Disclaimer: Because if Axl were any cuter, we'd all die. Uhhh.... what does this have to do with the disclaimer?
Random person: Shhhhh.
Uzu: Ok.
Uzu: Awww man, you guys are great! Imbri you are hilarious. I just have to put that in... Merci beaucoup Erckie! Don't worry, I'd never write shounen-ai or yaoi even for a dare. XD Now that's saying a lot! Axl's abilities will be used... when I get a chance to use them . There's just one thing..
Axl: That is?..
Uzu: I can't believe Nyago is reading my fic! (jumps in happiness) I ADORE your art. I absolutely love your Axl picture on the front page of Code Crush!
Uzu: Hehehe. I should make a 'join the x series fans who think X is a prick' sign. XD Or badges.. whatever comes first. By the way, I've moved all my story txts from my Mac to my IMB laptop so the story will be updated quicker. Now please excuse me as I try to get the Light armor for Axl.
X 8 Mavericks: (inch away slowly)
Uzu: (laughs insanely) BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!! TRY AND STOP MEH SIGGY!!!!!!!
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR REVIEWS, YOU'VE MADE ME A VERY HAPPY PERSON!!!! YAY I HAVE A NEW BEST FRIEND!!! XP XP XP XP XP XP XP
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The darkness calmly encircled them. Both dared not to breath, for fear of it giving their position away. The younger reploid tried to steady his heart beat as he heard many voices outside communicating aggravatedly to each other. Hoarse whispers of "I thought you had him." and "Blast it, now where have they gone?" resounded beyond the 2 inch metallic wall.
Fridgid and stiff the two hunters waited for the noise to clear up before they would start their journey into the heart fo the vent. (12345, everybody in the car so come on let's ride!-) The clatter subsided outside, only to leave the two hunters with all their thoughts. Axl was the first to make any movement. Stretching out his left hand he felt his way until he was sure that no obstruction was blocking his path. Slowly he made his legs go closer to his body, and proceeded to crawl further into the darkness. X silently watched as the younger reploid continued his path. Deciding to follow suit, X carefully positioned his legs under his body, though with more difficulty since he was considerably a foot taller than Axl, and like wise began to crawl.
The cold metallic surface could have mistakenly gone on forever, or so it seemed. Continual darkness flooded Axl's sight. It soon became fustrating as he had to solely rely on his weaker senses like touch and hearing. Though being taught from a young age to develope spy-like attributes, the sudden lack of vision was less strenuous than it would have been for a normal person. X too, having been through a lot of missions incuring stealth and lack of sight, was better off than the regular person. With a silent determination he doggedly continued to shuffle forward without laspe for a breath or for tired limbs. Over the years he had become the hard, cold soldier that the world was in need of. (I'm starting to feel sorry for X, slap meh! -.-)
X signaled to the other to stop moving with a low whistle. The younger turned his head inquisitively.
"Here. Feel the slight stream of air pushing through?" Putting his hand on the wall, X felt around for a crack. Gingerly he explored the dents and bumps until he found what he was looking for. Placing Axl's hand on the fissure, he waited for a nod from his teamate, if he could even be called that.
Slowly both reploids backed up into the oposite side of the vent. Aiming their charged weapons at the crack, they let the energy loose. As a result, the section of wall (vent siding, whatever you like to call it..) in front of them was no more.
X grunted lightly as he pushed his way past the sharpenels of metal. Axl hesitated, checking the surroundings before he crawled through.
The new complex was quite small. Various mechanical components stocked up the room. Sunlight filtered through the unbolted slots. The only sound was that of X's and Axl's steel boots clicking on the floor.
Moving his arm upwards, X spoke into his buster armor.
"Respond. Are you there?"
'Hmm, Zero and Dynamo aren't responding, why ? He's soooo friendly.' Axl thought to himself sarcastically as he watched the A-class hunter sigh in fustration.
As they trudged past long used consoles and rusted artilery, Axl scanned around to see their new habitat. Almost everything had colasped in, only the main enforced walls had survived whatever disaster had struck this forlon base. Lime encrusted guns were scattered across the broken and rusted tiles. Some sinuwy vines grew from the flipped up tiles, making every new spot they touched 'home'. It reeked of desertedness, though not as badly as outside. (Is that a word??)
Because, in the lower left corner, a mark of foot prints adorned the dusty over used floor.
Squating over the first few, Megaman X examined their path's direction. Axl, standing right in back of X had to supress the vendictive urge to kick X in the bee-hind, but as soon as the transmitter crackled he had forgotten his desire.
