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Titanium Showdown: Tale of the Zero Clones
Chapter Fourteen: The Destruction Duet
X's eyes widened in shock at the sight of the two heavy-duty reploids confronting his group. One was bedecked in blue, the other in red, and both were just slightly shorter than X. A small group of large, powerfully built ride-armors stood behind them.
"I see you've already found your friend."
"A piteous sight, is he not?" The two spoke in an alternating pattern, the blue armored one speaking first.
"His own design."
"It was inevitable."
"His death will be quick."
"Right after yours." The reploids each took a step forward. "How dreadfully rude of us, we forgot to introduce ourselves. We are the twins Bit,"
"Brother Mega Bit."
"And Sister Terra Bit." The two took a bow after stating their names. Then they began to speak simultaneously in a terrifying harmony of voices that wrought X's fears further.
"We are the children of your old friend, our late father, Vile. We can see Mr. X remembers him only too well." Their unified voices resounded as if Vile himself were speaking. "You've killed him twice, and we'll make sure you go to him, so he can kill you after us, over and over again! Prepare yourselves, we make ready for battle!"
Terra Bit, the red armored of the two, jumped into the empty ride armor and began to charge the group. They suddenly snapped back to reality from the daze the dialogue had instilled in them, scattering in every direction. Meanwhile, Mega Bit was chasing down X, drawing him, very successfully, into a one-on-one match.
Meanwhile
Zero had crawled for an interminable amount of time. He had completely reawakened, and he was starting to slowly regain his control over himself. In a few more moments, he had total control again, but he still did not quite seem himself. He didn't know where he was, or what he had even been doing crawling in a ventilator shaft. There was light coming from somewhere a little ways down the shaft, so he started to crawl to it.
Through the thin grating, he could see that he was over some kind of laboratory, and he could see an unattended computer running a diagnostic of some kind on some equipment labeled "Experimental." Zero realized his state of vulnerability, and quickly forced his way through the vent into the room. IT was dark, but there was a glow coming from the monitor. He jammed on a button that read "Abort," and a pod of some kind rushed up in front of him. Inside, there were a few items that looked useful to him. The uniform seemed a little large, but he found that after putting it on, it shrank to fit him perfectly. He also found a weapon, eerily similar to his own Z-Sabre. The last he had known, Sigma hadn't had Z-weapon technology, but Zero knew that the last time he had checked, he had been the subject of countless experiments. He stole his new armaments and saw another room attached to the one he was in. Above the door, there was the inscription "Monitor". He went inside, and discovered a grim sight. The camera was very fuzzy, and it was in black-and-white only, but he could clearly see X and a group of other reploids fighting off massive ride armors and a small war-machine reploid.
Zero panicked, and lost control of himself again. He went back into the ventilator shaft, and started running to where he thought he heard the sounds of combat. He rounded a corner, and could no longer feel the ground beneath his feet, in fact, all he could feel was a rush of hot air that meant he was falling –quickly, and towards something hot.
Elsewhere Still
"Lord Sigma, the children of Vile have X at bay, and we have just noticed that Zero fell into the incinerator shaft. I believe it is safe to assume victory will be ours."
"No…" Sigma spoke sternly, collected, altogether differently than his earlier anger. "No, victory can never be taken for granted with X. Even this weak, I've seen him defeat my best plans before. No, I will take care of him myself."
"But sir… don't you think that is an unnecessary risk? I mean, after all –" A blast from Sigma's plasma buster removed the ensign's head from his shoulders.
"Every risk is a necessary risk." Sigma walked casually down the hallways, toward the room where his ultimate prey awaited him. He would, at last, have his revenge.
Finally, back to our heroes
Every few minutes, the group would manage to take down one of the lesser ride armors, but Terra Bit managed to keep them all too busy to help X. When Mega Bit got a little wore out, the twins Bit would do an elaborate, yet swift change of places, and it would be Terra Bit fighting X, and Mega Bit occupying the group. Missiles were exploding, grenades were igniting, sabers were crossing, and fists were flying, and after no less than fifteen solid minutes of fighting, they managed to destroy the Bit Twins' ride armor.
Just as it seemed the Twins would lose the fight, a massive wave of enforcers filled the room. As elaborately as their place changes had been before, the Twins Bit moved through the air to the front of the line. Painfully slowly, the wave of robots pushed X and his companions back into a corner, leaving about fifteen feet of space between the Bit Twins, and the Zero clones.
X was a battered mess by now. His battle against his copy had weakened him considerably, and the sustained fight against the Bit Twins had nearly drained him completely. He was being supported by Whistler and Sapphire, whom both had their fair share of damage. There was a wicked din from the enforcer mob, and the Bit Twins were having a little difficulty getting all the attention on their 'act.' Speaking again in the frightening mixture of voices that evoked the voice of the long-dead Vile, the Bit Twins delivered their parting words.
"And now, for the Coup-de-grace!" They were holding hands and performing a wickedly powerful looking technique, but before they could finish, two shots rang through the air, and then, there was silence.
Sorry it took so long for me to update, I've hardly had any break from my schoolwork the past weeks, and I just finished this chapter up. I hope you enjoy it, and please, leave a review!
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