Hahaha, alright, on with this story! This is rather fun. Though, I think I've got the characters a bit OOC... -Shrugs- Ahh! Oh well! I shall get better, I hope...can someone tell me if they are OOC or IC? Please...? Oh, and two people reviewed. One of them wandered how Bass and Treble got here, the other wondered how Bass survived so long. And this one person said a flash back of how they survived would be good... wahoo! Yay for reviewers! Now I have a better way to do it! -Chuckles- I've had little sugar and I'm hyper.O.O
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About an hour passed and Zero still lay on the ground where he was with Treble sleeping peacefully on his stomach. "Ugh, this mutt sleeps too much." He muttered in an annoyed tone. "Hope they're almost done..." He murmured.------
"I wander where Zero is with Treble...it's been about thirty minutes since we got done...shouldn't he be back by now?" Axl asked, looking at X and Bass with curiosity.
X shrugged from his place against the wall. "Not sure, though yes...he should be back by now." He responded.
Bass jumped down from the counter, of which he was sitting on. "I'll go look for him." He said.
X and Axl looked at him. "Huh?" X asked.
"You heard me. I'll go looking for him." Bass said.
"Fine, though, don't run off." X said.
"I won't M--- X." Bass had started to call him Megaman, though swiftly stopped himself from it. He turned and headed out the door, moving rather quickly. "Maybe I'll get some time to talk to him also..." He muttered silently under his breath. "Though, I wander if he is..."
---In the forest---
Bass walked silently through the foliage and undergrowth, looking around for red armor, or blonde hair. "Zero!" He called.
Zero perked up at the sound of his name, then craned his neck back just enough to try and look back. "Down here!" He called.
Bass heard his response, then darted that way. He skidded to a stop, then chuckled silently at the sight of Zero. "Oye! Zero!" He called down. "You alright?" He asked.
"Dunno, does having a sleeping Wolf on you count as being hurt?" Zero asked.
Bass walked over, standing over Zero now. "Nope." He said, then whistled. "Treble! Up!" He commanded.
Zero looked confused. Would the dog really listen to him? Seemed he didn't wanna listen.
Treble perked up in surprise, then raised his head, waking up instantly. After a minute, Treble stood up and climbed off of Zero's stomach.
"Good boy." Bass said, then looked at Zero. "So you're the real Zero, huh?" He asked.
Zero sat up, then blinked. "What do you mean?" He asked.
Bass' expression turned puzzled. "You mean you don't know?" He asked.
"...No." Zero said. "Didn't know there was more than one person named Zero..." He added.
"Oh, there probably isn't, but Treble usually isn't friendly to anyone aside from those who were created by, or have some alliance to Dr. Wily. Didn't you know?" Bass asked.
Zero froze at the name Dr. Wily, but then jumped up. "No, but what're you saying?" He demanded. "I have no relation to that madman!" He snapped. Indeed, he knew who Dr. Wily was and what he did, though he didn't know as much as he should've.
Bass stared at Zero a moment. "What? You're kidding, right?" He asked, then got a flash back of the last thing Dr. Wily had told him.
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"Now the capsule should open in about one hundred(Or was it thirty? Ugh, I dunno!) years, if I'm correct." The 'madman' Dr. Wily said, leading an ebony robot past capsules in a stone room.
"Yeah, alright, Doc. But will any of the others wake up? And what about Treble?" Bass asked.
"Yes. Zero will be awake sometime before you will, unless something goes wrong." Wily Stated. "And Treble will wake up when you do."
Bass nodded. "Good. I want Treble with me." He muttered.
Wily stopped at an empty capsule near the back of the stone room. He reached over and pressed a button on it. It let out a hissing sound, then opened slowly.
Bass looked at it, then looked over at the capsule next to it. "Is that Zero?" He asked, pointing at the Crimson Robot within it.
"Yes, now hurry and get in." Wily said, seeming to be in a rush now.
Bass sighed some, then climbed into the capsule.
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"No, I'm not kidding." Zero said, managing to calm himself back down.
Bass' brow furrowed slightly. "I guess it's understandable, then. You were in a..." He started, then shrugged and shook his head. "Ahh, nevermind. Let's get back, X and Axl are concerned that something may have happened to you." He said.
Zero's eyes narrowed, but he nodded. "Fine." He said. 'What was he talking about? He's gotta be talking about someone else, I've never met Dr. Wily, I mean, he was alive back in 20XX, wasn't he? This is 21XX...' He thought.
Bass turned, then started walking, not bothering to see if Zero was coming.
