(Whenever there's something going on, it's up to X and Zero to stop it. But
this time X was going on this mission alone, while Zero just stayed in his
room and played with Rush. Now X had to go save the world once again. As he
got ready...)
Life Savor: X, can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you sir?
X: But I don't have time to eat.
Life Savor: But X, you need to have some strength in you. Please X, eat it on the way.
X: Oh all right, but make it snappy, and make it ham and cheese. All right I'm heading off!
(X got on a motorcycle like vehicle and took off down the tunnel of the Maverick Hunter Headquarters. As X drove, he was humming the intro music to MegaMan X5. Just then X picked up the sandwich that Life Savor gave him, and took a bite, but then spit it out in disgust.)
X: Uh, ew! Blah.
(X threw the sandwich and it flopped on the road as X rode off. As he was watching X leave, Life Savor saw what he did to the sandwich, and a tear rolled down his face. X was out of the base and was driving down the road towards the city. At the city, there was a crowd gathered around a tall building and the police had surrounded it. Sigma was inside the building and he had a hostage. It turned out to be Douglas.)
Sigma: (to himself) Darkness is at hand and evil will always prevail.
Douglas: Are you gonna kill me?
Sigma: Maybe, maybe not, we'll have to let fate decide.
(Sigma walks over to Douglas and bends down to get close up to his face as he continues to talk.)
Sigma: Just one simple turn of events can change your destiny forever. And why? Why, why, why, why, why.? Luck! Blind simple clueless luck! Haha!
Douglas: I don't know what you mean.
Sigma: Well, we'll just see what lady luck has in store for you.
(Sigma looks outside and sees a motorcycle arrive. He smiles as he turns back to Douglas.)
Sigma: Oh it's the touch of God, wait, wait...
(Douglas was cringing in fear.)
Sigma: Aha! Fortune smiles, another day of whine and roses. Or in your case beer and pizza.
(Sigma laughs as he orders Double and Dynamo to throw Douglas into a cage.)
Douglas: But I thought you said you'd let me live!
Sigma: To true, and so you shall, since now you're merely bait!
Douglas: Bait! Bait for what?
Sigma: Bait to trap a hunter!
(Double and Dynamo slam the cage door and run off. Outside X talks to Alia, who was already there trying to set things straight.)
X: So what's going on here Alia?
Alia: Sigma is up there up to no good as usual.
X: Well, why don't we just blow up the building and fish Sigma out?
Alia: We can't because he has Douglas as a hostage in there.
X: Ah, damit!
Alia: Well looks like you'll have to go up there and do it yourself.
X: I was hoping for that, they never do choose the easy way do they?
Alia: Nope. Well good luck X, and make sure Douglas is brought back safe.
X: (sarcastic) No, I was going to leave him for dead. Haha, just kidding.
Alia: Haha, you're funny X, but right now we have to stay focused ok. Now get up there and save Douglas.
(X rushes inside the building and gets inside an elevator. Sigma noticed that the elevator light was on and that meant only one thing.)
Sigma: All right let's get this party started! How very punctual of X, always on time even for his own funeral. Boys, kill the hunter! Haha!
(Some Mavericks came out from nowhere and they all pointed their guns at the elevator door. When the elevator stopped at the floor, then they all fired at the door until they were out of ammo. The door then opened and nobody was inside the elevator. Just then X came out of an elevator from behind all of them and started fighting the Mavericks. Sigma ran off while X finished them off. Just then Double came and charged at X with his blade attack, but X jumped out of the way and Double fell down the elevator chute. Just then X noticed Douglas inside the cage and the door was open.)
Douglas: No X don't come in here!
X: Why, I'm here to save you.
Douglas: No X, it's a trap! Look out!
(But it was too late. The cage door slammed shut, and it was being pulled towards the wall, breaking through it, and hanging outside from a helicopter that Sigma was inside.)
Sigma: Attention all you Reploids and humans of the fair city. Haha! We have here MegaMan X, the greatest Maverick Hunter here in a cage. I've finally captured him, and soon he'll be mine! Haha!
(X and Douglas were sitting inside the cage, not knowing what to do, but then X got an idea. He got up and melted the lock and he opened the cage door. He and Douglas got out. X shot a rope at the building and it locked into place. Then he tied the other side onto the rope that carried the cage. Then X cut the top part of the rope that held the cage, and then Douglas fell with the cage screaming. Just then the cage fell right back into the room, back to where it used to be and Douglas was safe. The police went inside to help Douglas as Alia was watching the helicopter fly away with X hanging on. Sigma saw this and gave a cry of angry frustration.)
Sigma: Damit! Stupid X, how could he! Haha, well we'll see if he can hang on to this.
(Sigma ordered Dynamo to make the helicopter sway back and forward, trying to make X let go, but X held on. Just then Sigma crashed the helicopter through some lights, and it made a great explosion. As the helicopter was still flying, Sigma looked down to see if X was still hanging on and saw nothing. Sigma started celebrating.)
Sigma: Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Oh happy day, I win at last! No more X! Haha!
(Just then X jumped in front of the helicopter's windows.)
Dynamo: Sigma? Hey Sigma!
(Sigma looks over at Dynamo and sees X. Sigma yells out in rage as he shoots an attack at X, but X jumps out of the way and Sigma accidentally hit Dynamo, causing him to get knocked out. Just then X punched through the window trying to get in.)
