dynamo. "Okay, you know what? That's just mean." Axl smirked. "No. This is mean."
Giga Attack
DNA Change
As Axl disappeared yet again, he emerged this time as Dark Mantis. He jumped above Dynamo's head and threw his hands back. "I'm gonna rip you apart!" Axl proceeded in repeating Mantis' Near Death Attack and that finished Dynamo off.
(Dynamo's Health)
None
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Dynamo Theme fades out)
As Axl changed back and the others beamed back down, Dynamo reemerged with electricity coursing over his dented body. "Again, you're taking this too seriously, Zero." Zero frowned and stepped forward. "I'll tell you when I'm taking it too seriously. Now get lost." Dynamo also frowned and was about to say something when Zero cut him off. "I said get lost." Dynamo shrugged and stood erect. "Jenna." Dynamo beamed off and Zero looked at spot where Dynamo had been we n a thought came to his mind. How does he know that I'm infected with the Sigma Virus?
(A.N. Dun dun duh! For those of you still confused, yes. Zero is infected with the Sigma Virus and he will go Maverick. The only question now is when…)
Meanwhile, on the abandoned form of Laguz Island, the two cloaked figures were rummaging through a certain room.
"So, this is where it happened"
"Yes. My hate for the carbons began here."
"So I've seen…"
-Flashback-
(?'s POV)
As I slowly came to , I opened my eyes. My vision was blurred for a few seconds before I saw the figures of carbon scientists. Not again… My hearing was kicking in again and after a while, I could hear the carbons talking on the other side of my glass prison.
"How's the specimen?"
"He should be regaining consciousness about now."
"See if he's awake yet."
As a carbon approached me, I quickly closed my eyes, but not so fast as to reveal that I was in fact awake. "He's still out." I smirked slightly.
"This isn't good. He should have come to now."
"Stop being so damn worried. It's only a reploid."
Only a reploid… That was it. I planned my escaped years ago, but I was put back to sleep before I could execute. But now that I was awake once more, I knew now that I was to escape and beat the carbons' respect for reploids back into them. I summoned my trademark anchor and caused quite a ruckus in the process. "He's come to! And… Wait! He's…" In one swift movement, I shattered my glass prison and lunged for the nearest carbon. I'm still not sure if he died, although I wish that he did. However, if he did survive, then he won't have legs to be thankfully for surviving. I hurt several others before breaking through a wall altogether. I looked up and saw the planet of Elysium. It's amazing that ti was so close, yet the carbons knew nothing about it.
Several security guards ran in and began firing their weapons at me. In a split second, the virus that plagued my body became active again and I hurled my anchor at the wall, causing it to seal off. I then proceeded to cut off any escape route the carbons might have before sealing their fate. In one last bloodcurdling scream, the carbons of Laguz Island became reinitialized and disappeared from existence forever.
It was at this instant that I learned why I had escaped. The promise. Yes. I must make the carbons worst nightmare come to pass and destroy the carbon race altogether. Everything would've gone perfectly had I not learned that one of the Maverick Hunters still roamed the earth. Megaman Trigger. I planned his demise and everything went smoothly until Zero interrupted me. It's then that I befriended one of the Mavericks that I'd resurrected. He told me of a plan he'd come up with to destroy the hunters and the carbons in one attempt. I agreed and again, everything would've gone smoothly if 'he' hadn't interfered. He asked me not to go through with the plan. I ignored his pleas and the coward retreated back to his refuge on Manda Island. I haven't heard from him since.
-End Flashback-
The shark-like figure paused as he looked at the hole he'd sealed the carbons in with. "I have no remorse for what I did. They deserved it." The other figure smirked. "Yes, they did." The shark began operating a computer before smirking in success. "Yes! Even after a month and a half, it still works!" The shark then brought up a map of the entire island and zoomed in on a single one. "Dare I ask what you're doing." The shark pointed at the island. "Nino Island, the only island with a water-based ruin in it." The cloaked figure looked at his 'partner'. "So?" The shark smirked. "So, if I took a water-based Maverick, 'convince' him to go into these ruins, and lure the hunters there, I could end them as they left." The cloaked figure pondered this for a second. "If you insist, but at least wait until Vile here has finished his plan."
The shark started and turned to face the Maverick with the T-shaped visor. "So, you're the Maverick I've heard about." Vile responded by lowering his cannon. "And you're the one who destroyed my airship." The cloaked figure intervened. "Knock it off! you'll both get you're chances. For now, we'll have to help Vile construct his 'Magna-Goliath' Ride Armor. The shark reluctantly agreed and the three left Laguz Island.
Meanwhile, in the Manda Ruins, a shadowed figure was pondering his next move. "I did what I could to stop this, hunters. Now it's up to you." He chuckled as he began stroking the petal that hanged from his head. "It's only a matter of time before our reunion. I hope you're ready because I won't hold back. Not this time."
Well, talk about mass revelations! In the next chapter, the hunter trio face someone who's more of a spoiled brat than a Maverick and watch as the plans for the Magna-Goliath armor are revealed. For now, Read and Review and I'll continue. Well, actually, I haven't thought the next chapter through very well, so I'm going to update another fanfic before returning to this. Until then…