Well guys, here's the final chapter other than the epilogue. I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed my fic so far.

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Ragnarok Core

"Do you really think you can defeat me? Zero failed, leaving you only five minutes left before Ragnarok crashes into the earth." Cords start to plug into Weil again, repairing him from his battle with Zero.

"I don't care about the Settlement one way or another. Having you rule the world would be unpleasant and I wouldn't want that to get in the way of my goal." Forte raises his arm up and transforms into his gold armor.

"You can't stop my plan no matter how strong you are."

"You have no idea how many times I've heard that, and how many times it's been proven wrong." Forte changes his arm into a buster and fires at Dr. Weil. Weil's guard stops the attack.

"Hehehe, like I said, you don't stand a chance." Weil summons a blue orb in the air and it fires a number of smaller blue orbs onto the ground. Forte manages to take flight and avoid the attack.

He's dropped his guard, now's my chance! Green hexagonal webs start to appear everyone, one of them trapping Forte as he dashes for Dr. Weil.

"You really think this can hold me!?" Forte transforms his arms into sabers and slashes at the web, freeing himself before Weil fires. Forte launches a charged blast at Weil and several rapid shots before Weil puts his guard up.

"I'll destroy you!" Weil sucks Forte in for a brief moment but Forte dashes away just as Weil lowers his guard. Weil charges up and fires a beam. It moves downward, hitting Forte as he charges up again.

This won't work on me! Forte slashes at Weil with his sabers before taking flight. Weil fires the beam and moves it upward, but couldn't hit Forte. Forte starts rapidly firing from his buster before moving down.

"Grr… I won't let you leave this place alive!" Weil fires a bleu orb to the top of the screen while Forte is in the air. The blue orb fires another Arc Spray, hitting Forte and dropping him down to the ground.

"Well, is that the best you can do?" Weil taunts Forte as he stands back up. Weil lowers his guard and encases it with spikes.

"Don't mock me!" Weil fires the projectile at Forte as Forte meets the attack head on. Forte grabs onto the spikes with his hand and pushes it. I won't be defeated! Forte launches a blast at the project, deflecting it and then rushing to Weil.

Forte transforms his right arm into a machinegun and starts shooting rapidly at Weil. Forte changes his arms into sabers and starts slashing at Weil before he gets hit in the back with Weil's projectile.

I just need to ignore the damage and keep on attacking! I've only got four minutes left, so I better defeat him quickly.

"Aren't you being a bit too reckless? Hitting me whenever you see an opening without looking back?"

"Well, seeing as how I only have four minutes left, I might as well keep on attacking whenever possible."

"Hmph, then I won't give you a chance to attack!" Weil attempts to suck Forte in as he lowers his barrier. Forte flies into the air and seems unfazed by Weil's attempt. Weil summons a blue crystal as it launches four spikes in a cross pattern.

Forte charges at a spike and swings his blade, cutting it in half. Forte transforms his arm into another blade and destroys the blue crystal. I'll just out power him! Forte changes his right arm back into a fist and slams it at Weil before retreating back.

"ARGH! Don't think you've won yet!" Weil drops his barrier and launches three crimson spheres. Forte hits the closest one and prepares to charge through, but it splits into three smaller spheres and damage Forte.

I can't keep on attacking like this! Wait, there might be a better way… Forte stands up and raises his buster. Five purple orbs come out of it and start to circle around.

"I don't know what you're up to, but it won't work!" Weil summons two green portals as two bombsects appear. Forte whirls around with his sabers, effortlessly destroying the centipede like mechaniloids.

There, I see the opening! The five purple orbs goes over Weil's shield and explodes, slightly cracking Weil's protection around his head. "I guess it did work after all."

"Do you really think you can even come close to defeating me!? You've got three minutes left." Forte flies up and dives at Weil as he lowers his barrier. Weil traps Forte in a web and quickly charges before Forte could escape, launching a beam at Forte.

UHH! I can't fly… My wings are too damaged… Weil laughs maniacally as he sucks Forte closer to him. Weil charges up and launches his beam cannon. He brings it down and hits Forte in the upper part of his body and charges again.

Forte sends three saber waves at Weil and attempts to jump to avoid the attack. Weil launches the beam and brings it up, damaging Forte in the leg before stopping. I can barely move and my wings aren't working. This is going to end well.

"Hehehe, let's just see how well you can do now!" Weil lowers his barrier and launches it at Forte. Forte barely manages to jump over it, and falls down to the ground in the process. Weil's barrier comes back and Forte manages to roll under it.

"Hehehe, you've got three minutes left, but that won't matter now." Weil lowers his barrier as hexagonal webs start to circle around Forte and get closer. If I get caught in that now, then I'm done for! Still, I can't exactly escape like this!

An idea hits Forte as he grins evilly. He grabs onto his two sabers and starts to twirl it in his arms creating an electric tornado. The tornado destroys all the webs and he starts moving towards Weil, launching the tornado at him.

"GRAGHHH!" Electricity starts to come out of Weil's body as he tries to bring his barrier back up. Weil manages to bring it up after a few moments and disperse the attack. "So you still have some fight left in you? Then I'll have to destroy you right now!"

He's still not down!? Weil lowers his barrier as webs start to surround Forte again. I can't use that attack again, I still need a bit more time! One web latches onto Forte as he struggles to break free, but gets caught again.

Weil starts to charge up as Forte struggles. I guess there's no helping it now. An aura surrounds Forte as he transforms again, losing a lot of bulk in his armor. His wings become thinner and repaired. His legs get repaired as well.

