Note from CW. Just to let you all know, this will be the longest chapter in the story. It will be filled with action scenes, so, grab a snack and enjoy
Now, on with the story.
Chapter 14
The final charge, brother vs. brother
Zero ran down the hallway with his goal in sight, as he approached the door, his heart began to race. When he opened the door, he ran into a large, computer filled room. It was empty, and looked as though it had been devoid of any life for thousands of years, yet, the computers were up and running. Suddenly, a dark vortex appeared in the center of the room and from deep inside of it's dark bowels, appeared Bass.
"Welcome my dear Zero" said Bass as he floated in mid air "so nice of you to come".
Zero looked at him in disgust, as though Bass had committed a murder. "I'm here" started Zero "now, it's time that you explained yourself". Bass grinned, "I suppose you deserve an explanation" he said in a soft tone of voice.
"It all started a long time ago" he began.
"Dr. Wily, a leading scientist in robotic technology, had gone rouge, and attempted to take over the world on several occasions. However, his plans were foiled at every turn by Megaman……".
Bass went on to explain that Wily created Bass, as a prototype version of Zero. He also explained how Zero was designed to work in cooperation with the Sigma virus.
"It's not true" said Zero as he fell to his knees in despair. "Oh, but it is" replied Bass menacingly. Zero, now moping, sat on the ground and stayed quiet. "What's wrong? Can't come to grips with the truth?" said bass as he laughed evilly. With that statement, Zero rose to his feet and stared at Bass with a look of utter determination.
"Even if it is the truth" started Zero as he reached for his sword, "it wont change who I am, who I have become, and if I have to destroy my own brother to prove that to Wily as well as the rest of the world" he readied his sword "then, I'm prepared to make that sacrifice, especially if my brother…… IS YOU!". Bass laughed "very well, have at you little brother".
if you know about .hack/sign, and you have the soundtrack, you may want to play the "key of twilight" song through the rest of this chapter
Meanwhile, with the Elysian team.
Yuna and Gatz flew around Wily's robot, trying to find an opening to attack. Sera and Geetz, were charging head on. "Yuna" yelled Sera from across the way, "I think we might have to use our true forms, and fuse with our servitors". Yuna nodded in agreement and jumped into the air with Sera. "Now" said Sera "feel the true power of the mother units". They both assumed their angel forms Sear red and Yuna blue and used their servants as what seemed to be crossbows that fired like machine guns.
"What in the world?" yelled Wily as he halted his robot to avoid colliding with the gigantic angels. The angels pointed their guns and fired at Wily, just barely missing because he dodged just in time. The robot pointed a large cannon at Sera and fired, but it missed because sera had moved the direction of the cannon away from her.
"Impossible" said Wily to himself "how can I defeat enemy's of such power?". Yuna and Sera approached him again "we can read you're feeble mind while in this form Wily" said Yuna as she readied for combat again. "The answer to you're question" Said Sera "you can't defeat us". The angels let loose all of their power and finally put an end to their enemy. They changed back to normal, then ran ahead to catch up to the others.
In the first room.
Tron grappled with Juno, trying to hold him long enough for Bomb to get in a good hit.
Teasel swooped in, and struck Juno in the head. "Not bad" said Juno as he threw Tron across the room, "try this on for size". Juno jumped into the air and slammed back down, this created a powerfull shockwave which sent the Bonnes hurdling in different directions.
"I think we need to try a different plan of attack" said Teasel as he and his family regrouped. The Bonnes whispered to each other then charged at Juno again.
"Foolish carbons" muttered Juno to himself as he prepare to launch a rocket. At the last moment, they all broke off and circled Juno. Confused, Juno chose Bomb as his target then fired. Bomb caught the rocket and hurled it right back. When Juno jumped to avoid it, Tron and Teasel fired their rockets, hitting Juno and destroying everything but his head.
"We did it" shouted Tron with glee "I knew we could". Just then, Juno's head rose off the ground, then, sprouted a new, much larger, body. "Congratulations" started Juno "you were nearly successful in terminating my life support systems, however, I will not allow myself to be terminated by such disoriented carbons such as yourselves".
"Who are you calling disoriented?" asked Tron nearly shouting her lungs out. "just because we're human, that does not mean that we are any less important". Juno giggled "what ever you say, carbon, now, prepare to DIE". Juno charged forth leaving a Tril of skid marks and destruction in his wake. As the battle progressed, the gustaffs were destroyed. The Bonnes were left defenseless.
A few moments later
"Halt you're actions Juno" came two familiar voices "you are to shut down and seace all actions". Juno automatically stopped and exploded. "Thanks for the help girls" said Tron thanking Sera and Yuna "now, let's go find Megaman". The all ran ahead, hoping to get to Trigger in time.
Meanwhile, in the next room.
Trigger was running around in circles with Roll close behind. The four guardians or the two guardians because they had destroyed two of them were standing in the middle of the room, blasting periodically at Trigger. As of now, only the t-rex and the blob were left.
