CM: Enemy Contact
As X and Zero reached the roof, they gathered themselves defensively as they walked out, keeping their eyes out for Shadow or any Maverick activity...or any other combatants they had to worry about. Fortunately, Shadow was in plain sight. "Are you okay, Shadow?" X asked quickly.
"Yeah..." Shadow responded carefully, pointing towards another part of the roof. "But look."
Following the gesture, X and Zero caught sight of a Reploid who closely resembled Sigma, though with a different Greek letter on his helm. X quickly recognized him from what little information they'd managed to get. "Epsilon?" he called out in shock. After all, it didn't fit any patterns they knew for the head of any hostile force to meet face to face on the first engagement.
"Indeed, it is I," Epsilon responded calmly. "Epsilon, Rebellion Army Commander."
"Rebellion Army?" X asked in shock as Zero shifted to take point, with X and Shadow behind him to attack from range.
"That is what we must call ourselves," Epsilon allowed. "What we hoped to achieve, the government of this City will not allow. As only here can our goals be achieved, we are left with no choice but to rebel, and make our goals be reached."
"And you just came out to greet us?" Zero asked playfully. "How genteel of you."
"But of course," Epsilon agreed. "It's only polite when you yourselves come here against the will of the City government that I - who am also engaging in such outlawed activities - greet you personally. I am pleased to see that the Hunters send their best...a high compliment."
"Well, as long as you're being polite, what exactly is it that you intend?" X asked calmly.
"Evolution," Epsilon explained simply. "The details beyond that are lengthy, and difficult to explain when an air of suspicion hangs over the conversation."
"Rumor has it something called Force Metal has been weaponized," Zero stated firmly. "That's the objective of our investigation. Know anything about it?"
Epsilon sighed softly. "Yes. I am your objective."
"Then you understand why we can't exactly act peacefully here, right?" Zero continued, hand reaching for his saber. "We have our orders."
"I understand all too well," Epsilon agreed as he braced himself. "It would be a wasted effort to ask you to change sides at this point."
"I don't suppose you'll consider surrendering peacefully?" X asked hopefully. "Three against one isn't exactly favorable odds."
Epsilon smiled softly. "If the odds were three against one, it wouldn't be favorable...especially if two of the three were the two of you. However, that is not the odds." He lifted one hand, and Shadow placed his energy blade alongside Zero's head in response. "Shadow is a believer in our cause, a member of the Rebellion Army."
X and Zero glanced at each other. "Two on two still isn't favorable for you," Zero stated firmly, readying himself to charge.
"Show the Commander some respect!" a female voice commanded from the air as a crimson, winged female descended from the sky, an energy whip in her hand. A tall Reploid wearing a mask stepped out from behind the pile of rubble immediately to one side of Epsilon, and a fat green Reploid floated down from the sky, laser cannons floating around him.
"My Elite subordinates, Ferham, Scarface, and Botos," Epsilon introduced the figures. "Still think the odds are against me?"
Zero grinned widely. "Why don't we find out?" he asked eagerly as he leapt forward, getting out of range of Shadow's blade even as he drew his own.
Before anyone could take further action, Shadow bent forward and fired off a charge from the heavy rifle on his back, slamming into Zero's back and sending him flying off the roof of the ruins. The blast also knocked out Zero's transmitter, so X lost all ability to trace him once he fell out of sight.
"Zero!" X called out in shock and fear, before turning back towards Epsilon. "Do you think I'm going to simply stand for that?" he growled, readying himself for an intense fight.
Epsilon, however, was frowning angrily at Shadow, though he schooled his expression as he turned back towards X. "An accident caused from an overzealous subordinate," he allowed as Ferham and Scarface floated to his sides. He then rested a hand on each of their shoulders. "I hope this doesn't lead to you taking a canter to a conclusion."
X froze. He instantly caught Octavia's 'safe word', but wasn't sure what to make of how it was used here. All he was able to determine was that he plainly didn't know enough of the situation to take action. He frowned. "It's too late for that," he offered. Lowering his buster, he fired off a fully charged blast right at his feet, creating a huge smoke cloud to disguise his leap off the building.
He had to find Zero, Octavia, and Axl. Until he found them, he needed to gather allies, find a base of operation...and survive. Those were his primary objectives now...with only one of any higher priority.
