The Next Awakening
The dust on Elysium cluttered the computers and all the once tinkering mechanical machines were long since gone. Everything onboard Elysium was as dead as Black Talon was... However amidst this eerie silence, a lone computer screen flickered to life... A series of files flashed upon the screen as they were read by a phantom inside... The screen froze on the screen as Project Janus was found in a hidden file... The day of reckoning had come and the sleeper had awakened.... A faint face appeared on the screen as a smile crept up on his face... Drifting inside of the computer system for a few moments, the shadow of his former self sought out the one thing that would make him complete, a replacement body... With Project Janus, the evil spirit could unleash his dreams and ambitions unto the world and no one would be able to defeat him... For soon, the reign of Sigma would be supreme...
Stuck in a cyber world, Sigma drifted through several of the files as the target was found... Deep inside of Elysium, the form that Sigma had not yet been able to attain was awaiting a consciousness... Swiftly breaking through the barriers inside of his cyber prison, Sigma made his way through Elysium deep and found his target sleeping inside of a pod eagerly awaiting the download of a consciousness... Reconfiguring some of the key protocols inside of the computer, Sigma started to download onto the form in stasis... A few seconds went by and silence remained in the room... Then as quickly as Sigma downloaded his consciousness into this new shell... Green symbols flashed upon the pod as the initial dampening fields deactivated..... A jolt of electricity jumped across his body as his body moved and grasped his head in a light headed state.... At first, everything was a blur when Sigma opened his azure eyes and scanned the area... After a few more moments, he regained his sight and saw all the deactivated screens... He absolutely loved this grave setting... for his resurrection had come and now his reign will come to fruition... Looking down at his white fists, Sigma laughed at his new form and truly loved the irony of it all... for soon the Neo Hunters would have to hunt one of their own... Exiting the helpless ship, Sigma went hurdling toward the Earth in an escape pod and crashed near the Assassin's Guild's floating fortress...
Deep inside of the fortress, Xephyr was talking with his brethren about their next strikes against the Neo Hunters... for the Epsilon Factor was theirs and all was ready for the second phase of their operation... The phase that would most assuredly leave the Neo Hunters on their knees... However, everything would have gone as planned had it not been the fact that X denied to join up again... Although, Xephyr had always planned on this and made arrangements to tie up this loose end... once and for all... For soon, X and Alia would be caught up in an inferno of the likes that no one would ever survive. The discussion that would follow Xephyr's revelations about X's and Alia's end brought up an echoing laughter that could be heard in every corridor of the fortress... This lighting up the dank halls of the fortress as the clanking of metal upon metal resounded through the corridors... The time had come for the newest entry into the fold to be revealed... As the footsteps continued to walk down the path toward the laughter, a smirk stretched across his face as he stepped inside of the confines from whenst came the mockery... The form etched himself as the only good person among them but there was something different about his soul... once pure had turned to tar black... The body drew himself into the room and laughed his evil cackle as the one known as Sigma had finally officially reentered the war...
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Xephyr spat at the figure.
"I'm here because I want to join this club of yours," Sigma spoke in a tone more of his own.
"......" Xephyr's face deepened, "You're not who I thought you were... I thought for a moment you were someone else...."
"I am that person... I am X," Sigma laughed, "And X is me... We both share this same body... His powers are my own and with it comes his and Zero's limitless potentials... You can call me Sigma but those who will tremble before my feet will call me Emperor!"
"Sigma," Xephyr's voice deepened, "I remember you... You commissioned Dynamo for a time. Your great deeds in liberating the Earth from its oppressors are known to us. You are most welcomed here amongst us!"
"Thank you," Sigma's voice filled with glee, "Now if you would. I have a request."
"What would that be?" Xephyr pondered.
"I offer you my services and my resources... if and only if... you take me to the coordinates Alpa Charle Grid 180," Sigma cackled.
"There's nothing there!" Xephyr hesitated, "But since you're THE Sigma, I will honor your request. We have much work to be done when you come back... If our plans will come to pass, we will most definitely need that body of yours!"
"I shall return soon and then we can begin to integrate the two!" Sigma inclined.
