Special
The Incident
Disclaimer: I do not own Mega Man ZX or its characters. I only own the characters I created for the story and the parts of story I created. I also do not own he Mega Man franchise.
8 Years Ago Continent: North America, City: Cinq Ville
"Mommy! Mommy!"
A little girl with short brown hair was running up the stairs inside a red and white house. Throughout the upstairs bathroom was three rooms, two being bed rooms and one being a bathroom. In the bathroom, flushing was heard from the toliet and the faucet running. The faucet was turned off and the door swung open, revealing a little boy with spiky brown hair. He was about to walk out the bathroom, but the girl had accidentally knocked the boy back into the bathroom, sitting on his bottom. He poked his head out to find the girl running straight into the room up ahead. He could hear the girl cry:
"Mommy! Mommy!"
The boy walked into the room to figure out what was so important that she had to DASH in the hallway.
"Aile, dear, how many times do I have to tell you: No running in the halls..!" the woman in the room said in a calm, yet slightly, and by slightly, I mean really slightly, loud.
The girl, Aile, twisted her foot around, feeling ashamed, "I'm sorry mommy..." apologized Aile. "...But I saw this really good ad on TV today! It's about the Amusement Park in Area H! Tomorrow its..."
"It's Area H's 10th Anniversary right?" the woman asked with a smile.
"T-that's right...! Mommy, can we pweeese go tomorrow?" Aile asked, her eyes sparkling like a puppy begging to go outside. Around the time the woman mentioned the 10th Anniversary, the boy was standing at the doorway listening to the conversation.
"Why, of course we can. Vent, you want to come too?" the mother asked as she turned to the boy, Vent, at the doorway.
Vent grinned and ran to his mother, jumping into her arms.
"YEAH!"
8 years ago, Continent: Europe, Country: Enastros
For awhile now, Rocky has been living with Ica and Dylan as their son. At first, Rocky was being a little 'baby' as he was, and he needed constant attention, which always interfered with High School. Fortunately, Ica was able to call her older sister, Joule, to look after him when they couldn't. Joule has been looking after both Rocky and her daughter, Elise. It was very complex focusing on both High School and their son, but they made it work and their grades were a mixture of As and Bs surprisingly.
When school students (and teachers) gotten word that Ica and Dylan had a child, they were surprised. However, a few made fun of them, thinking that Dylan impregnated her to bring Rocky into the world. They both knew that they never went down that road and they both knew what -really- happened.
During the years, the two taught Rocky to be very well mannered... well mainly Ica did. Dylan tried to teach Rocky how to be brave... but... he wasn't all that brave... even to small little beings like mice...
Ica's mother was unsure about her decision to take care of Rocky, but she eventually agreed with it, as Ica was right about the 'Child Killers' as Rocky would have gotten killed out there.
Ica and the rest have been noticing that Rose has been a little afraid of Rocky, but they couldn't understand why... Most times however, Rose has actually been liking her cousin.
Four years later, Ica and Dylan had since graduated High School, and this meant they had a lot more time to spend with their son. Rocky had turned four at this time. The little boy had yet to receive his robotic parts like the law states, but according to Ica and Dylan, they'll get him the parts he needs to get... even though they don't want him to...
One fateful day, Rocky wanted to go to the Amusement Park in Area H after watching the commercial on the recently bought 40 Inch Flat Screen. He saw all of the little yellow helmet robots roaming around peacefully entertaining the little children. The big smiles on their faces was something Rocky wanted as well.
Rocky got up from the couch and yelled out, "Mommy! Mommy! Daddy! Daddy!" while running to their location. He stopped at the door, standing 3 feet tall compared to Ica being 5'4 and Dylan being 5'5. To his surprise, he saw that Ica had a tan colored coat on with a yellow scarf around her neck and that Dylan had a black coat on. Rocky saw smiles on their faces as he looked from below.
"Mom? Dad?"
Ica chuckled a bit. Dylan did the same and said:
"Get ready kiddo..." Dylan started.
"...We are going to the Amusement Park!" Ica finished.
