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Virus had clamed down considerably. By the time he got near the base, there were no tears left on his face. He had taken his helmet off some time ago, letting his long blue-gray hair move a little more freely. He rounded the last corner and stopped before the door. Hope they haven't changed it again… last time they left me out here for three hours. He entered the keycode and the door flew open. Several buster cannons also flew in his direction.
"So good to be home again." Virus said, with obvious sarcasm. Everyone lowered their guns and gave a sigh, half of relief, and half annoyed. Virus stepped in as the door closed behind him with a slam. Almost immediately, a familiar little red metool ran towards the sound.
"X!!!! YOU'RE BAAAA---!!" The enthusiastic little reploid stopped dumb in front of Virus. "Hey…. Where is he? Vi, where's X? Tell tell tell tell!!! Please?" Virus just patted him on the top of his helmet.
"He'll be back…"
"When will he be back?"
"Soon Rush, don't worry." Virus dropped his helmet on the little guy. "Hey, take that to my room for me, would ya?"
"Sure thing Vi!"
"Thanks." Rush took off with amazing speed. "Alright, who's gonna tell me where Ashes is, I need to talk to him." One of the lounging soldiers pointed in the direction of the simulator room.
Virus watched the new head commander train for a few minutes before he stopped the program to talk.
"What's up Virus, something wrong?"
"You could say that." The phoenix reploid stared into Virus' eyes.
"X… did he…?"
"Yeah."
"I see… Well, let's not speak of that. How did the mission go?" Virus brightened a little at Ashes' diversion.
"Well, we learned a lot. Whistler is being moved to the Alpha Lab tomorrow, and we'll have the perfect opportunity to rescue him at about noon, when the convoy will be in the canyons nearby. (Ok, what about Zero?) Well, Zero didn't look too good when we saw him. (Go on.) Well, we were being chased down by Doubledrive, and we ran past this lab. I wasn't going to look in until a red glint caught my eye. Through the window I could see Zero's armor on a table with some machinery around it, and… (and what?) Well, I saw Zero on another table… He was being taken apart by another machine, a-and much of his circuitry was exposed and being removed. We had to run after that short glimpse. He looked just like everyone said he did." Virus finished his dialogue with a downtrodden tone.
"I see…" the phoenix reploid seemed down as well, but both men were cheered by some all too familiar sounds. Both ran to the commotion.
"Alright! Who was it THIS TIME!?" A soaked female reploid wrapped in a blue towel was waving a handheld blaster at some soldiers outside her room. "Fess up! And I won't make it too painful. Hold out… and you can be sure you're going to be hurting for weeks!"
"Sapphire, calm down, I—"
"You shaddap! You probably stole 'em! Gimme back my clothes!" She proceeded to aim at Virus.
"Actually, I just got back so I couldn't have—"
"LIAR!" She fired a shot and Virus barely dodged it. The scared reploid clone then hid behind the phoenix. "I want my clothes back NOW, or I'm gonna shoot ALL OF YOU until I find them!"
"Uhhh… there' right over there Sapphire." One of the soldiers pointed to a pile of junk that End.Zero was soundly sleeping on, snoring like a child. Sapphire's clothes had been put on him in his sleep, but the underwear was left on his head.. She fired one more time, and nearly hit the sleeping clone, who sat up immediately.
A little shocked to find a bra and one more article on his head, he took a quick look around and everybody, except for the offended female, was laughing. He got a nervous look and took off down the hall, with a very angry woman chasing after him.
Everyone became silent for a moment then heard a loud crash, and saw Sapphire walk back fully clothed and dragging a senseless End.Zero with one hand. She dropped him back onto the junk pile and stormed back into her room.
As soon as the door closed, everyone began laughing again, and laughter from inside the room could barely be heard as well.
"Alright guys, clear outta here." Everyone did as they were told, and Virus grabbed End by the shoulder and dragged him out of the area.
"What are we ever gonna do with you….?" The senseless robot twitched a little, as if in response.
When he got to their dorm, Virus opened the door and tossed End on his bed. He then started to take off his armor and get ready for some rest. Hunter was already sleeping, and End was as good as unconscious. Oh man…. Tomorrow is gonna be tough. He flopped onto his bed and almost immediately fell asleep.
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I know the whole gag is a little hackneyed, but it was just an afterthought to make this chapter longer than its screenplay version after abit of editing.
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