DDR HEARTS: Zero Factor
By
Darkness Shade
Authors' Note: I own the story and myselves, all other are copyright there own respective companies. (Dark: What he said....Ryan's POV....Platinum Star and Dark Cube are names created by Mia Ausa and her brother.......)
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Space Between Dimensions
"Well, here's our next stop." I said, pulling into orbit.
"About time, I've been itching for some action." Sonic said, cracking his knuckles.
"Whatever, let's find out about this world." Charmy said, pushing some buttons.
Earth_21XX: This world is populated by humans and a revolutionary new type of robot...named a reploid... *Sonic, Shadow, and Ryan look at each other*...created by the benevolent DR.Cain. However, certain reploids, called Mavericks, have turned against humans and cause havoc and chaos. There is hope, however, as a resistance group, the Maverick Hunters led by X and Zero, fight to protect humanity.
"Well, seems we should meet up with this X and Zero dudes...." Charmy said.
"Yeah...." I said, entering the atmoshpere.
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Maverick HQ
Sirens go off as an unidentified craft enters the atmosphere.
"Hmmm..." says a bald reploid, wearing a black cloak, "perhaps we should investigate...."
Two mavericks warp out....
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Hunter HQ
"Damn! This can't be good....." said a blue reploid.
"Well...head out and see whether this new threat is friend or foe.." said a man in a
white coat.
"I really wish Zero was here...." The reploid said to himself, teleporting towards.....
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Outside Rep City
We landed a bit rough, didn't decrease the speed enough, but we were no worse for wear.
"Well, chalk that up to human error." I said, making sure everyone was okay.
"Yeah, next time, I fly..." Charmy said, climbing out.
Sonic and Shadow joined us as we looked at our surrondings.
"Hmm, pretty snazzy." Sonic said.
"Looks pretty high tech." Shadow said, watching the city's outline dotted with cars.
Just then, I sensed a prescence.
"Get ready guys, something's gonna go down." I said, drawing my saber.
Two shapes approached us.
"So, this is it? Two pathetic humans...and some freaky animals....what a waste of my time..." said a bald reploid.
"Heh, waste of time? You're a waste of space, reploid..." I said, with a bit of hatred in my voice.
"So, the human has spunk....well, prepare to die at the hands of the great...SIGMA!!!" Sigma said, tossing aside his cloak, revealing his beam scythe.
"Well, I'm waiting...." I said, taking my stance.
Sigma charged at me and brought his scythe down, I blocked and pushed him back.
"Well, it seems the human is a little more than just talk...I'll let you test yourself against one of my henchman." Sigma said, motioning towards the other shadow.
"Another pile for the scrapheap..." I said, readying for his attack.
"May I present, Dark Cube." Sigma said.
"Dark Cube? What the hell kinda name is that?" I said, about to laugh.
"Guess Capcom is really starting to clutch at strings here.." Sonic said to Shadow.
"Yep..." Shadow said.
"Argh, fight dammit!!" Dark Cube said, charging me.
I sidestepped and DC tripped on himself, falling down.
I bust out laughing...this was pathetic.
"Stupid Human!! You die now.." He charged....right into my saber, "Oh, dear....*dies*"
I pulled my saber out and let him drop.
"Too easy....and you're next." I said, pointing to Sigma.
"I won't fall as quickly.....*to himself*...note to self, ask Capcom for better lackeys..." Sigma said.
X arrived at the field and saw...a human?...and he was making sport of Sigma?
"Well, this is new...." X said, making his way towards us.
"So...*pant*..ready to give...*pant*..up Sigma?" I said, taking a defensive stance.
"Stupid human, I don't tire...but you do....and you'll soon be too weak to fight." Sigma said, readying an attack.
"Damn, he's right." I thought. I couldn't go on much more.
Suddenly, Sigma charged.
I couldn't block...but, he missed?
Sigma fell back as he was it square in the chest by a burst of plasma.
"Argh, X!! You'll pay...." Sigma said, warping out.
At about that time, I blacked out from exhaustion....
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Hunter HQ
I awoke hours later in what appeared to be a hospital room.
"Where...am...I?" I said, my head pounding.
I remember landing, then those two reploids, then....I saw Charmy.
"Hey, sleepy head..wake up." I said, shaking her gently.
"Oh, you're up...*smile*..good." she said, kissing me.
"Thanks...where are we anyway?" I asked.
"I can answer that." said X, walking into the room.
"And who might you be?" I said.
"I'm X....and you're in Hunter Headquarters." he said.
