7: Battleship Sunk
It didn't take long for X and Zero to be brought up to speed on the situation at hand. Once X had Alia properly situated in their 'off-duty' quarters, he and Zero were quick to don their armor and join up with Octavia and Axl to deal with the remaining 'Mavericks'. Iris took her usual place as a Navigator, ready to guide the group through the remaining areas. She did have some advice right off the bat. "Given the foes you've battled so far, I'd recommend invading the Battleship sea fortress," she explained. "The weapon you've all acquired from Tornado Tonion is based in electricity, and the pattern seems to suggest that the Reploid in charge of the Battleship would be based in water-type abilities, and thus vulnerable to electricity."
"Good idea," Zero praised, selecting the destination.
The first battleship they beamed to proved to be smaller than anticipated, though the deck was covered with giant turtle Mechanaloids and Mettools that surrounded the group, with drones based on a higher platform to snipe at them. X, Zero, and Axl raced around in a coordinated assault, taking down the defenders as Octavia leapt from one to the other to evacuate the civilians. The explosions from the destroyed Mechanaloids caused a large turret tower to fall over behind the group, blocking off half the ship.
"This sure seems shoddily built," Zero muttered, staring at the wreckage.
"No," X countered. "That was deliberate. We're walking right into a trap."
As he spoke, a large purple bird-shaped fighter was moved forward on a launch platform, coming to a halt at the end of the runway. However, rather than taking off, the platform began to shift back and forth along the runway as the fighter opened fire on the group.
"Flanking positions!" Octavia called out as the four shifted to right angles from each other, surrounding the platform as they moved back and forth, keeping out of the craft's line of fire as they barraged it with their weapons.
With all four of them focused on the vehicle, it didn't last long, and the explosion cause enough damage to the battleship to force the group to leap to the next one in the fleet...only to find it was already on fire, and between the flames and the large crates on board the craft greatly reduced their mobility.
"We should probably be more careful what we destroy," X warned. "If this whole thing is a trap for us, this ship's structural integrity likely isn't that good even without being on fire."
Moving carefully, the group was able to find the civilians trapped by flames and enemy fire to evacuate them before moving to the edge of the boat...where a Mechanaloid hydra raised its three heads to attack. Each head sat atop a crimson neck, launching fireballs at the group. They instantly divided to each take one head, while Zero - who had more limited ranged attacks - drew attention to let the others fire uninterrupted. Quite by accident, Zero discovered he could deflect the fireballs with his beam saber, making the battle go that much faster.
With all three heads destroyed, the battleship they were on began to explode, forcing the group to leap to the next one, which was even more on fire than the last one. "Hope nobody got killed by those flames," Axl offered worriedly.
"We'll have to investigate," Zero stated firmly, dashing forward to explore.
Exploration proved rather simple, as despite the flames they could see everything as they went. The only real hazard proved to be new Mechanaloids built like the standing tanks X and Octavia had dealt with back when they first went after Sigma, but now generating rotating holo-shields that deflected shots. However, with four of them focused on a single target, each individual Mechanaloid didn't last long.
The 'guardian' for this battleship proved to be a transforming turret tower that turned into an immobile battle mech. It had two rings of turrets that shot at the group at its direction, while the mech itself didn't fire. The group focused their attacks on the turrets, trying to take those down first. As they shot, the mech made its first real move, spitting fireballs at the group that Zero deflected with his beam saber.
After a fierce but short fight, the mech exploded, leaving nothing but wreckage for the group to continue exploring. At the end of the wreckage, they came across the 'Maverick' that had caused all these problems, a blue and white armored, narrow-bodied Reploid that resembled a flying fish. He was armed with a double bladed sword that resembled a massive propeller.
His eyes locked on Axl. "I've been waiting for you, traitor!" he barked out, his voice high-pitched and raspy.
"Still breaking your toys, coward?" Axl growled back, shifting his weapons to Volt Tornado.
"Red wants you back in one piece...but I think he'll settle for having you in pieces!" the Reploid snapped. "I-"
Before he could say anymore, hands of stone erupted out of the platform he was standing on, grabbing his ankles and holding him down. Octavia looked straight up at him from between the hands, her eyes flinty and hard. "You don't. Hurt. My little pony!" she snapped out, unleashing her Volt Tornado at point blank range.
