Family Valued
Axl glanced nervously at the red armored Reploid who sat beside him in the waiting room. Admittedly, technically the one beside him wasn't a Reploid, per se. Like X and Zero - and possibly Axl himself - this was another machine who predated the Reploid era, and was technically a highly advance robot. Still, Axl didn't really like thinking of him that way, and so in his own thoughts referred to him as a Reploid. Besides, he'd already discovered that his A-Trans could analyze his DNA data enough for a weapon copy and an incomplete transformation, though there were certain systems he was incapable of duplicating.
Still, it wasn't how old or how famous the one beside him was that made Axl nervous...though one would have every reason to be nervous and awkward being around the progenitor of robotic life. In human terms, it would be like actually meeting Adam face to face. The Prototype, the first artificial man, the blueprint every living cybernetic life form had been derived from. Even X had originally been designed from Protoman, from Prometheus, and X was the source of everything else. It was enough to send just about everyone he met who did know his story into babbling fangasms. ...which, now that Axl thought about it, was probably why he was so reclusive.
No, what made Axl nervous here was what he'd learned recently about how he related to this individual, which was why Prometheus was here in the first place on this day, with Zero and Iris watching his sons. "So...X is your brother?" he asked softly.
Prometheus nodded. "Little brother, really." He spoke quietly, his voice exceptionally controlled. "Of course, technically so is Zero...though one could also say he was my nephew, depending on how you want to interpret things."
"Uh...?" Axl began, unsure how to react to that.
"His final form was a father-daughter project," Prometheus explained. "The father was one of the scientists who made me, while the daughter I saw as a little sister. That makes Zero my brother and my nephew-"
"Are all pre-End robotic relations this complicated?" Axl asked morosely.
Prometheus smirked. "And only I get the joke..." He maintained his inscrutable expression behind his helmet when Axl turned to look at him in confusion. "Go on," he stated firmly. "You wanted to ask me a question, didn't you?"
Axl nodded, swallowing convulsively. "The Light hologram...knew something about me, but wouldn't say-"
"And I can well understand why," Prometheus cut him off. "The Light hologram is made from a neural scan of Dr. Light at the worst moment of his life, just days before the event that began the End Times, and not long after the event that set them in motion. I seriously doubt if the network that supports the AI can even handle processing all the emotional data related to it. I'm surprised the whole network didn't shut down when he saw you."
Axl's eyes widened. "Then...then I was built in pre-End times? You know where I came from?"
"I do," Prometheus confirmed.
"Then...then you can tell me?" The naked longing in Axl's gaze was painful to look at.
"No."
"Why not?" Axl demanded angrily, feeling torn apart inside that the truth of his origins was so close, and yet being denied him.
"For your own good," Prometheus answered flatly. "Right now, you're Octavia's son, X's grandson, a part of the Light family. Though you are technically a Light bot, any more I tell you would upset things." He leaned back. "Besides...somewhere out there is the capsule you were found in, containing the neural imprints of the ones who began your construction on the off chance they weren't the ones to complete it." He lowered his eyes. "She beat contingency plans into their heads," he mumbled under his breath. He then leaned back to stare at the ceiling. "Soon..."
"Huh?" Axl asked in confusion at Prometheus' seeming rambling.
"Never mind that part," Prometheus continued. "But they're in there, in your capsule. And given how everything's happened, I know you'll find it...probably where you least expect it, and far enough in the future that the revelations won't lead to questioning your feelings about your situation, and likely just when you desperately need it. I won't steal their thunder for when they tell you who and what you are." He closed his eyes. "Besides," he grumbled to himself, "the longer I go without references to that show, the better..."
"Uh...?" Axl was now even more confused than before.
"For now, don't worry about it so much," Prometheus suggested. "Be happy with the life and family you have. You've been through enough upheaval as is. Besides, today's not your day." He glanced up as the door, and Armatige stepped out.
"They're ready," she whispered softly. X, Octavia, Prometheus, and Axl all stood up to follow her.
"Does it always take so long?" X asked worriedly.
"There weren't any complications, if that's what you mean," Armatige assured him. "It took longer than any of mine because there was more to do, simple as that." Turning, she led them down a hall to another room.
Inside, Alia lay back on the bed, out of her armor and looking tired but glowing. In a nearby cradle were four newborns with skin tones matching X and Alia's, but with matching hair and eye color already visible. "They already have designations," Armatige informed them, "but they still wait being given 'civilian' names, if you choose to give them such." Reaching in, she pulled out a green haired, green eyed boy. "This is your first born, Harpuia." X gently took the boy into his arms, cradling him briefly before allowing the others a chance to hold and look.
Armatige then lifted out the red haired, red eyed boy. "Your second born, Fafnir," she introduced softly. Next was the blue haired, blue eyes girl. "Third born, your daughter Leviathan." Finally was the grey haired, silver eyed boy. "And your youngest, Phantom."
X smiled softly as the family gathered close, welcoming the newest arrivals.
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Poor Axl! Grasping at staws when he should be trying to burn them.
Also, gratz daddy and cherish the rest you got last night, it'll be last good nights sleep you'll get for a while.
