Mega Man X Chaos
Chapter 11
Restoration
"That nuclear missile base was a breeze…" Zero said to X as they entered Blitzkrieg HQ.
"The MHRB never did plan as well as they should have." X shrugged.
"Still each time we destroy a missile silo they pin it on us saying that it was an important instillation. We can't keep doing this…"
"True but we are on damage control right now. We will be able to counter them after the initial danger is past."
"Wonder if Axl completed his mission."
"I hope so." X replied.
"He is still working on it." A woman's spoke from the computer room.
"Layer? You are back already?" Zero asked in a surprised voice.
"Just got back just a minute ago." She replied as she walked out to greet them.
"Zero? How are you?" Iris asked concernedly.
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"Thank you. I only try to do my job sir." Josel said to her boss.
"You do an excellent job."
"Thank you….Sir may I ask a question?"
"What is that?"
"If I could talk to a member of Blitzkrieg would you air it?"
"What kind of talk is this? They are Mavericks! Besides that the public hates them anyways! We would lose our ratings for doing that! There is no way that I would allow such a broadcast! I'm not stupid. Josel don't ask such a question again."
"Yes sir."
Axl sighed. This was going to be hard to do but maybe he could talk to this 'Josel'.
Josel stood up as her boss dismissed her. She left the room and Axl quickly but quietly went to the vent outside of the office. He peered though the metal and as soon as Josel walked out he began to knock on the grating. Josel stopped and looked around. Axl hit the grating again. She looked towards Axl and he opened the ventilation system grate. He rolled out of the ventilation.
"Before you say 'intruder' I want to talk to you. I will leave because I am a 'criminal maverick' but please meet me in the parking lot."
She had a visible internal struggle before she nodded.
Axl smiled, said thanks and rolled back into the ventilation.
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Gate frowned. He was working on a weapon's program that could hit a nuclear missile out of the air, deactivate the missile and drop it into the sea. However, the system's simulator was projecting that it was far too inaccurate and had a .003 chance of hitting and deactivating the nuke. Also the program could not deactivate the missile unless he had three times the amount of energy…
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X allowed Alia to continue her analysis of his systems.
"He has such amazing power Dr. Light…"
"Yes. However, that is not why I created him. He is a son to me…"
"A son Dr?"
"I care about him as a human cares for his or her own child."
"I see. So when will you wake him up?"
"Soon. In fact maybe tomorrow…"
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"Memory reboot active. 10 percent regained."
Alia's computer announced.
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"Wake up X." Dr. Light said to his son.
X awoke he felt odd. He had more power than he thought possible.
"Dr. Light…"
"We have a problem. A really big problem. A powerful red… being is rampaging… you are the only one who can stop it…"
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X looked at his X-buster it announced that he had taken too much damage-he would have to be repaired. He went to Dr. Light.
"X… I had wanted you to be able to live here but…"
"Dr?"
"Your repairs will take a long time and I identified an unusual virus… It will take at least thirty years before we can be sure that it has not altered you…"
"I understand…"
"X I will place you in a capsule and the repairs and analysis will be done within the protective pod."
"Alright…"
Dr. Light wiped a tear from his eye.
"I will miss you X."
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"What did you want to talk about Ax-" she was interrupted by him.
"Shh! Don't say my name here please. I am in hostile territory right now." He urgently whispered.
Josel nodded.
"So what did you want to talk about?"
"I will give you this… And you wanted an interview?" Axl asked her as he handed her a disk. She put it in her pocket.
"Yes I did. But, the boss said…"
"I know what he said. However, what we have to say may surprise you and everyone else."
"This in itself is a surprise." She muttered.
Axl grinned at her.
"I know."
"Fine… where would you want the interview to take place?"
"We have a small building which we can use. Read this paper, memorize the location and date and hand the paper back. My group can't be discovered…" He handed her the paper.
"Go figure." She smiled back at him.
The paper mentioned that the interview would happen tomorrow at noon. It wouldn't take too long to get there. The location was just a few blocks from her home. She could get there in five minutes.
"How did you find out that my day-" She began to ask.
"Not here wait till then." He said urgently.
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Layer and Palette were working on the data that Zero had downloaded. The data was heavily encoded. It was difficult to decode but, not impossible.
Zero and Iris stood outside of the base. The view was spectacular. He was glad that Gate had created a satellite jammer. Gate had thought ahead and made the jammer cover the entire region. If a satellite did scan the area it would see clouds or a slightly changed area. In the altered picture the area where their home was still in its original form.
"Zero?"
"What is it Iris?"
"Would you be willing to tell me what you are running from?"
"Running?"
"You won't let anyone near you. Not even me. I love you but, you push me away… It is like before but, instead of duty interfering you instead block anything dealing with the past…"
Zero closed his eyes and thought. Did he really do that? Of course he did. He couldn't deny it.
"I was once a Maverick Iris… Why I am not still a Maverick is beyond me…I have shed too much innocent blood…."
She looked shocked. Whether it was his honesty or the answer itself it was beyond him. He had been honest. He only hoped she wouldn't leave him now…
"Zero I understand now… But, you aren't a maverick. You are even greater than they say too because you had the strength to fight the evil which was within you. Some resist the Maverick virus but, you unlike them defeated it when it was at its greatest strength. I won't ever leave you Zero."
"What if it was because of Sigma's fist?" Zero asked.
"If he hit the crystal helm core then it is SLIGHTLY possible. He would have needed to be hungering for power and wanting your strength… But, that is not the only thing-you would have wanted to be free too and had been fighting the virus for a while…Which then the virus would have transferred to the easier to control host."
"How do you know that?" Zero asked curiously.
"My brother had studied the Virus and if there was a way to free someone from it. That idea came about when he stuck them in a simulator which simulated two different reploids. One with the virus and one without and the simulator simulated emotions too. It took nearly ten years for him to find the truth."
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