Global Catastrophe
The sun rose, as it always had, from the dusts that was once the Neo Hunters Headquarters. A light wind blew in where everything once stood as the charred remains of the inhabitants started to settle... A once lush area was turned into a complete desert in mere seconds... As the smoldering fires that were once alive in the base died down, there was only one thing that could be recognized, a charred picture of X.... The smell of charred flesh filled the air as all hopes were lost for the Hunters... and all of Reploidom...
Tending to Alia, Zero and Zenith left her body with Iris, whose eyes instantly filled with tears. Not saying a single word, the two heroes left the area and went off to track down the Ziggurat, where X was most likely at. Dashing off into the sun, Zero and Zenith rushed off to find the place that killed thousands of Hunters. The most severest looks of concentration were marred on both of their faces as they passed everything by... past ground zero of the Ziggurat blast... past the desert that enshrouded the area... past the ruins of Delta City and into Mount Herok... They found nothing but the void of any clues and an addition of more questions to their already growing weary minds.
Yet unknown to either of them, the Ziggurat was roaring across the ocean and across solid land to a screeching halt some thousand miles away from them. Freezing in air, the floating land mass stood still as Sigma readied to do his final strike. Taking massive amounts of the Mother Virus down to his lab, he connected the container to an aerosolizer at which he was ready to make his ultimatum to the world. Hacking the planet, Sigma turned himself onto all the televisions across the world. The people of Earth helplessly tried to tune him out to no avail as his eerie grin drove nails down their spines. As his face twisted with delight, the familiar face of X gave them a terrifying message...
"To the pathetic human race," Sigma began, "Too long have you wasted Reploidom away to the brink of extinction! Too long have your wanton disregard of our freedoms gone unnoticed! NO LONGER! With a flick of this button, your whole race will be wiped from this world! The slate will be wiped clean so that our perfect race can rise to supremacy! When that sun rises the next day, it will bring with it a new dawn for Reploids and give us supremacy over this world forever! With this, we will rule the world!"
Deep within the Ziggurat itself, X stood with Typhus and Xephyr readying to slaughter the remaining humans after the virus was sprung. Their lifeless eyes showed not a hue of sentient thought... Their blank looks were marked on their faces as they stood resolute ready to wipe the world clean... Something inside of X was crying out in agony as his lifeless eyes flashed with azure... Before anyone knew it, X was in a corner away from the other two with his hands on his head feeling the most intense feeling of pain. His eyes shone completely blue as his Hellspawn armor started to fade...
"What the hell is going on?" X thought, "I must fight this..."
"You must listen to Sigma," a louder voice called.
"I must not do anything I don't want to do," X thought again, "I've got to protect the sanctity of life here on earth... I must not... FAIL!"
"You don't hold sway over this body anymore, X," Hellspawn mocked, "I DO! You caused the death of Alia! It was all your fault! You let it happen because you're too weak!!"
"NO!" X stammered, "I couldn't stop it!"
"You could have but you didn't!" Hellspawn shouted, "And now you're my puppet! Much like you were with the government!"
"WHAT!?!" X vexed.
"Ahhhh!" Hellspawn delighted, "It seems like you have some repressed memories! Let me refresh your memory! You and the Epsilon..."
"Huh?" X hesitated, "Epsilon? I knew about Project Epsilon?"
"You're a mess X!" Hellspawn yawned, "Look you helped in Project Epsilon. You were told that it was designed to make a Sigma Anti-Virus to protect Reploids from the Sigma Virus. While in actuality, the government used you! They knew what a liability you were so they led you on until the Epsilon Factor was unleashed! You were the only survivor of the accident! Innocent humans and Reploids alike gave their lives for their savior! Their HERO! When their hero could not even fight himself out of a paper bag! You're so weak it sickens me!"
"I didn't give up... I didn't..." X stuttered, "I must fight to save their brethren... Must not stop.... Must save humanity..."
"Give it a rest X!" Hellspawn jinxed, "You CAN'T fight because I have control over your body! I like the way Sigma's going with this whole human obliteration thing! I'll just act the part of one of his mind slaves for a bit... I love how he's easily fooled!"
"You may have control over my body," X chided, "but I have control over my mind! You can't bully me here! You'll pay for your crimes!"
"PLEASE!" Hellspawn laughed, "I've been here since you first encountered Sigma! I've been growing stronger and stronger! You won't be rid of me! I'm part of you! If I die, I'm taking you with me!"
"Not if I lock you away inside of my mind," X smiled, "I'll sacrifice a portion of my memories to wipe you out of existence Hellspawn! It's over! You've LOST!"
"Nice try," Hellspawn added, "I know your entire mind inside and out! There's no way in hell you'll ever do something that drastic! You'll lose all memory of your last moments with old lover girl Alia! You'll lose every year before that up to the Black Talon War! You'll lose all the knowledge Dr Light unlocked! I don't think you have the cajones to do it big man!"
