Megaman Excel 2
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: The eight stage select Mavericks, X's Genesis Armor, and the Blitzkrieg are all © to me. Everything else is © to Capcom.
I'm back! Now, here's what's new about this fanfic. First off, in addition to the traditional 2-D/ 3-D level and battle styles, in this fanfic I'll be adding a 1st person view to the mix in certain levels. (i.e. highway shooting levels) Next, I made the stage select Mavericks after my deal with Glitcher, the one who's characters I was originally intending to use, went down the crapper, I made my own eight Mavericks which I'll use. If you read the sneak peek at the end of the original, you'll know that Bulldoze Krillion is one of them. Finally, this fanfic will in no way be as long as its' predecessor. The main reason is because this fanfic is just the part written under the format of a Megaman X game, starting with the intro stage which will take place in this chapter. Now that I'm done babbling, let the fanfic begin!
Prologue
Mavericks In Training
(A.N. Crap! Almost forgot! First, in this fanfic, Megaman will be referred to as X by everyone except Roll. They're the same person, so try to stay with me. Next, in addition to everything else, I've even gone as far as to create an intro movie. You know, the thing that plays prior to the title screen. In this case, it'll be before the actual story begins. Tell me what y'all think of it. Also, if you want to hear a clip of the music below, go to Gamemusic Dot Emugaming Dot Com and search for MP3s. I think you'll like it.)
-Begin Intro Movie-
(Piranha (PC) - Levels 1 - 10 begins playing)
(The classic Megaman logo appears and the word Excel slams underneath it. Then, a hand slaps a stencil of the number 2 over it, sprays it in red spray paint, and rips of the stencil, leaving a red 2 on Megaman Excel. Than, a leopard-like robot quickly moves across the screen as X is seen shooting a fully-charged shot at a horde of Preons. Then, the scene changes to Zero being kicked into the side of a boxing ring by the leopard.
Next, a water strider-like robot crosses the screen and Axl slides down a wall while shooting at Bat Bones. The scene changes and Megaman is set ablaze and smashed into the wall by the robot. After this, a huge tortoise crosses the screen and Dynamo dashed forward and slashes a large robot to pieces. The scene changes and Zero is smashed between a wall and the robot's back. Next, a stegosaurus crosses the screen and Axl hovers over a pit, lands, and begins shooting at more Bat Bones. The scene changes and Dynamo is knocked backwards when the robot uses a large spike as a sword.
The scenes changes again and a krill-like robot passes the screen as Zero blasts numerous enemies in a large Ride Armor. Then, X is knocked into the air and spiked back into the ground by the robot, who is now in a large robot. The scene changes and a roadrunner robot passes by. Dynamo uses his Strike Raid attack on several Mettaurs and Bat Bonnes. Then, Axl dodge-rolls and then begins shooting as the roadrunner dashes over him in a bolt of lightning.
Next, a lemur dashes across the screen as Dynamo jumps up and swings his saber downwards in the midst of a Preon brawl. Then, Zero is knocked to the ground as the robot's fist swings into his face. Next, a jackal crosses the screen and Axl blasts through Mettaurs with a grenade launcher. Then, X fires a fully-charged shot as the jackal summons numerous orange, pyramid-shaped bombs.
After all of this, the screen flashes back to the original Megaman Excel. Metal Shark Player jumps above Zero's head, flips over, and crashes into the ground. Immediately afterwards, Vile fires the Pulverizer Cannon at X. Next, Wire Sponge creates his lightning wave and Bamboo Pandamonium destroys the Force Armor with his thrust attack. Then, Zero is knocked to the ground by Sting Chameleon's tongue and Zero is then attacked with cyclones by Storm Owl.
Then, Snipe Anteator shoots missiles at X and Crush Crawfish tries to slice Zero in half. Next, Mattrex dashes at Zero with fire and Infinity Mijinion shoots energy at X. The scene then flashes forward to the Sigma battles where Sigma dashes forward with the scythe and Megaman is barely grazed by it. Then, Megaman is beaten to a pulp by Sigma's broadsword combo. Finally, Dynamo falls to the ground after the Eden monolith turns towards Sigma.