"I'm not sure…. How much longer…. I can… hold out" panted Trigger as he dodged yet another blast from the t-rex robot. "Here Megaman" said Roll as she offered him an energy canteen "I think this will help". Trigger drank the bottle down and felt rejuvenated. "Thanks Roll" he said with much gratitude "any time" replied the mechanical genius.
Roll stopped for a moment and pointed a large gun at the t-rex, it let out a large rocket that blew the t-rex to pieces. "Three down, one to go" said Roll, "you shouldn't have done that Roll kiki" said Data as he rode on her shoulder. The blob was angry that all of it's companions had been destroyed, so, it decided to use it's full power.
"Look out" yelped Trigger, as he pushed Roll and Data out of the way. The blob had risen into the air, then, it splashed down thus scattering bits of poisonous particles all over the room. Roll was pushed aside, but Trigger took the full blast of the poison. At the last moment, when all hope seemed lost, the others showed up to save the day.
The Bonnes trashed the blob, while Yuna gave Trigger an antidote. After all was said and done, the group left the room and ran toward the final door.
While all of this was happening……
Zero and Bass charged full force at each other. Bass knocked Zero backward, and fired a round of laser shots at him. "Ahhhhhhhh" screamed Zero as the lasers collided with his armor. Zero shook off the damage, then, rose again. "You think I'm that easy to defeat do you?" exclaimed Zero, gritting his teeth "well, you're dead wrong". Zero charged again, this time hitting his mark. Bass was stricken in the arm and was sent flying back into a wall.
"Not bad" said Bass rising to his feet "but, you'll have to do better then that, if you hope to beat me". Bass flew up into the air, and let out an unbelievable number of shots which struck every inch of the room, and caused smoke to rise. Bass waited for the smoke to clear, thinking that Zero had been destroyed. Instead, he found that Zero was the only thing in the room that was still standing.
"Impossible" shouted Bass "how could you have survived that attack?". Zero smiled and held his Z-saber up high. "I just blocked it" said Zero with a glorious smile on his face.
Bass looked worried for a moment, the, he grinned and started laughing loudly.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet if I were you" explained Bass "I still have one more trick up my sleeve". Bass turned to a hidden doorway that had been exposed in the blast, and called out a name. "Terrible" he yelled at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, a medium sized, scruffy, purple, robotic dog, emerged from the doorway and gave a shrieking howl.
Terrible jumped into the air and collided with Bass. Then, there was a bright light, followed by Bass's maniacal laughter. "Behold" yelled Bass as he floated in mid air again, "the true power of Bass and Terrible, we have become one being who's only purpose is to destroy you Zero".
"Incredible" gasped Zero "his power is off the charts, it's like he could be made of pure energy". "Now" began Bass "I will banish you, to the distant void of nonexistence".
Bass flew over to Zero with unfathomable speed, and attacked with what seemed to be one punch but was actually several hundred punches.
"gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh" yelled Zero as the pain of one thousand deaths filled his body. Zero lay on the floor, now writhing in paine. Then, when all hope had seemed lost, a voice broke through that was like a life savor for Zero.
"That's enough Bass" began the voice "we will not let you harm Zero any more". Zero managed to look toward the direction where the voice was coming from, and there in the doorway stood Trigger and all of his friends. "Everyone" called Trigger "transfer you're energy to Zero, help him, and let him know that we're here for him".
The room suddenly filled with a bright light, and Zero suddenly filled with energy.
"I can feel it" said Zero out loud "I HAVE THE POWER". Zero let out a blast of energy that knocked Bass into a wall. "Now the score is even" said Zero readying himself for battle.
"You will pay for that you whelp" exclaimed Bass "I will obliterate you and you're pathetic friends, one by one". Both charged at each other with great speed. They collided in mid air and began punching, slashing and blasting at one another. After a few seconds, they separated and stood at separate ends of the room.
"inconceivable, how can he be as powerful as me?" asked Bass to himself. Then, while Bass was lost in thought, Zero took his saber, charged at Bass, then stabbed Bass right in his mechanical heart. "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" yelled Bass as he fell to the ground "how…. could I…. lose… to you?".
Bass hit the ground and his eyes closed, once and for all.
With the battle over, Zero returned the energy to his friends, and kneeled down on the floor. Trigger ran over to him "are you alright Zero?" he asked as he helped Zero off the ground. "just a little winded that's all" replied the exhausted reploid. Just then, Bass's voice came over the intercom.
"Hello again Zero" started Bass "in case you're wondering, I set up this little program to activate in the event that I was defeated. This program, when activated, will cause Edin to self destruct". Yuna whispered to Sera "saves us some work". Bass continued with his explanation "this satellite will self destruct in 1 minute, so long little brother bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha".
The group looked at each other, then, took off running for the exit. They had only 1 minute to escape, or they would be destroyed.
Note from CW. Just a heads up, the next chapter just talks about what happens during and after their escape from Edin. Zero goes back to the future, bla bla bla. Anyway, you don't have to read it if you don't want to, but, you might miss something important. I'm just teasing, anyway, the next chapter is really for the more dedicated fans, so you're welcome to skip it.
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Later.