"It's a lot of memories to sacrifice," X sighed, "but I'm willing to lose them to be rid of you! Say goodbye Hellspawn! I'm retaking my body with force!"
"Damn yo..." Hellspawn shuddered as ice started to walk up his body, "I'll h...a..unt... you to.... th...e da..y yo..u... d..i..eeee..."
"Haunt me," X shook his head, "Taunt me. Do whatever you want! You will never see the light of day again! Now begone with you! You'll love the part of my mind I'm locking you in! There's nothing there but you!"
A twitch radiated across X's body as his armor glowed with golden light. His eyes transfixed onto the back of Typhus' head as he blinked and got to his feet again. Walking up to Typhus and Xephyr, X acted the part of a mind controlled servant of Sigma.
"I'm sorry you two," X said sullied, "but I can't allow you to function while Sigma still has the Mother Virus." X walked behind them and put his hand deep inside of his armor. He drew out two devices and placed them onto the back of their heads. "Activate Neurotransducers... Sorry again for doing this... When you awake, you'll prolly have no memory of this... or so I would hope."
X drug the two disabled Reploids off to a corner and hid them from view. Running through the Ziggurat, X caught Sigma right at the final moment where he was pulling the trigger.... Everything slowed as X powered up his blaster and fired toward Sigma... No matter what he would have done, there was no stopping him... By the time the energy discharged, Sigma had pressed the trigger and the mist like substance filled the air flooding the jet stream... All was indeed lost.... A single tear seemed to have pressed through X's eyes as his heart lowered and everything darkened for all time...
"Nice try X," Sigma quipped, "Knew your stubbornness was too powerful for the updated Epsilon... Interesting creation you are but no matter! YOU LOSE! The human race is over!"
Looking up into the sky, Zero and Zenith saw a massive cloud of greyish white floating over the lands and water coating everything in its path... They too knew that they had failed and watched helplessly, like most of the world, as it blanketed the land.... People all across the world stood in awe as the mist covered everything... Across the Earth, it gave the blue orb a greyish white appearance as it further darkened the fortunes of all...
Cringing under the smell of the virus, humans across the world started to cough and gag at which their eyes and bodies radiated with red energy... Had someone not been exposed by the mist, the people would have contaminated them for everything that they had touched became infected... The Mother Virus had been unleashed and the reign of Sigma was found to be supreme...
The sun rose, as it always had, from the dusts that was once the Neo Hunters Headquarters. A light wind blew in where everything once stood as the charred remains of the inhabitants started to settle... A once lush area was turned into a complete desert in mere seconds... As the smoldering fires that were once alive in the base died down, there was only one thing that could be recognized, a charred picture of X.... The smell of charred flesh filled the air as all hopes were lost for the Hunters... and all of Reploidom...
Tending to Alia, Zero and Zenith left her body with Iris, whose eyes instantly filled with tears. Not saying a single word, the two heroes left the area and went off to track down the Ziggurat, where X was most likely at. Dashing off into the sun, Zero and Zenith rushed off to find the place that killed thousands of Hunters. The most severest looks of concentration were marred on both of their faces as they passed everything by... past ground zero of the Ziggurat blast... past the desert that enshrouded the area... past the ruins of Delta City and into Mount Herok... They found nothing but the void of any clues and an addition of more questions to their already growing weary minds.
Yet unknown to either of them, the Ziggurat was roaring across the ocean and across solid land to a screeching halt some thousand miles away from them. Freezing in air, the floating land mass stood still as Sigma readied to do his final strike. Taking massive amounts of the Mother Virus down to his lab, he connected the container to an aerosolizer at which he was ready to make his ultimatum to the world. Hacking the planet, Sigma turned himself onto all the televisions across the world. The people of Earth helplessly tried to tune him out to no avail as his eerie grin drove nails down their spines. As his face twisted with delight, the familiar face of X gave them a terrifying message...
"To the pathetic human race," Sigma began, "Too long have you wasted Reploidom away to the brink of extinction! Too long have your wanton disregard of our freedoms gone unnoticed! NO LONGER! With a flick of this button, your whole race will be wiped from this world! The slate will be wiped clean so that our perfect race can rise to supremacy! When that sun rises the next day, it will bring with it a new dawn for Reploids and give us supremacy over this world forever! With this, we will rule the world!"
Deep within the Ziggurat itself, X stood with Typhus and Xephyr readying to slaughter the remaining humans after the virus was sprung. Their lifeless eyes showed not a hue of sentient thought... Their blank looks were marked on their faces as they stood resolute ready to wipe the world clean... Something inside of X was crying out in agony as his lifeless eyes flashed with azure... Before anyone knew it, X was in a corner away from the other two with his hands on his head feeling the most intense feeling of pain. His eyes shone completely blue as his Hellspawn armor started to fade...
