Team Vent
June 30, 24XX, 10:25 AM, Guardian Base, Training Room

Vent and Aile were doing their morning routine of exercises. Every day after breakfast, the two would go to the training room to either fight simulations of mavericks or spar against each other. Today, they were sparring. The two megamen were in their Model X forms trying to shoot and dodge each other in a flurry of X-busters and dashes. Aile jumped in the air as she shot a line of laser bullets at her boyfriend, who used the engines at the soles of his feet to dash out of the way in a jet-like manner. Then Vent aimed his buster at his girlfriend and tried to shoot her. He barely got the falling young woman as the laser bullets flew past her arm and side.

In the control room, Fleuve, Sardine, and Hareng were watching the couple spar through the window. An excited Sardine pressed his face flat against the window to get a closer look at the Model X duo. He said, "Wow, look at them go! They're so good, I can't even tell who's winning."

The blonde-haired guardian said, "You know, it's hard to believe that elite fighters like them still need to go through training."

The old scientist lectured, "Well Hareng, it's important for professionals to keep their skills sharp so that they don't get all rusty and fall behind in battle."

Hareng said, "Yeah, I know that Fleuve. It's just that most people, who don't think deeply into this, would think they don't need to do any of that shooting around in the training room, since they're already skilled."

Fleuve chuckled for a bit before he said, "Yes, I suppose some folks would think that way naturally."

After a few more minutes of fighting, Vent and Aile were now running around in circle trying firing their x-busters at each other. Each time they pulled the trigger inside their buster arms, a laser bullet would fly out, only for the opponent to have already run out of the way and let the bullet fly into the blue metallic wall instead. Aile knew that this wasn't going anywhere and she needed to come up with a new tactic. She quickly had an idea and aimed her buster to the space where Vent would be by the time the bullet flew 35 feet away from her. She shot the laser bullet out and it zoomed at the space Vent ran into and gotcha! The blue megaman was shot right on his shoulder and he let out a cry of pain as he stopped to clutch his wound. That was when Aile ran up to him to close the distance between them and fired at him, hitting her boyfriend in the torso. Vent fell over and collapsed from the burning pain.

He groaned in agony before his green eyes looked up to see his girlfriend towering over him with her x-buster charging up energy for a charge shot. Vent looked at her in shock and bewilderment; surely she wasn't going to do this much damage to him in a sparring match, would she? The energy particles in the x-buster's muzzle started to glow blue and form a small ball that was ever growing. Now the blue megaman was tensed with hysteria as he saw that Aile had mean to blast. He cried, "Aile, are you nuts?! What are you doing?!"

A sadistic smile appeared on her face as the megawoman answered, "Something what I should have done a long time ago."

Fleuve, Hareng, and Sardine all gasped as they were astounded by Aile's sudden betrayal to Vent. The young boy shouted, "Oh my gosh, she's going to kill him!"

"Is she really serious?" asked the blonde. Despite his calm and cool exterior, he was just as worried as everyone else.

Fleuve replied, "I don't know, Hareng. But I can only hope that Aile's not being too reckless about this."

Vent closed his eyes tightly and turned his head away as he brought up his arm in an attempt to shield himself from his soon-to-be death. He waited for his doom to come until his opponent stopped charging and cancelled her attack as she withdrew her x-buster away from him. She laughed mischievously and said, "Oh Vent, I was just joking around. I wasn't really going to kill you, I just wanted to see the reaction on your face." The blue megawoman giggled and said, "It was pretty funny by the way."

Vent on the other hand found this maverick charade unfunny and growled, "Damn it, Aile! You had me scared."

The Model X girl chuckled and replied, "Well now you know how I feel. This is revenge for pretending to chop off my head a few weeks ago." A while ago, the couple had been sparring in the Model ZX forms before Vent pinned his girlfriend down and pressed his z-saber against her throat whilst saying that it was time for her to die. Aile had screamed in fright at the threatening situation she was in until Vent laughed and said that it was only a joke. Unfortunately, this resulted in a slap to the face from the angry brunette girl.

The man told her, "Look I'm sorry about that, okay? It was a stupid joke and I shouldn't have pulled it off."

Aile said, "I know, but I still think you need to know how it feels."

"And the results are in," said Fleuve's voice through the speaker after he analyzed the conclusion of the sparring match. If this fight had been for real, Aile would definitely had won if she shot Vent. "Aile, you've won the match this time."

"Yes!" the megawoman cheered as she pumped her airs into the air triumphantly.