The scene flashes back to ME2 and Zero slashes another robot as more are formed in a pink room. Then, X shoots a shot that returns to him as a large Reaverbot punches the ground with three of its' six arms. Next, Axl shoots at a bearded scientist clad in bluish armor. Finally, X fires another blast at a large Ride Armor. Before the song ends, the scene flashes a brief scene of a shocked X, Zero, and Axl looking up in an old warehouse. As the song ends, the Megaman Excel 2 logo reappears.)
-End Intro Movie-
(A.N. Well, that was longer than I'd thought it would be, but it's still fine. Anyways, here we go on the actual story! Woot!)
X knocked on the door and, after a few seconds, a heavily-coated Barrell opened the door. "Ah! Megaman!" X smiled. "Merry Christmas." Barrell motioned for him to step in and he did so. "And a Merry Christmas to you. If you're looking for Roll, she's in the living room." Megaman nodded his thanks as he slipped off his boots. "I'm going to fetch Matilda and Banner. I'll be back shortly.' The door closed and X sighed. "Christmas already. How time flies."
X hung up his scarf and began walking towards the living room. The Caskets had moved to a nice house in Giga City, the city in which Central Tower stood in the center of. X occasionally stopped by and the Caskets enjoyed his company. He entered the living room and found Roll sleeping lightly under a warm blanket in front of the fireplace. He looked into the fire and finally understood how Zero found it soothing. He sat carefully onto the couch and placed Roll's head on his lap. He stroked her hair as she slowly opened her eyes. "Hey." She smiled sleepily. "Hey." Megaman moved down and began stroking her arm with his hand. "Merry Christmas." She just gave a 'Mm hm' before closing her eyes again. "I love you." Of course, he knew she didn't hear him, but he continued stroking her arm. He placed his head back on the couch and closed his eyes. Just before he fell asleep, a loud knock was heard. He started and jumped to his feet. That's when he realized something.
-Flash-
X opened his eyes and looked at Zero's eager face. The alarm was blaring in the background. He opened his capsule and looked up at him. "What's up?" Zero smirked. "Maverick outbreak in Omega sector." X sighed. "Again? That's the third time this week." Zero shrugged. "I know. Let's go." Zero took off and X stood up. Dreaming again. Geez, this is getting out of control. He shrugged and ran after X. That night, a reploid watched TV while shadowed by the dark room. Oddly enough, the channel that had caught his attention had kickboxing on it.
(A.N. I have no clue as to what the rules of kickboxing are, but I'll try my best to get them right.)
"This is madness, ladies and gentlemen! The current lightweight champion, 'Swift Foot' Leo is beating the utter and total shit out of his challenger! I don't think that "Cannibal' Cougarine has a chance!"
The setting is the famous Reploid Wrestling Arena. Currently, a match for the Reploid's Lightweight Kickboxing Championship belt was being held. The current holder was 'Swift Foot' Leo, a man with few connections and not much of a past. He bounced in front of the badly-bruised challenger and gave a swift jab in the sides. Then, he delivered a barrage of blows to his head before kicking the challenger in the chest. Cougarine clutched his chest before Leo kicked up and brought the foot down on his back. This time, Cougarine didn't get up. "Oh my God! I think this is it! the undefeated Leo might have just won and… He did! Cougarine's down for the count and Leo has maintained his title!" Leo just wiped some blood from his lip as the referee raised his hand. He looked into the crowd, then at the camera facing him. This was the same one the figure was watching him on. "He's perfect."
Minutes later, as Leo's team was escorting him from the ring, a cloaked figure attack him, then ran off. He had jumped in front of him, punched him in the sides, and darted off. The police force and Leo's bodyguards were now to be on the lookout for that figure. However, Leo collapsed upon his departure from the arena and was taken to nearby Reploid repair station where he vanished overnight. The cloaked figure looked at what he'd created and chuckled to himself as he entered a room where a bearded scientist was examined a floating mask-like thing surrounded in ooze.
"How goes the development of Limited?"
"Excellent. It will still take several years, but…"
"I grow impatient with this. Can you not rush its' development?"
"If I wanted it to become imperfect, then yes. However, it will do nicely for now. Besides, all it requires is direct contact with Megaman Trigger and then its' development will be sped up four fold."
"Then I shall personally deliver it to him."
"…And our plan goes down the drain. You will go along according to plan. We cannot risk losing the Mother Limited. You may use its' spawn if you like though."
