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-- Chapter 7: Dispatch --
- MAVERICK HUNTERS HEADQUARTERS, 0712 HRS -
"BWEEEEEEEP! BWEEEEEEEEEEEP!"
The sirens screamed as loudspeakers positioned throughout the base blared out a message.
"ATTENTION ALL MAVERICK HUNTERS! REPORT TO THE GREAT HALL IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
- KALASHNIKOV CITY, RUSSIA, 0712 HRS -
Meanwhile, in freezing Russia...
A holo-television was blaring the latest news. "In latest reports, Browning City was devastated by the army of the mysterious new evil force. There was a great number of casualties. Medical staff are still scrambling to help as many as they can."
A passing Reploid stopped abruptly at this. Upon closer inspection, one would notice that this Reploid wore a very familiar light blue trenchcoat which went with his baggy pants. One would also observe the familiar blue hair and the moon-grey scabbard. "So, it has begun," he said to himself. "Now is not the time to intervene, however, no. I'll just see how it develops..." saying thus, he walked off.
- 0713 HRS, GREAT HALL, MAVERICK HUNTERS HEADQUARTERS -
Signas looked out from the podium at the gathered Hunter units. Every one of them, from the Shinobi to the 17th, was standing at attention. In front of them, their leaders stood ready. Clearing his throat, Signas began. "Hunters! I am sure you all are aware of the new threat facing us!" After the noise from the movements died out, he continued. "I am sure that you all have been training hard for the past weeks. Now is the time to show us what the training has done!"
Signas motioned behind him and a display was brought up on the screen. "Four cities have been attacked and need to be retaken. They are Heckler City, near the ocean; Koch City, in the snowfields; Glockopolis, a mostly subterrenean city; and Browning City... nothing special about that one. You will all be split up into different groups to recapture these cities."
"The groups are Units 6 and 7 to take Heckler City; Units 0 and 13 to take Koch City; Units 8 and 17 to take Glockopolis; and Units 4, 9 and 14 to take Browning City. Maverick Hunters, dispatch!"
X turned to the leader of Unit 8, a Reploid named Scourge Drill. "Take the rest of my unit and go ahead first, I'll follow in a few minutes." Drill nodded and a volley of warp lasers shot into the air.
X returned to his quarters and opened his closet, pressing a hidden button. The back of his closet opened, revealing a concealed passageway to an underground room where X kept his armours through the Maverick Uprisings. He walked over to a machine at the far end, a machine he had been working on since the Second Maverick Uprising. He called it the "Fusion Armour System". It looked like a armour capsule but had pipe-like appendages. X hadn't upgraded it after he retired, and it was still experimental and extremely unstable. He brought over the Giga Armour he had obtained from the Second Maverick Uprising, the Golden Armour from the Doppler Revolt and the Ultimate Armour from the Repliforce Incident.
He took the pipe like appendages and placed them on the body and arm of the Giga Armour, then he placed more on the arm, leg and body of the Golden Armour, and attached a last one to the helmet of the Ultimate Armour. He then went over to a box in the room and removed several chips from them, which contained weapon data obtained from the Mavericks X had fought over the years. Memories flashed through his mind as he picked 8 of the weapon chips out and returned to the machine, slotting the different chips into 8 slots on the side of the machine. He then pressed a button and waited for the result.
Sounds of metal on metal ensued from within the machine, before the capsule opened and X beheld his new Fusion Armour. It was black with red trimmings, and a blue jewel was set in the middle of the chest. It had golden wings similiar to those on the Ultimate Armour, only bigger and more elaborate. His boots were also black with a gold trim. A blue crystal was set as usual in the helmet.
X slipped on the Fusion Armour and called in his X-Buster, which adapted itself immediately to suit the Fusion armour. It ended up with four golden fins with runes on them attached to a dark blue buster that looked almost black. X checked all the capabilities; all 8 Maverick weapons were there, namely the Homing Torpedo, Speed Burner, Frost Shield, Spinning Blade, Aiming Laser, Dark Hold, Metal Anchor, and Gaia Shield. X tested the special weapon charging as well as the unlimited ammunition capabilities, which worked perfectly, then switched his buster back to normal function and tested the charged double-shot, which worked perfectly too. He then tried the Hyper Cannon as well as the double airdash. Both went off without a hitch. He also examined the red aura enveloping him and determined that it caused him to take reduced damage.
X smiled, warping out his armour temporarily. Perfect. Now it was time to head off into battle...
A blue warp laser shot towards Glockopolis...
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