Sigma grumbled to himself as he waited for the one who was supposed to meet him here. The damn mercenary was over an hour late! Did he think it was easy to be inconspicuous when you were over 8 feet tall with a huge pink cape and a face on your chest? ...admittedly, he probably could have chosen a less conspicuous body for this meet up...but he was Sigma! He wasn't about to go slinking around like some common criminal!
"Siggy, baby, there you are!" a calm, collected, playful voice called out. The figure accompanying the voice was nearly as conspicuous as Sigma in his own way. He wasn't as tall as Sigma, but was dressed in blue, white, and gold armor, his blue hair trailing out behind his helmet. An orange visor hid his eyes, and he seemed to have a permanent impudent smirk on his face and a relaxed air about him. "No wonder I couldn't find you before now. I thought you said this meeting was a secret!"
"Enough of that, Dynamo!" Sigma barked out. "You're over an hour late! Do you want the Maverick Hunters to find us?"
Dynamo shrugged. "What does it matter if they do, Siggy? I can just turn you in for the bounty for information leading to your capture or destruction if they do. Nothing illegal about being a mercenary, so I'm in the clear."
"Stop calling me that!" Sigma snapped.
"Why should I?" Dynamo demanded.
"It makes it sound like you aren't taking me seriously," Sigma growled out.
"Oh, good," Dynamo replied. "I was afraid I was being too subtle."
"What?" Sigma roared out.
"Seriously, Sigs, why should I take you seriously?" Dynamo began ticking off his fingers. "First time you went out, the Hunters completely prevented your objectives, the pony stole your dog, and X and the pony both one-shotted you. Second time, you got beaten by having a dog sit on you. Third time, you laughed yourself to death in your first form before being two-shotted in your second, and your big bad virus plan failed before it could begin. And your last plan unraveled before it even got off the ground, and you ran off with your tail between your legs." He spread his hands wide. "Why should I take you at all seriously?"
Sigma's eyes burned with rage. "Do you have any idea what I could do to you here?"
"Nothing," Dynamo replied, as relaxed as ever. "You can't risk damaging me, because you know I have the Maverick Hunter's wavelength on speed dial, and could have them here to take you down before you could blink since this place isn't teleport shielded. Even if you got away, I could give them the whole plan. And you can't infect me, or you wouldn't be offering to pay me money to do this job for you."
Sigma struggled mightily to control his temper. "If I didn't need you, you'd be dead where you stand."
"Exactly, Siggy-wiggy," Dynamo taunted. "You need me. None of the hard-core Mavericks will work for you, and none of the other mercenaries will give you the time of day. I'm your only option to carry out this job."
"You will respect me!" Sigma roared. "I am a God amongst Reploids-"
"You're an egotistical idiot," Dynamo countered. "If not for your virus, you'd have been permanently decommissioned long ago, and completely forgotten to history. Now, did you actually have a job for me? If you just called me out here to vent, rant, and rave, for that I charge by the hour."
Sigma continued to glare death at the impudent mercenary, but eventually got himself under control. "Here," he said coldly, rage still seething in his voice. He handed Dynamo a tightly sealed capsule. "Your first job is to get this aboard the Eurasia space colony, past the viral scanners."
"Pay in advance," Dynamo said firmly.
"Half up front, half when the job's complete," Sigma countered.
"Goodbye." Putting the capsule down, Dynamo turned to leave.
"Fine! Pay in full ahead of time!" Sigma snapped angrily.
Chuckling, Dynamo turned back. "Pleasure doing business with you. How soon do I get the money?"
Grumbling under his breath, Sigma handed over a cash card, which would download its credit contents to any account just by being scanned. "I'll have another job for you after that."
"Oh?" Dynamo asked curiously. "What sort of job?"
"Once my plan goes into motion, the Maverick Hunters will try to counter it," Sigma explained. "Delay their attempts to build countermeasures however you can. Challenging a high level Hunter amidst their construction sites, perhaps?" Privately, Sigma hoped X or Zero would destroy this impudent mercenary.
Dynamo's eyes widened, and then he laughed. "Oh, I know just what I'm going to do," he chuckled. "I'll even give you a 10% discount for this job."
"Oh?" Sigma asked with interest.
"Yup!" He held up the cash card. "Another one of these, less 10% what's on it, for each attack on the HQ. Payment due now."
Grumbling, Sigma handed over two more cards.
"It's been a pleasure Sig!" Dynamo stated happily as he started to saunter off.
"You do realize my plans will destroy the world as you know it!" Sigma snapped one last time.
"Nah!" Dynamo countered. "X, Zero, and Octavia will thwart you completely and obliterate you again, just like always. So I have no guilt profiting off your incompetence!" With that, he blew Sigma a playful kiss before warping away.
Sigma glared after the mercenary...and then sighed. He made a mental note to rethink his method after this plan, success or failure.
So how fast will this plan get stopped? Dynamo just seems to me to be a total dick bent only on causing mayhem.