"Hmph, so you still have one more form left. It doesn't matter much now, since there's only going to be two more minutes left!" Forte raises his buster as Weil summons a blue crystal and lowers his guard. He shoots a charged shot, destroying the blue crystal and hitting Weil.

Forte goes in closer and hammers Weil with attacks before retreating. "I'll only need one minute to finish you off!" Weil launches a blue orb up into the sky and it fires an Arc Spray. Forte goes up and avoids the attack, but Weil launches a beam, damaging Forte.

"It seems that your defense isn't as good in this form as it was in your other form. We'll just see how long you can last!" Weil charges up for another beam and fires at Forte as he recovers from the other attack, knocking him down.

I've already received too much damage before! I refuse to die like this, I won't die like this!

"One minute left, Forte." Forte surrounds himself in a dark aura as he charges at Weil, bringing his fist forward. It's over now! Weil puts up his barrier as it meets Forte's fist.

"DIE!" Forte uses his all his energy to keep on pushing, but the barrier remains strong. A bit more power! Forte pushes onward and destroys Weil's barrier, but the attack ends and he is forced to retreat back.

"Hehehe, that was a very close one, but time has almost run out. Face it, you've lost." Forte starts to breathe heavily as Weil launches a beam at him, knocking him back and damaging his armor.

What was it that Zero said? "It is because I have someone to protect, and I fight for that someone." Those were his words, I'll prove to him that it's meaningless! Forte's arms start to glow as Weil looks at him in surprise.

"You're crazy! If you launch that attack at this distance, you'll destroy everything, including yourself." Forte laughs at the fear in Weil's face. "There's no way you're going to do it! You shouldn't even be able to use that attack from the damage you took!"

"If this is crazy, then I don't remember I time in my life when I was ever sane." Forte continues to charge the attack. Zero, Ciel, Leviathan, Fefnir, Harpuia, and Alouette… I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy your company, but I can't share your goals.

"I, Forte, fight for no one!" Forte warps in front of Weil as he unleashes his attack. "GOSPEL ANNIHALATION!" Forte's hand starts to break apart as the blast hits Weil full force. Don't die, Zero. If I can't defeat you, then make sure no one else can.

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Resistance Trailer

"Ragnarok… is breaking apart…" Rouge and Ciel look out the window to see a white streak in the dark sky. "Ragnarok has entered the atmosphere. Most of it will burn on entry… Impact with Area Zero has been averted. Mission… Successful…"

"What about Zero?" Tears drip down from Ciel's cheeks as she looks at the blank monitor connected with Zero's communicator.

"There's no response from the receiver, the connection has been lost." Rouge looks down to the ground as well as the computer starts to beep. "It's from the Human Settlement, should I patch it through?"

"Go ahead." The monitor opens up to show the face of… X?

"X!? What are you doing in Area Zero?"

"I'll talk about that later. Hurry and come to Area Zero right now, you left something there." The monitor blackens as Ciel turns and runs out of the room with tears still in her eyes.

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Area Zero

"Alright, I'm here." Ciel goes in Area Zero to find Alouette, X, the Guardians, and the humans all waiting for her. "What is it?" She starts to sniffle a bit as Neige puts her hand on her shoulders.

"Cheer up, will ya? We've found this for you." Neige moves out of the way and Ciel immediately brightens.

"Zero!" She hugs the injured figure on the ground as he slowly starts to open his eyes. "Zero, what happened to you?"

"Ci…el…" Zero hugs her back as X smiles at the two of them. "What happened to… Ragnarok?"

"You did it Zero!" Ciel puts her head on his shoulders and starts to cry a bit. "You've managed to stop Ragnarok and come out alive."

"Wait, if Zero's here, then how did Ragnarok blow up?" Alouette looks at the sky to see pieces of Ragnarok falling.

"I wasn't the one who stopped it, it was Forte…"

"Forte!?" X looks at the sky as well to see the pieces of Ragnarok fall down. "I guess even he knew deep down that what Weil was doing was wrong."

"Does that mean Forte's dead?" Alouette asks worriedly as she looks at the crystal version of the stuffed animal in her hand.

-----Flashback-----

"Hey, Alouette!" Alouette turns to find Leviathan in the hall after opening their Christmas presents.

"What is it?"

"Are you curious about who gave you that present?"

"Why? Is it you?" Leviathan looks around the hall and leans down to whisper in Alouette's ear.

"During the snowball fight, I noticed that Forte broke into the Resistance Base. He had a present box in his hand, like the one that yours was wrapped in."

Alouette's eyes widen at hearing this. "You mean that…"

-----End Flashback-----

"I don't think anyone can survive that explosion…" Ciel looks up as well. "I guess he wasn't such a bad guy after all."

"Don't be so sure about that. I thought that Forte died long ago, he's the oldest of all of us. If anyone can find a way to survive, it would be him." X looks up thoughtfully.

"In that case, let's make this world a better place, to show him that his hard work wasn't in vain if he comes back one day." Ciel looks surprisingly at Alouette.

She was quite attached to Forte when he was in the Resistance Base… She's really grown a lot since we first found Zero. "Alright, let's do that."

X, the Guardians, and the humans all heard the conversion and nodded in approval. "We'll all pitch in and make this world better!"

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Well, what do you guys think? X seems to be spending a whole lot of time outside of Cyberspace lately...

Anyways, after I do the epilouge, I'll post the sequel. BTW, the sequel will be set after the events of MMZX and won't be a retelling.