Megaman Excel
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I don't own the X or Legends series of the Megaman storyline. I also don't own the music mentioned/ used in this fanfic. However, I do own the storyline and certain attacks. Check my profile to see which ones.
In this chapter, Axl remains at Kimotoma City as Megaman and Zero head to Elysium, they square off with Vile's Magna-Goliath armor, and someone very close shall perish. And, regarding my statements in the last chapter: Yes, I do plan on making a sequel. It won't be created right away because about nine characters are fan characters that I don't own. Wish for the best because if they say no, then I'm pretty much screwed. Anyways, here's chapter twenty-seven!
Chapter XXVII
Sacrifice
Megaman was setting Elysium's coordinates into his and Zero's teleportation systems. The only reason that Axl wasn't getting the same treatment was because he'd offered to stay behind in case of another Maverick attack. He'd had an awfully hard time convincing the two, but he managed. As Megaman and Zero were ready to head off, Roll ran up and hugged Megaman. "Either you can back sooner this time or I'll… I'll… I'll think of something while you're up there." Megaman couldn't help but smirk at this. "Don't worry. I'll be fine." Then he turned to Axl. "Are you sure that you want to stay behind?" Axl shrugged. "Who else is going to protect the city?" Megaman smirked again, then walked to Zero's side. "Be back in a jiffy!" With that, the two hunters beamed out and Axl was left smirking. However, that smirk soon grew into a frown. Sorry, guys. I had to do it this way, but a 'friend' of mine told what was going to happen. And it's no Maverick attack…
Once in Elysium, Megaman looked around as the memories began churning in his head. The first one to notice the hunters' arrival was Mistress Yuna. "Wait! Trigger? What are you…" She noticed Zero waving and Megaman's armor, then she pieced it together. "Well I'll be. I see that you finally convinced that monkey friend of yours." Megaman smirked. "With some trouble." Zero stepped froward and was about to day something when, Mistress Sera, Geatz, and Gatz all walked in. Gatz and Geatz were both in there human forms, but the hunters recognized them instantly. "Long time no see, Trigger." Megaman smirked and was going to say something when Zero cut in. "We need to know if anyone aside from us has come to Elysium." Yuna and Sera exchanged glances before Geatz responded.
"A Maverick, as you call them, has just appeared on the surface of Elysium, directly above the Defense Zone. Everyone stood still before running like crazy. Soon enough, they'd discovered an old elevator that, with a strong whack, started again and took the entire group to the surface of Elysium. Everyone gasped at what they saw next. "You can't be freaking serious."
Warning! Warning!
(The Ooze (Sega Genesis) - Sound Test 18 begins playing)
(A.N. This is what I'll do if I'm going to use a music clip from a game, but I don't know exactly what it is.)
In front of them, a huge machine lay dormant for the moment. Either arm consisted of a huge laser that was about three times Zero's height. The lasers had four separated coverings around it and the actual armor piece, the most recently-missed one, was attached in the middle. The feet were huge and could create a crater the size of a small pond. Although they couldn't see it right away, a giant machine gun attached to a long, flexible pole was attached to the hind of the armor. Before everyone got over their shock, a familiar laugh rang out. Everyone looked up and saw Vile take his spot in the driver's seat of the fully-assembled Magna-Goliath Ride Armor. "What do you think, Zero? A work of art, isn't it?" Zero ran a few paces forward, but stopped when the armor began moving and stood to it's full height, which would've given Teasel a heart attack. At full height, the Magna-Goliath armor stood thirty-five feet into the emptiness of space.
Zero stepped back a few paces before Vile began laughing again. "Face it, hunter! You're out of your league this time!" As Megaman beamed off, Zero summoned Sigma Blade. He'd need it. "Before I go through with my plan, I'll wipe you from the face of existence!"
(A.N. In case you can't tell, this is going to be my strongest Maverick yet. How strong, you say? Oh… let's just say one-hundred health.)