Her opponent was a little bit disappointed about his loss and said, "Oh man, I lost…" Then he turned that frown upside down into a smile; so what if he lost, it was just one little game. Vent de-megamerged and he congratulated his girlfriend, "Nice match, Aile."

Aile de-megamerged back into a pony-tailed brunette in blue and white and said, "Thanks Vent! You did a good job, too."

The man teased, "You're welcome. But next time, I get to kick your butt."

The woman playfully challenged, "Oh yeah? We'll see about that!"

Team Vent
June 30, 24XX, 10:40 AM, Guardian Base, Command Center

At the command center, the navigators Gardénia, Tulip, and Marguerite were piloting the guardian base airship and checking the monitors for maverick attacks signals and data while Commander Prairie was holding her white cat doll and staring out at the sky outside as watching the navigators. She was waiting patiently for any interesting reports she might find, whether it be a maverick attack on a city or a rampaging pseudoroid. So far since early morning, things were peaceful and clear. Suddenly, a meteor surrounded in a white glow flew down across the sky. "What was that?" the blonde and blue-eyed commander asked.

Gardénia tapped on the keyboard to get the computer to analyze data on the meteor. She said, "I don't know, but I'm reading the energy levels on that meteor. They seem to be matching that of a biometal for some reason."

"A biometal?" Prairie's attention was caught upon hearing that word. She wondered if it was one of the stolen four biometals that Vent and Aile lost to the four megamen or if it was a different one. She asked, "Which biometal is it?"

After further analyzing the falling biometal, Marguerite answered, "We don't know, but it doesn't seem to be any of the ones we know. It must be an entirely new one like the Model A biometal we saw recently."

"I see… Okay, track down the biometal's location and where it's going to fall. I'm going to send Vent and Aile after it."

"Yes, commander," all three navigators said at the same time before they started using the computer's radar to track down the biometal's movement and see where on the map it was going to fall.

Prairie went to the intercom and spoke, "Vent and Aile, I need you both to come over to the command center for your new mission." She sat at her chair and waited for the brunettes in blue duo to get over here soon. It took a few minutes for them to arrive as the door slide open and the couple entered the room.

Vent asked, "We're here, Prairie. So what's our new mission?"

The commander in pink said, "We just an object covered in a white glow fell down in front of us. Our navigators analyzed it and found it to be a biometal."

Aile asked, "A biometal? Which one is it? Was it one of ours or a Model W?"

Prairie told them, "Unfortunately, it was neither of them. The navigators said that it was a new biometal. Who its creator was and where it came from, we don't know. We're tracking down the biometal's signal and as soon as it lands, we'll-"

Just then, Tulip found the location as she announced, "Commander Prairie, the biometal has landed in the shopping district of Swan Island Town. It looks like it has crashed into a bakery."

Prairie said to the violet-haired navigator, "Thanks Tulip, we'll be getting the biometal now." Then she looked back to the couple and said, "Vent, Aile, I need you two to go to the place Tulip mentioned just now and retrieve the biometal. We need to have it in our hands before some maverick or person of ill-intent get to it. We'll input the address of the transerver nearest to the bakery in our transerver. Get to the biometal as soon as possible." After she said it, the navigators worked on uploading the shopping district's transerver data to the guardian base's transerver.

Vent replied, "Right, we're on our way." Then he turned for the door and said, "Come on, Aile. We have a biometal to fetch. Maybe we'll even buy a delicious snack too." He hoped they have carrot cake at the bakery as he loved that favorite sweet of his.

Aile smiled with enthusiasm and followed after her boyfriend. "I think I'm going to love that little mission of ours."

June 30, 24XX, 10:50 AM, Sugarplum Bakery, Swan Island Town

A long-haired brunette woman was standing behind the cashier machine tending to a customer. She said, "Thanks for shopping at the Sugarplum Bakery. I hope you enjoy your day ma'am." She was in a white shirt and beige skirt with a pink apron over it.

The pudgy woman who purchased the bread, muffins, and cookies, replied, "Why thank you, and I wish you all the same as well." She carried the bag and walked out the door.

A smiling golden brown-haired girl, who had two long pigtails tied by red hair bows, waved, "Goodbye, we hope you come again." She had blue eyes and wore a red short-sleeved blouse with a pink skirt, and red shoes. The 15-year-old girl's name was Dawn. She and her mother, Annette, ran a family-owned business selling everything they baked to hungry customers. Their shop had bread, cookies, doughnuts, muffins, cupcakes, bagels, cakes, pies, rolls, pastries, and other flour-based foods. Regular customers who came to their bakery would often say that their stuff was great and it made them feel like they tasting heaven. Dawn and her mother, needless to say, were very proud of their bakery doing so well.

