"I got an infiltration mission with his name on it." X said after a while, cutting off anything Zero might have said.

"Uh...what about Iris?" you ask as an absolutely terrible thought striks you.

No sooner had you said that then Zero slammed you into the monitors, his Z-Saber poised to split your head open like a mellon!

X and Axl tackle Zero and wrestle him to the ground, their data reading 'ZERO, WHAT'RE YOU DOING?! YOU CAN'T KILL A HUMAN!' which you were infinitely thankful for!

"Hey, Zero...I know Iris is yours, I'm just worried that Sigma'll put a target on her back. Think about it: She knows he's back and thanks to her brother, she's close to General, and Furher bolt-butt dosen't know Sigma was who he was meeting with. Sigma CAN'T AFFORD to have Iris pose a security risk to his plots." you say.

Zero stopped dead, data indicated that he was just about ready to whip out his Z-saber and go on a hack-and-slash spree to protect his girlfriend as your point sunk in.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE THEN!?" Zero shouted. You didn't need to read the intel to know he wanted you to go make sure Iris was all right.

You backpeddle away from Zero and shoot X a look that would be pleading. He sighed and nodded, he got your point and he nodded "And if you could, rescue Rufus. We need to spree him anyways and Iris IS heading to the same base he's being held at."

Zero snapped his head in X's direction and gratittude vibes came from him for that. You, on the other hand, were sending "ARE YOU FRICKING INSANE?!" data to X. He wanted you to sneek into a base full of Repliforce hunters while you're in the body of a known Maverick?!

Still...judging from the 'do it or you're dead' data coming from Zero, turning the infiltration/bodyguard/rescue mission down wouldn't be any safer than doing it!

Gulping, you nod and head out of the base, following the 'My brother and Zero can both be such stubborn idiot' data and the 'I wish Erjohn was still human so I could have kept him as my pet, why'd I have to chace him off when I first learned he was a shrunk human?' data vibes.

Natrually put off by the second set of data flow, you never-the-less make to catch up with Iris, keeping an optic sensor out for any Maveriks...wait...optic sensor? You ment eye! Ugh! Damn, you were getting a headach from all of this! You look up and see someone that put the thoughts out of your CPU...er...mind.

"Iris! Hold up!" you shout and she stopped and turned as you caught up with her, her eyes widening in surprise "Erjohn!" she said, "what're you doing here?" Sure she said that, but you were picking up information from the brunett bot's CPU that went 'So you want to go with me willingly, I knew you'd make a loyal pet! Now how to get you out of that tin can Vile called a body and turn you back into a human so I can keep you?'

Ignoring how freaked those messages from Iris are making you, you answer her as honestly as you could seeing as you were suppose to be on an infiltration mission "Well...Sigma knows you're aware he's back, I was worried. And Zero...there's no reasoning with him when it comes to if you could get hurt."

Iris smiles, happiness vibes at what you told her emitting Both about you being worried...like a good pet should for their owner (you felt that was a bit too far, and thus supressed your need to freak out), and about how much Zero cared for her well-being, came from her. And she reached out and took your hand and pulled you along as she headed back to Repliforce HQ.

"Uh...Iris? The Repliforce DOSE know that I'm NOT Vile...right?" you asked, dreading the answer. Iris froze, 'HO CRAP!' vibes reading from her at your question. NOT GOOD! So Iris's brother DIDN'T know you weren't Vile! How could this get any worse?!