Wait, wait, wait - Marino and Beta have children?! What are their names?
You know I was actually thinking about this for a while. In my au of @bruggle ‘s au, since the Mother Elf was created and Weil was killed by Brook I think, correct me if I’m wrong, there’s peace and the only Mavericks out there are now those who genuinely choose to be. I decided that since all of this is happening, I could cross over the Battle Network franchise with the MMX/MMZ one. Although Mega Man Zero itself doesn’t happen here, meaning Weil and stuff since he’s dead, leaving them in a sort of state of “peace”. Not really, since there’s still Mavericks around, but not the virus. It’s safer and stuff, but Marino decides to keep working.
Let me explain.
It goes back to Beta’s powers. They have side effects. Such as exhaustion, pain, soreness, etc. Beta is powered up with Bassnium or Fortenium. It allows his whole body to run and function. Bassnium mixes with plasma, thus creating a chemical reaction great enough to produce Beta’s powers, but since Bassnium was discovered by Dr. Wily all those years ago, it wasn’t really shared to the public. Bassnium in those days is scarce, and Bass and Kalinka, when they were building Beta, knew this. So they installed a regen system for the Bassnium, using the very energy the Bassnium produces so Beta can function, so it can regenerate the Bassnium in his body so he can use his powers adequately. It hurts. A lot. Because it’s his body using the only source of energy it has, which is scarce, to regenerate Beta’s powers basically.
When Beta has his first fallout mission, coming to the med bay unconscious, Lifesaver notices this and issues another energy source to be installed into him. It partly works, providing Beta with a stable energy source to function, except it doesn’t help his powers work. The Bassnium still needs to regenerate for the powers to work, but now it doesn’t hurt as bad and take as much energy. It merely causes soreness in Beta’s hands, arms, or shoulders depending. Okay, so, the Bassnium only needs to regenerate when Beta uses his powers, so when he uses them, he has to spend at least a few hours to a few days letting the Bassnium regenerate adequately. Sure, he can still use his powers every day, but that’ll mean constant regeneration and soreness, which is something he deals with a lot.
Until he gets a regulator system. It allows the Bassnium to flow freely throughout his regeneration process, making it take way less and not hurt at all, helping him achieve S-rank. But he was only able to do that after years in the Hunters and after getting the regulator. Marino made Hunter-Commander around the same time, and commands her own unit. Beta and Marino got married some time after that and would go on missions together. Not constantly, since there’s a policy for married couples working together in HQ, but with the number of Mavericks going down, the number in Maverick Hunters also went down, so Beta and Marino working together was sometimes a necessity. Sure, it strained a few things, but they end up making up in the end because they love each other so much.
One day during a mission, a delusional Maverick, one with multiple programming errors, committed really bad arson on an apartment complex. It was the first case in a while which was actually pretty bad. There, Beta, Marino, Cinnamon, Massimo and Axl help people escape. Those that are alive, anyway. Marino and Beta eventually find Lan and Hub, which are babies. Their parents, Yuichiro and Haruka? Dead. Beta falls in love with the babies instantly. Marino is actually worried about what’s going to happen, so she takes a big step and suggests taking them in.
They talk about it, knowing that since they’re both working, they either have to hire a babysitter, or one of them has to stay home. Beta decides to stay home, knowing that Marino has the upper hand in terms of money due to being in a higher position. He doesn’t mind at all though, he was sort of tired of fighting anyway. And uh, well he’s a wife man. He knows his wife loves her job even if it is a little stressful sometimes. So anyway Beta stays home, taking care of Lan and Hub.
I originally got the idea of Hub being killed in the fire, but decided against it.
Yes, I crossed Battle Network with MMX/MMZ. Since there’s no more Maverick Virus, Net Navis started being produced and turned into Reploids by their order. Some would stay Navis, others would be turned into Reploids by their choice. Navis are basically just ai, so whichever one wanted to be turned into a Reploid, could do so.
Hub ends up dying from that heart disease, HBD, and is revived as a Net Navi, who is later turned into a Reploid.
Beta and Marino, of course, are devastated. The poor baby, whom they loved and cherished and raised as best they could, even if for a little while, died. A dead relative or friend is irreplaceable. It hit them both hard, but especially Marino. She turned her emotions off for a bit, but seeing baby Lan… she realized she still needed to be a mother. She lost one child, but she certainly can’t lose the other (I mean like not having a relationship with the child ykykyk). Beta was constantly crying when Hub passed. It got better, because he knew he needed to be strong. For his child, and his wife.
Hub being a Reploid is an option. Maybe in a better version of this au, he’d just be an amputee and not have HBD, but to explain what I had in mind these few months, let’s say he’s a Navi turned Reploid.
So yeah. I dunno. I liked the idea in my head, but I don’t know what you guys think?