All of a sudden, something crashed down through the roof of the bakery, causing Dawn to scream out of astonishment while Annette gasped from the surprise as well. The object broke through the glass of the showcase containing the various flavors of cakes inside and landed into the pineapple cake, which was then smooshed it into a soft mess. "Oh my!" the woman said as she eyed the wreckage in front of her.

The daughter screamed hysterically, "We're being attacked by mavericks!" Amelia decided to go take a closer look at the mysterious object that had destroyed the pineapple cake. She walked from the cashier table to the showcase and opened its slide door. Her hand grabbed onto the thing and she removed it out of the cake. Amelia observed the cake-splotched red object and saw that it had a white face with a black nose at the bottom, glassy green eyes, and red ears. The object seemed to have a motif of a dog. The pig-tailed girl calmed down when nothing else bad happen and stared at the red dog-faced object that her mother was holding. Dawn asked, "Mama, what is that?"

Annette replied, "I don't know, sweetie. It must be some kind of toy somebody dropped, but it doesn't feel like it's made out of plastic or whatever toys are made out of."

The witnesses who saw the thing fall down into the bakery crowded up to the door. They were all curious to see what happened. The shop owners looked at the attracted group and Dawn said, "Oh look, mama! We have more customers."

A slightly tall and slender reploid man followed by a few more people came inside the bakery and asked, "Hey, are you ladies alright? We just saw a meteor fall down into your store."

The older brunette baker smiled at the man's concern and replied, "We're okay, sir. This little thing-a-ma-jig or meteor as you call it, just fell into one of our cakes. No harm was done at all."

Dawn took the ruined cake out of the showcase and said, "Except for the pineapple cake, of course." She looked at it in mock sadness and said, "Poor thing, we're going to have to give it a funeral." Then went to the trashcan and dropped the cake into it. "Rest in peace," she said.

The man said, "Well it's good to see that everything's fine. I was afraid we might have to call an ambulance." Then he looked at the 'thing-a-ma-jig' in Annette's hand and said, "By the way, that's one strange-looking meteorite you have. What are you planning on doing with it?"

Annette answered, "Well I don't know. I probably might keep it as a gift from the heavens unless someone who owns the thing comes over to claim it back."

A fat guy, who had been taking 12 doughnuts out of the self-serve case to put into the doughnut box, walked to the cashier table and said the bakers, "Ma'am, I'm ready to buy a dozen of glazed, blueberry, chocolate, crème-filled, and raspberry-filled doughnuts to take home."

The mother looked at her customer and said, "Of course, I'll be right with you." She walked over to the cashier table to ring up the price.

The reploid man, seeing the fat guy purchasing doughnuts, decided to go buy something, too. "You know, I think I'll go have a look around in this place and buy something that catches my eye."

Team Vent
June 30, 24XX, 10:55 AM, Shopping District, Swan Island Town

The shopping district of Swan Island Town was a sunny and bright place with row of small palm trees plus a few light posts lined at the edge of each sidewalk. Pigeons and sea gulls were also a common sight as they were often pecking the ground for crumbs that fell off people's food. Vent and Aile came out of the transerver center and heard Prairie communicating to them through their earpieces, "Vent, Aile, I'm going to read your position on the GPS and tell you where you need to go to get to the bakery."

The male asked, "Okay, so what directions do we need to take?"

Prairie answered, "According to the GPS, you need to turn to your right and go down Griffin Ave. Then take a right onto Freeport Blvd. After going two blocks ahead, you take a left onto Branford Ave and walk that way until you see the Sugarplum Bakery. You got all that, guys?"

As the couple memorized the directions the commander gave them, Aile replied, "We hear you loud and clear, Prair."

Prairie told them, "Good, now get to it. And don't forget to bring me a tasty snack, too."

"Right, we will," said Vent. Then the communication link was turned off. The couple walked through the streets, moving past people who were on their way to a specific store to shop at, and going across to the next sidewalk when the pedestrian traffic light indicated that they could now go.

When the couple was approaching the end of Freeport Blvd, they saw a small group of four suspicious characters. Three of them were wearing beige hooded trench coats with brown Stetson hats to hide faces, and the leader of the group was… Atlas! Vent and Aile were shocked and wary to see one of their enemies in town. Aile asked, "Atlas?! What's she doing here?" They were none too happy to see the red & brown-haired woman in Swan Island Town.

