Chapter 13: The Final Battles, Part 2.5

Zero was still on the ground, motionless. Blood was drooling from where Shadow EX's Sword penetrated his body. Shadow EX was on the ground too, blood dripping from his heart, and head. Axl was resting on the wall, in shock. Axl's laser charged shot was able to go to each gun, but it was too late. Shadow EX had already stabbed Zero. Axl suddenly thought about X, he was still alive. He got up; ready to help X out, but something stopped him dead in his tracks. Shadow EX got up, he was a mess, and he stared blankly at Axl. He suddenly started twitching, showed signs of anger and hate, and gave a piercing yell. He took out one of his Shurikens and held it high in the air. Energy began charging it up. The Shuriken was beginning to grow larger, larger and larger, until it wouldn't grow any more. Axl went into a run to the door. He had to tell Alia. Shadow EX finally threw the huge Shuriken at him. Axl didn't look back; he just kept running, not thinking once that the Shuriken would be faster then him. It finally reached him, and sliced him at about the middle of this bottom leg. Axl fell to the ground, gravely injured, but at least alive.

"I've done it! It's over; I've beaten the most powerful Hunters in the world, all together at once!! I'm invincible!! Now, for the rest of the base." He took out what seemed like an energy tank, and was about to use the energy inside to heal himself when he thought, "What am I, a fool? I'm an EX now! I can sell this for an airplane ride." He made off to the door when he heard a sound. "Who's there? Show yourself, before I take down this whole room with you in it!" said Shadow EX. But when he looked to where the noise came from. He found the bomb EX was going to use. He began to walk towards it, when he heard another sound. He looked at where the sound came from and found someone in a black cloak, with sleeves. "Ha! Who do you think you are? Sephiroth? Show yourself, before I kill you!" said Shadow EX, thinking the person could actually become his servant. "You plan to use the bomb to destroy the base?" said the person. From the sound of the voice, Shadow EX assumed the person was a man. "And what if I do?" said Shadow EX.
"Then you will have to go through me first," the person said. Shadow
EX laughed. "What's wrong? Think I'm too weak for you?"
said the person, "Fine, then how about we fight but you don't use any health? Surely, if you are that strong, you would survive without using any health." Shadow EX immediately accepted, the mention of him being strong got to him quick. Maybe he'll get his own fan club.
"Fine, I accept your challenge stranger. But if you lose, something which you will soon see is inevitable, you have to serve me and begin a fan club about me, deal?" said Shadow EX.
"Very well," said the man, and he threw off his cloak. Shadow EX went in shock, like if he'd just seen a ghost, which was exactly what he thought. For right in front of him stood Sigma, scarred and smiling. Sigma drew out his hands in front of him, and sort of squeezed the air, as if he was squeezing an apple that wasn't really there. Two balls of energy appeared in each of his hands, a bright green color, like that of Zero's new Saber. He shot one at Shadow EX. Shadow EX hesitated a bit but he quickly got ready, still hurt from Axl's attacks. But getting ready doesn't mean he was going to dodge the attack, because the green ball of energy grew as it headed to Shadow EX, and it hit him dead on. Shadow EX flew into the wall. Now Sigma got another green energy ball in his empty hand and crushed his hands together, like a clap. Suddenly a green sort of pole sprang from his hands, like a light-saber from Star Wars. He ran towards Shadow EX, who was beginning to forget what was going on. He still couldn't believe that Sigma was still alive, but how did he survive all the beatings and then being hung from a huge height? Of course, thinking all this would take a bit of time, so in no time at all Sigma was in front of Shadow EX, pole ready and he smacked it down on Shadow's face. The hole that was already there tripled the pain Sigma gave him, and Shadow fell to the ground, thinking only of death, but he soon controlled it. Shadow EX was on his knees. How did he get beat by Sigma? He's an EX now, and he beat Sigma before, what was stopping him from doing it again? Sigma put the pole to his neck, and it burned just like a real light-saber, it probably was.
"How can I lose like this? NO! I have to complete the task W gave me, I must!" he thought. Sigma drew out what seemed like a water gun, with a tank, but it gave a relaxing hum. Shadow EX didn't like it one bit.
"Well Shadow, or should I say Shadow EX?" said Sigma.
"Yes you should,"
"Silence! I got some good news,"
"Really? You mean this whole thing was a prank, and I won't get a horrible feeling of pain after all?"
"Well, no. I just saved a load of money on my car insurance from switching to Gieko."
"What the-!" Sigma shot the gun through where the hole that was already in Shadow EX's head. But the energy didn't go through the hole until about ten seconds later, a very bright green energy almost like a worm, came out of Shadow EX's head. It oozed out and went into his heart. Shadow EX began trembling, feeling weird that he didn't even feel any pain. He switched his mind quickly as he began to feel the effects of a heart attack. He tried to yell, but he couldn't, his voice box wasn't functioning. A ball of the green energy exploded from his heart, and the gun's energy was gone. Shadow EX collapsed into the ground; he turned his head to where Sigma was and found him holding up the gun. The tank on the gun was giving a green glow. Sigma walked towards Shadow EX, and took out his energy tanks. The whole time, X looked at it all happen in horror. Shadow EX slaughtering off Zero, gave Axl's legs a trim, and finally getting killed by Sigma. The only thing left was for Sigma to set the bomb and run off. Why didn't Pick disable it yet? Then he remembered Pick and when he was in the lab, sniffing something when he thought X was asleep. Sigma threw the energy tanks to X. One hit X in the face, and made his eyesight blurry. Sigma pointed the gun to the air and Shadow EX looked at the gun in horror. Inside the gun wasn't water; it was the EX Virus. He also noticed he didn't feel the sensation of the EX Virus in him any more.

"I see you get my plan now don't you?" Sigma said. He finally shot the gun into the air and the liquid shot into the air. It came straight down and Sigma opened his mouth wide. All the liquid came into his mouth. Sigma gulped it down. "Ack!" he said, "Could've gotten some flavor. So you didn't know the Virus would have it's best effects when drank, huh? And best of all, when it's drank, you can control the virus!" "How did you know all that?" said Shadow (He's 'Shadow' now because the virus isn't really in him anymore, just like Zero). "Hahaha! I just do," Just then, Sigma grabbed his stomach. He began yelling and let go. Green energy began to show from his hands, and his eyes gave a very bright green glow as well. But his armor didn't change; he looked about the same. Except for the high amount of power in him. "It finally ends here!" Sigma EX said. He drew out a Saber that looked like Zero's new Saber and pointed it at X. Shadow looked at where the Saber pointed, and saw all of his energy tanks, their last hope.