Here we go again! Thanks for the reviews. I only own Issen, my fan character. MegaMan belongs to Capcom, while the invisible horse and coconuts routine from the last chapter belongs to whoever made Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Chocolate should belong to everyone.
Review response to: Yamiangie.
I don't really know if they do have Ride Armors in 20XX or not. I figure that I've set this story late enough in the series that I can start using the 'small' things from the X series. (Timeline wise, Light and Wily have finished X and Zero's bodies, and now their just working on coding. Heck, X and Zero might make a cameo if I'm nice... )
Issen ran through the forest, trying to evade the drones that searched for him overhead. Several times he had been forced to use his cloak to hide himself, and thus his stealth system was low on energy. Deciding to let them pass overhead, Issen hid himself in a crevice nearby and covered himself in snow.
'Shutting down all unnecessary systems. Shunting power to recharge cloaking. Body temp is within 2 degrees of snow. Now I just have to wait for these drones to leave.'
An hour passed. The drones eventually gave up their search and moved on. With nothing to fear, Issen shrugged off the snow and began running again. According to his sonar, a village was not far away.
'I should be able to find shelter for the night. It's almost midnight as it is... The temperature is getting lower by the second. I'd better hurry.'
Issen charged both of his busters and shunted the power to his boost system. His abilities now increased, Issen began dashing through the frozen forest. The boost effect lasted him to the village, shutting down within a quarter of a mile. Switching to his heat sensors, the village seemed to be at rest. Just about everyone was in a sleeping position, indicating that it was that much safer to approach. As he reached the outskirts of the town, Issen allowed himself to calm down. Running like a scared rabbit wasn't in his nature, and the village seemed to calm him. He searched around for a hotel, but all he could find was a building labeled 'Sergeivilch's tavern and Inn'. The dubious establishment was a little rundown, but something was better than nothing. As he opened the door, an overwhelming odor of vodka overcame his senses.
"Hey sonny, what kin I do for you at this horrible hour?" The man spoke in Russian, but Issen's programming allowed him to understand and speak almost any language on the planet.
"I need a room."
Once again, his voice alone freaked out the tavern's manager. "You don't have to go and make threats! Jeez, I'll give you a room. It'll cost ya though. Fifty dollars will do. (I have no idea what the Russians call their currency.)" As the manager held out his hand to accept the money, he noticed that Issen had an ice blue streak below each eye that extended to his jaw. 'What kind of freak is this guy?'
"Sorry, but I don't have any money. And I wasn't threatening you. This is just my normal voice."
"Oh. Well then forget it! I'm poor enough as it is, so I don't need any freeloaders like you hanging around." The manager turned away, returning to whatever work he had been doing. He also muttered something under his breath, which was clearly audible to Issen's robotic ears. "Stupid fools, always coming in at the middle of the night and crying about their problems. Screw 'em all, I say."
"Would you care to repeat that?" Issen glared daggers into the managers back.
"I said that you can go the hell, ya stupid--!?" The man found a black glove around his throat.
"I don't like being insulted. You made me angry."
Issen used his Power Draw ability to knock the man out. It would be at least a half-day before he woke up, but that didn't satisfy Issen's anger. Tossing him aside and blowing up the racks of Vodka behind the bar did. His energy level went up slightly from draining the Manager, so Issen decided that it would be a good time to rest. 'Sleep' found Issen quickly.
Issen awoke to the sounds of screams the next morning. The tavern around him was in flames, causing him to jump up, grab the sleeping manager, and dash out before the building caved in. Once outside, Issen came under fire from several Sniper Joes.
"Not you people again..." Issen jumped over the hail of energy that was sent at him. Before they could fire again, Issen had run behind a building and set the manager down. Three other buildings in the village were on fire, and some of their occupants trapped inside. 'New objective: Save humans and destroy opposition.'
