Chapter 5
Hello, my name is Cathtrina. What is your's?
By: Ghostwriter
I should say something, but…I don't know. Oh, sorry for any problems with the characters. I haven't played it in years. And sorry about centering on Stardust for a bit. I don't like throwing in original characters without explanations. In fact, I don't like them usual. Her existence is merely to act tough, but to show her rather girly side and, well, we need more female Mavericks. They have female Masters now a days! We need some more "role-models." Oh, and it shall be realized that the Media are made up of a bunch of jerks and just cover the silliest and the bluntest things. Not only that, but they interview the fools.
Disclaimer: Megaman X, Zero, Sigma, Vile, Dynamo, Alia, Signas, Dr. Cain, Douglas, Lifesavor, the Mavericks, the Maverick Hunters, and Reploids belong to Capcom and any affiliates that contributed to making any of the Megaman series and *gasps for breath* not me. Oh, and there is no proof that there is or is not such things as ghost.
---
Zero headed down some more halls. And some more halls. And some more halls. He figured he probably went around in circles (or more correctly, squares) already, but he could not tell one hall from another. So he went down some more halls. And some more halls. And some more halls. He was getting mad and worried. Mad that he, the great Zero, could not find his way out of place this place. Worried for his best friend, X, could not find his way out of this place. Zero figured he would have ran into him by now.
"You know, the Mavericks could just come and fight me. But no, they have to put me in a maze. They could at least try to destroy me. But nooo, they make me pissed off. They could just do their normal thing. BUT NO! I HAVE TO WALK AROUND THIS PLACE LIKE A JACK-ASS."
Zero was in a very bad mood. Zero started to quietly mumble to himself. But, since we all know how Zero is, he started to talk louder. "Stupid...Can't even...I wish I was...Why me god, why me?" His mumbling started to sound like him talking to himself. This eventually got him talking to his other side: His "evil" side. "Kill them all...go away...kill them aaaall...I need to get out...KILL THEM ALL...up shut, up shut now," This went back and forth for a while, but even his evil side got bored of bugging him and went back to sleep.
Neither of their boredom lasted long because he heard a girl's scream. It sounded like she said something was going to eat her. Zero stopped and blinked. "Well, I must have gone crazier because I am hearing new voices in my head," he said in quite a calm tone, considering the subject matter. A curious bot as he was, he started to head to the direction of the scream.
"The worst it can be is the Mavericks trying to scare me. As if that is going to scare me," he mumbled to himself.
He kept a casual gate, until he heard the next bouts of shouts, "HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME! Umm…X IS IN TROUBLE! PLEASE, HELP MEEEEE!" That got Zero's rear-end moving.
While spiriting, Zero did actually think. This could be another Maverick trick, which could mean his death. He did not care, though. If his best friend was in danger, hurt, or both, he had to help. So he started running down the hall to the direction of the voice, which was hard do to the fact that he did not know which path would show him the right way. Never the less, he ran to the voice in order to help is friend.
Some how by the acts of the Gods or who ever was up there, he got closer because the little girl's yelling was getting louder.
Right when he was about to turn around another corridor, the yelling stopped. But Zero guessed what awaited around the corner could be quite deadly. He drew his Z-saber out and ignited it. Then, very quickly, he turned around the corner.
No one was in the area. No one except a beat-up X.
He only spared a glance around for enemies before he turned off his sword and ran to X, calling his fellow hunter's name, not noticing the chill in the air he had felt earlier…
---
A couple of minute earlier...
---
X slightly stirred. His face hurt, very, very, very much. And he felt cold. And he heard yelling. Groaning in pain, he opened his eyes just a tinsy-winsy-tiny bit. He figured he was hallucinating because he saw a teen girl, all in white and somehow opaque, looking down at him. She seemed to be the one yelling, though he really couldn't understand what she was yelling about, being that his "brain" felt like it was pounding "inside" his head.
'Wow', he thought to himself, 'That Maverick must have hit me harder then I thought,' He started to laugh which turned into another groan. Happiness hurt at the moment.
After the last sound of pain, girl stopped yelling, turned down to look at him, slightly smiling, and said in a soft, wispy, but sweet sounding voice, "Hey, you okay? Don't worry, blue dude, I think help is on the way." Then the teen giggled.