"Okay, so what happend? Where's Sigma?"
"I got him to leave after you held him off....I must say, I was quite impressed that a human could hold him off."
"Well, I'm not your normal human." I said with a smile.
X caught me up on what was happening and the recent troulbes.
It seemed that the Mavericks had some kind of new allies...that's what Dark Cube was.
"Hmm, heartless...I can sense it..." I thought to myself, "That must be it."
"Anyway...my partner, Zero, disappeared awhile ago....he went to investigate this new power, but then....he just disappeared." X said, "Haven't heard a word in six months."
"Whoa...you've been dealing with this for a long time then." Sonic said.
"Yes...that it has." X said, a bit saddened.
"Hey, cheer up...we're here to help." I said, reassuring X.
"Thank you for your help....now, this is the what we need to do....."
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Somewhere in the galaxy
A lone figure flies through space, searching for someone.
"Emi....Mia...where could you be?" the figure said.
The figure was glowing purple as he went through the atmosphere and landed on a new planet.
"Ryan....if only we'd known they'd come back....and we weren't ready...." the figure said.
"*flashback* It was only one week after you guys left.....they came out of nowhere...we just couldn't fight back....even our Orochi forms couldn't fight them....they destroyed our world....and took Mia and Emi....well, I won't let them win...." the figure said, dashing towards destiny...
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Outside Maverick HQ
This was suicide...I mean, one reploid, two humans, and two anthros against a whole army of evil reploids backed by heartless? The odds were against us.
"Okay, we need to strike quick and hard..." X said, "that's the best way to go about it..."
"Right, but we need to be careful, we don't need to get overwhelmed." I said.
Sonic and Shadow held me back..
"Yeah? What's wrong guys?" I asked.
"Well, doesn't this almost seem like back then..." Sonic said.
"Well, yeah.....but we won then, right?" I said.
"True, but we had the help of others then...." Shadow said.
"Come on guys, catch up!" Charmy shouted.
We slowly made our way to the summit...and there it was...Sigma's new base.
"You think people would notice him building these things, but noooooo...." Sonic said, being sarcastic.
"Well, when you're the most feared reploid on Earth, you don't get complaints." X said, trying to make a joke to ease the tension.
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Inside Maverick HQ
"Okay Vile....what's the deal? Who are these allies you spoke of? Dark Cube was not much help..." Sigma said, still recouping from the beatdown he received.
"Don't worry sir....we've even recruited help from the most unlikely source." Vile said with a wicked grin, showing a pair of shadows.
"Him?! But how did you do it?" Sigma said.
"That's the power of the heartless." Vile said.
Suddenly, alarms went off.
"Hmm, seems we've got some uninvited guests....send those two after them." Sigma ordered.
"Yes sir...you heard him...Go!!" Vile shouted at the two reploids.
They dashed off towards...
...Great, just great....."Nice job Sonic!!" I said, trying to dodge the laser blasts.
"It's not my fault....I'm too fast...." Sonic said, plowing through a door.
"This way...." X said, taking a right door. I followed just as it closed.
"Damn, well, this way guys." Shadow said, heading through the door on the left.
I was banging on the door.
"Open, damn you!" I said.
"Too late, let's just keep going." X said, motioning.
I followed reluctantly.
Charmy, Sonic, and Shadow entered a large room in stars and bright metal.
"Whoa, this place is shiny." Charmy said, drawing her gun.
"Be on guard, I feel something is up...this room doesn't feel normal." Shadow said.
Just then a reploid dashed down from the ceiling.
"Welcome...I'm Platinum Star...and I'm...*unsheates star blaster*...your nightmare."
"Yeah, right....I don't think so...." Charmy said, releasing an EMP pulse.
The pulse hit Platinum and bounced off?
"Sorry, but reploids are sheilded, that ain't gonna help you..." Platinum Star said with a laugh.
"Damn...this'll be tough..." Charmy said, readying for a fight.
X and I walked along till we were in a large, barren room.
Suddenly, X just stopped.
"Um, you okay X?" I asked.
"It's...It's as if I'm feeling a prescence I know...." X said.
"That's because you are." a voice said.
"Come out!" I shouted.
A reploid clad in black armor, with a long ponytail, clenching a golden saber, dropped down onto the floor.
"Z...Ze...Zero?!" X said.
The reploid laughed and smiled.
"Maybe....that used to be my name..." Z said.
"Well, I don't know who you are, but if you're in our way...*draws saber*...I'll have to stop you." I said.
