Burdens of War
Deep within the confines of X's mind, Hellspawn's face twisted with a grin as he easily shattered the ice around him. Looking around the locked portion of X's mind, Hellspawn overcame the barriers almost without trying and went off to go searching through Dr Light's unlocked knowledge.
"Nice try X," Hellspawn grinned, "I do have to admit, you played exactly into my hands! You're going to be so busy with Sigma that you won't realize I'm free!"
An echoing laughter filled everything there as Hellspawn vanished from view. Instantly teleported to a new region, he sat down and shut his eyes as he was connected with X's mind. Knowing that he should not overtake his body, Hellspawn sat watching what X saw as the data from Dr Light surged through his mind. He knew that what was soon to come would most assuredly be the best trick in all history... even topping Sigma's tricks...
X fell to his knees as Sigma's smile stretched out into a toothy grin. Sigma looked down on X's trembling body and let out a laugh. Sigma, too, knew that there was nothing left for him to do... As he stood there watching X's misery with delight, a pool of tears were collecting on the ground as X lost hope for the people below. Sigma feigned tears of his own and then spoke up amidst it all.
"Greetings X!" Sigma laughed, "You like my newest form? I do have to admit if it wasn't for my creator, I wouldn't have this chance to do you in once and for all. This is going to be great! People dying off from my Mother Virus and then the martyred X hung up in view for everyone! A perfect reminder of how no one should question me!"
"You monster... You will pay..." X spoke up from amidst his tears, "I will damn you back to the depths from whenst you came! One way or another! You may have my build and everything but there are two things Black Talon cannot imitate! My determination and my willingness to sacrifice my own life for the greater good!"
"What are you saying X?" Sigma cackled with delight, "Are you that willing to be a martyr for those people below? They used you so many times! You above everyone else shouldn't give a flying rat's ass about those pathetic scum below! That impure race will die off to allow our race to flourish!"
"You... You helped to take the lives of innocent people," X called as the golden hue returned into his eyes, "You helped in the destruction of the Neo Hunter Headquarters! So many Hunters died needlessly..."
"Give it a rest X," Sigma responded, "They deserved it. They stood in the way of greatness and they got burnt! You couldn't stop them from doing it! What makes you think you can do anything now!?"
"You killed Signas..." X's eyes turned gold as he continued, "You killed Douglas... You killed Lifesavor... You killed thousands of Hunters from across the world... You even killed my wife Alia...."
"Again," Sigma cut in, "I don't care. Just names and faces to adorn some plaque decades from now..."
"You killed my one and only love," X spoke under gritted teeth as he walked forwards, "You took away Alia and now I'm going to take something of yours! Your life!"
"Oh please X," Sigma hesitated, "You couldn't kill me back in Dr Wily's lab and what makes you think you can now?"
"THIS!" X chimed as he had stalled just enough to power up a blast of energy. X fired it directly into the control panel of the Ziggurat.
"What have you done?" Sigma winced, "You fool! You'll kill us all!"
"Why should I care?" X shrugged, "If I kill you, the Sigma Wars will finally be over with! Then the last bit of the Sigma Virus will go down with me! I can't risk the world with Hellspawn inside of me!"
"You suicidal fool!" Sigma gasped, "Zero also contains the virus! You haven't accomplished anything!"
"Wrong!" X's face brightened up with a smile, "His systems will be wiped clean after I'm gone! The task has already been agreed upon!"
With a thundering boom, the Ziggurat cut through the air and streaked across the sky. The eerie sound of the mammoth fortress whirled through the air as the Sigma's horrified look petrified on his face. X shut his eyes tight as the final seconds came and went... With a resounding explosion of metal and dust, the Ziggurat hit solid ground spitting up debris in its wake... The Ziggurat had fallen and with that the war had taken a turn for the worse....
At this exact instant all across the world, men, women and children, with odd red glows about them, ransacked everything that was rebuilt. Coughing as they went, they could feel themselves weakening every second. Reploids stood before them trying to stop them but there was no hope... As they fought with the humans, they too became infected with the Mother Virus... Joining the besieging humans, Reploidom and humanity wrecked entire cities with ease and continued to wipe everything out of existence... The nature of the virus had reared its head and its evil influences took hold as neither human nor Reploid were immune... The clock had been set as the second hand ticked to the beat of genocide on both sides... leaving the Earth a blank slate forever...