"What the hell is going on?" X thought, "I must fight this..."
"You must listen to Sigma," a louder voice called.
"I must not do anything I don't want to do," X thought again, "I've got to protect the sanctity of life here on earth... I must not... FAIL!"
"You don't hold sway over this body anymore, X," Hellspawn mocked, "I DO! You caused the death of Alia! It was all your fault! You let it happen because you're too weak!!"
"NO!" X stammered, "I couldn't stop it!"
"You could have but you didn't!" Hellspawn shouted, "And now you're my puppet! Much like you were with the government!"
"WHAT!?!" X vexed.
"Ahhhh!" Hellspawn delighted, "It seems like you have some repressed memories! Let me refresh your memory! You and the Epsilon..."
"Huh?" X hesitated, "Epsilon? I knew about Project Epsilon?"
"You're a mess X!" Hellspawn yawned, "Look you helped in Project Epsilon. You were told that it was designed to make a Sigma Anti-Virus to protect Reploids from the Sigma Virus. While in actuality, the government used you! They knew what a liability you were so they led you on until the Epsilon Factor was unleashed! You were the only survivor of the accident! Innocent humans and Reploids alike gave their lives for their savior! Their HERO! When their hero could not even fight himself out of a paper bag! You're so weak it sickens me!"
"I didn't give up... I didn't..." X stuttered, "I must fight to save their brethren... Must not stop.... Must save humanity..."
"Give it a rest X!" Hellspawn jinxed, "You CAN'T fight because I have control over your body! I like the way Sigma's going with this whole human obliteration thing! I'll just act the part of one of his mind slaves for a bit... I love how he's easily fooled!"
"You may have control over my body," X chided, "but I have control over my mind! You can't bully me here! You'll pay for your crimes!"
"PLEASE!" Hellspawn laughed, "I've been here since you first encountered Sigma! I've been growing stronger and stronger! You won't be rid of me! I'm part of you! If I die, I'm taking you with me!"
"Not if I lock you away inside of my mind," X smiled, "I'll sacrifice a portion of my memories to wipe you out of existence Hellspawn! It's over! You've LOST!"
"Nice try," Hellspawn added, "I know your entire mind inside and out! There's no way in hell you'll ever do something that drastic! You'll lose all memory of your last moments with old lover girl Alia! You'll lose every year before that up to the Black Talon War! You'll lose all the knowledge Dr Light unlocked! I don't think you have the cajones to do it big man!"
"It's a lot of memories to sacrifice," X sighed, "but I'm willing to lose them to be rid of you! Say goodbye Hellspawn! I'm retaking my body with force!"
"Damn yo..." Hellspawn shuddered as ice started to walk up his body, "I'll h...a..unt... you to.... th...e da..y yo..u... d..i..eeee..."
"Haunt me," X shook his head, "Taunt me. Do whatever you want! You will never see the light of day again! Now begone with you! You'll love the part of my mind I'm locking you in! There's nothing there but you!"
A twitch radiated across X's body as his armor glowed with golden light. His eyes transfixed onto the back of Typhus' head as he blinked and got to his feet again. Walking up to Typhus and Xephyr, X acted the part of a mind controlled servant of Sigma.
"I'm sorry you two," X said sullied, "but I can't allow you to function while Sigma still has the Mother Virus." X walked behind them and put his hand deep inside of his armor. He drew out two devices and placed them onto the back of their heads. "Activate Neurotransducers... Sorry again for doing this... When you awake, you'll prolly have no memory of this... or so I would hope."
X drug the two disabled Reploids off to a corner and hid them from view. Running through the Ziggurat, X caught Sigma right at the final moment where he was pulling the trigger.... Everything slowed as X powered up his blaster and fired toward Sigma... No matter what he would have done, there was no stopping him... By the time the energy discharged, Sigma had pressed the trigger and the mist like substance filled the air flooding the jet stream... All was indeed lost.... A single tear seemed to have pressed through X's eyes as his heart lowered and everything darkened for all time...
"Nice try X," Sigma quipped, "Knew your stubbornness was too powerful for the updated Epsilon... Interesting creation you are but no matter! YOU LOSE! The human race is over!"
Looking up into the sky, Zero and Zenith saw a massive cloud of greyish white floating over the lands and water coating everything in its path... They too knew that they had failed and watched helplessly, like most of the world, as it blanketed the land.... People all across the world stood in awe as the mist covered everything... Across the Earth, it gave the blue orb a greyish white appearance as it further darkened the fortunes of all...
Cringing under the smell of the virus, humans across the world started to cough and gag at which their eyes and bodies radiated with red energy... Had someone not been exposed by the mist, the people would have contaminated them for everything that they had touched became infected... The Mother Virus had been unleashed and the reign of Sigma was found to be supreme...