I – VII
Assault

Chaos stared blankly at the window before him, as several men began destroying his lifeless body. "Chaos ends at last." Halloween said, watching the process unfold. "Now all I need is Gamma X, and we can focus on Sirus."

"Sir, don't you think this is too easy?" Johnson asked.

"Yes, it does seem easy." Johnson interrupted.

"Perhaps so… but I would have detected whether Chaos transformed into his spirit form and escaped or not."

"Do you think he could have already claimed Daniel Long?" Johnson added.

"Lets hope not."

… … … … …

Dan watched as hundreds of soldiers fell down dead and as the capital building burned to the ground. "Get out of my head!" He screamed.

"Correction, YOU get out of MY head." Chaos began. "You've lost the battle, and soon you shall lose yourself." Dan's shadow told him, chuckling.

"No!"

"Don't fight it. It's a lot less painful."

"Daniel Long, you're under arrest! We suggest you give up now."

"At last someone agrees with me!" Dan's shadow returned to normal. Dan turned and saw Halloween along with hundreds of soldiers pointing their guns at him.

"You're just loving this, aren't you?" Dan asked his foe.

"You better believe it." Dan, in human form, shot a fireball at the soldiers from his palm. He jumped into the air and fired several more at them, while landing foot-first on Halloween's head. "Die, traitor." Dan and Chaos' combined voice said. Dan put his hand on Halloween's armor and fired a fireball at him, which exploded into an aura of flames on impact.

"Chaos… only you would pull a stunt like that."

"The one and only. Like my new body? It still resists my control… but when the planets, moons, and sun all align on August 17th, I'll have full control. You of all people should know that on that thousand year occurrence, my power is at its maximum."

"I won't allow you to live that long! Behold, Gamma SX!" A black aura surrounded Halloween's body as an armor resembling Gamma X appeared.

"A red Gamma X. What, now you want 2 insane robots to destroy?"

"No." The new Gamma armor attempted to punch Chaos, but its arm exploded on impact. "That wasn't supposed to happen…"

"Heh, heh, heh…" Chaos chuckled as Dan's nails turned into large claws.

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Hannah awoke to another rainy day. It's been two months since Jake told everyone about what's happening to Dan, and now only two months remain until that fateful day in which they must destroy their best friend, and greatest ally. "Why him?" Hannah walked downstairs, unaware that she was being observed.

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Gamma X hovered in front of Hannah's window, with his cloaking device on. "Why do I feel a sting in my eyes? Is this what humans call sadness? Why do I pity such an inferior human anyway… they are my enemies… is it because my body is nothing but a weak human?" He asked himself. "It seems even I am no match for the one they call Chaos… for I am just playing right into his hands."

"What do you want, Gamma X?" Jake took flight behind Gamma X, seeing right through his cloaking device.

"My human half still has some control over me… and he wanted to see how his heroes are doing after this betrayal you've experienced."

"He is just a kid you know, so of course he'd want to see how we're doing, and he probably worshipped us."

"He did. But as a human-robot hybrid, he has no need for such human emotion anymore. I thought I might as well let him see his heroes one last time anyway, because soon he'll be just like me. Ruthless, emotionless, and powerful."

"You're sick."

"You're words do not harm me, hybrid."

"Leave."

"Fine, I have to finish the process anyway. See you, dragon." Molecule by molecule Gamma X disappeared.

… … … … …

Dan lay on a grassy hill and stared at the stars, seeing Hannah's face in them. "You should no longer have emotion, child. Your soul will not allow it. I will not allow it."

"I guess that you and my soul aren't as strong as you think, then." Dan grinned. "It may be my destiny to become you, and it may not. Whatever my destiny is, you'll never get rid of me for good. I'll always be there to fight you. Until the end of time and beyond, I will make sure that you never win."

"Your words are stronger than your feeble body, human."

"We'll see about that." Dan closed his eyes and slept.

"Humans… I'll never understand them."

… … … … …

Halloween prepared his military: An army of six million men and women, bent on the destruction of Gamma X, Sirus Dragonheart, and Daniel Long. "My soldiers, this will not be an easy fight. We will eliminate all threats one by one, until my creation, Chaos, remains. We have a deadline: August 16th, at 11:59 and 59 seconds. Anything past that will result in our dooms. "Yes sir!" The huge crowd said in perfect unison. "Now go! Destroy our foes, and save our world!" The army marched, splitting into huge groups. One headed for Gamma X's strange tower and the other for Sirus Dragonhearts castle. When they left, only one thousand men remained, who had to operate the three-mile wide, four mile long base.

"Sir, can they really handle such powerful opponents?"

"I really don't know at this point, Johnson. Johnson, Jack, lets go."

"Yes sir!" The one thousand men said in unison.