"Fine human...let's go!" Z said, charging me.
X looked on, how could he fight his friend?
"No, Zero stop...." X said.
Zero kept on parrying blow after blow, matching me move for move.
"You're pretty good...too bad I have to kill you." I said, slashing his ponytail.
"Argh! Don't mess with my hair." Z said, going postal.
"Whoa, X...help!" I said, being forced into a corner.
Charmy ducked behind some debris, this wasn't going good.
Sonic was unconscious, and Shadow wasn't of much help.
"Ryan, where the hell are you when I need you?" Charmy said, shooting at Platinum.
Platinum knocked the shots away and fired at the debris, knocking parts away till it was all gone.
"So, human, and...whatever those two freaky animals are...ready to die?" Platinum said.
"I've got a better idea....*cue theme*....why don't you...*draws saber*...die!!!" ??? said as he sliced Platinum in half....and disappeared.
"What the?" Charmy said, "Who was that?"
Charmy went about healing Sonic and Shadow, and they continued onward.
Meanwhile, I was getting my ass kicked by Z.
X couldn't fight him....he couldn't hurt his friend....
"X, help me....or I'm going to die." I said, fighting back in vane.
That word...it got to X....he screamed as he called for his Ultimate Armor.
"Zero, I don't know what happend to you....but I can't let this happen anymore...NOVA STRIKE!!!" X said, jumping in the air and ripping straight through Z.
Z exploded and there was nothing left.
"*blinks* Wow...nice one X." I said, getting up.
"*sighs* Why more violence...?" he said, catching up to me.
A mysterious figure jumped down.
"Well, nice job X....guess you can fight without my help." ??? said, dashing into the shadows.
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Sigma's Chamber
As we walked along the corridor, something was off.
"Something's wrong...it shouldn't be this easy, especially after what we just dealt with." I said.
"Well, consider this a blessing..." X said, still donning his Ultimate Armor.
As we round the bend, we ran straight into...
"Ow!" Charmy said, hitting the ground.
"Hey, we found you." I said, helping her up.
"Yeah, had a bit of trouble..." Sonic said, eyeing X, "I take it you did as well."
"Yes, well....I'd rather not talk about it...let's just find Sigma and finish this." X said, walking on.
We entered a room and the only way was up.
"So, he's up there isn't he?" Shadow asked.
"Yep, so...can you guys get up there?" X said, starting to climb the walls.
I smiled, "Well....just watch."
The four of us concentrated and started flying up.
"*blink* Whoa....you aren't normal humans are you?" X said, trying to keep up.
"Nope." Charmy said.
As we reached the top of the shaft, a door came up and closed.
"Hmm, from what we've seen before, now the lights'll go out..." Sonic said, just as they did.
"They'll be some weird lights in the background...." Charmy said, as a pair of eyes flashed.
"And then the bad guy'll show up...." I said, as the lights turned back on.
X sweatdropped, "You guys must've done this before."
"You could say that...." Shadow said.
"Hahahahaha....." Sigma said, wearing his cloak.
"*sighs* These bad guys are too cliched..." I said, shaking my head.
"Um, you gonna fight or not?" Sigma said, getting a bit impatient.
"Noooo, we're gonna waste ten minutes bantering back and forth about our ideals and then we'll just slice you to dust...." Sonic said, annoying Sigma.
Sigma tossed away his cloak, grabbed his scythe, and took his stance.....
....which did no good, when another reploid came from behind and ran him through.
"Ack!!! *turns around* You?! But you..how?!" Sigma said.
"Well...those creepy heartlackers of Vile's couldn't take me....that was a clone." ??? said.
"Um, they're called heartless..." I said, correcting ???.
"*rolls eyes* Whatever...*lifts saber up, spliting Sigma in half*....guess that means we're done." ??? said.
"Zero! You're alive." X said, running over to his friend.
"Yeah, you don't think I'd die that easily..." Zero said, "Besides, I've died so many times it's not funny...*laughs*.."
"Don't celebrate so quickly." Vile said, dropping down in his new walker.
"Not you again..." X said, taking a stance.
"Congrats Key Master..." Vile said, looking at me, "But I doubt you can take this...my new Shadowdancer walker."
Vile then disappeared....and the lights went dark.
"Okay, something's up...why'd he leave?" I said.
Suddenly the wall began to crumble, revealing a new path.
"This may be a trap...but, well, gotta do what we gotta do." Zero said, flashing a grin.
I could do nothing but agree....we dashed off down the tunnel towards a light.