X: Give it up, I'm taking you in!
Sigma: No I think not, haha!
(Sigma kicks X, and X holds onto the helicopter. Sigma sees a giant statue of a lady, and he makes the helicopter fly towards it. He puts on his jetpack and jumps out of the helicopter laughing. X pulled himself up and gets inside the helicopter.)
X: Sigma, where are you? Show your face you coward!
(Just then X turned around and saw that he was gonna crash into the giant statue, so he jumped out right in time before the helicopter hit it. The helicopter blew up and fell towards the ocean, causing a giant splash. Just then X surfaced to see the jetpack disappear in the distance.)
X: Damit! I let Sigma get away again! Gr, until next time Sigma, I'll get you for this!
(X swam for shore, and Alia and Douglas met him there and they took him back to the headquarters. It was a few days later, and Neon Tiger had a new idea. Sigma was angry that he didn't get X again, but was satisfied that he didn't lose another body again.)
Neon Tiger: Um master Sigma? I have an idea in order to capture X again.
Sigma: I don't want to hear it.
Neon Tiger: Please sir, I think it's one of my best ideas ever!
Sigma: That's what you said about your storm and robot plan. (sigh) Fine what is it?
Neon Tiger: Remember that time when we used the brain washing machine?
Sigma: (Groan) Who could forget? It was you that screwed it up.
Neon Tiger: Well anyway, I was thinking if we use it like a satellite system and brainwashed everyone. That way it'll get most of the Reploids, and humans under our command and there won't be an antidote to the contamination.
Sigma: Hm, I like that idea. I think it might just work this time. All right here's what we're gonna do. First I'll have you build the satellite on a far away island, and when it's done, then to brainwash the world. Then if we're lucky, then we'll brainwash the Maverick Hunters as well. Ok you know what to do, now let's go!
Neon Tiger: Yes sir, I'll get right onto it.
(Sigma walks away, and Neon Tiger has his fantasy dream of Zero.)
Neon Tiger: (Gasp) Oh, I hope I can brainwash Zero. Then he'll be at my mercy. Oh Zero, I just can't wait!
(Neon Tiger runs off happily, and gets to work on the satellite. Meanwhile at the base, everyone was trying to figure out how to stop Sigma this time, but they had to wait for Zero, but he was nowhere to be found. Zero was riding around the city having fun on his motorcycle. When he came back, it was already late at night. He walked through the door in the meeting hall.)
X: Where the hell were you young man?!
Zero: What the hell are you talking about? You're not my dad, I'm a few years older than you.
X: Where were you? You knew that we needed you here!
Zero: Look X, I'm tired of you being the boss around here. I'm older than you, I'm tougher than you...
X: But I'm better than you, and that makes me the leader.
Zero: You know what? Fine, whatever, I don't care anymore. I'm outa here.
(Zero starts walking to his room.)
X: Hey you get back here! We still need to form a plan!
Zero: (mocking) What do you need me for? You're the best.
(Zero leaves, but just then Life Savor enters the room with a plate.)
Life Savor: Hey X, I have a ham and cheese sandwich here. Are you hungry?
X: Ew, no. Give it to Rush or something.
Life Savor: Oh well, perhaps Zero's hungry then.
(Life Savor leaves after Zero. X remembered that the sandwich was the one he ran over the other day, but he didn't mind if Zero ate it. X hears their voices down the hall.)
Life Savor: Zero, are you hungry? I have a sandwich here for you.
(Zero takes a bite of the sandwich, and doesn't see the dirt from the road.)
Zero: Ah, oh, man that's good!
(Life Savor smiles satisfied and leaves. Zero comes back into the room where X was.)
Zero: You know X, maybe now that I've eaten something, I want to say I'm sorry, and I'll help you out after all.
X: Ok then, but are you sure you don't want to use the bathroom first?
Zero: No I'm sure, but why do you ask that?
(Zero's stomach growls.)
Zero: On second thought...
X: See, I know your body.
(Zero runs off down the hall towards the bathroom covering his mouth. He runs into Rush and his stomach growls again, and Rush growls angrily back at it. Zero continues towards the bathroom, but somebody was in there so he had to wait outside. Finally he couldn't hold it in anymore, so he threw up in the corner. Life Savor came out of the bathroom, and saw it.)
Life Savor: Oh no, not again.
X: See that's what you get for feeding him that sandwich.
(Just then Signas came over to them.)
Signas: What in the world? Life Savor, I thought I told you to clean this up weeks ago!
Life Savor: But...
Signas: No buts, now get to work.
(Signas shoves a bucket and a scrubber in front of Life Savor's face. He sighs.)
Life Savor: Yes sir.
(Life Savor gets to work on cleaning the corner again.)
Signas: X we've gotten leads on what Sigma's gonna do next.
X: What is planning on doing this time?
Signas: He's using the brainwashing machine...
Zero: Again?
Signas: Yes Zero, now shut up!
Zero: Yes sir. (To himself) General's fried chicken, General fried chicken.
Signas: Anyway X, this time he's using a satellite, and it's already fully operational. The only way to free those already taken over is to destroy the satellite.
X: Oh, is that all?
Signas: (muttering) Well you'll have to go through Sigma and Neon Tiger of course.
