Malfunction

Chapter 4

The last thing Zero had on his mind was leaving X alone with Sally. Not only did that happen but now he was being lead though the forest by a half robotic bunny with a nasty grip. Bunnie suddenly stopped and turned to the red reploid. Her eyes seemed to drill into Zero's skull.

"Listen here. I don't care where ya'all are from.you break sally-gurls hopes.I'll break ya'alls necks." Bunnie said, southern drawl on high. Zero backed away a bit and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Listen. We wanna get home.that's all." Zero shout out, only to be interrupted as a black armored figure burst though the woods and right into his side. The blackened figured looked up to Zero and it smirked slightly. Bunnie armed the large plasmatic cannon and aimed it, only to get a hand down by Zero. "Axl.what the hell are you doing here?"

The blackened reploid looked up to Zero and a sheepish grin lined his face as X and Sally came out of the clearing. All eyes fell on Axl as his armoed disappeared leaving his in very baggy jeans with chains on them and a long black shirt. He looked to X and Zero before then two furries and then laughed a bit.

"Ummm.Heya guys.I was just.you know.in the woods." Axl said, getting a slight groan from X. Suddenly all Zero could think about was finding the hardest tree and bashing his head against it.

"One..stop with the bad puns.two..how the hell did YOU get here." X said as Zero turned and shook his head in grievance. Sally and Bunnie decided to use this time to sit back and relax as the reploids went at each other.

"Well.I went after you and Zero."Axl said, now into a hyper like mood.

"Which you WEREN'T supposed to do!" Zero shouted.

"Well anyways I came into the base and there was sigma.like.fried and stuff..So I go to teleport out and then I am in this mecha ass city.and then I go and find plans for Mavricks and Vile and.and..and." By now Axl was huffing and puffing as he tried to catch his breath. Though are the garbled conversation X and Zero caught one word that creped up their robotic spines. Vile.

X looked to his partner as Zero closed his eyes tightly. Zero had many debts to pay to Vile, as did X. Zero's eyes shot open with fire as he shot a look over to Sally and Bunnie.

"Get your village evacuated.We have to get as FAR from here as possible." Zero spoke, his mood from somewhat calm to vengeful anger.

"Wait a second here. If you think you three are going in alone you are crazy. Robots or not you will still need help." Sally piped up, not liking to be left out of this conversation.

"Plus I don't trust ya enough to go into buttnik's lair.at least not without the intent of blowing shit up." A voice rang out as sonic slipped form the shadows, receiving a small smirk from Zero, whose opinion of the blue hedgehog had went from ok to pleasurable.

"Oh god.you just got Z to smile..this can't be good." Axl said as he shook his head, placing his palms to his face.

Bunnie looked to the forming task force and smirked slightly as she stepped in to place her words into the action. "No one goin anywhere without me. Besides.I wanna peace of Eggs too."

X sighed slightly as his armor came up into battle mode, a slight frown on his face. "Well I guess that is everyone." Before anyone could say anything a small hovercraft burst thought he trees and out stepped Tails, armed to the teeth with all kinds of weapons.

"You forgot about me." Tails said with a childish grin.

"And then there was six..Looks like we almost have a unit here X pal." Zero said with a grin the size of a small tank, this causing Axl to groan. Things were going to blow up.and it was going to be big explosions.

"I'll get the village and move them to Angel Island." Sally said as she hugged Sonic and pecked him on the cheek. X looked off though the forest and towards Robotropolis.

*****

Morning came early for the robotic forces of Robotropolis, namely the four gigantic plasmatic burst that melted down the walls and a nearby factory that was in mid production. Klaxons and sirens yelled in out in agony as the first wave came though, X and Zero armed with their laser sabers while Axl was armed with his dual handguns. When the second wave came though anything the Reploids missed, the furries completely turned to scrap. Sonic was armed with a small automatic pulse rifle, Tails with two plasma grenade launchers, while Bunnie was using her large plasma cannon and bare fists. This sudden attack shook Sigma AND Robotnik from their slumber. When Sigma saw the attack his mouth dropped in shock and in worriment. Robotnik on the other hand saw opportunity.

