X and Vile
Location E-46, inside
present day
Cluttered remains of Dr. Lights lab were spread out
all over the place, where the ceiling hadn't collapsed in. The capsule glowed a
brilliant shade of Blue.� The Diagnostic
was still checking something, but it seemed as though all the systems inside
and on the capsule indicated that it was in perfect condition.� Without any presumption of the world he was
about to unleash Dr. Cain activated the capsule.� Inside it was a robot, in the very
center.� It appeared to be inactive, and
was hooked up to some wiring.� Suddenly
it's eyes twitched, then began to open.�
Dr. Cain stared inward.� The wires
unleashed their grip on the robot and it looked at its activator in a perplexed
manner.� The Robot walked right up to
Cain at the edge of the capsule entrance.�
"I am Mega Man X, you may refer to me as
X" said the mysterious Robot.�
"What is your name?" he continued.� "I am an archeologist named Cain, you
are part of a discovery from a dig I'm on, you are about the extent of what
remains of Dr. Thomas Light's secret lab, do you understand?" asked Cain
as he paused.� "Yes, what is the
year?" began X.� "2088, tell
me, do you know why Doctor Light went to such an extent to hide you in a
capsule for so long?".� "Yes,
if the year is 2083, then I am very probably the most advanced Robot on the
planet".� X continued "I was designed
to have emotions and sensations, as well as the ability to make my own
decisions".� "Dr. Light
designated the new race of robot's such as myself 'Reploids', however, I am the
only one of my kind".� "That
is, unless you've found others?".�
"Astounding, you were programmed to know all of this?"� asked the Doctor.� "Yes, I also contain a history of all
the known events that have taken place on this planet up until the year
2025"� X turned his gaze past the
Doctor, left the capsule, and began walking around the ruined lab.� "Anything past that year you will have
to refresh me on" he stopped walking and turned to the Doctor.� "I have a question, the chamber you were
just in continued to monitor you, even though it showed that all systems were
fine, why is that?" asked the Doctor.�
"I couldn't tell you that, but I do know that that capsule was
designed to monitor me for 33 years, to assure that I was truly safe for
coexistence with humanity, at least that's how the good Doctor put it to me,
before he deactivated me and sealed me in there".� The Doctor stood for a moment in astonished
silence.� "Incredible, robots with
the capabilities you posses could bring the world into a whole new era, may I
take you to my lab to study?".�
"Certainly", responded X.�
As the doctor made his way up the rubble, X simple jumped straight threw
the whole above them and walked out of the lab into the harsh sunlight.
�He stood
there in amazement with his first vision of the world above the lab.� The Doctor was a few minutes behind X.� "X, I don't suppose since the Doctor
tested you for so long, and your suppose to be superior to other Robots,
combined with the display of strength I just saw, that you might have certain
mechanical capabilities that advance you beyond that of our current robots
also".� "Doctor, that I
couldn't tell you till I got to some civilization and beheld the robots of
today".� "Well guess what X,
were going to some civilization!".�
The Doctor went over to his car, "This way X, we will go by
automobile", the two of them sped away into the sunset.
On there way back to Doctor Cain's lab, Doctor
Cain began having thoughts about the possibility of becoming a rich man by
making a new generation of robots based on X, called Reploids.� "You know X, I'm getting fairly old and
am very tired of Archeology"� Began
the Doctor.� X sat silently, gleaming in
the sunlight that shone into the car.�
"I'm wondering,� what kind of
possibilities are there in modeling new kinds of Robots on you, you know
creating more Reploids?"� X's silent
content eyes suddenly shot from the earth to the Doctor's eyes.� "Why doctor, are you suggesting
something that could merit a very large financial profit for yourself?"� X said as he peering into the old man's
eyes.� "Well, yes, yes that's what I
believe I'm getting at, you know you are very perceptive for a walking computer
with many running programs."� X was
a bit phased by that comment, in fact he was agitated, and it came out in his
voice "I'm something much more than that, I'm a person, just like
you!"� The Doctor was a little bit
shocked by this, it showed in his driving.�
"Perhaps, you are, would you go in on this financial venture with
me?"� "I might, but you have to
agree to some things first" persisted X.�
"Name your price" said the Doctor.� "First, you should understand that just
because I'm your finding, doesn't mean you own me, and by an extension of that,
Any profit made, I will receive 50% of, after all you will need to open up my
body and use me a your model" X said with an arrogant tone.� "Your a hard bargained" said the
Doctor as he gazed sharply at the Reploid, " and you have yourself I
deal".
