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Maverick Hunter Phoenix Of course I live! It'd take more than -Gets run over by a truck.- Owww...
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Ch. 3 - My legs hurt...
"Runrunrunrunrun!" And I was outta there! They were stuck in the sand traps left behind, leaving them subject to the Time Bomb explosion. But, just as I had expected, I had no transportation back to the others. Hmph. Bastards. They figured I would've been killed... riiiight... Hmmm... I wondered briefly if I could still send mail... promptly, a semi-transparent screen shimmered into existence right in front of me. Okay, creepiness... Not bothering to question it, I recorded a short clip and sent it to Megaman. Within another twenty minutes, a confused pilot picked me up in another helicopter, bringing me back to base.
One of the 'Hunters' showed me to the room where Megaman and Protoman were before going about his business. The door opened as I approached it, and Zero cracked up laughing as soon as he saw me.
"Maverick!"
"Ididn'tdoit!" My automatic response...
"Well, I'm glad we can still communicate the same way..." Protoman said dryly. "Are all your e-mails that... colorful?" I nodded. If this were an anime, I swear they'd be sweat-dropping... Megaman started to replay the e-mail I sent him.
Email from: Maverick
Re: Yay! I'm alive!
"Hi everyone! Ya, I'm glad for the support people!" I yelled sarcastically at the screen before smirking. "But... I'm alive!" Happily, with more energy than I should have had, ever, I broke out into the Charleston. "Anyways, I reeealy don't feel like walk all the way back, so would someone come pick me up? I kinda destroyed the tanks here, or else I'd drive one of them... They had machine guns on 'em too... awww...ANYWAYS, come get me now, or face my squirrelly wrath! Later days!" ... A few seconds of me staring blankly at the screen, looking completely clueless, then... blink... then... "Squirrelly wrath!"
END EMAIL
Zero cracked up again, tears forming at the edges of his eyes. I didn't think it was that funny... but even X, Megaman, and Protoman were at least laughing... it must've been one of those 'you just had to be there' things... Once everyone calmed down, though, they turned serious.
"How'd you do that?" X turned to me, expecting an answer.
"Do what, the clip and the e-mail?" I was lost... "I dunno. I wanted to know if I could still send e-mails, and without thinking about it, the prompt came up..."
"'Still'?" I nodded.
"Long story. I'd get bored if I tried to tell ya. And I don't think you'd believe us anyways; you already think I'm insane."
"Uhmm, Maverick? That's because you are." Protoman pointed out.
"Well, that's besides the point."
"Well, I'm ordering you to explain to them what's going on." I was on my feet in an instant, ready to beat up the arrogant Navi.
"I don't take orders from fuckin Officials, got that?" Perhaps it was my tone of voice, or the fact my saber was already drawn, or he knew of my small reputation, but he backed off quietly.
"Maverick..." Megaman tried to calm me down, but when he touched my arm, I spun around. He was now crumpled at the base the wall, a small dent in it, apparently unconscious. My breathing picked up slightly, alert, battle-ready, unwilling to listen to reason. X and Zero voice their outrage, but when I turned to face them, they readied their weapons.
"Maverick, you are hereby under arrest..." I didn't hear the last part of Protoman's sentence.
Maverick! It's Khayox! They're taking over the Net!
What! They were disbanded! I froze, a growl rising in my throat. Khayox... a threat to both Navis and their Operators... Sai... Megaman slowly stumbled to his feet...
"I repeat, Maverick, you..." Protoman began to repeat...
"Khayox..." He froze; there was an extremely dangerous edge to my tone... I need to find the data stream... I had a feeling it was our only way home... I had to think. How..?
"What? What's Khayox?" Megaman asked, seeing how I was calm, my world going semi-fuzzy... it felt like a dream...
"All of you, calm down. What's going on?" I didn't respond to X's question, trying to calm down, trying to think...
"They're back... taking over.. we've got go... now... We can't allow them... the Net..." I realized I was tired... extremely tired; out of energy... I collapsed backwards, my world going dark again...
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"She's been infected..." Was that Protoman..?
"What! With what?" Megaman, keep it down, man; I'm trying to sleep...
"The Maverick Virus... but it isn't acting how it normally does... she needs to be isolated and observed..."
"She isn't a science experiment for them to research! She's just tired and stressed out... besides, can we even get infected?"
"I'm not sure, but she's a Maverick and needs to be dealt with. You heard the others talking; we have no choice."
"But..."
"Do you remember how she was acting, threatening us? If that's how she normally acts, think about how unpredictable she'll be when the virus kicks in. We can't risk it... she might turn on us."
"She wouldn't do that... she might be rather insane, but she has a good heart..."
"Still... Signas says she needs to stay where she can't do any damage..."
"Uhmm... she's a suicidal mercenary with a variety of dangerous battlechips her operator can supply her with... she can do damage anywhere..." My eyes snapped open, and I sat up suddenly, causing them to look at me as I swung my legs over the side of the table and stood up.
"Hey guys." My usual grin, with the usual care-free attitude as I sauntered over to the other two Navis. "Any news?"
"No, not that you need to concern yourself with." Woah, Protoman being colder than usual... My eyes narrowed and I smirked, going from innocent to dangerous. They seemed surprised at the half a second it took for me to do a one-eighty.
"Not even me bein infected and all? I dunno about you, but the idea of being locked up doesn't float too well with me..." Giving a shrug, I held it for a minute. "But then again, I am a suicidal mercenary with a variety of dangerous battlechips my operator can supply me with; I can do damage anywhere, so it shouldn't matter to me." The two Hunters entered, apparently hoping for a peaceful cooperation.
"Just follow orders and we won't have to hurt you." X stated. Oooh, cocky, wasn't he? But they were serious...
"You? Hurt me?" I started to laugh. "You'll have to catch me first..." And I was off! Dodge Megaman and Protoman, weave between X and the wall, launch myself over Zero, duck beneath his saber, and dash into the hall. An alarm went off; they really must've wanted me under control... But no one can control a maverick... Recalling briefly where the garage/hanger was I lept over the railing of the third-floor staircase, dropping a full two floors and landing on my feet (oww... sore legs...) before running that way. Most of the Hunters had no clue it was me they had to look out for, but they attempted to restrain me anyways... I led them on a wild chase all around the first floor (which included an obstacle course through the kitchen/mess hall) before escaping into the hanger and starting up a Landrover, leaving the others behind... About half an hour later, I ditched the rover and continued on foot. Apparently, we Navis didn't have a signal of sorts that they could pick up on their scans (heck, none of their scans could pick us up!), so it was best... After an hour of walking in one random direction through dirt and grass and sand and mud, I knelt down to think. Okay... I could still send e-mail... the thought-speech program was active... which ment I was still connected to the PET... but how? A faint shimmering on the ground caught my eye, but when I stared at where it had been, it was gone... A data thread! There was the invisible link between a Navi and their PET at all times! It was like we were still in the Net! So... all I needed to do... was find a teleporter... and... hm. I could probably set it to follow the path of the thought-speech program... it sent my voice out to the PET, out the speakers, and sent Sai's voice directly to my mind... so, if I did that... chances were... I would be home! All I had to do was
-hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-
avoid being shot in the head.