Prometheus led Juno to a laboratory with nothing in it but one cryogenic status chamber that sat against a wall, connected to a rather intimidating computer console. Master Albert was waiting in the center of the room. Pandora stood behind him, well enough away in distance to signal that she held some sort of qualms with her creator.

"Ah Juno, come here, I want to see you in person once more." Master Albert said as Juno and Prometheus entered the lab. Cautiously, Juno moved toward the Trinity member and allowed him to get a closer look at her.

"Such a pretty girl," he crooned. "I have a gift for you."

From behind, Master Albert pulled out a small packet and held it up to Juno. Wordlessly -unsure of what to say- Juno took it from him and undid the packaging. Inside was a Biometal- it radiated with a kind of energy that almost made the woman sick. Juno snapped her head up at the Trinity member and shoved the Biometal back at him.

"I can't accept this!" she declared quickly, almost in a panic. "I don't know what it is, or how you found it, but I'm not taking it!"

"I have given you so much Juno," Master Albert said to her calmly, "I have improved your implants, I gave you shelter- please take this Biometal as one last token of my admiration."

"No!"

Suddenly, the look on Master Albert's face grew dark. "Yes. You will." he muttered darkly. "Biometal Model O..."

"Don't do this!" Juno plead backing away from him.

"Merge with Juno!"

At his command, the Biometal started to radiate a horrifying glow as it started to raise in the air, inching its way closer to the defenseless woman.

'Biolink… established… system… online…'

"No!"

The blood curdling scream that followed as it emitted from the human woman would have given anyone in hearing range nightmares. The Biometal crawled from underneath her skin, emerging as if her own blood had erupted in tiny spouts throughout her pores. Juno shook violently as the Biometal took over her skin, seemed to tear her flesh apart and spilling her internal organs out onto the ground.

Prometheus and Pandora simply looked on. Deep down, watching this grotesque display nearly made Prometheus feel sorry for the human. Almost.

'Iris… pretty, pretty Iris… I remember you...'

"No!" the human screeched as her body twisted into inhuman places without her permission as the Biometal took over. Juno's body thrust to the ground as if she was being kicked and pushed around, eventually leaving her to a place to simply lay there in fetal position. Crying, screaming, and in mass amount of pain that simpler men would have died for after the first minute.

Pandora carefully walked over to her, attempting to place a gentle hand on her shoulder, but the human swat the Reploid's hand when it was only half a centimeter away.

"Don't touch me." Juno growled, a tone in which nearly terrified Pandora to instantly back away. Even Prometheus was taken aback by the human's actions, if only because she was scaring his sister.

"Welcome Juno, Biomatch for Biometal Model O, the Devil Mega Man."

From the ground, fighting back her own tears and growing agony, Juno started to emit a low, creepy chuckle.

"You..." she painfully started to laugh. "You bastard. You planned this all along, didn't you?"

"I'll admit that you changed the narrative slightly," Master Albert confirmed darkly, "But yes, it was all planned. Why do you think I 'safeguarded' your previous implants? You have a strong will my dear, and letting it go to waste on photography would have been distasteful of me."

"I should have known… all your talk about games and… and power. Should have seen if from the start."

"If it wasn't for you my sweet, I would have never known that there were other Biometals out there. Without you, I wouldn't have been assured that Biometal W was the only power standing between me and total reset."

"Grow up!" Juno spat at him as she attempted to sit up.

"NEVER!" Master Albert shrieked, kicking the human hard in the stomach. Still hurting from her new transformation, Juno howled in pain as she fell back to the ground writhing in agony. "This is what he wants!" Master Albert continued, continuing to kick her without restraint at the end of each sentence, "Pain! Suffering! Ignorance! This was all because he couldn't let go of the past! It was because he couldn't stay with her!"

"Then… the apple… didn't fall… far… from... the tree..."

Fury was not the only emotion that flashed in the man's eyes; death- death shown bright and putrid with an intense burning. "I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM!" Master Albert screamed at her as he raised his fist to harm her. A blast of ice hit him before he could take the blow. Snapping his head up, Master Albert gave a deadly look at Pandora, who was ready to strike again need she be. Prometheus too, stiffly took position if he needed to strike as well. Seeing them made Master Albert recompose himself slightly.

"Juno, your influence on others is… sickening." he then decided coldly. "Perhaps I should make you into a Biometal, thrust it into every Mega Man in existence- maybe they'll learn a thing or two from your essence that not even Model W can replicate."

"And what… what's that?" Juno asked, looking at him through squinted eyes.

"Love." the man snarled. "The love you share, the love that you give that no one deserves. Future Mega Men could benefit from that knowledge; feeding on it, manipulating it, destroying it."

"How many?" Juno sputtered. Master Albert raised an eyebrow at her.

"Come again?" he questioned with a sneer.

"How many... others… Mega Men…?"

"You already know one..." Master Albert said to her carelessly. "Talked quite a bit about him during your time here- oh what was his name, Giro?"

Juno uttered a moan of pain, or realization from her own stupidity; which one was more prominent was up for debate.

"Two others are in this room with you. Haven't you noticed their new wardrobe recently?" the man then continued, a wolfish smile crossing his lips. "I've located four other Mega Men who are doing other assignments to bring about my new reign. But I'm missing one, a certain blue bomber. You wouldn't happen to know anyone that could fit that description, could you? You sure have a funny way of getting around..."

The woman did not answer directly, letting out another low groan. Under her breath she began to whimper the same word over and over as dread overwhelmed her already drained body.

"Stop thinking Juno, and let the Biometal take over." Master Albert then dictated, growing annoyed of her resistance. She was too strong willed, but even that could be broken with time... "The transformation will only sustain itself as long as you keep resisting."

'What are you fighting for?'

"I won't let you hurt Mother's children!" Juno screamed as she bolted forward to hit Master Albert with her clenched fists. Master Albert barely flinched at her movement, and stopped her fist just inches away from his face.

"Mother?" he inquired, a new found curiosity arousing inside of him. "You mean the Mother Elf?"

Juno did not reply. Instead she focused her energy in trying to run Master Albert over, to throw off his balance, anything to put him into a vulnerable position just to smash his face into the ground at least once. With a look from Master Albert, Prometheus and Pandora came forward to force the woman off of their creator; Juno still fought. A very strong will indeed…

But it was breaking. Slowly shifting, Juno's dark green eyes were fading between its original color to a blood red. Model O was claiming control over her, but her resistance was constantly fighting back its control.

"Model O," Master Albert then addressed, "I believe you are in enough control to understand me properly. When you are able to take control over our friend here, I want you to join me in a little game of hide and seek. I think you'll know who I'm searching for quite well. Does 'Zero' ring any bells to you?"

'Zero… Ragnarok... the fake…'

"I will have you know Model O, that he still exists in the same way you exist. I want you to take out the Red Mega Man, your exact opposite and perfect twin; I want you to kill Girouette."

"Bastard..." the human breathed with disgust on her last ounce of will. Master Albert said nothing to her, and left without another word.

"We received word that the Guardians and Giro Express are exchanging Biometal Model X later this week." Prometheus grumbled into Juno's ear. "We already have some Galleons scheduled to find and assault Giro Express's end of things, and a Mechaniloid to the Guardians. With information from Model O about your knowledge of the situation, we know that Giro Express's leader will be at the rendezvous point. It will then be your chance to strike. Get the Biometal, then get back here. Do I make myself clear Biometal Model O?"

Juno still struggled to get out of the Reploids' grip, but the blood red in her eyes grew as her struggles slowly ceased. Finally, in a dark voice that belonged to both Juno and someone else, the human's mouth opened to give a single answer; "Yes."