X smiled back, though it was how a drunk would smile, and nodded. "Kay," he responded lightly, still dizzy from his attack. But since the silly girl was happy, maybe he could be.
The girl blinked. "Okay…um, the blond hippy is coming," she said not in as sweet or soft voice, but more of a normal teen's voice (besides the wispy part). The girl seemed to ponder on something for a bit before she grabbed something from the ground. It looked like a skeleton doll. "Here yah go", the wispy-voice teen said as she sat the doll in X's lap, "Jack is gonna keep you company for a bit. Jack, be nice." For a split second, she looked up and smiled at X one more time...then vanished into thin air.
This was a little too much for X to deal with, so he fainted, again. He thought he heard Zero yelling for him, but felt too tired. He dropped his head down.
---
Same as above, just different point of view...
---
The ghost child kept yelling, "HELP!!" Suddenly, the guy known as X made a groaning sound. She blinked and turned at him. 'Poor dude,' she thought, 'I wonder how he will react to a ghost. Better be as nice as you can be.' Putting on one of her best smiles and trying to talk in a motherly she said, "Hey, you okay? Don't worry, blue dude, I think help is on the way." 'God, that was corny,' she thought and giggled.
Surprisingly, he answered back, saying, "Kay," and gave her a dizzy smile.
'Yep, very poor...Uh oh, the blond hippy is coming', she thought to herself as she felt Zero's present coming down the hall and saying the last part out loud. 'Well, I hate to leave the guy alone...' she pondered on this thought for a few then looked at her stuffed skeleton doll. 'Well...it's not like I can take you through walls, Mr. Skellington. I guess you betta watch out for X here.' Picking up her doll, she started saying, "Here yah go." She gently set her doll in his lap, then added, "Jack is gonna keep you company for a bit. Jack, be nice." She smiled at X. 'Well, Blondie turned on that flashlight-sword. Betta split.' She made herself dissipate, and then hid in a wall, watching and listening.
---
Back to Zero…
---
Zero started to tap X on the shoulder. "X?" he questioned his friend just to make sure that he was alive, "X? Oh come on, wake up!" Zero may have sounded angry, but he was really worried.
Cold spells out of nowhere, voices coming from nowhere, little dolls going around were they want.
'Wait', Zero thought, 'Why did I suddenly think of dolls?' He looked around and sure enough, there was the same little skull doll he had seen earlier. Somehow, it had gotten onto X. 'Okay, now this is freaky', Zero thought to him. He picked up the doll and threw it to the side, then went back to tend to his friend. "Come-on buddy, wake-up!" After doing this for a good minute, X showed sighs of waking up.
"Mhhmm...I don't wanna get up..." X mumbled and tried to turn away.
Zero laughed. That sounded better. "Well, you have to, blue bomber," Zero stated. And just for fun. "By the way, that is 'I don't wanna get up, SIR, rookie."
X blinked and looked at Zero with half-opened eyes. "I haven't been your subordinate in years." Then X's eyes rolled a little, "Why does my head feel so cold?" X asked.
Zero just shook his head and grinned. "Well, at least you're alright," Zero said, still smiling. His face turned serious at inspected the wounds. Shallow, but they looked to be on the throbbing side, "What the hell happened to you?"
Blinking and blushing, X stammered out, "Um...I got into a fight with a Maverick..."
Zero raised an eyebrow. "A Maverick? Then why don't I see any blaster marks?"
"Um...she just beat me up"
This time, Zero blinked and soon cackled, "You got your ass kicked by a girl? Oh, this is too great." Zero kept snickering.
X kept getting redder and angrier. "It wasn't my fault! She distracted me!"
"Mmhmm, how did she do that to you?" Zero grinned at X which just made X blush more.
"Well...you know...how I get around girls and stuff...and when they try to...flirt on me...you know...that," he just kept stammering out and finally turned the same color as Zero's armor. X felt like crawling under a rock and just staying there.
Zero kept chuckling. "Aw, how cute. Xie-wexie getting a little blush. Bet you let you guard down for a moment, too, hence why we are on the floor. Now, what did I teach you at basic again?"
X was not thinking about anything Zero taught him at basic. He thought a big punch right on his best friend's nose was a good idea, but he restrained and instead glared daggers at him, "Are you quite done?!"
"Yah, yah, yah," Zero waved his hand around and stood up, then offered a hand to his comrade, "Wouldn't want you to turn into a tomato, would I?" This caused another set of snickering.