Rocky's face brightened in absolute happiness. He gasped as he opened his mouth wide, revealing his perfectly white teeth and clean tongue. His emerald green eyes sparkled like an actual emerald as he was filled with joy.
"YAAAAAYY!"
Outside their house, it was snowing. Rocky and his parents were walking towards the car... Well, Ica and Dylan were walking, while the cheerful little boy hopped towards the car like a bunny. Ica looked at Dylan with a concerned expression.
"Dylan, did you get the plane tickets?"
"Of course I did. How else will we get to Cinq Ville? Dylan said with a smirk, pulling out the three plane tickets from his coat pocket.
"Aww, Dylan!" Ica said hugging lovely to her boyfriend.
8 Years Ago, Continent: North America, City: Cinq Ville (Night)
Vent and Aile, along with their mother, walked into the Amusement Park. Aile's eyes widened like pretty stars in the night sky as she saw all of the good things to do in the park. Vent mainly stared at the nearby crane game. His mouth was drooling and his eyes completely white as he saw the good toy he wanted from the machine. Vent reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver coin. He ran to the machine and inserted his coin into the machine. Aile and her mother just watched Vent be silly with the toys.
He held onto the joystick, primarily focusing on the plush that looked like a reploid with a fur-coat. He had caught the plush... buuut... instead of dropping the toy into the hole to grab the prize, it dropped on the ledge, dangling there. Vent's jaw drop at what had happened. Vent grabbed yet another silver coin and inserted it into the machine to try and grab it with the crane. However, when he moved the joystick, the crane couldn't go any further. Aile suddenly pushed Vent out of the way and used the crane to grab something else. There was a cute girl with pink hair, a light blue vest with a blue-green sleeved shirt underneath. The plush had a pink skirt with long black socks and shoes. Aile had grabbed the toy and dropped the plush into the prize hole. Fortunately, Aile's prize had dropped Vent's prize into the hole as well. Aile and Vent, out of excitement, both stuck their hands into the prize hole and pulled out their prizes... At least, they thought it was their prizes. Vent had Aile's prize and she had his prize. The two switched prizes and laughed.
The mother took her children's hands and they decided to have some fun on today's 10th Anniversary of Area H.
8 Years Ago, Continent: North America, City: Cinq Ville (Night)
~ Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - Home ~en Route to Resembool ~
In Area H at night, Ica, Dylan and Rocky had taken a Levitating Bus (LevBus) to Area H, getting off the plane 3 hours earlier. Rocky had dark blue shorts on, black shoes that didn't seem like the typical reploid shoes that humans are able to wear, and he had orange and white hoodie. He also wore the fingerless gloves with the white fingertips.
The little boy jumped onto each step until he landed on the ground. Following him were his mother and father who had smiles on their faces. Following THEM were others who wanted to go to Area H as well. Rocky held onto his mother's hand for some strange reason... Ica looked down at her son with confusion. She could easily tell that he was afraid, judging by the look on his face and how his hand was trembling.
"Rocky, what's the matter?" Ica asked her son.
"Mom, there's... too many people here..." Rocky said gripping his hold on his mother.
"Don't worry Rocky, we'll be here with you, haha." Dylan said, chuckling.
"Listen to what your father says. We'll be here." Ica assured Rocky.
Rocky smiled once again. Ica and Dylan had started to walk towards the Ticket Counter to pay for three tickets. The woman in the window looked down at the rather shy Rocky who was slowly trying to hide behind his mother. She gave him a cute little smile.
"Today's your lucky day little guy!" the ticket woman said with a big smile. "Since today is our 10th Anniversary, you get to go in for free!"
Rocky revealed himself and gave a wide smile.
"R-really!?"
The woman nodded. With a reply like that, he responded with a 'YAAY!'. The woman looked at Ica and Dylan and said:
"Although we can't let you guys in for free, you do get to pay less than usual! 25 E-Crystals please!"
Dylan reached into his coat pocket and brought out a big E-Crystal which equaled 20 E-Crystals. He then brought out a smaller E-Crystal that equaled five E-Crystals and sat them on the counter.
"There ya go ma'am." Dylan said with a smirk.
The three were making their way into the gate and as they walked, the ticket woman yelled out:
"Thank you and enjoy your stay!"
