-1Author: Hey readers! For those of you who noticed; yes, chapter 15 was not the end. I may be a first-time fanfic author, but believe me I know when to end a story. It may seem logical to end it right there, but…oh never mind. You'll see when you read these next chapters.
About the reviews: I'm glad a lot of people liked chapter 15. Yep, I threw in some LoTR references and others. That was the longest, largest battle scene ever, and I can say there won't be another action scene that intense. I'm not saying the final battle will be boring, I'm just saying don't expect it to involve over 10,000 characters. I'm glad you all liked it, and I'm sorry about making you think it was the end, because it's not over.
Well, after a year or so, we finally reach the last couple of chapters. That's right; this is the march towards the ending I had in mind since chapter 1. Enjoy.
The Final Weapon
After having a victory over Reploforce, the Resistance humbly went back to its regular affairs. That is, after having a very large party the night they won.
"This is great! Man, I don't see why we don't party like this all the time!" Max was enjoying himself thoroughly with some Resistance females and chatting to Dex at the same time, who surprisingly had no trouble getting himself in conversations with female 'ploids as well.
"The most logical reason would be that if we celebrated every time a mission had been successfully completed, there would be no Resistance Base left." Dex was about to fix his specs, but the girls cooing over him did it for him, then messed them up even more.
"Where is Zero anyway? He's missing out!"
"Highly probable that he's with Ciel. Other than that, I would be surprised if he had the energy left to celebrate."
As exhausted as he felt after taking on Reploforce, Zero did not object to celebrating with the Resistance. Every soldier and member of the Resistance enjoyed dancing and chatting. Bowls of Enerage and a few energy crystals decorated the tables as inviting party treats. Just about every member was on the dance floor or sitting on the tables. Even Alouette, who would be asleep by now, was talking to other Resistance members about her stuffed animal.
"It's nice how everyone is happy like this." Ciel stood next to Zero.
"It is, especially after everyone put their lives on the line." Zero sighed in relief. "I can say there won't be any interruptions during this celebration."
Ciel giggled. "Zero, I think for one night you need to relax completely." She smiled warmly.
Zero looked at Ciel, who seemed relaxed herself for quite a while. When she worked on her projects, her smiles were sometimes forced or feint. Now she truly felt the weight lifted off her shoulders. He was happy to see that.
"Well then, shall we dance?" Zero held out his hand. This time he wasn't saving Ciel from Neo Arcadian drones.
"Of course." Ciel took his hand as they celebrated the rest of the night with the Resistance.
Change of scene
The three Neo Arcadian Guardians threw the party while the rest of the soldiers had a fine party just resting. The Neo Arcadian government wasn't too happy about the Guardians' decision to help the Resistance, but Harpuia had convinced the Government, a board of five humans, that it was the right thing to do. Afterwards the Guardians decided to throw a small party in the Operations Room to celebrate their "victory," complete with bottles and bottles of Enerage.
Fefnir was the first one to open the first bottle.
"Bottoms up!"
Leviathan poured her Enerage in a glass. "I think we should make a toast."
Harpuia casually opened a bottle. Usually he would never drink, mainly because he hadn't quite acquired the taste of Enerage. This time, he felt that one night of drinking wouldn't hurt.
"You two honestly shouldn't have to make a toast to me…"
Leviathan shook her head. "Not to you, Harpuia, to us."
"Yeah! Somebody has to congratulate me on how I kicked so much ass."
"Not exactly the reason Fefnir…the toast is to us for beating our enemy."
"But we didn't beat the Resistance…"
"Not the Resistance, Reploforce."
"I'm surprised you still think the Resistance is the enemy after we've fought alongside them."
Fefnir raised a brow. "I didn't really mean it that way, I just mean that weren't they our enemies in the first place? The truce is over, isn't it?"
Harpuia rubbed his chin. "Honestly I don't know. I don't see a reason to attack them anymore. They've helped us."
Leviathan nodded. "That's true."
The three all thought for a moment. "The Government doesn't seem to think so…it still thinks that the Resistance is made of a bunch of Mavericks and a foolish human girl." Leviathan's tone changed on the word "Mavericks."