The Reploid screamed in shock and pain as the electricity coursed through his body, only for a flaming hoof to catch him in the chin and send him flying even further up into the electrified tornado. As he arced back, Octavia triggered her Ult. Mode and activated the Nova Dash, charging forward, straight up, and then turning around the Reploid to bounce him back and forth in the air several times before slamming him back into the ground.
When the smoke and wind cleared, the Reploid was barely functioning, and Octavia stood on his back, his weapon clutched in her hoof, the blade at his throat. "What is your name?" she demanded coldly.
"M...my name is Splash Warfly-"
"No, your name is Mud," Octavia corrected, pressing the blade down harder. "Now, what is your name?"
"...m...mud..." Warfly offered.
"And you are very sorry for threatening my pony, yes?" Octavia insisted, shifting so she could knee the Reploid in the kidneys.
"Y...yes..." Warfly gasped out desperately.
"And you're going to apologize and surrender, aren't you?" Octavia growled out, kicking him onto his back and putting the blade between his eyes.
"I'm sorry!" Warfly gasped out, his arms moving into a surrender pose as fast as his barely functional servos could manage.
Zero chuckled softly. "Heh. She takes after you, X."
As X rubbed the back of his head nervously, Axl gave a hesitant thumbs up. "Uh...go Mom?"
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Yep, it's official: Octavia Melody-Light is Axl's mom.
Octavia wins. Flawless Victory. Brutality.
They have to go Through The Fire And The Flames to carry on.
Guess Octavia had a handle on that situation.
Things are only gonna go up for Axl if this keeps going.
I cannot words right now.
Tavi fierce, Vinyl smart.
Celestia will probably vacation after Vinyl takeover... Twilight might Lesson Zero from too many robots.
Pinkie asks if robots will be back after Tavi beats them.
ok note to self do not piss off tavi
Welp. That escalated fast.
We got to see mama bear Tavi alright. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
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Well, I can't say that's the dumbest thing you've done so far, can I?
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you know I've jjust realised (for the second time) that Octavia hasn't picked up a cello once in the whole story, does she even have her cutie mark?
And I don't think Vinyl has been behind turn tables for the whole other story.
Have they just not found out their musical talent, or is it just an unmentioned hobby?
I didn't think folks wanted Mama Bear Octy. Not bad.
Where did the stone hands come from?
Alright, that was funny.
Stone arms out of nowhere? You do know Tabi didn't learn Earth bending in this fic, right?
Also she keeps treating Axl like a pet pony.
7619595 Stonekongs weapon.
Axl's mom has got it goin on
7619671 they beat a stone gurrila so she proboly used that wepon chip to hold him and let out her fury im more supprise she didm a shurokan and didant blow him to peices
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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She was playing a cello way back in the prologue arc before the events of Mega Man X. It just hasn't been significant since.
As for Vinyl, one of the first things she did upon arrival was to ride around atop a record as it spun. Same thing.
Way to go Octavia. Full on Mama Bear mode.
Makes you wonder just how many bad girls she'll have to chase off from her son. Hopefully she'll like Pallete and maybe Cinnamon, I can see Axl falling for both of them.
Excellent chapter, especially seeing Octavia in full Mama Bear Mode.
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Ah well that explains it. But it doesn’t explain why Octavia sees him as a pet pony. Unless Axl emits some aura that makes Octavia act that way.
7619120 I hope Doc Light spills the beans soon. X being Axl's Uncle-Grandpa is still a sore spot; the only info. they have connecting Axl to X is as clear... as mud.
btw Remember that episode where Starlight Glimmer brainwashed her friends? Where Apple Jack mentioned a picture about how Big Mac had to hide in the mud to avoid the monster? I am kinda interested in that dirt.
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Because she thinks it's cute.
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She should think how would she feel if they did the same to her.
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Assuming X and Alia didn't, and that she didn't enjoy it.
7620984 shes adopted him as her son so shes proboly gonna call him a pony no matter what now
7621787 Plus riding him and using dog commands, we might be getting into some Undertale/Oedipus territory....
Also, I wanted to make a joke about Inafune/Capcom, X7, and Mighty Number 9, and "Battleship Drunk", but couldn't think of a smooth way to get it to work.
Did this story go anthro or did tavi use her earth pony magic because...
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Soldier Stonekong's weapon.
Ah Tavi, always cool.
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Does anybody know where that clip is from?
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A few years too late I know, but that came from one of the Naked Gun movies
I was going to ask how the hell Tavi could do all that, then I saw you comment that it was Stonekong's weapon.
well looks like mud got what was coming, hope he knows how to keep his mouth shut...