The cloaked figure rubbed his chin as he pondered this. "Is there enough of the spawn to fill an airship with?" The scientist smirked as he began to see his point. "And much more." The cloaked figure rubbed his hands together. "Then I shall need it in canisters. If I am to go along with the plan, then I might as well attempt the Limited's direct contact with X in the process." The scientist smirked evilly. "Very well."
-The next day-
"Attention all Maverick Hunters! There is another virus outbreak in Omega Sector! Hunters X and Zero are to respond immediately. Hunters Axl and Dynamo, please stand by. I repeat, Hunters X and Zero are to report to the Reploid's Wrestling Arena ASAP."
Roll and Tron entered the room where two headsets were waiting for them. "About time. I've been bored out of my mind lately." Gate turned to the girls as the slipped the headsets on. "This isn't going to be that exciting. This is Omega Sector's fifth outbreak in a week. They're used to it by now." Roll smirked. "Maybe, but at least it gives me something to do." At that time, X and Zero ran in and stood by Gate. "Let's go! I seriously need to smash something into the dirt!" Gate nodded and typed in the coordinates. "We're ready to fly!" Then, X and Zero beamed out and were immediately transported to the wrestling arena.
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Intro Stage begins playing)
(A.N. Head back to Protoman Dot Com for an actual music clip.)
Ready
X beamed down and broke his arms apart. Then, Roll transmitted to X's helmet. "Alright, Megaman. Let's do this. There doesn't seemed to be much Maverick activity, so this should be easy." X nodded and dashed forward over a ledge, falling briefly to the ground. "Hold it! New Mavericks just became visible. I don't think we've seen this kind for a while. Try grabbing a sample of it." X nodded again and began running forward. He starting charging a buster shot as two Mettaurs poked their heads up and shot at him. Then, four or so Bat Bonnes released the ceiling and began flying towards him. After dodging the Mettaur shots, Megaman released the fully-charged blast, destroying them all.
Then he entered one of the locker rooms and a semi-large robot appeared. "Found it! I'll try and get a sample." The robot, which was a large bee, shot three energy shots before X and Zero swapped places.
"You're turn!"
"Leave it to me."
Active Member - Zero
Zero drew his saber and jumped up to slash its' wings. This knocked it off balance long enough for Zero to shoot it with his buster. Oddly enough, this shattered its' wings and it fell to the ground, exploding afterwards. Zero continued running a little ways further before stopping at the doorway and having X beam down.
"I got a sample. I'm heading back."
"Got it. I'll try and send Axl in your place."
"Right."
X beamed off and Zero continued running forward. This time, a odd kind of robot began walking towards him. "Hey, Gate! We've got Preons!" A brief silence followed. "Preons, huh? That might be the odd signal we're getting. Try a grab a sample of it just to be safe." Zero took his saber and slashed right through them, running into the next locker room. This time, an Epsilon series Preon stood there and it lunged at Zero with its' beam sword. Zero easily countered this just as Axl beamed down. "Hey howdy! What's up?" Zero smirked and let Axl take lead as the Preon lunged forward again. Axl barely managed to roll away as he pulled out his gun and began firing. "Not cool, Zero! Not cool!"
Axl easily dispatched the Preon and Zero beamed down when Axl reached the doorway. "Got it. I'm heading back, Gate. Try sending Dynamo in my place." He beamed off and Axl kept the lead. He ran out of the locker room and turned to run down the long hallway as Dynamo beamed down. "Typical. You can't do a thing without me. I'm ready when you are!" Axl nodded in an annoyed manner and beamed off, letting Dynamo take lead.
Active Member - Dynamo
Dynamo drew his saber and slashed through several Mettaurs and Preons before a loud crash was head. Then, a large orb fell from the ceiling and floated into the air. "Axl, try and nab a sample from this guy. Once you do, I'll take over." Axl and him swapped places and Axl began firing at it. When the first bullet hit, the orb shimmered and a ring of pink energy spheres began to swiftly rotate around it. Axl learned to time his shots though and easily took it down. Dynamo beamed down as Axl grabbed a piece of its' armor. "Showoff." Axl smirked and stood upright. "Got it. Beam me back, Gate!" Axl beamed off and X immediately beamed down afterwards. "Hey, Dynamo. Long time no see." Dynamo smirked until a buzzing emitted from his helmet. "Not today, X. Duty calls. Good luck." He beamed off and X turned and began running down the hall.
