Chapter 13: Heat Wave
Author: Lady Blue
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As morning arrive and the sunlight touches the city. A Z drone walks on the tower looking towards the abandon city. It visor reflect the light coming from the morning sun. As the drones about to move away, it notices something slowly approaching them from the horizon. As it shifted its visor to get a clearer view, all it could make out is that a lone blue reploid heading their way.
The blue reploid raised its head and look back to the Z drone standing above and gives a sinister smile. The blue Z drones were about to fire their weapon, but was stop by a red drone.
"Identify yourself" the red Z drone demanded.
"I am Marina Lightheart, I server under the Guardian Leviathan. My serial number is US279382 Alpha Alpha Gemma" Rina shouted.
"Authorization acknowledge" the red drone replied as the other drone continue to point their weapon at Rina "Command Received, apprehend Marina Lightheart alive by order of Mistress Leviathan" the red Z drone added as the gate blow them open and a group of blue Z drone rushed out and surrounded Rina.
"Take me to your commanding officer, drone" Rina ordered "Code Beta 64"
"Override code accepted" the drone replied as they lead Rina into the base camp.
"Look what we have here, Marina Lightheart" Jeffar looked at Rina, carrying a round shield on her left arm and another one attached to her back. Jeffar walks in circle around Rina and takes a closer look at Rina "Heard you changed skinzzzz" Jeffar continue.
"Crimson Jeffar" Rina said with a unserious tone "You spineless reptile"
"What do you want Marina Lightheart, to betray the resistance?" Jeffar asked with a slivering tone.
"How did you know Jeffar?" Rina said, always keeping an eye on Jeffar "You must be a mind reader. Where is Master Fefnir?"
"He izzzz out on a business trip, Marina. I am in charge here while he izzzzz away" Jeffar exclaimed as he stand in front of Rina with a mischievous smile on his face.
"Unlikely" Rina shoot back as she crossed her arms together, knowing that Jeffar is lying.
"What wazzzz that you said?" Jeffar asked in a high tone.
"I said unlikely you two headed snake" Rina raised her voice as she step closer to Jeffar, not showing any fear to the snake "Or do you need a hearing aid?"
Jeffar stay in silence as he watches back with a doubtful look on his face. "I still question your loyalty Marina Lightheart" Jeffar said.
"You want me to prove that I am still a Neo Arcadian?" Rina asked, crossing her arms. "Then do it, I don't have all day"
"Prove it" Jeffar laughed as he nods his head to a red drone. Within a short moment a red drone pulled out a body out from one of the tent nearby. The drone hurl the body on the ground as it lay there for a few moments before Rina notice some movement. Rina takes a step back as she notice Dive raised his head looking back to her with his weak and torture expression on his face. "Thizzzz izzzz the only surviving member of that little scout party the resistancez send" Jeffar uttered as he pull Dive's hair and let Rina takes a good look at him.
"He izzzz a weak one" Jeffar said with its tongue slides out and lick Dive's face before he let go of the boy. "I am sure even you can handle him"
Rina stand and watch as Jeffar takes a few step back, waiting for her move. She didn't actually aspect that one of Colbor's men to survive the ambushed. Rina raised her shield and waited, almost hesitated for a moment there as she looks into Dive's eyes.
"Do it Marina Lightheart" Jeffar said, challenging her a bit "Why are you hesitating Marina? Do you still care for the resistancez?"
Rina narrow her eyes and release her shield. A long energy whip burst out between her arm pads and her shields, which form into a yoyo like weapon. Dive fell to the ground holding to the wound inflected on his chest after the shield blades slice him up a little.
Jeffar look a little satisfy yet still doubtful, he is being careful not to slip this up, Marina is smart and cunning and dangerous at the same time.
"Wonderful, now finish him off" Jeffar commanded.
Rina stand there waiting, not making a move "Do it" Jeffar shouted.
"I'll do it" Rina said as he looked at Dive before turning over to Jeffar "Right in your face you gecko" she uttered as she shoot her shield at Jeffar.
"I knew it" the snake reploid leap back as the shield slice two Z drones standing beside Jeffar into two.
"Stay behind me" Rina instructed as she stand in battle pose. She placed her shield in front and prepares to strike as a group of Z drones that approach her. Rina takes a step back before hurling her shield at the group of Z drones, slicing all of them into two.
As the next wave of Z drones advance towards Rina, the drones stop their approach and fire their cannon at Rina in a safe distance, away from the reach of her shield. Rina raised her shield and deflect the blast, she never knew that Z drones have advance until a stage they could think strategically. She always thought they are mindless machine, but guess time has change. She continues to deflect their attack, but each passing moment, a small number of Z drones move closer to her. Rina knew she have to think fast before they start to overrun her position. With her other free hand, Rina quickly reach for her back and pull out another shield and hurls it up the sky. The edge around the shield begins to light up before it spins down and swirl around Rina and Dive.
The drones watch as the second shield circle around Rina as it automatically begins to deflect the fire coming from their cannon. Rina gives a smirk on her face as she lean forward before launching herself at the unexpected Z drones and swing her shield at them, taking out most of the drones.
Finally with the second wave of Z drones completely wiped out, the alarm around the compound when off. Rina glanced around the camp and watch as round, dome like vehicles, parked around the camp begins to open up and new wave of Z drones are seen curled up inside a honey cone platform. Their visor lighted up as they raised their head and reach out from the platform. Rina can count at least fourth Z drones in one Hive, each arm and ready for battle. The Z drones begin to surround Rina, yet none of them open fire on her.
However something else caught her attention during that time, where is Jeffar? The spineless reptile is nowhere to be seen.
Rina didn't have much time to think of that as a new group of Z drones decide to attack her in closer range. She stands in offensive pose and prepares to make another assault. However before she could, a fp oif Z drones shield activates itselfred blur shoots out from behind a group of Z drones and shot straight down on her position. Rina barely have time to see what it was before it slams down and pin her hard of the sandy ground, knocking off her shield and left her defenseless.
"Now Marina Lightheart, I shall have the pleasure off cutting you open and hang you in the open for your resistance friendzzzz to seeee." Jeffar said as he points his saber at Rina's face. Rina didn't know what to do next, her weapon knocked off and her pin down tight by the snake reploid. Then something that caught Rina totally off guard, she suddenly felt a power surge flow through her body.
