Chapter 10

Irregular Hunter Head Quarters- Guest Room

X looked at the form of the one that was hiding in the shadows and took a small step back. Mina, aware of what X was doing asked,

"Who is it, Mister X?"

"…Zero…did you destroy the city?" X asked, telling both an answer to Mina's question and questioning Zero at the same time.

The figure shook his head and responded,

"I'm not Zero, but I'm a copy if that is how you will put it." The figure looked exactly like Zero, but had a darker shade of black than the ones of the original Zero.

X thought for a moment A darker shade than the originals… who does that remind me of…? I just can't think of it… It's at the tip of my mind… who can this reploid be…?

The dark shaded reploid guessed at what X was daydreaming about and said,

"You do forget others around you quickly don't you, X? I'm not Zero, Zero was the one that found me… That helping you so far?"

When Mina heard this, she shivered for a moment and then X said to her,

"Mina, can you walk your way out of this room and go somewhere else without me or anyone aiding you? Find someone when you go out side and ask them to help you move around the base. I'm sure that Zero is off duty right now and can transport you around."

X felt Mina nod and he felt her warm hands slid off of his shoulder and heard her footsteps as she found her way to the door.

"If you're not Zero, then who are you?" X said once the door closed automatically with Mina on the other side.

"I was thinking you would know who I was by now…" Then Zero took out a familiar bottle to X, whose eyes were now wide-opened.

"Two…?" X said as he began to walk nearer then stopped as Two took out his Z-saber.

"I'm not really a Accel clone- I'm a clone of Zero." Two said as he raised his Z-saber to strike X.

"A copy of Zero? First its Accel, then it's Zero?" X said as he heard someone else come in and heard a familiar voice.

"X!" By X's hearing, he could tell that at least two people were speaking in unison.

X turned around and saw One and Three. One stepped closer then X yelled,

"Get back! You're going to get hurt again!" Just as X finished, he felt a pain slash through his back and turned as his fluid rushed out of his back rapidly.

"You should never put your back on an enemy." Two said as he stood there, waiting for a response.

Then Two walked over to the limping X and kicked him in the stomach causing X to fall down on the ground. Two took this opportunity and dashed over to X with incredible speed then stabbed X in the abdomen and X yelled in agony.

X heard someone rushing towards him and Two and heard Two yelling,

"Let go of my arm…I said let go!" Since X's vision was blurry once again, he could only listen to what was happening and heard Two kick someone and a yelp from someone who got kicked.

"X!" X heard Three say as he heard his fast footsteps run over to someone, then X's vision was clear again after rebooting its systems for his vision and looked at who was hurt after him.

As X's vision focused around his surroundings, X took a step back as he saw Three helping another reploid stand up which was,

"X, are you okay?" Three said and he turned to X.

"Two's the copy of Zero… and One's the actual copy of you…" when Three said this, X was shocked and took another step back then bumped into someone.

X turned and noticed that he had bumped into Two and Two smiled wickedly then punched X in the face. X slid on the ground and looked at Two.

"What's the matter? Why are you acting like this?" X said as he focused his eyes directly on Two.

"You think I'm him? Then you are sadly mistaken…for I am the spirit contained in the virus and took control of this child as I had took control of you before. So you will consider yourself as fighting someone else, not Two." The virus said and X's face was struck with horror as he smiled again except this time, it was more wicked.

"Two… this is all my fault…" X heard a new voice say and turned to see Mina with Zero.

"X, you alright?" Zero said as he took Mina to Three and One and activated his Z-saber and raised it as Two had done before.

"So this is the real spirit inside the virus." Zero said then X asked Zero,

"How did you know about the virus?"

"Mina told me on the way the effects of the virus and what it was made from. From what she had told me, she had all the information about the virus because she had apparently made the virus and called it the poison virus since it works like a poison." Zero replied as he got to his position and made his fighting pose.

"So you will fight me… but there is always a consequence to every action everyone makes, for if you kill me, then you will be destroying this child's body and he will no longer exist." The virus said as he walked toward the group and looked at Mina.

"And even though you made me, I am in need to get rid of you and everyone else in here. I shall make my puppets to do my job... for now…" After he said this, he faded into the darkness and a group of irregulars appeared in the room.

"Mina, please get out of here!" One said as he transformed his buster and charged it.

"I thought you weren't made for battles." X asked as he also charged his buster.

"I am not a combatant when I am in Accel form, but my original form can do both study work and combat." One said then fired off his X-buster and some of the irregulars was killed and more and more irregulars started showing up.

X did the same but the same exact thing happened and when they appeared again, Zero slashed at them and some of the irregulars were gone but none could tell, for more and more and evermore irregulars showed up every second.

"If this keeps up, then the whole entire room will be filled up!" Three yelled as he felt Mina tighten her grip on his waist as she pulled herself into Three even closer.

"I know… we know…" One said as he lowered his buster and tried to think of a plan.

"We'll distract them, so think of something." X said as he moved in front of One.

"Alright." One said as his X-buster transformed back into a metallic hand and walked over to the back, trying to think while being safe at the same time.

"Come on, let's go to the back with him." Three said as he helped Mina up, still clutching onto him as if he was her shield.

Just then, the door opened, revealing a confused Alia. She walked in and saw everything that was going on then saw two Xs. One standing and shooting at the irregulars and the other standing in the back with Three and Mina.

"Two of you?" Alia said as she walked closer to the X with Three and Mina.

"No, I'm not X, at least not the original X. It's me, One. It's just that I am originally the copy of X and Two is the copy of Zero." One said as he looked over at Alia.

"Oh… so why are these irregulars here and where's Two?" Alia said as she looked over at the group of irregulars.

One stared at the group of irregulars and said,

"Two gave the last bit of the cure to X, right? So he didn't get to take the last bit of the poison cure and the virus took control of him. He… I mean the virus summoned these irregulars and they are appearing every second. But what's bothering me is that now my own brother is a puppet for this rebellion…" When One finished, he stared at the ground for a while then looked towards Alia.

"Can you help me think of a plan to get rid of these irregulars?" Alia nodded in response and stood next to One and started talking about a plan with him.