Vile: To end another night of mine, here's my next chapter of ZX3, where the team deals with the snow machine and another adversary! Enjoy, people!

MMZX3: Mega Man ZX Enforcers

Chapter 20: That's Cold, Bro

The snow machine formed small blizzards from the four pipe cannons in front of the large cannon, building up what looked like an enormous snowball or iceball. "Get ready to run!" Aile cried. Then, the snowball was fired from the cannon like a missile. The Mega Men quickly got out of the way as the snowball slammed into the ground, sending snow everywhere.

"Man! I might be the Ice Mega Man, but I never thought I'd see snow turned into a weapon!" Thetis commented. The two upper cannons sprayed snow onto the ceiling, forming icicles that soon dropped. Ashe and Aeolus were in the crossfire, but they quickly moved before they were impaled. "My money's on the pipes! Let's go for them!" Thetis leapt forward and slashed at one of the pipes, but was off in his aim and barely did any damage.

The two bottom pipe cannons then began spraying snow across the ground, covering it in a sudden snowdrift. Taylor ended up stepping in the thick snow. "Whoop!" The snow caught his foot, sending him face-first into it. The Model O Mega Man picked his face out of the snow with a groan.

"I'd be laughing if we weren't fighting this thing!" Ashe commented, firing her pistols at the machine, nailing the two pipes on the right a couple times.

All of a sudden, all four pipes conjured small snowballs on the ends before firing them off. Aile, Atlas, and Siarnaq simply used their attacks to dispel them, then Siarnaq fired off a kunai wave at the pipes, one of them striking the middle cannon. The cannons then moved to power the middle cannon for the mega snowball, but Aeolus leapt up. With a double slash, Aeolus sliced the top-left pipe clean off its socket, the pipe landing on the ground and exploding. With one less cannon, the mega snowball was smaller than normal, but it was still powerful enough to be fired out. This time, the snow explosion caught Grey in the crossfire. "Agh!" It didn't do much, so Grey fired off a Charge Shot, successfully ripping off and destroying the top-right pipe. With those two pipes gone, the snow machine couldn't use its icicle attack.

The bottom pipes fired out snow to create a snowdrift, but Taylor leapt over it. "Not this time, Frosty!" He yelled, rushing forward. "Get a load of this!" Taylor quickly unhooked his scarf and whipped it out, grappling one of the pipe cannons. "Come here!" Pulling back on the scarf, the Model O Mega Man forced the cannon to him so he could slice it off, leaving the machine down to one cannon.

The final cannon charged up a snowball and fired it. "I've got you this time!" Thetis declared, dodging the snowball and delivering a halberd slash that easily cut off the final pipe cannon. "All right! It's helpless now!"

Then, a low whirring sound was heard, and what remained of the pipe cannons retracted into the machine. "Uh… maybe not." Grey said. Then, the center cannon began expelling a powerful blizzard, the force of the wind starting to blow them back.

"What the hell?" Siarnaq groaned. Then, the pipe cannons started to slowly reform.

"It's repairing itself!" Aile realized.

"Aile, try shooting into the cannon!" Ashe told her. Aile decided to take the idea and tried to move forward, pointing her X-Buster forward and charging it. When her cannon was fully charged, she yelled "Eat this!" and fired, her Charge Shot going straight through the center cannon. An explosion within the snow machine was heard, and the whirring sound slowed down. More explosions were heard, and the snow machine was blown completely to pieces, the snowfall coming from it receding.

"All right!" Several of the Mega Men cheered.

"That should take care of the snowdrifts." Aeolus mused. "Now let's find that Pseudoroid."

"I'm picking up something big on my Radar Scope. This way!" Siarnaq said, rushing back the way they came to the elevator. The Mega Men returned to the surface of the Dojo, and Siarnaq led them to the final elevator. This elevator, however, lasted longer than the other two. Upon landing, they went through the exit, only to find themselves back outside.

"Are you sure you know where you're going?" Atlas asked.

"Positive. The Pseudoroid is definitely this way." The Shadow Mega Man replied.

"I can also sense Model Z up ahead. His signal is still fading, however." Model P said.

"Then let's hurry." Aile said. "We have to find Model Z and stop this Pseudoroid." After a while of moving (with surprisingly no enemies), the team came to a large open area with many snowdrifts.

"The signals stop here." Siarnaq mused, looking around. Then, he pointed to a snowdrift. "Over there!"

