just a weird idea God happened to like...as confirmed by a tumbler post.
Also...just look at Star dream's first phase (not the cat one ) and tell me he doesn't look like something out of Megaman legend.
X looked up the unlimited firmament of stars that flooded the dark sky. He was away from the hunter's HQ...away from the light that had robbed humanities of the nightly spectacle with a so-called promise of safety.
He sighed...this was the only good thing the maverick war had given him...he could finally see the trillions of stars and planets in their full glories. Even the milky-way seemed to be a solid mass of white.
It was breathtaking...and it caused the blue bomber to think...to wonder what was his ultimate purpose in the practically unlimited universe.
He was so small...and no matter what action he seemed to take, no matter what he tried to do...
nothing would change...
no, that was not quite right...things would change. For the worst.
It was always for the worst...and X sometimes wondered if...if the only reason why peace was never achievable was due to his presence.
The blue android peered at the sea of stars...wondering if...if somebody was out there, other civilizations, aliens that were so advanced, they could fix everything that had gone wrong.
But X knew...those same aliens were probably staying as far away from the dead world as possible, bidding their time until the sigma virus destroyed everything...
"X?" Zero addressed his friend. "What are you doing out there?" he asked as he came up the blue android.
"I shoudl ask you that Zero. How did you manage to sneak up on me like that? I didn't even hear you coming!"
The Red ripper shrugged as he moved closer to his friend. " If I don't want to, no one can hear me." he explained simply. "So...why did you leave Alia the pleasure to explain why you're not in the latest war council?" he mildly scolded as he slung an arm over X's armour clad shoulder.
X sighed... "Zero...do you...do you sometimes wonder why...why everything exists?" he asked his best friend, holding his arms closer.
Zero's handsome face grew sombre. "...All the time..."
"human and reploid researchers...they say everything was just a slurry at first and then...something happened, the big bang...and everything came to be..." He huffed. "But...is this really it? Everything...that everything is essentially meaningless?" he walked out of Zero's arms and began to gesticulate. " And that...that there's no end goal, no reason just...oblivion" X gestured as he let his tears fall, his frustration and helplessness finally breaking forth trough. "Why do we exist? Is it just to die at the end?" he raised his arms to the star-filled sky.
"X..."
"We tried protecting humans...we gave our lives for them...I...Humans...most of them are dead by now." X dropped his hands as reality crashed upon him. "My old friends...doctor Cain, Emily, Guy...Eric, Frederick..." he let his tears fall... "Our job...protecting...protecting humans...it's...it's useless...isn't it?" he looked at his best friend, his heartbreaking in millions of little pieces...and breaking g Zero's already shattered heart even further.
Both remained silent. No one in H.Q had met a human save for X and Zero...and all of those whom they knew...had died.
Either from a maverick attack, disease, malnutrition or...time.
X...had been tasked by his father, doctor light to protect humanity...but how could he? when time was all it took to end them.
X returned his jaded glance back at the glorious night sky, indulging in the fact that he could see the entire spectrum of light and radiation.
It was...beautiful...
Zero walked closed and warped an arm around his long-time partner, keeping him close and yet careful not to block X's vision of the celestial vault and the sea of stars. "X...you have me..."
"But for how long?"
"As long as you'll have me," Zero answered as he held X closer as if to emphasise this point.
X sigheg and returned his green glance bck at the sea of stars and cosmic radiation. He could see the radiowaves dance with the dark matter and the earth's natural magnetic field.
It was...a spectacle he would never tired of...he hoped.
Minutes...maybe even hours past in silence in the arms of his partner, stargazing as to not fall int the despair generated by the current state of the earth.
And then...another question came. A question that had baffled humans for centiries and would make one appear like a lunatic if asked in the scientific circles.
"Say...Zee...do you think...do you think God exists?"
"Ah..." Obliviously, this had caught Zero off guard.
"Yeah..." X sighed. "even if he did exist...I doubt he would care about us. I mean, why didn't He prevent all of this...right?" X sighed as he rubbed his helmet. Feeling the crushing realization that the universe really was the world's most perfect torture machine.
He returned to pear at the celestial spectacle that was the sea of stars, thanking his creator for not making his neck with the human limitation.
Both reploid stood like this, X wrapped in his Zero's arms, This...was their usual night together, just the two of them looking at the stars and X having deep, philosophical thought and question no one had answers to.
