Megaman Excel 2
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: The eight stage select Mavericks, X's Genesis Armor, the Apollo Ride Armor, and the Blitzkrieg are all © to me. Everything else is © to Capcom.
In this chapter, the two hidden figures (the cloaked figure and the scientist) will be revealed in this chapter. As for Limited, I was actually inspired to put that in here by reading a manga online. Go to Rockman Tanjou and it should be under RX2: Mega Mission. It's actually not bad. And you will be hearing from Limited later. But for now, here's chapter ten!
Chapter X
A Sinister Plot
Zero sat in a chair dozing off and Axl was playing with a yo-yo. X just sat and waited for Gate to return. Things had moved slowly since Axle had shown the pictures of the Mother Limited. Finally, Gate and Axle arrived and Axl caught the time-killing toy. "So?" Gate sighed. "Nothing. Their wreckage has been cleared already. All we need is some lead and we'd be in the golden." Suddenly, the screen became staticky as Roll, her parents, and the Bonnes walked in. "I've got a bad feeling about this." Zero turned to Axle. "No offense, but that's usually a good thing in times like these." Gate clicked the enter key and a D-shaped insignia was seen. Then, a familiar Boba Fett (I think that's how you spell it) look-alike appeared. "Greetings, hunters." The inhabitants of the room gasped as Zero stepped forward. "VILE?"
(Megaman X3 (SNES) - Vile Theme begins playing)
"Ahahahahaha! How are you, Zero? How long has it been? Two years? What's happened since Nino Island?" Zero slammed his fist onto the control panel of the computer. "You bastard! I thought you were dead!" Vile chuckled. "I was. But then the doctor patched me up." Roll, Tron, Teasel, Banner, Matilda, and Barrell all noticed the change in Vile's armor. Vile now had a blue armor and a larger shoulder cannon. The D-shaped insignia was on his forehead where the Maverick symbol once was. As a new addition, a rocket pack sat on Vile's opposite shoulder. "Doctor?" Vile chuckled. "Don't tell me you forgot? Dr. Doppler, the reason for my recreation before, remember?"
(A.N. And thus the figures are revealed!)
X, Axl, and Zero gasped. "You shit! You can tell the doctor or whatever he's being called that he's about to get the appointment from hell!" Vile laughed. "That's what you think. You see, my airship is currently heading straight for Central Tower. Literally. Upon collision, the top half of it will fall onto Giga City and hundreds upon hundreds of canisters of the Limited Virus will fall to the city below. X gasped in horror. "Do you know what kind of epidemic we'd have?" Vile began laughing maniacally again. "Of course! Why do you think I'm doing it?" Zero snarled. "Let me put this plain and simple. When I find you, you -bleep-ed!" Vile laughed again. "Why send you my coordinates? Just look out the window." Everyone started and Gate ran to the window. Lo and behold, a large airship was seen far in the distance. It was so blurred that nothing could seen aside from a flying gray mass. "I'll be waiting, hunters. Let the games begin! Hahahahaha!"
(Megaman X3 (SNES) - Vile Theme fades out)
Gate quickly darted to the computer and began typing rapidly. "You'll have to leave immediately." X turned to him. "Who?" Gate didn't cease typing for a second. "All three of you." Axl shrugged and Zero cracked his knuckles. "Let me at that bastard's throat. I'll wring it dry." Gate shrugged. "Be my guest. But stop that airship at all costs. And as for those canisters, don't shoot them. They'll affect the whole ship. Now, get your asses moving." Gate hit enter and turned to the hunters while Axl smirked. 'We're gone." And after the three hunters beamed off, they were.
Level Style - Solely 2-D
Active Member - X
(Megaman Excel 2 Fortress Stage Theme)
(Megaman X3 (PSX) - Vile Theme begins playing)
(A.N. The SNES and PSX Vile Stage are relatively the same, but slightly different. I've recently taken a liking to the PSX version as well as the original too. Clips of both kinds are available on Atomic Fire.)
Ready
X beamed down and broke his hands apart. "X? Can you hear me? You should be at the back of the ship. Try and fight you way further to the front." X changed his armor to gold and a pumpkin shade of orange and began running forward. He ran up a slight uphill slope and jumped onto the ledge where an odd machine appeared. It began dispensing different kinds of Mettaurs and X charged the weapon. He dash-jumped over to the machine and threw his hands back. "Cryptic Grenade!" The blast exploded the machine and it continued exploding until it fell through the floor, allowing X to proceed. He jumped down the hole and landed on a floating platform. A robot referred to as a Sniper Joe held up it's shield. Axl beamed down and easily shot through the shield and the enemy.
Hunter Blitz!
