X vs. Samus

[I'm under the impression that most of you believe that my theme "X vs. Samus" is between Samus and the X parasites (Metroid Fusion). I hope the second chapter has clarified this falsehood. If not, then hopefully this chapter shall enlighten you. Enjoy!]

You are a supreme being. You are obsolete. You are INVINCIBLE!!!

"Aaahhg! Shut up! Stop...STOP IT!"

You know I speak the truth. Time and again you have challenged and conquered any and all who stood in your way.

"Who are you?! And WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME?!"

Who I am is of little importance. The pure potential of your power should be your only worry in this life. Do you know what you are X? You are a universal power of your own accord. As I have said, you are the elite of the elite! Mere numbers cannot calculate your true power.

"Huh?!" X was jolted by another explosion. Slowly he arose from his subconscious state. Finally, his vision sensors came into focus. X took in the sights around him. "I hope the rest of the city is still in one piece..."

It was the last Reploid battle unit in hiding. It didn't take X long to find it. How he knew it was there was still unclear. For the time being, he simply dismissed it as a "gut" feeling. X had Zero come with him to take it down (though Zero only seemed to care about the total annihilation of the Mavericks, he was definitely a force to be reckoned with in battle).

When they got there, he found it to be the ruins of an attack led previously by none other than himself. Supposedly, his "gut" feelings were better than he thought.

"Over there. Let's go check it out." It was an impulse more than deductive reasoning that led X in this direction. The warehouse had fallen in his last raid. Yet, it was built on the side of one of the mountains. Maybe there was a hidden storeroom he overlooked.

"Alright X. I'll look around for an exit. If there isn't one, I'll enter the usual way." X grinned at this. He knew what Zero meant by "the usual way." This meant that if the Reploid inside didn't have an optional escaped tunnel, then Zero was going to give the mountain a new sunroof! X shook his understanding and watched Zero dash toward the sunset. "Alright, time to put my game face on."

X entered through the hidden entrance without flaw. The mass of rubble blocking him from his destination was gone as fast as it was put there. X's helmet sensor was getting readouts from a rather large Reploid. "At least Zero won't be bored." Soon X was barreling through the massive corridors in search of the last Reploid in this sector.

Then X's thoughts were turned to other matters. The war was virtually over. Besides a few armies regrouping on the outer sectors of the city, the Maverick Hunters had won. After HQ had realized this, Zero and I had become the cybernetic cleanup crew (due in large part to the fact that, aside from Zero's attitude, we are looked upon as the best Hunters around).

X was soon upon the supposed storeroom he had "overlooked". The access code was easily surpassed...too easily. "Did I really guess at that?!" The Reploid high security access codes were not bypassed this quickly...never. The portal slide open..."Ahh!" X jumped out of the way to miss the oncoming pulsar blast from the robot. "What the Hell?! How did it know I was coming..."

"It didn't. Since it has so much power, its rate-of-discharge is surprisingly low, so it has a hard time hitting me...care to join the fun?!" "Damn Zero! How long have you been engaged with this thing?" About half an hour n...LOOK OUT!" The Reploid wasn't as slow as Zero had thought. Both decided to give up their position at the moment and find a better attack point.

While Zero barreled past the Reploids minituretes, X repositioned himself halfway up the wall doing his best "Spiderman®" impression. X was charging his buster gun, looking for an adequate attack point when he heard Zero on the other side of the rather overlarge room. "Hey, X." "Yeah?" "Do us all a favor and take out that cannon, would ya'?" "Heh. With pleasure!" X's buster shot, heated at 78 hundred degrees, was fired in the next instant. But then, something happened that should not have. The pulsar shot ricocheted off the ground were the Reploid used to be!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Where the hell did he...SHIT!!!" [Some believe that when you die, all of life's questions are answered.]

Now both X and Zero understood why the Reploid had suddenly "disappeared". The Reploid had been equipped with an Internal Combustion Unit or "ICU!" which caused the unit to collapse within itself and causes a greater explosion than any warhead could possibly contain!

Before X could think, could even react to what he knew was going to happen, he shielded himself behind the closing portal. Though shielded from the blast, X and Zero now had a new problem...the mountain was collapsing!!!

"Damn! Zero! Zero, you okay?!" X walked in to find him; the impact of the blast had definitely taken its toll! "Oh shit!" About 30 yards from the escape tunnel which Zero obviously used to come in earlier. "Zero, can you hear me?" No good. He had been too close to the blast to still remain conscious. "Ah hell, time to go." The mountain was ready to trap and ultimately destroy its newest inmates.

X threw Zero over his shoulder and kicked on his mounted thrusters. [Cut scene: X is dashing out through the (overly wide!) escape tunnel with Zero on his shoulder. The inside of the mountain is crashing down all around him. Then, in the knick of time, they escape!]

X laid Zero down as gently as possible so as not to disturb the circuitry of his backup support systems. Then X had another "gut" feeling. Yet this time, he knew why. Revenge. Some one had to pay for what was done to them...it was a trap and X knew who was responsible. Sigma. He was responsible for the Mavericks, for the Reploids, and for the almost total eradication of the Maverick Hunters and HQ. Sigma must pay!!! He must be terminated!!! "He must DIE!!!" At that, X's main server overloaded and X past out...