"How dare you touch ME?" Rina uttered unconsciously as she pushed Jeffar off. And as if her body has a mind of its own, Rina quickly jump up and raised her hand high up. Sparkling lights begin to form above Rina's hand and within a blink of an eye, she felt herself holding to an ice cold spear made out from the moist from the air. She watch as she gets a firm grip on the spear and hurls it over to Jeffar, jabbing the spear into his chest and sending the snake reploid into a group of Z drones. Rina still not in control of her body, charge directly at Jeffar and like before she whip up another ice spear and swing it at Jeffar.
The snake reploid didn't have the time to react and before he knew what had happen, Rina spear stab into his mouth and comes out from the other end of his head. He stare for a moment as a cold and numb feeling shrouded his face, right before Rina swing her spear, shattering Jeffar's face completely.
Rina fell to her knees, patting and watch as the spear melted from her hand. She still puzzles how she was able to do that. She turn to Jeffar's body, she couldn't believe what she just did, she was suppose to be the weakest member in Leviathan core, yet she was manage to take out one of Fefnir's men.
"Rina behind you" Dive shouted.
Rina spun her head around and find a brown Z drone loomed down on her and prepares to bring down its saber on her. There was no time to dodge the attack as Rina looked directly into the drone's visor. However, before the drone can bring down the saber on Rina, a loud explosion eruption from the other end of the base. The blast was enough to send Rina and a few other drones nearby to the ground. Rina shook her head a few times before turning to the direction where the gates once stood.
A giant cloud of dust covers the entrance, but Rina could slowly make out something coming their way. As the figure became clearer Rina eyes open wide at what she sees.
X stood there with a big smirk on his face as he walks into the base with a rocket launcher on his hand. "Knock! Knock!" X said, throwing away the RPG "Rocket Pizza Delivery"
"X" Rina exclaimed as she get back on her feet with a smile on her face. She quickly rushed over to X and embraced him on her arms, happy to see him.
"Did the damsel in distress called for a knight in shining armor?" X asked "Sorry, but I'm kind of blue right now"
"How did you know I was here?" Rina asked.
"I didn't, I was going to pay our new neighbor a visit, but I think you beat me to it" X said as he turn to a large group of drones mobilizing in front of them and another group along with a couple of Golems blocking up the exit that X just made. X pushed Rina behind him and whipped out his rod. This was not in his plan.
Rina reach to Dive and drag the wounded resistance aside. She next reaches her arms out to her shields and call for them. The shields activate itself and spin around Rina before they hover behind her back, like a pair of wings.
"X" Rina called out to him "We better find some cover"
"One step ahead of you" X replied as he fire his weapon on the ground, creating a small fox hole. "Get in"
Rina and Dive take cover, but X just stand there in the open looking straight at the enemy with a smirk on his face, as if he was posses or something. "Is he crazy, he's gonna get kill out there"
"X" Rina shouted.
X glanced around his surrounding as if he was searching for something. Then his eyes lock on to the large pile of energy containment unit that the discovered the night before. This is perfect; whoever organizes the place is sure going to get a real kick out of this. X charge up his rod and release it upon a group of drone in front of him. Destroying a few drones. The other drones reacted and charge up to him.
"Sera can you hear me?" X asked as he jumps into the fox hole and begins to open fire. Drones start to open fire as rain of bullets falls under X's position. Rina quickly directs her shields around them and start deflecting off the fire, yet some still manages to get through.
"Read you X" Sera replied.
"Is getting a little to friendly down here Sera!" X uttered as he fire a powerful blast from his blaster at the enemy "I suggest you make your move pronto"
"X, you're asking me to fire down on your position" Sera argue.
"Look, this is no time to argue, JUST FIRE" he shouted.
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"Ma'am, your instruction" one of Sera girls waited as the point the RPG directly at the enemy base.
Sera stood up and study the situation, she knows that X has given her instruction, but she still a little bit worried for X. Sera glanced back to her two girls, both still waiting for her order.
"Captain Sera" Passy called to her.
"Dammit X, I hope you know what you are doing" Sera whisper before she picks up a RPG.
"Fire" She shouted.
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X continues to fight off the Z drones, but things are really heating up. The more he destroyed the more they come pouring down on him like there is an endless supply of them. With a powerful charge, X gives another powerful blast directly at a group of drones before he duck back beside Rina. He could feel his weapon beginning to overheat. X knew that if he gives another shot, his weapon will really blow up. So he pull back and actives the saber mode.
"Come on Sera" X mumbles. He turns to Rina and sees that she too is struggling to hold back the enemy.
"X, I don't think I can hold on much longer! My shields are overheating" Sera shouted.
"Guys look" Dive shouted pointing to the sky. Streams of missiles flying from the sky and is heading to the containment unit.
"GET DOWN" X shouted right before a powerful explosion erupted. The missile took out the energy containment unit and gives out a powerful eruption that took out a third of the enemy base.
As the explosion finally over, X shook his head and looked around, the blast destroyed more then he have anticipated as he found himself standing inside a crater. Then something caught X's attention, a blue barrier blink around him.
"Now that was a blast" Rina said weakly.
X turn to Rina and found her standing with her hands reaching out to her shields. As the Rina falls under X arms, the barrier around then shuts down and the shields falls to the ground.
"Rina" X called out to her. Rina gives X a smile on her face "Don't worry blue boy, I'll be fine after a few minutes"
"X" a familiar voice yelled out. X turns to the gates and sees Passy and Sera's team coming towards them.
"Well they sure take their time" X chuckles as he looked at Rina.
"You really put up a good show here X" Sera said "You just took out a third of the enemy camp including the jamming station"
"Good that-" X was about to finish his sentences until he heard a loud flapping sound coming above them. As the shadow overlapping them, X could make out a fairly large figure jumps out from the helicopter and landed meters away from their position.
"I heard there's a highly-skilled reploid in the resistance... but I never expected you to be this good... you are amazing and that is what excites me the most! My name is Fefnir, one of the five Guardians of Master Zero! Now don't let me down, kid!!" Fefnir said as looked back to X.
