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Chapter 6
X was having a nice dream. He was back in DenTech City, with his friends and family. Everyone had gotten together for a barbeque in the park. Even Chaud had showed--no one had really found out exactally how Yai had dragged him away from his job, just that she had. And everyone had left it at that.
Maylu and Yai, together with Rush, were currently talking about something under a large, shady tree, protecting them from the mid-summer heat. They were also giggling about something--which just told the males to steer clear for the moment. Chaud was leaning against a different tree, his arms crossed and head bowed. Tory was helping Dr. Hikari at the grill, and Dex was currently in a hot dog eating contest with X. And X was winning.
As he reached for the next hot dog, there was a bright light--and he found himself in full armor, standing right next to his brother. To his horror, Megaman was shackled to awall, with Shademan raising his arm for the final blow. X's eyes widened. "NO!" he yelled, jumping toward Megaman, ready to intercept the attack. His hand touched the Navi's shoulder as he dashed in front of his brother. Suddenly, in the back of his mind, he felt something click. He gasped as the human-turned reploid felt energy flow through his reactivated bond with his twin as power exploded from Megaman, blinding everyone and forming a protective sphere around his body.
When the blue Net Savior finally reappeared, it looked like the Navi had fused his original armor with his own. After that came a riteous beatdown of Shademan, which left a strangely happy feeling in X's stomach. He reached out for Megaman, only to have his hand go through his arm. He jumped as Mega's body went entirely rigid, wide eyes looking straight at him. "Lan!" he gasped out as he fell forward. X moved to catch him when--
SKREET! SKREET! SKREET!
An alarm started to go off. X jerked out of statis and hit the open button on his capsule. As usual, he found himself flat on his face in front of it. Nonetheless, he was on his feet in a second, head cocked as he listened to the loudspeakers. The Blue Bomber closed his eyes and acessed his armor program. 'Armor online.' he commanded. The soft monotone voice of his AI system answered him immeatdely. 'Armor online. All systems green.' One flash of light later and he stood fully armored. As soon as the armor status was fully online, he ran for the door, tearing down the hall for the command room.
"What's the situation?" X demanded, skidding to a stop behind Alia's chair. "Not good." was the answer. "We've got rampaging mavericks throughout the city, with at least one general."
"Okay. Great. Where is he?"
"Near the center of the shopping district and moving south toward the park. By the way, have you seen Zero anywhere? He's usually the first one here." The blue hunter was at a current loss for words as he looked around the chaotic command room. At least, until he remembered last night's little excursion.
"Yesterday night was supposed to be the start of our unit's leave time, remember?" Alia winced.
"Geez, he got drunk already? That's gotta be a new record." X sighed.
"Either way, Zero is not going to be available for a while. In the meantime, I'll go and intercept the general." Alia nodded.
"All right. Good luck, then." With those parting words, X warped out.
When he arrived, it looked like a series of cyclones had torn through the once pristine buildings and streets. Following the signal of the Maverick commander, he blasted through several Mettaurs. "Why do they always think numbers always matter?" he grumbled to himself as even more Maverick drones opened fire on the lone hunter.
Ten minutes later, after following the three D's of battle(dodging, ducking and destroying), he came to what used to be a park. Trees were uprooted, benches were pretty much scraps of wood and metal, and pieces of what used to be playground equiptment littered the area. Buster charging, X looked around for the general. The signal was strongest here, so now he just had to figure out where...
A tingling on his back was the only warning that X had before he dove to the right, a large energy blast tearing through the air where his chest had been. The Blue Bomber rolled to his feet, fully powered buster aimed at the maverick. The reploid was based after a weasel, and stood tall on his hind legs. Black synthetic fur swayed softly in the wind as his blood red armor shone proudly in the sunlight, the Maverick Symbol displayed proudly on his left shoulder plate. The Maverick snarled as he displayed a rather nice set of energy claws from both his front and hind paws as long fangs were revealed as he opened his mouth.
"So, you're the famous Megaman X. Heh." he growled in a scratchy voice. "You look like a scrawny wimp to me."
X ignored the jab. "Who are you?" he asked, buster humming as it sucked in air to keep from overheating.
The Maverick laughed. "I am Wild Weasel. Prepare to meet your death, Maverick Hunter!" Wild Weasel screamed a battle cry as he lept for X, blood-red eyes shining with battle lust.
X dashed out of the way and fired a shot into the small of his back. Weasel was flung forward with a screech into one of the few trees. He picked himself up and smiled evilly. "Not quite, Hunter." He spread his arms out. "Let's take this somewhere a little more fun, shall we?" The Maverick grinned as he lept into the air and spun, arms pointed down. X prepared to move, but the Maverick simply dissapered into the ground. "What the..." A claw burst from the ground and grabbed his boot. "Come on, let's go!" Weasel cried, his voice muffled by the dirt. With a yank, he pulled X into the ground, burrowing fast for a cavern underneath the city. Unable to cope with the method of travel, the blue hunter passed out.
X coughed. They had finally stopped moving, and he was able to breathe again. Emerald green eyes opened, taking in the fact that it was pitch black, also that he was lying on his stomach. The blue hunter started to push himself up into a kneeling position when a cruel kick sent him flying.