We ended up on a freeway.
"Hey, Zero...this looks familiar?" X said.
"Yes....heh, to think it's been so long since we've been here...back where it started." Zero said, dashing along.
There at the end of the freeways was Vile, waiting for us.
"Ah, you've made it....just in time to die." Vile said, laughing.
"I don't think so." I said, readying my KeySaber.
"That won't save you from this...." Vile said, pushing some buttons.
The sky darkened as Vile's Shadowdancer walker changed, Vile becoming one with it.
"Whoa, that can't be good." I said, trying to see a weak point.
Vile was now about four feet taller, had a huge, black plasma cannon on his shoulder, his armor a dark cross between purple and black.
"*laughs* So, still as cocky?" Shadow Vile said.
"I beat you once, I'll do it again." X said, dashing up and performing his Nova Strike attack.
"Ha, pathetic." Shadow Vile said, knocking X down and hitting him with a plasma grenade.
"X!! Dammit!!" Zero said, grabbing his saber.
Zero did some kind of weird move and eletrified his saber.
He hit Vile dead on, and Vile froze.
"Now!!" Zero shouted at me.
"Right!!" I said, focusing,"*think* Come on Dark, need your help on this one."
My appearance changed, my shades appearing and the leather jacket materializing.
"So," We said in our combined voice, "Time to take out Vile."
I flung Vile into the air and held him in place.
"Ready?" We said, throwing out my arms and moving them in a pattern, drawing them in, throwing them out, and linking them together.
"Light Force Attack!!!!" We said, letting loose a blinding flash of pure, white light.
Vile could do nothing as the attack hit him.
"Argh...no....you may get me....but you'll never beat...Anse.......*bzzt*..." Vile said, speaking his last.
"*think* Thanks Dark, I'll take back control." I said, becoming just plain Ryan again.
"No worries....I will be back." Dark told me, returning to my subconscious.
"X, don't die on me." Zero said, holding his partner up.
"Ugh....I feel like shit..." X said, holding his head.
"*laughs* Well, seems that armor came in handy for something...it pretty much protected you against that blast...there ain't any of it left." Zero said, helping X up.
"Well...Key Master..." Zero said, "You gonna seal up this world too?"
"Huh? How do you know about that?" I asked.
"Well...I stumbled upon Vile's little plan, but had to hide when they thought they had me...in reality it was a fake.....so, you gonna or what?" Zero said.
"Um, sure...but where is the damn thing?" I said, looking around.
Follow me...this way....
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Unknown Location
"Damn...well, seems I'm the last one left...." General Mokuvai said.
Suddenly the hooded figure showed up.
"Do not give up......I can give you what you need..."
Suddenly noises of what is a struggle can be heard some distance away.
"What the hell?" Mokuvai said.
"Hmm, even with his planet gone, his will was so strong he came after them." the hooded figure said, "No matter....he won't succeed, even with the Key Master's help."
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Maverick HQ: Sigma's Chamber Ruins
"What're we doing here?" I asked.
"Well," Zero said, pushing some buttons, "This is why."
A false wall moved and revealed a CPU, with a large keyhole in it.
"Hmm, that's the last place I'd expect to see it." Shadow said.
"Right, time to close it." I said, pointing the Keysaber at it.
The beam shot out as it sealed the world from heartless influence.
"Bingo....well, our job is done...time for us to leave..." I said, as we headed back to our ship.
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Outskirts of Rep City
"Well, we thank you for your help." X said.
"Yeah, good luck...and don't let them heartlackers win." Zero said.
"We won't.....and its heartless." I said with a laugh.
"Whatever...." Zero said.
X handed me something.
"What's this?" I said.
"Here..a powerup from one of the robots you trashed earlier...it should help." X said.
"Thanks man..." I said, attaching it to my Keysaber, turning it into Keysaber:'X-Factor'.
Charmy, Shadow, Sonic and I got into our ship, waved goodbye, and took off.
"Well, there goes some of the weirdest guys we've met yet." Zero said.
"Yeah...but they'll succeed, I know it....now, let's get back to HQ...." X said, as the two of them warped back.
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Space Between Dimensions
"Okay, time for the next world...." I said, plotting a course.
"You know...it seems as if we've been going at this for awhile...how many more worlds do you think there are?" Charmy said, getting comfortable.
"I don't know...but, whatever comes our way, we'll succeed." Sonic said.
"We must..." Shadow said, "And we will...."
"Right...here we go!" I said, activating the hyper-drive.
