Note: MegaMan Zero belongs to Capcom. I do own Cynder. I figured since this story makes zero sense, she'd fit right in. And yes, she does have quite an introduction...

Chapter 2: So Many Crazies, So Little Time.

"Yes, the super long blond hair is for real. Quit staring."

-Zero

~~~~(ah...we meet again)~~~~

Copy X looked around, finding himself in a dark room. "What's going on?" he thought aloud. He then heard someone playing on a banjo. 'Ah! There's someone here!' he thought to himself, following the sound, however horrible it was ( whoever was playing the banjo was tone-deaf, he decided). As soon as he got close enough to see who it was, he was promptly smacked with said banjo.

"OW!" Copy X yelped, as he fell on his behind. "You again!" the female Reploid that had hit him cried, "FAKER! I hope the REAL MegaMan X finds you and tears you..." She then stopped, wondering for a moment if the rating would be endangered by what she was about to say. Deciding to play it safe, she yelled, "I hope he pulverizes you!"

"What? I am the real MegaMan X!"

"Liar liar pants on fire!"

"They're on fire...?"

"Not yet, but that can be arranged."

Copy X took a careful look at the Reploid, ignoring her threat. Her hair was a bright orange, and had streaks of black in it. Her armour was various shades of gray and blue, meant to give an ash-like appearance. Her eyes were a fiery blue. Copy X then finally remembered who this Reploid was. Her name was Cynder, mostly because the scientist that designed her claimed she could reduce people's brains to cinders ( make them insane) if she hung out with them long enough.

Like her fellow Maverick Hunter Axl, Cynder had fallen into obscurity, though not because the canonical status of her existence was in question like the aforementioned Reploid. No, she was forgotten simply because before he went to sleep for a century, Zero erased all data on her when she was sealed away for the good of Humanity. The reason for that? He wanted to make sure no one ( including himself) would know about the insane Reploid with a banjo that shot out laser beams.

However, the few that knew of Cynder...

Well, let's just say that they were very few, because legend tells that Zero had created a Cyber-Elf that would hunt down all those who knew of her, and erase their memory.

Copy X happened to be one of the lucky few that the legend never seemed to target.

Ignoring the fact that he was in the middle of nowhere with a Reploid that could potentially drive him insane, Copy X simply asked, "Where are we?" Cynder cocked her head. "Your dream of course, Sleeping..." she started, before muttering, "...Maverick," under her breath.

"My dream? Then what the heck are you doing here?"

"You tell me. And to be honest, you aren't my dream date, either."

Copy X then noticed Cynder holding her banjo in a peculiar manner. His eyes widened when he saw the yellow light emanating from it. "No!" he cried as he backed away, "DON'T!"

Cynder unleashed a Charged Laser right at him.

"Noooooooooooooooooo!" Copy X screamed as he awoke from his nightmare. Breathing heavily, he noticed the Four Guardians staring at him blankly. "Master X..." Phantom started, but he was unable to finish, as Harpuia, Leviathan, and Fefnir started singing:

"Take me out to the asylum!

Take me to see the shrinks!

Give us our marbles and straight jackets,

And we'll pray that we never get out!

And we'll rot, rot, rot all our brains out!

And from this you will see,

That it's one, three, two strikes you're in!

At the A-SY-LUM!"

It was official, Copy X decided. The entire world was against him.

Hirondelle let out a long sigh as he vacuumed the hallway, totally bored. Suddenly, he was torn from his boredom by a rather loud shriek. "Hirondelle you imbecile!" Perroquiet snapped, "Watch where you're vacuuming! You almost sucked up that spider!" Hirondelle looked at the floor very perplexed, seeing the rather large daddy long-legs. "Perroquiet, it's just a spider..." he argued.

"Doesn't matter! It is a living thing! It deserves respect! It deserves...! NO!"

Perroquiet fell apart inside as Zero stepped on the spider, clearly not noticing it. "You... You ARE a monster!" Perroquiet cried, falling to his knees. Zero blinked stupidly, stepping back, allowing the flattened spider to be visible. "W-what did I do?" he protested, before noticing the spider, "Oh..." Hirondelle got in between both Reploids and sucked the spider up into the vacuum, saying, "I'm just gonna leave you two to work it out."

