X and Zero stepped out of their portal into a scene straight from hell.
Reploid parts were strewn up the hallway and throughout the rooms as X and Zero ran down the hallway towards Signas' office...opening the door quickly...just in time.
*
"What are you doing Sigma!?" Signas asked as Sigma held him high in the air with one strong hand.
Sigma chuckled lightly...and then heard the door open..turning he saw two figures he never thought he would again.
"X! Zero!" He cried in surprise.
Zero unsheathed his sabre as X charged his buster, aimed at Sigma.
"Don't move scumbag..." X said quietly.
Sigma cursed silently to himself.
~Damn...I didn't get quite enough time...no matter...~
Sigma threw signas towards X and Zero knocking them off balance as he crashed through the window, the splinters of glass raining onto the dry floor as he landed on one knee and took off running, yelling back to the HQ his final set of orders.
"Omega Team...execute orders 1-5-6-3-4!" Sigma finally said as he split off into the horizon.
Signas groaned lightly.
"X...the...omega team...they're...so powerful..." Signas finally said before going limp in his arms.
"X?" Zero said in a panic.
"Don't worry Zero, he just passed out...we should take care of that Omega team though...before they cause any more damage..."
Zero nodded silently as they both leapt out the window that Sigma escaped from and landed on one knee, turning they met 4 warriors...1 of whom they knew all too well...
*
GGM charged at Alpha Zero...enraged at his display of knocking his brothers aside like rag dolls he spun quickly, slashing at Alpha's neck followed by a low punch towards Alpha Zero's gut with his right fist.
Alpha Zero brought up his sabre to block the slash with his left hand and brought his own right hand to capture the thrown punch...the two locked in that hold for a good 15 seconds before Alpha Zero kicked off of GGM's middle into a backflip out of it, pushing off of his left foot into a shoulder-rush at GGM, connecting and sending GGM flying backwards.
Suddenly a foot came from the left and sent Alpha Zero flying. It was DarkMan.
GGM looked up and smiled, giving him a thumbs up.
"Thanks Dark!"
DarkMan smiled, but the happiness didn't last for long as Alpha jumped up, angrier than ever, and threw down his sabre, his fists igniting in a black fire.
"No more games!" Alpha shouted as he charged towards DarkMan, uppercutting him he sent him flying straight up into the air, and as DarkMan came down Alpha jumped and spun, his foot connecting with DarkMan's middle, the punishing crack heard across the field as DarkMan slammed against the flat of a huge rock.
As Alpha looked to where DarkMan had landed he heard the feet running behind him again and ducked, GGM sailing overhead and stopping a few feet in front of him, pivoting quickly and launching himself at Alpha again, sabre extended...
*
"Vile!" X and Zero shouted together as Vile stepped out of the darkness with 3 other new mavericks.
"Who are these new clowns Vile?" Zero asked with a scowl.
"These..clowns...are the ones who will finally destroy you." Vile said with a smile.
Zero snickered.
"You said that a million times before...what makes these buffoons any better?"
Vile stepped back as the three Mavericks came into the light...Zero and X gasped.
There before them stood MegaMan, ProtoMan and Bass.
"How...how is this possible?" X stuttered.
Vile chuckled.
"While we were back in time we had set up a direct link from the past to the new machine that Sigma had created. It allowed the machine to create reploids in mere hours from basic layouts and plans that we sent to it. Hence when we went to wily we asked for all the data on Megaman Protoman and Bass and sent it to our machine. Thus creating these perfect clones of the heroes of old..."
Vile laughed again.
"It's just too perfect! Now you'll meet your end at the hands of the very ones you killed in the past!"
The three reploids stood ready, their eyes gleaming red.
GGM and Zero stood across from each other, staring each other down across the dusty, jagged battlefield. A small gust creating clouds of dirt that crawled along the floor as the two warriors stood silently, calmly, each waiting for the others move.
GGM moved first...going into a full sprint he rolled foward and pushed off of his feet straight up into a ferocious uppercut.
Alpha Zero was punched right under the chin and went flying high into the air, GGM took aim and was ready to fire when suddenly a blast of plasma came down from Zero.
QuickMan and ElecMan took target, but Alpha had noticed and shaking his head he backflipped and landed roughly, turning to quick and ElecMan he unsheathed his sabre ready to slice through the both of them.
*
X and Zero stared down the three horribly similar reploids.
"I can't believe it...they look so similar!" X said slowly..still not able to believe it.
Vile laughed and stepped back into the shadows after giving one last command.
"Destroy them!"
The Omega team smirked as their eyes glowed red...X and Zero unsheathing their sabres.
"X...can we really do this? Can we really kill these heroes twice?" Zero asked, slightly worried.
X snarled.
"These aren't the heroes we met back then...these are Mavericks just like any other maverick, and they'll be dealt as such!"
X leaped towards Omegaman and slashed at his chest quickly.
Omegaman leapt back and held out his buster, straight at X's head while Omega Proto and Omega Bass both ran towards Zero at top speed.
Omegaman fired and X spun out of the way, slicing the plasma blast in half before firing his own blast at Omega Megaman.
~Damn...this is going to be harder than I thought...~
*
Zero saw Omega Proto and Bass running and growled slightly, Proto firing a blast at him while bass leapt into the air and came rocketing down in a powerful downward kick.
Zero rolled out of the way of the blast as Bass' powerful kick put a hole in the ground about 3 feet deep. Zero fired a blast at both Omega Proto and Bass and then followed up by rolling forward and jumping, spinning around sending waves of energy down onto them from his sabre.
Bass and Proto dashed off in opposite directions.
~Damn!~ He thought as they leapt up towards him and each brought their knees into his stomach and, as if controlled by a single being, slammed the back of his neck with both fists simultaneously as Zero plummeted into the ground.
*
X heard a crash nearby as Omegaman dodged his blast...running towards him with gleaming red eyes Megaman smiled and threw his fist forward, punching X in the face he sent him reeling backwards, dropping his sabre as Omegaman continued to pursue him, going into a slide to try and kick X while he was down.
X saw Omegaman coming and rolled back quickly, pushing off one hand into a handspring he landed on one knee and charged at Omegaman head first and slammed him in the face...holding out his hands he used Omegaman's shoulders as supports for a frontflip over Omegaman to get behind him and throw a devastating kick to Omegaman's back, sending him rolling fowards sloppily.
