Author: Time for another exciting chapter of Whispers of a War! Man I have got some time on my hands and I am using it well. The story continues!
Disclaimer: I do not own the MMZ series. Those rights belong to Capcom. Any characters that I create are my own.
Foreshadow in the Sky: Part 2
The bright light that surrounded Zero diminished. He found himself inside the sky colony. To examine the area he was on, he quickly glanced around. The legendary maverick hunter seemed to be on a highway, suspended miles high above the ground. An odd feeling caught Zero's nerves.
Have I been here before? He remembered something a while back. Perhaps back when he was still a maverick hunter. He had been given a mission similar to this. Confused, he rubbed his head with his left hand. Something attacked him on that mission a while back.
On cue, a large green mechanloid with wings swung its right claw towards Zero at a fast speed. Although he was surprised, Zero could easily read the angle of the mechanloid's eyes, since they were big. Without a movement's waste, he rolled out of the way a few feet from the claw as it pounded the ground. Then, Zero quickly jumped over the claw and ran north, following a sign above him that had read "Control Room: 5 miles ahead."
The monstrous mechanloid continued its assault on Zero and flew after him, dragging its claw along the highway. Zero could not run fast enough to make it to the control room before the reploid blocked Zero's path with its left claw. Now he was surrounded. With nothing else to do, he closed his eyes and stood still. Noticing this, the mechanloid attempted to smash Zero with its claws by clapping them together.
Right before the claws could hit, an orange blur jumped out of the reach. The blur was none other than Zero, now in his Active form. His speed had increased dramatically, and he smirked right before taking off to the control room. Zero had realized that mechanloid was a maverick. It was an instinctive feeling that convinced him. The maverick could not fly fast enough to catch up with Zero. He disappeared into the door to the control room.
"Alright, I am finally in." Zero said to himself. A large machine was sitting right in front of him, and the screen read, "Sky Lagoon II crash site: Resistance Base" Zero was shocked by what he read. He made a brash dash to shut off the switch, but a fireball hit him. Quickly recovering from the attack, he got back up on his feet and saw another maverick.
"Surprise, surprise Zero. It has been ages since we have last met. More than a century even!" the maverick bellowed.
His head was the shape of a dragon's, and his left shoulder had three short claws sticking out. However, his right arm was significantly bigger than his left. The fist was larger than the maverick's head. The maverick's right eye was replaced with a yellow scope, it would seem. Its chest was red and so was his left shoulder and arm, but his right shoulder and arm was a metallic blue. The legs were also a metallic blue, and were also wide and long. Zero activated his Z-saber and stood in a defensive position.
"Don't tell me you don't recognize your old friend?" The maverick said. "Not even a 'Hello Magma Dragoon'? So impolite."
Zero's eyes grew wide. "You…you're…"
It had been indeed Magma Dragoon from long ago. He was the one who crashed the first Sky Lagoon onto the city of innocent people. Dragoon was amused with Zero's expression, and then he looked at himself.
"Oh, well I suppose my new makeover might have thrown you off. Then I am Cyber Dragoon. Yes, that seems to fit quite nicely." he said proudly.
How is he still alive? I retired him a long time ago… Zero thought.
Zero shook off the surprised expression and said, "Dragoon, stop the Sky Lagoon from crashing. You don't want to hurt more reploids!"
Dragoon laughed. "Well…I do. And you are not going to stop me. Unlike last time, Zero, I will beat you. Retire you, even."
With that, Dragoon quickly leaped towards Zero. In his Active form, Zero easily dashed under Dragoon during his jump and closed his eyes before Dragoon landed on the ground. Now Zero changed into his Rise form. When he opened his eyes, Dragoon threw a strong right hook at Zero's face. Even Zero couldn't believe how fast that was.
The punch had knocked Zero back. While Zero was still on the ground, Dragoon jumped high in the air and shot a fireball at Zero. Zero heard the shot, and he rolled out of the way. But he rolled right into a kick by Dragoon, which sent Zero flying into the air. A second later, Dragoon appeared next to Zero and elbowed him back down to the ground. Like a tomato thrown down on the ground, Zero hit the ground harder. He hardly could keep up with Dragoon, and he was receiving damage quick.
"Have the times caught up with you, Zero? You are so disappointing." Dragoon pushed the switch farther up, activating a timer.
"10 seconds to coordinates lock." the computer spoke.
As it had counted down, Zero got up slowly. While he was on the ground, he changed into X form. He also had a fully charged shot ready. With flawless aim, he shot a charged Laser Shot at Dragoon. Dragoon tried to react to it, but it had caught him by surprise and shot straight through his right shoulder. It continued and hit the switch, stopping the timer.
"What! No!" Dragoon yelled. He ran towards the switch to reactivate it, by Zero threw the shield boomerang he had charged up. It glided past Dragoon's legs, giving one leg a cut. It hit the machine and caused it to input random coordinates.
"Emergency crash system activated. Crash site: XX" the computer spoke. Dragoon turned around.
"You fool, you will regret this!" he yelled.
Zero smirked.
Dragoon shot a large fireball out of his finger and it hit Zero. A layer of his armor was melted instantly. Zero was also paralyzed, due to the electric shock in the fireball.
"Another time, Zero." Dragoon briefly said as he shot a hole through the roof and flew off. The entire colony shook violently, and the alarm blared loudly.
"60 seconds until crash." the computer spoke. The portable trans server was disabled and fried out. Zero couldn't move. And the colony was on its collision course to the ground. How could he survive? "5...4...3...2...1..." Boom.
Author: Whew. Got a project due, and school isn't taking it easy. But I still have some extra time! Read and review please! Don't worry, the next chapter will be coming up soon!