Note: Ah yes, another Mega Man X fic! I've been writing other kinds of fics for a while but this is my first time with a MMX one so please be kind and be easy on me. I'm not that great because I seem to drag things out with alot of detail so please bear with me. Anyways, this "new" series isn't really new at all since this is pretty much based on Mega Man X4. If you haven't beaten it, then you shouldn't be reading this since it'll definately have spoilers. There may be some references to the other Mega Man games but, I'm pretty much writing this spontaneously. Well, enjoy this incredibly short episode of "Rock and Roll, Zero Volume."

"…for we are the Repliforce. The most powerful army in history!" The General raised his metallic fist into the air while the crowd of Repliforce soldiers cheered wildly at his and the Colonel's moving speech. Everyone else in the city, however, solemnly watched the celebration through the city monitors. A new maverick uprising was forming and this time, it was forming in the largest reploid army ever made…

"Damn it!" cursed Zero as he slammed a fist into the control panel in front of him, "Colonel, why are you doing this!?" The scarlet hunter irately switched off the video monitor and looked over to his side at the blue reploid that stood next to him. The slightly smaller hunter stared at the blank monitor and muttered to himself.

"So… they're mavericks now, huh?" asked a voice in the background. The previous two maverick hunters spun around at the new voice. They were greeted by a short, round reploid who introduced himself as Double, a rookie-hunter that just joined the Maverick Hunters. Beside him was a taller reploid with the figure of a female. She was Iris, a field-advisor at the Hunter H.Q.

"Thank you, Zero, for helping me back there at the Sky Lagoon sector…" said Iris in a British accent.

"Yeah… no problem…" Zero turned around towards the skylight and stared beyond it into the city.

X fidgeted a bit, unsure of what to do. After a few seconds, he turned to Iris and Double, who was looking at the impressive computer controls. "I'm sorry, you just caught us at a bad time. He doesn't usually act this way… Anyways, why are you two here?"

Double snapped his head up and grinned at the blue hunter. "We're here to assist you two as you battle. We'll be sending you information and briefings so you'd at least know whom you're up against… and since Repliforce is your enemy now, you're going to need it." Iris winced when she heard the words Repliforce and enemy together. She looked towards Zero, who was still standing with his back towards her.

Zero snapped out of his daze and calmly asked, "So, what's our mission?"

Iris stepped forward and began to protest. "Zero, please, don't fight my brother! He's your friend!"

Zero turned around but ignored Iris. "Well?"

"Oh! Um… remember Sky Lagoon?" Double asked, "Well, it wasn't just Repliforce who destroyed it." X and Zero gave Double puzzled looks as he continued, "They had a little help from a hunter…"

"What??" X asked questioningly. A maverick hunter helping the enemy was definitely not a good thing. It wasn't just that the Mavericks would have a well-experienced fighter on their side; some maverick hunters had all sorts of clearances and information on top-secret projects that were being developed to help them fight against the mavericks.

Zero solemnly clenched his hand into a fist. "So who's the traitor?" he asked coolly, but nothing could hide his rage that he felt. He was going to get the bastard traitor; the traitor who let civilian humans and reploids who lived on Sky Lagoon fall out of the sky.

"It's Magma Dragoon of the 14th Unit," Double walked over to the computer consol as he explained and turned on the monitor. He studied the buttons a bit and began pushing them. A profile on Magma Dragoon bleeped onto the monitor. A big flashing sign appeared on his picture indicating that he was now labeled a maverick. "We've found that he's residing in an active volcano about 50 kilometers from here. His attribute is fire and-"

"I already know what he can do," Zero interrupted and headed out the door, eager to get back at Dragoon.

"Zero! Hey, wait!" X started to go after Zero but remembered about the briefing. "Is there anything else we have to know?"

Iris quietly stepped up. "Signas wants you to bring Magma Dragoon back for interrogation. He wants to know why he turned traitor." X nodded the affirmative and ran out the sliding door and into the hallway.

Iris stood there, not knowing what to do. Should she stay to help Zero destroy her brother and bring the uprising to an end? Or should she go over to the mavericks and be with her only brother again? The petite reploid snapped back into reality when she heard the door slide open again with a hiss.

Double was walking out, having fulfilled what he was ordered to do. "Well, that's that, then. Let's go talk to Signas." He gave a warm smile to the dismayed Iris and they both headed to the conference room.