Going Maveric	
			By:  Fragraham Licnon
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about a month ago the best of us reploids was lost to a terrible
desiese that effects only us reploids.  He went Maveric.  
I remember his name was Sigma.  The leader of the maveric hunters
ironicly enough.  I guess being exposed to maverics that much
he'd have to go overboard some time.  

	Oh, I bet you're wondering who I am.  I'm a reploid too.
I'm called Chill penguin.  They built me for extra cold tempurature
work up in the norther regions where most robots would freeze over.
Normally I'm a lighthearted bot but to be honest I'm worried out of
my mind or whatever we reploids have.  

	You see I've been thinking some things I wasn't programmed to think.
Did you know that when you freeze living creatures they can't just thaw
out and continue functioning like we robots can.  Yeah I know I tried it
on a dog first.  And then wondered about humans.  A few street bums at
first.  People no one would miss and I got to thinking how interesting
it is to see a living being's final moment frozen in place. I think it's a kind
of artwork really.  Old people always seem every bit as frightened as little
children even though they know they didn't have long left anyway.
I like to save the fathers for last.  They have the best reactions to freeze.
Some of them in terror, some in tears and some in rage.  I even once cought one
with a gun he was going to shoot me with.  Not like it would have stopped me.

	Dr.Cain doesn't know yet.  I don't want to hurt anyone really.
I just feel like I have to do these things.  Like there's a will outside my own.
Or at least that's what I thought I felt.  Now more and more....I'm starting to enjoy it.
	
	But I don't want to be a maveric.  I've seen what X and Zero can
do to maverics and I don't want to be another lifeless hull in the scrapyard.
I'm scared of the darkness.  Humans are supposed to have souls that live forever
so what's wrong with killing a few of them?  How can that justify killing us
reploids.  We laugh and cry and think deep thoughts.  But what do we have?
A soul?  no our immortality is a number kept in a database.  

	But if I lose my mind then isn't it like dying anyway.  It's still my
body but if I'm replaced by someone else what's it matter?  And I'm going to 
be replaced I know it.  I can feel it slipping, and I'm scared.  All I am
is going extinct.  I'm going to be no more in a day or two.  But I
know one thing I can still do.  I don't want to spread it to the other maveric
hunters.  I don't want any more reploids to go offline.  So I'm going to
face my fears.  Boomer Kuwonger, sting chameleon, armored armadillo to name a few
friends that I can save if I go offline now before I go fully maveric and turn
on them.  I guess it should be as quick as possible.  

	As I recall Flame mamoth has a weapon perfect for the job.
I'm sure if I explain it to him he'll grant my last request and keep
it all secret.  Yeah Flam Mamoth is the way to go.  He's quick he's....
...Oops.  I almost forgot.  You see folks that's the funny part.
He went Maveric last week.