Chapter 8: News
X woke up, shocked. A dream! Someone was trying to contact him. "Hello, X" "Ah!" said X in surprise. In front of him, stood Shadow, and he didn't look very happy. "You!" said X angrily, "Why, do you want to control the world, Maverick!" Shadow just stared at X, a little disturbed X just called him a Maverick. "Control the world?" he simply said. "You told me yourself, and I won't allow you to do that!" said X, getting his Buster ready. "If it's a fight you want, a fight you get," said Shadow a bit confused, but happy for a battle.
X shot at Shadow rapidly, but Shadow was too quick, dodging all of X's shots. He snuck up behind X. "You shouldn't try so hard, you may strain but it won't get you anywhere," said Shadow calmly, as he quickly stabbed X. X bared with the pain and began charging an attack. Shadow dashed to the other side of the room, ready for X's move. When X's Buster shot was about fully charged, he ran towards Shadow. Only seven meters away, X shot the attack. Shadow, a bit disappointed, sliced the charged attack in half before it could touch him, releasing a wave of energy going towards X. The charged shot went by Shadow, but the slash wave sliced a bit of X's Buster arm. "His speed isn't so bad," thought X, "But I can't find anything in this room, that can help me slow him down." "Give up yet?" asked Shadow. "Never!" replied X. "Corny son of a-SLASH BIT!" shouted out Shadow, "I don't have TIME for this!" At that precise moment Shadow swung his Sword a large distance, but still far from touching X. "What's wrong Shadow? Losing memory of distance?" said X. Shadow simply gave an angered grin and a bunch of Dark Slash Attacks came from the ground, all headed to X. "N-No!" X said. The attacks cut through him, sending him to the ground, but not quite dead. "What's wrong, X? Losing memory of life?" he said, as he walked off.
X couldn't believe it, beaten. How was he going to warn the others? His only hope of stopping Shadow from accomplishing whatever he wanted to accomplish, was to rest. X needed to get back in the chair, heal, and hope the other Hunter's would be able to stop Shadow. As he thought this, Axl appeared into the room. "X! What happened?" said Axl, noticing X's new wounds. "Shadow," X replied, with much difficulty, "Shadow is in the base. Warn the others." "Ok," Axl said without much thought. He helped X into the chair, to begin the healing process, and ran off to tell Alia.
At the Teleport Room, Alia told everyone through the intercom, that a Human with long yellow hair equipped with a gun and a saber had entered the Base. She told everyone to be alert, but not to hurt the Human, instead try to contain him. She didn't add that the Human was Zero, or that he was incredibly powerful. Soon X and Pick entered the room. "I found out what is happening to Zero!" Pick said immediately, "The Power- Up he took sent a liquid into him, filled with all kinds of chemicals." Pick remembered how last time, he went on and on to X and Axl about what they didn't understand at all. The chemicals made small tunnels going through all of Zero's body, like veins. It melted away Zero's current armor, and gave him a coating. He also gained what seem to be actual robotic muscles that can get stronger," Pick was losing it, "But also, he has been encoded with a new Virus!" X, Axl, and Alia looked at Pick in surprise, as if they have just seen some type of ghost. "A Virus!?" yelled X, "Another Virus!?" All around them, Reploids looked straight at X. The news of a new virus shocked every one of them. The Hunters started shouting. "What do you mean another virus?" and "It can't be!" After a short while Alia explained to them what X was talking about, creating uproars. And with much difficulty, explained what happened to Zero.
"We must kill Zero, if we don't we'll all be in danger!" shouted an unfamiliar Reploid. X, Axl, Alia, and Pick were in shock. How did the whole Base go out of control from the news of Zero? Where they really going to carry out their plans to kill Zero? "We have to act quick," said Axl, "We have to find Zero before they do." "No shit," said Pick, acting a bit courageous, "Do you really think we were gonna stand here and let them tear Zero to shreds?" "Hahaha," laughed X, "Those Reploids? Rip Zero to shreds? Zero wouldn't even break a sweat in killing them off, which makes me wonder what would stop him from killing us." "We have to get to work, c'mon!" said Alia, finally. With that, the three heroes went of to search for Zero. "Three heroes?" said Axl, "Pick, you'll get killed even faster than we will if you come along!" "Well said!" said Pick happily. But, before X and Axl could go on, the angry mob of Hunters already made their move. The mob went out the door, separating into an equal amount of groups for every split passage.
"We got to go!" shouted X. "You have to head the other way," said Alia, "You'll never get through the mob if you follow them!" And they were off, in a great hurry and with hardly any hope of surviving. "Crap, I could've at least gotten another armor," said X angrily, to practically nobody. "Yeah, maybe with that Ultimate Armor, we would've been able to beat Zero," said Axl With that, a shudder went down both X and Axl's bodies. "Hahaha, not a chance!"
