Chapter 2: A Hero Needed

"Red Alert, Red Alert" the intercom repeats "Red Alert" Hunters panic again, the intercom goes on to say "all class A, S, and E report to control room" Rex is one of the only high-class hunters left.

"What's going on?" Rex asks walking into the control room joining the other … three hunters. "Wow we have a lot of hunters don't we?" spoken sarcastically.

"Three mavericks and a unidentified type, four in all, have been spotted headed this way from the old city area X went to the old city square earlier he has not returned yet." A lower class commander said.

"Do we know any of the mavericks?" Drake a fellow hunter asks.

"We do know one of them," the Lower class commander answers as he brings up a bio of the maverick "you aren't to going like this … Sigma ex-hunter turn maverick final fight with Zero"

"Holy shit! Sigma still alive?" the high-class hunters shouted surprisingly.

"Do you know how he lived for so long with out us knowing that?" asked Reena another fellow high-class huntress.

"No we do not know, we will figure that out later for now you need to prepare for battle you three guys and a girl will be in the first line" the lower class commander states. Rex turns into a green ball then a beam shoots into the sky and disappears, same thing happens to the rest of the high-class hunters.

On the out skirts of the city Rex is the first to arrive then Drake, Reena, and finally Chester, the last of the four high-class hunters.

Meanwhile Sigma, Blues, Viper, and Shadow X are at the out skirts of the old city on jet bikes "Sigma," Blues goes on "should we be going though the front door?"

"With me and Shadow X here we have nothing to worry about." Sigma asserted.

"Would a hunter from unit 00 please report to the center of operations?" the intercom announces seconds later a mid-class huntress from unit 00, named Xiel runs into the COO.

"You called?" Xiel asked efficiently.

"Yes…he found a faint distress deacon from section 7C of the old city." Proclaims the lower-class commander.

"What do you want me to do?" Xiel asked.

"Well for now I want you to keep an eye on it till the red alert clears then recover the deacon" lower-class commander commanded.

"Yes sir." Xiel stood at attention.

"They're getting closer, get ready." Drake said as he gets his saber out.

"Ready for some maximum ownage?" Rex smirks.

"Over there!" Reena points to some jet bikes in a distance headed at them.

"Wait stop here Blues." Sigma commanded "lets test out are new friend" Sigma turns to Shadow X and tells him to "go get them." Sigma, Blues, and Viper stops their jet bikes Shadow X speeds up towards the hunters.

"Hey, doesn't that look like X?" Chester ponders.

Shadow X goes more rapidly then jumps off the jet bike. The jet bike then crashes into Drake and slams him into a wall separating his body. While in the air Shadow X shoots black ooze-like whip, it comes down and wraps around Reena and picks her up and slams her on the ground. Shadow X puts both of his feet together and lands on Rex's head and turns on his jets on his boots burning Rex then back flips knocking Rex to the ground Shadow X stopping in mid air and lands on Rex and shoots his ooze on him draining his life force, Rex becomes dust. Chester watching all of this in shock, snaps out of it "Fuck this" Chester starts to turn into an orange ball. Shadow X looks over at Chester, the ooze drops Rex's armor and quickly snatches Chester before he could scurry the ooze covers him and drains his life then the ooze drops what is left of Chester and darts back in Shadows X's buster.

Shadow X jumps back on his jet bike and grins "ownage bitch." Sigma soon catches up to his minion.

"Hey, Blues that thing looks like it could kill us, even kill Sigma" Viper said.

"I know" Blues nodded.

"Blues! Take out the warning indicator!" Sigma demanded.

"Red Alert, Red Alert RRRRrrreee…" Intercom breaks.

"Huh?" Xiel notice that the red alert has stopped "well I'm gone"

"Good luck" the lower-class commander wished.

Xiel turns into a yellow ball then a beam then disappears.

"Take what is ours and kill the rest! Torch the city and rebuild it as mine" Sigma shouts. Blues gets out his Shield.

"Could we just repaint the city instead of torching it, it seems easier?" Viper suggested.

"I don't think he heard you Viper" Blues pointed out.

"Commander!" a low class hunter entered the COO "they reach the city"

"What?!?" the commander asked hoping that was a joke.

"We lost everyone…we lost everyone we sent. And Sigma is headed this way." the hunter said, the commander rips off the glass lid and hit the red button under it, nothing happens he hits it again, nothing.

"Shit…"