Code X

Chapter Eight - Blast From The Past

After the teenagers and the hunters had returned to the base, they met together with Signas, Alia, Layer, Pallette, and Alia. They began discussing their separate adventures.

"Well, I have to say I was scared when Quartz caught me, but I knew I'd be fine with a guy like X around," Yumi said. She giggled and X smiled back at her. Ulrich glared at the reploid and Zero spoke up.

"Well, the two of us found something interesting. A black robot by the name of Bass said he was ready for another battle with someone named Megaman."

"Bass!? That's the name of the red robot that saved our lives said he was looking for!" Odd shouted.

Ulrich asked, "You think the red guy and Megaman are the same guy?"

X shook his head. "I don't think so. My full name is Megaman X. For all we know, Bass was talking about me. Thing is, I've never even heard of Bass before."

The computer started whining a loud siren noise and a flash of red went off.

"Oh come on! More Mavericks or something?" Yumi asked. Layer looked on the computer.

"Sir, you might want to see this," she said. The group looked up at the computer screen and saw that all of the mavericks were being destroyed one by one.

"What's going on here!?" Zero shouted. No one had ever seen something as insane as this.

Suddenly the sirens got worse and a voice said "INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! ALL FIGHTERS REPORT TO THE FRONT GATE!"

"The four of you stay here, the three of us will go see what's up. We'll call if we need backup," said X.

The kids nodded and the robots took off.

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At the front gate, Bass was shooting everything. His bullets slammed into walls, people, and equipment everywhere. Explosions continued to go off. "Come on out Blue Bomber! I'm gonna kill you!"

"Not if I have something to say about it!" Axl shouted as he fired at the robot. Easily dodged, he laughed.

"Maverick! You will be destroyed!" Zero shouted. He rushed him, blade ready, but Bass stood still.

"Zero! Wait it could be a trap!" X shouted. Before Zero could stop moving, Bass dashed in front of him and grabbed him with his right hand emitting a dark aura.

He smirked and said "You should have listened to the fake." He blasted the darkness out of his hand and shot through Zero's body. He gasped for air as his body was sent flying behind his friends with chucks of metal missing.

"You'll pay for that!" X shouted. He charged up his buster as Axl fired a barrage of bullets at him. Bass dodged each and every little bullet and appeared behind him. He fired and shot his left arm off. X shouted and released his fully charged buster shot. Bass took the hit and laughed.

"That one actually hurt. Now it's my turn to- ahh!" A giant buster shot hit him and sent him into the ground. X turned his head to see the red robot from Zero's story. He jumped down and handed Axl to X.

"Get him some help. I'll get the other one and help him too. That is, if I'm allowed in."

"No one's going anywhere Protoman!" Bass shouted as he shot another bullet. Protoman pulled his shield out and blocked it, following up with a shot of his one. Bass then began to run away.

"Protoman? Is… that you? I've heard that you were one of the early models is that true? Do you know who I am? Do you know my past? What about Dr. Light?"

"In time. For now, let's get your friends healed and rest up. I'll explain the rest inside."

"Yea buddy, don't you worry about a thing. We'll go and take care of that black robot," said Odd as he and the others appeared.

X shook his head. "No it's alright. Let's just rest up."

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Oh wow now that's a cliffhanger. Will Protoman tell X the answers he seeks? Is he trustworthy? And what of Jeremy back home? How has he been handling things? R+R For all the answers!