The Rockman Killers
Enker - First destroyed by Rockman and Blues during the first Wily Wars. Second time destroyed by... something. After reconstruction, set to guard the archives.
Punk -
Ballade - Defeated by Rockman, then betrayed Wily. Hunted down bo Forte, who received parts.
The Stardroids
Unleashing the Stardroids were one of Wily's last desperate moves, but they ended up being a separate threat. It is not known where they came from, nor is it common knowledge that Wily let them out in the world.
Mercury - The first Stardroid to fall, destroyed by Rockman.
Venus - Destroyed by Blues.
Terra - Used the devil type Dark Moon, a denser devil type than most of them. Rockman destroyed Dark Moon, Terra was crushed to death underneath it as it crumbled.
Mars -
Jupiter - Still active.
Saturn -
Uranus -
Neptune -
Pluto - Still active.
Sunstar - Still active. Disintegrated Punk.
Zero traced the edge of the shape with his finger, while it still was an edge. He then extended his palm over it, touching it lightly, but not gripping it. Yet, as he lifted his hand upwards, it followed suit, as if fastened to his hand.
"No mistaking it. It's a DNA core, alright..."
"But if he had a DNA core, what does that make..."
"Alia... what is known about the invention of DNA cores?"
"Well, as far as I know-"
"It would be advantageous if you could look up as concrete facts that exist."
"Alright, let me see... the introduction of DNA cores is widely accepted as the pivotal step in the evolution of robots into reploids, and the earliest known instances are... well, you and general Zero. As the cores of the two of you are similar but not identical, the commonly accepted theory is that DNA cores were a project that professors Thomas Light and Albert Wily had started while they were working together, and eventually picked up individually when constructing the two of you."
"Well, that theory might have to be amended soon..."
"Hm?"
"Okay, Alia, we're heading back soon. Here's what I want you to do - dig up any information you can about DNA cores in the early years of reploid development, and any possible references to it before that. Contact professor Cash, and search the Wily archive dump for any references to..." He turned to Zero. "What did they identify themselves as?"
"Pluto."
"Any references to a robot by the name of 'Pluto', as well as any possible references to DNA cores in that archive, too. We've found some interesting things. X out."
"Affirmative, sir. Alia out."
X shut off communications and looked at Zero. "Alright, that should be it."
"Can you store it without absorbing it?"
"Shouldn't be a problem." X slid a piece of the casing on his buster to the side, revealing a small control panel. He input some command and closed it up again. "That should do it."
"Well, they're not our usual cores, so who knows..."
X kneeled down towards the shape and put the muzzle of his buster towards it. He started charging it slightly, touching the glowing end to the core. It slowly started flowing into the buster, but nothing about X changed.
"Worked as it should. It's in here, in original form."
He was trapped. If he got hit, he'd not only die... he'd burn away, entirely... except for...
He had never done it before, and wasn't sure if he'd survive it... but it was a chance. A tiny chance, a single shot... if he didn't do it, his chances of survival went from low to zero.
He had to do it.
Metro prepared himself. He looked upon the enemy as he raised his hand again, finger raised, the light building up...
The instant he felt the heat touching him, he morphed his entire body. Just for a single blink, his entire body became plasma.
He was the last one. Even Sunstar, the most powerful of them all by a fair bit, had fallen before him.
He was not the strongest one... that had been Uranus.
He was not the fastest one... that had been Pluto.
He was not the most advanced one... that had been Saturn.
He couldn't morph his body like Mercury, he didn't have a large arsenal like Mars. Of course, he wasn't the weakest one either - that had been Neptune. Jupiter could fly and had a powerful electrical attack, as well as armour that required some force to penetrate, but he could not lay claim to be the best of them in any category. Except, perhaps - being the last survivor may very well have noe made him the most cunning one. The circumstances under which Pluto and Sunstar had been destroyed was going to make it difficult for him to claim their essence,