~ Sonic Colors - Starlight Carnival Map ~
When the three entered through the gate, Rocky's mouth was wide open as he noticed how beautiful and amazing Area H looked. It was more astonishing at night as the stupendous colorful lights sparkled around the night atmosphere. Rocky spotted many Metalls or as he would call them, 'Mets', or as Ica and Dylan would call them 'Mettaurs', walking around peacefully, entertaining the humans and reploids. Rocky got a little scared when he saw a giant version of the Metall called the 'Powmettaur' walking around, shooting out presents to lucky catchers. Dylan and Ica were one of the lucky ones to receive a present from the lucky mettaur. Dylan waved to the robot and it's eyes changed, looking happy as it walked around to entertain more people. Dylan opened the present to reveal a little toy of a reploid with red and black armor and long blonde hair. The toy also had a plastic saber-like sword. Ica opened her present and revealed a little toy of a reploid with armor, colors consisting of blue, light blue, and black. The toy also came with two hands: One as a normal hand and the other as a buster. Ica and Dylan looked at each other and nodded with smiles on their faces. The brought the two toys to their son. He looked up and saw the toys. Being a little boy, he thought they looked 'super-duper' cool.
"Yay! New toys!" Rocky cried.
"It's all yours Rocky." Ica said as she carefully placed the new toys inside her black with green highlight backpack. "I'll keep them in my bag so it won't break okay?"
"Okay mom!" Rocky said... However, he really wanted to play with them right away...
Dylan then tapped Rocky's shoulder with a grin.
"Ready to go kiddo?" he asked.
"Yeah! YEAH!" Rocky cried, his excitement growing louder.
Rocky had been waiting 'forever' to get started with the rides. Right when they were about to walk, a man about Dylan's size bumped into him by accident. The man had accidentally dropped his glasses on the ground. Fortunately, they weren't broken.
"H-hey!" Dylan exclaimed.
"Oh, my apologizes. I wasn't looking where I was going, hehe." the mysterious man said... Mysterious isn't it?
Dylan smiled, dusting himself off. "It's all good. No harm done."
Rocky grabbed the glasses and placed them on him. His vision was getting blurry so he quickly took them off, shaking his head back and forth to regain his vision again. Rocky looked up from below to find out that the man had long blonde hair, a red jacket and shoes and white pants. He also was clearly wearing a bodysuit. He had blue eyes as well. Rocky noticed that this man had a red triangle on his forehead, meaning that he was a reploid. Rocky was able to determine this because he learned about reploids in school and from his parents and other family members. The man gave Rocky a nice smile as he looked down to him.
"U-um... H-here sir...!" Rocky said nervously.
Rocky lifted his glasses towards the man, trying to return them. The man chuckled and he took the glasses from him. He placed them on his face again and smiled at Rocky's parents.
"I see you taught your boy well. He's very polite." the man said.
"O-oh! Thank you sir!" Ica said, bowing down to the man (Which was thanking him).
"Wait a second..." Dylan said as he squinted his eyes at the mysterious man. "...Aren't you Giro, from 'Giro Express'?"
The "mysterious man" fixed his glasses into place as he started to laugh, "Ha ha ha ha! I see my reputation proceeds me!"
"Are you serious!?" Ica said in shock. "Oh my gosh! I heard so many outstanding things about you and your company!"
"Oh really? I'm not really surprised, my business IS outstanding, but it's really nice to hear them coming from someone right in front of me! Ha ha!"
Rocky wasn't really listening to the whole conversation, as his mind was on the Metall show going on before him. His mind was so focused on the show that he didn't hear the name of the man he gave the glasses to. Rocky saw the Metalls jumping up and down off each other's helmets, making cheerful robotic sounds that always brought smiles and giggles to children. One Metall took a little key-chain of a blue buster-like gun from a little boy and hid it inside it's helmet. At first, the people thought this metall was trying to steal the key-chain, but after further watching, they realize the metall was doing personal game for the boy. The Metall went beside two other Metalls and they circled around each other, switching places at a rather fast pace. When they finished, they wanted the boy to choose which metall had his key-chain. The boy choose the middle one, since many always choose the middle one. Unfortunately, he was wrong, with the metall making a 'WRONG!' sound. The people laughed, but not at the boy, but rather with the boy as he laughed too. The boy then choose the first one, and to his surprise it was there. The Metalls made a 'DING DING DING' sound which made everyone clap and cheer. As a reward for finding his key-chain, the metall the little boy had not chosen shot a little bag filled with chocolate. He opened it and bit out of it. 'YUM!', he said after taking a bite off the chocolate. Everyone continued clapping at the little performance.
