Chapter 4: Next Mission
"Uhh." "Zero!!" "Uh.what now.Shadow!" cried Zero, once again covered in darkness. "No, fool! It's me, W. It's about time you began to re-begin your objective, Zero. But even with the new power you will soon get, will you be able to beat Omega.?" "New Power? Omega?" asked Zero. "Hmm.for now he won't be of concern to you, but.you will need to face him sooner or later," said W, as if ignoring Zero. "How can you let Shadow attack me like that?" asked Zero furiously. "He has told you already didn't he? He hates you; another creation of mine has proved a failure. Damn you Light!" said W. "Light? Wait.Dr. Wiel?!" asked Zero. "Hahaha! No, I'm not Wiel. Which.disappoints me. That Omega.it doesn't matter. Before the next time I contact you, Operation EX will take place, and change you for the better." said W. "Operation EX? Change? What do you mean?" asked Zero desperately. "I don't have time to tell you. You will see." said W, as the darkness began fading away from the new amount of light that entered the room. As W disappeared with the darkness, Zero found himself back in the Hunter's base, wide- awake.
"Ah, Zero you're finally awake." said a scientist named Pick, "I was afraid you would never wake." "Mmmhh. Pick? What happened to Shadow?!" yelled Zero. "Ah, so Shadow was his name? You need not to worry of him he is gone now. Can you stand up?" said Pick calmly, "Hmmm, Lifesaver seemed to do a good job in healing you." Zero stood up and found himself just as healthy and powerful as ever, but he remembered about his broken Saber, and felt just as weak as ever. "About your Saber, Zero," said Pick. "You fixed it?!" shouted Zero, almost jumping for joy. "Uh.no. Shadow seemed to wreck it pretty well. I still need to work on it. We can't seem to find the right tools, anywhere. Like if they disappeared into thin air, but it shouldn't take long. For now you can use that new Saber you found," said Pick, still quite calm. Zero, back as weak as ever, found the Saber on a little table next to the Buster gun he also found (found?). He picked it up, along with the Buster gun, and placed it in his inventory. "I'll be off, thanks Pick," said Zero as he left the room, still pretty down from his broken Z Saber.
"Zero!" shouted X as he ran next to Zero, "What happened back there?" "Isn't it obvious?" entered Axl, with a little smirk on his face, "Zero lost." "Yeah," said Zero, as he shot a cold look at Axl, making Axl's little smirk disappear. "That guy, Shadow, was really strong. He could take all three of us if he wanted," said Zero, exaggerating a bit. "Then, why did he run away after X and me came in?" said Axl, noticing Zero's exaggeration. Zero shot Axl another cold look and went off to the Teleport Room. "Well, see ya Zero," said X after him. "Hmmm. Oh, hi Zero. Another mission post just came in the moment you arrived, pretty lucky huh?" said Alia. "Yeah, lucky." responded Zero. "Ok then, here's the Mission Briefing: The Arcasian Forest seems to be getting dry very rapidly. This forest is known to have the richest amount of energy in this area of the world currently, but not for long if this goes on. We have reason to believe Mavericks are planning to use this energy to make an 'Ultimate Reploid.' You must find the factory draining the energy from this forest and destroy it, before they get enough energy to make this 'Ultimate Reploid.'" explained Alia. "Who is the Reploid controlling the area this time?" asked Zero, hoping it would be 'unknown' so he could meet and face Shadow again. "We believe Storm Parrot will be controlling the area this time." answered Alia ".Uh, ok. I'm off," said Zero very disappointedly.
As Zero teleported into the area, he was greeted by millions of dry leaves, and half empty trees. "Hmph! An 'Ultimate Reploid'? How hard can someone like that be? Seems, no one can reach the power limits of Shadow and me." He trudged along the ground, until enemy robots greeted him. At that point he started hurrying to find the secret factory so he could get it over with. After a while he tripped on something metal on the ground, and after furiously destroying the robots chasing him, he investigated the metal and found a trap door. "Mavericks were never good at keeping things secret," he thought as he opened the lid and climbed in. After destroying a small amount of security he finally met the door leading to the Boss Reploid of the area. Shortly after he entered the room, the room was filled with wind and thunder. He looked up and saw a huge fan, four rods, and a pole right before the fan. The fan was sucking the air from the ground into it; and it seemed to get stronger by the second, while the rods shot thunder at him. Zero had to move every second so the rods wouldn't shock him. As he dodged the thunder attacks, he shot up at the rods with his buster, but the fan redirected the shots back at him, and he had more to dodge. He desperately, looked around the room for a way out and noticed the door he came in from. But just as he looked at the door a steel wall dropped right before the door. At that time Zero thought, "It was a trap, they expected me. Hehehe, about time they thought up something as good as this." Zero felt lighter every time he jumped to avoid the thunder. Soon the next time he jumped, he couldn't touch the ground anymore. Since Zero couldn't move, the thunder attacks hit him at ease. Every second, another shot of pain went through Zero. At last, he was about to get cut into pieces by the huge fan, when he noticed how he could use the pole. "Guess they couldn't make a complete trap after all," he thought as he gripped onto the pole, "Those dumasses." But the pole began to bend, so Zero was getting closer to the fan by the second, still getting shocked by the thunder. The pole broke, and just as Zero was about to reach his death he had an idea.
