3: Charge of the Light Brigade
With the new coordinates in hand, X, Octavia, and Zero beamed into Doppler's Fortress at the outermost point to work their way in towards the central chamber where the Neural Computer was stationed. The first area had purple walls, and a robotic junkyard could be seen behind gratings in the walls.
"Creepy," Octavia muttered, shivering.
"Let's go," X ordered. "We need to finish this."
"My trigger finger's itchy," Zero muttered. "I've barely gotten to shoot anything this entire war."
X rolled his eyes at Zero's statement, but Octavia giggled. He then led the way in.
The enemies they encountered at first were nothing new, and the path was quite straightforward...up until they reached a passage with a spiked roof over pits. "Why would anyone put spikes that high up?" Zero muttered. "Who'd be stupid enough to jump that high?" Shrugging, he leapt over the first pit.
As the group approached the second pit, the spiked roof descended over one of the platforms, leaving barely enough room to pass under it.
"...and suddenly this passage is a lot more unnerving," X muttered.
"I'll go first," Octavia offered. "Spikes don't hurt me, and I can quick merge with Classic if I fall into the pits."
Unable to argue with that, X and Zero let Octavia lead the way. As expected, the spikes in the ceiling descended above her, but always left just enough room to pass underneath them unharmed. "This almost seems like a skill challenge rather than an actual attempt to kill us," X muttered, wriggling his hands inside his busters.
"Makes me nervous, too," Zero agreed, his hand unconsciously going to his beam saber.
Heading upward, the group found a narrow passage they had to climb, where the wall sections moved to crush them at each point in alternating directions, too fast for Octavia to use Classic to zoom past. The trio had to climb as fast as they could, barely making it to the ladder past the last segment. Zero actually wound up on his back as his trailing hair got caught by the last section.
"Very. Funny. Tavi," Zero growled out as Octavia giggled at the conundrum. Chuckling himself, X used his beam saber to sever the caught hair as close to the wall as possible, allowing them to move on. Much to Zero's relief, he'd only lost five millimeters of hair. His relief set Octavia giggling again.
Not far beyond that, they found a large compactor room with a spiked ceiling guarded by a mechanaloid in a canine-head-shaped armor. As it approached them, the ceiling began to lower.
"There's something on the other side of the room making the ceiling drop!" Zero called out.
"I'll take care of it!" Octavia shouted, dashing under the mechanaloid.
While X and Zero blasted away at the guardian, Octavia reached the other side. Finding a turbine lowering the ceiling, she switched to Triad Thunder. Charging up, she leapt, slamming all four hooves into the machine as she released the charge. It exploded in a burst of electricity which also happened to damage and temporarily immobilize the guardian.
"Good job!" X called out as he dashed up to her after finishing off the guardian.
"Not bad, Tavi," Zero added with a grin.
As they progressed through the next area, X's radar went off. "A Light Capsule?" he asked, surprised.
"He must have the super-power chip and the Piano Adapter ready!" Octavia offered happily.
Grinning widely, X quickly led the way to where he'd detected the capsule, another pink one. As he approached, it opened.
"I have perfected the chip to enhance all your parts," Light explained as X approached. "Designing it to work with the Piano Adapter was a great idea on Octavia's part, and that is also ready for installation. However, I would suggest saving the first use of the Adapter for an enemy you intend to fully obliterate. Its power is immense." With that, the hologram vanished.
X stepped into the capsule, and the light flared as the upgrades were installed. Varia also flashed, her coloration changing to gold. Octavia glanced at the change. "...I think this looks better on X than on me," she muttered.
"New capacity available," Varia intoned. "Continuous charge shot available. Double Air Dash available. Defensive energy shield amplified. Energy regeneration subroutines available. Defensive energy can now be regenerated while not moving. This can also be used to fill Sub Tanks."
"Useful," X commented as he stepped out of the capsule, his armor now golden.
"Whatever you say, Super Sayian," Zero joked, earning a light punch on the arm.
Returning to the path, the trio cleared their way through the remaining enemies, climbing up the final segment to reach a sealed door. Passing through it, they encountered a massive mechanaloid that looked not unlike the head of an elephant attached to a rocket platform. It shot bullets at them from its trunk from a high altitude, while a junk chute dumped chunks of mechaloid onto a conveyor belt below.
"We have to get past that thing!" X barked out.
"There's an open door right there," Octavia pointed out logically.
Glancing at each other, X and Zero shrugged, following through the open passage, leaving the mechanaloid to defend its post inadequately.
