Cyber Peacock watched as the other reploids fixed Sigma. Most of their force was wiped out in the last battle with the Maverick Hunters. He never ceased to be amazed how quickly and easily Zero and X can take out their troops. "Must be in the training." He thought.

He studied the stats on the large monitor screen. Repairs of the salvageable Mavericks were going well, and many were being created to replace the others. If this continued then the Mavericks would again be in full force in less than a week.

"How goes Master Sigma's repairs?" Cyber Peacock barked at one of the attendants.

"Very well, Mister Peacock." The reploid replied. "His condition is stable,we've managed to save all of his memory files and command protocols. We're gathering together the parts of rebuilt his damaged body."

"How long before we reactivate him?" Peacock asked.

"A week, two weeks tops."

"What?"

"Well, Mister Peacock, sir, Master Sigma was heavily damaged by a light saber. We were lucky to recover all his files. This is the best we can do." Cyber peacock nodded in annoyance, and swore that the Hunters would pay for their doings.

"But we can activate Master Sigma, he just won't have any motor functions yet. Do you want us to do it?"

"No," Cyber Peacock replied, "Do YOU want to tell him that he's not completely fixed?'

"Uh... no sir."

"Good. Keep working on it."

Zero tried to forget about the voice, and his alleged past. Luckily the voicedidn't come again, and he stopped having those nightmares. "Maybe it'sbecause I destroyed Sigma and proved that I am on the Maverick Hunter's side.
Whatever it is, I'm just glad it's over."

Zero watched as the other Hunters enjoyed themselves at the party. They were laughing, dancing and chatting away. Zero smiled. "Maybe now that I'm rid of those dreams, I can finally enjoy myself."

"Hey, Zero." One of the reploids called from across the room. It was Amp, a rookie Maverick Hunter. Even though Amp wasn't on Zero's squad, they formed a friendship. Zero still remembered Amp's first day on duty. Amp had gotten lost in the HQ building and asked Zero for directions.

The funny part was that Amp mistakenly asked if Zero was a rookie too. Zero could still remember how Amp's face turned brighter than his armor when he found out who Zero really was. From then on, Zero found himself always being the mentor to Amp. Maybe just to prove that he isn't a rookie.

"Hey, Zero! Over here!" Amp called again. "They want you to judge an arm wrestling match."

"Sure," Zero got out of his seat and headed over. The other reploids cheered on as the two contestants got ready for the match. Zero called "go" and the crowd cheered even louder. One reploid started collecting credits for bets.

The atmosphere was electric. Zero could see that X was right, the others did need to relax. But he was even more surprised that he felt a lot better, too. A little party was all that he really needed. Zero found himself joining in the cheer, and shouting to the top of his lungs when one of the reploids won the match.

"Maybe those dreams just came because I was stressed out." Zero thought. "Maybe they were just hallucinations. Perhaps Dr. Wily never existed."

X watched Zero shout and sing with the other Hunters. He had never seen Zero so cheerful. Zero was always serious about his job, and never allowed himselfto have any fun in the process.

"Great party isn't it Dr. Cain?" X asked.

"Yes, indeed it is. After all, you've all earned it. Fighting off Repliforce and the Mavericks all at once was no easy task."

"Speaking of which, did they ever find Sigma's body?"

"When final Weapon blew up, everything inside it was turned into smithereens. There wasn't anything to recover."

"So there's nothing to follow up on."

"X, you were worried about Zero not having enough fun, and here you aretalking about work in the middle of a party. Don't worry, as of now, everything is fine."

"Everything is fine..." The young guard reploid mumbled. He stared up at the lighted building of the Maverick Hunters HQ. "Everyone must be partying right now, and I'm stuck with the night shift of the archeological dig. Sheesh!"

The young reploid sat down at one of the blocks. "So this was the very place that Dr. Light built his robots." The young guard thought. "I wonder why it was ever turned into ruins." The young guard has also heard that the great Mega Man X was found in the same place.

"Heh, I wonder what else is burie-" The young reploid stopped in his tracks. He had definitely heard a sound. Drawing his weapon, he creeped around the site, trying to pin down the location of that sound.

"There it is again!" This time, he heard it more clearly. It was a beeping sound. He gingerly took several more steps towards it. Then he saw that some of the rubble was shaking. "Something under there is moving..." He studied the blocks that were there. Too big for him to move, so he reached for his radio and called for assistance.

Dr. Cain, Zero, X and some heavy equipment quickly arrived to the scene. The young guard informed Dr. Cain of how he discovered the disturbance, while the machinery moved the large blocks of rubble that covered the mysterious object.

"What is it, Dr. Cain?" X asked as the machinery dug out a large cylinder.

"I don't know..." The Doctor said. "Yet." The three rushed over as the machine set down the large cylinder. It was covered with dirt. Dr. Cain used his hand to wipe away the layer of dirt. The doctor's face filled with amazement as he realized what the cylinder is.

"Now I know." Dr. Cain exclaimed. "X, this is the same type of pod I found you in!'' Zero and X quickly got over the shock and helped wipe away the dirt in the capsule. When they were finished, they stood and gawked at the contents of the pod. It was a young woman reploid, with blond hair and agentle face. Sitting next to her was a red mechanic dog.

"Who are they?" X asked.

"Dr. Cain!" A reploid yelled. "We've discovered a second pod, also with a reploid inside."

"Well, " Zero commented, "I'd say the party down here has just gotten a lotmore interesting."

Zero and X sat in the lounge as Dr. Cain tried to make sense of the two pods unearthed from the archeological site. He convinced the two Maverick hunters that they should leave him to his work, so they sat outside and waited.

"X," Zero asked, "Do you remember anything before you were sealed in that pod?"

"Not much." X replied. "The only thing that I do remember is that Dr. Light was my creator, and he sealed me in that pod."

"So you really don't know who those three in the pods are?"

X shook his head. "I wonder why I don't remember." X said. "Was I damaged? Why was I sealed in the pod? And are these new reploids my friends?"

"X, don't worry about it." Zero reassured. "I'm sure Dr. Cain will dig up some answers."

"Yeah," X got up and walked towards the window. It was dark outside, 11pm. Not too long ago they were enjoying themselves at a party, now this new mystery comes out of nowhere. "Zero?" X asked as he continued to stare at the stars. "Why am I scared?'

"Huh?" Zero gave X a puzzled look. X turned around and faced Zero. "Am I scared because I don't know about my past? Or because I'm afraid to find out about it?"

X's question hit Zero hard. Suddenly Zero remembered that his past is also a mystery. Was he, too, afraid to find out about the past? About Dr.Wily? About his programming?

"Zero?" X called.

"Heh," Zero thought, "Nonsense. I'm not afraid of my past." Zero turned to look at X.

"Looks like it's you who had one party too many X." Zero chided. "Stop babbling nonsense and sit down."

"Yeah, I guess." X scratched behind his head, and chuckled.

Just then, the door to Dr. Cain's lab opened. Both Maverick Hunter's attention snapped towards the Doctor, how stood with a grave look on his face.

"I think you'd better come in."