Rock stared in fear down at the innocent glowing blue screen connected to the pod. He didn't want to know what horrible story the pod was filling its victim's head with next. But he had to know. He had to know what was happening to his little brother.

Because he needed to know how much of a traumatized mess his brother was going to be in, if he woke up, when he woke up. He couldn't allow himself to get so pessimistic. Even though it seemed like there really was no hope for his little brother. No hope that Doctor Light would ever bring his little brother out of the hell he was in.

The pod had been filling his brother's head with lies for several months now and to make matters worse, those months were really years to his brother considering how fast the pod enhanced his processing speed. Hundreds of years.

Last he'd checked, his little brother's world had finally discovered a cure to the nasty virus that plagued that world for over a century. A virus that turned robots dark, evil.

That was over three weeks ago. Doctor Light had been making it difficult for Rock to come down here to discover what had happened next. Meaning it had been nearly fifty years since then.

And considering the pod's track record, his little brother's life had likely gone to hell.

A single tear crawled down Rock's cheek as he stared down at the blue screen, hand hovering over the device.

All it would take is a single touch and he would know.

But did he want to?

He grimaced and breathed in deeply, bracing himself. He had to.

Because somebody had to know how to fix his little brother when he woke up.

And it sure as hell wasn't going to be the doctor.

His hand pressed onto the screen which turned yellow upon contact and his head was filled with years of memories. His little brother's memories.

War. It was always war. And pain and suffering. But then it became almost happy, a rare occurrence for the pod. Oh look, his brother built a city. A safe haven for reploids and humans alike. He built four reploids. The guardians. His children. Things were finally looking up. Only to crash back down violently. Couldn't seal the dark elf. His brother lost his body? Weird. But he was still alive as a ghost? Weirder. Then came the copy. The city destabilized. His brother's children are twisted. Shortages. Shortages. Shortages. A group of reploids and humans escaped with X's guidance. Formed the rebellion. Zero woke up. But Zero doesn't remember? Why does something good always have something bad to go with it? More war. Fighting. But X is just watching this time? Phantom is dead. Zero killed him. . . . and the visions stopped. Rock had caught up to X's current time line.

With a jerk, Rock pulled away from the pod with a gasp, sobbing. He laid on the ground for several moments before pulling himself to his feet and calling forth his armor. He summoned a buster and aimed it towards the pod's control panel.

All it would take is one shot and his brother would be free.

Error: Unable to disobey commands. His buster wouldn't engage. He couldn't fire.

That's right. The doctor specifically ordered him to never in any way, shape, or form, cause his brother's simulations to stop or even just pause without his direct command.

Rock's programming would not allow him to disobey.

He fell to the ground once more, sobbing, and allowed his armor to dissipate.

His brother was suffering and there was nothing he could do.

Author's Note: NOTHING IS ABANDONED! I'M STILL WORKING ON THE OTHER STORIES. I've just hit a wall with the others and needed to write SOMETHING. I need to do a whole lot of research for all of the other stories and that's really slowed me down.

As for this particular story, it's an emotional roller coaster and does not line up with the canon story. Some characters are nothing like the ones you remember. That is plot essential. I really don't know how to do it any other way. Its more dramatic this way anyways.

Originally this was intended to be an April fools for Legends Don't Die readers, but I decided that it deserved more than a single chapter hidden in another story. I want to apologize in advance for any inconsistencies with the classic or Zero series. I've never played them. I've tried, but got nowhere and then the X-box died. I have, however, read a bit of the archie comics and watched a few play throughs. Whether or not that's enough, we'll see, because this story is really heavy on the classic series and I've already had a paragraph on the Zero series.

With that being said, thank you for reading!