Mega Man X: The Mist Enigma

Chapter 23: Why the Long Face?

To think. A holy warrior like myself befallen by a minor threat. It sucks. It just sucks. All I could see was black and a small glimmer of white far in the distance. If I still had my sense of humor, I'd cry pathetically, "No Billy! Don't go to the light!" But naturally, I didn't have it in me. The light became so tempting, so I began reaching for it. Then a voice stopped me.

"Why the long face, huh?"

It was a familiar voice. One I knew oh so well. A beautiful voice. An image appeared before the light. As it got closer, it changed from a black silhouette to a human figure. A slim female body, features average yet perfect at the same time. Deep red hair flowing just above the shoulder, long bangs laying over the right side of her face covering one of her glorious green eyes. It was my wife.

"Don't tell me you're going to give up, Chris? This is a cakewalk of a fight."

"Misty?" I asked weakly. Her actual name is Michiru, but Misty is a bit of a pet name. Not to mention a small resemblance to a certain Cerulean City gym leader. "H...how? The Mist, it...it got to my..."

"It only got your head, Chris. It's only making you think your soul has been contaminated. I've been trying to tell you this for hours now."

"So, it's just in my head? I'm okay?"

"Well, you're pretty messed up now," she giggled. "But it's nothing a simple healing spell can't fix."

I sounded more confident. "You're right. I just can't let it get to me. By the way, how's Tina?" Tina is our daughter. She's the spitting image of her mother, except for her short blonde hair.

"She's just fine," Misty smiled. "The whole time, even when my hope began slipping, she kept on saying, 'Don't worry, Mom. He can't lose. No matter what.'"

I laughed a little. "That's my girl. Well, how about Yoshi?" My pet Yoshi with a very appropriate name.

"Of course he's okay. It's rare to see a sad Yoshi."

"And Sirco?" Sirco is an old friend of mine. I met him while slaying some demons in the early days of my "career."

"He's fine too. Now no more chat chit. Go fix yourself up."

I smiled. "Thanks a million Misty. See you at home."

"Sure thing, Chris. We'll be waiting." Misty blew me a kiss. As she did, my vision came back. That bloodstained lap of mine was the first thing I saw. I lifted my head and looked at my right arm. There were a couple of nice deep gashes covering it.

"Oh boy, I got a lot of work to do," I said to no one. I surrounded myself in a green aura. My wounds, slowly but surely, were closing up. My strength was returning piece by piece. Soon, in a few minutes or so, I'd be able to help the Hunters.

The thing with that, though, was that there wouldn't be too much I could do without going overboard. After looking up and seeing Gate easily battering the four of them around, it was looking like I would have to go full force on Gate after all.