Rise of Sigma

**Rise of Sigma** is a rewrite of the original "Mega Man X" videogame made by Cyrex, being the first one of the five "Mega Man X Chronicles".

## Plot

It is the year 21XX. While trying to find a fossil record, Dr. Cain, a human scientist, has uncovered a capsule with a robot from the past: Mega Man X. The capsule contained a warning message from Dr. Light, his creator:

*WARNING:*

*"X" IS THE FIRST OF A NEW GENERATION OF ROBOTS WHICH CONTAIN AN INNOVATIVE NEW FEATURE - THE ABILITY TO THINK, FEEL AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. HOWEVER THIS ABILITY COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. IF "X" WERE TO BREAK THE FIRST RULE OF ROBOTICS, "A ROBOT MUST NEVER HARM A HUMAN BEING", THE RESULTS WOULD BE DISASTROUS AND I FEAR THAT NO FORCE ON EARTH COULD STOP HIM.*

*APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE WE CAN SAFELY CONFIRM HIS RELIABILITY. UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE THAT DAY, NOR DO I HAVE ANYONE TO CARRY ON MY WORK. THEREFORE, I HAVE DECIDED TO SEAL HIM IN THIS CAPSULE, WHICH WILL TEST HIS INTERNAL SYSTEMS UNTIL HIS RELIABILITY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB THE CAPSULE UNTIL THAT TIME.*

*"X" POSSESSES GREAT RISKS AS WELL AS GREAT POSSIBILITIES. I CAN ONLY HOPE FOR THE BEST.*

*SEPTEMBER 18, 20XX.*

***T. LIGHT***

X's design interested Cain, and he analyzed Dr. Light's notes. Months later, Cain was able to create robots similar to X, called Reploids, and they began to be mass-produced around the world. For unknown reasons, some Reploids began to act strange and attacked humans, being labeled Mavericks. To counter any possible threat, the Maverick Hunters were formed. Sigma, an advanced Reploid, was assigned to be their leader. Time passes and the Maverick Hunters are able to keep peace, but one day Sigma himself became a Maverick, being joined by other Maverick Hunters to start a war against humanity.

After seeing a woman named Jessica die in his hands, X decides to take action, in order to prevent the Mavericks from killing any more innocents. His attempt was, unfortunately, cut short by Vile. Luckily, X was saved by Zero, who took command of the Maverick Hunters in order to stop Sigma. X decides to help Zero stop the Mavericks.

However, he first went to Snow Mountain, where he found a capsule made by Dr. Light in case X will have to deal with war. In this capsule, he found an upgrade that made him able to dash on the ground. He found another capsule at the Airport. There, he found another upgrade: the durability of his helmet was increased. In both places, however, he was shocked to see how cold-blooded the commanders of those areas, Chill Penguin and Storm Eagle, were.

After collecting the helmet upgrade, X fights and destroys Storm Eagle's body, but his buffer and personality chip were intact. Upon connecting those to a computer in a room only X knew about, Storm Eagle turned into a hologram, but he was deeply remorseful.

Later, at a Factory that was controlled by Flame Mammoth, X found an upgrade for his X-Buster that allowed him to charge any weapons he has. Rather convenient, since X just copied Storm Eagle's Storm Tornado. Like with Penguin and Eagle, X was shocked to see how cruel and ruthless Flame Mammoth became. Storm Eagle did explain X beforehand that Sigma told Eagle to be like this, but X was still shocked, because X wanted to keep death to a minimum.

X then went to the Forest, where he found the last upgrade for the time being, which increased X's durability. After explaining Eagle and Mammoth that the Mavericks are *his* issues, Mammoth came with an idea. X then went for Chill Penguin. Unfortunately, Unit 4, who was already dispatched, was completely decimated, only one survivor named Alia remaining. X manages to defeat Chill Penguin and take his buffer and personality chip, like before. After connecting Penguin to the computer, the quartet learns that the three Mavericks (and Sigma for that matter) went Maverick because of an extremely complex virus. Mammoth then revealed that his idea is for the Mavericks whose bodies X destroys to come back undercover, as the team that knows the truth, so they can end the Maverick threat, once and for all: the X-Hunters. Meanwhile, Alia "transferred to logistics", in other words, demoting herself to the Navigator post. She was, however, grateful for X rescuing her.

After taking out Spark Mandrill, X gotten to work on Mammoth's plan. X worked a week on it, time in which the Hunters brought Sigma's forces in a tight place, ensuring no more civilians were hurt. X then presented Zero four "new recruits": Airstrike (Storm Eagle), Inferno (Flame Mammoth), Deepfreeze (Chill Penguin) and Overload (Spark Mandrill). A while after the X-Hunters were recruited in the Maverick Hunters, their plans went smoothly for a while: Sigma's other four commanders (in order: Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus, Boomer Kuwanger and Sting Chameleon) were defeated by the Maverick Hunters and recruited by the X-Hunters (under the aliases of, in order: Barrel, Deptcharge, Quickman and Shimmer). However, Sigma attacked with his castle, causing all Maverick Hunters to focus their forces on Sigma. X and Zero managed to get inside the castle, but Zero sacrificed himself to stop Vile from hurting X, causing X to snap and kill Vile. After killing clones of Sigma's commanders (not before trying to reason to them), X manages to find and defeat Sigma and recover his A.I., like with his commanders.

Sigma then reveals that Zero and the virus were created by Dr. Wily, Dr. Light's rival, and that the virus became able to hop between networks, meaning that the Maverick Wars only just begun. X then becomes a full-time B-class Maverick Hunter, and Sigma returned as Signas, deciding, in the name of honor, to start as a green recruit all over before taking command, despite some suggestions from other X-Hunters.

True to Sigma's fear, three mysterious figures took Zero's parts from the ruins of Sigma's castle, preparing to use him against X...