This also made X angrier (even though he took the hand grabbed to him), so he said the meanest thing he could think of, "Well, I might have gotten beat up by a girl, but at least I don't look like one." He knew he had made a very big mistake, but right now he was in pain and figured Zero would not pick a physically fight.
Zero went dead silent. X counted in his head until ten. As soon as X counted reached double digits, Zero looked pissed and started yelling. "Why does that mean?! I am a not a girl! Nor do I even look like one! I am a very manly man! And just because I like my hair and try to keep it nice, soft, and silky, does not make me at all a girl. And if anyone looks like a girl, it is you. I still don't see why people think I am a girl. Sure, I like to keep myself up, but..." It kind of went back and forth between Zero talking about how masculine he was and about his hair.
X waited for him to finish because he really did not need his butt kicked again and it was better for Zero to let out some steam every now and then, especially about this issue. Better X then some rookie hunter who did not know any better or was trying to be funny.
It appeared, however, Zero was not down. While Zero continued to ramble, X looked around, ignoring his best friend's glares and screams (Not that Zero appeared to mind so much, since he just kept at it even though it was clear to see X was somewhere else). 'Wow,' X thought to himself, 'This is one weird building. I wonder why they are doing this? I mean, they usually just try to kill us all. This seems much planed out. And why did that girl maverick running off like that? I thought she said something about something eating her, but that can't be right. There is not a whole lot of things that would actually eat a reploid.'
Zero finally noticed his audience was not paying attention. He glared at his friend, frowned, then leaned to the side of X and opened his mouth.
While Zero did those actions, X went to with his train of thoughts, "And where did that weird child go? I mean, she couldn't of ran through the wall. And another thing: Didn't she give me a doll? It was all probably a dream but I wonder-' His thoughts were cut short by Zero yelling in his ear.
"X, are you even paying attention to me? God, are you brain dead or something?!" Zero seemed to stop his hissy-fit about being called a girl, but now was in a hissy-fit about his friend ignoring him. He would have call X inconsiderate, but that sounded like such a woman's word. Maybe call X a donkey would work.
"Huh? Oh, nothing," X stated, then smiled innocently, "Just wondering if I have a concussion." He hit his helmet for emphasis.
"Mmhmm," Zero actually decided to not call X any bad names. He was rather child-like (besides, if he did have some physical problem, Zero would have guilt. He decided to ask about something he noticed earlier, "Anyways...hey...was there a kid here?" Zero asked.
X blinked, some how not sure if he would like where this was going. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I thought I heard a girl yelling about you being hurt. I just figured it was a Maverick trap."
"Really?" X asked this time, "I coulda sworn..." He looked around the area.
"Could of sworn what?" Zero asked with slightly concern.
X looked up at Zero and began, "Well, I had the weirdest dream. I thought I saw a very white girl. You know, like flour white. Not pale or anything, but really this powdery-white barely teen talking to me and saying I'm going to be alright. Now that I am remembering it…it was quite cold." X shivered slightly thinking about it, not noticing that Zero also shivered. "Anyways, she vanished into the wall, like a ghost or something. Oh yah, before that she left me with a little doll-"
"Hold it!" Zero cut his friend off again, "A doll? Like a skeleton doll?"
X nodded and looked at him curiously. "Yep, exactly. I think its name was John or Joe or Jake or Jack or Jay or something like that. Something with a J. And it kind of reminded me of Jim...wait, how did you know it was a skeleton doll, Z?"
"This is all too freaky..." Zero murmured to himself, rubbing his helmet.
This caused X to blinks again. "What is?" X asked in a whisper, slightly afraid.
Instead of answering, Zero looked around, and then walked over to somewhere over to the side. He picked up something, walked back, and held out something in his hand.
"Zero wha-" X started to question what his friend was doing, but once Zero brought the item for X to stare at, X's jaw dropped, "No Way!" Sure enough, it was the same doll that the girl left behind.
"I saw this same doll on the ground a while back. I figured a Maverick left it behind...but now I am not so sure," Zero told X, "I would guess that the female Maverick did this, but…seems strange."
"No way," X said again, "The Maverick I fought did not have anywhere she could stow a doll, yet…the other option isn't possible. The weird girl that gave me the doll...she vanished into the wall." X finished and stared blankly at the wall she disappeared into.