November 22nd , 2088
"Doctor, I believe he's ready." said
X.� X and the Doctor looked at each other
with mutual anxiety as if to say "Is this going to really
work?".� The Doctor took a deep
breath, "Well I wasn't trained in Robotics, and am not accustom to playing
God, but here goes�."� Said the
Doctor.� Doctor Cain activated Vile.� Had his optical receptors been shaped like
eyes, they may have flickered to life, much like X's had at first.� Reploid #002 spoke "Who?"� "Your name is Vile." the Doctor
said to him.� "How?" asked
Vile, X interrupted, "You are a special Robot, called a Reploid, based on
my design, we are kind of brothers, you see I am the first of our kind, I had
knowledge of the past before my first and second activations, and I thought
that you should be 'born'� with only a
dictionary, thesaurus and limited other programs at your disposal, so that you
might grow like a person, not a robot, a chance that I never had"� Said X in an unusually grim tone.� "My name is X" he continued,
"And this here is my friend, associate, and your primary designer, Doctor
Tiberus Cain."�
Vile turned his gaze at the human counterpart of
X's "Why?".� Cain didn't know
what to make of the question at first and then made a weak and arrogant
(typical for a human) attempt at answering it.�
"Because I could, and I thought that I should."� "How arrogant of you." Began
Vile.� "What?" said the good
Doctor taken back by this.� "I just
gave you life, your a new contribution to the human race, don't you appreciate
that?".� "I know nothing of the
human race except the definition that you programmed me to know, how can you
just act so innocent and casual about giving me life, what right do you have to
do such a thing?"� "Well, well,
well, when I created you, I didn't expect your first words to be so, so
philosophic.� "Do I disappoint you,
master?" said Vile as he got off the table to make a mocking bow to the
Doctor."� "Not at all I am
astounded, son.".� X watched as the
tension in the room quickly began to thicken between the two of them.� "So what is my purpose in life
anyway?" said Vile in a mocking tone.�
"Am I to be a slave?"� X
took a moment to process what was going on, he assumed that since Vile had no
previous life experiences, and his activation was such a trauma, that he was
relying entirely on his ethical programming to deal with the situation.
"Actually Vile", began X taking
advantage of the moment to break in.�
Vile turned back toward him, as if he had completely forgot about his
presence already.� "You are an
attempt to combine today's technologies with my systems, to create a superior
Reploid to myself.� "So why does my
name mean disgusting?" asked the Reploid with a little less malevolence in
his monochrome voice.� "You are the
perfect war machine Vile, we thought it would be an easy thing to make as a
first design, since it is easier to destroy than to create� Since the Doctor and I both dislike
destruction we named you Vile.".�
"A war machine?" Asked Vile, obviously already obsessed with
the idea.� "Yes" began Cain,
but luckily no one is at war in the world at this time, so you won't be used in
that way at this time. "Oh" said Vile obviously disappointed.� "So what will I be used for?"� Well, for the last several months I've been
running testes of all sorts on X, and he's about to go insane from it, so we
will be testing you, since your the superior of the two anyway now."� "Great!, thought Vile, I'm a guinea
pig!".�
"I know you are probably very confused at
the moment Vile, but I assure you life will be very interesting and you'll fit
right in, in no time, X has...".�
"You know nothing about me! You simply drew a Schematic of my body,
based on another's technologies!" said Vile outraged.� "Well Vile, I disagree, I believe I
probably know a whole lot of how you feel, I was young once."� "No, you cannot, your biological."
