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Chapter 7
The holographic Dr. Light smiled. "Hello, X." X was baffled. Dr. Light's capsules were always a godsend, but he usually found them BEFORE fights with Maverick Generals--not after. And usually not about fifty to sixty feet underground, either. Nonetheless, here was a capsule, right in front of him.
The hologram spoke again. "X, if you're seeing this, then I guess I have some explaining to do." it chuckled. "I usually hid your armor upgrades above ground. The contents of this capsule, however, are not upgrades. This capsule holds something else entirely."
X frowned. If it wasn't an upgrade, then what...wait a minute. Could it be? The image of Dr. Light smiled even wider. "Yes, X. This capsule happens to contain one of my eariler creations. Namely, one of your older brothers."
'Just one? Then the others are alive too?' the reploid thought. "This capsule holds Blues, my first 'son'. I hope that he awakens in a better world, one that is more peaceful than now. Now, X my boy, if you found this capsule first, either intentionally or accidently, then Rock and Roll are also hidden. I put these in the safest places I could think of, so you'll have to do a bit of searching to find them!" Dr. Light laughed. He grew somber for a moment, seeming like he had remembered something important. "Also, I do believe Dr. Wily hid his creations Bass and Treble, so please be careful." He grew happy again. "I hope that you and your sibilings live in harmony with humans, and have joyful lives. Remember that you are my children, and that I love each of you very much. Even if I'm not right there with you, I'm always watching over you all. Good bye, my sons." The hologram deactivated, leaving X alone in the darkness with much to think about.
Suddenly, his comm unit crackled to life. X, can you hear me? The blue hunter turned his attention to his radio. "Yea, I read ya loud and clear, Alia, go ahead."
X? Thank God, I lost contact with you a while ago. Are you alright?
X grinned. "Yep, a-ok over here Alia. And you can scratch one Maverick General. By the way, can you get a decent lock on my signal?"
No prob. I'll teleport ya out in a minute.
"Before you do, I got something I need Douglas to see. Can you beam it out with me?"
Well, yeah, that's not a problem. Out of curiousity, what is it? X strode over to the capsule, laying a hand on it. "Oh, you'll see..."
Some time later X found himself trotting silently through the halls, heading towards the research wing of MHHQ. As soon as he had appeared in the base, the blue-armored hunter was immediately set upon by the researchers that liked to call the MHHQ home. The capsule had been hauled to Douglas's lab and X went to the med bay. Later, after some repairs and a nice long nap, the reploid headed to the lab. Entering, however, was a prelude to chaos.
"Open up, you damned piece of...!" Profanity echoed in agreement with whatever Douglas had to say as the lab door slid open, revealing a very, very irate reploid. X blinked, looked around, and ducked the wrench that happened to be on a direct flight path with his head. He dove to the floor, ducking a second object that hit the door with a clang! as it hissed shut.
The short mechanic, however, gave no reconigition that he had nearly hit someone with the Flying Wrench of Doom and continued to vent his anger by kicking the capsule, barely even leaving a dent. With a final curse, he kicked the capsule one last time and turned to his computer. "Feeling better?" X asked, getting up once he was sure nothing else would be thrown at him.
"Yes, actually." Douglas answered, turning around. "Oh, X! When did you get here?"
"Right after you chucked that wrench at the door."
"Heh heh heh...sorry about that. So, what brings you here?"
"What, I can't come see my older brother?" X snickered, smiling.
Douglas froze. "Pardon?"
"Oh, yea, I didn't tell you guys what it was, did I." Douglas glared at him. "Okay, okay! That happens to be a Light capsule. The holo message it came with said that it happens to hold my older brother, Blues."
Douglas's eyes widened. "Are you serious! Then this has to be the biggest archeloigal find since...since...since, well, you, X!"
X resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "So, what seems to be the problem?"
The mechanic's mood seemed to instantly sour. "I can't get it open."
X sighed. "Would you like some help, then?" Being a Hikari, or a former Hikari for that matter, did have its perks. It was known throughout the HQ that if you had a computer problem, your best bet would be to go see X.
"Pull up a chair and get ready for a headache." Douglas said wryly, mointing at the nearest computer screen.
The blue-clad hunter grabbed a seat and went to work.
Nearly an hour later, both reploids were on the brink of insanity. Every command and back door tried ended up in failure. The pod was too well protected against intruders, and neither of them knew the proper codes to get into the mainframe--at least, untill X was struck with a flash of 'why-in-the-name-of-God-didn't-I-think-of-this-eariler?' inspraition.
"Hang on Douglas, I'll be right back." The Lightbot said, getting up and stretching. Douglas looked at him, surprised. "Where are you going?"
"I think I've got something that will help, I just gotta go get it. In the meantime, why don't you go take a break?"
"Sounds like a good idea to me. See ya in a while, then." The mechanic waved as he headed toward the cafeteria.
X nodded and headed towards his quarters. The PET should be fully recharged by now, and it was a lot easier for him to use it to hack into something...
The hunter's train of thought abruptly ended at his bedroom door. Shaking his head, he walked inside, picking up the small crimson-colored object and plopping down in his desk chair. His hand hovered over the power switch, wondering if Protoman.EXE really WAS in there or not. Then he decided what the hell, he was gonna find out in a minute.
With that thought, he flicked the power switch, sat back, and waited. He didn't have to wait that long at all. The PET, latest in technological advances, quickly booted up. A flurry of red pixels swarmed in the screen as the familiar Blaze family symbol shone proudly in the background. The pixels quickly condensed into a well known(to him at least)red-clad silver-haired swordsman. Protoman took one look at the stranger holding his PET and quickly got down to business.
"Who are you, where am I, and where the hell is Chaud?"
Finally! This chapter took forever to get out! Once again, I apologize if the chapter is short, and thank you for not throwing numerous pointy objects at me for the long wait.
Kitt: Yea, we couldn't do anything about it. MH Phoenix had school and a ton of homeword that pretty much killed off any writing urges. Anyone else can hopefully relate to this situation.
CDark Renamon: We will try to get the lazy authoress to update sooner in the future, so until then, please bear with us.
MHP: -rolls eyes-Yea, and could you keep the many different story-idea plot bunnies from swamping me? It's getting kind of hard to ignore them.
CDark Renamon: We'll see what we can do.
MHP: Yes, you do that. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and here's hoping that I can update sooner or get rid of the story ideas swamping my head. -fires buster over shoulder and yells at plot bunnies- Back off, you useless horde of imagination-spawned story-idea bunnies!