X vs X
Continuing his attack on the fortress, Sigma found himself at the throne room of the monolithic building. An eerie grin crept up on Sigma's face as it froze on a golden throne. He could see it then that he would rule the world from here and make his rule total. Taking up his throne, Sigma looked down at all who had opposed him and laughed as he knew what true power of this magnitude was like... Everything had fallen to Sigma... The lives of billions of humans and Reploids, the rule of the world from atop a throne, and the untimely sacrifice of X. In fact, he loved how X foolishly sacrificed himself for the cause of extinguishing Sigma's spark. Little was Sigma to know that X had not perished in that accident and he was making his way to him... like a bat out of hell. Nor was he to know that the remaining forces of Nemesis and Oracle were assimilating uninfected Reploids to their cause to take out Sigma X... The whole world teetered on the brink of war after a long peace... that was tarnished and broken before the first year...
Shaking himself free from the debris of the Ziggurat, Nemesis stood amongst the Ziggurat crew and Oracle with her ninjas... They stood looking out over the ocean for the maelstrom that was soon to come... As the winds blew across the land, they made their plans final and their attack on the Neo Arcadia complex conclusive. Oracle with her ninja minions leapt up from their perch and bowed before Nemesis.
"Nemesis," Oracle prodded, "I have seen our victory but there is a problem... X is alive and he will defeat us along with Sigma..."
"Let him," Nemesis smiled, "I've found that nothing ever defined me in this life better than the battles I've fought. There's nothing more to this life than my battles. I will die on the battlefield as I have lived my life!"
"But.." Oracle's eyes misted, "Nemesis... This is suicide! Sure we have allied many uninfected to our cause but we still have to deal with Xephyr and Typhus! They will be difficult to contend with! I think we may need to rethink..."
"Enough," Nemesis boomed, "We will attack at dawn! We will win and then X will retire us... It's how you've foreseen it... We can finally rest thereafter my love..."
"Oh.. Nemesis..." Oracle smiled faintly, "We will not die like the rest of our cause! Just have faith..."
"Faith..." Nemesis muttered as he looked out over the sinking sun. The rest of the Reploids stood awkwardly pacing around awaiting the time for their strike... This one misjudgment condemned their fates for this time and all time...
Following the wisps of smoke, Zero and Zenith found themselves at what remained of the front gates of Neo Arcadia. Fires still raged and they glowed against the hardened facility lightening its stern facade. Slamming his fist into a nearby wall, Zero cursed at how powerless he was to stop this slaughter... Zenith looked down and shook his head as he placed a hand on Zero's shoulder.
"Don't worry," Zenith sighed, "Those lives were not lost in vain. They will be remembered in the peace that will follow after our victory."
"That's right," X chimed in, "Besides I still have to get my hands on that son of a bitch. He still has to answer to me! It's one thing stealing Black Talon's face but stealing my form... I'm going to rip that face off!"
"Hellspawn?" Zero stepped back, "or is this mild X?"
"Very funny," X feigned laughter, "Come on faithful sidekick... We have to mop the floor with these guys!"
"Ok I admit that I was out of line with my mild X comment... but I'm no sidekick!" Zero shouted, "Take it back X!"
"One for one Zero," Zenith added laughing slightly.
"Indeed," X snickered, "Enough joking though... We have to get inside of this place and stop Sigma! He has to have the cure to this!"
"Cure?" Sigma grinned, "What cure? I don't have a cure! There is a natural immunity for original models such as ourselves! That's how I programmed the virus!"
"Show yourself you coward!" Zero jinxed.
"Alas," Sigma delighted, "You have to come to my throne room! You will find me there! Til then have fun with the presents I arranged!"
"We don't have time for this shit!" Zero jostled, "I say we blow a hole straight to that accursed throne room and take out our frustrations on Sigma!"
"Why Zero..." Zenith responded, "I thought I'd never agree with you more! Let's go X!"
"We still don't know what traps Sigma set," X cut in, "If we do that reckless act, there will probably be drastic consequences. We may not want to do it but we must play this game... Let's get going though... We must stop this lunatic at all costs!"