Zero: Oh joy!
X: Hey that's my line, so stick to your own stuff. I mean, how would you like it if I started drinking beer and started acting stupid like you?
Zero: Aw, that'd be great X!
X: Oh never mind, lets just go.
Signas: Why don't you stop by Douglas's place first? He might have something you could use.
(X and Zero go down to Douglas in the maintenance room.)
X: Hey Douglas, Signas said that you might have some new toys for us.
Zero: Toys?
X: Not now Zero!
Douglas: Well I do have two new inventions that you could try out. X for you I've improved the glide armor to fly as long as you want. And for Zero, I've made some changes to your motorcycle and turned it into a high speed jet ski.
X: That's great, we can get to the island and attack by both water and air.
Zero: You destroyed my motor cycle?!
X: Destroyed or made it better?
Zero: No I'm pretty sure that it's been destroyed.
X: Whatever, we can deal with this when we get back.
Douglas: Good luck out there you guys.
(Just then Signas ran in the room.)
Signas: You guys, I don't know how, but they've captured Alia.
Zero: Aw crap!
X: Come on we have to hurry.
(X flies off and Zero rides off. They arrive at the island at the same time and land.)
Zero: Ok X, you're the brains, where do you lead us this time?
X: We'd better go to the top.
(X flies up but forgot that Zero couldn't fly like him. Zero started to climb up after him, but then got jumped by Sigma.)
Sigma: Ah, so it all comes down to you and me Zero. Oh how I've waited for this.
(They both pull out their light sabers and start fighting. Zero knocks Sigma's light saber aside and hits him so he falls backwards but hangs on to the ledge. Zero stands over him. X finally notices them and yells down at Zero.)
X: Hey Zero, do you want me to come down and get you?
Zero: No it's ok. I've got Sigma right where I want him. So you go after Neon Tiger.
(X walks away smirking.)
X: Oh thanks.
(X opened a door and went inside, but it closed behind him. Back to Zero and Sigma...)
Sigma: What a turn of events, oh how the mighty have fallen. Zero you could've been a Maverick after my own heart. I'll see you in hell.
(Just then Zero pulls Sigma back up.)
Zero: You're not getting away that easily.
Sigma: Oh you're a good man. Maverick tendencies still do exist inside of you, but becoming a hunter has made you soft and weak. You're stupid, no more than a fool.
(Sigma pulls out a gun behind Zero's back and knocks him out. Back to where X was, he was walking in a tower-like room, and on the bottom the floor was like a flaming furnace. X made his way carefully up to the top, and when he reached the top he was inside the main room. Just then there was a huge silver stone chair up in front of X, and as it slowly turned around. He could see that the one sitting in the chair was Neon Tiger.)
Neon Tiger: Aw, stupid chair! I want to see who's here, turn around faster and. oh it's just X.
(The chair stopped turning, and Neon Tiger got up to talk to X.)
X: Enough of these stupid games Neon Tiger, this is between you and me.
(Just then Sigma walked into the room.)
Sigma: And me.
X: Ugh!
(Neon Tiger laughed as if he was trying to say 'you see what can happen'.)
Neon Tiger: Haha! I have a very special surprise for you X.
(X rolls his eyes sarcastically.)
X: What is it, chocolate strawberries?
Neon Tiger: Ahem, well actually that's for Zero.
(X sighs sadly to himself in disappointment.)
X: Aw, nobody ever gives me chocolate strawberries.
Neon Tiger: Well X, your surprise is more like a game. And you could get a prize that's even better than chocolate strawberries.
X: Really, oh boy what is it?!
Neon Tiger: Well I was getting to that
(X sighs and looks at his watch.)
X: Well would you mind hurrying it up just a bit? I've got a world to save.
Neon Tiger: (Angry gasp) What, how rude? Well I never.
Sigma: Yea, I wouldn't mind speeding things up a little myself.
Neon Tiger: Fine. Behind curtain number one!
(A curtain falls to the floor revealing Alia in a cage, there was tape on her mouth and her hands were tied behind her back. X gasped, wondering how she had gotten caught.)
Neon Tiger: The absolutely fabulous beauty, Alia. She has married her long time colleague Gate but her best friend X still longs to be an important man in her life. Ha!
(Sigma claps, amused at seeing X embarrassed by the burn.)
Sigma: Ha.
Neon Tiger: And, behind curtain number two.
(The curtain falls off the next cage to reveal Zero gagged and strapped.)
Neon Tiger: (Gasp) Zero? Oh Sigma, you caught him for me!
Sigma: No you idiot, he's a hostage!
Neon Tiger: Oh... well anyway, it's X's one and only partner, Zero. (stupid wave) Hi! He enjoys drinking beer and though he's married to Iris, I'm still the love of his life.
(Sigma gasps in disgust, Zero shakes his head sadly to himself.)
Neon Tiger: In this game, X must choose one of these victims and the looser will plummet to... (reading a card) a fiery death? Sigma!
Sigma: What?
Neon Tiger: You said you weren't gonna kill my Zero!
Sigma: I said none of the sort.
Neon Tiger: Well I already know how this will turn out, X will choose Alia and Zero will fall to his death. I refuse to let that happen!
Sigma: Then why not have Zero play the game?
Neon Tiger: (confused) We can do that?