While Rocky was looking at the show, he didn't notice that his parents were speaking to him.
"Hey, Rocky."
Rocky blinked twice before looking at his mother. He smiled and asked:
"Yes mom?"
"Now, are you ready to REALLY go play?"
"Yeah!"
Giro looked down at Rocky with yet another smile.
"So Rocky is your name huh?" Giro said, bending down to Rocky.
"U-um, yes..!"
"Well, it's nice to meet you! I hope we'll meet again someday!", Giro said, rubbing the boy's hair.
Giro started walking away, putting his glasses in place. Rocky still didn't catch his name, but he didn't think he'll see him again. The three then started walking off to their first ride: The Metall Coaster.
8 Years Ago, Continent: North America, City: Cinq Ville (Night)
When waiting in the line, Dylan jokingly said:
"Geez, even these guys can't even say their CORRECT name!" Dylan said.
"Well these little guys are very popular! I heard they've been around for five-hundred years!" Ica explained.
"So did I, we learned in school, remember?" Dylan said, jokingly rolling his eyes.
"I know! I know!" Ica said, embarrassed that she told that fact for nothing... Although it's not really for nothing since Rocky never knew this fact.
Rocky was on Dylan's shoulders, listening to their conversation. He didn't understand what they were saying as he assumed it was 'grown-up talk', meaning he didn't have to or need to listen.
When the group were in the front of the line, the person in charge of the ride had led them to a seat where three could fit. Ica sat near the left side and Dylan sat near the right. Rocky was put in the middle. Dylan and Ica both pulled down the seat-belt and it was locked in place. Rocky got his little seat-belt on, just in case the other seat-belt supposedly didn't work, but according to the reviews Area H received, that has never happened. Dylan looked down at his son who was sitting rather uncomfortably.
"Hey, you scared?" Dylan asked with a smirk.
Rocky looked at his father with a small surprised expression. He then looked back down saying:
"A little... But I'll be fine... Promise!" Rocky said.
"That's good to hear, because this is going to be wild!" Ica said, trying to get her son ready.
Rocky sat up straight and after hearing his mother's words, got him wild up for a good ride. Rocky looked behind to see others in the seats ready as well. The little boys and girls and men and women smiled and a few waved at him. He looked at the person in charge of the ride and he smiled. He pressed the button on the Control Panel and the ride started to move.
"HAVE A BLAST!"
The coaster was going the same pace in the same direction. The coaster was meeting a large hill on the rails. Rocky slouched a little as he was getting a little frightened as he moved higher and higher, far away from the ground. Dylan noticed Rocky's act of action and laughed. Soon, the coaster got onto the top and sat there a bit.
~ Sonic Colors - Tropical Resort Act 3 (or Act 4) ~
"HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!" Dylan cried as wind burst through his face.
The coaster sped down the hill at top speeds! Rocky felt his stomach drop and he screamed at the top of his lungs! Was he scared? Who knows! All we knew was the ride was crazy fast! Rocky felt like he was falling from a skyscraper! Everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs as well, enjoying the ride as the coaster went into spirals! They felt like a football being thrown! Soon, the coaster went into a loop, going intentionally slow. Right when the coaster was about to go fast again, a little girl dropped her little Metall Key-chain. The second she dropped the chain, the coaster went off again!
