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On with the story…
Surprise…
X and Raiden slowly rolled up to the large facility. This one was enormous and had concrete walls so high that it almost covered the building. Barbed wire covered the top of the wall and guard towers riddled it. Each tower had three guards with weapons in hand; one with a sniper, and two with automatics. X looked around as they slowly passed by what looked like the checkpoint. They were so far out from the building itself; the checkpoint had multiple stages. The screening, the scanning, and the physical search. X and Raiden stopped their car right outside the entrance and watched one car go through. With the window tinted, they observed how they could sneak past the checkpoint.
Raiden grunted, "I don't think this is gonna be easy."
X chuckled, "When is it ever easy?"
X then opened the car door and got out crouched. He had his weapon ready and slowly moved to the back of the car.
Raiden tried stopping, "What are you doing, get back here!"
X slowly looked around the corner of the car and whispered back, "I thought you were Jack the Ripper. Come on, we can cut right through this shitty defense. Those guard towers won't hit us if we move fast enough."
Raiden sighed, "I don't think…"
Boris hen cut in, "Actually Raiden, it's probably the only way in. Those concrete walls are 10 feet thick and there are three layers to it. In between each one is a small opening covered with more barbed wire and possibly mines."
Raiden sighed once more, "On you X." He then grabbed the door handle and prepared himself to run out.
X watched the guards and waited for the right time. The five guards all walked around the vehicle. Once they were all facing away, X screamed, "NOW!"
X jumped up from behind the car and activated Razors. Raiden threw the car door open and unsheathed his HF Blade. Both sprinted for the guards and quickly reached them. X was first and cut down the two guards on the right of the car. Raiden was able to kill the three on the left. As soon as they killed the guards, the towers opened fire.
X and Raiden looked over and began to deflect the shots being fired at them.
"Go!" X yelled as he began to sprint and deflect at the same time.
The two ran with great speed and reached the second checkpoint, cutting down the three guards there with speed. X sliced the head of one and Raiden sliced the abdomens of the other two. Once they were down they ran for the last checkpoint; the shots became harder to deflect as they were nearing the towers.
The third checkpoint had ten guards all with weapons firing at the two cyborgs.
X jumped up, deactivated Razors, and unsheathed his blade, slicing down and right through the first guard. As soon as he sliced through, he brought his blade to the left and cut the second in half. He jumped up in a side flip and sliced the legs of the next off. He then backflipped and sliced at the one guard behind him mid air. Shifting into Blaze, he darted for the last guard. The guard brought out his machete and sliced at X. However, X went down to his knees and slid, dodging the blade. X slid past the guard and sliced his legs off. X got up to his feet and ended the final guard by jabbing his fist into his abdomen and stealing his elektrolytes. Raiden had already gone ahead to distract the towers.
X noticed the towers had no interest in him, so he thought of something. Staying in Blaze form, he sheathed his blade and got into a battle stance.
"Raiden" X said, "Keep distracting the towers, I'll get em for you."
Raiden looked over at X whom was standing about ten yards away, "Well hurry!"
X concentrated his elemental abilities. He decided to do a little experiment. He focused the ice to his hands. Using his skills of control, he focused them into dense blocks. He then focused on shattering it. He brought his hand up and fired shards up at the first tower, quickly killing the three guards. He then looked at the second tower and fired more shards. Then he looked at the final tower and fired more shards. X slowly lowered his hand and smiled.
Raiden ceased his running and looked at X, "Nice tricks"
X shrugged and chuckled, "Shunji is an idiot for giving me such control. Come on, let's get over this wall."
The two then began to run for the wall. X jumped up high, slammed his fist in the wall using it as leverage. He then swung himself up to the top of the wall using the hole he created. Before he landed, he sliced at the barbed wire below him. Raiden simply ran up and used his electricity to hold him slightly against the wall. He jumped when he couldn't run further and grabbed the ledge of the wall, doing the same as X.
The two stood there looking at the large complex ahead of them.
X smiled and was about to jump to the next wall.
"Wait!" Raiden interrupted, "Something's not right."
Boris came over the comms, "Hmm, it is too quiet, da?"
Raiden gave a single nod, "Yeah, it's way too quiet. Something must be up."
X looked at Raiden and then back at the complex. There was a large glass door that served as the entrance.
X tilted his head in confusion as he saw someone walk out of the entrance, "What's that?"
Raiden saw the being as well and grabbed his blade; X followed suit.
"It looks like Kevin!" X suddenly said.
Raiden shook his head in disagreement, "No, it's not" he said as he brought up his camera holodisplay. He zoomed in and had a clear image of who it was. "What?"
X looked over at the holodisplay and saw the being as well, "Who in the hell is that?"