Said Vile with an ever-weakening tone.�
"How did you know you were based on another's technologies?"� Asked X.�
"Well, I figured that the good doctor would have told me if he
created you also�" said Vile.�
"That's very intelligent of you!"� Said the Doctor very happily. "If you'll
excuse me I have an email to write" said the Doctor who then made an
exit.�
X remain in the room for a moment� 'You will be staying in the lab room for a
while, I will tell you all I can about life as a Reploid, or how it is so far
anyway." Said X with a bit of a chuckle.�
"Tell me something X" said Vile in a semi low voice.� "Did the human alone design me, of did
you help?".� "Oh, well, I had a
big hand in it, although he basically designed you, I guided him, and since I
don't require sleep, and he does, I stayed up many nights doing calculations
all night, the Doc said that I saved him years of time.".� "Then we are enslaved", said Vile
solemnly.� "Oh, dear me no"
said X.� "I get 50% of all the
profit he earns when we begin manufacturing Reploids in bulk."� I've chose to be his partner, he's a good
man".� Vile listened but was very
quite the rest of the time X spoke.
January 18th 2089
Vile couldn't talk to X anymore.� He had turned out to be just like the
humans.� When Vile questioned X about
ever having hostile feelings toward the humans, his response was basically
blowing him off and running a diagnostic on his neural network and emotional
circuitry.� He did say some time during
it that he had never felt any ill will toward humanity, and found them to be
friends; friends that were retarded when it came to any sort of
calculations.� But it was different for X
than for any of the other Reploids.� The
rest were sold to large corporations and put to work as slaves, and there were
some downgraded models that were being put to work as maids and housecleaner or
chauffeurs, but X was free, he was allowed to do what he loved, robotics
design.� He had forgot what it was to be
tested day and night, or put to work on a special task, with a specialized
body.� He wasn't like one of the Reploids
designed for a specific task, and made into some sort of freak that looked like
a large electronic animal, but had far more intelligence than 20 humans
combined.� No X was much different, X was
free.� Of course the Robotics Commission
and congress had agreed that as long as Reploids were peaceful they could
coexist with humans and have equal right with them.� The tricky part was to go from being a
possession to being the master of your own life.� X was the only Robot, even Reploid Robot,
ever to pull this feat off.
Vile sat up on the same table that he always sat
on, day after day, week after week, months after month.� Sure he had been transferred to different
rooms, or buildings, but the table was always the same generic, boring table.� Since the time of his creation his routine
was the same stagnate thing, activation, tests, deactivation, tests.� He was ready to go insane, he was a sentient
being, nothing was wrong with him.� Other
Reploids got jobs, why did he always have to be tested?� He knew the reason; he was the prototype.
Sure the others were based on X also, but X was free, and Vile was a slave to
the cause.� He was also the only Reploid
designed for fighting, so far at least.
But on this morning, on this day, his disease
had reached it's peak.� Vile couldn't
stand it anymore.� There were 7
scientists in the room, one took off some cables and began hooking some larger
ones from another new test computer up to his back and positronic net.� He heard out of the back of his ear:
"These tests look good, let's try them again with this setting".� Vile began to feel all his repressed anger
swell from within him.� Then it happened,
Vile, Reploid # 002, went Maverick.�
"Vile why are your war systems arming?� I'm trying to hook up these wires for your
test!"� Said the scientist.� The shock from his magnetic shielding raising
was enough to throw off the wires, and kill the computer and scientist at
once.� The other scientists were slow to
react, until Vile shouted "NO MORE TESTS!!!"� Vile raised his weaponry arsenal and began
slaughtering those scientists that were quickly fleeing.� He then jumped into the path of one of the
scientists.� "The blow from Vile's
punch went straight threw the middle aged scientists heart and killed him.� Vile jumped to the ceiling as the alarms
began sounding around the lab, and he grabbed piping from the ceiling.� He flew back down to the ground and beat the
last two scientists to death in 3 blows.�
He then jetted from the lab as quickly as was possible.� X managed to get down to the exit fast enough
to see Vile disappear into the sunset.
Doctor
Cain was furious.� How could Vile have
done such a thing?� Does he realize the
repercussions of his actions?� He's going
to have to be terminated when he's found!�
"Doctor, I don't believe he cares about the repercussions, or that
he will be terminated."� Began
X.� "What do you mean?"� "I mean he seems to have become a sort
of Maverick, a lone Reploid with his own insane intentions, there may be no
stopping him from turning up again and injuring others."� Doctor Cain interjected� "He could become a political terrorist
or something, who knows, your right X, we must find him!"�
After
Vile escaped the lab he wondered around happily in the open for a while as a
free Robot.� Soon, his face was broadcast
on every channel and he had to find a place to hide.
