Chapter 2 - Enter, Renegades
"Who.. Who are you?" Enzan asked softly, backing away from the azure orbs.
"Fidget, hit the lights," the voice said, talking to someone named 'Fidget' in the room behind him.
"You got it, AX," came the voice of this so-called 'Fidget.'
Enzan dropped the flashlight and covered his eyes as the lights split through the darkness, revealing the entire infrastructure. Enzan slowly lifted his hands away from his eyes, staring around the room, his jaw dropping slightly as he spun around slowly, staring at everything in the room.
"Oh my.."
"What are you doing here, kid?"
Enzan spun around to where the blue eyes were earlier, but in their place was a fully functional robot, which stopped Enzan dead in his tracks. He just stared at the tall robot, whose silver metallic shine glinted within the bright fluorescent lights. A trio of silver spikes lined his helmet, which was dark blue wherever there wasn't a spike. Enzan noted that the body structure was similar to Zero, the legendary Red Maverick Hunter. This reploid also had a gleaming soft blue chest gem, the same color as his knee guards and boot gems. The underbody suit was pure black, accentuating the lighter colors of his armor.
"Who are you?" Enzan suddenly asked, his voice finally working, the reploid sighed lightly.
"I asked you first, but my name is Alpha-X, but you can have the rare privilege of calling me AX," AX introduced himself in a patient voice, "Now, who are you?"
"Oh, heh.. My name is Enzan Tage," he lifted the corners of his lips into a smile for a moment, before continuing, "Who was this.. 'Fidget' person you were talking to?"
"Fidg-" AX began.
"I'm Fidget," came a soft voice from behind AX.
From behind Alpha-X stepped a slightly smaller reploid. This one was brown in color, with an elongated helmet. His body suit was lighter than AX's, only a dark grey. His chest had three lighter tan panels jutting outward in a slight 'V' shape in the center. His boot gems were a shimmering green color, the same colored gems accentuating the sensory-units over his ears.
"Are you two.. Umm.. Are you Reploids?" Enzan asked, crouching down to pick up his dropped flashlight.
"We're Maverick Hunters, so yes. We're Reploids. Based off the design of X and built to be a free wi-" Fidget's voice was racing as he spoke, AX's hand clamping down over his mouth.
"Yes, we're Reploids. What are you doing here?" Alpha-X asked, his hand clamping tighter over Fidget's still moving lips.
"I came here looking for Reploid schematics. A scientist is rebuilding Mavericks of the past, as well as Sig-" Enzan began, before AX cut him off, "The Mavericks are coming back!"
"Umm.. Yes," Enzan said lightly, slightly taken aback by the Hunter's tone.
"Dammit. Fidget, go tell 32 that we've got to get assembled. And tell that lazy bastard to get X and Axl online. If this scientist is bringing back ALL the Mavericks that have been destroyed, we're going to need the one who has been here from the beginning, my brother."
"Got it."
Fidget turned tail and ran into the room that they were standing in the doorway to. Enzan took a step forward and tried to get a glimpse into the room, but AX positioned himself more in front of the door. He crossed his arms, his blue eyes slitting slightly.
"Go back and tell whoever sent you, that this is being taken care of. We don't need any help from you humans," AX's voice lowered into a menacing tone.
"But!"
"Get out, human! You're the reason we're like this in the first place!" AX turned and walked into the room, his hand slamming into the wall, a door sliding closed where he was standing.
"AX! Dammit. I didn't have anything to do with that," Enzan sighed, failing the mission he was sent to do. He dropped down on to the ground and pulled his bag from his shoulder, digging for his cell phone, flicking it open.
"Faern."
"This is Dr. Faern."
"Doctor, the remaining hunters here-"
"What remaining hunters, Enzan?"
"They said their names were.. Alpha-X, Fidget, and another named 32."
"The Renegades! Those are Mavericks! Get out of there now, Enzan. They are potentially dangerous," Dr. Faern's voice was strewn with worry and concern.
"No, sir, they were very nice. And they said they were reviving X and Axl. They said it was all taken care of, so we didn't have to hel-AHH!"Enzan's phone clicked off as he let rip a scream into the mouthpiece
"Enzan? Enzan? ENZAN?"
Dr. Faern set the cell phone down and glanced around the lab, thinking quickly about what he could possibly do. He sighed lightly and fell into his cushioned lab chair, setting his palms to his temples. His soft brown eyes blood shot from the lack of sleep for the past few days, the constant reading and re-reading of old robot schematics taking their toll on him.
"Please be safe, Enzan.. I don't have anything I can get to you in time to help you. The only thing I have are Mets, and they walk too slow. They wouldn't get there fast enough. He was right.. Sending him was a bad idea."