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Battle Style - Solely 3-D
Active Member - Zero
(The Ooze (Sega Genesis) - Sound Test 18 restarts)
Instantly, the lasers began glowing blue as Zero ran forward. Vile then directed both lasers at Zero and together, fired them. This released identical lines of blue energy at Zero. When it hit, Zero had rolled away, but the huge sphere of energy that t released knocked Zero backwards. He stood up and looked over to the spot where the Mother Units had been. They were gone, making it obvious that they'd left when the fighting started. Zero then quickly dart away as the huge laser fired at Zero again. Zero had no choice but to activate Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
He selected Skull Crash and attacked the armor's midsection. To his extreme dismay, it didn't do a thing.
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"Hahahahaha! Your friend found out about the armor beforehand, but he didn't find out that I made it to be invincible! Mwahahaha!" Zero snarled and then swapped places with Megaman. He was wearing the Force Armor.
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
Megaman immediately unleashed a fully-charged shot at Vile and, like he'd planned, it damaged him. It wasn't much, but it was still damage.
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Megaman let out a laugh. "Ha! You're armor may be invincible, but you're far from it!" Vile laughed. "You're quite intelligent, hunter. However, I came prepared and my armor is made of an ancient Reploid metal. Sure, you can shoot me, but it'll do crap for damage!" Megaman clenched his fist in anger as he ran towards the armor. The armor's machine gun was brought up to the space above the armor and it fired numerous rounds as Megaman. He managed to dodge all of these and then he began scaling the armor's midsection. Once he got to Vile's level, he activated Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Nova Dash
Megaman dashed through Vile as his body was covered in white energy again. This did a bit more damage then last time.
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Vile became uncoordinated for about a second or two before recovering from the attack. Megaman then switched places with Zero.
Active Member - Zero
Zero still had Sigma Blade out, so, as the armor began turning around, Zero quietly scaled the back of the armor, Once there, he would've attacked Vile if he had not been shot off by Vile's shoulder cannon. "Do you take me for a fool, hunter? I know your strategies all too well!" The armor then faced Zero and fired the lasers again. Zero then got a sudden idea. "Rekkyoudan!" Sigma Blade began glowing orange and Zero swiped the broadsword as the laser was about to hit him. Miraculously, this reflected the laser back to Vile, seriously damaging, the armor.
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Megaman's voice rang out in Zero's helmet. "Zero! By doing that, you greatly decreased the Ride Armor's armor! We should be able to inflict damage to it now!" Zero smirked and tried it out. It worked and Zero inflicted more damage by continuing his combo until he had four-hit combo. Then he back off as Vile swept a laser along the ground.
Zero called Megaman via helmet communication. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Megaman did because he beamed down and together, they activated the Double Attack.
Execute Force Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
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Megaman beamed off again as Vile shot a barrage of lasers. This heavily damaged Zero and he was forced to switch places with Megaman.
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
Megaman fired a fully-charged shot and this knocked Vile backwards. By the time he'd regained his composure, Megaman had switched to the Gaea Armor. Using the still-decreasing amount of energy for Giga Attacks, he used Gaea Fist on the armor's midsection.
Giga Attack
Gaea Fist
This threw the armor backwards and did a lot of damage considering the armor that it had.
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Vile fired another laser that hit and heavily damaged Megaman. It almost killed him off, but he managed to dodge the wave of machine gun fire to yell out, "Sub Tank activate!"
Sub Tanks Left - 20
Vile fired another laser that grazed Megaman's arm. He took a hint and beamed out, allowing Zero to step back up to the plate.
Active Member - Zero
Zero summoned T Breaker and slammed it into the armor's midsection. This made it slide backwards a little bit, but it remained on it's feet. Speaking of which, the armor raised it's foot and stepped forward, creating a large shockwave. Zero jumped over this and slammed the warhammer into the midsection again. Zero managed to jump away as Vile fired a blast from his arm cannon. "Hold still, hunter! You test my patience!"
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Zero summoned Sigma Blade again as he activated another Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Again, Zero selected Skull Crash and attacked the armor's midsection. This finally did some decent damage and it also lowered the machine's armor. Megaman beamed down and they activated a Double Attack, Zero allowing Megaman to stay afterwards.
