Nicktendonick
25-06-06, 03:23
This fanfic was for a contest that ended last night on another fourm. I managed to get it in on the nick of time.
Anyway, enjoy this fanfiction
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Gradius’s first mission
By Nicktendonick
“and get this. Those two suspects thought Zero was a girl, and playing along with them, he let they take Zero into the bathroom thinking they’re going to have their way with “her”. I was still there at the bar in the club waiting to meet up with him and find the two suspects in the first place. Then what seems to be a scuffle in the bathroom. I look and BOOM! I see the two suspects go flying out of the bathroom as the door burst open. They land and go sliding across the floor and stop right next to me. Then Zero goes and walks out of the bathroom all cool and confident like he always is, and goes….”Book them Axl”. Can you believe how lame that line is?” Said the redhead reploid. “Man is he lame”
There were two reploids walking down the hall. One was Axl, a redheaded reploid with a scar on his face. He was holding his helmet as he was complaining to the other reploid about Zero’s corniness. The other reploid was wearing a jet blue boots that went up to his knees. His armor was a pale white, with the blue lining around his joints. His helmet had a aerodynamic structure to it, with tan colored visor overlaying his helmet. This guy here is me.
“When you fight with me, no matter what calculations you make, the answer is always Zero!” Axl said. “I swear that’s got to be the lamest thing he’s ever said.”
“My friend, how more true could you be.” The other reploid said.
Now then, you may be wondering who that white and blue reploid is. Well, this reploid is me, Gradius. I’m one of the many hunters who joined after the Red alert incident. Now, the big question here is what’s going on? Well you see, these two culprits that my good friend Axl was talking about mean a lot to me. They were, well, my first mission ever. Allow me to explain.
About 1 year ago, there was a string of related assaults, robberies, murders and such. These two perps that Zero busted as Axl said, were the two leaders of a vile gang. The thing was that they weren’t mavericks, but they were causing enough damage and did some pretty sick crap (trust me, you don’t want to know). At that time, the local police noticed that this gang was becoming more powerful, gaining more weapons, and increasing their circle of influence to nearby cites. The few who weren’t under the gang’s payroll realized they needed some help. So they contacted us.
I was originally assigned on the unit to help stop these people, but when we learned that they had a sample of the nightmare virus, and was trying to replicate it, the big boys got involved. It was amazing really. The whole HQ for 3 whole days put their heads together and more or less did what needed to be done to shut them down before they released the virus. In the end, we tracked down their base of operations. They sent in the best of the hunters to stop the peps. Namely, the only sent in X, Zero, and Axl to get them. My unit on the other hand, was put on the entrance and exits of the base. But Signas had a special purpose for me. If any of the members ran off and somehow managed to escape my unit I would go get the suckers. How? Simple. I can fly.
1 day after HQ got everything in order. The S rank hunter trio rushed the base at it’s entrance. Obiously, a firefight started. And that’s where X and Axl came in. I saw them eliminate about 20 gun sentries without getting hurt at all. Yet, when I looked, Zero was no longer there. I then saw that there were explosions in the base. And like you guessed. Yes, it was Zero. He snuck inside the base while they all panicked and he set off a few bomb charges, destroying an exit and blocking another.
There was only about 100 people inside, from what I herd they put up quite the fight. They even tried to hype up some of their own by overclocking their systems and drugging them up so they wouldn’t feel pain. I herd one of the overclockers managed to get a nastly hit at X by blowing himself up in his face. Amzingly enough, X still stood after getting hit. But it was nothing more then a distraction really. The 2 heads of the gang used the dust as cover and took a hidden passage and got out somewhere past where my unit stood. I was watching this whole operation take place above me. I kept a good eye out and I spotted three people sneaking out, getting past my unit and made a mad dash. They hoped that they could get past the anti-teleport barrier I set up right above the base. None the less, I spotted the perps. And that was my cue.
You see, I was modeled after some of the military’s jets. You could say, I’m a reploid jet. After the finding of the falcon armor, they took that design and build a reploid around it and a jet's systems. Thus, when I put the petal to the metal I can actually break the sound barrier (It’s quite the turn on with the ladies too, but that’s another story). As for my armaments, I was installed with a missile and laser based weaponry. Now, back on topic. The bad guys were getting away, and I was there to stop them.
I charged up my systems and I dashed at the targets, I hoped to knock them out with a spread missile to avoid a bigger battle, but in the end it failed. It turned out that the three people were the two heads of the gang and their right-hand man, which was the best fighter of the gang. As I swooped in to fire that missile, that right-hand man turned, and fired a big buster shot at me. It hit me (stupid me for flying straight behind them) and the guy made me crash into the ground. At that time, this giant brute separated from the two and decided and killing me first. This was a big problem for me you see, I may be a battle reploid, but I was awful at melee then.