Sitting in his throne room as the self-appointed ruler of the Earth, Sigma kicked his feet up on a footstool as he ordered Xephyr and Typhus to do his bidding. Laughing at the devious deeds he had just caused, Sigma marveled at his own brilliance as his minions went off to their tasks. The lord of this dominion sighed as he became bored with his domain and yearned to challenge a worthy adversary... Shaking it off quickly, Sigma tuned out from this reality and watched what was going on across the world via satellite. Cackling at the wicked intentions that the people and Reploids were acting upon, Sigma watched with glee at the chaos from afar and finally realized what he would do with his time before his guests of honor would arrive. If only Sigma would realize what he had just caused... for deep inside of X the war continued to control his body...
"Interesting," Hellspawn gleed, "so Dr Light did plan on my arrival... This is interesting indeed... The contingency plan has been activated by his partner, Dr Cossack... That twit X hasn't realized what's going on! When he defeats that pathetic Sigma, Dr Cossack will instigate the final procedures for X's doom! Well... In that case, I can't let it happen! Time for me to make my presence known!"
Walking with his friends, X stopped for a moment and as he dropped his guard... Hellspawn started his take over of X's body... Doubling over in pain, X's eyes glossed over as Hellspawn finally took over and X was won over to the dark side... Locked away inside of his own mind, X struggled to break free from Hellspawn's evil... to no avail...
"Let me go Hellspawn!" X shouted trying to break free from his bonds, "You have no power in my mind!"
"Give it a rest X!" Hellspawn laughed, "Dr Light betrayed you! After Ciel was activated his own contingency plan was activated! You have no knowledge of it but I do! Dr Light was wise to the mischief of Black Talon and knew of the Sigma Virus! Ciel has started with the containment of this virus. You'll be shut down and then wiped clean... Both of the virus and your every memory!"
"WHAT!?" X stammered, "Dr Light wouldn't do that! He's done a lot to stop these things from happening!"
"Nonsense!" Hellspawn rationalized, "You have yet to realize that you've been used! Dr Light used you to get rid of Black Talon and then he's going to wipe every memory from you! Come to grips with it X! There's no denying the darker side of your creator! Why else would he allow you to become a warrior? He had darker wishes for you to do than even you yourself can understand!"
"He couldn't..." X shook as the bonds around him consumed him, "Could he?" X's doubts flushed through his mind as Hellspawn locked X away within his own thoughts... further darkening the horizon of life in this future and lighting the way for evil to rule forever...
Continuing his attack on the fortress, Sigma found himself at the throne room of the monolithic building. An eerie grin crept up on Sigma's face as it froze on a golden throne. He could see it then that he would rule the world from here and make his rule total. Taking up his throne, Sigma looked down at all who had opposed him and laughed as he knew what true power of this magnitude was like... Everything had fallen to Sigma... The lives of billions of humans and Reploids, the rule of the world from atop a throne, and the untimely sacrifice of X. In fact, he loved how X foolishly sacrificed himself for the cause of extinguishing Sigma's spark. Little was Sigma to know that X had not perished in that accident and he was making his way to him... like a bat out of hell. Nor was he to know that the remaining forces of Nemesis and Oracle were assimilating uninfected Reploids to their cause to take out Sigma X... The whole world teetered on the brink of war after a long peace... that was tarnished and broken before the first year...
Shaking himself free from the debris of the Ziggurat, Nemesis stood amongst the Ziggurat crew and Oracle with her ninjas... They stood looking out over the ocean for the maelstrom that was soon to come... As the winds blew across the land, they made their plans final and their attack on the Neo Arcadia complex conclusive. Oracle with her ninja minions leapt up from their perch and bowed before Nemesis.
"Nemesis," Oracle prodded, "I have seen our victory but there is a problem... X is alive and he will defeat us along with Sigma..."
"Let him," Nemesis smiled, "I've found that nothing ever defined me in this life better than the battles I've fought. There's nothing more to this life than my battles. I will die on the battlefield as I have lived my life!"
"But.." Oracle's eyes misted, "Nemesis... This is suicide! Sure we have allied many uninfected to our cause but we still have to deal with Xephyr and Typhus! They will be difficult to contend with! I think we may need to rethink..."
"Enough," Nemesis boomed, "We will attack at dawn! We will win and then X will retire us... It's how you've foreseen it... We can finally rest thereafter my love..."
"Oh.. Nemesis..." Oracle smiled faintly, "We will not die like the rest of our cause! Just have faith..."
"Faith..." Nemesis muttered as he looked out over the sinking sun. The rest of the Reploids stood awkwardly pacing around awaiting the time for their strike... This one misjudgment condemned their fates for this time and all time...
