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Ch. 7
War
Zero and the others came down in the middle of a huge, desolate field. It had been the site of several bombings during the war and Zero wasn't sure if it was radioactive or not. It would glow in the dark if it was. The only problem was that it was the middle of the afternoon.
Sigma stood not far away. He had only the X-hunters, Bass, and Vile with him.
"It's nice to see that an old fashioned threat will still work to an extent. I told you to be here, Zero. I do not recall sending for any of your friends." Sigma looked a lot like his second form except that he was bigger and once again carried his lime colored lightsaber. He also looked slightly irritated.
"That's alright Sigma. I took the liberty of inviting them. Besides, a six to four battle seems a little more appropriate than a six on one. This evens it up and I thought that the others might feel a little left out if I didn't let them have some fun. After all, we should always let our friends have some fun too, shouldn't we?" Zero shot back.
Sigma's face took on its usual look of irritation. "Vile, take out Zero. Serges, Violin, Agile, you three can slice X whichever way you want. Bass, take out the other one in the armor. The human is mine."
"Selfish," Vile muttered before dashing toward Zero and the others. He stopped a distance away from Zero. X and the others jumped back to give Zero the room that he would need to fight it out with Vile. Both were immensely powerful Reploids and could probably take out a couple of cities easily. X teleported a little ways off to the side while Zenton and Toronto spread out to the other sides.
Vile seemed to be looking Zero over for some reason or another. His cannon was also beginning to glow slightly. Zero reached back and pulled the Z-saber from its sheath. He also charged up a shot in each arm so that he could be ready for anything Vile might try.
The X-hunters circled X as he flashed into his ultimate armor. Serges stood on his floating platform, while Agile held his crimson saber once more. Violin now held his giant spiked ball by the chain.
The wings popped down from the back of X's armor. All three X-hunters paused momentarily, then continued to circle.
Zenton and Bass were already locking hands to see who could outmuscle the other. "So you're Bass," Zenton said as the two continued to struggle. "You're not nearly as scary as the kid stories mentioned. Bass was shoving Zenton towards the ground.
"And you are a demented Reploid. Who could have convinced you that the humans were worth helping? Why would you?" Bass asked.
"It might be because I wasn't originally a Reploid. I was a human, Bass."
"You lie. It isn't possible to have been a human and then a Reploid. You are or you are not." Bass jumped back from the lock and stood staring at Zenton. "Prove it."
Zenton flashed into his human form. "This is the real me, Bass. Deal with it, if you can." Zenton stood and watched as recognition dawned on Bass's face.
"You were helping them when my forces were defeated at that village. You were one of the traitors."
"No, Bass. I was one of the people who wanted to be free. That was my hometown." Zenton's face grew cold and angry. "That place was the death of my father because he could not bring his powers to bear in front of your master. He died for the sake of the rest of my family." Zenton flashed back into his armor. "If you stay in my way, Bass, I'll take out my vengeance on you."
"You can try, human. But you will not succeed." Bass stood as a purple streak came down and solidified into Treble. The dog immediately turned into Bass's armor and flew over to the ebony bot. Zenton pulled his axe out of midair.
Toronto closed his fist around the hilt of his forming sword. He turned and faced Sigma.
"You realize that you're going to die, don't you?" Sigma queried, grinning the entire time. "A sword is useless against a lightblade."
"You'd be surprised where you can find magic, Sigma. It is a tool that can be used in unimaginable ways." Toronto pulled his sword in front of him as Sigma swung what he thought would be the only stroke. The sound of the two blades meeting was a peculiar mixture of metal and electric. Sigma teleported away from the position and stood stupefied as the blade of Toronto's sword remained in one piece.
Zero sidestepped Vile's first cannon shot and dashed towards the war- bot. Vile ducked under Zero's saber stroke and tried to kick the crimson Reploid. Zero easily flipped over Vile's giant foot and knocked the purple Maverick's other foot out from underneath of him. Vile quickly stood back up. Zero watched as several panels swung open on Vile's chest and shoulders. Then was blown backwards as level 2 shots fired from dual cannons in every panel.
Sigma still stood and looked at the blade of Toronto's sword.