"Well seems you're being this formal then I should at least introduce myself before I kick your ass back to your boss" X said smiling to Fefnir, this somehow got Fefnir a little annoyed "The name is X, newest member of the ever growing and popular Resistance Forces"
Fefnir then turn to the group of people behind X and recognize one of them "Marina Lightheart, you traitor" Fefnir snarl.
"Guys get Rina and Dive back, this big guy is mine" X instructed.
"X" Sera said looking at him before she turns to her girls "Come on girls move"
"You too sugarplum" X said not looking at Passy, his eyes were lock into Fefnir, waiting for the red guardian to make his first move.
"But... Come back to us" Passy said before she flies off to Sera.
"You do look like Nova... but that doesn't mean you can be as tough as he is"
"Maybe we should put it to a test"
Fefnir glance up and down X, scanning his outer look, as if trying to figure out how X works. He raise his fist and slam it on the ground, sending a flow of shockwave through the earth heading to the azure reploid way. X reacts to Fefnir attack and leap sideway avoiding the shockwave. Fefnir was expecting X to attack back but he just stands on the same position staring back to Fefnir, not making a single move.
"Come on" Fefnir said frustratingly "What are you waiting for kid?"
X activates and pulled back his dual saber and charge directly at Fefnir. Fefnir see X coming; swing backs his fist and when X was about attack range, he slam his fist at the azure reploid. X lean his head to the side dodging Fefnir fist and swing around, swiping his dual saber and slash Fefnir back. Fefnir felt the pain coming from his spine as the blade almost penetrated his tick armor. X swings his dual saber again, but this time Fefnir was able to block X's attack with his weapon.
"Nice move kid" Fefnir uttered.
X gives a smirk to Fefnir as he swipes his blade upwards and at the same time he activates the Thunder chip the obtained from Falcon. The blade switches color to blue and scrape on the surface of Fefnir arm, almost slicing part of his face. The red guardian felt the pain, retreated back and grabs hold of his arm, feeling the effect of the chip.
"Having a shocking moment big guy?" X grins as he sweeps his dual saber and stand in offensive pose.
Fefnir feeling frustrated slams his fist on the ground and sends a shockwave towards X direction. X sees this and leaps high and brings his saber down on Fefnir, Fefnir block his attack again, but the thunder chip manages to do more damage to him as the blade scrape on his arm. X continues to assault on Fefnir, never giving the red guardian a change to retaliate. After a few hard beating Fefnir drops to his knees feeling exhausted and wounded from the electric effect.
"Enjoying yourself, big guy?" X smirk.
"Don't be to overconfident kid" said Fefnir "I still have a few tricks up my sleeve"
X lower his head and got a little shock at what he sees. A two dead Z drone holding both his leg, pinning him in his position. He shifted his Z saber backwards and stabs both drones at a time, destroying the drones again. Before he knew what happened another dead drone raised from the sand.
"What the heck?" X said, it seems like someone is resurrecting the dead drones he killed. Within minutes at least half a dozen zombie drones has emerge from under the sand and stood between him and Fefnir. X draws back his dual saber and swings, destroying the entire zombie drones. He turns his attention back to Fefnir, and about to dash forward when a staff appears before him and locks him up.
X was caught by surprised from behind. He spun his head and found that the sand that caught hold of him slowly dissolves into a reploid whose appearance similar to an Egyptian dog. X tries to break free, but the reploid seem to have him totally lock under its staff.
"The name's Anubis Necromancess the Third and I work for Fefnir the Guardian" Anubis said.
"Trying to get up close and personal?" X snarl.
While X was busy trying to break free, he totally forgets about Fefnir. He turn his attention back to the red guardian, but it was too late as Fefnir has his giant fist swing back and slams it directly on X face, almost knocking his head off from his body. X spun his head back to Fefnir, even with a daze condition he still try his best to release himself from Anubis hold. Fefnir slam his fist a few more time, this time on his stomach and chest. Every hit harder then the last.
Finally after a few hard blows, Anubis finally releases his hold on X. Anubis then hurls X to Fefnir. He knew his power level is really down to dangerous level and if the pounding doesn't end, he will. Fefnir toss X up high in the sky, and when he fall back down to earth, Fefnir slam his fist upward at X almost breaking him into two. The impact from Fefnir fist was enough to send X body-flying feet away from the dual.
"Get up... get up.... Damn it get up" X mumble to himself as he tries to rise back to his feet. He looked up and sees Fefnir and Anubis both standing high and mighty, victorious.
"Is that the best you got kid?" Fefnir snarl and step closer to X body and gives a powerful kick, damaging his blue vest and sending X scraping on the ground.
"Dammit... if this goes on I'm dead" X mumble, holding to the pain on his belly. X rose up his head and looked back to Fefnir; the red guardian loomed down on him. He reaches down and grabs hold of X on the neck and lifted him off the ground.
Fefnir slams his fist into X's face a few time and finally after the final blow X felt half of his organic face tearing off and the right side of his eyes smashed into pieces. X glanced back to Fefnir with his left eyes for a spilt second before he totally falls unconscious.
Fefnir looked back to X unconscious status, his body hanging limp and dead like. "To bad kid, you're not such a bad advisory" Fefnir said laughing out loud. Fefnir was about to reach for his cannon when he suddenly heard a light chuckle.
"Yeah, too bad for you big guy" X said as he raised his head looking back to Fefnir. "Cause you just woken me up"
Fefnir looked back to the limp body of X and was kind of shook to see X is still active. X stare back and his green emerald eye as it blink in crimson red. Then out of no where a small red dragon cyber-elf appears before Fefnir. The cyber-elf gives a snarling shriek as it spread its tiny wing before it swirl around X's body.
"Time to get serious" X uttered as his entire body start to shimmer in light. Fefnir spun his head away, almost blinded by the light. Once the light dies down, Fefnir felt the weight on X was different then before, slightly heavier. He turns his attention back to X whose stare back to him. His appearance has totally change, X blue vest now turn being reinforce with a firm crimson vest with a white cross sign stretch on the surface of his vest. And within the cross a blue emerald glitters. X shoulder and arm has also been mounted with crimson pads that match with the design of his new armor.