The brunette guy said, "I don't know, Aile. But all I can assume for now is that she must be after the biometal as well. Come on, we have to get to it quickly before they do." They started running as hard as they could to get to the Sugarplum Bakery on time. Master Albert may have been gone, but it did not seem to stop Atlas and the other three megamen from doing heinous acts whenever they wanted for the sake of becoming the megaman king who would bring sorrow and destruction to the world.

June 30, 24XX, 11:10 am, Sugarplum Bakery, Swan Island Town

The crowd dispersed away from the bakery after buying the food and/or taking a look at the meteor that crashed into the showcase. Dawn and Annette were pleased that the unknown object had did them a favor by attracting consumers to their store. The happy teenage girl sat behind the cashier register, counting up the good deal of money they received. She smiled, "Wow, it's amazing the meteorite thing brought us more customers. Look at the money we made!"

Annette agreed, "Yeah, it sure makes up for the hole in the ceiling and the broken glass. By the way, do you think we have enough money to get them repaired and replaced?" She was about to go into the kitchen to make more bread and snacks, but she figured she needed to know about the cost estimates first.

Dawn advised, "Well if we sold some more food, then we'll have the money to get some repairs done." If they were to hire a repairman to fix the hole in the roof, then it would cost 1000 e-crystals. Right now the mother and daughter only had 400 e-crystals in the cashier register; most of the profits went to the bank for safe-keeping.

The mother said, "Okay, I understand. Well let's hope some more customers show up. I'll be in the kitchen, Dawn. Keep your eyes out for them." Then she went into the kitchen to do some baking.

So Dawn just sat there watching the walking people outdoors through the glass doors and windows wondering who the next shopper will be. Maybe it would be the reploid woman in the magenta dress walking with her child? Might it be the thick-bearded human man with eyeglasses? Or would it be the dark-haired boy in a red shirt? None of them came to the door as they kept walking through the street. But there was another small group of people who did come to the bakery. Dawn watched the woman in red-orange shirt and three other people in identical clothing approach the cashier table. The pig-tailed girl put on her usual amiable smile and greeted, "Welcome to the Sugarplum Bakery! We have bread, rolls, cakes, and cupcakes. We also have our newest flavor of doughnuts on sale; banana muffin doughnuts." Her hand fanned out to the self-serve showcase where the doughnuts were.

But Atlas was not interested in any of the pastries and bread sold in the bakery; she was only here for one other thing. The Model F chosen one told her, "Girl, do I look like I want to buy some Krispy Kreme donuts? No, I don't eat sweets or any of that junk you sell here. All I want is the biometal you have in your store."

Dawn asked, "What biometal? I don't know what you're talking about." She was clueless about what the woman said.

Atlas answered, "I'm talking about the thing that fell into your bakery."

The pig-tailed girl picked up the red dog-like biometal off the shelf behind her and showed it to the red-head. She said, "Oh you mean this? If it's yours, I can give it back to you."

"Then give it to me now."

"Yes ma'am," said Dawn as she moved her hand out to give the biometal to the woman, while Atlas held her hand out to catch the biometal that would be placed in her hand. Atlas watched the girl give the biometal to her. Once she had the thing, she was going to give the girl an eternal reward in the afterlife for her kindness. In normal circumstances, Atlas would have just left her alone and walk out the door, but Master Thomas ordered for those in possession of biometals to be killed. This was crucial, because no matter how much the person in question knew about the biometal, they were still a threat in some way. That person might learn to megamerge and become a warrior that would get in the way of their plans. Even if he/she did not, then they might spread word of the object they found until it reached the ears of the Guardians. Atlas could not afford to have none of that; that is why she needed to kill this girl here and now. No that would just draw witness attention from outside that way. A better way would be to knock her out cold and then take her to a hidden place where the girl would be killed without anyone knowing.

Dawn's hand was now over Atlas's; and before she could give away the biometal, a masculine voice that belonged to a young adult shouted a warning, "Stop! Don't give her the biometal!"

"What the hell?" Atlas said as everyone turned their heads to the front door wondering who the meddling newcomer was. The bicolor-haired woman immediately recognized the intruder… no, two intruders and got her ruby-red eyes to glare at them and yelled, "You! What are you meddling scumbags doing here?!"

Aile replied sternly, "Stopping you from taking the biometal, that's what!"

Dawn withdrew the biometal and held it close to her as she looked from Atlas's group to the brunettes in blue duo in a mix of fear and confusion. The baker girl had no idea whom to trust at this moment. She asked, "Wh-what's going on? Who are all you people?"