Surprisingly, the girl had caught her key-chain before it went down below. She hugged it tightly towards her chest. Rocky watched the whole thing and smiled widely. The coaster was going up and down, like going up and down a small hill. Soon, the coaster went fast and the people where sideways. Rocky looked at the Metall Ferris-Wheel. The Metall lights flickered with nice colors that all the kids would enjoy. Rocky then heard a loud 'BOOM!'. He looked around to find the source of the sound. He heard it again. 'BOOM!'. Rocky then looked at the sky and saw beautiful fireworks being shot into the night sky and exploding into small bits and disappearing all together. Many fireworks resembled the Metalls, but they were in different colors. Rocky smiled widely at the firework show, screaming in absolute cheer! He thought today was the best day ever!
The ride had eventually ended, with the coaster returning back to it's starting place. The coaster made a "ssssssssss" sound and the locked seat-belts released and returned back behind the passengers. Rocky took off his secondary seat-belt and followed his mother and father out to the exit area.
~ Sonic Colors - Tropical Resort Map ~
"So, did you enjoy the ride?" Dylan asked Rocky.
"YES! YES! YES! I thought it'd be scary, but it was sooo cool!"
"I thought you'd say that, hee hee!" Ica replied to Rocky, giggling at her son.
The group, while talking, were making their way to the Ferris-Wheel. But first, they wanted to go get a little snack! Dylan and Ica left Rocky near a bench. Rocky was curious on what was happening.
"Don't worry. We'll be right back. What do want to eat?" Ica asked.
"Ermmmm..." Rocky was thinking... "OOOH! I know! I know! Get meee... a bag of potato chips!... aaaannndddd... orange soda!"
"Okay, hee hee!" Ica giggled at Rocky's funny, cheerful self.
"Don't be scared kiddo! We are right across from this bench, so we'll be RIGHT back here!" Dylan said as he started to walk off.
"O-okay!"
Rocky looked around and he jumped. He backed up against a trash can, looking at a little girl on the bench. While focusing on his parents, he didn't notice her there. She had short brown hair, emerald green eyes, a blue T-shirt with a few gold highlights on it. She had a white circular medallion that was like a necklace around her neck. She had short sleeves and they were a lighter blue. She had white shorts and she had blue civilian shoes. She also wore gloves with the white fingertips. She had no bodysuit on and she didn't appear to have her reploid parts yet.
She too didn't seem to notice the little boy on the near her. She looked like she was a little afraid yet calm, holding onto her little ice cream cone. It was vanilla with chocolate coating. She also had napkins in her pockets so she could clean up any messes she might make. Rocky, realizing that she was harmless, offered to say something:
"Hi!"
The girl jumped and backed away while on the bench. She would have almost fell off the bench if she had kept moving back. She noticed that it was a little boy with brown hair. She sighed in relief, smiling nervously, replying to his greeting...
"...Hello..."
Rocky jumped on the bench, sitting next to the girl. She was trembling a little, nibbling on her little cone nervously.
"Are you waiting for someone?" Rocky asked.
"U-um, yes... But... I shouldn't be talking to strangers...!" the girl said, quickly looking away for the boy.
"Er... Um..." Rocky started. "It's... it's okay! I won't hurt you!"
She slowly turned back to the boy, her afraid look slowly disappearing.
"You promise...?" she asked.
"I promise I won't hurt you!" he said with a big grin. "My name is Rocky! What's yours?"
"...Aile..." she said, sounding nervous.
"Wow...! That's a pretty name!" Rocky said with a huge grin again.
Aile started to blush a little, "Thank you." The girl felt a little more comfortable, and continued to lick her little ice cream cone that was slowly going away as she continued tasting the tasty cone.
Sooner or later, a little boy came running from around the bench and said...
"Hey, sis!"
The boy looked very similar to Aile. He did not have reploid parts either.
"Vent!" Aile said with a smile. She was happy to see him after leaving her behind.
Putting two and two together, Rocky had come to the conclusion that the little boy known as Vent and Aile were related, brother and sister to be specific. Vent looked at Rocky with confusion.
"Who's he, Aile?" Vent asked pointing at Rocky with his thumb.
"His name is Rocky. We just met!" Aile explained.
"'Rocky'? Sounds kinda wimpy." Vent said, starting to laugh.
"Vent! That's mean!" Aile cried, defending Rocky.
"Don't worry. I like my name no matter what." Rocky said chuckling
"Really? You're loss." Vent said, shrugging his shoulders.