"The Shadow Biometal must work wonders for you." A voice mused. Then, a figure leapt up from the snowdrift, landing on the ground before them. This Pseudoroid had a white fox-like head with red eyes, and armor fashioned in a similar way to a karate gi, colored dark blue, red, and black, having "bare" feet. A large ice blue tail with a white tip flowed behind him, and a black headband was on his head. "So… you freed the Blue Mega Man from the Cryo-Badge. Why am I not surprised?"

"Kyuubrrr… What was the big idea putting that thing on Aile?!" Atlas asked.

"I was ordered to slow her down by any means. I can already tell you're here to defeat me." The Ice Pseudoroid said simply. "But I can't let you do that. I can't let you have this object." He pulled out a frozen hexagonal object.

"What is that?" Aile wondered.

"If you can defeat me, you'll find out." Kyuubrrr said, returning the object to his waist. "But I do not intend to make this easy." He let out a grunt, and his tail split into nine flowing tails, before he took a battle stance.

WARNING

WARNING

BATTLE SEQUENCE

ENEMY: KYUUBRRR THE VULPIROID

"Let's go." Kyuubrrr said before rushing forward. His fists began glowing blue.

"Lookin' for a fistfight, huh?" Atlas asked, jumping forward to meet the Pseudoroid, Knuckle Busters drawn.

"Fool." Kyuubrrr guarded her attack, then punched her twice before taking a low stance. "Shoryuuken!" The next thing Atlas was hit by was a powerful icy uppercut that sent her backwards.

"I got ya!" Taylor called, rushing forward and nabbing Atlas to stop her flight.

"My turn!" Ashe called, charging her pistol before firing her Charge Shot, nailing Kyuubrrr in his tails as he tried to dodge.

"Ngh. Not bad." Kyuubrrr mused. "But how about this?" He leapt backward and placed his hands on his left. "Hadouken!" He fired an icy blast of energy from his palms, moving back to fire two more. The Mega Men barely dodged them, Thetis getting caught in the back by one.

"Good thing we're more durable than we look." Aeolus mused. He charged his energy to max level. "Dodge this!" He fired two Plasma Cyclones in a horizontal path.

"You're the boss." Kyuubrrr mused, easily sidestepping the cyclones. "It will take more than that to win." He stepped behind a snowdrift and did a quick flip kick, sending the snow flying at the Mega Men.

Aile was swamped by the snow, finding it hard to move. "Crud!"

"Now you're mine." Kyuubrrr took the frozen object from his waist and held it in both hands. All of a sudden, a huge triangular blade of ice formed from the top of the object. "Haaaaahhhh!" He leapt up high, prepared to slam the ice blade down on Aile.

"Hey, hey, not so fast!" Taylor's voice called, leaping into the fray and up to clash Kyuubrrr's ice blade with his Ryuuenjiin. The clash was quickly ended by the need for gravity, Kyuubrrr and Taylor being sent back. "Eat this!" With a quick energy charge, Taylor unleashed Rakuhouha, nailing the Pseudoroid multiple times with the energy blasts.

"Clever. But not clever enough." Kyuubrrr said, forming another ice blade on the object. Turning to the male Model A Mega Man, he leapt toward him for a jump slash.

"Look out, Grey!" Ashe called. Grey quickly looked back to see Kyuubrrr lunging at him. Thinking quick, Grey stuck his pistol in Kyuubrrr's face and did a quick charge, sending the Vulpiroid flying back with a Charge Shot to the face.

"Ngh! Impressive!" Kyuubrrr mused, leaping backwards and firing out a stream of four ice Hadoukens.

The Mega Men dodged easily, Siarnaq using his Shadow Dash, then they began approaching. "Get ready to eat my Cross Star!" Siarnaq called, charging his energy before firing out a powerful shuriken.

"Let me help!" Atlas shouted, having her own Overdrive Aura active. She charged to max and rushed forward with Knuckle Dasher.

"Three's a charm!" Thetis said, forming an Ice Sticker and shattering it to send the ice spikes.

Kyuubrrr eyed the three attacks as if in slow motion. 'I'll be taking damage either way… might as well go for the least.' The Pseudoroid leapt out of the path of Atlas and Siarnaq's attacks, but directly in the path of Thetis's. Crossing his arms, he deflected the majority of the damage from the icicles. "If damage is imminent, take the path of least pain." He rushed forward and did a roll around in the snow, ending up right by Aeolus and nailing him in the back with his ice Shoryuuken.

"Gwaah!" The Wind Mega Man cried, taking the full power of the attack as he was Thunder Element. The force of the attack caused his Megamerge to cancel, Aeolus landing in the snow in a heap, Model H and his sword landing near him.