Without taking her eyes off Atlas, the ponytailed brunette answered, "These people in front of you are mavericks. They must have been trying to take away the biometal to use it for their own schemes in the Game of Destiny."

Atlas said, "Game of Destiny? Hah, it's been over now that Master Albert is dead. We just have a new mission in mind." Her hand begin to reach for the pocket holding the orange biometal, Model F.

Vent inquired, "And what exactly is this mission of yours, Atlas?" He too went for his pocket getting ready to take out Model X.

Atlas just scoffed a 'hah' and replied, "Like I'm going to spill the beans out to you Guardian worms. Why don't you try figuring it out yourselves?!"

Annette heard all the commotion that was going on outside the kitchen. So out of worry for her daughter and the bakery, the mother came out of the kitchen and asked, "Dawn, what's going on? Is everything alright?"

Dawn recapped the event that just transpired, "I don't know, mama. These four people came in demanding me to give them the biometal, the thing that fell through the roof. I was about to give it to them, but then these other two told me not to because they were the bad guys who used to work for Master Albert."

The older baker immediately became afraid and cried, "Bad guys?!"

Aile looked at Annette and told her, "Ma'am, I suggest you get yourself and your daughter out of her. Things are going to get dangerous soon."

Annette obeyed the female Guardian as she knew that situations with bad people or mavericks present meant big trouble. Taking her daughter's hand, the mother said, "Let's go, Dawn!" Then the mother and child pair started to flee through the kitchen to get to the backdoor.

Atlas saw them escaping with the red biometal in hand and yelled, "Oh no, you don't! You're not getting away with the biometal!" Determined to get back the Model R biometal, she megamerged with Model F and became the flame megaman. She vaulted over the showcase and told her three henchmen, "Galleons, take care of these Guardian scums now!" Then she ran to give pursuit to the Sugarplum bakers and take their lives.

The trench coat-wearing men took off their disguises to reveal themselves as the purple humanoid mechaniloids known as the Galleons, one of the most common mavericks in the world. The Galleons aimed their busters at the Guardians as red lights flashed inside their black glassy faces. At the same time, Vent took his blue biometal out of his pocket and both he and his girlfriend held onto it as they shouted simultaneously, "Megamerge!" Round blue helmets adorned with a red gem covered their long brown hair inside, their black bodysuits became more robotic, their open blue half t-shirts closed itself into resemble the blue t-shirts they wore in their teenage years as Giro Express employees, their blue shoes turned into boots, and their white pants and shorts were replaced with white thigh guards and mechanical white underwear things with a pair of red orbs. The couple was now the blue Model X megamen.

Vent told his girlfriend, "Aile, you go hunt down Atlas. I'll take care of these mooks."

"Got it!" replied Aile, knowing full-well that her boyfriend was capable of handling the three Galleons all by himself. The megawoman dash-jumped over the galleons and ran through the opening between the showcase and wall to get to the kitchen. Vent and the Galleons started firing their busters at each other. Laser bullets blasted holes into the walls, the showcases, foods, shelves, and even the windows. The people, who were near the bakery where the gun fight was taking place at, stopped walking and turned their attention to the sounds of busters shooting. As soon as they realized there was a maverick fight going on, they quickly ran away screaming in panic for fear of their lives as they did not want to get hit by a stray bullet shot out through the window.

Vent shot one of the Galleons in its buster arm. The attack wounded and incapacitated it as its arm got dented badly and static coursed over the wound. The blue megaman shot the other galleon in its face, where the bullet broke through the glass shield of its face and hit the main computer chip that served as the brain for the mechaniloid. The black glass pieces of the head fell to the floor and the galleon dropped knee first before it slumped over and collapsed dead. The third and last Galleon now had to fight harder than ever to defeat Vent and stop him from foiling Atlas's mission. The maverick's buster shots became quicker and wilder as it was desperate to kill the megaman. "Whoa!" Vent cried as he dashed for cover behind the table stand with the bags of rolls. While he hid, the guy began charging up power into his X-buster. The Galleon ran around table stand to continue its frenzied fury on its enemy. But when it got to meet up with Vent, the galleon was taken by surprise as Vent swung his buster arm out and released a charged shot at the maverick in less than a second. The megaman knew the Galleon was going to try coming up to his hiding spot to shoot him, so he ambushed the maverick first before he could get taken out. With all three galleons taken care of, Vent went into the kitchen and then went out the bakery through the back door to go help Aile.

