After a few hours, they reached MHHQ.
"X, I'm glad you're safe!" Dr. Cain cried.
"Why'd it take so long to get back?" Alia asked.
"The Rider Chasers were blown up earlier by the Maverick Attack..."
Axl explained.
"WHAT?!!??" Douglas screamed. "Do you know how long I worked on those
3??!!?"
"Maybe I can assist you in creating some new ones!" one of the female
Reploids cried.
"Teal knows a little about Reploid Engineering..." Marino explained.
"She likes to tamper with a few things, but she's a good hunter too."
"Who's your new friends?" Dr. Cain asked.
"We are the Female Maverick Hunters." Marino said. "We've come to help."
"I'll explain later, doc." Zero said. "First, Alia I need you to scan
this Maverick sample I brought."
"I also need to try to fix the computer..." Alia said. "I can't have
it go dead while you're on a mission again..."
"Layer, Pallette, why don't you help?" Marino asked.
A female Reploid with purple hair and a female Reploid with blonde
hair walked up to Marino.
"We'll do what we can." Layer said.
"I'll try my best!" Pallette cried.
"Later & Pallette are our Operators." Marino explained.
All the Reploids gathered in the MHHQ. X, Zero & Axl sat together
at a table, discussing about what to do next.
"I don't know if we can trust them...." Zero said. "But if Sigma could
possibly get a new virus, that can mean trouble for us!"
"I'll tell you what they are!" Axl said. "They're a bunch of hotties!!!
And there's plenty to go around!!"
Zero smacked Axl. "What is with you??"
"Well, I haven't seen ANY female Reploids around here much...." Axl
said. "You guys got a problem with girls? Because there aren't any girls
here..."
Alia came by and punched Axl in the head. "What am I??? A Mettuar???"
she growled.
"OH, ALIA!!!" Axl cried. "I... Umm... Forgot about you...."
Alia growled and stormed off.
"She treats me like she's my mother...." Axl groaned.
"X, help me talk some sense into this kid...." Zero said.
But X didn't say anything. He kept starring at that strange pink Reploid.
"I feel like I've known her all my life...." X thought to himself.
"But how? I don't even know who she is...."
"X! You've been in a daze all day!" Zero yelled.
"Maybe he thinks they're cute too! I really like that pink one with
the heart! She's REALLY CUTE!!" Axl said.
Zero hit Axl in the head again. "Down boy! You're still in training,
remember?!"
X popped his head up. "What about the pink one? Did you get her name?"
"No. Why?" Zero asked.
"I wish I did...." Axl said.
"X, what's wrong?" Zero asked.
"Can I talk to you?" X asked. "...... Alone, please Axl......."
"Whatever...." Axl jumped up and walked off.
"Okay..... What's with you?" Zero asked.
"Zero, you're my friend so I can trust you right?" X asked.
"Last time I checked...." Zero said.
"Today when I saw that pink Reploid......" X said. "I got a really
weird feeling.... Like Dajayvu..... Like...... I know her..... But I've
never seen her before......"
"Well, after all you did lose your memory when Dr. Cain took you out
of the capsule...." Zero pointed out.
"Exactly!" X cried. "What if she knows about my past?! I have to find
out Zero!"
"Well, if you want to, I could try to assign both of you on a mission.
Then she'll have to talk to you....." Zero said.
"Maybe it's the only way...." X said.
Back at Maverick Hunter HQ...
"Hey X, did you get the pink girl to talk to you?" Zero asked.
"I found out her name's Roll..." X said. "But that's all..."
"Well.... Maybe I'll go ask Marino about her..." Zero said. "Since
you finally figured out her name..."
"Hey X!" Axl jumped up behind X.
"Yikes!! Axl, don't do that!" X yelled.
"So you got to go on a mission with the pink cutie??" Axl asked.
"Her name is Roll..." X said.
"Roll? Even her name is cute!!" Axl cried.
"Axl, WHAT is wrong with you?" Zero groaned.
"Oh come on, Zero!" Axl said. "Don't you think any of those girls are
cute?"
"NO, statisfied?" Zero snapped at Axl.
"You're no fun..." Axl groaned.
"Unn.... He's Zero..." X pointed out.
"Yeah... ZERO FUN!!!" Axl joked.
Zero whacked Axl in the head.
"Go to the training room and work on something important instead of
drooling on our new Hunters!!" Zero screamed.
"Party pooper..." Axl moaned, heading for the training room.
X laughed. "He really has a thing for the female hunters, doesn't he?"
Zero grumbled. "Yeah, which could be a distraction for him!"
"Just make sure he doesn't go on a mission with them, maybe?" X asked.
"I don't know..." Zero said. "Anyway, I'll go see if I can find Marino..."
"Thanks Zero, please try to find out where she came from..." X said.
Zero walked around the base, looking for Marino. He ran into Cinnamon.
"Oh my, sorry!" Cinnamon said.
"It's ok." Zero said. "Where's Marino?"
"She's in there." Cinnamon pointed to a room.
Zero stood outside the door, he could hear Marino talking to someone.
"But we need to work with them right now, it's the only way." Marino
said.
"B-But I... I don't know..." the Reploid Marino was talking to said.
"I just get this strange feeling... And he keeps following me around! Can't
you do something?"
"Just ignore him." Marino said. "You're dismissed."
Zero backed up so that he wouldn't be seen right near the door. The
Reploid Marino was talking to stepped out.
It was Roll. She stopped in front of Zero.
"Do you want something?" Roll barked at Zero.
"Aren't you going somewhere?" Zero snapped back.
Roll grumbled and stormed off. Zero stepped into the room and faced
Marino.
"Oh Zero, do you want something?" Marino asked.
"Marino, where did Roll come from?" Zero asked.
"What makes you ask about her?" Marino asked.
"One of my Hunters thinks he knows her." Zero replied.
"He does? What does he know?!" Marino cried.
"You don't know much about her either, do you?" Zero asked.
"No...... She's a complete mystery....." Marino explained. "Cinnamon
and I found her in a capsule. She lost her memory when we found her, but
a year later she found a chip buried near the capsule. After she installed
it, she got some of her memory back. But she doesn't talk about her past
much.... That's all I know....."
"Hmm..... It might be helpful....." Zero said.
"Please let me know if you find out something..." Marino said.
"Sure thing..." Zero said.
Zero walked down the hall. He stopped when he heard Cinnamon & Roll
talking to each other in another room. Zero peered through the room, trying
not to be noticed.
Roll was holding up some kind of chip.
"Do you know who that X is?" Roll asked.
"All I've heard is that he's some famous Hunter, why?" Cinnamon asked.
"Every time I see him, I feel like I know him..... I think he feels
the same...." Roll explained.
"You don't think that...." Cinnamon said.
"I'm not sure.... I won't use the chip until I'm sure..." Roll said.
Zero quickly left but Roll noticed him standing there.
"There's something about that Zero guy...." Roll groaned. "I don't
quite trust him..."
Zero hurried back to X, who was waiting near the control room.
"Well?" X asked.
"You may be right..... Her creation is a mystery too..... And she lost
her memory..." Zero said.
"Really?" X asked.
"Plus she has some kind of chip, it restored part of her memory..."
Zero said. "Plus she gets that same weird feeling you do..."
"So Marino doesn't know much about her either?" X asked.
Zero shook his head. "No, they found her like Dr. Cain found you."
"That's odd..." X said. "I wonder if she could be the missing link
to my memories..."