*
Zero grimaced and looked up, seeing that Omega Proto and Bass were charging up their weapons he leapt out of the way as quickly as he could before the two searing blasts tore into the hole he was lying in seconds before.
The blast threw Zero forward as he rolled and leapt into the air, turning he closed his eyes and called forward his Raijigenki attack...his sword growing longer and becoming like a long bolt of lightning as he struck towards Omega Proto and Omega Bass, striking both of them causing to backflip and fall to the ground sloppily...Omega Proto popping a joint on his leg out of place.
*
X watched omegaman roll forward and turn, grimacing.
~That last one hurt...I can tell...~ X smiled lightly
X ran and picked up his sabre again and threw it at Omegaman like a throwing knife...a really big throwing knife.
Omegaman sidestepped quickly and grabbed the hilt in mid air, throwing it back to X with 10 times as much force and speed.
X tried to dodge it but it tore through his upper left arm, almost removing it completely as he howled in pain.
*
Zero looked to X snarled...turning back to Omega Proto and Omega Bass...but noticed immediately that Omega Bass was nowhere to be found...quickly he turned to see a huge blast coming as he rolled out of the way the blast caught his right leg, damaging it severely as he landed near X...the Omegas standing over them...chuckling.
Vile's voice could be heard from the shadows.
"Now finish them off boys!"
~It can't end like this...~ X thought sadly...
~I won't let it...~
X closed his eyes...realizing what he must do, or try to do...it was risky...but they had no choice.
"Zero..." he muttered softly.
"What is it...?" Zero asked lightly...defeated both spiritually and physically.
"We have to try the Rakouhoha Strike...it's our last chance..."
Zero's eyes widened slightly.
"We haven't even tested it in combat yet...are you willing to take the risk?"
X sighed.
"What's the alternative?"
Zero nodded slightly in agreement.
"Alright then...let's do it!"
The two forced themselves to their feet and closed their eyes...auras blazing silently around them as they powered up for their Giga Attacks.
The energies violently flew around the two entities, the aura growing larger and larger...suddenly the two opened their eyes.
"RAKOUHOHA..." Zero started in a loud voice.
"STRIKE!" X shouted as suddenly the two became one large ball of energy and it exploded outwards, completely incinerating Omegaman, Omega Bass and Omega Protoman...and leaving Vile severely damaged as the wave of energy tore through them effortlessly...the energy finally dissipating before the two fell to their knees...exhausted from the massive output of energy.
"It..worked..." X gasped.
"Yeah..." Zero panted softly as he fell over...X following suit.
*
Cossack sat in his lab...getting the readings off of GGM, Dark, Elec, Quick, Metal and ShadowMan...as well as this insanely powerful new robot...Alpha Zero.
"Amazing..." Cossack said quietly...as Kalinka walked past his doorway.
Kalinka was curious, so she walked in slowly...being ever so quiet before putting her hands down on her father's shoulders and yelling.
"HI!"
Cossack jumped a good three feet in the air...missing his chair he fell over.
"Oops..." Kalinka said softly.
"Kalinka...what are you doing?" Cossack asked, trying not to lose his temper.
"Sorry dad...I was just wondering what you were so fascinated with..."
Cossack got up slowly...dusting himself off he looked back to his information screen.
"This fight...this new robot is making GGM's buddies look like a bunch of cherry cookie clowns...only real fight for that new guy out there is GGM...and even he might not make it..."
Cossack stood slowly...turning away he walked towards the hallway and headed towards his main lab room.
Kalinka followed behind carefully.
"I think that they'll need a little more help..." Cossack said softly.
Cossack entered his main room, walking up to one of his guarded closets he scanned his handprint, followed by a retinal scan and finally a voice scan.
"Please input vocal password..." the computer stated dully.
"The time has come..." Cossack said as the closet opened slowly...revealing a small box, no bigger than one's palm.
He took it out slowly...then called for BEAT.
The bird came down quickly.
"Beat...I want you to bring this to GGM and the others...tell them that Cossack wishes them the best...now go!"
The bird acknowledged and flew out quickly.
"I just hope that Beat makes it...or else we're all doomed..."
*
Quick and ElecMan leapt back, their stomachs being slightly sliced by the slash they both snarled and leapt off in different directions as GGM came back into play.
GGM brought his sabre down towards Alpha's head and as Alpha blocked it from above GGM threw out his foot, kicking Alpha hard in the stomach causing him to double over before GGM brought his elbow up and slammed Alpha in the back of the neck with his elbow, sending him to the ground.
Alpha reached out and grabbed GGM's foot, throwing with all his might GGM slammed against a nearby rock as Alpha followed up by throwing his sabre like a dagger at GGM...it penetrated his shoulder and practically nailed him into the rock.
GGM winced...seeing Alpha approaching but he couldn't do much to get down from the rock.
Alpha smiled and punched GGM in the stomach, hard.
GGM closed his eyes...taking the hit he grimaced.
"This is going to be fun..." Alpha said with a dark smile, throwing punch after punch, kick after kick, punishing GGM with his every hit.
Dark, Elec, Quick, Shadow and MetalMan were each at different points on the field...when suddenly ElecMan noticed something.
"Hey...look!"
Darkman took a good look.
"It's...BEAT?"
BEAT flew quickly and dropped the small box into Elecman's hands.
~What the?~ Elecman thought.
BEAT flew back around and gave an audio playback from Dr. Cossack.
"To whomever this may concern, these chips are my greatest creations...they will help you defeat this monster who has come from, as it seems, the depths of hell..."
Elecman looked at the chips, then to his brothers, and finally to GGM who was being mercilessly beaten by Alpha Zero.
He finally made up his mind, installing the chip into his arm he motioned for the others to come.
"DarkMan! QuickMan! ShadowMan! MetalMan!" he called as they each came to him.
"These are from cossack...they'll make your buster 10 times stronger! And help us take down that freak!"
The brothers all cheered as they installed the chips and stood now, in a line of revived spirits staring straight towards Alpha Zero.