X gives a devilish smirk on his face as he stare back with his functional eye before a face mask slide from the top of his crimson helmet and covering his damage face.
"What in hell?" Fefnir look a little confused.
"Oh no, this is not hell" X said. "Not Yet"
X jab his hand directly at Fefnir's neck and get a firm grip on it before he starts to squeeze. At this moment, the two are in a battle, a battle to see who can outlast the other, in pain and in strength. In the end Fefnir start to lose as he slowly lower X to the ground and release his hand around X neck. Fefnir quickly place both of his hands around X's hand, trying to force X's hand lose of his neck.
X gives a sharp look before he hurls Fefnir over to the over towards a group of Z drones and landed on a tent nearby.
Anubis notices the new development, raise his staff and swing it at X direction. A loud metal sound echo through the surrounding desert. X arm stopped Anubis staff; he spun his head over to Anubis and morphed his right arm into a cannon and powering up at the same time. With a powerful charge he aimed his cannon directly at Anubis.
X releases his cannon attack directly at Anubis. Unable to dodge the blast, Anubis raised his staff hoping to deflect the blast with his staff. The high-energy blast erupted on impact with Anubis in the middle. Sand burst out and covered the surrounding with a small stand storm. X morphed his other hand and quickly charge up his cannon before releasing it into the dusty sandstorm. Another loud explosion erupted as a ball of flame burst out, rolling on the sand that turns out to be the remains of Anubis's head.
Fefnir got back on his feet still unable to believe the power X posses. X turns his attention back to Fefnir, but a group of blue Z drones has already surrounded him along with a small division of Golem. One of the Z drones power up its saber and jumps on X. X quickly spun himself around and smashed the drones head with his bare fist, smashing its head off.
Then as if the armor itself sense then tension of the battle, it automatically fortify itself, morphing the vest into a solid armor, his arm pads turn into a heavy gauntlet with claw like designs embed onto X fingers and on the left side of X gauntlet attach small oval like shield. X raised his cannon and points it at one of the Golem and fired. A bright energy blast slams into the Golem, destroying it and taking along a few drones that were standing to near to the Golem.
X releases another blast at the drones in front of him, vaporizing a whole line of them. Once the blast dies down a line was form on the ground as if a plane has crashed on it. X turn to another group of Z drones as they approach him and again he blasts his cannon at them, wiping out a whole squad.
The drones begin to open fire with their cannon; X quickly covered himself under with his left arm, the small shield expends itself in length, shielding half of X body from the blast. The fire continues and the shield held by X starting to grow sun bright. At last, X could hold no longer. He spread out his arm and shouted in rage.
"Solar Burst!" X shouted out as a pair on energy wings burst out from his back.
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Sera and Rina makes off as fast as they could from the enemy base, but then something stop them from taking another step. They both turn back along with Passy and Sera's girls as they heard a powerful explosion coming with a powerful wave that sweeps them off their feet.
"X" both girls said in unison as they glazed back to the Neo Arcadian camp.
A tower of flames burst out in the middle of the enemy camp as the flame slowly form into a dragon with wings spread out wide. Rina and Sera gazed back in horror of what had just unfolded. They have never seen anything this destructive in their life.
"Ayane, take care of Rina" Sera turn to one of her girls "I'm going back for X"
"Hell you are, I'm coming with you" Rina snap back in protest.
"ME too" Passy added.
Sera looked at Rina and the cyber-elf, their eyes tells her something, that they all worried for the azure reploid.
"Alright, together" Sera said. "Ayane, take Dive back to the base"
"Yes Ma'am"
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At the same time during the explosion, Ciel and Elpizo looked at the display as they felt the earth around them shakes violently.
"Operator status" Elpizo ordered as the hologram display flickers in and out.
Chris and Haruka quickly get their system stabilized and direct all available power to their system to produce enough resolution on the display.
"Oh my god" Ciel whispered as they all see a flames like dragon flaps its wings before it deforms and vanished into the air, leaving a heavy black cloud of smoke in the middle of the Neo Arcadia base camp.
"What power" Elpizo said.
"What destruction" Ciel added, it was nothing she had ever seen before. No reploid could ever done this, except the real X.
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"Nothing changed" X mumbles as he hangs his head down, not looking at the destruction he just did. "Death surrounds me wherever I go... I am the destroyer... a killer... a weapon"
X sighed as his armor morphed back to its crimson vest and his mask slides back up, revealing X's damage face.
"I don't care what you are, but that was sure one hell of a show you put on" a rough voice comes from behind.
"Huh?" X turns his face and is met with a familiar fist that destroys half of his face. X felt his head knocked back as he dropped to the ground. He shook his head a bit before turning back to the red guardian, seeing not harm by X's nova strike. "How?"
"Easy, I am immune to fire" Fefnir explain as he slam his fist down on X head, knock X face into the sand. "You really good kid, flattening my base and taking most of my troops with that single blast, but guess what?"
X spits out the sand and gives an angry look on his face.
"That blast took all of your power" Fefnir said as he prepares to gives a power blow down on X.
"Not all of it" X uttered as he caught hold of Fefnir's fist. X swings his fist and slams it into Fefnir's shoulder, throwing the red guardian back, landing on a pile of burning rubbles.
Fefnir got up on his feet and wanted to engage X, but he felt his arm badly damage from X punch. X himself didn't make a move, he just stood there and stare back to the red guardian with his functional eye.
"I have never been so excited... I'll let you live for a little longer. Make sure that you do not lose before I fight you again! Farewell!!" Fefnir chuckles as he activates his internal Trans Server and teleport out of site.
X gives a smirk on his face "Anytime big guy... anytime" he said before his crimson vest vanish, leaving X with his damage azure vest. He shuts his eyes and collapse on the ground.
"X!"
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Author Notes: Can't stop myself from playing PSO again :D. Damn my RAcaseal is hot especially with a pair of Assault Gun....hehehe sorry got a little carried away.
I know that the armor part maybe a little exaggerating, so hope you can bear with me a little : ) Anyway I hope you got your helmet on, cause is going to be a rocky ride from here on.
Last but not least, Thanks for the review.
