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Comments: First off I'd like to thank the readers who have read and reviewed all the other chapters, its because of you I was motivated to continue this story and I want to apologize for taking so long to come to my senses. In particular I'd like to thank Vitold, DarkReader, and AeroPrime. And just a reminder and to those who don't know; this story is told in alternating chapters switching from the Reploids' and the Senshis' point of view For example this chapter tells the Reploids' account of what happened in Tokyo while chapter 4 is the Senshis' POV.
Year:2000
Time: 2:25 pm
"WHAT! You found one of the Mavericks! Are you sure?" Zero yelled a bit to loudly as he recieved stares from a few passersby.
"I can't say for certain......................" X responded keeping his voice low.
"Where did you detect it?"
" While we were running I almost knocked over some blonde haired girl. I felt something was out of whack so I ran a scan on her, she seems to be emitting a high level of some energy I've never seen before."
"Damnit. Well we dont have time to worry about that now. We have about nine minutes before that energy wave rips into this time period."
"One question. Even if we do get there before it hits, what exactly are we going to do to stop it?"
"Honestly I don't think we can. We may have to resort to evacuating the area if we can do even that."
"Are you suggesting we blow our cover?"
"I'm saying we might not have a choice..........."
Year: 2145
Location: Maverick Hunter Tactical Command Base #1, in geosynchronous orbit over Antartica
A massive space station situated high over Earth's atmosphere. It is in this place that all attacks against the Mavericks are coordinated and planned. But now this place has but one sole purpose. To be the only link to the future, as well as the focal point of an operation to save all time itself.
"Commander Cain. Were recieving a transmission from Antartica." A brown reploid operator said to the bearded creator of the entire reploid race.
"What does it say?"
"Its a confirmation code stating that both X and Zero have breached into the past."
"I see. Now is the time to see if the temporal beacon implanted into Zero actually works or if it really is impossible to track a person through time. See if you can't get a fix on there current position"
"Dr. Cain sir. I've just detected an enourmous amount of tachyon radiation and fallout at the same location the transmission was sent from." another operator reported.
"How can that be.............have the sensors detected any life forms in that area?"
"I cannot discern that sir. The radiation is interfering with the transmission."
"Blast it, what happened over there...........Alert Reconasaince Units 1,7, and 8. This is going to take a closer look."
Year: 2000
Time: 2:28 pm
The Hunters in disguise continued to race toward there destination, every second bringing closer certain destruction on an untold scale. They had since entered the heart of Tokyo but still had a ways to go, by this time many people they sped by began to wonder why they were in such a hurry.
"X! Look at the sky! Use your thermal optics!" Zero shouted as they ran.
X looked toward the bright blue expanse using heat sensitive vision. what he saw was a single spot of concentrated heat ever growing in size.
"Its all concentrating in one area! That could very well lessen the damage to this place in a whole!"
"I realize that! But the problem is where that concentration is located above! And thats right over the Tokyo commercial district! Who knows how many people are here at this time of day!"
"Can't anything go right for us just once on this mission!" Thats when X stopped dead in his tracks.
"What is it now?!" Zero asked agitated.
"Man. I'm getting.........two..........three............four high level energy signatures."
"Four? Where?!"
"Almost directly underneath where the wave will hit. Either they don't know its coming, which is highly unlikely, or something else that I haven't come up with yet."
"Damnit." Zero nearly yelled. "This is an opportunity we can't miss. But we can't just let civilians be killed."
"Look Zero, we have to face facts. Our primary mission here is to stop those Mavericks. If we let this chance slip, Light only knows what kind of damage they'll do to the time stream."
Zero could only stand and contemplate the dilema presented to him. Go after the Mavericks and thereby risking the chance of who knows how many civilians to be slaughtered when the wave hit. Or evacuate the civilians, thereby letting the Mavericks run loose to distort the future as they see fit. "Sometimes I hate having to make command desicions."
"Hey I'm just glad its not me.........."
"Alright. Just maybe it can work both ways. If we can start a big enough commotion maybe they'll retreat the area themselves. Either way we'll have to blow our cover."
