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Date Posted: 19:35:34 05/23/02 Thu
Life Saver toiled long hours to restore Zero back to health. He executed an anti-virus protocol, which was linked directly into Zero's CPU. On the screen, the code was cycling itself out. A string of numbers played across the screen. Each time the anti-virus program corrected a flaw, the code became shorter. Of course, they had a long way to go. The first string started at 3,942,617,093 lines of code. Unfortunately, there was only a ten numeral deduction in every cycle. Literally terrabytes of information in Zero's CPU had been corrupted. Everything from his drive system, to his life support, and even his auto damage repair system.
The readout was giving Lifesaver hope, but the numbers were intriguing. Lifesaver left him there for just a moment to speak to Signas about something he found.
"Signas, I need to ask you something.", he said softly.
"Yes, what is it? Is it about Zero?"
"Yes. The anti-virus program is running through him now. He should be normal in a few days time. It would have taken only a few hours if we could have treated him immediately, but..."
"Yeah, I know. Zero is going to be out it for a while, huh?", Signas said in despair.
"The virus is designed to weaken him. It is not unlike poison to a human. But there was somthing odd about the virus itself."
"What was it?", Signas asked.
"I don't know. It is a new type of Virus. It looks like it was based on the sigma virus, but it contains none of the same properties. Symptoms...or what we might consider as symptoms...do not seem to match with that of the Sigma Virus."
"Do you think it is a new strain of the Sigma Virus?"
"Perhaps. I cannot say for sure, but it looks like someone has been tampering with it. I think that this might be an experimental version of a newer strain of the Sigma Virus."
"Did he get it from a Mvaerick?"
"No. It was from one of the Fighters in Doppler's tournament. I don't know why, but I think that if Zero were exposed to a different strain....maybe a stronger version, it would have the opposite effect on him."
"How can you be sure of that?"
"Really I cannot. As we've said time, and time again...the Body Systems of Mega Man X and Zero are still very much a mystery. Even though we are all based off of X, Dr. Cain could not replicate the designs exactly. With Zero, it seems that his strength to resist viral infection is stronger than in X, but as I said before, I cannot be sure."
"But a virus isn't designed to make Reploids stronger. It wouldn't make any sense."
"I know. It might be nothing...but I'll keep watch on him. Don't worry, I don't think he'll go berzerk like X did before."
"Just in case, I want two teams around sick bay, until we can confirm his condition."
"As you wish sir.", Lifesaver said. Then, he left the room.
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