Team Vent
June 30, 24XX, 11:15 AM, Shopping District, Swan Island Town

Dawn and Annette ran through the streets hard on their feet as they dodged people in their paths. Their hearts beat a bit fast and their throats felt dry, making the Sugarplum bakers huff and puff for breaths of air. "Help! Somebody help us!" they shouted for help hoping that someone or the police would come and save them from the flame megawoman chasing them. The crowd stopped in their tracks and watched the scene that was happening in front of them. A few of them dialed 9-1-1 for the police, while the rest of them stood there under the influence of the bystander effect. Dawn and her mother ran across the intersection without looking at the pedestrian traffic light to see if it was safe to cross. As a consequence, a black car that had the green light indicating that it must go almost ran into the mother and daughter pair, causing the two to get frighteningly startled out of their wits as they halted in their tracks.

The driver rolled down his window and poked his head out to yell with a shaking fist, "Watch where you're going, woman!"

Annette did not want to stick around for longer than a second lest Atlas could catch up to them, so she hastily apologized, "Sorry!" Just then, an orange blur tackled into Annette and knocked her down away from her daughter.

"Mama!" Dawn screamed out of fear of her mom getting hurt.

Atlas held the woman down with her right knuckle buster pushed against Annette's neck and her left knuckle buster raised over the baker's head threateningly as if she was about to give the woman the most jaw-breaking knuckle sandwich ever. Atlas looked over at the red-dressed girl and told her, "Unless you come over here and hand that thing over to me, I'll smash your mother's skull into pieces!"

Dawn felt her head cringed at the pictured image of the flame megawoman pounding her overly huge and heavy knuckle buster into Annette's face and squashing her head into a bloody mess of broken flesh, bones, and blood. It was something no loving daughter would want happening to their dear mother. Dawn may have been told by the long-haired man not to give the biometal over to the maverick woman, but she did not want her mother die for her refusal to give in to the demand. The girl decided her mother's life was more important than the biometal she found. She looked at Atlas and asked, "If I give it to you, will you let my mama go in one piece?"

The orange megawoman told her, "Yes I will. Now hurry up and give it to me without letting anybody see it." Atlas watched the girl begin to walk towards her. As soon as the younger baker was close, Atlas would take away the biometal and then kill both Dawn and her mama; that way at least no one will ever about the biometal. Before Dawn could reach halfway to Atlas, a big plasma shot blasted into the megawoman and sent her flying off Annette as she hurtled across the sun-warmed asphalt until she crashed into the wall of a clothing store. Chalks of the wall broke off and Atlas slumped to the ground in pain. She groaned feeling a fiery pain where the blast hit her. Then she looked at the blue figure far from her, who had a smoking buster aimed at her. Atlas furrowed her brows glaringly and growled, "Model X megaman…"

Aile walked over to Annette and helped her get up on her feet. She asked, "Are you alright?"

Annette smiled gratefully at the blue megawoman and answered, "I'm fine, thank you."

Dawn ran to her mom and hugged her. She said, "Oh mama, I was so worried."

Annette hugged her back and said, "It's okay, dear. I'm fine now."

Just then, Atlas dashed and rammed to Aile as she delivered the fierce and fiery punch of her fire-covered knuckle buster to the blue megawoman's chest. The hit forced air to come out of her breath and left a scorch mark on the bosom. The civilians ran out of the way before Atlas and Aile could crash into them. The Guardian's back was slammed into the wall and she got throbbing pains and a headache out of it. Atlas held Aile by the front of her shirt and yelled, "You damn Guardians always show your mugs where they don't belong. I had enough of you guys getting in the way. I'm taking you out right now!" The maverick woman engulfed her free knuckle buster in flames and pulled it away from Aile so that the distance would make her punch strong enough to either make the green-eyed girl's nose bleed, knock her unconscious, or kill her.

When Atlas tried to throw a punch, Aile quickly grabbed the knuckle buster to stop it from going into her face. The action did singed her hand and she felt the urge to yelp in pain, but Aile gritted her teeth to hold back the cry. Atlas's red eyes widened in surprise at her opponent blocking the attack. Aile proceeded to headbutt her enemy, causing Atlas to see stars and release her grip on the blue megawoman. Then Aile punched the flame megaman in the face two times in the face, knocking her back with each hit. Aile finished her combo with a hard kick to the abdomen. Atlas felt her stomach turn inside out with agony and she vomited up her breakfast. The crowd that watched the sickening display was disgusted at the sight of throw-up on the asphalt; some of them, mostly children, cried, "Eww!"