"X, do you notice something?" Zero looked around.
"What is there to notice?" X whispered.
"...There is a chill in the air."
---
Back to the Hunter's Base...
----
Alia had called an emergency meeting. Actually, Dr. Cain called in an emergency meeting; she just black-mailed Dr. Cain into calling it after she had found him a little more sober and threatened to remark about his escapes.
"Now," Dr. Cain started to say, wobbling on his cane, blood-shot eyes staring at everyone and everything in the room, "Even though the last battle with the Mavericks ended about twelve hours ago, it seems that neither Commander Zero nor Commander Megaman X have reported in. Now, we all know that Zero tends to "relax" (Douglas snorts at the term relax) and that X usually keeps him company, but even I must say that neither of them have been out this late."
"Yah, even Zero can't drink THAT much," Douglas said quietly, earning him a backhand from Alia. Due to the corn nature of the joke, nobody laughed. Actually, a few people glared.
Dr. Cain cleared his throat, "Anyways, I know it is late and some of you are still probably tired (at this time Signas snapped himself up from drifting in and out of sleep. But since no one caught him, he pulled his hat down and went to sleep), but we must deal with this issue. Now, I would like to get Alia up here to explain the situation more theory..."
Alia walked up to the podium, started to stare at everyone, and began, "Good-evening. I know...WAKE UP SIGNAS!!" She cleared her throat, "As I was starting out, I know that most of you are wondering why we need to worry about the Commanders. Well, for starters, they're signals are missing." This caused some of the group to murmur, "Another thing is that according to eye-witness accounts have spotted three reploids: Dynamo, Vile, and Stardust." Dynamo's hand shot up, "Now, according to sor...yes Douglas?"
"Um," Douglas started, looking around the room nervously, "I know about the other two, but who is that last one you just mentioned?"
"Stardust is a Maverick. She's important to note as she appears to be rising in status among the ranks Mavericks, as she has been partnered with Vile on several occasions." Signas raised his hands, "Anyways, oh, what is it Signas?"
"How come you know that?" Signas asked suspiciously.
Alia sighed. Shocked, but not surprised, "...You are the one who sent out spies, remember?"
"Oh...Oh yah," Signas contemplated, "I remember now. Just wondering."
Alia gave Signas the evil eye and cleared her throat. "Like I was saying, these three Mavericks were spotted taking both the Commanders away. Here is some news footage." Alia walks up to the computer counsel, presses a few buttons, and a news report turns on.
A guy who looks around twenty or thirty popped up, brown hair and in a suit holing a microphone. He started to talk. "This is Robert Duello here reporting for channel 7 news. I am here in town just after an attack. Afterwards, it seems that a few stayed behind. This included three Mavericks and the famed hunter Zero and X. For some time afterwards, they stayed behind until it seems that both commanders were over powered and taken somewhere. You heard this on channel 7 first, folks. Not much is known on their condition or their whereabouts at the moment, but some eye-witnesses has told us how they came to have disappeared."
It changes frames and a new person pops up, some young twenty year old male with medium length black hair back in a pony tail and wearing a tang-top. "Um...yah, there was this big metal thing and they were all kind of hanging around it. It was pretty cool looking. I was, you know, just having lunch with my girl, "Points to a young girl, probably around sixteen, in the background who waves, "And you know, they were like yelling and talking and stuff. Um...that's it."
Next frames showed a family of five, wearing straw hats, shorts. The little boy wearing a 'I'm with stupid' shirt, the little girl and a T-shirt two sizes to big, the older girl wore a over-coat and a frown, the mother wearing a tang-top, and the dad wearing an awful tropical shirt. The dad speaks: "Wow, this was sure amazing. This is me and the sprouts first time on a vacation, and my little Bekka here," He reaches a meat hand around the eldest's girl's shoulder, "Will be heading to college next year. We are all so proud of her!" The older girl rolled her eyes at the comment, but made to comment. The dad continued to prattle on, "Any who, it was so exciting to see that big metal thing," The camera focuses on the kids for a moment. They have been making faces at the camera. The mom, getting done with just standing next to her husband, started taking pictures, "And those people in armor doing things an such, really a slide-show saver. Oh, and a girl one came out and whacked the two over the head. Reminded me of my wife, didn't I say it reminded me of you, Clair?"