Author: Lady Blue
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As morning arrive and the sunlight touches the city. A Z drone walks on the tower looking towards the abandon city. It visor reflect the light coming from the morning sun. As the drones about to move away, it notices something slowly approaching them from the horizon. As it shifted its visor to get a clearer view, all it could make out is that a lone blue reploid heading their way.
The blue reploid raised its head and look back to the Z drone standing above and gives a sinister smile. The blue Z drones were about to fire their weapon, but was stop by a red drone.
"Identify yourself" the red Z drone demanded.
"I am Marina Lightheart, I server under the Guardian Leviathan. My serial number is US279382 Alpha Alpha Gemma" Rina shouted.
"Authorization acknowledge" the red drone replied as the other drone continue to point their weapon at Rina "Command Received, apprehend Marina Lightheart alive by order of Mistress Leviathan" the red Z drone added as the gate blow them open and a group of blue Z drone rushed out and surrounded Rina.
"Take me to your commanding officer, drone" Rina ordered "Code Beta 64"
"Override code accepted" the drone replied as they lead Rina into the base camp.
"Look what we have here, Marina Lightheart" Jeffar looked at Rina, carrying a round shield on her left arm and another one attached to her back. Jeffar walks in circle around Rina and takes a closer look at Rina "Heard you changed skinzzzz" Jeffar continue.
"Crimson Jeffar" Rina said with a unserious tone "You spineless reptile"
"What do you want Marina Lightheart, to betray the resistance?" Jeffar asked with a slivering tone.
"How did you know Jeffar?" Rina said, always keeping an eye on Jeffar "You must be a mind reader. Where is Master Fefnir?"
"He izzzz out on a business trip, Marina. I am in charge here while he izzzzz away" Jeffar exclaimed as he stand in front of Rina with a mischievous smile on his face.
"Unlikely" Rina shoot back as she crossed her arms together, knowing that Jeffar is lying.
"What wazzzz that you said?" Jeffar asked in a high tone.
"I said unlikely you two headed snake" Rina raised her voice as she step closer to Jeffar, not showing any fear to the snake "Or do you need a hearing aid?"
Jeffar stay in silence as he watches back with a doubtful look on his face. "I still question your loyalty Marina Lightheart" Jeffar said.
"You want me to prove that I am still a Neo Arcadian?" Rina asked, crossing her arms. "Then do it, I don't have all day"
"Prove it" Jeffar laughed as he nods his head to a red drone. Within a short moment a red drone pulled out a body out from one of the tent nearby. The drone hurl the body on the ground as it lay there for a few moments before Rina notice some movement. Rina takes a step back as she notice Dive raised his head looking back to her with his weak and torture expression on his face. "Thizzzz izzzz the only surviving member of that little scout party the resistancez send" Jeffar uttered as he pull Dive's hair and let Rina takes a good look at him.
"He izzzz a weak one" Jeffar said with its tongue slides out and lick Dive's face before he let go of the boy. "I am sure even you can handle him"
Rina stand and watch as Jeffar takes a few step back, waiting for her move. She didn't actually aspect that one of Colbor's men to survive the ambushed. Rina raised her shield and waited, almost hesitated for a moment there as she looks into Dive's eyes.
"Do it Marina Lightheart" Jeffar said, challenging her a bit "Why are you hesitating Marina? Do you still care for the resistancez?"
Rina narrow her eyes and release her shield. A long energy whip burst out between her arm pads and her shields, which form into a yoyo like weapon. Dive fell to the ground holding to the wound inflected on his chest after the shield blades slice him up a little.
Jeffar look a little satisfy yet still doubtful, he is being careful not to slip this up, Marina is smart and cunning and dangerous at the same time.
"Wonderful, now finish him off" Jeffar commanded.
Rina stand there waiting, not making a move "Do it" Jeffar shouted.
"I'll do it" Rina said as he looked at Dive before turning over to Jeffar "Right in your face you gecko" she uttered as she shoot her shield at Jeffar.
"I knew it" the snake reploid leap back as the shield slice two Z drones standing beside Jeffar into two.
"Stay behind me" Rina instructed as she stand in battle pose. She placed her shield in front and prepares to strike as a group of Z drones that approach her. Rina takes a step back before hurling her shield at the group of Z drones, slicing all of them into two.
As the next wave of Z drones advance towards Rina, the drones stop their approach and fire their cannon at Rina in a safe distance, away from the reach of her shield. Rina raised her shield and deflect the blast, she never knew that Z drones have advance until a stage they could think strategically. She always thought they are mindless machine, but guess time has change. She continues to deflect their attack, but each passing moment, a small number of Z drones move closer to her. Rina knew she have to think fast before they start to overrun her position. With her other free hand, Rina quickly reach for her back and pull out another shield and hurls it up the sky. The edge around the shield begins to light up before it spins down and swirl around Rina and Dive.
The drones watch as the second shield circle around Rina as it automatically begins to deflect the fire coming from their cannon. Rina gives a smirk on her face as she lean forward before launching herself at the unexpected Z drones and swing her shield at them, taking out most of the drones.
Finally with the second wave of Z drones completely wiped out, the alarm around the compound when off. Rina glanced around the camp and watch as round, dome like vehicles, parked around the camp begins to open up and new wave of Z drones are seen curled up inside a honey cone platform. Their visor lighted up as they raised their head and reach out from the platform. Rina can count at least fourth Z drones in one Hive, each arm and ready for battle. The Z drones begin to surround Rina, yet none of them open fire on her.
However something else caught her attention during that time, where is Jeffar? The spineless reptile is nowhere to be seen.
Rina didn't have much time to think of that as a new group of Z drones decide to attack her in closer range. She stands in offensive pose and prepares to make another assault. However before she could, a fp oif Z drones shield activates itselfred blur shoots out from behind a group of Z drones and shot straight down on her position. Rina barely have time to see what it was before it slams down and pin her hard of the sandy ground, knocking off her shield and left her defenseless.
"Now Marina Lightheart, I shall have the pleasure off cutting you open and hang you in the open for your resistance friendzzzz to seeee." Jeffar said as he points his saber at Rina's face. Rina didn't know what to do next, her weapon knocked off and her pin down tight by the snake reploid. Then something that caught Rina totally off guard, she suddenly felt a power surge flow through her body.
