X slowly walked down a hall with white walls, white roof, and a grey floor. It wasn't any hall he recognized but it felt very familiar. He heard voices around him.

" Mega Man! Please! Do you remember me?" a voice called. It was that girl, Roll. He looked about him but found no one. Shrugging, he continued down the endless hallway.

" Where am I going? Where am I?" he thought. " This place looks so familiar...," X whispered.

" It should...," a voice said, from right behind him. It sounded like Dr. Light. X whirled around. No one. X continued on his way, cautiously.

" Why should it?" X asked.

" You were created here. You lived here before you became what you are now," the voice whispered. X did not answer immediately. He stood there, silent. He thought the idea over and over.

" No. This is a trick. Those Mavericks are behind this. You are trying to make me believe lies!" X said.

" Mega Man, if you remembered, you would know we are not lying," the voice answered.

" Mega Man, why don't you remember us?" a voice demanded.

" Who are you?" X asked.

" I am called Proto Man. You do not remember?" the voice sounded hurt. " How could you forget, Mega Man?" the voice snapped. X had enough.

" I am Mega Man X!" X yelled.

" You are Mega Man!" the voices, in union, screamed at him.

" NO!!! I AM X!!!!!" X screamed.

X slowly regained consciousness. His eyes were still closed but at least he could think. He felt so weak. What had happened to him was blank at the moment. A few minutes later, it came back to him. He had passed out.

" I have a sister? Why did I not know this before?" he thought. He had not fainted just because of the shock of this discovery. He realized this the moment he tried to shift his weight in to a more comfortable position. Pain ran through his body like electricity. He shuddered and tried to scream in agony but the pain was so great that it silenced him. Just when he thought he was about to die, the pain stopped. X collapsed. He heard a voice, speaking to him.

" Mega Man? Mega Man? Please! Can you hear me?" it was a female voice. Roll! She sounded as if she was crying.

" Hey, man! Wake up! Open ya peepers!" X recognized that voice. It was Bo's. X strained desperately to open his eyes. They slowly opened. He saw Roll, Dr. Cain, Bo, and another reploid leaning over him. He didn't recognize that reploid. He wore red armor, a red helmet, black shades, and a yellow scarf around his neck. He peered intently at X. Along with the reploid there was a cat reploid, a dog reploid, and a bird reploid. The dog was VERY happy to see him.

" Mega Man?" he asked. X moaned.

" Don't try to move X! You'll cause yourself pain again!" Dr. Cain cautioned. X went rigid. The memory of the pain he felt would never leave him. " You over strained yourself! I told you that you were in critical condition!" Dr. Cain scolded. X managed to frown.

" Dr. Cain, is scolding me going to do anything at all to help?" X asked.

" No, but it makes me feel better!" Dr. Cain answered. He walked off somewhere. X wanted to turn to see where Dr. Cain had gone but was too afraid of causing himself that horrible pain again. So he paid attention to the strange reploid.

" I am glad you've finally come! I knew you would!" the strange reploid said, his voice full of joy.

" I've explained to him about your memory loss. Mega Man, don't you remember a THING?" Roll asked, her voice slightly pleading. X was about to answer when an imaged flashed in his mind. He gazed at the strange reploid again and was surprised.

" I... I recognize you!" he gasped. " I have seen you before!" Roll looked shocked. The strange reploid stared at him. " Your name... is... Proto Man!" X cried. " That's... all I remember...," X said, as he tried his best to think. The reploid stared.

" Yes, I am Proto Man. I am your older brother!" the reploid answered. " The dog's YOUR dog, Rush! The cat's Tango and the bird's Beat. I was hoping you'd notice that Beat doesn't look like he used to. We had him changed to look like a hawk. More streamlined..," Proto Man added, slightly sad. X stared, confused. Dr. Cain walked back up to X.

" We haven't got the parts to fix you here..," Dr. Cain said. Then, and only then, did X realize where he was. It looked like a giant lab. X's eyes opened wide. Dr. Cain noticed it. " That hole we fell in was an entrance to a secret base. This base is full of rebels! They are against the Mavericks," he explained. X faked a smile.

" Wonderful. Now, what was that you said about being unable to fix me?" X said.

