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Underground Research Center Ruins
"You're nothing more than a fake. I'll end the worthless cause you fight for right now." Omega raises his violet saber and sends out a charged saber attack. The sheer force of the attack causes rocks to loosen from the ceiling, hitting Zero.
"Get up and fight him, Zero!" Forte looked as Zero seemed to be in a state of shock. Zero just keeps on staring at himself then at Omega.
Is it true? Am I nothing more than a copy? What exactly makes me different from Copy X? Omega advances again and starts slashing Zero with his Z-Saber. Zero tries to block, but he was too confused to fight properly.
"Once I destroy you, I'll destroy Forte and the rest of the Resistance." Zero starts to think about everyone in the Resistance, the Guardians, Forte, and Ciel. Ciel, I promise, I'll protect you all from this monster.
Zero stands up and holds onto his Z-Saber, Omega charges again but was countered by Zero, he then jumps back to prepare another attack.
"You're pretty impressive for a fake. Let's see just how long that body of yours can last." Zero gets out his Z-Buster and shoots, but was easily stopped.
"I don't care if I am a fake. If anyone tries to harm Ciel or anyone else in the Resistance, then I'll strike them down no matter who they are." Zero fuses with Prea again to change the color of his armor. "Now, Omega, the true fight starts here."
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Resistance Base
"I have a bad feeling about this. I just wish we could do something." Ciel and Alouette looked at the monitor at the huge energy signal coming from where Zero and Forte is.
Cyber-Elf X hovers into the room as he heard what they were saying. "There is one way to help them out, come into Forte's room and help me set up his experiment."
The three of them went into Forte's room to find a body that was similar to Copy X's.
"What is this?" Ciel looked in surprise at the body.
"Using the technology that allowed Forte and Zero to fuse with Crea and Prea, Forte was able to create a body similar to his and Zero's. It doesn't have a mind of its own and is suited specifically for me. In other words, it'll give me a solid body for a set amount of time." Ciel inspected the body.
"Wow, that's amazing. It still doesn't look like it's complete though." Ciel inspected everything. "This will need a few more days to complete."
"Just make it so that I can go in for a few moments." Ciel inspected the blueprints a bit longer.
"Alouette, pass me that tool to your left." X just smiled as the two females worked on the body. Don't worry, Zero, I'm coming to help you soon.
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Underground Research Center Ruins
Zero got up from the ground and was hit by another blast from Omega's buster.
"Looks like your all talk and no action after all." Omega mocks Zero as he tries to stand up. "What happened to you striking me down?"
"Shut up! I can still fight." Zero got up and raised his Z-Buster. Omega jumps out of the way and was met with Zero's saber.
"You'll pay for that! A mere copy like you doesn't deserve to live." Omega launches one charged shot from his buster followed by another. Zero barely manages to dodge those two and was met with a sonic wave.
Damn, he's stronger than me in every way. Zero stood up again. I won't be defeated like this, everyone's counting on me.
Zero charged at Omega, but Omega brought down his hand on the ground, creating a barrier between them. Zero was knocked back and Omega followed up with three hits from his violet saber.
Zero stood up and again and jumped in the air to try and get an opening, but was stopped by an uppercut from Omega.
Why can't I hit him!? None of my shots are connecting. Omega lands and laughs as Zero tries to get up.
"I'll admit, you have a lot of endurance to still be able to move right now." Zero gets up and Forte starts yelling at him.
"Don't you have any weapons that Omega doesn't have?" Zero shouts back as eh tries to get up.
"I'd like to see you fight him." Zero manages to stand up and realizes something. That's it! I can catch him by surprise if I use the Recoil Rod. Zero jumps up and tries to do the same trick as before.
Omega does another upward slash. This time, Zero uses the Recoil Rod to push Omega's saber out of the way and lift off into the air. He does a downward stab that manages to connect and slashes at Omega three times.
"You'll pay for that!" Omega slams his hand down to the ground, using the barrier again and sending Zero back. "That worked once, but it won't be able to work again."
I thought I had him that time. He's right, that last attack almost destroyed the Recoil Rod. I'm not sure how much longer it'll last.
Zero tries to stand up again, but Omega gets behind him and launches two buster shots followed by a sonic wave. All three attacks managed to connect and Zero was sent flying back.
"This time, it's over." Omega went closer to Zero and raised his blade.
I can't move. Come on, get up. Omega starts to advance forward. GET UP!
Omega goes right beside Zero and prepares to finish him off, at that moment, a huge blue blast sent Omega flying backwards.
