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"Oh, no! The Sigma Virus has been leaking out..." Zero clenched his fist.
"Covered the earth by now," X grimed, "All of the Reploids are getting severely damage!"
"Sigma! He lost to us on purpose... We have to evacuate immediately!" Zero said.
"Th... s... Hunter... ase... This is Hunter Base. Do you read me? Are you all right? Any damages?" Alia said via com-link.
"Are you all right? X! Zero! The entire earth has been thrown into a panic because of the Sigma Virus. Its dangerous to stay here. Report back to base!" Signals ordered through the link.
Zero, "Darn it! Sigma! You will pay for this!"
Three days later
Maverick Hunter HQ
Commanded Center
Signals have briefed to X, Zero, Alia and Douglas about the good news. The good news is that the Civil Defense Forces, supported by the Seventh Air Cavalry Unit and the Skiver Unit, have contained and pushed back the virus in the evacuated city. They have activated the giant dome-like force field covering the whole city, trapping the virus inside. Research has been underway to neutralize the virus, that has been leaked, with steady progress thanks to Life Saver and Doctor Eloy, a gifted human researcher of robotics that once been a target of Mavericks.
"Even if we fight what good will it do? A battle won't solve the problem." X said.
Signals had pondered for a moment, with regards to Doctor Eloy's new findings, before speaking, "The situation is far worse than expected. Sigma's explosion had spread the virus all over the earth, dispute our best efforts to contain it. Its affecting both people and Repliods. What's worse, the Space Colony, Eurasia is heading straight towards us. At this rate its going to crash into the earth... in 16 hours. Everything including Repliods and the entire human race will be... annihilated..."
"We have no choice... for the sake of the world, we must destroy the Colony!" Alia brought up a greens screen of a schematics of a laser gun, "But the only weapon we have in the Hunter Base is... the Enigma... and it's very old. We also have a space shuttle. But its been affected by the Virus, and the Auto-Pilot functions doesn't work... So we need someone to fly it to the Colony and let it collide... I'm almost certain death, but we have no other choice."
Signals nodded in agreement to Alia, he then turned his attention to Douglas, "How's the condition of the Enigma?"
Douglas jumped out of his internet surfing, "Oh, um! Far from perfect... In order to use the Enigma, we need to build it up with some devices. The Enigma doesn't work as is."
Signals nodded to Douglas before turning his attention the rest, "Under the influence of the Sigma Virus, a lot of Maverick Hunters have become Mavericks and aside from our Seventh Air Cavalry only few Hunters remain normal. Let's join forces with the rest of our brothers and complete the Enigma!"
"Yes, sir!" Everyone in the Command center saluted.
Secret Hideout
Dynamo waited outside the ghetto for Prince and his cute sister Natalia though he had other things to worry about. He admittedly dismissed such notions of some fair-weathered girl bot be capable of resisting the virus from the start. It's interesting to see the lengths Master Sigma will go to get under Zero's gears he suppose. Apparently, not all Reploids and Humans were affected by the Virus so what is Sigma's plan for the brat exactly?
With a chuckle, "Looks like some Reploids are just born lucky to become bait," Dynamo rubbed his chin while in thought.
"This place is a dump!" Natalia and her brother, Prince, had walked up to the lone Maverick.
Dynamo, "Ah, if it isn't the lovely Natalia and the Noble Prince," he smirked.
"Save it," The Blond Maverick Girl shot a glare, "It better be important to be dragging us here! I do not want to be in another fetch-quest!"
Prince, "I think my sister meant, she's happy to see you."
Dynamo continued smirking, "I've got some news for you both; the Hunters have made their move and you know what that means."
"What, are you kidding me? Did you bring us here for that? No way, I'm out," Natalia said flatly.
"Be my guess but... Sigma's orders."
Natalia grunted, "Fine I'll go along with it and watch your Frankenstein Project," she then smirked, "If the idiot wakes up can I make her my punching bag?"
"Only her body and soul will be brought back but wear not waking her up, and if you lay a hand on that little woman's head then Zero will probably rip you apart with his bare hands," Dynamo laughed, "But yes by all means!"
Natalia stammered, "I-I was being sarcastic!" her bother laughed as well.
"So in other words, as expected, Iris will become sleeping beauty," Prince thought aloud.
"Bingo!" Dynamo signaled Prince and Natalia to follow him inside.
Maverick Hunter HQ
Command Center
Top leaders, including Captain Russ of the Unicorn Squad & Seventh Air Calvary, has been sent to the Command Center for a Maverick briefing. She along with her comrades have saluted Commander Signals.
"At ease," Signals said, "We only have 16 hours left before the collision! We have to upgrade the Enigma before then. There are four Mavericks that have the devices required to enhance the Enigma."
Alia bought up a screen of Crescent Grizzly's face.
"Crescent Grizzly, a weapon broker. He has a Crystal Ball."
Then another screen that showed-
"Tidal Whale, he lives in the ocean. We will have access to HYDROGEN if we secure the ocean."
Then the next-
"Volt Kraken, an Ex-Mavericks Hunter. He has an ENERGY CART."
Three boxes in the screen from the left have filled up, showing the last Maverick.
