Zero walked into base carrying Reaper, who by now had woken up. X and Axl were waiting in the med bay, for when the two arrived.

"What happened…?" X asked concerned.

"There was a trap." Reaper said, as Zero gave her a oxygen tank with a mask. She put the mask on and took deep breaths.

"Isoc was ready for us. He put an airtight seal in an office. God, I'm so stupid" Zero said as he sat down.

"Hey… you got me out…" She said pulling the mask away to speak, her voice was raspy. Then she turned to X. "what have you discovered?"

"I… we...Isoc is connected to the Professor" X stuttered under her gaze.

"He is the professor." Zero said. Reaper nodded in agreement.

"But that's not the only thing we learned." Axl said. "We learned something about doctor Olympia."

"...What did you learn?" Zero asked.

"Dragon was his son." Axl said.

"And that Isoc turned son against father." X said.

Derek and his father were screaming at each other.

"What do you mean, you used the final product of some lowly street rat?!" Derek screamed. "I'm your son!"

"That lowly street rat was a hero. She didn't deserve to die choking on her own blood!" Dr Olympia yelled back. "The nanites still worked on you." He said calmly.

"Is that all I get? You took away my humanity!" He said and his eyes blazed orange.

"You took away your own humanity." The doctor said and backed away.

"And you know what? I'm going to ruin you little lab rat as well."

"No!" Dr. Olympia yelled, but was picked up by his shirt. His body hit the wall, leaving him unconscious.

"I'll break your new toy." Derek said and crackled.

Axl, Zero and X were waiting outside of a mission base. Reaper was being cared for by nurses, back at base.

"Zero, she'll be fine. She always is." X said, trying to convince everyone including himself.

Zero nodded and and pulled out the key that Reaper took from the last base. It was miniscule in his hands, but he easily got the key to the lock.

"Aw, Veronica would be so disappointed that she missed the show." A voice said with a British accent. Dragon came into view with his eyes turning the color of fire with purple flowing in between the bright colors. His skin was the color of bad sunburn, and his shirt was off, exposing wing tattoos that lay on his back.

"Did you ever ask 'er how I acquired the codename 'Dragon'?" He sneered and Axl took a shot aiming for his throat. The shot hit true, and Dragon coughed up a bit of blood.

Dragon pulled out two guns of his own and shot at Axl. He momentarily forgot about X and Zero, which was a fatal error. X shot the gun out of his hand and Zero closed in and took a swing at him. It sliced his chest open, but the wound opened with an orange light. Zero's eyes widened in shock.

"Not bad, monster. But saving one girl doesn't absolve you of what you did as a maverick. What you did to cause you to fight Veronica the first time." Dragon snarled.

"Don't you dare pretend to care about her." Zero snarled. He took another swing at Dragon.

"I would say the same to you, but is seems that she holds this tin man's heart." Dragon said as dodged. Axl was watching the fight, but X's attention was on a light flash' signaling that someone had teleported near him.

"You're still hurt!" X hissed.

"My knuckles were bruised. That's not life threatening." Reaper said to X. Her hair was brushed and in a French braid. Her eyes were cold and calculating. Her smile was fake and she was tense.

"Zero has this. We have this." X said, his voice muted by the punches that Zero was landing on Dragon.

"I don't care! I want to have a hand in taking down Isoc." She snapped.

This caused Dragon to realize that she was there. Zero noticed that she was there a while ago, but didn't react. Dragon limped over and placed his gun towards her, not noting her grabbing her scythe. Before Zero could react, she sliced him clean through, actually disconnecting his head with his body in a bloody arc.

"I had him." Zero said, slightly annoyed.

"Yes, I know but we need to go to the Professor, now. After then, you two can yell at me all you like." Reaper said and moved towards the open door, where cracking could be heard.