Megaman X: Modern Hunters

Getting Smoked

Her cooking skills are on par with her lethal combat skills.

Skillet Master

Christine was teleported just outside of the Hell's Kitchen complex where the infamous swear-filled TV series was held.

"Ramsay is located near the top of the building. Skillet Master has made her presence there and it looks like you don't want to eat anything there not because it's bad, but because it will turn you into a maverick!"

"Roger that." Christine says as she charges forth. Various ingredients charge at Christine, clearly having been given the mechaniloid treatment, and some of them self destruct upon hitting Christine. Despite this, Christine is unfazed and she drives the Z-saber into the ground, causing an earthquake that destroys all of the enemies around her before progressing further. Suddenly, Christine hears Gordon on the intercom.

"Your navigator has allowed me access to the intercom." Gordon says. I'm holed up in the top of the building so I can't warn the people down below to not eat the food. You'll have to do it for me."

"Roger that." Christine replies as she storms through the doors. "Where to now?"

"Take the stairs. That's the fastest option you have." Gordon replies and Christine bolts up the stairs to see doors. Christine slashes them open and just as expected she sees people about to dig in.

"STOP! DON'T EAT THAT!" Christine screams. Everyone drops their utensils, except for the select few that did eat. Those that did transformed into hunking, hulk-like reploids, and they set their eyes on Christine.

"DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!" They chanted like a mantra.

"Uh oh!" Christine shouts as the hulk reploids all corner her. Christine then drives her saber into the ground, throwing them off balance with an earthquake before glitching about. When she finally materializes she cuts down two of the many reploids with one mighty slash before facing off with the others. She cuts them down like a knife through butter but fails to notice one that snuck up from behind and the reploid grabs her in a crushing bear hug.

"DIE!!!" The reploid screams as he begins to squeeze the life out of Christine. Suddenly the reploid stops and both it and Christine hear the unmistakable sound of a shot charging. "Huh?"

"Eat THIS, you nutjob!" Gabriella shouts as she blasts the reploid's head off with a fully charged shot. The reploid lets go and Christine gets out of the way as it explodes before collapsing onto one knee.

"Gah... That guy got me good... I gotta head back to base." Christine says as she teleports out, leaving Gabriella to finish what her big sister started. Gabriella makes sure that everyone is okay before evacuating them, and then Gabriella heads for the top of the building where many contestant chefs have been turned maverick and attack her with whatever is in their hands, with little to no success as the hunter blasts them all to hell and back. The fight to the top is a long and grueling one, but eventually, Gabriella reaches the master chef himself, finding him hiding under his desk to avoid detection.

"Oh thank god you're here!" Gordon says, relieved that someone other than Skillet Master has found him.

"My big sister couldn't hold off the ones that got turned, but they're gone." Gabriella says.

"Well, at least it's better than nothing." Gordon replies.

"What do they want with you anyway?" Gabriella asks.

"Aside from tainting the food, they want to turn ME into one of those mavericks!" Gordon says. "What good could I possibly do for them?"

"Well... You're known for having one foul mouth, but could that really be the reason?" Gabriella asks.

"I have no clue. What I do know is, whoever is turning these people into mavericks, is still here." Gordon replies. Sure enough, Skillet Master herself storms through the doors to confront Gabriella. She sports long, very dark brown hair, wears a lot of white and black and wears glasses. In her hand is a kitchen knife and in the other, an odd looking pot.

"What are you doing to these people?!" Gabriella asks. "And what do you want with Gordon Ramsay here?"

"I need someone who can intimidate as much as he can fight, and Gordon seemed like a good choice." Skillet Master replies. "And I'm just supplying my master with an army."

"Master? Who are you talking about?" Gordon asks, his head popping out of his hiding place.

"Enough of that. The victory feast shall be mine after this battle!" Skillet Master shouts. Gabriella fires a fully charged shot at the maverick chef, only for her to catch the blast in the pot. Gabriella tries again and again until finally the pot is glowing inside with a bright light. "Here, have a dose of your own medicine!" And with that, the pot fires out an intense beam of light! Gabriella avoids decapitation and it blows a hole right through Gordon's table, forcing him to take cover somewhere else.

"My god! Gabriella! Avoid shooting that pot! That should stop her from using that attack!" Gordon shouts out and Gabriella nods to acknowledge as she avoids a stab from Skillet Master. Taking Gordon's advice, Gabriella fires off the octave clef and swings it around once more. This time, Skillet Master is hit dead in the face, stunning her for a few seconds before Gabriella retracts it. The maverick chef then uses her pot to cook up a minion, and releases a pasta monster!

"WHOA!" Gabriella shouts as she fires off her newly acquired glitch shot. It hits the pasta monster and Gabriella gains full control of said monster as she makes it charge at Skillet Master and sacrifice itself to entangle her. Skillet Master finds herself unable to get out of the mess of pasta and leaves herself open to Gabriella as she charges up a shot. "Time to end this madness!" And with that, Gabriella punches the maverick chef with her buster arm, firing off the charged shot at the same time. Skillet Master slams into a wall, a hole blown clean through her midsection, before a series of mini explosions occur on her. They get bigger and bigger until Gabriella and Gordon are blinded by a bright flash! When the two can see again, Skillet Master is nowhere to be found. "Mission success!"

"I can't thank you enough. Next time you and your sister come to one of my restaurants, I'll reserve a VIP table for you two." Gordon replies.

"Thanks!" Gabriella replies as she teleports back to home base.