Zero's p.o.v.
Lumine took several steps back, holding his head and screaming in pain. His voice seemed to switch from that of the Maverick's, to our purple haired Navigator.
"Da- -ro! Stop resis- -lp me!"
"Layer," I whispered. I have to save her. But if I attack now as she's resisting, she'll get hurt! Just looking at my partners' faces told me they were thinking the same thing.
"-ack me!" I blinked when I heard Layer's voice. "Stop struggl- -ack me, Zero! Do-" Lumine's voice stopped midway as he spread apart his legs and held up his arms. Layer looked up at us. "Quickly, attack me! I don't know how much longer I can keep him away!"
"Layer..."
It looked like it was taking everything for her to speak and keep Lumine under control at the same time. Frustration stung my eyes as my muscles pulled my saber behind my head. Screaming, I thrust the green blade down her left arm.
The purplette fell into my arms, panting.
"Ze... ro..."
"Layer!"
"Miss Layer, are you okay!?"
Layer looked up, on the verge of tears. A sharp pain struck my core.
Axl's p.o.v.
The black in Zero's armor turned back to its shade of bright red, as his eyes stared blankly ahead, a Rapier piercing his armor.
"Zero!"
Lumine started laughing as he tossed Zero to the side.
"Amazing! So in this beautiful body, I also get the natural ability of using a Rapier," he said, amazed. "And sorry, but I'm since little Layer was in control, all you've managed to do is hurt her."
My eyebrows narrowed at the sound of that voice. I looked down at my paralyzed superior before shooting the purple Reploid repeatedly.
The bastard managed to evade most of my bullets, painting an angry smirk on my face.
X knelt down next to Zero.
"Zero! Are you okay!?" he cried as he pulled out a Life Bottle.
My incessant shots continued to fly towards the Maverick, each missing him as he laughed joyously. I ceased fire when a commanding touch gripped my handing holding the gun.
"You need to calm down, rookie," my superior said, staring at Lumine. "You're never gonna get the job done if you're so anxious."
His hand turned into his X-Buster. It started charging, still right next to my pistol.
Lumine looked up and charged for us.
"Just wait," X whispered.
Right when our Navigator's shell was an inch close to us, we let loose our fire simultaneously.
Layer's p.o.v.
"Layer!"
A familiar deep voice cried out from behind the dark voice. Hearing it caused the void to fade as I began to see a surface of blue rushing towards the area above me.
Zero was right above me, the blue surface running past him, as well.
"Z..." I reached out my hand. "Zero!"
"Layer!"
Our fingers slowly weaved together. In an instant, I felt my core sink towards the green are below us. Zero was tightly holding me in one arm, and pushing against the ground with his other.
"Z-Zero..." I wrapped my arms around his neck. "Please tell me it's over...!"
"Almost. Right now, I need you to deactivate yourself."
A chill bit my center. I pulled myself closer to the red clad Hunter, struggling to keep my voice straight.
"Promise I'll wake up..."
He put his hand on my back.
"You will wake up."
With his comforting hold around me, I let my consciousness slip again, fading into his warmth.
Pallette's p.o.v.
It only took a few hours to remove Lumine from Layer's hard drive. X and Axl had knocked him unconscious when they fired, so there were no obstacles.
When Layer woke up, Zero surprised her with a tenacious hug, which nearly made her faint. Layer's so hilarious when she's around Zero.
Once Alia began to cry from joy, I walked out from the scene under the naked black sky littered with white dust. A sigh escaped my lips as I leaned my chin against my palm.
A heavy weight landed on my shoulders, a long yawn sounding from behind me.
"Phew, what a day!"
"Get off me!" I cried as I punched him off of me. "What do you want? For the final time, I don't want to date you."
Axl stood up and rubbed his wounded nose.
"Actually, Pallette, I wanted to say thanks," he said with a smile. "You were the one who saved me from Lumine, weren't you?"
"Cinnamon removed him from your hard drive."
"Only because you knocked him out cold." He hugged me from behind. "That's why you're my adorable heroine! Thank you so much!"
I felt heat rise to my face. I knew I should've been angry that he was invading my personal space, but the feeling didn't come. Still, I felt the need I had to be mad.
"G-get off of me, you moron!" I snapped as I pushed him off. "Wh-what the hell's wrong with you!?"
He laughed and stood next to me.
"In case you haven't noticed by now, I'm extremely in love with you!" he chimed. "And I'm never leaving you alone until we go on a date."
I was silent for a moment, then averted my eyes with a pout.
"Fine."
"Huh?"
"I said I'll go out with you."
"Really!?" My Hunter looked as if he would pass out at any second. "Y-you really mean that!?"
"Yes, I do, so leave me alone!"
He pumped his fists in the air and cheered.
"Alleluia! It's great to be alive!"
I turned my head away.
"It's not like I want to date you, or anything, this is just so you'll stop sexually harassing me already."
He hugged me again.
"All rightie, it's a date!"
My face completely red, I patted his arm and let him hug me for a while longer. Even though I was pouting, I kind of enjoyed it.
X's p.o.v.
A beautiful blonde Reploid slowly came closer to me in a long, white dress. Her face was the happiest I'd ever seen it, almost as if she were about to cry from happiness. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't about to, myself.
Alia eventually came by my side, holding my hands gently. We stared into each other's eyes, deaf to the rest of the world until the words,
"Do you take Alia as your wife?"
"I do," I said with a slight nod.
"And, Alia, do you take X as your lawful husband?"
"I do," she replied.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife."
She reached up to me, entering me with a smile on her face. I opened my doors, as she opened hers. When we separated, we continued to stare at the other, our tears escaping.
A/N: THERE! FINALLY! DONE! Sorry the final chapter was mediocre, I'm not too good at writing climaxes. =( And, even though a lot of people like this story, I'm aware it has it's problems. This ending for one thing. And also, this has little to do with my original story 'Maverick Hunter Academy,' even though it's supposedly a sequel. So there's that... But, thank you all so much for reading and for reviewing! ^u^ So, I'll be continuing 'God's Test,' and my next story will come out sometime around late April. I'm waiting to write both, because I gave up both series for Lent. Should I give you a hint what the next story will be based on? OBJECTION! Hints are overrated! Never mind!