X closed his eyes...it was no use to think of the dark and foreboding future, and while losing himself in the sweet and nostalgic past with his father would do absolutely nothing for him in the end.
He had to be in the present, in Zero's arms, in the middle of nowhere. With the stars shining above his head, the breeze blowing around them and a dimentional rift opening in the cloud free sky...
'...what the..!' He uttered as he and his longtime partner broke their embrace as their threat indicator blared to life.
The two watched in horror as reality was cut open, and through the star-shaped opening... a powder blue ship flew out with the sound of the otherworldly engine.
At first, X tough it was Sigma again...but then he realized his Ex-commander turned plague would never stoop so low as to use a cutesy, cartooney space-ship...that was just not his style...
For once, short of Zero (and his now destroyed clone.) knew how to open rift trough Cyber-space.
Meaning...
"They exist..."X managed to whisper before his century worth of battle experience kicked in.
He ran to his land Rider, Zero not far behind, and hopped on. Ridding to where the...alien spaceship would land.
"Alia! This is X and Zero." He contacted his favourite and best navigator out there.
"Roger that, X what's wrong? Is it Sigma?" the senior navigator asked, and knowing her, X knew she was already preparing for the worst.
"No...Aliens..." X send an image file of the flying ship. Now that it was closer to them, the blue bomber could now perceive the star in its side and front, a pair of fluffy wings. Its oars seemed too controlled its descent and its sail was fully stretched by an impossible wind.
He waited some moment, still following the amazing space ship with Zero, not leaving the alien conveience from his green gaze.
"X...is this real? It's not...Axl's not pulling a prank on us, is he?" Alia asked, clearly weary.
"Alia, this is Zero...No, we're not joking. A toy ship just cut a star shaped hole in reality." Zero deadpan. "We'll scout and see what's going on."
"But...Signas have to...he has to."
"Nope, I'm pulling some prank on him. X is fully capable of negotiating, and if worst comes, they'll have to face the Red Ripper." Zero spoke with confidence, it was clear the last option would be his favourite.
By that point, X knew full well of his partner's inclination for violence. But in this war that never ended, to have his blond willing to fight helped the blue bomber to deal with the numerous ordeal.
"Alia...E.T.A will be in then minute, in the red-canyon. We'll contact you on our first contact." X closed the connection, a feeling of...
He was excited, truly excited. The scientist, the geek, the one who would send radio-burst after radio burst to try and find another intelligent life form was back, sitting as a copilot the overwrought and ever cautious was veteran!
He was about to meet aliens! X could only hope and pray to whatever imaginary power was out there that they were friendly, and who knows? Maybe their technology could save planet earth?
"Oh Krishna, what a mess." Kamala-Kanta das spoke as he peered at the deserted land of Europe, which used to be Armenia. "We managed to break the winter curse on the planet, let the human outs...and now look what happened!" he showed the wasteland to his friend, gesturing to the largue monitor inside the Lor's control center.
"Ah told'ja so Kirb, let'em remain without a king-" The Stout King of Dreamland spoke from his seat, a nice Lazy Boy. He was fiddling with his hammer's setting, probably readjusting them after his last spar with Meta knight.
"And they would exploit everything until Mother Prtvi-devi would hide her opulence again." Kamala finished for his regal friend, Moving away from the screen."
Dedede clicked his beak. "This ain't how ah said it!"
"No, but that's basically what happened...you were right, by the way," Kamala admitted, his blue eyes twinkling with humility. Dedede waved it off.
"Kamal, if I were you, I would prepare to meet the two...hmm." Meta Knight hummed as he peered at the picture of what was happening outside. Their were two...entity of what appeared to be ridding on electromagnetic bikes. One was wearing blue with a red gem in his helmet while the other was adorned in red, black, white and a golden cape majestically blew from the high wind.
"Hey wait a minute...this ain't a cape, that's her hair!" Dedede exclaimed as he took a better look at the picture. "Well I'll be, never tough a girl could have that muchofa long hair while still looking like a warrior."
"She must be with the blue boy." Magolor, standing beside Meta knight, pointed out. " And they are definitely going to meet with us."
"New friends?" Gooey asked as he jiggle with the vibration of the Lor starcutter.
"Oh, I hope so. They look very kind." Kamala smiled brightly.