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Sigma
War
Reploid #138 activated.
I
think, therefore I am.� Therefore I must
continue to think.� Therefore I must seek
reason behind being.� Therefore I must
rpotect myself from being brought offline.�
Therefore I must come to understand my surrounding....the
Universe....What created me...What circumstances brought me about...
Sensores
initializing...
Voice
components coming online.
The
cold red eyes blinked and turned are deep dark blue.
"Who
am I"� asked Sigma, his eyes
pleading to X for an answer.
"You
are Sigma, you are our savior, and our first perfect war machine, welcome to
life my son".
"How
did you do this?"
"No
one is sure what the algorithm for life is, but it is inside of me, and in a
fundamental way, you are a clone of me, but don't worry Sigma, you are much
better than I am."
"Why
am I here?"
"There
is a group of Mavericks that have declared war on the human race, you are to
infiltrate their ranks and stop them."
"I
live to serve, when do I begin?"
"R66-y
and Dr. Cain here will breif you.� Dr.
Cain used revolutionary techniques to desgin you and he is the oen you should
credit for your existance"
"Thank
you, my Lord".
"You
are welcome, Sigma, my grand achievement!"
.....
Sigma
was the name on everyones lips.� Until he
came online the Maverick hunters unit was an utter failure.� X absolutely refused to have anything to do
with the systematic hunting down and termination of his own race but agreed
when Dr. Cain offered to assist him in creating Reploids specifically designed
to fight this growing threat.� Sigma was
the culmination of there efforts and after him X and a number of scientists,
Reploids (Dr. Doppler amoung them) and human, not including the agining Dr.
Cain, created more hunters based on Sigma's design.� Some of their names included: General,
Colonel, Double, Iris, Serges, Violin, Agile,...� But in the end it was Sigma who was
unstoppable.� When other units hunted
down and trapped a Maverick it was he who insisted as head of the Reploid
hunters to do the dead of bringing the Mavericks offline.� He did his job impecibly and in the end
hardly ever suffered any damage.� Sigma
was the PERFECT Reploid, and a symbol of dignanty, decency, adn morality all
over earth.� However, Sigma was designed
by X and Cain, the same two that designed Vile together as an experiment.� Vile was the first Maverick and soruces
report that he has ogranized some fo the mor enotorious mavericks intoa small
hidden co-elliton to fight against human control of Reploids.� Cain looses sleep nightly over his great fear
that one day Sigma may go Maverick for some unknown reason because Sigma is
even mor eexperimental than Vile was, but Cain is terrified to say anything to
anyone about his fears....
Meanwhile
X recently has been torn apart by the internal conflict that eh Maverick/Human
conflict is an external representation within him.� X is begining to wonder why it is that Humans
use all of his clones only as work animals and that he alone is free to pursue
his own life.
We
now re-enter the scene directly after a badly beaten up, but not terminated,
Reploid has been taken offline...
"How
long has it been in this condition, medic?" asked X with physical concern
on his face.
"6
seconds sir" replies the phsycially worried medic
"6!!!� Dear me, get him intot he lab, what's it's
designation?"
"Sir,
I'm not sure, he's not ont he roster"
"Really?� I'm shocked!"
"Computer,
read this reploids designation to me"
"No
name given, desgination code, reploid #000" quickly spits out the lab
computer.
"What
in the hell?"� X halts as the
reploid is wheeled into an emrgency care bay.
"How
can that be?" X ponders to himself.�
I am Reploid #001, the first one, aren't I?� Is this robot another one of Dr. Light's
creations?
Days
later X returns tot he site of his discovery by himself to investigate.� After an hours of scouring the place he walks
back into the capsule he was discovered in curiously.� Suddenly it activates.� As image of Dr. Light materializes before
him.