"I suppose they haven't seen what we have been through." Harpuia shook his head. "Before I thought there was a real reason to attack the Resistance, but after what has happened…"
Fefnir put his arms around his fellow Guardians. "How about we party like crazy tonight, and talk about this tomorrow morning?"
Leviathan smiled. "I think that's a great idea."
Harpuia smirked. "We do need a well-deserved rest."
They all touched glasses and bottles together.
"Cheers!" They all said in unison as they gulped their drinks down.
Change of scene
Zero threw confetti in the air. As it fell down, he reached for a napkin next to the half-eaten cake. His hand knocked over a half-full cup of punch and an empty bottle of Enerage. When he grabbed his napkin, he wiped off the cake stains, punch stains, Enerage stains and lipstick.
At least now I know what "Kiss the Bottle" is.
The Resistance had finished throwing a huge party to celebrate their victory. It lasted for hours with everybody talking, drinking, more talking and excessive amounts of sucking each other's faces in with or without permission of an empty Enerage bottle (They had tried it with a full bottle of Enerage, but everybody's breath smelled too strong to continue playing). Zero was caught in the same circle as Ciel was, and every time he would try to spin it towards Ciel. Half the time he was successful. The other half he either got other female reploids or had to kiss the male reploids. Since they were punch-drunk with Enerage, they easily mistaken Zero's mane for a female reploid's hair. Their eagerness sky-rocketed every time Zero had to kiss a guy. Those were the worst 5 seconds of Zero's life.
Hopefully everybody -including me- will get a huge hangover and forget what happened.
For the first time in many, many years, the members of the Resistance Base partied like college kids on a one-year vacation.
Resting in his room, Zero wiped off one last lipstick mark under his chin. As he did, he remembered that it didn't come from a female reploid…
Change of scene
"What in the hell happened last night?"
Harpuia woke up on his bed, which had been littered with Enerage bottles and smelled like Fefnir on a Friday night. Some of the bottles had not been fully emptied and caused some wet stains on the bed. Sighing deeply, he readied himself to get out of his bed and clean up the mess, but he quickly realized -quick enough for the bed sheets not to slip- that he was naked; he wasn't wearing his bodysuit or his armor.
Next to his bed was a blue trident and a cool blue bra that belonged to Leviathan. They had been carelessly dropped onto the floor as if someone just threw them away.
"Oh crap…what did I do?"
He turned to his other side and saw someone sleeping underneath the bed sheets. Regretting what was about to come, he pulled up the bed sheets.
"Leviathan?"
Fefnir turned over and started to wake up.
"I told you…we can do it later…" He started rubbing his eyes and yawned, sitting upright.
"Mornin' Harp." Fefnir scratched his arms, belly, and his crotch, also realizing he didn't have any armor on or anything else that would hide his bare body.
It took him about 3 seconds to figure out that Harpuia was in the same bed as he was, and that he was naked as well.
Leviathan woke up in her room to two very loud yells.
Change of scene
"Wake up, Zero."
The Maverick Hunter woke up next to Ciel, who was shaking him gently.
"Ciel…isn't your room next door?" He didn't sound neither surprised nor startled.
"I think I may have locked myself out…I'll have to ask Cerveau or Sam ro inspect the lock."
"Well that's fine." Zero sat upright. "I think it's safe to say that we're getting much closer to your goal, Ciel."
Ciel beamed. "Yes, I hope so! If the Neo Arcadian Guardians were ready to come help us, I think we can truly negotiate this energy crisis out. Especially with my invention nearly completed…but…"
She looked at Zero with more serious concern this time.
"How are your memories coming along?"
Zero looked at the ceiling. "To be honest Ciel, they're coming faster than ever. The recent missions I've been on…after what's happened…I'm starting to remember things more clearly. There are some things that I know but don't remember…"
Flashes of his recent missions went through his mind.
"Names of people I remember but haven't met, or people I should have met…even recalling moments that never once crossed my mind. Ciel, I can almost remember everything. It's just hazy when I try to recall my memories…it's almost like I'm incapable of remembering them completely…"
Zero closed his eyes. "The harder I try, the hazier the memories get…but the voices get louder…"
"The weapon is aimed at Earth. There's nothing you can do to stop it Zero…"
The weapon? What is the "weapon?"…Could it be…?