Sigma: Why yes, observe.
(In a snap, somehow Zero is free and X is tied up in the cage, pouting angrily.)
Zero: Woohoo, I'm free!
(Neon Tiger jumps onto Zero.)
Neon Tiger: Oh Zero, I was so scared!
(Zero shoves him off angrily in disgust.)
Zero: (pissed) Get off.
Neon Tiger: Well Zero, it looks like it's your turn to play the game.
Zero: (Triple H imitation) I am The Game!
Neon Tiger: Uhm, yes, how amusing. Anyway, you can only pick one person to save, who will it be? The lovely Alia, or the superhero X?
Sigma: Tick tock, tick tock.
Zero: Hey you wanna shut up?
(Sigma stops and folds his arms and looks away pouting.)
Neon Tiger: Well Zero?
Zero: Uh, well, can I pass this question and go strait to the lightning round?
Neon Tiger: There is no lightning round!
Zero: Ok then, I'd like to take potent potables for a hundred.
Neon Tiger: Judges? Ert! Sorry time's up, and your answer had to be in the form of a question. But thank you for playing.
(Neon Tiger goes to push the button to let X and Alia fall down the tower bottom.)
Zero: Wait!
(Neon Tiger stops and looks up.)
Zero: (to himself) Gr, I'm gonna hate myself forever for doing this, but it must be done, it's up to me to save them now.
(Neon Tiger watches confused while Zero makes his way over towards him, forcing a stupid smile. Zero reluctantly puts his hand on Neon Tiger's shoulder and Neon Tiger gets red as he gets close. Zero speaks to him seductively, and Zero's quite a talented actor.)
Zero: Come on Neon Tiger, let my friends go. Would you do it? (blinking lovingly) For me?
(Neon Tiger starts shaking.)
Sigma: Don't do it tiger!
(Trying to keep up the really good acting, Zero starts to hesitantly hug Neon Tiger and he gets nervous and slips back, reaching for the release button.)
Sigma: No!
(He runs over and pushes them down, then hits the button that has X and Alia fall. Zero screams out while Neon Tiger is on top of him happily.)
Zero: No!
(He can't get up to save them with Neon Tiger in love smothering him. But luckily, X was able to get free and glide down and catch Alia before she fell into the fire below. They landed on a metal beam where he untied her. Zero somehow managed to get away from Neon Tiger, and jumped down the tower to see if X and Alia were alright. But just then....)
Sigma: Haha! Oh it was death behind curtains, in both doors one and two, they just held death no matter what. Haha!
X: You can't win Sigma.
Sigma: Oh? Ha! And why's that?
X: You've forgotten my buster gun!
(X shoots the stone ledge under Sigma and the rocks give away.)
Sigma: Hu? Ah!
(Sigma falls down the tower and into the flames, which blow up. X, Zero and Alia cover their faces until the smoke clears and they see water on the bottom with Sigma's tarnished and torn cape floating below. Zero takes Alia back up to the top for safety as X uses Zero's light saber to destroy the satellite transmitter. He goes to hand it back to him.)
X: Well, it looks like the danger is over and the day is once again saved.
Zero: But wait, aren't we forgetting something?
X: Oh, we have something left to do? And what's that?
(X watches Zero walk away. He walks over to Neon Tiger who lay on the floor crying both because his plan had failed and also because Zero had once again falsely rejected his love.)
Neon Tiger: Why must you toy with my feelings? I love you Zero, why don't you love me back?
Zero: Neon Tiger, you are one twisted individual and you will have no pity. You're a man and you love a married man, that's just weird and wrong. You need help.
(Zero gets his light saber from X and walks over to Neon Tiger as he puts it away. In his semi- conscious delusion, Neon Tiger begins to scream, seeing Zero as Sigma approaching him.)
X: (to Alia) Man, what's with him?
(Zero, X and Alia had taken Neon Tiger to a Maverick Recovery Center where damaged and crazed Reploids were taken to be fixed and straitened out so they could possibly return to the outside world. Alia took Gate to see him and check on his progress a week later.)
Gate: So far nothing yet, he kept on screaming out that Sigma wasn't dead.
Neon Tiger: (voice in the distance) Sigma's not dead!
(Alia walks over to Neon Tiger's room and looks through the small barred window.)
Alia: Neon Tiger?
Neon Tiger: Who is it?
Alia: It's me, you captured me on the island. Do you remember?
Neon Tiger: (whisper) How could I forget?
Alia: Gate says that you're crazy, you keep yelling out that Sigma's not dead. Is he?
Neon Tiger: I can't tell you, if you don't say please.
Alia: Neon Tiger, please, is Sigma dead?
Neon Tiger: Well last night, back on the island....
Alia: It's been a week.
Neon Tiger: Last night, back on the island, I was about to get away to my freedom when a dark figure with a light saber approached me and told me that. (jumps into view) I'm Sigma. Haha!
(Alia and Gate leave and go tell X and Zero about Neon Tiger.)
Alia: He said that you told him he was Sigma.
Zero: No I didn't!
X: Well all that matters is Neon Tiger is behind bars and won't bother you ever again.
Zero: Yea, and with the progress he's making, I don't think he'll be out for a very long time.
