The Hunter and The Navigator
Chapter 6
The Final Chapter
An answer to one of my reviewers, Uzu-chan. Well, the title really has nothing to do with the story except for the fact that in this story the hunters and the navigators show their love more and they help each other. I just needed a cool title, and this came to my mind. Not too cool of a title eh? Well anyway. This story is gonna end with a big, long, long bang!! This is gonna be a long chapter of epic proportions! Hahah always wanted to say that! So prepare yourselves! Let's get to the fic!
"WHAT?! How are you still alive!! You should have died from that attack." Signas said to the figure that fired at him.
Laughter. "You think I would be killed by someone like Alia? Think again Signas. I love Alia and I know she loves me. We've been close ever since the second time we were put on the same team. She used a special power that she and I created out of our love and we made it just before you took full control." X said.
"What?" Signas gasped. "You mean you guys just looked into each other's eyes and transferred data?" He asked.
"Not only that, Signas, but we were also holding each other's buster arm. It made a special weapon that was only effective against Mavericks, such as yourself, and helped to heal me and it would heal her too if I shot at her." X replied.
" Grrr. Well it doesn't matter! I will still destroy you!" Signas then took out a large gun.
"Say hello to my artillery, the sigma cannon." Signas laughed. "You will not be able to stop this beauty!" X and Zero were shocked. How was he able to hold such a huge gun with one hand. This guy must be stronger than the two anticipated. Then the two heard a cocking sound. The looked at Signas and he was aiming for Alia, who was still unconscious.
"Signas!! NO!! DON'T DO IT!!" X yelled.
"What makes you think that I would listen to you. I'll destroy her so I can get to your heart. With an angry heart you will not be able to fight so well." Signas said smirking at X.
"SIGNAS!!!" X started to run towards Signas but it was too late for him to start running. Signas was already pulling the trigger. A large explosion happened.
"NOOOO!!" X fell to the floor. The only one he loved, dead, gone. X started to get angry.
"Signas…YOU WILL PAY!!" X shouted upwards. Then looked back at Signas just to find that his aim was altered and he was on one knee.
"Huh?" X was confused.
"Grrrr!! You insolent fools!! You only delay the inevitable!" Signas said looking in the opposite direction of X and standing there was Axl and Lumine. Both holding the same exact gun, only because Axl lent Lumine his spare gun.
"Axl! Lumine?!" X was even more confused now. "What is Lumine doing here?! We have to destroy him too!!" X started to get serious again.
"Layer! Zero! Take care of Lumine! Axl and I will take care of Signas." X commanded.
"Whoa, Whoa there, buddy." Axl said. "Lumine's on our side. He just helped me to stop Signas from blowing Alia to a billion pieces." Axl assured X.
"What?" X was completely confused. Signas then saw an opportunity. Signas then used his instant transportation ability to get behind X.
"What's going on her-" X then stopped when he felt pain in his side. X looked to his side and he was damaged. He then looked behind him and saw that Signas was there smiling evilly at him.
Signas laughed. "To give up your guard so easily. You truly are just an amateur!!" Signas laughed again.
"Am I really an amateur? Take a closer look" X smiled back. Signas then felt pain in his right hand, the hand that had the dagger on it. He saw that X had shot it so it wouldn't fatally wound him but just merely cause him a lot of pain.
"Why you! How could you react so fast." Signas said jumping back and holding his right arm.
"I am improved, Signas. More improved than you think. When you had full control of me you only knew minimal information about my new abilities and to know every movement my enemy makes is one of them." X told him. "But that instant transportation was almost too fast for me. A second later and I would have been killed." X said.
" Well, now that the warm-up is over. Why don't you say we finish this." X said changing his right arm into his buster.
"My pleasure." Signas said taking out a buster on his left hand and pulling out the sigma blade with his right.
X charged his shot and fired towards Signas. Signas dodged by jumping into the air and he fired a charged shot at X. X also dodged by rolling to the side. X then shot three buster shots at him in the air. Two missing Signas barely and the third making a hit on his chest, knocking him off balance. He fell and hit the floor hard
"Damn it! He faster than I thought" Signas said getting up. He then charged his shot and fired a barrage of needles at X.
"What? Damn he's got other powers too." X said charging his shot and firing a line of fire to burn the needles.
"Impressive, X, but let's see how well you can do now." Signas charged forward and fired icicles at X. X dodged but by the time he was ready to attack Signas was already in front of his face ready to slash him.
"IT'S OVER!" Signas yelled and slashed down but was stopped. He looked down and saw that Zero stopped his attack. "You still think you can stop me?" Signas laughed. "Think again!!" Signas then punched Zero in the stomach and Zero's strength gave out and Signas slashed down but was his slash was then deflected.
"What the!?" Signas was getting annoyed now at all these interferences. He looked to where the source of the deflection came. Signas knew it was a plasma bullet that deflected his shot and looked straight to Axl; who indeed was standing there and holding his gun, ready and cocked.
