Honestly I'm not in the mood to update it because I'm really tired. I've been staying up late for a few days to write this story. I updated this because I said that I would update this story once a day.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Megaman ZX and ZXA characters.


The Power of LOVE

Chapter 9 – ROCK ON!

The next morning, Vent woke up early and had already gone to the Control Room to report before he left to Area N. Vent had more confidence after his meeting with his former boss, Giro, in his Cyber Elf form.

"Are you ready Vent?" Prairie asked.

"I'm as ready as ever!" Vent replied with determination in his voice. Prairie smiled as she was happy to see that Vent had already gained his spirits back. "I'll be going now! Wish me luck, Prairie!" Vent ran out of the room and headed towards the transerver room.

He was transported to the end of Area M, near the entrance to Area N. He ran inside and found himself in a big room with several small corridors covered with spikes.

"How can I go through all that!" Vent commented, seeing that every corridor was covered with spikes.

"Vent, I'll try and find the right way for you!" Model X came out from Vent's pocket.

"Okay, thanks Model X!" Vent thanked the blue Biometal as the Biometal floated away, checking the corridors.

After checking all of the corridors, Model X floated back to Vent. "Vent, let's Rock On and go to the rightmost corridor!"

"Okay, roger that!" Vent pulled out his other Biometal. "ROCK ON!"

Vent transformed into his ZX form and walked over to the rightmost corridor. He was about to crawl into it, but the corridor got smaller and smaller.

"It looks like I might have to take some damage from theses spikes…" Vent closed his eyes and entered the corridor carefully.

He took the first step inside and the spikes below him hurt his feet. He held back the pain and kept walking towards the exit on the other side. 'Ignore the pain… I have to save Aile…'

As the corridor got smaller, Vent had no choice but to crawl. His armor had already had some holes as the spikes were really hard and they went through his armor. After crawling carefully, he managed to get out of the corridor. He looked around the room and saw that it was fully covered in gold.

"Wow… this room is made of pure gold!" Vent looked around the room with awe, but suddenly noticed that Omega was nowhere to be seen. "Model X, are you sure we're in the right room?"

"Yes, I'm picking up Omega's energy reading here." Model X replied in his mind.

"I knew that you would come, Chosen One…"

Vent turned around and saw that Omega was standing there. "Omega!" Vent noticed the figure behind him. "Aile!" Aile looked at him weakly before she fell down. "Aile!"

"Vent… get out of here…" Aile said weakly and looked at Vent.

"Aile…" Vent looked at his friend before he turned to Omega angrily. "What did you do to her!"

Omega chuckled. "I got bored waiting for you…" Omega pulled out a whip. "So I did some early 'punishment' to your friend here…"

"You…! I'll destroy you!" Vent charged angrily at Omega, but he stopped Vent's fist with just one hand.

"Is that all you got?" Omega asked with an evil smile.

Vent growled angrily and pulled out his ZX saber. He swung the saber at Omega, but he blocked the attack effortlessly. Omega pushed Vent to the side with his free hand, knocking him against the wall. Vent tried to get up, but the pain on his back stopped him from getting up. Vent felt that his consciousness was starting to fade away as Omega had knocked him to the wall really hard.

"Too weak!" Omega commented as he gave Vent a cold stare. "I shouldn't have wasted my time doing rematches with you!" Omega turned away from him and walked away.

Vent tried getting up again and held his saber with both of his hands. Omega noticed him and turned around. He saw Vent with cracks all over his armor, holding his green saber with both of his hands and pointing it at him.

"You can still stand up, huh? Why would you even waste your life to save this girl?" Omega pointed his saber at Aile, who was trying to get up.

"It's none of your bussiness!" Vent charged again at Omega, but he clashed his saber with Vent's. Unknown by Omega, Vent pulled out his ZX buster and charged it. He shot Omega in the stomach, sending him against the wall.

Omega just got up and chuckled. "It looks like I've underestimated you too… You have a great potential. You fight recklessly and fully controlled by your emotions… Such power… you should have exceeded mine…"

Vent ran over to him and swung his saber multiple times. Omega held out his saber in front of him and blocked all of the attacks. After Vent had slowed down, Omega ducked away from the other slashes and swung his saber across Vent's stomach.

"ARGH!" Vent fell to his knees and held a hand over his wounded stomach.

"What's wrong? Can't handle the pressure?" Omega kicked him on the shoulder and Vent fell down as he started coughing out blood. "Where's that spirit? That spirit of anger and hate… let me see that again!"