The five charged at the same time, DarkMan in the middle, ShadowMan and Metal to his left, Quick and Elec to his right, Shadow and Metal went off to the left as Quick and Elec ran off to the right, Dark went straight for Alpha and grabbed him by the back of his neck, throwing him across the rocky battlefield he turned and pulled the sabre out of GGM's shoulder, handing him the final chip to upgrade his buster.
GGM took it reluctantly and installed it into his arm...the power surging through his broken, battered body he smiled.
Shadow and Quick made the next go around towards Alpha Zero...both of them sliding towards the fallen body of Alpha Zero in attempt to kick him while he was down Alpha flipped up into a solid stance as he saw the two sliding towards him he jumped up and backflipped, firing a blast at Quick first and then Shadow...strafing quickly.
Quick rolled out of the way and loosed a massive ball of plasma towards the strafing Alpha Zero...while Shadow simply leapt into the air over the blast and flipped forward in Mid-air...seeing something in the distance...a cave...
Landing on one knee he signaled to his brothers that they should lead Alpha towards the Cave.
Elec and Metal charged towards Alpha next...GGM bringing in the rear after he picked up the sabre that Alpha had impaled him with and after Elec and Metal had faked him out GGM ran the sabre through Alpha's stomach, spun and threw Alpha into the distance, leaving a hole in his stomach unit. Alpha rolled a few times and got up onto one knee...grimacing.
~Those fools...they don't know who they are messing with!~ he convinced himself as he stood, removing his backup sabre from behind his right leg he watched the oncoming attack grow closer and closer.
Quick and Shadow came again, with DarkMan bringing up the rear this time...Alpha Zero waited until Quick was close enough, and then spun around, driving the sabre towards his right leg and then spun again attempting to take off Shadow's head, finally holding out his buster arm to try and blast Dark into oblivion.
Quick was able to dodge part of the attack, but it still tore through a good deal of his right leg as he winced and rolled to the side Shadow dropping to the floor quickly and going into a frontroll and DarkMan easily avoiding the blast and charging at Alpha, bringing up his shoulder forces Alpha to roll backwards towards the cave even more, Alpha pushing down with his feet into a massive backflip landing on one knee at the entrance of the cave.
The hole in his stomach and the battered body of a once ruthless killing machine enraged Alpha even more...
~Those fools will regret they ever toyed with me...~ Alpha growled.
Alpha turned and headed into the cave...hoping that inside of the cave would be a better strategic position for him.
GGM caught up with his brothers outside of the cave.
"He's inside...let's finish this now...and get back to our lives..."
GGM said with a smile.
His brothers all agreed as they charged inside.
Alpha waited for them in the depths of the cave. His eyes gleaming red in the midst of the pitch black darkness...awaiting his next victims eagerly.
~Yes...come in...come in and meet your end!~
GGM and his brothers ran in...stopping suddenly seeing two red eyes gleaming in the short distance ahead of them.
"Surrender Alpha, and we may make your death a short, painless one..."
Alpha chuckled.
"Fools...you still have no idea what you trifle with..."
Alpha leapt up...firing a blast of plasma he lit the entire cave up, indeed what he just fired was not a blast at all, but rather a flare.
"This little feud ends now you pathetic dogs!" Alpha leapt towards them and spun, slashing at Elec and Dark, holding out his buster arm he fired a huge blast at Shadow and Metal and then charged again towards GGM and Quickman...spin slashing at their necks.
ElecMan was slashed again, this time along the left arm, Dark getting slightly grazed across the chest as Shadow and Metal were thrown off balance from the explosion and quickman leapt back slightly as GGM brought up his sabre to block Alpha's slash and threw his head forward, smashing his head into his again. This time Alpha simply staggered backwards a few steps before charging again, bringing his knee up into GGM's stomach. GGM doubled over as Alpha grabbed him by the neck and picked him up, throwing him aside knocking him into Shadow as they both went rolling backwards sloppily...Elec, Quick, Metal and DarkMan going on the offensive. ElecMan and QuickMan stood back charging their busters as Metal and DarkMan went in for some close combat action...Dark ducking and sweep kicking at alpha while Metal leapt, going for a jump-kick to Alpha's head. Alpha jumped to avoid the sweep and was kicked fiercely in the chest. Grimacing he brought up his hands and gripped Metal's leg, spinning him around and throwing him against the wall behind him, small pieces of Metal's armor coming off as he rebounded off of the wall with a crack and Alpha brought his knee up hard into Metal's neck, then turning his attention towards DarkMan he fired a medium charged blast for the badly positioned robot, who was just finishing the sweep kick.
Dark turned quickly, firing his own blast into Alpha's but the explosion was two close and damaged him severely, causing him to fly back into the jagged rocks.
ElecMan and QuickMan dashed towards Alpha...their busters charged and ready for the inevitable attack.
Alpha snarled and turned to the two oncoming robots, spinning he slashed at the two diagonally from their right shoulder down to the left side of their hip.
Elec and Quick were both taken by surprise...neither of them really dodging the attack in time they were both seiously damaged.
Shadow and GGM remained...Shadow becoming enraged at the sight of his brothers strewn around the cave like broken dolls, his face took on that of a fury-possessed demon as he charged at Alpha zero with a blind rage.
Rule number one of fighting, never go into a blind rage...unfortunately, shadow forgot this and Alpha Zero took this chance to go under his charge and bring his fist hard into the oncoming robot's stomach, causing him to double over before he brought up his left leg, bringing his heel hard onto the back of ShadowMan's neck...sending him to the ground with a groan.
GGM knew that now it was up to him...when suddenly he saw them all move as one being...each getting up slowly...he looked to Dark slowly.
"What are you planning on doing?" he asked quietly, not really sure if he wanted the answer.
"You know what we must do GGM...and you must be the one to seal this cave..."
GGM looked to Dark, Elec, Quick, Shadow and Metal...not ready to leave his brothers.
"I couldn't...!"
Shadow looked to him with a scowl.
"You must GGM...you have to do it not only for us...but for the rest of the world...if this monster escapes there will be no end to his evil...and there is only one way we can prevent that..."
GGM balled his fists.
~There is one thing I can do...but am I willing to take the risk? The virus would certainly help me defeat Alpha...but would I ever return to the way I was?~
Suddenly an old phrase popped into GGM's mind like a sudden epiffany...a revelation of sorts.