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
Execute Gaea Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
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Megaman smirked after Zero beamed off. "We're halfway done, Vile! And you're Ride Armor is back down to it's normal armor!" Vile slammed his fists on the control panel. "How dare you attack my invincible armor! You'll pay dearly!" Megaman fired a fully-charged shot and this knocked Vile backwards. Before Vile regained his composure, Megaman fired another one and this caused the armor to topple over. This made a surprisingly small tremor. By now, the Mother Units had returned to watch the spectacle, but they were being protected by Geatz and Gatz. They were projecting a powerful shield that only an extremely powerful laser could pierce. The Magna-Goliath armor's lasers would be strong enough, but only if they were charged for minutes on end.
Anyways, the Ride Armor stood erect after some difficulty and Vile continued his assault. Megaman fired a fully-charged shot and it just barely managed to hit Vile directly. This caused him to curse out loud and get hit by another fully-charged blast in the process.
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After being hit by a machine gun barrage, Zero beamed down and they used another Double Attack.
Execute Gaea Armor Megaman/ Zero Double Attack
Zero beamed out again and Megaman fired yet another fully-charged shot. This knocked the armor backwards and Megaman did a quick check on Vile's health.
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Megaman beamed out after informing Zero on the situation. Zero beamed down with K Knuckle out.
Active Member - Zero
Zero immediately ran over to the armor as it stood up. Once it did, Zero jumped into the air and began spinning one leg around in the air as it was surrounded by purple energy. "Senpuukya!" Zero eventually spun to the ground, but the purple energy blinded Vile. "My eyes!" Zero took this as a golden opportunity and he spun around in the air as snow was released. "Hyouryuushou!" This froze Vile and then Zero diagonally kicked Vile. "Enkujin!" This broke Vile out of his icy prison and he shot Zero out of the air with his arm cannon. Zero quickly summoned Sigma Blade and he reached back. "Raikousen!" This attack paralyzed the entire armor and Zero used this time to swung a regular attack at the armor. After the environmental barrage, Vile had been seriously damaged.
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Vile was ticked, so he turned around and began shooting blasts from his shoulder cannon and the armor's machine gun. Zero managed to deflected a lot of the bullets by using Rekkyoudan and then he attacked with another Raikousen. This stalled the armor again and Zero attacked with a three-hit combo. Then, he used his Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero selected Skull Crash and this knocked the Magna-Goliath armor on it's rear end.
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(Near Death Attack - Explosive Laser Burst)
Vile aimed the laser at Zero and then they began humming. Shortly, the lasers fired simultaneously and it created a large burst of energy when it hit the ground. Megaman was switched in right before Zero, so he was hit by the burst of energy. Had he been in the blast, he would've died. Still, the burst of energy almost finished him off, so he used a Sub Tank. "Sub Tank activate!"
Sub Tank left - 19
Megaman activated his Giga Attack once he stood up and Vile aimed his weapons at him.
Giga Attack
Gaea Fist
Megaman then fired a fully-charged shot and this knocked Vile out of his seat. As he jumped back in, Megaman shot another one, but Vile held on. Zero beamed down and smashed T Breaker into the side of the Magna-Goliath armor twice, finishing off the metallic titan.
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(The Ooze (Sega Genesis) - Sound Test 18 fades out)
The Magna-Goliath Ride Armor was now releasing black smoke and Vile began laughing as the Mother Units' shield diminished. "You fools! The reason I equipped this armor with near-invincible armor was because you'd have to inflict tons of damage in order to beat it. Now, all the damage you've inflicted to me…" Vile's armor turned and pointed at Terra. "…will now be inflicted on Saul Kada Island!" Zero and Megaman took off towards the armor. "No!" Vile fired, the hunters stopped, and they watched in horror as the laser approached Terra. "The city!"
Meanwhile, back in Kimotoma City, Glyde was snoozing, Torn and Roll were trying to figure out how the Servbots had made a working rocket, Teasel was playing poker with Banner and Bon Bonne, and Matilda and Barrell were conversing. Axl had slipped away earlier and was now on the roof of a building. Axl perked up when he saw something in the sky. "What the…" Suddenly, several people let out screams of terror as everyone scrambled to their feet to see the laser heading straight for them. Of course, Teasel freaked out. "We're screwed!" Glyde looked around in an almost-panic. "Where's Axl?" Axl, meanwhile, took off. He began running towards the end of the building as he accepted his fate. So… This is how it ends… As gasps and cries of alarm rang out, Axl leapt form the building and the laser nailed him straight in the crystal in his stomach, which shattered upon contact.
