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 highly-anticipated showdown with Sigma arrives and things began heating up as certain facts are revealed. No introductory comments! Here's chapter forty-nine!
Chapter XXXXIX
Fortress Level 4
Showdown With Sigma
The carbons finally caught Megaman at the bottom of a snowy slope. He'd stopped because a line of elephant Reaverbots blocked his path. "Damn it! I don't have time for this!" He summoned the Shadow Armor and dashed forward. Upon moving, the Reaverbots trumpeted and began marching quickly forward. "Ultimate Buster activate!" His buster glowed purple, then it faded. Without charging, he drew his saber and hurled it right through the five Reaverbots, who began exploding simultaneously. Once they did explode, huge portions of the nearby ice wall exploded and Megaman ran up, withdrawing his saber from the wall. As he turned right and ran forward, the carbons took off after him.
"I'm going to get frostbite from this, I swear!" Teasel began complaining, but it fell on deaf ears. They turned the corner, but found Megaman just standing there. So, they calmly and casually walked up to him. "Megaman?" Everyone immediately froze when they saw what was in the circular arena-like ending of the path.
Warning! Warning!
Lo and behold, Sigma, cloak blowing behind him, was facing the other way, but was well aware of their presence. Megaman jumped down into the arena and Sigma began chuckling. "You actually came, hunter. I admit, your bravery is one to be desired, but your naiveness isn't. Do you truly think you'll win?" He turned around, causing Teasel to step backwards. Unlike last time, the only part of his face which was visible was the red crystal, his pupilless eyes, and the red markings above and below them. That is a face nobody would want to run into during the night.
"You'll pay for what you did to Zero." Megaman gripped his buster as Sigma scoffed. "What I did? You're the one who retired him. Besides, from the moment you met him in the Manda ruins, he knew that my virus plagued his body once more. But instead of looking for a cure, he regained your memory for you and then helped you get a grip on your former hunter self. By then, he knew that if he went Maverick, you'd be more than able to defeat him. It was him who chose his fate." Sigma turned completely around and faced Megaman directly, his beam scythe crackling at his side.
"You disgust me, Sigma!" Sigma chuckled as Megaman raised his buster. "I've heard that many times, but it never grows old. Besides, I deserve to be disgusting to you. After all, I made certain of my return." Megaman lowered his buster as the carbons slowly made their way to the ground below them. "What?" Sigma chuckled. "Allow me to explain…"
-Flashback-
Location - Sigma's Moon Base
Time - 21XX (300 years before)
I was awaiting your arrival at my moon base way back when Elysium was as well known as I was. It was then that a thought came to mind. 'What if I was to lose? What then?' So, I came up with a plan…
"Horayacamoza!" In a flash of light, a purplish figure fell to the ground. Seconds later, he shuffled around and groaned.
I pulled a little DNA resurrection trick of my own and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who it was, nor what I did to him…
Sigma walked up towards the weak figure of Metal Shark Player as he propped himself up. As Sigma's hand reaches towards him, the screen goes blank and MSP screams.
It took all but a second to infect him. Then, I sent him here to Terra and sat down, waiting for you and your hunter friends to arrive. Lo and behold, I'd just sat down when you came barging in. Well aware that my plan was now in action, I fought my hardest with the power I had then. When I lost, I stated those few words which grew into the Mother Lode legend.
"Whether it be three years from now, or three hundred years, I will return, with every Maverick from my previous incidents, and I will crush what remains of the carbon and reploid races." The three hunters just stared at him before raising their busters/ guns and firing, killing him off.
Upon your return to Terra, you were immediately informed of Metal Shark Player's presence and you were sent to capture and imprison him on the Laguz Island facility. Once that was done, I just needed to sit back and wait. Three centuries later, Metal Shark Player abnormally awoke due to my virus. Because of the prolonged time he'd been infected, the virus affected all of his systems, including hearing.
"How's the specimen?"
"He should be regaining consciousness about now."
"See if he's awake yet."
As a carbon approached him, MSP quickly closed my eyes, but not so fast as to reveal that he was in fact awake. "He's still out." He smirked slightly.
"This isn't good. He should have come to now."
"Stop being so damn worried. It's a reploid. Do you know how well they'll hold out? Don't you remember that they once…"
"He's come to! And… Wait! He's…"
Due to my virus, I coaxed him into thinking that the carbons had intentionally turned against us. By doing this, I preserved his escape and my future revival.
-End Flashback-
Megaman just stood gaping before summoning the Hermes Armor and taking a step towards him. "You… You made sure that you'd be revived in the future! That's why you went down so easily!" Sigma chuckled evilly. "Again, you catch on quick, hunter." Megaman clenched his hands together as he remembered everyone who'd died because of him. "You… You…" He ripped open his eyes and took a huge step forward, waving his right arm. "MAVERICK!"
Sigma laughed maniacally at Megaman's outburst, then calmed down. "Maverick? Me? It appears that you're no better than I am!" Megaman continued to glare at him, many of the carbons joining him. "Don't you dare compare me to you!" Sigma chuckled. "Why not? You've slaughtered just as many reploids as I've done in a single incident." Megaman started. "W… What?" Sigma smiled menacingly. "Didn't you think for one second tat those Mavericks who said they weren't Maverick were actually telling the truth?"