The man had long black hair and a dark skinned face. The armor he was wearing looked similar to what X was wearing, though it had a very odd glow to it. The man then yelled, "Raiden, X!" he yelled. The two looked out towards the being standing in front of the doorway, "Welcome to the Shunji Cybernetics Research and Development Facility. This is the place you, X, were created, the place the plans of your creation took place."
X was getting annoyed, "I kinda knew that already!" he yelled back, "Now if you'll excuse us, we need to get inside."
The new cyborg shook his head and began to laugh maniacally, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that. Mr. Miyasoto made it pretty clear that he did not want you to interfere with any future plans."
-oOo-
From within the base, Shunji watched as his new creation was about to take on his two enemies.
"Yes Xeno" Shunji said to himself, "Tear them apart"
-oOo-
X growled, "Let's get this fucker!"
He then jumped to the next wall and then the next. He jumped off the final wall in a flip and landed in a crouched position with his fist slamming the floor. Raiden was following closely behind and landed in a crouch. The two slowly got up and unsheathed their blades.
"Whoever you are, I'm not going to let you interfere with my mission!" X yelled.
The cyborg laughed, "I'm surprised you don't know, Captain. But, I am Xeno, and I will bring an end to your pathetic mission!" He said as he unsheathed both of his blades. His weapons were intriguing Katana blades. At the end of one hilt was a small clip, at the end of the other was an opening. The blade glowed a light blue and the suit of Xeno was glowing blue with it.
X shifted into Tank with a cautious look, "Haven't heard that in a while. Who did you say you were?"
Xeno raised his eyebrows, "Oh, did I stir something inside of you?"
"X" Raiden said, "Just ignore him, we need to get inside."
X nodded once and readied himself.
Before anyone took a step, X fired out a flame wall. Xeno jumped back and shielded his face from the heat. Raiden used this and jumped up and over the wall, bringing his blade down on Xeno. X ran through the wall with his blade ready. Xeno had deflected Raiden's strike and jumped back. X came up and brought his blade up towards Xeno, whom sidestepped and dodged the slice. X used the momentum and brought his blade towards Xeno, however the new cyborg sidestepped again and dodged the futile slice.
Both cyborgs were attacking at the same time, though Xeno was handling it like it was nothing. The fact that he had two blades made him superior to the two he was fighting.
X began to think that speed would win this fight and shifted into Blaze. Pumping elektrolytes and activating zandatsu, X readied himself.
"Let's do this!" X yelled as he let out a flurry of slashes and slices; he was moving so fast that Raiden even had a hard time keeping track of him. Xeno was overwhelmed and continued to jump back.
As X was attacking Xeno, Raiden heard a loud thump come from behind him. The black cyborg shot his head back and saw a familiar face crouched on the floor.
The man slowly stood up and chuckled, "Remember me?"
"Kevin!" Raiden said as he charged for the Storm Cyborg.
Kevin jumped up and over Raiden, landing behind him. Raiden quickly shot around and found Kevin about to strike. Raiden brought his HF Blade up to his side and deflected Kevin's slash. He then came back with a slice at his abdomen, but missed by mere inches.
X was also having some trouble. His elektrolyte meter was diminishing fast with the use of zandatsu. X knew that his Blaze form wouldn't be enough to take down Xeno.
X thought to himself while he continued to slice at his enemy futilely, "Come one, think. How the fuck can I hurt this bastard?"
Suddenly, he thought of something. Though he was in Blaze form, he decided to try his fire abilities. X suddenly stopped slashing and jumped back. He focused heavily and started to pump flames and heat into his blade. The Katana blade was glowing red and even began to sizzle.
"You think you're so powerful?" X yelled, "Shunji made the mistake of giving me such power!"
Xeno prepped himself and had his blades up in a battle stance.
Using all of his skill and control, X let out a battle cry as his blade burst into flames. Still focusing greatly, X began to mold the flame itself. His blade that was flaring uncontrollably was now taking the shape of a much more thick sword. X was laughing maniacally, "Shunji can't do shit about me now!"
Both Raiden and Kevin looked over at X and gasped in awe as they saw what he was doing. It was unbelieveable that X was controlling the elements so well.
X then began to swing at Xeno. The blade was twice as long and was radiating an immense amount of heat. X, using the added weight from his weapon jumped and spun his blade downwards. The momentum spun him multiple times. X spun sideways with his blade leading and slammed the flame weapon into the floor, digging several feet into the concrete and missing Xeno by a few inches. Controlling the flames, X shortened the length, reducing some of the weight.
Xeno laughed and shifted into one of his own forms. His body was encased in another layer of armor and his face was covered by a helmet, "This heat won't bother me."
X then shifted into Tank and swung his large weapon like it was nothing. He ran for Xeno and swung from the right. Xeno deflected the hit and tried to parry it from the left, only to be met by the flaming sword. X used this counter and spun around, trying to slice at the feet of Xeno. However, the new Shunji Cybernetics cyborg knew his opponent well; almost too well.