Suddenly...
"Here you go son. Sorry it took so long."
Rocky looked over and his parents have arrived. He took his little bag of potato chips and his bottle of soda... wait a second... Something wasn't right about the soda...
"Oh, and the soda's 'SUGAR-FREE'." Ica said.
"Awwwwwwwwwwww... Mom...! Why..?" Rocky complained.
"Because too much sugar can lead to cavities kiddo and if you have that, you won't have those clean teeth you love so much, ha ha!" Dylan explained as he laughed.
"Oh, okay! Thanks mom! Thanks dad!" Rocky thanked his parents.
Ica looked at the two little boy and girl who were staring at them with curiosity.
"Rocky, who are they? Friends of yours?" Ica asked.
"These guys are my new friends! Vent and Aile!" Rocky explained.
"Yeah! We're friends! We just met too!" said Vent with a big grin.
Soon, a woman with long brown hair, emerald green eyes, long blue and white dress came walking by.
"Phew...! Sorry I took too long children..! Hm?"
The woman looked at the two adults and the new child sitting around her children.
"Um... who are you?" she asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry, we are our son's parents!" Ica said.
"O-oh? I'm their mother here!" the mother said chuckling.
"Nice to meet you miss!" Dylan said, shaking her hand.
"This here, is our son, Rocky!" Ica introduced.
"Hi!" Rocky said waving.
The woman smiled, giving Rocky the indication that she was friendly.
"A nice name you have there!" the mother gave Rocky a cute smile. "These two are..."
~ STOP MUSIC ~
Before the mother can introduce her children, a loud BOOM! was heard. However, the last few times Rocky heard that sound, they made him smile. This time, it made him quiver in absolute fear. This BOOM! was entirely different from a fireworks' explosion. This explosion was one that would cause fear to anyone who dislikes danger... Not only the sound made Rocky afraid, the loud painful screams made him shake.
~ Azure Striker Gunvolt - The Visiting Nightmare (or Despair) ~
"M-mommy...! W-what's going on !?" Aile asked fearfully.
The mother said nothing and she grabbed both of her children and ran off. Ica and Dylan had intense, stern looks over their faces. Rocky couldn't believe what he was seeing... Large flames were coming from the roller-coaster they had went on not too long ago. They saw the flames cover the Control Panel for the coaster. In mere seconds, the Control Panel exploded, creating a loud sound that shot fear into Rocky's heart. Seconds later, sharp pieces of the Control Panel come their way. Following the fallen pieces was a dead body that fell on the bench. To their surprise, it was the person who was previously in charge of the Metall Coaster, his eyes completely lifeless. The little boy had finally screamed after holding onto his scream as he stood before the deadman...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Rocky stepped back a bit, falling in the process.
"D-Dylan!? What's going on!?" Ica asked, holding onto Rocky.
"I-I don't know!" Dylan cried, unsure of the situation.
Many people were running away from the dangers happening. From their eyes, the family trio saw tons of reploids with busters in their arms walking slowly, making a metallic clank for each step they took.
"R-reploids...? Why... why are they doing this...!?" Rocky asked, gripping his mother's hands.
"Those aren't reploids son..." Dylan said in anger. His voice got louder when he told his son what they really were... "...Those are MAVERICKS!"
Ica grabbed Rocky and they all made a run for it. The mavericks known as 'Galleons', started running, killing those that stood in their way. Ica held Rocky close to her chest, trying to make him not hear the painful, death screams of many innocents... Bombs were being thrown from sources unknown, but it didn't matter as the people needed to run!
Rocky slowly slipped from Ica's hold, but he landed okay. He started to run with his parents, not daring to look back at the Galleons slaughter the innocent humans and reploids. The carnage they have shown... What monsters... No... Mavericks...
More and more bombs were showing up randomly and the more bombs being dropped randomly, the more deaths were caused and the more Rocky was scared.
"QUICK! WE GOT TO GET BACK ON THE LEVBUS!" Dylan cried to his family.
While the trio were getting really close to the gateway, Rocky had tripped over a fallen mettal toy.
"AAAH!"