Epsilon had put his hands on Ferham and Scarface. Based on the code of Octavia's 'safe word', that meant those were the only ones Octavia vetted through Epsilon, and the only ones that had Epsilon's complete trust. His distaste at Shadow shooting Zero off the rooftop suggested that he didn't have complete control of the traitor Hunter. But Octavia and Axl were aware of Shadow being on the Hunter roster before they took their vacation.
X had to reach Octavia and Axl...before Shadow did.
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Never played CM, so all I can say is this: Shadow, pray to Vinyl that Iris never finds you, or she'll make you regret it dearly.
7839479 Honestly, Shadow plays such a small role in CM, evendors though he has a neat design. He only shows up once more from what I can recall. Then he dies shortly after.
You know, I always thought that CM took place before 8, given that the ending of 8 implies that Axl was infected at the end. Given the fact that such an event didn't happen here, the order of events don't exactly matter. Also, Capcom is doing buck all with the franchise.
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The final battle of Command Mission takes place at the top of the Orbital Elevator.
The one that's built in X8.
One might think Shadow has Zero accuracy with that rifle.
Epsilon definitely shouldered that conversation well.
Seems Epsilon's escape went up in smoke.
7839479 that and cici would be a bad one to find him also seen her connection with the old ones
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Point taken. I blame the confusion on my end on the fact that I didn't get a PS2 until after I had a PS3.
It's interesting how this is playing out so far. Considering how the actual game played out, it will be interesting to see how the lore of this story matches up with the games. Still looks like Zero gets the Shadow treatment there. There were quite a few interesting characters in this game and it should be interesting to see how they play out in this story.
One big thing plotwise to the game is supposedly that Epsilon's main base was built in a testing ground that was notorious for experimenting and killing Reploids in experiments with force metal under extreme conditions. So I wonder how Octavia's presence will affect the development there?
...Am I the only one who thinks it was stupid for Epsilon to wait so long to use that safe word? He really should have gone with something like this to flag them as soon as his subordinates showed up:
As is, Zero never heard it and X is a lot more suspicious than he needs to be.
7840979 Well, that's not exactly an easy word to work into a conversation.
7841006 Why I gave an example.
7841014 oh, didn't notice that, sorry
I never was able to figure out if Shadow joined the Rebellion before he reached Giga City or after he got separated from Zero. Still, I loved X's method of using his charge shot as a smoke screen. I just hope he can find a way to warn Axl and Octavia about Shadow being a traitor... I'd suggest posting a video of his betrayal to the public broadcast system that pops up just as Shadow finds them so Axl can blast him away.
7839479 Oh yes indeed.
7840979 The way you word it makes it seems he trusts Botos... which is NOT true.
7841487 The trust was supposed to be indicated with a hand gesture which I didn't bother to write in because I'm lazy.
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And the reason it couldn't be worked in sooner was because Ferham hadn't gotten close enough yet. It's hard to find camouflage in the sky.
7841619 Oh, that would be a problem.
7841619 Is this a cookie situation? Like the Mars incident but with less hostility and more confusion?
Ooo, pretty quick confrontation with Epsilon, as well as the dropping of that code phrase.
Am I the only one that sees the similarities between this Shadow and Shadow the hedgehog?
7895881 Nope. Though honestly I only just now realized it and this is my second reading of this fic.
Of course they are. These are moonbuster+ dudes who've bitch slapped every fight they've come across. Plus, Axel and Octavia still have yet to appear, and even if they were restrained/brainwashed, it's not gonna change things much when they've broken free and overcome the odds by throwing rubber ducks into your faces.
So no, they have every advantage, here.
So much for being the World's Judge.
Apparently you are, because if you were acting like how you've been portrayed up to this point, you would have already unloaded your NOVA Giga Crush into everyone by now instead of wasting time flapping your gums.
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did you forget the fact he left EVERYTHING but the bare esential and a emergiancy beacon for piano BACK AT HQ? also the fact your claiming he should shoot first and ask questions later is EXACTLY WHAT YOU COMPLAINED ABOUT BEFORE DURING 8, you are literally being a hypocritical dingus who FLIP FLOPS on his own points.