Aile aimed her X-buster at her foe and fired a charged shot at her. Atlas saw the plasma shot coming at her and quickly dodge rolled to the side. The charge shot hit a store's wall and scorched the surface. After her evasion, Atlas pulled the trigger on her knuckle buster and started shooting plasma fireballs at the Model X megawoman, who back-flipped out of the way. In retaliation, Aile shot back at the Model F megawoman who also fired back at her. The Sugarplum bakers and the rest of the civilians ran away for safety when they realized that this battle has turned into a gun-fight. One unfortunate victim got hurt in the crossfire as Atlas's bullet shot him in the stomach. He noticed the crimson red liquid on his black sport coat and yelled, "Argghh! You got blood on my brand new suit! Do you even know how much this thing costs? It was expensive, I had to pay…" Then Aile accidentally shoot his foot. "Now my brand new shoes are ruined!" Then another bullet hit his crotch and splashed blood on his dress pants. "Now my brand new-" he yelled before he got his head blasted and burned by Atlas's charged fireball. The man was now headless with blood spraying out of his neck like a geyser.

"Shut up!" Atlas yelled at the dead guy. Then she threw detonating bombs at Aile, which landed around her. The lights on the bombs flashed before they all exploded and impacted the blue megaman with burning blasts. Aile's body was covered in scorch and her armor had cracks on them from being damaged from the explosions. As if she did not suffer enough, Atlas dealt more pain to her by shooting her plasma bullets at her. The Guardian collapsed on the ground from the agony she felt from her wounds. Atlas knew that her enemy may have been down, but that did not mean she would not rise up to fight again. The Guardians, especially the strong-willed megamen, were always persistent in trying to defeat or destroy the mavericks. To make sure Aile is dead for real; Atlas would destroy her with a powerful finishing move. "Had enough, Megaman Model X? I think it's time to send you burning in Hell!" The flame megawoman stuck the ground with her knuckle buster to send a shockwave of flames running towards the fallen girl. Atlas was sure the attack would kill off Aile until a blue blur dashed in and carried the Guardian out of the way. "What?!" the maverick said in shock. Vent fired a charged shot at Atlas, who moved out of the way. She looked at Aile's male counterpart and mocked, "Hah, you missed!" But unfortunately for her, the charged shot had hit the light pole instead and broke it like a stick. It started leaning towards Atlas and looked like it was going to fall on her.

"Timber…" Vent said mockingly.

The light pole fell over on Atlas and held her to the ground. "Hughh, no way!" the woman growled as she struggled to get herself out from under the light pole. Vent took his chance to shoot another charge shot, which was more powerful than his first one, that he stored in his X-buster and bombarded the flame megawoman. Now Atlas was the second person to get badly damaged in the fight. No way would she survive a battle against someone who was in a lot better shape than her in this state. So Atlas decided it would be wise to retreat. Glaring at the two megamen, she said, "You win for now… But next time, Megamen Model X, next time I will destroy you." With that, she turned into a white laser and warped out of Swan Island Town.

Vent looked at his injured girlfriend. It pained him to see Aile hurt like this. He should have been there earlier to protect her. He asked worriedly, "Aile, are you alright?"

The female Model X megaman replied weakly, "Not really… Just give a sub-tank, will you?" Vent nodded and pulled out a sub-tank to give to Aile. The woman drank it and became energized and healed. She smiled and said, "Now that's much better! By the way, where is that girl and her mother?" She looked around for the Sugarplum bakers, but they were nowhere in sight.

Model X spoked, "I saw them running around the corner onto another street. I don't know how far they've gotten, but let's start our search from there."

Vent said, "Right, let's go look for them." Then they transformed back to normal and started going in the direction their biometal suggested to go. After they reached the corner, they heard a groan of pain and saw Dawn with her wounded mother. Annette had gotten shot in her chest during the fight between Aile and Atlas, so Dawn had to help her walk to safety.

The girl assured her mother, "Hang in there, mama. The ambulance will be on its way."

Aile asked worriedly, "Looks like your mother's hurt; is there anything we could do to help?"

Dawn looked at the couple and asked, "Could you get me some bandages to help stop my mama's bleeding?"

Vent replied, "Sure, I'll go find a pharmacy and see what they have." Being kind-hearted man that he was, Vent would gladly do anything to help save people's lives. Before he could begin his search, an ambulance truck came down the street with sirens blaring and light flashing.

Dawn heard the siren and said, "Oh look, the ambulance is here already. That was quicker than I expected."