Treble looked at Zero in a curious sorta way, then barked some, happily.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Zero said, then started to walk, following Bass. Treble happily followed him.
---Back at Hunter Base, a few minutes later---
"There you are." X said as Zero, Bass, and Treble stepped inside. "Where was Zero at?" He asked.
"Treble was asleep on his stomach and wouldn't wake up." Bass said, giving a playful grin after a minute.
Zero nodded slightly, then walked over to a chair and set down, listening to them talk.
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A couple days later, Zero was getting worried, as there had been no Maverick reports, nor had Sigma or Vile caused any trouble.
"X! Axl! I'm going out on a Ride Chaser to check out some places that might become infected with the Maverick Virus, it's too quiet!" Zero said in a rather loud tone as he walked into a room where X, Axl, and oc course Bass and Treble sat.
X looked up at Zero. "Alright...wait, alone?" He asked.
"Of course, alone! Two people can't fit on my Ride Chaser." Zero said.
X sighed slightly. "Zero, what if Sigma's setting a trap to capture one of us?" He asked.
"I can handle him if he tries anything, X, you know that." Zero stated.
"What's a Ride Chaser? I could go with him on another one, or use Treble." Bass spoke up, suddenly.
Axl wasn't paying any attention, truthfully. He was playing some sort of video game that included explosions, guns, and swords, and it seemed to be keeping him rather occupied.
"What?" Zero asked, looking over at Bass now. "How could you use Treble?" He asked.
"A certain technique I use with him would allow me to." Bass said calmly. "But show me a Ride Chaser, I think I could handle one."
Zero looked at X inquisitively, wandering if he should or shouldn't take Bass.
X nodded in response and Zero nodded back, then looked at Bass.
"Alright, c'mon." He said, turning and heading out the door, Bass following right behind him.
---Ride Chaser Room---
Zero stopped as he and Bass entered the room where they held all of the Ride Chaser's. "Okay, Bass." Zero started. "These over here on the left, are the ones that certain Hunters own." He motioned to the left side of himself, then continued. "These on the right are available for everyone to use." He finished, pointing to the right, then walked down to the third Ride Chaser on the left and leaned on it. It was purple and grey, of course, it was his. "Find yourself one." He added.
Bass nodded. "Got it." He said, walking down to the center of the room, then turning to the right and examining the Ride Chasers. 'I'm thinking the one he walked to was his...' He thought, then spotted one and ran over to it. "How about this one?" He asked, standing next to a silver and red Ride Chaser.
Zero looked over at him, then nodded. "Alright." He said, walking over. "Let me insert the coordinates..." He said, opening a small panel thing on it and typing something, then shut it. "Alright, we're ready." He said, walking over to his, but inserted the coordinates, then got onto his Ride Chaser. "See the button in the center of the handle?" He asked, looking over at Bass.
"Yeah, why?" Bass asked, nodding some.
"Press it." Zero said, then pressed the one between his handles and he teleported out, as did his Ride Chaser.
Bass pressed it and teleported out also.
---Frozen Tundra Area---
Zero waited, abit impatiently, for Bass to show up. "C'mon...ugh..." He muttered, then a beam of light shot down and Bass appeared on the Ride Chaser.
"Okay, I'm here!" Bass said.
"Good...Now let's go." Zero said, pulling his foot up onto the Ride Chaser, which he'd had it down to keep himself standing.
Bass nodded, though he hadn't had his foot down. "How does this thing work?" He asked.
"The button on the handle." Zero said, then tightened his grip on the handles and took off like a shot.
Bass looked at him take off, then looked at the button. "Ahh! So I just hold onto it and it goes, seeing as it's on the part where I hold?" He asked himself, then grabbed the handles and his Ride Chaser took off as well.
Zero looked back behind himself at Bass, then smirked some. 'Good, he got it to going.' He thought, then looked foreward. After a minute or two, Bass managed to get next to Zero. "Great! You're driving it perfectly!" Zero said, looking at the Ebony Robot.
"Yeah, not to hard." Bass said, nodding some.
Zero nodded back, then looked foreward. "Before we do start looking for Mavericks, follow me and I'll get you used to the controls fully." He said, leaning to the left and the Ride Chaser turned sharply.
Bass nodded and repeated Zero's movements, though followed behind him instead of beside of him. "And we are headed where?" He asked.
"An obstacle course. You'll get used to it quickly. That is, if you learn as quickly as I do." Zero said.
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Well, THAT chapter is done. Haha...sorry for stopping it right there, though! Gomen! But still, I thought it was a good place to stop it.0.0'Ain't I weird? Well, I hope you liked this chapter and I'll try to get the next one up A-SAP!