Zero Alpha

Mission Two: Resurection: X Alpha Copy

"How did you survive?" Zero asked in disbelief.

"Heh. You think I am the same as that pathetic Omega X? I am so much stronger than my counterpart." The X copy announced. "I am the Alpha copy of X. The first copy Ciel created. The strongest of the two she successfully created."

"Heh. I'll be the judge of that."

"Your legend title will not defeat me. You are way too weak for me to even waste time on." X stated as he turned away to his four comrades that Zero still couldn't see. "But, you may get stronger, and I don't want to face that stronger Zero." Alpha said as he turned back pointing a charged up X-Buster at Zero.

Zero began to charge his Z-Buster while dodging the attack that launched from X's weapon. Zero aimed for X through the debris of rock that sprung from the ground before him due to X's blast. "That isn't enough to destroy me." Zero noticed that his Z-Buster was failing to charge up and stopped short of any attack. "Was that all you could manage?"

"That was a warning shot. It would not be any fun for me to defeat you that fast."

"You fool. You will regret not using all of your energy in defeating me." Zero warned as he moved his hand for his Saber. "I won't allow you to fire once more."

"You don't make those decisions." X quipped as he fired at the ground below Zero missing him completely. "I'll see you in some time. I've decided to wait for you to get stronger. Then I can prove to you that I am stronger than any other reploid that has ever existed. Even the late X that I am based off of."

"Tell me this, if you are the strongest why was the other X copy in charge?" Zero said with his usual cool behavior.

"You have no more time." X noted as the ground below Zero crumbled sending Zero into the pit. "Sylph."

The winged fairy-esque reploid hovered closer to X. "Yes sir?"

"I want you to go find that fool and defeat him. Don't allow him to live, and don't underestimate him." X ordered as he and the three other reploids left Sylph there.

"Yeah! This will be so much fun! X never lets me have any fun, but he did this time around." Sylph said with excitement as he dove into the hole Zero fell through.

104 miles further down Zero has finally regained his mindset and lunges his Z-Saber into the wall of the seemingly bottomless pit he was falling down. Zero sighs as he looks down the shaft that goes even further. "What was this place? A destroyed highway above me and this shaft below. Was this once a city?" Zero began to slide down along the walls for another sixty miles before he finds a ledge that leads inward. He jumps into the hall that is lit dimly by a few lights along the stretch of hallway. "Something…is this way…something…important." Zero mumbled as he began to move down the hall carefully. The darkness would be straining to a human, but easy for someone like Zero to see down. Along the path he notices a few dusty corpses that resembled reploids that were out-of-date. "These people…murdered?"

The wall behind Zero crumbles and blocks off Zero's only known escape route. "Ha ha! X has let me have some fun with you Mr. Zero. I suggest hide and seek. Can you find me before I decide to kill you?" Sylph's voice asked as it echoed all over the corridors. Zero couldn't pinpoint the location of X's henchman, but he knew that this person sounded like a kid. He wouldn't last long against Zero.

"Heh, I'll accept your little game! I will hunt you down and we'll see what will happen." Zero shouted as he dashed along the walls of the corridor to avoid the rubble that was scattered all over the floor. "The hell?" Zero questioned as a few robotic bat-like creatures came at him. "Heh. They'll give me a good warm-up. My sword hand has been idle too long." Zero slashed through the enemies without hesitation. In short time he is inspecting the bodies of what is left. "These things have been made recently." Zero noted. "Which means, that they have either been planted here by X, or have been created down here even though it's abandoned." Zero looked away from the bats and to the remaining stretch of hallway. "These lights remain lit after so many years." Zero said as he looked at the lamps that lined the walls of the corridor. "They are still being supplied with energy. Ciel is looking for an alternate energy other than those crystals. So I should find what this placed is powered by."

Ciel placed her important data on her new desk. The resistance has made their move to the new base they will inhabit. "What is it? There's something nagging at me, Did I forget something?" Ciel wondered as she set up her equipment. "Zero." She said as she looked away from her work. "I forgot to send a unit to search for him one more time." She moved to her door in a hurry so she could request another search unit, but stopped at the door. "Maybe he is dead though. I shouldn't waste anymore of our time and resources to find him. If he is alive he will find us. I have no doubt he won't return. He is still alive and I'm sure of it. If there were a good reason for him to return he would without even thinking it over." Ciel moved back to her workstation.

"C'mon and work!" Zero yelled as he tried to charge his Buster one more time. "Nothing." He said with a sigh as he fired a single shot out at a light behind him shattering the glass and causing every light that he had passed already to turn off. "They all must be connected." He looked over his buster in defeat. If he couldn't get it to charge he may not have a good chance of defeating X. He moves along cautiously as he comes across another dead body. "These people…the were Mavericks…Of course, the Mavericks must have been entombed here so they couldn't infect anyone else." Zero looked at some in pity. He knew some of these were innocent ones who probably weren't any more a Maverick than himself. Zero fell to his knees in pain as a surge of memories hit him.

Maverick Virus…Sigma Virus…Zero Nightmare…

X, I'll leave the hunting to you for the time being… I'll return when I can. Until then, X…

"What is this?" Zero asked as he clutched his head in agony.

"I see. It'll take a while to get rid of this. Even with the latest technology, it's hard to succeed... I'm not really sure if I can fix this completely..." A reploid scientist said to a Zero who was wasn't as he appeared now. His armor seemed more clunky as opposed to the armor he wore upon his reawakening.

"Don't worry. I must do it before it's too late." Zero replied without hesitation.

"But you haven't had any problems yet... You'll be fine as you are, won't you? It's none of my business, but what will we do in a crisis without you?" The reploid scientist questioned.

"Ha. I'm sorry, but don't worry... There's a superior Maverick Hunter. But I'm scared that I may become a disturbing presence." Zero replied as he stepped into a capsule with a smirk.

"I agree. You look ready."

"Yeah... So, when will I wake up?" Zero asked.

"If there is no problem... It will be around August 15th, 102 years from now." The scientist replied after calculating the time.

"Right. Here's to a successful sleep." Zero said in response closing his eyes.

"I'll do my best. Have a good sleep..."

"Was that…what happened before I was sent to rest? The next time I woke up was when I met Ciel." Zero stood up slowly as he went over the memories he had just seen.

"Time is running out." Warned the voice of Sylph as it echoed down the stretch of hallway.

"For you maybe." Zero said with a scoff as he got his mind back on what mattered. "Huh?" The ground shook as the wall ahead of Zero blew apart bringing a large spiked-wheel enemy that took up the entire area of the hallway it was in. Zero charged forward to slash it with his Z-Saber but was halted when he found he couldn't reach the foe with his weapon. "What now?"

Zero…Don't give up hope…

Zero stopped in awe as he heard the female voice in his head. She sounded do familiar to him. He was awakened as a spike just grazed his armor leaving a gash. "You aren't anything! Take this!" Zero let loose a large charged up blast from his Z-Buster at the foe obliterating it into four pieces. Zero looked on in shock not expecting his Buster to be able to deliver such a blast. His Buster could suddenly be charged up to deliver a powerful blast. Did his recovery system do that much? "I don't have time to sit around. I need to find X." Zero darted past the rubble left by the foe and deeper into the mysterious corridor of a once florid city.