Chapter 5

"This is going to take a while, with all these irregulars walking around with security." Axl sighed as he peeked in closer and saw an irregular looking in his direction and pointed to him.

"Uh-oh, Cinnamon, stay close." He said as he got out one of his dual pistols and shot them while holding Cinnamon's hand with the other.

"Gee, how many are there? This is just a run down ruins, how is this place so important?" Yuri asked Layer and typed rapidly on the computer system.

"Well, deep inside the ruins is where Axl and Cinnamon is, and where they are is a possibility that it is a irregular basing… at least one of them." Layer responded and typed more to find information.

"Well, I'm enjoying this anyway." Yumi cut in as she punched an irregular right in the jaw.

"You like killing too much for a little girl." Massimo replied as he struck another and another with his weapon.

"Whatever." Yumi said and rolled her eyes while blocking an irregular's attack.

"Just pay attention you guys…" Yuri said as she felt a strong source of energy nearby in the city.

"What is this energy I'm sensing…?" Yuri whispered as a irregular jumped on her and blasted his head off, automatically killing him.

"Come on Zero, we can't dawdle all day killing irregulars." X started as he shot a irregular in the path and ran to the north, where the energy source was.

"I know, go on ahead, I'll block their paths so they can't get to you, Axl will probably come soon." Zero replied as he slashed an irregular with his Z-saber.

"Okay, Zero." X said with a nod and ran faster then started dashing.

"Axl, did you find out if this is a irregular base or not?" Pallette asked as she typed and talked through her COM.

"Yeah, I think this is an irregular base, since there are so many irregulars here!" He said with a shout as he let go of Cinnamon's hand and summoned his other dual pistol.

While doing that, an irregular took this opportunity and shot his arm.

"Why you…" Axl said and shot him back in the forehead, doing an instant kill.

"Let me heal you, so that I won't just become a burden…" Cinnamon said as she healed Axl with her ability.

"Thanks, Cinnamon." The boy replied and continued with shooting again, after turning back to his normal self from the DNA change.

"How much longer, Alia?" X asked through the COM while dashing.

"About five more miles and then you'll get there, X." Alia replied and waited for X's reply.

"Thanks." Alia held her breathe and replied again.

"Hey, X… can I tell you something not related to his subject…?" This was one of Alia's opportunity to tell X what she felt about him.

"Sure, Alia…" X was now sweating a bit of nervousness and thought of what she might say, but he did also want to tell her that he loved her, but couldn't find the time nor place to do it.

"X… I…" Before Alia was able to finish, a light emitted from behind X and the alarmed adult reploid turned and shook his head.

"It's just a transferring process… then that means he's here." X said as the light died down and revealed a teenage boy.

"You're right, X! I'm finally done, and I'm your back up, so here I am! Zero is in the back blocking the irregulars right?" Axl asked as he held his fist as thumbs up and smirked.

"Yeah… anyway, let's keep going." X said and turned to dash as Axl nodded and followed.

"All right." He responded.

"It's time…" The reploid said and that human turned and looked at him.

"I won't stop you, go on and meet them and unite with them once again…" The human said her eyes twinkling as she saw the reploid leave and sighed then looked out the window again, she had a look of sorrow in her face.

"I'm so lonely… you're my only company… don't leave me forever…" She said and saw X walking with Axl far away South.

"It's time that I meet them, it has been a year…" The reploid thought as he walked out of the small house and ran south, where X and Axl came in their direction.

"This is… exhausting…" Yuri exclaimed as she panted, a whole group of irregulars surrounding her and Yumi and Massimo.

"Massimo, do something!" Yumi said and Massimo jerked his head at her.

"Why me?"

"Because you're a guy and you are the biggest one out of us." She exclaimed, sticking her tongue out at him, which got on his nerves and he kept it cool.

"Yumi, mind your manners, he's an ally and we don't want any quarrels distracting us." Yuri replied, punching her sister's arm weakly.

"Okay…"

"Hey X, turn around, here comes Zero!" Axl said as they both turned around all the way, facing a figure with crimson armor that had a bloody sword on his left hand.

"I'm back…" Zero said and X nodded.

"How many kills?" Axl asked.

"17,364 irregulars killed with one hit." Zeor exclaimed as Axl whistled.

They all continued walking north then started dashing, for walking was too slow and will take forever. But then all of a sudden, Alia said through the COM,

"Wait, the energy source is coming towards you in the same speed you are going in! Get ready and make sure it's not an irregular and if it is, you have to retire it!"

"Here it comes…" Axl said as a figure came dashing to them, and X and Zero got in position, Zero with his saber, X with his buster, and Axl with one of his dual pistols.