The wife looked up from her picture taking. "Sure, Carl, you said it reminded you of our first date when you tired to "make the moves" on me."
The dad chuckled. "A yes, I remember that night. It was a warm, September…" All three children start making yucky disgusted noise, night, I think it rained later-"
This Frame shows two college students, one with bleached-blond hair, while the other with long, braided black hair. The blond talked first, twirling a lock around her finger, "Yah, it was like, amazing. They were just kind of chatting and stuff, like, I mean the three ones while the one who, like, looked like, um, a scanning machine was working. Then when he got finished, he liked ran pass us skipping, but, like, before that, he totally kissed Myrato." The dizty girl pointed at the shy girl next to her.
The blond starts giggling while the one with braids blushes. "Shut up, Amy..." The kissed girl warned.
"Like, don't have a cow. Anyways, like, then a girl came out and she knocked out, like, X and Zero, which I am, like, a fan of. Anyways, they just kind of left. It was cool though seeing a girl beat on a guy. GIRL POWER!" She raised a hand over her hand and does a V sign."
Finally the frame goes back to the news reporter. "There you go folks, first here on channel 7 news. We will keep reporting as new sources develop and maybe solve this mystery. Robert Juvello, channel 7 news, and back to you in the studio!"
Frame goes back to a news station with a man and woman at the desk. The woman smiled out and said with the pretty teeth, "Thanks Bob, now onto weath-"
The computer screen was turned off. Alia turns and faces everyone. "Now, any question?" Several hands rose up, "And I am not answering any questions in which involve on how Vile could kiss anyone. Not the time right now, people." All hands fell down except Douglas's, "Yes, Douglas?"
"Um.…" Douglas stammers out, "What was the point of that?" Everyone else blinked, then threw paper at him.
---
Back at "the metal box".........
---
After X recovers from the shock of being beaten around, both reploid commanders start to walk around some more. Even though they do not know where the heck they were going, they still kept going on and on. And on and on. And on and on. And on and on.
"God! Why the hell does this crap happen to us?! All the other units never have this problem! 'What happened to us?' Dragono, Commander of the eleven unit would say, 'Ah, just an ambushed, but my hunters took care of it'. But not us, never us. We always go and take care of the main problem or get put into situations like this!" If you have not figured out, Zero was yelling while X pretended to listen/ignored his friend.
"Yah Zero, sure." Zero ranted some more. X then stopped, looking around. "Um...Z?" X tried to talk to his friend…
But Zero was on a roll, "You also know what suck? Bad hair days. Now that is worst then Mavericks."
"Zero?"
"The world would be a much better place if there were no such things as bad hair days."
"ZERO!" X yelled and back-handed the back of the red bot's helmet.
Zero blinks and turned to his friend, peeved a little. "What was that for?" Zero asked a little angry.
"I heard something, and I think it is around the corner..." X pointed down the hallways to the end of it. Zero remained silent until he ignited his sword. X followed suit by raising his buster, charging it. They rounded the corner, weapons drawn. When they walled around the corner they found nothing.
Zero laughs, "Dang it, X, you got me all worried over nothing? Sometimes you can be very paranoid."
"I wasn't lying", X retorted back, "I did hear something, I swear!"
"Sure buddy, sure." Zero chuckled some more while X grumbled.
Suddenly, a blast came at both of them. Lucky, since they were both well trained, the easily dodged the blast and looked up.
Standing a ways down in the hallways was Vile and Stardust; both cannons aimed, charged, and ready to shoot their next shot.
---
About 10 minutes ago...
---
Stardust sighed. She felt bad. She had just been yelled at by Sigma for disobeying orders. 'Well, you deserve it,' She though to herself, 'You should always follow your superiors' order.' But she really knew that Sigma was madder at Vile and Dynamo for slacking off. Stardust smirks. 'At least they got there's.' She thought sinisterly and giggles just as sinisterly.
Still giggling, she looked at the monitors and started working again. They almost got the filters in the videos, but it still needed time. She sighed again. She really wanted battle experience, not video experience.
She looked at the monitors and smirked. The two hunters they trapped in here were now very close. Stardust looked around, back and forth. "Probable cause to attack." Stardust said with a little smirk on her face. She would need assistance…
Stardust turned on her communicator and the monitor where Vile and Dynamo were. Vile was awake, looking at dirty magazines while Dynamo had drunken so much beer, he actually passed out. She laughed loudly over the intercom, "Vile, wake up Dynamo and get your arses in gear."