"I'm not sure about the Red one. "Meta Knight stated as he leered at miss red. "By the way she's leering at Lor...I fear for your daughter, Mangalananda." He addressed Magolor.
"Oh, Don't worry about her. Unlike the Halberd, Lori can take care of herself..." Mangal sent a veiled jab at his best friend, who gave him a gentle shove. " I raised her to be as independent as possible, you know."
"Not Everyone has the luck on finding a soul in the body of a vimana." Meta Knight grumbled, still soar about the faith of his ship. His Halberd had taken decades to build and thirty minutes to destroy...
"Anyhow, Lori found a place were she can rest comfortably," Mangalananda spoke as he helped his daughter navigate the canyon. It's dry bed providing an impromptu dock for his girl. "So...who will break the ice?" he asked.
"I'll see, let them come in and let us all treat 'em as guest." Dedede declared with a genial smile. "we ain't here to face an unconquerable foe, jus some survivor in a place where the rain doesn't fall."
this was met with approval of most. As usual, Meta knight was reserve...
but then, that was his job. "No...Let me first check the strength of this sword woman..."
Kamala-Kanta rolled his eyes as King Dedede howled in laughter. "Madhan! Why do you always fight people the first time you meet them! That;s not Vaishnava behaviour." He scolded.
"I only fight those warrior's who can take it. And it is clear that she...along with her friend can prove me their might in a duel...and it is also a wonderful ice breaker."
"Welp, As long as you don't start another war," Dedede smirked as he grinned widely. Having to much fun at the conversation.
"I did not start a war Dharadhara, those fools were already planing for Chaos." Madhan declared. Not bothering to hide how annoyed at the allegation he was as he wrapped himself tighter in his cape. "They would've used any pretext to start their atrocities." He stated.
"yep...I know Madhan, I was just teasing you is all." Dharadhara admitted, his broad smile never leaving his lips. "N' I think you would be the best one to greet them. If those two are warrior, who else but another star warrior can speak to 'em. am I right?"
For his part, Gooey was staring at the screen specifically at Zero.
He squinted, tilted his whole body and scratched the top of his head with his tongue. And then...
he had an eureka moment. "Guys, Guys Guys!" He managed to grab everyone's attention. "This blond girls' a boy robot!" He boldly declared as if this was as important as knowing the holy name.
The rest of the Vaishnava's looked at Gooey...Ghandarva...and then returned to the present topic as to how to make first contact without staring a another potential conflict with the native.
Ah, the live of interstellar Hare Krishna preacher was never was a dull one. Especialy for this particular group.
Back at the base, in the dormitory...
Layer was knocking on Axl's door. Unwilling to let the rest of the navigator know where she was...and have Signa's know that she was not at her desk combing through data about the rising maverick number...and how those cells seemed more organized than previously seen.
No. layer had already gathered as much information as she could. And right now...
Right now she was answering Axl's call for player number two.
The door opened slightly, and the purple haired reploid could already smell Axl's room.
Fancy reploid snacks, sweetened energene and one of those fancy candles that released smell potent enough to cover whatever secret treat was there...it was carcinogenic for humans, but since reploids were not humans...
Dibs! And yes, the only reason why Axl had this particular candle was because he unironicly like the smell.
And so did Layer.
"What's the password?" Axl whispered, making the taller navigator chuckle.
"Itsumademo Guusapi Hoshi no Kaabi!" Layer sang quelty, she knew the song by heart...both of them.
"Access..." Axl opened to door. "Granted." he gestured the taller and...less armoured Navigator in, his grin broad and filled with anticipation. "Come in Hime, I even got some extra present for you.
Layer echoed the warm and guileless smile of the youngest of all the maverick hunter. Sure, she may find Zero extremely attractive and X aw-inspiring...but Axl?
Axl was life, he just wanted to make people happy... without anything in returned.
She quite liked this mysterious reploid...not as mysterious and oh so tragic as Zero, but his own brand of mysterious.
She entered the room, it was decorated in a way that evoked old japanesse apartment, there was even an old tube T.V on a lacquered table and a futon both could sat on.
The futon had more in common with a folding bed, but as Layer had found out, it was still rather comfortable when playing.
She sat on the soft cushion after removing her boots. Exposing her rather...human looking feet.
This was something Layer had quickly learned, an F-model was made to look so human...it carried plenty of unfortunate implications.