The ambulance men came out of the white truck and asked, "Alright, who's hurt and need of assistance?"

Dawn pointed to her mother and answered, "My mama, sir." The men carried up Annette and placed her on the stretcher. After putting her inside the ambulance, the men drove away to the hospital.

The girl in red watched the white truck go and prayed, "Oh I hope my mama comes out okay."

Vent placed a hand on her shoulder and assured, "Don't worry, I'm sure she will. The doctors and nurses will take good care of her."

Dawn calmed down a bit and said, "You're right; they're really good at those sorts of things. Anyway, thanks for coming to rescue my mama and stopping that terrible woman from getting her hands on the biometal. I wonder what kinds of terrible things she was going to do with it."

Vent guessed, "Who knows? But I know it has nothing to do with the Game of Destiny since Atlas said that it was over. Maybe she was trying to add that to her arsenal, so that she could use its powers like she does with Model F."

Dawn looked at the Model R biometal with interest, asking, "So these things called biometals give you powers when you fuse with them?"

Aile told the girl, "Yes, they do. But not everybody can megamerge with them. Biometals will only lend their powers to those who are-"

Dawn interrupted the woman with a cry, "Megamerge!" She was so curious about the red biometal that she wanted to fuse with it and what she would look like. A red helmet with floppy dog ears and a sapphire blue gem appeared on her head, her bodysuit started to look robotic with a round orange gem on her chest, her blouse was replaced by a red sleeveless open vest, red gauntlets appeared on her arms, a white thong-like armor piece appeared in place of her skirt, her shoes were turned into dog feet-like boots, and she grew a dog-like tail. Dawn looked at herself and said, "Oh my, it seems I've turned into some kind of dog person." It felt and looked strange to have paws, ears and a tail, but Dawn found it a bit fun to have at the same time.

Vent and Aile looked at the red megagirl with surprised faces. The long-haired guy asked, "Did she just turn into a megaman?"

Aile answered, "Looks like it. I guess she must be a chosen one. But why does her armor look like a dog?" It was an awkward scene to the pair, because normally a megaman would look a bit more human than Dawn did.

Vent asked, "So uh… what's your name?"

Dawn realized that they did no introduce themselves to each other yet, so she went first and said, "My name's Dawn, it's nice to meet you two. So can I get to know the names of my heroes, too?"

The guy smiled and said, "Of course, I'm Vent and this is my partner, Aile."

Aile told her, "Listen Dawn, can you come with us to our HQ? If Atlas was after you for the biometal, I would imagine her comrades will most likely come to attack you as well. For you and your biometal's safety, we need you to come with us."

The megagirl said, "Okay, I understand. Lead the way, please." Then she walked with the Guardians down the streets to get to the transerver.

Vent pushed the button on his earpiece to communicate with Prairie and reported, "Prairie, we've found the biometal, but we've also found its biomatch as well. Atlas came and attacked the bakery to retrieve it for some kind of goal she has."

Prairie asked, "So Atlas was after the biometal, too. Good thing you both got to it before she did. Who knows what sorts of trouble she would cause with it. So who is the biomatch?"

Vent answered, "It's a girl named Dawn; she and her mother are the owners of the bakery. Her mom's in the hospital right now and we're taking Dawn to the HQ for protection. You don't mind if we bring her with us, do you?"

The commander told him, "Of course not, but first she needs to take the initiation test. You know we don't allow strangers inside our airship unless they pass the test."

Vent asked, "Right, I know that. But where is going to take the test?"

"We'll have it in Area C of Cinq Ville, the same place where you and Aile had to find all of our members. She will be undertaking the same trial you took three years ago. If she can find all three Guardians, then she passes the test and we can take her into the HQ."

"Right, we'll make sure she passes the test. We're on our way to Cinq Ville." Then the communication link was turned off and the trio entered the transerver center and stepped into the machine to warp to Cinq Ville.

Note: The next chapter will start off with the introduction of three new characters, before we resume Team Grey's story. I was going to put the new characters in this chapter, but I figured the chapter was already long as it is, so I'm going to move it to Chapter 3 instead.

EDIT: I edited this chapter, because back when I made this chapter, I did not know that I was going to write people being okay with pseudoroids walking amok in public in chapter 6. Plus I forgot about the fact that in the first MMZX game, the people weren't suspicious of megaman until the maverick outbreak. That explains why the hunters were okay with the megamerged Grey and Ashe in the sequel. I'll be editing chapter 4 later.

Dawn, Model R (Rush), and Annette (C) me