Vile looked up at the cam-corder and said very plainly, "You want to wake up Dynamo; you can get your own "arse" down here and wake his ass up. Dynamo is a crazy when he has a hangover so forget you."
Stardust slightly steamed, but kept herself together. "Fine, then you get up here and help me kick some ass. We have a blue and red boy in the area, and I won't be polite for a lady to go unintended."
If anyone could see under Vile's helmet, you would see him smirking, "Alright, lady."
---
Present…
---
"There they are, Vile." Stardust whispered to her fellow Maverick. X and Zero were approaching, Zero yelling about something.
Vile nodded and whispered back, "On the count of three, we shoot. One..." While this happened, Vile's hand slipped around the rear armor of Stardust.
Now, there was no way she could have felt it because he did not at all press his hands down and the armor is thick. But, remember guys, girls have something to know when someone is touching a part of their body: The Female Psyche (note the capitals).
So Stardust merely turned her buster against Vile's helmet and said very calmly, though saying each syllable as if they were their own word, "Vi-le-if-you-do-not-move-your-hand-off-my-butt-in-the-next-two-sec-onds-I- will-shove-my-foot-so-far-up-your-arse-two..."
It must be noted that Vile's attempt to cop a feel was not really and attempt. He was trying to not only balance himself but in case they needed to suddenly dodge, he could push the female out of his way or use her as a body shield if that was not an option. Not to mention it was quite a tight quarters. But, he also did not want a foot shoved anywhere near his own posterior (he somehow did not doubt she could do it, even in a crawlspace. He saw the yoga videos. People can do this stuff), so as quick as anything, Vile moved his hand and aimed his cannon down the vent, though if you looked, and you could see him shaking. This caused a slight sound to be made, a small tapping sound that one of the two below heard. Stardust heard X saying something was around the corner and quickly grabbed Vile's neck, turned his helmed head so he was facing her, and put a finger to her lips, shushing him up and keeping him still.
Vile complied and stayed still, save only turning his head so he could look down at the vent. They waited for the two to pass...Stardust said 'three' after the two hunters did not pass them.
Both the Mavericks jumped down and shot, hoping to surprise their enemies. Both dodged it. But the two Mavericks already charged their weapons in hopes to get another shot in before they got into good standings.
The hunters looked up at the Mavericks. "Well, darn..." X said.
Zero growled lightly, "Finally get brave enough not to use a mech.? Though it seems you still like to use the cheap tactics, huh?"
Vile laughed, "Don't blame me for that, Hunters. My lady friend here," He nodded to Stardust, "Is the one who knocked you out."
Stardust smirked and stated proudly, "I also kicked the blue ones arse a bit of go." She laughed as she made a mocking wave and wink to the Blue Bomber. X blushed at this comment while Zero could not hold back a snicker or two.
The Zero got serious (read: sarcastic) and stood up, glaring at the female with an awful sneer on his face, "Well, how's 'bout you fight me, instead of hitting on every moving body you see? Maybe if you didn't use such a dirty tactic, maybe people wouldn't think you as 'dirty', if you know what I mean," He gave a little wink. Rockman X was still too embarrassed to speak and only waited for someone to make an attacking move. Vile easily kept his laughter in check (and under his helmet), but kept the sounds of his laughter in check less he end up on the woman's hit list later. Stardust was getting very pissed, the fact that her pride and her character was being offended. Zero smiling wildly, loving the reaction he was seeing from the female Maverick, "Not to mention you look like a Christmas tree ornament. A star? More like star fruit." And with that, Zero was done with his remarks and chuckled.
By now, Stardust was as red as Zero's armor and Vile took a step back, part out of fear of getting in the middle of this fest and part out of hoping this would be a good show. In a matter or seconds, Stardust started yelling, "I AM NOT A SLUT, YOU DAMN DONEKY! I WOULD KICK ANY PERSON'S ARSE IF THEY PUT THE MOVES ON ME! AND MY NAME IS STARDUST! THAT IS WHY MY HELMET LOOKS LIKE A STAR! IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN OBVIOUS ALL THAT HAIR IS SPRINING OUT OF YOUR EARS INSTEAD OF YOUR HEAD." With that, Stardust was panting and her eyes seemed to be very bright.