" They have a variety of parts, but, I can't use them on you. They aren't the same size or style. It's like trying to put a monster truck wheel on a toy wagon. I'm sorry...," Dr. Cain said. X sighed. " We will have to wait until the Headquarter's is rebuilt," Dr. Cain said.

" We can't wait that long! Those Mavericks won't wait until it's done! They're probably regrouping right now!" X said. Dr, Cain sighed.

" Let me check up on the damage," he said. X held still, trying not to cringe, as Dr. Cain checked out his wound. " Um, Roll, you told me that you were originally a robot without feelings. What happened?" Dr. Cain asked as he worked, trying to relieve tension.

" I was remodeled. A friend of ours worked on us and upgraded all of us in to reploids. Our friend then began to work on other reploids. He died before he could finish...," Roll said. Dr. Cain nodded. He grabbed the cloth he had used as a bandage, washed it in a bucket of water near him, and wrapped X up again. Proto Man, who had been thinking to himself, spoke up.

" I just thought of something, Mega Man..," Proto Man began.

" Call me X," X said.

" Alright, X..," Proto Man said with a sigh. " Bo, Roll, and I will take some of the rebels and go help the Hunters with their Headquarter's," Bo nodded, along with Roll. Dr. Cain seemed to be thinking.

" Hold on. I'm going to create a reploid to come with you. Something tells me that there are probably some new Mavericks in the construction... we are going to need all the help we can get," Dr. Cain said. He walked off, with X watching.

" Damn it! I want to help!" X snarled.

" You haven't changed a bit, you know that?" Proto Man laughed.

" You mean I was always like this?" X asked. Proto Man and Roll nodded.

" Mind giving me a history lesson?" X asked. Just then, Dr. Cain walked back up to them.

" Roll, you had said that you had a transformation chip somewhere," Dr. Cain said.

" Transformation chip?" X asked.

" Yes. It's a chip that has the ability to turn an object from one thing in to another! I could make an incredible weapon with it!" Dr. Cain said. Roll motioned in a direction and they both took off. Proto Man watched them go.

" I have to go. I have something to do," he said, abruptly. Then, he turned and walked away. X stared after him, surprised. He looked at Bo.

" Sorry, man. I don't know a thing about your past," Bo said. X sighed and closed his eyes. It seemed like the only sensible thing he could do. In a few minutes he was fast asleep.

" You failed?" a voice asked. A figure surrounded in shadow sat high on a throne. It stared hard at Vile, who knelt before it. Around Vile, also kneeling, were the Mavericks that survived the attack on the Maverick Hunter's Headquarters. Vile was shaking as he stared at the figure. The X- Hunters shifted uncomfortably.

" Not really, sir. The Maverick Hunter's Headquarter's demolished, X is seriously wounded and probably dead by now. There's no way they can fix him. They no longer have any of the equipment they need in order to fix him. He was leaking a lot of vital fluid when I last saw him. If he isn't dead yet, he's in great pain at this very moment," Vile quickly explained. The figure stared at him, silent. None of the Mavericks spoke. Wheel Gator shivered slightly when the figure looked at him.

" Can any of you verify this? Where's Wire Sponge?" the figure asked. Wheel Gator cleared his throat.

" X was greatly damaged, Master. Zero had to carry him because he passed out. Wire Sponge wasn't careful and was killed by a Rookie..," Wheel Gator stuttered. The Mavericks nodded in agreement.

" Is that all you have to say?" the figure said, threateningly. Vile cringed.

" No, Master. The new Mavericks are almost complete. Out of the seven, five are operational!" Storm Eagle cut in, quickly.

" That is good news," the figure said. Suddenly, the door flew open.

" Sir, you will not believe what I just found!" Dr. Doppler said as he ran into the room. The figure stared at him. " I can track X by his fluid I managed to get from Wire Sponge's vine! I am getting a signal at this very moment!" Dr. Doppler explained, very excited. The Mavericks sighed quietly with relief. Now that X could be found, their master would not get mad at them.

" Very good Doppler! When all of the new Mavericks are operational, send them out! X, I believe, SHOULDN'T be any trouble...," the figure said as he eyed Vile. Vile squirmed. He knew what his master meant. If Vile was wrong about X's condition, his life would end. In a painful way. Vile held his breath, crossed his fingers behind his back,