And for her, Before Zero found her in the street...it was her reality...as for hundreds of other F-framed units.
She shook her head, it was int he past now. She was a Navigator, serving the forces of good with her intelligence. Not with her hardware.
Axl sat beside Layer, he had a rather fancy gift bag in his hands. "Oh...what is it?"
"It's a present for my best girl Layer." he grinned. "C'mon, open it!" his hands were quivering as if he was about to open the bag for her.
Layer did...and found...
"Oh..ah...what is this?" she asked as she pulled out a grey...hoody? Lifting it further, she saw that it was...
She gasped with a smile. The purple haired reploid had always desired a Kigurumi...a Raccoon kiguruimi!
Axl grinned, it was clear he knew he had made his sister happy with this gift. "Say...I have my own. I'll say, let's ditch all armour and get cozy. 'snot like maverick activity became worst you know.
To be very honest, those so called maverick were rather underwhelming, Meaning that X and Zero, the two legend wouldn;t need her anytime soon. Meaning she could have fun with her friend.
"Agreed!"
After a few minute spent removing gears and armour, the two reploid now wore animal-themed jumpsuits that covered all their bodies.
Axl was a golden fox while Layer was a raccoon...
no...not a tanuki...and actually raccoon.
"Alright!" Axl stretched his arms above his head. "Ah...this feel soo much better, don;t you thing Hime?"
"Yes...It does." She nevore got to wear such a covering in her entire activation span...it felt great.
She didn;t feel as if she was kept as a Navigator for her measurement.
"Great...but I'm not done yet. I have something else to fill our evening till morning; A Game!" Axl declared as he proudly produced a rectangular Gray cartridge. The sticker long worn by the affect of time.
Layer giggled. "Axl! Just put it in, I want to see what the final boss is!" She begged as she grabbed controller number two. More then ready to play as Gooey, the good dark matter again.
"C'mon Hime. It's obliviously dark matter." Axl rolled his eyes as he plugged the ancient cartridge in 'the ultimate gaming station.' (his baby.)
soon, the machine booted, and the game, Kirby dreamland three was ready to play.
Bot reploids took their designated place on the couch, ready to end this fight for good when.
[Axl, Layer. Signas speaking.] Came their commander's voice over the emergency radio line.
Immediately, the two reploid...after a millisecond of cursing the existence of that damn line and the mavericks in general, answered.
[Navigator Layer, In.]
[B-rank rookie Axl D. awesome, in!]
[We have...] There Signas paused...
Signa's never paused. He practically wrote his lines before he would speak. Meaning the next thing he was about to say had nothing to do with Maverick, Sigma popping up again or the like.
Meaning it was either a casulty. (which Axl doubted since he didn't sound annoyed.) or something he had no idea how to deal with.
[Aliens...as in...not from earth.]
Needless to say, Both reploid were out of their Kigu and in armour in less then trithy second and out the door in two.
In the Hunter H.Q holding cell's, A very peculiar scene was drawing itself to view. X was on his Back, a small ball of hype... a certain Mangalananda was inspecting every one of his seem and ridges, his eyes sparkling with and enthusiasm only Doctor Cain and a few colleague had shown when they had first met X.
The first contact had been...a very interesting one. But not at all peaceful.
A blue ball with a silver mask and cape had emerged from the shadow, his dark aura practically screamed of mystery... He had leered at Zero...from the height of 2 feet two inches, then he drew out a sword.
A seven prone sword...not an energy sword, but a golden sword made of metal.
Is only words, in English no less had been...
'Fight me'.
This was all it took for Zero and the mysterious alien knight thing to start an all-out fight...and as Zero had been distracted, the rest of the mates came out of the ship to meet X.
They were... rater small and spherical, the only one that was somewhat above X's knee was...
Was it a penguin wearing an ancient Japanese robe? And...this was a rather big wooden hammer to carry around. And was it a rabbit embroider in his back? Never the less, he had folded his palm and greeted X with a very jovial 'Hare Krishna' presenting himself, in a very human and earthly sountern drawl as DharaDhara Das.
After this greeting, the rest followed suit.
The second one made all of X's threat array light up like the sky during the now-defunct fourth of July.
And when he came into view...first he checked his system and confirmed that no, they were not glitched of calibrated, the pink ball really was a critical threat.