Because of my sucky-ness, this brute slapped me around and more or less gave me the worst ass kicking of my life. I did manage to score in some hits with a missle that damaged his weapon systems, but I did it at point blank range, the only range he wouldn’t dodge it at.
The blast sent me quite a distance from the brute. But unlike him, I couldn’t move. My whole body felt like 1000 weights were holding me down. I could bairly lift my hands. I came to the conclusion that mostly likey he will kill he. So I had three choices.
1- give up and let him kill me, or if I beg maybe to spare me
2- Self-destruct, taking him with me
3- take out my laser buster and try with my laser. Since I only had enough strength for one last shot.
As the brute came back over to me, he laughed how I was pathetic. How I’m a disgrace and a ton of other crap. I would have really cared less, if I was paying attention to him. All I did was focus on getting the energy into my hand. I did pay attention to the last thing he said to me thought.
“you got any last words?” he said.
This was my moment. His guy's overconfidence would be his doom. Quicky, my hand turned into a buster and I fired out a small but hard laser beam that went straight through his head. His body still held some strength in him, but then I spoke.
“....you...lose.....”
And with me saying that, both of us hit the grassy floor and I shut down. Both of us were beaten...but unlike him, I eventually woke up….about 3 weeks later.
I took massive damage in that battle. The Lifesaver unit that was taking care of me was in fact really surprised that I survived the battle and won it, since all the odds were against me.
In the end, they managed to capture all of the gang except for it’s two leaders. Which leads me back to what Axl was just telling me a few minutes ago. Like I said at the start of this. 1 year has passed since that mission. And I’ve improved a hell of a lot since then. Personally, I’m both happy and sad that Zero managed to catch those two. I’m happy that they did get caught with a side of whoop-ass, but I would have loved to capture those two myself, I did fail to catch them before.
I might have failed in my objective that day, but I was still damn proud of myself. All my life I was such a weakling, everyone said it to me. That I could never win in a fight. I proved them wrong. Now though that I’ve been in worse situations against stronger fighters, if I did that fight now he wouldn’t even stand a chance. I’ve come a long way. A very long way.
The end
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What do you think?
Anyway, enjoy this fanfiction
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Gradius’s first mission
By Nicktendonick
“and get this. Those two suspects thought Zero was a girl, and playing along with them, he let they take Zero into the bathroom thinking they’re going to have their way with “her”. I was still there at the bar in the club waiting to meet up with him and find the two suspects in the first place. Then what seems to be a scuffle in the bathroom. I look and BOOM! I see the two suspects go flying out of the bathroom as the door burst open. They land and go sliding across the floor and stop right next to me. Then Zero goes and walks out of the bathroom all cool and confident like he always is, and goes….”Book them Axl”. Can you believe how lame that line is?” Said the redhead reploid. “Man is he lame”
There were two reploids walking down the hall. One was Axl, a redheaded reploid with a scar on his face. He was holding his helmet as he was complaining to the other reploid about Zero’s corniness. The other reploid was wearing a jet blue boots that went up to his knees. His armor was a pale white, with the blue lining around his joints. His helmet had a aerodynamic structure to it, with tan colored visor overlaying his helmet. This guy here is me.
“When you fight with me, no matter what calculations you make, the answer is always Zero!” Axl said. “I swear that’s got to be the lamest thing he’s ever said.”
“My friend, how more true could you be.” The other reploid said.
Now then, you may be wondering who that white and blue reploid is. Well, this reploid is me, Gradius. I’m one of the many hunters who joined after the Red alert incident. Now, the big question here is what’s going on? Well you see, these two culprits that my good friend Axl was talking about mean a lot to me. They were, well, my first mission ever. Allow me to explain.
About 1 year ago, there was a string of related assaults, robberies, murders and such. These two perps that Zero busted as Axl said, were the two leaders of a vile gang. The thing was that they weren’t mavericks, but they were causing enough damage and did some pretty sick crap (trust me, you don’t want to know). At that time, the local police noticed that this gang was becoming more powerful, gaining more weapons, and increasing their circle of influence to nearby cites. The few who weren’t under the gang’s payroll realized they needed some help. So they contacted us.
