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To Chapter [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Forward: This is a story of Mega Man X set to the time right after the ending of the game Mega Man X4 (THE best game on Playstation...second to Final Fantasy VII... but we won't get into that.) A few scenes (such as this first scene) are adaptations of what happened in the actual Mega Man X games. Mainly, X and X4... When I wrote this, I had only played those. So here is the spoiler alert! If you have not played X4, the endings are contained in this story! For those of you who have played X4, you know where the title comes from. This story kind of ties together what happened, and remains faithful to the game series. (Okay, except the part about Protoman and all the "cross over" characters from the original series, and the way I used BOTH endings of the X4 games in the story...) I originally wrote this more than six years ago. The original version has appeared in several other websites under the same title. Since it's been so long, I've decided to edit the story slightly to correct original grammer mistakes and improve the story a bit. Unfortunately, this will probably bring about more typos. Anyway, enjoy! The Future is Coming Man's biggest card against the Mavericks, the Final Weapon, silently orbited around Earth. The weapon was shaped like a blooming flower, contrasting from its intended use for destruction. All seemed well, except for a small escape pod leaving from Final Weapon's docking pad. Inside was Zero, head of the Special #0 Class Unit of the Maverick Hunters. Seconds after the pod sped away, Final Weapon exploded with a blinding flash. After waiting for the light to die down, Zero turned back and stared at the wreck of Final Weapon. It has been reduced to scrap metal drifting in space. Zero recalled the events of the last few days, of how Sigma tricked the Repliforce into fighting the Maverick Hunters. How Sigma manipulated the General into thinking that humans were the real enemy. How Zero had to kill Iris, the Colonel, and other innocent reploids just to stop Sigma's plan to destroy Earth with Final Weapon. Zero felt something boiling in his circuits as he thought of all Sigma did. His hot anger quickly turned to ice when he thought about his most disturbing discovery during this mission. His true destiny was to destroy Mega Man X, the Hunter whom he considered to be his best friend. "So..." Zero mumbled as he clenched his fists, "This is what happened to me. My creator was Dr. Wily, and I was programmed to kill X. This is my fate; I couldn't save anyone after all! Why?!" Zero slammed the instrument panel with his fists and shut his eyes, hoping to wake up from this nightmare. His fists shook as he clenched them tighter. Why must he destroy his friends? Why must he kill Mega Man X, the one who he treats as his own brother? "Because you are my creation, Zero. My precious creation. A final revenge on X." Zero recognized the voice in his head. It was Dr. Wily. Why doesn't he ever shut up? "I can't kill X. I won't." Was Zero's fierce reply. The voice was gone, but the sickening feeling was still jabbing at him. He can't help but believe that one day he would turn against the Maverick Hunters, turn against Dr. Cain and ultimately...kill X. Zero opened his eyes again, and plotted a course back to Earth. As the escape pod's engines hummed, Zero fell into a deeper depression. "Do we reploids all turn out to be Mavericks after all?" There was no answer. *********************************************************** On the other side of the wrecked Final Weapon was a second escape pod. Cyber Peacock winced as the pod shuddered, aggravating the injury that Zero gave him during this last battle. "That damned Maverick Hunter and Mega Man X caused all of us lots of trouble." He thought as he managed the pod's controls. "They destroyed the entire Maverick unit aboard Final Weapon, foiled Sigma's plan to destroy Earth and gave me this ugly wound." Cyber Peacock continued to curse the Hunters as the pod flew. He had managed, barely, to get out of Final Weapon before the entire thing collapsed on itself. The others were not so lucky. "I am going to personally take care of that Zero!" He declared. Cyber Peacock looked back at the passenger seat, where the tattered Sigma laid. Sigma was in bad shape. Several sword scars were visible on his armor, with the inside circuits sizzling. Zero had given Sigma a good beating before he left Final Weapon, so Cyber Peacock had to carry his master all the way to the escape pod. In any case, Sigma can be revived, that was the important part. Even though Sigma was unconscious, he had a smirk fixed on his face. Cyber Peacock wondered what Sigma was thinking. "Could he already have a plan to destroy the Maverick Hunters?" *********************************************************** Back at the Maverick Hunters HQ, Dr. Cain and another team of doctors continued to work around the clock to fix up everyone's injuries. Zero sat in the hallway and waited for Dr. Cain to finish with the other, more severely injured Hunters. It gave him more time to think about his past, and of what Dr. Wily did to him. "He is my creator." Zero thought. "But why can't I remember him completely? How come all that I know came from my dreams? Maybe he doesn't really ex-." "Hey Zero!" Someone called. Zero recognized the voice immediately. He turned to see Mega Man X, walking down the corridor. Zero felt a sudden chill course through his body. At that moment, Zero didn't know what to do. "You have to kill him." Wily said inside his head. "No," Zero thought. "Kill him, when the time is right. Not now, Zero. But when the time is right." "Hi, X." Zero greeted as X sat down next to him. The Blue Hunter studied his friend for a moment and a look of concern washed over his face. It was just like X to be over concerned about others. There's something different about X. Not that other reploids cannot show compassion, but there is something more to X than all the other reploids. Neither Zero nor Dr. Cain could explain this preternatural quality. "Zero, what's wrong? You're shaking all over." X frowned as he asked his friend. Zero didn't realize he was shivering, probably from that strange message. He quickly caught himself and made up an excuse. "Oh, it's probably one of my balances out of whack after that fight with Sigma. It's nothing." At least momentarily satisfied with the reply, X smiled and patted Zero on the back. "You'd better tell Dr. Cain that when he checks up on you." X said. "Oh, now that the battle against Sigma is over, the other Hunters and I were thinking of throwing a little celebration party." "Party?" Zero asked. "Yeah, I think it's a good idea. Some of the rookies really need time to relax, and from the looks of it-." X pointed to Zero's worn armor. "-It couldn't hurt you either." "Bah, what the hey, it's okay with me. Just one question." X stared at Zero blankly. "Which girls are we going to invite?" Zero gave X his best sly smile. For a moment no one said a word. A second later, both X and Zero laughed. After another couple more minutes of chatting, X remembered some other business he had to take care of, and left Zero again. "When the time is right." Zero repeated Wily's words, which hung over him like he blade on a guillotine. "Please," Zero thought, "Please don't let the time be now." Zero closed his eyes and clamped his hands together as if in prayer. "Let that future never come." [HOME] |