"You ain't gonna win this battle so easily, Signas." Axl said in his cocky and confident voice.
"Why must you say such false prophecies? NOW I SHALL KILL YOU ALL!" Signas said and fired a charged buster shot near the floor of X and Zero and charged towards Axl. Axl started shooting rapidly at Signas who was charging at him. The bullets were merely slowing him down but Signas continued to pursue the trigger happy reploid.
'Not good. He's not stopping at all. He just keeps moving forward.' Axl said to himself.
'Maybe I can help.' A feminine voice said in his head.
'What the? Who's in my head?' Axl asked.
'Silly. Who do you think it is?' the feminine voice said again.
'But how are you doing that? I didn't know you could read minds.' Axl said.
'Well, the great Pallette knows a few tricks up her sleeve' Pallette mentally told Axl.
Just then a bullet twice the size of Axl's plasma bullets came flying past Axl and directly hit Signas, sending him flying back.
"What the?!" Axl said looking behind him.
Pallette giggled. "I told you I had a few tricks up my sleeve." Pallette smiled at Axl and then turned back to Signas and became serious once again.
"ARGH!!! You annoying reploids!!! You are just like insects!!! You just keep coming!!! But just like insects you can be squashed!!" Signas yelled and fired a charged buster shot towards Axl and Pallette.
The two aimed and fired trying to send the direction of the shot away. Their bullets were only being absorbed by the giant energy blast. They weren't doing much but then another charged buster shot deflected it sideways creating a large explosion to the side of Axl, Pallette, and Signas. Rubble went flying everywhere and everyone just stood in place.
Then Signas, Axl, and Pallette all looked to where the shot originated.
"Alia!!!" Axl and Pallette both screamed.
"Alia?! What the?! How can you be up so quickly!?" Signas said surprised.
"Hah! Remember what X told you. Yeah I was healed a by him while your attention was focused on Axl and Pallette." Alia said.
"What!? Grrrr!!!" Signas turned around and saw X and Zero standing and looking pissed at Signas. They were ready to attack and destroy Signas.
Signas laughed. "You think you can stop me!! Even if there are five of you, you won't be able to stop me. I've become too powerful now!!"
Indeed, Signas had grown in power. His new body showed it. He had the basic features of his original form but he was a lot bigger and taller and he had three points coming from the top of his head, one on each side and one right in the middle. He also had point coming out and point up at his shoulders and his feet. His feature looked that of pure and disgusting evil.
"You know that isn't true Signas." X said.
"Hah! Believe what you want, but your still not gonna defeat me." Signas said.
"You know what to do right, Zero?" X whispered to Zero. Zero just nodded and gripped his Z saber even tighter. Zero then jumped up and threw his sword towards Signas' left arm, which was his buster arm. Meanwhile X was charging a shot and Signas dodged the saber and Layer had caught it. X shot exactly once Signas moved and it was a giant blast that gave a recoil to X. Signas looked and smirk and just shot another charged shot to deflect it and when the smoke cleared X was right in front of his face and X cocked his arm back ready to punch Signas but Signas caught the punch. X then threw his other arm for a punch but was also caught by Signas. The two were in a deadlock but Signas started to squeeze on X's hands.
X started to screamed in pain. Just then Zero and Alia broke the hold of Signas on X. Zero was slashing wildly at Signas but Signas was dodging all of his attacks but then it started to get complicated for Signas. Alia started to fire buster shots to where she thought Signas would dodge Zero's attacks. It was working for sometime but every time he was hit by a buster shot he was still able to dodge Zero's attacks. At this rate, Signas was growing tired and fatigued.
Just then Layer joined her partner in the slashings. Signas had to worry about two sets of slashes with buster shots being fired at him. He kept dodging successfully but then he was eventually hit on the leg. He was hit down. Layer and Zero both went to slash down on him but he took out two blades and blocked the two of their attacks. Zero and Layer were not surprised at all. They were ready for something like that and they just pushed down on his blade harder, making it harder for him to hold his ground.
Signas then broke their attacks and he slashed at them and it blew the two away. He then ran towards X and grabbed him by the head. X then tried to break the grip of Signas but to no avail. Signas then starting making contact with hard punches to X's abdomen area. X was screaming out in pain again. Signas seemed really determined to take out X. Alia saw this and then fired a charged buster shot and hit Signas on the back of his head. His grip on X was loosened and X fired a melt creeper at Signas burning him.
Signas was now starting to struggle and he used his instant transportation ability to get him out of there. Axl and Pallette knew exactly what the team was doing so they immediately started to look for him to take their roles in the plan. Signas then appeared by the door of the Lab and was ready to make an escape to recuperate but Axl and Pallette saw him in time and Axl used a laser bullet to disable his arm and Pallette shot a black arrow to disable one of his legs. Zero and Layer ran up to him and slashed down on him but once again he blocked.
"It's over, Signas. You can't win in your condition." X said. While Signas was holding off Layer's and Zero's blades, Alia, Pallette, Axl, and X had their weapons pointed at him.
