Here's chapter four and a bio to boot. You know the drill.
MegaSobi: A Maverick developed at around the time X was revived. He was locked away due to his extreme power, but Sigma awakened him. MegaSobi refused at first. After defeating NightMare Zero, he was infected by the Sigma Virus. He is now a Maverick bent on destroying humanity.
Chapter 4: Enter MegaSobi.
The next day, X, Zero and Axl were talking at the discussion room when the alarms went off.
"We've just recieved a report!" Alia said. "A lab is about to explode! If it explodes, it could wipe out the power supply, causing difficulty!"
"Roger. We're on our way!" X said.
"Transport us to the coordinates." Zero added.
"We'll stop those Mavericks!" Axl finished.
"Coordinates XX-17...Transfer!" Alia said as she teleported them.
As soon as they reached the lab, they made an awful discovery.
"Oh no! This lab will explode in 2 hours! We've got to get to the control room!" X shouted.
Zero drew his saber "Let's move!" He said.
"Go, go, go!" Axl yelled as they ran.
Finally they reached the control room "Well, well, well, if it isn't the Maverick Hunters..." A voice out of nowhere said.
"Show yourself!" X yelled.
A mysterious reploid appeared before them. "You realize you're already too late." He said as he readied his energy vulcan. "I have what I came for, and if you intend on saving this lab, you'll have to defeat me."
"What makes you think we don't have a problem with that?" Zero said ready to battle.
DMZ heard the alert of the attack happening at the lab... Normaly he would rush off to help but there were two problems. There were mainly hunters that were still injured and out of comission, and somehow he had lost his will to fight. He knew it was late and he was probably one of the few still up. So he had to stay and atleast attempt to protect the base.
He left his room and headed to a control room, it was further back in the base, but wasn't occupied yet because only a small part of the base functioned, But he knew this part should function now. The screen came up black with a blinking screen. He started typing in commands and in a few seconds some pictures and info was brought up on the screen.
"Just as I thought..." He said. "Being injured during the battle lowered starts performance to 84 and I payed to much attention to that... but not for that reason..." He said to himself. He set back in chair sulking slightly. "Could my past transformations be taking a toll on my mind set..." He questioned himself. But then he heard an explosion. "They must not be doing to well, I'll go help" He said to himself.
DMZ ran out of the control room as fast as he could. He had a saber drawn. He could tell the battle was going nowhere quick and he had to get there as quick as possible. Once he finaly got there he saw what was happening. Zero, X, and Axl weren't doing any damage to the Maverick. "Hey... what's your name, Maverick scum" DMZ yelled. The fight stopped for a second. "My name... is MegaSobi, but you're too late..."
To take advantage of this DMZ jumped in the air and jetted towards the enemy. He swung his saber but MegaSobi blocked. Ok he thought. Going to need another plan "Zero, Axl, keep him busy" He yelled dashing over to X.
"I can't find a way..." X said. "I have" DMZ said. "But I can't guarentee how much if any damage it will do..." DMZ replied. There was another explosions knocking both X and DMZ of their feet. "Ok..." said X standing back up "Let's hear you plan..." he said.
"We will need to get Zero and Axl to get MegaSobi to turn his back to us. I want you to charge your buster and..." He said but was interrupted by X "I have tried that already..." he said. "Hold on, I'm going to dash towards you from behind and jump at the last second, when I tell you to, discharge your buster and it should give me a boost." DMZ said.
"Are you mad" X questioned. "Just a tad bit..." DMZ replied. X braced himself and started to charge his buster. He was reluctant to try DMZ's plan, but at the moment they were open to any option.
DMZ dashed across hidding behind some scrap metal as a shield. But MegaSobi had stopped attack. "Go ahead and plan... no attack will work." He said. "So you two got it" DMZ asked. "Should be simple enough..." Zero said. "Ok then... get to work" DMZ said.
Zero and Axl let off volley after volley of energy attacks to distract MegaSobi. They didn't do any damage, they just distracted him and got his attention to turn. Meanwhile DMZ postioned himself behind X. He dashed and jumped over his shoulder. "NOW, X" He yelled. DMZ pulled out his saber and held it with both hands, just then the discharged buster shot hit his back.
