Mega Man Zero Elpizo

Chapter 6

Havoc, Chaos, Nightmare

"Alpha, I will send three Reploids to aid you." The old man told him.

"Who?" Alpha asked.

"Havoc, Chaos, and Nightmare." The scientist replied.

Alpha's eyes widened.

"You are sending in those three?"

"Exactly."

"I see." Alpha replied after a pause.

"You are filled with hatred and darkness but apparently even you loathe how much evil is within them." The scientist chortled.

"…"

"Well, I can assure you Alpha that they will not be fighting next to you. They will at the very least delay X, more than likely though they will eliminate him."

"Don't get too confident. Those three aren't Zero." Alpha warned.

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X stepped forward just to see a single Reploid stand in front of him. The black trimmed, Red Armored Reploid's crimson eyes glowed cruelly. Without a single word the enemy pulled two massive vulcan cannons from his back and aimed at X. He began to fire the two weapons with impunity.

"Die X!" The enemy roared.

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Zero pondered, what would convince Elpizo that attacking Neo Arcadia would be a suicidal attempt. Iris sat next to him on their bed and watched him as he thought. As Zero thought he heard a knock on his door.

"Zero, Iris it's me Ciel, can I come in?" Ciel asked.

Zero sighed and walked over to the door, he then opened it. Ciel had a concerned look on her face as she was allowed entry.

"Zero, you don't have to fight the battles Elpizo wants you to engage in." Ciel said without preamble.

Zero sighed again.

"I don't want to force Vile to do all the work."

Iris smiled slightly.

"Zero, you know Vile loves blowing things up. Let him have his 'fun'."

"What should I do in the meantime then?" Zero asked.

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The red armored Reploid was panting slightly as he spoke.

"I underestimated all of you." He noted.

"Who are you?" X demanded.

"I am Havoc; on of the three Reploid's of Death."

A moment later Havoc vanished but Havoc's voice lingered.

"You aren't immortal X, nor can you defeat all three of us."

X looked at his comrades. Cinnamon was busy tending a wound Massimo had received and spider was inspecting the flamethrower he had stolen off of Havoc.

"Not a bad weapon. Axl, you want it? I use cards after all." Spider offered the weapon to Axl.

"Thanks Spider, my old flamethrower was destroyed a while back."

After Cinnamon had finished tending to the wounds of the party they moved onward. The door opened and X saw another Reploid. This one had black armor with a blood red trim and was wielding two large halberds.

"You managed to defeat Havoc did you?" The crimson eyed foe asked.

X readied himself for combat.

"No preamble huh? As one of the three Reploids of Death it will be a pleasure to destroy you X. I am Chaos." His already glowing red eyes flared even brighter.

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Vile laughed at the serpent as he began to explode.

"If only I had that baby-elf…I would have been able to destroy that nameless soldier…"

"This is Vile, mission accomplished."

"Excellent Vile, Transfer will begin in three, two, one…"

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"Not bad, but there is far more for you to challenge X." Chaos' eyes glowed brightly for a long moment before he disappeared.

"How is everyone?" X asked as he turned.

Only X remained unscathed. Alia was nursing one arm, Spider was working on his severely damaged hand, Massimo had a large hole in one of his legs, sparks flew from the injury, Marino was tending to a stomach wound, Axl had taken a three hits to his chest and the armor there was severely damaged, Cinnamon had been nicked by one of the spears, it had left a wound on her left arm however, Cinnamon was rushing to each of them as she tried desperately to heal all of them.

"Guys, you've done enough, another battle like that and-" X began.

"-Not a chance X, I am not letting you face those foes alone." Spider interrupted.

"You're crazy if you think I'm letting you fight alone." Massimo added.

Alia was staring at X. Her face had a mixture of hurt, anger, and shock.

"X, you aren't leaving me behind." Alia told him.

"Same here, what if you got hurt?" Cinnamon said.

"X, X, X, you never change. I have fought by your side for a long time and I will see this through." Axl said.

"You have shown us that there is much more to life X, if it means death so be it. I'm coming." Marino said.

"Guys…" X sighed.

"It's done X we aren't leaving you alone." Alia told him.

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Alpha stared at the computer monitor.

"Five more minutes and the Supra Force will be fully integrated into myself." Alpha smiled faintly.

A warning alarm flared to life and the screen switched to a security camera.

"So Omega has come as well…" Alpha noted.

"Havoc, Chaos, and Nightmare do not engage Omega-1. Your only concern is X. I will deal with Omega when he arrives." Alpha ordered through the command radio.
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X stared at the third 'Reploid of Death'. Like Chaos his armor was black, however, the trimming was gold and the shape of the armor reminded X of Zero. Like the other two Reploids this one had crimson eyes as well. In the enemies right hand he held a single scythe. The blade was made of energy.

"You have done well X. I am Nightmare, one of the three Reploids of Death."

"Then all we have to do is defeat you too and then we can go after that Reploid who stole the Supra Force Metal." Axl replied.

"You can try…" Nightmare twirled his scythe and charged at them.

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Omega sprinted through the building; it was too quiet for his tastes. Something was amiss. Suddenly he heard the sound of battle ahead of him.

"X… You are here as well?" Omega wondered as he continued through the building.

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"You have yet one more challenge before you reach Alpha." Nightmare told them before vanishing.

Everyone, except X was exhausted. X too was tired but his combat capabilities had made it possible for him to keep going.

"Guys, I have to handle the rest. Please understand." X told the exhausted team.

Alia's eyes were filled with emotion and X knew she was on the verge of tears.

"Everyone, thank you for getting me this far, but you've done enough. I will finish this. Alia, I will return." Without waiting for their response X dashed to the door that led deeper into the building.

X saw all three of the 'Reploids of Death' in front of him.

"Now X, It is time to complete our mission: your destruction!" Havoc smiled chillingly.

"Time to die X, Time to die X, Time to die X…." Chaos repeated constantly in a quiet whisper.

"You have not yet witnessed power…" Nightmare added.

Havoc began firing off his vulcan cannons at X as Chaos swung his two halberds at him. X jumped over the attacks just to be struck by Nightmare's scythe. Things were not looking good. As X fell he was pounded by bullets from Havoc's weapon. Once he neared the ground Chaos struck him with his halberds, knocking him back into the air. X was sent flying towards the ceiling. As he neared it; bullets still pounding him, Nightmare appeared and slammed the butt of his scythe into X's chest.

"Arrgh!" X groaned in pain.

He slammed into the ground and just after he did so two halberds slammed into his chest. Indeed, things weren't looking good.