Disclaimer: I own nothing Megaman. It makes me sad and it should make you sad too.
First off, before I begin, I'd like to thank Giga Sonic, LanHikari2000x, and one-villiage-idiot for being my first three reviewers. And in regards to one-villiage-idiot's question about Giro's trans-server and not just going back to X-1, I stated that the Mavericks would have just tracked them. Sure it's lame seeing how Guardian HQ is in the air. But, still. Now, people, after thinking things through a bit, I decided to break from the mold for the remainder of the opening sequence. Which I guess I planned to do in the first place for the bulk of the story but...Well, enough of my prattling. I think you've waited...what...1 day for this? Let's do this.
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"Oooh. My head..."
Vent staggered to his feet wondering how the hell he survived the fall off the cliff.
"Man, that fucking hurt! Ow..."
Vent held his head in his hands for a moment and took in his surroundings.
"Area A-1...well...I'm close to the rendevzous point anyway."
Out of the blue, radio static screamed in Vent's earpiece.
"Vent? Vent! If you're alive, say something down there!"
"B-Boss? Yeah. I'm alive...I little dazed but alive."
"Good. What about the package?"
"Package?"
"Yes! It fell off of the cliff with you!"
"Well, it can't be far. I'll..."
Vent was cut off by the sound of plasma discharges.
"Boss!?"
"I'm fine! Find the package! Get it to the Guardians! Go!"
Vent didn't feel right just leaving Giro to deal with the Mavericks, but when he thought it over, realized that he couldn't do anything to help. He began scanning his surroundings for the mystery package. After about a minute of searching, he finally found it. It had gotten out of its box and was just floating there in a eerie fashion. Vent looked at it for a moment.
"That's it? I fail to see how important this thing is..."
Vent's thought were cut off by a voice that didn't sound friendly.
"Freeze!!"
Vent turned around to see he had a plasma rifle aimed at his head. Being commanded to freeze was a rather dumb thing to say, because anyone in their right mind wouldn't move under those conditions. Vent got a better look at his current threat. Two men in green uniforms lined with white trim. Over their eyes they wore red visors. One of them was shaking.
"W-who are you? What are you doing here?"
Vent motioned for them to lower their weapons.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy there. I'm a transporter. I'm here on a delivery and things went a bit wrong."
The men didn't budge. At least until a female voice called out.
"No! Wait! Stop! Lower your weapons!"
Vent just now noticed the young woman behind the two. She was clad in mostly pink and black. He blonde hair went past her back. She also held a stuffed animal that looked quite old. She pushed her way between the two men and stood there. Vent sighed and relaxed. The woman took a quick look at him.
"You said you were a transporter, yes? You wouldn't happen to be with Giro Express would you?"
"Uh-huh...Let me guess, you're the Guardians?"
"Yeah. We were investigating that explosion. Was that you?"
"Yeah. My motorbike got hit by Mavericks and..."
A sudden earthquake-like tremor tore through the ground. The group turned around to see a massive robotic snake had them cornered between the cliff wall and the only way out. Ond of the Guardians simply gawked at it.
"What the hell? Where did that come from!?"
Vent growled to himself.
"My guess...the leader of the Mavericks here..."
The guardians whipped out their rifles and began opening fire, which had as much effect on the massive creature as pebbles. One Guardian kept firing as he backed up.
"Damn it all. Prairie! Get out of here! Get the biometal and go!"
The snake shifted as it tackled one of the Guardians and slammed the other one in the chest with its tail, which resembled a flail. As much as she hated to leave he allies behind, she had little choice. Vent moved to the side of one of the guardians.
"I'm only going to tell you this once: Get the hell up! If that snake is after the package, just leave it here! If we take it with us, it'll be suicide!"
Prairie shook her head.
"Can't do that. We can't lose the biometal."
"Is it so important that you'd risk your life!?"
"But...Sis wouldn't just...she made that. It's worth too much to leave!"
About that time, the snake decided to make another pass. Vent looked behind himself and groaned.
"For crying out loud! What am I supposed to do? I can't fight this thing!"
At that time, the package floated over.
"Perhaps you can't in your current form, but with my help...you stand a chance."
Before Vent had a chance to respond, he felt a sudden rush of raw power and he vanished in a bright light. When he emerged, he was clad in what seemed to be a suit of blue and white battle armor. He confirmed this with the arm cannon mounted on his right arm. He didn't even stop to think. Remembering something about arm cannons and their charge feature, he gathered energy and once he recieved a tone telling him he was full, he fired a massive plasma burst into the snakes head. Noticing that there was still the constant tone, he fired again and a even bigger plasma burst ripped into the snake. It screeched in pain and collapsed on the ground before slithering away. Vent stood there panting.
"I take back everything I said about the biometal not being important!"
A voice rang out in his head.
"I'm Model X. Not too shabby for your first charge shots. Anyway, we have to move away from here unless you want the girl to get caught in the middle. We can fight them off!"
Vent was too shocked at everything to speak. Prairie's thoughts raced as she thought out loud.
"I don't believe it. He's...changed! He's a chosen one?"
Vent turned.
"You want this at the rendezvous point, right? Consider it there. Just wait here."
"Hold on! I have a name you know! Prairie."
Vent couldn't help but smile.