"Were you going to fight or just stand there?" Toronto rumbled. "I hadn't heard that Mavericks were cowards as well, though it wouldn't surprise me."
Sigma regained his composure after a moment. "Very well, human. This may last a little longer than I had anticipated. But the end result will be the same." Sigma dashed and went back on the attack. Toronto easily blocked Sigma's first round of strokes.
"You must be getting old, Zero," Vile's voice came out from behind the helmet. "You never would have fallen for something so simple before."
"You never would have either, Vile," Zero said as he pointed both arm cannons at Vile. Both level 4 shots took Vile in the chest. Vile flew backwards and landed with resounding clang. He didn't get back up immediately.
X fired a level three shot into Agile's face and side-flipped over Violin's spike-ball. When he stopped to look at the X-hunters, X dropped his fighting stance and stood straight up. Then started chuckling as the X- hunters stopped and stared at him. "This is gonna be too easy," he said finally. He watched as the X-hunters lined up close enough. And Delta- attacked through all three of them. He dropped to the ground and just stood as the pieces of the X-hunters fell to the ground.
Bass flew into the air and tried to dive-bomb Zenton. Zenton was expecting such tactics and easily dodged every time. Bass did manage to get a hold of Zenton's shoulders and fly up into the sky, but Zenton used a spell to teleport himself to the ground. Bass tried the dive-bomb tactic one more time. And began to spiral as one of X's powered up shots took off one his wings. Zenton used his magic to pull the earth up in front of Bass before he could actually hit the ground. There was an enormous sound of crushing metal from the other side of the barrier. Both Zenton and X started laughing.
Vile was finally getting back up. "You should have finished me while you had the chance, Zero." Vile stood up and began to glow for a moment. When the glowing stopped Vile's dents were all gone.
"Much better," the war-bot stated. Zero merely stood while his visor worked out Vile's power level again. When the end result came up, Zero couldn't help but laugh. Vile had actually spelled his own doom. His power level was only three-quarters of what it had been.
When Vile finally moved, Zero wasn't prepared. His power level had indeed dropped, but Zero hadn't counted on it improving his speed. His surprise was complete as Vile's attack gave him a slash across the shoulder. As he clutched his shoulder and fell to one knee, he turned around. Vile stood holding a lightsaber, majestic purple, of course. "How the hell?"
"It's nothing more than a rerouting of the energy, Zero. I'm sure you can figure that out. If you live long enough." Zero watched as Vile dashed toward him. And sat frozen as he watched the blade come down toward his head.
Zenton watched as Zero knelt and felt the magical power rise uncalled. "NO!" he yelled, unwittingly using the Stop spell. Sigma and Vile both froze in place. Once Zenton realized what had happened he walked over to Vile, pulled his axe back and released the spell a moment before the blade made contact with the Maverick's open chest. Vile flew backwards and landed with yet another clang. Zero and the others stood and watched as the warrior Reploid tried to stand one last time. A spark flew out of Vile's chest before exploding. The others turned back around to see how Toronto was handling his end of things. They were a little surprised to see Sigma still trying to make contact with something other than the blade of Toronto's sword. Toronto didn't seem to even be making an effort to block Sigma's strokes. It was as if the blade was just where it needed to be to block every stroke, which quickly began to irritate Sigma even more. Sigma finally jumped back. "This will not be our last meeting." And with that, Sigma teleported off the field.
Toronto stood straight and the sword disappeared. He turned and looked at the others. "He needs to work with his weapons some more." The others busted out laughing. Zero tried to laugh but was hit with a wave of pain from his injured shoulder. X walked over and looked at it.
"He nailed you alright. Can you move it?" Zero just shook his head. "He must have nailed the servo circuitry. Doctor Light can fix that easily." He turned and looked at Zenton. "I thought you said that thing had and ultra-sonic edge to it. You seem to have knocked Vile awful far."
"Well," Zenton said somewhat sheepishly, "I forgot to turn it back on after that practice fight of ours."
Toronto looked around. "I think I'm beginning to see a bit of a glow in the air and that's a sign that the field that we've been fighting on is radioactive. I would suggest that we leave as soon as possible"
All four teleported off the field after no more than a moment.