"How dare you touch ME?" Rina uttered unconsciously as she pushed Jeffar off. And as if her body has a mind of its own, Rina quickly jump up and raised her hand high up. Sparkling lights begin to form above Rina's hand and within a blink of an eye, she felt herself holding to an ice cold spear made out from the moist from the air. She watch as she gets a firm grip on the spear and hurls it over to Jeffar, jabbing the spear into his chest and sending the snake reploid into a group of Z drones. Rina still not in control of her body, charge directly at Jeffar and like before she whip up another ice spear and swing it at Jeffar.
The snake reploid didn't have the time to react and before he knew what had happen, Rina spear stab into his mouth and comes out from the other end of his head. He stare for a moment as a cold and numb feeling shrouded his face, right before Rina swing her spear, shattering Jeffar's face completely.
Rina fell to her knees, patting and watch as the spear melted from her hand. She still puzzles how she was able to do that. She turn to Jeffar's body, she couldn't believe what she just did, she was suppose to be the weakest member in Leviathan core, yet she was manage to take out one of Fefnir's men.
"Rina behind you" Dive shouted.
Rina spun her head around and find a brown Z drone loomed down on her and prepares to bring down its saber on her. There was no time to dodge the attack as Rina looked directly into the drone's visor. However, before the drone can bring down the saber on Rina, a loud explosion eruption from the other end of the base. The blast was enough to send Rina and a few other drones nearby to the ground. Rina shook her head a few times before turning to the direction where the gates once stood.
A giant cloud of dust covers the entrance, but Rina could slowly make out something coming their way. As the figure became clearer Rina eyes open wide at what she sees.
X stood there with a big smirk on his face as he walks into the base with a rocket launcher on his hand. "Knock! Knock!" X said, throwing away the RPG "Rocket Pizza Delivery"
"X" Rina exclaimed as she get back on her feet with a smile on her face. She quickly rushed over to X and embraced him on her arms, happy to see him.
"Did the damsel in distress called for a knight in shining armor?" X asked "Sorry, but I'm kind of blue right now"
"How did you know I was here?" Rina asked.
"I didn't, I was going to pay our new neighbor a visit, but I think you beat me to it" X said as he turn to a large group of drones mobilizing in front of them and another group along with a couple of Golems blocking up the exit that X just made. X pushed Rina behind him and whipped out his rod. This was not in his plan.
Rina reach to Dive and drag the wounded resistance aside. She next reaches her arms out to her shields and call for them. The shields activate itself and spin around Rina before they hover behind her back, like a pair of wings.
"X" Rina called out to him "We better find some cover"
"One step ahead of you" X replied as he fire his weapon on the ground, creating a small fox hole. "Get in"
Rina and Dive take cover, but X just stand there in the open looking straight at the enemy with a smirk on his face, as if he was posses or something. "Is he crazy, he's gonna get kill out there"
"X" Rina shouted.
X glanced around his surrounding as if he was searching for something. Then his eyes lock on to the large pile of energy containment unit that the discovered the night before. This is perfect; whoever organizes the place is sure going to get a real kick out of this. X charge up his rod and release it upon a group of drone in front of him. Destroying a few drones. The other drones reacted and charge up to him.
"Sera can you hear me?" X asked as he jumps into the fox hole and begins to open fire. Drones start to open fire as rain of bullets falls under X's position. Rina quickly directs her shields around them and start deflecting off the fire, yet some still manages to get through.
"Read you X" Sera replied.
"Is getting a little to friendly down here Sera!" X uttered as he fire a powerful blast from his blaster at the enemy "I suggest you make your move pronto"
"X, you're asking me to fire down on your position" Sera argue.
"Look, this is no time to argue, JUST FIRE" he shouted.
*****
"Ma'am, your instruction" one of Sera girls waited as the point the RPG directly at the enemy base.
Sera stood up and study the situation, she knows that X has given her instruction, but she still a little bit worried for X. Sera glanced back to her two girls, both still waiting for her order.
"Captain Sera" Passy called to her.
"Dammit X, I hope you know what you are doing" Sera whisper before she picks up a RPG.
"Fire" She shouted.
*****
X continues to fight off the Z drones, but things are really heating up. The more he destroyed the more they come pouring down on him like there is an endless supply of them. With a powerful charge, X gives another powerful blast directly at a group of drones before he duck back beside Rina. He could feel his weapon beginning to overheat. X knew that if he gives another shot, his weapon will really blow up. So he pull back and actives the saber mode.
"Come on Sera" X mumbles. He turns to Rina and sees that she too is struggling to hold back the enemy.
"X, I don't think I can hold on much longer! My shields are overheating" Sera shouted.
"Guys look" Dive shouted pointing to the sky. Streams of missiles flying from the sky and is heading to the containment unit.
"GET DOWN" X shouted right before a powerful explosion erupted. The missile took out the energy containment unit and gives out a powerful eruption that took out a third of the enemy base.
As the explosion finally over, X shook his head and looked around, the blast destroyed more then he have anticipated as he found himself standing inside a crater. Then something caught X's attention, a blue barrier blink around him.
"Now that was a blast" Rina said weakly.
X turn to Rina and found her standing with her hands reaching out to her shields. As the Rina falls under X arms, the barrier around then shuts down and the shields falls to the ground.
"Rina" X called out to her. Rina gives X a smile on her face "Don't worry blue boy, I'll be fine after a few minutes"
"X" a familiar voice yelled out. X turns to the gates and sees Passy and Sera's team coming towards them.
"Well they sure take their time" X chuckles as he looked at Rina.
"You really put up a good show here X" Sera said "You just took out a third of the enemy camp including the jamming station"
"Good that-" X was about to finish his sentences until he heard a loud flapping sound coming above them. As the shadow overlapping them, X could make out a fairly large figure jumps out from the helicopter and landed meters away from their position.
"I heard there's a highly-skilled reploid in the resistance... but I never expected you to be this good... you are amazing and that is what excites me the most! My name is Fefnir, one of the five Guardians of Master Zero! Now don't let me down, kid!!" Fefnir said as looked back to X.
