Megaman Excel
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I own the storyline. I own some attacks. Aside from that, I don't own squat.
In this chapter, the hunter duo squares of with Mattrex, a fiery Maverick with one hell of a temper. Literally. The reason that I chose this Maverick as number two on my list is because, well, he's a pain in a half to beat! Even with Zero, his weakness could wind up causing you more damage than normal because it doesn't take away squat! That, and he's one hell of a powerful attacker. I'm going to have fun with this boss! Anyways, here's chapter thirty-seven!
Chapter XXXVII
Stage Select/
World's Second Strongest Maverick
Enter The Mattrex
In a few minutes, the three groups were on route to Saul Kada Island. Roll had informed the others of what Megaman had told her, so everyone was planning on wearing light clothing in cause of a sudden heat-wave. Bola and Klaymore rode with Glyde and Teasel was catching up on his journal. "Dear Journal. It's been a while since my last entry, but I've got plenty to say. We're currently on route to Saul Kada where Megaman and Zero will face the world's second strongest Maverick, Mattrex." He paused briefly as he thought of what to say. "So far, we've dealt with a sponge, panda, chameleon, owl, anteater, and a crawfish. Seeing as Mattrex is a dinosaur, I'm going out on a limb and guessing that the next Maverick, the world's strongest, is…" He paused to ponder this. "A scorpion. Don't ask why, but I think it. Actually, it would be pretty cool." Teasel finished his entry, then examined it. "Not too shabby." As Teasel beamed on his achievement, Megaman was checking his map in the storage closet.
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Stage Select begins playing)
(The square on Ryship Island now features the shaded head of Crush Crawfish. The cursor moves to the Saul Kada island square.)
"Hey, Zero! Are you sure that he's there?"
"Positive. He really wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
"Good point. Thanks."
After disconnecting his link to Zero, he selected the square and closed the map.
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Stage Select fades out)
Upon landing in the oasis, the group had hardly began walking towards the city when Zero stopped. "What?" Zero raised his arm and pointed to a wave of heat created by intense warmth. "It's coming from the city and nothing else. Mattrex is already getting started." Suddenly, a breeze blew by and the heat was so intense that everyone had to turn and avert their gaze. A few people's eyes started to water, but others, like Zero, kept it together. "We can't run there. We'd die of a heat stroke before we got halfway." Megaman looked at him. "What do we do now?" Zero turned and walked onto a low edge of rock. "How soon do you think that you guys can get the ships docked inside the city?" Zero turned to a confused group and Megaman joined him on the rock. "Um… A few minutes, at least. I'm not sure with this heat though." Banner replied. Megaman reached the peak of the rock and started. "I get it! Go on! We'll meet you there." Megaman jumped down the other side as Zero smirked. 'We've got it covered. We'll eliminated the heat wave."
As Zero jumped down as well, the group shrugged and head towards their ships. As Teasel paused, he perked up when he heard something. "Hey, do you guys here that?" Those who were still getting in turned just as Megaman and Zero flew over the side of rock on two motorbike-like things. "Now that is nice!" Megaman smirked as he looked at Zero. "Who'd of thought we'd find a pair of Ride Chasers here!" Zero smirked back. "It is kind of odd, but it's convenient nonetheless." Suddenly, as Zero was about to reach the city, a large, orange shield prevented him from getting in and he abandoned ship. Even after exploding the Ride Chaser, the shield still stood intact. As the three ships took off, Megaman slowed to a stop next to him. "What the… Where's the source?" Suddenly, a large sinkhole appeared in the desert and a large Reaverbot's head broke out of the center of it. "Well, we've got our answer." Zero quickly jumped onto the back of the Ride Chaser. "Let's finish this guy!" Megaman nodded and sped off.
Level Style - Solely 3-D
Active Member - Both Hunters
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Boss intro plays)
Mattrex!