"Good! Now I can test my new weapon!" Robotnik said loudly. This was not what Sigma hand planned. All the hard planning, years of preparation.all of it was going down the drain. A soft grin crossed his lips as he floated over to Robotnik and hissed softly.

"Sorry.your time is over Human." Sigma grinned slightly as wires shot from every to entangle Robotnik. Dark eyes shot toward Sigma as his formed started to take his large and bulky one, components seeming to form out of the ground.

"YOU DARE STRIKE YOUR MASTER!" Robotnik shouted loudly. A sickened snap came from his neck as the wires dropped the dead body next to the bloody remains of his nephew.

"I have no creator human." Sigma sneered as he moved to the monitors. "Now my dear hunters.come and give me what I want.pleasure me with a good fight.like you always do."

*****

Somehow the team had broken up in the city. X was paired with Sonic and Axl. The city was now dark and quiet as Zero and the others had taken out several power plants. Sonic slipped up beside X as he looked up to the blue bomber.

"Sorry.I kinda.judged you." Sonic said as his eyes kept forward.

"Don't worry."X said as Axl came forward and patted both blue heroes on the back.

"Boy don't we get the easy job!" Axl said with a cheerful grin. At his words a very large robot burst though the wall of a nearby factory. The beast looked to be twenty feet tall with two massive arms and two large stumpy legs. Spikes lined the creature as it roared out and large red eyes fell to the group.

"You were saying!" X and Sonic shouted as they opened fire on the creature.

*****

Zero was always a loner when X wasn't around, and with two strangers that were covering his back from an outright assault he was not happy. Tails looked to Bunnie as Zero crept forward slowly.

"Do you trust him?" Tails whispered softly, this causing the reploid to twitch.

"I can hear you.I am not a human being." Zero grunted as he shot off into the dark, leaving the two furries to fend for them selves.

Zero slipped into a warehouse and looked around slowly. Darkness was everywhere. He continued to slip forward, though a slightly click and the scraping of metal caught him to stop. A dull metallic laughter rang though the building as a single light came on, right over a storm trooper like reploid, Vile.

"Well.if it isn't the great hunter." Vile spoke, metallic voice grating against the faceplate.

"I owe you and ass kicking three hundred years in the making!" Zero shouted as he charged the reploid, hatred now deep in his eyes. Vile smirked slightly as he leapt from Zero's saber reach and landed on top of a Crush Walk armor.

"Well then hunter.come get a piece of the action." Vile said with a hiss as he slipped into the armor. Zero's eyes narrowed greatly as his dash boots clicked into gear and thrust him backwards against the walk. His free hand grasped the wall harshly as his boots clicked on again, rocketing him up into the air.

*****

X grunted loudly as his back smashed harshly against the wall. His pure eyes narrowed in anger as the creature seemed to almost laugh at X's predicament. Sonic laid out cold on the ground before him as Axl opened fire with his twin blasters.

"X! This is not working!" Axl shouted as he dashed out of the way quickly to avoid the tail from hell that the creature seemed to hold on its ass end. X pulled himself out of the wall and dashed over to Sonic and lifted the blue hedgehog onto his shoulder then dashed backwards. The ground when X and Sonic was at exploded into a cloud of dust as a massive fist destroyed the spot.

"I am An Omega Maverick there is nothing you puny hunters can do to stop me!" the almost whale like being shouted with harshness in its voice.

"What have we gotten into." X whispered to himself as he grabbed Axl's wrist and took off.

*****

Sigma's face lit up with glee as he watched the hunters and freedom fighters struggle to keep themselves alive in the carnival of horrors he had designed. Several drones came in and started to remove the dear dead doctor and his assistant. In the shadows a pair of dark red eyes peered out from the shadows at Sigma. Sigma's pure white eyes gazed over to the form and a slight snicker came from him.

"What's wrong Shadow? Don't like the show?" Sigma spoke with superiority in his voice.

The hidden black hedgehog hissed loudly as he yanked hard at the chains holding him to the wall. "At least Robotnik had the decency to keep me in cryostatis." Shadow hissed out, anger shown in his voice and action.

"Well my dear hedgehog. . .Soon you will be joining your friends. . .after all of them a dead." Sigma burst into laughter as Shadow looked down, defeated by just words. . . that is for now.