5: Deep Ones
CiCi clung tightly to the Ride Chaser as it sped along the damaged terrain. Even for her, trying to walk through that area would have been a really bad idea, since the Viral Energy had seeped into the cracks in the ground. Even if that energy couldn't influence her, too much exposure could still damage her systems. It was even damaging the Ride Chaser's systems as she passed over.
Thankfully, she didn't need all her limbs to grip and control the Ride Chaser. Several spare limbs were available for blasting apart obstacles and collecting the Energy Items scattered through the air as she passed. She wasn't sure what they were, but they had a Light Tech energy signal, so she judged it a good idea to grab all of them.
Seeing a wall approaching, she tried to brake the Ride Chaser, only to find the braking systems had failed. Leaping free, she spread her limbs to catch air, letting the Ride Chaser slam into the wall and blast open a path into the ground. Before moving on, however, CiCi examined the wall the Ride Chaser had slammed into. "Hmm...this is a door," she murmured. "Looks like those Energy Items are resonating...must be sealing a Light Capsule." Slamming the Energy Items into the door, she watched as it collapsed inward, dissolving. "Alright then..."
She rapidly approached the capsule, scanning it with her sensors. "Hmm...the helmet program for X's Falcon Armor...reduces special weapon energy consumption. Looks like I'll have to hack the security again..."
"Or you could just ask nicely."
"Or I could-" CiCi froze. "...Dr. Light..."
"Not exactly," the hologram replied. "You are the one who hacked the capsule in the area overseen by Morph Moth, correct?"
"Yes, that was me," CiCi replied. "I...had my reasons for ensuring I was the one who faced that Maverick."
"Is there a reason why Morph Moth emitted energy readings similar to those released by Web Man?" the Light hologram inquired.
"What makes you think I know anything about the FART?" CiCi demanded.
"Well, the fact that you know Web Man was a part of that," the hologram countered, smirking.
CiCi blinked a few of her eyes, cursing her mouth. "...alright, yes, there is a reason. He was one of hers."
"I take it she has been dealt with, then?" Light asked.
"That's my job," CiCi stated, not wanting to explain further.
"Fair enough," Light allowed. "I've uploaded the proper security codes to your systems to download this set of armor programs. Good luck."
"I'll need it," CiCi muttered as the hologram vanished. As she downloaded the armor program, she thought to herself, Father's not going to be happy with me about this...
Dropping down, CiCi spotted a lab scientist who showed no signs of infection. Unfortunately, he was being held hostage by an infected mechanaloid. Fortunately, said mechanaloid was rather lightweight, and easy for CiCi to seize in her tendrils and toss aside. Grabbing the scientist, she attached an evac beacon, sending him back to HQ.
Other mechanaloids proved little obstacle to CiCi as she reached out and tore them to pieces. The damaged lock systems proved more problematic, as she was forced to hurl chunks of mechanaloid at them to push the damaged circuits back together, since she didn't have a buster of her own to use. Thankfully, the mechanaloid chunks weren't that heavy for her.
As she progressed, she came across several other civilians she needed to rescue with the evac beacons, glad at this point she'd packed so many. She was also grateful that there were enough mechanaloid pieces to open all the locked doors, enabling her to make it to where Squid Addler was waiting.
"Hmm...I wasn't expecting you to arrive," he murmured, his tentacles waving in the air. "I could have sworn it would be X or Zero."
"X is meeting with Izzy Glow," CiCi explained. "Zero went to meet with Duff McWhalen. Colonel is dealing with the Arms Merchant. So I guess I get to ten-Tango with you."
"...hilarious," Addler grumbled. "So what brings you here, then?"
"I'm here for the Energy Cartridge." CiCi narrowed her eyes. "And unlike my teammates, I have no qualms with eliminating a former comrade to accomplish my goal, should it prove necessary. I'm well adjusted to the idea of collateral, or acceptable losses."
"You also seem a bit bloodthirsty," Addler chided. "Leaping to offers of violence so quick?"
"That's because my sensors have already shown you've installed the Energy Cartridge in your own systems," CiCi countered. "If I don't miss my guess, you're using it to keep the Viral Energy from entering your systems."
"You miss your guess," Addler corrected. "It is keeping the energy that has already infected me suppressed. So you are asking me to sacrifice myself to madness and death to save the world."
"You were a Maverick Hunter," CiCi offered, shrugging some of her tentacles. "That's the job."
"Not my job anymore," Addler growled. "No matter how infected the world becomes, the Energy Cartridge will keep me intact down here."
CiCi sighed sadly. "If that's how you feel...then infected or not, you are Maverick, and standing in the way of saving the world."
"Then fight if that's what you feel you must!" Addler proclaimed, launching arcs of electricity at CiCi as he took to the air.