Ready
(Megaman X8 (PS2) - Mid-Boss Theme begins playing)
Megaman charged the Chaser's buster as Zero drew his saber. He summoned Sigma Blade, then moved it behind him. Megaman fired the buster once he got close enough and the Reaverbot squirmed. Then, it spit out three smaller copies of itself. Zero swept Sigma Blade backwards as they passed them, dispatching the copies. Then, Zero sliced the Reaverbot across the face. Due to the Reaverbot's 'primitive' technology, this massively damaged it. "Get me in closer! One more should finish it!" Megaman nodded and drove the Ride Chaser closer to the Reaverbot. Megaman fired the Chaser's buster once more, preventing it from firing more copies. Then, Zero slashed with Sigma Blade once more and it began to not only sink into the large hole that was beginning to fill itself in, but explode as well. Soon, the hole was gone and the shield began to diminish. One the count of three, the hunters leapt off of the Ride Chaser and it chased into the shield, destroying them both.
(Megaman X8 (PS2) - Mid-Boss Theme fades out)
Several citizens and the groups ran up. "You did it! The heat wave disappeared!" Zero smirked as they entered the city. "It was nothing. Now come on! Mattrex is probably in the ruins!" The two took off and the groups followed them, followed slowly thereafter by some really hot citizens.
Megaman Trigger/ Zero rushing to Kimotoma Heat Wave: Part Two!
Ready
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Mattrex Stage begins playing)
(A.N. Guess what? You get to go back to Maq's Hunter Hideout for actual music clips. I'm not sure if Video Game Music Archive has any remixes, although it may have one.)
Zero beamed off and Megaman took off. After dispatching minimal Deerballs, he entered a brown door and found the hallway filled with dragon heads on both sides. "Those are basically flame-throwers. Watch out for them." Megaman proceeded, however, he stopped when the first dragon's eyes flashed red and began spitting fire. Before Megaman could react and shoot it, Servbots Number 27, 1, and 40 ran up and heaved a barrage of bombs, destroying most of the dragon heads. "Nice job, guys!" Tron complimented. Because it wasn't often Tron said such things, the Servbots beamed and became teary-eyed. Tron rolled her eyes and took off after the group who'd already begun following Megaman. "Save it! Move!" The Servbots obeyed and Megaman entered the next room where a long pathway lay. However, before getting past the first hole, a huge lava rush exploded into the wall.
"Crap! Mattrex is steamed about something!" Then Matilda noticed something on the other side of the passage. "What's that?" Everyone followed her gaze to an odd-looking machine. "It's the lava generator! Wait here!" When the lava rush stopped, Megaman quickly dashed past it and dared passing the second. Luckily, he made it just as the lava flow started again. Once more, the lava flow stopped and Megaman dashed past it. Then, after summoning the Shadow Armor, he slashed the machine to pieces. Upon doing this, the group ran up to him. "Come on!" They entered the next room, the passage leading to the ruins.
"Wait a sec…" Megaman opened his map and, to his surprise, found Mattrex's signal outside of the city. "Wait here! I've got to check something." Zero beamed down and, together, they passed through the door behind them. Tron shrugged and began walking towards the ruins. "Where are you going?" Tron paused and turned. 'The ruins. If Mattrex isn't there, then I've missed out on something fascinating. If he is, then you've missed out." She continued walking to the ruins and Teasel sighed. "Sometimes I don't understand her logic. Come on." The group reluctantly entered the room sheltering the ruins.
(Megaman X5 (Playstation) - Mattrex Stage fades out)
Warning! Warning!
Tron had already set the Servbot trio up to the hole to see if they could see something. They peeked in and suddenly became nervous. "Um… Miss Tron…" Tron perked up. "Yes?" Servbot 27 looked at the others before they quickly stood up and began running towards the group. "WE FOUND HIM!" Suddenly, a black blur jumped out of the hole and landed in between the Servbots and the group. The creature was so huge that the group gasped and the Servbots squealed in fear. Teasel just gaped at it. "What the heck?" The being, obviously Mattrex, was huge. Mattrex's armor was a combination of red and orange. The spines going down his back was made up completely of fire. An odd tube circled his waist. The thing that Glyde first noticed was the two large claws connected to the back of his hands. Aside from two huge feet and shoulder pads that spiked out, the only other noticeable thing was the huge jaw and sharp teeth that he had. "Well, it's about damn time. And just when I was going to take off, guess what? Lunch walks right to my front door."