There once human forms began to glow a bright white, immediately catching the attention of everyone nearby many of whom were already beginning to flee. The energy dissipated and they were once again in there full reploid forms. Zero looked to his wrist and brought up a 3-D hologram of the increasing energy build-up.
"We have exactly fifteen minutes before it reaches threshold. We are getting our butts in gear and this time NO stopping."
"Alright. Theres alot of high story structures in this area, I suggest we take point on one of them to getter scope of the area. We can pinpoint the Maverick's exact location that way."
Year: 2145
"Commander Cain. We have a sit-rep from Recon team #7 sir." A green reploid confirmed.
"Report."
"Neither they nor I can really make sense of it sir, but........." the operator hesitated.
"Well don't leave me in suspense." Cain urged him
"It appears a large portion of the Enderby area of Antartica has been completely wiped out."
"WHAT?!"
"My thoughts exactly sir. They weren't able to confirm whether our troops survived or not due to the high levels of tachyon radiation, but they assume that nothing survived. Save for the few that made to the past."
"This has gone far beyond our estimated projections." Cain then cursed under his breath. "Have you got a lock on Zero's position?"
"Not as of yet sir. Theres an unusually high amount of interference which, if I may speak freely, is completely screwing with the signal......." a yellow reploid reported.
"High amount of interference...........what could possibly be causing that. Hmmmmm, perhaps the tachyon radiation could be having an affect........But I doubt it would be this severe......." Cain spoke to himself. "It appears for now, we can only wait."
Year:2000
2:38 pm
"There they are. You can pick them up on long-range." X commented. They had since taken perch on a ten-story office building giving them a view of a good portion of the area.
"Damn. The energy there giving off is through the roof. No doubt about it, they're the Mavericks were looking for. Now we end this little game." Zero confirmed.
"Whoa. Not so fast. It seems we've lost our element of surprise. Have a look.........."
Zero zoomed in with long-range. Only to find, to his immediate suprise, the group of four young women looking right back at them! "Well then. Frontal assault it is......"
"Hehe. Bring it on......." X agreed.
They both left off the building without thinking about it, they used they booster jets in there feet to slow there descent. They made there way toward there targets, all the while civilians were immediately vacating the vicinity.
"Your right. We can get these people out of here and get rid of the Mavericks all at once." X whispered to Zero.
Suddenly there vision was overwhelmed when all four women suddenly exploded into masses of energy and multi-colored light. When that passed they were each wearing costumes reminiscent of Navy uniforms. Both of the reploids stopped and could only stare in disbelief at the sheer gaudiness of there costumes.
"What the hell kind of armor is that? Thats no where near standard issue Maverick armor." X commented to Zero.
"Don't underestimate them. They are new models so we don't understand there defensive capabilities." Zero warned.
"Right." X armed his buster cannon and pointed straight toward the renegade reploids.
"Were only going to say this once, you are to disarm your weapons and power down. If you resist you will be destroyed." Zero yelled the traditional options.
Of course at this point there would usually be an exchange of curses and unpleasantries, but instead these particular opponents were content to converse amongst themselves. Suddenly a beeping sound began to emmit from Zero's wrist that immediately gained his attention.
"Great. We've nearly run out of time. This area going to be dust in five minutes." Zero indicated the sky.
"Well at least casualties will be minimum. Hopefully just the Mavs."
"Enough talk." Zero charged instantly making a beeline toward the one in yellow and black who appeared to be the leader. They all scattered into different directions, Zero still kept his eyes on the target who attempted to avoid him. He activated his saber and began to press the attack, this woman however was somewhat fast as managed to evade all his attempts to end the fight quickly. "Impressive. They upped there speed a bit........."
X seemed to be having a bit more trouble considering he was now being triple-teamed. He managed to narrowly avoid a bolt of purple energy fired by the taller of the three, then countered with several rapid shots of plasma. One of them was tagged in the explosion, which for some reason seemed to surprise the one in green. It was almost like she had never seen a buster cannon before, which seems unlikely because she was most likely programmed with intricate knowledge on Hunter issue weaponary before being sent back.