Signas laughed. "I don't have to stay alive to win, you know. You have all forced me to go to my last resort." Signas then started to glow green. He was preparing for something but the team did not know what.
"Uhhh, guys I don't think we should stay around him." Axl said.
"AXL'S RIGHT!! HE'S GETTING READY TO SELF-DESTRUCT! Also he wasn't trying to escape. He locked the doors on us and disabled the manual override code." Pallette said.
"Not good! Come on, team!! We have to find a way out of here." X directed.
"I know! We'll make an exit!" Zero then charged forward to the weakened walls and tried to destroy it but there was a shield which recoiled Zero's attack.
"What the!?" Zero was shocked and mad. "What happened!?"
"He must have put a shield on the inside of the Lab. He really wants us dead." Pallette stated.
Then they all looked back at him and his body started counting down.
"10...9...8...7"
"Oh crap!! We only have ten seconds left!!" Axl said.
"But we're out of options." Layer said.
"6...5...4...3...2...1" the countdown stopped. The team stopped looking at each other and looked at Signas' body. They looked and they became wide-eyed.
"No way!" Axl said.
"I can't believe he just did that." Zero said.
"Well, there's my proof that he really was here to help us." X said.
What they saw was Lumine. They saw Lumine take out the core of Signas. He was holding the radioactive core, which was harming Lumine.
"Heh…Did you forget about me? I told you I would be helpful to you in the end. But it seems this is the end for me. I am glad that I was able to use this body well. I thank you for accepting me, X, and I thank you all for trusting me. Farewell." Lumine then teleported into the depths of space and exploded from the radioactivity produced from Signas' core.
The team just looked up into space through a hole and saw the explosion. The team was quiet for the rest of the time and started to clean up.
A year later…
The team still could not get over the fact that Lumine had saved their lives, but they were very grateful because the core was the last piece of existence of Sigma and Mavericks. They no longer had anymore serious threats or missions. Life had gotten better for the six of them. They had more time and space to do what they had to do.
A forest…
Two figures were lying on the grass and one of the figures was lying on top of the other. It was a feminine figure and a male figure. The male figure had his arm around the feminine and the feminine's arm was over the male's chest.
"It's pretty good that we now have time to ourselves more." the female said.
"Yeah, it is pretty good. I really can't complain, especially when I can spend my free time with you, the one I love." the male said.
"Axl, your such a romantic. You have to be more serious sometimes." Pallete said.
"Since when have I ever been serious?" Axl said smiling at Pallette.
Pallette laughed. "You're right, I like you just the way you are."
"Yeah, me too." Axl said.
The two then snuggled closer together and the two drifted off to sleep. They were happy now that they were able to express their feelings openly.
Noah's Park…
"Zero! Why won't you come sit with me!?" Layer complained sitting on the ground near a pond.
"Because this scene is much more beautiful." Zero replied standing with his arms crossed.
This answer was completely different from what Zero had answered before. It intrigued Layer. So she stood up and walked towards Zero. She looked at him and then looked to what he was looking at. She gasped.
"Wow, Zero. It is beautiful!" Layer said and she was quiet for the rest of the time. She took Zero's hand and intertwined her fingers with his. She then slowly leaned her head on him shoulder. (wouldn't that hurt?! I mean his shoulder armor is boxed, so yah…)
The two just stood there and watched their scenery. Waterfalls flowing down, forests in between the waterfalls and on the sides and birds flying all over the place.
Maverick Hunter Base…
"It's nice to have it quiet around here, isn't it X?" Alia asked sitting at her post.
"Yes, it is. I was tired of all the fighting and disasters happening." X replied standing against the wall near Alia.
"But you know, if it weren't for these disasters, we wouldn't have gotten as close as we have." Alia stated blushing and looking down.
This caught X off guard. He wasn't prepared for what Alia had just said. He really didn't know what to reply. He looked up to Alia who was still looking down.
"Yeah, that is true. If it wasn't for all of that mess, we would have never met each other and my life would not have become more joyful." X said smiling at Alia.
This too caught Alia off guard. She quickly jerked her head up and saw X smiling at her. She blushed and smiled back at him.
"X, there is something I've been meaning to tell you." Alia said getting up from her seat and walking up to X.
"What is it, Alia?" X asked.
"I love you, X. I love you with all my heart and I don't ever want to let you go." Alia said and hugged X. X was taken back by this action and her words but he knew what to say.
"I love you too, Alia. I've loved you ever since I met you and knew more about you." X was then taken aback also by what Alia had done again. She started to cry.
"It's ok. Cry it out. I'm here for you, forever." X said and hugged her tightly. The two just stood there for the rest of the time.
The End…
Review, tell me what you think. I personally enjoyed writing this story and thank you for all my reviewers. I love you all and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I will continue to write. My next fic will prolly be about Skies of Arcadia, an rpg game for Gamecube, so keep an eye out for that. Thank you again.