What is it to a man to gain the whole world...but lose his soul?
GGM sighed...knowing what he must do...he turned, and ran as fast as he could. Not looking back, the tears blurring his vision as the five robots encircled Alpha Zero...closing their eyes.
"What are you fools doing?" Alpha demanded viciously.
The five simultaneously lifted up their arm panels...inputting a code they hoped that they would never have to enter.
Small messages appeared across their retina.
SELF DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED...SELF DESTRUCTION WILL BE EXECUTED IN 60...59.
The robots all knew that they needed to buy themselves valuable time...otherwise the self destruction sequence would be in vain.
Unfortunately, Alpha quickly caught on to what they were planning and made a mad dash for the exit.
58...57...56
Dark, Elec, Shadow, Metal and QuickMan all ran after him...GGM still far ahead of Alpha and the others.
55...54...53
Dark and Shadow leapt and frontflipped, landing in front of Alpha they each threw forward a fist, both of their fists slamming into Alpha's head...he took a few steps backwards before shaking it off, growling with determintation he pushed off of his back leg, spinning he slammed both Dark and Shadow across the face, sending them spinning to the floor and barreled on ahead...
52...51...50
ElecMan and Quickman made their next efforts, with MetalMan helping with the support, he shot the ceiling just in front of Alpha as the rocks fell in front of him, creating a small blockade about three feet high, Alpha growled at the delay and turned.
49...48...47
ElecMan and QuickMan rushed towards him, ElecMan first...still badly wounded from the last encounters he leapt at Alpha with a renewed sense of anger and vengeance.
46...45...44
ElecMan jumped and brought his knee towards Alpha's chin. Alpha brought his hands up, under his chin and blocked the knee, pushing down hard on it as suddenly a fist came from in front of him at blinding speed. Quickly he moved his head to the side, the fist whizzing by him as he spun, bringing his elbow to the back of ElecMan's neck, sending him stumbling forwards.
43...42...41
Alpha continued on hurriedly towards the light at the end of the cavern...the saying becoming quite literal.
GGM had already made it outside of the cavern, but saw Alpha running down the cavern towards him, with his five brothers trailing close behind Alpha.
40...39...38
QuickMan and DarkMan came from behind Alpha, running as fast as they could with Metal coming along as well they each came in front of Alpha and formed a robot wall in front of him...a determined look in their eyes, they weren't going to let him go...
37...36...35
Quick and Dark dashed in an X formation before each pivoted, charging towards Alpha with their fists extended. Alpha saw them coming but wasn't able to do much before the two fists slammed into both sides of his head, stunning him.
34...33...32
Alpha grimaced and fell to one knee...Metal running up and kicking him square in the chin Alpha rolled back, his tumbles making small clouds of dust.
31...30...WARNING! 30 SECONDS LEFT TILL DETONATION!...29
Alpha screamed with the fury of a hellbound beast...
Suddenly he smiled...a wild red aura blazing around him...things had gone from bad to worse...and the five robots gathered around Alpha for the final showdown...
28...27...26...25...24...23...22..21...20...19...18...
Seconds became hours as the five robots stared down this machine of destruction...GGM still not mustering the strength to close the doors of death upon his brethren, his buster arm shaking as he tried to take aim above the cavern entrance.
17...16...15...14...13...12...11...10 WARNING! TEN SECONDS REMAINING!
"NOW!" DarkMan yelled as the five instantly jumped onto Alpha, pinning him to the floor.
ShadowMan looked to GGM.
"FIRE GGM! CLOSE THE CAVE!"
9...8...7
GGM stuttered...panicked.
"I CAN'T!" he yelled...he wasn't ready to send them to their death. He couldn't...
"DAMMIT GGM! SEAL THE CAVE NOW!" QuickMan yelled.
6...5...4
"I WON'T LET YOU DIE THIS WAY!" GGM still wasn't ready to say goodbye...
3...2...1
Finally a blood curdling scream from ElecMan pierced GGM's soul.
"YOU HAVE TO DO IT! SEAL THE CAVERN NOW! FOR EVERYONE ON EARTH...YOU MUST!"
GGM screamed, his eyes wet with tears as he blasted just above the cavern entrance.
0
The rocks came down just as the five gigantic blasts created an earthquake that rocked GGM to his knees...giving him a chance to scream a mournful cry to the heavens...he was left alone.
A lone warrior...left in a land filled with his own shadows...GGM threw his fists into the ground as he lamented the death of his brothers...the stress finally taking its toll as he passed out...
EPILOGUE
X and Zero awoke groggily to see the strewn bodies of the Omega team...and that vile had left. Obviously he was severely damaged...many large pieces of his armor still lie about as X and Zero struggled to their feet.
X and Zero looked around to the ruined Hunters HQ...when suddenly out stepped Alia and Signas.
"ALIA! SIGNAS!" X cried and ran towards them, Zero following afterwards.
Signas smiled.
"Hello X...you have done marvelously...unfortunately...we don't have much time to rest...Sigma is at it again...
Zero sighed and turned away.
X looked to Zero with a look of concern, his eyes growing soft.
"What's the matter Zero?"
Zero turned back to X.
"When will we be able to stop fighting? I'm so tired of fighting...and I come to discover that it's all I was built for...that monster back there...that was me...and what if I became like that again? Would you..."
X grimaced and took Zero firmly by the shoulders.
"Listen to me Zero...I won't ever let it get that way...I promise! You and I will always be partners! Comrades...until the end! Understand?"
Zero smiled...greatly encouraged by X's words.
"Yes...thank you X."
Zero and X turned to Signas...awaiting their next orders.
*
GGM finally opened his eyes...they were still blurred from the crying he had done, as he looked up and saw the cavern that was caved in, he remembered that it wasn't a dream, and winced.
Slowly he stood and walked over to the cave...gently putting his hand on the rock wall.
"Goodbye my brothers...surely your sacrifice has saved more lives than you could possibly imagine...but in the process...I have been left alone..."
GGM balled his free hand into a fist, and slammed the rock wall with it as hard as he could, the rock cracking slightly.
GGM sighed.
~I need to stop...and think for a minute...I can't let all this emotion drive me insane...~
GGM took a few steps back and turned away from the cavern.
He began walking...thinking maybe it would ease his mind.