Ch. 7
War
Zero and the others came down in the middle of a huge, desolate field. It had been the site of several bombings during the war and Zero wasn't sure if it was radioactive or not. It would glow in the dark if it was. The only problem was that it was the middle of the afternoon.
Sigma stood not far away. He had only the X-hunters, Bass, and Vile with him.
"It's nice to see that an old fashioned threat will still work to an extent. I told you to be here, Zero. I do not recall sending for any of your friends." Sigma looked a lot like his second form except that he was bigger and once again carried his lime colored lightsaber. He also looked slightly irritated.
"That's alright Sigma. I took the liberty of inviting them. Besides, a six to four battle seems a little more appropriate than a six on one. This evens it up and I thought that the others might feel a little left out if I didn't let them have some fun. After all, we should always let our friends have some fun too, shouldn't we?" Zero shot back.
Sigma's face took on its usual look of irritation. "Vile, take out Zero. Serges, Violin, Agile, you three can slice X whichever way you want. Bass, take out the other one in the armor. The human is mine."
"Selfish," Vile muttered before dashing toward Zero and the others. He stopped a distance away from Zero. X and the others jumped back to give Zero the room that he would need to fight it out with Vile. Both were immensely powerful Reploids and could probably take out a couple of cities easily. X teleported a little ways off to the side while Zenton and Toronto spread out to the other sides.
Vile seemed to be looking Zero over for some reason or another. His cannon was also beginning to glow slightly. Zero reached back and pulled the Z-saber from its sheath. He also charged up a shot in each arm so that he could be ready for anything Vile might try.
The X-hunters circled X as he flashed into his ultimate armor. Serges stood on his floating platform, while Agile held his crimson saber once more. Violin now held his giant spiked ball by the chain.
The wings popped down from the back of X's armor. All three X-hunters paused momentarily, then continued to circle.
Zenton and Bass were already locking hands to see who could outmuscle the other. "So you're Bass," Zenton said as the two continued to struggle. "You're not nearly as scary as the kid stories mentioned. Bass was shoving Zenton towards the ground.
"And you are a demented Reploid. Who could have convinced you that the humans were worth helping? Why would you?" Bass asked.
"It might be because I wasn't originally a Reploid. I was a human, Bass."
"You lie. It isn't possible to have been a human and then a Reploid. You are or you are not." Bass jumped back from the lock and stood staring at Zenton. "Prove it."
Zenton flashed into his human form. "This is the real me, Bass. Deal with it, if you can." Zenton stood and watched as recognition dawned on Bass's face.
"You were helping them when my forces were defeated at that village. You were one of the traitors."
"No, Bass. I was one of the people who wanted to be free. That was my hometown." Zenton's face grew cold and angry. "That place was the death of my father because he could not bring his powers to bear in front of your master. He died for the sake of the rest of my family." Zenton flashed back into his armor. "If you stay in my way, Bass, I'll take out my vengeance on you."
"You can try, human. But you will not succeed." Bass stood as a purple streak came down and solidified into Treble. The dog immediately turned into Bass's armor and flew over to the ebony bot. Zenton pulled his axe out of midair.
Toronto closed his fist around the hilt of his forming sword. He turned and faced Sigma.
"You realize that you're going to die, don't you?" Sigma queried, grinning the entire time. "A sword is useless against a lightblade."
"You'd be surprised where you can find magic, Sigma. It is a tool that can be used in unimaginable ways." Toronto pulled his sword in front of him as Sigma swung what he thought would be the only stroke. The sound of the two blades meeting was a peculiar mixture of metal and electric. Sigma teleported away from the position and stood stupefied as the blade of Toronto's sword remained in one piece.
Zero sidestepped Vile's first cannon shot and dashed towards the war- bot. Vile ducked under Zero's saber stroke and tried to kick the crimson Reploid. Zero easily flipped over Vile's giant foot and knocked the purple Maverick's other foot out from underneath of him. Vile quickly stood back up. Zero watched as several panels swung open on Vile's chest and shoulders. Then was blown backwards as level 2 shots fired from dual cannons in every panel.
Sigma still stood and looked at the blade of Toronto's sword.