Zero opened his eyes, which had lost the lax feeling he had last night, and now had the same hardness when he was ready to fight.
"I guess this isn't over…"
A voice in his head had mentioned a weapon. Zero knew exactly what it was.
"The Final Weapon."
"Zero?"
"I was wrong. Ciel, this isn't over. I think it's far from it. Reploforce has something else planned!"
How could have I forgotten? How could I have overlooked the Final Weapon? How in the midst of the battle could I forget the one thing that Reploforce was trying to build to wipe out all organic things on the planet? The last time I had checked the plans the one thing that had been missing was the Dark Elf, since they never confirmed that they had it. The other was the container, but it turned out to be a sandwich box. With the Reploforce army flattened, they couldn't possibly still be working on the Final Weapon, could they?
"That's right…the Final Weapon. But, the container for the Dark Elf wasn't anything significant. How could they use the Final Weapon if they don't have the container? Zero…something doesn't add up." She looked at him with great concern.
"I don't know either, but…"
The alarm went off.
"…I think I know who might have a clue." Zero got off his bed and headed straight for the Operations Room. Ciel quickly followed behind him, after getting her usual gear on.
When he entered the room, most of the Resistance members were gathered in the center.
"What's going on?" Zero walked over to them.
"We felt something odd. The source seemed to be here but…" One of the Resistance members shrugged.
Zero began to feel it too, but he knew exactly what it was.
X hovered down next to Zero.
"Long time no see, X." If X had a body, Zero would have given him a warrior's welcoming hug.
"I'm sorry, Zero. I didn't come here for a visit."
"Knowing you nowadays, you never really do."
"I guess you got me there."
Zero laughed.
"I came here because there's a problem, a big one."
Immediately one of the Operators said, "There's a massive reading! It seems to be coming all the way from outer space!"
Ciel said, "It must be the Final Weapon."
Everyone turned around to catch what she had just said.
"I don't know why it would be built now…didn't we just destroy Reploforce?"
Dex fixed his glasses. "More importantly, they don't even have the Dark Elf to power the weapon…or do they?"
Zero cracked his knuckles. "Then I guess I'd better go up there and shut down Reploforce for good."
One of the Operators shook their heads. "We can't trans you over there; it's too far away."
"Then how am I supposed to get there?"
X said, "Take a shuttle."
Everyone turned to X. "We don't have a shuttle…" Cerveau said.
"I know where one is. It's old, but I believe it's still working."
"Then what are we waiting for, X? Let's go there!" Zero turned to the Operators.
"Wait, Zero. I have to give the Operators the coordinates first." X mentally sent the coordinates to the Operators' minds.
"Here we go. Everyone stand clear."
The alarm blared as the two Legendary Maverick Hunters were ready to disembark.
Ciel pleaded, "Zero, please don't die…"
Zero smirked. "I'll think about it."
He gave a thumbs-up gesture as the bright light enveloped Zero and X. In a second they both disappeared.
Change of scene
"Here we are."
X and Zero stood in front of the old Maverick Hunter Base. The main building had been nearly totaled. In its ramshackle condition Zero was surprised it didn't completely collapse. The rest of the area around them was total desert.
"Where's the entrance?" Zero looked around, shielding his eyes from the sand desert wind.
"You don't remember?" X hovered and led him to an opening that wasn't totaled.
Zero walked into the entrance and found him inside the old Maverick Hunter Base.
He was inside the hallway which had originally lead to many different rooms, and there were many different doors. Now, parts of the ceiling had caved in and only a few doors were left to go through. Zero gingerly walked to one of the doors; the last thing he needed was to have the entire ceiling cave on him.
"Zero, this door." X hovered to the door across from the one Zero was in.
He walked over to the door X was next to and carefully opened it. When he walked in, Zero found that the room was the shuttle room. He knew because there was a large, tall shuttle plainly in sight. The paintjob had worn off for quite a while, but it was mostly a faded white. Everything else was there; the ship, the rockets, and even the holding bay. There was already large opening above the entire room.
