Mega Man X: Sigma's Attack

Chapter Ten: Breakin' In the 'Loid Suit

As Electrion Dragorfly picked himself up off of the ground, he cursed to himself. After all, next to Sigma, he was now the strongest Reploid alive, right? And yet, here he was, knocked down flat by a kid, a mere teenager, and a human, to make it worse. It was a lucky shot, he said to himself. It won't happen again. He launched himself in the air again, flapping his wings and generating a dangerous blue electricity field. "I'll destroy you all in one fell swoop!" yelled Dragorfly as Kentorai quickly jumped off of the top of the building and began running down the side.

"You might as well stay put, kid, 'cause you ain't goin' anywhere!" exclaimed Dragorfly as he continuously tried to shock Kentorai. Kentorai continued to dodge every shot as he approached the ground. With a leap off of the building, he ran around Dragorfly while shooting plasma shots at him, with each shot connecting with its target. Kentorai fired one final plasma shot at the resurrected Maverick, connecting with his head, knocking him from the sky. On the side, the three defeated Hunters got up and dusted themselves off, while watching Kentorai easily handle the Maverick that had beaten each and every one of them. As a sickening crumpling sound echoed from the spot where the mangled Dragorfly lay, there were shouts and cheers booming from all sides of the Hunters. Kentorai walked up the fallen pile of bent metal and said, "Had enough yet?"

"I give, I'm done. Please don't destroy me. I'll do anything you say," whimpered Dragorfly.

"Just stay put and wait here for the rest of the unit to get here, so they can arrest you." Kentorai turned toward the now standing Maverick Hunters, who were cheering along with the rest of the crowd, and gave a thumbs up.

"General Signas, sir, can you hear me? Are you okay?" General Signas' eyes opened to see the blond haired Reploid Alia looking at him with worry etched on her face. "Can you move?"

"Ugh, I feel like I was standing in the middle of a train wreck. Where am I?" Signas asked himself. He sat up, and then looked around the room. The walls were lined with computer equipment, most of which were connected to himself: monitoring systems, auto repair systems, energy replacement machines.

"You're at Maverick Hunter Headquarters, sir," Alia answered.

"I don't remember coming back here. When, and how, did I get here? Where's the rest of the Hunters?" Alia breathed a sigh of relief as Signas got up and began to walk around.

"You might want to take it easy for a little while, sir. Not only have you been repaired, you've had the most recent Maverick Antivirus program. You'll feel a little groggy for a bit. So please, lay back down and rest."

"At least let me thank Kantaryu and Kataro for helping me. That group of kids out there helped me out tremendously." Signas looked at Alia. "Please. I won't escape and leave somewhere. Do I look like Zero?" Alia laughed.

"Okay. Just don't take too long. You have to be asleep for it to take full effect." Alia was feeling a lot better knowing that their commanding officer wasn't permanently damaged. However, her uneasiness didn't go away, for her thoughts flew to unanswered questions. What happened to him to put him in this shabby condition? Who did this to him? Is it Sigma, or should we be focusing our attention on a new enemy? Signas noticed her inquisitive expression and decided to address it.

"What's wrong, Alia? Is there something on your mind?"

"Yeah, there is… but shouldn't you be thanking the people who saved your life? So you can rest?" Alia had a frown on her face, as if she was a mother scolding her child.

"Okay, you win. But I want to know what's on your mind later. And yes, that's an order," he said as Alia started to speak. Defeated, she crossed her arms, and with an audible humph! stormed away. Signas smiled as he walked to the door.

"It's good to be the boss."

"So, what's the deal with this guy? He gets some new energy source that supposedly gives him unimaginable power, and then gets his can kicked all over the place? Sounds like he should've stuck with batteries," Kentorai joked when he got to the three Maverick Hunters, X, Zero, and Axl.

"Shove it, Kentorai." Zero's disappointment was evident, seeing as he was easily beaten by a Maverick that had been destroyed once before. Plus, a human was the one to finally bring him down. He was protected by the one thing he had sworn to protect.

"What's up with him? Menopause getting to him?" Kentorai joked, enraging Zero even more.

"Leave him alone for a while. He's sore because we weren't able to beat Neo Dragorfly," intervened Axl. "So what do you think of the name? Neo Dragorfly?" He was obviously trying to avoid any conflict between the two.

"Sounds good," added X. He had picked up on what Axl was doing, and was running with it. "If Dragorfly has found a way to come back stronger than ever before in such a short amount of time, then it's safe to assume that any Maverick can do the same. Which means that our work with this group isn't done."

"Well, I think you have a good thing going, Axl," said Kentorai, completely clueless to their intervention. "Any Maverick that comes back using e-crystals should be labeled as a Neo-Mav–". Kentorai's statement was lost as the earth around the Hunters started to rumble. Everyone in the area began to look around, and a panic was beginning to break loose. The Hunters looked toward Electrion Dragorfly, feeling a shot of uneasiness come from that direction. Dragorfly's body was hovering 10 feet off of the ground, encased in an electric blue field of energy. The marks of the previous fight began to disappear, and his electric blue and silver armor started to change. His wings, simple dragonfly wings, grew to the size of a hang glider, and his eyes shifted from a steel gray color, to a glowingly dangerous blood red color. As Kentorai and the Hunters stood by as the new Dragorfly hovered back to the ground, the looks of shock was evident on all four of their faces, and they were all thinking on the same thought pattern: How much stronger has Sigma gotten? If his Mavericks are this strong, then what will Sigma be like? Finally Dragorfly spoke, with evidence of his newfound power in his voice:

"Did you really think for a moment that I was finished?" The rage in his voice was evident. His words seemed to ooze with his newfound power.

"To be real honest, we thought you were done the very first time. So you still want more?" countered Kentorai, with a sly smile on his face, in a ready fighting position.

"My last form was not a Neo Form. Now, you may call me Neo Dragorfly!"

Heavy stuff, huh? Hope you're enjoying this story as much as I enjoy writing it! Keep a lookout for the first chapter in the next set of ten, chapter 11! If you like this chapter, review it! If you don't, review it! Tell me what's on your mind, so that I can make this story even better. Till next time, see ya!