As the mysterious mobile suit blasted over the ocean, the water seemed to part, it was apparently moving very fast. X readied himself in HeavyArms. Duo braced himself as he got DeathScythe into a stance where he could attack quickly with his scythe. Zero smirked as he stood there in SandRock, not even flinching as he raised the sickles into a offensive position.
The gundam came closer and closer as it moved upwards suddenly, flipping in the air as it moved infront of the sun so the pilots could not see who or what it was, as it flipped over the pilots it landed on the coast. X almost had a heartattack, that is if he was human, he and Zero were absolutely shocked at the massive purple gundam.
X - "Vile!!!"
Yes, Vile had returned, Apparently the mavericks had obtained the technology of the gundam, after sigma was 'killed' and it perked his intrests. There would be no turning back now, the three warriors would have to defend Earth, no the Universe from this horrible new menace. As X shouted out the comm channel opened up on all the pilot's screen, It was Vile, and he was piloting a mobile suit designed just like him.
Vile - "Long time no see, X. How do you like the new weaponry? Ha Ha Ha...I wish I could see the expression on your face before I kill you with my new toy."
Duo - "I don't think so."
Vile - "Boy, You don't stand a chance."
Vile cut off the comm channel as he pulled out one of the infamous energy sabres, he rushed towards X. X's eyes widened as he saw Vile's massive offensive capabilities and agility, X barely had enough time to lift HeavyArm's shield, the energy blade slamming into it viciously. X was in no condition to retaliate, he could barely hold Vile off of him. Zero rushed in with SandRock as he slammed one of the sickles downwards towards the energy blade, Vile didn't expect Zero to act so soon and didn't dodge, the sickle slammed into the hilt of the energy blade as it burst. Vile smashed his left fist into HeavyArm's shield as it dented it and sent HeavyArms flying backwards, at this time Vile also kicked to his right as he smashed SandRock in the leg and it went tumbling backwards. Duo saw this and was already rushing forwards with DeathScythe, DeathScythe brought it's massive scythe up into the air, twirling it lightly he came down with it towards Vile's head. Vile smirked in the cockpit as he turned, bringing up his shield as he deflected DeathScythe's attack and leapt into the air, hurdling over DeathScythe as he aimed his cannon at the now fallen SandRock. He laughed lightly as he fired off a energy blast towards SandRock. The energy blast cut through the air quickly, gaining alot of speed as it headed to destroy SandRock in one single blow. A brilliant flash of green metal and firery purple sparks blasted into the air, It was Wu-Fei in Altron as he was standing infront of SandRock with his shield. Vile cursed to himself as these pilots kept swarming like insects and wouldn't die. He then aimed his cannon at the now almost recovered HeavyArms as he fired off a blast of purple energy. This energy was cut off also as DeathScythe came before it, his black shield smoking lightly from the blast, at this all four pilots rushed Vile, DeathScythe raised his scythe and came down in a vertical slash towards Vile, Altron rushed at Vile with it's energy blade and attempted a horizontal slash towards Vile's torso. SandRock rushed at him also, raising it's sickles and coming down towards him in a cross-slash pattern. HeavyArms stood back at a distance as it fired off a few rounds of ammo at him.
Vile was in quite a pincer attack now, he moved backwards as DeathScythe's scythe barely missed him, the horizontal slash from Altron was almost immediately after that, he then executed a back flip, something that was rather unique to gundams, as he turned he saw the sickles coming down towards him. He reaches up as he grabbed the sickles, the sickles cutting part of his hands as the ammo from HeavyArms slammed into him and sent him flying through the air, Vile slammed into the ground but was now screwed. DeathScythe and Altron were already upon him. DeathScythe raised his scythe as he brought it down into Vile's mid-section, Altron brought his energy sabre down as he severed Vile's head. The victory was the gundam pilots, but to their suprise it wasn't a complete victory. The cockpit doors to Vile's gundam blasted open as a beam of purple energy blasted out of it and Vile was gone. They all backed up as Vile's gundam burst into a brilliant ball of flames.
Wu-Fei - "Damn! What was that!"
X - "No! He escaped! He teleported back to Sigma's headquarters!"
Zero - "Let's follow him!"
Duo - "No, I have something special for you two, Let's return to Quatre's residence. Wu-Fei, Are you coming?"
Wu-Fei - "No."
Duo - "Alright. X, Zero, Hurry!"
Wu-Fei then blasted away from the others, heading back to his home in Altron as Duo, X, And Zero went back towards Quatre's residence, They soon reached it as they went into the gundam bay this time, DeathScythe, HeavyArms, and SandRock were then docked. Duo, X, and Zero got out and Quatre waved, Trowa simply nodded.