"Were you going to fight or just stand there?" Toronto rumbled. "I hadn't heard that Mavericks were cowards as well, though it wouldn't surprise me."
Sigma regained his composure after a moment. "Very well, human. This may last a little longer than I had anticipated. But the end result will be the same." Sigma dashed and went back on the attack. Toronto easily blocked Sigma's first round of strokes.
"You must be getting old, Zero," Vile's voice came out from behind the helmet. "You never would have fallen for something so simple before."
"You never would have either, Vile," Zero said as he pointed both arm cannons at Vile. Both level 4 shots took Vile in the chest. Vile flew backwards and landed with resounding clang. He didn't get back up immediately.
X fired a level three shot into Agile's face and side-flipped over Violin's spike-ball. When he stopped to look at the X-hunters, X dropped his fighting stance and stood straight up. Then started chuckling as the X- hunters stopped and stared at him. "This is gonna be too easy," he said finally. He watched as the X-hunters lined up close enough. And Delta- attacked through all three of them. He dropped to the ground and just stood as the pieces of the X-hunters fell to the ground.
Bass flew into the air and tried to dive-bomb Zenton. Zenton was expecting such tactics and easily dodged every time. Bass did manage to get a hold of Zenton's shoulders and fly up into the sky, but Zenton used a spell to teleport himself to the ground. Bass tried the dive-bomb tactic one more time. And began to spiral as one of X's powered up shots took off one his wings. Zenton used his magic to pull the earth up in front of Bass before he could actually hit the ground. There was an enormous sound of crushing metal from the other side of the barrier. Both Zenton and X started laughing.
Vile was finally getting back up. "You should have finished me while you had the chance, Zero." Vile stood up and began to glow for a moment. When the glowing stopped Vile's dents were all gone.
"Much better," the war-bot stated. Zero merely stood while his visor worked out Vile's power level again. When the end result came up, Zero couldn't help but laugh. Vile had actually spelled his own doom. His power level was only three-quarters of what it had been.
When Vile finally moved, Zero wasn't prepared. His power level had indeed dropped, but Zero hadn't counted on it improving his speed. His surprise was complete as Vile's attack gave him a slash across the shoulder. As he clutched his shoulder and fell to one knee, he turned around. Vile stood holding a lightsaber, majestic purple, of course. "How the hell?"
"It's nothing more than a rerouting of the energy, Zero. I'm sure you can figure that out. If you live long enough." Zero watched as Vile dashed toward him. And sat frozen as he watched the blade come down toward his head.
Zenton watched as Zero knelt and felt the magical power rise uncalled. "NO!" he yelled, unwittingly using the Stop spell. Sigma and Vile both froze in place. Once Zenton realized what had happened he walked over to Vile, pulled his axe back and released the spell a moment before the blade made contact with the Maverick's open chest. Vile flew backwards and landed with yet another clang. Zero and the others stood and watched as the warrior Reploid tried to stand one last time. A spark flew out of Vile's chest before exploding. The others turned back around to see how Toronto was handling his end of things. They were a little surprised to see Sigma still trying to make contact with something other than the blade of Toronto's sword. Toronto didn't seem to even be making an effort to block Sigma's strokes. It was as if the blade was just where it needed to be to block every stroke, which quickly began to irritate Sigma even more. Sigma finally jumped back. "This will not be our last meeting." And with that, Sigma teleported off the field.
Toronto stood straight and the sword disappeared. He turned and looked at the others. "He needs to work with his weapons some more." The others busted out laughing. Zero tried to laugh but was hit with a wave of pain from his injured shoulder. X walked over and looked at it.
"He nailed you alright. Can you move it?" Zero just shook his head. "He must have nailed the servo circuitry. Doctor Light can fix that easily." He turned and looked at Zenton. "I thought you said that thing had and ultra-sonic edge to it. You seem to have knocked Vile awful far."
"Well," Zenton said somewhat sheepishly, "I forgot to turn it back on after that practice fight of ours."
Toronto looked around. "I think I'm beginning to see a bit of a glow in the air and that's a sign that the field that we've been fighting on is radioactive. I would suggest that we leave as soon as possible"
All four teleported off the field after no more than a moment.