Xeno thought to himself as he jumped up, dodging the slice, "Just like back in Afghanistan." he thought. He brought his blade up and stopped X's slash from the side, holding it in place as X pushed against Xeno, "You always were one to go for offensive." he continued to think, "I should have killed you when I had the chance in the Green Zone."
Xeno then pushed X back greatly as a sudden surge of anger and energy shot through him, "BUT NOW LOOK WHERE WE ARE!" he yelled suddenly.
X fell to the floor and looked at his opponent.
Xeno was infuriated, "You always wanted the offense! Even when command said otherwise, you broke orders! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT COST!?" Xeno was yelling at the top of his lungs.
X was stunned and began to wonder what Xeno was talking about, "What?"
Xeno began to walk towards X. Both Raiden and Kevin had ceased their fight to watch, as they had no clue of what was happening either.
Xeno snarled, "Your bullshit orders got the entire squad KILLED! DO YOU HEAR ME? KILLED!"
-oOo-
Shunji watched in confusion, "What the hell is Xeno doing?"
Another man, a scientist, was standing beside Shunji watching as well, "I-I don't know sir."
"Fix it!" Shunji said suddenly, "I don't want Xeno providing too much information."
-oOo-
X shook his head as he backflipped back up to his feet, "The last thing I remember is an IED going off. You have me mistaken for someone else."
Xeno laughed as if X was joking, "Really? You don't fucking remember? Xavier, you piece of shit Captain!" Xeno insulted, "You were the one that got us into this fuck wad of a mess!" he yelled, "Convoy 7-1Q, Delta Force."
X suddenly had a realization. He felt something click in his head, "Tha-... that's… right." He paused, "Overwatch told us to go and scope out an Afghan base… but…"
"But you wanted to full on invade it!" Xeno yelled, "You were so foolish and put the lives of your own men in danger. WHAT WERE YOU EVEN THINKING!"
"Why did you follow it then?" X rebuttled with worry on his face.
Xeno shook his head, "I had no choice… this was my job. I was given orders to follow my Captain; regardless of the fact that he was the most idiotic human being on the planet!"
X shook his head, "No… no, that's not me." He said trying to deny it, "I'm not like that, I was never like that!"
Xeno shook his head, "Shunji didn't tell you anything…" he said, "It doesn't matter; Shunji is getting what he wants and so am I. He gave me a second chance and power, and I'm getting the chance to finally kill you and avenge the squad you had no idea how to lead."
X looked down at his blade and extinguished the flame. He held the hilt firmly and felt something begin to arise inside of him, "You know what… you've been a great help to me."
Xeno tilted his head, "What's that?"
X nodded, "Yes, you gave me my first lead. I'm going to use that against you, and I will get the information I need."
Xeno chuckled, "You're not getting anything from me."
X cracked his neck and shifted back into Blaze form. He had a new mission in mind, he had completely lost his desire to get inside the base because everything he needed was right in front of him. The only thing that mattered was getting Xeno to talk, even if that meant taking some risks.
X sheathed his blade and held his hands out, instantly using his ice abilities. Blue light emitted from his hands and ice particles began to form and spin around them, "We'll see about that Xeno."
Xeno readied himself.
"Let's see how you do against a range fighter!" X yelled as he began to fire ice chunks at Xeno.
X threw his hands forward and continued to fire large condensed ice particles at blazing speeds. Xeno simply began to run around X to dodge the ice. X followed and continued to shoot at Xeno. Kevin and Raiden then continued their fight as Xeno and X started up.
"You can't run forever!"
X then stopped firing and shot out an ice stream a few feet in front of Xeno. The floor began to freeze and turn to ice, causing Xeno to slip and fall. X then brought his hands together and charged a much larger ice particle, he then fired a larger stream out and attempted to freeze Xeno where he laid.
Xeno saw the stream and quickly jumped up to his feet.
X then began to feel his entire body chill. His armor was glowing bright blue and he began to laugh. He was so cold, but he didn't even care of feel bothered by it. His laugh slowly drifted into silence. The only thing left was the wind kicking up around X.
"Xeno, you can't beat me. Just give up and I'll spare your life." X said with a blank expression on his face.
Xeno shook his head and began to step back with his blades ready, "I don't think so."
X looked at Xeno and nodded once, "So be it" he said while keeping the blank expression. X then began to charge the ice around him, forming three rings flying around his body. He was making everything so cold that he was even making ice form up from the ground around him. The ice was large stalagmites and they had from behind X and in front of him. He looked at Xeno and began to fire more ice at him. Xeno was ready though and deflected each and every blast X threw at him. Xeno even began to move closer and closer to X as he was firing the ice chunks. Xeno thought X wouldn't be able to move with the large stalagmites around his body, and thought this would be a perfect chance to strike. However it was as X planned.