By
Darkness Shade
Authors' Note: I own the story and myselves, all other are copyright there own respective companies. (Dark: What he said....Ryan's POV....Platinum Star and Dark Cube are names created by Mia Ausa and her brother.......)
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Space Between Dimensions
"Well, here's our next stop." I said, pulling into orbit.
"About time, I've been itching for some action." Sonic said, cracking his knuckles.
"Whatever, let's find out about this world." Charmy said, pushing some buttons.
Earth_21XX: This world is populated by humans and a revolutionary new type of robot...named a reploid... *Sonic, Shadow, and Ryan look at each other*...created by the benevolent DR.Cain. However, certain reploids, called Mavericks, have turned against humans and cause havoc and chaos. There is hope, however, as a resistance group, the Maverick Hunters led by X and Zero, fight to protect humanity.
"Well, seems we should meet up with this X and Zero dudes...." Charmy said.
"Yeah...." I said, entering the atmoshpere.
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Maverick HQ
Sirens go off as an unidentified craft enters the atmosphere.
"Hmmm..." says a bald reploid, wearing a black cloak, "perhaps we should investigate...."
Two mavericks warp out....
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Hunter HQ
"Damn! This can't be good....." said a blue reploid.
"Well...head out and see whether this new threat is friend or foe.." said a man in a
white coat.
"I really wish Zero was here...." The reploid said to himself, teleporting towards.....
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Outside Rep City
We landed a bit rough, didn't decrease the speed enough, but we were no worse for wear.
"Well, chalk that up to human error." I said, making sure everyone was okay.
"Yeah, next time, I fly..." Charmy said, climbing out.
Sonic and Shadow joined us as we looked at our surrondings.
"Hmm, pretty snazzy." Sonic said.
"Looks pretty high tech." Shadow said, watching the city's outline dotted with cars.
Just then, I sensed a prescence.
"Get ready guys, something's gonna go down." I said, drawing my saber.
Two shapes approached us.
"So, this is it? Two pathetic humans...and some freaky animals....what a waste of my time..." said a bald reploid.
"Heh, waste of time? You're a waste of space, reploid..." I said, with a bit of hatred in my voice.
"So, the human has spunk....well, prepare to die at the hands of the great...SIGMA!!!" Sigma said, tossing aside his cloak, revealing his beam scythe.
"Well, I'm waiting...." I said, taking my stance.
Sigma charged at me and brought his scythe down, I blocked and pushed him back.
"Well, it seems the human is a little more than just talk...I'll let you test yourself against one of my henchman." Sigma said, motioning towards the other shadow.
"Another pile for the scrapheap..." I said, readying for his attack.
"May I present, Dark Cube." Sigma said.
"Dark Cube? What the hell kinda name is that?" I said, about to laugh.
"Guess Capcom is really starting to clutch at strings here.." Sonic said to Shadow.
"Yep..." Shadow said.
"Argh, fight dammit!!" Dark Cube said, charging me.
I sidestepped and DC tripped on himself, falling down.
I bust out laughing...this was pathetic.
"Stupid Human!! You die now.." He charged....right into my saber, "Oh, dear....*dies*"
I pulled my saber out and let him drop.
"Too easy....and you're next." I said, pointing to Sigma.
"I won't fall as quickly.....*to himself*...note to self, ask Capcom for better lackeys..." Sigma said.
X arrived at the field and saw...a human?...and he was making sport of Sigma?
"Well, this is new...." X said, making his way towards us.
"So...*pant*..ready to give...*pant*..up Sigma?" I said, taking a defensive stance.
"Stupid human, I don't tire...but you do....and you'll soon be too weak to fight." Sigma said, readying an attack.
"Damn, he's right." I thought. I couldn't go on much more.
Suddenly, Sigma charged.
I couldn't block...but, he missed?
Sigma fell back as he was it square in the chest by a burst of plasma.
"Argh, X!! You'll pay...." Sigma said, warping out.
At about that time, I blacked out from exhaustion....
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Hunter HQ
I awoke hours later in what appeared to be a hospital room.
"Where...am...I?" I said, my head pounding.
I remember landing, then those two reploids, then....I saw Charmy.
"Hey, sleepy head..wake up." I said, shaking her gently.
"Oh, you're up...*smile*..good." she said, kissing me.
"Thanks...where are we anyway?" I asked.
"I can answer that." said X, walking into the room.
"And who might you be?" I said.
"I'm X....and you're in Hunter Headquarters." he said.