He walked and walked and walked...and never stopped.
Reploid parts were strewn up the hallway and throughout the rooms as X and Zero ran down the hallway towards Signas' office...opening the door quickly...just in time.
*
"What are you doing Sigma!?" Signas asked as Sigma held him high in the air with one strong hand.
Sigma chuckled lightly...and then heard the door open..turning he saw two figures he never thought he would again.
"X! Zero!" He cried in surprise.
Zero unsheathed his sabre as X charged his buster, aimed at Sigma.
"Don't move scumbag..." X said quietly.
Sigma cursed silently to himself.
~Damn...I didn't get quite enough time...no matter...~
Sigma threw signas towards X and Zero knocking them off balance as he crashed through the window, the splinters of glass raining onto the dry floor as he landed on one knee and took off running, yelling back to the HQ his final set of orders.
"Omega Team...execute orders 1-5-6-3-4!" Sigma finally said as he split off into the horizon.
Signas groaned lightly.
"X...the...omega team...they're...so powerful..." Signas finally said before going limp in his arms.
"X?" Zero said in a panic.
"Don't worry Zero, he just passed out...we should take care of that Omega team though...before they cause any more damage..."
Zero nodded silently as they both leapt out the window that Sigma escaped from and landed on one knee, turning they met 4 warriors...1 of whom they knew all too well...
*
GGM charged at Alpha Zero...enraged at his display of knocking his brothers aside like rag dolls he spun quickly, slashing at Alpha's neck followed by a low punch towards Alpha Zero's gut with his right fist.
Alpha Zero brought up his sabre to block the slash with his left hand and brought his own right hand to capture the thrown punch...the two locked in that hold for a good 15 seconds before Alpha Zero kicked off of GGM's middle into a backflip out of it, pushing off of his left foot into a shoulder-rush at GGM, connecting and sending GGM flying backwards.
Suddenly a foot came from the left and sent Alpha Zero flying. It was DarkMan.
GGM looked up and smiled, giving him a thumbs up.
"Thanks Dark!"
DarkMan smiled, but the happiness didn't last for long as Alpha jumped up, angrier than ever, and threw down his sabre, his fists igniting in a black fire.
"No more games!" Alpha shouted as he charged towards DarkMan, uppercutting him he sent him flying straight up into the air, and as DarkMan came down Alpha jumped and spun, his foot connecting with DarkMan's middle, the punishing crack heard across the field as DarkMan slammed against the flat of a huge rock.
As Alpha looked to where DarkMan had landed he heard the feet running behind him again and ducked, GGM sailing overhead and stopping a few feet in front of him, pivoting quickly and launching himself at Alpha again, sabre extended...
*
"Vile!" X and Zero shouted together as Vile stepped out of the darkness with 3 other new mavericks.
"Who are these new clowns Vile?" Zero asked with a scowl.
"These..clowns...are the ones who will finally destroy you." Vile said with a smile.
Zero snickered.
"You said that a million times before...what makes these buffoons any better?"
Vile stepped back as the three Mavericks came into the light...Zero and X gasped.
There before them stood MegaMan, ProtoMan and Bass.
"How...how is this possible?" X stuttered.
Vile chuckled.
"While we were back in time we had set up a direct link from the past to the new machine that Sigma had created. It allowed the machine to create reploids in mere hours from basic layouts and plans that we sent to it. Hence when we went to wily we asked for all the data on Megaman Protoman and Bass and sent it to our machine. Thus creating these perfect clones of the heroes of old..."
Vile laughed again.
"It's just too perfect! Now you'll meet your end at the hands of the very ones you killed in the past!"
The three reploids stood ready, their eyes gleaming red.
GGM and Zero stood across from each other, staring each other down across the dusty, jagged battlefield. A small gust creating clouds of dirt that crawled along the floor as the two warriors stood silently, calmly, each waiting for the others move.
GGM moved first...going into a full sprint he rolled foward and pushed off of his feet straight up into a ferocious uppercut.
Alpha Zero was punched right under the chin and went flying high into the air, GGM took aim and was ready to fire when suddenly a blast of plasma came down from Zero.
QuickMan and ElecMan took target, but Alpha had noticed and shaking his head he backflipped and landed roughly, turning to quick and ElecMan he unsheathed his sabre ready to slice through the both of them.
*
X and Zero stared down the three horribly similar reploids.
"I can't believe it...they look so similar!" X said slowly..still not able to believe it.
Vile laughed and stepped back into the shadows after giving one last command.
"Destroy them!"
The Omega team smirked as their eyes glowed red...X and Zero unsheathing their sabres.
"X...can we really do this? Can we really kill these heroes twice?" Zero asked, slightly worried.
X snarled.
"These aren't the heroes we met back then...these are Mavericks just like any other maverick, and they'll be dealt as such!"
X leaped towards Omegaman and slashed at his chest quickly.
Omegaman leapt back and held out his buster, straight at X's head while Omega Proto and Omega Bass both ran towards Zero at top speed.
Omegaman fired and X spun out of the way, slicing the plasma blast in half before firing his own blast at Omega Megaman.
~Damn...this is going to be harder than I thought...~
*
Zero saw Omega Proto and Bass running and growled slightly, Proto firing a blast at him while bass leapt into the air and came rocketing down in a powerful downward kick.
Zero rolled out of the way of the blast as Bass' powerful kick put a hole in the ground about 3 feet deep. Zero fired a blast at both Omega Proto and Bass and then followed up by rolling forward and jumping, spinning around sending waves of energy down onto them from his sabre.
Bass and Proto dashed off in opposite directions.
~Damn!~ He thought as they leapt up towards him and each brought their knees into his stomach and, as if controlled by a single being, slammed the back of his neck with both fists simultaneously as Zero plummeted into the ground.
*
X heard a crash nearby as Omegaman dodged his blast...running towards him with gleaming red eyes Megaman smiled and threw his fist forward, punching X in the face he sent him reeling backwards, dropping his sabre as Omegaman continued to pursue him, going into a slide to try and kick X while he was down.
X saw Omegaman coming and rolled back quickly, pushing off one hand into a handspring he landed on one knee and charged at Omegaman head first and slammed him in the face...holding out his hands he used Omegaman's shoulders as supports for a frontflip over Omegaman to get behind him and throw a devastating kick to Omegaman's back, sending him rolling fowards sloppily.
