As X gathered himself for yet another attempt at remonstrating his wayward children, the entire tower on which they stood shook. "What's happening?" X called out worriedly.
"The Tower wasn't designed for this level of action!" Epsilon called back out. "It's taken all it can, and its structural integrity is past its limit! It's collapsing!"
Omega and the others quickly leapt back into the Memezord before dividing them back into the animal forms. "Hop on!" Leviathan ordered as her leviathan swam up, its back large enough for all of them to climb on.
"What about Axl?" Octavia called out worriedly.
"I've already picked up his signal on Earth!" Phantom stated quickly. "He's safe. We're not!"
Massimo grabbed Octavia before she could argue further as the entire group landed atop the leviathan mech. "How are we going to do with reentry?" he asked worriedly.
"I designed these babies!" Leviathan pointed out. "I took everything imaginable into account, and even some things inconceivable. You'd probably be fine if I had to fly this thing through a black hole! ...not that I'm in a hurry to test that theory..."
At that point, speech became unwise as the mechs began descending into the atmosphere. As Leviathan stated, reentry proved not to be a problem. The Leviathan mech descended slowly in an up and down wave motion, so that its downward velocity was never quite enough to start creating re-entry heat. The Turtle mech descended in a spinning discus, with the Wolf mech absorbing the reentry heat. The Falcon mech cut through the air like a blade, while the Dragon mech spiraled in, dispersing the heat. While the descent was time consuming, it was completely safe for all involved. Once they were within the atmosphere completely, descent to sea level went much faster, allowing a gentle landing in Giga City...where the amassed forces of the Maverick Hunters and the Rebellion Army were working together to maintain order under a surprise figure.
"Everything under control, cousin?" Omega called out.
The brown haired young man turned towards them with a smile. "Indeed it is," he confirmed. "Once the broadcast of Sigma hit, everything was in disorder for a time...but our family reputation was strong enough to bring everyone under my banner."
"Mikhail?" X called out in surprise. "Is that you? I haven't seen you in years!"
"Been busy with Mother and Father preparing for this, Uncle," Mikhail responded readily. "Thomas and Albert are doing their parts as well. Tom's spent the past decade worming his way into political circles, getting the political capitol to be appointed chief of the planetary council...and Albert's already organized the world's scientists and researchers under his guidance to capture the falling SFM energy for study to prevent world-wide overcharge."
"...so between the three of you, you now control the political, military, and scientific governance of the world?" Zero asked in surprise.
"It's actually for the good in the long run," Mikhail pointed out logically. "We're brothers, so we actually know how to get along and compromise." He turned to Octavia. "And Albert's already retrieved Axl. Apparently, he was found in stand by mode next to Sigma's real body...though the head was missing and it looked like his Plasma Core had been ripped out of his chest."
"Are we going to have to worry about the head?" X asked worriedly as Octavia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Not according to Albert's report," Mikhail reassured him, turning to a data pad. "Apparently, the plasma burns on the neck suggest that Axl somehow made Sigma bite his own plasma core open."
"No more Mortal Kombat for that boy," Octavia murmured, doing her best to sound chiding but failing miserably.
"For the moment, the press is almost here," Mikhail continued. "They're going to want to interview the heroes of the hour."
X groaned, rubbing his forehead. "I'm not sure we're up to interviews now...we're all tired..."
"Actually...I meant The Guardians," Mikhail pointed out, gesturing to Omega and the others where they stood by their mechs. "I...took the liberty of arranging the story leaks so that most of the credit for saving the world this time went to them."
Zero blinked at Mikhail, stunned. "Why?"
"So that the rest of the world won't make a fuss when you quietly retire and focus your energies on helping Octavia find her way to her home planet, now that literally every obligation you have to this world is fulfilled complete with new heroes you can trust to whom you can pass the torch?" Mikhail answered carefully, seeming confused at Zero's confusion.
"Well that's all well and good as far as Dad, Uncle Zero, and I," Octavia pointed out. "But what about Axl? And the others - Cinnamon, Marino, Massimo, Epsilon-"
"I am a relic of the Maverick War, meant to bring it to an end," Epsilon spoke up. "Now that my mission has been fulfilled, I have no desire for accolades. I shall instead seek out Albert to assist in the Supra-Force Metal research. Scarface has never been one for fawning...and I am certain Massimo and Ferham have no need for any but each other's hero worship at this point."
"And I'd honestly rather not go that public," Spider added. "Not to mention I think Axl, Cinnamon, and Marino will be of the same mind as Massimo and Ferham...once we find Axl."
"No need to search too much," a familiar voice spoke up from behind them. "I deliver, too!"
Octavia spun in surprise. "Dynamo?"
"Sensei?" Spider gasped in stunned amazement as Dynamo gently settled Axl - still very dazed - on his feet between Cinnamon and Marino, Tango curled up around his neck like a scarf unmoving.
"If you're talking about sending Octavia home, I'll be going too," Dynamo stated simply. "I've...done my job. And I've left someone skilled to take care of things in my stead." Reaching out, he gently patted Spider on the head.
"...Sensei..." Spider murmured softly, his voice thick with emotion.
"Prometheus is gonna want to come too," Dynamo added. "We've...both got someone we've missed all these years."
"...Vinyl..." Octavia whispered, surprised at the strength of the yearning that entered her voice.
too
So, I give this story... maybe three more chapters?
Seems our heroes don't need to worry about reentering to the hero spotlight.