… … … … …

Gamma X walked out of a large, meta-fiber tower, with several robots behind him. He grinned. "Three million nine thousand men… not a problem. Fire!" The robots fired several missiles, which the soldiers dodged. Meta-fiber swords materialized in their hands and their assault on Gamma X's fortress began.

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The other three million eight thousand men did a similar attack pattern on Sirus' dragon form, doing major damage to him. "Gah!" He screamed.

… … … … …

Jake took down robot after robot in the city, wondering why they were over here when they should be helping Gamma X. "Dumb robots… take this!" As Jake was about to attack, a strange radio wave went across the city, forcing all dragons in the world into human forms. "What the… a trap!"

"Destroy human."

"I can still fight you know, even in human form I have strength and control over my element."

"Destroy." The robots fired several missiles, which hit buildings instead as Jake ducked.

"Missed me." Jake then fell backward as a robot punched his face. "Ah!" He hit the ground hard and expected to be destroyed by the robots, but instead he was saved by one of the greats: Kaje. "How'd you know I needed help?"

"One, I am all seeing now. Two, I have a mind link with you. I am your perfect clone after all." Jake grinned and the two were now back to back.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Absolutely." The two were surrounded in flames and dashed into the army of robots.

… … … … …

Sirus finished off the clones after two long hours and fell to the ground, sore and tired. Storm clouds gathered and it began to rain on the burning rubble of his fortress. "I… live…"

… … … … …

Gamma X fell to the ground, burning, along with his tower. "A copy. Lets go." Johnson said.

… … … … …

As the radio waves stopped, Jake returned to dragon form, with hundreds of smoking robots around him. Him and Kaje now awaited the appearance of their true enemy: Gamma X. "Very good. A human and a great-being together are one powerful force," Gamma X summoned pillars of stone from under the two, which trapped them inside. "But it does not mean they're invincible." Jake and Kaje simultaneously broke free of their prisons and faced their robotic enemy. He grinned. "I have not eliminated all emotion… that would be pointless. Emotion can also be used as strength… like this! Rage!" Gamma X's right arm transformed into a large gun and he fired a beam of pure rage and evil put into physical form at the two. They jumped out of the way and both fired balls of fire at the robotic behemoth, but they dissipated before hitting him.

"The rain is too heavy." Kaje said.

"Then lets improvise." Jake morphed into human form and jumped onto the robot.

"What? What are you doing?" Gamma X's eyes began to glow blue and two blue beams of energy shot Jake into a building. As Gamma X laughed, Kaje came from behind and punched the annoying robot in the back. Gamma X took out two long swords and began slashing at the two, hitting them every time. "Take this!" Gamma X's right hand morphed into a large silver fist, and he punched the ground, forcing two concrete spikes to shoot from the ground. As this happened, Kaje destroyed Gamma X's now silver fist with a cage of shadows. "What? Why you!" Gamma X jumped into the air and with his remaining fist punched Kaje, but was stopped from ripping him apart by Jake, who had just stabbed Gamma X's back with a steel pole, which was destroyed on impact. "Fool!"

"Jake, the human within him is as good as dead, don't hold back. He's now 100 robot."

"I hear ya'." Jake jumped into the air and kicked Gamma X in his unprotected face.

"Gah!" He yelled in pain. He morphed his left arm into a lance, and began stabbing at Jake. Kaje took this as a chance to do some damage to the robot and destroyed his entire left arm. "No!"

"Give up, robot." The rain stopped and a last bolt of lightning struck a nearby building, making it crumble onto Gamma X.

"Noooo!" He screamed.

"Whew." Jake walked up to the rubble and searched threw it, and was knocked back by a black shadow. The rubble exploded and a severely damaged Gamma X got up.

"I don't know how you managed to harm me so badly…" He said. His armor was destroyed in many parts, and many chunks of his body were missing, and his face was now a skull with steel coating most parts of it. The same was for his legs, his chest, and right arm (his hand was destroyed). "But I will not fall! I am invincible!"

"Ready to finish him off Kaje?"

"You bet." Kaje and Jake were surrounded in flames and formed a huge dragon head of flames, which engulfed Gamma X's body.

"NNNNNOOOOO! I WILL NOT FAIL! I WILL NOT… I WILL NOT!" He screamed as his body disintegrated. As the flames died down, all that remained was a large crater with burning metal inside of it.

"He's gone." Jake said, relieved.

"At last." Kaje finished.

"One down…"

"Three to go."

END CHAPTER

Thus ends the mighty Gamma X. Well, Part I will be wrapping up in eight chapters, and I still have plenty more twists and turns awaiting you. Now only three threats remain: The traitor to our country: Halloween, Sirus Dragonheart, and Chaos Dan. But with so many powerful foes, can the dragons really end this battle? Or will THEY be the ones ended? Only time will tell… and time is not on their side.