Metempsychotic

By Default

Her voice had been rather still as she said it, although she had known it was her sister's message.

"What was on it?" came the first reaction from Vent.

"It was a report or something on the Biometal, wasn't it?" Aile then chimed in.

Prairie took a breath in before telling them, "The data comes in two parts. One part describes Model W, Model X, Model Z... Everything about the Biometal, including its true nature. The other part is a message. It's a message that... I'm not entirely sure how Sis was able to predict it..."

Getting lost in her thoughts, Prairie then went silent as she thought it over. Aile and Vent, too, were quiet as they patiently waited for Prairie to explain further what this message was. To their faint dismay, she did not- instead she looked at them.

"We did discuss how you two are not human, but you're definitely not Reploid either; didn't we?"

The blue duo gave a mirrored nod in agreement.

"Our mom was a human woman, named Aero Sephira," Vent spoke up. "She died early because some deranged Reploid thought it would weaken our dad. She ended up becoming the mother of Cyber-Elves... or something, and the rest I can't remember because it's basically history class from there."

"Did we ever discuss who your father was?" the commander then questioned, looking over both of them passively.

"Didn't... someone mention Mega Man X?" Aile then asked, her face twisted into one of confusion and uncertainty. "The name... it's really familiar."

"Yeah," Vent agreed, "Like it was said in history class a lot."

"Mega Man X..." Prairie then sighed heavily, "The Father of Reploids, the true leader of the once grand Neo Arcadia, the supposed last creation of the 21st century genius, Thomas Hikari... And, by all rights, he is your biological father."

Vent and Aile only looked at Prairie; with everything else that has happened to them, this only seemed as a dull surprise. Not satisfied with their reactions, the commander continued;

"Before Sis took over your development, there was a man who tried to conquer the world. In order to carry out his mad scheme, he created a giant battle station in space known as Ragnarok. He fused with Ragnarok, but he was challenged by a hero and defeated. Ragnarok broke apart and fell through the atmosphere, burning brightly like a shooting star in the sky. That image will be burned into my mind forever..."

Vent's face scrunched as he thought this information over. "Then that means Model W is..."

"The soul of that man contained in the fragment of Ragnarok- that's Model W." Prairie affirmed. "Sis recognized its existence and set about to create something capable of fighting the threat. She used her research to create the Biometal, using the powers of legendary heroes from eras long past."

"Mega Man X was one of those heroes. Wasn't he?" Aile then questioned. Her face was unreadable, but you could tell that she had pieced together something important in her mind. She looked over at Vent -who was still Merged with Model X- and seemed to become a bit more somber. "When I went to save the people, Model X started to say something, but was cut off. Then there's the way we feel just by holding Model X, it's like knowing that you're loved and wanted. Merging with him... it's like a hug- a long, loving, and kinda saddened hug..."

Vent looked at Aile and gave her a funny look. Sure, he could agree to Merging with Model X as receiving a hug, but he never would have analyzed it like that...

"And then there's the way that we have a different form when using Model Z." Aile soon continued, looking back to Prairie as she said it. "It's because of Model X, or Mega Man X, isn't it? Since we have his DNA, we can't Merge with the other Biometals normally. By default, we're always Merged with Model X in some way, so the way we Merge with the other Biometals is different. Very, very different."