(X, Zero, Alia and Gate go back to the Maverick Hunter Headquarters, but after they left, Neon Tiger somehow broke out and managed to run away, only they didn't know it. yet.)
Life Savor: X, can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you sir?
X: But I don't have time to eat.
Life Savor: But X, you need to have some strength in you. Please X, eat it on the way.
X: Oh all right, but make it snappy, and make it ham and cheese. All right I'm heading off!
(X got on a motorcycle like vehicle and took off down the tunnel of the Maverick Hunter Headquarters. As X drove, he was humming the intro music to MegaMan X5. Just then X picked up the sandwich that Life Savor gave him, and took a bite, but then spit it out in disgust.)
X: Uh, ew! Blah.
(X threw the sandwich and it flopped on the road as X rode off. As he was watching X leave, Life Savor saw what he did to the sandwich, and a tear rolled down his face. X was out of the base and was driving down the road towards the city. At the city, there was a crowd gathered around a tall building and the police had surrounded it. Sigma was inside the building and he had a hostage. It turned out to be Douglas.)
Sigma: (to himself) Darkness is at hand and evil will always prevail.
Douglas: Are you gonna kill me?
Sigma: Maybe, maybe not, we'll have to let fate decide.
(Sigma walks over to Douglas and bends down to get close up to his face as he continues to talk.)
Sigma: Just one simple turn of events can change your destiny forever. And why? Why, why, why, why, why.? Luck! Blind simple clueless luck! Haha!
Douglas: I don't know what you mean.
Sigma: Well, we'll just see what lady luck has in store for you.
(Sigma looks outside and sees a motorcycle arrive. He smiles as he turns back to Douglas.)
Sigma: Oh it's the touch of God, wait, wait...
(Douglas was cringing in fear.)
Sigma: Aha! Fortune smiles, another day of whine and roses. Or in your case beer and pizza.
(Sigma laughs as he orders Double and Dynamo to throw Douglas into a cage.)
Douglas: But I thought you said you'd let me live!
Sigma: To true, and so you shall, since now you're merely bait!
Douglas: Bait! Bait for what?
Sigma: Bait to trap a hunter!
(Double and Dynamo slam the cage door and run off. Outside X talks to Alia, who was already there trying to set things straight.)
X: So what's going on here Alia?
Alia: Sigma is up there up to no good as usual.
X: Well, why don't we just blow up the building and fish Sigma out?
Alia: We can't because he has Douglas as a hostage in there.
X: Ah, damit!
Alia: Well looks like you'll have to go up there and do it yourself.
X: I was hoping for that, they never do choose the easy way do they?
Alia: Nope. Well good luck X, and make sure Douglas is brought back safe.
X: (sarcastic) No, I was going to leave him for dead. Haha, just kidding.
Alia: Haha, you're funny X, but right now we have to stay focused ok. Now get up there and save Douglas.
(X rushes inside the building and gets inside an elevator. Sigma noticed that the elevator light was on and that meant only one thing.)
Sigma: All right let's get this party started! How very punctual of X, always on time even for his own funeral. Boys, kill the hunter! Haha!
(Some Mavericks came out from nowhere and they all pointed their guns at the elevator door. When the elevator stopped at the floor, then they all fired at the door until they were out of ammo. The door then opened and nobody was inside the elevator. Just then X came out of an elevator from behind all of them and started fighting the Mavericks. Sigma ran off while X finished them off. Just then Double came and charged at X with his blade attack, but X jumped out of the way and Double fell down the elevator chute. Just then X noticed Douglas inside the cage and the door was open.)
Douglas: No X don't come in here!
X: Why, I'm here to save you.
Douglas: No X, it's a trap! Look out!
(But it was too late. The cage door slammed shut, and it was being pulled towards the wall, breaking through it, and hanging outside from a helicopter that Sigma was inside.)
Sigma: Attention all you Reploids and humans of the fair city. Haha! We have here MegaMan X, the greatest Maverick Hunter here in a cage. I've finally captured him, and soon he'll be mine! Haha!
(X and Douglas were sitting inside the cage, not knowing what to do, but then X got an idea. He got up and melted the lock and he opened the cage door. He and Douglas got out. X shot a rope at the building and it locked into place. Then he tied the other side onto the rope that carried the cage. Then X cut the top part of the rope that held the cage, and then Douglas fell with the cage screaming. Just then the cage fell right back into the room, back to where it used to be and Douglas was safe. The police went inside to help Douglas as Alia was watching the helicopter fly away with X hanging on. Sigma saw this and gave a cry of angry frustration.)
Sigma: Damit! Stupid X, how could he! Haha, well we'll see if he can hang on to this.
(Sigma ordered Dynamo to make the helicopter sway back and forward, trying to make X let go, but X held on. Just then Sigma crashed the helicopter through some lights, and it made a great explosion. As the helicopter was still flying, Sigma looked down to see if X was still hanging on and saw nothing. Sigma started celebrating.)
Sigma: Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Oh happy day, I win at last! No more X! Haha!
(Just then X jumped in front of the helicopter's windows.)
Dynamo: Sigma? Hey Sigma!
(Sigma looks over at Dynamo and sees X. Sigma yells out in rage as he shoots an attack at X, but X jumps out of the way and Sigma accidentally hit Dynamo, causing him to get knocked out. Just then X punched through the window trying to get in.)
