Chapter 5 Part 2 - Aether Foundation

A/N - I don't own Pokemon and Megaman X. They both belong to their respective owners: Gamefreak and Capcom. Now, enjoy it!
"Speaking"
"Pokemon translation"
("Thoughts")

The trio looks inside of the building, where it's similar to a receptionist room for a typical office building. Axl pouts as he crosses his arms and comments, "This is rather... dull, not gonna lie,"

"Of course, there is more to this building than you expected," Wicke told them, and turns to Gate, "Gate, can you take those boys to the Pokemon shelter and the guest rooms? I have a few charities I must attend to,"

"Of course, boss," Gate understood.

"Thank you," Wicke thanked him as she leaves the building, "Make sure the boys don't get into trouble, Gate!"

"Ah-Ah! Of course, Miss Wicke!" Gate understood as his employer leaves the building. "Sorry about that, you three, now. Shall we take you to the guest rooms, and after that once you change into the dry clothes, tour around the building?"

"Sure," X said

The trio follows Gate and Sigmund to the elevator, where Gate presses the second button. The elevator closes and moves up to the other floor. Axl starts humming, which is slightly annoying Zero as he quietly groans. Gate looks at the two and whispers to X, "Are they always like this?"

"Ahem... n... no... I mean, sometimes..." X answered him unsurely.

"I see..." Gate replied. "Oh yes! I forgot to ask you your names!"

"Ah! Well... my name is Xavier Light," X told him, using his human name. "You can just call me X,"

"Zane," Zero told him, "But I strongly prefer Zero,"

"And I'm Axl!" Axl cheered.

"Wait, Light!?" Gate gasped, "As in... you're related to Thomas Light!?"

"Oh boy..." Sigmund muttered.

"Y-Yeah... I'm his son," X told him, which Gate gasps excitedly.

"Seriously?!" Gate asked in shock.

"Gate, we are here," Sigmund told him, which catches him off guard.

"Oh! O-Of course!" Gate said as he quickly composes himself.

The group goes out of the elevator and walks ahead to the third room of the floor. Gate and Sigmund nods at each other as the large man open the door for them, which Axl gasps in awe, while X has his eyes widen in shock while Zero raises his eyebrow.

The guest room is extremely luxurious with two double beds with white sheets with golden flower patterns, everywhere is pure white with some golden parts there and than, and a balcony for the view of Jubilife city.

"This... is... AWESOME!" Axl blurted out... and his face turns pale and awkwardly asks, "Ahem... we're gonna get new underwears... right?"

"Yes, don't worry," Gate ensured him, "We will get you new clothes while you guys change out from your wet clothes, okay?"

"Ahem... sure, thank you," X thanked him.

"Oh! And there's some towels to cover yourselves with," Gate told them as he points them to another door, which leads to a nice looking and white coloured bathroom.

"Oh! That's good, than," X commented.

"Now, we'll be back," Gate told them as he closes the door, "Bye!"

"Bye!" X replied back, and turns to the others, "We should start undressing."

"FINALLY!" Axl shouted as he starts rapidly taking off his clothes... in front of X and Zero.

X quickly turns away embarrassingly, while Zero has his face cringed up and says, "Axl... get a towel... now! Nobody wants to see you naked!"

Axl just sticks his tongue at Zero, and goes to the bathroom with his wet clothes. He grabs a towel and wraps it around his waist... which is where he notice something...

"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BEAUTIFUL BODY!?" Axl screamed in shock.

"Wha-What's wrong, Axl?" X asked with concern.

"My muscles... I... it's gone!" Axl complained as he rushes in to shake X. "I'm not ripped anymore!"

"Oi, calm down!" Zero told him off, "Let X go and let us take off our clothes!"

"Oh! Right! Sorry, X!"

"It's alright, Axl," X forgave him as he goes to the bathroom, and locks the door.

"I should start taking my clothes too," Zero said he just takes off his shirt... which he shows his ripped muscles.

Axl glares at him with jealousy, since Axl has barely any muscles, except for a small amount that is generally average for a teenage boy his age. Zero is, not only the tallest out of the trio and oldest being around 18-19, but also the most muscular as he has the same built as a athlete.

"What?" Zero asked him in a dull tone.

"Nothing..." Axl pouted as he cross his arms and looks away.

X opens the door with him only wearing a towel, and holding up his wet clothes. His body is a mix, where he isn't ripped, but has a bit more muscles than Axl does.

"It's your turn," X told Zero.

Zero simply nods and goes to the bathroom, but doesn't lock it. He just takes off his trousers and underwear, and puts on a towel. He picks up his clothes and walks out.

"So... since we're waiting for Gate and Sigmund to come back... what should we do?" Axl asked as he puts his arms behind his head.

"Ahem... well, I think we should talk about finding a way back home," X suggested. "And concerning Gate and Sigmund..."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Axl asked him.

"Gate is someone me and Zero knew," X told him, "He was directly involved in the 6th Maverick war."

