Chapter 9: A Deal
X and Axl turned there heads quickly around. The voice was gone. "Are you looking for me?" "Zero!" cried X in shock. "No, but close. I am no longer the Zero you once knew. I am now stronger, faster, and totally revised. I am Zero EX!!!" said Zero EX. "What a typical crazy bad guy entrance!" said Axl. "Hahaha! Catch me if you can!" shouted Zero EX, as he sped off ahead of them. "C'mon!" shouted X to Axl, and they sped off behind Zero EX. "Hmm," said Zero EX. While he dashed away from X and Axl, he used his Saber and cut marks into the wall. "Look at those marks on the wall," said Axl, "They must be Zero's, what a moron." But X wasn't so sure, could Zero (EX) really be that idiotically stupid? The marks led them to a room they have never seen before. It almost looked like an Opera, with a huge stage, and levels of seats. "I see you've finally arrived." "Zero!" said Axl. "I told you! My name isn't Zero, its Zero EX!" said Zero EX. "What's the difference?" said X to Zero. "Because the name Zero is old, and Zero EX sounds cooler," said Zero EX. "But Zero EX is too long to type," said Axl, "Can't we just call you EX?" "Uh.yeah, EX is good," said EX, finally resolving the problem and giving me less to type. "Shall we begin?" "A fight? You want to fight us?" said X, he was terrified, how could he beat EX when not only was he his best friend, but also, beyond the power of all the Hunters combined. "Of course. You don't expect me to destroy the whole base before proving I am the strongest Reploid that ever set foot on it," said EX proudly. "What?!" said X, "You plan on destroying the base?!" "That's what I just said." X and Axl were shocked, now it wasn't about survival, it was about protecting the base. "Alia, get everyone out of the base, as quickly as you can. EX is going to destroy the whole base!" said X to Alia through a communicator. "But how?" asked Alia, "And who's EX?" "Hahaha, EX is me," said EX. "How do you still have a communicator?" said Axl. "I didn't take mine off," said EX, "And I plan to destroy this base with a special bomb, just over there." EX pointed to the far corner of the room behind the chairs, and there it was. A huge bomb, and connected to it was what seemed like a pod. "Hahaha, I can use this bomb inside the base without even hurting myself. I made sure all of you didn't go out of the base so I had to stay, running around here. I can set the bomb and then teleport before it can explode, with a special axis I placed about a mile away from the base. With the axis, no one can teleport out except through that pod."
"Shit, that was smart!" said X, "Did you hear what he said Alia? Get everyone out through the doors! We'll be in here, holding him off." "Right away!" said Alia, not even thinking about X and Axl's safety. "Wait!" said Pick, "I made this Buster Program for you two. They're laser shots, every shot either of you shoot will be capable to cut through about anything, and each shot has the power of a charged shot."
"Hahaha, did you think I would forget about the doors?" said EX, "I've hacked into the computer system, right under Alia's nose, and locked all the doors shut. And the program to open them, only I have." X and Axl felt another shutter down their bodies. "But I'll make a deal," said EX, "If you can somehow beat me, I'll give you the program and self-destruct. If you lose, I get away, and everyone one here, except me of course, dies. Sound fair?" "No, it sounds obvious," said Axl. "I'll take that as a yes. DIE!"
X and Axl turned there heads quickly around. The voice was gone. "Are you looking for me?" "Zero!" cried X in shock. "No, but close. I am no longer the Zero you once knew. I am now stronger, faster, and totally revised. I am Zero EX!!!" said Zero EX. "What a typical crazy bad guy entrance!" said Axl. "Hahaha! Catch me if you can!" shouted Zero EX, as he sped off ahead of them. "C'mon!" shouted X to Axl, and they sped off behind Zero EX. "Hmm," said Zero EX. While he dashed away from X and Axl, he used his Saber and cut marks into the wall. "Look at those marks on the wall," said Axl, "They must be Zero's, what a moron." But X wasn't so sure, could Zero (EX) really be that idiotically stupid? The marks led them to a room they have never seen before. It almost looked like an Opera, with a huge stage, and levels of seats. "I see you've finally arrived." "Zero!" said Axl. "I told you! My name isn't Zero, its Zero EX!" said Zero EX. "What's the difference?" said X to Zero. "Because the name Zero is old, and Zero EX sounds cooler," said Zero EX. "But Zero EX is too long to type," said Axl, "Can't we just call you EX?" "Uh.yeah, EX is good," said EX, finally resolving the problem and giving me less to type. "Shall we begin?" "A fight? You want to fight us?" said X, he was terrified, how could he beat EX when not only was he his best friend, but also, beyond the power of all the Hunters combined. "Of course. You don't expect me to destroy the whole base before proving I am the strongest Reploid that ever set foot on it," said EX proudly. "What?!" said X, "You plan on destroying the base?!" "That's what I just said." X and Axl were shocked, now it wasn't about survival, it was about protecting the base. "Alia, get everyone out of the base, as quickly as you can. EX is going to destroy the whole base!" said X to Alia through a communicator. "But how?" asked Alia, "And who's EX?" "Hahaha, EX is me," said EX. "How do you still have a communicator?" said Axl. "I didn't take mine off," said EX, "And I plan to destroy this base with a special bomb, just over there." EX pointed to the far corner of the room behind the chairs, and there it was. A huge bomb, and connected to it was what seemed like a pod. "Hahaha, I can use this bomb inside the base without even hurting myself. I made sure all of you didn't go out of the base so I had to stay, running around here. I can set the bomb and then teleport before it can explode, with a special axis I placed about a mile away from the base. With the axis, no one can teleport out except through that pod."
"Shit, that was smart!" said X, "Did you hear what he said Alia? Get everyone out through the doors! We'll be in here, holding him off." "Right away!" said Alia, not even thinking about X and Axl's safety. "Wait!" said Pick, "I made this Buster Program for you two. They're laser shots, every shot either of you shoot will be capable to cut through about anything, and each shot has the power of a charged shot."
"Hahaha, did you think I would forget about the doors?" said EX, "I've hacked into the computer system, right under Alia's nose, and locked all the doors shut. And the program to open them, only I have." X and Axl felt another shutter down their bodies. "But I'll make a deal," said EX, "If you can somehow beat me, I'll give you the program and self-destruct. If you lose, I get away, and everyone one here, except me of course, dies. Sound fair?" "No, it sounds obvious," said Axl. "I'll take that as a yes. DIE!"