Vent got up slowly and put a hand over his wounded stomach while his other hand held out his saber. He glared angrily at Omega as Omega smiled evilly at him. Omega's cold stare met with Vent's eyes which were filled with anger and hate. Vent swung his saber at Omega once more, but this time Omega blocked the incoming slash with his bare hand.

"W-WHAT!" Vent struggled as Omega grabbed his saber tighter.

"That rage… that anger… have made you more powerful than the last time…" Omega lowered his head, but Vent could still see his smile, his evil smile. "But with that… I've also become even more powerful!" Omega crushed the saber into pieces as Vent stared in disbelief.

"W-What…?" Vent stared at his broken saber and didn't notice that Omega threw a punch right to his chest and sent him against the wall, knocking him out cold.

"Vent…" Aile said weakly and tears stared to fall. "No… please Vent… get up and get out of here…"

Vent was back in the big dark room similar to where he met Omega in his nightmare. He looked at himself and saw that he was still in his ZX form.

"I'm back in here again? Is this another nightmare? Or am I dead?" Vent asked himself. A light suddenly appeared in front of him and materialized into Giro.

"Don't give up Vent! There are people who needed your help!"

"I'm sorry Boss… I couldn't do it…" Suddenly, another light appeared beside Giro and materialized into a woman with long dark brown hair and green eyes.

"Be strong Vent! I don't want to see my son gives up so easily!"

"M-Mom!"

"Vent… I've taught you that hate and anger won't help achieve what you're looking for… Fight for the ones that you cared about, the ones that you loved…"

"Get up Vent! Your life isn't over now!"

"Boss… Mom… thank you…" Vent closed his eyes and felt that he started to gain consciousness again.

Vent got up slowly with his newly regained strength. It was the strength of love and care. Omega stared at him at disbelief and pulled out his purple saber. He charged at Vent, but he quickly disappeared and appeared behind Omega. He pulled out his ZX saber as the pieces started to remerge. Vent slashed Omega's back and knocked him out near the wall.

"I admit that you're strong, Omega. But your power which comes from hate can never beat the power to protect others…" Vent stared calmly at Omega which made him annoyed.

"No! With your hatred towards me, you can never beat me!" Omega charged at Vent, but was knocked down by Vent's ZX buster.

"I'm not fighting you with hatred anymore. I've realized that people get stronger if they had something or someone to protect. Your lack of love had made you lose all those years." Vent said before he turned to Aile. "I've regained my strength because I have someone important to protect."

"Why… why would you protect people! They only make you suffer even more!" Omega rejected angrily.

"Why would I protect her? It's simple. I love her, that's all. She a great friend and partner to me, and I'll always protect her…" Vent closed his eyes and smiled.

Aile heard Vent's confession, even though they were a bit far away from her. She didn't expect those words came from Vent, but she actually heard it. 'Vent… I love you too…'

Omega paused for a while, but he thought of a plan that might bring Vent back to the path he first took, hatred. Omega quickly dashed away and stopped in front of Aile. He lifted her up by the neck and pointed his saber at her neck.

"Now, will you still take that 'love path' of yours after I killed your precious one?" Omega drew his saber closer to Aile's neck as Vent stared at him with horror.

'No… I must fight with love! I fight to protect!' Vent tightened his grip on his saber, but then he loosened it. "Omega, your power won't be enough to kill her! She might not be able to transform in that condition, but she's stronger than you thought she is!"

"V-Vent…" Aile looked at Vent eyes. They were filled with determination and care.

Omega growled angrily and hit Aile's head with the back of his saber, knocking her out cold. "Fine then! But I'll still destroy you with my own hands!" Omega charged at Vent, but he swung his saber at Omega, cutting of his right arm.

"It's over Omega, you'll never win…" Vent pulled back his saber and reverted back to his human form.

"Aren't you going to finish me off?" Omega asked.

"No, I don't see the reason why I should finish you off…" Vent walked over to Aile and gently picked her up bridal style.

Omega stood up and picked up his purple saber. "Then I'll just finish myself off!" Omega laughed evilly and stabbed his own chest. "My work is done here… Lord Weil will be very pleased with what I've done!" Omega's body shone brightly before he exploded, making the whole room shook violently.

"This is bad! I have to get both Aile and myself out of here!" Vent laid Aile down for a moment as he reached out the communicator on his ear. "Prairie, could transfer us out of here?"

"Okay, hold on!" Prairie said from the other side. Vent picked Aile back and the two of them were transferred out of the room before it collapsed on them.


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