This story here is completely random, I was just sitting alone at my desk, bored as always, and I decided to write it. Parts of this story I'd had planned out to make into a story a long time ago and this is about the only way I could possibly write it. Hope you enjoy this story...please review and tell me what you think, alright?
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"Come on, cheer up. There's nothing you can do about it, X. You just have to know that Zero did it for a good cause." A teenaged Reploid with spikey orange hair said, walking next to one that was clad in blue armor.
"I know that, Axl, but still...he's gone now and all because of me..." X said, the memory of Zero's death flashing in his mind.
---Start Flash Back---
"No, Zero! Don't!" X shouted from his place on the floor. His right arm had a rather deep gash on it, so his buster wasn't usable, and his left leg had a gash on it, so he couldn't get up and stand. And they were fighting against Sigma.
"Sorry, X..." Zero said, holding onto Sigma's throat with one hand, his Z-Saber in the other. He had several deep gashes and open, bleeding wounds, and wouldn't be able to fight much longer. "But I've got to. For the life of you and everyone else on the planet." He added as he lifted his saber between himself and Sigma. "Good bye, X." He said as he impaled Sigma's chest armor with the Z-Saber.
"Foolish...killing me will only cause...you to...die too..." Sigma managed, reaching and grabbing Zero's arm tightly.
"Zero!" X said, trying to stand, or atleast get his buster ready, but it was no use.
Zero's eyes widened just slightly, then he looked over at X. "Maybe...maybe one day we'll meet again... where there's no fighting..." He said softly before Sigma's body exploded, destroying Zero in the process.
---End Flash Back---
X sighed and hung his head.
"It wasn't because of you, X. Zero chose to destroy Sigma and---" Axl started, but he was quickly cut off as the alarms started ringing. "Come on, let's go see what it is this time, X." He said and started running towards the main room.
"Coming, coming." X sighed and ran after Axl.
---Command Room---
"Alia! What's the problem this time?" X asked, running over to the blonde haired navigator.
"...There's been a strange reading in the Planetarium, but... it's not someone like Dark Dizzy... nor is it Sigma... it's a Maverick, I can tell that much, though...the readings say it's..." Alia started, but trailed off.
"What, Alia? The readings say it's what?" X asked.
Axl skidded to a stop next to X.
"...The readings say it's Zero." Alia finished.
X just froze.
Axl looked at Alia, then the screen. He didn't really understand any of that, then looked at X. "X, calm down, I'm sure it's some Maverick trying to disguise itself so you won't come and investigate." He said.
X nodded slightly. "You're probably right..." He muttered. "Alia, set the teleporter to the Planetarium. I'm checking it out. You coming, Axl?" He asked, walking over to the teleporter.
"Of course I am!" Axl said, following X quickly.
Alia nodded. "Reprogramming Teleporter now." She said.
X and Axl stepped onto the teleporter.
"Teleporter ready." Alia said.
"We're ready when you are, Alia." X said.
Alia nodded and pressed a button, then X and Axl vanished in beams of blue and orange.
---At the Planetarium---
The blue and orange beams shot down and X and Axl appeared on the purple/blue metal floors of the Planetarium.
"So where do you think this Maverick is?" Axl asked, glancing around.
X shrugged slightly and started walking. "I've no idea. Let's start looking, though." He added.
Axl followed him, getting his guns out. "Well let's hope this will be---" He started, but both him and X stopped as they heard a battle cry that sounded EXACTLY like Zero's, then metalic boots run quickly over metal, and then a Saber colliding with something.
X and Axl exchagned cglances, then nodded to eached other and ran in that direction, without saying a word to the other. When they got there, they stopped and pressed themselves agaisnt a wall and watched the conflict, though, neither believed what they saw. It was a fight, yes, and they were used to that, as they fought in battles almost everyday, but... it was the people who were fighting that made them so shocked. It appeared that two of Zero had been cloned while he was in his other armors, as his Black Armor and Absolute Armor, were fighting each other.
"X...do you see this...?" Axl whispered.
X nodded. "...Yup. But I don't believe it..." He answered, whispering as well.
"Well let's see jsut what happens..." Axl whispered.
X nodded in agreement. They both fell silent and watched.
The black Zero growled slightly and jumped back. "What's wrong? You're not fighting with all your might..." He said, well, hissed.
The Absolute Zero smirked and jumped into the air, batting his wings to get higher up. "Why? I'd rather have you turn Maverick than die..." He said evilly.
Black(As I shall be calling the Black Zero Armor.) snorted. "Like I'll become a Maverick."
Absolute(Ditto the previous thing, 'cept with Absolute Armor Zero.) sighed. "You're funereal." He said and lunged with his claws.
Black brought his Saber up and easily blocked on blow, but let out a growl of pain as the other claws tore through his left side. "Not bad, but that won't do..." He muttered, then brought his foot up and kicked Absolute in the stomach, hard, knocking him backwards.
Absolute let out a slight yelp of pain as he got knocked backwards, rolling across the metalic floors of the Planetarium as his wings got entangled in his hair. He pushed up to where he was sitting on his knees with one hand supporting him, reaching back and pulling at his ponytail to get it untangled with the other hand. "Hmph. Very good." He said, standing up. "But...not good enough." He added.
X looked at Axl. "What is this...? One of them is a Maverick... Zero's not a Maverick..." He whispered.
Axl shook his head. "I have...absolutely no idea..." He said.
"And what makes you think that?" Black demanded.
"This." Absolute answered, then lunged at Black swiftly.
Black's eyes widened slightly and he tensed up, then let out a sharp cry of pain as Absolute's claws impaled his stomach. He coughed up a bit of blood frmo the blow, then slouched as Absolute squeezed his claws together slightly.
"Pathetic. It's useless to---" Absolute started, then let out a growl of anger and released Black's stomach, while jumping backwards and looking over to see X, who had his buster aimed at him.
Black's eyes were dull looking and his pupils shrunk to a psychotic looking size as he simply slumped lifelessly to the ground. Though, he was not dead, he was simply in a 'dead state' at the moment, so he seemed to be dead.
"Maverick Hunters." Absolute hissed. "Go away. This is our business, not yours." He snarled.
"This is my business because you're a Maverick." X said, not moving.
Axl got his guns ready, but ran over to Black. "Hey...?...Hey? Are you alright?" He asked quietly, shaking him gently. But to no avail, Black was pretty much unconscious now.
Absolute hissed slightly. "Fine then." He growled, then teleported out in a blackish-purple beam.
X sighed. "Mavericks are such cowards." He muttered, then his Buster turned back into his hand and he walked over to Axl. "Is he alright?" He asked.
Axl, who was now on his knees with Black resting on his lap, looked up at X. "I can't say, he's unconscious, but he's still breathing." He said.
X nodded. "Let's get him back to Base." He said.
Axl nodded, then they both teleported out and back to Hunter Base.
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Whew! There we go!I stopped it right there because I felt it would be a good stopping point...I do hope you like my little story, as I think it will turn out good. If you haven't played Command Mission, or if you have and haen't beat the Duck Bill Mole Brothers, then you won't know what Absolute looks like, but if you want a link or something to a picture of him, then message me and I'll tell give you one. Anyhow, I'll try and get the next chapter up A-SAP, alright? I think I know what I'm going to do next, so it may take a week or so. But then again, I have Bell's Palsy, so it might take a while, dunno... Anyhow, please read and review...Please? Okay, okay, I'll shut up and start typing the next chapter now.o-0;;;