"Hello
X, I am your creator, I'm sure you have lots of questions for me, but I have
only one answer for you.� You were
created as a deterent.� My nemesis and I
are dying.� He has spent his entire life
creating increasingly better robots and I have spent my entire life improving
you, Mega Man, and then finally entirely remaking you into what you are know,
but at a cost; you can no longer remember your life as Rock, and I regret that
there is nothing I could do to prevent that.�
But I digress.� Your purpose is to
be around in case the insane Dr. Wily happened to leave any last creations
lying around that may very well threaten the future of mankind.� I have studied Wilies progress for years and
based primarily upon his evolutionary pattern and desgines that I have worked
on for 30 years to over come his robots, I have created you as insurane that
nothing Wily will create will ever outdo you.�
Should you have to fight as surprise will present it's-self before you
that will begin reveling the rest of the situation and the ongoing Mega Man
story to you.� Best of luck Mega
Man!"
Having
found what he was looking for a puzzled X beamed back to Maverick Hunter HQ to
offer his survices at repairing the mysterious red robot desgianted Reploid
#000.
I
think, therefore I am.�
Dr.
Wily: My goal in life is to destroy Dr. Light's vision of humanity and robots
in perfect harmony, go know and find any vistages left by Light and Destroy
them!!!!
Therefore
I will fight.
"Who
are you" asked Reploid #000
"You
first"
"My
name is Zero, now answer me"
"You
are hardly in the possition to make demands, you'll note that your body is ont
he other side of the room"
"Repiece
me"
"How
about you answer me some questions first"
"What
do you want?"
"I
want you to tell me exactly everything I ask or I will forcably take it out of
you and then will perminantly bring you offline personally, ZERO"
"Alright,
ask me"
"Who
created you?"
"I
don't know"
"Don't
make me have to hack you, Zero"
"Go
ahead, I don't know"
"Where,
when and under what circumstances did you first activate and what was your
activation sequences, and when you first gain consciousness what thought
sequence did you have?"
"You
want to know me thought sequence presumption patter, why?"
"
I want to know Why you are here, you are the only robot that I didn't
authorize, I want to know where the hell you come from"
"You
want to know things, I'll tell you: I am Zero, I fought because I awoke and
said in my mind: I think, therefore I am, Therefore I will fight. �So I killed, cuase it is all I know.� That's everything there is to get from
me"
"Ok,
I'll be right back"
"Hey,
Where are you going, I WANT my body back"
"Just
a second, I'm going to give you a one sided connection to the world-web,a nd a
few other things that will hopefully keep you from killing innocents
anymore"
"Why
do you do this for me?"
"I
do this because, I can; Are you ready to task enlightenment?"
"Yes"
Upload
in process: Morality program, complete; Dictionary and World-web files, #0, 60,
100% complete.� Initializion programs.
"
Zero?"
"Yes?"
"How
are you?"
"I'm
sorry, X; I'm so sorry, I didn't know; G-d I'm sorry, I didn't know, I didn't
know"
"I'm
going to give you your body back after I run some tests, but for the time being
I want you to now link to the node I jsut gave you access to and download
anything from the web that interests you.�
Once you've assimialted to a reasonable capasity we will do a direct
interface and then I will feel ready to give you back copral existance"
"Thank
you, X"
"Consider
this a favor with expectation Zero.� If,
after this, you ever harm anything innocent again I will make SURE that next
time Sigma terminates you completely".
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"So,
it's normal now?"
"She,
and yes, it hink so.� I interfaced
directly and learned soemthing that I want to keep between you and me.� Zero was created by Dr. Wily.� Her purpose is to destroy me and end
humanity, replacing it with Robots, but these thoughts have never hit her
consciencness and I did my best while inside her to make sure they never
can."
"HOW
INTERESTING"
"Yes,
the funny thing is, my purpose it alos to terminate her"
"Well,
these are certainly important things, why don't you tell Cain, why do you
confide this in me, you must know that I hav to inform Cain and the committe
about this."
"Sigma,
you and I have a very special relationship.�
If you want this hunter in your unit, I trust you won't tell
anyone."
"By
your leave, Mega Man X"
Unconscienely
X reliezes Sigma has become a maverickly.�
Consciencly X shruged off a strange suspition.
"Hmmmmmm"
Also
unconscienely the Wily virus is working at X, Zero, and Sigma's netoworks,
having the best luck with Sigma now.