The minute Hirondelle was gone, Perroquiet screamed in rage and tackled Zero. "YOU WILL PAY!" the angry Reploid screamed. Zero let out a yelp in surprise, and struggled to get Perroquiet off him. Elpizo walked down the hallway and noticed this. "Quick!" he cried, "Someone play unfitting music!" After he had said that, the Alvin and the Chipmunks version of 'Funky Town' started playing. "...That works." he said, a little dumb struck ( which is amazing, considering).

While Elpizo tried to break up the fight, a transmission opened up. Ciel, who happened to be in the Commander room, looked up and saw Weil on the screen, smiling like a madman. The two Operators opted to simply not look at the screen. All things considered, I don't blame them.

"Hello Resistance!" Weil exclaimed, "I regret to inform you that your days are up! Today you shall be...!" Weil stopped when the sound of someone howling like a wolf could be heard. He then moved away from the screen to look behind himself, and he along with everyone else saw the smaller Omega ( or if it's easier, the Zero paint-job Omega) sitting down and howling as he stared at the moon outside. Weil's left eye twitched.

"Shut up you stupid Reploid!" Weil yelled, grabbing an incredibly tiny chair and throwing it at Omega. The Reploid let out a shriek and ran off, whimpering like a little puppy that some mean person had decided to kick. Positive that Omega had been silenced, Weil then got in front of the screen, noticing how dumb struck Ciel and a couple Reploids looked.

"Anyways, as I was saying, you shall all be eliminated!" Weil declared, "And with you pests out of the way, I shall take over Neo Arcadia, and maybe the galaxy while I'm at it!" All of a sudden, the door behind him was blasted apart, causing him to jump. "What was that?" the Human cried, turning around, only to get whammed by what appeared to be a baseball bat, which was being held by an aquatic blue person. Within mere seconds, a bunch of aquatic blue people rushed in, and one of them ended the transmission.

"Okay..." Ciel started, "That's something you don't see everyday..." The Operators both looked at each other, and their expressions clearly said the same thing:

'If this turns into a zombie invasion at some point, I am quitting.'

Finally Perroquiet had left Zero alone. However, for some reason Zero's brain didn't register that, resulting in poor Elpizo receiving quite a kick to his stomach. "Agh!" Elpizo cried in pain, clutching his stomach as he fell down to the ground. Zero looked at him in pity. "Would it help if I said I was really sorry about that?" he asked. Elpizo didn't respond, though the look in his eyes let Zero know all was forgiven. Either that, or Elpizo wanted to cut his hair in his sleep.

Cerveau and Alouette watched the scene from afar. "You know Cerveau," Alouette started, "With all these crazy people, I feel like a stranger from another world on this planet trying to adapt." Cerveau merely nodded. "Let's go back to my lab before the crazies get us." he said.

"Yes, let's."

And with that, the two were out of sight. Hirondelle walked in front of the door, having finished vacuuming. "Guys?" he inquired, "Can I hide too?"

The door was opened and the poor Reploid was pulled into the room by his slightly long hair, courtesy of Alouette.

Copy X was busy rubbing his temples, a serious migraine attacking him. Phantom was watching the whole ordeal while twitching uncomfortably. What the two were seeing was the other three Guardians swinging around the chandelier, all the while singing a very off-key version of 'London Bridge is Falling Down'. Copy X swallowed hard. Wherever the original MegaMan X was, he was probably proud of his 'children'. Harpuia, Fefnir, and Leviathan were about as insane as he was claimed to be. Which probably made Phantom the freak in the family.

Copy X's eyes darted around the room, before he became lost in thought. Maybe he could fake his death, modify his armour and other things to not look so much like MegaMan X, then flee Neo Arcadia and roam the planet aimlessly until he finally broke down and fell apart. Or maybe he could join the circus. It was certainly more appealing than having to endure those three maniacs.

Somehow, he had a feeling Phantom was thinking the same thing.

Resistance: 1.

Neo Arcadia: 0.

Dr. Weil: 0.

Aquatic Blue People: 1.

Something is seriously wrong here.

Note: And there ya have it. I hope this wasn't too crazy, but then again, the main theme IS stupidity... Also, anyone like Cynder? :P And the 'Take Me Out to the Asylum' song was something my mom taught me. I think it's obvious what song it parodies.