As the Servbots slowly backed up, Mattrex, whose voice was deep and sounded of wisdom, took a step forward and Tron yelled, "Leave them alone. Mattrex frowned and turned to retaliate. However, he noticed something behind them. "Aw crap!" A sudden blast of a white cyclone caught him and the group watched as he flew over the Servbots, caught the edge of the platform with the back of his neck, and spun headfirst into the sand. The group winced when they saw the impact. "That HAD to hurt!" A familiar scoff caused the group to turn. "He was asking for it." Zero and Megaman, now in the Falcon Armor, walked up and climbed onto the platform. "Get out of here." The Servbots nodded when Megaman spoke and the ran back to Tron. Suddenly, Mattrex's hand clenched the side of the platform. The group just watched as Mattrex climbed back onto it. From the front, the group now noticed a streak of orange under his eyes.
"Cut me some freaking slack! I haven't eaten in three days because of you two!" Zero frowned and snorted. "You know it isn't necessary for reploids to eat." Mattrex snorted, a cloud of steam emerging from his nostrils. "No, but it's my pastime." Zero rolled his eyes. "Looks like you need new pastimes." Mattrex ignored this and looked at Trigger. "Something's different about you, though. Zero's still the deriving lunatic hunter every Maverick loves to hate." Zero smirked. "That's me." Mattrex threw an annoyed look at Zero before returning his gaze to Megaman. "Tell me, what became of the Master's genetic code?" After a brief silence, Mattrex grew wide-eyed. "You're shitting me." Again, Megaman said nothing. "You… Deleted it?"
To even Zero's amazement, Mattrex broke out laughing. "You actually deleted it! You dumb shit!" Zero snarled at him. "Something funny?" Smirked, Mattrex looked at him. "As a matter of fact, there isn't." Upon saying the last two words, Mattrex's smile vanished instantaneously. "Do you know what you've done, Trigger? You've taken our only chance of returning to our former glory and ripped it to pieces!" Mattrex angrily stepped forward, causing Teasel and Glyde to back up. ""With the genetic code, we could've revived the Master."
Surprisingly, this confused Zero. "Revived him?" Mattrex sighed. "You truly are dense, Zero. With the Master being revived, he would've brought peace to this chaotic world of ours." Zero snorted. "Sure, he would've, with the exception of a few thousand casualties. But hey! What do I know?" Mattrex growled. "Haven't you ever heard of 'worthy sacrifices'?" Zero snarled at this and Mattrex turned to Megaman. "Surely you understand me, Trigger. Don't you think that the Master would've brought peace to this world?" Megaman stood there, then looked up. "In this case, I'd have to agree…" The group, Zero, and Mattrex all leaned slightly forward in anticipation. "…With Zero."
Mattrex was so surprised by this, he nearly flew off of the platform. But instead, he took a step back and grew wide-eyed. "WHAT! ARE YOU CRAZY!" Megaman looked directly at him. "It's true that the Master would've brought peace, but he would've also created new resentments and rivalries. In other words, the peace would've been short-lived because new wars would've broken out shortly after this. We can barely deal with everyday life now, let alone in that scenario." Zero smirked and turned to Mattrex. He stepped forward with an extremely pissed look on his face. "You two are worthless! Of all people, I thought that Trigger would've understood the most." Zero smirk grew. "Think again." This pushed Mattrex to the limit. "Shut it, hunter!" Zero frowned. "I'd like to see you make me." Mattrex snarled. "Don't mind if I do."