"Wakey, wakey, hunter. Time to die." Wild Weasel's voice came from across the room. Battle honed instincts kicked in as he rolled into a battle stance. Eyes adjusting to the light, he scowled at the Maverick. Wild Weasel simply grinned. "Let's go." X said.
"Now that's more like it!" Weasel dashed forward, but X was ready this time. A right hook to the Maverick's jaw sent him right back to where he came from, followed by a vicious kick to the ribs. Weasel regained his footing and howled in rage. "WILD DASH!" Weasel shot forward, energy claws at the ready. X only barely managed to move, so all the speedy maverick hit was the wall. Unfortunately, Wild Weasel kicked off the dirt wall and crashed into the ill-prepared X. The attack lasted a few seconds, but it felt alot longer to the S-class hunter. The Maverick finally jumped off, allowing X to climb to his feet. Long gouges were apparent all over the chest plate of his armor. The crazed reploid licked the blood off of his claws.
"Ready for round two?" The blue hunter asked slowly. "You know it." was the reply.
Wild Weasel dashed forward again, intent on gaining an easy victory. The fool Hunter was just standing there, for crying out loud! He grinned as he kicked his speed up a notch with a yelled "WILD DASH!" This was going to be too easy!
X grinned as the Maverick general came closer. His buster had been charging while he stood waiting for the next attack, and all he needed was a decent shot...wait for it...wait for it...
"DIIIIIEEEEE!" Weasel screamed as he went for the throat of his kill.
"YOU FIRST!" X brought his fully charged buster up to fire--right in Wild Weasel's face. Weasel had no time to react.
TSSEEWWW! Wild Weasel's body flew across the cave, slamming into the wall. There was no head--the buster had taken care of that.
X sighed with relief as he walked slowly over to the decapitated reploid. The Wild Dash was aquired with no problem, and he turned to leave, intent on a long nap when he got back to base. At least, he was--untill he saw the part of the wall that Wild Weasel had kicked cave in to reveal a capsule. The whine of a holo projector starting up was heard, and a familiar image was displayed in front of the blue hunter. X gasped in shock.
"Dr. Light?"
And there you have it--Chapter 6. Yes, I know it's late. Yes, I know the last chapter was short. At this time, I would like to apologize to everyone who had to wait. Thank you for being so patient--and for not throwing pitchforks or other pointy objects. I would also like to introduce my two muses to you. Come on, guys--er, gals!
Muse 1: Hi! My name is Kitt! I'm a shiny Vulpix, so that means I have silver fur instead of red fur. I also have black tips for my tails and black paws.
Muse 2: Greetings. I am Chibi Dark Renamon, Phoenix's second muse. I was originally owned by Firehedgehog, but I was adopted by Phoenix with Firehedgehog's permission.
MH Phoenix: So that's done, now we can get onto reviewer responses!
Firehedgehog: Thanks for the compliment! And special thanks for updating not one, not two, but three of my favorite fics! Thank you so much!
Light Mage: Thank you for the compliment! And again, special thanks go to you for updating Stargate Zero!
Rose Kitsune.EXE: Yes, I know it was short. I had to get SOMETHING out. As for the X/Lan talking to Protoman part, that's probably gonna be next chapter. Now call off your legions, my muses are getting tired and they were blocking my ability to write!
Kitt: Aw, come on--I was having fun roasting the bunnies!
MHP: Yea, and I'm getting tired of roast rabbit/rabbit stew every night.
Chibi Dark Renamon: Screw you. We're both foxes, and we LIKE rabbit meat every night.
Monk of the Neko: Thank you!
Spellcasterz: Again, sorry it was short. As I said with Rose Kitsune, that's probably gonna be in the next chappie. As for the alarm, well--something has to be able to wake him up. What better than a Maverick Attack alarm? He better start praying that Megaman.EXE doesn't get a sound file to it...
MagessKnight: Thank you!
Tarkya: Yep, glad you like it--seeing as this story wouldn't leave me alone while I started writing it...
Snickerer: Glad you liked the author's note. Yep, explanations are gonna be fun to do...
Hikari no Namida: Hope this is a bit longer for ya!
silverbluenchantress: You'll see.
MysticMaiden 18: My fic is one of the best Megaman fictions you've read? Wow. As for Megaman coming back, you'll see...
MHP: Wow, I feel so special...so many compliments! I feel so loved! Thanks everyone! As for when I'll get the next chapter out, I don't know. I have started school, so I have to keep my grades up or you might not hear from me untill Christmas break...but I'll try not to take so long this time.
CDR: Damn right. We'll make sure she works on it more this time.
Kitt: Yea, you can count on us!
MHP: Um, where did you get those squirt bottles? And is that food coloring in the water?
Kitt and CDark Renamon: Yup.
MHP: Oh crap. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. This was my first attempt at a fight scene, so if you tell me how I did, I would really appreciate it. Also, if anyone would like to do/has done fanart for TWOH, please let me know. I don't mind if you did, I just would like to see it!
Kitt: Enough!
CDark Renamon: Get to work! (opens fire with squirt bottles)
MHP: AHHHHH! Later! (runs away from squirt bottle-weilding muses)