Alia sat into her chair slowly, letting the words sink in. X had betrayed the hunters; he had stolen a data disk and taken it to the enemy. Alia, being the Director, had to do something. But who could condone the one they love to death!

Why? Why would X do this? Alia screamed in her mind. Yeah he's been acting kinda strange, but he said he's been having bad dreams. All we have to do is wait for The Brotherhood to attack, then we will be in peace again, how could he have done this! But there was one who was more stunned than Alia, and that was Zero.

Zero was holding onto the back of Alia's chair for support. Dr. Cain was telling him about The Brotherhood, about him being a member. The entire time Dr. Cain talked Zero felt sick, getting worse as the doctor would say something that Zero thought he could remember.

Axl, who was standing at Alia's opposite side, screamed at the doctor, breaking everyone thoughts.

"SHUT UP!" he yelled, causing the doctor to turn to him in a mix of confusion and rage.

"Excuse me?" the doctor asked, clearly angered.

"Just shut up! Zero would never have worked for those guys! NEVER!"

Dr. Cain sighed. "Axl, the data I have said-"

"Well you data is wrong!" Axl yelled, cutting the doctor off.

Alia and Zero looked stunned at Axl's outburst, glancing between the doctor and the hunter. Axl had never yelled at Dr. Cain like this before, or to anyone of his superiors. But the doctor didn't look mad anymore, he was smiling at Axl with an almost proud grin.

Dr. Cain smiled. "Axl…all we have for evidence is what I heard from Mary, and the fact that X is nowhere to be found. I don't want to believe, and I won't, that X is a maverick. But if he is going to work with The Brotherhood then we have no choice."

Axl cursed, slamming his hands into the table again. "Dammit, find him! If you don't know where he is then find out! If he took his bike than you can pick up his signal! Find out where the hell he is, then you can start trash talking him!"

Axl's second outburst caused everyone in the room to glance at him, again stunned. But as the words sunk in Dr. Cain brightened. He quickly dashed toward his computer and began to click his keyboard in rapid fury. Zero and Alia walked toward him, motioning for Axl to follow.

"So, what are you doing?" Zero asked the doctor, who never once took his eyes off the screen.

"I have an idea." He said with a grin.

"Ah, great, another idea that makes us wait for months on end!" Axl yelled.

Dr. Cain quickly spun around toward him and pointed his cane at him. The young hunter stepped back slightly, surprised.

"Now listen here, I may not be the Director anymore but don't you EVER speak to me like you have today, ever again! I understand that I crossed a line with my assumptions, but I don't even believe what I said. X is a close friend, and I just know that he would NEVER turn maverick by choice! So calm down and let me do my job!"

Axl swallowed hard and sat slowly in a chair at the table, glad that the doctor hadn't used one of the abilities in his cane. From missiles to flamethrowers, the doctor had it all. And Axl did not feel like becoming target practice for the old, but quite fast and strong, doctor.

Dr. Cain returned to his work and, upon opening a window on his computer, almost jumped for joy.

"Yes! I found it!"

"Found what?" Alia asked, filled with hope. I knew it X! I just knew you couldn't be bad!

Dr. Cain smiled. "This is the history log on my computer. It shows that a few days ago, like I remembered, I had used disk 650, the very same disk that The Brotherhood tried to steal. After they tried to steal it, just before they attack me in my office, I scanned the disk and looked over its contents. I thought that The Brotherhood might try and take the disk again, so I downloaded all the data off the disk and put it on my computer!"

Alia smiled. "Great, but how does that help us?"

Dr. Cain chuckled. "Because, I put a virus on that disk. When they download that disk into their server their entire network will crash, and they'll be without eyes, ears, and weapons! We can use this as a chance to strike!"

Zero grinned. "Good work Dr. Cain! Now all we have to do is locate their base!"

Alia quickly spun toward Zero and Axl with a grin. "I can do that! All I need is a few minutes, and I can tell you exactly where X's bike is!"

I knew you couldn't be bad X! I don't know why you went to The Brotherhood, kidnapped or by choice, but don't worry, help is on the way!