Chapter 2 - Plans Revealed

X and Zero landed on a rooftop, about 100 feet above the Center of the city, Zero walked to the
edge and looked down, in the distance, he could see Vile standing, holiding someone by their
collar.
Zero pulled out some binoculars and looked down, the man was the Mayor of the city.
Down in the centre, Vile spoke to the mayor.
"Not long now Mayor, no doubt your city has allready called in X and Zero for help, but they
don't expect to see me, and when they get here, they will pay".
X and Zero began to glow, charging up their blasters, then they dived from the top of the
building and fired, teo huge shots of energy blaster Vile away from the Mayor.
"Ah, X, Zero, you're here, I've been waiting"
X raised his cannon and activated his flamethrower.
"Please X, don't even try it, I've allready anticipated your every move".
Zero turned to X, "he's right, look around you.
X looked aorund, to see Reploids standing on buildings all around the centre, X lowered his
flamethrower.
"Thats right X, now there are more pressing matters at hand"
"Why are you here Vile, who rebuilt you"
"Now, wouldn't it ruin the fun if i told you, would it" mocked Vile
"We've taken you out before", said X, "and we can just as easily do it again"
"Yes X, you can, but it's not me that you must fear"
Vile raised his cannon and pointed at Zero, firing a green mist at him, the mist sunk in to his
skin, and in to his armour.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING VILE, WHAT IS THAT"
The sigma virus X, Zero is going to become the next Sigma.
"WHAT"
Well, Zero managed to defeat the Sigma Virus last time X, and he is the strongest reploid alive,
once Sigma was defeated, it was clear that we would have to destroy you, and the only figter
on the plantet with the strength to stop you, is Zero. Once he has crossed over to the evil side
we will be bale to enhance him, and make him stronger than ever.
He will take you out
Zero began to change, his eyes boiled with rage, going red, burining, evil, reday to kill.
With his last ounce of good, Zero managed to splutter out some words.
"X...Hide...Get out...of...here....or I'll...desroy...you"
X looked at Zero
"NOW X, get out of here"
X activated his teleporter, and blasted in to the air, but where to go.
"I'll go to Dr.Lights old lab, I can hide there for days mabye I'll find a way to stop Zero"
X thought to himself for a moment,
"I never thought I'd say those words, stop Zero, I thought Zero and I would be together forever,
and now what, I'll have to find a way to stop the virus, I can't kill Zero, I don't have the
heart to do it"
X landed in Light's lab and took off his helmet.
"If I'm going to defeat Zero, I have to become stronger than ever"
For two days X worked on his suit, adding new wepon systems, enhancing it, so that it could
accomodate all 24 of his special weapon chips.
He put o his helmet and strapped it on, suddenly a familliar image was projected from X's helmet
a hologram of Dr. Light stood before X.
"Dr. Light", X whispered to himself.
"X, if you are hearing this message, it means that MegaMan Zero's signal has dissapeared, this
is what we feared from the start"
X stared at the hologram trying to take in everything Dr. Light was saying.
"We knew that when sigma was defeated it would not be the end of his terror, but we knew that you
and Zero possesed the potential to finish him off. We also knew that when sigma could not become
any stronger, he would try and take the body of Zero, that is the danger we faced from the start
by creating such a powerfull fighter.
"No..way", said X.
"This is your purpose in life X, you were made, only to destroy Zero, I know you never wanted
to hear that X, I know that you and Zero developed a deep friendship, but this is your purpose
you can't run away from it, you have to make this impossible decision X, and you have to make
the right choice, the fate of the planet rests in your hands.
As the hologram faded away, X fell to the floor, thinking of the terrible prophecy made by Dr.
Light, but could Zero really face his best friend, in this discovery, knowing that since his
creation, his only purpose in life was to destroy the olny person he held dear to him.
Zero stood up.
"It's my job, I'm a mega man, an instrument of war, a killing machine, and this has to be done"
Strapping the helmet back to his head, X scanned for Vile's energy signature, and then took
off, preparing to continue in the eternal stuggle against Sigma,