X: Give it up, I'm taking you in!
Sigma: No I think not, haha!
(Sigma kicks X, and X holds onto the helicopter. Sigma sees a giant statue of a lady, and he makes the helicopter fly towards it. He puts on his jetpack and jumps out of the helicopter laughing. X pulled himself up and gets inside the helicopter.)
X: Sigma, where are you? Show your face you coward!
(Just then X turned around and saw that he was gonna crash into the giant statue, so he jumped out right in time before the helicopter hit it. The helicopter blew up and fell towards the ocean, causing a giant splash. Just then X surfaced to see the jetpack disappear in the distance.)
X: Damit! I let Sigma get away again! Gr, until next time Sigma, I'll get you for this!
(X swam for shore, and Alia and Douglas met him there and they took him back to the headquarters. It was a few days later, and Neon Tiger had a new idea. Sigma was angry that he didn't get X again, but was satisfied that he didn't lose another body again.)
Neon Tiger: Um master Sigma? I have an idea in order to capture X again.
Sigma: I don't want to hear it.
Neon Tiger: Please sir, I think it's one of my best ideas ever!
Sigma: That's what you said about your storm and robot plan. (sigh) Fine what is it?
Neon Tiger: Remember that time when we used the brain washing machine?
Sigma: (Groan) Who could forget? It was you that screwed it up.
Neon Tiger: Well anyway, I was thinking if we use it like a satellite system and brainwashed everyone. That way it'll get most of the Reploids, and humans under our command and there won't be an antidote to the contamination.
Sigma: Hm, I like that idea. I think it might just work this time. All right here's what we're gonna do. First I'll have you build the satellite on a far away island, and when it's done, then to brainwash the world. Then if we're lucky, then we'll brainwash the Maverick Hunters as well. Ok you know what to do, now let's go!
Neon Tiger: Yes sir, I'll get right onto it.
(Sigma walks away, and Neon Tiger has his fantasy dream of Zero.)
Neon Tiger: (Gasp) Oh, I hope I can brainwash Zero. Then he'll be at my mercy. Oh Zero, I just can't wait!
(Neon Tiger runs off happily, and gets to work on the satellite. Meanwhile at the base, everyone was trying to figure out how to stop Sigma this time, but they had to wait for Zero, but he was nowhere to be found. Zero was riding around the city having fun on his motorcycle. When he came back, it was already late at night. He walked through the door in the meeting hall.)
X: Where the hell were you young man?!
Zero: What the hell are you talking about? You're not my dad, I'm a few years older than you.
X: Where were you? You knew that we needed you here!
Zero: Look X, I'm tired of you being the boss around here. I'm older than you, I'm tougher than you...
X: But I'm better than you, and that makes me the leader.
Zero: You know what? Fine, whatever, I don't care anymore. I'm outa here.
(Zero starts walking to his room.)
X: Hey you get back here! We still need to form a plan!
Zero: (mocking) What do you need me for? You're the best.
(Zero leaves, but just then Life Savor enters the room with a plate.)
Life Savor: Hey X, I have a ham and cheese sandwich here. Are you hungry?
X: Ew, no. Give it to Rush or something.
Life Savor: Oh well, perhaps Zero's hungry then.
(Life Savor leaves after Zero. X remembered that the sandwich was the one he ran over the other day, but he didn't mind if Zero ate it. X hears their voices down the hall.)
Life Savor: Zero, are you hungry? I have a sandwich here for you.
(Zero takes a bite of the sandwich, and doesn't see the dirt from the road.)
Zero: Ah, oh, man that's good!
(Life Savor smiles satisfied and leaves. Zero comes back into the room where X was.)
Zero: You know X, maybe now that I've eaten something, I want to say I'm sorry, and I'll help you out after all.
X: Ok then, but are you sure you don't want to use the bathroom first?
Zero: No I'm sure, but why do you ask that?
(Zero's stomach growls.)
Zero: On second thought...
X: See, I know your body.
(Zero runs off down the hall towards the bathroom covering his mouth. He runs into Rush and his stomach growls again, and Rush growls angrily back at it. Zero continues towards the bathroom, but somebody was in there so he had to wait outside. Finally he couldn't hold it in anymore, so he threw up in the corner. Life Savor came out of the bathroom, and saw it.)
Life Savor: Oh no, not again.
X: See that's what you get for feeding him that sandwich.
(Just then Signas came over to them.)
Signas: What in the world? Life Savor, I thought I told you to clean this up weeks ago!
Life Savor: But...
Signas: No buts, now get to work.
(Signas shoves a bucket and a scrubber in front of Life Savor's face. He sighs.)
Life Savor: Yes sir.
(Life Savor gets to work on cleaning the corner again.)
Signas: X we've gotten leads on what Sigma's gonna do next.
X: What is planning on doing this time?
Signas: He's using the brainwashing machine...
Zero: Again?
Signas: Yes Zero, now shut up!
Zero: Yes sir. (To himself) General's fried chicken, General fried chicken.
Signas: Anyway X, this time he's using a satellite, and it's already fully operational. The only way to free those already taken over is to destroy the satellite.
X: Oh, is that all?
Signas: (muttering) Well you'll have to go through Sigma and Neon Tiger of course.
Zero: Oh joy!