Battle Style - Solely 3-D
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
(Snake's Revenge (NES) - Boss Intro begins playing)
As Zero beamed off, Mattrex slammed his foot into the ground, creating a small waves of small lava geysers. Then, as they stopped, he leaned forward and clamped his jaw shut. "I'm going to shut you both up… PERMANENTLY!"
(Snake's Revenge (NES) - Boss Theme begins playing)
(Mattrex's Health)
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Just as the villagers entered the room, Mattrex flew into the air and managed to clutch onto the side of another nearby platform. "Ground Fire!" Mattrex reached his head back and fire began to stream out of it. Then, he whipped his head forward, spitting a circular ball of fire at Zero. Along with this, he fired four more off before swinging himself onto the top of the multi-leveled platform. Then, he leapt into the air once more and landed back on the central platform, creating the small lava geysers again. This time, he bent over to his right and dashed forward, his flaming spines outstretched. This attack made contact and Zero was set ablaze. However, before he flew off of the platform, an orange shield surrounded the entire platform, knocking Zero to the ground where the fire blew itself out. Zero summoned Sigma Blade and thrust it forward. "Youdantotsu!" This knocked Mattrex back a few paces and Zero dashed forward. However, he slammed his foot into the ground and a holographic copy finished the dash, slicing Mattrex upon contact with him.
(Mattrex's Health)
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This caused the spines on Mattrex's back to be blown out and he was thrown to the edge of the platform. Apparently, he was the only one able to move freely through the shield. Mattrex regained his balance and smashed his foot into the ground. One by one, starting from the tip of the tail up, his spines were reignited. Then, he curled into a ball and jumped into the air.
(A.N. Just for your info, this is my attack. Don't be taking it without me knowing. Overall, I'm a nice guy, but I can make your lives a living hell. Just kidding! About the anger part that is. But seriously, don't take it without me knowing.)
Mattrex reached a certain point in the sky, then came crashing back down to the ground, creating a huge flaming shockwave. "Dodge this, Omega!" After several dodged shockwaves, Mattrex landed with a crash. Then, he thrust his arm forward and caught Zero in the chest with his claws. Seeing as he still had that gash in his armor, that hurt like hell. So, Zero swung the broadsword and made a nice cut on Mattrex's shoulder. Upon removing his fist, Zero activated Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero selected Skull Crush and wiped out a bunch of Mattrex's health. To make matters worse, Megaman swapped places with Zero and activated his Giga Attack too.
Active Member - Megaman Trigger
Giga Attack
Falcon Strike
(Mattrex's Health)
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Then, Megaman got a fully-charged shot and swung the saber using the charged energy. This ticked Mattrex off and he jumped to the opposite corner. There, orange flames began spinning around him as he thrust his head backwards and let forth a mighty roar that scared Teasel nearly to the point of peeing his pants. When the flames stopped, Mattrex lowered his head and looked at Megaman. "You think that that's it?" He lunged forward, caught Megaman in the chest with his fist, jumped into the air, and slammed him into the ground. "YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!"
(A.N. The preceding attack is also mine.)
Megaman jumped up and fired a fully-charged shot. This caused Mattrex to jump back to the multi-leveled platform. This time, he spit out balls of fire that shot little flames in random directions. When he crashed back down, Megaman unleashed another fully-charged shot and one more when he dodged Mattrex's flaming dash attack. Then, he activated the Double Attack.
Execute Megaman Trigger/ Zero Double Attack
(Mattrex's Health)
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"This is all but the beginning!" Mattrex cried out as he dashed forward again. However, this time, he left a path of tall flaming geysers that disappeared moments after they started. Megaman easily dodged this and got him with the fully-charged saber slash. This pissed Mattrex off and he spun around to snap at Megaman with his jaw. Megaman dodged this equally as easy as the first attack and managed to get a saber slash along his chest. "Son of a bitch hunters! Why won't you choose to see the truth!" Mattrex was practically a second away from screaming and Teasel had had just about enough of this. Megaman ignored this, however, and continued his assault by fired one more charged shot that scraped alongside his face.