"X, we've encounter a few groups of mavericks. They've settled into well equiped groups. Watch your back." Zero's voice was muffled but still reckonisable.
"So you finally decided to cut your game?"
The sentence perked Axl's ears up. Game? What game? For all he knew, they were on an information recovery mission. The hunter's attitude had completly changed. Laughing eyes, smirking features... What on earth had Zero done to make the blue bomber smile, that he could not? Axl's eyes borrowed into X's back. Even the older's position had differed; instead of being rigid, cold and impermeable, he was now loose and content, more 'talk-to-able'.
Mouthing the words 'What the hell', the younger reploid switched his pondering to their mission. X would not be a case that he could crack easily..
Quickly he darted off out of the room and to the right. The hallway of the abandonned navy base became more and more somber as he proceeded. There was no point to tell X of his departure. The reploid would probably be glad. 'To get rid of me..' The younger had to fight to push the sharp responce aside. His eyes burned, but so did his heart. He'd show him. Show them all.
He kept running until he was blocked by a dead end. The door suposedly leading farther into the building had been rusted shut. The metal had fused into the cracks of the concrete and cement over years of gentle coaxing from the sun.
"That's.. not gonna stop me.." Pulling out his twin guns, he let a round of bullets pierce the aluminum plated door. Each hit created a devestating burst on contact, forcing the door to blow apart.
With a deadly and silent determination, he strode into the next room. Had any maverick seen him in this state they would have run with their tails between their legs. He had the air of an assasin. Some one who through years of practise, pain and blood, had finally mastered his weapon to the point of perfection. Staring down into the abyss that confronted him, he snorted bitterly.
The floor three eights of the way curved into a straight drop. Another section of the facility rested under the overlapping wall of the room he was in. A very tricky perdicament. Either he'd drop to his death, or he'd... drop to his death. The wall mocked him. It stood there defiantly, protesting his being there, yet seemingly not standing on anything but black myst.
Kicking up his hover engines, he calculated his next route. Blasting hot air from his foot armor, he glided over to the cement obstruction in front of him. 'Easy enough..' He thought silently as he began to slide downwards, inch by inch.
Carefully he let go at the correct height, letting himself drop until he could hover over to the second room. (Ok, if you're having trouble, just think. You have two cardboard boxes, they're both on top of each other. Now move the top one so it's half off the bottom box. Cut a square out of the part that touches both. There you go.)
Grabbing the cracked cement flooring, he pulled himself up. He glanced back at the charcoaled air ruthfully.
"You tried hard to stop me, but failed." Ripping off the door that joined the front part of the second room, he leisurely walked in not bothering to glance back.
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"Ok, I'll check with the kid. Meet you there." Cutting the communication, Megaman X turned around to address the rookie, but no one meet his gaze. Realisation soon sunk in, and he frantically began to search for evidence of departure. Sure enough a second set of foot prints led out of the room to the right. He glared at them sadly. Why had Axl done that? Didn't he know better than to run off on his own in such conditions?
"Stupid... kid." He sighed heavily and placed his palm on in face, letting it slide off. Zero and Dynamo were going to be in some deep trouble if he couldn't find Axl.
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Uzu: Well chapter's done. Does it help to tell you that my friends' have nicknamed me Axl? Ad, Axl, close enough eh? No, my name is not Ad, it's Adriana for your information! XD Ad's my other nickname, said as A.D. Uggg, my eyes killeh me now, darn glasses! Cursed far-sightedness! Now that you're done with reading MY fanfiction, go read Rue's X7 novelisation 'Strings of Fate'! Go, now, I say! XD Sorry Shade just had to quote you!
Uzu: (grins evilly at the reviewers) Now here's something you've all wanted to see. (points to her left) Ohhh Zeroooo, will you do the honors please?
Zero: (huffs) What is it this time?! I stick around as a muse, I push your divider button, what more do you want from me???
Uzu: (whispers in his ear)
Zero: (grins evilly) Ok. I'll be back, after a while... (walks off)
Uzu: (looks to reviewers) So, as I suffer with a week long sinus headache, I do not get to enjoy many good, exciting and wonderful things. In five seconds this will be changed. XD :)
(Pan to Zero in trainning barracks punching X repeatedly like one of those bopper blow-up people)
Zero: -AND FOR ALL THOSE TIMES IN THE CAFETERIA THAT YOU'VE GONE ON ABOUT CHEESE, AND-
X:
Axl: (with video camara) Woo! This place just keeps on getting better and better!
Uzu: By the way, Suicune, Axl saved X (by deflecting the shot), and THEN X saved Axl (by pulling them both into the grate thingie)! Hope the confusedness is gone .