Zero was barely a meter away from the fan, when he immediately stuck his Saber in the middle of it, and he spun along with the fan. Still with the pole, he stuck it out away from his body and tried to beat the rods off with it. But to his despair the pole was only long enough to break off one rod with an explosion. As he still spun around, the remaining three rods had an even easier job to shock him. He threw the rod into the fan and, with great difficulty, watched it get sliced into small sheets of metal. He couldn't help thinking of how brutally Sigma died, and how close he was to getting a death just as brutal. Then he had a sudden idea, he took out his Buster gun, and kept shooting repeatedly. Until he could hear three explosions. He then looked straight down and tried to dig his Saber deeper into the fan. After a long struggle, lightning began coming out of the fan. Zero kept on trying his best to dig his Saber deeper into the fan, until he could feel himself beginning to come apart. With one last jerk, he felt the spinning to get a lot slower and he immediately took his Saber out and fell straight to the ground, hard, in exhaustion, while the fan was making huge explosions. Breathing heavily he tried to get up, but fell right back down. At that moment something fell from the fan, now making smaller explosions. It was a cylinder shaped metal bottle, with a blue glowing liquid in it. He picked it up and at that moment saw someone teleport in. "Ah, I see you had great difficulty getting through my small army of robots. Sorry I took so long, I was fixing my alarm. I'm Storm Parrot and now, I will finish you off, " said Storm Parrot. With that, the Parrot flew straight at Zero's head. With very little difficulty, Zero took out his Saber and drove it into Storm Parrot's head just before he could drive into Zero's head. "NO! How can I have been beaten like ttttthhhhhiiiiisssss!?!?!?!?!?!?" said the exploding ex-Reploid. At that, Zero heard another sound, the sound of teleportation. As he tried to look through the smoke raised by Storm Parrot's death, he heard a voice. And to his surprise and horror, the voice belonged to his brother, Shadow.
"Uhh." "Zero!!" "Uh.what now.Shadow!" cried Zero, once again covered in darkness. "No, fool! It's me, W. It's about time you began to re-begin your objective, Zero. But even with the new power you will soon get, will you be able to beat Omega.?" "New Power? Omega?" asked Zero. "Hmm.for now he won't be of concern to you, but.you will need to face him sooner or later," said W, as if ignoring Zero. "How can you let Shadow attack me like that?" asked Zero furiously. "He has told you already didn't he? He hates you; another creation of mine has proved a failure. Damn you Light!" said W. "Light? Wait.Dr. Wiel?!" asked Zero. "Hahaha! No, I'm not Wiel. Which.disappoints me. That Omega.it doesn't matter. Before the next time I contact you, Operation EX will take place, and change you for the better." said W. "Operation EX? Change? What do you mean?" asked Zero desperately. "I don't have time to tell you. You will see." said W, as the darkness began fading away from the new amount of light that entered the room. As W disappeared with the darkness, Zero found himself back in the Hunter's base, wide- awake.
"Ah, Zero you're finally awake." said a scientist named Pick, "I was afraid you would never wake." "Mmmhh. Pick? What happened to Shadow?!" yelled Zero. "Ah, so Shadow was his name? You need not to worry of him he is gone now. Can you stand up?" said Pick calmly, "Hmmm, Lifesaver seemed to do a good job in healing you." Zero stood up and found himself just as healthy and powerful as ever, but he remembered about his broken Saber, and felt just as weak as ever. "About your Saber, Zero," said Pick. "You fixed it?!" shouted Zero, almost jumping for joy. "Uh.no. Shadow seemed to wreck it pretty well. I still need to work on it. We can't seem to find the right tools, anywhere. Like if they disappeared into thin air, but it shouldn't take long. For now you can use that new Saber you found," said Pick, still quite calm. Zero, back as weak as ever, found the Saber on a little table next to the Buster gun he also found (found?). He picked it up, along with the Buster gun, and placed it in his inventory. "I'll be off, thanks Pick," said Zero as he left the room, still pretty down from his broken Z Saber.