"W-What!? Seriously?!" Axl gasped. "I-I think I heard about him, but that's seriously him?!"

"Yes," Zero confirmed. "And Sigmund is very likely to be Shield Sheldon, the bodyguard wrongfully labelled as a maverick."

"... Yeah..." X muttered with a sorrowful tone, "I wonder how many of our victims are here..."

"X..." Zero takes a deep breath, "You're not the only one, you know?"

"I-I know... but... but..."

"... Ah! Hey X, do you have a crush on Alia!?" Axl blurted out; desperately trying to change the subject to avoid the two going into depression.

"H-Huh?!" X gasped, "I-I don't!"

"Really? Because that's not what the others see!" Axl teased him cheekily, "Seriously, I swear, do you have a thing for blondes or something?"

"N-No! I... well, I..." X stuttered as his face is extremely red.

"Come on, Axl, quit teasing X," Zero told him.

"That's hilarious coming from you, Mr chick magnet!" Axl told him sarcastically with a smirk.

"I'm not interested in them," Zero told him, "I just pretend to be dumb to avoid hurting their feelings."

"Wow. The big tough guy pretends just to avoid hurting feelings?" Axl teased him, "I think X is rubbing on you."

"Axl... please shut your mouth," Zero told him off coldly with a glare.

"Try me, bitch!" Axl told him proudly.

Zero stays quiet, and looks around the room as he asks X, "Hey X, do you know where I could hit Axl with?"

"Wha-WHAT?!!" Axl screamed in horror.

"Zero! No!" X shouted at him as he pinches his cheek, "Bad Zero! Bad!"

"I wasn't serious..." Zero told him in a deadpan tone while not caring for the fact X is pinching his cheek.

"Fine." X said as he stops.

"Geez, you're such a mum, sometimes X!" Axl told him.

"... Don't make me pinch your cheek too," X told him off.

"I-I was just teasing, man!" Axl told him.

Suddenly, they hear a knock on the door, which X opens it. It reveals Gate and Sigmund holding new pile of clothes.

"Ah! I see you change out of your clothes," Gate told them. "Sigmund,"

"Of course," Sigmund replied.

Axl, Zero and X gives Gate their wet clothes, while Sigmund gives them their new clothes... which happened to the Aether uniforms.

"I don't think white would look good on me," Axl complained.

"Axl. Don't complain," Zero told him off.

"I'll give you some privacy," Gate said as he closes the door.

"Let's just get this over with," Zero commented as he goes to the bathroom for privacy, and, this time, locks it.

X and Axl looks at each other, and looks back at the door. X takes a deep breath and asks Axl, "... Axl, can I ask you a quick question?"

"Huh? You? Asking a question?" Axl asked in shock, "That's not like you, X,"

"Well... it's just... what do you think of this world, so far?" X asked him.

"Mmm? Well, I think this place is awesome so far," Axl told him with a big grin on his face, "Especially the Pokemons. They're really cool and quite an interesting bunch, if you ask me."

"... I see... Pokemons and humans worked together in harmony," X said, "So... why can't humans and reploids? Why can't we work together in harmony? Why... why those pointless wars we have to go through...?"

Axl frowns a bit and takes a deep sigh. He understands where X is coming from. Truly, he does. Just because he's the youngest of the trio, doesn't mean he's all rainbows and stuff, after all, remembering his adopted family he was forced to put down hurts his heart much more than he was reploid. Of course, he was built to be able to handle psychological pain, but now that he's human... it deeply hurts... it hurts so much more that it made him feel so vulnerable.

He often asked himself why his family worked with that bastard? Why they risked their own lives for power? Why... why did they go Maverick? Of course, it's been six years ago, but doesn't change the fact what happened is traumatic for a normal person. After all, Axl may be childish and hot blooded, but he's far from stupid despite what others think of him.

"I... honestly don't know, X," Axl told him honestly. "I... I wish I knew... but I don't. Those are the questions I asked when I was forced to put down Red Alert..."

"... Axl... I..." X stuttered, "I... I'm really sorry for giving you such a hard time during that war... I... I know excuses isn't going to cut it, but"

"Geez, Zero is right," Axl joked, "You can be too nice sometimes, even though you're a jerk at times too."

"... Y... yeah..."X accepted; not choosing to deny that he can be pretty rude sometimes, especially when he's stressed out.

Zero opens the door, where he's wearing the Aether uniform, consisting of a white bodysuit with oversized pockets, and white trainers. Axl suddenly bursts out laughing at him, while X starts chuckling at the ridiculous outfit he's wearing right now.

"Ha Ha, very funny," Zero said sarcastically as he rolls his eyes, "You do realise you're going to wear this too, right?"

"... Fuck!" Axl blurted out as the slow realisation comes to him.

"... I'll go next..." X muttered as he goes into the bathroom.

"... Who's laughing now?" Zero asked Axl with a smirk, which Axl glares at him and gives him the middle finger.

A/N - I hope you guys enjoyed it and if you did, leave a comment and have a good day! Aqua out!

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top