"Roll, request to have Zero sent back ASAP. I'm at the entrance to the arena and I'll need help 'cause I'm not positive I'll be able to do this alone." There was no response, but X entered through the greenish door anyways. He ran down the brief hallway before entering the second door.
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Intro Stage fades out)
Warning! Warning!
X had barely walked down the incline and reached the edge of the darkened ring before a low chuckling was heard. "You are amazing, X. You survived the Maverick Revival Incident, yet you left several Mavericks alive." X instinctively grabbed his buster as two red eyes appeared in the center of the ring. X began walking up the metal steps in the corner as someone else chuckled. "Yes, it is us, X. The ones you forgot to dispatch." Two more eyes appeared, but they where much lower than the others. Suddenly, yet another chuckle was heard as X entered the arena. "Are you ready to repent for your sins of slaughtering innocent reploids. Two more eyes appeared, not as low as the second pair, but not as high as the first. Suddenly, X started as he remembered who the voices belonged to. "Wait! You're…"
The lights suddenly switched one, blinding X. When his eyes adjusted he looked forward and saw three robots standing next to each other. "The X-Hunters!" Indeed, they were. Agile, the tallest, wore a light purple armor and he whipped out a greenish sword. Violen, the shortest, was like a boar and had a mace behind him as a tail. Serges, the leader and most average height-wise of the three, wore a cloak and stood on a floating platform. He threw off the cloak and laughed. He wore an odd hat-like thing and had a monocle for one eye. His body was also covered in a multi-colored armor. "Prepare to perish, hunter!"
That's when Zero beamed down and aimed his buster at them. "Not so fast, you ugly freaks! I've been itching to wrap my hands around your necks." Agile chuckled and swung his sword into a defensive position. "Then you both shall perish for your sins!" Zero beamed off and X maintained the lead.
Battle Style - Solely 2-D
Active Member - X
(Comix Zone (Sega Genesis) - Boss Theme begins playing)
(A.N. Unfortunately, you'll actually have to by the game or one of Sonic's Collection games to hear this tune 'cause I don't know anywhere else to find it.)
(Agile's Health)
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(Violen's Health)
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(Serges' Health)
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In an instant, Agile dashed forward while rapidly swinging his sword, Violen swung his mace at X, and Serges through two spheres of energy into the air. X immediately unleashed a fully-charged shot that grazed Agile and knocked Violen back. Agile sliced X along the arm and he swapped with Zero.
Active Member - Zero
Zero countered Agile's strike with a triple combo with his saber. Agile was knocked on his ass and Serges countered that by throwing an energy sphere at Zero. As Zero dodged it, Gate's voice rang out over Zero's helmet intercom. "Zero, I need you to return to base for a minute. I've used the data from the Preon Epsilon and I've made a new enhancable Command Arts chip for you." Zero frowned and swapped places with X. "I'll be back in a sec."
Only Available Member - X
X unleashed another fully-charged shot he'd been saving up on the sidelines and this knocked Serges backwards. At the hunter base, Zero beamed down and ran forward. "Make it quick. X is under attack." Gate nodded and threw a chip at Zero, who promptly inserted it into his buster. "There's space for five moves on that chip, but I've only made the first. It is supposed to replicate the Preon Epsilon's jumping sword attack. You'll jump into the air, then swiftly drop down for a powerful blow to your enemies." Zero nodded at Gate and beamed back to the battle.
(Agile's Health)
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(Violen's Health)
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(Serges' Health)
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X was knocked backwards by Serges energy sphere when Zero finally beamed back down. "I'm back and I'm ready for some class-A ass-kicking!" This made X smirk and beam off.
Active Member - Zero
(A.N. I just remembered something. Although this is the sequel, I'll say it here. The review I got to the original Megaman Excel about how I should lose the 2-D/ 3-D thing and whatnot was not taken the wrong way and that I was merely stated a fact. And now, back to the regularly scheduled program.)
Zero drew his saber and immediately started by trying out the new Command Arts chip.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Seeing as their was one attack available, Zero selected Zero Drop and proceeded to replicate the Preon Epsilon's sword drop attack. This managed to hit both Violen and Agile, causing some heavy damage to them. Then, X beamed down and they both followed up the attack with a Double Attack.