I'm liking Dynamo a lot more now. Let's see what happens.
poor sigma get's no respect
I am LOVING Dynamo!
Tats, I have a new favorite character, for this one anyway, Dante's Little Apple Surprise is still my favorite out of all of these though.
I love what you are doing with Dynamo!
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Sigma, here's an advice: Check every cartoon ever. Find every file on Villains and see where they went wrong. Learn from their mistake.
... Oh, Tatsurou, you really DO listen to me!... Although, I'm kind of interested. In X4, Sigma devised a pretty smart plan. He planted insurgents, tried to stage a coup, and did the Shakespeariest things imaginable while doing so... If he steps up his game from THAT... Just what is it that he'll try to use?!
I question Dynamo's logic a bit, though. While it's true that it's not illegal to be a mercenary... isn't it considered contemptible to get payed off by a well-known terrorist to do whatever it is he says? Then again, I suppose it depends on what happens next. If THEY offer him money right off the bat, then he "changes alliances" and that's that. But if HE asks for money first, then they'd just pull the "Or we could just kill you right now" card and that would also be that.... then again, I've never really played X5, so what do I know?
How the mighty have fallen.
6932417 There was a story I read once where the main villain had actually done that... and then discarded all those lessons because it was just no fun anymore if you didn't get to be cartoonishly evil once in a while.
!!!
I love this version of Dynamo! He knows that Sigma could destroy him in a second and doesn't give a ! Kind of reminds me of Al Negator from Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars.
(and will say it while tossing around the ones he already has!)
That Dynamo is such a troll I'll bet he'll actually give the Maverick Hunters trouble.
Man, Sigma has really fallen low...I almost feel sorry for the guy *repalys a video of Octavia and X humiliating Sigma*...almost
I read Dynamo's dialogue in Mettaton EX's voice... and it fits.
You know, even though I know it's not going to happen, I want Sigma to win. I'm just a bit unhappy that he's getting shit on by everybody he tries to recruit. Even if he is an egotistical bastard, I still like him.
Holy crap I like this Dynamo, a lot more than the normal one. Granted, he probobly wouldn't have been nearly as cocky is Sigma's plans hat a bit more success.
6932854 I reread his dialogue. I can see MTT EX in him yet I also thought Cl4P-Tr4P(?) worked as well.
6932517 You know, I might be interested in that.
6932452 Dynamo is a dick. thats pretty much all you need to know. its not as easily seen in X5 as it is in X6, where he hunts for Nightmare Souls to boost his power for some reason or another, but he is a dick.
6933524 It comes up at one point in 'Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality'. Just be prepared for a doorstopper.
6933540 So what you're saying is, this will most likely happen to Dynamo?
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Holy shit! Someone else remembers it? I swear, there have been times where I wondered if I just made the whole thing up! If you know anywhere to find online episodes let me know.
Here I am now wishing that I had working copies of all the X series games. My copy of X4 always froze up in the second half of Magma Dragoon's stage, X5 failed to load after the intro stage, and I can't find X6 or 7.
6934133 Well, it was a woefully short series: 13 episodes. (but you can find it here)
http://www.justanimedubbed.tv/watch/bucky-ohare-and-the-toad-wars/
Much like Dino Riders; 14 episodes (which can be found (directly) on Youtube, Here.)
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The original troll face.
6933671 probably not. he may end up going straight and becoming a Hunter.
or he might just take the cash and run.
Dynamo wins awesome points by taunting Sigma and surviving. I can't wait to see how his interactions with the Hunters go... but since he appears to take care of his hair I'd suggest he asks Octavia how she cares for her mane and they exchange styling tips.
6932417 And read the Evil Overlord list.
6934706 Gah, stop! Next you'll break out Samurai Pizza Cats.
6935018 That's a shame, he seems like one of those characters who almost get shot up. Remember that one scene from WWW?
...Dynamo is coming, isn't he?
Somebody pick up that phone!
I can tell I'm gonna snicker at Sigma's expense today.
Hehe.
*Goes off to read WWW & repeatedly mashing the like button*
6935842 Hey! i loved that show.
and besides you can find that here.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS4APdRj5MZdhdNEmwWUcZL_Tx_skioQX
6936880 I must either find you and kill you to preserve the integrity of the universe... Or propose to you... I'm not sure which is a worse idea.
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I'll ship it
6939168 (half joking) Shaddup! this doesn't concern you!
6942725 PYRO!
Next chapter, Dynamo goes to Maverick Hunters and gives them the whole plan, on condition that he gets to keep the money XP. Looking forward to the next chapter ^^.
Dynamo sounds like Mettaton in my head.
My only hope for when we get up to Megaman X8
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Yeah, Sigma is a joke in this fic.
Dynamo you got some sass on you. I like it a lot. He was always my favorite mini-boss to fight.
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OOOH YES
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Mercenaries need to have some loyalty even to idots unless they get paid off of course but if not that ruin their creed
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Poor Sigma deserves no respect
well dynamo proves he's awesome by smack talking sigma TO HIS FACE without any repercusions