Ica and Dylan stopped and turned back to their fallen child. They immediately ran back for their son. But immediately, a giant robot fell between them! The two parents expressed fear to this oversized robot.
~ Mega Man Zero Remastered Soundtrack - Guarder Room ~
Rocky got up but fell back down on his bottom, screaming at the top of his lungs to the giant robot. The robot resembled that of an ape. Looking closer, the robot ape resembled that of animal-reploid, but it was not that...
"OOK! OOK! A little boy? I've met a few little boys and they received quick punishments! OOK! OOK! I might just give you an extended punishment!"
Rocky screamed again at the oversized reploid. Dylan grabbed a large long metal pole from a nearby trash-can. He quickly dashed at the reploid and yelled out:
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
Dylan smacked the pole on the reploid's head. Dylan withdrawn his weapon and saw that it was dented. The reploid jumped and turned around to Dylan. He was scared out of his wits just by the look of the giant reploid...
"INTERFERENCE!? Oh please! Go away! weakling!"
The reploid stood with his two giant hands and used his two feet to kick Dylan in the stomach. He was sent flying towards Ica, skidding on the ground and finally lying on the ground on his back. He screamed in pain holding onto his stomach.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
"D-DYLAN!" Ica cried, tears forming.
The giant reploid hopped up and down in excitement, making those monkey sounds like the ape it was.
"OOK! OOK! Done already? OOOOOOK! Well, at least you actually put a fight! Now, back to the boy...!"
Ica had fury in her eyes. She couldn't just stand by and watch two of her family members be harmed by this maverick. Looking around, Ica found a tazer-gun near a dead officer of the park. It appeared that they were helping the people and died trying. It quickly got her thinking about the security forces of Slither Inc. that should of been here by now. She wondered why it took them a long time... but she couldn't think about it now. The one she loved was about to be killed and she had to act fast.
"Hold it, Maverick!"
The purple reploid stopped and turned to Ica.
"OOK? Another challenger? Let's tangle then!"
~ NO MUSIC ~
Ica released a dose of electricity at the reploid, screaming in the process. To his surprise, the tazer-gun was actually doing something to him as he was screaming in pain. His whole body was filled with electricity, a painful sight for anyone to see. The purple reploid then fell on the side, dead... Rocky got up from the ground and ran to his mother.
"Mommy!" Rocky said as he jumped into his mother's arms.
"It's okay... it's okay... Now, let's get out of here before the mavericks get us too!"
Ica ran to Dylan and she got his arm around her shoulder and she held onto him. Dylan smiled weakly as his love was helping him.
"Thank you... Ica..." Dylan said weakly.
"Anything for the ones I love... We are leaving... NOW!"
Rocky ran with his parents towards the gate. Suddenly, he heard metallic cracking. He turned his head around to see the purple reploid still alive. To Rocky's surprise, he notices a reploid in red armor with blonde hair attacking the purple ape reploid along with the other mavericks. He used a saber to slice each and every maverick that caused harm to the humans and reploids alike. The purple ape reploid however, escaped into little particles, teleporting out of the area.
"Dylan! If we make it out of here alive! WE ARE LEAVING THIS COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY!" Ica cried in anger.
"I can see why..." Dylan jokingly said.
But suddenly, Ica stopped. There was a large latch that opened up right in front of them. Out popped a man in green with a red visor covering his eyes. He had a 'G' logo on his shoulder.
"You are civilians, aren't you?" the man asked.
"Erm..." Ica said, hesitating to answer. Before she answered though, the man spoke again.
"I'll take that as a yes. Please, come with me immediately! It's for you and your family's safety!" the man said as he grabbed Dylan. He dragged him into the passage way. Ica and Rocky went into the latch and the man closed the latch, locking it. The man tapped his ear piece, talking to someone.
"Alright, 'red blur', we have taken most of the living civilians. Take the Mavericks out and find any other survivors!"
"Got it." the mysterious 'red blur' responded.
The man looked into Ica's eyes and said...
"Follow me, quickly now."