"Okay, so what happend? Where's Sigma?"
"I got him to leave after you held him off....I must say, I was quite impressed that a human could hold him off."
"Well, I'm not your normal human." I said with a smile.
X caught me up on what was happening and the recent troulbes.
It seemed that the Mavericks had some kind of new allies...that's what Dark Cube was.
"Hmm, heartless...I can sense it..." I thought to myself, "That must be it."
"Anyway...my partner, Zero, disappeared awhile ago....he went to investigate this new power, but then....he just disappeared." X said, "Haven't heard a word in six months."
"Whoa...you've been dealing with this for a long time then." Sonic said.
"Yes...that it has." X said, a bit saddened.
"Hey, cheer up...we're here to help." I said, reassuring X.
"Thank you for your help....now, this is the what we need to do....."
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Somewhere in the galaxy
A lone figure flies through space, searching for someone.
"Emi....Mia...where could you be?" the figure said.
The figure was glowing purple as he went through the atmosphere and landed on a new planet.
"Ryan....if only we'd known they'd come back....and we weren't ready...." the figure said.
"*flashback* It was only one week after you guys left.....they came out of nowhere...we just couldn't fight back....even our Orochi forms couldn't fight them....they destroyed our world....and took Mia and Emi....well, I won't let them win...." the figure said, dashing towards destiny...
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Outside Maverick HQ
This was suicide...I mean, one reploid, two humans, and two anthros against a whole army of evil reploids backed by heartless? The odds were against us.
"Okay, we need to strike quick and hard..." X said, "that's the best way to go about it..."
"Right, but we need to be careful, we don't need to get overwhelmed." I said.
Sonic and Shadow held me back..
"Yeah? What's wrong guys?" I asked.
"Well, doesn't this almost seem like back then..." Sonic said.
"Well, yeah.....but we won then, right?" I said.
"True, but we had the help of others then...." Shadow said.
"Come on guys, catch up!" Charmy shouted.
We slowly made our way to the summit...and there it was...Sigma's new base.
"You think people would notice him building these things, but noooooo...." Sonic said, being sarcastic.
"Well, when you're the most feared reploid on Earth, you don't get complaints." X said, trying to make a joke to ease the tension.
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Inside Maverick HQ
"Okay Vile....what's the deal? Who are these allies you spoke of? Dark Cube was not much help..." Sigma said, still recouping from the beatdown he received.
"Don't worry sir....we've even recruited help from the most unlikely source." Vile said with a wicked grin, showing a pair of shadows.
"Him?! But how did you do it?" Sigma said.
"That's the power of the heartless." Vile said.
Suddenly, alarms went off.
"Hmm, seems we've got some uninvited guests....send those two after them." Sigma ordered.
"Yes sir...you heard him...Go!!" Vile shouted at the two reploids.
They dashed off towards...
...Great, just great....."Nice job Sonic!!" I said, trying to dodge the laser blasts.
"It's not my fault....I'm too fast...." Sonic said, plowing through a door.
"This way...." X said, taking a right door. I followed just as it closed.
"Damn, well, this way guys." Shadow said, heading through the door on the left.
I was banging on the door.
"Open, damn you!" I said.
"Too late, let's just keep going." X said, motioning.
I followed reluctantly.
Charmy, Sonic, and Shadow entered a large room in stars and bright metal.
"Whoa, this place is shiny." Charmy said, drawing her gun.
"Be on guard, I feel something is up...this room doesn't feel normal." Shadow said.
Just then a reploid dashed down from the ceiling.
"Welcome...I'm Platinum Star...and I'm...*unsheates star blaster*...your nightmare."
"Yeah, right....I don't think so...." Charmy said, releasing an EMP pulse.
The pulse hit Platinum and bounced off?
"Sorry, but reploids are sheilded, that ain't gonna help you..." Platinum Star said with a laugh.
"Damn...this'll be tough..." Charmy said, readying for a fight.
X and I walked along till we were in a large, barren room.
Suddenly, X just stopped.
"Um, you okay X?" I asked.
"It's...It's as if I'm feeling a prescence I know...." X said.
"That's because you are." a voice said.
"Come out!" I shouted.
A reploid clad in black armor, with a long ponytail, clenching a golden saber, dropped down onto the floor.
"Z...Ze...Zero?!" X said.
The reploid laughed and smiled.
"Maybe....that used to be my name..." Z said.
"Well, I don't know who you are, but if you're in our way...*draws saber*...I'll have to stop you." I said.