"Well seems you're being this formal then I should at least introduce myself before I kick your ass back to your boss" X said smiling to Fefnir, this somehow got Fefnir a little annoyed "The name is X, newest member of the ever growing and popular Resistance Forces"
Fefnir then turn to the group of people behind X and recognize one of them "Marina Lightheart, you traitor" Fefnir snarl.
"Guys get Rina and Dive back, this big guy is mine" X instructed.
"X" Sera said looking at him before she turns to her girls "Come on girls move"
"You too sugarplum" X said not looking at Passy, his eyes were lock into Fefnir, waiting for the red guardian to make his first move.
"But... Come back to us" Passy said before she flies off to Sera.
"You do look like Nova... but that doesn't mean you can be as tough as he is"
"Maybe we should put it to a test"
Fefnir glance up and down X, scanning his outer look, as if trying to figure out how X works. He raise his fist and slam it on the ground, sending a flow of shockwave through the earth heading to the azure reploid way. X reacts to Fefnir attack and leap sideway avoiding the shockwave. Fefnir was expecting X to attack back but he just stands on the same position staring back to Fefnir, not making a single move.
"Come on" Fefnir said frustratingly "What are you waiting for kid?"
X activates and pulled back his dual saber and charge directly at Fefnir. Fefnir see X coming; swing backs his fist and when X was about attack range, he slam his fist at the azure reploid. X lean his head to the side dodging Fefnir fist and swing around, swiping his dual saber and slash Fefnir back. Fefnir felt the pain coming from his spine as the blade almost penetrated his tick armor. X swings his dual saber again, but this time Fefnir was able to block X's attack with his weapon.
"Nice move kid" Fefnir uttered.
X gives a smirk to Fefnir as he swipes his blade upwards and at the same time he activates the Thunder chip the obtained from Falcon. The blade switches color to blue and scrape on the surface of Fefnir arm, almost slicing part of his face. The red guardian felt the pain, retreated back and grabs hold of his arm, feeling the effect of the chip.
"Having a shocking moment big guy?" X grins as he sweeps his dual saber and stand in offensive pose.
Fefnir feeling frustrated slams his fist on the ground and sends a shockwave towards X direction. X sees this and leaps high and brings his saber down on Fefnir, Fefnir block his attack again, but the thunder chip manages to do more damage to him as the blade scrape on his arm. X continues to assault on Fefnir, never giving the red guardian a change to retaliate. After a few hard beating Fefnir drops to his knees feeling exhausted and wounded from the electric effect.
"Enjoying yourself, big guy?" X smirk.
"Don't be to overconfident kid" said Fefnir "I still have a few tricks up my sleeve"
X lower his head and got a little shock at what he sees. A two dead Z drone holding both his leg, pinning him in his position. He shifted his Z saber backwards and stabs both drones at a time, destroying the drones again. Before he knew what happened another dead drone raised from the sand.
"What the heck?" X said, it seems like someone is resurrecting the dead drones he killed. Within minutes at least half a dozen zombie drones has emerge from under the sand and stood between him and Fefnir. X draws back his dual saber and swings, destroying the entire zombie drones. He turns his attention back to Fefnir, and about to dash forward when a staff appears before him and locks him up.
X was caught by surprised from behind. He spun his head and found that the sand that caught hold of him slowly dissolves into a reploid whose appearance similar to an Egyptian dog. X tries to break free, but the reploid seem to have him totally lock under its staff.
"The name's Anubis Necromancess the Third and I work for Fefnir the Guardian" Anubis said.
"Trying to get up close and personal?" X snarl.
While X was busy trying to break free, he totally forgets about Fefnir. He turn his attention back to the red guardian, but it was too late as Fefnir has his giant fist swing back and slams it directly on X face, almost knocking his head off from his body. X spun his head back to Fefnir, even with a daze condition he still try his best to release himself from Anubis hold. Fefnir slam his fist a few more time, this time on his stomach and chest. Every hit harder then the last.
Finally after a few hard blows, Anubis finally releases his hold on X. Anubis then hurls X to Fefnir. He knew his power level is really down to dangerous level and if the pounding doesn't end, he will. Fefnir toss X up high in the sky, and when he fall back down to earth, Fefnir slam his fist upward at X almost breaking him into two. The impact from Fefnir fist was enough to send X body-flying feet away from the dual.
"Get up... get up.... Damn it get up" X mumble to himself as he tries to rise back to his feet. He looked up and sees Fefnir and Anubis both standing high and mighty, victorious.
"Is that the best you got kid?" Fefnir snarl and step closer to X body and gives a powerful kick, damaging his blue vest and sending X scraping on the ground.
"Dammit... if this goes on I'm dead" X mumble, holding to the pain on his belly. X rose up his head and looked back to Fefnir; the red guardian loomed down on him. He reaches down and grabs hold of X on the neck and lifted him off the ground.
Fefnir slams his fist into X's face a few time and finally after the final blow X felt half of his organic face tearing off and the right side of his eyes smashed into pieces. X glanced back to Fefnir with his left eyes for a spilt second before he totally falls unconscious.
Fefnir looked back to X unconscious status, his body hanging limp and dead like. "To bad kid, you're not such a bad advisory" Fefnir said laughing out loud. Fefnir was about to reach for his cannon when he suddenly heard a light chuckle.
"Yeah, too bad for you big guy" X said as he raised his head looking back to Fefnir. "Cause you just woken me up"
Fefnir looked back to the limp body of X and was kind of shook to see X is still active. X stare back and his green emerald eye as it blink in crimson red. Then out of no where a small red dragon cyber-elf appears before Fefnir. The cyber-elf gives a snarling shriek as it spread its tiny wing before it swirl around X's body.
"Time to get serious" X uttered as his entire body start to shimmer in light. Fefnir spun his head away, almost blinded by the light. Once the light dies down, Fefnir felt the weight on X was different then before, slightly heavier. He turns his attention back to X whose stare back to him. His appearance has totally change, X blue vest now turn being reinforce with a firm crimson vest with a white cross sign stretch on the surface of his vest. And within the cross a blue emerald glitters. X shoulder and arm has also been mounted with crimson pads that match with the design of his new armor.