Real One: I heard the name Leviathan before, ZX series? Maybe? Or was it the Zero series?
The four guardians? Really?
(Reads the names of the children, with knowledge of the Zero series)
.......Fu-
7678694 Mega Man Zero
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Took the words right out of my mouth Lazruth. Looks like this is going to cover not JUST the X series, but possibly also the Zero AND ZX Series.
So they gave birth to the four guardians in Mega Man Zero?
Headcanon accepted!
Armatige. You swapped some letters.
I thought it was Harpuia.More letter swapping.
I remember his name being Fafnir, although I could be wrong.
Umm... do the Four Guardians have X's surname or do they have a double last name thing like 'Tavi? Speaking of which, does Zero have a last name?
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I'm....actually, very damn pleased about that possibility. The Zero series were an excellent 4 games, and I love ZX and ZX Advent as well. I think Octavia being a part of those games would certainly add a lot to them.
X is Axl's Uncle-Grandpa, Octavia is Axl's Cousin-Mom, so the guardians are Axl's Cousin-Uncles and Cousin-Aunt.
Axl's statement towards Prometheus is taking things lightly. I'm getting a headache. Like. Super ouch.
7678814 If it weren't for the fact they're robots there would be incest jokes flying left and right
Ok just what show is Prometheus referencing? It is really bugging me right now.
Assuming that Dr. Weil wasn't the reason everything went to hell in a hand basket there's distinct possibility that as young man he's the one who openned little Axl's pod.....oh god he's the one who built or remodeled Redips who in this story is the repliforce PR officer. Also there's a distinct possiblity that Promethus's kids are the sage trinity.....
Lord help us all......
that's
Vent
Aile
Ashe
Grey
Giro
Promethus
Pandora......
my head is spinning please somebody get me out of this forest of poison oak Ecplitic trees...
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Considering how Tats' stories usually go, I wouldn't worry too much.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Now the only question is...
Which pony's going to be involved in Megaman Zero? (Assuming, of course, you'd want to. Not pressuring you!)
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He wants to delay how long it takes for Axl to find out X is his Uncle-Grandpa.
7678957 There's not any already? I was pretty sure we hit the Roboboonies! I can already hear Octavia playing a banjo-sounding cello!
EDIT: [Insert TFS Lord Frieza space-boonies clip about seeing inbreds & hearing banjos.]
7678993 I'm pretty sure you used that term after me. Either way, you actually typed it. Like, I tried drawing the family tree but MSPaint stopped working!
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It was in answer to the question about the show Prometheus doesn't want referenced.
7679042 ...somebody pick up the phone. I CALLED IT! Like dang, I hit that thought on accident! It totally made sense with Santa Zero & when Octavia adopted Axl.
Like, I mentioned their family tree four times but connected Axl to the others twice out of the four times.
7678726 My reaction was more along the lines of this:
*reads names of X's kids*
*begins making high pitched squealing with joy*
I will be the first to admit that I took far to long to play the classic games, but, my first introduction to megaman was through the mega man zero games.
Please tell me you have plans for these games.....
Thank you commenters on letting everyone know what was going on. I was missing the refference for a second. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
zx included...... AWESOME
Seems I was right and wrong. Right about Prometheus giving more info but wrong on what he would give out.
ZX huh, I honestly thought it would be Legends since it is also in the future of the X timeline and further than ZX I believe.
Also what about Battle Network and Starforce? Will those Megamen get a chance with a pony of musical connection?
*read WWW before this chapter...*
*takes note of what Prometheus said about Dr. Light's mental state*
*Recalls what happened during the latest chapter of WWW...*
Awww hell no...
Quadruplets? Dang,
This is giving me Battlestar Galactica vibes.
Geez, poor Alia.
....the fore shadowing is strong in this one!
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*Crys some more*
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A reploid could disable their pain receptors for the entire thing, have exterior energy piped in, and alter their own anatomy such that they could likely include their own conveyor belt. Poor Alia? Poor humans.
Oh hey, we're actually going to get a word out of him instead of some bland reference to him being part of the plot, but never actually in it.
And we're just now seeing how his existence has impacted the world of the future, 87 chapters into the story, despite him being referenced far before that. You're telling me that when he dropped by to give Octavia some Vinyl shades, no one went-
{Nurse: Holy BALLS, the progenitor of all robot life just gave you glasses!!!!!}
Or is this as-of-yet unexplained crisis event so mighty that everyone just forgot who he looked like?
The only possible way I can see the reveal of who Axl is being stressful to Light is either that the End Times used Mega Man as a catalyst, and Axl was some offshoot created from it, or Axl is just an amnesiac Mega Man.
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Mega Man and Kalinka created Axl. Then he died. The End came soon after he died.
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It wasn't just that Mega Man and Kalinka died, it's that they were murdered by an extremist on what was supposed to have been the happiest day of their lives.
Man, there's so much I'm missing since I haven't played any of these games. But at least I'm getting some info out of the comments.
and now there are more members of the x family, also 4 kids, alia must have went through a LOT with that birth...