Mega Man Zero Elpizo

Chapter 2

Forgotten Memories

"Iris? Iris! Iris! Iris….. No, this can't be happening! There's no reason for me to go on! What am I fighting for?" Zero's agonized wail pierced the silence.

Iris' eyes snapped open. She wasn't sure what it meant but she felt Zero's suffering. She wasn't even sure why she was dreaming about something so horrible.

"Zero…" She whispered.

She didn't know what it meant but she fully intended to find out.

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"Greetings Zero, I am Elpizo. The new commander of the Resistance." Elipzo offered his hand.

Zero wasn't one for handshakes but he decided to go along with it.

"I must admit that this is going better than my meeting with Vile." Elpizo admitted sheepishly after letting the Crimson Reploid's hand go.

"I can imagine how that went over." Zero agreed.

"I'm pretty sure he doesn't like me." Elpizo added.

"Why were you chosen as commander?" Zero asked professionally.

"I honestly don't have a clue. Me; a commander? I am still trying to grasp the concept." Elpizo replied wryly.

"Stay cool and execute your plans with wisdom. Don't become arrogant. Neo Arcadia is a powerful foe." Zero warned.

Elpizo nodded seriously.

"I will do my best." He promised.

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"A1291, wake up." A soothing voice called to her. Still, in her heart something seemed amiss. She was sure she had a different name. Not just that she felt that she was missing something.

"A1291, wake up, we need you." The soothing voice called to her again.

She suddenly remembered her true name; Alia. However, the soothing voice urged. So, she woke up.

"Good morning A1291."

Alia shook her head.

"That isn't my name… I'm Alia." She explained.

Suddenly she felt a tremendous pain. She quickly lost consciousness.

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"A1291 wake up." The soothing voice called to her.

She felt that something was amiss but she wasn't sure what. Still, the voice called to her. She opened her eyes.

"Good morning A1291." The voice greeted her.

"Hello, who are you?" She asked.

Something continued to nag at her. Her name; it was as if something was wrong. She wasn't sure what but she would find out…

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"Commander Delta 338, what is my true name?" A1291 pleaded.

"A1291. It is your name."

She shook her head.

"I can feel that it isn't my true name Sir. Deep within me it is as if I was once called something else." A1291 replied.

"….It seems that you are still unfit for the MHRB." Delta's voice became cruel.

A1291 shivered. She knew what happened to the 'unfit'. They were sentenced to 'public chastisement'. She had never been on the receiving end but it looked horrible…

"Please sir, I merely-" A1291 began.

"Shut up if you don't want the conditioning to take longer." He replied cruelly.

She shivered again. Suddenly, rough hands grabbed her and began to drag her away.

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Omega looked at the remains of his foe. It hadn't been too difficult to destroy the foe. Even with 'Duboar' he still hadn't enough power. A moment after it started to go berserk Omega fired a barrage of powerful plasma bursts directly at Duboar. After the blinding light cleared there wasn't even scrap metal left of the machine.

"Excellent Omega-1…" A terrible voice whispered to him.

Omega's eyes narrowed and he readied himself for combat.

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Alpha sensed Omega, his 'secondary target' he destroyed Duboar. He drew his twin swords but didn't ignite the massive blades.

"Excellent Omega-1..." Alpha whispered chillingly.

Alpha had his eyes closed but when he knew that Omega was looking at where he was he opened his terrible eyes.
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Omega suddenly saw two glowing crimson eyes. A moment later a Reploid in Blood Red armor with black trim stepped forward. Simultaneously the Reploid's swords flared to life. The blades were easily as long and as broad as Omega's own weapon.

"Time to die Omega…" The Red Reploid said in a harsh and cruel whisper.

A millisecond later the two began a vicious battle.

Omega was shocked how powerful the enemy truly was. It became apparent that this battle was a stalemate. Omega couldn't land a decisive blow on his enemy but the foe couldn't defeat Omega either.

Omega suddenly jumped backwards and fired off a barrage of shots and a set of the powerful plasma bursts slammed into the red armored Reploid. The helmet of Omega's challenger was knocked off, after it was possible for them to see Omega was truly shocked at the face beneath…

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X was smiling faintly as he entered his and Alia's room. However, upon seeing Alia writhing from a nightmare his smile vanished.

"Alia!" He ran to her side and held her to him.

She let out a moan as he wrapped his arms around her, and held onto him as if she would never let go.

"Alia! Wake up!" He called to her.

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