Charging both of his busters, Issen rolled out of his hiding spot and blasted two of the Sniper Joes. As the others re-adjusted their aim, Issen went back into hiding and charged again. Using his boost ability, Issen wall jumped to the top of the building he was hiding behind. He dashed across the roof and jumped into the nearest burning house's second story. Inside, two little girls were pounding on their door, begging for their parents to save them. As Issen came crashing through the window, the turned around and screamed at him.
"Hey, I'm here to save you so shut up already!" They complied and Issen grabbed them by the waist, hauling them out the window just as the room started to collapse. Dropping from the second story would have broken a human's legs, but Issen simply absorbed the shock and set the two girls on their feet. Before they could say anything, Issen used his remaining boost to wall jump to the window again. Before he reached it however, the second floor collapsed onto the first, and the weight crushed the entire house. Issen barely escaped to a nearby roof. After checking for life signs around the house, Issen spied a set of adults outside the burning wreckage.
'Good. Their parents got out.' Issen turned around and ran towards the next house. As he leapt over an alley between houses, a volley of energy fire caught him in the side and sent him rolling onto the next roof.
WARNING! ENERGY AT 50%! PROCEDE WITH CAUTION.
"Great." Issen looked at the rips in his body with distain. "Somebody's gonna pay." Pushing this thought aside, Issen got up and continued his quest to rescue the trapped humans. As he approached the second house, he got to ground level and kicked in the door. Smoke clouded his vision instantly, but he used his sonar to guide himself through the burning building. After passing through several rooms he found a single bedroom being blocked by a fallen beam. He tossed it aside with ease, freeing the man who lived inside. Issen tore off the door and grabbed the man. Carrying him like luggage, he ran out of the house as its structure failed.
"Two down. One to go."
Several Sniper Joes opened fire on Issen after he set the man down. He jumped over the energy blasts and into an alleyway. Once more, Issen charged and activated his Boost function. Jumping on the nearest roof, he spied the final house and started making his way to it. Just before he got to it however, another robot jumped out carrying two adults. Issen checked the building for other life-signs, and found a single teenager in the upper floor. He also noticed that the house was going to fall apart VERY soon. And to make matters worse, the room teen was in didn't have a window.
"Here goes nothing!" Issen used his entire boost to jump through the wall. Finding the female teen had been knocked out, he quickly took off his poncho and wrapped it around her. Just as he finished, the roof started to cave in. Issen covered the girl with his own body, protecting her from harm. The roof came down, and everything went black...
SnowMan was making his way back to the house when the roof began to collapse. The parents of the teen cried out in anguish as the roof hit the floor of the second story, causing the first to collapse as well.
"I... I failed..." The Russian robot looked on with rage in his face. He had been created to save lives, yet he had failed in his duty. Those who had caused this would pay... They would pay for causing hurt to his people. Before he could attack the nearby Sniper Joes however, something stirred inside the collapsed build. "What?!"
SYSTEM REBOOT COMPLETE. ENERGY – 39%.
'I'm alive?' Issen quickly ran a system diagnostic and found everything was still running. The girl in his arms was uninjured, but the flames around them were getting hotter. 'I'd better move, or she won't live for long.'
As he stood, he activated his armor and unfurled his blades. Against the flaming background, it seemed as if a demon had risen from the flames. The teen's mother screamed in fear, while her father looked on in amazement. SnowMan stood in disbelief as Issen walked out of the blazing mess, girl in arms. He set her down at her mother's side before turning to SnowMan and the Sniper Joes.
"I take it your not with them?" SnowMan raised an eyebrow as Issen's cheek marks changed from Ice blue to fire red.
"No. They came here after me, so stay out of this."
Issen isn't happy me thinks. Maybe it's because of the whole Monty Python gag... Oh well. He gets to beat up his first boss in the next chapter, so stay tuned! Oh, and chocolate for those who review! Look in your refrigerator or pantry. You're bound to find some unless your parents are stingy. (Or you yourself are stingy and didn't buy any the last time you went to the store. )