His plan was working, he might be able to make it. "Now what..." MegaSobi said turning enraged. Just then he felt the saber go across his shoulder, then he saw a knee in his face. But the plan had taken its toll on DMZ's body. But he wasn't ready to back down yet.
After resting, Star felt a lot better. Her arm was healing pretty fine, but something bothered her. The base was awfully quiet and she couldn't find her friends or DMZ.
"Where did everybody go...?" Star asked to no one in particular "I'll go ask Alia. She must know where they are."
Star headed for the meeting room. She stopped by the door when she heard Alia talking with Pallete and Layer.
"X and the others have been gone for while now." Alia said. "And no one has seen DMZ since he and Star returned yesterday." Pallete added.
"We can only wait for they to return" Layer said trying to hide her concern. Alia sighed "Star is still injured and the other hunters available are only rookies... We need them to protect the base"
Star clenched one fist. Something is going on here. She thought sighing. Alia won't tell me where they went so I'll have to figure it out myself!
Star headed to the same control room DMZ used. Using the skills she learned from the time she worked as a navigator, she was able to track them. "There they are..." Star said frowning. "This is dangerous, I gotta help them"
Star drew her whip. Hang on guys, I'm on my way! She thought before rushing to the battle.
DMZ stood there... holding his left arm. He was breathing hard staring at MegaSobi. I cannot fail he thought. We must at least stop him, before I transform...
"What's wrong? Getting tired" MegaSobi said grinning. He was least damaged, only recieving a few scratches, as for the others, Zero was the most fit to fight.
"Tired? You only wish" Axl yelled straffing to his right releasing a volley of shots towards MegaSobi.
"You're too slow..." MegaSobi said releasing a shot infront of Axl causing him to fall.
"This is annoying" X said. "At this point all he is doing is toying with us..." He said, the desperation was growing in his voice.
"So what do you suggest doing" Zero asked. They both looked over and DMZ and Axl. DMZ sat in a corner blocked by some debris, Axl lay out in the open barely breathing.
"We can't withstand a frontal assault..." X said. His whole body was begining to go numb.
"But he's too fast... so far the only person able to get a good hit was DMZ, and he got more damage launching the attack than actualy getting hit by MegaSobi..." Zero said, once again looking at DMZ.
"I don't know Zero... I simply don't know..." X said.
DMZ took a deep breath and pulled his arm back. He placed his hand on his second saber. He pulled it but his hand fell to the ground.
At that moment Star came through the door. She saw things were bad. Axl and DMZ were badly injured. X and Zero were also in bad shape, but they could still fight. She glared angry at MegaSobi.
"Hey, Buster" Star yelled "If you mess with my friends you mess with me" MegaSobi just smiled in a evil way. "Well, well, what do you we have here? I didn't know they allowed girls in the Maverick Hunters." He said in a sarcastic tone. "So the little girl thinks she can stop me"
"Why don't you fight me and find out" Star said bravely lashing out her whip.
"Star! Wait! You can't fight him" X warned her. Star shook her head. "Sorry, X, but I have to! You and Zero go help Axl and DMZ! I'll take care of him"
"You've gotta be kiding" Zero shouted "We can barely scratch him! What can you do by yourself"
"A lot, believe me" Star icely replied. "I'm tired of people always protecting me! This time I'll protect you guys! I promise"
"Don't make promises you can't keep." MegaSobi hissed. "So, you're gonna fight me or not"
"Ready when you are" Star hissed back.
DMZ sat there... X ran over to Axl and Zero came over to him.
"Don't worry about me... Take care of Star and Axl" DMZ said.
"We can't leave you here, you're another target..." Zero said.
"Go..." DMZ said. He pulled the tip of his buster up towards Zero. "I will be fine..."
"Ok..." Zero said. He rushed over to Axl and helped X get him out of the lab. DMZ gathered all of his energy and stood up. He walked over to where Star was holding his arm.
"I see your arm got repaired Star." He said with a smile on his face. "He's strong, it took a desperation attack to lower the performance on his left shoulder" he said.
He laughed a tad bit, and pulled his right arm up with his saber igniting. "It's gonna take everything we have and then some more..." DMZ said.