I was originally assigned on the unit to help stop these people, but when we learned that they had a sample of the nightmare virus, and was trying to replicate it, the big boys got involved. It was amazing really. The whole HQ for 3 whole days put their heads together and more or less did what needed to be done to shut them down before they released the virus. In the end, we tracked down their base of operations. They sent in the best of the hunters to stop the peps. Namely, the only sent in X, Zero, and Axl to get them. My unit on the other hand, was put on the entrance and exits of the base. But Signas had a special purpose for me. If any of the members ran off and somehow managed to escape my unit I would go get the suckers. How? Simple. I can fly.
1 day after HQ got everything in order. The S rank hunter trio rushed the base at it’s entrance. Obiously, a firefight started. And that’s where X and Axl came in. I saw them eliminate about 20 gun sentries without getting hurt at all. Yet, when I looked, Zero was no longer there. I then saw that there were explosions in the base. And like you guessed. Yes, it was Zero. He snuck inside the base while they all panicked and he set off a few bomb charges, destroying an exit and blocking another.
There was only about 100 people inside, from what I herd they put up quite the fight. They even tried to hype up some of their own by overclocking their systems and drugging them up so they wouldn’t feel pain. I herd one of the overclockers managed to get a nastly hit at X by blowing himself up in his face. Amzingly enough, X still stood after getting hit. But it was nothing more then a distraction really. The 2 heads of the gang used the dust as cover and took a hidden passage and got out somewhere past where my unit stood. I was watching this whole operation take place above me. I kept a good eye out and I spotted three people sneaking out, getting past my unit and made a mad dash. They hoped that they could get past the anti-teleport barrier I set up right above the base. None the less, I spotted the perps. And that was my cue.
You see, I was modeled after some of the military’s jets. You could say, I’m a reploid jet. After the finding of the falcon armor, they took that design and build a reploid around it and a jet's systems. Thus, when I put the petal to the metal I can actually break the sound barrier (It’s quite the turn on with the ladies too, but that’s another story). As for my armaments, I was installed with a missile and laser based weaponry. Now, back on topic. The bad guys were getting away, and I was there to stop them.
I charged up my systems and I dashed at the targets, I hoped to knock them out with a spread missile to avoid a bigger battle, but in the end it failed. It turned out that the three people were the two heads of the gang and their right-hand man, which was the best fighter of the gang. As I swooped in to fire that missile, that right-hand man turned, and fired a big buster shot at me. It hit me (stupid me for flying straight behind them) and the guy made me crash into the ground. At that time, this giant brute separated from the two and decided and killing me first. This was a big problem for me you see, I may be a battle reploid, but I was awful at melee then.
Because of my sucky-ness, this brute slapped me around and more or less gave me the worst ass kicking of my life. I did manage to score in some hits with a missle that damaged his weapon systems, but I did it at point blank range, the only range he wouldn’t dodge it at.
The blast sent me quite a distance from the brute. But unlike him, I couldn’t move. My whole body felt like 1000 weights were holding me down. I could bairly lift my hands. I came to the conclusion that mostly likey he will kill he. So I had three choices.
1- give up and let him kill me, or if I beg maybe to spare me
2- Self-destruct, taking him with me
3- take out my laser buster and try with my laser. Since I only had enough strength for one last shot.
As the brute came back over to me, he laughed how I was pathetic. How I’m a disgrace and a ton of other crap. I would have really cared less, if I was paying attention to him. All I did was focus on getting the energy into my hand. I did pay attention to the last thing he said to me thought.
“you got any last words?” he said.
This was my moment. His guy's overconfidence would be his doom. Quicky, my hand turned into a buster and I fired out a small but hard laser beam that went straight through his head. His body still held some strength in him, but then I spoke.
“....you...lose.....”
And with me saying that, both of us hit the grassy floor and I shut down. Both of us were beaten...but unlike him, I eventually woke up….about 3 weeks later.
I took massive damage in that battle. The Lifesaver unit that was taking care of me was in fact really surprised that I survived the battle and won it, since all the odds were against me.
In the end, they managed to capture all of the gang except for it’s two leaders. Which leads me back to what Axl was just telling me a few minutes ago. Like I said at the start of this. 1 year has passed since that mission. And I’ve improved a hell of a lot since then. Personally, I’m both happy and sad that Zero managed to catch those two. I’m happy that they did get caught with a side of whoop-ass, but I would have loved to capture those two myself, I did fail to catch them before.
I might have failed in my objective that day, but I was still damn proud of myself. All my life I was such a weakling, everyone said it to me. That I could never win in a fight. I proved them wrong. Now though that I’ve been in worse situations against stronger fighters, if I did that fight now he wouldn’t even stand a chance. I’ve come a long way. A very long way.
The end
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