"What are you talking about?" Xephyr jinxed.
"I know you have the Epsilon Factor. My other half has an evil concentrate that I can be used to engineer a biological nightmare of the likes no one has ever known," Sigma paused, "Of course, it will only infect humans... Pathetic wastes of carbon! I'll purify this planet and bring true to the Reploid nation that has long been dreamt!"
"Finally!" Xephyr's face lit up with a smile, "Results! You are most welcomed in our midst Sigma! I'll set you up with a room before you get back. We're brothers, you and I. We share the same dream. I wish you luck with your quest..."
"Oh yes," Sigma's eyes lit up with glee, "Be sure to be ready in your medical lab... I won't be but a moment..."
In a blur of bluish light, Sigma teleported to the area below and found the collapsed cave entrance... Powering up his arm cannon, Sigma unleashed a plasma blast that seared the rock... leaving a trail of liquid rock dripping from the hole.... As the liquid rock solidified around the hole, Sigma stooped his head into the hole and walked through it to the dilapidated lab... Amidst the stuttering form of Dr Wily, there was the broken form of Sigma hanging over a sphere...
"I see you've done well to remain active," Sigma mocked.
"You've come to finish me off, X?" the damaged Sigma coughed, "You will regret this.. I will haunt you 'til the day you die!"
"Oh stop with the melodramatics!" Sigma shouted, "I remember myself having more backbone than this! Your pride is gone! You're useless as you are!"
"Who the fuck are you to say this?" the damaged Sigma sputtered.
"I offer you to mind merge with me if you don't believe a word of this," Sigma laughed, "When you connected with Elysium, you left some of your viral essence in the computers... Enough for me to exist. I am your clone in essence," Sigma's face turned to his once proud form, "I found this project amidst some of Black Talon's things... It seems there was an ulterior motive in reviving the Reploids he did... He had a secret project going on... Project Janus... He used the data from the revived warriors to make an exact replica of X... He had planned on replacing X with this copy... His moment to replace X came and past... Since his defeat this body has been waiting there... gathering dust... I thought it a bit ironic that their hero would be their greatest adversary! This is going to be great!"
"Wh... W..." the damaged Sigma stammered.
"Out with it!" Sigma hit the other on the back.
"What do you want.. wi...v m...e?" the damaged Sigma forced out.
"I want you to fuse with me," Sigma yawned, "With our combined might, we will crush this world like an ant hill... Those Assassin's Guild morons don't even realize it... What will come from their virus will be the end of EVERYTHING! They will destroy the humans and the Hunters.... leaving US to assume throne as the strongest beings alive! Rulers of the world!"
"I like your plan," the damaged Sigma jinxed as he held out his hands, "but... I don't trust you though! You'll die if you've lied to me! I don't take well to traitors!"
A pair of tentacles shot out of his hands and froze as they jolted around for a moment... They connected with Sigma's head as the data flowed back into the battered form...
"You... s...s...speak th..e truthhh" the damaged Sigma coughed, "I am ready whenever you are... Let's crush this wwworld... Let us make them ttrembbble under the might of Ssssigmmma!"
In a brilliant flash of light, both Sigmas fused into one... The new warrior stood in the doorway of the lab as he grabbed the orb and crashed through the roof of the cave... The rock crushed and parted under his strength as his body surged with new powers... Scanning the terrain, Sigma found that the fortress had touched down near the cave... and the fools inside would be almost ready for his return... Stretching out his new form, he checked out his blood red fists that flowed down to his black armor... From head to sternum, his entire armor had a medieval appearance with spikes going up his back to the top of his head and spikes on each shoulder... As these spikes shined in the sunlight... he made several fists to get better acquainted with this new form.... Balling up his fist, he punched the solid rock of the cave and watched the entire thing turn to rubble with a wicked grin... Laughing with glee at his newest power, he looked down at the center of his armor... For in the center of his chest was a deep red crystal with what looked like a soul trapped inside... Around which was an odd symbol of hatred and evil unlike anything that had yet been known... Jumping around in his new form, he left the area and headed back to the fortress with his prize.... The time of Emperor Sigma X had come... leaving hope dwindling fast for the future of all...