"So this has just been sitting here for all of these years?"
"I don't know, Zero. I just recently found our old base."
Zero walked up to the shuttle and felt the paintjob. "I think this isn't the first time I had to take a shuttle to space.
"That's right Zero, you took a shuttle much like this one and crashed it into Eurasia, a colony ready to crash down to Earth."
"What happened after that?"
"You succeeded in taking out Eurasia, but…" X's voice trailed off.
"I guess that's best left to be explained another time." Zero smirked. "So, how do we get this thing up and running?"
X hovered above Zero's head. "I think the control room is at the top floor of the holding bay."
Zero looked over to the holding bay. There was an elevator that lead to the upper levels. It was supported and moved by a lift attached to the side of the elevator.
He opened the elevator doors with a push of a button and walked right in. There were five different buttons for the five different floors. Zero pressed the highest button, wanting to go to the highest floor. As the doors closed, X hovered inside. The elevator woke up with a jolt of movement, and then it started going up.
"So all we have to do is start the launch countdown and head to the shuttle, right?"
"Yes. As soon as the countdown starts, hurry to the shuttle. The entrance to the cockpit is one floor below the control room. You will only have ten seconds, so be very quick, Zero."
Zero chuckled. "Come on, X. You think I can't take an elevator up and down one floor in ten seconds?"
The elevator came to a stop, but it wasn't on the fifth floor. The elevator had stopped on the fourth floor, where the entrance to the cockpit was. When the doors opened, a reploid was standing a few feet away from the entrance.
The reploid had a helmet on with a purple visor. His hair was white, and some of it cascaded down from his helmet. His mouth wasn't covered, and the rest of his armor was black.
Reploforce Dynamic Officer
Dynamo
"Heh, long time no see, buddy."
Zero quickly remembered who he was. "Dynamo!"
"Wow, I figured you would have forgotten me after, like what, 100 years?"
"How can I forget trouncing you left and right, Dynamo?" Zero smirked.
Dynamo said angrily, "You may have beaten me before, but now you're just an old relic!"
He flipped his hair and regained his cocky coolness.
"Sorry, Zero. I can't let you get on this shuttle." He pointed to the Reploforce badge on his left pectoral area.
"It's nice to know that Reploforce is still active…" Zero stepped out of the elevator. "That way I could stop you for good!"
"Come on and fight me!"
Zero stood in a defensive position. I don't have time for this…
"You better go and start the countdown, X."
"Are you sure, Zero?"
"Just give me a minute or two."
Dynamo laughed. "You'll need more than that to beat me!"
"Be careful, Zero."
X ignored the elevator and flew to the top floor.
Zero activated his Z-saber.
Dynamo activated his saber. He tilted it horizontally and then another beam came out from the opposite side.
Shit.
Dynamo rushed in and twirled the D-saber (double-sided saber or "Dynamo-saber") over his head. When he came in striking range, the Dynamite slashed diagonally with one side.
Zero quickly parried the predictable blow, but as he did Dynamo slashed upward with the other side of his saber. He rolled to the side before the attack could land. As he did, Dynamo kept spinning and slashing as he advanced towards Zero, forcing the Maverick Hunter to parry and roll again and again.
The Blond Bomber knew he had to take on the offensive. While Dynamo was still spinning, he clashed his Z-saber with one side of the D-saber. He locked the two blades together, and then pushed Dynamo back. With the sudden opening, Zero rushed in and vertically slashed.
The white-haired reploid quickly regained his balance and used the right side of his D-saber to reverse the vertical slash back up and continued on, spinning around with his back to Zero. With the other side of the saber, he swung for Zero's legs. The red reploid brought his saber down in an arc and blocked Dynamo's attempted slash. Just as soon as the sabers made contact, Dynamo switched directions and used the right side of his D-saber for another low slash. And yet again, Zero blocked it.
He thought the attack had ended, but Dynamo finished it with a swift kick to Zero's stomach area. The Maverick Hunter didn't see that one coming, and the result was a drag along the floor. The kick had sent him a fairly far distance, and he was only a few feet away from the door to the cockpit. Zero lifted himself back up to face Dynamo once more.