*
Zero grimaced and looked up, seeing that Omega Proto and Bass were charging up their weapons he leapt out of the way as quickly as he could before the two searing blasts tore into the hole he was lying in seconds before.
The blast threw Zero forward as he rolled and leapt into the air, turning he closed his eyes and called forward his Raijigenki attack...his sword growing longer and becoming like a long bolt of lightning as he struck towards Omega Proto and Omega Bass, striking both of them causing to backflip and fall to the ground sloppily...Omega Proto popping a joint on his leg out of place.
*
X watched omegaman roll forward and turn, grimacing.
~That last one hurt...I can tell...~ X smiled lightly
X ran and picked up his sabre again and threw it at Omegaman like a throwing knife...a really big throwing knife.
Omegaman sidestepped quickly and grabbed the hilt in mid air, throwing it back to X with 10 times as much force and speed.
X tried to dodge it but it tore through his upper left arm, almost removing it completely as he howled in pain.
*
Zero looked to X snarled...turning back to Omega Proto and Omega Bass...but noticed immediately that Omega Bass was nowhere to be found...quickly he turned to see a huge blast coming as he rolled out of the way the blast caught his right leg, damaging it severely as he landed near X...the Omegas standing over them...chuckling.
Vile's voice could be heard from the shadows.
"Now finish them off boys!"
~It can't end like this...~ X thought sadly...
~I won't let it...~
X closed his eyes...realizing what he must do, or try to do...it was risky...but they had no choice.
"Zero..." he muttered softly.
"What is it...?" Zero asked lightly...defeated both spiritually and physically.
"We have to try the Rakouhoha Strike...it's our last chance..."
Zero's eyes widened slightly.
"We haven't even tested it in combat yet...are you willing to take the risk?"
X sighed.
"What's the alternative?"
Zero nodded slightly in agreement.
"Alright then...let's do it!"
The two forced themselves to their feet and closed their eyes...auras blazing silently around them as they powered up for their Giga Attacks.
The energies violently flew around the two entities, the aura growing larger and larger...suddenly the two opened their eyes.
"RAKOUHOHA..." Zero started in a loud voice.
"STRIKE!" X shouted as suddenly the two became one large ball of energy and it exploded outwards, completely incinerating Omegaman, Omega Bass and Omega Protoman...and leaving Vile severely damaged as the wave of energy tore through them effortlessly...the energy finally dissipating before the two fell to their knees...exhausted from the massive output of energy.
"It..worked..." X gasped.
"Yeah..." Zero panted softly as he fell over...X following suit.
*
Cossack sat in his lab...getting the readings off of GGM, Dark, Elec, Quick, Metal and ShadowMan...as well as this insanely powerful new robot...Alpha Zero.
"Amazing..." Cossack said quietly...as Kalinka walked past his doorway.
Kalinka was curious, so she walked in slowly...being ever so quiet before putting her hands down on her father's shoulders and yelling.
"HI!"
Cossack jumped a good three feet in the air...missing his chair he fell over.
"Oops..." Kalinka said softly.
"Kalinka...what are you doing?" Cossack asked, trying not to lose his temper.
"Sorry dad...I was just wondering what you were so fascinated with..."
Cossack got up slowly...dusting himself off he looked back to his information screen.
"This fight...this new robot is making GGM's buddies look like a bunch of cherry cookie clowns...only real fight for that new guy out there is GGM...and even he might not make it..."
Cossack stood slowly...turning away he walked towards the hallway and headed towards his main lab room.
Kalinka followed behind carefully.
"I think that they'll need a little more help..." Cossack said softly.
Cossack entered his main room, walking up to one of his guarded closets he scanned his handprint, followed by a retinal scan and finally a voice scan.
"Please input vocal password..." the computer stated dully.
"The time has come..." Cossack said as the closet opened slowly...revealing a small box, no bigger than one's palm.
He took it out slowly...then called for BEAT.
The bird came down quickly.
"Beat...I want you to bring this to GGM and the others...tell them that Cossack wishes them the best...now go!"
The bird acknowledged and flew out quickly.
"I just hope that Beat makes it...or else we're all doomed..."
*
Quick and ElecMan leapt back, their stomachs being slightly sliced by the slash they both snarled and leapt off in different directions as GGM came back into play.
GGM brought his sabre down towards Alpha's head and as Alpha blocked it from above GGM threw out his foot, kicking Alpha hard in the stomach causing him to double over before GGM brought his elbow up and slammed Alpha in the back of the neck with his elbow, sending him to the ground.
Alpha reached out and grabbed GGM's foot, throwing with all his might GGM slammed against a nearby rock as Alpha followed up by throwing his sabre like a dagger at GGM...it penetrated his shoulder and practically nailed him into the rock.
GGM winced...seeing Alpha approaching but he couldn't do much to get down from the rock.
Alpha smiled and punched GGM in the stomach, hard.
GGM closed his eyes...taking the hit he grimaced.
"This is going to be fun..." Alpha said with a dark smile, throwing punch after punch, kick after kick, punishing GGM with his every hit.
Dark, Elec, Quick, Shadow and MetalMan were each at different points on the field...when suddenly ElecMan noticed something.
"Hey...look!"
Darkman took a good look.
"It's...BEAT?"
BEAT flew quickly and dropped the small box into Elecman's hands.
~What the?~ Elecman thought.
BEAT flew back around and gave an audio playback from Dr. Cossack.
"To whomever this may concern, these chips are my greatest creations...they will help you defeat this monster who has come from, as it seems, the depths of hell..."
Elecman looked at the chips, then to his brothers, and finally to GGM who was being mercilessly beaten by Alpha Zero.
He finally made up his mind, installing the chip into his arm he motioned for the others to come.
"DarkMan! QuickMan! ShadowMan! MetalMan!" he called as they each came to him.
"These are from cossack...they'll make your buster 10 times stronger! And help us take down that freak!"
The brothers all cheered as they installed the chips and stood now, in a line of revived spirits staring straight towards Alpha Zero.
