and once again another chapter! if you dont know your mega man/mega man x history, then heres your chance to understand the story. i believe there should always bea reason for a slow part of a storyline, and so i make sure of it :3
The screen blinked on and showed a menu. Pallate walked forward as X just stood there, watching and waiting. Pallate let out a sigh before she spoke. "Computer!" she stated loudly "override code 2343d." The monitor blinked once and a file icon appeared in the center of the screen. "Activation code 7221" the screen once again blinked, this time bringing up a large database containing many files, each one with a different title. "Reveal hidden file ZERO!" with that a new document opened up and had a small box with a blinking line. Pallate walked up to a control panel and punched in a seemingly random key combination, causing asterisks to appear in the space. After one final stroke of a key the computer let out a whining sound and then a bleep, and Pallate turned to X, a smug grin on her face even while she sighed. "Ok X, prepare yourself" she said, her sentence trailing off. X cocked his head a bit and listened to silence to what seemed to be an eternity, but then, the silence was broken.
"Top secret information on robot master Zero" the computer said, X raising an eyebrow at this. "Project ZERO was started in the year 2082 shortly after the King incident. He was being built by genius inventor and most wanted criminal Dr. Albert William Wily. The reason for this project is still unknown, but however it is believed that it was to destroy Dr. Wily's nemeses Mega Man. Mega Man had foiled all of Dr. Wily's Robot rebellions, and stopped the king incident with the help of Bass and Trebell. By the year 2085 Wily had activated Zero. After later investigation, Dr. Wily's Lab was found destroyed, the previous robot masters decimated and strewn about the room, and Dr. Wily was no where to be found. It is believed that Zero had disobeyed the first law of robotics: a robot must never cause harm through action or inaction to a human. Mega Man, his sister Roll, his brother Blues, his dog Rush, Beat, and Eddy were all found destroyed, as if they had been through an extensive battle. However, it is also not known how Zero was defeated, or what exactly happened to Zero then, for only Dr. Thomas Xavier Light and his repair robot Auto left alive in the end, however Auto refuses to tell us what happened or even to let us access his memory banks. 2117, Dr. Cain finds X's capsule inside of the ruins of an ancient laboratory, thought to be Dr. Thomas Xavier Light's. A message is imprinted upon the side of the capsule:
""X" is the first of a new generation of robots which contain an innovative new feature - the ability to think, feel and make their own decisions. However this ability could be very dangerous. If "X" were to break the first rule of robotics, "A robot must never harm a human being", the results would be disastrous and I fear that no force on Earth could stop him. Approximately 30 years will be required before we can safely confirm his reliability. Unfortunately I will not live to see that day, nor do I have anyone to carry on my work. Therefore, I have decided to seal him in this capsule, which will test his internal systems until his reliability has been confirmed. Please do not disturb the capsule until that time. "X" possesses great risks as well as great possibilities. I can only hope for the best.
September 18, 2090
- T. Light"
X's eyes wide, his jaw dropped, and his whole body went numb. He couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe how much information that he was oblivious to had rushed into his mind in those brief moments. And as he listened in awe, the computer continued "shortly after Sigma- the second reploid in existence, built by Dr. Cain after the designs of X -took lead of the maverick hunters, he was sent out on his hardest mission yet, to stop a rouge maverick that had just activated himself. Sigma set off to a remote area to the remains of a ruined old laboratory, and when he entered, a major battle ensued. After a fearsome battle, and after Sigma took massive damage, he brought the now unconscious maverick to be looked at, ranting and raving about how the maverick needed to be examined. Since the maverick's forehead gem had been crushed, it was difficult to fix up the maverick, but it was accomplished by a group of decent mechanics. That maverick is who is now known as Zero, the one who destroyed Mega Man and the rest of Dr. Light's creations. Soon afterwards Sigma appeared to have turned against his own kind, trying to create a new society devoid of all humans. He was deemed 'maverick' or dangerously rebellious, and was put under watch. Soon he had assembled an army of reploids who also had gone maverick and set off to taking over what world that there was at that time, and thus the first maverick uprising began. During the 5th maverick uprising, Zero was infected by a virus thought to have been created by Sigma, although not confirmed, for it seems that Sigma had been receiving help since the 4th maverick uprising that he started. Zero once again became maverick for a time, but luckily he was brought back… but not before going missing, and thought to be dead. During the 6th maverick uprising, Zero came back despite all opposition to the belief that he still lived on, and he has been with us ever since then. In the 7th maverick uprising, Zero had been fine, and in the interval between the 7th and the 8th zero stayed fine, as well as through out the 8th uprising, the first new generation reploid uprising. However, he is under close watch to keep him from returning to that state. Recently a new threat has been detected, this time though it is not Sigma. Signs strongly suggest the return of Dr. Wily, but it is impossible for him to still be alive, and there is no record of anyone who could continue his legacy. At this time, no further information is available." X turned to face Pallate, staring blankly and blinking every so often. Pallate just let out a sigh and waited for X to speak.
"So" X said, his words not coming easily "what do we do now…"
Pallate sat down in a nearby chair and lowered her head so as to hide her expression. "We do all that we can do at this point X…" she said, allowing herself to trail off "we wait."