"Um..." X stammered out. Zero gripped his sword and growled even louder. Zero hated being yelled at, and no little two-bit Maverick would do that to him.
Finally, Vile got the guts to say something and said, "So, do you two want to fight or what?" Each was about ready to spring when suddenly a whimpering sound was heard. It came from the person anyone least suspected: Stardust, who only moments before was ranting and raving like a lunatic. Now her eyes were opened wide instead of narrow and her mouth was pulled tight instead of open like the abyss. Vile blinked, "What's wrong with you, lady? We have a job." All that came out of her mouth was tongue, which appeared to be not function. She then pointed behind the two hunters.
X and Zero turned around...only to see a little girl watching curiously. Well, not a little girl, she was a teen, probably around fourteen.
Though that was not the weird part.
The weird part was that they could see right through her. The teen blinked.
"Dahhhhhhhh!" Stardust just ran like a scared-little girl, shouting killer ghost and such. The remaining guys just stared for a bit.
Then Vile laughed, "That is the ghost we put in here? Jeez, that ain't nothing more then a kid." Chuckling, Vile walked passed the two petrified hunters and walked up to her.
---
What Zero is thinking...
---
'That is not right, that is not right, that is not right, that is not right, that is not right, that is not right...
---
What X is thinking...
---
'Ohmygodthatis arealghost areallive ghost thought ghost aren'treallyalivebecause ghost are deadpeople anthereisa deadgirl standingrightinfrontof us hey I thinkthatis theonewhoI sawafter thefight and she gaveme thedoll that doll reminds me of JimmyI wonder how Jimmy isdoingohyahthatisright he wasdestroyedbut thatJackdoll iscuteohyahthatwasgiventomeby that ghost ohyahthatis aghost right there I wonderhowitfeelstobedeadmaybe I shouldasksometimesoon...
---
What Vile is thinking…
---
'You have to be kidding me. No ****ing way Bindie over there is what the Master wanted. I don't care what that is, but I'm not taking the fall it. Eh, I'll just put it all on Stardust. Boulders roll down hill, witch.
---
What the ghost is thinking…
---
'I wonder if they can see me…'
---
What Stardust is thinking…
----
'DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH'
---
What Dynamo is thinking…
---
'....' (Due to the massive amount of booze, his systems have shut off for five minutes.)
---
What Sigma is thinking…
---
'I just love my double-mocha latté made with soy milk, with extra foam'
---
What Alia is thinking…
---
If we don't find them...I'll get stuck with their paper work. Oh dear god, the forums I'll have to fill out if I have to report them MIA!'
----
Back to an actual plot…
---
Vile walked up to the young ghost. He bent a little to get a good look at her, and then said in a mocking voice, "Now, you don't look all that scary. How are you a killer, huh?"
The ghost girl just looked up at him, at first surprised, and then smiled. Then she opened her mouth, stuck her hand in it (all the way in), pulled out what looked like to be a skull, though see-through, and the skull started to scream and jump around in palm.
At this point, Vile screamed like a little girl and ran, probably peeing his armor. It also might have something to do with the skull actually diving at him, then sinking into his helmet as well. He did scratch at his covered face while running away.
The teen laughed.
Both X and Zero were standing there, still very shocked, now slightly disturbed.
The child looked over at them and smiled, though this time it was bright and cheerful. She actually skipped to them. The hunters followed her little movements, but were not quite ready to run like Vile. She did not look…scary. But her being a ghost probably was not the thing that shocked them. But what shocked them was…
X blinked, "Zero...that's the girl I saw...I swear..." Zero slightly nodded and slowly walked up, being the daring one. He looked down at the ghost.
The ghost just smiled up at him and said in her wispy voice, "Hello, my name is-"
Zero blinked and waved his still ignited Beam Sword through her. Nothing happened. Well, the sword was slightly distorted look, like a pencil in a cup of water, but not like with a hologram, where the figure would totally phase out in that section and become choppy.
The teen blinked and stopped her introduction, not really understanding what was happening. He did it again...and again, and again, then suddenly smirked. "Hey X, this is cool. It's not even doing anything to her. It's all shifty and stuff." The ghost looked curiously at the weapon inside
"Are you sure that is a good idea, Z?" X asked his friend. Zero shrugged. The girl cleared her throat, well, made the sound of clearing her throat.
---
So…yah, enjoy! Nothing much to say.