"What!? Who dares?" Omega gets up and sees the figure. "Copy X!?" Zero manages to move up.
"X!? What are you doing here?" X lowers his buster to talk to his friend.
"Forte designed this body." Zero and X turned to look at Forte as he stood up.
"You weren't suppose to use it now, it's not finished. Don't blame me if something goes wrong." X raised his buster as Omega stood back up.
"I'll destroy all three of you!" X launched another charged blast and was met with Omega's. X was sent flying back.
He's a lot stronger than I thought. I need to keep fighting. X got up and raised his buster up, but felt Zero's hand on his shoulder.
"X, don't interfere." Zero got out his Z-Saber. "I'll be the one to take him down."
"But…" X was cut off by Zero.
"I'll defeat him no matter what." X looks at Zero and saw there was no way to change his mind.
"Alright, but remember this, he only has your original body. The heart is what really counts and you have that." Zero smiles.
"That's all I needed to hear."
"Enough talk! If you want to die first, then go ahead!" Omega launches his combo at Zero, which was avoided. Zero, still in the air, launches a charged buster shot that connected with Omega followed by a downwards stab.
Zero quickly moved back as Omega slams his hand into the ground, forming the barrier. That was close! I'm getting use to his attacks.
"I've had about enough of you! I'll show you my true power." Omega jumps into the air and spins, sending out energy waves in every direction. He wasn't at full power before!? I can't keep fighting for long.
Omega uses his saber combo and finishes with an upwards slash. Zero was sent back and is now kneeling on the ground.
I need to attack!
"DIE! OMEGA!" Zero launches a charged shot, but Omega just slams his hand into the ground, sending out the barrier again. After the shot disintegrates, Omega slams his hands on the floor again, sending energy waves fanning out and hitting Zero.
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"He can't go on like this! We need to help him." X tries to go down but was stopped by Forte. "Why did you…"
"This fight is Zero's. If you help him, think how it'll make him feel." Forte looked at the battle. "He'll never live down the fact that he wasn't able to defeat Omega, he will truly think of himself as inferior. All we can do now is trust him."
"Forte…" X remembers all the encounters between him and Rockman and realizes he was speaking from experience. I guess he had a good reason to fight Rockman all those times after all.
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I won't give up. I'll keep on fighting for Ciel and everyone at the Resistance. Zero tries to stand up but was knocked down again from one of Omega's buster shots.
"You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Omega prepares to finish Zero off when a voice interrupted him.
"Zeroooo!!" Zero turns his head towards the source of the voice. What the!?
"Ciel, get out of here right now! It's way too dangerous." Upon a closer look, he notices that Alouette was there as well.
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"What!? How did they get there?" Forte and X looked as Omega raised his buster at Ciel and Alouette.
"They must've followed me, we need to help them and fast!"
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"I've had enough of your interruptions. DIE!" Omega fires two blasts, one at Ciel and another at Alouette. Forte and X arrives just in time to take the blunt of the attack.
"All of you just DIE!" Omega prepares to fire again but was hit hard in the back by a charged Z-Saber.
"Did you forget about me?" Ciel threw a sub-tank at Zero.
"Take this! It'll help with your fight." Zero activated the sub-tank and was refreshed to attack again.
"All of you will pay for defying me!" Omega slams his hand on the ground, sending energy waves to fan out again, hitting Zero as the other four teleported away.
Zero stands back up and waits for his chance. Omega jumps and spins with his sword, sending out more energy waves. Zero manages to jump between them and uses his Recoil Rod to push him back.
The force of the attack completely broke the Recoil Rod. Zero follows as Omega was sent flying back and skewers him with the Z-Saber.
Looks like it's finally over. Omega manages to stand up from the attack. "Give it up, Omega, you've already been beat."
"I still have one more attack left." Omega disappears and reappears beside Zero. He continuously slashes at him six times, giving no room for defense.
After the last attack, Omega uses an uppercut to finish the combo.
I can barely stand. This needs to end now! I'm using all my energy in this last attack. "This one will decide the battle." Zero got out his green Z-Saber as Omega got out his violet one.
The two charged at each other, and massive amounts of dust appeared as green met violet.
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"What's happening? I can't see anything." The four watched for any signs as the dust starts to clear.
"I hope Zero is okay." Ciel looked worried trying to find any signs of Zero. A violet saber flew in the air as the dust cleared.
The four of them looked at Omega, who was now kneeling down and an out-of-breath Zero.
"He did it!" Ciel and the others go down to help and congratulate Zero.
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Omega will have one final fight after this, and then MMZ4 will start after a few more chapters for developing character relationships.