The dust on Elysium cluttered the computers and all the once tinkering mechanical machines were long since gone. Everything onboard Elysium was as dead as Black Talon was... However amidst this eerie silence, a lone computer screen flickered to life... A series of files flashed upon the screen as they were read by a phantom inside... The screen froze on the screen as Project Janus was found in a hidden file... The day of reckoning had come and the sleeper had awakened.... A faint face appeared on the screen as a smile crept up on his face... Drifting inside of the computer system for a few moments, the shadow of his former self sought out the one thing that would make him complete, a replacement body... With Project Janus, the evil spirit could unleash his dreams and ambitions unto the world and no one would be able to defeat him... For soon, the reign of Sigma would be supreme...
Stuck in a cyber world, Sigma drifted through several of the files as the target was found... Deep inside of Elysium, the form that Sigma had not yet been able to attain was awaiting a consciousness... Swiftly breaking through the barriers inside of his cyber prison, Sigma made his way through Elysium deep and found his target sleeping inside of a pod eagerly awaiting the download of a consciousness... Reconfiguring some of the key protocols inside of the computer, Sigma started to download onto the form in stasis... A few seconds went by and silence remained in the room... Then as quickly as Sigma downloaded his consciousness into this new shell... Green symbols flashed upon the pod as the initial dampening fields deactivated..... A jolt of electricity jumped across his body as his body moved and grasped his head in a light headed state.... At first, everything was a blur when Sigma opened his azure eyes and scanned the area... After a few more moments, he regained his sight and saw all the deactivated screens... He absolutely loved this grave setting... for his resurrection had come and now his reign will come to fruition... Looking down at his white fists, Sigma laughed at his new form and truly loved the irony of it all... for soon the Neo Hunters would have to hunt one of their own... Exiting the helpless ship, Sigma went hurdling toward the Earth in an escape pod and crashed near the Assassin's Guild's floating fortress...
Deep inside of the fortress, Xephyr was talking with his brethren about their next strikes against the Neo Hunters... for the Epsilon Factor was theirs and all was ready for the second phase of their operation... The phase that would most assuredly leave the Neo Hunters on their knees... However, everything would have gone as planned had it not been the fact that X denied to join up again... Although, Xephyr had always planned on this and made arrangements to tie up this loose end... once and for all... For soon, X and Alia would be caught up in an inferno of the likes that no one would ever survive. The discussion that would follow Xephyr's revelations about X's and Alia's end brought up an echoing laughter that could be heard in every corridor of the fortress... This lighting up the dank halls of the fortress as the clanking of metal upon metal resounded through the corridors... The time had come for the newest entry into the fold to be revealed... As the footsteps continued to walk down the path toward the laughter, a smirk stretched across his face as he stepped inside of the confines from whenst came the mockery... The form etched himself as the only good person among them but there was something different about his soul... once pure had turned to tar black... The body drew himself into the room and laughed his evil cackle as the one known as Sigma had finally officially reentered the war...
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Xephyr spat at the figure.
"I'm here because I want to join this club of yours," Sigma spoke in a tone more of his own.
"......" Xephyr's face deepened, "You're not who I thought you were... I thought for a moment you were someone else...."
"I am that person... I am X," Sigma laughed, "And X is me... We both share this same body... His powers are my own and with it comes his and Zero's limitless potentials... You can call me Sigma but those who will tremble before my feet will call me Emperor!"
"Sigma," Xephyr's voice deepened, "I remember you... You commissioned Dynamo for a time. Your great deeds in liberating the Earth from its oppressors are known to us. You are most welcomed here amongst us!"
"Thank you," Sigma's voice filled with glee, "Now if you would. I have a request."
"What would that be?" Xephyr pondered.
"I offer you my services and my resources... if and only if... you take me to the coordinates Alpa Charle Grid 180," Sigma cackled.
"There's nothing there!" Xephyr hesitated, "But since you're THE Sigma, I will honor your request. We have much work to be done when you come back... If our plans will come to pass, we will most definitely need that body of yours!"
"I shall return soon and then we can begin to integrate the two!" Sigma inclined.