X stared...it had long eyes, their colour seemingly blue to him. And a mark on his forehead.
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oh...and his feet...shoes were red.
Speaking of which, they all wore the same marking. And all seemed to glow with an otherworldly effulgence. Especially the 'boring' pink one.
And to be honest, it was his simplicity that scared the century-old reploid...wasn;t he himself simple in design and yet filled with an unlimited amount of power?
He was X...he could be whatever he wanted.
The creature had smile, looking deceptively adorable.
"Ha-a-ai!" It had greeted like a child...to which X had waved back.
At least...he didn't ask for a fight.
There was another...X didn;t know if it could qualify as a creature since it was basically a slime with a pair of googly eyes, a mouth...and a tongue.
It had wave at X with the long, thick and seemingly prehensile appendage.
X...awkwardly waved back.
The second one was...he didn;t have any feet and his cloth and hat bore a golden gear. His hands were disconnected from his body, a white cape with a golden border floated behind him and a pair of yellow eyes peered from under an admittedly adorable hat.
This Alien, by the name of Mangalananda... (that was Hindi name.) had taken one look at X before demanding to be taken into custody... with X as their warden or else.
Request granted... and now X was currently laying on the floor in a holding cell with an alien ball of happy researcher gushing! About how he could not believe he had found yet another artifact.
Being so old, and used to be prodded by scientist, X simply let it happen. For it seemed a better way to keep this new arrival in the cell and not warping all over the place, gushing about all the reploids in the base.
"Amazing...simply amazing," Mangala muttered again as he ran his hands over X's buster. "Oh how I wish to bring you back at my Lab on the Lor... I simply need to know if your from-"
"Hey, Mangala, maybe you should stop caressing mister X's buster like that." Dharadhara das spoke from his seat. He looked...uncomfortable at his friends display and enthusiasm. "You're making me feel as if Ah was witnessing an alien autopsy. and Kamala-Kantha told yah to hold yer enthusiasm... ain't that right Kamal?
But, Kamala was more interested with napping beside Gandharva das.
Dedede grumbled as he leaned his face on his glove covered hand.
"Indeed. Mago, the way you are treating our host is most shameful." Madhan-Mohan das scowled, his displeasure at Mangalananda evident in his tone and eyes...the only part of his face shown.
Hearing his friend, Mangala returned to reality and hurriedly deposited X's arm down. "Oh, I apologize, I got carried away by this most amazing and astonishing body you have." He praised. "Really, I'm wondering if, perhaps, it was Vishvakarma himself that made it."
At the side, Axl did his best not to burst in laughter.
X sat up and glanced at the to way mirror. [Alia...?] He addressed his designated Navigator, and what he received trough his com was a burst her unrestrained laughter. [Alia...please, don't make it worst.]
[I'm...I'm sorry X. I didn;t expect to saw the father of all reploids being prodded by an alien.]
[At least I'm not being torn to pieces.] He muttered. [So...hows Zero?] X asked about his friend as he sat up, being helped by Dharadhara das, the penguin.
He was...rather strong for his size.
[Zero's arm are being reattached as we speak. He'll be a pain to deal with until his pride heal, but he should be fine.] Alia conveyed.
"Ere you go boy, never saw a young man as tolerant as you," he spoke with a very define southern accent. "If I would've been in you same situation, I would've clobber the guy."
"Oh..I'm used to it." Very used to it...being the first-ever sentient machine meant that you would have to undergo test and trial to verify and quantify whatever Ability X had.
"Still...I have to apologize mister X. I am a archaeologist specialized in studying An ancient and highly technologically advanced civilization...and your design...is not unfamiliar to me." Mangalananda revealed as he sat on a chair.
X stared at the alien.
[X...don;t get your hopes up, this could be a trap.] Signas warned even before Alia could say the same thing.
X tried to keep his face neutral at that.
Even fifty years after his discovery, no one knew how he worked, only that he could be imperfectly replicated...
no...that was not true, X was not replicable...at all.
No, instead, doctor Cain had found a program and the blueprints for a machine that would...short of sounding extremly unscientific, suck in ghost and but them into something called a heart-drive.
Most people would call it a reploid core. And around this, the reploid was build.
But...since saying that the machine would use the spirits of the dead, something that was illogical and rather unethical, the cover story was that X's amazing and uncopiable build had been decoded and a new race was born...
