Harry: Hey, Web, ya dink ya can tear yaself away from MegaManLegends:Reploid Legacy long enough ta lend a hand here?

WB: DELETE! DESTROY REAVERBOTS!

Harry: Uh, Web?

WB: Just kidding, I'm all right. Okay on to reviews... Archaon, I've always found that part completely unbelievalble. To quotethe MegaMan Home Page "Zero says that he'll stop the advancing armies. Right. So the armies are just going to stand around and wait for Zero to attack them? Well, I guess that Neo Arcadia will let Zero rest, even though the Resistance won't." But, things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

Harry: And we said dat dis was an implied FefnerxLeviadan. There'll be a quick exchange afta Fairy wakes up, and dat'll be about it.

WB: Natsuko37, Thankies as always. Yamiangie, Vile GA isAgile, does that help? I figured that it would be obvious that the final X hunter had arrived. Sadly, there will be no Vile in this fic.


"How fares it?"

"Master." Harpuia turned and kneeled before an opaque view-screen. "Fefnir is completely under my control. His rage has reached the point were his reason has been drowned out, we will have no problems with him."

"Excellent." The voice continued to pour from the monitor. "Now, I have one more task for you. Lion VI, Vile GA, and Segres have failed miserably, as of now you are to create a special Neo Arcadian force to pursue X, between you and them, he is sure to be captured, and when he is, bring him to me."

"I understand, and shall do so at once."

"Excellent, Harpuia, I am grateful for your service."

"I am honored to give it."

"Now," The voice continued, "What is an honorable commander doing so far away from the battle? Go, and destroy all that stand in our way."

"As you command." Harpuia stood upright, drew his daggers, and went flying out of the window. His destination: the Resistance Base.

He would fulfill his master's command, and he would avenge his mentor's death. And to do so, he would destroy both Ciel and Zero.

"With extreme prejudice." Harpuia smiled grimly as he rushed onward.


Zero watched as Fefnir charged at him. He didn't want to fight the guardian, but as of now it looked like he had no choice. The Hunter decided to make the first move, an unorthodox move but an effective one.

The swordsman rushed forward a few steps, before kicking out with his right leg. His foot connected solidly with a large stone lying on the ground, the momentum of his kick put the rock into motion, and sent it sailing through the air.

Straight into Fefnir's stomach.

The fire guardian groaned as the boulder crashed against him, and sent him tumbling to the ground.

"How's Leviathan?" Zero couldn't resist asking, even though he knew it would provoke Fefnir even more.

"Unconscious, and barely alive. Thanks to you!" Fefnir growled as he slowly got to his feet.

Zero snatched up his Shield Boomerang and had barely gotten it raised when a stream of fire from Fefnir's mammoth cannon crashed into his barrier. The hunter struggled to keep his shield placed between him and that deadly burst of flame, if he could just reach his Buster…

But the swordsman didn't have time to finish that thought. A sharp whistle caught his attention, and Zero's head snapped around to see a shuttle soaring over the complex, and an all too familiar form dropping out of the aircraft.

"They're bombing it…" The thought burned its way through Zero's mind as he realized that there was no way the Base could withstand that kind of pounding.

"Sorry Fefnir," The Hunter coiled himself behind his shield. "But I don't have time for this!"

Zero uncoiled and went flying through the air, avoiding Fefnir's firepower and landing on top of the damaged wall. Without hesitation, he slammed his Buster into the structure and cut loose, flooding the punctured barrier with intense plasma.

After a few seconds, the wall gave in, and collapsed to the ground, sealing the hole and preventing anyone from coming through that way.

His job done, the Hunter turned and rushed back towards the fortress, as of now, his first priority was to provide cover so that the Resistance Members could evacuate safely.


"Hurry! Next group!" Ciel motioned for the next group of five Reploids to step up to their Trans Server. The entire evacuation process was painfully slow, and so far they had only managed to evacuate about one-fifth of the Base's personnel.

Before anyone could react, another air strike connected with the building, causing the entire complex to shudder violently.

"Watch yourself!" Cerveau grabbed onto Ciel in order to keep her from falling over.

"Thank you." The blond nodded her thanks before turning back to the task at hand. Another group was hurriedly beamed out, and then they were waiting those dreadful two minutes as the Trans Server recalibrated itself for the next transmission.

As she frantically tried to speed up the process, Ciel ran over her mental checklist of the Base's Reploids. Perroquiet had gone, Ibis had left, most of the maintenance division, half of the Defense Force…

The blond girl's eyes went wide as she realized that someone was missing.

Allouette.

"Cerveau!" Ciel turned and hurled her question at the researcher. "Where's Allouette? I haven't seen her since this mess started! She hasn't left yet has she?"

"No, Dande went to find her." The Reploid researcher fiddled with the Trans Server's inner workings, trying to boost the power. "Ciel, don't panic, Dande is sure to find her and bring her back. But it won't help matters if you loose your focus over her, the north and south walls have already been breached, and its only a matter of time before they start swarming the complex. Ciel, if you're going to escape, you have to go now."

"I can't, not without Allouette!" The blond punched the last of the commands in and motioned for the next group, hanging onto the Trans Server as another bomb rocked the complex. "Stay here and help them evacuate, I've got to go look for her!"

"Ciel wait!" Cerveau shouted back, "If you're caught or worse- we couldn't survive."

"Cerveau- I can't… leave Allouette."

"I –sigh- I understand, do what you have to." The researcher hung his head in defeat; there was no way to argue against Ciel's bond with Allouette.

The scientist nodded, and then turned and rushed off, heading towards Allouette's room. She hoped that her 'daughter' was somewhere around that area, best case scenario she'd find Allouette and Dande and they'd all be able to escape unharmed.

She didn't want to consider the worst case scenario.

Ciel turned down another corridor, running on blindly, she was so focused on her task at hand that she didn't notice a high-pitched voice calling after her.

"WAIT!"

The blond scientist didn't notice the voice, and continued to run on, desperately glancing around in hopes of finding her companion.

A high pitched whistle sounded from overhead, causing Ciel to stop and glance upward at the roof, was it her imagination or did the sound seem strangely loud?

"Ms. Ciel!"

"Huh?" The researcher turned to see Merge fluttering after her as fast as his small wings could take him.

"Ms. Ciel! Move! Bomb coming and roof will fall!"

Ciel started as the Elf's words reached her ears, Merge was right, someone was dropping an explosion on top of them!

Heeding the warning, the scientist bolted back the way she had come, trying to outrun the deadly package plummeting towards them.

She wasn't fast enough.

A deafening roar erupted from the roof, as a maze of cracks ruptured across the Ceiling.

With a final burst of speed, Ciel managed to slip out of the hallway and into the adjoining corridor, just as the roof collapsed in a mass of wrecked debris.

"Merge… thank you." The human panted.

"Merge couldn't let Ms. Ciel get hurt. Merge promised Mr. Cerveau he'd protect Ms. Ciel. Merge also help look for Allouette."

"That's right… you can sense Reploids and humans…" The blond nodded. "Do you think that you can trace Allouette?"

"Merge try, and try hard!" The Cyber-Elf closed his eyes and focused his un-mastered powers as best he could.

End Chapter!

Harry: Up next, dirty dealings...