"Fine human...let's go!" Z said, charging me.
X looked on, how could he fight his friend?
"No, Zero stop...." X said.
Zero kept on parrying blow after blow, matching me move for move.
"You're pretty good...too bad I have to kill you." I said, slashing his ponytail.
"Argh! Don't mess with my hair." Z said, going postal.
"Whoa, X...help!" I said, being forced into a corner.
Charmy ducked behind some debris, this wasn't going good.
Sonic was unconscious, and Shadow wasn't of much help.
"Ryan, where the hell are you when I need you?" Charmy said, shooting at Platinum.
Platinum knocked the shots away and fired at the debris, knocking parts away till it was all gone.
"So, human, and...whatever those two freaky animals are...ready to die?" Platinum said.
"I've got a better idea....*cue theme*....why don't you...*draws saber*...die!!!" ??? said as he sliced Platinum in half....and disappeared.
"What the?" Charmy said, "Who was that?"
Charmy went about healing Sonic and Shadow, and they continued onward.
Meanwhile, I was getting my ass kicked by Z.
X couldn't fight him....he couldn't hurt his friend....
"X, help me....or I'm going to die." I said, fighting back in vane.
That word...it got to X....he screamed as he called for his Ultimate Armor.
"Zero, I don't know what happend to you....but I can't let this happen anymore...NOVA STRIKE!!!" X said, jumping in the air and ripping straight through Z.
Z exploded and there was nothing left.
"*blinks* Wow...nice one X." I said, getting up.
"*sighs* Why more violence...?" he said, catching up to me.
A mysterious figure jumped down.
"Well, nice job X....guess you can fight without my help." ??? said, dashing into the shadows.
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Sigma's Chamber
As we walked along the corridor, something was off.
"Something's wrong...it shouldn't be this easy, especially after what we just dealt with." I said.
"Well, consider this a blessing..." X said, still donning his Ultimate Armor.
As we round the bend, we ran straight into...
"Ow!" Charmy said, hitting the ground.
"Hey, we found you." I said, helping her up.
"Yeah, had a bit of trouble..." Sonic said, eyeing X, "I take it you did as well."
"Yes, well....I'd rather not talk about it...let's just find Sigma and finish this." X said, walking on.
We entered a room and the only way was up.
"So, he's up there isn't he?" Shadow asked.
"Yep, so...can you guys get up there?" X said, starting to climb the walls.
I smiled, "Well....just watch."
The four of us concentrated and started flying up.
"*blink* Whoa....you aren't normal humans are you?" X said, trying to keep up.
"Nope." Charmy said.
As we reached the top of the shaft, a door came up and closed.
"Hmm, from what we've seen before, now the lights'll go out..." Sonic said, just as they did.
"They'll be some weird lights in the background...." Charmy said, as a pair of eyes flashed.
"And then the bad guy'll show up...." I said, as the lights turned back on.
X sweatdropped, "You guys must've done this before."
"You could say that...." Shadow said.
"Hahahahaha....." Sigma said, wearing his cloak.
"*sighs* These bad guys are too cliched..." I said, shaking my head.
"Um, you gonna fight or not?" Sigma said, getting a bit impatient.
"Noooo, we're gonna waste ten minutes bantering back and forth about our ideals and then we'll just slice you to dust...." Sonic said, annoying Sigma.
Sigma tossed away his cloak, grabbed his scythe, and took his stance.....
....which did no good, when another reploid came from behind and ran him through.
"Ack!!! *turns around* You?! But you..how?!" Sigma said.
"Well...those creepy heartlackers of Vile's couldn't take me....that was a clone." ??? said.
"Um, they're called heartless..." I said, correcting ???.
"*rolls eyes* Whatever...*lifts saber up, spliting Sigma in half*....guess that means we're done." ??? said.
"Zero! You're alive." X said, running over to his friend.
"Yeah, you don't think I'd die that easily..." Zero said, "Besides, I've died so many times it's not funny...*laughs*.."
"Don't celebrate so quickly." Vile said, dropping down in his new walker.
"Not you again..." X said, taking a stance.
"Congrats Key Master..." Vile said, looking at me, "But I doubt you can take this...my new Shadowdancer walker."
Vile then disappeared....and the lights went dark.
"Okay, something's up...why'd he leave?" I said.
Suddenly the wall began to crumble, revealing a new path.
"This may be a trap...but, well, gotta do what we gotta do." Zero said, flashing a grin.
I could do nothing but agree....we dashed off down the tunnel towards a light.