Guess the brothers don't intend to worm their way out of these new positions now do they?
Finally it seems Octavia is gonna be able to Scratch that yearning she's had for awhile now.
8190200 4 tops
The end approaches... of Vinyl and Octavita not being together kicking butt. I almost feel sorry for their version of Tirek... though it's more a question of who
It's been to long, what chapter were Mikhail, Tom, and Albert introduced in????
8190200 Possibly a fourth though I see that playing out as the actual ending to Order and Chaos from the AN it ended with and that is going to be truly interesting
8190275 It's interesting, because Vinyl was never really a fighter in WWW. She was a scientist and avid science fiction fan, but all of the fighting was done by the Masters she built. Octavia, who is supposedly the calmer of the two, is the fighter and light battle junkie, though she's no slouch in the science department either. She's also not above emotional manipulation if she's thinks it will save everyone a migraine.
I'm curious how this will change their lives. Tirek getting pwned horribly was just a bygone conclusion.
That's rather clever. Good on you, Leviathan!
...i am either slow or stupid, im certain someone already mention this. But I know who Dyanamo is... he's none other. TAKE THAT!
Bass., You are Dyanamo!
8190520 Nope. Dynamo is Skull Man. Bass went to Equestria with Vinyl already.
Mikhail? Ok, I get that everyone went to Mars but...it's been ~100 years, shouldn't he be long passed his natural life span?
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Betting you never played ZX Advent, the Government at that point is run by 3 people, Mikhail, Albert and Thomas. All named after the scientists of classic.
8190535 I've played...Mega Man 2, X1, a bit of X2, and X5 as Zero. As for Albert and Thomas, I kinda assumed that Light and Wily's AI were the ones being talked about
Soon....
Home sweet home... Equestria
I found a cool pic in google. Take a looksie
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8190539 in this story Prometheus named his children after Mikhail, light, and Wily, in honour of his creators and family.
8190692 Less steampunk and more power-cores and I'll buy into that scenery
Ok I'm just laughing at Octavia's reaction of no more mortal combat for him
8190275
I just hope things don't go pear-shaped at the last minute for Octavia like they did for Vinyl....
8191145 A very understandable fear.
8191269
Ah, crap, do you know something we don't?
8191332 No, but I do hope that nothing bad happens to Octavia like things did to Vinyl.
8191342 WHY DID YOU INVOKE MURPHY'S LAW...
8191914
oh come on. what's the worst that could happen?
8192178 *facepalm*
V: Prometheus! What's with the beer belly?!
O: What happened to your leg?!
Dis: What happened to you two?!
8198009 Rule 34 & 68 are not that strong. (I seek Rule 34 to prove that the rule is true. There are a popularity and time zone chart.) Rule 68 is indeed stronger but the chart applies that there's an intersection where... pony crosses blow up. Before the intersection pony and OG media artworks are separate before the merge increases before the two works are crossed in some way.
I.E. Powerpuff Girls meet Rainbow Dash --> Rainbow Dash is Buttercup, Fluttershy is Bubbles, and Twilight is Blossom --> The Powerpuff Fillies.
Sigma got Fatality.
8198109
Ah, but does Rule 68 distinguish between those sorts of crossover when determining if it counts? I would disagree~
Before I finish this story, I have a few things I need to get off my chest. I am well aware of how late I am in reviewing these, but I greatly enjoyed WWW. It was't the best, granted, but it most certainly wasn't the worst, and it gave plenty of character to what amounts to a background character, and MotF was looking to be an adequate sequel.
But it's not.
The end of WWW I enjoyed greatly, in an odd way; a bitter ending with a sorrowful outlook on the world. Vinyl's plan probably would have fallen apart at the end specifically because mental suggestions, which her tech relied on, wouldn't work with a panicked state of mind, which was the entire planet at that point in the story, and I looked forward to how you would follow up.
In regards to MotF, I enjoyed the majority of the story. Your action sequences need work, as far as this story in particular is concerned, but the 'in between' scenes more than made up for it, giving the characters much needed rest, and building their personalities through natural, organic conversation. I greatly enjoyed the jokes, jabs, barbs, and all around fun that they enjoyed from start to finish.
The buildup to the final battle was great, it really put everything into perspective regarding just how important it was, and calling back information from the very first arc. I was hyped, and shaking with anticipation.
Then you completely utterly ruined it.
I would have been fine with the 'zord's (I'm not dignifying the name you gave it) presence if you had even alluded to a single piece's existence I guess, but no, you had to 'get crazy' about it, in your own words. If you feel this great a need to do something this shitty, then get it out of your system in the early battles, like I figured you had, what with all the references and cowardly running that the villains did. I desperately want this story to be better than it is, but I cannot and will not accept that 'zord's contribution to the final battle.
I would have been very happy with you bringing in the cast's children for the final battle, giving them their time to shine, and allowing them to prove to their parents that the world was in good hands, showing that they were not only competent but also strong enough to carry on the Light legacy, becoming heroes in the process of saving the lives of their very own parents.
But fucking no.
Maybe I'm more salty than I should be given I just spent three fucking days reading 160+ chapters that built up to a fight that I utterly fucking DESPISE.
I usually favorite every entry of the PWNY-verse series, WWW being no exception, but you ruined for me.
Other than that, good work I guess.
honestly the end of this chapter marks the end of the x series even in real life, every foe bested, the world saved... things are finally going to be at piece..