"It's no fight," CiCi corrected, slithering between the bolts and seizing Addler's limbs and jetpack in her tentacles, ripping them from his torso. "Merely a brief struggle."
"You...!" Addler growled out through the pain. "Do you think I will surrender?"
CiCi picked up Addler's torso and head. "I don't think it matters, since I have what I came here for now. It'll be up to you whether you let Lifesaver extract the Energy Cartridge, or if we plug you into the Enigma."
"Fiend!" Addler snapped. "Monster!"
CiCi stared into his eyes, her own crimson orbs unblinking. "Objectively correct," she allowed at last. "But I came to terms with that long ago."
With her last piece said, she activated her teleport circuits, returning to base.
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Web Man. Mhmm... Why Capcom never thought about that?
7066235 Battle Network made that idea redundant.
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I think I don't remember that, as far as I know of the Battle Network series.
I love remembering how this story and WWW are connected.
5: Deep Ones
Let me guess, kraken are going to come out of nowhere and eat bad guys for no reason?
Oh, well now everything makes perfect sense... You know, this will come to no one's surprise, but... I don't really GET CiCi.
{Lovably Sarcastic Reader: No way, you don't understand a cryptic character who could only barely be understood by people who actually know about HP Lovecraft's work, and even then it'd take someone who was good at piecing together plot points to come up with a reason for said character to exist? Never would have guessed.}
That's not quite what I meant, I was just curious about her design, you weren't really all that specific about it. Firstly, she was described as having come out of a nightmare. Then, there's the thing with her body being comprised of writhing tentacles. However, if that were the case, why would Dr. Doppel be interested in her if she's designed that way? Is he into kinky sh*t or is she more along the lines of a scylla?
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No, not the Greek/mainstream one, the gijinka/monmuso version!
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That's better (to be honest, I have no idea how a serpent/dog/human hybrid translates to an octopus/human hybrid either). Anywho, yeah, what exactly does she look like?
Hmm, a connection between this "Nightmare Force" thing I've been hearing about and all this HP Lovecraft stuff... go on.
So let me get this straight. In order to combat a multidimensional foe, a crackpot scientist WAY too into eldritch horrors made a reploid for that specific purpose?... Eh, I buy it.
{Tatsurou: Wait, what?}
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with this. What better way to combat something ethereal than with something practically extra-ethereal? It should be an interesting development, to be sure.
... HP Lovecraft stuff only certain people will get that ties into an overarching theme that's actually important?
Oh, cool, I can keep my sanity. Also, aw, I don't get the joke.
Huh, wonder what happened to the Magic of Friendship.
Ah, nevermind then. HIT HIM TILL HE DIES!!!!!
And it is in this moment where the addler (Whatever the heck an addler is) has an wise decision to make. Give up the cartridge and get fixed, or be a one-dimensional two-bit three-score moron and get shot out of a bloody cannon. Hopefully he makes the obvious choice.
See you later.
7066261 Web man? The internet? The Web?
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
I don't know why but here have a picture
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7066235 Why didn't Marvel think of that?! We have so many Spider-Men, Women, Pig/Ham, and clone/girl friends that we need a fresh spider-themed hero! Web Man!
You did Adler so dirty it hurts
So has anyone done art of Cici yet? I know that in Cthulhu mythos, asking for a picture of an Elder thing is generally a bad idea, but...
Well, if Doppler was into tentacle porn, then she's either pettanko or oppai.
Edit: also, 2,000th comment on this fic!
Poor Wily even robots far into the future remember the first annual robotic tournament as FART
3 down, 1 to go.
PS Tats, I'm kinda getting bored with these so called "Bosses" being defeated in two seconds. The rest of the chapter's excellent don't get me wrong, but if the bosses get beat in 5 seconds it kinda gets boring. Your FART chapters were good at that, the fights were long enough to be interesting, but not so long that I zoned out. All I'm asking is that you take that same genius and put it in this series too.
CiCi is kind of scary...
And done
7069090 What were you expecting from the daughter of Cthulhu?
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Tatsurou prefers writing character drama and finds combat writing a chore.
7071365 It was just a suggestion.
Hell, knowledge of the acronym at all is a pretty big hint.
Self-awareness is a valuable trait to possess.
7078440 what's FART stand for?
7307588 It's one of the Robot Master fighting arcs in the sister story with Megaman and Vinyl.
I know it's a little late to ask but.. Who is Ci Ci?
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Short for CyberCthulhu. She was introduced in the first arc.
Aw, I was hoping for another eldritch maverick. Damn it.
and one jackass ex hunter get's torn to ribbons by everyone's favorite good eldritch lady, this just leaves izzy glow...