At First, Cain had kept the source of all reploid's core a secret, and would only use the amazing machine to make specialized frame, his little project like Alpha, Sigma and Epsilion...
And then...as much as X loathed to admit it, greed had overcome the doctor's good sense, and he had patented and sold the Reploid core maker. And soon enough, reploids became a household name...for better...but especially for ill.
Nevertheless, No one had managed to crack how X was working, only that he came with an instruction manual and plenty of blueprints for things he would need, like his charging station, energene and E crystals...oh, and most of those instructions were translated by doctor light, and with some mistakes also.
Some had even theorized that X was not man-made, but was constructed by this hyper-advanced civilization. Not Doctor light...
Or that doctor light was an alien.
[Holy scrap, Dude! That's Kirby!] Axl radioed in. [Oh hell, he's even cutter in person! Just look at how pink and round he is!] He gushed. [And there's Gooey, Dedede and Meta Knight.] Layer added with clear bliss. [They are real! Oh God, we need to get him water mellons...and food, like...oh, I don;t think we have enough for him!] Layer fretted...and then he heard Signas sigh at the other's reaction...and then came Layer's dashing out the room.
[Right...X, now that...Magolor's curiosity is satisfied, care to ask our...visitors why they are here?] Signas asked, it was clear he had a half-fried CPU about the whole thing.
[Signas sir, just count yourself lucky it's not Sigma again.] X sent.
[For all we know.] Alia darkly muttered.
"So...Mangalananda Das Adhikari." X addressed the amazing floating head. "what is the reason for you and your friend to come visit earth? What's left of it anyway?" he added sheepishly.
"Oh actually, we are a group of part-time Hero's and travelling preachers. We go around the universe to spread the Krishna consciousness...and defeat a few baddies here and there." Mangalananda explained as he sat in a chair. "You may call me Mangala...Mister X."
"Just X will do." X returned as he sat in his own seat. His own natural curiosity ignited.
"You got it, just X."
X smirked, he was supposed to remain on guard, but with how kind and genial personality he was.
In the back of his mind though, he could not help but wonder if this was all true...it could be a trap.
"X...son?" The penguin-like entity addressed the reploid. " Mangala here's trustworthy...and we really are just a bunch a preachers travelling the universe for the good of all." He raised a hand, staving off the protest that was on X's lips. "We ain't like those missionary who tump their bible's and slap them poor souls as eternally damned if they don't accept Jesus, we only give the books...the rest is up to them."
"Oh...so, can you tell me what is this all about?"
[X.] Came in Signas warning tone.
[Sir...communism started with a simple book, an idea, knowledge.] X argued back. [ I have a feeling those visitors won't leave earth so easily, so we need to know what they propagate lest we more uprising.] X hid a shudder...
They had enough of the mavericks uprising...they didn't need another one.
But before Signas could give X a confirmation, Mangalananda raised a hand and made a golden hardcover appear. "We could definitely tell you what we wish to give to the world...but I do believe reading the ancient words of our Divine acharya would be better." he gave to wonderfully crafted piece of literature to X, who took it as if it was Gold.
No...the cure to the maverick virus!
He looked at the title of the alien book and froze...
It was written in English...
"Yes, the book is from here." The blue knight, Madhan-Mohan suddenly spoke up. " This planet you are on is most precious to Bhagavan Sri Krishna...and it is were he chose to manifest the revealed scriptures. This is a copy of my own well-read Gita. Consider it a peace offering," he bowed his head...and considering the state he had left Zero in, this being a peace offering was the right way to say it.
"We would stop on earth to gather enough books for a decade." Dharadhara das spoke up. "Our last shipment lasted us longer then anticipated but." He scratched the back of his head, his smile falling. "But it seemed someone screw up majorly and angered Bhuma-Sri." The blue penguin huffed.
"I'm...sorry." X's entire mood soured. "I...Did my best." He felt a...tentacle on his shoulder.
It was Kamala. "It's alright Ekesu...well help you out. You'll see, soon enough the whole place will be the greened of green!" the pink ball promised with a conviction X never tough could exist anymore in this day and age.
The cynical side of the blue reploid tried to remind him that it must be a lie, but in his heart-drive...he just knew things would get better.
"Excuse me...but who let you out of the containment and interrogation room?" Douglas pointedly asked Madhan-Mohan.
