Megaman X: Modern Hunters

An Evil Blessing

With this new power coursing through Jack's body, he decided to turn his house into his new base, replacing the materials that made up his home with various metals and giving the house an overall 21XX appearance. He then headed outside and saw one of his neighbors, a girl that he had a crush on when he was human. Now that Jack was a reploid, any love that he may have had for this neighbor had vanished as he focused and thrusted his pointer finger at his neighbor. Emerging from the ground and grabbing the girl's ankles was a nightmare virus.

"Ah, what the heck? Jack?! Let me go!" The girl cries out, but her pleas fall on deaf ears.

"Do what Gate programmed you to do best." Jack says and the nightmare virus enters the girl's body. Inside it begins turning the girl into a reploid from the inside out and when the transformation is complete, the only thing that is still human is the girl's face and hands. The girl begins holding her head and falls to her knees, shutting her eyes as if to avoid seeing something.

"What is going on?! Am I seeing things? This must be a nightmare it HAS to be!" The girl shouts and she screams before Jack snaps his fingers. Suddenly the girl freezes and removes her hands from her head. Her eyes open and they appear to be glazed over as she gets up and enters Jack's house. Sigma's upper body reappears on the monitor and applauds Jack as he reenters his house.

"Nice job! You've created your first maverick!" Sigma says. "And I see you're already making use of the viruses inside you, but remember that you'll need more than just plain mavericks like her. You need people with talent to infect with the viral cocktail and they'll be at your very whim."

"I think I have an idea. I know of some really good friends. Let me access my computer, I have an idea." Jack replies, and Sigma switches Jack's computer on, bringing it to the home screen. Jack then begins to reach for a cable before Sigma stops him.

"Using your phone to spread the cocktail? Man I've sure got myself a mini-me! Here, let me save you the trouble of transferring the viruses." Sigma says, phasing his arm through the monitor. Jack holds out his phone and Sigma transfers the virus cocktail into a text message that the former had composed just to hold them. "You are a genius."

"Hey, only expect the best." Jack replies as he sends the infected message to eight people in his contacts: Jaidyn, Kaitlyn, Joscelyn, Ahmad, a man simply called "Darwin", Lavinia, Emma and Payton.

"Who's this girl you've turned here?" Sigma asks Jack.

"This is Havannah, a friend of mine and a neighbor." Jack replies. "You'll need this."

"Thanks." Havannah replies as she receives what looks like a stun baton, but it's as long as Havannah is tall. "What is this? An overpowered cattle prod?"

"What you're holding is an electric spear. Should do you pretty well in combat." Jack replies. "Now all we need to do is wait for our friends." And it's not long before one-by-one the eight people Jack has turned teleport into his house. "A pleasure to meet you all!"

"You chose some pretty interesting people for your mavericks." Sigma inquires, analyzing the eight reploids before him. Jaidyn sports long, dirty blonde hair and is wearing a mix of black and green. Kaitlyn sports long brown hair that she put into a ponytail, black glasses and is wearing lots of black and gray. In her hand is a war scythe with the blade replaced with a beam. Ahmad is suited in red knight's armor, showing nothing but his eyes and in his hand is a flaming sword adorned with various flame designs. Joscelyn also sports long brown hair like Kaitlyn but she keeps it down, and she is wearing a mix of purple and blue. "Darwin" sports curly black hair, one of his arms is replaced with a buster and he sports yellow colors. Lavinia has long, brownish-blonde hair that falls below her shoulders, often kept in various hairstyles, wears glasses and sports very dark shades of blue and green. Emma sports long, very dark brown hair, glasses and wears lots of white and black. Payton has long wavy blonde hair and sports white and blue colors. Much like Havannah, they have all been turned into reploids, with the only thing that was human being their face and hands. "I like. I must introduce myself to your friends." And with that the eight soon to be mavericks group around Jack's computer as he gives them the gist of what's going on and they all turn to Jack.

"We shall do as you say." Lavinia says.

"Havannah, stick with me. The rest of you, Sigma has given you a location. Go there and spread the viruses. With one touch you can turn someone into a maverick. Now go, shadow the world in darkness!" Jack orders.

"Roger!" The eight mavericks shout back and they teleport to their locations while Havannah fist bumps Jack.

"The mavericks I just dispatched will keep us updated on the outside world. I believe it is now a safe idea to reside in here for now." Jack says to Sigma.

"Agreed. If everything goes well, history will change so we rule the universe. Now I must go, I have my own war to wage against X and Zero. Until then, Jack." Sigma says.

"Until then, Sigma." Jack replies as Sigma phases out.

"What now?" Havannah asks.

"What now? We enjoy the chaos that we will create." Jack replies as he relaxes on the couch.