The five charged at the same time, DarkMan in the middle, ShadowMan and Metal to his left, Quick and Elec to his right, Shadow and Metal went off to the left as Quick and Elec ran off to the right, Dark went straight for Alpha and grabbed him by the back of his neck, throwing him across the rocky battlefield he turned and pulled the sabre out of GGM's shoulder, handing him the final chip to upgrade his buster.
GGM took it reluctantly and installed it into his arm...the power surging through his broken, battered body he smiled.
Shadow and Quick made the next go around towards Alpha Zero...both of them sliding towards the fallen body of Alpha Zero in attempt to kick him while he was down Alpha flipped up into a solid stance as he saw the two sliding towards him he jumped up and backflipped, firing a blast at Quick first and then Shadow...strafing quickly.
Quick rolled out of the way and loosed a massive ball of plasma towards the strafing Alpha Zero...while Shadow simply leapt into the air over the blast and flipped forward in Mid-air...seeing something in the distance...a cave...
Landing on one knee he signaled to his brothers that they should lead Alpha towards the Cave.
Elec and Metal charged towards Alpha next...GGM bringing in the rear after he picked up the sabre that Alpha had impaled him with and after Elec and Metal had faked him out GGM ran the sabre through Alpha's stomach, spun and threw Alpha into the distance, leaving a hole in his stomach unit. Alpha rolled a few times and got up onto one knee...grimacing.
~Those fools...they don't know who they are messing with!~ he convinced himself as he stood, removing his backup sabre from behind his right leg he watched the oncoming attack grow closer and closer.
Quick and Shadow came again, with DarkMan bringing up the rear this time...Alpha Zero waited until Quick was close enough, and then spun around, driving the sabre towards his right leg and then spun again attempting to take off Shadow's head, finally holding out his buster arm to try and blast Dark into oblivion.
Quick was able to dodge part of the attack, but it still tore through a good deal of his right leg as he winced and rolled to the side Shadow dropping to the floor quickly and going into a frontroll and DarkMan easily avoiding the blast and charging at Alpha, bringing up his shoulder forces Alpha to roll backwards towards the cave even more, Alpha pushing down with his feet into a massive backflip landing on one knee at the entrance of the cave.
The hole in his stomach and the battered body of a once ruthless killing machine enraged Alpha even more...
~Those fools will regret they ever toyed with me...~ Alpha growled.
Alpha turned and headed into the cave...hoping that inside of the cave would be a better strategic position for him.
GGM caught up with his brothers outside of the cave.
"He's inside...let's finish this now...and get back to our lives..."
GGM said with a smile.
His brothers all agreed as they charged inside.
Alpha waited for them in the depths of the cave. His eyes gleaming red in the midst of the pitch black darkness...awaiting his next victims eagerly.
~Yes...come in...come in and meet your end!~
GGM and his brothers ran in...stopping suddenly seeing two red eyes gleaming in the short distance ahead of them.
"Surrender Alpha, and we may make your death a short, painless one..."
Alpha chuckled.
"Fools...you still have no idea what you trifle with..."
Alpha leapt up...firing a blast of plasma he lit the entire cave up, indeed what he just fired was not a blast at all, but rather a flare.
"This little feud ends now you pathetic dogs!" Alpha leapt towards them and spun, slashing at Elec and Dark, holding out his buster arm he fired a huge blast at Shadow and Metal and then charged again towards GGM and Quickman...spin slashing at their necks.
ElecMan was slashed again, this time along the left arm, Dark getting slightly grazed across the chest as Shadow and Metal were thrown off balance from the explosion and quickman leapt back slightly as GGM brought up his sabre to block Alpha's slash and threw his head forward, smashing his head into his again. This time Alpha simply staggered backwards a few steps before charging again, bringing his knee up into GGM's stomach. GGM doubled over as Alpha grabbed him by the neck and picked him up, throwing him aside knocking him into Shadow as they both went rolling backwards sloppily...Elec, Quick, Metal and DarkMan going on the offensive. ElecMan and QuickMan stood back charging their busters as Metal and DarkMan went in for some close combat action...Dark ducking and sweep kicking at alpha while Metal leapt, going for a jump-kick to Alpha's head. Alpha jumped to avoid the sweep and was kicked fiercely in the chest. Grimacing he brought up his hands and gripped Metal's leg, spinning him around and throwing him against the wall behind him, small pieces of Metal's armor coming off as he rebounded off of the wall with a crack and Alpha brought his knee up hard into Metal's neck, then turning his attention towards DarkMan he fired a medium charged blast for the badly positioned robot, who was just finishing the sweep kick.
Dark turned quickly, firing his own blast into Alpha's but the explosion was two close and damaged him severely, causing him to fly back into the jagged rocks.
ElecMan and QuickMan dashed towards Alpha...their busters charged and ready for the inevitable attack.
Alpha snarled and turned to the two oncoming robots, spinning he slashed at the two diagonally from their right shoulder down to the left side of their hip.
Elec and Quick were both taken by surprise...neither of them really dodging the attack in time they were both seiously damaged.
Shadow and GGM remained...Shadow becoming enraged at the sight of his brothers strewn around the cave like broken dolls, his face took on that of a fury-possessed demon as he charged at Alpha zero with a blind rage.
Rule number one of fighting, never go into a blind rage...unfortunately, shadow forgot this and Alpha Zero took this chance to go under his charge and bring his fist hard into the oncoming robot's stomach, causing him to double over before he brought up his left leg, bringing his heel hard onto the back of ShadowMan's neck...sending him to the ground with a groan.
GGM knew that now it was up to him...when suddenly he saw them all move as one being...each getting up slowly...he looked to Dark slowly.
"What are you planning on doing?" he asked quietly, not really sure if he wanted the answer.
"You know what we must do GGM...and you must be the one to seal this cave..."
GGM looked to Dark, Elec, Quick, Shadow and Metal...not ready to leave his brothers.
"I couldn't...!"
Shadow looked to him with a scowl.
"You must GGM...you have to do it not only for us...but for the rest of the world...if this monster escapes there will be no end to his evil...and there is only one way we can prevent that..."
GGM balled his fists.
~There is one thing I can do...but am I willing to take the risk? The virus would certainly help me defeat Alpha...but would I ever return to the way I was?~
Suddenly an old phrase popped into GGM's mind like a sudden epiffany...a revelation of sorts.
What is it to a man to gain the whole world...but lose his soul?