"I did..." the blue warrior stated plainly. "I wanted to check up on my friend."
"your...friend?" The medical engineer repeated slowly, his eyes filled with suspicion.
"Sir Zero."
"Excuse me...but I wouldn't call you a friend." Zero rasped from his medical cot. Both of his arms were yet to be reattached, and his face and front were covered with plenty of cut's and scratches, being driven face-first in the rocky ground of the canyon.
Madhan noted with pride how most of his injuries were taken on the front of his body. Zero had been on the losing end of the fight, and yet never tried to run away, or used a dirty tactic. "I call a friend those I found worthy of my respect."
Zero scoffed. " Oh yeah. And lopping my arms off's a perfect way to have you respect me." He snapped. " C'mon...you just want to gloat over it." Zero huffed quietly, turning his head away from the blue warrior.
Also...Ghandi had been right about Zero being a man.
"No...I just want to make sure I didn't...cause you more harm then intended." Madhan-Mohan spoke gently as he hoped in the side of the medical pod.
"Wait...your the one who destroyed-"
"I did not destroy Sir Zero, I merely wanted to test his mettle in a fight. I could have ended it faster if so desired." He stated, gazing at the supine form of the Red Warrior.
"Can you please stop staring at me?" Zero requested quietly.
"Hmm..."
"Why are you still looking at me?" Zero snapped.
"I am merely curious to know how a soul could have ended up in a body of Metal," Madhan-Mohan asked, taking stock of the warrior now that he was immobile. "But...i do believe my friend Mangal could elucidate this mystery"
His face was rather handsome if a bit...artificial-looking. His hands were big for the rest of his body, same as his feet and he had quite a few vent's and green gems adorning his body.
His eyes lingered on those that adorned his chest...
"Say, Sir Zero... these green gems embedded in your chest." He heard the warrior stifled a groan. He had probably been teased about them quite often. "Those are extra batteries for your arms, are they not?" Madhan asked.
Zero's head snapped in the direction of the diminutive powerhouse. "How do you know?" he asked, his eyes widening with surprise.
Madhan-Mohan chuckled. "Oh my friend, you have the same Gems on your ankles, the broadest part of your legs. And while I did dismembered you, your power and strength was not lost on me." He assured the supine reploid. "and I will admit, I was caught by surprise with you hair, the jolt they gave would have killed anything lesser, I assure you."
He could still feel the tingle in his arms and feet, and he needed to demagnetize his mask.
Zero stared at him.
"My dear Sir Zero, I am not infallible, but Rare are those who can best me in a fight without the use of cheating," Madhan-Mohan spoke meaningfully. "And you...along with your friend X, are two whom I know could defeat me, if given the proper incentive." Behind his mask, A smile drew itself on his lips...a wider smile.
Ever since Kirby had given them the seed of Bhakti, this smile had falter even less then his skills.
And then...the Aeon old knight noticed something...quite strange about Zero. More specifically his blood...or whatever was the substance that had splashed around when Madhan-Mohan had lopped Zero's arms off.
it seemed the laws of gravity didn't apply to the liquid, for it was floating upward from Zero's empty sockets and numerous wounds.
The Red Androids...if he was even that, merely looked at the substance with deep annoyance. "Aw come on. Hey, Doug. Your patch failed, I'm leaking again." he yelled at the green mechanic.
"Aw scrap." Douglas groaned. "Zee... did you move. C'mon, i know you did."
"No, I didn;t your repair's just not up to standard." Zero shot back.
Douglas ruched to his side and clicked his tongue. "Urg...I hope you won't infect me Zero, we can't afford to have a maverick-medic," he grumbled as he grabbed his tool and imputed a code. " Meta Knight!" He addressed the small blue warrior.
"Madhan-Mohan." he corrected.
"Please leave this place...it may get a bit dangerous." The medic in green hurriedly stated as he closed the lid on Zero's recovery pod, a pair of thick, industrial gloves, the one used to deal with heavily radioactive material fused on the side of the incubator-like capsule.
Madhan-Mohan's smile faded...he could feel...something quite dark about his prospective friend. He only hoped he was wrong.
As he walked out of the infirmary, he could hear some codes being spoken...the whole floor had to be evacuated by all synth life form...and all of those who had been in contact with the red sun had to go to decont. And quarantine.
At that he frowned... something was going on. And he hoped he had nothing to do with a certain End.