Megaman X: Modern Hunters

Face The Music

She conducts the maverick orchestra with fervor that would make Stravinsky jealous.

Bow Blader

When Gabriella finished teleporting to the first location, she found herself in the outskirts of a huge theater.

"Hm... Wonder what Sigma could be doing here." Gabriella says to herself as Sara accesses the intercom between the two.

"I'm not sure what they plan on doing, but I have detected something big inside the theater. Go in there and destroy whatever it is." Sara replies as Gabriella heads off. Suddenly, reploids carrying bass drums marched towards the maverick hunter, with each beat of the drum firing a blast aimed at Gabriella. Gabriella opened fire and dispatched of them without breaking a sweat, leaving behind piles of scrap metal that used to be her opposition. Many of the maverick reploids Gabriella was facing had a sort of musical theme to them, whether the reploids be utilizing guitars, cymbals, you name it, perhaps a side from the main maverick, Bow Blader, in the theater that Gabriella was going after. Gabriella continued to make her way towards the theater, destroying various reploids here and there, when suddenly, Gabriella spotted a giant reploid guarding the doors to the theater. It appeared to be a bouncer reploid judging by it's outfit and stature, and it seemed like the person used to create this reploid was a buff construction worker.

"Sara, I've spotted a maverick guarding the doors. He looks very imposing." Gabriella says.

"It doesn't look like there's any other way to enter. All of the other possible entrances are heavily guarded by the mavericks and you would be turned to mince meat really quick. I think the best bet is to take out that guy." Sara replies.

"Gotcha." Gabriella says as she charges up a shot. Gabriella lets loose a fully charged shot and it hits the bouncer reploid in the face, stunning it, before making her presence known.

"BLUE REPLOID! MUST TERMINATE!" The bouncer yells.

"Oh for crying out loud, nobody's gonna hear you out here!" Gabriella shouts back, but eats her words when smaller, more agile reploids join the bouncer. "Or maybe not."

"HA HA HA! EXTERMINATE HER!" The bouncer screams, and the smaller reploids charge! Unfortunately they are no match for Gabriella as she blasts them to bits and then she goes after the bouncer with renewed energy. Pelting the bouncer's face with uncharged shots proves to do something as the bouncer becomes disoriented, wildly swinging it's arms.

"How do you like that?" Gabriella laughs.

"VISUAL SYSTEMS IMPAIRED! CANNOT SEE SHIT!" The bouncer yells.

"Watch your mouth! Matter of fact I'll shut it for you!" Gabriella yells back and charges another shot. This time, Gabriella blasts off the lower jaw of the bouncer reploid before charging another. "Hope you're hungry!" And with that taunt, Gabriella jams her X-buster down the reploid's throat and serves up a mouthful of plasma before getting out of the way. The bouncer reploid explodes and shards of metal pelt Gabriella for a few seconds, but the doors are now unguarded, allowing for Gabriella to sneak in. "I took care of that reploid. What's the best way to the main complex?" Gabriella asks over the intercom.

"Looks like the place is swarming with guards. Stick to the shadows and hope you don't get spotted." Sara replies. With ninja-like stealth, Gabriella rolls, darts and dives around the halls, evading maverick patrols, stopping to blast them up when they least expect it.

"Ha, bumbling screwjobs." Gabriella snickers. Fortunately for her, the guards prove to be easily bypassed and fooled, and it's not long before Gabriella finds herself in the auditorium. She looks around, trying to find Bow Blader, but so far, she has had no success. "Where are you?! I know you're here somewhere!" And just like that, someone makes their presence. Gabriella looks up to see what looks like a black cloth hanging from the curtains, and the cloth dives down at an alarming speed. Landing on the ground with a loud crash, the cloth is thrown off to reveal a reploid. She wears copious amounts of blue and green, wears glasses and sports long, brownish-blonde hair. "Bow Blader!"

"Yes that's me." Bow Blader laughs. "And what do you want you little runt? Oh you want to see my latest creation?"

"Umm... Sure?" Gabriella says as Bow Blader parts the curtains to reveal what looks like a gramophone with the horn replaced with a satellite dish. "You like? It controls minds with music."

"You think that I would like that? That sounds like maverick talk to me!" Gabriella shouts.

"Maverick? How dare you label me like that! Say hello to Stella!" Bow Blader shouts as a large, completely silver cello comes crashing to the ground. The maverick musician then pulls out a cello bow and points it at Gabriella. "I'm going to give you a solo that YOU will carry to your grave!"

"I doubt it!" Gabriella shouts as she shoots at Bow Blader. Stella blocks all of her shots though, and it charges forth with a fiery dash! Gabriella is slammed by the cello and tumbles to the ground. "Gah!"

"Aw don't tell me you're done? I was just hitting a crescendo too!" Bow Bader taunts as she charges at Gabriella and swipes at her with her bow. Gabriella narrowly evades the attack and spots the stage lights precariously hanging around. Getting an idea, Gabriella fires more shots at Bow Blader to distract her, and the maverick musician send out her silver cello instead. Stella charges forth once more with another fiery dash, only for Gabriella to shoot one of the stage lights. It comes crashing down on top of Stella and destroys the cello outright.

"STELLA! NOW YOU'LL PAY!!!" Bow Blader screams as she pulls out a series of musical symbols. She throws a quaver note at Gabriella and it just misses before returning to Bow Blader like a boomerang. Gabriella fires off more shots, nailing Bow Blader with every one before the maverick throws an octave clef! Attached by a rope, the clef snags itself around Gabriella's arm and Bow Blader tugs as hard as she can. Fortunately, Gabriella blasts the clef off before Bow Blader can rip off her entire arm, and the maverick hunter fires off a fully charged shot. This one stuns Bow Blader, and Gabriella charges! Unfortunately Bow Blader regains her senses faster than she thought and Gabriella is pelted with breves, crotchets, various tied notes and everything but the music stand. Now Gabriella is the one that is stunned as Bow Blader closes in, bow at the ready.

"Are you ready to die?" Bow Blader chuckles, holding her bow above her head. What Bow Blader failed to notice was the glow coming from Gabriella's buster, a sign that she had charged a shot while she talked. "...Uh-oh..." And Bow Blader doesn't even get to blink before the charged shot hits her like a car. Lavinia tumbles backwards and lands on her face as Gabriella looks on forth. A series of explosions occur on Bow Blader before Gabriella is blinded by a flash of white light. When Gabriella can see again, Bow Blader is gone, the maverick presence here is gone.

"Mission complete! Reporting back to base!" Gabriella says over the intercom as she does a victory pose before being teleported back home.