Brothers

'They're fools if they think I'd actually stay.' Zero thought with a sneer as he raced through the woods to the last known place X was located heading towards the wreckage of the transport. He stopped dead in his tracks as he surveyed the wreckage of officers and hoverbikes. "No..."

"Actually..." A female voice nearly made him jump out of his skin. "I'm lucky to have survived..." He turned just in time to see a black bot land on her feet nearby and stretch. "But you'll never find the blue one. Some guy in shades took off with him." She said as she walked gracefully up to one of the overturned bikes.

"Who...?" Zero glared at her. Her armor was pitch black with silver linings. The gem on her helmet was a deep green color and as she walked, a cape of black hair swished around her mid back. (Original character, but you'll like her...) Her hair concealed something, a weapon of some sort, but Zero blew it off. "You were here? Why didn't you help fight?"

"I did... But they called me a rookie." She snorts softly. "And look at the situation now? They're dead, I'm not." She seemed to sneer the last coment. "Oh well, serves them right."

This last comment made Zero go red in the face with anger. If X was here, he'd change her mind about that, but he's not. "Look! Are you going to tell me which way X was carried off in, or are you going to dig yourself deeper into the rut you've already placed yourself in?"

At this, the girl turned, a mock expression of surprise on her face. "Oh? And what if I don't?" She shrugged. "You don't have a chance anyway. He wouldn't want to be with you with where he's going now."

Zero lost his temper and lunged forward. His hands striking the girl in the chest plate and knocking her into the tree behind her. Instead of letting her fall to the ground, he pinned her there and snarled viciously. "You don't have a choice! Tell me the fuck where he was taken to, NOW!!" But his breath caught in his throat when she did the unexpected. She smiled at him.

"Like I said. He wouldn't care if you came to get him or not. The person who carried him off kissed him in his sleep. So..." Her voice was cut off as two strong hands wrapped around her throat, but her smile grew even wider. "You'll never know if you kill me..."

Zero smiled then laughed maniacally. "You think I give a fuck? I'll search the whole damned world piece by fucking piece if I have to. I don't need you."

The girl shook her head as much as she could. "But you don't know the code..." She choked out and gained her ground just as easily.

Zero loosened his grip and snarled. "I don't need a damn code..." He's right, he's got things that go boom.

"So much vulgarity. Do you kiss your creator with that mouth?" She nearly sing-songed.

(F: You kissed Wily?? Z: I'm going to kill you... B: Hey! That's what I said! X: *giggles* Z: Et tu, X?)

"Don't change the subject!" Zero lifted her shoulders, then slammed her back into the tree. The tree gave a shuddering moan of protest, but was ignored. "Now where is he??"

Her pain was evident as her void black eyes looked into his. shr shrugged. "Like it matters. /He/ won't let you have the blueberry anyway." She lifted a hand over his shoulder and pointed in a direction with her long black nails. "Follow the songbird. He'll show you the way." Then she smiled wickedly and raked her claws over his cheek. Zero dropped her, surprised by this and she turned and fled off into the forest, laughing maniacally.

Zero checked his glove and cursed at the blood that stained it. How unfortunate. Oh well, his skin will heal itself. Such minor scratches anyway. His repair program was already doing what it had to. He turned in the direction she pointed and quickly fled off that way.

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X slowly opened his eyes. The trauma he faced before was still evident in his paled cheeks. 'Roll... Dr. Light... It...It can't be...' Slowly he looked around to see exactly where he was. A bed? Well, that's nice, and it's comfortable too. Something rustled slightly in the breeze of the open winand and he peered that way. Red eyes turned to look at him and blink.

"You're awake. Good..." The Wily bot turned back to look out the window. "So beautiful, the night." He crooned softly. "The night was made for lovers..."

X blinked. "Forte...?" He couldn't be living this...nightmare. Was his family still gutted somewhere in this... Castle?? No, it can't be. He searched his memory banks and came up with the next best thing. "You brought me...to a Church?"

At this, Forte stood and made a whisking motion with his hands to indicate the whole building. "Monestary, dear Megaman. The one that was destroyed so long ago. Do you remember it?"

"You..." Rebuilt this whole thing? Was what he meant to ask, but his voice gave out on him. Forte shook his head.

"The Robot Masters did when they needed sanctuary against the Mavericks. They all gave their lives saving this place, though now the Mavericks don't seem to be interested in it as much." urneurned suddenly towards the open window and scowled. "Fortissimo. What did I tell you about doing that?"

"That I should knock..." She knocked on her chest plate and gave a toothy grin. "Better?" Megaman did a double take. Wait! Two Fortes?? Now the world is doomed. Well, maybe not. Forte growled softly.

"You better have a good-" He was cut of by the new addition to the group.

"Yeah-yeah-yeah. Blah blah Blah. I've heard it before." She smirked as he fumed angrily. Oh she loved being a pain in the ass. "Two are comming." Before she could leave, he lunged at her and caught the end of her cape, making her dangle helplessly out the window. X just watched, stunned at the display.

"What does that mean??" He snarled viciously down at her who shrugged.

"Just what I said. Two more /toys/ are comming." The toys were emphasized and this made Forte change moods rather quickly. He smiled dreamily and let go of the cape. "AAAAHHHH!!!"

"The trap is set." He turned to see X standing in his boxers, going for the door. "And where do you think you're going?" X stopped and blushed. His hands going down to cover his decency.

"I thought I'd get out for some fresh air?" X asked but Forte shook his head.

"There's enough air in here for you." Forte shot back and smiled wickedly. "In fact, I'll give you a personal heater just to keep you warm." He whistled shrilly and a small flying bot flew in and landed on his shoulder. It crooned softly, folding it's bat-like wings close to it's body. It's body was unmistakable. It was a small dragonet. "Guard him." The dragon's eyes turned red with the command and swooped over to one of the perches in the room. "Well, good night, Megadork." With that, he fell backwards out the window, and X rushed over to watch him fall, only to see a dark shadow gliding down to the courtyard instead.

It was really no use for him to try to jump down. He would severely damage the circutry in his legs if he tried. He turned back and glared up at the 'guard dog' he was ordered to bunk with, which glared back with it's glowing red eyes. It gave him the creeps just looking at it, but he figured he would be wasting energy tr the the door. Instead he went back to the bed to rest until he could find a way out.