Execute X/ Zero Double Attack
(Agile's Health)
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(Violen's Health)
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(Serges' Health)
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After whipping the crap out of both Agile and Violen, Zero decided to focus on the lesser of the two. So, as X beamed off, Zero dashed towards Violen and gave him a powerful triple saber combo to the face. This angered him, but Zero jumped out of the way as Violen threw his mace into Agile, smashing him against the corner of the ring. Then, Zero spun back around and slashed Violen in the face again. Zero barely managed to dodge Serges' energy sphere, but he spun around and let the sphere in the face. "Watch where you throwing those things!"
Then, Zero got an idea and jumped onto the top rope and then jumped backwards and slashed Violen powerfully down the frontside, sending him into the corner. Then, Zero slashed Violen twice more before swapping with X, who unleashed a fully-charged shot.
(Agile's Health)
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(Violen's Health)
None
(Serges' Health)
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Violen fell to the ground and exploded in a flash of brilliant light. Then, Agile stood up after regaining consciousness, a result of being nearly crushed by a huge mace. He stood erect only to have throw his own sword at him. Agile easily grabbed it and was shot by X with yet another fully-charged shot. Noting the absence of Violen, Agile swiftly dashed forward, but stopped short and swung his sword skyward, creating a huge wave of energy. X rolled aside and let the energy knock Serges from his platform. Then, X swapped with Zero, who struck Agile thrice with the saber before backing off.
Active Member - Zero
Then, Zero jumped over, slashed Serges once, then dashed backwards and impaled Agile in the chest with the saber. He followed up by pulling it out and spin-kicking him to the ground. There, he shot Agile once in the back and the second X-Hunter was finished.
(Agile's Health)
None
(Serges' Health)
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Agile exploded in another show of brilliant light before Serges jumped back on his platform. "I shall avenge my fallen comrades!" Zero just threw his saber at Serges, dashed over, grabbed it once it grazed Serges arm, and activated his second Giga Attack.
Giga Attack
Command Arts
Zero swapped with X and, once more, he unleashed a fully-charged shot.
Active Member - X
As Serges flew backwards slightly, X ran around the ring while shooting off uncharged buster shot. Then. He charged the final shot and unleashed it, sealing the fate of the X-Hunters.
(Serges' Health)
None
(Comix Zone (Sega Genesis) - Boss Theme fades out)
Serges and his platform exploded in unison and Zero beamed down and smirked. "X-Hunters. Yeah right. They're nothing but Maverick wannabes." He beamed off and X prepared to do the same.
(Megaman X7 (PS2) - Boss Defeated plays)
X turned and repeated the 'Yes!' hand gesture. "Mission accomplished!" X then jumped up and beamed off.
It was then that the cloaked figure emerged from the shadows and began chuckling. However, the chuckling gradually scaled into laughter. "Thus it has begun. Let's see how well you deal with this, hunter. And as for you Zero, I'm just waiting for my chance to kill you." He turned around and looked at the rookie hunter he'd just knocked out and kidnapped. "My final card is about to be played. If you survive that, then you'll both be stricken down by my ultimate trump card, a virus for which there is no vaccine." He began laughing as he grabbed his load and began departing from the arena.
Later, at the hunter base, X seemed troubled and Roll noticed this. "Something up?" X looked at her as everyone in the room turned to him. "Yeah, this outbreak isn't as complicated as the others. Even with the X-Hunters." Gate thought about this. "I think I see where you're going with this. Think of it as a tsunami. All of the water is drawn into the ocean only to return in a devastating wave. In this case, the ocean is actually the Maverick Virus." X nodded. "Right. I think that something real bad is about to happen." As the group began pondering this, no one realized how right they were.
Now that's how you start a sequel to your most popular fanfic! Whoo! Anyways, in the next chapter, seven Mavericks reveal themselves and the hunters take on the first, one of which isn't as dumb as they think. He's dumber. Much dumber. Also, what did ya think of the Christmas scene? It's just something that came to my mind one day. Anyways, until the next chapter, Read and Review or you'll get coal in your stocking. I'll make certain of that. Hehehe… Anyways, Merry Christmas to all and to all, kneel before my greatness!