-Yawns- Whelp, whelp, here's we go, the second chapter to Shattered Reality. I do so hope it came out okay...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"So, any ideas who he is or why he's wearing Zero's black armor?" X asked, walking up next to a young female Reploid that was wearing purple and blue armor, and had small, pale purple bat wings, red gloves and boots, and some golden bands at locations such as her wrists and legs. Her eyes were emerald green and her hair was mud brown.

"No, sir. I've been searching through files for a Reploids like him, but, so far... nothing." She answered. "Sorry, Commander X..." She added.

X nodded and put a hand on her shoulder. "Will you please keep searching, Lieutenant Thunder Blade?" He asked.

She nodded. "Yes sir." She said, typing in several things on a computer screen that she hadn't taken her gaze off of. The chair she was seated in was not to far from a Repair Capsule that held Black in it.

"Thank you." X said, nodding to her, then turned and walked off.

Thunder Blade didn't bother responding and continued with what she was doing.

---

"She find anything?" Axl asked as X entered a waiting room.

"Nothing." X said, sighing slightly, then walked over and took a seat next to Axl. "But she said she'll keep searching."

Axl nodded slightly, though hadn't the chance to say anything as Thunder Blade stepped into the room.

"The Reploid is awake, Commander X. I thought you might want to know that." Was all she said before turning and heading back into the other room.

X and Axl looked at each other, then X stood. "Thank you, Lieutenant." He said and headed for the door that led to the area where Black was.

---

"Ow... my stomach hurts..." Black muttered, staring upwards at the glass to the Repair Capsule. Of course he couldn't hear anything going on outside of it, but those outside of the Capsule could hear him. "Wait, where did Absolute go to...? I thought he would've killed me or turned me Maverick..." He muttered to himself, but then tensed up as the Capsule let out a soft hiss and the glass slid open. He glanced to the side to see X standing next to the Capsule.

"Hello." X said.

Black blinked in confusion, tilting his head, then sat up. "Ummm, hey..." He said, a little unsure of this.

"Calm down, you're at Hunter Base." X said. "By the way, I'm X. Who are you...?" He asked.

Black stared at him a moment. "I'm Black..." He answered.

"Are you a Maverick or a Maverick Hunter, if you don't mind me asking?" X asked.

Black blinked, then shook his head. "I'm a neutral." He said. "I help both the Mavericks who are too wounded to continue, excluding Absolute, and I help the Maverick Hunters, and non-combatic Reploids who are wounded badly."

X nodded slightly. "Ahhh. I take it Absolute was the one you wer fighting last night?" He asked.

Black nodded. "Yes, that's him." He said.

"I figured as much." X said. "Why was he fighting you, exactly, though?" He asked.

"He was trying to get me to join the Mavericks, as, he knew that if he couldn't convince me to join them and have the Virus injected into my body, he could simply knock me unconscious, take me back to Maverick Base, and have it injected into me. So either was, he was going to make me join." Black explained.

"Until we showed up." X said.

Black nodded. "Precisely."

---Maverick Base---

"Blasy it!" Absolute hissed, slamming a fist into the wall of the empty room he was in, leaving a large dent. "Those fools got in the way!" He growled, pressing his claws against the wall and digging them in. It was his way of letting his anger out, regardless of how mad Sigma might get. He tensed up as a thick metal chain shot out and wrapped around his waist, pinning his arms to his side.

"Stop it, idiot. Do you want Commander Sigma to get mad?" A twenty-eight year old female demanded from behind him. Her eyes were blood red and her hair was silver, to the bottom of her shoulders. Her hands and feet were covered in red armor, which had dark bloodstains on it that were clearly visable. The thick, yet bendable metal that covered her stomach, neck, upper arms, and upper legs was covered in was a darker red with darker bloodstains that were barely visable. Her back, chest, and lower arm armor was dark purple, as her lower leg armor was dark teal. Around her head was a thick, black, metal headband, since she refused to wear a helmet. Her shoulders plates were black as well, but they had inch long, dark purple spikes on them. The armor covering her wrists was a dirty white, with a few blood stains on it, and the armor plates that came up to cover her elbows and knees was black. Her hand had an open slot in the palm, where the chain that held Absolute.

"Like I give a dang." He hissed. "Let me go, now!" He snapped.

"Oh really? Idiot. It is not wise to make Commander Sigma mad." She stated emotionlessly.

"I'm not afraid of that coward!" Absolute said, glaring at her. "You know that, Zahara."

"I know that, and you're a fool for it." Zahara stated, returning the glare. "So calm down. If you're mad, go take down a few Hunters or something. Not the wall."

Absolute hissed in annoyence, then managed to move one of his arms enough to grab part of the chain, held it tight, and snapped it within his grip.

Zahara winced slightly as the chain was snapped and it retracted back into her arm. Of course it hurt; It was actually part of her body, connected to the inside of her arm. She frowned abit, silent, awaiting his reaction. She knew if she had gotten him mad enough, she might possibly end up dead, though she would just have to wait and see...

Absolute glared at her for a second. "Fine, I will." He hissed under his breath, teleporting out in an icy blue and black beam of light. Maybe he could find Black somewhere...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eh, sorry for how long this thing took to get up - I had abit of Writer's Block. And I'm sorry for how short it came out.-.-BUT I am panicing right now; My little brother(Who was in Phoenix, Arizona, with my "Mother" and little sister) was gonna come in the twenty-second for Thanks Giving and he's coming in to stay for ten days TODAY! Me and him do NOT get along that well! Not at all!...So yeah, might not update on ANY of my stories for a while and if I do, they might not be too long... hopefully I won't get TOO stressed when he's here. Though, maybe typing will actually relieve the stress...dunno. We'll see how it turns out whenever he gets here... -Twitch-