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Resistance Base

"There's a reading of a energy source, it's been identified as the Dark Elf," the operators briefed Zero and Ciel after they've been called to the room. "It's at the Maritime Highway Ruins."

"Send me in." In a flash, Zero was gone, but unknown to them, the message and coordinates have been intercepted.

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Maritime Highway Ruins

"The Dark Elf!" Zero quickly tried to follow it, but lost it after a bit of chasing. At the edge, he saw a light blue reploid.

"Who the heck are you? You must be after the Dark Elf as well, you'll have to get past me first."

The light blue reploid jumped into his submarine and departed.

"Zero, there are four switches in the water, hit it before Weil's reploid destroys it and slow it down (I can't tell the gender). "Make sure that Weil doesn't get his hands on the Dark Elf."

"Understood."

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"Why…is this…happening to me?" Were Inarabitta's last words as (s)he explodes from Zero's attack.

"This is Zero, I've defeated Inarabbita, preparing to transfer out."

"Alright, preparing for transfer."

A black energy blast shot Zero in the back and he turned to see a reploid standing there. His eyes widened at who he saw.

He looks almost exactly like the black figure from my dreams. How's this possible? Does that mean those nightmares were real?

"Looks like I finally found you, Zero," Forte walked closer, "I'll destroy you and prove that I am the strongest."

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Resistance Base

"Operator, what's going on?" Ciel worriedly looked at the blank screen in front of her, "What happened to Zero?"

"It seems like someone's cut off our communications systems, this doesn't look good."

Ciel and the operators then checked for all problems and tried to fix everything.

Please be okay, Zero. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you. Be careful. Ciel hurriedly continue working on the machine with the operators to try and help Zero.

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Maritime Highway Ruins

Zero changed into his ice chip and used the Zaneidan he learned from Inarabitta. The black reploid's armour turned red and a burning saber appeared. The black reploid sliced straight through the Zaneidan like it was nothing.

He can change elements as well, I better stay on the safe side and not use any elemental chips for now. Zero deactivated the ice chip and the black reploid's armor changed back to it's original colour as well.

"Who are you?" Zero questioned as they paused.

"You don't remember you're brother?" The black reploid laughed, "I feel insulted."

"Brother?"

"You probably don't remember me since you were barely active at the time, anyways my name is Forte."

"Forte… I need to know about my past." Forte chuckled at his question, "The only thing I know is who created you and the purpose you were made for, everything else I know about you was information I stole from Neo Arcadia."

Forte's right hand transformed into a buster and he shot out three blasts. Zero quickly got out his S. Boomerang and reflected the three shots and threw it at Forte. Forte was caught off guard and was hit.
So this is the person that defeated Rockman, Forte then stood back up again, This might be trickier than I thought. Forte teleported right in front of Zero as his left hand shot up hold Zero by the neck while pushing him towards the wall. A blue light surrounded his right hand as he prepared to attack.

This is like Fefnir's attack. Zero let out a fully charged Recoil Rod and managed to push Forte back before he was hit. Zero then attempted to use his Z-Saber combo, but on the second slash, green met purple as Forte's saber clashed with his.

Forte's other arm became a saber as well and he slashed Zero across the chest, pushing him back. Zero's armor changed into an orange color and he raised his Z-Buster shooting out a fiery blast.

"Too slow," Forte managed to dodge it but was surprised when the shot exploded, sending him hurtling backwards. Looks like he got a lot of tricks up his sleeves, just like Rockman did, it's time to use Gospel Form.

Zero watched as Forte was engulfed in a bright light. When he reappeared, his armor had purple streaks and he grew two wings on his back.

What is this, this is almost like Copy X's Seraph Form and when the Dark Elf used her power on that Pantheon. Forte launched a shot from his buster and Zero jumped over it, but was surprised to find it was homed in on him. Zero got hit and Forte prepared for another shot.

"LIGHTNING PLASMA!" Streams of lightning aimed from the sky, all of them hitting Zero. Zero, now exhausted and low on energy started breathing heavily.

One more attack like that and I'm done for. "LIGHTNING PLASMA!" I don't have enough energy left to dodge this one, there's only one thing to do.

Forte saw Zero running towards the nearby wall. He's done for, he's cornered himself. Before the lightning hit Zero, he used the Recoil Rod to launch himself from the at a high speed towards Forte. Zero got his saber ready and dealt a devastating blow. I've been hit, I'm running low on energy now, I need to finish this quick.

"Let's see you try to dodge this attack!" His hand then turned into the shape of a wolf. "GOSPEL BLAST!"

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Resistance Base

"Alright everything seems to be in order." The operators finished looking for errors and found there were none.

"Alright, transfer Zero in." Ciel ordered.

"Preparing for transfer."

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Maritime Highway Ruins

I don't have the energy to dodge this blast and there's nothing left for me to do. As Zero braced himself for impact, he felt himself being teleported back to the Resistance Base.

Looks like Zero managed to escape, I underestimated him. Forte went out of Gospel Form. I'm running low on energy, I better find a place to rest and use the auto recover. Forte teleported out of the Maritime Highway Ruins.

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Neo Arcadia

"Man I can't believe you got beaten again, Fefnir." Leviathan taunted as she entered Fefnir's room in the Repair Bay.

"It's not like you did any better against Zero and Omega, if you fought Forte, you would've lost as well."

"Would you two stop your bickering, I'm trying to get some rest here." Harpuia said from his guest bed as he's getting repairs. Just then Weil walked in.

"Well, well, well, look at what the three Guardians are reduced to."

"Weil, why are you here?" Harpuia asked with contempt clear in his voice as Leviathan tried to hold back Fefnir from attacking Weil.

"I'm just here to tell you that Master X isn't pleased with what you've been doing." Weil chuckled. "You three will probably be demoted soon. Well, I guess I need to go now." Weil calmly walked away.

"THAT'S IT, I DON'T CARE IF HE IS A HUMAN, I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Fefnir is now being held back by both Harpuia and Leviathan.

"Believe me, I don't trust him the least bit, but there's nothing we can do." Harpuia sighed.

"Besides, how are we going to explain ourselves if word gets out that we killed a human." Leviathan continued on for Harpuia.

"Fine, I'll try not to do anything rash, but I'm not promising nothing is gonna happen to Weil." Fefnir said before going back to sleep.

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"Hmm… there's seems to be a pretty strong energy signature somewhere outside of Neo Arcadia." Weil and Omega were in a room together.

"It looks like the Maverick that Fefnir failed to defeat; he might prove to be valuable. Let's go Omega."

"Grrr…" Omega growled as the two of them teleported out of Neo Arcadia.

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