X woke up, shocked. A dream! Someone was trying to contact him. "Hello, X" "Ah!" said X in surprise. In front of him, stood Shadow, and he didn't look very happy. "You!" said X angrily, "Why, do you want to control the world, Maverick!" Shadow just stared at X, a little disturbed X just called him a Maverick. "Control the world?" he simply said. "You told me yourself, and I won't allow you to do that!" said X, getting his Buster ready. "If it's a fight you want, a fight you get," said Shadow a bit confused, but happy for a battle.
X shot at Shadow rapidly, but Shadow was too quick, dodging all of X's shots. He snuck up behind X. "You shouldn't try so hard, you may strain but it won't get you anywhere," said Shadow calmly, as he quickly stabbed X. X bared with the pain and began charging an attack. Shadow dashed to the other side of the room, ready for X's move. When X's Buster shot was about fully charged, he ran towards Shadow. Only seven meters away, X shot the attack. Shadow, a bit disappointed, sliced the charged attack in half before it could touch him, releasing a wave of energy going towards X. The charged shot went by Shadow, but the slash wave sliced a bit of X's Buster arm. "His speed isn't so bad," thought X, "But I can't find anything in this room, that can help me slow him down." "Give up yet?" asked Shadow. "Never!" replied X. "Corny son of a-SLASH BIT!" shouted out Shadow, "I don't have TIME for this!" At that precise moment Shadow swung his Sword a large distance, but still far from touching X. "What's wrong Shadow? Losing memory of distance?" said X. Shadow simply gave an angered grin and a bunch of Dark Slash Attacks came from the ground, all headed to X. "N-No!" X said. The attacks cut through him, sending him to the ground, but not quite dead. "What's wrong, X? Losing memory of life?" he said, as he walked off.
X couldn't believe it, beaten. How was he going to warn the others? His only hope of stopping Shadow from accomplishing whatever he wanted to accomplish, was to rest. X needed to get back in the chair, heal, and hope the other Hunter's would be able to stop Shadow. As he thought this, Axl appeared into the room. "X! What happened?" said Axl, noticing X's new wounds. "Shadow," X replied, with much difficulty, "Shadow is in the base. Warn the others." "Ok," Axl said without much thought. He helped X into the chair, to begin the healing process, and ran off to tell Alia.
At the Teleport Room, Alia told everyone through the intercom, that a Human with long yellow hair equipped with a gun and a saber had entered the Base. She told everyone to be alert, but not to hurt the Human, instead try to contain him. She didn't add that the Human was Zero, or that he was incredibly powerful. Soon X and Pick entered the room. "I found out what is happening to Zero!" Pick said immediately, "The Power- Up he took sent a liquid into him, filled with all kinds of chemicals." Pick remembered how last time, he went on and on to X and Axl about what they didn't understand at all. The chemicals made small tunnels going through all of Zero's body, like veins. It melted away Zero's current armor, and gave him a coating. He also gained what seem to be actual robotic muscles that can get stronger," Pick was losing it, "But also, he has been encoded with a new Virus!" X, Axl, and Alia looked at Pick in surprise, as if they have just seen some type of ghost. "A Virus!?" yelled X, "Another Virus!?" All around them, Reploids looked straight at X. The news of a new virus shocked every one of them. The Hunters started shouting. "What do you mean another virus?" and "It can't be!" After a short while Alia explained to them what X was talking about, creating uproars. And with much difficulty, explained what happened to Zero.
"We must kill Zero, if we don't we'll all be in danger!" shouted an unfamiliar Reploid. X, Axl, Alia, and Pick were in shock. How did the whole Base go out of control from the news of Zero? Where they really going to carry out their plans to kill Zero? "We have to act quick," said Axl, "We have to find Zero before they do." "No shit," said Pick, acting a bit courageous, "Do you really think we were gonna stand here and let them tear Zero to shreds?" "Hahaha," laughed X, "Those Reploids? Rip Zero to shreds? Zero wouldn't even break a sweat in killing them off, which makes me wonder what would stop him from killing us." "We have to get to work, c'mon!" said Alia, finally. With that, the three heroes went of to search for Zero. "Three heroes?" said Axl, "Pick, you'll get killed even faster than we will if you come along!" "Well said!" said Pick happily. But, before X and Axl could go on, the angry mob of Hunters already made their move. The mob went out the door, separating into an equal amount of groups for every split passage.
"We got to go!" shouted X. "You have to head the other way," said Alia, "You'll never get through the mob if you follow them!" And they were off, in a great hurry and with hardly any hope of surviving. "Crap, I could've at least gotten another armor," said X angrily, to practically nobody. "Yeah, maybe with that Ultimate Armor, we would've been able to beat Zero," said Axl With that, a shudder went down both X and Axl's bodies. "Hahaha, not a chance!"