Sorry, my name is Vent, and I'll be your transporter slash Maverick busting hero today."
Prairie scoffed.
"What is that supposed to be? A pick-up line?"
"Not really. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a snake to skin and/or blow up! I'll get some help."
"If you insist...just be careful, Vent."
With that, Vent dashed off using is new found Emergency Acceleration System. After a small walk he found a hovering gun turrent.
"A Slither Inc. defense unit. Maybe that'll..."
He was cut off as the cannon fired on him. He hardly had time to get out of the bullet's path.
"It thinks I'm a Maverick!? Oh come on! That's it!"
Not waiting for it to fire again, Vent pumped plasma shots into the cannon until it was a smoldering pile of scrap. Vent sighed as he walked on realizing that he'd probably be treated the same no matter what he ran into. Sure enough he was right. From energy wave firing robots resembling eyes or just a local Galleon Hunter, everything was trying to kill him.
"This is going to be a hell of a day, I can see that already."
Vent was closing on the rendezvous point when the giant snake seemed to come out of nowhere and swung his tail at Vent. It hit its mark as Vent went spiraling into a tree. Much to his surprise, he was still alive.
"How am I...? Oh yeah, this thing has armor systems."
Vent cringed as warning alarms went off in his helmet. He looked up to see that the snake was back for more, this time spewing acid from its mouth. Vent moved quickly enough to see the tree melt and fall over.
"That gives me an idea."
Vent fired two charged shots into the Maverick's metal head.
"Hey! Over here!"
The snake twisted and lunged.
"No, don't lunge! Spit at me you damned stupid reptile!"
The snake swung his tail again.
"Oh for..."
Vent fired relentlessly at the creatures head until it was good and mad. He moved in front of a tree and the snake spat acid again.
"Perfect."
Vent wall-jumped up and off the tree over the massive bulk of the snake. Much to his satisfaction, the tree toppled and slammed the snake into the ground, pinning it by the neck. Vent laughed.
"I'm gonna enjoy this!"
Vent walked over and charged up his X-Buster and stepped on the creatures neck.
"Nighty night, Maverick!"
Vent pressed his buster to the snake's head and fired twice and point blank range. The snake now had a nice hole in its head and its fusion core was overheating. Vent jumped back and watched the fireworks as he massive metal monster exploded.
"That helped me on the inside. Now for you. You called yourself Model X? Care to explain why you helped me?"
"I need a reason to help you? You were very brave back there. I couldn't stop myself from wanting to help you."
"Brave? Me? That's funny. I just did what I felt was right."
Vent continued to the rendezvous point: The nearby trans-sever. He walked in where he saw three Guardians, a small reploid in blue, and Aile waiting. Aile took a look at the blue-clad young man in front of her before realizing who it was.
"...Vent? What on...?"
"It'll have to wait, Aile. Hey. I'm your transporter. I've got the package right here. Hey, you might wanna go get Prairie and your friends. They're back in Area A-1."
"What!?"
The three Guardians ran out telling one another to pull their heads out of their asses and move.
"They seem awfully worried about her."
The little small reploid in front of Vent was in awe.
"Amazing. You've merged with the biometal. Ah, what am I prattling about? I'm glad you got here safely with the package."
"Yeah, nice to know. Hey, there was another man with me. Has he shown up yet?"
Aile looked up.
"Boss isn't with you!?"
"No. Have you seen him?"
The reploid shook his head.
"Sorry, no. You're the first to make it here."
The trans-server's radio turned on. A Guardian's voice came through.
"Hey! Good news! We found them! We're taking the injured back to headquarters."
"Hold up! Have you seen another transporter? Apparently, we lost one."
"No, we...hey! What the hell? There's smoke pouring out of Area B! It's under attack!"
This only made Vent and Aile worry more.
"What!?"
"...Boss...I'm going after him. I'm borrowing the biometal for awhile."
The little reploid looked like he was ready to burst.
"Are you insane!? You're putting the biometal in danger again? No! I won't allow..."
"Fleuve! Let him go!"
"Prairie?"
"Please let him go. He's more than capable of fighting off the Mavericks...Vent...you risked your life for me even though you didn't even know me. I trust you, okay? I'll clear it with Guardian HQ. Count on it. Now go help Giro!"
"Yeah...thanks Prairie."
Flevue nodded.
"Alright then, I'll just head back to headquarters and provide support from there."
Flevue stepped into the trans-server and was gone. Aile stood there for a moment trying to make sense of what was going on.
"Vent..."
"Aile, I know about as much as you do right now. We can talk later. I'm worried about Boss!"
"I...know."
Vent headed for the door but Aile put a hand on his shoulder.
"Watch yourself out there. Bring Boss back in one piece."
"I will."
Vent went to leave.
"Vent!"
"Yeah?"
"...Don't die out there."
Vent smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
"You got it. Follow Flevue. I'll be back."
Vent left the trans-server station. Aile didn't move for a moment before teleporting after Flevue in the trans-sever."
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Well, there we go! Chapter 3! I already know where I'll end chapter 4 so all that's left to do it write it. I'll post it Sunday night. Let you guys squrim for a bit. Since this is a revised chapter 3 and I didn't get a chance to say so in the original, please review my story or you'll make a small animal cry! This is Dark Assassin Omega signing off!