"Aeolus!" The Mega Men cried.

"This is what you get for trying to defeat me." Kyuubrrr mused, taking a stance with his hands positioned in front of him. The tips of his nine tails glowed blue, sending energy into his hands that formed a powerful ball. "Shinkouri…" He pulled his hands back. "HADOUKEN!" Thrusting his hands forward, Kyuubrrr sent out a powerful laser beam of icy energy at the downed Wind Mega Man.

Aeolus weakly picked himself up, only to see the icy attack sailing right toward him. Visibly afraid for the first time, Aeolus shut his eyes and braced for impact. "Magic Barrier…" A voice breathed. All of a sudden, a "CLONG" sound was heard, and no impact came. Aeolus slowly opened his eyes to see Pandora floating in front of him, holding out her staff, a powerful energy sphere projecting both her and Aeolus from the attack.

"Pandora?!" Grey, Ashe, and Aile cried. When the attack finally ceased, Pandora lowered the barrier.

"You... Model D mentioned you to us." Kyuubrrr mused. "Why are you helping the Mega Men?"

"Because you are trying to recruit us…" Pandora told him. "You are our enemy… Now, Prometheus…!"

"At least I get to mess you up some!" Prometheus's voice was heard. All of a sudden, Kyuubrrr yelled in pain as his tails were chopped completely off. He turned back to see Prometheus standing there with a smirk, his scythe having been swung. His armor colors then changed to a red-based one. "BURN, BABY!" He launched purple flames from his body at the Pseudoroid, torching parts of the fox's body.

"Gwaaaaaahhh!" Kyuubrrr yelled before toppling over, landing in his own snow.

Prometheus walked over to him and knelt down, taking the frozen object from his waist. He snorted before tossing it to Aile, who caught it. "That thing's yours. Later." With that, Prometheus warped out.

Aeolus blinked as Pandora turned around to face him. The Witch Mega Man gave a small smile before warping out. 'Pandora…' Aeolus thought. He picked up Model H and his sword out of the snow.

A few seconds of silence passed. Then… "What… the hell… was THAT about?!" Taylor cried.

Hearing Kyuubrrr groan, Aile merely walked up to him and pointed her cannon at him, charging her energy. "Ngh… heh heh heh. You beat me fair and square… I have no qualms. Go ahead and… finish me."

"As you wish." Aile said before firing a full-power X-Buster shot into his back. Kyuubrrr's body crackled before light beaconed out, and Aile backed off before he completely exploded. A DNA Core floated from the wreckage, which was absorbed into Ashe's helmet.

"All right! That's six down!" Ashe chirped, Grey high-fiving her.

"You all right, Aeolus?" Thetis asked, him and Siarnaq approaching Aeolus.

"Yeah… I'll be fine." Aeolus replied, shivering right after. "I just want to get out of this… c-cold."

Then, Aile felt the object in her hand become wet. She held it up to see the ice around it melting, revealing the figure within. Her eyes widened. "Model… Z…" She breathed, gazing at the Red Biometal. The eyes on it were dark.

"His signal is extremely weak…" Model X breathed. "In this state, we won't be able to Double Megamerge with him. We should probably send him to Flueve when we get the chance. Perhaps he can repair him." Aile nodded.

"Let's get moving." Grey said. "We can keep planning once we're at the Camp." Everyone agreed, and the group pressed on. After a while, they came to a small building with the door completely blocked by snow. "Oh, great. More snow."

"No sweat, Grey." Ashe said, winking. "A-Trans!" Ashe transformed into Kyuubrrr. "Kyuubrrr was able to send snow flying with his flip kick. So why can't I do that?" The transformed Mega Man began using the flip kick to clear away the snow, eventually getting the door clear enough so they could get in. Transforming back, Ashe led the group into the building.

However, before he entered, Grey noticed something in the snow. He looked and saw that it was a flower, in pristine condition. "How is a flower growing in the snow…?" He wondered. He suddenly got an idea. Not wanting to keep everyone waiting, Grey de-Megamerged, picked up the flower, and carefully placed it in his pocket.

"What are you doing, Grey?" Model A asked.

"Something personal." Grey replied simply before rejoining the group. Surprisingly, no one raised any questions as to why he de-Megamerged. The transerver could only hold four at a time, so the first group of four stepped on and warped out before the second group, all eight on their way back to the Camp.

Vile: Kyuubrrr's been crushed, another DNA Core has been acquired, but Model Z is in REALLY bad shape. Stay tuned to see if things get better. If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! Ja ne!

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