The man went down the ladder, leading into a underground room where tons of others were alive, either completely fine, wounded, or injured. There were also a couple of people in the same uniform as the man, holding buster-shots in their hands. Also there were a few medic people who had just finished healing a few. The injured, however, will be carried.
"This is where we keep the civilians... Please, follow us and we'll lead you to a safer location miss."
Ica nodded her head as she started to slowly walk.
"Alright...! We have everyone here! Let's move out! Quickly now! The Mavericks may discover our location if we stay here any longer!"
Everyone started moving into the next area, but to get there, they would have to take a long passage way. Ica started tearing as she stared at Rocky who had fallen asleep in her arms. She realized that this special day for him was ruined by Mavericks...
~ Azure Striker Gunvolt - The Visiting Nightmare (or Despair) ~
Moments Earlier...
"MOM! MOM!"
Vent cried, holding onto his mother's shoulders. Aile was crying, her eyes completely lifeless. She stared at the wound her mother had in her neck. The Mavericks had shot her neck. The mother was weezing constantly, finding difficulty to breath. Vent and Aile's hearing was also starting to disappear, as the loud explosion harmed their hearing.
"MOM! PLEASE, GET UP! PLLEEEEASSSEE!" Vent cried, pulling on her mother, trying to get her out of the area.
"Mommy..." Aile silently said as more tears came from her eyes. Vent continued pulling until a shot was heard. The shot collided at a spot near Vent's feet, surprising him. He flew backwards, hitting his back against the wall.
"B-BROTHER..!" Aile cried as she ran to her brother, hugging him tightly.
Vent was about to leave, but he saw the Galleon point their guns at his mother. Vent's eyes widened in fear and despair. His eyes grew smaller as he saw his mother lift her head, putting out her hand for her children.
'SPLAT'
Vent screamed as loud and long as he could as he saw the blood splat near him and his sister. Aile got up and tugged her brother, trying to get him to run with her.
"B-Brother...! Come on...!"
Aile grabbed Vent from behind and dragged him away. Vent held out his hand to his dead mother, screaming out to her as she was quickly disappearing from his sight.
"MOOOOOOOOM!"
Aile dragged Vent away, looking around for Mavericks in sight. But she stopped when she saw a shadow. Aile fainted when she saw the man, as she thought he was one of the Mavericks. Vent had passed out from screaming so much. The man picked up both of the children and ran away.
~ Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - One is All, All is One ~
In a room, Vent was crying against the wall, his knees and hands covering his face. His sister was sound asleep on the bunkbed, but one could easily see the tear strains on her face.
"...Mom..."
"...Mom..."
"...Mom..."
Vent repeatedly said under his breath. He was lying to himself, hoping that this was all some messed up dream, some nightmare... But deep down inside, he knew that wasn't the case. His mother was truly gone...
Suddenly, the door slide open and the man from before entered the room.
"Crying again, Vent?"
Vent looked up and saw the man with blonde hair, have his right hand in his pocket. He appeared to be holding onto something.
"I miss my mom..." Vent said.
The man lifted his hand from his pocket and got down his knee, down to Vent's level.
"Here... Lift your head." the man asked politely.
"I... Miss... my Mom..." Vent repeated.
"Vent... Don't you cry now..." the man said. He opened his hand and was a necklace. He threw the necklace around Vent's neck and rubbed his hair around, smiling.
"...You're mother is right there... That necklace in your hand is her..." the man said with a smile. "Anytime you feel sad, you just look at the necklace and remember..."
The man got on his feet and smiled at Vent, continuing on...
"...You are never alone... You got your sister, me and your other friends... Even your mother lives on through that necklace she held onto..."
So cheer up Vent...
The man walked away at the door and another man in green appeared.
"Giro, sir... Those kids..."
"Yes, I already told you, I'll take care of them now..."
"Yes, I understand, but it's about their hearing..."
"Yeah, they told me they have trouble hearing very well... However, I'm pretty sure Vent heard my words clearly..."
"Um, sir... They might need new ears... Reploid ears..."
"Of course, we'll take them to Legion and they'll get the parts. If the Sage Trinity is generous, they'll allow them to only have the reploid ears. It has to count as "equality", right?"
"Yes, Mr. Giro, sir."
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