Hello everyone. Sorry for the long update. Writers block is killer. I'm still not sure if this chapter even turned out as well as I wanted it but here goes nothing. By the way, everyone thank Xybur7 (A friend of mine) for convincing me to try and continue Zero and Ciel the date. I'll do my best but I wanted to add the next chapter for this first. Enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the megaman characters. All characters belong to Capcom.

Ciel lay down in the grass next to the lake. Tears had been streaming down her face. She couldn't believe how far she had gone, how far Alpha had made her go, how close she had come to taking another's life. And a child's no less.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?" Alpha asked angrily, "Why didn't you do it? You were so close."

Ciel covered her face and cried.

"I can't do it," she cried, "I just can't."

Several moments earlier…

Ciel walked towards one of the tents in Area Zero. She was wearing the special armor Omega gave her. Despite the fact that Omega originally gave it to her for his evil purposes, Ciel had decided to keep the armor and even modified it to work with her new CIEL SYSTEM energy. She thought it might become helpful one day, but never imagined she would be using it for something like this.

"Are you sure about this Alpha?" she asked quietly.

"Only if you want to be cured," Alpha replied.

Ciel sighed before entering the tent. Inside were two children asleep on one of the beds. The parents were asleep in the other bed that was behind a curtain, sort of like a separate bedroom. As Ciel approached the bed, she pulled out her light blue saber that she had decided to call the C-saber. (A/N: I got tired of not being able call her saber anything. Good idea for a name?) As she began to raise her saber, she looked down at the children, the same two she had been trying to get to trust her again.

"Go on, do it," Alpha edged on, sounding excited.

Ciel didn't move for a moment. She just kept staring at the kids.

"Do it," Alpha repeated, "hurry and cure yourself."

Ciel stared for another moment. Then, she closed her eyes and brought the saber down. An inch before it struck, she suddenly stopped.

"What are you doing?" Alpha asked, "Why'd you stop?"

"I…" Ciel stuttered, "I can't."

"Yes you can," Alpha replied, "Just do it."

"No!" Ciel shouted, "I can't!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of people outside.

"Run!" Alpha yelled, "You woke everyone!"

Ciel quickly cut a hole in the side of the tent and dashed outside unnoticed. Once she was outside, she quickly ran off towards the lake without being seen.

Present…

"You completely ruined your chance," Alpha yelled angrily, "Now we'll have to wait till tomorrow night."

"No!" Ciel cried, "Not again! I can't do it. I won't do it!"

"You have to," Alpha argued, "It's the only way to cure yourself."

"I don't care!" Ciel yelled, clutching her head in tears, "Just get out of my head and leave me alone!"

"I would if I could," Alpha argued, "But I'm stuck here with you. It's not like you can transfer me… into… another…"

Alpha fell silent for a moment while Ciel cried. Then, she suddenly spoke up again.

"Ciel, I think I have another solution," she said, "And I think you'll prefer this one."

Ciel wiped away her tears.

"What is it?" she asked.

A few months later at the resistance base…

Ciel headed Cerveau's lab looking a little worried. As she walked down the hallway, she bumped into Neige, literally.

"Ow," Neige said as she got back up off the ground, "Are you ok Ciel?"

"Yes, I'm fine," Ciel replied as Neige helped her up.

"Are you sure?" Neige asked looking more closely at Ciel, "You look a little tired."

"It's nothing," Ciel replied nervously.

Neige frowned.

"Did you have another nightmare?" she asked.

"YES!" Ciel answered almost immediately, and sounding strangely relieved, "That's it, I had another nightmare."

Neige looked at Ciel suspiciously.

"Ok then," she said, "I guess I'll see you later."

"Ok," Ciel replied, "See ya."

After that, Ciel headed towards Cerveau's lab again.

"Are you sure about this Alpha?" she asked once she was out of earshot of Neige.

"Would you prefer to try the other option again?" Alpha asked menacingly.

"I guess not," Ciel replied sadly.

After checking to make sure no one was watching or in the lab, Ciel went inside. As she did, a pair of eyes watched her. Neige sighed as she watched. She had been watching Ciel suspiciously for a few months now. She had been acting strange ever since an incident a few months ago when someone or something had tried to attack one of the tents at Area Zero. Maybe Ceil had been… Neige shook her head. She didn't want to do that to Ciel. The journalist side of her wanted to try and find out if Ciel had anything to do with the incident and was even accusing her of being the one who did the attack. But Ciel was her friend. Even Neige had a limit when it came to exposing the truth. She didn't want to end up ruining her friend.

"Oh," Neige complained, "This is starting to feel just like when Omega was impersonating…"

Neige suddenly stopped. It was starting to feel just like that. But if that was true than could Ciel really be… Neige looked back at Cerveau's lab. She was going to find out the truth. She wasn't going to be tricked a second time.

Ciel opened up a secret room in Cerveau's lab. Inside was a large computer console and a work table. Lying on the work table was a reploid body that looked just like Ciel when she was serving Omega. Hanging on the ceiling above it was a large machine with several wires connecting to the head. Several other wires were connected to the computer and several more were connected to a large helmet. Ciel gave a sigh as she closed the door behind her.

"You better be right about this Alpha," she muttered before working on the helmet.

There you guys go. Sorry if you were expecting different but I do have a purpose. One of the bad habits I have is I'm able to create a great beginning and ending, but no middle. So it's always a hassle to try and connect them. Also, if you were wanting to see Ciel kill someone, sorry but I just couldn't see Ciel actually doing that. I'm sure you agree though right? Anyway, I've also thought of a perfect idea for an upcoming scene, but it involves bringing back Vile and I know next to nothing about his character and personality. Can someone help with that please? Just PM me and I'll tell you what the scene is supposed to be like. (I hate giving away spoilers in my stories.) Well until next time I guess…

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