Code X
Chapter Four - Assigned
The reploids and teenagers hurried to the command center where a large monitor was located above them. A black robot, created looking like a general with the military like hat and armor, stood looking at the screen with a green female character with a long blonde like structure for hair.
"General Signas, Pallette, what's the situation?" X asked. The black robot turned and saw the odd looking humans. He stared at them for a moment, then turned his attention back to the screen.
"Take a look for yourself," He responded. They looked up at the large monitor. It had the word "WARNING" flashing bright red, then cut to show a shot of the Earth. Eight dots appeared on the globe and white lines were begging to draw out from them.
"It seems, eight 'roids went Maverick," said Signas.
"What!? Why so many? We killed Lumine and Sigma, why would so many mavericks appear at once?" asked Axl.
"What the heck is going on here?" Odd asked. Zero turned to him and the other teenagers.
"Mavericks. You see, we as reploids have advanced technological circuitry that gives us the ability to emulate emotions, think on our own, even learn as if we were human. However, because of that power, it can be corrupted from even the simples things to make us go Maverick. We here at Hunter Base, hunt down and destroy mavericks to keep the peace."
Odd stared at him blankly. "Um, could you say that in English please?"
"Odd, he's sayin' that they're like the repair men and police put together who stop bad guy robots who get busted like a computer," Aelita answered with a slight giggle.
Alia and Layer sat down in the two empty seats to Pallette's right. Alia in the middle, Layer to the right. The three of them began typing. The white lines that came from the circles on the globe now had pictures on the ends of them.
"Alright, as usual you'll be teaming up to take these guys out," Pallette started.
"Wait a minute, we wanna help," Ulrich blurted out. Signas turned to the teen. He looked at him, up and down, as if evaluating him. He then walked off passed all of them.
"Fine," he said. "Just don't get hurt out there."
"Well, I guess if they're going with you, that'll make seven able fighters right?" Layer asked.
The teens looked at each other and thought about it for a bit. "Actually," Aelita began, "I'd like to stay here and help out. So it'd be six."
"Good, then three teams of two can go out to any three mavericks of their choice. Just be careful out there guys, it's dangerous," Alia said.
"Well, I want my old buddy Zero on my team," Ulrich said.
Axl put his arm around Odd and said, "Guess that means we'll be partners. Looks like X gets to work with…Yumi right?"
Yumi nodded and walked over next to X. X looked at the screen intensely. He saw there was one in Neo Japan who looked like a samurai, one in Egypt who looked a pile of sand, one in the barren wasted land they once called New York who looked like a pile of scrap.
"How about those three? You guys alright with them?" he asked.
The warriors nodded and each Hunter took their teams to a different teleported to meet with their individual enemies.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sorry it's so short. I figured I'd give you a cliffhanger. ^-^ R&R please.