Several minutes after they left, the mechanaloid stopped moving. Glancing down, it double checked to make sure no one was there or around, then wiped its forehead. "I can't believe that worked!" it muttered as it promptly fled the fortress. It wasn't about to stick around when the A class Hunters were there to obliterate everything in their path. It wasn't stupid.
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That mecolid got the right idea running while the getting good. But doesn't that mean he's a wall now
The common sense is strong with this last mech.
I like that last bot. He has more common sense than that chrome dome the group is heading to deal with, no doubt.
Well at least one of the enemies was smart enough to get the hell out of there.
Definitely has the right idea, this one! Ah, it's good to see that even te ones that are under control by the system can still show some autonomy.
That last mech reminds me of that one batman mook. Sees batman in dark room and turns around pretending he didn't see him
oh god i just got judgement dragon memories...whyd you name the chapter this?
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Because X was made by Dr. Light.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
I'm surprised that Zero didn't ask Light for his own animal companion/adapter.
I
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
II
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
III
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.
IV
Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered.
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
V
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
VI
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Remember the Light Brigade and remember this story for it is awesome
... Huh, so mechaniloids have autonomy? I just thought they followed orders. I guess the world really does change, in the end.
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Doppler programmed his guardians to be smarter in hopes of doing a better job dealing with X and crew.
...he did too good a job with this one.
6745705 Imagine what would've happened if Wily did the same thing.
{Guts-Tank:...
Mega Man: Oh, great, not this again.
Guts-Tank: And just what is that supposed to mean?!
Mega Man: Huh, wh-... you're not sticking to one line?
Guts-Tank: And why should I? Just because I'm designed to look like some ruffian, doesn't mean that I have to act like one!
Mega Man: Huh, I guess you have a point... so, is this the part where we fight, or-
Guts-Tank: And now you expect me to fight you?! I simply came here to say hello, to congratulate you for making it this far, but I can see when my efforts were wasted. Good day to you, sir! *Exeunt*
Mega Man:... Uh...
*Meanwhile*
Wily:... That went differently than I expected it to.}
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And then the upgraded Air Man, Skull Man, and all of the VWMs come out of nowhere with the whole "wrong neighborhood" shtick.
Wily: "And I didn't expect THAT!"
Then Tank Man joins the fray at the last moment.
Vinyl: "If you have the cards: play 'em. Don't let them learn your hand."
Wily: "..."
6746329 I could well imagine what would happen... or rather, what I would want to happen.
{Skull Man: So, it looks like you still haven't learn your lesson. Any last words?
Mega Man: Just what lesson was I supposed to learn, exactly?
Skull Man: Obviously, that you shouldn't have tried to kill my friends.
Mega Man: And obviously, you never went back to the beginning of The Ruins during the True End.
Skull Man:... Huh?
Mega Man: You can try to guilt me with whatever belief you want to, but know this: I am simply doing my job. And that job involves preventing the world from getting taken over by those who are in over their heads. And if that means that I have to destroy those who will secure their bases to the bitter end, then I will do what I must to see that job through, regardless of how you, me, or anyone else feels about it.
Skull Man:...
Mega Man: Not a single day has passed since I've mourned over those I've killed, sentient or otherwise, but if doing nothing meant that the world would be doomed as a result of my inaction... I wouldn't have it any other way. So go ahead. Cut me to pieces. Blow me up. Wack me with a bone, melt my circuits, electrocute me until my optics crash, I don't even care. I will come back a thousand times over to ensure that my objective is completed, just like everyone else here.}
That would most likely never happen, but that's something I'd like to see.
Tatsurou, do you take suggestions for future stories, cause after reading a fan-fic on another site, an idea came to me for one that I (and I'm very sure others) would love to see you write?
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You can PM it to me.
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Same here. Even with what we see involving Rock's depression; I can sense him fighting and going a near suicide route. Even if he won't allow himself to be destroyed; protecting others might fill him with some DETERMINATION.
6748287 Exactly. For a minute, I thought I was the only one.
But...Zero is the one with the hair...
was the skip a actual thing?
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No. That I added for humor.
Hahaha.
Welp...
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Alfred Tennyson was a wonderful poet. I memorized that poem in elementary school.
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This pretty much happens later on..
Is this chapter named after a Yugioh card?
Not stupid, not expendable, not staying!
... pretty smart thinking on that mechanaloids part... wonder what happened to him after he got away?