Together, they jumped across the floating platforms, destroying the Sniper Joes along the way, until they came to another Mettaur machine. Axl easily destroyed it through his gun's constant fire and it fell down a level as well. X and Axl ran forward until a large robot called a D-rex stomped towards them and roared. Zero beamed down and the fun began.
Tri-Hunter Blitz!
Zero summoned T Breaker and swung it into the D-Rex's face. It cracked and Zero pulled it out. He swung it and brought it back up into the robot's chin. This knocked it onto its' back and Zero summoned Z Saber again before stabbing the D-Rex in the face, finishing it off. He withdrew the saber and the other hunters ran up. The D-Rex began exploding suddenly and the floor gave way. The hunters fell so far, they broke out of the bottom of the ship. Luckily, they landed on a small platform. However, the D-Rex fell into the hole and began its' plummet. "Move it!" The three hunters rolled away as the robot fell onto the platform and tore a large section of it away.
After running along the platforms, Zero found a weak spot and smashed it open with T Breaker. Then, he summoned V Hanger and used the D-Grapple. Once all three of them were back in the ship, they ran forward until they came across an elevator. "Axl, can you hear me? I need you back at Central Tower." Axl sighed. "Leave it to Gate to ruin everything." He beamed off, leaving X and Zero.
Hunter Blitz!
They entered the elevator and began rising. Suddenly, several Bat Bones began flying towards it in all directions. The hunters waited until they'd nearly reached the top before activating the Double Attack.
Execute Genesis Armor X/ Zero Double Attack
The Bat Bones bit the dust and the elevator reached the top. "What the…" A wall sat around them on all ends. "Some elevator." Suddenly, the elevator jerked. "Uh oh." The cable snapped and the hunters began plummeting to the ground. X quickly charged Titanium Defense. "Get down!" Zero complied and, as the elevator crashed through the floor and into a room, X used the weapon and managed to prevent him and Zero from being crushed. The wreckage exploded and was no more.
(Megaman X3 (PSX) - Vile Theme fades out)
X's helmet beeped and he took a look at the new enemy data. Zero looked around the room. Two large black walls were both to his left and right. Pink tiles covered the room which ran the course of the room and opened into a small hole that they'd fallen through. "Where's the boss?" X raised an eyebrow and continued checking the data. "According to this, we're standing on it."
(A.N. I'm one of the few people to have completed every game on Megaman Anniversary Collection, but of them all, one boss really caught my admiration. Behold, the Megaman 2 Boss Room!)
Zero spun around and raised an eyebrow before looking at the ground. "This room's awfully narrow to be a boss." X continued scanning the data. "I know. If tiles from opposite sides of the room connect, they'll become a small robot. Unfortunately, by scanning the data of our weapons, Swift Kicker and Tenkuuha are the only ones that will after this place. Plus, we've got to hit the exposed wall when the tiles have connected." Zero whistled. "Should we create world peace while we're at it?" X chuckled and dismissed the data. Then, he shifted him armor to a tan and marigold color combination. "So, when does this thing activate?" The room shuddered briefly and two tiles began flying towards each other. "Now!"
(Megaman Excel 2 Fortress Boss Theme)
(The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PSX) - Shala-Kun Boss begins playing)
(A.N. This is a tune a took a liking to after listening to it again. A clip of this is available on Legends Station.)
(MM2 Boss Room's Health)
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The tiles connected and opened slightly to reveal a small robot. It began slowly shooting energy shots at X as Zero summoned Z Saber. He dashed over, jumped, and slashed the exposed section of wall. It broke and the tile from that side fell to the ground and shimmered out of existence. As the other tile began heading back for the wall, X unleashed Swift Kicker and destroyed the section of wall before the tile reached it.
Then, four tiles, two from the top and bottom of the wall, flew into the center of the room and began spinning around once they connected. Zero slashed the bottom section of the wall as X charged Swift Kicker, dodged the spinning robot, and managed to destroy the bottom and top section of wall. The single tile from Zero's attack retreated to the wall and six tiles remained on what could be called the ceiling. Six tiles from the sides flew into the center and four from the top and bottom combined themselves as well. Five small robots began rolling around on the ground while the hunters scaled the wall. Zero destroyed two of the panels on the wall and one of the panels on the ceiling. The tiles scattered and, upon dropping from the wall, he slashed the last section of wall at the bottom of the room. X had been charging Swift Kicker again and he destroyed the three wall sections upon unleashing it.
(MM2 Boss Room's Health)
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The six tiles on both parts of the ceiling came into the center and formed into robots. They began shooting energy shots in random directions and several of them hit Zero. He jumped onto the black wall closest to him, jumped to the tiled wall, and destroyed the three ceiling sections on the right side. The three remaining tiles scattered and swiftly flew to their spots. The two tiles from the left and two from the right walls came together, but were immediately separated by X used another charged Swift Kicker to finish off the left wall. Zero managed to destroy two of the right wall sections before the remaining tile returned to its' spot.
