X scaled the walls, destroying the enemy robots that were impeeding his progress. He finally reached the holding chamber where the distress signal was originating. "Bubble Crab! Are you alright!" he shouted as he rushed in. "Aye, I be alright, mate," was the reply he received. X looked about the darkened room until a light shone upon Bubble Crab. "Bubble Crab, we need to evacuate. Come with me." Bubble Crab chuckled and stated, "I am disenclined to acquiest to your request." X looked at him quizzically before he continued, "It means no..."

Zero and Matthias were breathing heavily as Cinnamon accquired the last of the Maverics. "There's just more and more of them each day, huh?" Matthias inquired. Zero hung his head in shame as he replied, "Yeah. I have a feeling that our time is coming soon." He placed a hand on Matthias' shoulder and stated, "Matthias, if I ever become a Maveric, please, don't hesitate to stop me at all costs." Matthias flashed him a confident grin and replied, "Don't worry. I'll stop my best friends before they do the unthinkable."

"But why? You sent a distress signal..." X said, slowly realizing that if there were an emergency, Bubble Crab and his troop would've quickly dispached it. "Ya get it, doncha', ya wee scallywag? The only way I'd send YOU a distress signal would be if I were on the verge of goin' to the other side. So now thatcha' ya know, I'm afraid I can't let you go... alive that is..." he said as the gate slammed shut behind X and locked tight. "Just like the last time... One year ago..." X said, readying his weapon. "Aye, a one on one fight to the death. The one who isn't blasted to Davy Jones' Locker goes free..."

Back at the headquarters, Cinnamon popped two data disks out from the central computer and relinquished them to Matthias. "That was a good idea, Matthias," she commented as he placed the disks into safe keeping. Matthias nodded, explaining, "This way, if I ever have to take either of you down, I can bring you back." Zero shuddered at the thought of becoming an invalid. "Let's just hope that day never comes."

Bubble Crab raised the water in the room before forming a pocket of air around himself. X fired on the shield and saw that it wasn't working. "Don'tcha get it? Your weapons are of no use in the briny blue." Bubble Crab fired a few small crab drones to attack X, but X quickly dispached of them in a heartbeat. "So ya have the firepower to deal with me drones, but ya still can't touch me!" Bubble Crab shouted as he rushed X. X continued to fire in vain as Bubble Crab drew closer, so he decided to leap over his attacker. Bubble Crab laughed as he stopped. "Perfect!" he shouted as he dropped the shield and leapt up to X, a vicious green energy claw protruding from his head. "What...!" X said in utter surprise.

Matthias buried himself in another book as Cinnamon looked over her records and data while Zero was performing routine active maintainence upon his weapons systems. Matthias looked up from his book a moment before asking, "Does anyone else have the feeling we've forgotten something?" Zero and Cinnamon pondered this for a moment before realizing, "We've forgotten about X!"

The attack hit X pretty hard as he was sent to the ceiling. "I told ya a runt like you coun't compare to me," Bubble Crab gloated. X landed upon the ground and coughed up a bit of oil before saying, "W-where did you get such a weapon?" "That's for me ta know an' you ta find out..." Bubble Crab sneered as he deployed his shield once again. X continued to fire upon it, thinking, 'There has to be a weak point somewhere...' He then remembered that the shield lowered when he leapt over it. 'There's my weak spot...' He charged his weapon and prepared his leg parts. As Bubble Crab rushed him again, X got up. "Are ya plannin' on jumpin' over me again? That won't work..." he said as X bgan his dash. X leapt over him, the inertia of his dash propelling him over Bubble Crab before his attack could deploy. "Huh!" X grinned as he turned his weapon and fired upon Bubble Crab, the shot penetrating his armor completely. "Huh..." Bubble Crab said as he fell to his knees, a gaping hole where he was attacked, "So you've defeated me in battle... Maybe you are the greatest robot ever constructed." X rushed to Bubble Crab's side and lifted his head. "X, just because you've beaten me doesn't mean it's over. You have a long way to go..." Saying that, Bubble Crab's processor shut down and he began to self-destruct. The gate swung open and X fleed the area to avoid the explosion. He entered the room as the chaos calmed and absorbed Bubble Crab's DNA Data before heading back to base.