"What are you talking about?" Xephyr jinxed.
"I know you have the Epsilon Factor. My other half has an evil concentrate that I can be used to engineer a biological nightmare of the likes no one has ever known," Sigma paused, "Of course, it will only infect humans... Pathetic wastes of carbon! I'll purify this planet and bring true to the Reploid nation that has long been dreamt!"
"Finally!" Xephyr's face lit up with a smile, "Results! You are most welcomed in our midst Sigma! I'll set you up with a room before you get back. We're brothers, you and I. We share the same dream. I wish you luck with your quest..."
"Oh yes," Sigma's eyes lit up with glee, "Be sure to be ready in your medical lab... I won't be but a moment..."
In a blur of bluish light, Sigma teleported to the area below and found the collapsed cave entrance... Powering up his arm cannon, Sigma unleashed a plasma blast that seared the rock... leaving a trail of liquid rock dripping from the hole.... As the liquid rock solidified around the hole, Sigma stooped his head into the hole and walked through it to the dilapidated lab... Amidst the stuttering form of Dr Wily, there was the broken form of Sigma hanging over a sphere...
"I see you've done well to remain active," Sigma mocked.
"You've come to finish me off, X?" the damaged Sigma coughed, "You will regret this.. I will haunt you 'til the day you die!"
"Oh stop with the melodramatics!" Sigma shouted, "I remember myself having more backbone than this! Your pride is gone! You're useless as you are!"
"Who the fuck are you to say this?" the damaged Sigma sputtered.
"I offer you to mind merge with me if you don't believe a word of this," Sigma laughed, "When you connected with Elysium, you left some of your viral essence in the computers... Enough for me to exist. I am your clone in essence," Sigma's face turned to his once proud form, "I found this project amidst some of Black Talon's things... It seems there was an ulterior motive in reviving the Reploids he did... He had a secret project going on... Project Janus... He used the data from the revived warriors to make an exact replica of X... He had planned on replacing X with this copy... His moment to replace X came and past... Since his defeat this body has been waiting there... gathering dust... I thought it a bit ironic that their hero would be their greatest adversary! This is going to be great!"
"Wh... W..." the damaged Sigma stammered.
"Out with it!" Sigma hit the other on the back.
"What do you want.. wi...v m...e?" the damaged Sigma forced out.
"I want you to fuse with me," Sigma yawned, "With our combined might, we will crush this world like an ant hill... Those Assassin's Guild morons don't even realize it... What will come from their virus will be the end of EVERYTHING! They will destroy the humans and the Hunters.... leaving US to assume throne as the strongest beings alive! Rulers of the world!"
"I like your plan," the damaged Sigma jinxed as he held out his hands, "but... I don't trust you though! You'll die if you've lied to me! I don't take well to traitors!"
A pair of tentacles shot out of his hands and froze as they jolted around for a moment... They connected with Sigma's head as the data flowed back into the battered form...
"You... s...s...speak th..e truthhh" the damaged Sigma coughed, "I am ready whenever you are... Let's crush this wwworld... Let us make them ttrembbble under the might of Ssssigmmma!"
In a brilliant flash of light, both Sigmas fused into one... The new warrior stood in the doorway of the lab as he grabbed the orb and crashed through the roof of the cave... The rock crushed and parted under his strength as his body surged with new powers... Scanning the terrain, Sigma found that the fortress had touched down near the cave... and the fools inside would be almost ready for his return... Stretching out his new form, he checked out his blood red fists that flowed down to his black armor... From head to sternum, his entire armor had a medieval appearance with spikes going up his back to the top of his head and spikes on each shoulder... As these spikes shined in the sunlight... he made several fists to get better acquainted with this new form.... Balling up his fist, he punched the solid rock of the cave and watched the entire thing turn to rubble with a wicked grin... Laughing with glee at his newest power, he looked down at the center of his armor... For in the center of his chest was a deep red crystal with what looked like a soul trapped inside... Around which was an odd symbol of hatred and evil unlike anything that had yet been known... Jumping around in his new form, he left the area and headed back to the fortress with his prize.... The time of Emperor Sigma X had come... leaving hope dwindling fast for the future of all...