Duo - "Quatre..."
Quatre - "Yeah Duo?"
Duo - "Remember those two gundams I had you build?"
Quatre - "You mean Model X, and Model Type Zero?"
Duo - "Yeah."
Quatre - "Sure, but we can't pilot them since we can't uplink with the computer."
Duo - "Exactly, Didn't you notice these two look just like those gundams?"
Quatre - "Well...They do...You mean! You wanted these built incase you ever met up with them again!?"
Duo - "Yeah."
Zero - "Alright!"
X - "Hurry, We have to follow Vile!"
Quatre - "Vile?"
X explained to Quatre and Trowa all about the mavericks and about the gundam Vile had, and about their battle with him, and the great need to persue him as soon as possible, Quatre agreed as he led Zero and X to the special storage area where he kept the two un-operatable suits. X and Zero climbed in the suit that looked like them as they up-linked with the computer, having completely free movement with the gundams. X, Zero, HeavyArms, SandRock, and DeathScythe then exited Quatre's gundam bay, after being repaired and re-loaded with ammo, which took a few hours. As they exited X tried to track Vile's location but was unable to do it.
They then floated over the middle of the water, slightly off-shore of Japan again. X then opened the comm channel to everyone again.
X - "Alright, Vile may strike again, We need to track him and destroy Sigma's base this time! With all five of use we can surely do it!"
Zero - "Right. This takes top-priority over those mobile dolls if they send more, these pilots are more skilled than anyone you will ever imagine."
Quatre - "Oh my...I guess they are better than us?"
Duo - "DUH! It only took four of us to destroy one. They are tough but we can beat them."
Trowa - "............."
Quatre - "Ok...Well let's all be careful."
Zero - "Careful!? If your too damn careful you'll die because your more worried about your back than destroying your opponent. Offense is better than defense. But we should be a little careful, not as much as Quatre want us to though."
Trowa - "Safety is a good precaution, But attacking may require rash moves at times...."
X - "Yeah, Whatever. Let's just all live and beat the crap out of Sigma and Vile!"
Duo - "That's the spirit X! Now all we do is wait..."
They then docked on shore as they awaited another attack from one of the mavericks, nothing for hours, Duo and Quatre were on the verge of falling asleep as they sat there. They called X and Zero and said it was enough for today, Duo and Quatre returned to Quatre's home, and dragged Trowa along and went to sleep. X and Zero remained guard as they wanted to be ready for the mavericks attacks, not requiring sleep, they stood there, not moving as they awaited any sign of combat. Then all of a sudden, about two hours after Duo and the rest had left, they saw sparks flying in the air in the distance, They blasted into the air and flew towards the sparks. As they came in range, they saw that it was Altron! He was fighting against Sigma!! They swooped in after Sigma as he saw them, Altron was barely holding him off as he lunged forward with his dragon, missing as Sigma side-stepped.
X - "Pilot Wu-Fei! Let us handle this!"
Wu-Fei - "No way! I am not a coward, I will not run from battle!"
Zero - "Fine, then stay out of our way!"
X rushed forward as he brought his left arm up towards Sigma, attempting to uppercut him as Sigma backed up and kneed X and sent him spiraling backwards, slamming onto the ground. Zero rushed in, with his massive Beam Sabre, raising it to a slashing position he rushed Sigma very quickly, being faster and more agile than X's gundam he slashed at Sigma, Sigma saw this and backed up slightly, not far enough though as it nipped his right hand, sending it flying off as he growled a bit over the comm channel.
The voice from Sigma's gundam spoke, but it wasn't Sigma, they couldn't make out who it was or what it was at that.
??? - "X! Zero! Traitors! You dare attack me!"
X - "Your trying to destroy this planet! We have to stop you!"
??? - "Not the planet! All humans must die!"
Zero - "Bullshit! Time to finish this!"
Wu-Fei - "I'm taking you out!"
Wu-Fei rushed in with his energy sabre. He slashed at Sigma's chest as Sigma leapt into the air, avoiding the attack as he slammed his foot back and knocked Altron down onto it's Knee's. This pissed off X and Zero as Zero rushed in and slashed at Sigma, Sigma automatically jumped out of the way over Zero, But X was anticipating this, He aimed his new X-Buster at Sigma and fired off a large wave of energy as it connected with Sigma perfectly, no visible damage had been done, but Sigma stood there, motionless, The cockpit doors burst open as a black shadowy figure leapt from it to the ground and began to dash across the ground where it leapt into the air and teleported out in a dark grey flash of light.
X - "Damn...We missed him again!"
Wu-Fei - "Grrr..The coward!"
Zero - "Wu-Fei! Radio Duo, and the others! We're heading after him!"
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