| Subject: A Vile-ent Encounter? |
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Grenade Man
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Date Posted: 19:06:36 01/24/02 Thu
(Pardon the corny pun...)
When we last left Zero, he was hiding from Vile. He had found, at least for the moment, an unlikely ally in Razor Mantis. All through the discussion it appeared very strange to Zero how Mantis could, upon figuring out who he was, immediately accept Zero as a friend. He seemed to put alot of trust in Zero, and genuinely want to help him. It was one thing to catch a break now and again, but Zero didn't get this far by being so trusting of others. X was more the gullable type, though Zero would never tell him that.
Mantis left the office, and closed the door. Zero tried to strain to hear what they said to eachother. Then he remembered, the office was sound proofed. So, he jumped out of the capsule, and looked around. AH, Perfect! Above Mantis' desk, there was an air conditioning vent. Zero thought about how typical this seemed to be. There was always a vent, or a shaft, or an opening he could crawl into right when he needed it. He did so, following textbook, and was not surprised to find himself overhead, looking down at Mantis. There was a loud thrum outside from the machinery, but Zero was close enough that he could hear everything.
"--must be Vile, I am Razor Mantis."
"I know who you are. Do you have what I want?"
"Want? Oh, you must be referring to Giga."
"Giga?", Vile asked.
"Giga?", Zero asked himself.
"Yes, Giga is the name of your new Mech. it is quite a monstrosity if I may say so myself. I knew that you'd be coming to look at it soon."
"So, is it ready yet?", Vile asked with anticipation.
"Unfortunately no. If you were to test it out today, you would probably set us back 3 months."
"What is taking you so long?"
"Well, to be honest, any machine can be built within hours, even minutes. But, it takes years to program and test them. We have nearly completed the last stage of testing, and are compiling our results now."
"Spare me the breakdown. When will it be ready?"
"Well Vile, that depends on how our designs preform. We tried to match your fighting style, but we did not have enough data to go by. So we created three different combat programs for you to test. One focuses on defense, you move slower, and defned alot more, but rely on counter attacks to defeat your opponent. The disadvantage is that you take alot of hits this way, but it also takes longer for the damage to take effect. The good thing is that the power used on attacking you is stored, and converted. It can be released as a counter attack. Which means your attacks will be devestating to your opposition. The other program is strictly for speed, and attack. Here you focus mostly on an offensive strategy, but your defensive capabilities are signifigantly lowered."
"I see. I will have to test the 2 systems. What about the third?", Vile asked. He was listening very intently.
"The third system is a combination of the two. It features a learning program which adjusts to how you use it. You can use this modifyer to program in special attack combinations, and custom design your own offense, or defense patterns. It is quite remarkable."
"Alright, I've heard enough for now. I'll be waiting to try it out."
"We will contact you as soon as we are ready."
"Good. I've got to go now. Doppler asked me to fet something from the vault."
"Oh really? What is that?"
I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you.", Vile smirked.
Vile then turned around and left. mantis went back in his office, just as Zero was closing the vent.
"What are you doing on my desk?", Mantis asked.
"Making his business MY business."
"So you heard everything?"
"I heard enough. Why are you helping him?"
"Who Vile? I could care less about him or Doppler."
"Then why work for him?"
"I told you...Doppler is a....strong negotiator. Besides, this job pays more than I can spend!"
"Hmph! Doesn't sound like a good enough reason for me."
At this point, there became an awkward silence.
"Listen,", Zero stared, "I'm going to follow Vile. If you want to help me you can do it by making me a disguise for the tournament. Otherwise, stay out of my way."
"Alright Zero. I'll do that."
"Why are you helping me anyway?", Zero finally asked.
Mantis was quiet for a moment. "The Maverick Hunters saved my life once before. It wasn't you or X, but I'm still alive today because of your efforts. I'll call this payment for your services."
"Are you saying we're even?"
"Something like that. In any case, I'll keep your being here a secret as well."
"Thank you."
"You'd better get going. Vile moves fast."
"Right!", Zero said. With that, he left the office, and headed out after Vile. (to be continued)
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