X: Hey that's my line, so stick to your own stuff. I mean, how would you like it if I started drinking beer and started acting stupid like you?
Zero: Aw, that'd be great X!
X: Oh never mind, lets just go.
Signas: Why don't you stop by Douglas's place first? He might have something you could use.
(X and Zero go down to Douglas in the maintenance room.)
X: Hey Douglas, Signas said that you might have some new toys for us.
Zero: Toys?
X: Not now Zero!
Douglas: Well I do have two new inventions that you could try out. X for you I've improved the glide armor to fly as long as you want. And for Zero, I've made some changes to your motorcycle and turned it into a high speed jet ski.
X: That's great, we can get to the island and attack by both water and air.
Zero: You destroyed my motor cycle?!
X: Destroyed or made it better?
Zero: No I'm pretty sure that it's been destroyed.
X: Whatever, we can deal with this when we get back.
Douglas: Good luck out there you guys.
(Just then Signas ran in the room.)
Signas: You guys, I don't know how, but they've captured Alia.
Zero: Aw crap!
X: Come on we have to hurry.
(X flies off and Zero rides off. They arrive at the island at the same time and land.)
Zero: Ok X, you're the brains, where do you lead us this time?
X: We'd better go to the top.
(X flies up but forgot that Zero couldn't fly like him. Zero started to climb up after him, but then got jumped by Sigma.)
Sigma: Ah, so it all comes down to you and me Zero. Oh how I've waited for this.
(They both pull out their light sabers and start fighting. Zero knocks Sigma's light saber aside and hits him so he falls backwards but hangs on to the ledge. Zero stands over him. X finally notices them and yells down at Zero.)
X: Hey Zero, do you want me to come down and get you?
Zero: No it's ok. I've got Sigma right where I want him. So you go after Neon Tiger.
(X walks away smirking.)
X: Oh thanks.
(X opened a door and went inside, but it closed behind him. Back to Zero and Sigma...)
Sigma: What a turn of events, oh how the mighty have fallen. Zero you could've been a Maverick after my own heart. I'll see you in hell.
(Just then Zero pulls Sigma back up.)
Zero: You're not getting away that easily.
Sigma: Oh you're a good man. Maverick tendencies still do exist inside of you, but becoming a hunter has made you soft and weak. You're stupid, no more than a fool.
(Sigma pulls out a gun behind Zero's back and knocks him out. Back to where X was, he was walking in a tower-like room, and on the bottom the floor was like a flaming furnace. X made his way carefully up to the top, and when he reached the top he was inside the main room. Just then there was a huge silver stone chair up in front of X, and as it slowly turned around. He could see that the one sitting in the chair was Neon Tiger.)
Neon Tiger: Aw, stupid chair! I want to see who's here, turn around faster and. oh it's just X.
(The chair stopped turning, and Neon Tiger got up to talk to X.)
X: Enough of these stupid games Neon Tiger, this is between you and me.
(Just then Sigma walked into the room.)
Sigma: And me.
X: Ugh!
(Neon Tiger laughed as if he was trying to say 'you see what can happen'.)
Neon Tiger: Haha! I have a very special surprise for you X.
(X rolls his eyes sarcastically.)
X: What is it, chocolate strawberries?
Neon Tiger: Ahem, well actually that's for Zero.
(X sighs sadly to himself in disappointment.)
X: Aw, nobody ever gives me chocolate strawberries.
Neon Tiger: Well X, your surprise is more like a game. And you could get a prize that's even better than chocolate strawberries.
X: Really, oh boy what is it?!
Neon Tiger: Well I was getting to that
(X sighs and looks at his watch.)
X: Well would you mind hurrying it up just a bit? I've got a world to save.
Neon Tiger: (Angry gasp) What, how rude? Well I never.
Sigma: Yea, I wouldn't mind speeding things up a little myself.
Neon Tiger: Fine. Behind curtain number one!
(A curtain falls to the floor revealing Alia in a cage, there was tape on her mouth and her hands were tied behind her back. X gasped, wondering how she had gotten caught.)
Neon Tiger: The absolutely fabulous beauty, Alia. She has married her long time colleague Gate but her best friend X still longs to be an important man in her life. Ha!
(Sigma claps, amused at seeing X embarrassed by the burn.)
Sigma: Ha.
Neon Tiger: And, behind curtain number two.
(The curtain falls off the next cage to reveal Zero gagged and strapped.)
Neon Tiger: (Gasp) Zero? Oh Sigma, you caught him for me!
Sigma: No you idiot, he's a hostage!
Neon Tiger: Oh... well anyway, it's X's one and only partner, Zero. (stupid wave) Hi! He enjoys drinking beer and though he's married to Iris, I'm still the love of his life.
(Sigma gasps in disgust, Zero shakes his head sadly to himself.)
Neon Tiger: In this game, X must choose one of these victims and the looser will plummet to... (reading a card) a fiery death? Sigma!
Sigma: What?
Neon Tiger: You said you weren't gonna kill my Zero!
Sigma: I said none of the sort.
Neon Tiger: Well I already know how this will turn out, X will choose Alia and Zero will fall to his death. I refuse to let that happen!
Sigma: Then why not have Zero play the game?
Neon Tiger: (confused) We can do that?
Sigma: Why yes, observe.
(In a snap, somehow Zero is free and X is tied up in the cage, pouting angrily.)