"Axl!" Guys… Forgive me… In one last, bloodcurdling cry, Axl exploded, reflecting the laser back to it's source in the process. Glyde, along with everyone else just stared in horror as the shards of a blue crystal fell to the ground not-too-far away from them. Several pieces of red metal also fell, but no one cared.
Back on Elysium, Megaman and Zero felt a sudden pain go through their heads. "Axl!" Vile, unaware of what just happened, looked at them. "What about him?" He turned back to the planet and his eyes grew wide as he saw the laser heading straight for him. "He reflected it!" The laser got the Magna-Goliath Ride Armor in the chest and the armor absorbed every last once of damage. Vile stumbled backwards and then fell to the ground. "This can't be possible!" With a final cry of agony, Vile, along with his enormous armor, exploded into a huge flaming hunk of scrap metal. This was possible because all of Elysium was protected by a special shield that kept oxygen inside. Many reploids wanted to take it down when carbons were no longer inside of Elysium, but they kept it up nonetheless.
Completely oblivious to what just happened, Zero spun to Megaman and, in unison, they beamed off. The Mother Units stared at the burning wreckage, then returned back to the interior of Elysium with understanding look on their face. If they'd stayed a few seconds longer, they'd of seen a one-armed figure emerging from the wreckage and beam off.
(A.N. The next part can be viewed as depressing. Just a warning.)
Back on Terra, several police officers had set up a barrier and Glyde was in his ship, still traumatized by what he'd seen. When Megaman and Zero beamed down, Roll, who was in tears, immediately grabbed Megaman in a tight hug. Megaman slowly returned it as Zero began approaching the barrier. An officer was about to interject when Zero gave him the finger and went under the yellow tape. Zero knelt down and picked up a shard of the crystal as tears began forming in his eyes. You crazy ass teen… Zero replaced the shard, then stood up. You're one noble hunter, Axl… I praise you for that. Zero was about to leave when an officer spoke to him. "I'm sorry, sir. This area is…" That's when Zero snapped. "Do you think I give one -bleep- about your -bleeping- laws! No! My friend just sacrificed his life in order to save the city and you're more worried about your damn laws! It's people like you that make me sick!"
The officer stepped back and Zero turned to face the shards once more before going under the tape again. Before leaving, he turned to the officer. "I don't give a shit about your laws. If I were you, I'd stay away from me until the day you die because the next time I see you, you're going get to it." With that, Zero walked off, leaving behind a stunned policeman. Zero paused by the teary-eyed roll and Megaman for a second. "So help me God, Trigger. The next Maverick I see, I'm going to rip him limb from limb. Make sure I remember that if you would." Megaman nodded an the two of them watched as Zero walked towards the city exit.
Nearby, a familiar cloaked figure and his shark-like counterpart were watching this spectacle and finding it to be quite amusing. "What a coincidence. The next Maverick they'll face has six limbs, eight if you count the legs." The shark-like figure smirked. "Yes, I'll get my revenge soon enough." The cloaked figure turned to his 'partner'.
"It would seem that Vile's plan didn't work out so well."
"Yes, but he did eliminate a hunter."
"Yeah. The weakest one."
"You're underestimating his power. His shape-shifting ability is quite similar to my DNA resurrection."
"Ah yes. The reason for your imprisonment. We'd never of gotten this far had it not been for you."
"It was a pleasure, as this conversation has been. But I must be going. It's quite a ways to Nino Island."
As the shark-like figure departed, the cloaked figure chuckled. "Fool. He's nothing but my biggest pawn against the hunters. He may face them if he wants, I have no further use for him. Besides…" The figure smirked evilly. "It's almost time for my grand return…"
Hints, hints, and more hints! Ad I am sorry for killing Axl off. But fear not for he will be in the epilogue. But, for now, he'll remain a pile of scrap metal. In the next chapter, the hunter duo face an eight-legged fiend and the 'shark-like' figure's identity is learned as the game part of Megaman Excel draws closer. Read and Review because the next chapter will be the last one before the actual game part.