The ceiling tiles and the final right wall tile returned and formed into robots. They flew to the top of the room and began swiftly flying side-to-side, passing harmlessly through each other. Zero managed to use the saber (which is enhanced by Tenkuuha in case you forgot) and destroyed the right wall section. Both walls were completely destroyed and one of the tiles returned to the ceiling. X charged Swift Kicker yet again and used it just as the robot moved to the right. This destroyed the last two ceiling sections on the left side of the ceiling, destroying the robot and leaving the floor and solo ceiling tile.
(MM2 Boss Room's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Defense Programming)
In unison, all of the floor tiles rose up, forcing X and Zero onto the wall. They formed into robots and began bouncing left and right, preventing attacks from reached the floor. Zero took the easy route and slashed the last ceiling section. This caused one of the floor tiles to return to it's space and left that much more of a chance to hit the floor sections. Zero waited until the perfect time and swung at a floor tile. This destroyed one of the sections of floor and the tile retreated to its' space. However, both of the floor tiles flew up, combined, and began bouncing again. Just when things were getting annoying, Axl poked his head in and fired off the Revolver Barrel. Many bullets were blocked, but one of the panels was destroyed. As the tile returned to its' spot, Zero smirked. "Thank God you're here! X, swap with him." X nodded and beamed to the sidelines because Swift Kicker was useless if the ground was cleared.
Axl waited for another time to fire and he took out two separate sections this time. Two robots remained and they stopped bouncing. Before Zero could attack, they began rotating around each other and slowly scaling the wall while spinning swiftly. Axl fired burst after burst of the Revolver Barrel until one of the sections was hit. This allowed Zero to drop to the ground and slashed two more sections. X beamed back down and finished off the last section with an uncharged Swift Kicker. Thus, the boss room had been conquered.
(MM2 Boss Room's Health)
None
(The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PSX) - Shala-Kun Boss fades out)
The hunters put their feet on the ground and the room began exploding. The explosions ran up the ceiling and the supports holding it up shattered. The hunters lifted off the ground as the room plummeted to the ground. They landed roughly when the room broke out of the bottom of the ship and hit two large platforms on the exterior of it. The room got wedged between them and, when the room exploded for the final time, smoke emerged from many places of the inside. Axl and Zero beamed off and X smirked.
(Megaman X7 (PS2) - Boss Beaten plays)
X did the 'Yes!' motion with his arm and chuckled. "Not bad, huh?" Then, he beamed off. Luckily, he beamed off just before the room freed itself and fell into the Saul Kada Desert, which the ship was flying over at the time. Back at Central Tower, the hunters walked in, Zero and X in a heavy sweat. "That was one heck of a workout!" Roll smiled at X as Axle walked in as well. "Good 'cause you're about to get another one." He walked over to Gate and he typed something into the computer. A sound recording of Vile played.
"If you're listening to this, Zero, then you must've beaten the little boss room Doppler and I designed. Bravo for getting this far, but I fear you'll have to multitask now. While you and X were on Forbidden Island, I was swiftly leaving there with a powerful Reaverbot referred to as the Blitzkrieg. I'm going to set him loose shortly and the beginning of the Yosyonke railroad system. This thing is approximately three stories tall, so it won't take long for him to reach Yosyonke City, will it? Hehehe… Enjoy the workout, hunters. I'll be sure to watch this." The recording ended and Zero frowned. "The Blitzkrieg?" Gate typed stuff into the computer, but this wasn't related to what he was saying. "A Reaverbot created from the design of the Colossus, another Reaverbot. The Colossus is about ten stories tall, if not more. So be happy you're stuck with just three."
At that moment, Teasel and Bon walked in. "Oh, I think the Colossus is taller than that. I actually had to deal with someone named Loath once. He actually used it against, but of course, we won. Even if someone threw away the refractor." Teasel turned and glanced at Servbot Number 27, who smiled sheepishly. "Interesting, but nonetheless dangerous. I've gotten several hunter units to set up a train at the beginning of the railroad system for you. I've also managed to rebuild the train you two used." He turned to Roll and Tron. "Axl has helped me position them and I'll need the three of you to leave ASAP." The hunters nodded and, after a few seconds, Axle and Gate were left alone in the room. Gate turned back around and continued typing. "Looking for the Parabola?" Gate frowned. "Yes. If they don't stop it in time, I'll have to use it. The only problem is rebooting it." He hit the enter key and sighed. "Only time will tell I guess."
In the next chapter, the hunters return to the railroad as they attempt to stop a megaton tyrant from reaching a city full of innocents. As for the MM2 Boss Room, those attacks aren't really part of the battle, but I just felt like sprucing it up a bit. Anyways, Read and Review and I'll continue!