Xeno was getting closer and closer. X kept his blank expression and continued to fire ice at Xeno. Though he had control, the ice firing had a decent recoil. Whenever X raised his hand out to fire a chunk, his hand would get knocked back. Alternating, X was able to fire efficiently and quickly.
Xeno was now within striking distance and took his chance. He spun around and brought his left blade up, attempting to slice X diagnoley. However, X knew his move and brought his hand up, catching the blade as if it was a stick. Xeno was stunned and tried to pull it away, however X had a death grip on it.
X looked at Xeno, "Big… mistake…"
The ice rings around X then grew in size and diameter. Both he and Xeno were now surrounded by the flying ice. The three rings turned into one large ring. X, still holding Xeno's blade, then began to freeze it. The ice quickly spread throughout the blade and froze it solid. Once the entire blade was frozen, X shattered it with the hand he was grasping it with. Xeno tried to get back and felt a wall of ice form behind him. X had simply raised his hand and formed a large thick wall from the frozen floor below.
Raiden and Kevin watched in horror as they saw this cyborg with god-like powers lose control.
X raised another hand and formed another ice wall to the right of Xeno. He then started to move his hands up slowly, as if he was charging the ice within him.
Xeno looked at X and saw that his eyes were glowing blue, "What the fuck are you?!"
X smiled, "I'm… a human being" Just as X was about to throw the final strike, a huge explosion came from the main entrance of the base. X looked over and found hundreds of cyborgs and vehicles pour out from the large hole in the building.
Xeno had jumped up and out of X's trap and ran back for the troops. He reached them and jumped up onto the wall of the building. He then quickly climbed up to the roof and watched.
Raiden stepped back as Kevin began to run over to the troops as well. The Storm Cyborg knew he couldn't handle Raiden and X, and he sure as hell wasn't going to help Xeno. He ran and jumped onto the wall and climbed up, landing next to Xeno.
X then moved back as well, though he wasn't walking. He was using the ice as his way of moving around. The floor was all frozen, so he was able to move freely. He moved over next to Raiden and spoke softly, "I can distract them. You need to get out of here."
Raiden look over at his ally that was surrounded by ice and wind, "Fine"
X raised his hands up and began to freeze the floor just in front of the troops moving out. X then moved outwards until he was on either end of the large line. He then shot his hands up and formed enormous walls of ice that reached over the base itself. The walls were extremely thick and were nearly clear.
Raiden saw his chance and began to climb the base wall and out to the perimeter. X stayed and held the wall up as it was too big for it to free stand. As soon as one of the tanks blasted through, X released the wall and let it fall on top of the troops below. He slowly revoked control and returned to normal. The ice stalagmites that had carried him around the frozen floor like wind had melted and the frozen floor and turned back to it's normal concrete form. X's body began to heat up and his mind began to unfog itself.
He looked at the enormous ice chunks that were over the troops and smile, "So that's elemental power."
He looked up and saw that he was right next to the forward wall. He looked back at the troops whom were some 200 meters away.
"I need to find a way to control that a little better" X said to himself, "I shouldn't have to hold a giant wall like that with power like this."
His elemental powers had gone beyond what Shunji thought was capable. He could do anything elemental now. He held up an enormous wall with nothing but him holding his arms up, and then crushed the reinforcement troops with just one blow. He even turned himself into an ice demi god.
X climbed up the wall and jumped across the wall gaps and down to the outside of the base. Raiden was already gone, but came over the comms.
"X, what the hell happened back there?" He asked.
X shook his head, "I'll explain later, just tell me where we can re group."
Raiden sighed, "There is a small building not far from here. It's owned by Maverick, so we can rest there and plan our next move."
Boris then cut in, "I think we're going to need a bit more help for this next attack."
X nodded and ran to find a vehicle he could steal.
A new mission was created for him. Now that he knows a little more about his past, X is closer to finally achieving his mission and sole purpose for going after Shunji. He now knew he was a Captain, stationed in Afghanistan, worked mainly with combat units, his name as Xavier, and suffered a major combat loss. However, what he still didn't know was his entire life and reason for his second chance. By now, he began to think he was meant for destruction, though he wasn't entirely sure and refused to believe it entirely.
The one thing that bothered him the most, though, was Xeno. It was a major shock that he was one of the men he had control of during his final attack. On top of that, Xeno knew his name, his rank, his personality, and even had his memory. If X is able to get Xeno, maybe he too can get his memory back and live with fullness and prosperity of thought.
This was no longer a solo mission, this was now a war.
To Be Continued…
I'm so sorry for the 4 day delay. God I feel terrible for making you guys wait. It's just writers block got me right when the deadline was coming.
I do apologize and hope the chapter made up for it.
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