GGM sighed...knowing what he must do...he turned, and ran as fast as he could. Not looking back, the tears blurring his vision as the five robots encircled Alpha Zero...closing their eyes.
"What are you fools doing?" Alpha demanded viciously.
The five simultaneously lifted up their arm panels...inputting a code they hoped that they would never have to enter.
Small messages appeared across their retina.
SELF DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED...SELF DESTRUCTION WILL BE EXECUTED IN 60...59.
The robots all knew that they needed to buy themselves valuable time...otherwise the self destruction sequence would be in vain.
Unfortunately, Alpha quickly caught on to what they were planning and made a mad dash for the exit.
58...57...56
Dark, Elec, Shadow, Metal and QuickMan all ran after him...GGM still far ahead of Alpha and the others.
55...54...53
Dark and Shadow leapt and frontflipped, landing in front of Alpha they each threw forward a fist, both of their fists slamming into Alpha's head...he took a few steps backwards before shaking it off, growling with determintation he pushed off of his back leg, spinning he slammed both Dark and Shadow across the face, sending them spinning to the floor and barreled on ahead...
52...51...50
ElecMan and Quickman made their next efforts, with MetalMan helping with the support, he shot the ceiling just in front of Alpha as the rocks fell in front of him, creating a small blockade about three feet high, Alpha growled at the delay and turned.
49...48...47
ElecMan and QuickMan rushed towards him, ElecMan first...still badly wounded from the last encounters he leapt at Alpha with a renewed sense of anger and vengeance.
46...45...44
ElecMan jumped and brought his knee towards Alpha's chin. Alpha brought his hands up, under his chin and blocked the knee, pushing down hard on it as suddenly a fist came from in front of him at blinding speed. Quickly he moved his head to the side, the fist whizzing by him as he spun, bringing his elbow to the back of ElecMan's neck, sending him stumbling forwards.
43...42...41
Alpha continued on hurriedly towards the light at the end of the cavern...the saying becoming quite literal.
GGM had already made it outside of the cavern, but saw Alpha running down the cavern towards him, with his five brothers trailing close behind Alpha.
40...39...38
QuickMan and DarkMan came from behind Alpha, running as fast as they could with Metal coming along as well they each came in front of Alpha and formed a robot wall in front of him...a determined look in their eyes, they weren't going to let him go...
37...36...35
Quick and Dark dashed in an X formation before each pivoted, charging towards Alpha with their fists extended. Alpha saw them coming but wasn't able to do much before the two fists slammed into both sides of his head, stunning him.
34...33...32
Alpha grimaced and fell to one knee...Metal running up and kicking him square in the chin Alpha rolled back, his tumbles making small clouds of dust.
31...30...WARNING! 30 SECONDS LEFT TILL DETONATION!...29
Alpha screamed with the fury of a hellbound beast...
Suddenly he smiled...a wild red aura blazing around him...things had gone from bad to worse...and the five robots gathered around Alpha for the final showdown...
28...27...26...25...24...23...22..21...20...19...18...
Seconds became hours as the five robots stared down this machine of destruction...GGM still not mustering the strength to close the doors of death upon his brethren, his buster arm shaking as he tried to take aim above the cavern entrance.
17...16...15...14...13...12...11...10 WARNING! TEN SECONDS REMAINING!
"NOW!" DarkMan yelled as the five instantly jumped onto Alpha, pinning him to the floor.
ShadowMan looked to GGM.
"FIRE GGM! CLOSE THE CAVE!"
9...8...7
GGM stuttered...panicked.
"I CAN'T!" he yelled...he wasn't ready to send them to their death. He couldn't...
"DAMMIT GGM! SEAL THE CAVE NOW!" QuickMan yelled.
6...5...4
"I WON'T LET YOU DIE THIS WAY!" GGM still wasn't ready to say goodbye...
3...2...1
Finally a blood curdling scream from ElecMan pierced GGM's soul.
"YOU HAVE TO DO IT! SEAL THE CAVERN NOW! FOR EVERYONE ON EARTH...YOU MUST!"
GGM screamed, his eyes wet with tears as he blasted just above the cavern entrance.
0
The rocks came down just as the five gigantic blasts created an earthquake that rocked GGM to his knees...giving him a chance to scream a mournful cry to the heavens...he was left alone.
A lone warrior...left in a land filled with his own shadows...GGM threw his fists into the ground as he lamented the death of his brothers...the stress finally taking its toll as he passed out...
EPILOGUE
X and Zero awoke groggily to see the strewn bodies of the Omega team...and that vile had left. Obviously he was severely damaged...many large pieces of his armor still lie about as X and Zero struggled to their feet.
X and Zero looked around to the ruined Hunters HQ...when suddenly out stepped Alia and Signas.
"ALIA! SIGNAS!" X cried and ran towards them, Zero following afterwards.
Signas smiled.
"Hello X...you have done marvelously...unfortunately...we don't have much time to rest...Sigma is at it again...
Zero sighed and turned away.
X looked to Zero with a look of concern, his eyes growing soft.
"What's the matter Zero?"
Zero turned back to X.
"When will we be able to stop fighting? I'm so tired of fighting...and I come to discover that it's all I was built for...that monster back there...that was me...and what if I became like that again? Would you..."
X grimaced and took Zero firmly by the shoulders.
"Listen to me Zero...I won't ever let it get that way...I promise! You and I will always be partners! Comrades...until the end! Understand?"
Zero smiled...greatly encouraged by X's words.
"Yes...thank you X."
Zero and X turned to Signas...awaiting their next orders.
*
GGM finally opened his eyes...they were still blurred from the crying he had done, as he looked up and saw the cavern that was caved in, he remembered that it wasn't a dream, and winced.
Slowly he stood and walked over to the cave...gently putting his hand on the rock wall.
"Goodbye my brothers...surely your sacrifice has saved more lives than you could possibly imagine...but in the process...I have been left alone..."
GGM balled his free hand into a fist, and slammed the rock wall with it as hard as he could, the rock cracking slightly.
GGM sighed.
~I need to stop...and think for a minute...I can't let all this emotion drive me insane...~
GGM took a few steps back and turned away from the cavern.
He began walking...thinking maybe it would ease his mind.
He walked and walked and walked...and never stopped.