Dynamo smirked and twirled his D-saber. He drew it back and threw it at Zero. It spun in such an incredibly high speed that it seemed as if he threw a disc. Zero was in a horrible position to dodge, so he either had to stop the attack or redirect it. He gripped his Z-saber and made his move.
Although the D-saber spun fast, Zero's eyes caught the center. He raised his Z-saber over his head. Just as the D-saber came into striking range, he brought his saber down and split the D-saber smack-dab in the middle. The two beams flew past the left and right sides of his head, barely making any contact.
Zero tried to catch Dynamo's reaction after destroying his saber, but all Dynamo did was smile as he drew two more D-sabers and activated them.
"Damn it."
Without a moment's waste, Dynamo threw both sabers at Zero.
Realizing Dynamo wouldn't have anymore weapons after his attack, Zero dashed towards Dynamo. As both sabers flew to him, he somersaulted over both of them as they tried to come across paths with him. The two sabers crossed in an X-shape, but Zero's somersault reached higher than both of those sabers. He descended towards Dynamo, and he switched his Z-saber for his All-purpose Rod, which he parted into the Recoil Rod. At the last flip, and pointed the two beam ends downward so they would be the first thing to strike Dynamo.
His assumption was incorrect, however. After Dynamo had thrown both of his D-sabers, he drew a third D-saber when Zero had somersaulted. With precise timing, the white-haired reploid used both sides of the D-saber to block both ends from Zero's Recoil Rod.
Although the attack was stopped, Zero's feet touched the ground. The right leg that touched the ground went from a standing position to a low sweep as Zero tried to catch Dynamo off of his defense. He used his left foot to maintain balance. Whether he was caught by surprise or he was careless, the white-haired reploid tripped over Zero's leg and started to fall back.
It would seem as if Dynamo was in a position to be attacked, but Zero knew better. He could read his body, and he knew that Dynamo would be just as responsive in mid-air as he was on the ground. If he were to try to follow up with another slash, Dynamo would most likely retaliate with three attacks. Not allowing himself to fall into this trap, Zero forced Dynamo further back by swinging the two parts of his Recoil Rod outward.
The Dynamite effortlessly back-flipped away from Zero and landed on his feet. He looked at him and smirked.
Zero didn't know why he was smiling until he heard two hums behind him getting louder.
The Legendary Maverick Hunter used one leg to balance himself as he spun around while falling toward Dynamo. As he looked up, the two D-sabers Dynamo had thrown nearly sliced him, but he bent back low enough for the sabers to miss, although the margin was as wide as the width of a sheet of paper. Just as the sabers passed him, he brought the leg he didn't use to balance all the way up. With one hand he drew the Z-buster from the hoister on the leg he brought up. Aiming while falling backwards upside down, he fired multiple buster shots at Dynamo.
The white-haired reploid stood still as the D-sabers swirled around his body, acting as a shield to deflect the buster shots away.
With one part of the Recoil Rod in his left hand, Zero used it to balance himself and get back up. He put the Z-buster back into his hoister and picked up the other part he dropped.
Wanting to finish this, Zero ran towards Dynamo with both parts of the Recoil Rod ready.
Dynamo twirled his D-saber and braced himself for Zero's attack not running at all. He didn't need to move at all, because the two D-sabers that were spinning around him now had a new target: Zero. They streaked towards him trying to slice him once more.
Thinking quickly, Zero leaped forward and changed his leap into a slide, trying to make it under the two D-sabers heading for him. The direction of the sabers was a diagonal slope going down, so Zero would only have a slim margin to make it under before they would hit him. He changed into Active form in the middle of his slide and turned his slide into a rolling slash, using the added force from the roll to knock the D-sabers away as they came to him.
With a high jump Dynamo avoided Zero's attack. The Blond Bomber kept on rolling until he stopped inside the elevator.