X gives a devilish smirk on his face as he stare back with his functional eye before a face mask slide from the top of his crimson helmet and covering his damage face.
"What in hell?" Fefnir look a little confused.
"Oh no, this is not hell" X said. "Not Yet"
X jab his hand directly at Fefnir's neck and get a firm grip on it before he starts to squeeze. At this moment, the two are in a battle, a battle to see who can outlast the other, in pain and in strength. In the end Fefnir start to lose as he slowly lower X to the ground and release his hand around X neck. Fefnir quickly place both of his hands around X's hand, trying to force X's hand lose of his neck.
X gives a sharp look before he hurls Fefnir over to the over towards a group of Z drones and landed on a tent nearby.
Anubis notices the new development, raise his staff and swing it at X direction. A loud metal sound echo through the surrounding desert. X arm stopped Anubis staff; he spun his head over to Anubis and morphed his right arm into a cannon and powering up at the same time. With a powerful charge he aimed his cannon directly at Anubis.
X releases his cannon attack directly at Anubis. Unable to dodge the blast, Anubis raised his staff hoping to deflect the blast with his staff. The high-energy blast erupted on impact with Anubis in the middle. Sand burst out and covered the surrounding with a small stand storm. X morphed his other hand and quickly charge up his cannon before releasing it into the dusty sandstorm. Another loud explosion erupted as a ball of flame burst out, rolling on the sand that turns out to be the remains of Anubis's head.
Fefnir got back on his feet still unable to believe the power X posses. X turns his attention back to Fefnir, but a group of blue Z drones has already surrounded him along with a small division of Golem. One of the Z drones power up its saber and jumps on X. X quickly spun himself around and smashed the drones head with his bare fist, smashing its head off.
Then as if the armor itself sense then tension of the battle, it automatically fortify itself, morphing the vest into a solid armor, his arm pads turn into a heavy gauntlet with claw like designs embed onto X fingers and on the left side of X gauntlet attach small oval like shield. X raised his cannon and points it at one of the Golem and fired. A bright energy blast slams into the Golem, destroying it and taking along a few drones that were standing to near to the Golem.
X releases another blast at the drones in front of him, vaporizing a whole line of them. Once the blast dies down a line was form on the ground as if a plane has crashed on it. X turn to another group of Z drones as they approach him and again he blasts his cannon at them, wiping out a whole squad.
The drones begin to open fire with their cannon; X quickly covered himself under with his left arm, the small shield expends itself in length, shielding half of X body from the blast. The fire continues and the shield held by X starting to grow sun bright. At last, X could hold no longer. He spread out his arm and shouted in rage.
"Solar Burst!" X shouted out as a pair on energy wings burst out from his back.
*****
Sera and Rina makes off as fast as they could from the enemy base, but then something stop them from taking another step. They both turn back along with Passy and Sera's girls as they heard a powerful explosion coming with a powerful wave that sweeps them off their feet.
"X" both girls said in unison as they glazed back to the Neo Arcadian camp.
A tower of flames burst out in the middle of the enemy camp as the flame slowly form into a dragon with wings spread out wide. Rina and Sera gazed back in horror of what had just unfolded. They have never seen anything this destructive in their life.
"Ayane, take care of Rina" Sera turn to one of her girls "I'm going back for X"
"Hell you are, I'm coming with you" Rina snap back in protest.
"ME too" Passy added.
Sera looked at Rina and the cyber-elf, their eyes tells her something, that they all worried for the azure reploid.
"Alright, together" Sera said. "Ayane, take Dive back to the base"
"Yes Ma'am"
*****
At the same time during the explosion, Ciel and Elpizo looked at the display as they felt the earth around them shakes violently.
"Operator status" Elpizo ordered as the hologram display flickers in and out.
Chris and Haruka quickly get their system stabilized and direct all available power to their system to produce enough resolution on the display.
"Oh my god" Ciel whispered as they all see a flames like dragon flaps its wings before it deforms and vanished into the air, leaving a heavy black cloud of smoke in the middle of the Neo Arcadia base camp.
"What power" Elpizo said.
"What destruction" Ciel added, it was nothing she had ever seen before. No reploid could ever done this, except the real X.
*****
"Nothing changed" X mumbles as he hangs his head down, not looking at the destruction he just did. "Death surrounds me wherever I go... I am the destroyer... a killer... a weapon"
X sighed as his armor morphed back to its crimson vest and his mask slides back up, revealing X's damage face.
"I don't care what you are, but that was sure one hell of a show you put on" a rough voice comes from behind.
"Huh?" X turns his face and is met with a familiar fist that destroys half of his face. X felt his head knocked back as he dropped to the ground. He shook his head a bit before turning back to the red guardian, seeing not harm by X's nova strike. "How?"
"Easy, I am immune to fire" Fefnir explain as he slam his fist down on X head, knock X face into the sand. "You really good kid, flattening my base and taking most of my troops with that single blast, but guess what?"
X spits out the sand and gives an angry look on his face.
"That blast took all of your power" Fefnir said as he prepares to gives a power blow down on X.
"Not all of it" X uttered as he caught hold of Fefnir's fist. X swings his fist and slams it into Fefnir's shoulder, throwing the red guardian back, landing on a pile of burning rubbles.
Fefnir got up on his feet and wanted to engage X, but he felt his arm badly damage from X punch. X himself didn't make a move, he just stood there and stare back to the red guardian with his functional eye.
"I have never been so excited... I'll let you live for a little longer. Make sure that you do not lose before I fight you again! Farewell!!" Fefnir chuckles as he activates his internal Trans Server and teleport out of site.
X gives a smirk on his face "Anytime big guy... anytime" he said before his crimson vest vanish, leaving X with his damage azure vest. He shuts his eyes and collapse on the ground.
"X!"
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Author Notes: Can't stop myself from playing PSO again :D. Damn my RAcaseal is hot especially with a pair of Assault Gun....hehehe sorry got a little carried away.
I know that the armor part maybe a little exaggerating, so hope you can bear with me a little : ) Anyway I hope you got your helmet on, cause is going to be a rocky ride from here on.
Last but not least, Thanks for the review.