"Zero!" shouted X as he ran next to Zero, "What happened back there?" "Isn't it obvious?" entered Axl, with a little smirk on his face, "Zero lost." "Yeah," said Zero, as he shot a cold look at Axl, making Axl's little smirk disappear. "That guy, Shadow, was really strong. He could take all three of us if he wanted," said Zero, exaggerating a bit. "Then, why did he run away after X and me came in?" said Axl, noticing Zero's exaggeration. Zero shot Axl another cold look and went off to the Teleport Room. "Well, see ya Zero," said X after him. "Hmmm. Oh, hi Zero. Another mission post just came in the moment you arrived, pretty lucky huh?" said Alia. "Yeah, lucky." responded Zero. "Ok then, here's the Mission Briefing: The Arcasian Forest seems to be getting dry very rapidly. This forest is known to have the richest amount of energy in this area of the world currently, but not for long if this goes on. We have reason to believe Mavericks are planning to use this energy to make an 'Ultimate Reploid.' You must find the factory draining the energy from this forest and destroy it, before they get enough energy to make this 'Ultimate Reploid.'" explained Alia. "Who is the Reploid controlling the area this time?" asked Zero, hoping it would be 'unknown' so he could meet and face Shadow again. "We believe Storm Parrot will be controlling the area this time." answered Alia ".Uh, ok. I'm off," said Zero very disappointedly.
As Zero teleported into the area, he was greeted by millions of dry leaves, and half empty trees. "Hmph! An 'Ultimate Reploid'? How hard can someone like that be? Seems, no one can reach the power limits of Shadow and me." He trudged along the ground, until enemy robots greeted him. At that point he started hurrying to find the secret factory so he could get it over with. After a while he tripped on something metal on the ground, and after furiously destroying the robots chasing him, he investigated the metal and found a trap door. "Mavericks were never good at keeping things secret," he thought as he opened the lid and climbed in. After destroying a small amount of security he finally met the door leading to the Boss Reploid of the area. Shortly after he entered the room, the room was filled with wind and thunder. He looked up and saw a huge fan, four rods, and a pole right before the fan. The fan was sucking the air from the ground into it; and it seemed to get stronger by the second, while the rods shot thunder at him. Zero had to move every second so the rods wouldn't shock him. As he dodged the thunder attacks, he shot up at the rods with his buster, but the fan redirected the shots back at him, and he had more to dodge. He desperately, looked around the room for a way out and noticed the door he came in from. But just as he looked at the door a steel wall dropped right before the door. At that time Zero thought, "It was a trap, they expected me. Hehehe, about time they thought up something as good as this." Zero felt lighter every time he jumped to avoid the thunder. Soon the next time he jumped, he couldn't touch the ground anymore. Since Zero couldn't move, the thunder attacks hit him at ease. Every second, another shot of pain went through Zero. At last, he was about to get cut into pieces by the huge fan, when he noticed how he could use the pole. "Guess they couldn't make a complete trap after all," he thought as he gripped onto the pole, "Those dumasses." But the pole began to bend, so Zero was getting closer to the fan by the second, still getting shocked by the thunder. The pole broke, and just as Zero was about to reach his death he had an idea.
Zero was barely a meter away from the fan, when he immediately stuck his Saber in the middle of it, and he spun along with the fan. Still with the pole, he stuck it out away from his body and tried to beat the rods off with it. But to his despair the pole was only long enough to break off one rod with an explosion. As he still spun around, the remaining three rods had an even easier job to shock him. He threw the rod into the fan and, with great difficulty, watched it get sliced into small sheets of metal. He couldn't help thinking of how brutally Sigma died, and how close he was to getting a death just as brutal. Then he had a sudden idea, he took out his Buster gun, and kept shooting repeatedly. Until he could hear three explosions. He then looked straight down and tried to dig his Saber deeper into the fan. After a long struggle, lightning began coming out of the fan. Zero kept on trying his best to dig his Saber deeper into the fan, until he could feel himself beginning to come apart. With one last jerk, he felt the spinning to get a lot slower and he immediately took his Saber out and fell straight to the ground, hard, in exhaustion, while the fan was making huge explosions. Breathing heavily he tried to get up, but fell right back down. At that moment something fell from the fan, now making smaller explosions. It was a cylinder shaped metal bottle, with a blue glowing liquid in it. He picked it up and at that moment saw someone teleport in. "Ah, I see you had great difficulty getting through my small army of robots. Sorry I took so long, I was fixing my alarm. I'm Storm Parrot and now, I will finish you off, " said Storm Parrot. With that, the Parrot flew straight at Zero's head. With very little difficulty, Zero took out his Saber and drove it into Storm Parrot's head just before he could drive into Zero's head. "NO! How can I have been beaten like ttttthhhhhiiiiisssss!?!?!?!?!?!?" said the exploding ex-Reploid. At that, Zero heard another sound, the sound of teleportation. As he tried to look through the smoke raised by Storm Parrot's death, he heard a voice. And to his surprise and horror, the voice belonged to his brother, Shadow.