The moment Dynamo landed he dashed into the elevator and swung with a horizontal slash. Both sides missed Zero as he ducked under the attack, but one of the sides found its way to the button panel in the elevator. It planted itself in the button panel and hit the button to close the doors and go down. As the elevator doors closed, the two D-sabers flew between the cracks and swirled around Dynamo once more.
The inside of the elevator was a very tight space; only about five feet separated the two reploids, so there was hardly any room to maneuver. This was bad for Zero, and he had double duty fighting Dynamo and avoiding the D-sabers flying around the elevator trying to slice him.
Feigning a high attack, Zero thrust both parts of the Recoil Rod towards Dynamo's face. The two D-sabers responded and flew to Zero at a high range. Anticipating this, Zero shifted his foot and pushed back with it while he fell forward (a flawed one-foot moonwalk). Since he fell forward, the two D-sabers missed because they aimed for Zero's head, which was under them by the time they were supposed to make contact with the Maverick Hunter.
As he fell, he drew back his arms and went for another thrust for Dynamo's stomach area.
Somewhat taken by surprise, his reaction time dragged a bit as he barely twirled the D-saber he held to parry Zero's attack. Dynamo's parry sent Zero spinning in the air as both sides of the D-saber Dynamo held struck the parts of the Recoil Rod up. While Zero was spinning in mid-air, the D-sabers that were flying around came for another attack, but the Blond Bomber used his current situation to his advantage and knocked the D-sabers away.
With the added force of the spin, the D-sabers were knocked away wildly. One was knocked into the button panel. Electricity sparked out of the panel; it wouldn't be long before it exploded. The other found its way to the lift of the elevator and sliced it since it was in its way. The elevator wasn't supported by the lift anymore, so it lost control and streaked down on its collision course with the ground floor.
This caused both reploids to fall upward due to the free-falling elevator. Before they could get the top, they both turned upside-down standing on the elevator "floor." It wouldn't be long before the elevator would hit the ground. Knowing this, Dynamo used one side of his D-saber to make an opening and jump out. Trying to stop him, Zero thrust both parts of the Recoil Rod at Dynamo, but he was too quick. The white-haired reploid kicked a hole open and fell out before the Recoil Rod could make contact.
Zero looked through the opening. The air rushed out and blew his mane in his face. He batted it away only to catch a glimpse of Dynamo waving as the elevator fell down closer and closer to the bottom. The Legendary Maverick Hunter looked at the floor meter. He was already on the second floor! Only one more floor to go and then after that he would hit rock bottom. With his quick thinking, Zero started to charge his Recoil Rod. He braced himself and got ready to jump out of the opening.
They Recoil Rod was halfway charged when the meter hit the first floor.
Got to time this right…
Even through the screeching noise of the lift and the loud vacuum of the air rushing out of the elevator, Zero heard two familiar hums. Looking through the opening, he saw that the two D-sabers were flying fast enough to catch up with him, advancing towards him.
Now I really have to time this right…
Relying on his mechanical gut alone, he jumped through the opening and spun in mid-air during his jump. He held the two parts of the Recoil Rod out in opposite directions. His timing was precisely on the mark, the moment one of the parts of the Recoil Rod was aimed at the falling elevator, the elevator had hit the ground and exploded. Just as the explosion reached Zero, he released the now fully-charged Recoil Rod's energy at the wave of the explosion. The force of the charged part of the Recoil Rod and the added "spring" of the explosion sent him flying upward, faster than the explosion! Simultaneously with the other end he kept charging it, but knocked away the two D-sabers.
During all of this time Dynamo had casually free-fallen ever since he jumped out of the opening. He was relaxed until he saw the explosion. More importantly, he saw Zero flying right towards him! Caught off-guard, he tried to activate his D-saber in time to try to attack Zero.
The Blond Bomber was flying too quick and came within striking range by the time Dynamo thought of getting his D-saber. With both parts of the Recoil Rod, he swung them outward without releasing the other charged part. Although Zero was quicker than Dynamo in attacking, the white-haired reploid mid-air dodged the attack, but his D-saber was caught in the attack and was split in half.