Zero: Woohoo, I'm free!
(Neon Tiger jumps onto Zero.)
Neon Tiger: Oh Zero, I was so scared!
(Zero shoves him off angrily in disgust.)
Zero: (pissed) Get off.
Neon Tiger: Well Zero, it looks like it's your turn to play the game.
Zero: (Triple H imitation) I am The Game!
Neon Tiger: Uhm, yes, how amusing. Anyway, you can only pick one person to save, who will it be? The lovely Alia, or the superhero X?
Sigma: Tick tock, tick tock.
Zero: Hey you wanna shut up?
(Sigma stops and folds his arms and looks away pouting.)
Neon Tiger: Well Zero?
Zero: Uh, well, can I pass this question and go strait to the lightning round?
Neon Tiger: There is no lightning round!
Zero: Ok then, I'd like to take potent potables for a hundred.
Neon Tiger: Judges? Ert! Sorry time's up, and your answer had to be in the form of a question. But thank you for playing.
(Neon Tiger goes to push the button to let X and Alia fall down the tower bottom.)
Zero: Wait!
(Neon Tiger stops and looks up.)
Zero: (to himself) Gr, I'm gonna hate myself forever for doing this, but it must be done, it's up to me to save them now.
(Neon Tiger watches confused while Zero makes his way over towards him, forcing a stupid smile. Zero reluctantly puts his hand on Neon Tiger's shoulder and Neon Tiger gets red as he gets close. Zero speaks to him seductively, and Zero's quite a talented actor.)
Zero: Come on Neon Tiger, let my friends go. Would you do it? (blinking lovingly) For me?
(Neon Tiger starts shaking.)
Sigma: Don't do it tiger!
(Trying to keep up the really good acting, Zero starts to hesitantly hug Neon Tiger and he gets nervous and slips back, reaching for the release button.)
Sigma: No!
(He runs over and pushes them down, then hits the button that has X and Alia fall. Zero screams out while Neon Tiger is on top of him happily.)
Zero: No!
(He can't get up to save them with Neon Tiger in love smothering him. But luckily, X was able to get free and glide down and catch Alia before she fell into the fire below. They landed on a metal beam where he untied her. Zero somehow managed to get away from Neon Tiger, and jumped down the tower to see if X and Alia were alright. But just then....)
Sigma: Haha! Oh it was death behind curtains, in both doors one and two, they just held death no matter what. Haha!
X: You can't win Sigma.
Sigma: Oh? Ha! And why's that?
X: You've forgotten my buster gun!
(X shoots the stone ledge under Sigma and the rocks give away.)
Sigma: Hu? Ah!
(Sigma falls down the tower and into the flames, which blow up. X, Zero and Alia cover their faces until the smoke clears and they see water on the bottom with Sigma's tarnished and torn cape floating below. Zero takes Alia back up to the top for safety as X uses Zero's light saber to destroy the satellite transmitter. He goes to hand it back to him.)
X: Well, it looks like the danger is over and the day is once again saved.
Zero: But wait, aren't we forgetting something?
X: Oh, we have something left to do? And what's that?
(X watches Zero walk away. He walks over to Neon Tiger who lay on the floor crying both because his plan had failed and also because Zero had once again falsely rejected his love.)
Neon Tiger: Why must you toy with my feelings? I love you Zero, why don't you love me back?
Zero: Neon Tiger, you are one twisted individual and you will have no pity. You're a man and you love a married man, that's just weird and wrong. You need help.
(Zero gets his light saber from X and walks over to Neon Tiger as he puts it away. In his semi- conscious delusion, Neon Tiger begins to scream, seeing Zero as Sigma approaching him.)
X: (to Alia) Man, what's with him?
(Zero, X and Alia had taken Neon Tiger to a Maverick Recovery Center where damaged and crazed Reploids were taken to be fixed and straitened out so they could possibly return to the outside world. Alia took Gate to see him and check on his progress a week later.)
Gate: So far nothing yet, he kept on screaming out that Sigma wasn't dead.
Neon Tiger: (voice in the distance) Sigma's not dead!
(Alia walks over to Neon Tiger's room and looks through the small barred window.)
Alia: Neon Tiger?
Neon Tiger: Who is it?
Alia: It's me, you captured me on the island. Do you remember?
Neon Tiger: (whisper) How could I forget?
Alia: Gate says that you're crazy, you keep yelling out that Sigma's not dead. Is he?
Neon Tiger: I can't tell you, if you don't say please.
Alia: Neon Tiger, please, is Sigma dead?
Neon Tiger: Well last night, back on the island....
Alia: It's been a week.
Neon Tiger: Last night, back on the island, I was about to get away to my freedom when a dark figure with a light saber approached me and told me that. (jumps into view) I'm Sigma. Haha!
(Alia and Gate leave and go tell X and Zero about Neon Tiger.)
Alia: He said that you told him he was Sigma.
Zero: No I didn't!
X: Well all that matters is Neon Tiger is behind bars and won't bother you ever again.
Zero: Yea, and with the progress he's making, I don't think he'll be out for a very long time.
(X, Zero, Alia and Gate go back to the Maverick Hunter Headquarters, but after they left, Neon Tiger somehow broke out and managed to run away, only they didn't know it. yet.)