"Oh CRAP!!!" X snapped back to the matter at hand just in time to see the one dressed in purple dropping right toward him, that bladed weapon of her's ready to slice him clean in half. He jumped back immediately but that wasn't enough as the blade just barely grazed his armor sending sparks flying everywhere. She was relentless as she continued to attack, if X was human he would have tired out long ago. It was taking all the speed he could muster to avoid her assault.
"DEEP SUBMERGE!!!" he heard someone yell out.
"What the......" he said in shock as the girl suddenly broke off her attack, he didn't have time to take advantage as a now green bolt of power slammed into him and sent him flying into a nearby shop, which was thankfully devoid of people. "Damnit. What the hell did she hit me with. Scan Mode." his eyes glazed red as high-res scanners gave him a readout of the residual energy left by the blast. "Hmmmmm, a signature I've never seen before. And I don't see any kind of external power source. Can she possibly be generating it naturally? Impossible."
"It seems your partner is having some trouble." Zero looked back to his opponent. She was smiling like any other arrogant Mav general.
"You new models are overconfident. You should be more worried about yourself."
"What do you mean new models?" Obviously she was trying to goad him. It was working
"They even gave you a smart mouth. Why they thought that would be useful is beyond me." Zero rushed at her again, this time attempting to separate her head from the rest of her body. Again her speed amazed him as he only managed to chop a lamppost in half. Then to his greater surprise a sword suddenly appeared in her hand out of nowhere! "This is getting better by the minute.........."
X began strafing the area with rapid-fire shots hoping to keep the Mav's off balance and better formulate a strategy. "They really went all out with these new ones. They seem to possess abilities I've never seen in other Mavericks. Of course I question there choice in combat armor." Before he could think of anything else he noticed there was a deathly silence.
"WARNING. HIGH ENERGY BUILD-UP DETECTED!"his onboard warning system blared into his ear. He followed instinct and leapt for higher ground immediately, he looked down while in mid-jump to see the area he was just standing explode into nothing.
"WHAT WAS THAT!!!!" X found himself gasping. With the help of boosters he found himself on a three story structure, his three opponents apparently waiting for the smoke to clear to see if he survived. He fired a blast at the turqoise Maverick who appeared to be leading the other two, she was disabled by the explosion but that only meant it was a two on one battle.
Zero and the Mav leader broke there clash, Zero took the moment to assess his options.
"Neptune are you okay!!" she was distracted, and Zero took his chance to end the fight.
"Next pay more ATTENTION!!!" he launched into the air and started to come down, she finally looked up and he could see the look of shock on her face. The saber came down, Zero expected to hear the normal sound of metal and wire grinding and melting apart, but instead he felt the saber go through all too easily. "What?"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed louder than he anything he heard come out of a Maverick. Thats when a noticed a red liquid pouring out of the stump.
"Red..........oh no. Bio-Scan........." it was several seconds before the scan completed and the horrid truth was revealed to Zero, his eyes went wide as he realized there mistake. "X! SHE'S HUMAN!!" he yelled to his partner.
"WARNING. HIGH ENERGY BUILD-UP DETECTED!" Zero turned to see a literal wall of green energy bearing down upon him, hit smashed into him full force and was sent flying through the air for what seemed to be a a clear mile. He skidded to a hlat as a hit the ground.
"ZERO!!" X was immediately next to him as he fought to keep his systems online. "This is getting completely out of control, we have to withdraw for now and you know it!"
Zero was in no shape to protest whatsoever. "Short-Range jump. Lock-on to homing beacon." Zero seemed to talk to himself. Both X and Zero were enveloped and then turned into masses of light and launched off into the sky.....
Time: 3:17 pm.
"This a Channel 13 News Special Report. At exactly 2:45 pm this afternoon a mysterious and violent explosion shook the center of Tokyo. Authorities are still unsure as to the origin of the blast but terrorism still has not been ruled out. Several known terrorist organizations have taken credit for the explosion. Currently emergency personnel have been working around the clock to evacuate the surrounding area and rescue efforts for survivors has already begun. Please be advised that area is now officially off-limits to all residence and all traffic has been redirected away from the area. This is Sarah Tachikawa for Channel 13 News."
To Be Continued