The Legendary Maverick hunter kept flying upward as the explosion was catching up. Dynamo was sent spinning after Zero's attack. As he spun, Dynamo saw that the explosion was about to engulf him up. He timed his spin so that his back was facing the explosion about only a few feet away. At the same time, the two D-sabers were still flying after Zero, but were about to pass Dynamo. He held his arms out and precisely caught his own D-sabers while he was still spinning. With his right leg, the Dynamite thrust it towards the explosion and actually kicked off of the explosion, using it as a trampoline. His foot-work was so fast that his boot wasn't even burnt! After he kicked off, he jumped to the wall and ran with a furiously faster speed than the explosion.
Zero reached the peak of his jump. He turned around to see if Dynamo had been engulfed by the explosion, but was rather surprised that he was running ahead of the explosion! He had one more part of the Recoil Rod to charge, but since he was in the center and not near a wall, he couldn't find a way to attack Dynamo without having to be burned by the explosion. He quickly looked to his right and noticed two closed elevator doors. Already hatching a plan, he got the other part of the Recoil Rod ready.
The Dynamite ran up the wall like a streaking bullet as he prepared to jump to Zero and perform an aerial-attack. He kept running all the way until he was stepping right on the elevator doors. The Blond Bomber saw this and aimed the charged part of the Recoil Rod at the opposite side. He released the energy and the push shot Zero straight into Dynamo at a fast enough speed for the white-haired reploid to be unable to counter. As soon as Zero made the bone-crushing impact, the two reploids broke through the elevator doors and rolled along the ground. The fire from the explosion shot out of the elevator doors, but Zero and Dynamo were ducking under it.
When the flames went out, the two reploids got up, ready to fight. However, they didn't notice that the cable that held the platform had been burnt. It snapped, and the supporting cables could only hold the platform for a few seconds before the entire thing would fall. Zero looked behind him and realized he was on the fourth floor. With the platform collapsing, he didn't bother with Dynamo. He knew he had to get on that shuttle!
"T-minus 10...9...8...7..."The speakers were counting the launch already!
Great timing X…
The Legendary Maverick Hunter dashed towards the shuttle. Just as the platform began to fall, Zero took a leap of faith.
"6...5...4..."
He didn't know if his jump would make the distance.
"3...2...1..."
Just as he came within range, Zero stuck out his Recoil Rod and latched onto the side of the shuttle. Not far behind him, Dynamo also dashed towards the shuttle and leaped onto it.
With a thunderous boom, the engines kick-started and the flames from the rockets swallowed up the bottom floors as the shuttle made its slow ascent. The white-haired reploid used his D-saber as a latch, but for steps, the two D-sabers began to swirl over to his direction. One of them planted itself in the shuttle. He jumped onto it, using the hilt as a step. Just as soon as he landed on it, the other D-saber planted itself into the shuttle farther up, and again Dynamo jumped on the hilt. The D-sabers repeatedly came in and out of the ship, and Dynamo repeatedly jumped onto his "steps," getting closer and closer to Zero.
Now the rockets woke up completely, and the shuttle began to lift up from the ground. Zero was in no position to stage an attack, hanging on for his dear life by his Recoil Rod. He reached for his Z-buster with one hand, but Dynamo was getting closer and closer by the second. He wouldn't have enough time to charge it up fully. Taking his chances, he aimed the Z-buster at Dynamo and began to charge it.
Dynamo came within striking range at last, but just as he was about to attack Zero, X hovered in between the two and released a blast of blue energy.
The blast took the Dynamite by surprise, and he was stunned, but he held on to his D-saber planted in the shuttle. The other D-sabers were also hit by X's attack, falling lifelessly to the ground far below. Now Zero had a fully charged blast ready.
He aimed the Z-buster at Dynamo.
"You lose."
He pulled the trigger.
"Again."
The charged blast hit Dynamo right on his face, shattering his helmet and visor. The force of the blast knocked him out of his grip, and he fell into the raging flames of the rockets far below.
Author: Well, looks like the story is going to be a bit longer than I originally planned, since I am making changes to the ending. I've tried and tried again to get this chapter finished, so I hope that everyone who used to read this makes it to see the ending, and I hope that any new readers enjoy the story thus far. Read and review guys! I will finish this story!