Megaman gained another cold sweat as he stepped back. "What?" Sigma continued to smile. "It appears I've managed to coax you into doing my own dirty work, hunter. There were two Mavericks in the entire bunch that were actually full-fledged Mavericks. They were Metal Shark Player…" Sigma paused, savoring this moment. "…and Zero." Megaman, through a fit of rage, fired and huge charge laser at him, but he easily dodged it. As he landed and looked up, chuckled again. "There's no reason to be so angry with me. You're the one who did it, X!" Megaman no longer had the cold sweat, but instead was sweating through his enormous amount of rage. "How dare you! You manipulated me and Zero into doing your dirty work! You disgust me and, in his name…" Megaman raised his buster and aimed it as Sigma's face. "I WILL DEFEAT YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
Battle Style - 2-D/ 3-D
Current Style - 2-D
Sub Tanks Available - 9
Sigma stood erect only to hunch forward again. "Prepare yourself, X! You've come here to witness the downfall of the entire planet!"
(Megaman X (SNES) - Sigma 1 begins playing)
(Sigma's Health)
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(A.N. Instead of just going to Maq's Hunter Hideout for actual music clips, try Google searching Protoman Dot Com (I've noticed you can't have links). They have several groups of actual music clips that are unlocked on certain days. Recently, they've unlocked them all, but if they're still like that, I don't know. Anyways, I think Megaman X is under Group 3.)
Immediately, Sigma dashed backwards so swiftly, several copies of him trailed behind him. Megaman also immediately began charging a shot before dashing after him. When Sigma stopped he lifted into the air and yelled, "This one's for you!" He shot two lasers out of his eyes before disappearing. Once the lasers hit the ice wall on the opposite side, their trail was set on fire. Megaman shifted to a weapon which turned his armor bright red and he waited until Sigma reappeared before fire it. "Ground Fire!" A ball of flame landed on the ground and began spitting little embers in random directions, some of which hit Sigma. Upon hitting Sigma, he was immediately set ablaze. "Jer AH!" He landed on the ground, but the fire went out as he disappeared.
Sigma reappeared out of shooting range and waved his scythe. "Are you ready for this?" Several balls of electricity appeared, then slowly moved towards Megaman as the fiery trail went out. Megaman easily dodged this as his armor glowed white for the first time in a while. When it faded, Megaman's armor was a different shade of red. When Sigma reappeared on the ground, Megaman fired it. "Fire Wave!" This weapon shot a long flame like a flame-thrower. "Jer AH!" Again, Sigma was set ablaze until he disappeared again. When he reappeared, Megaman used a Giga Attack to further lower Sigma's health. Afterwards, he shifted to the Shadow Armor.
Giga Attack
Giga Crush
(Sigma's Health)
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Because Ultimate Buster had been used and was no longer available, Megaman started charging a shot and, when Sigma moved to fire more eye lasers, he jumped up and used two fully-charged sabers, one was his and the other was Zero's. This did major damage as Sigma's cloak was shredded and he was grounded. "I'm not going down so easily, hunter!" Sigma waved his scythe and a beam of light emerged from the tip. In an instant, the storm surrounding the island started again, throwing snow everywhere and causing Megaman and the carbons to shield their eyes. "Hahahahaha! You, along with this whole planet, are doomed, hunter!"
Sigma vanished, reappearing in front of Megaman. With one swift motion, Sigma slashed Megaman across the chest and vanished again. "Sub Tank activate!"
Sub Tanks Left - 8
Once healed, Megaman began charging a shot, or so he thought. Before the Sub Tank even had time to work, Sigma swung his scythe into Megaman's chest so it came out of his back. Then, causing several carbons to gasp or scream in terror, Sigma flipped Megaman over him floating body and smashed him into the ground before retracting his scythe and disappearing. Then, the Sub Tank activated. Megaman weakly got up and began charging his shot again. Once Sigma reappeared, Megaman used the fully-charged sabers. Immediately after this, he used the Giga Attack. He didn't use a Sub Tank; Sigma's attack made sure of that.
Giga Attack
Shadow Crescents
(Sigma's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Grim Slasher)
3-D Conversion (It's 3-D Now)
Sigma reappeared a little ways ahead of Megaman before reached the scythe back. "WHOO!" In a swift dash forward, Sigma swung the scythe and continued to move towards Megaman. As he dodge-rolled, it grazed his side and he was knocked to the ground. Sigma vanished and reappeared in front of Megaman where he was swiftly sliced three times with the sabers. Then, Megaman quickly changed to the Incarus Armor where he fired a Ground Fire at near pointblank range. "Jer AH!"
Then, as Sigma disappeared again, Megaman changed to the Blade Armor where he got yet another fully-charged shot ready. Sigma reappeared and hunched backwards. "This one's for you!" He fired two more lasers, but they completely missed Megaman. He swung the sabers upwards and knocked Sigma out of the air. Then, he sliced Sigma left with one saber and right with the other. Finally, he swung them both up, then down, knocking Sigma backwards. To seal the deal, Megaman finished him off with Fire Wave.
(Sigma's Health)
None
(Megaman X (SNES) - Sigma 1 fades out)
Sigma was set ablaze once more, but he began laughing as the storm dissipated once more. "Fool! You've done nothing and the world is still doomed!" Sigma sliced his cloak with the scythe thrice before throwing it into the air where it exploded. Then, Sigma quickly hunched over, scattering the remainder of burning cloak and revealing his body. He had a mass of green armor covering his body and, as he stood erect, he had that trademark smile on. "All right, hunter. Care to know anything else before you die?"
That's up to you. Just E-mail me anything that I haven't cleared up already and I'll do it in the next chapter. My E-mail address is on my profile. If there's nothing, then Megaman will face Sigma's second form and, when things turn ugly, an unexpected ally shows his face. In any case, Read and Review and I'll continue!