X and Zero, who was holding Axl, were about to leave the lab when they heard a scream of pain.
They both turned around only to see Star being pummeled by MegaSobi's Energy Vulcan.
"STAR!" X shouted as he rushed to where his friend had fallen. Zero and DMZ did the same.
"It's hopeless..." MegaSobi said, smirking.
DMZ looked at Star. She got serious injuries and was barely breathing. "How could you!" He asked, anger rising in his voice "She is just a girl... I'll never forgive you!"
"Warning! Warning! This Facility will self-destruct in 1 minute. Lab explosion imminent!" The lab computer kept repeating.
"We'll meet again, Hunters, in due time." MegaSobi said as he warped away.
"Such power...We've got to get out of here!" Zero said.
X gently picked Star up. "Alia, teleport us back to the base now!" DMZ shouted on his communicator.
"Beginning transmission...3,2,1..." Alia said. They warped away just before the lab exploded.
Two days later...
The hunters were put in extreme medical lab. Pallete was running a check on them.
"Man, this stinks..." Axl said "That guy really whipped the floor with us."
"Well, if it makes you feel better, you have fully healed now." Pallete said as she finished.
"Still... we could barely hurt him...Drat!" DMZ said frustrated.
"We must stop him." Zero said.
"We'll stop him, no matter what!" X said, clenching his fist.
Alia rushed into the room. "We've just recieved a report!" She said. "Several alleged Maverick attacks are underway!"
Star groaned as she regained her senses. For some reason her whole body was numb. She assumed she was at the Medical lab. Slowly she remembered what happened.
Flashback
Star glanced at DMZ. Part of her was happy that her friend inisted on fighting alongside her, but another part was worried. She knew he had taken some serious damage and could collapse at any moment.
"Take this" MegaSobi yelled as he fired his energy vulcan at them. They evaded the first attack by heading into opposite directions.
Star took this opportunity to strike. She lashed out her whip but missed. DMZ fired his charged shot at him but that didn't have any effect at all!
"Nice try, but it takes more thant that to take me down." MegaSobi smirked.
"You mean something like this" A voice yelled behind him. He turned around only to see Star right infront of him. She striked with her whip, hiting MegaSobi's face and sending him into a wall.
Just when she thought it was over, MegaSobi sudenly got up and aimed his weapon at her. There was a small wound at his face and he looked really mad. "Now you made me angry, girl" He snarled as he fired.
The charged shot was so powerful and fast. Star had no chance of defending herself or escaping. The blast hit her dead-on and sent her flying into the opposite wall.
Star felt herself losing her strenght. The last thing she saw was X kneeled by her side, next to him was Zero holding the injured Axl and DMZ. They all looked shocked and worried. Then everything went black...
End Flashback
Star frowned. Ever since she had joined the Hunters she never took such high damage. She had no doubts. They were facing some pretty dangerous enemy.
"You're finally awake" A voice said, relieved.
It took her some time to identify the voice "X" Star asked after her vision became clearer.
"Yeah, it's me. How are you feeling, Star" He asked, clearly concerned.
"A bit sore and confused, but I'll be fine." Star replied, glad to see X safe. "How long was I out"
Zero and Axl entered the room. "You've been unconcious for two days" Zero answered. Both him and Axl looked relieved. "Yeah. That blast really got you good." Axl added.
"Whoa..." Was all Star could say. "Wait a minute, where's..."
"Looking for me" DMZ asked. He was by the door, his arms crossed.
Star smiled, relived. "I'm glad to see you all okay, but what about that Maverick"
"He ran away, butseveral alleged Maverick attacks are underway." Zero explained.
Star sat at the maintence bed. "Looks like we're gonna have our hands full now." She said.
"Star..." X started, but Star cut him off "I know what you're going to say, X, but you won't change my mind. Either you liking or not, I'm coming with you. If those Mavericks are strong as MegaSobi, you are going to need as much help as possible."
X sighed in defeat. He knew Star was right. "Okay Star, you can come with us."
Zero, Axl and DMZ nodded. Star got off her bed. "Let's go see Alia. She should have some data on our first mission by now." Axl said.
They agreed and left.'