Author's Notes; Dark Armors AU. POVs. Zero's POV at the start, X's at the end. Drama. Fluff. Plot. Keep in mind, the main villain in this is indeed Signas, meaning he's intentionally out of character for this story..Please enjoy..The next chapter or two will be based on pictures that I completed years ago as I was trying to plan this story out..
As we stepped out of the training room, soaked from the water that had drained, we could already see Signas coming with two other reploids. X and I looked at each other. We knew we were going to get the earful.
Signas didn't need an explanation from either of us. He even said so when he remarked that he had been told everything by the two reploids at his sides. He sent X to his dorm, planing to reprimand him with probation. A probation officer was going to show up for him in the morning. After X had disappeared from sight, all eyes were now on me in my new demonic armor.
My punishment was far more severe. The two other reploids caught me by my arms as Signas informed me that I was being expelled from HQ with no hope of moving my things out and labeled Maverick. I growled and struggled, digging my boots into the floor as I was dragged away into the elevator. I barked angry protests of unfair treatment before the elevator door closed. I bashed the other two reploids against the elevator walls on the way down, fighting them until we were just outside the building. They remained conscious enough to throw me out of the building and into the ground, almost face first. I was starting to realize I might have put HQ into the hands of a power-hungry reploid, though at present moment, I couldn't do anything about it. So my only option was to flee and develop a strategy to get rid of him. Where I would go and what I would do were unclear.
X took over again when I finished my piece. I took his hand and gave him a gentle squeeze to help him.
I only pretended to go back to my dorm after receiving the news of my punishment. I barely cared at the time. All I could focus on was Zero. I hid around a corner out of sight. I heard Signas give Zero's punishment. Zero's growls and the sight of him struggling against the reploids that dragged him into the elevator, even the slams in the elevator as I knew Zero would try his best to resist...It all made me want to scream and cry. I even felt some tears escape me when the elevator door closed.
I slowly got on my knees as the tears came, crying quietly. It was the first time in a long while, since he died against Vile in the first uprising, that I felt both so angry and hopeless. Then, I heard Signas say the damnedest thing since Sigma wanting to take over the world. I heard him say that with me and Zero out of the picture, HQ would belong to him and Sigma's take over would be far easier.
I managed to slowly dry my tears and stand back up. I made sure everyone was gone before I ran quietly into the elevator and took it to the ground floor. I saw the dents in the elevator wall, assuming it to be from Zero's struggling. I was further discouraged when I saw that Zero was already gone. I had no intention nor plan for getting rid of Signas by myself. I knew I needed Zero's help and to tell him Signas' true end goal, but I had to track him first.
X felt arms wrap around his waist as he finished. I hugged him tight, regretting having not been able to come back for him during that chain of events.