We ended up on a freeway.
"Hey, Zero...this looks familiar?" X said.
"Yes....heh, to think it's been so long since we've been here...back where it started." Zero said, dashing along.
There at the end of the freeways was Vile, waiting for us.
"Ah, you've made it....just in time to die." Vile said, laughing.
"I don't think so." I said, readying my KeySaber.
"That won't save you from this...." Vile said, pushing some buttons.
The sky darkened as Vile's Shadowdancer walker changed, Vile becoming one with it.
"Whoa, that can't be good." I said, trying to see a weak point.
Vile was now about four feet taller, had a huge, black plasma cannon on his shoulder, his armor a dark cross between purple and black.
"*laughs* So, still as cocky?" Shadow Vile said.
"I beat you once, I'll do it again." X said, dashing up and performing his Nova Strike attack.
"Ha, pathetic." Shadow Vile said, knocking X down and hitting him with a plasma grenade.
"X!! Dammit!!" Zero said, grabbing his saber.
Zero did some kind of weird move and eletrified his saber.
He hit Vile dead on, and Vile froze.
"Now!!" Zero shouted at me.
"Right!!" I said, focusing,"*think* Come on Dark, need your help on this one."
My appearance changed, my shades appearing and the leather jacket materializing.
"So," We said in our combined voice, "Time to take out Vile."
I flung Vile into the air and held him in place.
"Ready?" We said, throwing out my arms and moving them in a pattern, drawing them in, throwing them out, and linking them together.
"Light Force Attack!!!!" We said, letting loose a blinding flash of pure, white light.
Vile could do nothing as the attack hit him.
"Argh...no....you may get me....but you'll never beat...Anse.......*bzzt*..." Vile said, speaking his last.
"*think* Thanks Dark, I'll take back control." I said, becoming just plain Ryan again.
"No worries....I will be back." Dark told me, returning to my subconscious.
"X, don't die on me." Zero said, holding his partner up.
"Ugh....I feel like shit..." X said, holding his head.
"*laughs* Well, seems that armor came in handy for something...it pretty much protected you against that blast...there ain't any of it left." Zero said, helping X up.
"Well...Key Master..." Zero said, "You gonna seal up this world too?"
"Huh? How do you know about that?" I asked.
"Well...I stumbled upon Vile's little plan, but had to hide when they thought they had me...in reality it was a fake.....so, you gonna or what?" Zero said.
"Um, sure...but where is the damn thing?" I said, looking around.
Follow me...this way....
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Unknown Location
"Damn...well, seems I'm the last one left...." General Mokuvai said.
Suddenly the hooded figure showed up.
"Do not give up......I can give you what you need..."
Suddenly noises of what is a struggle can be heard some distance away.
"What the hell?" Mokuvai said.
"Hmm, even with his planet gone, his will was so strong he came after them." the hooded figure said, "No matter....he won't succeed, even with the Key Master's help."
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Maverick HQ: Sigma's Chamber Ruins
"What're we doing here?" I asked.
"Well," Zero said, pushing some buttons, "This is why."
A false wall moved and revealed a CPU, with a large keyhole in it.
"Hmm, that's the last place I'd expect to see it." Shadow said.
"Right, time to close it." I said, pointing the Keysaber at it.
The beam shot out as it sealed the world from heartless influence.
"Bingo....well, our job is done...time for us to leave..." I said, as we headed back to our ship.
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Outskirts of Rep City
"Well, we thank you for your help." X said.
"Yeah, good luck...and don't let them heartlackers win." Zero said.
"We won't.....and its heartless." I said with a laugh.
"Whatever...." Zero said.
X handed me something.
"What's this?" I said.
"Here..a powerup from one of the robots you trashed earlier...it should help." X said.
"Thanks man..." I said, attaching it to my Keysaber, turning it into Keysaber:'X-Factor'.
Charmy, Shadow, Sonic and I got into our ship, waved goodbye, and took off.
"Well, there goes some of the weirdest guys we've met yet." Zero said.
"Yeah...but they'll succeed, I know it....now, let's get back to HQ...." X said, as the two of them warped back.
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Space Between Dimensions
"Okay, time for the next world...." I said, plotting a course.
"You know...it seems as if we've been going at this for awhile...how many more worlds do you think there are?" Charmy said, getting comfortable.
"I don't know...but, whatever comes our way, we'll succeed." Sonic said.
"We must..." Shadow said, "And we will...."
"Right...here we go!" I said, activating the hyper-drive.