"Shinning FireFly, a Doctor of Engineering. He has the Laser Device."
"So one of us has to take down these Mavericks and get those devices? Sounds simple enough," Russ thought as she stood attention along with the other Hunter Leaders, including X and Zero.
Signals took one look at Captain Russ before he continued, "There are four other Mavericks but these four Mavericks are the only once who have the device to upgrade the Enigma."
The four more boxes of in the right showed the image profile of each Mavericks. Russ's eyes widen as she became shocked beyond belief when she saw two Mavericks that she recognized.
"Burn Dinorex, Spiral Pegasus? N-No it can't be! They wouldn't, this is got to be a mistake!" The Platinum Blond braided Ponytailed female Reploid scream in her thought. Her legs felt like there about to give way but she tried her best to mask her feelings of the issue.
"X, Zero... You are the only Mavericks Hunters that can match these Mavericks. Split up so you can gather the devices!"
"Yes, sir," Both X and Zero saluted before heading out on the mission. X wanted to check up on the former Repliforce Captain but sadly the mission had to come first.
The rest has been giving assignments and left the room, Russ became the last.
"Russ," Signals asked.
"Sir!"
"At eased," Signals said, "Meet me at my office for a special briefing, there is a lot that needs to explain."
"Y-yes commander," Russ wanted to know what's going on with two of her former comrades. Why did they become Mavericks? Burn Dinorex had always been a loose cannon and a gambler but he wouldn't betray her like this and Spiral Pegasus, he was nothing but a loyal and good friend.
Signals Office
"Permission to speak Commander?" Russ asked as they entered the room.
"Permission granted."
"I think... the RRC has it wrong about Spiral Pegasus and Burn Dinorex. I may not have directly worked with them during my service at Repliforce but they are my comrades."
"I understand your concern, but that's not as simple as it seems right now," Signals garbed the remote from his desk and press the button to turn down the blinders from outside.
The young female Reploid lowered her head as she continued, "I was under hiding after Storm Owl & Slash Best branded me a traitor. Spiral Pegasus and Burn Dinorex defected and took me and my squad in. We swore an oath pick up the pieces for General and Colonel, to make up for the mistakes we made by listening to Sigma... I can count the days that I've worked with them as their Remnant Administrator... they butt heads all the time but... we never break our oath."
The Commander turned around to face his subordinate, he can read her expression, "I know that look."
"I know they mean well to you, there's not much left of Repliforce... My profession is not to tell the bad news but I do care about the well bean of our Hunters."
"Then why?" Russ at a loss, "Why would they turn Maverick after everything we build? Please, Commander, I have to know."
"Right," Signals pushed the button to activate the desk holo screen in the room, "The RRC has branded Burn Dinorex a Maverick after he showed open violence in North Africa."
Russ eyes widen when she saw the video of Burn Dinorex burning down a village with his fire breath and smashed down police cars and Reploids. She clenched her fist, "Sigma, is he behind this?"
"We don't have the confirm information it at this time," Signals said, "But his Unit members have all been effected by the Sigma Virus somehow."
"Darn it, Rex! What were you thinking!? If you're truly pulled a Dragoon then so help me..." Russ clenched her fist.
"As for Spiral Pegasus, he had filed that he may be effected by the Sigma Virus Yesterday."
"Knowing him he's not willing to take any chances," Russ grimed aloud, "With the Virus spreading everywhere..."
"The RRC had varied Spiral Pegasus condition which confirms it. He had remained inside the Repliforce Air Hanger for three days after the fact."
"That was after we... contain the Virus in the city..." Russ relaxed her hand.
"I should bring up your next assignment," Signals has brought up a huge refugee camp next to the Repliforce Air Force base, "There is a large number of refugees, both Human and Reploids under threat of Maverick attacks. The rest of the Skiver Unit has acted as their protector but most of them are ether disserted or KIA."
"So you want us to take over?" Russ asked.
Signals nodded, "As soon as possible. Thankfully Skiver has set up Life Saver's Antiviral Deflector Shield around the camp. It may not keep the Mavericks from entering but it can flush out the Sigma Virus from inside the dome. Alia will brief you on more of the details."
Russ stood in attention and saluted, "Yes, sir!" she turned on her heel and left the room.
Signals turned off the holo screen and open the blinders after she was gone. He sat down on the chair for a minute after he took on glace at the photo on his desk. It's a pitcher of him and Colonel during his time at a UN Peace Summit before he was assigned to be a commander of Maverick Hunters. He remembered seeing his old friend's sister for the first time she entered the main hall of Maverick Hunters and how she meant Zero for the first time. He had promised Colonel that he would take care of her but he failed them both.
Thinking of Iris, Signals can tell what's on Zero's mind. X and Alia had expressed the same concerns they have with their friend, Zero had found his true love and now he may never get it back. It's going to take a while for Zero to fully get over Iris but with the Sigma Virus running lose...
~Bing~ "Sir, Doctor Eloy is on the line," Alia said through the coms, "It seems she has some news about some vaccine and... well."
"Thank you Alia, I'll take it from here," Signals said. It sounded urgent even for Doctor Eloy. He wondered if the female human doctor had uncovered something about the Virus. At least there is hope in these dark times.