(Mattrex's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Wildfire)
Mattrex leapt to the same platform again and then began glowing a dim white. "Wildfire!" He spit forward, unleashing a large stream of fire. The orange shield disappeared, only to be replaced by a barrier of fire. When he was done, Mattrex jumped back onto the platform and caught Megaman off guard.
(Near Death Attack 2 - Crunch Time)
Mattrex dashed forward, bite down on Megaman waist, jumped into the air, and landed so hard, his teeth clamped as close together as they could and Megaman fell to the ground. Mattrex smirked. "How's that for pain?" Megaman slowly stood up before uttering, "Sub Tank activate."
Sub Tanks left - 18
Megaman then got another fully-charged shot and converted it to the saber. This time, he slashed him right across the eye, leaving a nasty scar. "You dirty son of a bitch. I'm going to RIP OUT YOUR INSIDES!" Mattrex lunged forward only to have Zero beam down and hold out Sigma Blade, causing Mattrex to impale himself. He slowly back up and Zero finished him off with the buster.
(Mattrex's Health)
None
(Snake's Revenge (NES) - Boss Theme fades out)
Zero walked over, removed the broadsword as roughly as he could, converted it into Z Saber, and placed it in its holder. "Fools… All of you… So damn blind… To everything…" Zero scoffed. "See ya, Mattrex. Enjoy hell. You'll fit right in." Mattrex slowly managed a smirk as the hunters turned to leave. "Dumbasses…" The hunters stopped and turned to him. "What?" Mattrex's smirk grew. "Just like Berkana…" Zero and Megaman started as Mattrex began exploding. "How… Can this be… Possible…" Mattrex exploded and, almost instantly, the ground began shaking. "What the…" Zero started. "We've got to get the hell out of here!"
(Megaman X8 (PS2) - Escape The Volcano begins playing)
(A.N. Go to Maq's Hunter Hideout once more and you'll find out that this tune isn't half bad. I personally enjoy it. A lot. Also, there are no remixes that I know of. Bummer.)
Just as the hunters turned to run, a huge geyser of magma rose from the hole in the platform's center. "Holy crap!" The citizens of Kimotoma City and the groups both turned and began running for the nearest door. However, no one could get through them. "Stand back!" Zero summoned T Breaker and smashed the door down. Then, once everyone was outside of the room, he began smashing it back into place. Luckily, he managed to do so just as the slight lava flow reached the door. Also luckily, the door held out. Within minutes, the shaking stopped and the lava flow hardened.
(Megaman X8 (PS2) - Escape The Volcano stops)
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Boss Defeated plays)
Megaman made the 'Yes!' motion again as he beamed off. Then, Zero placed his saber into its holder and snorted. "Hmph!" Then, he beamed off.
(Get Weapon Screen)
Megaman unlocked Ground Fire!
(Megaman beams down and fires a ball of fire that hits the ground and begins shooting small flames in random skyward directions.)
(Normal Screen)
The city began cheering as the door cooled down and the hunters smirked. "Well, that's it. We're down to the world's strongest Maverick. Hope you guys are ready." Teasel smirked and put on his confident grin while becoming really excited. "I can't wait to see what this Maverick is! I'm betting a scorpion! Or a hippopotamus! Or a… A…" Zero cut him off and looked at him weird. "How about a flea?"
Nope, that's not a typo, ladies and gents! That's the real thing! In the next chapter, the hunter duo faces off with the world's strongest Maverick and things begin to unravel. Also, wondering why I was so nice last chapter? I'll tell you why: I'm leaving this as a cliffhanger! Mwahahaha! I'm going to update three other fanfics before giving you your answers! Hahaha! Beat that, Bill Gates! Oh, and Read and Review 'cause if you don't, I might just decide not to finish this, thus leaving this a cliffhanger indefinitely!