Dang it, I missed the due date again. Sorry, I had writer's block. But now, not only have I rid myself of that nasty cretin, but I am now more inspired than ever to finish this. Why? I just got Megaman X8! And now, I actually know what Layer and Pallette look like! Anyway, here's chapter 10 of the story. I tried to make it funny, in order to make up for my lateness. Enjoy!
Where Axl was, he was having the same amount of luck as Rush and Zero. Instead of just dealing with the stupid objects that got in his way, Axl just blasted them instead. Shooting things made Axl feel happy, for it was as if he was actually doing something. Searching for supposed mavericks in dark, spooky caves was not the Hunter's idea of fun.
"Well, it looks like I'm gonna' end up with Ol' Signy's money after all!" Axl cheered, trying not to be bored. "and maybe, if I'm lucky, I can get his hat! I would look so cool in that hat...all hail Commander Axl!" To accentuate this, Axl struck the best pose he could think of (which made him look quite cheesy) and imagined himself in the all-powerful hat. Unfortunately, this left Axl unaware of his surroundings, as a large rope-like substance shot from behind him.
"What the?" Was all Axl could say, as the rope wrapped around him, dragging him into the unknown.
X was also progressing through the cave, and was having an even worse time. For the past fifteen minutes, the blue reploid had been walking past the same stupid rock formations over and over again. This only meant one thing: X was lost.
"Maybe, if Alia was availialbe, she could help me find a way out of this," X mumbled to himself. Sadly, it was Alia's day off, and she had gone to spend some time with Layer and Pallette. X silently wished that he was with Alia instead, but he knew he couldn't. A Hunter's work would never be done, not until peace had finally been achieved...permanetly.
One of the nearby rocks suddenly broke. X whipped around, preparing his blaster in case something would attack. A soft chuckling came from the shadows.
"Ah, X," a cold voice said. "So you've finally made it to my lair. I must admit, I'm suprised it took you so long."
"Cut the small talk," X cried. "Where are you?"
"You should be asking...where will you be?" Out of the darkness, a rope quite similiar to the one that grabbed Axl wrapped itself around X. X tried to break free, but he found that he couldn't. It wasn't too strong a rope, but it was so...sticky. X wasn't sure what exactly was on this thing, but he sure didn't want to find out. With nothing else to do, and no other way to contact the others, X let out a scream.
"Did you hear that?" Zero asked, hie ears pricking up.
"That was X!" Rush cried, turning towards the direction of the noise. "He's in trouble Zero! Come on, we better help him!"
"Maybe there's a maverick here after all," Zero muttered. "Let's keep going Rush. I think that we'll eventually get to them if we keep going this way. All these tunnels connect to each other eventually." After a bit of persuasion, Zero and Rush continued on they're way. Soon, a loud rumbling coud be heard from the heart of the cave.
"Zero, we're almost there!" Rush cried, quikening his pace. "What do you think is causing that sound?"
"Probably a maverick," Zero answered, "and a rather big one at that." The pair soon entered a large cavern, that was shaped like an arena. The walls were covered in rope, most of which were quite sticky. A large net was near the ceiling, and dangling from it were...
"X! Axl!" Rush called up to his comrades, which were high above him. "How'd you get up there?"
"Something grabbed us," X replied. "We haven't seen it since it tied us up here."
"And it placed me upside down!" Axl cried, struggling in his bondage. "When I get down from here, that thing is so going to pay!" The flustered red-head flailed around even more, bumping into X a few times. Zero groaned, looking at his two comrades stuck up there like sitting ducks. When he looked at the net a little closer, he noticed it looked incredibally similiar to a spider web. In fact, now that he thought about it, the ropes were all webbing. Meaning, the maveick must be spider based. But where could it be? The rumbling suddenly began again, and a voice began to fill the room.
"Haha, and now the final hunter has arrived," the voice said, deep and booming. "After all this time, I finally have the world-renowned Maverick Hunters in my grasp! Wait until Sigma see's me now!"
"Who are you?" X asked. "Show yourself, Maverick!"
"Fine then, hold on a sec." A bit of scuffling could be heard behind part of the wall. Everyone stared in the direction of the noise, wondering what kind of monstrosity it could be.
"Are you ready yet?" Axl asked, the rope holding him now slowly making him spin around.
"Yes, I'm ready! Presenting the evil, the abomidable, the all-powerful...Poisonous Spyder!" Out of a hole in the wall came a little purple spider-reploid with green dots on it. Everyone stared blankly at the maverick.
"Poisonous...spyder," Axl said, breaking the silence. "What kind of name is that?"
"The name of your defeat!" For some reason, the little arachnid still possessed an abnormally loud voice. "Ever since Sigma first started sending Mavericks to defeat you, I have been here causing havoc! But did you ever pay attention to me, X? Nooooo, you defeated everyone else, and ignored me the whole time!"
"Well," X replied, "Maybe that's because we never got your signal. Or possibly, it's because there was no reason to check out this mine, because no one uses it any more!"
"Hmm...good point," Spyder mumpled. "But no matter! Prepare for your defeat!"
"Uhmm, I have a question," Rush said, raising his hand. "Are you really poisonous?"
"Well, uh...I was," The maverick replied shyly. "I used to be, but all my poison dried out while I was waiting for you. But no matter, I still have my webs!"
"And they are lame!" Axl cried. "I'll get out of here, and I'll beat the stuffing out of you. The reason no one ever fought you is you're too lame to fight! You don't even have poison, and you're called Poisonous Spyder! Give me a break!" In response, the little purple arachnid climbed up the web holding Axl. Staring at Axl, he randomly pulled out some duck-tape, taping Axl's mouth shut. The red-head continued to mutter, his voice muffled. Spyder put another thing of tape over his mouth, resulting in a glare from the brooding hunter.
"Now that that's over with," Poisonous Spyder muttered, "Now, I shall defeat you Zero! And your little dog too!"
"Actually, that's my dog," X said.
"Do you want to be duck-taped too, buddy?" The tape-wielding maverick asked.
"No, I'm fine," X replied. "Good luck guys!" Rush did a thumbs-up at X, and Zero flattened his ears.
"What did I ever do to deserve this?"
Next chapter, the climatic battle between Poisonous Spyder, Zero, and Rush! Hopefully up soon! Please, tell me what you thought of this chapter, and my lame maverick. I wasn't sure if there's already been a spider boss, but it was fun doing this guy anyway. See ya' soon!