Following the wisps of smoke, Zero and Zenith found themselves at what remained of the front gates of Neo Arcadia. Fires still raged and they glowed against the hardened facility lightening its stern facade. Slamming his fist into a nearby wall, Zero cursed at how powerless he was to stop this slaughter... Zenith looked down and shook his head as he placed a hand on Zero's shoulder.
"Don't worry," Zenith sighed, "Those lives were not lost in vain. They will be remembered in the peace that will follow after our victory."
"That's right," X chimed in, "Besides I still have to get my hands on that son of a bitch. He still has to answer to me! It's one thing stealing Black Talon's face but stealing my form... I'm going to rip that face off!"
"Hellspawn?" Zero stepped back, "or is this mild X?"
"Very funny," X feigned laughter, "Come on faithful sidekick... We have to mop the floor with these guys!"
"Ok I admit that I was out of line with my mild X comment... but I'm no sidekick!" Zero shouted, "Take it back X!"
"One for one Zero," Zenith added laughing slightly.
"Indeed," X snickered, "Enough joking though... We have to get inside of this place and stop Sigma! He has to have the cure to this!"
"Cure?" Sigma grinned, "What cure? I don't have a cure! There is a natural immunity for original models such as ourselves! That's how I programmed the virus!"
"Show yourself you coward!" Zero jinxed.
"Alas," Sigma delighted, "You have to come to my throne room! You will find me there! Til then have fun with the presents I arranged!"
"We don't have time for this shit!" Zero jostled, "I say we blow a hole straight to that accursed throne room and take out our frustrations on Sigma!"
"Why Zero..." Zenith responded, "I thought I'd never agree with you more! Let's go X!"
"We still don't know what traps Sigma set," X cut in, "If we do that reckless act, there will probably be drastic consequences. We may not want to do it but we must play this game... Let's get going though... We must stop this lunatic at all costs!"
Sitting in his throne room as the self-appointed ruler of the Earth, Sigma kicked his feet up on a footstool as he ordered Xephyr and Typhus to do his bidding. Laughing at the devious deeds he had just caused, Sigma marveled at his own brilliance as his minions went off to their tasks. The lord of this dominion sighed as he became bored with his domain and yearned to challenge a worthy adversary... Shaking it off quickly, Sigma tuned out from this reality and watched what was going on across the world via satellite. Cackling at the wicked intentions that the people and Reploids were acting upon, Sigma watched with glee at the chaos from afar and finally realized what he would do with his time before his guests of honor would arrive. If only Sigma would realize what he had just caused... for deep inside of X the war continued to control his body...
"Interesting," Hellspawn gleed, "so Dr Light did plan on my arrival... This is interesting indeed... The contingency plan has been activated by his partner, Dr Cossack... That twit X hasn't realized what's going on! When he defeats that pathetic Sigma, Dr Cossack will instigate the final procedures for X's doom! Well... In that case, I can't let it happen! Time for me to make my presence known!"
Walking with his friends, X stopped for a moment and as he dropped his guard... Hellspawn started his take over of X's body... Doubling over in pain, X's eyes glossed over as Hellspawn finally took over and X was won over to the dark side... Locked away inside of his own mind, X struggled to break free from Hellspawn's evil... to no avail...
"Let me go Hellspawn!" X shouted trying to break free from his bonds, "You have no power in my mind!"
"Give it a rest X!" Hellspawn laughed, "Dr Light betrayed you! After Ciel was activated his own contingency plan was activated! You have no knowledge of it but I do! Dr Light was wise to the mischief of Black Talon and knew of the Sigma Virus! Ciel has started with the containment of this virus. You'll be shut down and then wiped clean... Both of the virus and your every memory!"
"WHAT!?" X stammered, "Dr Light wouldn't do that! He's done a lot to stop these things from happening!"
"Nonsense!" Hellspawn rationalized, "You have yet to realize that you've been used! Dr Light used you to get rid of Black Talon and then he's going to wipe every memory from you! Come to grips with it X! There's no denying the darker side of your creator! Why else would he allow you to become a warrior? He had darker wishes for you to do than even you yourself can understand!"
"He couldn't..." X shook as the bonds around him consumed him, "Could he?" X's doubts flushed through his mind as Hellspawn locked X away within his own thoughts... further darkening the horizon of life in this future and lighting the way for evil to rule forever...