Deep within the confines of X's mind, Hellspawn's face twisted with a grin as he easily shattered the ice around him. Looking around the locked portion of X's mind, Hellspawn overcame the barriers almost without trying and went off to go searching through Dr Light's unlocked knowledge.
"Nice try X," Hellspawn grinned, "I do have to admit, you played exactly into my hands! You're going to be so busy with Sigma that you won't realize I'm free!"
An echoing laughter filled everything there as Hellspawn vanished from view. Instantly teleported to a new region, he sat down and shut his eyes as he was connected with X's mind. Knowing that he should not overtake his body, Hellspawn sat watching what X saw as the data from Dr Light surged through his mind. He knew that what was soon to come would most assuredly be the best trick in all history... even topping Sigma's tricks...
X fell to his knees as Sigma's smile stretched out into a toothy grin. Sigma looked down on X's trembling body and let out a laugh. Sigma, too, knew that there was nothing left for him to do... As he stood there watching X's misery with delight, a pool of tears were collecting on the ground as X lost hope for the people below. Sigma feigned tears of his own and then spoke up amidst it all.
"Greetings X!" Sigma laughed, "You like my newest form? I do have to admit if it wasn't for my creator, I wouldn't have this chance to do you in once and for all. This is going to be great! People dying off from my Mother Virus and then the martyred X hung up in view for everyone! A perfect reminder of how no one should question me!"
"You monster... You will pay..." X spoke up from amidst his tears, "I will damn you back to the depths from whenst you came! One way or another! You may have my build and everything but there are two things Black Talon cannot imitate! My determination and my willingness to sacrifice my own life for the greater good!"
"What are you saying X?" Sigma cackled with delight, "Are you that willing to be a martyr for those people below? They used you so many times! You above everyone else shouldn't give a flying rat's ass about those pathetic scum below! That impure race will die off to allow our race to flourish!"
"You... You helped to take the lives of innocent people," X called as the golden hue returned into his eyes, "You helped in the destruction of the Neo Hunter Headquarters! So many Hunters died needlessly..."
"Give it a rest X," Sigma responded, "They deserved it. They stood in the way of greatness and they got burnt! You couldn't stop them from doing it! What makes you think you can do anything now!?"
"You killed Signas..." X's eyes turned gold as he continued, "You killed Douglas... You killed Lifesavor... You killed thousands of Hunters from across the world... You even killed my wife Alia...."
"Again," Sigma cut in, "I don't care. Just names and faces to adorn some plaque decades from now..."
"You killed my one and only love," X spoke under gritted teeth as he walked forwards, "You took away Alia and now I'm going to take something of yours! Your life!"
"Oh please X," Sigma hesitated, "You couldn't kill me back in Dr Wily's lab and what makes you think you can now?"
"THIS!" X chimed as he had stalled just enough to power up a blast of energy. X fired it directly into the control panel of the Ziggurat.
"What have you done?" Sigma winced, "You fool! You'll kill us all!"
"Why should I care?" X shrugged, "If I kill you, the Sigma Wars will finally be over with! Then the last bit of the Sigma Virus will go down with me! I can't risk the world with Hellspawn inside of me!"
"You suicidal fool!" Sigma gasped, "Zero also contains the virus! You haven't accomplished anything!"
"Wrong!" X's face brightened up with a smile, "His systems will be wiped clean after I'm gone! The task has already been agreed upon!"
With a thundering boom, the Ziggurat cut through the air and streaked across the sky. The eerie sound of the mammoth fortress whirled through the air as the Sigma's horrified look petrified on his face. X shut his eyes tight as the final seconds came and went... With a resounding explosion of metal and dust, the Ziggurat hit solid ground spitting up debris in its wake... The Ziggurat had fallen and with that the war had taken a turn for the worse....
At this exact instant all across the world, men, women and children, with odd red glows about them, ransacked everything that was rebuilt. Coughing as they went, they could feel themselves weakening every second. Reploids stood before them trying to stop them but there was no hope... As they fought with the humans, they too became infected with the Mother Virus... Joining the besieging humans, Reploidom and humanity wrecked entire cities with ease and continued to wipe everything out of existence... The nature of the virus had reared its head and its evil influences took hold as neither human nor Reploid were immune... The clock had been set as the second hand ticked to the beat of genocide on both sides... leaving the Earth a blank slate forever...